Illiterate top class: three years of poor performance, become a superstar

Chapter 260 Premiere Box Office and Running (4K)
"..."

Obviously, it was another completely 'crappy' premiere.

Some entertainment media reporters who received travel fees for the release of "Infernal Affairs" took a long time to think of the topic.

I quickly asked a few questions suitable for marketing and publicity.

Naturally, Li Cheng and Zhuang Hui were specially cueed to help Xu Nian improve his answer and give more effective information.

Don't let the focus of the interview shift to other things.

In this regard, Xu Nian is happy to see the success.

Of course, Xu Nian would be happier if there was no live interview, although...

He has gradually mastered how to shape any live interview into the shape he wants.

However, since you can show off, who wants to work hard~
Others don't know, but Xu Nian doesn't want to.

This relatively interesting thing may have been noticed by passersby, entertainment media and other parties, but it may not have affected the progress of the process.

It also allows Xu Nian to "make do" in a way that suits him while being busy.

It is a life more suitable for Mr. Xu’s physique...

.........

The premiere of 'Honkai Impact' lasted for more than an hour and ended at the end of the first North American screening of 'Infernal Affairs'.

Coincidence?

Xu Nian forcibly controlled it.

Otherwise, with the usual crazy level of overseas fans, who knows what it will develop into.

Of course, what’s more important is that there will be an on-site signing session next.

Foreign star-chasers also want autographs.

Although the text is different, it does not affect the fans who follow it as a guide and pursue it enthusiastically.

But this time Xu Nian was no longer so gentle, and the total was only given less than half an hour for signing.

And it's a temporary announcement.

There is no intention to say anything ugly in front of others.

It can't be regarded as different treatment. It's just that we traveled thousands of miles last night and it was quite tiring.

It has nothing to do with a series of things that happened on the plane, such as traveling thousands of miles a day, using both hands and feet, and being slim and cool.

Twenty or thirty hours later, Xu Nian, who had traveled across the ocean and arrived in New York, became the signature tool again.

Because of the language barrier, Mr. Xu signed his signature much faster this time.

The process is completely reduced to...look up, smile, look down to sign, smile.

Even the most basic greetings of 'hi' and 'hello' are not used.

Not to mention joking about finding special signature material.

Even if the fans opposite him were mumbling something, Xu Nian would just smile and show that he didn't understand.

He was afraid of causing trouble to the manager next to him, Meng Chao.

Meng Chao was so moved that he immediately gained two pounds of weight.

…………

Finally returning to the hotel where he stayed, Mr. Xu took a short breath and actively participated in the subsequent itinerary planning and arrangement discussions.

Hosted by experienced Li Cheng.

At the beginning of the discussion, Li Chengcheng came up with some summary information: "On North American social media platforms, the film's overall discussion popularity ranks among the top five."

"The overall discussion popularity on the international version of social media platforms is close to the top [-]."

"Preliminarily, it seems that the impact of the North American premiere has spread to the global market and will drive active feedback from some regional markets."

"For example, Southeast Asia."

"As for the European region, although public opinion levels are currently the highest, theaters are not expected to make such a simple judgment..."

"..."

While introducing, Li Cheng displayed various related public opinion results through projection.

You can see a dazzling array of screenshots and slices.

It's very lively at first glance.

Unfortunately, these damn screenshots are all in foreign languages ​​and don’t even have an AI translation!
Mr. Xu can only make a rough judgment through related symbols. After all... foreign social media platforms also use symbols such as 'numbers' and 'sparks' to show popularity.

At most, I know one of the simple pinyin words——Xu
Oh, no, he also recognized another word 'Infernal Affairs', the English name of Infernal Affairs.

Although, Xu Nian can still clearly distinguish the popularity of "Infernal Affairs" in North American and even international public opinion today.

Because that word is in almost every picture.

In fact, Mr. Xu also has a simple way to distinguish, which is on-site feedback.

If he felt a lot of enthusiasm at the scene, the public popularity will not be low.

Because emotions are contagious.

Even if there is a lot of loss, this loss will be doubled due to factors such as "rabble".

In a place like the West, which likes to manipulate public opinion and believes that public opinion is everything, the effect will be even more outstanding.

However, all of these are inseparable from Xu Nian's increasing popularity in overseas regions, including North America.

Although Xu Nian has only come to New York for the third time, Tianyue, Chinese Film and Television, Chinese Music and other parties have been working hard behind the scenes.

They have to fight for three points no matter what. Not to mention that these parties have a very special card called 'X' in their hands. They can pull it out at any time when they can't find a hot spot.

At the very least, it will ensure that Mr. Xu’s popularity overseas will not decline...

Li Cheng and Zhuang Hui introduced the current situation in detail from different angles. The overall summary is one sentence:

"The situation is great! The next main direction is to continue to expand our advantages!"

In this regard, Mr. Xu still said nothing, and just listened to Li Cheng's discussion with his ears.

"Judging from the current situation, the box office in New York should be very popular and stable, so we should go to the next city to promote it as soon as possible."

"It makes sense. We are not only showing it for seven days this time, but it will be officially released and last for 30 days. There was a serious lack of publicity before the premiere, which is also reflected in the current number of theaters and screenings."

"I think it is precisely because of this that we cannot leave New York in a hurry. We must be steady. After all, New York is a very representative city. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a weathervane."

At the end, Li Cheng suddenly looked at Xu Nian, smiled and said, "Why don't you give me some advice?"

"Yes, the second uncle can give us some advice." Zhuang Huima Liu agreed.

Xu Nian looked at the people and said bluntly: "I can't comment, I just have some suggestions. I think we should wait for the premiere box office data to be released and talk to Paramount."

"They are responsible for the distribution in the North American market, so they can't just say nothing, right? Are they just making money? It's up to them to arrange the films."

Li Cheng: "!!!"

He was shocked at the time.

It is true that one word wakes up the dreamer. Infernal Affairs basically does not need to think about these things in China.

In fact, in overseas markets, you don’t have to worry so much because there is distribution.

When we collaborated on Detective 2 before, Paramount didn't contribute much but made a lot of money. How could it be so beautiful every time?

So Li Cheng and the others quickly conducted some research on business negotiations.

Then it’s time to pay attention to the latest box office data.

In fact, there was a small report before that the box office of Infernal Affairs exceeded US$45 in two hours of release in North America.

This isn't even peak time.

It's obviously pretty good data.

It should be able to easily break the previous premiere box office data set by Detective Tang 2...

.........

After dinner, they each took a short rest. Xu Nian slumped on the sofa in the room, not wanting to move.Meng Chao was busy.

After all, foreign countries are not as friendly as domestic ones. Overall, they are not a completely friendly environment.

So much so that Mother Meng, the agent, has to devote part of her time to focusing on security issues.

And the focus is not just on the environment, but also... the fans.

It's hard to say about other places. In North America, Xu Nian really has such crazy fans.

Scary.

Given that the living situation cannot be completely kept secret no matter what we do, there will be crazy fans who will "rush to the tower" if it is not kept intact.

After all, Xu Nian couldn't just disappear out of thin air after leaving a public place.

.........

At around 9 o'clock in the evening, Xu Nian gathered with Li Cheng and others again and continued to discuss various matters.

First of all, we decided on one thing, which was to stay in New York for two more days.

One simple reason:

As of 8 o'clock, the premiere box office data of Infernal Affairs has broken the premiere box office data of Detective Tang 2.

For: $137.9 million.

With such box office performance, Li Cheng and others have obviously taken the initiative to negotiate with Paramount.

Of course, Li Cheng and others are reasonable people. Although they have the initiative, they still kindly give Paramount some time to deal with it.

Staying two more days in New York will also make it easier for Paramount to kick off the show first, pushing the overall popularity of Infernal Affairs to a higher level.

Minimize the difficulty for Xu Nian and others to promote at the next stop.

"Okay, let's just say that for now. Let's wait for the premiere box office data to be released." Li Cheng made the final summary.

Everyone present nodded their heads.

Mr. Xu, who had always looked almost too similar to match, also changed his sitting position and watched with interest.

"$167 million."

"It looks like we are expected to get better box office data than expected. At least the day after tomorrow, there should be at least 3600 theaters showing Infernal Affairs in North America!"

"A very good start."

"Okay, okay, it's 178 million US dollars, completely stable!"

"Close, $183.9 million!!"

Xu Nian seriously commented: "Awesome."

"..."

There is no doubt that after Infernal Affairs has conquered one side on domestic social media platforms, it will also start the journey of suppressing foreign social media platforms.

Because it's the same thing all over the world right now, there are no popular movies being shown.

In other words, Infernal Affairs directly took the No. 1 box office spot in North America that day!
Otherwise, how could Mr. Xu give such a serious and direct review~

Needless to say, during this period of time, countless people’s faces were about to burst from laughter.

A small group of people even began to feel that their support for Xu Nian was not sufficient.

As for the entertainment media, it is as lively as the Chinese New Year.

Various 'horrifying' titles have been used to highlight how awesome this thing is.

Even the world-famous Wall Street specially mixed it up and released a very classic sentence:

"The wolf is coming."

…………

Late at night on the 23rd, Li Cheng, Zhuang Hui and others left New York for Los Angeles.

Xu Nian, who did not have a plane, had no choice but to ask Lin Jianian to take him to Los Angeles alone.

Lin Jia Nian was too lazy to expose Xu's pretense.

If it weren't for Xu, she, Miss Lin, would have been able to accompany her all the way from China?
Even if she beat Lin to death, she would not admit that she misses Xu Nian's dependence and companionship far more than she expected.

Or to put it bluntly, more greedy.

but……

As soon as he got on the plane, Lin Jianian immediately curled his lips and said, "You kid, you are not a good guy. You just want to mistake me for Zhong Wuyan."

"Huh?" Xu Nian was dumbfounded on the spot, "Zhong... Zhong Wuyan? Do you want to listen to what you are saying?"

Hearing this, Lin Jia Nian instantly broke his guard: "Xu Nian has done all kinds of bad things!"

"Just wait, sooner or later, I will give you three sons, which will exhaust you to death!"

Look, look, this is the horror of bad women.

To be so thoughtful.

very scary!
Seeing this, Xu Nian couldn't help but sigh: "Although you are a bit talented, although you are not very beautiful, but you can also be like Xia Yingchun."

Lin Jianian gritted his teeth: "You called me a vase, right? You called me not smart, right?"

Xu Nian didn't say anything and pretended to be a master.

But Lin Jianian suddenly got entangled with this problem, started sorting it out with his fingers, and finally came to the conclusion:
"That's not right. In the past, both Weiwei and I have provided all kinds of effective help when you needed it, and we have also accompanied you in boring moments;

We are so beautiful, why do we feel like Zhong Wuyan and Xia Yingchun at the same time? "

After listening to Lin Jianian's analysis, Xu Nian thought for a moment and agreed: "That's true."

"But if you look closely, you are not doing enough at the 'summer and spring moment'."

Lin Jianian was puzzled: "What's wrong?"

Xu Nian once again remained silent and pretended to be an expert.

The next second, Lin Jianian reacted and curled his lips disdainfully: "Your mind is full of such dirty things now, right?"

"Are you sure you want to describe it like this?" Xu Nian asked with a half-smile, and then said, "Understand, at least our eldest brother should not talk about the second brother."

Lin Jianian was completely irritated and said: "Go away!"

At this time, Xu Nian's mind became extremely clear, and he gently placed Lin Jianian on his lap.

As for the rest... Let's put it this way, the two of them didn't even dare to look at the 'fully enclosed rest suite'.

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On the afternoon of the 24th, Xu Nian, Li Cheng, Zhuang Hui and others appeared at a well-known theater in Los Angeles.

Paramount is still very powerful.

Xu Nian and others were not there yet, and the scene was already paralyzed. It was impossible to tell whether the huge number of people at the scene was because of Xu Nian or because of Infernal Affairs.

I just know that this kind of scene must be worth a hot search headline on Weibo in North America.

It can be seen from Li Cheng's face that he is smiling at least five years older, how satisfied he is with this situation.

On the contrary, the people in the audience were very united in their thoughts at this moment, and they were all shouting one syllable:
"Xu!"

For this scene, it’s better not to distinguish between this and that, it’s best to be assimilated into Xu Nian’s overseas fan group.

This will also make it easier for Xu to further expand his popularity overseas through his works in the future.

You don’t have to worry about publicity and public opinion every time.

After thinking about it, Xu Nian still waved his hands and interacted with everyone at the scene.

Then give some comfort.

Finally, Xu Nian and his party started a series of non-standard film promotions, trying to get more people to pay attention to "Infernal Affairs".

Pay attention to the works starring Xu.

Go with the flow and go to the theater to support with real money...

(End of this chapter)