Chapter 326: The Plaza Hotel and the Big Head
In mid-November, the three dads and a baby starring Zhou Runfa, Zhou Xingchi, Wu Mengda and Li Lizhen were also released in North America.
However, the box office may be due to the problem of release time, in November, which is neither a summer file nor a Christmas file, and the schedule that is not embarrassing or embarrassing is not very good, the box office of three dads and a baby is not very good, at least not as good as Qiao Feng expected.
But there is no way, there are only a few good schedules throughout the year, although it looks like it looks and finds that at least more than half of the time in the year the schedule is not bad, but there are always bad schedules.
doesn't have enough distribution capacity, and the movie stars are all Hong Kong people, so they can't do a good job of distribution, and it is impossible for the cooperative distribution companies to give a good schedule to Qiao Feng's movies, arranged in such a schedule, Qiao Feng can only admit it.
However, Qiao Feng is not too anxious to worry, first of all, because half of the actors in this movie are Hong Kongers, especially the leading actors are Hong Kong people, so that the film investment is quite a lot.
Again, November is not too bad, at least after November to December, it is the Christmas file, and this schedule is also quite good.
So, after calling to comfort the somewhat depressed Zhou Runfa, Qiao Feng and Zhong Chuhong flew to New York.
Qiao Feng remembers a famous line in New York that is widely circulated by Beijingers, saying that if you love him, please take him to New York, because it is heaven; If you hate him, take him to New York because that's hell.
In his previous life, Qiao Feng had never been abroad, let alone New York, so he couldn't deeply understand the meaning of this sentence, but he had the ability to go to New York in this life, and Qiao Feng still didn't have a deep understanding of the meaning of this sentence.
Maybe it may be that a person like him, who already has enough money, makes no difference anywhere, and doesn't feel what heaven is and what hell is.
Qiao Feng always thought that his arrival had not changed much in this world, except for the big changes in the entertainment industry, the others didn't seem to have changed much.
But after arriving in New York this time, Qiao Feng found that it was not that there was no change, but that he was not able to know that the change had occurred.
Just like the change of ownership of the Plaza Hotel located on 59th Street in New York, across the street from Central Park, and adjacent to General Plaza in the east, the original change of ownership should have been two years later, but now it has changed hands a month ago, and he was filming ghosts at that time before the final stage, and he has never heard or seen such news.
The Plaza Hotel is a landmark building in the United States and New York, and has been a place for celebrities and dignitaries since its opening, including kings, presidents, ambassadors, movie stars, sports stars, business bigwigs and other travelers from all over the world.
When the famous British Beetle Band first visited the United States in 1964, they rented all the rooms on the 15th floor of the Plaza Hotel, and even wrote new songs in the hotel. On November 28, 1966, in honor of the publisher Katherine Graham, the famous contemporary American writer Truman Capote hosted a "black and white ball" at the Plaza Hotel. The ball was later popularized by the media as the "Party of the Century".
Theatre critic Morehouse Sr. lived at the Plaza Hotel for about 12 years in the '50s and '60s, when half of the hotel's rooms had long-stay guests. "Marlene Dietrich [German Hollywood actress] used to live here," "When the Guggenheim was built, Frank Lloyd Wright lived here." Wright is considered one of the most original American architects of the 20th century, and his architecture and ideas have profoundly influenced the design and organization of office buildings and homes.
Not only countless celebrities and dignitaries have stayed at the Plaza Hotel, but many movies have also been filmed in the Plaza Hotel, suspense film master Alfred Hitchcock's classic film "North by Northwest" in 1959 was shot at the Plaza Hotel, and then many films have been filmed in the Plaza Hotel, including "Barefoot Couple" in 1967, "Past Feelings" in 1973, "Cotton Club" and "Mr. Crocodile" in 1984.
Of course, what makes non-Americans, especially Southeast Asians, know about the Plaza Hotel is the famous "Plaza Accord" signed last year by the finance ministers and central bank governors of the five industrially developed countries of the United States, Japan, Britain, France, and the Federal Republic of Germany.
Then, it was such a well-known thing that in 1969, the New York City Landmark Preservation Committee designated a New York City landmark building and listed on the National Register of Historic Places The hotel changed hands, and Qiao Feng did not even hear of it in the United States.
I still flew to New York to visit the crew, oh, it turns out that the boss has changed here, two years earlier than the original time and space.
However, the owner of this restaurant after the change of ownership is still the same person.
"I didn't just buy a building, I actually bought a work of art——— like the Mona Lisa. For the first time in my life, I deliberately did not make this deal on economic grounds——— because I could not prove whether the price was justified or not. Looking at the full-page acquisition open letter published in the New York Times some time ago, as well as the yellow-haired head on the picture, Qiao Feng shook his head funny, it turns out that this guy likes waves so much at this time.
"Ah Feng, the owner of this hotel wants to play a cameo role in the movie, and wants us to give a close-up and subtitle to the name of the hotel, and then we can shoot in the hotel at will, and the fee will be reduced for us, what do you think?" After filming, Wang Jing, who returned to the third part of the future, and then started filming Home Alone 2 non-stop, his original chubby face was a little thinner, but the expression of the smiling and talking when he laughed and spoke did not change at all.
"Why are you still asking me, your crew has been filming here for a few days, and I don't know about you yet, you have already agreed to other people's conditions, right?" Qiao Feng said angrily.
"Hehe, isn't this a word to show respect to you?" Wang Jing smiled and said, "Oh, by the way, I heard that the owner of the hotel is going to visit you when you come, and it is estimated that this time it is almost there."
"Is he so idle as a big boss?"
Before Qiao Feng's words fell, the doorbell had already rang, Wang Jing hurriedly went over to open the door, and then let in a big head with yellow hair.
After Wang Jing's introduction in not so good English, the yellow-haired head reached out to shake Qiao Feng's hand and said, "Welcome Mr. Qiao, you are so young."
Looking at the yellow-haired head that shook himself with one hand and patted his shoulder with the other, Qiao Feng secretly pursed his lips, it was really not a good habit, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Mr. ***, you are also very young."