New Age Artists

Chapter 686: Two Years in a Hurry (Part )

Three poles in the sun.

Surrounded by the security team and assistant team, Shen Santong arrived at the hotel lobby.

Smith, the contact who had been waiting, hurried over to say hello.

these two years.

Commissioner Smith also had a mental journey. He was very nervous at first, but then he gradually adapted and now he has become a humble servant.

Making money is not shameful.

Warner needs to build the DC movie universe to support its stock price.

Smith entered the revolving door and performed well. In order to mend his relationship with Shen Santong, Warner directly dug him out because he was familiar with the affairs of Dongda University.

His salary doubled and he became the liaison between Warner and Shen Santong.

Hollywood can exert influence through companies within the University of Tokyo, and vice versa.

However, Dongda was unable to do this in the past, and even if they cooperated, they did not have the dominant position. Santong Entertainment rarely took the dominant position.

While waiting in the hotel, Smith could imagine what Shen Santong was doing.

After all, he was the one who bought Elizabeth Debicki's plane ticket.

In the past two years, Smith has been helping Shen Santong a lot.

The mood is very complicated.

When he was working for the Empire, Shen Santong was an enemy.

Who would have thought that his first task now is to serve Shen Santong comfortably.

Smith was sometimes speechless, but there was nothing he could do because the money he was paid was too much.

Shen Santong is now also one of his bosses.

"I have other things to do after I return home. Mr. Smith, you have worked hard too. You can take a rest."

Shen Santong was quite satisfied with the contact persons arranged by Warner for both parties.

He has been traveling back and forth across the Pacific Ocean in the past two years, and for convenience, he decided to settle in Hong Kong Island.

Whether in Hong Kong Island or Hollywood, Smith provides excellent service.

"It's not hard, not hard. Mr. Shen is tired because he has to run back and forth. I admire his passion and dedication to work. I can learn from him."

Smith quickly handed over the latest box office results of "Avengers 2" and mentioned Warner's ideas.

After taking a quick look at the box office performance of Avengers 2, Shen Santong didn't care much: "My Wonder Woman will definitely beat Marvel and open up a new path for DC."

"Yes, yes." Commissioner Smith continued to boast.

Shen Santong waved his hands repeatedly after hearing this.

But I also know the habits of the locals.

In the past two years, Shen Santong has had to adapt to flattery.

The locals in the United States are really good at flattering!
All kinds of compliments, when translated into Chinese, are definitely enough to give Chinese people goose bumps.

The so-called lackeys and sycophants are generally not so greasy and straightforward in licking.

But in the United States, flattery from subordinates to their superiors is just basic social courtesy.

Shen Santong was not used to it at first, but after a long time, he had to adapt to the local customs.

Smith witnessed Shen Santong's team leaving and did not dare to delay, so he quickly wrote back to Warner.

In the past two years, Shen Santong and Warner had a fight.

Ning Hao trampled on the Berlin Film Festival, and it is not difficult to guess who is behind it.

In addition, when it came to the casting of Wonder Woman, Shen Santong insisted on choosing Elizabeth Debicki.

After half a year of fierce competition, Warner finally chose to surrender.

Not only that, he was poached here just to serve Shen Santong.

There is no way. "Jack the Giant Slayer", a fantasy film adapted from the British fairy tales "Jack and the Beanstalk" and "Jack the Giant Slayer", was shown on 3525 screens across the United States.

On its first day of release, it earned $770 million at the box office, which was not only surpassed by "The Monkey King", but was also slightly lower than the $2012 million performance of "John Carter" which was released in the same spring season in 980.

The film ultimately grossed $2801 million in the United States in its first week, and less than $ million worldwide, barely breaking even with its investment.

Big plop.

Subsequently.

"Man of Steel", which was released on June 2013, 6, is the opening film of the DC Extended Universe, directed by Nolan and Zack Snyder. Its box office performance was not as good as Warner expected.

The global box office was $6.68 million, with North America contributing $2.91 million and overseas markets contributing $3.77 million.

With a production cost of $2.25 million and global marketing expenses of $1.5 million, the total cost is close to $3.75 million.

According to the Hollywood cinema revenue sharing ratio, the global box office of 5.5 million US dollars was the cost line. The film's final box office exceeded the cost line and made a profit, but it was far less than "The Dark Knight".

The film received an A- CinemaScore and a 56% Rotten Tomatoes rating, with mixed reviews from the audience.

Compared with Marvel works of the same period, it is far lower than the $2012 billion box office of "The Avengers", which was released in 15 and established the dominance of the Marvel Universe, and is also lower than the global box office of "Iron Man 3", which is $12 billion.

The DC Superman movie is so bad that it can only be compared with Marvel's third-rate characters and Thor's personal movies, and it only slightly exceeded "Thor 2: The Dark World" with $6.44 million.

Moreover, the dark and realistic style of "Man of Steel" compared to Marvel's light-hearted and humorous style makes DC's road increasingly difficult.

"Jack the Giant Slayer" was a huge flop, and "Man of Steel" also failed to meet expectations, causing Warner's stock price to plummet.

In order to maintain the stock price, Shen Santong had to be moved out.

Smith almost witnessed Shen Santong conquer Warner. Facing various doubts, accusations such as challenging rules and narrative, Shen Santong basically did not explain at all.

It's probably "You're right, I just fuck your mother, so what?"

After withstanding the initial suppression, Shen Santong gained the corresponding status.

Even though he won, Shen Santong was not grateful.

More than once, he has talked about this publicly and privately, saying that Hollywood should be grateful for being able to sell box office in the Eastern market, and he would ban anyone who makes him unhappy.

Don't tell me yet.

Since then, Disney has also stopped.

Smith knew very well that Shen Santong now had the stock price of Warner Bros. and the market expectations of Hollywood in Dongda on his shoulders.

As he retired from the University of Tokyo, his status in the university became even more detached from the world.

On both sides of the Pacific Ocean, Shen Santong's influence in the entertainment industry is overwhelming.

The plane flew across the sky.

"Finally I see you, a busy man."

At the airport, Chen Chexi came to pick him up.

Shen Santong also adopted the habits of the locals in the United States and flattered, "The chairman is here to pick me up. I am very honored."

Chen Chexi rolled his eyes.

Shen Santong walked towards the shuttle convoy with her.

Two years have passed since the release of "The Monkey King: Hero is Back", and a lot has happened.

That year, primary and secondary school students were so happy to watch The Monkey King, but so painful to write their reviews after school started.

10 primary and secondary schools across the country "suffered a tragic fate."

The release of "The Return of the Great Sage" was postponed, and the domestic box office finally exceeded 7 billion, setting an exaggerated record.

The global box office exceeded 2 billion US dollars, far exceeding "The Avengers", ranking third on the global movie box office list, just one step away from "Titanic".

If the West could afford it, it would have definitely surpassed "Titanic".

When the number reached one or two billion, there were still noises, secret attempts to trip people up, spitting and despising them.

When the number reached 30 or 40 billion, people began to feel fear and shock, and dared only to express their fear and slander in private.

Then the domestic box office broke 5 billion, broke the record for a single market in the United States, broke 60 and then 70, and everyone tried their best to join in.

The rest is just noise.

The Spring Festival in 13 became a watershed in culture and public opinion.

After the Spring Festival, the film industry has been transformed.

"The Return of the Great Sage" once again broke the domestic box office ceiling, and the Berlin Film Festival shattered the illusion created by the West in the past.

Even though the Oscar was awarded to Li An, it did not have the same fanfare as before and caused almost no waves in Dongda University.

The Oscars and the three major European awards have completely lost their filters.

There is no fig leaf for Western awards anymore.

From the Nobel Prize, to the three major European film festivals, to the Oscars, hedging is useless.

The golden monkey rose to a great height, and Yuyu clarified Wan Liai.

The group that worships Western narratives has gradually become a joke, and "The Return of the Great Sage" shattered the prejudice that "the moon is rounder in foreign countries" with its box office.

The collapse of the award filter was like concentrated sulfuric acid poured into a rat hole, causing a wailing sound.

The success of "The Return of the Great Sage" allowed the audience to witness biodiversity.

This has forced out the theory that box office movies are useless.

A group of people began to argue that movie box office was useless or even harmful, and various "media", "institutions" and "cultural conferences" began to argue that "movie box office led to a cultural bubble."

"I have long said that movie box office is useless. Those who boasted about movie box office before were all war monkeys."

Following Wolf Warrior and Dragon Warrior, Monkey Warrior came into being.

Foreign media have repeatedly reported that "movie box office has stifled real creativity" and "although China's movie box office is booming, at what cost?"

The fact that the box office of "The Return of the Great Sage" was kicked off the animation film box office rankings and the global film box office rankings was an eye-opener for the audience at the University of Tokyo.

Under the eyes of audiences all over the world, "The Monkey King: Hero is Back" ranked third in the global box office, but was not included in the Box Office Mojo film history list.

The silence is deafening.

In the past two years, the company's business has also undergone changes.

Some official exchanges emphasize equality. Shen Santong had difficulty filming before, but after retiring he just did it all at once.

Shen Santong resigned as chairman and only retained the position of CEO, while Chen Chexi served as chairman.

Got in the car.

Shen Santong looked and saw a child crawling on the seat.

"Good boy, come and give daddy a hug."

Chen Chexi couldn't help but smile when he saw this.

She said she wanted to have a child, and Shen Santong felt that they were all friends, so he helped out and took part in the effort.

(End of this chapter)