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Chapter 53 The Most Anticipated Movie

Yannan, Angel Media.

After a series of unsatisfactory auditions for actors, Lu Nan and his team finally determined the cast and crew of "Ghost Messenger".

Next, due to sufficient pre-work preparations, under Wu Tao's instruction, Lu Nan started filming almost immediately.This point was clearly stated when the actors auditioned and signed the contract.

Li Zhongda has been in the circle for many years, and he has long been familiar with logistics support.

In just one week, under the promotion of Weibo by a group of celebrities headed by Xu Tianqi, "Ghost Messenger" has already produced a fermented influence among the vast number of sci-fi interstellar fans.In addition, Angie "accidentally" leaked a 3-minute special effect sample one day, which immediately caused an uproar on the Internet.

Interstellar fans from all over the world organized themselves through the Internet, opened up special spaces in various forums such as chat groups and post bars, and updated the dynamics of the crew every day.

With such a group of persistent movie fans, Lu Nan is full of energy every day.He even shaved off his shoulder-length hair, which he has always been proud of, and devoted himself to filming.

After all, Wu Tao doesn't give him much time, and fans' expectations are endless motivation. He has no extra time to take care of his beloved long hair.The balance of the two phases completes the transformation from a literary man to a bald man.

An Qi came out of the office and met Li Zhongda who had rushed back from the outside.After inquiring about the situation and learning that everything was going on normally, he let out a long sigh of relief and said, "After being busy for so long, I can finally take a breather. Lao Li, let's take this opportunity to take it easy and go out for a vacation to accompany you. Family. Once the filming is over, we will probably be busy again."

Li Zhongda nodded and said: "An Qi, you are right. I just came back from the film crew, don't tell me, Lu Nan is really smart. Although it is the first time to act as the chief director, it is going very smoothly. Now we have completed four One-third of the shooting, and passed the harsh review of the boss..."

"According to this progress, we can be free for a month at most, and then we will have to work hard for the promotion of the film's release." Li Zhongda thought about it, and then changed the subject: "But now I'm busy, I'm tired. But we have a lot of ambition in our hearts!"

At this moment, An Qi's cell phone rang. Seeing that it was Wu Tao's number, she exchanged glances with Li Zhongda, and an ominous premonition suddenly arose in her heart.

"Wu Tao, what instructions do you have?"

Wu Tao's voice came from the phone and said: "I guess the preliminary work between you and Lao Li should come to an end. I think it's time to start preparing for the film's overseas distribution. An Qi, you should start going to the United States immediately." Plan to set up Angel’s North American distribution branch. In addition, you will tell Lao Li to start the plan to go to the UK to prepare for the establishment of Angel’s European distribution branch.”

An Qi immediately retorted; "Wu Tao, it's true that our movie is going to be released globally and simultaneously, but we don't need to set up two branches, right? We can definitely cooperate with distributors who have resources immediately. In terms of commission We can talk about it. The related costs can be controlled within a reasonable range.”

Wu Tao said succinctly: "An Qi, let me explain to you for the last time. To establish an overseas branch, three things are necessary. First, there is definitely more than one movie series in the Star Wars era, and it may be three, five or even seven. Second, overseas box office revenue is generated in foreign exchange, and it is not economical to transfer it directly to China; third, it is undoubtedly more convenient to settle the salary of foreign actors with foreign exchange.”

In fact, there is the most important reason, that is, the establishment of an overseas distribution branch is the first step in Wu Tao's globalization strategy.The fundamental purpose of globalization strategy deployment is not to put all eggs in one basket.This is a kind of awareness of being prepared for danger in times of peace, Wu Tao didn't need to talk about it so clearly with An Qi.

Sure enough, An Qi was easily persuaded, hung up the phone, and returned to the office with Li Zhongda to discuss the preparations for the overseas distribution branch.

A month and a half passed by in a hurry.At the end of October in the golden autumn, all the plot filming of "Ghost Messenger" was completed.

Lu Nan's crew and cast members couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.The crew dispersed, and Lu Nan went home and fell asleep.Actors such as Xu Tianqi and Chen Kun even flew abroad to give themselves a big vacation to relax and decompress.

However, the happy time is always extremely short.Three days later, Lu Nan returned to Angel's company with eyes swollen from sleep, and was immediately stunned by an extremely heavy news!

"What, the boss decided to release "Ghost Messenger" on Thanksgiving?" Lu Nan looked at An Qi and Li Zhongda in front of him, and said with a look of disbelief: "I heard it right, Mr. An, Mr. Li?"

An Qi had just received Wu Tao's arrangement, and it was obvious that she hadn't calmed down until now, so she said with a white eye to Lu Nan's reaction: "You heard me right, Director Lu Da, quickly call back the main creative staff, let's hurry up!" Time to discuss the pre-publicity plan!"

"But...but... I haven't made the trailer for the movie yet, and I haven't seen the post-production special effects and film editing. Why did it come out in such a hurry? Besides, the foreign film period is obviously Christmas. It will be even hotter!"

An Qi picked up the remote control and pressed it, and the projection on the wall immediately played.

"Here, this is the trailer! Lao Li and I are going to watch it..."

While talking, the three of them fell silent.The projection projection on half the wall immediately brought them into a brand new, realistic and explosive interstellar world.

"Damn, this character and special effects are done without traces of post-processing..." Lu Nan muttered.

"It's so exciting, I can't help but want to watch it!" An Qi murmured.

"What are you waiting for, let's act quickly!" Li Zhongda slapped the table and said.

Soon, Xu Tianqi, who was far away in the Maldives, received a call from the crew.At the same time, Chen Kun and other actors and foreign actors all received phone calls from Angel Media.

On the Internet, as soon as the release date of "Ghost Messenger" was announced, the number of people posting it broke the tens of millions mark.Many overseas Chinese from all over the world were mixed in, and even foreigners who spoke foreign languages ​​actively participated.

As for the 5-minute trailer, the hit rate on the Internet exceeded [-] million in one day.Ghost Messenger has risen to the top of Baidu's most searched words!And the movie itself was rated as the most anticipated sci-fi blockbuster!
There are not many domestic Thanksgiving films, and "Ghost Messenger" won 80.00% of the theaters in one fell swoop by virtue of its strong network influence.

However, in North America and Europe, after An Qi and Li Zhongda's efforts, "Ghost Messenger" only won 15.00% of the Thanksgiving schedule.

This is obviously a big disadvantage to the international box office results of "Ghost Messenger"!

(End of this chapter)