When several people walked into the conference room of Phantom Pictures, Johnson was already waiting here, but Linda was not there.
Now Linda is the CEO of Phantom Media. She has already jumped out of the simple film industry and has become one of the few business giants in North America. Naturally, there are many things to do every day. After the docking with Gong Yin,
Then he flew to New York to handle business.
Now that "The World of Chu Xing" is premiering, he doesn't even have time to fly back to attend, which shows how busy he is with his work.
"Wu, I watched the movie, it was great!" At this time, Johnson also became a lot more steady.
In fact, both Linda and Johnson have their own growth, which is also related to the careers they are in charge of. Both of them are considered top bosses in their own industries, so naturally they will not be able to make the same jumps as before.
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Wu Jianye laughed and said: "Now that the theater chains in North America have almost been acquired, we can calm down and manage them. Oceanwide Cinemas is developing too fast, which will inevitably cause internal instability. Your work will be better than before.
It’s even more difficult!”
The collapse of the building is more caused by internal damage!
Johnson smiled confidently and said, "Don't worry!"
There are some differences from another time and space, that is, people like Zhang Guoli will learn some spoken English from time to time after joining Tangting Culture, so now Zhang Guoli and others, although they are not able to speak English like foreigners,
The same, but some simple conversations and some less complex content can be understood clearly.
Although the two did not have an in-depth conversation, the content of the conversation still surprised Zhou Xingchi and others, because when Wu Jianye spoke to Johnson, it was completely the attitude of a superior to a subordinate, and Johnson also readily accepted this attitude.
After Zhang Guoli and the others were surprised, they didn't think much about it. They thought that just like what Zhou Xingchi said before, Wu Jianye could create extremely high value, so these people would support Wu Jianye.
But Zhou Xingchi is different. Others in Xiangjiang are exposed to more news, such as the affairs of the three major groups Yaoguang, Yiwang, and Fengge Media. Now it seems, maybe, maybe even with the addition of Phantom Media, there seems to be no
What's impossible?
Thinking of this, the shock on Zhou Xingchi's face became even more obvious.
Fengge Media is now the largest media group in Asia, while Phantom Media's strength is spread across North America, Europe and other places. Doesn't that mean that Wu Jianye is now the largest media tycoon in the world?
Zhou Xingchi did not continue to think about what happened next, nor did he dare to think too much. First of all, he thought that this kind of thing was unrealistic, maybe because he was sensitive.
Must be sensitive...
But even if he reminded himself like this, he was still carefully observing the conversation between Wu Jianye and Johnson.
But then there was no work communication between the two, and they were more discussing movies.
This disappointed Zhou Xingchi, who wanted to get some useful information from it.
"It's a pity that your movie is a Chinese movie. If it were a Hollywood movie, this movie would definitely be the best at the Oscars!" Johnson said regretfully: "Now we can only add the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film."
Got it!"
Wu Jianye nodded indifferently and said, "You know, I'm not very interested in participating in the Oscars!"
No matter how highly outsiders praise the Oscars, Wu Jianye does not take the Oscars too seriously. In his view, the Oscars are a Hollywood film award. It is because Hollywood is now the global film center, so the Oscars are
It is so important that if one day Chinese films surpass North America in the global market, then the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards will also be one of the most famous film awards in the world.
"Haha, to be honest, I still think it's a pity that you didn't win the best director, although there is a consolation of the best screenplay award!" Johnson laughed.
Wu Jianye originally won the Oscar for Best Screenplay for "The Love of Ghosts", but he also lost the competition for the Best Director and Best Picture awards because he did not do public relations.
"Don't take it to heart!" Wu Jianye said calmly. Seeing Wu Jianye commenting on the Oscars calmly, Zhou Xingchi and the others seemed a little speechless...
As Johnson said, probably only Wu Jianye is qualified to say so.
"By the way, will the movie "The World of Chu Xing" be selected for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film this time?" Johnson asked curiously.
Wu Jianye smiled slightly and said, "I really can't make the decision on this matter!"
Johnson looked at Wu Jianye in surprise and asked, "Why?"
There is no reason why Wu Jianye alone has the final say if he wants to apply for an Oscar, because according to domestic regulations, if the movie "The World of Chu Xing" wants to apply for an Oscar, it needs to be recommended by China Film, not just
Tangting Culture can do this!
After explaining it to Johnson, Wu Jianye said with a smile: "However, this film still has a great chance of participating in the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film!"
Wu Jianye did not say this to death, but Zhang Guoli and others knew that according to Wu Jianye's current influence in the country, as long as he wanted the movie "The World of Chu Xing" to represent China and participate in next year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language
If there is a film selection, then this film will definitely be able to participate.
Although Wu Jianye is not very interested in Oscars, ordinary people do. Now that Wu Jianye wants to develop Chinese films, he must first increase the influence of Chinese films in the world. As for the three major film festivals in Europe next year
, let’s leave it to Chen Kaige’s “Farewell My Concubine”!
According to Wu Jianye's reputation, this year's movie "The World of Chu Xing" will definitely become an active invitation to the three major European film festivals this year, but since Wu Jianye now wants to increase the influence of Chinese films
, then based on maximizing interests, he will not participate in the three major European film festivals with the movie "Farewell My Concubine".
The sensation caused in this way is still somewhat more beneficial than if it were spread out!
Because whether it is the three major film festivals in Europe or the Academy Awards in the United States.
It is possible that two Chinese-language films will be jointly entered into their award selections, but they will never be awarded all awards. No matter how fair they claim to be, balancing art is their most important point.
Time moved forward slowly, and when the box office statistics were about to come out, Zhou Xingchi and others became more and more nervous. This was the first movie released in the United States for the four of them, and they all knew what this meant.
Especially Zhou Xingchi, with Cheng Long Zhuyu in front, Zhou Xingchi naturally hopes to go out of Asia and become a global movie star.
Now the movie "Chu Xing's World" is his chance.
When the time came to two o'clock in the morning, Wu Jianye saw that they were looking at his watch more frequently, and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, they will be sent here as soon as the box office statistics are out!"
Chen Hong asked curiously: "Director Wu, when you watch our movie today... uh, what was the box office yesterday?"
Wu Jianye thought for a moment and said: "If it exceeds 10 million US dollars, it will be considered a success!"
Johnson said from the side: "Wu, are you a little too cautious? The first-day box office of "The Last Day" was 17.36 million U.S. dollars, and the first-day box office of "Jurassic Park" reached 26.89 million U.S. dollars.
, now you only estimate that this "Chu Xing's World" will earn more than 10 million US dollars?"
Wu Jianye chuckled and said, "It's a good thing you're still in the theater business. Don't you even understand this?"
Johnson naturally understood that the movie "The World of Chu Xing" was completely different from the two movies he just mentioned. Those two movies were Hollywood movies through and through. Coupled with the support of Oceanwide Cinemas in theaters,
Only then could the first-day box office of these two movies reach such a high level.
The current film "The World of Chu Xing" is just the opposite. It is a 100% Chinese film. It is not considered a mainstream film in North America. If Wu Jianye was not the director of this film, let alone 10 million.
, even if it can exceed 1 million, it is considered a success!
But Johnson still doesn't want to believe it. After all, the director of this movie is Wu Jianye, the director of the two top-grossing movies in the world. How come his box office appeal can only reach 10 million?
"I still feel that 10 million is a bit too little!" Johnson said.
Matthew Murphy next to him also nodded.
Wu Jianye smiled and said: "It's quite a lot. You guys see it from a different perspective. Naturally, you think 10 million is too little, but in my opinion, 10 million is really good!"
There were some things that Wu Jianye didn't say clearly to them.
That is, in the eyes of some North Americans, although Wu Jianye and Wu Jianye have achieved dazzling results, the two movies have firmly occupied the top two positions at the global box office until now.
But that was what Wu Jianye achieved by relying on the powerful platform of Hollywood. Now Wu Jianye has abandoned this platform and returned to China. In their view, this is a kind of betrayal. Some of the so-called Wu Jianye
Movie fans may even boycott the movie because of this sentiment.
But Johnson and Matthew Murphy were different. They knew the details of Wu Jianye. In other words, Wu Jianye relied on his strong personal strength to make Johnson and Matthew Murphy think that Wu Jianye was invincible, so they
Only then do you think that the box office of 10 million is a bit low.
But when Zhou Xingchi and others heard Wu Jianye mentioning 10 million US dollars, their mood was completely opposite to that of Johnson and Matthew Murphy. They were simply too satisfied with the box office.
If the box office on the first day can reach 10 million, then the potential of this movie is very good, and it can even achieve a box office of nearly 100 million in North America. In this case, they can be considered famous in Hollywood.
Just when everyone was thinking, a clerk ran in with a stack of documents.
"General Manager, the first-day box office of the movie "Chu Xing's World" has been released!"
rub!
Zhou Xingchi, Zhang Guoli, He Qing, and Chen Hong stood up directly, looking at the document in the clerk's hand with hot eyes, and Matthew Murphy took it over.
After Matthew Murphy saw the box office results, he looked at Wu Jianye with a somewhat complicated expression and said: "The first day's box office was US$10.89 million!"
call!
Zhou Xingchi and the four of them breathed a sigh of relief, this box office is already very good.
Wu Jianye smiled and said: "This box office is already very good. The rest depends on the follow-up ability of this movie!"
Wu Jianye is still somewhat confident about this movie. Although it is unlikely to become a hit movie because of its status as a Chinese-language movie, this movie is a very watchable movie and deserves to be watched twice or three times by many moviegoers.
This is the biggest difference between this kind of movie and ordinary popcorn movies.
For example, two beauties, one with an Internet celebrity face, although they look very beautiful at first glance, have no characteristics. Everyone feels beautiful at first glance, and then they have no other ideas.
But the movie "The World of Chu Xing" is a classic example of beautiful stars from the 1980s and 1990s. They can withstand the passage of time and are beauties that make people want to watch them again.
"If we go by this box office estimate, the movie's box office is likely to reach US$80 million in the end!" Matthew Murphy said with some disappointment.
And Johnson's face has an expression similar to Matthew Murphy's.
Zhang Guoli couldn't help but said: "The box office of 80 million is already a lot!"
Matthew Murphy smiled bitterly, looked at Zhang Guoli, and said: "Zhang, do you know the box office of Director Wu's other two movies in Hollywood?"
Zhang Guoli and others looked at Matthew Murphy with some confusion. They only knew that Wu Jianye's two movies had a global box office of more than 1 billion, but they did not know the specific box office in North America.
Looking at the puzzled expressions on several people's faces, Matthew Murphy said proudly: "Director Wu's first film "The Last Days" achieved a high box office of US$360 million in North America, and "Jurassic Park" is even more impressive.
Exaggeration, $439 million!”
When telling these two figures, Matthew Murphy looked at them with a complicated expression and said: "You know why I said that the box office of 80 million is a bit low this time!"
Zhang Guoli and others looked at Wu Jianye in surprise. Only then did they know what kind of existence Wu Jianye was in North America.
A movie grossing over $300 million?
The box office of the other one was even more exaggerated and directly exceeded 400 million US dollars!
Thinking about it now, when they just thought that the box office of 80 million US dollars was already good, they inevitably felt a little disappointed. It seemed that they really delayed Wu Jianye.
What if this movie was a Hollywood production?
A few people dare not imagine it.
Wu Jianye naturally saw their expressions, laughed, and said: "You don't have to think too much, I think the box office of this movie should be more than 80 million, and should be able to exceed 100 million."
Matthew Murphy and Johnson looked at Wu Jianye in confusion. Wu Jianye laughed and said: "You have also watched this movie, so you must know that it is not a simple popcorn movie..."
Wu Jianye told them his analysis, and everyone fell into deep thought, wondering whether Wu Jianye's analysis was correct or not!
"Okay, don't think too much, just look at the box office tomorrow and you'll know!" After saying that, Wu Jianye stood up and said, "Okay, it's getting late now, let's go back early!"
Everyone got up with complicated thoughts and went back.
In fact, on the second day, before the box office statistics came out, the comments about the movie "The World of Chu Xing" had already come out!