Movie tycoon

Chapter 699 Shocking Reversal
As the saying goes, if everyone talks about it, it will destroy the stone.

The six major Hollywood film companies have frequently resorted to tricks, using their own media to squeeze Fox's new film under Magic Shadow Entertainment, successively false reports, distorted reports, false reports, and confusing the public.

Under such deliberately provocative and bad reviews, the box office of "Assassins League" has shown a downward trend.

Faced with this situation, Chen Xiaotang didn't care. After all, no matter how powerful he was, he couldn't stop other people's mouths, but the king of heaven, Michael Jackson, was furious.

Mike, who always likes to keep a low profile on his relationship with the media, even took the initiative to hold a press conference for the first time.

The king of heaven is going crazy, it's no small matter!
At the meeting, Mike stood up and asked sharply: "I don't know what the intentions of those who criticize my bad acting skills are. I just want to say, if you don't believe that I can act, why don't you go to the cinema to see it? Let the facts tell." Proof, is my acting worth the ticket price?!"

"God can prove that I'm rarely angry, but this time I was really angry. Especially some so-called upper class people who don't like black people very much, listen to me, you shit, I don't need Michael Jackson Your comments, let alone ignore your criticisms, because I know how good I am! I will not be frightened by your verbal criticism, and I will not catch a cold because of your dirty water. I am the king of heaven, Michael Jackson, and I Prove in the name of God, I am stronger than you, what can you do?!"

As soon as Mike's remarks came out, those writers were scolded bloody. What's more, Mike's fans have always supported him.

"Support Mike and welcome his new film!"

"Hit him, you don't need a reason!"

"I'm black and I'm proud!"

"I'm proud of Mike!"  …

It is recognized that Mike's fans are huge, and now the waves caused by this huge force have gradually turned into a frenzy.

Watch the League of Assassins frenzy!

Ignoring those long-planned negative reviews, ignoring those big splashes of dirty water, the entire box office went all out with a blowout after a day of decline.

Of course, everything still needs facts to speak for itself, and this fact is... what is this drama like!

Let us listen to the voices of ordinary audiences.

The NBC radio station in the United States is known for its news bulletins, and is also known for its ability to dig out real inside stories in the entertainment industry.This time "League of Assassins" had a polarized reputation, which made them find a good topic.

At this moment, as a white female anchor of a TV station, she is conducting a random interview outside a movie theater.

Just when the movie was over, people came out one after another.

The female anchor stopped a black young man who was walking on drums, "Excuse me, did you just watch "League of Assassins"?"

"Yes, beauty! Then you will definitely ask me, how is this drama, and I can tell you, it's great, it's really great!" the black man said excitedly.

"So what do you think of Mike's acting skills? Is it good or bad?" the hostess asked trickily.

The black youth laughed: "It depends on who you compare with. If you want to compare with Lafite Chen, then of course Mike's acting skills are not flattering, but if you compare with ordinary people, he is simply a genius!"

The female anchor didn't expect the other party to rate Mike so highly, so she had to pull another white girl and ask, "Excuse me, what do you think of this drama?"

The girl was already waiting impatiently, so she said, "My opinion is very simple, Lafite is handsome enough, Mike is cool enough, and Madonna is hot enough!"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I was asking about their acting skills, not whether they are handsome or not."

"Acting skills? God, how can you ask such an idiotic question?! Their acting skills are of course top-notch, otherwise I wouldn't watch it... In other words, am I like the kind of person who only knows how to look at appearances and is superficial? looks like?"

The white female anchor was dumbfounded when she was asked, and she said, not only did she resemble, but she was also very shallow!

Next, the hostess asked several viewers who came out of the cinema about their feelings about watching the movie. Most of them said that the movie was very good, the action was wonderful, the story was wonderful, and the actors performed well.

The heroine feels that such vocabulary is too boring, so no one can say no to it. This cannot form contradictory news. You must know that only when there is controversy can there be a topic.

So the female anchor made persistent efforts and caught a white man who looked like a white-collar worker and asked, "What do you think of this drama?"

"Oops, very bad!"

When the hostess heard this, she was secretly happy, Nima, finally there is a different voice.

"How bad? Is this drama so bad that it makes you angry?"

"No, on the contrary, it's too bad because I forgot to buy a few extra movie tickets, my wife must love it too!"

Female anchor: "...?!" Her mouth was wide open.

No matter what, in the minds of many viewers, "Assassin's League" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and has become a new classic after Chen Xiaotang's previous "Assassin's Creed"!

Classics have to stand the test of the box office, but the fact is that this new Hollywood drama, which is quite controversial in Hollywood, with all kinds of hype, plus the news that Chen Xiaotang's personality is disordered because of this drama, the box office of this drama The shocking reversal began.

In Hong Kong, Chen Xiaotang's hometown, the box office of the first week of this drama broke Chen Xiaotang's weekly box office record, reaching an astonishing figure of 2000 million!
In Taiwan, the box office was 3000 million in the first week!
In South Korea, the box office was 6000 million in the first week!
In Japan, the box office was 9000 million in the first week!
In North America, the first week's box office directly exceeded [-] million!

Today, there is only one sentence to describe this drama around the world: "China's hurricane sweeps, Fox's counterattack..."

Three months after its release, the North American box office, European box office and Asian box office successfully broke through [-] million US dollars!It has won the top ten box office list in the world for a second time!This drama finally left records all over the world, and reached the fifth place in the top ten box office in North America, and this is also the first Chinese starring to enter the world's top ten historical records.

In short, breaking the box office of [-] million can be described as a triumphant song, which made the boastful words of Tianwang Mike become a reality.

In this regard, our heavenly king Mike even held a special celebration to celebrate that he became a great prophet and the prophecy came true. He believed that he had the potential to be "Zanodamus" and told his Hollywood counterparts, Let me know if there is anything in the future, and I will help you predict it. The point is, it is free!

At the beginning of 1987, the box office hit of Fox's new play "League of Assassins" did not stop the show from continuing to shine.

You know, Chen Xiaotang has always hoped to use this film to open the door to Hollywood Oscars. Now it is the beginning of the year, and it is the time for the Oscar Organizing Committee to announce the next nominations.

With the popularity of this movie, Oscar finally made a move, announcing that in view of the excellence of the movie "Assassins", it was nominated for four awards, namely "Best Special Effects" and "Best Cinematography" , as well as "Best Supporting Actor" and "Best Screenplay".

It looks quite powerful, but in fact the most valuable of these four awards are "Best Supporting Actor" and "Best Screenplay".

As for the top Oscar awards "Best Director", "Best Actor and Actress" and "Best Film", none of them were won.

The reason is explained by the Hollywood Oscar Organizing Committee in this way. This movie is good, and actor Lafite Chen's acting skills are also recognized as top-notch. There are even rumors that he almost suffered a schizophrenia in order to film this movie, but We have to face the fact that this drama is too commercial, as if it has already grossed over [-] million!

What does this mean?
It means that in the selection of Oscar winners, the nominated actors have almost always starred in movies with connotations, not movies that are too rich in money!

To put it more bluntly, it was all caused by the box office exceeding [-] million!

But Chen Xiaotang didn't understand, why is Oscar still pretending to be a bitch?You must know that the box office of "Titanic" in the previous life exceeded one billion. Why didn't you say that money was too heavy at that time?And also won N Oscars? !
Could it be that the current Oscar, who has not grown up, is still very pure?

Pure your head ah!

Soon, Chen Xiaotang learned from Afro Jim that the reason why he was not nominated for best actor in this drama was because he was a Chinese who starred in this drama!
In order to film this movie, Chen Xiaotang boldly incorporated "Fight Club" into it, which made him almost split his personality, but in the end, he was not nominated!
This disappointment made him very indignant, and then this indignation turned into an inexplicable motivation.

So when the media asked him "will he be disappointed because he was not nominated for the best actor", Chen Xiaotang faced the camera and said to hundreds of millions of Americans: "No, because I believe that the next Oscar will definitely invite I'm going back to be the actor!"

He swears that next time he will let this damn Oscar invite him back, the Best Actor, he must get it!
Chen Xiaotang's madness and arrogance were fully displayed at this moment.

Compared with Chen Xiaotang's sad reminder, the king of heaven, Mike, was overjoyed. He never thought that his first film as a supporting actor would be shortlisted for an Oscar, and what he didn't even expect was that he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor...

God, you are so kind to me!

Mike's cheers made Chen Xiaotang even more dumbfounded.Mu Tianli, a person who only knows how to be handsome and cool in the play won this honor, and a guy who almost turned himself into a psychopath was rejected.How do you sing that line, Oscar, it's not easy to say I love you!
Although he was not nominated for Best Actor, he was nominated for Best Screenplay after all.Chen Xiaotang cleverly combined the two classic films "Assassin's League" and "Fight Club" into a movie with a superb script. Now, the best screenwriter nomination is equivalent to the recognition of his efforts.

For this reason, Chen Xiaotang still packed up his mood, called Yuanyang to his family and friends, and told them to come to the United States to attend the Oscars ceremony next month.

At the same time, the film company Chen Xiaotang is in charge of, the now well-known Moying Entertainment, has not stopped at all.

Fatty Wang Jing flew over from Hong Kong early to help Chen Xiaotang deal with the acquisition of Sony Records in Japan.

Previously, Chen Xiaotang had agreed with the queen of heaven, Michael and Madonna, to raise one billion US dollars as the start-up capital for the acquisition, and then used the sharp knife of VCD to poke Sony hard, causing Sony's record backlog, which has always been mainly selling cassettes A large number of cassettes could not be sold.

People are now following the fashion and buying VCDs instead, who cares about the old cassette tapes? !And Sony Records wanted to buy the VCD patent from Moying to develop their own electronic kingdom, Chen Xiaotang's answer was: NO!

Taking advantage of this advantage, Fatty Wang Jing ran back and forth in Hong Kong, Japan, and the United States successively, relying on his three-inch tongue, so busy that his heels were on the ground.

Akio Morita is the president of Japan's Sony Group, which owns film companies, record companies, and electronics companies.It can be said that it is the leader of the world's electronics industry.

The pride of the Japanese makes them never bow their heads, especially to the Chinese.Therefore, the negotiations between Fatty and Akio Morita did not go very smoothly. The only luck is that the current Sony Corporation is at its lowest ebb in history, and other major shareholders are quite dissatisfied with the performance, although North American record companies still have a certain market. .However, most of the shareholders were persuaded after negotiating with Fatty Wang Jing, and successfully won 40.00% of the controlling shares at a price of [-] million US dollars.

The only thing that needs to be done is the old stubborn Akio Morita.But it just happened to be this damn stubborn guy who refused to sell no matter what.Fatty Wang Jing understood that the self-esteem in the Japanese bones made it difficult for them to admit defeat.It's just that understanding belongs to understanding, and business still needs to be discussed.However, when Chen Xiaotang called, the deal was still not settled.

However, on the other hand, Sony finally couldn't hold back their longing for VCD, which could constitute an important part of their electronic entertainment empire. After learning that Chen Xiaotang is currently staying in the United States to prepare for the Oscars, Akio Morita decided to come to the United States to negotiate with Chen Xiaotang in person. .

Fatty Wang Jing personally went to pick up this old guy who was about to be unable to withstand the internal pressure. The American media quickly heard the news and conducted interviews at the airport.Akio Morita obviously liked to face the media, and while the fat man was watching him coldly, the old guy's tactful approach to the media was worth learning.

"Mr. Morita, it is rumored that the Demon Shadow Group is trying to acquire the North American record company from Sony. Are you here to discuss this business?" The reporter of the "Los Angeles Times" tried his best to stick out the microphone and asked.

Akio Morita laughed, and after a few words, the interpreter told the reporter very clearly: "Actually, you can ask Mr. Wang about this point. He is one of the protagonists of the rumors. If you ask him, you can get more detailed information. Answer!"

Facing the microphone that was stretched out, Fatty Wang cursed the old fox secretly, and said with a smile on the surface: "Moying has indeed considered buying Sony Records, but there are still many companies that Moying wants to acquire. Obviously, the fact Tell us, many things can be done without thinking, Mr. Morita, what do you think?"

Akio Morita was slightly startled, seeing that Wang Jing was young, he thought that this fat man could be stumped.Unexpectedly, Fatty Wang deflected cleverly, and then faintly pointed the arrow at him.Still the reporter from the Los Angeles Times asked: "Magic Shadow Company has carried out a large-scale acquisition like Fox in recent years. Will it cause a shortage of funds or expand too fast?"

Fatty Wang shook his finger lightly to indicate that it was incorrect, and then he smiled and said, "If you had enough spare money in your hand, what would you do with it? I don't think you would choose to put it in the bank. Expansion Too soon this problem doesn't exist anymore, we have enough strength to integrate our own structure."

"So, Mr. Morita, you came to the United States this time not for Sony Records, so what is it for?" Another black reporter asked: "Sony Records sales have been sluggish recently, and there is a large backlog of cassettes. Hasn't Mr. Morita thought about reforming? ?”

"I mainly came here for some cooperation matters..." After being stabbed in the wound, Sheng Tian's face immediately darkened. If he hadn't kept his composure well enough, he might have exploded immediately.

Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, USA.

The place where Akio Morita stayed.

After taking a shower in the bathroom, the old man Akio Morita came out wearing a towel, and a beautiful Japanese woman in two-point underwear stepped forward to help him wipe his body.

In the past, the old man in Japan would take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune on the beautiful woman. Even if he was too old to get on the horse and gallop, he would go crazy and pinch a lot of blood on the beautiful woman's private parts, but this time, But he sat on the sofa very obediently, letting the beautiful woman dangle around him, standing still.

I don't know that the old man has changed his sex, but it's because he is thinking about something.

This time he came to the United States, he was bound to win, no matter what, he had to get the VCD patent right, otherwise, his electronic kingdom would be greatly impacted, which was absolutely not allowed.

Now, he has a detailed document in his hand.

Lafei Chen, Chinese name Chen Xiaotang, 27 years old, film actor, singer, screenwriter, director, entertainment company owner... Many unimaginable titles make Akio Morita frown, and then look at his development track, just seven years Time has changed from a poor boy to an oriental superstar who dominates Hollywood today. For Akio Morita, such a person is simply a monster!

Tomorrow I will face such a monster, how should I fight this battle? !

At the same time, Chen Xiaotang is also discussing with Fatty Wang Jing and newspaper head Jim in his office about negotiating with Akio Morita tomorrow.

From Chen Xiaotang's point of view, this old Japanese man's stubborn character will never bow his head easily. Maybe this will be an extremely difficult tug-of-war, and he must do sufficient ideological work.

For the time being, Jim Afro is in charge of Fox, and Fatty continues to put pressure on Sony Records North America. As for himself, get a good night's sleep and meet tomorrow's challenge.

(End of this chapter)