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Chapter 137 Extreme Occupation breaks 2 million in weeks [Subscribe]

On the afternoon of January 2004, 1, Li Wenyu and the main creative team of Extreme Pro arrived in Seoul, and Samsung General Manager Li led the team to arrange hotels.

This kind of show can be said to have reached its limit in the southern part of the peninsula.

In a large suite in a big hotel.

When Li Zairong handed Li Wenyu a cigarette, he was very excited. "Director Li, the movie grossed 1810 million US dollars in the first five days of its release in the United States. It's really a big hit."

"I'm not saying how valuable these US dollars are, but that so many people went to the cinema to watch the movie."

"If you have a crush on someone in our entertainment industry, feel free to ask if you're interested."

General Manager Li’s words were very domineering, and it was more free and flexible than going to the supermarket to buy vegetables.

Li Wenyu shuddered and refused with a smile, "No, really, no, this is a win-win cooperation, just normal cooperation will do."

As a blockbuster with such a heavy impact, the publicity and promotion of "Legend of the Condor Heroes" is much better than that of "Legend of the Condor Heroes". You should know that when "Legend of the Condor Heroes" was released in the United States, it earned 1780 million US dollars in the first three days of its release.

The price of Heroes was cut in half by more than 50% in the second week, dragging down the trend.

In the end, the hero made more than 5500 million US dollars in the United States.

That’s why Extreme Pro has hyped up the global beauty pageant so much, and the group has movie collaborations with beauties like Jessica Alba, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway, etc. to promote and distribute.

Which one didn’t take advantage of the situation and hype it up? They all did!
So much public opinion exploded at the same time.

At least the Internet world is burning with Europe and America.

It only grossed 1810 million US dollars in five days during the Christmas and New Year holidays. It can only be said that other European and American blockbusters squeezed the screening rate of "Extreme Job".

That's right, the most powerful movie in US theaters during the same period was "The Lord of the Rings: Rise of the King". This movie took in 3 million US dollars in the United States during this big period.

There is also "Children's Play," which is not a very famous movie, but during the Christmas and New Year's Day box office, this family comedy also made 1.38 million US dollars in the United States.

(Love Is a Compromise) was released on December 12th and was originally expected to gross $12 million.

It is very powerful that the extreme profession can make 1810 million in five days in these large-scale group kills.

Europa has not been released yet, we’ll talk about that later.

Let’s put aside Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

Even Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle 1 only earned 2150 million US dollars in the United States before being withdrawn from the market, which was 400 million US dollars higher than the original trajectory.

The heroine of this version of Kung Fu is Pang Bing. Since Pang Bing bombed Omi in Shark Beach, she has become extremely popular and can attract movie fans to watch movies in theaters.

This new year.

It was the moment when Extreme Job bombarded the world. Its screening rate was far less than that of The Lord of the Rings 3, but the momentum of this Chinese blockbuster was extremely fierce.

Time sold 1500 million dollars for its European and American cinema distribution, with a box office of 1810 million dollars in the first five days. Even if the trend plummets in the future, the film company will definitely not lose money.

Li Zairong was still so excited that he didn't know where to put it. Was this about money or not?
This is a big movie where the mobile phones, laptops, etc. used by the protagonists are basically Samsung models.

Whether in Europe, America or Asia, the explosion is so fierce. This is brand promotion.

He nodded while smoking a cigarette, "Okay, I will definitely ensure Quan Zhixian's safety, freedom, and so on while we are here."

"By the way, the filming of 'The Beekeeper' is still going on. Do you want to actually go to the Green House?"

Li Wenyu returned to Beijing after finishing filming "Blue Jasmine" in early to mid-December last year, and Li Jiaxin also finished filming "Extreme Escape" at that time.

Even Gao Yuanyuan had been waiting in the capital for a long time.

However, "The Beekeeper", which stars Gao Yuanyuan as the female lead and is Zhang Guorong's first directorial venture, has not been completed and is still in progress.

Da Meiyu went back so early because all her scenes were filmed first, and 80% of the movie "The Beekeeper" is from the main perspective, showing the male protagonist Jiang Wu's cool and unparalleled mowing.

Jiang Wu also needs to practice fighting and gunfighting techniques.

Jiang Wu started special training in October. Even when he finished filming 10% of the scenes for the heroine Da Meiyuan, Jiang Wu's special training was not over.

In the scenes where he appeared on camera with Gao Yuanyuan, his acting was fine and he was able to shoot it easily.

For the fighting scenes that require them to appear on camera together, Jiang and Wu still need to continue special training and can only start after they pass the test. Da Meiyuan also needs to come back to reshoot part of the scenes.

The problem is not big.

Anyway, in this project, Zhang Guorong is directing for the first time, and Hong Yubao is learning the new system of fighting and gun battle routines in all aspects.

Jiang Wen was still in the tacitly agreed period of being banned from directing, but he once snatched a piece of cake from his younger brother. He also had a good relationship with Zhang Guorong, so he instructed Zhang Guorong on how to film.

The entire crew was waiting for Jiang Wu to get into the fighting state.

Following Li Zairong's words, Li Wenyu poured half a glass of red wine and raised his glass, "Executive Li, you are one of Weibo's major shareholders."

"Our cooperation is ongoing all year round, there's no need to rush."

Li Zairong took a deep breath and clinked his glasses, saying, "Yes, there's no rush. Cheers."

This Samsung old Li also found that he was a little bit arrogant. After all, he was still just the executive assistant, not the uncrowned king and shadow commander after Li took over the entire thing.

This collaboration with Extreme Job was extremely successful. Countless audiences around the world who were amused by it will gradually become familiar with Samsung phones, including ringtones.

This still depends on the long term.

After drinking, Li Zairong said again, "By the way, I'll have someone negotiate for movies like My Sassy Girl. I'll sell them to your video website for 3 RMB each, Director Li, with exclusive broadcast rights for ten years."

"Then I'll sell you Autumn in My Heart, Winter Sonata, Jewel in the Palace, etc. for 2000 RMB per episode?"

The first time Li Wenyu asked Quan Zhixian to give IHQ a quote, the other party asked for a high price of HK$100 million for the five-year copyright.

Lee Jae-yong also knew about this. He almost went to IHQ with a baseball bat to teach them a lesson. Do they know what brand output is? China has a market of over one billion people.

If many South Korean TV dramas can make it into the film market, is Samsung's brand output important, or is your 100 million important?
Even Li Wenyu himself would not sell the remake rights of "My Love from the Star" to the American group. Instead, he would rather pay you a small amount of money, just hoping that your TV station can broadcast the original version of "My Love from the Star".

Lee Jae-yong was very well-mannered by not taking a baseball bat to IHQ to beat people up.

Li Wenyu poured another glass of wine. "It's been a pleasure working with you. Thank you, Mr. Li. Once the video website becomes bigger, I welcome Samsung to invest in it as well."

Does this count as expanding the Korean Wave in China? Really not. You're already a star, and there's also "Dark Glory" currently filming and "Goblin" in the pipeline.

Audiences have watched too many top-notch upgraded Chinese idol dramas, so who would still be obsessed with the much lower-quality Korean dramas?
This is extremely good news for the future expansion of copyright libraries and the surge in the market value of video websites.

As for whether this will push Samsung to dominate the mainland market, there's no need to worry. When the Korean market comes out, everything Samsung does will be defeated in mainland China.

In the next few years, there will still be a cluster of copycat mobile phones running rampant in the mainland.

Lu Xiaobu’s copycat phone is awesome.

Li Zairong's face became even happier. He drank a few more glasses of wine and chatted for a while before he left, leaving behind his two secretaries.

The other party's secretary stayed in the hotel, ready to work for the extreme professional crew at any time.

For this roadshow in Hancheng, Li Wenyu had no plans to cause trouble at universities, he just planned to raid movie theaters one by one.

The guest room became quiet, and Quan Zhixian and Gao Yuanyuan walked in together.

Da Meiyuan, who had just transformed into the new generation of Sister Gang for the third day, was a little dazed when she walked. "Boss, the first week in the US was $1800 million. If we include the second week of Christmas, will it be higher?"

"I noticed a lot of fans gathered outside the hotel. They seemed to have heard the news and were blocking people. Surprisingly, quite a few of them were holding my posters and shouting my name."

"Are Xiaoxian and I really going to be world-famous? At least we can make a name for ourselves in Europe and America?" Xin Gangjie directly called Quan Zhixian "Xiaoxian"? Of course, no problem. When they were practicing martial arts on the night of the 30th, Quan Zhixian had called out for help for all sorts of reasons.

The common emotions of South Koreans, who are sensitive, self-deprecating and arrogant.

The movie starring Jeon Ji-hyun, the heroine, earned 1800 million US dollars in the United States in one week. With the New Year's Day box office, it is definitely not difficult to exceed 5000 or 6000 million US dollars in Europe and the United States.

Even though this is a Chinese-language movie, it helped Jeon Ji-hyun establish her as a dominant star in the peninsula.

Are you the fan group blocking the hotel below?
A small group of Gao Yuanyuan's fans held up her poster.

But 95% of them are Jeon Ji-hyun's fan club, and others like Yuan Biao, Zou Zhaolong and the big director Li Wenyu are almost ignored.

Li Wenyu smiled and nodded, "I think I can relax during tomorrow's roadshow."

It's still early.

Then drink water, eat and play with Yuanyuan.

Many people tend to get tired of the old and love the new, but Lao Li does not. He is passionate and dedicated to embracing the new.

Da Meiyu's expression became a little angry and funny.

This is the same Old Li who rejected her for more than a year?

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Things turned out just as Li Wenyu expected.

On January 1, he and the main creative team made a surprise roadshow. Li Wenyu, the second richest man in mainland China, was next to Jeon Ji-hyun, but was completely ignored by countless South Korean moviegoers and fans.

In every roadshow, she is the center of all topics.

When Jeon Ji-hyun said that in order to play the role of an extreme professional well, she practiced boxing for ten months.

At each roadshow, I don’t know how many South Korean fans were moved to tears, and there were actually many who cried loudly on the spot.

She also became the most shining representative of the South Korean entertainment industry.

Later, I learned that Zhang Jin, who taught Quan Zhixian boxing, was a Chinese Wuying-level athlete, and was on the same level as Jet Li.

Zhang Jin is very popular in South Korea.

Li Wenyu took the initiative to keep a low profile and conceal his presence in order to push Zhang Jin to the forefront.

The entire day of the roadshow was filled with Xiaoxian and Zhang Jin having question-and-answer conversations, performing martial arts routines, singing, signing autographs, and so on.

At around 2 o'clock in the evening on the 9nd, we returned to the hotel after the celebratory banquet.

Gao Yuanyuan excitedly grabbed a notebook and walked over to Li Wenyu's side. "That's too much, Boss! In the "Time Campus" off-screen movie section, Extreme Job has a rating of 9.5, and a full 15 people have rated it."

"There are also a huge number of long and short film reviews, screen after screen, all of which are praising Xiaoxian."

"It's basically South Korean and English, which is far from the truth."

Regardless of the original trajectory, the current stage is after Jeon Ji-hyun played the female lead in My Sassy Girl in the summer of 2001.

This is the first time she has appeared on the big screen with her new personal image.

Xtreme Occupation is a popcorn blockbuster that is above average, but it is hilarious and the fighting action is also super exciting.

Action movies, this is the best category that can make Chinese-language movies go global.

Apart from a few superstars like Zhang Guorong who have achieved great success in the music and film industries, the most successful ones are Jackie Chan and Jet Li who have become popular in the East Asian, Southeast Asian, European and American markets.

Old Li smiled and started eating the peach, "What about the mainland version?"

Gao Yuanyuan changed into a more comfortable sitting position and nodded. "We basically have an additional 9 ratings every day inside the Great Firewall. Today is the tenth day of its release, and it should have just broken or ."

"The ratings hover between 8.8 and 9.1."

This is an all-star lineup!

You have to know that in the early and mid-00s, during the Internet era when public intellectuals were rampant, over 80% of Hollywood movie review scores automatically added one point.

Mainland films will automatically have their score reduced by one point.

Extreme professions are just big popcorn, and such high ratings are definitely the power of the all-star lineup.

Therefore, the ratings, number of viewers, etc. of the overseas version are enough to prove how much Jeon Ji-hyun has soared with this movie.

Since the release of the film, there are only two types of entertainment figures left in South Korea's leek garden.

One is Jeon Ji-hyun and the other is another.

After all, she has the support of Samsung and Elephant, including Li Wenyu who is standing at the end.

Li Wenyu nodded and sighed, "Just clean up my mood and return home the day after tomorrow."

This movie has been in preparation for so long, and now is the carnival period to reap the biggest and craziest fruits.

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Time turns.

January 1th is Minor Cold.

Li Wenyu has already opened a roadshow in another city in the mainland. As "Extreme Job" enters its third week of screening, the results have really attracted the attention of countless people.

The second week in mainland China broke various records for the first time, with a single-week single-film revenue of 5300 million, plus more than 5 million in the first five days of the week, almost reaching 4100 million. This number broke a series of records.

Countless practitioners were dazzled by what they saw.

Just two or three years ago, if a big-name movie could earn 4000 million in three months after its release, it would almost be considered the annual champion of Chinese-language films.

There are 9400 million people in the mainland, 7200 million in Hong Kong Island, and 6900 million in Taiwan, which is equal to 2.35 million in the whole country!
Even though the audiences in Hong Kong and Macau are used to watching countless movies, the new-style action of "Extreme Job" is also innovative, and there are no "The Beekeeper" or "John Wick" with more fighting styles.

But this is indeed a cool and handsome beauty that is significantly different from most previous films.

South Korea has accumulated 1.32 million Hong Kong dollars in two weeks, once again proving Jeon Ji-hyun’s status as a legend there!

The box office in the United States for two weeks was 3742 million US dollars, which was achieved despite the ban on Lord of the Rings 3 and other billion-dollar blockbusters.

Equal to 2.91 million Hong Kong dollars!
The film grossed HK$9100 million in two weeks in Japan and HK$7200 million in two weeks in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. This is undoubtedly a brand new style of fighting drama, and most of it is intentionally funny.

There is also the excitement brought by the all-star lineup of Harbour City and the mainland.

So, that’s 8.21 million!

The box office of "Extreme Job" exceeded 8 million in two weeks.

This is the number before Europa League was released!

Even with the precedent of Hero grossing 17 billion worldwide and Kung Fu easily breaking the billion mark, the movie "Extreme Job" was so popular at the beginning of 2004 that it shocked Asia and made it speechless.

At noon on January 6th, Li Wenyu had already started asking the manager of the Time Media department to arrange a celebration banquet for the box office revenue exceeding 800 million yuan.

He just returned to Beijing with his team from the roadshow in Tianjin at midnight yesterday.

The first part is already like this. It has cultivated a big IP like Heroes and Kung Fu. It can really be nurtured slowly.

(End of this chapter)