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Chapter 170 Road Guide Doesn't Seem to Be Joking (Two in One)

"Tony, how many people will be here tomorrow?"

Outside the set, a white girl in the sit-in crowd asked Tony, the leading white man.

Tony replied confidently after hearing this: "At least 80."

The Caucasian girl's eyes lit up: "That's close to 120 people."

Tony continued to say: "This is just the beginning, and there will be more in the future."

This made the crowd of protesters suddenly excited.

"That way Batman can return to America."

"The summit will have to act."

"Yeah yeah."

Everyone chattered, thinking that a big event can be expected.

At this time, several staff members came out of the studio, which made everyone stop discussing immediately.

Soon, the staff expressed their intention: to talk.

Tony refused directly: "If you don't accept our appeal, there is nothing to talk about."

The group of people behind it also fit.

The staff was not surprised, he just continued: "The director said, let's have a conversation between Batman fans, if you want to, you can talk, if you don't, I can only say that you don't love Batman that much."

As soon as these words came out, a group of people exploded with thunder.

"Who is not a fan!"

"You don't love Batman."

"No one loves Batman more than I do!"

"Tony, talk, who is afraid of whom?"

The diehard fans were filled with righteous indignation, and Tony quickly agreed: "Okay, let's talk."

Soon, a group of people came to the studio warehouse, which was a small area specially vacated.

After a while, Lu Pingan appeared.

"I am Lu Pingan, the director you want to boycott."

Lu Pingan went straight to the point: "You guys are fans of Batman, right?"

At this moment, Lu Ping'an's smile was friendly, and his tone was a little majestic. In the eyes of these diehard fans, his aura was quite strong.

Regarding the aura, this is a little trick Jiang Wen taught him.

To put it simply, it is to increase the volume, add a little defiant, and at the same time, the eyes should be real.

There are also relevant content in the acting courses. Jiang Wen also adjusted some body postures for Lu Pingan. For example, when talking to people, you don't have to always face them completely, but you can turn them slightly.

In this way, the aura that should be there will be there.

The effect is not bad, at least the more than 30 fans at the scene are quite obedient.

Leading Tony was the first to answer: "Yes, we are all big fans, so we don't want the movie to be screwed by you."

"How do you prove that you are a fan?"

Lu Pingan asked directly.

Tony was a little confused at the time, how to prove it?

Before waiting for an answer, Lu Pingan asked again: "Do you know the year Batman was born?"

As soon as the question came out, Tony didn't say anything, and a blonde girl next to him rushed to answer: "1938."

"Yes, it seems that you are a fan."

Lu Pingan smiled and praised the girl, then continued to stare at Tony and asked, "When is Bruce Wayne's birthday?"

Tony was stunned again, and thought for a while before answering: "February 2th!"

"Correct answer! What about you, do you know Wayne's height and weight?"

Lu Pingan then called another black fan, but that person couldn't answer.

Lu Pingan spread his hands and gave the answer: "188, 95kg, you see, I know Wayne better than you."

After finishing speaking, he introduced with a smile: "Actually, I am also a fan of Batman."

Lu Pingan then chatted with everyone about various things about Batman, and fans were naturally willing to talk about such topics, so the scene was really like a fan exchange meeting.

As for Batman, since the trilogy was going to be filmed, Lu Pingan naturally did his detailed homework, so when faced with this kind of scene, he had to grasp it with his hands.

So after a round of chatting, the fans' sense of recognition for Lu Ping'an actually increased a lot, and this was also Lu Ping'an's plan.

They are fans, not opponents, and the purpose of the protest is also from the maintenance of "paper people", which belong to those silly and cute people.

These people look annoying, but if they unite, they may bring unexpected help to the project.

Of course, Lu Pingan did not have that extravagant request for assistance or not.

He has only two purposes this time.

The first is to keep these guys out of the way.

The second is, since these guys have caused him some trouble, try to let them create a wave of value first in other places, which can be regarded as compensation for Lu Pingan.

After all, Lu Pingan is not an artist.

Not much of a fan either.

Making movies is more than generating electricity for love.

He is a businessman!

A businessman should do what a businessman does.

So now, the first step of unity is to bring everyone's identity closer.

Now, everyone is a fan, Lu Pingan asks everyone questions, and everyone asks Lu Ping An, this identity is recognized.

Just like "the two countries are separated by a strip of water."

That's what I mean.

With identity recognition, the next thing is easy to handle.

Lu Pingan asked directly: "Have you ever thought about how to shoot Batman well?"

A group of fans chirped and chatted quickly.

Some said to be faithful to the original, some said to find someone to act, some said to change directors and so on.

It doesn't matter what you say, what matters is that the opinions are not unified.

So Lu Pingan only waited for them to finish talking before asking: "Look, your own opinions are not unified. If the project is given to you, can you make a movie?"

Everyone was silent for a while, and someone stubbornly replied: "Of course!"

"Okay, even if it is filmed according to your ideas, how can you guarantee that your Batman will succeed? If you fail, it means that you still cannot be resurrected. Not only can you not be resurrected, but you will die more thoroughly. How do you guarantee it?"

Lu Pingan continued to ask.

Everyone continued to be silent, but someone still stubbornly replied: "How can you guarantee it?"

Lu Pingan smiled, full of confidence: "Because I am Lu Pingan!"

As he said that, Lu Pingan stood up and said, "Since I started working as a director, there have been many people who have questioned me. Before the filming of "Chain Saw 1", I didn't get any investment. No one believed that this film could make money. Not to mention cut more than 80 million box office, "Happy Death Day" is the same, no one believes that I can make a good American comedy, and you may have heard of the previous "Source Code", no one believes a Chinese science fiction The film can be a global success, but it is a success! "Latent" will be released in a few days, with a production cost of [-] US dollars. I said that its global box office will still exceed [-] million US dollars. No one believes it. Now The newspapers outside said that I was insane and overconfident, and that in a few days I would go home and get the hell out of China."

Lu Pingan's eyes swept across everyone present: "But as I said, I am Lu Pingan, and my movies never disappoint. If you don't believe me, I can make a bet with you. Let's start with "Latent", I said "Latent" "The global box office must exceed twenty times the cost, and I will achieve great success again, do you dare to witness it?"

After hearing this, everyone looked at Lu Pingan with different eyes.

Some were shocked, some doubted, and some felt that Lu Ping'an might be a lunatic, how could anyone achieve such a great success?

At the same time, some people think that Lu Pingan, who is so confident, seems super attractive!

"What if it can't be done?"

After everyone was silent for a while, Tony, the leader, asked.

"Then I'll give up on Batman."

"That's what you said!"

"Of course, the cameras recorded it, and I did what I said."

Lu Pingan smiled and continued, "But I don't think this will happen."

"So sure?"

"Yes, because I am Lu Pingan."

Lu Pingan spread his hands, his eyes full of confidence.

All the fans looked at each other in blank dismay. Sometimes it is really hard to reason with such a confident person.

But now that the two sides have made a bet, it's time to see the result.

Then the conversation between the two parties ended, and Lu Pingan made an appointment with everyone for three weeks before visiting the set.

Because at that time, "Latent" was about to be released in the world for about three weeks, and the results should be basically finalized.

At that time, if Lu Pingan can't do what Lu Pingan said, Lu Pingan will give up directing. If he can do it, these fans will participate in the documentary filming behind the scenes of Batman and become one of the protagonists of the documentary.

When the fans heard this, they hoped that Lu Ping'an's new movie could achieve that result, otherwise it would be a shame to miss out on the documentary filming.
After the fans left, Jimmy Fallon appeared. He first blew at Lu Pingan: "Lu, the way you spoke just now was too imposing, cool!"

After finishing speaking, Jimmy Fallon worried again: "But if you play like this, the stakes are too high. What if the results are not satisfactory?"

Lu Pingan smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "So I need your help."

Jimmy Fallon smiled and said, "Don't worry."

In fact, he still doesn't care much about Lu Ping'an's victory or loss, he only wants the ratings!

Now, during the recording of the show, the director of Batman made a huge gamble, so is there any need to worry about the ratings?

"The program airs the day after tomorrow, don't miss the TV!"

Jimmy Fallon smiled, took the recorded video and left, he wanted to speed up the production.

And Lu Pingan returned to the crew and continued to work.

As for "Latent", he wasn't worried at all.

The original version of "Latent" has a global box office of 1.55 million. Even if inflation is subtracted, it will be at least 04 million in [-].

What's more, "Latent" is about to be released, and the publicity that should be done has already been done, and the scale of publicity will be an order of magnitude higher than that of the original version.

And as early as last year, this movie shouted the slogan of "creating another miracle" through Jimmy Fallon's talk show.

In addition, Lu Pingan had "Chain Saw 1" and "Day of Death" as backgrounds, and the attention of this film was already high, reaching 6000 million, which was basically not a problem.

Of course, doubts still abound.

Some of them are genuine doubts, and some of them are publicity paid for by Summit.

"Can Lu's third ultra-low-budget horror film create another box office miracle?" became one of the hot topics in the North American film industry in March.

The announcement was good, but it could be better.

Because there are Oscars in March.

At the same time, there are Angelina Jolie's suspense film "Mobile Killer", Jim Carrey's high-scoring film "Warmth and Light", Disney's big-budget film, "Aragorn" starring "Desert Trooper", Heathley Jay and "Kelly Party" starring "The Lord of the Rings" actor "Prince of Elf".

Among these films, there are excellent works and big productions. Although none of them have a very high box office, they will not pose a big threat to "Latent" in terms of statistics.

But the announcement of this battlefield is sometimes unreasonable.

Others are making big announcements, and you must not be left behind.

So this time the "sky-high price gamble" is used to ensure that "Latent" will stand out in the publicity war, and even compete with the Oscars for a wave of popularity.

As for the effect, we will see in a few days.

Three days later, the day before "Latent" was released, Jimmy Fallon was still on the latest episode of "David's Late Show" hosted by substitute.

In the program, the previously mentioned "Latent" gambling game was revisited.

And the gamble in "Latent" is already eye-catching.

It is a low-probability event to create another glory with a small cost. If Lu Pingan succeeds three times in a row, then he can really be said to be a master character in horror movies with extraordinary strength.

But this time, instead of restraining himself, Lu Pingan doubled his chips.

Lu Pingan actually wants to bet on "Batman" with the results of "Latent"!
The production cost of "Latent" is 80 yuan, the total cost is 300 million yuan, and the global box office is less than 6000 million US dollars. Lu Pingan will give up directing "Batman"!And compensate the top 1600 million US dollars!
Good guy!
Big gamble!
This time, not only Lu Ping'an's horror movie fans were talking, but also countless Batman fans were talking!
Horror movie fans are mostly excited. They feel that Lu Pingan has such confidence that "Latent" will definitely not be bad.

Batman fans are also mostly happy. Most of them don't agree with the film company's messing with Batman, let alone a Chinese horror film director this time.

But this Chinese director seems to be very strong, so confident, it seems that he should also be very sure about the Batman movie.

No matter what, if "Latent" really creates another miracle, it proves that Lu Ping'an is capable, so don't worry about handing Batman to him.

That's why many people think that it's better to watch it in a movie theater first, and then witness the gamble.

Lu Ping'an's big gamble also had a great impact on other old American movie fans.

In the final analysis, in Laomei's culture, especially in terms of entertainment, people really prefer Lu Pingan's "crazy" side.

And Lu Pingan is not a brainless madman.

He has already prepared all the groundwork during the overall announcement and release of "Latent".

In the eyes of movie fans, it is first someone thinks that he is not good enough, and then he will prove himself with actions.

This is very important.

So Lu Pingan emphasized this point in the program: "Many people think that I am Chinese, so they think that my Hollywood works are not good. What I want to tell them is that you are wrong, because I am Lu Ping An, My movies never disappoint!"

With this kind of "resistance" tone, coupled with the first two blockbuster movies foreshadowing.

People won't think you are a fool who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth.

It's fine now, everyone assumes you're fighting for your own honor.

You are full of self-confidence and confidence, and you act like you have a chance to win. Although some people still think you are a bit stupid and talk too hard, most people will think that you have a strong desire to compete and are a man.

If the basic atmosphere of the society is more like this, then the publicity effect of the movie will naturally be good, and it will also be quite good for Lu Pingan's personal reputation.

As a result, the popularity of "Latent" exploded, and Lu Ping'an's reputation rose again.

Of course, this is in the United States, but in the eyes of some mainland people and the media, Lu Pingan is stupid, too deadly, too crazy, crazy people will bring disaster, and they don’t know how to restrain themselves in other people’s territory.
There are bad and good.

After Lu Pingan made such a show in Laomei, many people in the mainland wanted to come and see "Latent" for themselves. This shows that this wave of publicity exceeded expectations, so the box office is not a problem.

Under such a powerful influence, "Latent" opened in 2256 theaters in North America in the afternoon of the second day.

Lu Pingan didn't have much energy to care about the film's performance.

The most important thing for him right now is Batman.

A week later, Lu Pingan decided on the style of the action scene, that is, to still use the original "designed clumsy".

As for Kou Zhanwen who came from afar, Lu Pingan did not treat him badly.

Action guidance is not only to guide specific actions, but also to guide the scheduling of action scenes.

In this regard, Kou Zhanwen is very experienced, so staying can be regarded as reinforcement for the crew.

Another week later, "Batman" officially started filming. There was no opening ceremony, and it just started quietly.

As soon as the movie started shooting, Lu Pingan seemed to be a different person, which also made Wu Jing and other people who were relatively unfamiliar with him a little uncomfortable.

Fortunately, acquaintances will tell them about the habits of the road guide.

At the same time, Lu Pingan's prestige in Laomei is unprecedented.

"Latent" was released for two weeks, with a box office of 2860 million in the first week!
In the second week, the box office has already reached 2600 million.

A total of 5460 million box office in North America, plus a weekly box office of 3100 million in other regions.

The total box office of "Latent" has reached 8560 million.

Big bet, win!
And three consecutive ultra-low-cost movies hit the box office, bringing Lu Pingan's prestige to a new height.

Some media in North America already called him the "King of Horror".

This kind of prestige, coupled with Lu Pingan's calm expression as if the tens of millions of box office had nothing to do with him, also made everyone more convinced of Lu Pingan's direction of "Batman".

So when Morgan Freeman asked Lucy "what heights will the trilogy reach".

Everyone in the crew pricked up their ears.

Lu Pingan replied calmly: "The ceiling of superhero movies."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for everyone's response, Lu Ping'an issued an order: "Okay, all units pay attention and get ready"

Everyone took action immediately.

But his words kept echoing in his mind.

Everyone felt that the movie seemed to really be a ceiling.
(End of this chapter)