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Chapter 942 Don’t You Really Know?

"Listen, of course you should, but I can't hear it clearly." Zhang Yang said as he moved closer to Liu Yifei and put his arm around her shoulders.

The other hand reached into the quilt and started to do something weird.

Liu Yifei symbolically held down Zhang Yang's hand and asked coquettishly, "What are you doing?"

"I'm going to turn myself into a sage before going to America. That way, no matter how many fairies there are, you won't have to have any wild thoughts." Zhang Yang said, then reached out to turn off the light.

On the evening of the 9th, heavy rain suddenly hit the capital.

In this dark night, the rainstorm came with great force. Every drop was as heavy as a thousand pounds, hitting the ground and windows with a deafening sound.

The green grass at the corner of the courtyard wall has been soaked by rain for more than an hour.

Crystal clear raindrops hung on the tips of the leaves and then slid down in an instant. The grass leaves became unusually bright, glowing with a faint green light under the moonlight, which was refreshing.

In the bedroom, Zhang Yang and Liu Yifei lay quietly on the bed, not wanting to move at all. Exercising for more than an hour was a bit tiring.

Women are like water; their ability to recover is sometimes amazing. More than half an hour later, Liu Yifei, with a flushed face and a coquettish look, boredly drew circles on Zhang Yang's shoulders.

"Stop it, go to sleep." Zhang Yang hugged Liu Yifei to stop her from making trouble. He had become a sage, and it would take a week for him to recover his full combat power.

Liu Yifei laughed, "Hehe", and fell asleep with a happy smile.

The next morning, Zhang Yang flew to the United States with his assistant and bodyguards.

Not long after he checked into the familiar Hilton Hotel, Jim called him.

The two exchanged pleasantries and agreed to meet at Paramount in the afternoon.

When they arrived at the place in the afternoon, Jim's assistant personally took them to the general manager's office.

"Zhang Yang, welcome to Paramount." When Jim saw Zhang Yang, he took the initiative to step forward and gave him a hug.

Zhang Yang exchanged pleasantries with him in a natural manner, and then discussed the matter of "Oppenheimer".

"There are a lot of people interested in this film, including academicians and film critics. We have invited quite a few of them.
Famous directors such as Nolan and Quentin will also be here. I believe that after watching the film, they will definitely be shocked by your film. "

"Jim, you have so much confidence in me even before you even watched the movie." Zhang Yang smiled.

"Yes, I saw the final trailer and I knew it was a good movie." Jim said confidently. What he was most satisfied with about the movie was the cast, which was so luxurious that it seemed unreal.

Ocean Studios cut two versions of the trailer for "Oppenheimer". In addition to the 2-minute version released on the 15th, there is also a -minute version, which will be released on the th.

Zhang Yang believes that its release will surprise Americans.

In this version, he let all the big-name guest stars show their faces, and then brought up the topic of counting stars on Tiktok to get Americans excited too.

Zhang Yang chatted with Jim for a while and then stood up to say goodbye. The movie screening was scheduled for the morning of the 12th. Today was a good time to adjust to the time difference and make adjustments tomorrow.

But the next day, his adjustment was broken by a phone call from Robert Iger.

Zhang Yang was not surprised that he called her, as she thought it was just a normal greeting. After all, "The Vanishing Man" had grossed $4.5 million in North America.

The two chatted for a while, and Robert took the initiative to say, "Zhang Yang, how about I visit you at the hotel this afternoon?"

He also didn't mention asking Zhang Yang to go to Disney to meet him, even though their "Avengers 3" had a global box office of 20 billion US dollars.

But Zhang Yang's movie "She Was Missing" also earned $15.8 billion at the box office.

Although this movie is an adaptation, the adapted movie is not famous at all and is no different from the original.

"We at Disney are planning to develop a Chinese superhero movie in the Marvel world, and I think there's no one more suitable than you to do this." Robert Iger stated his purpose without waiting for Zhang Yang to answer.

Disney is currently becoming more and more envious of the Chinese market. This year's "Black Panther" and "Ant-Man 2" have a total box office of nearly 15 billion in China, and "Avengers 3" has even grossed 23 billion.

It wouldn't be unreasonable for a Marvel movie about a Chinese hero to earn 30 to 40 billion at the box office in China. It would be even more amazing if this hero was added to "The Avengers".

Robert thought Zhang Yang would definitely be interested in such a movie.

Zhang Yang's heart moved. Is "Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings" going to be released?

This movie made Chinese people very popular back then. The prototype of the protagonist in the comics is the son of Fu Manzhou, and you can tell from his name that Fu Manzhou is not a good person.

As for the actors who were found later, their aesthetics are not similar to those of Shuimu Academy of Fine Arts, but are exactly the same. They all have squinty eyes, which makes people angry when they see them.

"Okay, see you in the afternoon." Zhang Yang agreed. He had some ideas about this movie. To be more precise, he was interested in adding Chinese heroes to the Marvel Universe.

After he hung up the phone, he began to think slowly. Soon his eyes lit up and he had some ideas. After all, his last name was Zhang.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Robert Iger arrived at the Hilton Hotel on time, and he brought with him several middle-level managers from Disney.

After the group of people met and chatted for a while, Robert went straight to the point: "We are planning to create a superhero named Shang-Chi based on Bruce Lung..."

Robert briefly explained their ideas.

After Robert finished speaking, Zhang Yang did not speak immediately, but pretended to take out his cell phone to check it.

After watching for a while, he shook his head and said, "Robert, such a person will not be welcomed in China."

"Director, in the comics he is proficient in Chinese martial arts, and is good at using cold weapons such as nunchakus, long sticks, and swords. Moreover, his fighting skills far surpass those of heroes like Captain America and Daredevil. He is the most powerful fighter. How can such a hero be unpopular?" A middle-level manager of Disney had an expression of incomprehension on his face.

"Don't you really know?" Zhang Yang looked at them with a half-smile.

Several middle-level managers remained calm on the surface, but felt a little helpless in their hearts. Of course they knew it.

There is nothing wrong with the character of Shang-Chi; the problem is his father, the Mandarin.

He is the symbol of Westerners' fear and vilification of Orientals.

In the United States, his shadow is everywhere in various novels, movies, TV series, radio, comics, etc.

Disney is well aware of this. They wanted to have the Mandarin appear in "The Avengers" back then, but in the end they were afraid of something going wrong and decided not to do it.

But just one year later, they tried again in "Iron Man 3", using a Western actor to play the Mandarin in an attempt to confuse the audience.

After the film was released, Disney found that the mainland market did not respond much to it, and now it has become bolder and wants to make his son a superhero.

"Zhang Yang, movies are very pure things, you don't need to think too much." Robert opened his mouth and said words that he didn't even believe.

"I think if we really shoot it according to your idea, our people won't agree, and it may not be able to be shown in our country." Zhang Yang shrugged casually.

The people at Disney looked at Zhang Yang in silence. Is it the Chinese who don't agree, or you who don't agree? Do you represent the Chinese?
"Then we can change it." Robert Iger said straightforwardly.
Disney made this movie to make money, to make money from Asians and Chinese. As long as they can make money, everything else is small matter.

"It's useless no matter how you change it." Zhang Yang directly shattered their fantasy.

Robert looked at Zhang Yang's relaxed expression and felt that he already had some ideas in mind. After all, he was the emperor of movies.

"Do you have any ideas?" Robert asked tentatively.

"We can introduce Eastern immortal cultivators into the Marvel Universe."

"What?"
After hearing what Zhang Yang said, the middle managers of Disney all shook their heads. They really didn't know how to add immortal cultivators to the Marvel Universe.

“We can bring in an Eastern immortal cultivator to defeat Hela or Loki.”

"We really don't understand why the Eastern immortal cultivators would come to the Marvel Universe to kill them." Someone questioned Zhang Yang, saying that this was too far-fetched and the logic didn't make sense.

"It's actually very easy to explain. When the Marvel world was waging a war, a cultivator noticed it. He found that some of the people there were filled with evil energy, so he wanted to eliminate the evil and defend the way."

A group of people still cannot agree that if there is evil energy, then we must kill it? Who is this person, what kind of immortal is he?

"He is the disciple of the Great Emperor Zhenwu Dangmo, and his mission is to eliminate demons and defend the Way." Zhang Yang continued to explain.

Zhang Yang wanted to use the Marvel platform to introduce a Chinese immortal cultivator, Zhang Sanfeng.

China has a vast array of mythological figures, but when they are exported, they are only recognized in Asia and have little influence in other places.

Now he lets some of the minor characters appear in the Marvel Universe, defeat powerful enemies, and lay the groundwork for more things to come in the future.

For example, this time he introduced Zhang Sanfeng, who could defeat Hela or Loki. It would be normal for his master Zhenwu Demon-Slayer to come out and fight Thanos to a draw in the future.

Above the Great Emperor Zhenwu Dangmo are the Jade Emperor and Tathagata, and above him is the Sage, and above him is a teacher, Hongjun.

If one day he has time to let Hongjun come out, and with a wave of his sleeves turn Thanos into ashes, and all the audience thinks it is reasonable, then the cultural output will be a success.

If he is really successful, he can also make a movie about a female fairy like "Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady". It would definitely be appropriate to let Liu Yifei play the role then. How could the title of Fairy Sister be earned in vain!

"These are people from two different universes. I still don't think it's right." Robert felt that what Zhang Yang said was wrong and subconsciously rejected it.

"In the Marvel Universe, there is a wizard called Ancient One who can travel through time and space. We set it up so that he feels that it is too difficult for the Avengers to fight the villains, so he asks immortal cultivators for help." Zhang Yang said easily about making these patches.

Robert and his friends came here today to ask Zhang Yang to help create the superhero Shang-Chi, but they didn't expect that he had so many ideas. For a moment, they couldn't keep up with Zhang Yang's thinking.

"Let's go back and discuss it." For these uncertain things, they can learn about them in detail and then give answers.

Zhang Yang didn't force it. This was just a casual move on his part. If it succeeded, that would be great. If it didn't, it wouldn't matter.

The next day, around nine in the morning, Zhang Yang and his assistant bodyguard arrived at Paramount.

"Zhang Yang, how did you shoot the mushroom bomb explosion?" As they entered the Paramount screening room, a figure suddenly appeared in front of Zhang Yang.

It's Nolan.

"OMG, my dear Nolan, how come you look so haggard?" Zhang Yang said in surprise as he looked at Nolan with dark circles under his eyes.

"He has obsessive-compulsive disorder, there's nothing we can do about it." Scarlett walked to Zhang Yang and shrugged with a relaxed look.

"They don't even want to tell me the answer." Nolan complained. Apparently, he had asked many actors who filmed "Oppenheimer" before, but didn't get an answer.

When Leo and others heard Nolan's words, they all smiled slightly. Since Zhang Yang didn't say anything, wouldn't they offend others if they said it out loud?
"I made a video of the actual filming of the movie. You can take it home and watch it today, but for now, just enjoy the movie."

Nolan's eyes lit up after hearing Zhang Yang's words. There is such a thing: "OK, I want to enjoy Oppenheimer today."

"His movies are always worth appreciating," Quentin brought a beautiful woman to Zhang Yang.

(End of this chapter)