Treasure Island 1992, starting from the Four Little Heavenly Kings

In March, "Chinese Style" continued to be popular in the market.

Although the reputation is polarized.

Those who think it is good will regard it as a masterpiece, while those who think it is not good will deprecate it as worthless.

The entertainment industry has always been like this. Expanding into new areas will not only receive a lot of praise in the future, but also become the target of public criticism at the time.

This is what "Chinese Style" is like.

The younger generation considers this album to be a divine album and a trendy song that young people should listen to.

The older generation believed that Chen Qiming was deviant and engaged in blind work.

However, no matter how polarizing the reputation is, it cannot stop this album from being popular in the market.

Within two weeks of its release, the album's total sales reached six million, setting a record for the fastest sales of six million copies in Asia.

Perhaps because of the long preparation, this album has also become the highest-selling Mandarin album among all Chen Qiming's albums in two weeks.

When "Chinese Style" continued to sell well, Chen Qiming flew to the United States.

After more than half a year, the movie "Swapping Identities" starring Chen Qiming and Nicolas Cage, directed by Liu Yusen, and produced by Paramount Pictures is finally scheduled to be released on March 17.

Chen Qiming is one of the two male protagonists in this movie.

According to the contract with Paramount, Chen Qiming must cooperate in promoting the movie.

The promotion of "Swapping Identities" mainly focused on Chen Qiming and Nicolas Cage.

Both of them have certain box office appeal, one is a superstar singer, and the other is an Oscar winner.

The combination of the two swords naturally attracts the audience.

After Chen Qiming arrived in the United States, he immediately began to promote the film under the arrangement of Paramount.

Go on radio, go on TV, give interviews.

At the same time, some entertainment magazines owned by Paramount also frequently put him and Nicolas Cage on the covers for promotion. .

While Chen Qiming was cooperating with Paramount in Hollywood to promote the movie, ATV was not idle either.

ATV launched a TV variety show directly targeting the whole of Southeast Asia.

"Idol of the Times".

This "Idol of the Times" is a new program planned by Chen Qiming.

The imitation is "Idol Producer" in the dream.

Of course, "Idol Producer" is actually not original.

In fact, variety shows similar to this kind of idol selection have been popular in Japan as early as the 1970s and 1980s.

Many people always think that Korea was the first to create idols.

Actually not.

Using handsome men to form a group to attract money was already a Japanese phenomenon as early as the 1970s and 1980s.

Later Korea was actually just copying Japan back then.

Because Japan is currently the country that is best at packaging idols.

Therefore, Chen Qiming's ATV TV station directly reached a partnership with Japan's Johnny & Associates.

Johnny & Associates will provide experienced trainers to help ATV cultivate the first-generation idol boy group that ATV is planning to launch.

In addition to Japan's Johnny, Chen Qiming also sent people to reach cooperation with South Korea's SM company.

This time ATV will select members from all over Asia.

In Korea and Japan, Johnny's and SM are responsible respectively.

They will send their outstanding new idols to Hong Kong to participate in the era idol draft held by ATV.

In addition to these two places, ATV has also reached consensus with some companies in Taiwan, Singapore, mainland China and Hong Kong, allowing local brokerage companies to send their artists to compete.

Finally, seven people will be selected to form a group to officially debut.

Chen Qiming's purpose is very clear.

While using this program to create ratings for ATV, he also wants to create a group to attract money.

Targets for attracting money include, but are not limited to, Japan, South Korea and other Asian countries.

However, because the contestants in the trial are basically outstanding newcomers from other companies.

Therefore, the people in the group do not technically belong to ATV.

ATV only has the rights for the first three years.

In other words, after ATV formed this group, the group could only exist for three years.

After three years, the artist in the group will return to his original company.

This is why companies such as SM and Johnny’s are willing to send outstanding newcomers to participate in the ATV Era Idol Selection Competition.

They mainly value the influence of ATV in the Chinese areas of Southeast Asia.

At the same time, it was also because Chen Qiming promised to help the group create the first two albums.

For companies such as SM, although their trainees are excellent, it is obviously very difficult to turn them into popular figures in Asia.

Now, ATV is willing to provide resources to help them operate personnel, and they are naturally very happy.

As long as Chen Qiming is willing to take action, with his creative ability and the influence of ATV, this group will obviously be easy to succeed.

And as long as it succeeds, it will be profitable for SM and Johnny's and other companies.

Because, three years later, these group members from their company may be more or less popular in Asia.

No one would be willing to get a big idol who has a certain degree of popularity in Asia without spending any resources.

The publicity for ATV Idol Producers is huge.

In order to select the best talents.

ATV not only advertises on its own TVs, but also places advertisements on other TV stations such as TVB and media newspapers.

Chen Qiming even personally recorded an advertisement for this program.

In the advertisement, Chen Qiming is dressed in a black suit, tall and handsome, and shouts the slogan to the camera.

"Do you want to be a star? Do you want to be the brightest star on the stage? Do you want to be an idol of the times?

If you want, come to ATV Idol, I’ll wait for you here. "

This advertisement was not only aired on major TV stations, but also placed in major shopping malls.

ATV’s big move really attracted a lot of people.

Especially those boys who aspire to be stars.

The "Ming Girl Selection" launched by Chen Qiming a few days ago caused a sensation.

That event directly made Chen Qiaoen, Lin Chiling and Jolin Tsai become popular female idols in Taiwan.

Later, the three participated in Chen Qiming's MV shooting.

After Chen Qiming's ancient style MV was broadcast on major TV stations, it became the most requested MTV in recent years.

Jolin and Tsai also took this opportunity to successfully break out of the industry and have a certain number of fans throughout the Chinese-speaking region.

After participating in the filming of Chen Qiming's MV, the three of them all experienced a small explosion in their careers.

Lin Chiling signed a contract with Pacific Entertainment's modeling department and frequently appeared in major fashion shows.

Joe Chen was arranged to act in a movie, and his first movie was with Johnnie To and Liu Qingyun.

And Jolin Tsai is even more awesome.

Qidian Records has signed her to a five-year contract and has officially launched her album opportunities.

Even Chen Qiming personally composed a song "I Know You're Sad" for her.

The entertainment industry is so big, and the deeds of Jolin Tsai and others have long been spread and exposed by the media.

Therefore, when ATV's "Idol of the Times" talent show was opened to the public and registration began, it immediately attracted a large number of boys who aspired to become stars.

……

On March 17, "Swapping Identities" premiered in North America.

With the appeal of Chen Qiming and Nicolas Cage, this movie has attracted a lot of attention.

On its first day of release, it earned a respectable box office of US$7.1 million in North America.

In the following days, box office data declined, but it was also stable.

In the end, "Swapping Identities" earned a respectable box office of 38 million in North America in its first week.

This is Chen Qiming's second Hollywood film in the true sense. The first one is "Anaconda".

And Chen Qiming did not disappoint his fans.

His performance in this movie was so explosive that critics dubbed him the actor who was delayed by his singing.

According to film critics, if Chen Qiming focuses on movies.

Then he will definitely become the youngest actor.

In response, Chen Qiming just smiled slightly and did not feel that he really should act in more movies. .

In fact, if Chen Qiming had not achieved great success in the music industry, would his movies have been successful in Hollywood?

Personally, he thinks it's unlikely.

Even if the script is good, he probably won't be able to achieve his current achievements.

Hollywood is very exclusive.

Look at Jackie Chan, look at Andy Lau.

Jackie Chan's popular movie has achieved success in Hollywood, and last year, "A Good Man" also achieved good results in the United States.

Needless to say, Andy Lau, "The Alone Agent" sold US$70 million in North America, which can be said to be a box office hit.

The results of it!

The result is that both of them are still second-rate or third-rate actors in Hollywood.

Compared with them, Chen Qiming only has the previous film "Anaconda" as a base.

In this case, without the foundation of his singing career, he would never be so popular in Hollywood.

In short, Hollywood is a place where if you are popular, you are your father, but if you are not popular, you are nothing.

Therefore, he was not affected by the critics' words.

On the contrary, the words of film critics have only strengthened his line of focusing on music and supplementing movies.

As long as he continues to be popular in the music industry, there is no doubt that his movie box office will be guaranteed.

As long as the script is good and his acting is better, the praise will always be with him.

"Swapping Identities" has a very good reputation in Hollywood.

The novel plot and the joining of two big names, Chen Qiming and Nicolas Cage, make this movie both popular and commercial.

The movie continues to be a hit at the box office.

In the second week, more than 33 million US dollars were gained again.

As a result, within two weeks, the film's total box office revenue reached 71 million.

71 million in two weeks. Although this figure is not comparable to "Titanic", which is still being released in the United States.

But it also became a movie that did well at the box office.

According to predictions by some box office forecasting agencies in the United States, the North American box office of this film may eventually exceed 1.5 million.

North America 1.5 million US dollars.

This data is not weak. In the entire Hollywood, there are only a few movies that exceed US$100 million every year.

There is no doubt that this movie has already locked in the top ten in North America's annual box office list this year.

"Chen, we found that the film projects you have participated in are all very successful.

Excuse me, is there any explanation here? "

In an interview with the New York Film Observer, Chen Qiming was asked about such a topic.

"There is no explanation. When I act, I usually pay attention to the movie script.

As you know, I usually focus on recording and don’t have much time to participate in movies.

Therefore, every time I participate in a project, I take it very seriously. I don’t want to show the audience a bad movie. "

Chen Qiming replied.

“It means if the script is not good, you won’t participate, right?

Does this mean that you only act in commercial films and are only interested in making money? "

The reporter then asked.

Hearing this, Chen Qiming took another look at the reporter.

He heard the trap in the other person's language.

Just follow the money!

This is not a good comment for an actor.

No matter how much movie bosses want to make money.

They still often say that movies are artistic creations.

Chen Qiming didn't want to be labeled as someone who only acted in commercial films, so he replied:

“I have a set of criteria for film scripts.

Commercial or artistic, if it touches me, I will participate.

Even if the movie may not be a hit, as long as it is a good movie, I will participate. "

"But, as far as we know, the movies you invest in are basically commercial blockbusters..."

The reporter wanted to ask more questions, but Chen Qiming interrupted him directly:

"Are you trying to say that Titanic has no artistic flair?"

When the Titanic was mentioned, the other party stopped talking.

Titanic is so hot.

The film was released in the United States for more than 129 days, and the North American box office reached a record-breaking $650 million.

And Titanic is indeed a commercial masterpiece.

But if you say that it has no artistic message, there is no doubt that you will be sprayed to death by countless people.

Jack and Liz now have an overwhelming number of fans in Hollywood.

A large number of fans and critics are crazy about this record-breaking love movie.

Speaking of the movie Titanic.

Just last week, Chen Qiming and Fox conducted the first revenue settlement of the film.

6.5 million box office in North America.

Excluding theater chain shares, publicity expenses, and other advance expenses, Chen Qiming received US$1.9 million.

After deducting the damn 1.3% of American taxes, Chen Qiming received a total of about million.

To be honest, this tax is really uncomfortable. After knowing that so much tax was deducted, Chen Qiming finally understood that there are so many charities in the United States.

Tax avoidance is essential...

However, even if he paid a lot of taxes, for Chen Qiming, he made a lot of money from this movie.

He invested US$80 million in this film.

From the North American box office alone, he made a net profit of 50 million US dollars.

And that's not over yet, it's just the North American box office.

There will be box office sales in other regions in the future.

In addition, this film will definitely be very popular in the disc market.

Based on the conversion of a box office of 10 million US dollars and a disc of at least 20 million US dollars, the disc income of this movie will be even more terrifying.

It can be said that this movie alone will bring Chen Qiming an income of no less than 340 million US dollars.

Because of this investment, Chen Qiming is now famous in the film and television investment industry.

Countless people were shocked by his investment in the Titanic.

I think at the beginning, Fox looked for many companies, but no one was willing to invest.

When Chen Qiming was investing, he was ridiculed by the media, saying that he would lose all his pants.

As a result, now, Chen Qiming has made a lot of money directly because of this movie.

An investment of 80 million directly resulted in a return of several hundred million.

This is worse than robbing a bank.

Now, many envious people say that Chen Qiming is unlucky.

One newspaper even called it "a lucky investment."

(End of this chapter)