"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the Fox News Channel. I am now standing in front of the Imperial Theater in Los Angeles, where the sci-fi movie "The Martian" will premiere tonight."
"It is worth mentioning that this is a Chinese movie. From the director to the actors, they are all Chinese. There are already many audiences waiting at the entrance of the theater. Let us see what the audience expects from this movie."
Mary is an entertainment reporter at the Fox News Channel. Today, she was instructed by her superiors to come to the premiere of "The Martian" for an interview.
It was just a small matter explained by the leader. Several people interviewed had already memorized their lines. She approached the crowd with the photographer and picked a man in his 20s to start the interview.
"Hello, are you here to attend the premiere of "The Martian"?"
"Yes, yes." The man in question said pretending to be nervous.
The reporter continued to ask, "Then why did you choose to watch this movie?"
The man said with some excitement, "I like the original work very much. I have read it five times. This is simply the most exciting science fiction I have ever seen."
"So what do you expect from the movie?"
The man immediately changed his tone, his face full of anger, "I have no expectations for the movie at all. Oh God, a movie made by a Chinese director and Chinese actors, I can't imagine what it will be like."
What are you piling up?”
The reporter interviewed several viewers one after another, and all the questions and answers were critical of the movie.
These people all claimed that they were loyal book fans and were very angry that such a wonderful book was made into a Chinese movie by a Chinese director.
There was almost no word, and the excited "book fans" held up the signs and banners in their hands, as if this movie had really caused public outrage.
The reporters at the scene did not know that Fox News Channel, several newspapers, and the media had also sent people.
Tang An's car was parked on the roadside next to the theater.
"Chairman, that's it. I originally thought that these wouldn't be problems after the movie was released, but I didn't expect that a group of fans of the original book would come to make trouble."
The person in charge of the North American Distribution Department looked at the situation outside and said with some guilt.
A movie purely made in China usually doesn't get much attention in North America, and 20th Century Fox only promoted it half a month in advance.
At the beginning of the promotion, some book fans suddenly appeared to criticize this movie for being adapted into a Chinese movie.
This is normal, after all, most Americans look down on other countries, not to mention that American movies surpass other countries in the world in all aspects.
Zhao Yi didn't take it to heart. It was only circulated among a small number of readers and was not close to being a bestseller.
Any negative marketing must have a professional team. Unless Tang An adapted a very best-selling American book, it will cause big trouble.
However, the matter has no intention of calming down. There are some unfavorable remarks on various forums and social networking sites in North America.
Today, dozens of book fans holding banners came to the movie premiere to cause trouble.
Tang An listened to Zhao Yi's words with a cold face and said nothing, thinking about something.
Seeing Tang An Leng's face, Zhao Yi thought he had angered him by reporting good news but not bad news, so he quickly explained.
"Chairman, I originally thought that as long as the movie was successfully released, these original readers would calm down after seeing how wonderful the movie adaptation was. I didn't expect that there would be a group of book fans to protest."
"Okay, let's not talk about anything else."
Tang An waved his hand and asked, "This is obviously premeditated. How could an e-book with average sales have seventy or eighty readers come to the cinema to cause trouble on Friday night?"
Zhao Yi was shocked, "Chairman, do you mean there is someone behind it?"
Then someone said, "Will it be Sony and Columbia?"
"Unlikely."
Tang An shook his head, "Sony is only targeting "The Thirteen Beauties", and Columbia won't take action against me because we don't continue to cooperate."
Columbia was not approached for this release, not because Wendy Deng came to him personally.
It's just that Wendy Deng promised to open more than 2,000 movie theaters on the first day, a publicity and distribution fee of no less than 15 million, and only 8% of the distribution share.
Tang An couldn't refuse this price, and Columbia could only offer the first condition. The budget for publicity and distribution expenses was US$3 million less, and the distribution share only dropped from 12% of "Edge of Tomorrow" to 10%.
With two companies of similar strength, there is no doubt that 20th Century Fox will be chosen.
Tang An then asked, "Are there any other movies released by 20th Century Fox in the near future?"
"Yes, "My Family Bought a Zoo" and "Shu Lai Bao 3" are still in theaters, with box office sales of more than 10 million last weekend." Zhao Yi replied immediately.
Then he seemed to suddenly remember something, and said suddenly, "Chairman, I understand. The Vice President of Fox Global Theatrical Distribution whom I met this morning has a better relationship with Wendy Deng. "My Family Bought a Zoo", "Rat"
The producers of the two films "Bao 3" and another vice president are relatively close."
"Some time ago, I accidentally heard that there were big differences within 20th Century Fox regarding the distribution of the three movies, and our distribution contract for "The Martian" encountered a lot of resistance within Fox at the beginning. If it weren't for Wendy Deng and Murdo
With Gram’s support, we may not be able to get such good conditions.”
After hearing what Zhao Yi said, Tang An rubbed his head.
There are also many factions within large companies, fighting against each other.
With three movies released at the same time, everyone wants more resources.
It is basically certain that the other party did it. If "The Martian" fails at the box office, the other two movies will be the most direct beneficiaries.
Tang An further learned about the situation of the two movies. "Rare Treasures 3" is a series of movies. It has been in theaters for 21 days and has a box office of over 100 million.
However, the production cost of this film is 75 million U.S. dollars, and the North American box office will need at least 150 million U.S. dollars to recover the cost.
It’s similar overseas, with only a little over 120 million US dollars, which is a bit behind the previous two films’ global results of 380 and 440 million US dollars.
"My Family Bought a Zoo" was released for 14 days, with a box office of 47 million US dollars in North America and 25 million overseas.
Compared with the cost of only 15 million US dollars, this film made a lot of money, and the two protagonists, Matt Damon and Scarlett John, also made a splash.
After getting some information about his opponent, and seeing that the time was almost up, Tang An asked the motorcade to drive to the entrance of the theater.
When the group of people holding banners and signs at the door and the reporters saw the car coming, they immediately knew that the real owner was coming, and they all crowded over.
After the bodyguards in the front and rear cars got out of the car and the theater security guards helped to clear a path, the car door was opened from the outside.
After straightening his clothes, Tang An got out of the car with the crew facing the flashing lights and noise.