Even though the time has entered March, the wave about Lao Bai has not subsided.
The reason is very simple. March is still the off-season for movies, both in China and Europe and the United States. Therefore, Hollywood as a whole will not release truly heavyweight works at this time. The result is that overseas box office is still not too high.
The only good thing is that three movies including "Finding Nemo" have already passed their peak period.
but……
Even so, in this March, China's global box office still surpassed Hollywood!
Two months in a row!
Although China's overseas box office is lower than Hollywood's this time, because Hollywood still has no major blockbusters released, and Lao Bai's three works have not faded in Europe and the United States, especially in China, China still won nearly 3 billion
The "final payment" of the coin adds the last weight to this war!
In March, the global box office of Chinese movies was US$1.4 billion, while that of Hollywood was US$980 million!
Such a result is far crazier than when China overtook Hollywood in February...
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is Hollywood's most dangerous moment!"
On April 1st, at a secret gathering of the five major Hollywood film giants, Jack Johnson, the president of Stanley Pictures, said with a solemn face: "I believe I don’t need to elaborate on the specific situation. We have encountered the most severe crisis in history.
Challenge! At this critical moment, as leaders of Hollywood, we must stand up and meet this challenge..."
Jack Johnson stood up and was impassioned, but the other four domineering presidents had different expressions.
The only one who agreed with it was Ms. Carter, the president of Hanf Group. She not only nodded repeatedly, but even said directly at the end: "Yes, I very much agree with what Mr. Johnson said. Hollywood must face this situation bravely."
A challenge, and we must fight back at all costs! Gentlemen, we must face this matter with the most serious attitude!"
She was the only woman at the scene, so it wasn't a problem for the gentlemen.
only……
After the two impassioned words, the other three kept silent, and their expressions were quite strange.
Seeing the expressions of the other three people, Jack Johnson and Ms. Carter's hearts sank at the same time, and their faces became a little ugly.
The thing I was most worried about happened.
Sure enough, just when Carter was about to speak, Tim Hardaway was the first to speak. He simply tapped the table with his fingers, and then said slowly: "I want to know how you want to fight back against China Film... Haha
, No, it should be said to be laobai
!How do you think we in Hollywood should fight back against laobai? Directly use smear methods like last time? Or should we advocate the so-called Chinese threat theory and arouse public resentment? If this is the case, it is a pity that Paramount
Not interested in participating!”
"Second, Hagas will not participate!"
"The same goes for Haimensi. We can't risk offending China by doing such stupid things!"
…
As the two presidents of Heimens and Haggis Pictures echoed Tim Hardaway's words, Johnson and Carter's expressions instantly became even uglier.
Needless to say, they certainly understood what these three people meant.
Hollywood also tried it last time, vigorously smearing laobai in North America and Europe. It did achieve a certain effect at the beginning, but...then the Chinese people's revenge came very quickly, and they were beaten directly.
His mouth and hands were all taken back!
That year, the box office and various peripheral income of several major giants in China plummeted by 20%, resulting in huge losses!
The Chinese people used this lose-lose method to tell them that they are not allowed to engage in laobai, let alone use such a drastic method. And this result also made them understand one thing, although the Chinese official has never stated anything publicly,
But the importance attached to Lao Bai is far beyond that of other Chinese filmmakers.
Ask yourself, of course they understand the reasons why Chinese officials do this.
In an era when China's national power is growing and its influence is getting stronger, the cultural industry has become their weakest link and the one that most urgently needs improvement. But everyone knows that the most important thing is to increase the influence of culture.
The difficulty is just like the Americans back then. Even if their economic strength had already reached the first place in the world, and later due to World War I and World War II, their political and military strength also became the global hegemon, cultural influence would still have to wait for a long, long time.
…
How could the Chinese official allow Hollywood to smear an old white man after a lot of effort?
However, Hollywood has no way to resist the official warnings and suppression, unless...unless they are willing to risk losing China, the world's largest market!
But unfortunately, everyone knows this is impossible!
Because they know very well that the reason why Hollywood is Hollywood is because their movies can be sold all over the world, and they are well-deserved to be the number one in the world!
But if there is no Chinese market, why are you number one in the world?
The total box office of that country can almost compete with the combined total of Europe and North America. If Hollywood really falls out with China, I am afraid that filmmakers all over the world will celebrate and be ecstatic, right?
Of course, except for Hollywood filmmakers.
So after the Hollywood giants figured out the official attitude of China, all methods were limited to the overt side. If you play dirty tricks with others, they won't play with you in turn?
That's why Carter and the others understood Tim Hardaway's words so quickly.
After being silent about the accessories department, Jack Johnson said solemnly: "Of course, we can't do it directly...I mean, it's okay to do something in private, just don't go too far...Ahem, but we
We can also use some fair methods, for example, when Lao Bai’s movie is released, we can show it at the same time and compete with him!”
"What? You want to play against laobai?"
After listening to Johnson's words, Tim Hardaway and the others were completely stunned.
A moment later, the president of Haggis Films shouted: "Are you kidding me? How is this possible?"
"Impossible? Why is it impossible?"
Frowning his brows, Johnson said angrily: "No matter how powerful he is, he is just one person. Why is it impossible? As long as we unite as one and bring out the best every time his new movie is released..."
"No, absolutely impossible!"
Before the other party could finish speaking, Tim Hardaway stood up immediately: "I don't care what you think, in short, Paramount Pictures will never join in, there is no chance..."