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Chapter 503 Troublemaker (Please subscribe for the first update!)
"Gentlemen and ladies, this is Fox News, and I'm standing in front of the Regal Theater in L.A. Live, where the science fiction adaptation of The Martian premieres tonight."

"It is worth mentioning that this is a Chinese movie. The director and the actors are all Chinese. There are already many audiences waiting at the entrance of the theater. Let me see the audience's expectations for this movie."

Mary is an entertainment reporter for the Fox News Channel. Today, she was instructed by her superiors to come to interview the premiere of "The Martian".

It was just a small matter explained by the leader. Several people who were interviewed had already memorized their lines. She led the photographer to approach the crowd and picked a man in his 20s to start the interview.

"Hello, are you here to attend the premiere of The Martian?"

"Yes, yes." The man who was asked said pretending to be nervous.

The reporter continued to ask, "Then why did you choose to watch this movie?"

The man said excitedly, "I like the original novel very much. I have read it five times. This is simply the most exciting science fiction novel I have ever read."

"So what do you expect from the movie?"

The man immediately changed his tone, his face full of anger, "I don't expect anything from the movie at all, oh God, a movie made by a Chinese director and Chinese actor, I can't imagine what it will be like. A bunch of what**"

The reporter interviewed several viewers one after another, and all the questions and answers were criticisms of the film.

These people all claimed to be loyal book fans, and they were very angry that such a wonderful novel was made into a Huaguo movie by a Huaguo director.

There was hardly a word, and the excited "book fans" held the signs and banners in their hands, as if the movie really caused public outrage.

And the reporters at the scene didn't know that Fox News Channel, and several newspapers and media also sent people.

On the side of the road next to the theater, Tang An's car was parked here.

"Chairman, that's it. I thought that these would be no problems after the movie was released, but I didn't expect a group of fans of the original book to make trouble."

The person in charge of the North American distribution department looked at the situation outside and said with some guilt.

A purely Chinese-made film generally doesn't get much attention in North America, and 20th Century Fox only promoted it half a month in advance.

That is, when the publicity first started, some book fans suddenly appeared to criticize the adaptation of this novel into a Huaguo movie.

This is also normal, after all, in the eyes of most Americans, they look down on other countries, not to mention that American movies surpass other countries in the world in all aspects.

Zhao Yi didn't take it seriously either. The novel is only circulated among a small number of readers, and it's not far from being a bestseller.

Any negative marketing must have a professional team, unless Tang An adapts a very best-selling novel in the United States, it will cause big trouble.

However, the matter has no intention of calming down. There are some unfavorable remarks on various forums and social networking sites in North America.

Today, dozens of book fans holding banners came to the movie premiere to make trouble.

Tang An listened to Zhao Yi finish speaking with a cold face, but didn't speak, thinking about something there.

Seeing Tang An's cold face, Zhao Yi thought that he had angered him by announcing good news but not worrying, so he quickly explained.

"Chairman, I originally thought that as long as the movie was successfully released, these readers of the original book would calm down after seeing such a wonderful adaptation of the movie. I didn't expect that there would be a group of book fans to protest."

"Okay, let's not talk about anything else."

Tang An waved his hand and asked, "This is obviously premeditated. An e-book with mediocre sales, how could seventy or eighty readers come to the cinema to make trouble on Friday night."

Zhao Yi asked in surprise, "Chairman, you mean someone is behind you?"

Immediately afterwards, there was a question, "Could it be Sony and Columbia?"

"Not too possible."

Tang An shook his head, "Sony is only targeting "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins", and Columbia will not attack me because of not continuing to cooperate."

This release did not continue to find Columbia, not because Wendy Deng came to him in person.

It's just that Deng Wendy promised to open more than 2000 movie theaters on the first day, the publicity fee will not be less than 1500 million, and only 8% of the distribution fee is required.

Tang An couldn't refuse this price, and Columbia could only offer the first condition. The budget for publicity and distribution expenses was reduced by 300 million US dollars, and the distribution share was only reduced from 12% of "Edge of Tomorrow" to 10%.

Two companies with similar strengths will undoubtedly choose 20th Century Fox.

Tang An then asked, "Are there any other movies released by 20th Century Fox recently?"

"Yes, "My Family Bought a Zoo" and "Shu Lai Bao 3" are still in theaters, and they still had a box office of more than 1000 million points last weekend." Zhao Yi replied immediately.

Then he seemed to suddenly think of something, and suddenly said, "Chairman, I know, the vice president of Fox Global Cinema Distribution whom I met this morning has a good relationship with Wendy Deng. The producer of the two films "Bao 3" and another vice president are relatively close."

"Some time ago, I accidentally heard that there were great differences within 20th Century Fox regarding the distribution of the three films, and our distribution contract for "The Martian" encountered great resistance within Fox at the beginning. If you don’t have Ke’s support, you may not get such good conditions.”

After listening to Zhao Yi's words, Tang An rubbed his head.

There are also many factions within the large company, fighting against each other.

With the release of three films at the same time, everyone wanted more resources.

It is basically certain that the other party did it. If "The Martian" fails at the box office, then the other two movies will be the most direct beneficiaries.

Tang An took a look at the situation of those two movies. "Mouse 3" is a series, it has been released for 21 days, and the box office is over [-] million.

However, the production cost of this film was 7500 million U.S. dollars, and the North American box office needs at least 1.5 million U.S. dollars to pay back.

Overseas is similar, only a little more than 1.2 million US dollars, which is a bit worse than the previous two global results of 3.8 million and 4.4 million US dollars.

"My Family Bought a Zoo" was released for 14 days, with a box office of 4700 million US dollars in North America and 2500 million overseas.

Compared with the cost of only 1500 million US dollars, this film made a lot of money, and the two protagonists Matt Damon and Scarlett Johann also made a splash.

After learning about the opponent's information, seeing that the time was almost up, Tang An asked the motorcade to drive to the entrance of the theater.

When the group of people holding banners and signs at the door and the reporters saw the car coming, they immediately knew that the Lord was coming, and they crowded over one by one.

After the bodyguards in the front and rear cars got out of the car and the security guards in the theater helped to block the way, the door was opened from the outside.

After straightening his clothes, Tang An led the crew out of the car facing the flashing lights and noise.

(End of this chapter)