Movie tycoon

Chapter 654 Battle of the Century (Part [-])
Hollywood is a kaleidoscope, with all kinds of news emerging one after another.For example, the underpants of King Mike were hidden by the maid and even auctioned among fans; another example is that the queen Madonna went crazy again, one woman had three men, and she played with a certain type of man in public.These gossip news with super high "gold content" are enough to make many American tabloids sell out.Uncomfortable Jedi, whether it is the king of Mike, or the queen of Madonna, use their gossip news.Feed a large number of people.

However, compared to these gossip and gossip, recently, there has been a very intriguing piece of news... Paramount, one of the seven major Hollywood film companies, suddenly announced that it will soon cooperate with the Hong Kong Magic Shadow Entertainment Film Co., Ltd. The company teamed up to help them open theaters for Christmas screenings of their action drama "Assassin's Creed"!
As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused quite a stir in Hollywood.

The presidents of Hollywood film companies are not fools. They have seen the praises of this movie in newspapers and magazines, but they are at most curious and have doubts. After all, they have not seen the wonderful movie credits. Believe how powerful this Chinese movie is.

I have to say again that Americans are very realistic and always like to "seeing is believing, hearing is believing".

So, everyone is waiting to see Paramount's jokes about how unlucky they are for Christmas.

If you are unlucky, I will laugh!

This is also an underground law of competitive Hollywood.

Dude, if you want a piece of the Hollywood Christmas market, you have to come up with good works to compete, but suddenly a Chinese drama pops up, who are you fooling with this? !
The contempt and prejudice against Chinese films made these big Hollywood film companies prepare to watch Paramount's jokes together.

But when the big guys were about to watch Paramount's jokes, some smart people suddenly discovered a problem: the Hong Kong star who came to Hollywood, the Hong Kong boss Lafayette Chen is definitely a "talker"!
How to say?Dude, open your eyes and take a look, look at this Lafite Chen, who has only been here for less than a week, first unexpectedly invested 3000 million US dollars to cooperate with Industrial Light and Magic, and became their major shareholder; An astonishing press conference was held in Chinatown, which made those Chinese pursue their movies like chicken blood; now they have established a relationship with Paramount, and let Paramount, a big guy who took advantage of it, agree to help them release the movie.

God, this is simply a topic of idle talk!
Reporters in Hollywood and paparazzi in Hong Kong practice the same kung fu—"Baguazhang"!
Dig deep into gossip!
No gossip, no survival!
As long as it is a topical person, it is the target of their follow-up reports, whether it is black, white, or yellow!
To put it more simply, if you have milk, you are a mother!
So they started digging.

First, it was discovered that Chen Xiaotang's reputation in Hong Kong and even in Asia was resounding throughout the world, and then it was discovered that Chen Xiaotang was the founder of "Spacewalk"!
Oh my god, Michael, the king of heaven, is rampant in the North American music scene with this stunt. Isn't it surprising that his original music has come out now? !

Immediately afterwards, the English version of "Kiss Goodbye" sung by Chen Xiaotang made these reporters even more crazy.

Genius, this is definitely a genius!They said that they had never seen such a shocking singer!
The more they dig, the deeper the water inside, and the more they dig, the more interested they are in Chen Xiaotang. Before they know it, everyone regards Chen Xiaotang as a legend, and gossip about him is constantly emerging come out.

It can be said that Chen Xiaotang's play is not popular, but he himself has already begun to become popular...
At noon in the busiest neighborhood of Hollywood, Chen Xiaotang stood under a huge billboard, admiring the masterpiece with satisfaction.

The brand was marked with the name of Paramount Cinemas, and the content was a promotional poster for "Assassin's Creed".

On the poster, there are eighteen kinds of weapons in ancient China, such as knives, guns, swords, halberds, axes, battleaxes, hooks, forks, whips, maces, hammers, claws, shovels, sticks, lances, sticks, kidnappers, meteor hammers, and crosses. Ancient European weapons during the Eastern Expedition period, such as giant swords, armor, spears... and weapons such as the Persian machete, cotton rope lasso, and all kinds of hidden weapons commonly seen in martial arts novels, are drawn around the entire poster. circumference.

In the center of the poster, Chen Xiaotang's assassin "Altaïr" stands facing the wind, wearing a hood, fluttering clothes, and carrying a long sword, with a cold face, especially his pair of eyes, which are dark red...
In the background behind Chen Xiaotang, under the deep dark blue starry sky, a Chinese-Arab castle stands in the desert. The Crusaders and the Arabs are confronting each other. Horses in animal armor, camels, even giant elephants...

Everything in this poster has a history of at least a thousand years, revealing a mysterious oriental style, which can really amaze those American teenagers who have never seen the "world".Americans have always learned about the East, only through Japan. The only oriental weapon they know is probably the Toyo sword; and the mysterious oriental hero that American boys admire most is the Japanese ninja.

These mysterious objects, together with one of the mysterious hooded men on the poster, for most Americans who saw this poster, it was like opening up a new world of mystery, countless things they didn't know and couldn't imagine Things are in front of them.

As a nation with such a splendid and glorious history, China's legacy is like an uncertain legend.Coupled with the ancient Arabic culture and Central European knight culture, the three cultures merge together, and after being beautified deliberately through modern visual means, it will certainly arouse the curiosity of some American youths.

Imagine if the publicity center of "Assassin's Creed" continued to follow the bloody method of Hollywood action movies, with the male protagonist blowing his beard and staring, with blood flowing around him, without the support of heavyweight stars.How much desire can this movie arouse in American audiences?

Isn't Chen Xiaotang a superstar?

Yes, of course he is!

But that's in Asia!
However, following the reports of those Hollywood gossip reporters, as Chen Xiaotang was dug out deeply, Chen Xiaotang's popularity would be unstoppable.

In just three days, Chen Xiaotang, the name of an oriental man who became popular in the American music circle a few years ago because of his creation of the spacewalk, has once again become the name with a high frequency of conversations among American youths. This Chinese production, which claims to subvert the tradition, raised the audience's expectations to the apex.

The United States is different from China. In the United States, there is a very complete, complete and almost cumbersome public evaluation system and public opinion system, even if some audiences do not appreciate it at a high level.They will also get very professional opinions; therefore, when any film enters the promotion period, it will enter the perspective of consumers in a very orderly manner, and there will never be a large number of random accusations that have nothing to do with the film like in China.For example, calling part of an actress's bare breasts an insult to Chinese women and the like.

It is precisely because of this situation that the operating policy of an American film in the early, middle, and late stages is very clear, and the so-called estimated box office is also very accurate, because the word-of-mouth information they get from the market is relatively true. of.From this point of view, American simplicity and straightforwardness seem to be a good thing.At least there won't be strange things like the more people scold, the worse the scolding, the higher the box office...

"Hey, why are you in a daze!" Chen Xiaotang was looking up at the poster, immersed in the reverie that it will be released in a few days, when someone slapped him on the back.

This palm is powerful, and it smells like sweat.

Chen Xiaotang knew who it was without looking back.The only man who greeted him intimately in this way was director Cheng Xiaodong.

He turned around with a smile, and saw the fat man Wang Jing walking behind Cheng Xiaodong, carefully holding two nut ice creams that were so big that they were about to drip down at any time, with a mouth-watering look, very funny.

Chen Xiaotang quickly took it, and took a bite of the walnuts and hazelnuts on top.They didn't buy Cheng Xiaodong's share.Because they all know that Cheng Daxia never eats sweets, especially popsicles and ice cream. !Even if you gnaw, you gnaw chicken legs, pork knuckles!

Today is their first slightly free day after arriving in the United States.All the work has been done, and today is the first day that theaters across the U.S. where Paramount theaters have signed contracts with Specter begin to pre-order movie tickets for "Assassin's Creed".

Chen Xiaotang brought his two partners out early in the morning, first accompanied Fatty to the nearby Liberty Street, listened to street rock for a long time, and saw the famous American street avant-garde art.

A beggar found a pack of McDonald's ketchup in a trash can, his first reaction was to squeeze along the small opening, and draw an image of a stack of skulls, roses, and bayonets on the wall. His grandma, is this considered a beggar after all? She doesn't talk about professionalism at all.

It was finally noon, and the three of them ate five hamburgers while shopping, drank three cans of Coke, and now they are standing outside the theater of Paramount, eating ice cream and waiting to see the first day of ticket sales here. score.

Chen Xiaotang stood more than ten yards away, looking anxiously at the window of the theater's gorgeous electronic box office. His mood was just like a father waiting outside the delivery room looking forward to hearing the first cry of his son or daughter.

He knew clearly in his heart that the success or failure of this movie would be an important turning point in his and Moying Entertainment's entire movie life.If he is defeated, the prestige of him and Fatty will no longer exist in the company, and the steps of Phantom to hit Hollywood, including the steps of Hong Kong movies to compete for world hegemony, will also be difficult.

But if it wins, it will not only wash away the discrimination and humiliation that Chinese filmmakers have suffered in the international market for many years, but it will also be remembered in the history of Hong Kong films and even Chinese films in the future. This is an unprecedented battle of the [-]th century!

(End of this chapter)