Chapter 800 Girl, it's not like this (12,000 daily updates~)
"King's return?"
The Hollywood Times published the news that Wu Jianye came to Los Angeles, but a big question mark was added behind The Return of the King.
The news that Wu Jianye's new movie will land in North America has spread like wildfire, but it's hard to say how many people are optimistic about Wu Jianye's new movie.
Even if the director is Wu Jianye, this movie is a Chinese movie through and through, which makes it difficult for people to watch it. If Wu Jianye directed a Hollywood movie, it would become a major problem for various film companies.
.
Even if this movie is a drama.
But now it is too difficult for a purely Chinese film to succeed.
The common value in Hollywood now is that this movie will be a hit but not a box office hit.
They believe in Wu Jianye's ability to make movies, but they don't believe how popular a Chinese movie can be in North America!
Wu Jianye also saw this report at this time, and he was writing the whole article about the speculation that the movie "The World of Chu Xing" would suffer a failure at the box office in North America.
It is undeniable that Wu Jianye is a great director, but every movie has its own cultural attributes. The reason why Hollywood movies can achieve global success is because North America is extremely tolerant and can
It has found a good balance point in the global film market, and Chinese films?
Please forgive me for saying this. Chinese films are still more suitable to participate in those film festivals. Where is their main battlefield? It is obvious that Wu Jianye chose the wrong direction this time. If he takes this film to participate in the European Three Film Festival next year,
At major film festivals, I believe that with Wu Jianye's directing skills, he might win some awards.
But now he has brought a film that was exhibited at the exhibition into the ranks of mainstream commercial films. I think he came to the wrong place...
Here's an excerpt from the full report from The Hollywood Times.
However, this report also represents the thoughts of most people in Hollywood.
"Many people don't like this movie now!" Linda was sitting in Wu Jianye's study at this time, with a somewhat calm expression on her face.
Wu Jianye chuckled and said, "If you don't like it, just don't like it. When the two movies "Ghosts and Ghosts" and "Jurassic Park" were released, no one also liked them, right?"
Linda remembered the situation when those two movies were released, and smiled slightly. "The Love of Ghosts" was Wu Jianye's first movie in Hollywood, so naturally it would not be well received, and "Jurassic" was the first movie Wu Jianye shot in Hollywood.
At that time, Wu Jianye's opponent was the famous Spielberg, and everyone was not optimistic about it.
Thinking of this, Linda asked: "So, you are also very optimistic about the current "Chu Xing's World"?"
Wu Jianye nodded, but then shook his head and said: "I am very optimistic about the profit of this movie, but the Hollywood Times is right about one thing, that is, it is impossible for this movie to achieve the box office of the previous two movies in North America.
The height of a movie!”
No matter how confident Wu Jianye is, he still understands that it is impossible for a purely Chinese film to stir up trouble in the North American film market, at least at this stage. In fact, even if it is the original version of "
"The Truman Show" only achieved a box office of US$126 million in North America, and it did not even make it into the top ten box office lists in Hollywood that year.
And this is only possible due to Jim Carrey's strong box office appeal.
In fact, Wu Jianye is not very confident about what kind of box office this version directed by Wu Jianye can achieve in North America.
But one thing is certain, that is, this movie will definitely make money.
Linda said: "This is understandable. After all, this is a purely Chinese movie. Most of the people who can watch this movie in North America should be your die-hard fans!"
"By the way, let's get this movie to be released in independent theaters?" Linda asked.
Johnson's acquisition of theaters in North America has not stopped in recent years. After several years of development, Oceanwide Cinemas has become the largest theater chain company in the United States.
Oceanwide Cinemas has also been divided into two this year, into mainstream commercial cinemas and independent film cinemas.
Wu Jianye shook his head and said decisively: "No, this movie must be released in commercial cinemas!"
"You can't simply define this movie as a feature film or a commercial film. If it's placed in an art film theater, it will basically define the film!"
There is actually a clear distinction between commercial films and independent films. If "The World of Chu Xing" is released in independent theaters, it will only have a box office of 10 to 20 million at most in the end.
If this kind of box office was placed on other domestic film directors, it would definitely be a good box office, but if it was placed on Wu Jianye, it would be a real failure!
"Okay, I will contact Johnson, but the release schedule of this movie should not be too high at the beginning!" Linda argued.
Wu Jianye nodded and said, "That's okay, just watch and do it."
Linda’s final question: “What about the movie’s premiere?”
Wu Jianye understood what Linda meant and said: "This time the scale does not need to be as big as "Jurassic Park", but what needs to be done still needs to be done!"
In Hollywood, every movie is graded. This grade classification does not mean that the movie is rated as R-13 or R-10. Instead, the film is graded according to the investment ratio of the film.
Correspondingly, there are different publicity strategies.
The investment for the movie "The World of Chu Xing" is only 10 million yuan, which is less than 2 million US dollars. Naturally, it is a low-cost movie.
But the director is Wu Jianye, so the corresponding publicity level must be improved, but compared with movies like "Jurassic Park", it will definitely be inferior in many ways.
Linda nodded and felt relieved. To be honest, she was really worried that Wu Jianye would let the movie "The World of Chu Xing" be promoted at the level of "Jurassic Park". If this was the case, then for
It will be a very big pressure for Phantom Pictures.
When Linda wanted to leave, Wu Jianye called Gong Yin in.
This time Gong Yin came to Los Angeles with Wu Jianye, originally to open up channels for Angel Underwear in the European and American markets. If he could sign a few big-name European and American stars, it would be of great benefit to the promotion of Angel Underwear.
This was not the first time Linda met Gong Ying. When Wu Jianye was filming "Under the Bridge" in Shanghai, the two met again because of the novel "Alive". At that time, this woman accompanied Wu Jianye
Go to the publishing house.
Unexpectedly, at this time, this woman was already Wu Jianye's woman, and she also had her own brand.
After Wu Jianye briefly introduced the situation, he said: "My personal suggestion is to use the development of Victoria's Secret as a model, sign models from various countries, and hold Angel's Secret Fashion Show regularly every year!"
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show has been held since 1990. However, the influence of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in the first ten years was limited. It was not until 2000 that Victoria's Secret began to truly become the top fashion show of global underwear brands!
Now that Gong Ying wants to expand his sales in European and American countries, he has to compete with Victoria's Secret for the market.
However, Gong Ying also has an advantage that Victoria's Secret does not have, and that is Hera Agency and ABC TV Network.
As an independent company under Phantom Media, Hera Agency also has its own plans. After more than a year of development, Hera Agency is no longer limited to the ordinary film and television industry, but has made a comprehensive attack in various fields such as sports and writers.
Relying on the powerful power of Phantom Media, the development of Hera Agency can be said to be very rapid.
Now Hera's agency can also cooperate with Angel Underwear to develop its own business in the modeling circle.
After listening to Wu Jianye's introduction, Linda nodded and said, "Miss Gong, let's find a time in the next two days. I'll invite the general manager of Hera Agency out and let's discuss it together!"
Gong Ying naturally had no objection to this.
"No problem, Linda will be troubled by this matter!"
"You're too kind!"
"By the way, you also need to help Angel Underwear find top designers in Europe and the United States. Only with them in charge can we better improve the style of Angel Underwear!" Wu Jianye said from the side.
Maybe ordinary people don't know much about the profession of underwear designers, but in places like Europe and the United States, they highly respect designers in the clothing industry. If there are no top designers in charge, even if they will
No matter how successful the Angel's Secret fashion show is, it won't have too high a style.
Gong Yin frowned slightly. If everything goes according to Wu Jianye's plan, the funds in his hands will definitely not be enough...
But at this time, Gong Yin didn't say anything.
Linda agreed to Wu Jianye's request. This kind of thing was not a big problem for Linda at this time. In addition, Linda believed that although Gong Ying was taking care of this business,
She still believed that this was Wu Jianye's own industry. The funds involved in establishing an underwear brand were nothing to Wu Jianye.
Finally, Linda and Gong Yin agreed on a time to meet and left.
After Linda left, Wu Jianye took out a check with fifty million US dollars written on it from his drawer and handed it to Gong Yin.
"This is the fund for Angel Underwear's activities in the United States. If it is not enough by then, you can tell me again!"
Gong Ying looked at Wu Jianye and didn't know what to say.
"Take it, are you still so polite to me?" Wu Jianye said with a smile.
Only then did Gong Yin accept it.
Although Wu Jianye has plans for Wu Qichen's future, he still needs to show his due expression. This is also an act of appeasement. Gong Zheng's own property will definitely be left to Wu Qichen in the end, and Wu Jianye
As a father, naturally he cannot be stingy.
Wu Jianye said to Gong Yin: "Since you want to hold an angel's secret fashion show, you can let your models wear wings. Of course, not everyone can wear wings. When the time comes, you can regard wearing wings as
It is a status symbol that only the top models can wear..."
Wu Jianye told Gong Yin all the operating procedures of the later Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Although the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show was also being held at this time, the big wings had not yet emerged. This was also Gong Yin's opportunity.
.......
At this time, on the streets of Los Angeles, you can already see the huge poster of "The World of Chu Xing". The content of the poster is actually the same as that in China. The only difference is that the Chinese is replaced by English.
Wu Jianye and Zhou Huimin were walking on the streets of Los Angeles, enjoying the rare tranquility.
Zhou Huimin's popularity in Hong Kong makes it impossible for her to go shopping on the streets as easily as she does now. This is why domestic celebrities like to travel abroad.
The most fundamental reason is that domestic celebrities are only popular in China. They are not very popular abroad, or they are not popular at all, and naturally they will not be watched by tens of thousands of people.
As for Wu Jianye, he has already turned into a director behind the scenes. Even though he is very popular in North America, he does not appear on the screen much, so not many people know him. There are only some old rock fans or senior rock fans.
Only movie fans will recognize Wu Jianye.
Gong Yin and Li Xiu Ming are both busy with their own careers. Gong Yin is busy discussing cooperation with the general manager of Hera Agency. Li Xiu Ming's advertising company has also been getting better and better, and he also has various work needs.
deal with.
It was Zhou Huimin who really came to relax.
Wu Jianye also took a break from his busy schedule and walked around Los Angeles with Zhou Huimin.
Zhou Huimin was holding a bag of snacks, just like an ordinary girl, walking happily in front, while Wu Jianye was hanging behind. Seeing Zhou Huimin's happy look, at this time Wu Jianye also let go of many worries in his heart.
Plan and decide not to think about anything today.
When we were shopping around three or four o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Huimin hugged Wu Jianye's arm and said, "I'm a little tired!"
Wu Jianye smiled and said: "There is a cafe in front, let's go and have a rest!"
Zhou Huimin nodded with a sweet smile.
After the two of them arrived at the coffee shop, Wu Jianye touched his pocket and realized that he had no money in his pocket as a habit. He had to let Zhou Huimin go in first and waved to Dai Zhen and others who were following behind to protect him.
It took a few hundred dollars to get in.
But when he entered, he saw a young man standing next to where Zhou Huimin was sitting.
Come in and have a listen....
"Are you Miss Zhou from Xiangjiang? Hello, I am Yan Baiyang from Wanwan. I didn't expect to meet Miss Zhou in Los Angeles. Miss Zhou is very popular in Wanwan. Do you have any idea to hold a party in Wanwan?
For the concert, I’m in Wanwan…”
Yan Baiyang was working hard to promote himself to Zhou Huimin, but he felt someone tapping his shoulder. He looked back dissatisfied and found a man standing behind him.
"What are you doing?" Yan Baiyang said dissatisfied.
If we want to say where Wu Jianye is the least popular, then it must be in Wanwan. Since he became famous, he has never been to Wanwan, so Yan Baiyang does not know Wu Jianye.
Wu Jianye laughed and said, "Are you picking up girls?"
Yan Baiyang said in a gentlemanly manner: "Why are you so rude?"
Wu Jianye looked at Yan Baiyang disapprovingly and said with a smile: "Boy, that's not how you pick up girls, learn from it!"
After saying that, Wu Jianye stood in front of Zhou Huimin and said slightly frivolously: "Beauty!"
Zhou Huimin blinked innocent eyes and looked at Wu Jianye.
Yan Baiyang looked a little confused.
Wu Jianye directly pulled Zhou Huimin up, and then slowly lowered his head...