China Entertainment 2000.

Chapter 273 North American box office exceeds million yuan

Los Angeles China Television.

Jiang Liu walked down the studio, and Jia Xiaozhi was already waiting in the audience: "Mr. Jiang, in just a few years, you have become famous all over the world."

He had known Jiang Liu for exactly five years.

Five years ago, at the film and television series sales meeting held at the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival in Hunan Province, Jiang Liu could not afford to rent a sales counter for "Wulin Gaiden" directed by a little-known domestic director.

A few years later, Jiang Liu's movies not only landed in North America, but North American audiences were also crazy about them.

Jia Xiaozhi has been rooted in North America for many years. He knows that many people in Yingjiang, from capital to ordinary people, are xenophobic. It is not easy for Jiang Liu to open the North American film market on his own. He admires it very much.

Jiang Liu smiled nonchalantly: "It's just a movie with some achievements, it's not that exaggerated."

"Mr. Jiang is too modest. North American audiences are picky and have become more and more xenophobic in recent years. Movies starring John Woo and Chen Kaige starring white Hollywood actors have failed, causing the two to return to China in despair. "Planet of the Apes" has become a film It’s a Chinese-language film with a box office of more than 6000 million US dollars, which is amazing.”

"What's more, the movie is currently in theaters and the box office has exceeded 2 million, or even million is not an extravagant hope."

Jiang Liu was very depressed about this. It was just a movie released overseas, so why did he act like an underground worker?

Knowing that Jiang Liu is extremely busy now, Jia Xiaozhi said reasonably: "Okay, remember to call me at the celebration party of "Planet of the Apes". I will definitely be happy when I return home."

After Jiang Liu agreed, he was surrounded by Zhao Wenhong and others and walked out of China TV Station.

In her opinion, there is no substantial evidence for the love triangle, and it is good for the box office, so why wouldn't Jiang Liu do it?

Jiang Liu nodded with a smile: "By the words of President Jia, after your program is finished, I have to fly to New York to catch up with the next promotional event."

He didn't dare to completely trust Eva Green at the time, so he also hid a bug in his pocket.

Hollywood is keen to stir up scandals before a movie is released, and will add a promotion agreement to the cooperation agreement with the main actors.

Eva Green saw her career about to end.

However, the box office performance is impressive. If "Planet of the Apes" is going to be a hit, there is a high probability that Jiang Liu will become another great Chinese director in North America after Ang Lee.

Jiang Liu was initially extremely dissatisfied with Eva Green's double-agent behavior, especially since she exposed his private life to Fox executives.

The reason why he later changed his attitude was that the North American media was not a good person. "Planet of the Apes" only gained word-of-mouth but received no national news coverage, which forced him to meet Eva Green.

"Does Fox want to hype up the love triangle on a large scale? There is too little movement!"

After boarding the special car provided by Lionsgate, Jiang Liu scratched his head and asked Eva Green, who was waiting in the car first and disguised herself.

She is about to be packed up by Hollywood and sent back to France.

After receiving this news, Eva Green decisively approached Jiang Liu, betrayed Fox's love triangle plan, and prepared to bet on both ends.

What she didn't expect was that the box office decline of "Kingdom of Heaven" came so quickly. Even before Fox made a big splash about the scandal, the movie failed to perform well.

Eva Green was not stupid, so she turned around and informed Jiang Liu of the news, who also needed to prove himself at the box office and wanted to gain a foothold in Hollywood.

She simply broke the pot and told Fox executives about her one-night affair with Jiang Liu in Cannes. Fox executives became hopeful and formulated a love triangle.

However, the reality is so cruel.

Eva Green wasn't immune to signing a hype deal with Fox.

In addition, she learned from a few words from Fox executives that although "Planet of the Apes" has a small number of screens.

If Fox had not taken the initiative to create a love triangle in order to save "Kingdom of Heaven", Jiang Liu would never have been able to appear on the national Fox TV news, no matter he was alive or dead.

However, Fox's hype is not strong enough, and Jiang Liu's recording is still in his hands, unable to bring a greater wave of popularity to "Apes".

Eva Green's eyes were empty and she said with a disappointed expression: "The hype effect is not good, Fox is not willing to spend any more money, so all the promotion of "Kingdom of Heaven" has been stopped."

It was pretty much what Jiang Liu expected. He was a little disappointed, but he regained his energy after a moment. It didn't matter whether it was a love triangle or not. "Planet of the Apes" had already been screened on a large scale in North America, so there was no shortage of news coverage.

"What about you? Stay in Hollywood or go back to France?"

"I will stay in North America and go to New York to study and wait for the next opportunity. Will I have a role in your next work?" Eva Green looked at Jiang Liu hopefully. Hollywood is very realistic. Since Jiang Liu has conquered North American audiences with his movies, he has proved his personal ability.

There will be no shortage of funds for his next two or three works.

Eva Green made a bet between Fox and Jiang Liu at the same time, in order to make Jiang Liu appear on the North American stage today.

Jiang Liu shook his head: "Unfortunately, my next work is already in preparation. It is aimed at Asian audiences and will have Asian actors playing the main roles."

Eva Green kissed Jiang Liu politely and got out of the car. Her back in the rearview mirror looked a little lonely.

"Brother, let's go?" Gao Da Mao asked Jiang Liu.

Jiang Liu nodded: "Let's go."

Soon, the passenger plane soared into the sky and landed. Jiang Liu and his party arrived in New York.

As soon as Jiang Liu landed on his feet, he was carried into TBS, the largest cable TV station in North America, by a vehicle prepared by the publisher.

On TBS's most popular talk show "The Conan Show", Jiang Liu talked about the behind-the-scenes story of "Apes".

At this time, "Apes" grossed nearly $7000 million at the box office.

Many viewers have already seen the movie and know the plot.

So when Jiang Liu revealed that in order to make the several-month-old baby orangutan obedient and cooperate in acting, the crew and zoo managers racked their brains to please the baby orangutan with fruits and toys, the audience laughed.

And when Jiangliu talked about the creative concepts of "orangutan freedom", "protecting animals" and "protecting the environment".

The foreign audience at the scene was moved and applauded frequently.

Jiang Liu felt somewhat proud when he saw this. In this era, there were not many people in the world who understood Yingjiang better than him and the psychology of the people of Yingjiang.

When making Korean movies, the plot of the movie must win the box office by criticizing the chaebol.

When making a Yingjiang movie, the plot of the movie must be closely linked to democracy and freedom. Regardless of whether Yingjiang is really democratic and free, it is enough to know that the people of Yingjiang always believe in this.

In addition to winning a lot of applause for the behind-the-scenes story of the movie, Jiang Liu's English was also praised by host Conan and North American audiences.

After such a long period of experience, Jiang Liu's English is already very good, and he speaks many slang words in his mouth, which makes Conan and the audience look at him.

In the middle of the recording, Kung Fu was also mentioned.

After all, Fang Long and Li Lianjie, who have appeared on "The Conan Show" before, have demonstrated magical oriental kung fu to the audience.

Jiang Liu ignored this, saying that he would not go through with it.

The recording of "The Conan Show" ended, and Jiang Liu, publicity and security personnel continued to travel around New York State.

What to give speeches and donations to SPCA members.

Join members of environmental protection organizations as they go into communities to clean up.

Go to orphanages and nursing homes to watch "Planet of the Apes" with children and the elderly, and even play games.

The kind of publicity and marketing that a popular movie in North America should have, arrived belatedly three weeks after "Apes" landed in North America.

After a few days of publicity and marketing, He Jing and others all ran out.

Ordinary people who are not thick-skinned really can't stand this kind of hypocritical way of promoting movies. Jiang Liu is content with himself. He also wants to stand and make money, but there is no such good thing in the world.

His humiliation and dedication have indeed paid off.

In the new week, the box office decline of "Apes" is still less than 30%. The total North American box office has accumulated more than 1 million US dollars, ranking first in the North American box office list for three consecutive weeks.

At the same time, "Apes" landed in AMC European theaters and was released in 68 countries around the world.

(End of this chapter)