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Chapter 798 Niu, it’s not like this ([-] daily updates, please subscribe~)

"King's return? "

The Hollywood Times published the news that Wu Jianye came to Los Angeles, but a big question mark was added after the return of the king.

The news of Wu Jianye's new movie coming to North America 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 an out-and-out Chinese movie, which makes it difficult for people to watch it. If Wu Jianye directs a Hollywood movie, it will become a big worry for every film company .

Even if the movie is a drama.

But now it is too difficult for a purely Chinese movie to succeed.

Now the common value in Hollywood is that this movie will be a movie that is popular or not.

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 the whole article was speculated that the movie "The World of Chu Xing" would encounter Waterloo at the North American box office.

It is undeniable that Wu Jianye is a great director, but any movie has its own cultural attributes. The reason why Hollywood movies can succeed globally is because North America is extremely inclusive and can It is very good to find a balance point in the global film market, and Chinese films?
Please forgive me for saying this, Huaxia Film is still more suitable to participate in those film festivals, where is their main battlefield, obviously Wu Jianye chose the wrong direction this time, if he takes this film to participate in next year's European three For a big film festival, I believe that with Wu Jianye's directing skills, he may win some awards.

But now he has brought a participating film to the ranks of mainstream commercial films, I think he came to the wrong place
Here's an excerpt from The Hollywood Times' full story.

However, this report also represents the thinking 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 calm expression on her face.

Wu Jianye chuckled, and said, "If you don't like it, you don't like it. When the two movies "Ghost Love" and "Jurassic Park" were released, no one liked it either?"

Linda remembered the situation when those two movies were released, and also smiled slightly. "The Love of Ghosts" is Wu Jianye's first movie in Hollywood. Naturally, it will not be favored by others, while "Jurass At that time, Wu Jianye's opponent in "Ji Park" 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 again, saying: "I am very optimistic about the revenue of this movie, but the Hollywood Times is right about one thing, that is, it is impossible for this movie to reach the box office of the first two films in North America. Cinematic heights!"

No matter how confident Wu Jianye is, he 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 the original "" The Truman Show only grossed US$1.26 million in North America, and it didn't even enter Hollywood's top ten box office lists that year.

And this is the box office only with Jim Carrey's strong box office appeal.

Now Wu Jianye is not sure 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 is definitely making money.

Linda said: "This is understandable, after all, this is a purely Chinese movie, and most of the people who can watch this movie in North America should be your hardcore fans!"

"By the way, let's show this movie in independent theaters?" Linda asked.

Johnson has never stopped acquiring North American theaters in the past few years. After several years of development, Oceanwide Cinemas has become the largest theater company in the United States.

And Oceanwide Cinemas was also split into two this year, into mainstream commercial cinemas and independent cinemas.

Wu Jianye shook his head, and said decisively: "No, this movie must be released in commercial cinemas!"

"You can't define this movie simply as a drama or a commercial movie. If it is released in theaters of literary and artistic movies, it will basically define the movie!"

Commercial movies and independent movies actually have a clear line of distinction. If "The World of Chu Xing" is shown in independent theaters, then in the end, it will only have a box office of 2000 million at most.

If this kind of box office is placed on other domestic film directors, it must be a good box office, but if it is placed on Wu Jianye, it will be a failure!

"Okay then, I will contact Johnson, but the screening rate of this film should not be too high at the beginning!" Linda fought for.

Wu Jianye nodded, and said, "That's fine, just watch."

Linda's final question: "What about the premiere of this movie?"

Wu Jianye understood what Linda meant, and said, "This time the scale doesn't have to be as big as "Jurassic Park", but what needs to be done is still to be done!"

In Hollywood, each movie is graded. This grade does not mean that the movie is rated as R-13 or R-10, but the movie is graded according to the investment ratio of the movie. Correspondingly, there are different publicity strategies.

The investment of the movie "The World of Chu Xing" is only 1000 million RMB, which is less than 200 million U.S. dollars, so it is naturally a low-cost movie.

But who told the director to be Wu Jianye, so the corresponding publicity level must be improved, but compared with movies like "Jurassic Park", there will definitely be many shortcomings.

Linda nodded, and she was relieved. To be honest, she was really worried that Wu Jianye would promote the movie "The World of Chu Xing" at the level of "Jurassic Park". For Phantom Pictures, it will be a very big pressure.

When Linda wanted to leave, Wu Jianye called Gong Xi in.

This time Gong Xi came to Los Angeles with Wu Jianye, originally to open up channels for Angel Underwear in the European and American markets. If he can sign a few big-name European and American stars, it will be of great benefit to the promotion of Angel Underwear.

This is not the first time Linda has met Gong Xi. When Wu Jianye was filming "Under the Bridge" in Shanghai, the two met again because of the novel "To Live". 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 blueprint, sign contracts with models from various countries, and regularly hold Angel's Secret fashion show every year!"

The Victoria's Secret fashion show has been held since 1990, but the influence of the Victoria's Secret fashion show was limited in the first ten years. It was not until 2000 that Victoria's Secret began to truly become the top fashion show of the global underwear brand!

Now that Gong Xi wants to expand his sales in Europe and the United States, he has to compete with Victoria's Secret for the market.

However, Gong Xi also has advantages that Victoria's Secret does not have, that is, Hera's agency and ABC TV network.

As an independent company under Phantom Media, Hera's agency also has its own plans. After more than a year of development, Hera's agency is no longer limited to ordinary film and television circles, but has launched a comprehensive attack in various fields such as sports and writers.

Relying on the powerful strength of Phantom Media, the development of Hera's brokerage can be said to be very rapid.

Now Hera's agency can also cooperate with Angel Lingerie to carry out their own business in the model circle.

After listening to Wu Jianye's introduction, Linda nodded and said, "Miss Gong, let's find some time in the next two days. I will invite the general manager of Hera's agency to discuss it together!"

Gong Xi naturally had no objection to this.

"No problem, this matter will trouble Linda!"

"You are too kind!"

"By the way, you also need to help Angel Underwear find top designers in Europe and America. With them in charge, you can 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 designer, 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 a high style.

Gong Xi frowned slightly, if everything went according to Wu Jianye's plan, the funds in his hands must not be enough
But at this time, Gong Xi didn't say anything.

Linda agreed to Wu Jianye's request. This kind of thing is not a big problem for Linda at this time. In addition, Linda thinks that although Gong Yi is taking care of this business, but She still thinks that this is Wu Jianye's own industry, and the funds involved in the establishment of an underwear brand are nothing to Wu Jianye at all.

Finally, Linda and Gong Xi agreed on a time to meet and left.

After Linda left, Wu Jianye took out a check for 5000 million US dollars from his drawer and handed it to Gong Xi.

"This is the funding for Angel Underwear's activities in the United States. If it's not enough by then, please tell me!"

Gong Xi looked at Wu Jianye and didn't know what to say.

"Take it, are you still so polite to me?" Wu Jianye smiled.

Only then did Gong Xi accept it.

Although Wu Jianye had arrangements for Wu Qichen's future, he still had to express what he should. As a father, he naturally couldn't be stingy.

Wu Jianye said to Gong Xi: "Since you want to hold an angel's secret fashion show, you can let your models wear wings at that time. Of course, not everyone can wear wings. At that time, you will regard wearing wings as a It is a status symbol and only the top models can wear it”

Wu Jianye told Gong Xi all about the operation process of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in later generations. Although the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is also being held at this time, the big wings have not yet emerged. This is also Gong Xi'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 has been replaced by English.

Wu Jianye and Zhou Huimin walked the streets of Los Angeles, enjoying the rare tranquility.

Zhou Huimin's popularity in Xiangjiang makes it impossible for her to go shopping in the streets as easily as she is now, which is why domestic stars like to travel abroad.

The most fundamental reason is domestic stars, their popularity is limited to domestic, and they don't have too much popularity abroad, or they don't have popularity at all, and naturally there will be no scenes of tens of thousands of spectators.

As for Wu Jianye, he has already transformed into a behind-the-scenes director. Even though he is very popular in North America, after all, he doesn’t have much time to appear on the scene, so not many people know him, only some old rock fans, or veterans. Fans will recognize Wu Jianye.

Both Gong Xi and Li Xiuming are busy with their own careers. Gong Xi is busy discussing cooperation with the general manager of Hera's agency, and Li Xiuming's advertising company is getting better and better, and there are also 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 accompanied Zhou Huimin to wander around Los Angeles.

Zhou Huimin was holding a pack of snacks, just like an ordinary girl, walking happily in front, Wu Jianye was behind, watching Zhou Huimin's happy look, at this time Wu Jianye also let go of the many things in his heart. Planning, deciding not to think about anything today.

At 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's a coffee shop in front, let's go and have a rest!"

Zhou Huimin nodded with a delicate smile.

After the two came to the coffee shop, Wu Jianye touched his pocket, only to realize that he had no money in his pocket habitually, so he had to let Zhou Huimin go in first, and he waved for Dai Zhen and others who were following behind to protect him. A few hundred dollars came before I went in.

But when he went in, he saw a young man standing next to where Zhou Huimin was sitting.

Come in and listen.
"You are Ms. Zhou from Xiangjiang. Hello, I am Yan Baiyang from Wanwan. I never expected to meet Ms. Zhou in Los Angeles. Ms. Zhou is very popular in Wanwan. Do you have any ideas to hold a meeting in Wanwan?" Concert, I'm in Wanwan."

Yan Baiyang was trying his best to sell himself to Zhou Huimin, but he felt that someone was patting him on the shoulder. He looked back in dissatisfaction and found a man standing behind him.

"What are you doing?" Yan Baiyang said dissatisfied.

If 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 doesn't know Wu Jianye.

Wu Jianye chuckled and said, "Are you picking up girls?"

Yan Baiyang said gentlemanly: "Why are you talking so rudely?"

Wu Jianye looked at Yan Baiyang indifferently, and said with a smile, "Boy, that's not how you pick up girls. Learn!"

After finishing speaking, Wu Jianye stood in front of Zhou Huimin, and said frivolously, "Beauty!"

Zhou Huimin blinked her innocent eyes and looked at Wu Jianye.

Yan Baiyang was a little dazed watching from the side.

Wu Jianye directly pulled Zhou Huimin up, and then slowly lowered his head.
(End of this chapter)