Tom Kimmer is a reporter for The Hollywood Reporter and a man who has always prided himself on Hollywood blockbusters dominating the global film market. There has always been a stereotypical prejudice against the sudden rise of Chinese film special effects blockbusters, or the oriental fantasy blockbusters shot by this young director named Lu Lin.

I prefer that a lot of Americans come to cheer on him, which really makes him angry. Especially interviewing several live audience members and listening to their various compliments, Tom Kimir was about to explode, and he couldn't wait to drop the microphone in the face of the black guy just now. And squeezing in front of Lu Lin, listening to his confidence in the box office performance of "Lich War" made him even more angry.

"Mr. Lu Lin, in North America, where special effects blockbusters have been popular for decades, are you a little overconfident in the box office performance of "Lich War"?" asked Tom Kiemir.

Everyone felt the unfriendliness in his words, but most of them showed a playful smile to see how Lu Lin responded.

"The belief that 'Clash of the Lich' will win the championship in the first weekend is not overconfidence, but a conclusion based on a variety of factors such as special effects, storyline, distribution partners, and publicity efforts......"

In fact, Lu Lin didn't particularly care about whether he could win the championship in the first weekend of the North American market. He cares about the total box office revenue in the North American market and how much money he has in his hands, not some inconsequential fame.

After all, North America is not the home of the mainland, and even if he achieves more, the arrogant Yankees will not be proud of him. If you win the annual box office champion in North America, maybe a lot of black fans will emerge and call for a boycott of Lu Lin's works!

But when the premiere is promoted, you have to say more, if you don't even have this confidence, how can the audience have confidence in your movie!

As a result, the representative of Universal said in an interview with reporters that "Despicable Me 3" is a family blockbuster with a wide audience and is confident that it will win the first weekend. Sony, the producer of "Auto Theft", also said this way, confident of winning the championship, not necessarily winning the championship.

After all, it's not their own premiere, everyone is a person with a head and a face, and they have to give each other a little face.

Tom Kimir was very unhappy, thinking about Longlin Pictures' films, which had also won the North American box office weekly championship before, he said: "Since Mr. Lu Lin is so optimistic about his work, why not say that this "Lich War" can win this year's North American summer championship?"

Lu Lin thought for a while and said with a smile: "This year's North American summer blockbusters are gathered, and there are countless good films. "Lich War", as a blockbuster film released in the summer, of course, also has the idea and strength to win the championship. As for who the flowers will be, it depends on the audience's choice!"

The Chinese audience accounted for more than half of the audience, and some of them heard Lu Lin's answer and applauded loudly: "Okay, Director Lu Lin, we support you!" A middle-aged Chinese said loudly.

"Director Lu Lin, your work is very good, you must win the summer championship, love you!" a white girl shouted loudly in English, and many viewers shouted for support at the scene for a while.

Warner's top management was overjoyed to see the audience behave like this. Tom Kimmer looked ugly, and secretly said in his heart: "Warner, these bastards, are simply Hollywood sinners! No, when I go back, I must lash out about this matter, and then let that guy's film be released in North America so easily, and it will damage the entire Hollywood." ”

At the end of the final interview session, Tom Kimir hurriedly left the TCL China Grand Theater and returned to the company to write.

Warner's Richard Fox said to Lu Lin: "That person is from "Hollywood Reporter", and he seems to be a little prejudiced against you, and he won't say anything good about tomorrow's draft!"

Lu Lin laughed and said: "It's okay, even in China, there are many media scolding me, let alone in your United States! Besides, I care about box office performance, if I really win the first weekend championship, or the summer championship, wouldn't it be the most powerful response?"

Fox said in his heart, "Summer champion, I'm still looking forward to Wonder Woman winning this award!" smiled and said, "Good idea!"

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There were only three premieres of "Lich War", Chinese mainland, Tokyo and Los Angeles. As for the rest of the world, it depends on the accumulation of past fame and intensive publicity within a month before the screening.

So Hollywood is the last stop, and after the premiere, Lu Lin and Jing Yan were not in a hurry to return to China. Liu Ye, Zhou Zhaolong, Zhao Liying, Fat Di and others went back first because of the tight schedule.

In the executive suite arranged by Warners, Jing sat on the sofa in front of the large floor-to-ceiling windows, flipped through the tablet in his hand, and read the Hollywood media's evaluation of "The Lich War".

"Hey, guess what they say?" said the young lady with a sweet smile.

"Besides that, the Hollywood Reporter should still be a good review, right?"

"How do you know?"

"You're laughing like that, do you still have to guess?"

Lu Lin smiled indifferently, sat down next to Jing Yan, and glanced at the tablet, but it was the manuscript of the Los Angeles Times. The newspaper is the largest folio newspaper in the western United States, and its influence and status are second only to the New York Times and the Washington Post, and it is known as the third largest newspaper in the United States.

And this newspaper has a lot of praise for "Lich War". It is mainly said that the imagination of the film is peculiar, the scenes are grand, the special effects are exquisite, and the emotional scenes are just right without dominating the guests.

At the end, he warned the six major Hollywood film companies, to the effect that the rapid growth of the film market in Chinese mainland has given birth to film companies comparable to the six major Hollywood films such as Longlin Pictures, and since the beginning of this year, there have been "The Wandering Earth" all over the world, and "Lich War" such as "Lich War" can be called the pinnacle of special effects, and the performance of the blockbusters of the six major companies in the summer file this year is lower than expected, beware of being won by the Chinese in the summer file!"

"Hey, I've just read several copies, and that's basically what they say. You say, will you really win the summer champion?" Jing Yan looked very curious and longing.

Lu Lin fell into thought, started the "super micro computer", and checked the data of the North American film market for 17 years, and the summer champion is "Wonder Woman" 409 million, and it is very possible to win the championship beyond this data.

It was the honor of the year crown that made him very excited, because "Wonder Woman" ranked third, and the second place was "Beauty and the Beast", 504 million. And the first is Star Wars: The Last Jedi, 620 million.

That's a bit of a challenge for Clash of the Lich, but it's not impossible.

Do you want to stop discussing with Warner and increase marketing expenses?

Lu Lin fell into deep thought!