"Ladies and gentlemen, this is Fox News, and right now I'm at the gates of the Imperial Theater in Los Angeles, where the sci-fi film adaptation of The Martian premieres tonight......"

"It is worth mentioning that this is a Chinese movie, from the director to the actors, they are all Chinese, and there are already many audiences waiting at the entrance of the theater, let me see what the audience expects from this movie. ”

Mary, an entertainment reporter for Fox News, was instructed by her superiors today to come to the premiere of "The Martian" to cover the scene.

The leader explained a small thing, several people interviewed had already memorized their lines, she took the photographer to approach the crowd, and picked a man in his 20s to start the interview.

"Hello, are you here for the premiere of The Martian?"

"Yes, yes. The man who was asked said nervously.

The reporter continued, "Then why did you choose to watch this movie?"

The man said with some excitement, "I like the original book very much, I have read it five times, and this is simply the most wonderful sci-fi I have ever seen." ”

"And what do you expect from the movie?"

The man immediately changed his tone, his face full of anger, "I don't expect anything from the movie at all, oh... God, a movie made by a Chinese director and Chinese actors, I can't imagine what happened at all**"

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The reporter interviewed several viewers one after another, and every question and answer was all criticism of the movie.

These people all claim to be loyal book lovers, and they are very angry that such a wonderful film was made into a Chinese movie by a Chinese director.

There is almost no sentence, and the excited "book fans" are holding this sign and banner in their hands, as if this movie has really committed public anger.

And the reporters at the scene didn't know that the Fox News Channel side, and several newspapers and media also sent people.

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On the side of the road next to the theater, Tang An's car was parked here.

"Chairman, that's it, I originally thought that these would not be problems after the movie was released, but I didn't expect that there would be a group of fans of the original book to make trouble. ”

The head of the North American distribution department looked at the situation outside and said with some humility.

A purely Chinese-made movie generally does not have much attention in North America, and 20th Century Fox was also promoted half a month in advance.

That is, when the promotion first began, some fans suddenly came out to criticize this film that was adapted into a Chinese movie.

This is also normal, after all, in the eyes of the vast majority of Chinese people, they look down on other countries, not to mention that American movies surpass other countries in the world in all aspects.

Zhao Yi didn't pay attention to it, this is only circulating among a small number of readers now, and it is not yet a best-seller.

Any negative marketing must have a professional team, unless Tang An adapts a very best-selling book in the United States, it will cause big trouble.

However, the matter did not calm down, and there were some unfavorable remarks on various forums and social networking sites in North America.

Today, dozens of book lovers holding banners came to the movie premiere to cause trouble.

Tang An listened to Zhao Yi with a cold face, and didn't speak, thinking about something.

Seeing Tang An's cold face, Zhao Yi thought that he had angered him by reporting good news or bad news, and hurriedly explained.

"Chairman, I originally thought that as long as the movie was successfully released, these original readers would subside after seeing such a wonderful adaptation of the movie, but I didn't expect that there would be a group of book fans to protest. ”

"Alright, let's not talk about anything else. ”

Tang An waved his hand and asked, "This is obviously premeditated, how can a mediocre e-book have seventy or eighty readers come to the cinema on Friday night to make trouble." ”

Zhao Yi exclaimed, "Chairman, do you mean that there is someone behind it?"

Then there was the saying, "Could it be Sony and Columbia?"

"Unlikely. ”

Tang An shook his head, "Sony is just targeting "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins", and Colombia will not attack me because it did not continue to cooperate." ”

This release did not continue to look for Columbia, not because Wendy Dun came to him personally.

It's just that Wendy Deng promised to open more than 2,000 theaters on the first day, no less than 15 million publicity and distribution costs, and only 8% of the distribution share.

The price could not be refused, and Columbia could only give the first condition, the budget for the publicity cost was reduced by $3 million, and the distribution share was only reduced from 12% to 10% of "Edge of Tomorrow".

Two companies of similar strength will undoubtedly choose 20th Century Fox.

Tang An then asked, "Are there any other movies that have been released in the near future by 20th Century Fox?"

"Yes, "My Family Bought a Zoo" and "Rat Treasure 3" are still being released, and there were still more than 10 million box office points last week. Zhao Yi immediately replied.

Then he seemed to suddenly remember something, and suddenly said, "Chairman, I know, the vice president of Fox Global Cinema Distribution I met in the morning has a better relationship with Wendy Deng, and the producer of the two films "My Family Bought a Zoo" and "Rat Treasure 3" is closer to another vice president. ”

"Some time ago, I happened to hear that there was a big disagreement within 20th Century Fox about the distribution of the three films, and the distribution contract of our "The Martian" encountered a lot of resistance within Fox at the beginning, if it weren't for Wendy Dun's support and Murdoch's support, he might not have gotten such good terms. ”

After listening to Zhao Yi, Tang An rubbed his head.

There are many factions within large companies, and they are tilting against each other.

Three films were released at the same time, and everyone wanted to get more resources.

It is basically certain that the other party did it, and if "The Martian" loses at the box office, the other two movies are the most direct beneficiaries.

Tang An learned about the situation of the two movies again, "Rat Treasure 3" is a series, which has been released for 21 days and has a box office of more than 100 million.

However, the production cost of this film is 75 million US dollars, and the North American box office needs at least 150 million to be able to pay off.

Overseas is similar, only more than 120 million US dollars, which is a bit worse than the previous two global results of 3.8 and 440 million.

"My Family Bought a Zoo" was released for 14 days, with a box office of $47 million in North America and 25 million overseas.

Compared with the cost of only $15 million, this film is a big profit, and the two protagonists Matt Damon and Scarlett John are also in the limelight.

After learning about the opponent's information, seeing that the time was almost up, Tang An let the convoy drive to the gate of the theater.

As soon as the group of people holding banners and signs at the door and the reporter saw the car coming, they immediately knew that it was probably the main owner who was coming, and they all crowded over one by one.

After the bodyguards in the front and back cars got out of the car, and the security guards of the theater also helped to separate a road, the car door was opened from the outside.

After straightening his clothes, Tang An got out of the car with the crew in the face of flashing lights and noises.