Chapter 584 The Sky in the Circle
At the master class forum, both foreigners and locals were opened up by Li Chen's words.
The media just wanted to confirm once again whether Li Chen drank fake wine before coming.
"You heard it right, I said 40 billion!"
“And it’s guaranteed!”
"Actually, I am conservative. With the current domestic market trend, it is very possible to catch up with North America and become the world's largest ticket warehouse within ten years."
The scene was once again in an uproar. Now Han Sanping's expression changed, and he unconsciously glanced at Mayor Antonio who was stunned.
"What happened to Director Li today? It's so abnormal!"
"Yes, how is it possible to catch up with North America?"
"Unless Hollywood is gone!"
"Keep your voice down, the director of Luoshan Chicken Factory is still here!"
A group of newcomers in the film industry only felt that Director Li was nervous about today's master class.
But what Director Li said was inexplicably exciting.
A group of foreigners except the politician Antonio had a smile on his face and looked at Li Chen deeply.
Everyone else took it as a joke.
Li Chen also glanced at Antonio, chuckled, and turned to the reporters at the scene.
The former Oscar chairman said with a fake smile: "Director Li Chen, what is the basis for your speculation?"
"You know, the North American box office last year was US$10.15 billion, more than five times your mainland box office!"
Han Sanping was a little worried for Li Chen. Antonio opposite him was an old fox. Li Chen seemed to be targeting Antonio today.
Wang Zhongjun sneered in his heart: "Let you be in the limelight, I'll see how you end up!"
Li Chen replied without thinking in front of many media: "Chairman Ganis, if I remember correctly, 10 years ago, the box office in North America was 50 times ours!"
Han Sanping couldn't help but lowered his head and coughed twice, almost laughing.
But I gave Li Chen a thumbs up in my heart!
No matter whether it can surpass North America in the next ten years, what Li Chen said today is quite loud and humorous.
Many reporters and newcomers in the film industry smiled at the scene, and some couldn't help but applaud Li Chen.
Ganis nodded slightly, thinking that the famous Eastern director at home and abroad was indeed not a simple person.
Antonio also applauded, and walked up with a smile while applauding: "Director Li Chen is very confident in the Chinese film market."
"This is very similar to me. I am also very confident in the Chinese market."
"Here today, I also want to announce good news."
"A new screen hero planned by Stan Lee, the father of superheroes, is about to be born, and this time he will be Chinese."
"Stan Lee also said that he was inspired by Deng Ziqi's singing and will create a superheroine from China based on her."
"This is also Hollywood's contribution to Director Li Chen's 40 billion box office goal."
At the scene, Han Sanping, Yu Dong, Wang Zhongjun and other newcomers just smiled and applauded.
But the media reporters were in an uproar.
There are even African superheroes, it’s long past time to have an Asian one.
The news was no less than a bombshell.
"Mayor Antonio, are you telling the truth?"
"Of course, every culture needs its own superhero, and I think that's a great idea."
"It is what Hollywood filmmakers should do to provide an opportunity for cooperation between the American and Chinese film industries, and to create a superhero for Chinese and American children that everyone can love." Antonio smiled as if he had come to spread the news in the world. Messenger of God of the Gospel.
Only Li Chen felt extremely disgusted. After all he said, he mainly wanted to attract more domestic investment for the Luoshan Chicken Factory.
Li Chen's guess was correct. As expected, Antonio smiled and said: "Luoshanji is a city with a global cultural fusion. Residents come from more than 140 countries and regions, with more than 200 languages and dialects, and 37 ethnic groups living in Luoshanji." The population of pheasants is second only to its own place of origin.”
"Even Chi You Films, directed by Li Chen, fell in love with our Luo Shan Chicken."
"We encourage diversity. Our strength comes from Asia, Latin America, Europe and Africa. We are a place with strong action. If you want to achieve anything, just go ahead and do it." Ortonio looked at Li Chen with a smile.
Li Chen had goosebumps all over his body.
Li Chen thought about it carefully, superhero? Or our people? Caused by Deng Ziqi?
But after thinking about it, I didn't think of such a person.
Suddenly, Antonio's smile when he mentioned Chiyou Pictures just flashed through Li Chen's mind, and he suddenly understood.
The so-called superhero is that movie "Pandas vs. Aliens". It's so ridiculous that it's not even human anymore.
After the master class ended, Han Sanping accompanied Antonio, and Li Chen was also surrounded by the former chairman of the Oscars and the vice president of Warner.
"(Ying) Li, I've wanted to meet you for a long time, but unfortunately I'm too busy and you don't come to Luo Pheasant often." Antonio walked up to Li Chen with a smile, accompanied by Han Sanping, and shook hands with Li Chen.
"I am flattered by what Mr. Mayor said. I am just an ordinary Chinese filmmaker."
Yu Dong on the side laughed, his face trembling with anger, and he secretly cursed Li Chen for being so good at pretending.
If you are ordinary when riding a horse, I will be ordinary!
"Hahaha, you are so humble. If you have ten ordinary filmmakers like you, then maybe it is really possible to catch up with the North American box office market within ten years as you just said."
Li Chen also laughed loudly: "Then I have to say, for ordinary filmmakers like me, there are more than ten of us."
Everyone laughed and were even more impressed by Li Chen.
This Easterner not only has quick reflexes, but also has a Western sense of humor.
The show didn't end until almost nine o'clock in the evening. Han Sanping was very happy today.
He got directly into Li Chen's car and asked him to be sent back.
Han Sanping and Li Chen climbed into the back seat, and the driver slowly started the car.
Han Sanping's eyes were bright, and the joy on his face was palpable: "Do you really think we can exceed 40 billion in five years and surpass North America in ten years?"
If someone else said this, Han Sanping would just think that he was crazy.
But Li Chen is different. He not only won the billion-dollar bet with the eight major theater chains.
He also gave Zhang Weiping, Zhang Dapao, early retirement.
He is the undisputed boss in the industry in Asia, and his reputation almost surpasses that of the head of the China Film Academy.
Now, even he himself is not willing to offend Li Chen easily.
Li Chen looked indifferent and said with a smile: "Director Han, we have known each other for nine years, right?"
"When have you ever seen me say big words?"
"No!" Han Sanping replied neatly.
This is really not the case. Although Li Chen often talks nonsense, he has never boasted once.
"I don't think you have any interest in the superhero Antonio mentioned?" Han Sanping asked again.
Just now, Wang Zhongjun and Yu Dong were all stuck in front of Antonio like green-headed flies that had seen shit.
Nothing short of superhero involvement and investment. Only Li Chen ignored him, causing Antonio to almost suffer from internal injuries. In the end, Antonio took the initiative to ask Li Chen if he was interested.
But Li Chen generously gave it to Yu Dong and Wang Zhongjun.
The two of them burst into laughter at that time.
Yu Dong couldn't wait to imprison Li Chen.
He also asked him to invest in "Thirteen Hairpins" and was willing to give up the superhero cake.
Why didn't I realize that Li Chen was a good person before?
This is probably what Wang Zhongjun and Yu Dong really think.
"Director Han, have you forgotten what I told you that day? It's a gift from the United States, no matter who believes it, who will give it away."
Han Sanping laughed loudly: "You, you, you are such a slippery man!"
Han Sanping thought Li Chen had an inside story. After all, Li Chen was well connected in Hollywood.
Little did he know that Li Chen was just a foresight.
Li Chen’s bold statement in the master class hit the top of the hot search list and the front page of the entertainment section of the portal website that night.
At the same time, the breaking news of Deng Ziqi’s Grammy nomination was also reported from across the ocean.
Beijing News
"On November 30, "Happy Magic" filmed and invested by Tianyu had its grand premiere in Beijing."
"However, at the premiere, the main creators such as Wu Zun, Yan Ni, Huang Baiming, and Gu Tianle were missing. They were replaced by a bunch of new talents from Tianyu. Some of them didn't even know their names."< br>
Sina Entertainment Report
"Li Chen's outlook: The mainland's box office will exceed 40 billion in five years, and it will overtake North America and become the world's largest box office in ten years."
"DiCaprio refuted the former chairman of the Oscars: Ten years ago, the North American box office was fifty times the domestic box office, but ten years later it is only five times."
"Antonio revealed that the father of Marvel will create a Chinese superhero."
"The father of Marvel was inspired by Deng Ziqi's singing and wanted to create a Chinese superhero based on Deng Ziqi."
Sina Music Report
"According to foreign media reports, the nomination party for the 54th Grammy Awards will be held at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles at 10 pm on November 30, local time in Los Angeles."
"Among the award nominations announced that night, popular Chinese female singer Deng Ziqi leads the Grammys with 7 nominations, beating rapper Kanye West and famous British singer Adele's 6 nominations."
"These include three important nominations: Recording of the Year, Album of the Year and Single of the Year."
"The four singles "Unstoppable", "Dreamitpossible", "Fade" and "Soldout" have occupied four positions in the top ten of the Billboard singles chart for four consecutive weeks."
"Deng Ziqi burst into tears on the spot and thanked his boss Li Chen for his cultivation and kindness."
Netizens and fans of Li Chen were overjoyed and left messages of support.
"Little Plum is smart, we have grown mushrooms, what's the matter with the box office!"
"For Little Plum, I will buy double tickets in the future!"
“The mayor can’t hold back Xiao Lizi’s momentum.”
What everyone didn't expect was that with Li Chen's words, the stock prices of film and television stocks such as Huayi, Guangguang, Bona, and Huace all rose to varying degrees.
The industry was stunned.
Daily economic news reports
"On the first trading day of December, four film and television stocks rose due to the impact of Li Chen's bold statement of a 40 billion prospect and the two blockbusters "Thirteen Hairpins" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate"."
“Bernard Pictures led the way, up 4.86%”
Wang Zhonglei couldn't curse this time, but it was worse than eating a fly.
When did they stop looking at Feng Xiaogang and Xiao Lizi for Huayi's stocks!
A single word from Ta Ma can make the stock rise.
This guy is going to be the godfather in the industry.
"Brother, should we give him a call and thank him?" Wang Zhonglei couldn't laugh or cry.
Wang Zhongjun also felt quite embarrassed: "It seems unreasonable not to fight. Let's fight."
".Okay!"
Celebrities and artists in the industry also feel this way. It seems that Director Li is the god in the industry.
A word or an action can change the situation.
Making an artist or singer famous is as easy as Zhang Fei eating bean sprouts.
The confused Zhang Hanyun is now more popular than I was back then.
Nortel newcomer Zhu Yilong is now a popular first-line niche player in the mainland.
Among the four actresses selected in 2009, not counting Liu Yifei, two of them are from Rongchen Pictures.
Deng Ziqi went from being a contestant on The Voice to being nominated for a Grammy in just three years, beating out Adele and Kanye!
This is simply more unbelievable than aliens landing on the earth, but the reality is so cruel.
Li Chen didn't expect that his words would cause the stock price to fluctuate, and the leaders of the bureau also called to ask how sure he was of the 40 billion he said.
Li Chen was left speechless as to who was in charge.
Wang Zhonglei called and complimented Li Chen with a smile.
But what he said was nice, he turned around and mentioned "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" to 14:00 on the 15th, four hours earlier than "Thirteen Hairpins".
"Happy Magic", which Huayi also participated in, was released nationwide on the 1st, but unfortunately the screening rate was appalling.
According to Ye Ning, Wanda painted it the next day.
The film crew shouted: Please be treated fairly, be treated justly.
The first day's box office is unknown, the first week's box office is also unknown, and the film's director's words are even more unknown. In a word: I rushed to my grandma's house.
As soon as Wang Zhonglei thanked Li Chen, he cursed: "Wanda is a snobbery. If this movie was produced by Rongchen Pictures, I think Wanda would like to replace "Happy Magic" with "Hongmen Banquet"!"< br>
The Beijing premiere of "Thirteen Hairpins" is a big event in the industry.
Thirteen producers are eager to spread the show to the whole world.
Sina Entertainment News
"The world premiere of the 2011 war epic "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", adapted from Yan Geling's novel of the same name and created by the famous director Zhang Yimou, will be held grandly on December 11."
"This epic blockbuster that took five years and cost 600 million to create will be released in theaters across the country on December 16, and some theaters will screen it in advance at 18:00 on December 15."
"Yesterday, when the media called Tian Hua, the chief director of the "Premiere" column, they unexpectedly learned that the world premiere of "The Thirteen Hairpins" was the first live broadcast of the "Premiere" column on the movie channel since its launch."
"Let us look forward to the world premiere of Zhang Yimou's 2011 war epic "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" in the "Premiere" column of the movie channel on December 11th - "The Flower of War, the Light of Humanity"."
Chen Hong called Li Chen. Ge Hong CP was in Ningbo to shoot "Search" and couldn't be away. I was really sorry.
Li Chen understood it quite well.
But Li Chen didn't know that Mr. Ge was directing a birthday drama for Hong and had no time to talk to him and Lao Mouzi.
It wasn't until after the premiere of "Thirteen Hairpins" that Li Chen saw the lingering love between the two on the Internet.
The greeting card written by Wang Luodan made Li Chen's skin crawl.
(End of chapter)