Chapter 410 Heading towards a world-class boss
Chen Linfeng waved his hand in the direction of the sign, indicating that he had seen it.
There was another burst of cheers.
In the promotion of "Despicable Me", Chen, the original author and screenwriter, is also one of the focuses of the promotion.
With the example of "Wall-E", some parents feel more at ease with him and are willing to believe that his works can make their children happy.
In addition, Chen Linfeng has now accumulated a large number of fans in Emily Kendall.
Whether these people like to watch animated movies or not, at least there will be more voices for discussion.
Unknowingly, in Emily Ken, he had developed to the point where his name would be used for publicity.
As his female companion, Liu Qianqian had also seen signs held by fans before.
After entering the theater, she curiously asked what was going on.
Chen Linfeng explained it to her.
Liu Qianqian was envious. She didn't get much attention from Emily Ken.
At most, some people are familiar with her because of her appearance.
She has to keep working hard, she thought to herself.
After some activities at the premiere, the big screen in front went dark.
Liu Qianqian raised her head. She had not seen the original film yet and was ready to calm down and take a good look.
Gru, who calls himself a super villain, hatched a perfect plan.
He is planning to steal the moon.
But the shrinking ray gun that was essential to the plan was stolen by another real supervillain, Victor.
In order to regain his ray gun, Gru decided to adopt three orphans.
Then he used three little girls to enter Victor's castle, steal things back, and continue his great plan to steal the moon.
However, in the process, Gru was changed by the girls' innocence and cuteness.
The overall story is not complicated, but Liu Qianqian watched it with gusto.
If nothing else, the minions in the movie are so cute.
She instantly understood the word "cute" that Chen Linfeng had said before.
Other viewers also seemed very satisfied. After the movie ended, they kept discussing the plot of the movie and praising the cute minions in it.
After the premiere, although Chen Linfeng returned to China, he continued to pay attention to the situation of the movie.
The box office of 70 million in the first weekend is not as good as some exaggerated commercial blockbusters, but this is an animated movie, and the box office curve tends to be relatively smooth.
During the week of June 14-20, there were no particularly outstanding blockbusters, but "Despicable Me" successfully won the North American weekly box office championship.
It did well at the box office and was not bad at all in terms of word-of-mouth.
"Like all children's classics, 'Despicable Me' creates a small, quirky, yet endearing worldview."
"Despicable Me" is a Chaplin-style comedy, and as a 3D film, it allows every D to play a role beyond imagination. ”
"'Despicable Me' completely abandons the false innocence that other animated movies set up to attract adults. It constantly reminds us that there is a bad boy inside everyone."
"Chen's works are always so novel, which makes this film the best among similar films, and similar films are unrivaled in the summer!"
"Perhaps by Pixar standards, "Despicable Me" isn't a top-notch film, but it's so much fun, and the tributes to classic characters in the film are so funny, clever, and lifelike."
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As some professional reviews have said, "Despicable Me" is not a very outstanding movie.
Compared with "Wall-E", there is a big gap in the meaning and depth of the plot.
But it is enough that it is interesting and good-looking. Children like it very much, and adults also like to watch it.
There is a lot of discussion about this movie online.
There is also a comparison to explore how Chen designed different plots in the two movies Wall-E and Minions.
The main theme is heartwarming and touching, and the film is as quiet as a silent film.
The other one is lively, cute, funny and noisy.
It doesn't look like it was written by one person at all, like a schizophrenic.
But even foreign netizens are used to Chen's diversification. In other words, Chen's style is that he often changes his style and always wants to make new ideas and breakthroughs.
Yes, in the eyes of outsiders.
Chen is a creator who strives not to be restricted. He always wants to come up with something new.
We are never satisfied with the status quo and only want to innovate.
This kind of person is born strong.
"Perhaps the only similarity is that Chen's works are all interesting." Some netizens commented.
People in Emilyken like this kind of people who appear to be talented at first glance.
Some people even compare him to Steve Jobs, although the two are completely different types of people in different fields.
But not all fans are like this. In their eyes, idols are perfect.
And creation is not restricted, isn't that what it is? This is the spiritual core of our beautiful country, and chen is one of our own.
Chen Linfeng read some discussions on Twitter and felt a little dumbfounded.
I feel like public opinion is a little off track.
It's hard for him to explain, so he can only do this.
He is currently in Cannes, preparing to attend the opening ceremony of this year's film festival.
It's another year of the Cannes Film Festival. As the biggest winner of the previous edition, Chen Linfeng is naturally very popular.
Compared with last year, Huaguo participated in many fewer movies this year, with only two movies by Wang Xiaoshuai and Jia Zhangke.
Judging from the number of people, it also seems to be a bit isolated.
The arrival of the "Hurricane Rescue" crew can be regarded as helping to build momentum.
Cannes itself is the largest film trading market. In many cases, selling films is the most important thing. Just like "Taken", of course it cannot have anything to do with awards, but it still needs to premiere at a film festival to increase its popularity.
Especially as the big winner of the last year, the organizing committee, on the one hand, for the sake of money, and on the other hand, it was really a face-saving decision to make "Hurricane Rescue" the opening film of this year.
The effect is still very good. After the premiere, the media's interest has indeed increased a lot.
There were many related reports, and they were promoted spontaneously without any need for greetings from the crew.
Due to time constraints, Chen Linfeng could only stay at the film festival for two days, where he accepted interviews, attended several premieres, and communicated with filmmakers from all over the world.
Now that his status has risen, filmmakers often come forward to communicate with him.
With his memory, he actually got to know a lot of people, such as Takeshi Kitano and Li Cangdong. These famous Asian directors also had some kind of plastic friendship.
When everyone is interviewed by the media, they will praise each other even if they don't know what to say.
Many times, this is how the boss' status comes.
Most people recognize you, and people often praise you in the media. Gradually, more and more people believe that you are a big shot, and you really become a big shot.
Chen Linfeng is now working hard to become a true boss in the world.
Of course there is a lot of entertainment involved.
In fact, it can be seen with the naked eye that Chen Linfeng has more and more social activities now.
This can be seen from his next trip.
In order to cooperate with the promotion of "Taken", he will go to the beautiful country to participate in activities, and also attend the premiere of his own "Twilight Saga".
Waiting for the closing ceremony of Cannes, Chen Linfeng will come back to present awards to this year's Cannes winners.
For a month, I could barely touch the ground.
Fortunately, directors are a little different from other professions. They are only busy during the time when the movie is released. At other times, you can not show up if you want.
Back in Hollywood, news about the Minions is being reported in the newspapers.
"Despicable Me" grossed $120 million in its first weekend after grossing $70 million in its opening weekend.
At the same time, thanks to Pixar's name and Disney's strong publicity power, the box office has declined slightly since then.
In Chen Linfeng's view, he has taken a different path from his previous life.
After all, the previous version of "Despicable Me" was produced by a new animation company, and the distribution company Universal's position in the children's market is completely incomparable to that of Disney.
And I have to say that Pixar's technical capabilities are undoubtedly strong, much better than the previous version.
Although the cost is correspondingly higher, the quality of the finished film is also much better.
Therefore, with Lasseter's frequent communication with Chen Linfeng, "Despicable Me" maintained the style of the original work and was much more refined in all aspects. It is a completely evolved version of the original work.
The box office is naturally much higher in comparison.
Even if "The Twilight Saga" comes out in two weeks, well, this still can't compare.
The fan movie is really so strong, it grossed US$68.5 million at the box office on its first day, directly breaking the first-day box office record in North America.
When Chen Linfeng attended the premiere, he witnessed firsthand the madness of movie fans.
Of course, the follow-up of fan movies will definitely be inferior to ordinary movies.
Even though Chen Linfeng has been trying to control the plot as much as possible since the second part.
Eliminate some of the shortcomings that everyone criticized in the previous version, especially the third one, which has been criticized the most.
The pacing is slow, the cinematography is mediocre, there are too few magical action elements, and so on.
Chen Linfeng and the screenwriters went over almost the entire script again, making more than 10 changes.
In the end, from a plot perspective, there are almost no obvious shortcomings.
But there is still no way to change the characteristics of fan movies, and it is difficult to maintain a long-term box office trend.
Of course it is definitely much better than the previous life.
Since then, "The Twilight Saga" has been able to maintain an average box office of at least 30 million.
Box office forecasting agencies predict that the final box office in North America will be around 250 million.
The overall evaluation is not inferior to the previous film, which is good, and it will be more impressive compared to the global box office.
In fact, "Twilight" has become a gold mine in the eyes of the world.
Too many people in Hollywood are envious and jealous, and various film and television companies are even more jealous, and they only regret that they do not have such a gold mine in their hands.
Among them, Chen Linfeng is also more eye-catching.
Before the first movie was released, I bought the company at a bargain price almost during the financial crisis.
Although I know you have good taste, this is too exaggerated.
Whether at home or abroad, there are many relevant discussions.
The ex-boss has become Chun Chun's scapegoat, and the world is really miserable.
Correspondingly, Summit Entertainment has also become famous, and it is no longer unknown in Hollywood.
According to Rob Friedman, as long as the company produces one or two good films and continues to build its reputation, the entire company will be revitalized.
In the eyes of many people, Summit Entertainment, which has the "Twilight" series in hand, is at least a rising star in Hollywood after The Master, almost similar to New Line back then.
This is also the reason why Chen Linfeng had the courage to shoot "Inception" with Summit Entertainment as the main body.
Now that my status has reached this level, as long as I don't get involved in distribution and just make movies honestly, even if it's a blockbuster, I can give it a try.
Leonardo didn't object to this, and it was for this reason.
Of course, starting a big project like "Inception" is actually a bit risky.
As long as you fail once, you may return to your original shape or even go bankrupt.
But the usefulness of the time traveler is here. Chen Linfeng knew what the outcome would be, so he naturally dared to make a decision.
Rob couldn't stop his boss from making such a decision.
After all, Chen has never failed, and he has high hopes.
(End of chapter)