Chapter 267 Public Opinion Turns
June 10, 2005
New Line Cinema, headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, suddenly held a press conference.
"Today we officially inform all media friends that New Line Cinema will cooperate with China's Star Entertainment Film and Television Company to jointly develop the "A Quiet Place" series of movies.
The film director is a well-known director Steve Chang, who has previously produced masterpieces "Into the Dark" and "Shark Tank", is the youngest master of thrillers in the world. New Line firmly believes that "A Quiet Place" this time the two parties collaborate will also be It will become a milestone in the history of thrillers..."
The press conference was not long and the scene was not big. It was just an announcement.
New Line is not a big company and belongs to the second tier in Hollywood. This press conference did not cause any waves.
Isn’t it just a cooperation with a Chinese company~
Except in a certain circle of horror movie fans.
Although those who love horror movies are a small minority, their loyalty is very high.
"Dark Invasion" has a large number of fans in North America. It just so happens that "Darkness 2" is preparing to land in North America during this period, which is a time of great anticipation.
Suddenly I heard that the director of "Dark Invasion" was planning to create another series of horror films, and I immediately became excited.
Both "Dark Invasion" and "Shark Beach" are very popular with them, and they are immediately full of expectations for "A Quiet Place" mentioned by Guang Guang.
……
Inside the light, a group of high-level officials were having a meeting.
The topic of discussion is the next cooperation with Xingchen Entertainment, or in other words, the cooperation with Zhang Chen.
The meeting was attended by several of New Line's most powerful people, with the only exception being Pete.
As Zhang Chen’s consistent contact, he had the opportunity to attend such a meeting.
"We don't know yet how effective "A Quiet Place" will be. I suggest that we wait until the film is released before deciding on further cooperation with the other party..." an old man said in a deep voice.
But another person immediately expressed his objection: "I'm afraid it will be too late by then. There are many film companies that want to cooperate with Zhang. What advantages will our New Line have by then?"< br>
"But it is still a bit risky to make a hasty decision now..."
Several bosses were arguing. One of them saw Pete and suddenly asked: "Everyone, why don't we listen to the opinions of professionals? "Here, Pete, tell me what you think?"
Finding that everyone's eyes were focused on him, Pete took a deep breath.
“Dear Bosses, that woman Diane is Zhang Chen’s agent in North America. I found out that in addition to the script she recently registered for us, “A Quiet Place,” there is also another one called “Fury.” "Behemoth"
Hearing Peter's words, several big guys present suddenly became interested.
Peter continued: "When I was communicating and cooperating with Zhang Chen recently, I heard him mention that in addition to the "Quiet Place" series, he also has a bigger plan, which he calls the 'Monster Universe'. In his words, that is not Instead of one series, it can be made into many series, a bit similar to Marvel’s superhero universe...”
The concept of universe has long appeared in comics, and Marvel often has several universes in comics. Superheroes compete against each other, so Peter proposed the universe, and everyone here understood it.
“I personally think that with Zhang Chen’s appeal in the field of monster movies, his monster universe will definitely be good, and we should be the only ones who know the news now.
Dear bosses, If we don’t enter now, we may not have tickets when we want to enter.”
After Peter finished speaking, he looked at the big guys.
The big boss who asked him for his opinion also stood up and said: "I think Pete is right, we need this ticket.
Look at Colombia, they get it because they have a branch in China Let's look at all the copyrights of "Dark Invasion" outside of China and how much money they made from this film.
In fact, we are the first Hollywood company to cooperate with Zhang. The money should originally belong to us."
After saying this, all the big guys here were speechless.
Everyone is thinking silently.
Sure enough, to convince these old guys, you still have to use benefits. Saying a thousand words or ten thousand words is not as effective as a single mani.
……
Domestic
China is not sensitive or timely about Hollywood news.
The news came back to China the next day.
This news was calm in Hollywood and did not cause any waves.
But it caused huge waves in the country.
[New Line Cinema announced that it will cooperate with Star Entertainment in the new film "A Quiet Place"]
[The first Sino-US co-production is about to be born]
[New Line and Star Entertainment have become partners, and the new movie "A Quiet Place" is a Sino-US co-production]
[Domestic horror films are rushing overseas]
For a time, the media was reporting overwhelmingly This incident, this news almost occupied the headlines of all major entertainment sections.
In the office of Xingchen Entertainment, there are more than a dozen newspapers on Dong Jianqiang's desk, and this news is almost always prominently displayed in each newspaper.
Dong Jianqiang smiled broadly as he read through the pages.
Of course there is their deliberate guidance, but the majority of the media follow suit.
This was still an era when monks from outside could chant sutras.
Hollywood still has a high status in the minds of Chinese people.
Unlike later generations, where Hollywood movies are disliked by all kinds of people, the mermaid is actually black. As a foreigner, I am worried about you. Will you make movies?
Because of this news, the voices that originally badmouthed Xingchen Entertainment disappeared collectively, and the direction of the trend changed suddenly.
The various media outlets that had spared no effort to smear Zhang Chen two days ago changed their stance and began to introduce the past of Xingchen Entertainment in a serious manner, detailing its past successes. As if overnight, Xingchen Entertainment became the leading private film and television company. .
“Tsk, tsk, tsk~”
Chen Xi made a strange noise while reading the newspaper, “This position changes so quickly, one has to admire it, it’s really shameless at all.”< br>
“Don’t you know the virtues of the media? This is all normal operation. They have no such thing as moral integrity.”
“Why do I feel that it used to be suppression, but now it is praise? Kill? ”
"Haha, imperialism will never die~"
The group of people laughed happily in the office. Star Entertainment has suffered from media controversy during this period, and today it is finally proud.
Dingling bell~
The phone calls at the front desk have not stopped since this morning. A lot of media want to interview Zhang Chen, even if Zhang Chen is not present, Dong Jianqiang will be fine.
“Sorry, we are not accepting interviews for the time being. We will hold a press conference to formally respond later. Please pay attention to relevant reports.”
The young lady at the front desk would give a mechanical answer every time she answered the phone. After more than a dozen times, she was completely discouraged.
When various media reported it overwhelmingly, the bosses of other film and television companies were all in awe.
We are still working hard to earn box office, while others have already started to earn foreign exchange.
(End of this chapter)