Movie tycoon

Chapter 696 Breaking [-] million? !

Chen Xiaotang's "Blizzard" album can be said to have set off a tornado storm in the North American market. At the same time, the movie "Assassins" starring him, Michael, and Madonna will be released soon.For this drama, Chen Xiaotang didn't have too many demands at the box office.But awards are always the biggest hope in his heart!
For a long time, Chinese actors have not been able to squeeze into the top Hollywood actors.And wanting to win the Oscar, the best honor in Hollywood, is even more idiotic.

This time, relying on his superb acting skills, Chen Xiaotang created a character in "League of Assassins" that is no longer just a kung fu star, but incorporates the essence of "Fight Club". I hope that this movie can open the door to Oscar, but can he? !

The computer special effects of "League of Assassins" almost collapsed the special effects company, and the post-production requirements also made everyone a little guilty. Chen Xiaotang's requirements are too high! However, this is the weapon he uses to conquer all film awards.How can it not be perfected?
In the end, this important task was handed over to Industrial Light & Magic. Lucas, the boss of Light & Magic, hooked up with Chen Xiaotang. In the words of other special effects companies in Hollywood, the relationship between the two was "unclear". The handsome guy Chen Xiaotang clearly has a flirtatious flair, and you come and go from time to time, it's a mess of ambiguity.

In fact, everyone has wronged Chen Xiaotang. How can he say that he is also a half partner of Guangmo now? Although he swore when he invested in Guangmo that he would never interfere with Guangmo's internal affairs and future development, but occasionally he would walk around and mention some things. Small comments, still necessary.

In any case, Chen Xiaotang spent a lot of energy on the movie "League of Assassins", and in the eyes of outsiders, it was quite expensive.

That's right, Chen Xiaotang is trying to use this "League of Assassins" to hit the Oscars and gold statues, otherwise why would he insist on investing in this movie.And with the help of Fox's power to promote and distribute, engage in such high-level computer stunts, and perform super hard by myself... Only by getting through countless joints and connecting this drama to the ground, can I get through the two veins of Ren and Du like a martial arts master. Then pointed at Oscar.

However, many filmmakers in Hollywood are not so easy to fool. Chen Xiaotang's self-evident ambition has already made many people complain.

"Oh God, how is it possible? Could it be that Lafi Chen wants to enter the Oscars with this film? A commercial film, a commercial film starring a Chinese? The door to the Oscars is not so easy to squeeze in!"—— American "Entertainment Weekly".

"Laffy Chen's new film wants to aim for the Oscars, but we doubt whether such an action film with a strong commercial atmosphere will be favored by the Oscar jury." --- The Wall Street Journal of the United States.

"Oscar's judging standards have always been very strict, especially for films starring foreigners, there is often an invisible discrimination, so I am afraid that this film by Lafei Chen will fail, and it will not even be nominated for an Oscar! "--American "Time Magazine".

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No matter how Hollywood judges or speculates about Chen Xiaotang's ambitious film, one thing can be explained, everyone is not very optimistic about this film's impact on the Oscars.After all, this movie is a commercial movie, an action movie, especially Chen Xiaotang is Chinese!

Amidst the buzzing public opinion, the trailer of "League of Assassins" came out. The first one was based on the theme of "Bullets will bend, useless wood will become superpowers", and it was broadcast on American radio stations for just 2 minutes. The preview is to let American audiences see how to "use" guns.

Immediately afterwards, the second trailer was released, this one is a scene of a cold weapon duel.In particular, the sword fighting in the film is almost comparable to Hong Kong martial arts movies, which is enough to dazzle everyone. If these Yankees have read Gu Long's novels, they will definitely recognize these moves: Fu Hongxue's Tianya Mingdao, Xiao Li Tanhua's flying knife stunt, and There is the legend of Ximen Chuuxue's Excalibur...Of course, for the sake of grounding, the "Excalibur" here is an authentic Western sword...

In any case, once the two trailers were released, everyone was confused. What kind of tricks is Lafite Chen playing?
It's a pity, though, that the show didn't come out right away!
Looking forward to it, everyone is looking forward to it!

Hollywood people can't even believe themselves that they would be so full of anticipation just to watch a movie.

People who like Chen Xiaotang feel that such expectations are worth it!

Those who like King Mike and Queen Madonna also think it's worth it!

But in the eyes of many Hollywood film companies, this kind of expectation is too fucking shit!
Let me ask, who hasn't tried the trick of "hanging people's appetite" since they have been in the Hollywood film industry, such as MGM, Warner, Universal, and Columbia.But compared to other people's drama, it's simply not popular!
Have you ever seen thousands of movie fans queuing up to buy tickets for this movie this morning, and some even stayed overnight on the street?Can you see those crazy movie fans holding up posters of "League of Assassins", yelling and swaggering around?Can you see that the pre-sale tickets for Fox and its movie theaters have already sold out?
Injustice, injustice!

These big film companies believed that the reason why this film became popular before it was released was not because Chen Xiaotang was too good, but because he had the pair of kings and queens, Michael and Madonna, as "signatures".

However, these bigwigs in Hollywood did not give up. In their view, whether a show is good or not is not up to anyone, nor is it whether there are many big names in the show, but it depends on the content.

Don't think that you, a Chinese kid, can sit back and relax if you kidnap two big Hollywood stars to join your film, let's see what happens after the show, no one knows whether to laugh or cry!

You know, whether it's Mike or Madonna, it's their first time acting in a movie. Hollywood bigwigs believe that the acting skills of this pair of kings and queens alone... must be funny enough.

So, just wait and see the excitement!

All Expected, October 1986, 10.
League of Assassins has finally announced its official premiere.

But before it was released, something happened. The reason was that Mike Tianwang uttered a big word.

"The box office broke [-] million. Is this howling? Or confidence?" - "Los Angeles Times"

"Movies have been produced for nearly a hundred years. From the initial box office income of a few hundred dollars to the current income of hundreds of millions of dollars, the profits of the film industry have been increasing. Of course, while the income is increasing, the investment has not remained the same. It is also increasing. As of now, the highest box office in the world is 5.4 million US dollars. Its name is "Star Wars" in 1977. The total global box office revenue is 7.1 million US dollars. Of course, because it has been produced for a long time, the box office It will gradually increase to the present, but no matter how you say it, "Star Wars" is already the well-deserved 'king of the box office', and many people agree with this."

"However, just yesterday, Mike Tianwang, who starred in "League of Assassins", directly said that this drama will exceed [-] million! We don't know where his confidence comes from, yes, although we all believe that he is in the music industry. King status, but in terms of movies, please forgive our bluntness, he is still a baby after all! Unfortunately, his speech still affects our nerves, and we are looking forward to this so-called "[-] million box office blockbuster" blockbuster, looking forward to it Is our heavenly king 'flying into the sky', or relying on big words, he fell to his death directly!"

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"Five hundred million dollars is not a fun number!" - "The Times"

"There are always some crazy people in the world, Napoleon in France, Stalin in the Soviet Union... But now I want to say that a crazy person in the film industry is newly released, and this person has many, many fanatical 'fans' The King of Pop, Michael Jackson!"

"Confidence is a good thing, and everyone should be confident. However, when this self-confidence breaks through one's ability, self-confidence is not self-confidence, but arrogance."

"[-] million dollars? Breaking through [-] million dollars at the box office? God! I thought our Mike King was joking, but after confirmation, this king who is famous for his singing but terrible acting... It seems that this is his first movie. , I’m not joking. Well, since he is so brash, let’s take a look at the results and see how this king of singers turned into a king of drama…”

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"Our idol Mike wants to break the record, what should we do?" - "New York Chinese Community Journal"

"Brothers, sisters, gentlemen and ladies, have you seen the overwhelming advertisements? Have you seen the shocking record-breaking declaration of our idol Michael Jackson? If you see it, then please act! We want to help him break the single-day box office on the premiere day, break the first-week box office record, break the single-day box office record, break... all the records that can be broken, and finally help him exceed the box office declaration of [-] million US dollars. Anyway, we're going to tell our dear Mike that he's not alone!"

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Hilton Hotel.

When Chen Xiaotang woke up in the morning, turned on the TV and saw the overwhelming sound of discussions, he was taken aback for a moment, and then the phone in the hotel rang.

The call was from Mike Jackson, and the king of heaven swears as soon as he opened his mouth, "shit! It's too shit! These guys asked me how much I hope the box office will be, so I said that I would be satisfied if it reached [-] million , but now, look at what they have said? What is big talk, what is conceit? They didn't arrange it casually!"

Mike was so angry that he could be heard panting over the phone.

"Fortunately, my fans are kind enough to support me! Now, I'm going to show those shits that I, Mike, can not only sing, but also act!"

When Mike was complaining, Chen Xiaotang didn't say a word, just listened quietly with the microphone, and waited until Mike was silent, then asked: "Have you finished?"

Mike: "It's over...what do you mean?"

Chen Xiaotang: "My point is very simple, tonight is the premiere, we don't need to be as knowledgeable as these shallow gossip reporters. As for the box office of this movie, as long as we do our best, it will be OK!"

The other end seemed to be silent for a while, and then said, "My dear Chen, you can think about it."

Chen Xiaotang smiled: "It's not that I can think about it, but...you look at the current TV..."
As Chen Xiaotang spoke, he turned his gaze to the TV.

At this time, the screen on the TV turned to the "Fox Grand Theater" in Hollywood. I saw the camera sweeping across the scene. Apart from the towering heads, there were still densely packed heads. Unable to stabilize their stature, more people gathered around the ticket office. Everyone held up banknotes and shouted, "I want two tickets, I want two tickets!"

"Dude, do you still have two tickets? Huh, there are only 800 tickets on sale in total, and they were sold out three days ago. Where can I have tickets for you?" The ticket office is packed.

On the other hand, countless Los Angeles police officers are fully armed and ready to fight, for fear that something out of hand will happen.

The screen turned back to the studio, and the white male host said with lingering fear: "Oh God, everyone is so crazy. Although today is Sunday, there is no need to waste such time! Wouldn't it be good to sleep in?"

The hostess giggled and said, "This is the charm of super idols. Why is it that the leading roles this time are three Hollywood stars instead of you?"

"I... I'm not a movie actor."

As the two hosts teased each other, the TV screen was transferred from the "Fox Grand Theater" to major movie theaters in Los Angeles, and then New York, Chicago, New Orleans, San Francisco and other regions were all transferred again.

And the result did not disappoint. There are countless long queues outside all the movie theaters waiting to buy tickets, and they are basically families with their families. Among them, there are countless young men and women.

Of course, action movies!

It is suitable for all ages, family carnival mode, and box office success is inevitable.

The king of the phone, Mike, seemed to be shocked by the picture broadcast on TV, and it took a long time before he remembered that he was still talking to Chen Xiaotang.

What a waste of phone bills!

"Chen, are these... all true?"

Even though he knew that Mike couldn't see, Chen Xiaotang still shrugged, "If you ask me, who should I ask?"

"Oh my god, it's a miracle that there are so many people fighting for tickets!"

"So, you, King Mike, have a lot of face!" Chen Xiaotang joked.

"Don't make fun of me, who doesn't know that you are the protagonist of this drama... But I have a solid foundation in my heart. According to this hot form, maybe our drama can really exceed [-] million!"

"I would like to borrow your good words... Otherwise, I will go bankrupt!" Chen Xiaotang joked.

"Don't worry, I'll support you if you're bankrupt!" Mike laughed wildly.

Chen Xiaotang: "...?!"

On this end, just as Chen Xiaotang hung up the phone, Madonna called over there again, no doubt, it was because of the TV report.In Madonna's opinion, the prelude to this show is too hot, and I don't know how the premiere will be tonight.

What Chen Xiaotang could say was of course full of confidence, especially when it came to Mike's big-mouthed "[-] million", both of them couldn't help laughing.

Just when Chen Xiaotang, Madonna and others were in contact with each other, the atmosphere in the entire Hollywood movie world was completely ignited by the movie "League of Assassins".

It's a crowded place.

A movie theater in Hollywood.

"I'm a reporter from Sky TV, and I'm doing an on-site interview for you at the Big Times Cinema, the largest movie theater in Los Angeles!" The black male reporter found a young white woman with a red face holding banknotes, and asked politely: "Excuse me Ma'am, can I interview you?"

"Oh? Interview me? Well, of course!" The lady quickly put down the banknotes, then straightened her hair, smiled charmingly and said, "Okay, let's start!"

"Okay!" The black reporter looked back, and then asked, "I don't know if you usually like to watch movies?"

"Of course!" The young Caucasian woman laughed: "As long as it's a holiday, I'll definitely watch a movie or two, because it's a good way to relax, well, yes, I've developed this Habit of relaxation."

"That's a commendable way!" The black reporter flattered, and then asked, "So, I wonder what kind of movie you like to watch the most?"

"Historical films, ethical films, oh, I also like romantic films, like "Roman Holiday"!" The young Caucasian woman smiled very comfortably, looked at the camera and said: "I didn't like action films at first, I thought they were too bloody. It's too violent, but because there are two big stars, Lafite and Mike, as for Madonna, I don't like it too much, this bitch is too flirtatious!"

That's too straightforward.

It is understandable that different people of the same sex repel each other.

The black reporter looked a little embarrassed, coughed, and continued to ask, "Didn't your husband come with you?"

"Here he is, but he's already squeezed inside." The young Caucasian woman shrugged her shoulders and expressed helplessness, "You know, today's tickets are really hard to buy, after all, everyone has to go to work tomorrow."

"Well, yes, I understand the eagerness!" The black reporter stretched out his hand and shook the young white woman, "Thank you for accepting the interview on our TV station, I wish you good luck, thank you!"

After the young white woman left, the reporter grabbed a couple of old men and women, and said with a smile, "Hello, sir and madam!" After saying hello, the black reporter immediately asked, "Do you two like to watch movies?"

"Well, it's okay!" The old man lost a lot of teeth, and he didn't speak very clearly. He didn't want to dump the reporter at first, but when he saw a dark camera shooting at him, he immediately smiled Very brilliant, holding his wife by the hand, said with a smile: "We usually read newspapers, listen to the radio or watch TV at most, but today we finally walked to the door of the cinema again."

"Why?" The black reporter asked knowingly.

"Of course it is to witness the birth of a great action movie!" This time the old woman said it first, and said kindly: "Don't look at us as old, but when we were young, we also came out to hang out~ Yes, you know, Fucked! In order to pursue me, he single-handedly singled out more than [-] people, and almost lost his life, haha. So, I want to see, this action movie that everyone talks about all day, is it really good? Not exciting, is the protagonist in it even more powerful than our old man!"

"Well, I think I won't let you down." The black reporter said so, but said with disdain in his heart: "For you, a man singled out 30 people? Do you think I'm a pig? Women love it so much Now, for fear of being looked down upon by others, shit and bragging are not drafted."

Farewell to the two old men who love to brag, the black reporter asked some other movie fans of different ages, and finally concluded that they either prepared popcorn and came here to relax, or they came here just to see the name What is the difference between Chen Xiaotang, Mike and Madonna acting together?And there are some special ones, but they are actually ready to watch a joke. You must know that Michael King and Madonna were electrocuted for the first time, and their acting failed, so that would be interesting.

(End of this chapter)