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Chapter 391 [74] The global box office of "House of Flying Daggers"!

"Oh, Chen, how did you come up with this idea?"

"a!"

Leonard Brennan, deputy editor-in-chief of the entertainment department of Time magazine, looked at the cover photo taken by Chen Yu on his computer and showed an extremely exaggerated expression.

Really, he was so surprised.

After being an editor of "Time" for so many years, this was the first time he saw such an impactful cover photo.

Chen Yu straddled two blurred cars, with a Cannes Best Actor trophy placed on the knee of his left leg and Berlin on his right leg.

Then he stood upright and hugged his chest with his hands. Just like Jean-Claude Van Damme in his previous life, he looked forward with sharp eyes and a calm face. On his crossed arms, there was a trophy for the Venice Best Actor.

The three trophies look like an equilateral triangle, which looks very coordinated and natural; it also embodies Chen Yu's horse movements in an extremely standard and beautiful way.

Tough, handsome, and with a youthful face, the female reporter who finished the interview was impressed.

Because this photo is really good.

“An idea suddenly struck my mind and I came up with this idea!”

"However, can you take a cutout of half of this photo and just show the horse's movements and trophies? Then put this photo on the top half!"

With that said, Chen Yu handed Leonard the costume photo from "House of Flying Daggers" that he had just developed yesterday, showing him standing on horseback and holding a knife in both hands.

"..."

Leonard glanced at it and then looked at the photo he had just taken on the computer, and his mind seemed to be bombarded for an instant.

With his eyes open, he could have a very clear concept.

The upper part of the cover is an ancient costume look; the lower part is a modern action look!
"Are movies...and reality?"

Leonard looked at Chen Yu, who snapped his fingers: "Bingo, is that okay?"

"Wow!"

"It's incredible!"

The female reporters next to her screamed, not to mention Leonard himself.

"I think we already have a title for our interview!"

"It's called - "Heal Chan's Movies and Reality"!"

"How about it?"

Leonard looked at the female reporter next to him, who nodded repeatedly: "Well, the collision of reality and movies, Chen's film life, this cover and the topic are very consistent!"

“Very artistic!”

“It will definitely be a hot seller!”

Leonard could already imagine that the moment the magazine was placed on the window display, countless passers-by would definitely stop and look at the cover of this issue of Time magazine, and those who were interested would Pay for one.

“Amazing cover!”

"Chen, your idea is very spot on; the costume style is very attractive to us Americans; and the modern one is the most popular hardcore image in Hollywood!"

Leonard said excitedly, and Chen Yu felt relieved when he saw that the other party was satisfied.

"Then I'll send you the original film of the costume!"

Chen Yu took out a USB flash drive. On the computer screen, the impact of the unity of man and horse was obviously stronger.

A group of people from Time magazine were watching, including Luo Yi and his assistant, who couldn't help but nod, because it was indeed very touching.

“I can’t wait to see the magazine being sold around the world next month!”

"Haha, let's look forward to it. It just so happens that Chen will shine in the Olympics next month, and "House of Flying Daggers" should also start in North America!"

What a wonderful August!
Luo Yidu feels that this guy will probably be the most popular person in the world next month.

CAA made a great move by cooperating with Chen Yu first this time.

"Then if it's nothing, I'll leave first?"

Chen Yu indicated that he still had something to do, and patted Luo Yi on his arm: "Charlie, we have decided on a place for the dinner, and I will definitely come!"

As a host, it is necessary to treat people like Leonard to a meal.

In the past three days, it is true that the other party has worked hard, so "Times" will pay Chen Yu the corresponding publication fee, but one code equals one code. In terms of how Chinese people treat others, they are definitely welcomed by the world.

"Okay, you're busy, leave it to me!"

Luo Yi grinned, Chen Yu greeted everyone and walked outside.

The day after tomorrow is the final test of Mandarin, which is the key to determining whether Chen Yu can take the exam.

After finishing this exam, Chen Yu could concentrate on "8 Minutes of the Olympics".

drop!
On the way to the rehearsal of Workers' Sports, Chen Yu received a message from Liu Yifei.

"The global box office of "House of Flying Daggers" has exceeded 1 million!"

1 billion US dollars!
Half a month's time.

From the premiere in Hong Kong on the 15th, to the mainland on the 16th...and then to the release in most parts of the world on the 20th.

Now half a month has passed, and the global box office of "House of Flying Daggers" has finally exceeded 1 million!
This is definitely a moment worth celebrating.

In fact, the Chinese media knew the news immediately than Lao Mouzi and Chen Yu. One can imagine their concern about this matter.

"In the previous life, House of Flying Daggers almost reached 1 million!"

"North America suffered a setback and only managed to win a box office of 1105 million, while other overseas regions had a box office of 8175 million... In this life, it broke the previous record in half a month!"

Moreover, with the exception of North America and Europe, the box office in all major regions around the world has exceeded the previous record of "House of Flying Daggers".

For example, in Japan, the box office of "House of Flying Daggers" in the previous life was 22 billion yen and "Hero" was 40.5 billion yen, but now the box office has reached 25 billion yen.

Hong Kong, box office 3190 million!
Mainland, 2.2 million yuan; only 2.5 million yuan away from the record of 3000 million yuan for "Hero".

Everyone in the industry knows that it is only a matter of time before this box office record is broken.

At present, the domestic box office of "House of Flying Daggers" is still strong, and it can still hit tens of millions on weekends. Except for the Hollywood blockbuster "Shrek 10", which is scheduled to be released on the 2th of next month, it has no rivals.

"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" originally wanted to be released in the summer vacation, but seeing the trend of "House of Flying Daggers", it had to be released in September.

Cheng Long's "New Police Story" and Wang Jiawei's "2046" also had to be postponed to September.

The opponent was too strong, so they had no choice but to avoid the edge temporarily.

Of course, there is a reason why "Shrek 2" is so brave; it was a miracle at the North American box office. It grossed US$5 million within five days of its premiere. It not only occupied the top spot in the rankings, but also replaced "Lord of the Rings 1.25" as the highest-grossing film. The highest grossing opening weekend of all time for a film.

On the 22nd alone, it earned US$4480 million, breaking the single-day record of US$4360 million set by "Spider-Man" two years ago. In addition, the number of theaters where the film premiered reached 4163, setting a record in American film history.

Although "House of Flying Daggers" is so intense, compared to this movie, it is definitely not enough.

Shrek 1 has a global box office of 4.15 million U.S. dollars, and this second film currently has a global box office of 9 million. Seeing the impact of 10 billion, it depends on whether China can do its best.

"One hundred million..."

"Is 2 million still far away? "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" can really make a splash!"

It just depends on North America. Europe is already gaining momentum anyway.

It is not difficult to surpass the domestic box office of "Hero". However, in fact, "Hero" is not a domestic box office record. It is a record for domestic movies, but the highest box office is not it, but "Titanic"!
"Titanic" was released in China on April 1998, 4, with a box office of 30 million yuan. In its previous life, it dominated the Chinese movie box office for 3.6 years.

The reason why the box office was so high, in addition to the fact that the film was really awesome, was actually because the ticket price of "Titanic" was very high at the time.

Although the version released in China has been deleted, it is still more than 3 hours long, so it is sold as two episodes.

A ticket sold for 40 yuan. You must know that even now in 04, the general ticket price in movie theaters was only 15 yuan. Only several first-tier cities in "House of Flying Daggers" dared to sell it for 30 yuan.

Therefore, this 3.6 million is also called the box office of the two movies combined in the industry.

But no matter what, a record is a record.

Cameron's "Titanic" has a domestic record of 3.6 million, which is real.

Even in the world, "Titanic" currently ranks first with 20.34 billion U.S. dollars, which is definitely the first place; "Lord of the Rings 3", which ranks second at the global box office, only has 11.47 billion U.S. dollars, which is almost half less.

Kashen's strength is completely different from that of ordinary directors.

Who could have imagined that he would be able to make films like "Avatar" in the future, breaking "Titanic"'s 12-year-long No. global box office ranking.

"The only one who can break my record is myself"!
"This record of 3.6 million is probably not easy to break for House of Flying Daggers!"

Chen Yu actually heard Lao Mouzi talk about this a few days ago. Otherwise, he would have always thought that the number one box office record in China was "Hero"!
Damn it, I didn’t expect that in 98, the country would be able to do 3.6 million.

No matter how much you ask Xiangjiang and Baodao to do, 1 million is probably the limit, right?
So now everyone in the world should be able to see how huge the market in mainland China is? !
Driving to the Workers' Stadium, Chen Yu began to practice his lead dance moves.

I bid farewell to Leonard and others in the evening. Unexpectedly, even they already knew that "House of Flying Daggers" exceeded 100 million. It can be seen that the world is actually paying attention to this movie.

Next week in North America, it will be placed in 360 museums. If this trend continues, 1000 libraries will be reached by the end of next month, which is much faster than the previous version of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

After returning home, Chen Yu chatted with Liu Yifei for a while and then began to prepare for the final test of Chinese.

Nothing happened in Athens, and we are just waiting for the on-site rehearsal next month.

The days are getting closer day by day.

After Chen Yu passed the final test easily, "House of Flying Daggers" also broke the domestic box office record of "Hero" of 2.5 million, and the global box office also reached 1.5 million; tomorrow is the day when Chen Yu goes to Athens.

Lao Mouzi rarely gave everyone a holiday, and Chen Yu finally had time to meet Liu Yifei.

You don't have to think about it, because the two of you can't go anywhere in China now, and you will be recognized in a minute; for the sake of his wife's reputation, Chen Yu has to endure it for a year.

What is Chen Yu's situation now? Even though he is fully armed, he can still be recognized at a glance.

And if you overdo it, it will become more obvious.

Chen Yu's personal signs are there anyway. Wearing a mask and sunglasses in the summer, don't you have a ghost?
But not wearing it is even more dangerous.

When two people meet now, it's like playing a minefield game. Chen Yu can't even take his own car for a date. Not only his own car, but also Ji Qiannan's and the company's cars have all been captured by the paparazzi.

Only now did Chen Yu feel deeply the troubles that future generations would have to deal with.

You are so famous and popular that everyone wants to take advantage of your popularity.

The media were afraid that there would be no news, so they compiled some gossip about Chen Yu every day. In this way, the number of clicks on his news was higher than that of many celebrity gossips.

"I'm too tired. How about making it public?"

Chen Yu drove the car borrowed by Cheng Peng to the Silver Lake Villa; this was his first time to see his house after it was renovated.

Simply bring a classmate Yifei to identify the door.

"It's mainly you. There's not much pressure on me. You're so famous now. According to domestic standards, I'm still a minor. It has a very bad influence on you!"

This was not said by Liu Yifei, but by Liu Xiaoli.

Now Chen Yu happens to be on the rise in his career. Liu Xiaoli obviously disagrees with this kind of thing that can easily be caught at a glance.

It's not that she doesn't approve of two people being public or being together.

More than two years of testing were enough to make Liu Xiaoli believe in Chen Yu's character.

But Liu Xiaoli didn't want Chen Yu's career to decline because of such a trivial matter. This kind of petty loss would outweigh the gain.

Although there are a lot of rumors about the relationship between the two people, if the two parties involved do not respond, it is just a rumor; but as long as Chen Yu admits it face to face, the nature of the matter will become different.

Although the current requirements for artists in China are not as strict as those of later generations, if you fall in love with a minor, it is a perverse trend. With Chen Yu's current influence, if it is exposed, the consequences will definitely be serious.

It's not as simple as career decline. How many eyes are watching?
Just waiting for you to show your flaw and bite you.

"I just said that casually..."

Chen Yu was depressed and complained to Liu Yifei. The two of them looked at the decorated villa, but they were actually quite relaxed inside.

After closing the door, the paparazzi don't know about this place, so it can be regarded as a new date place.

"What's up, Mrs. Chen!"

Chen Yuchao said with his hands tied behind his back and Liu Yifei, who was looking around curiously. Liu Yifei was wearing a retro T-shirt on her upper body and a short skirt on her lower body. Her long legs without stockings seemed to be reflecting light.

After hearing Chen Yu's words, he turned around naturally. If you don't say that the person is beautiful, any action will look good.

Just this turning gesture and dancing posture are really elegant.

With her long hair flying, Liu Yifei smiled slightly: "You didn't decorate it? Did you find a design company?"

"Just tell me if you want to live there?"

Chen Yu is actually quite satisfied with the current new Chinese style decoration.

The design company did not agree with some of Chen Yu's ideas at first because they were too advanced, but under the control of Qian's ability, these guys were able to complete the job quite well.

Although Chen Yu did not come, he let Lao Chen supervise and take photos throughout the process.

At least, it looks pretty stylish right now.

Except for an LCD TV, the entire living room is very transparent and generous, and you can even dance. The style of the wooden window lattice is elegant and a little fresh. Although there are many flaws in the details, you can count on the decoration company to help you fix them. No matter how good it is, it's impossible.

Just look at it and feel comfortable.

"I don't want to live here?"

Liu Yifei looked here and touched there, then turned to look at Chen Yu and said, "We are living together. What if the news breaks out?"

"Just don't let them know!"

Chen Yu walked up to Liu Yifei, and the two of them walked upstairs again.

The second floor is the child's bedroom and study room... The third floor is the master's room, and the first floor is where Chen Yu's parents or Liu Xiaoli live.

That's what Chen Yu planned anyway.

"How could you not know?"

"I want to come here often. They must know that the paparazzi are so pervasive now that you can't even come to my door!"

Nowadays, there are paparazzi in Guomao Community every day. Even though Chen Yu has been in the imperial capital for so many days, the two of them have never met each other.

"Let me tell you what I think!"

"Ok?"

Liu Yifei raised her neck and leaned on the dressing table in the bedroom, while Chen Yu lay down on the bed: "The building next door will be renovated soon, and that's our home too——"

"what--"

Liu Yifei walked out of the bedroom in an instant, opened the window in the corridor, looked at the villa next door that was exactly the same as this one, and said with some surprise: "This one belongs to you too?"

"It's not mine, it's ours. I bought it 2 months later than the current building, right?"

Chen Yu hugged Liu Yifei from behind, and Liu Yifei suddenly reacted: "Why did you buy two buildings?"

"Stay!"

"One building isn't enough for you?"

"You stay here!"

Chen Yu grinned, and Liu Yifei understood a little: "You will lend me a place to live, and we will be neighbors?"

If you don't say that Liu Yifei is smart, it will be revealed at a glance.

Chen Yu closed the window and pushed Liu Yifei into the bedroom: "You are only half right. I am going to ask someone to open the basement of the two houses. Can't we live together?"

"..."

Liu Yifei was dumbfounded. She covered her face and bent down with a smile, her long hair hanging down.

This guy really does everything he can to live together.

"No, how long have you been preparing for this?"

Liu Yifei pulled Chen Yu's face. She thought the man in front of her was good or bad!
Can you think of such a method?
"Don't laugh, I'm serious!"

In order to live with Liu Yifei, Chen Yu definitely risked his life.

He stood up and pulled Liu Yifei to the bed. The two of them hugged each other, thinking about the future.

"What do I think?"

"Neighbor, what does it matter?"

Not to mention, Liu Yifei thinks Chen Yu's idea is... not bad.

She is not opposed to living together and wishes to be with Chen Yu every day; girls who fall in love are often more dependent on men, not to mention that Liu Yifei grew up with her mother, so her attachment to men is even deeper. .

For example, Liu Yifei was not used to this kind of cuddling at first, but now she really enjoys the feeling of lying in Chen Yu's arms.

It gave her an indescribable sense of security.

"You convince my mom, and if she says yes, it's fine with me!"

Liu Yifei took Chen Yu's hand, put it in the air to compare its size, and used her fingers to slide up and down like playing a piano.

"Okay, let's do it!"

Chen Yu can be regarded as killing first and then showing off.

"Don't think too much, my mother may not be willing to do it!"

Liu Yifei clasped Chen Yu's hand tightly with her fingers and swung it in the air. Chen Yu stopped her and said, "I don't care if she wants it or not. Just say you want to live here and she can still tie you up." Can’t do it?”

(End of this chapter)