The Crown Prince of Huayu!

Chapter 225 Picking Peaches

"Iron Man" was filmed before "Those Years" and was filmed after last year.

However, because the post-production special effects took a lot of time, it missed last year's Christmas release. Han Jiadong suggested delaying the release to the summer vacation.

And this time, Marvel also unconditionally chose to believe in Han Jiadong.

May 15th.

With more than 4,000 theaters open at the same time, "Iron Man" earned nearly 50 million U.S. dollars at the box office on its first day of release!

It successfully edged out "The Wolverine" and won the box office title of the day.

In just one day, it almost equaled the total box office of "The Incredible Hulk" in North America.

Marvel executives cried when they saw this data.

Those are the tears of happiness as one's life hangs on a thread and one survives a desperate situation.

The overseas box office grossed 1.2 million in the first week.

"Let's wait until the casting of "Iron Man 2" is finalized."

In just the first week of release, it almost recouped its cost.

Also going with me was my sister who was on summer vacation.

The reason why they agreed to sell so easily is that Disney gave enough.

"You still have a conscience. Knowing that Sister Tong Yi graduated, you came all the way from China to celebrate."

The cost calculation given by CP is 200 million.

At this time, Marvel’s influence was far from being comparable to that of Disney.

"Do you want to finish filming before going back?"

Under Disney's powerful money offensive, Marvel basically surrendered without much resistance.

But now, they know that Han Jiadong's magic is indeed continuing.

Early June.

Overseas, it also achieved good results with a box office of over 2.5 million.

And due to financial pressure, we basically have to wait until one movie is released and the box office is divided before we can start the next project.

Even Disney will only think that the CP filming is too slow.

Nearly 1.42 million on the first day and million on the first weekend.

By the third week, the North American box office successfully exceeded the 300 million mark.

Tong Yi successfully graduated from California Institute of Technology.

The first Marvel movie "Iron Man" directed by Han Jiadong was undoubtedly a success.

It surpassed "Star Trek 11" and ranked first in the year.

The younger sister clearly criticized but actually praised. After saying a lot of good things to Han Jiadong, she then asked: "Sister Tong Yi and I plan to go back together. Brother, when will you go back?"

Coupled with Disney's abundant funds, film projects will no longer be held back by money.

Han Jiadong had a meal with her to celebrate her graduation.

How desperate was their situation before this?
CP proposed to continue filming "Iron Man 2" and "Thor", but because they could no longer afford the money, they had to put the filming plans on hold no matter how interested they were.

Under such circumstances, if someone is willing to invest more than 2 billion US dollars to acquire their shares, why should they hesitate?
Han Jiadong also welcomes the change of partner from Marvel to Disney.

And before the movie was released, Disney, which had failed to acquire CP before, set its sights on Marvel again.

On the other hand, Marvel has experienced too many failures, and even with Han Jiadong as a partner, they are not confident enough to rise again.

With only half of the shares, Disney made an offer of over US$2 billion!

In the second week, "Iron Man" continued its strong performance and still dominated the North American and overseas markets.

"That's not necessary. I plan to leave the filming work to others, but "The Voice" is about to premiere. When I return to the country, I will fly directly to Shanghai."

Even if they can rise, they don't know how many years and months they will have to wait if they want to earn two billion.

Marvel can finally be saved!

After all, with the success of "Iron Man", they couldn't even raise the funds to invest in the next "Iron Man".

The proportion is small and the cycle is long. It is still a huge risk to put all the wealth on each time.

The income of more than 30 million for "Iron Man" is high enough. Unfortunately, due to insufficient funds at the time, Marvel only accounted for less than % of the investment share.

With Disney as a partner, CP will have much less trouble in North America.

Marvel was still heartbroken to see that "The Wolverine" had been released for more than two weeks and the North American box office had exceeded 1.5 million, and the global box office had exceeded 2.5 million.

I finally felt better now.

Judging from the current situation, if it is not sold, Marvel will invest all of its net worth in the next movie, but it will still only account for a small part of the investment share.

As long as one movie fails, Marvel will once again find itself in dire straits.

The box office in North America alone is enough to recoup all costs.

Han Jiadong politely refused to go back to China together, which made his sister so angry that she couldn't help but kick Han Jiadong under the table.

I just finished praising you and you dropped the ball.

Work, work, work, is it important to have a wife?
What a helpless Adou!
Tong Yi was considerate and expressed her understanding, and said they would meet again after Han Jiadong returned to the capital.

After Tong Yi and his sister returned to China, Han Jiadong began the casting work for "Iron Man 2".

In fact, there are not many characters.

The main actors are still the same as in the first film.

The male protagonist Downey and the female protagonist Theron.

It's just that unlike the original time and space where Downey was considered the savior of Marvel, more of the credit for this box office success is attributed to Han Jiadong.

Downey was even grateful to Han Jiadong.

After all, his career had already hit a trough before this.

Logically speaking, given his status, he is not qualified to get the male lead role in Han Jiadong's movie.

But Han Jiadong still chose him as a box office poison against all opinions.

In the end, it not only saved Marvel, but also saved Downey's career.

Because of this, his salary did not skyrocket dozens of times like in his previous life.

For him, as long as he can play the role of Iron Man, he is willing to pay some money.

Anyway, with the success of the "Iron Man" movie, his income in other areas has greatly increased.

As the world's top actress, Theron's salary is more expensive than Gwyneth's in the original film.

The new role of Black Widow in the second film was undoubtedly given to Scarlett.

After finalizing the actors, Han Jiadong made some minor modifications to the script based on the original.

While maintaining the overall high and refreshing rhythm, a small amount of Chinese elements have been inserted.

For example, there is Chinese Kung Fu in the original film, and there are also some interesting sayings about tea, Confucianism, etc.

Not to the point where it ruins the plot and drags down the pace.

The director once again chose Li Eucalyptus, who had previously messed up "The Incredible Hulk".

"Life of Pi" directed by him has been completed a few months ago.

But it’s still early for release.

Speaking of which, although "The Incredible Hulk" failed at the box office, it cannot be said to be a bad movie.

Even in terms of depth, it's better than many Marvel movies.

Unfortunately, as a representative of popcorn movies, Marvel movies do not need the so-called depth.

For the sake of depth, the plot seems to be dragged out, which is already the opposite of Marvel movies.

Now that the script has been finalized and there are references to previous films, Han Jiadong wants to see how far Li Yu can go. After settling this, Han Jiadong returned to China.

Shangying gave him some not-so-good news.

Someone wants to pick peaches.

The newly established special effects department is now on the right track. The core technical staff have been arranged to study in Hollywood and have even attracted many top Chinese technical talents in Hollywood to join.

These technical talents have also been assigned to the special effects team of "Life of Pi".

With a good learning platform and good practical opportunities, development prospects have begun to take shape.

As a result, some people were targeted.

"Chen Feng is just in his early thirties this year and is already a deputy director. His father is the second-in-command in the next district. He came to have a meal with me in person a few days ago. At the dinner table, his son was mentioned and said he wanted to work at SIPG. He also hinted that his son wants to contribute to China’s special effects industry.”

Ren Zhonglun invited Han Jiadong to his office and told Han Jiadong all the causes and consequences of the matter.

As a municipality directly under the Central Government, the administrative level of Magic City is the same as that of a province.

The districts here are just like ordinary cities.

In other words, the background of this man named Chen Feng is no worse than that of Han Jiadong.

I'm at the same level as Han Jiadong's father.

In the magic city, he can be regarded as a local snake.

If he were allowed to enter the special effects department, he would be two levels higher than Han Jiadong in his early thirties. I am afraid that if Han Jiadong entered the special effects department in the future, he would be crushed by him.

However, Han Jiadong did not act angry because someone wanted to pick peaches, nor did he make things difficult for Zhonglun. He said that his main focus will now be on the show "The Voice" and he will abide by any decision made by the company.

Seeing that he had said so, Ren Zhonglun breathed a sigh of relief.

A few days later, Chen Feng was parachuted to the position of second in command of the special effects department.

On the second day after taking office, Han Jiadong was invited in the name of a dinner party.

However, Han Jiadong refused because he was not currently in the special effects department.

Although he doesn't regard the special effects department as his own, and he doesn't necessarily want to join the special effects department in the future, but others are here to pick peaches, and he is being ordered around to attend each other's celebration banquet, which seems too weak. .

If I go, will I not be allowed to be pinched like a clay figure in the future?

After learning that he had not gone, the head of the special effects department also declined to attend, citing his age.

This is undoubtedly showing his attitude.

Sure enough, on the second day when Han Jiadong didn't go.

Chen Feng took the initiative to come to the door in person this time.

As soon as he came, he expressed his sincerity and apologized, saying that he was just taking advantage of his name, and that the special effects department would still follow Han Jiadong's lead in the future.

It doesn't look like a second-generation pustule. At least he can clearly understand the situation and know that without Han Jiadong's contribution, it would be good if the special effects department could maintain its current level and size, let alone its development prospects.

Because of his sincere invitation, Han Jiadong attended his private party.

But he just had a quick bite and left without drinking or touching the woman he called.

After he left.

"Fuck! What are you pulling on? Mr. Chen invites him to give him face. He doesn't even touch wine or women. He doesn't give Mr. Chen face."

In the box.

The young man in the flowered shirt held a scantily clad woman in his arms on each side, with an angry and disdainful look on his face.

Most of the other people in the box were young men dressed as princes.

Chen Feng looked much more stable than them, with a smile on his upright face.

"Young Master Dong is here just to give me face. Besides, what is the quality of the women here? Can they compare with the big stars in the entertainment industry?"

As soon as this was said, others started joking.

"That's right. If I were a director as big as him, I would definitely have a sophisticated taste."

"Young Master Chen is now half-footed in the entertainment industry. When will he get a star to try it out? Then the brothers will also take advantage of it."

"Didn't you play a so-and-so before?"

"What kind of star is a small actor who can't even reach the third-tier level? I'm talking about the first-tier big stars."

"A-list... Tang Yan is the only one who can be considered a first-tier female star in Shanghai right now, right?"

"Sun Li counts as one."

"Forget it Sun Li, she's not my type."

"The same goes for Huang Shengyi."

"I'm not Prime Minister Cao, and Ju Li isn't that easy to mess with."

"Liu Sisi is not a top performer, but she is not bad. She is my type."

……

……

Backstage at the recording of "The Voice".

"Director Han, the show will be broadcast next week, aren't the title sponsors busy making decisions?"

Seeing Han Jiadong appear, Zhou Duan immediately stepped forward and asked, after all, the naming fee is the bulk of a show!
Han Jiadong seemed very calm: "What's the highest price now?"

"Wuliangye, 9.99 million."

This offer is far inferior to the highest offer before the scandal emerged, but Zhou Duan is already very satisfied.

As long as the program's ratings are not too bad and subsequent advertising revenue is added, it can almost make its money back.

But Han Jiadong just shook his head: "I don't accept the liquor offer."

Although there is no liquor limit at this time, many liquor manufacturers want to replicate the glory of several liquor manufacturers that have won the title of CCTV, and spend crazy money on advertising. However, as a singing program, Han Jiadong will not consider the title of liquor manufacturer. name, and will not even accept commercial breaks.

After all, singers avoid drinking in order to protect their voices, but you still advertise for wine merchants during your singing show...

It's too ugly to look at when eating.

After listening to Zhou Duan talk about several manufacturers and quotations, Han Jiadong stopped him: "Let's discuss the naming fee after the show is broadcast. For advertising, we will only consider quotations during the first episode."

Zhou Duan hesitated: "But if the show does not meet expectations... I took the initiative to expose the shady things before, and rejected the quotes from the manufacturers before the shady. People at the TV station already have some opinions. If there is another problem, I will Afraid they wouldn’t even give us Saturday night time.”

"If the show is really in such a bad state, the naming fee will be several hundred million. It would be a failure for me."

"...Then the promotion content of the program includes Liu Yifei and Zhou Xun?"

"Okay, but don't show formal content, just show the behind-the-scenes of their audition."

……

While the two were talking, cheers and screams like a mountain roar and tsunami suddenly came from outside.

Han Jiadong knew who was on stage without looking.

The four instructors were now considered experienced, and they immediately guessed that another celebrity should be here.

They couldn't help but look at each other when they thought about what the director told them after the first recording, that they must be given preferential treatment if they heard they were celebrities.

Now that the recording of the program has come to an end, the number of trainees for the four people has been limited. After that, there will be a PK session between the students. If they lose too ugly, it will not be easy to save their face.

Therefore, in order to get better students, the four of them have raised their standards.

And as an unfamiliar prelude ended, singing began on the stage.

"Hold you in my hands and burn incense religiously

Cut a piece of candlelight to light up the economy

Not looking for excitement, just looking for love

I was hurt in the end when I loved you, and I cried so despairingly
I will spend my whole life supporting you
......"

(End of this chapter)