The day after the premiere, after Yi Feiyang came to the office, Dures, who had been waiting for a long time, hurriedly opened the red wine to celebrate when he saw Yi Feiyang arriving.
"Yi, you look very good today." Dures poured the red wine and brought it to Yi Feiyang with a joyful expression.
Yi Feiyang, who also had a blushing face, took the red wine handed over by Dures and said: "Hey, man, our movie "Lust, Caution" has achieved such great box office results. As a director, how could I not be happy?
Woolen cloth?"
Dures laughed loudly after listening to Yi Feiyang's words and said, "Yi, what should we do now?"
Yi Feiyang took a sip of red wine, and then said ambitiously: "In addition to drinking to celebrate, of course I will work harder to push the box office and reputation to a higher level!"
Dures's eyes lit up and he said: "Do you want to hit the North American box office championship this year?!"
Yi Feiyang was full of confidence and said: "Yes, why not? Although our drama is R-rated, it is precisely because of this that it is more topical and attractive. Don't forget, this is the United States, an open country
country, our "Lust, Caution" will definitely be able to further challenge the U.S. box office championship!"
Seeing Yi Feiyang's vow, Dures couldn't help but feel proud. He took a sip of red wine and said, "Okay, I support you!"
…
The great director Spielberg's heart-warming blockbuster "The Terminal", released in early December, became an instant hit with a box office of 78 million, and attracted 440 million in the United States. With its good reputation, it surpassed the original box office of 8,000.
With more than 10,000,000 hits, "The Fight" is gaining momentum. It firmly ranks first in the U.S. box office list!
In this regard, all the media and filmmakers have given Spielberg the evaluation of "a real great director". Even the director of "The Sea of Fury" had to admit that he lost to Spielberg in the confrontation between the two.
, defeated and convinced.
As a result, "The Terminal" has become even more outstanding, becoming the most powerful box office monster in this year's Christmas season. Unexpectedly, as soon as Yi Feiyang's "Lust, Caution" movie was released, its box office sales immediately broke the record of "Happiness"
The record further damaged the great director Pierber's confidence in defeating Yi Feiyang.
But this is not over yet. When Fantasy Entertainment's new film "Lust, Caution" is in full swing, Yi Feiyang himself continues to use the resources at his disposal, which is bound to push the reputation and box office of "Lust, Caution" to the highest peak.
First, Yi Feiyang called his best assistant, Fat Jack, into the office and told him: "Go and contact the two stars of the movie "Lust, Caution", Leonardo and Kate, and we will start the final discussion.
Press releases and publicity are mainly concentrated in the four major cities in North America. You are responsible for this matter!"
Then, Yi Feiyang called his partner Luc Besson in France and said: "Do me a favor, old man. I plan to retain the location where I filmed "Lust, Caution" and open it as a tourist attraction. Yes, I
We will organize people to decorate the place, and anyone who has watched "Lust, Caution" will be able to find memories there!"
Finally, Yi Feiyang called Rabbit Bill again. Rabbit Bill was an old expert in operating pornographic movies. Yi Feiyang told him: "Yes, coax the Asian market. Aren't many areas not allowed to be released to the public?
Then take the category III film route, which can be released in South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, or even be made into first-hand CDs and sold directly... Remember, piracy is very serious in some markets over there, so be sure to keep a close eye on the copyright!"
After finishing these things, Yi Feiyang thought for a while and felt that there were still some shortcomings, so he called the publicity department of Fantasy Entertainment and told them: "Immediately make major adjustments to the publicity. Well, combine "Lust, Caution" and
"Titanic" is bundled together for promotion... Pay attention to other people's copyright issues and don't let your opponents catch you. The promotion slogan is called: The Past and Present Life of Rose and Jack!"
…
Regarding Yi Feiyang's bundling of "Lust, Caution" and "Titanic", this made Cameron, the great director of "Titan", extremely angry. He publicly roared in front of the media: "Shameless, I've seen it before
There are many shameless guys, but I have never seen anyone so shameless!"
Many filmmakers also expressed disdain for Yi Feiyang's method of using "Titan" to create hype.
"China is using the influence of "Titanic" to promote its own movie. This approach reminds us of that hateful parasite!"
"I am very opposed to this unscrupulous propaganda method. Yes, China Yi should wake up!"
"I firmly boycott this drama!"
Of course, everything has its pros and cons.
"How should I put it? After all, it's just a propaganda method. Please don't rise to such a high moral level. As long as the drama "Lust, Caution" is good to watch!"
"Why not use "Titanic"? The two dramas star Leonardo and Kate, so we can make a detailed comparison!"
"Support Yi, it's just publicity, please don't make a fuss, go online!"
…
But no matter what, these publicity measures taken by Yi Feiyang have achieved great results.
December 11th was the second day after "Lust, Caution" was released. "Lust, Caution", which continued to grow in box office, instantly became the new darling of the media.
In fact, as the premiere day of "Lust, Caution" ended, the box office results in North America were released, with 113 million, successfully breaking the first-run box office results of all Christmas movies.
In North America, "Lust, Caution" deservedly ranked first at the box office at its premiere, and in other regions, "Lust, Caution" also achieved considerable box office results!
Especially in the French film market, "Lust, Caution" became a dark horse in the French film market in 2003 with a box office of 15 million US dollars.
In Asia, the box office in South Korea and Japan has reached nearly 20 million US dollars. Therefore, the global box office of the movie "Lust, Caution" alone has reached 150 million!
When Yi Feiyang saw such box office results, he couldn't help but feel relieved. It seemed that there was no suspense in the decisive battle between himself and Spielberg. He was sure to win if he defeated him!
On December 11th, "Lust, Caution" continued to close with a box office of 50 million in North America. Although it did not have the terrifying results on the day of its premiere, in terms of theater box office revenue on that day, the movie "Lust, Caution"
Fully occupied 80%.
The movie "Trojan Horse Massacre", which was released on the 11th, basically ended in failure due to the influence of "Lust, Caution", with only a pitiful box office of 3 million on the day of its premiere.
The box office performance of "Trojan Horse" in North American theaters was not as good as the box office revenue of "Lust, Caution" in theaters in one city.
For such poor box office results, we can only blame the inappropriate selection of the movie "New Trojan Horse Massacre" when it was released. It happened to encounter the storm of Yi Feiyang's "Lust, Caution", and it was released after such a blockbuster, and it did not fail.
That's weird.
After "Lust, Caution" became popular in North America, Fantasy Entertainment released a photo album of this drama. The market was booming. Many fans who like Leonardo and Kate bought this limited edition photo album, combining this set of photos with
Collect the photos of "Titanic" that I have collected together.
Immediately afterwards, Yi Feiyang released the Mike album with the theme song of "Lust, Caution". As soon as the song album came out, it was snapped up by people. Although many people have heard this song on the Internet and TV. But now the album
The temptation is still astonishing, and the sales volume of records in one day alone reached 3 million. At this rate, it will soon break Mike's record of 10 million records that has been held for many years.
This series of big moves by Fantasy Entertainment has made "Lust, Caution" even more popular.
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"The beautiful sadomasochism scenes and wonderful story of "Lust, Caution" obviously conquered most of the audience, and this movie also ushered in the latest box office record of Chinese director Yi, with a box office of hundreds of millions.
It shows the influence of this director in North America and even the world!" Hollywood film critic reporter.
After "Lust, Caution" landed in North America, the audience who came to the theater for a while came to watch this highly talked-about movie.
This movie has also received widespread praise from critics. For such a controversial adult film, it is extremely sad and touching to watch.
Even though some people are a little picky about the "Lust, Caution" movie, with the popularity of "Lust, Caution" theaters, the viewing trend has begun to spread.
At this opportunity, Yi Feiyang was preparing to hold another large-scale press conference.
Some people think that Yi Feiyang held a press conference at this time just to promote the box office performance of this film.
Yi Feiyang had to admit in his heart that indeed, with the film's box office performance in the past two days, Yi Feiyang brought the two leading actors in the film to attend this press conference just to highlight the film's box office performance.
The box office performance of this film is enough to make Yi Feiyang and the actors of the film famous in the media, because this is strength!
Why don't you give me an example? Which R-rated movie in North American history has achieved such success in its premiere?!
Even "Basic Instinct," the pornographic film with the most box-office appeal, had a debut of only 35 million U.S. dollars, while "Lust, Caution" was more than three times that!
Another reason is that the publicity has begun to promote strongly in North America, allowing friends in the media industry to report more news about the movie "Lust, Caution". Under the good news, the box office performance of this movie can be as high as one month.
Within the theater release time, strive for more box office results.
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At the press conference, Yi Feiyang appeared in front of the media wearing a suit and leather shoes with a relaxed and happy expression.
Next to him are the actor Leonardo and the heroine Kate Winslet of "Lust, Caution".
Leonardo, like Yi Feiyang, also wore a solemn black suit, while Kate wore a white sexy dress. Although the weather was a bit cold at this time, as a superstar, Kate still paid attention to this press conference
.
When the three came to the reporter friends, stood on the stage, and kept letting the media reporters take photos, the appearance of Leon and Kate caused a scream in the scene. Yi Feiyang, who used to exist like the sun, felt for the first time
It stole the limelight. But Yi Feiyang was very happy. This proved that his film "Lust, Caution" was very popular, and the male and female protagonists were very popular.
I have to say that in "Lust, Caution", although Kate Winslet and Leonardo overshadowed everyone, without the excellent direction of the great director Yi Feiyang, this film would not have become
The hottest movies of the year.
The three people were standing on the stage. Although it was a small press conference, it was obvious that Yi Feiyang and others regarded this press conference as the first stop of their North American promotion, right at their doorstep in Los Angeles.
Let’s do a little promotion.
There were no seats, so Yi Feiyang, Leonardo, Kate Winslet and others stood on the stage and interacted with a small number of audience members and a large number of reporters.
Following the host's introduction, the three Yi Feiyangs standing on the stage greeted the audience and reporters.
The gorgeous red light on the stage began to flash, and a crystal ball slowly rose up in front of Yi Feiyang, Leonardo and Kate, and words began to appear in the crystal ball.
"Congratulations to "Lust, Caution" for its box office debut of 113 million, setting the highest box office debut this year!"
The fonts in the crystal ball are also displayed on the screen so that the audience and reporters can see them clearly.
Yi Feiyang looked at Leonardo and Kate in front of him and couldn't help but put his hand on the crystal ball. This celebration ceremony was more of a publicity event, and it was also at this time. Fantasy Entertainment Company began to announce in a high profile that it would be led by Yi Feiyang
The two leading actors in the film have launched a nationwide promotional campaign.
The press conference that killed three birds with one stone seemed grand enough, with a gorgeous stage layout and enough room to accommodate many reporters and audiences.
Under the exclamation of the audience, after Yi Feiyang put his hand on the crystal ball, Leonardo and Kate also followed Yi Feiyang and put their hands on the crystal ball.
With a bang, a puff of white smoke came out of the crystal ball, it cracked, and a bottle of frozen champagne slowly rose from inside.
Yi Feiyang took out the champagne and took a photo with Leon and Kate in front of the camera.
Then, Yi Feiyang opened the champagne and the bubbles splashed!
In an extremely festive atmosphere, the press conference officially began.
The first person to stand up was a black reporter. The first question he asked was very pointed. He asked: "Dear Yi, I heard that the reason why the drama "Lust, Caution" is a big hit is mainly because you used it.
Is this the title of the play Titanic?"
Yi Feiyang smiled, "I think such speculation is unreasonable and groundless, because except for the two main actors, my "Lust, Caution" and "Titanic" have no connection at all!"
The reporter continued to ask, "But there are many rumors that you intentionally or deliberately confused the two plays to attract the audience to watch. How to explain this?"
The question is, does this guy have a grudge against me? How come he doesn’t let go of this issue?
After all, Yi Feiyang is a person who has experienced ups and downs. He still smiled and said: "The audience's eyes are sharp, how can a director like me confuse their sight? In addition, I want to emphasize that although the story of "Lust, Caution" is very exciting,
But in terms of connotation and theme, I think it is much higher than "Titan"! Of course, this is my personal opinion, and everyone has different opinions!"
"You mean "Lust, Caution" is better than "Titans"?" The reporter seemed to be confused.
"I mean in terms of concept... at least I didn't use such grand and eye-catching special effects when filming this movie. I relied entirely on the acting skills of the two protagonists to win! Of course, judging from your confused look, I guess you haven't
You’ve seen my play, so I suggest you go to the cinema and watch it first, don’t hear it from hearsay, let alone be taken advantage of by some interested people without knowing it!”
Yi Feiyang's words hit the nail on the head. Originally, he was the person sent by MGM to cause trouble, but now that Yi Feiyang exposed it backstage, his old face turned red.
At this moment, some other reporters had already understood the meaning and laughed.
The reporter was even more ashamed.
Immediately afterwards, another reporter asked, "Yi, do you think the box office of this drama can surpass "Titanic"?"
"Haha, this is a good question. If my movie is not restricted to R-rating, then I am confident. Unfortunately, this movie is a movie that only 18-year-olds can stop, so in terms of audience, we only have "Titan" at most.
"One-third, or even one-fifth, of "Titans", is it too difficult for me to compare such a restricted movie with the completely open "Titans"?" After Yi Feiyang finished speaking, he did
An extremely embarrassed scratching of the head.
His expression and actions caused people to laugh.
The atmosphere instantly became relaxed.
"Then there is another question. Who do you think has better acting skills in this drama, Leonardo or Kate?"
"You shouldn't ask me this question, you should ask them, Leonardo, tell me!" Yi Feiyang handed over the microphone.
Leonardo smiled and replied: "I think our performances are all great! If we really want to say who is the best, I think the best is the director, because only with his wonderful direction can we shoot wonderful scenes."
!”
A very smooth guy!
Asking is like asking in vain.
"So, Mr. Leonardo, are the bed scenes between you and Miss Kate in "Lust, Caution" true?" Another reporter heard a very sensitive question.
There was a moment of silence.
The reporter seemed to feel that the question he asked was a bit too unreasonable, so he added: "The main reason is that when watching this drama, I saw that the female protagonist and the male protagonist were particularly involved in the sex scene. In addition, in terms of physical performance,
It also feels very real, especially the heroine’s muscle twitching, so I’m very confused..."
Leonardo and Kate's faces became a little embarrassed, and they didn't know how to answer for a while. The entire scene fell into silence. (To be continued...)
