Chapter 801 The arrogance in the bones (4100+ chapters~)
"Ha ha!"
In Beverly Hills, Gong Yin, Li Xiuming and others also burst into laughter when they heard about Wu Jianye and Zhou Huimin's encounter in the coffee shop today.
"You are too bad. What will happen if that person does what you say?" Li Xiuming lightly pushed Wu Jianye's shoulder and said angrily.
Wu Jianye laughed: "If he really does what he said, it only means that there is something wrong with his brain. We should still be tolerant to comrades with brain problems!"
"Just be bad!" Gong Yin also joined in the condemnation.
However, both Gong Yin and Li Xiuming's eyes revealed the slightest hint of envy.
This incident became an episode in their stay in Los Angeles.
Gong Yin and Li Xiuming continued to be busy with their own work, while Zhou Huimin accompanied Wu Jianye to promote "The World of Chu Xing" during this time.
It's like a little assistant.
However, Zhou Huimin enjoys it. In the past, others have served her, but this time she has become the one to serve others. It feels very different.
Because the movie "The World of Chu Xing" was only bought by Wu Jianye in North America, Wu Jianye also accepted a lot of interviews in order to promote the movie.
The first was an interview with ABC, but Wu Jianye didn’t want to fly to New York again, so the host of ABC had no choice but to fly to Los Angeles to conduct an exclusive interview with Wu Jianye, and then edit and broadcast it after returning.
"Director Wu, it's really been a long time since we last met!"
The host who interviewed Wu Jianye is the ace host of the ABC TV network, named Mary, who is also a senior variety show host. The hosting style has always been humorous, and at the same time, it does not have the bad taste of some American variety shows.
North American variety shows sound very high-end, but in fact they are not much different from ordinary variety shows. Some variety shows are even as bad as RB's in terms of bad taste.
Those Hollywood superstars who are usually aloof will also show their childish side in various variety shows.
When Wu Jianye was promoting "Jurassic Park" before, he also participated in Mary's talk show.
"Almost a year!" Wu Jianye recalled the release date of "Jurassic Park" and laughed.
"Director Wu, you are really not a very prolific director. Some directors have already made two movies in one year!" Mary said with a smile.
"There is no way. If you want to ensure the quality of the movie, you have to polish it carefully. There is an old saying in China that slow work will produce careful work!" Wu Jianye replied with a smile.
"So, Director Wu, what you are saying is that those prolific film directors have lost their intentions in the films they made?" Mary grasped the key point very keenly and dug a tunnel for Wu Jianye.
Wu Jianye laughed and said: "Of course not, everyone has his own working habits. My working habit is to make one movie a year, and those highly productive directors are also very good directors, including
There are many directors that I personally admire very much!”
Wu Jianye was already familiar with dealing with such small scenes.
"Director Wu, since the release of "Jurassic Park" last year, it has triggered a movie-watching craze around the world. We also all know that this movie is adapted from your novel of the same name, and there are three movies in total. Now it can be said that the world
The audience is paying attention to the sequel series of this movie, can you tell us about the sequel plan of the movie "Jurassic Park"?"
Compared with "The World of Chu Xing", North American audiences actually don't care much. What they care about is the movie "Jurassic Park". This movie helped Hollywood open the door to the global film market. This year, Hollywood produced
He has produced several major productions and has seized the global market.
But now Wu Jianye comes to Hollywood with a Chinese movie, how could they care?
"The sequel of "Jurassic Park" is already in preparation. It is expected to officially start filming next year. I think it won't be too long to meet you!" Wu Jianye said.
"Then the sequel to "Jurassic Park" will also be directed by you, Director Wu?" Mary continued to ask.
Wu Jianye shook his head and said: "No, Phantom Pictures has actually started to find a suitable director for this movie, but I am not involved in the specific operation!"
Seeing that Mary still wanted to ask questions about "Jurassic Park", Wu Jianye cleverly brought the topic to the movie "The World of Chu Xing".
The priority of this interview needs to be clearly distinguished.
In fact, Mary had already received the order when she came to interview Wu Jianye, but everyone still liked the movie "Jurassic Park", so she subconsciously wanted to ask more about "Jurassic Park"
information.
"We noticed that in the poster of the movie "The World of Chu Xing", there is this sentence: If one day you find that the world you live in is just a scam, what should you do? Then this movie
Are you discussing with us the world that each of us lives in?"
Although "The World of Chu Xing" has been released in China, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea, the habitual pride in North America has prevented them from paying attention to the content of this movie at all, even Mary.
Wu Jianye laughed and said: "You can say yes or no. This is a movie that is different from all the current movie types. I believe everyone can see their own shadow in this movie!"
In fact, the questions Mary asked were very similar to the questions asked by Wu Jianye in interviews in China, and Wu Jianye answered them one by one.
However, there are still some different problems here, and of course they are more acute.
"Director Wu, we have noticed that although the movie "The World of Chu Xing" was released in commercial theaters of the Oceanwide Cinemas chain, the number of theaters and screens it was released in was not comparable to that of "Jurassic Park"
"This movie is comparable to it, and it can't even be compared with the movie "The Last Days". Does this mean that Phantom Pictures is not very optimistic about this movie?"
Wu Jianye smiled slightly and said, "I think you should ask Mr. Murphy from Phantom Pictures or Mr. Johnson from Oceanwide Cinemas about this question."
Wu Jianye did not answer this question directly. After all, such questions can easily be magnified by these media.
Mary nodded, "According to the news we have received, the movie "The World of Chu Xing" has been released in China and some Asian regions. Can you tell us about the release of this movie in these regions?"
Although Mary didn't know that Wu Jianye was the real boss behind ABC, before interviewing Wu Jianye, she also received an arrangement from the TV station, hoping that she could improve the film during the interview with Wu Jianye.
However, Mary still doesn't quite understand how a movie like this that has not premiered in North America can achieve much box office in which regions?
Wu Jianye laughed and said: "As of today, the box office of the movie "The World of Chu Xing" has exceeded 35 million U.S. dollars in China, and the box office in the entire Asia has also exceeded 4,000 U.S. dollars."
Ten thousand dollars at the box office!”
After the data came out, Mary looked at Wu Jianye in surprise. Her first thought was that this was unrealistic.
"Director Wu, isn't this a bit exaggerated? Everyone knows what China's film market is like. Such a movie, which has not yet been released in North America, has already achieved a box office of nearly 100 million US dollars worldwide?"
Wu Jianye chuckled and said: "Then the news you know may have fallen behind. Now China is implementing film reforms, and at the same time, Fengge Cinema Line in Xiangjiang has been introduced into the Chinese theater market. At this time, Fengge Cinema Line has already
The layout of the entire Asia has been completed, and this data is verifiable. You can go to the Chinese newspapers or the Xiangjiang newspapers to read it. The current Chinese market is different from the market you know!"
"I think I will definitely find a way to come and have a look!" Mary said subconsciously.
Then he asked: "Director Wu, can you reveal the investment in this movie?"
From this question, we can also see that North America does not pay enough attention to Chinese movies. If Wu Jianye was filming a movie in Hollywood, the North American media would definitely investigate the movie clearly, but now
But it's different. Even though Wu Jianye has achieved success in North America, the movies he shot in China still don't attract enough attention from these media.
"Ten million!" Wu Jianye replied.
"With an investment of 10 million US dollars, you can get nearly 100 million US dollars in box office. Director Wu, I have to say that you are really a very good film director!" Mary sighed sincerely.
Wu Jianye laughed: "I'm talking about 10 million yuan, which is less than 2 million US dollars!"
Mary: "..."
For a moment, Xiu Mary, the ace talk show host, didn’t know how to answer the question.
An investment of two million US dollars resulted in a box office of US$75 million. Such a movie can no longer be simply described as a success.
Wu Jianye did not mention the promotional expenses for this movie...
The most important thing is that the film has not yet been released in which places, and now it is about to land in the European and American markets, even if the film is not adapted to the European and American markets.
But relying on Wu Jianye's golden name alone is enough to bring the movie a box office of 30-40 million US dollars.
If this is the case, then the global box office of this movie is likely to be set at around US$130 million...
"Director Wu, you have to know that all these data can be found!" Mary's good psychological quality made him calm down quickly, but he still had some doubts about Wu Jianye's data.
Wu Jianye smiled: "Of course, I welcome everyone to check these data at any time!"
In the following time, Mary asked Wu Jianye a lot about the movie "The World of Chu Xing". Perhaps it was the domestic box office and Asian box office issues that made Mary have a question about the movie "The World of Chu Xing".
Very keen interest.
The two-hour interview was completed quickly.
After the interview ended, Mary shook hands with Wu Jianye.
"Director Wu, if those data are true, I sincerely hope you can return to Hollywood to make movies. Only in this way can you fully showcase your talent!"
Wu Jianye smiled and said: "Thank you, but in my opinion, whether you are shooting in China or in Hollywood, you are actually making a movie. I hope that everyone can understand more about China through my movies.
Some."
Mary's expression did not change in response to Wu Jianye's teasing, and she smiled and shook hands with Wu Jianye again.
When Wu Jianye walked out of the recording studio, Zhou Huimin handed him a thermos cup and said, "I finally understand why you are willing to return to China to shoot a movie!"
After Wu Jianye took a sip of water, he asked: "Why?"
"Although these people are all smiling, deep down they always think that they are superior. I don't like that kind of overlooking attitude, and I'm sure you don't like it either!"
Wu Jianye nodded and said, "That's probably the reason. Although Americans clamor for everyone to be equal every day, in fact, deep down they truly regard themselves as being superior to others."
Wu Jianye did not discuss this topic in depth with Zhou Huimin, mainly because he was frightened by the 404.
River crab mythical beasts are everywhere...
Wu Jianye accepted an exclusive interview with Phantom Media. After accepting the interview, Wu Jianye did not leave Phantom Media directly, but took Zhou Huimin to visit one of the largest media groups in the world.
At this time, the Phantom Media building has been completed. In addition to the ABC TV network and TV stations such as HBO and ESPN, other companies under Phantom Media have moved their headquarters here. Phantom Pictures, Digital Domain, Oceanwide Cinemas,
Hera Agency, Phantom Sports, Marvel Studios...
Zhou Huimin was also very curious.
Although Fengge Media was very big and had many companies, at that time it was in Xiangjiang, next to Zhou Huimin, a place where I saw it every day, so I didn’t have much curiosity.
But Phantom Media is different. It is one of the largest media groups in the world. Even the name sounds more impressive than Fengge Media, but in fact the gap between the two sides is quite big.
The basic base of Fengge Media is ATV, Fengge Pictures and Fengge Cinemas, especially Fengge Cinemas. Their value lies not in the cinemas, but in their land.
Now with the economic rise in Asia, land prices are changing day by day. Just these commercial lands are enough to double the hidden assets of Fengge Cinema Line.
But Phantom Media is different. They are located in North America. Whether Wu Jianye wants to admit it or not, North America is now the center of the world.
But what makes Wu Jianye more satisfied is that these industries are his own, and he can't say who is better or worse.
Zhou Huimin has stayed at Marvel Studios the longest, which is also related to her love of reading comics.
In the evening, Wu Jianye took Zhou Huimin to watch a Lakers game. During this period, the Lakers were going through their own labor pains. The retirement of Magic Johnson had a great impact on the Lakers.
In addition, their opponent was the Bulls who were at their peak, so it was natural for them to lose!