You Made Me a Superstar

  Chapter 557 Surprise and Crisis

  When the premiere box office of "Spider-Man" came out, netizens were not only shocked, but also had doubts.

Some people say that the box office of this movie is a result of the box office, while others say that the box office of this movie is more due to the policy support of relevant departments, that is, "there are no blockbuster movies in the same period", and all Chinese movies are making way for "Spider-Man". It is a myth that was brought out and created.

   But in the early morning of June 22.

  When the new round of box office figures for "Spider-Man" came out, the small group of doubts were instantly drowned out by countless exclamations.

  【Seventy-four million! The two-day box office of "Spider-Man" broke 140 million! 】

  "Huaxia Film Weekly", "CCTV Movie", "Huaxia Movie" and other media simultaneously published such an eye-catching headline.

  On the news headline, netizens stared blankly at the astonishing box office of "Spider-Man" at 74 million yuan on the second day, and were so shocked that their scalps went numb!

  The box office on the second day was actually two million higher than the box office on the premiere day, and it was a movie of this level, which is already a miracle in the history of Chinese movies!

  No one would have imagined that the movie "Time Travel" was broken by "Spider-Man" not long after it set a milestone in the box office of Chinese movies.

   Moreover, this is the only movie in Chinese history that topped the list of Chinese movies, and it is also the only movie that truly beat Hollywood movies in the Chinese region.

  …………

   Trailblazer effects.

  When Zheng He returned to China with his team, he was almost treated like a hero.

  The Pioneer Special Effects Headquarters is next to Huaxing. A year ago, countless reporters and media people surrounded the alley where no one cared about it.

  Compared to half a year ago...

  Zheng He has darkened a lot and lost a lot of weight. At the same time, his black and beautiful hair has become extremely thin. A gust of wind blows and blows a few strands of hair, as if they are the last stubborn.

  That is the "achievement" of staying in front of the computer for many years, staying in the crew, working and studying day and night.

  “During half a year, I sometimes only ate one meal a day. Except for that meal, I stayed in front of the computer to study every day…”

  "Before filming "Spider-Man", or even before filming "Liao Zhai Painted Skin", everyone thought that Huaxia special effects were rubbish, just fifty cents..."

   "After seeing these remarks on the Internet, I am very unconvinced. What happened to the Chinese special effects? Are the Chinese special effects worse than Hollywood special effects?"

   "As long as there are enough equipment and machines, as long as they are serious enough and willing to pay, I think Huaxia special effects can stand on top of the world and stand shoulder to shoulder with Hollywood special effects!"

   "..."

   Except for physical changes.

   During the past six months, Zheng He began to become very confident. When he looked at the reporters around him, his eyes were as sharp as eagle eyes, and his voice was full of ambition.

   During "Spider-Man", he and his team really suffered too much, but never thought of giving up...

  Where there is a will, there is a way.

  The hard work of the past six months has finally been reflected in numerous praises and movie box office.

   During this day, he was almost watching the film reviews of "Spider-Man".

  When he saw words such as "The special effects are awesome", "Damn it, the domestic special effects are about to explode", "It was actually made by them", "The pioneer special effects are awesome", he couldn't help but feel elated.

   Zheng He entered the company surrounded by countless media.

  See the familiar office...

   Zheng He had mixed feelings, and almost couldn't help but jumped up.

   Then…

  He saw the assistant rushing over excitedly with a series of cooperation intentions.

  In fact…

  Since "Liao Zhai Painted Skin", the pioneer special effects have been favored by countless directors and producers.

  However, most of the contracts at that time were in units of several million, at most tens of millions.

And on the third day after the premiere of "Spider-Man", countless intentional contracts have all become domestic blockbusters with a unit of 100 million. Even Zheng He once saw that the investment exceeded 300 million, and the special effects accounted for more than 100 million. Blockbuster!

  Looking at the cooperation intention contracts.

  Zheng He could barely maintain his composure at first, but after entering the office, his whole body was filled with joy, and his whole body trembled with excitement.

   Developed, developed!

   Pick up any job and do it well, and you won't have to worry about eating and drinking in this life!

  However, just as Zheng He was going to read the contract over and over again, sifting out how to make the agreement, he found that the phone rang.

  After seeing the notification of the incoming call, he was shocked!

   The call was from Zhou Yang!

  ……………

  Compared to the madness of China's box office.

   "Spider-Man" was a little quieter at the US box office.

  The box office was $4 million the next day.

  The volume of 4 million US dollars is very common in Hollywood movies, and no filmmakers should have paid attention to it.

However…

When the theaters in the United States realized that "Spider-Man" was only shown in one theater, and the pre-sale tickets of that theater were all sold out. When the box office of "Spider-Man" began to exceed demand on major movie websites, some high-level officials Began to have a very strong interest in this movie.

  After investigating the market, they believe that this movie has great market interest, and even has the same potential as the superhero movie "Superman" that once swept North America.

  AMD Headquarters.

   As the world's largest theater chain, AMD's product manager has a unique vision of the market.

   As a product manager, Karin actually started to pay attention to this movie after the premiere of "Spider-Man".

   After all, Zhou Yang is the Chinese director she has been following. When others thought that Zhou Yang's superhero movie would be as tragic as "Lizardman", Karin held the opposite idea.

  So when the movie was released, she personally accompanied her children to the cinema to watch "Spider-Man", and after watching "Spider-Man", she keenly realized that it was definitely a blockbuster movie.

  So...

  She immediately applied to the headquarters, hoping to get the screening rights of "Spider-Man".

  The headquarters attached great importance to her application and agreed to it the next day.

  Under the influence of the financial crisis, a group of Hollywood filmmakers began to be conservative, either retreating or withdrawing gears, which once caused an embarrassing vacuum in the film schedule in major theaters in June.

   During the vacuum period, it is natural to supplement the film.

  The film "Spider-Man" has a very high market score, which is within the intention of the high-level executives.

  When Karin's application was received, she immediately took out her phone and found the phone number of Xu Mei, the person in charge of Huaxing.

  When she said on the phone that she wanted to sign the screening rights of "Spider-Man", the other party was obviously very surprised, but she didn't agree directly, but said that she would ask Mr. Zhou.

  Karin was not in a hurry. After hanging up the phone, she sent a sample agreement to the other party's mailbox.

  After more than ten minutes, the other party quickly returned the call.

   "We agree to authorize!"

   Karin nodded.

   This in itself is to be expected.

  However, just when she was about to sign an electronic agreement with the "Spider-Man" official, and instantly let her subordinates start planning the "Spider-Man" promotion...

  She received a call from the leader.

   "The executives of the DV company contacted us just now, saying that they hope that we can choose between "King Kong Tiger" and "Spider-Man"..."

   "Wait, how did they know we were going to sign "Spider-Man"? And "Spider-Man" will be released first, so it won't conflict with "King Kong Tiger", right?"

   "Let's choose "King Kong Tiger". The conditions offered by the producer DV company are very attractive. "Spider-Man", although the quality of this movie is very good, it is difficult to survive in the big environment..."

   "Strange, Zhou Yang is a Chinese director, why is Hollywood crushing him so much?"

   "I don't know why, but I heard a piece of news that DV executives not only talked with us about the choice of "King Kong Tiger", but also talked about "King Kong Tiger" with REGAL, CINEMARK, CINEPLEX and other theaters..."

   "The four major movie theaters in the United States have talked?"

"Yes."

   "In my opinion, "Spider-Man" is indeed a very high-quality movie, and it also has the potential to explode as any superhero movie!"

   "However, in a sense, Xingyang Cinemas, where "Spider-Man" is broadcast, is also our competitor, isn't it? No one wants to share the cake with others..."

   "..."

  Karin frowned when she heard the news, and then looked at the contract on the table with great regret. After weighing it over and over again, she finally called Zhou Yang again.

  ……………

  The morning of June 23rd.

   Zhou Yang woke up from his sleep.

   I was woken up by the sound of the phone, and I was a little dazed.

  Last night, some theaters in Delaware came over and chatted with Zhou Yang and others about the authorization of "Spider-Man". Everyone talked very late, so Zhou Yang inevitably felt a little tired.

  The call was from Xu Mei.

   "Laomei's big theater chains all said to terminate their cooperation with us? Didn't we have a good chat yesterday?"

""King Kong Tiger" is about to be released. I heard rumors that "King Kong Tiger" has greeted Laomei's four major theaters... In the early hours of this morning, I was almost able to sign a licensing agreement with AMD. ..."

  After Zhou Yang answered the phone, the expression on his face became serious.

  Not good news over the phone...

   Or rather, the news is bad.

  The cooperation agreement negotiated yesterday, when the contract was about to be signed this morning, the people in charge all regretted it.

   None of the authorizations from the four major cinema chains have signed in.

   "Mr. Zhou, what should we do next? Are we going to expand Xingyang Cinemas again?" Xu Mei on the other end of the phone asked again after hearing Zhou Yang's silence.

   "Didn't any family sign with us?"

   "Yes, they are basically small theaters. DV companies don't like these one hundred or dozens of small theaters..."

   "I'll talk to people from these theaters myself." Zhou Yang was silent for a while after listening, and finally nodded.

   "Okay, but, Mr. Zhou, if the major Hollywood companies block us with such absolute means, I'm afraid it will be really difficult for us to survive here..."

   "..."

  After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yang washed up casually. When he was about to go back to the conference room to chat with the theater bosses, he saw Xu Mei walking over in a hurry, with a very ugly expression on his face.

   "Mr. Zhou, it's not good, DV has started to let these small theaters choose one or the other... They are going to completely drive us to death!"

   "..."

  (end of this chapter)