Chapter 434: Profit is the fundamental driving force to promote the market
Hollywood has always been an arrogant circle, where the world's best directors, actors, crews, and everything related to movies are gathered here. Top talents can be found here. In their eyes, the best movies in the world are all
It should be from Hollywood.
In Hollywood, there are only two criteria for whether a movie is good. First, whether it wins an Oscar, and second, whether the box office is good enough. Obviously, for a foreign language film that grossed US$140 million in two weeks, this box office is definitely enough to raise eyebrows.
So Hollywood filmmakers began to look at this film with their eyes, first of all, the values, oh, this is too bad, what about wandering the earth? This is simply a false proposition, why not build a spaceship? Build a planetary engine to propel the earth
?What? No space travel? No wormhole? NO, why not follow our script?
However, many people in the United States think this idea is cool, especially the line "Light up Jupiter and save the earth."
Yes, cool is enough, but is it unscientific enough? Come on, who can prove that time travel can be successful?
Some scientists also began to express their opinions in newspapers. Professor George from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said that planetary engines can be realized, but it is almost impossible to propel the entire earth, because even if all the stones on the earth are burned,
It is impossible to obtain such a large thrust even if it is dropped.
Of course, Hollywood doesn't care about scientific issues at all. The real focus of their complaints is on values. Why can Liu Qi get the qualification to enter the dungeon without participating in the lottery? This is Chi Guoguo's privilege. In order to save Wang Lei,
People have no regard for the safety of team members and civilians. Ahem, the most important thing is that the people who save the world are not Americans. Bad review.
As for the special effects? Come on, we were able to achieve this level ten years ago. There is nothing surprising about it. In short, in the eyes of Hollywood filmmakers, this is a film full of flaws.
However, in the eyes of Chinese Americans, this film is exceptionally good and is the best Chinese-language film they have ever seen. Therefore, with the spontaneous promotion of many Chinese people, "The Wandering Earth" has attracted more and more attention, and its reputation has slowly begun to increase.
During the fermentation period, the number of venues for screenings is also gradually increasing. At its peak, the number of venues in North America even exceeded 2,000.
Although it only accounts for half of the more than 4,000 theaters in North America, it also broke the record for Chinese-language movies.
One month later, the North American box office exceeded 460 million, which immediately shocked the entire Hollywood. Everyone in the industry had heard of such a movie, but they had never heard of it, no matter the actors, directors, or production companies, oh,
It seems that only the publishing company has some impression, but it doesn't seem to be a big company?
In short, everything about "The Wandering Earth" is very mysterious to Hollywood, but the more mysterious something is, the more people like to explore it, so Han Fei, as the boss of "Feiniao Film and Television", was dug out.
The values that the United States has always admired are packaged as the "American Dream". The meaning is very simple, that is, ordinary people can also create miracles through their own efforts. Obviously, Han Fei's entrepreneurial journey is in line with the "American Dream". Facts
If he is an American, or has stayed in the United States for a period of time, some American media will definitely attribute this to the victory of the values of the "American Dream".
It's a pity that it doesn't. At this point, the United States actually still wants to save face. As for a certain noodle country, it's hard to say.
In short, the name Han Fei gradually appeared in the American media, and his journey was indeed in line with the characteristics of the "American Dream". He was not very eye-catching in high school. After attending art school, he gradually began to stand out, and then he started his own business, and then started
Legendary Journey, holy shit, the more I watch it, the more I think this guy is a replica of the "American Dream".
But it is a pity that Han Fei is not in the United States, otherwise he would definitely be interviewed by many media. Americans like to hear such inspirational stories.
Since Han Fei was not here, the media naturally focused their attention on Chris. So Chris, who was initially despised by everyone in his industry, became a guest of the media and logged into a certain page almost every day to become the cover star.
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Cinedigm also became famous in the industry, and some independent filmmakers began to seek help from them in distributing their own films, resulting in unprecedented success.
Chris is very busy these days, but no matter how busy he is, he is still very concerned about "The Wandering Earth". After all, the box office is already 450 million. If it can exceed 500 million, the meaning will be completely different.
The day before Christmas, the North American movie tour of "The Wandering Earth" finally came to an end, with a box office of US$520 million, ranking first in the December box office, but this has already reached its limit.
In fact, Chris knew very well that the Chinese contributed at least 65% of the box office, and what confused Chris the most was that many Chinese students not only recommended the movie to their classmates, but also formed small groups and even participated in the movie on weekends.
Sometimes he used their homemade flyers to promote the film spontaneously. He swore that he didn't spend a penny in the early stage. Later, when he heard about the existence of these people, he started to provide flyers, but that was all.
The group still doesn't get a penny.
And more than once, Chris saw these Chinese students wearing thick down jackets handing out flyers on the street, telling people how wonderful "The Wandering Earth" was.
"What's wrong with these people?" Chris was confused. Isn't it just a movie? They are neither fans of Han Fei nor fans of a certain actor. Why do they do this?
Chris even asked a Chinese student in private about this, and the other student said proudly: This is a small step for Chinese films to go global, and it is also a big step for the world to recognize China. All of them are proud of it.
Chris has always felt that the Chinese are a very strange ethnic group. Their lives are incredibly monotonous. They don’t like using credit cards or gatherings. They rarely help their companions even when they are in danger.
They don't care who is the president of the United States, they only care when their salary is paid every month, and then they will send the money home.
In the past, Chris once thought that there was no social attribute in their genes. However, he saw something different from these Chinese international students.
The popularity of the North American box office also directly triggered the entire Chinese Internet, and even some official media began to pay attention.
For a time, the entire Chinese film and television industry discovered that their previous analysis of "The Wandering Earth" seemed not comprehensive enough. This is the North American film market, which is completely different from the previous Korean and Japanese film markets.
And what does a box office of US$520 million mean? Han Fei can get a share of US$150 million, which is a net income of one billion yuan.
Profit is the fundamental driving force that drives the market, and some film and television companies that originally only focused on the domestic market are also tempted.