Chapter 89 Blooming Hollywood: Snake Swallowing Elephant Ambition
Li Chen went to Hollywood.
Everyone in the circle felt like ‘it’s dawn’.
Finally no one dominates the headlines.
Bernard's Yu Dong has a sharp eye and immediately started to warm up to the myth of Big Brother Long.
Sina Entertainment News
“An earth-shattering war and an amazing love.”
“The armor-clad Chenglong will bring super shock to movie audiences this autumn.”< br>
“Yesterday, reporters learned from Bernard, the film’s mainland distributor.”
“On September 20, Big Brother will bring South Korea’s most beautiful woman, Kim Hee Sun.”
"Indian beauty queens Mallika, Liang Jiahui, Sun Zhou and others launched the world premiere of "Myth" at the BJ Great Hall of the People."
"Starting from September 23, the extraordinary power of "Myth" will sweep across the golden autumn Film City."
Sohu Entertainment News
"On September 25, the movie "Children's Dream" will hold its Asia premiere at the Dongyuan Theater in Beijing."
"And an audience meeting will be held at the New Century Cinema that night."
"Director Chen Desen and starring actors Andy Lau, Mok Wenwei, Huang Rihua and Ying Cai'er will be there to meet you."
Li Chen really couldn't understand how Andy Lau could be squeezed into the same schedule as Cheng Long.
It is also a fantasy theme, so we should avoid blockbusters like mythology.
Unless you don’t care about the box office, no wonder people say Andy Lau is box office poison.
In this schedule chosen by the producer, even if you gather all four kings, you still won’t be able to beat the big brother Long.
Xu Zheng did not neglect Liu Yifei who had just arrived in Chiang Mai.
In the evening, Liu Yifei and Liu's mother were specially invited to have a meal. Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang were also there.
Xu Zheng also pays attention to domestic news.
Whether the relationship between Liu Yifei and Director Li is true or not, there is nothing wrong with building a good relationship.
"Director Xu, I'm asking you to spend money on this, so it won't delay the crew's work, right?" Liu Xiaoli said politely.
Huang Bo and Xu Zheng were already very familiar with each other, and he interrupted with a smile: "Auntie, look what you said, it's too late for Old Xu to be happy that Yifei can come."
"It's not for Director Li's sake, I want to invite you Yifei came to guest star, and Lao Xu had to worry about where Yifei's salary would come from. Haha."
Wang Baoqiang was also laughing, but he didn't interrupt.
Xu Zheng smiled and said: "Huang Bo is right."
Wang Baoqiang asked at the right time: "Brother Bo, are you and Yifei really classmates?"
Liu Yifei hid her mouth and chuckled, refusing to comment
Huang Bo couldn't keep it off his face and insisted: "Nonsense, Yifei and I are both Grade 02 students! Classmates!"
Xu Zheng He laughed very shamelessly and said: "Your brother Bo is in the dubbing class of a higher vocational college. He is no better than Yifeiba. He is almost an alumnus!"
In fact, how come Wang Baoqiang doesn't know this? It's just to be lively. scene.
Breaking news from the Mainland is springing up like bamboo shoots after a rain.
It seems that Li Chen's resentment that has dominated the headlines for a long time will be poured out at once.
First of all, the Youth Times published a piece of breaking news: "Huayi Brothers Earthquake, Mainland Artists Performed the Biggest Job-hopping in History", and Wang Jinghua will switch to an island country brokerage company.
As soon as this news was posted, it immediately caused a sensation.
A variety of eye-catching headlines appear one after another on the Internet.
"The big and small kings and Wang Jinghua have been grudges for a long time, and they have long been estranged from each other."
"Wang Jinghua single-handedly emptied Huayi."
"Liu Jialing, Liang Jiahui and other big names will follow Wang Jinghua even if they pay huge liquidated damages to Huayi."
"Wang Jinghao became famous with one hand. Shuang Bing, Shuang Bing chose to stay in Huayi"
On August 21, Wang Jinghua first stood up and issued a statement, admitting her resignation.
And claimed: "The contract has expired and I want to change my way of living and working."
"I will still be good friends with Zhongjun Zhongli in the future, and I will still cooperate with Huayi in the future."
At this time, the news about Wang Jinghao's job change is considered a hammer.
Netizens talked about it and continued to rub salt into Huayi's wounds.
“Hua Yi has completely changed from a giant to a dwarf”
“From now on, the world will be dominated by Rongchen Pictures”
"It's been done a long time ago, okay? All Hua Yi has left is a small steel cannon and two pieces of ice that can't cover up the heat!"
What Li Congcheng thought, Fan Congtong didn't know.
Fan Zhengtong really felt that it would be difficult for him to eat Coptis chinensis because he was mute.
The company’s boss, Mr. Wang, gave them a fatal order not to reply to the media.
Even if she wanted to make a few excuses, she was powerless.
Depressed, she came to Yang Siwei to complain.
Yang Siwei gave her a suggestion and asked her to thank Wang Jinghao for his support on her blog.
Don’t say much else, she will help her.
Sure enough, Fan Zhengtong posted a blog thanking Wang Jinghao.
‘Many netizens’ and fans left messages one after another.
"There's nothing to say about this kind of thing. You still have an appointment with Huayi and you're a mainland artist. You can't have the same worries as those on Hong Kong Island."
"Yes, what I said above is correct. , they are from the Hong Kong circle, and they are not in the same pot as those from the Beijing circle."
"Come on, dear. My dear, you don’t need to explain so much, everyone who understands will understand.”
“We are all adults, so don’t kidnap us morally. It’s very courageous for my family to post a message to thank Wang Jinghao.”
< br>Fan Zhengtong did not expect that Yang Siwei said he would help her and that it would be so immediate. How many of these netizens are...?
Sure enough, since I don't have a capable agent to help me, I always have my own shortcomings.
Although Huayi's big and small kings strongly deny that Huayi's vitality is seriously injured.
Even the king, who is always known for his calmness, rarely spoke harshly to the media.
“It would be fine if I left, but Hua Yi can leave anyone!”
But it is an indisputable fact that dozens of artists have collectively changed jobs.
The king did not let Wang Jinghua step down.
Next, Wang Jinghua also slapped Hua Yi with practical actions.
Only two days later, Wang Jinghua announced that she would join Chengtian Entertainment.
And established BJ Orange Sky Entertainment Eighteen Culture Brokerage Company.
Wang Jingshao serves as the general manager and is fully responsible for the management and operation of the company.
Chengtian also expressed its welcome to Wang Jinghua to join.
Chengtian will also devote all its efforts to help Shiba Culture become the most powerful brokerage company in the industry.
This not only slapped Hua Yi in the face, but also shocked a group of netizens.
“Aren’t you joining Rongchen Pictures?”
“Why would Wang Jingshao choose Chengtian Entertainment, which was established less than a year ago?”
"This Chengtian Entertainment is completely opened for the heartthrobs."
"Please note that so far, there is only one artist in Chengtian, and he is the heartthrob."
>Wang Jinghao’s operation confuses the people who eat melons.
But I have to say that Wang Jinghao’s joining is indeed timely for Chengtian Entertainment.
Chengtian Group is not short of money. Chengtian Entertainment is backed by Chengtian and Wang Jinghao’s artist resources.
For a time, Chengtian Entertainment immediately became the first echelon of domestic film and television companies.
The domestic film and television industry is abuzz with excitement.
Li Chen abroad rarely has time to relax.
In the past two days, Li Chen was invited by New Line to visit their studio and special effects production process, which benefited Li Chen a lot.
Li Chen felt that the first step towards special effects could begin.
At least we can imitate the domestic talent training method of targeted training and send people to Hollywood to learn step by step.
Don’t have too many people in the first wave, just twenty or thirty people.
Shay from New Line seems to be anxious too.
He thought that Li Chen, an outsider, did not understand the situation, but it happened that Li Chen found out everything.
It may be in line with the old saying that when things go to extremes, they will reverse, and when the moon is prosperous, it will suffer losses.
After "Lord of the Rings," New Line began to have trouble.
First there were constant lawsuits.
Last year, Saul Zaentz, the producer of the animated version of "The Lord of the Rings," sued New Line.
He claimed that they defrauded him of US$20 million in copyright fees, and they reached an out-of-court agreement not long ago.
The butt has not been wiped clean yet. This year, Peter Jackson, the director of "The Lord of the Rings", also sued New Line over the distribution of profits.
New Line was involved in lawsuits and lost a lot of money. Later, its films did not do well at the box office and there was no cash flow.
It can be described as internal and external troubles.
The one who is anxious now is not Li Chen, but Xie Yi from New Line.
If he doesn't want to be swallowed up by the parent company, he has to produce eye-catching and blockbuster films to win over the hearts of shareholders.
Li Chen is now sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, waiting for those who wish to take the bait.
Forget it about the Big Six, New Line may still have a chance.
As for the problem of funds, Li Chen has never worried about it. There are many people in China who want a piece of the pie.
As long as he can pry open the gap of New Line, Li Chen will be able to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood.
Of course, it’s still early days.
Shay, who is in his sixties, will definitely fight to the death.
However, if he didn't make a desperate attempt, he wouldn't have a chance
Xie Yi was a very thoughtful and business-savvy person in college.
While other college students were still trying to earn some pocket money, this man opened a film company in his apartment.
Making money by collecting movie tickets from college students is very similar to those brothers in our university who showed porn movies in the dormitory and collected money.
Later, in order to grow the company, Shea sold New Line to CNN.
However, it still retains a majority of New Line's equity and enjoys independent operating rights.
Then CNN was acquired by Warner, and Shea became a Warner employee again.
But New Line was firmly in his hands from beginning to end.
It wasn’t until 2007 that the Golden Compass became the straw that broke the camel’s back!
The Golden Compass, which was released on Christmas Day and starred Nicole Kidman, had the right time and place, but ultimately failed to save New Line from being swallowed up.
This is the law of Hollywood, of course, this is all for later.
What Li Chen has to do now is to hang up Xie Yi and force Xie Yi to fall to him step by step.
In the evening, Li Chen returned to the hotel. After finishing the video with Ms. Liu, he began to browse information on the Internet.
When I saw the New York Times best-selling novel list, I saw an impressive title "twilight"
After checking it again, I confirmed that it was right.
Although it only ranks ninth, this novel has the highest popularity this year.
I just didn’t know if the copyright was still there, so Li Chen checked again.
Surprisingly, there is no record of copyright sales.
But after searching online, there are no fewer than dozens of messages about this book "Twilight".
Lions Gate, New Line, and Lakeshore all seem to have had contact with the author of Twilight.
Li Chen called Tim.
You will find out once you ask.
Firstly, because this vampire theme is a hot topic, the novel’s ranking on the best-seller list fluctuates.
The second reason is that buyers are unwilling to spend a lot of money to buy the copyright.
Many producers have indeed had contact with the author of Twilight.
But this type of subject matter is incomparable to IPs like Marvel superheroes.
It is a Category B production.
Big companies like the Hollywood Six simply look down upon me.
After evaluation, the production teams of companies such as New Line, Lionsgate, and Lakeshore decided that it was not worth paying a high price to purchase the copyright.
The author is a housewife with three children at her knees.
He was unwilling to sell his works cheaply, so he never reached a deal.
Li Chen felt funny in his heart, feeling like BJ Pan Jiayuan picked something up.
Anyway, he has nothing to do in the past two days. Tim is responsible for the company.
Li Chen took the legal director, one of the Chi You Film Triangle, to Phoenix to meet the housewife.
By the way, I went to visit Gu Yongkeng who was studying with his wife in New York.
Soon we arrived on the 25th local time in Hollywood. During these two days, Richard and Shay still refused to give up, but Li Chen did not let go.
In a few hours, he will get his first shot in Hollywood.
At this time, Li Chen has regained the headlines of major entertainment sectors on domestic portal websites.
“Chiyou Pictures’ first thriller and suspense film “Insidious” will be released in North American theaters at 0:00 on Friday 26th local time.”
“Can Palme d’Or director Li Chen become the first Hollywood star? One Shot? ""Latent" will be released simultaneously in the UK, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan."
Netizens’ comments are always spot on.
“Alas, it’s a pity that I can’t see it, otherwise I have to book the venue to support Director Li’s Hollywood Standing Stick!”
“There is no other way, we strongly call for the implementation of a film rating system.”
“Otherwise, you won’t be able to see anything hidden, and you won’t even want to see anything with color.”
"The ancestors have a saying, shoot the first bird!"
"No, even if we don't know how he died, the Palme d'Or in Hollywood has to rely on its box office!"
"Fuck you, the ancestors also have a saying, the first person to eat crabs."
"Without Director Li's courage and courage, we would not be in this weird situation."
< br>"Has this silly guy been struck by lightning? It is said that the potential cost of this movie is less than 2 million US dollars."
"There are nearly ten countries and regions that are being released simultaneously. Even if one region earns 200,000 yuan, Director Li can't even lose his money." I know, I’m just asking you how to die? ?”
Everyone in the industry knew that Li Chen’s lurking business would not be able to make a loss.
Big names in the industry, including Han Sanping, were aware of this problem from the beginning.
What they focus on is how high the box office can reach.
If the potential box office is only a few million, even if it makes money.
For Li Chen, who made his first appearance in Hollywood, it was also a failure.
After all, this is the Hollywood debut of the youngest Palme d'Or director, and he is burdened by fame!
The Big Six in Hollywood, which originally did not take Chi You Pictures and Latent seriously, have also paid some attention.
Probably because in the past week, major media and websites in Hollywood have been reporting on the potential simultaneous overseas release.
There is also news that Li Chen rejected New Line's $3 million offer for the script.
The most important thing is BOP, the Hollywood box office prediction website.
The potential opening box office is predicted to be between 17 million and 23 million US dollars.
The total box office will not be less than 60 million US dollars.
This is a big blow.
Regardless of whether the BOP is exaggerating, its predictions are never too far off.
Latent posters have been spread all over major theaters in North America.
The original starring Ty Simpkins is only four years old now, so naturally it is impossible for him to star.
When Tim sent Li Chen the photos of hundreds of registered boys provided by the casting website.
Li Chen fell in love with ten-year-old Nick Robinson at first sight.
The entire poster was shrouded in a lush green eerie green light.
Nick Robinson’s handsome, expressionless smile is lifeless.
The atmosphere is full of horror and depression.
Tim was watching everything. Li Chen and Miss Liu talked on the phone and fell asleep peacefully.
The next day, Li Chen slept until he woke up naturally.
After turning on the phone, the inbox is filled with missed calls and text messages.
Li Chen saw the message sent by Tim.
"Boss, wake up and call me back. We succeeded, we succeeded!"
"Haha, I'm so excited, boss, call me back quickly."
"Boss, are you awake yet? Why am I not sleepy at all"
Li Chen shook his head and smiled and muttered "This Tim"
Give Tim a call back.
The call was answered immediately: "Boss, you are finally awake, come back soon."
"Are you not paying attention to our lurking at all?"
< br>Tim's excited voice was a little harsh.
"Keep your voice down, Tim. I'm not deaf. Tell me how much the box office is."
"Hahaha, so far, eight hours after the show, the box office has exceeded 2.7 million US dollars."
"I understand, let's do this first."
Li Chen was also very excited when he heard this number.
Ignoring the monk-like Tim, Li Chen hung up the phone and quickly turned on the computer.
There are already critic reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.
There are mostly positive reviews, similar to the previous one, although the Rotten Tomatoes freshness index has not yet been released.
But it shouldn’t be too bad, at least it won’t be ‘Rotten Tomatoes’!
The first and second parts of Insidious have the best reputations in the Insidious series.
The director was changed later, and the reputation plummeted.
Li Chen estimates that the potential opening box office should exceed the US$18.25 million achieved by last year's Saw.
Tim felt like he was on stimulants. Even if his boss hung up the phone ruthlessly, it would not affect his mood at all.
After all, his salary and bonus are linked to the company's earnings.
The higher the box office, the bigger his wallet will be.
A series of actions such as responding to media interviews and directing the company to issue press releases were conducted in an orderly manner.
Shea, New Line's president, was frowning in his office early in the morning.
The sunlight streaming in from the floor-to-ceiling windows did not ease his complicated mood at the moment.
He knew it just by looking at the box office of the eight hours of lurking.
As a publisher, New Line will definitely make a lot of money.
But at the same time, it is even more difficult to buy Soul Evocation.
"Richard, this idiot, asked him to wait for good news."
"But this damn guy kept putting off the good news, and finally stopped answering his phone calls."
"Perhaps, Richard did this on purpose!"
"New Line's current situation may be exactly what Warner wants to see."
"No, I can't put all my hopes in it. On that bastard Richard"
In the early morning of the 27th, the box office of Latent North America on its first day was released: US$6.25 million!
Due to time differences in other countries and regions that are being released simultaneously, the box office statistics will not be available until the evening.
But there are connections between Tim and those publishers.
From the first-hand information obtained, although it cannot compare with the North American box office.
But the total box office combined is not much different from North America.
The news spread back to China, and Sina reported the news immediately.
It was pinned to the top of the homepage of Sina's entertainment and culture section, and the other two major portals followed suit.
"Chinese Palme d'Or director Li Chen made his Hollywood debut and achieved outstanding results."
"The box office on the first day of release in North America was US$6.25 million!"
Domestic time now It was around 18:00 on the evening of the 27th.
Li Chen is still in New York and met Gu Yongkeng and his wife last night.
After drinking some wine, I fell asleep soon after returning.
This time in China, both inside and outside the circle, it has completely exploded.
As two executives of Rongchen Pictures, Yang Siwei and Wu Bin began to receive phone bombings.
Although Yang Siwei has long been used to it, this is the first time for Wu Bin.
After finally hanging up the phone, Wu Bin let out a breath and said, "This is the first time in so many years that the phone was dead!"
Yang Siwei laughed and said, "Mr. Wu, you will get used to it sooner or later. . ”
“As long as the boss makes any move, I have to prepare at least three spare batteries.”
While the two were talking, Yang Siwei’s phone rang again.
Yang Siwei and Wu Bin said miserably: "Look, I have to answer this kind of call"
"The boss is still confident, just turn off the phone!"
Wu Bin glanced at the caller ID of Yang Siwei's phone, which was Wang Jinghua, and laughed out loud, "Hurry up, I'll leave first."
"Okay, I'm going to run away, go home and answer the phone!"
When Wu Bin left the office, Yang Siwei answered the phone.
“Sister Hua?”
"Sisi, congratulations to Director Li for your victory. Director Li shut down his phone and I had no choice but to call you." Wang Jinghua smiled happily.
"Thank you, Sister Hua. I'm afraid there's something happy to hear from your voice, right?" Yang Siwei smiled.
“Remember to come to the opening reception of Shiba Culture on the 29th to support my sister.” Wang Jinghua said with a smile.
With this efficiency, it seems that Sister Hua has already secretly communicated with Chengtian.
Yang Siwei smiled and said: "No problem, Sister Hua."
"If you had been one day late, I would have been in Venice."
"Count the days to call you and come early." Wang Jingbao said with a smile.
After hanging up the phone, Wang Jinghua looked at Wu Kebodao, who was sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed.
“Mr. Wu, I have used all my connections.”
“On the 29th, I don’t say how many big names can come, but the starry sky will definitely not be a problem.”
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"There are a few well-known figures left in the circle. I think it would be more appropriate for you to post in person."
Wukebo stood up, straightened his clothes and said confidently: "Don't worry, I have a sense of proportion. ”
At the opening reception of Chengtian Shiba Culture, many film and television company CEOs and first- and second-tier artists received invitations.
Even Huayi received it.
But on the 29th, only Wang Jinghao’s big-name artists and close friends in the industry came to support him.
Most of the invited artists and industry leaders did not come.
After all, attending the opening reception hosted by Chengtian is undoubtedly a slap in Huayi’s face.
Artists are not like Yang Siwei.
Backed by Rongchen Pictures, plus having a master-disciple relationship with Wang Jinghao.
When it comes, it comes, no one will say anything.
But if you still want to hang out in the Beijing circle, that fool knows how to make a choice.
Wang Jinghao won’t care if he doesn’t go.
If you go, you will be registered at Huayina.
In addition, what made Chengtian and Wang Jinghao feel even more disappointed was that the most eye-catching thing on the 29th was not that their opening reception was so cold.
It is a message reprinted from Hollywood.
"In its first weekend of release, Latent opened with a box office of US$21.3 million, ranking first in North American box office this week."
"And surpassed last year's Saw, also directed by James Wan and produced by Lionsgate, 1825 in one fell swoop. The film opened with a box office of US$39 million. "
"The total box office in eleven countries and regions around the world exceeded US$39 million."
"Chi You Pictures' Hollywood debut has achieved great results."
< br>“Chinese Palme d’Or director Li Chen’s script was well received by most film critics.”
"According to Tim Smith, the president of Chiyou Pictures, the production cost of Hidden is only US$2.1 million."
"Hidden will be another classic that is big in small."
This As soon as the news came out, it felt like it was coming out from the sky and no one dared to take advantage of it.
At this time, who is paying attention to whether your Chengtian Shiba Culture opening reception will be cold or hot.
Everyone only sees Chiyou Pictures and Rongchen Pictures!
Several major portal websites are full of trademark images of Rongchen Pictures and Chiyou Pictures.
One is a panda swing and the other is a kung fu panda.
Netizens were not polarized this time, they were all singing praises.
“Director Li is domineering, and the six major Hollywood companies will become seven major ones, which is just around the corner.”
“It has to be Director Li. These few unsatisfactory ones in the family are still fighting for the domestic dominance. The 'throne' of leading private enterprises"
"Director Li has already gone abroad and is proud of the United States!"
"I'm curious now, how much money can Director Li earn from this latent film?"
"This is still a box office opening! "
"Does anyone know how to divide the box office between Hollywood and other places in Europe and Asia? "
Netizens are excited, as if they have won a big victory with Lao Mei.
Everyone in the circle is also happy and sad.
The mood of the two CEOs of Huayi, the original leader of private enterprises, especially Xiao Wang, can be described in one word: exhausted both physically and mentally!
In another double-card combination, Zhang Weiping seemed to have pink eye. He was so envious that he wished Lao Mouzi could make a horror movie too!
Of course, there are also those who are happy, such as Han Sanping, who is just a little sad that he failed to invest.
At around 22:00 in the evening, Han Sanping called Li Chen.
Li Chen had turned off his phone several times before.
This time I finally got through.
(End of this chapter)