On the afternoon of December 3rd, Los Angeles time, Yu Dong arrived at Los Angeles International Airport with his company team.
Yu Dong got on the plane at 10 a.m. Beijing time on the 3rd and arrived in Los Angeles at 22 p.m.
But due to the time difference, it was still 7 a.m. in Los Angeles at this time.
Zhou You, the vice president of Hantang Media who was sent to the United States before, and Liu Yu, the general manager of Tangyan Studio, came to pick him up at the airport.
"Hello, Dong Yu, it's been a hard journey."
"Mr. Zhou, Mr. Liu."
Yu Dong shook hands with them and said, "Please come pick me up early in the morning."
"You're welcome, Yu Dong. You must be tired along the way. Why don't you go to the hotel to take a rest first and get over the jet lag?" Zhou You suggested.
"Let's get down to business first. I already slept on the plane." Yu Dong shook his head. He couldn't think of sleeping now.
Zhou You nodded, "Then let's get in the car and talk."
Several people got into a commercial vehicle and headed to Los Angeles.
"Dr. Yu, "Edge of Tomorrow" was officially released in North America early this morning. However, due to the time difference between various regions, it is early and late, and the box office statistics are also a bit troublesome, at least until tomorrow morning."
Zhou You introduced the screening situation of this movie, "Colombia has secured 1,600 opening theaters. This figure ranks eleventh among all new and old films in the same period. The main competitors should be "Tangled" and "Harry Potter"
7", "Speed", "Dance Club", "Love and the Elixir" and other movies"
"But Harry Potter 7 was released for half a month.
"Speed" only had a box office of 60 million in 20 days of release.
"Dance Club" only received 20 million in 10 days of release.
"Love and Elixir" earned 16 million in 10 days of release.
The biggest rival is "Tangled", which took in 75 million at the box office in 10 days and was also the champion last weekend.
The only new film released at the same time was Relativity Pictures' "The Warriors," with director Lee Sung-moo and leading actor Jang Dong-gun both from South Korea, and it opened in 200 more theaters than ours."
Although Yu Dong was not his leader, even when he was the vice president of Poly Culture, Poly Bernard was just a subsidiary of Poly Huayi.
But things are different now. Not to mention Tang An's explanation, Bernard is also one of the producers of "Edge of Tomorrow".
""Yellow Sand Warrior"? What is the origin of this movie?"
Yu Dong frowned. A movie with a South Korean director and leading actor was not even distributed by a few major giants, but its opening was even bigger than "Edge of Tomorrow".
"This Lee Sung-moo holds a master's degree in drama and film from Dongguk University in South Korea and a master's degree from New York University. This is the first film he directed."
Zhou You's tone is somewhat self-deprecating. A South Korean director with no directing experience and a South Korean actor who is starring in a Hollywood movie for the first time have opened more theaters than "Edge of Tomorrow."
Anyway, four of Tang An's previous films have been released in Hollywood, which also made the distributor a little profit.
Yu Dong also frowned and asked, "What are the specifications of this movie?"
"The cost of US$42 million is considered a medium investment, but the producer of this film is Hollywood gold medal producer Barry M. Osborne, who has participated in "The Matrix", "Lord of the Rings", and "Face/Off"
Produced.”
This was more or less the same, and Yu Dong was relieved.
Although it is directed by a South Korean director and has a South Korean actor, it is still considered a Hollywood movie, with almost a medium budget, and a gold medal Hollywood producer is involved, so it is normal to have 200 more cinemas.
"It seems that Colombia still attaches great importance to our movie." Yu Dong said with a smile.
"Colombia's film performance was good in the past few years. It released more than ten movies a year. However, it has failed in the past two years. This year there are only "Kung Fu Dream" and "Second Detective", and next year there will be only "The Green Hornet" starring Jay Chou.
》, so they gave us good resources. These 1,600 cinemas are in good locations, at least they are mainstream cinemas."
Then Yu Dong learned about the publicity aspect. Since the male and female protagonists did not have any reputation in Hollywood, Tang An was a little better and focused on publicity.
But I mainly brought the movies "Shark Tank", "Terror Cruise", and "Now You See Me". After all, the first two horror movies are still on TV on demand and sold in the video tape market. Coupled with the accumulation in the past few years,
Still somewhat popular.
But I don’t know how useful it will be. After all, the audience for horror movies and science fiction movies are completely different.
In addition, 3D is also the focus of promotion. There are actually no 3D movies in Hollywood at this time, and all of them are 2D movies during the same period.
China's first hard-core science fiction film can also arouse the curiosity of American audiences. Although they will disagree, there will always be people who want to see what the science fiction films produced by the Chinese look like.
Delaware, USA, at 4pm local time on the 3rd, Yu Dong arrived at the US headquarters of News Corporation, one of the world's largest media groups.
Today Yu Dong visited two fund companies and flew to New York.
However, basically no one is optimistic about the prospect of Bernard being listed on Nasdaq.
Even before December, shareholders such as Sequoia Capital, Matrix Partners, and Haina Fund had the idea of selling some of their shares.
Fortunately, "Edge of Tomorrow" exceeded 100 million in two days in the mainland, and was also a hit in the Southeast Asian market, which allowed them to regain confidence.
Only then did Yu Dong realize that it was not that simple to log into the US stock market.
In the News Group conference room, Gao Qunyao, Global Vice President of News Group and CEO of Huaguo Strategy and Strategic Development, received Yu Dong.
"Lao Yu, your trip was in vain. I mentioned this matter to Murdoch, but he basically had no intention to invest. He said that if Bernard was listed in China or even in Xiangjiang, he would be very happy to invest." Gao Qunyao was somewhat agitated.
Said regretfully.
Although he is the vice president of News and Media, Murdoch is responsible for the entire group. If there is no benefit, Murdoch will not invest.
Although he had expected this situation for a long time, Dudong was still a little disappointed.
He smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Can I still back down at this time? If I really cancel the listing and return to China, I'm afraid there won't be any good results."
"Now we can only look forward to the box office performance of "Edge of Tomorrow" in North America, otherwise you have to be prepared." Gao Qunyao comforted.
That’s right!
There's still a chance!
Yu Dong also put away the expression on his face. As long as "Edge of Tomorrow" is successfully released in North America, countless Wall Street funds will naturally come to visit!
Today you are indifferent to me, but tomorrow I will make you unreachable!
Yu Dong, who is less than 40 this year, still retains a trace of youthful energy and impulse, otherwise he would not directly enter the US stock market.
Returning to Los Angeles in the evening, Yu Dong met Zhou You again.
Sitting in the 3D theater of Cinemark Cinemas, a relatively large theater in Los Angeles, watching "Edge of Tomorrow" to see the audience's reaction.
A glimpse of the film reveals the whole story. The reaction of the audience in a movie theater can probably tell how North American audiences will accept the film.