From the beginning of the project of "Changing Face", there has been a lot of uproar because of the sky-high script fees, and it is probably difficult to find a script that is more expensive than the script fee of "Changing Face" throughout China.

Some media even joked that "Changing Face" was actually Tianhua who spent a lot of money and then found someone to work for Lin Xiao to make money.

In fact, this is really not nonsense, Yao Ding didn't plan to make money in "Changing Face" in order to ask for a script from Lin Xiao, because for Tianhua, he needed a work too much to give the market confidence.

As for how much money to make, it is secondary, and it is also to make Lin Xiao more dedicated, after all, Yao Ding at that time couldn't afford to lose, and Lin Xiao couldn't afford to lose either, because the higher the price, the greater the risk.

Originally, there were many people waiting to see the joke and see how Tianhua was a loser.

Wu Wenlong, as Yao Ding's successor, has extremely complicated feelings about the film "Changing Face", if this film is a big hit, it shows that Yao Ding's vision was unique at the beginning.

He Wu Wenlong is a little embarrassed, but when it comes to hundreds of millions of investments, it is impossible for him, as the CEO of Tianhua Pictures, to really hope that this film will fail, because, if it fails, Yao Ding has already left, so this pot can only be carried by him Wu Wenlong.

And the key is that although he took office as a new official and directly adjusted the existing layout and strategy of Tianhua Pictures, making Tianhua's performance look a lot better, it does not mean that everyone supports it, in fact, there are many people who oppose it, why?

Because what is Tianhua Pictures? It is a film and television company under Tianhua Group, backed by Tianhua Cinema Line, which is also one of the top ten in the country, and even has to hit the giants of the five major cinema chains in the country.

Therefore, Tianhua also needs a big production, and it is a successful big production, and Wu Wenlong also needs it, so "Changing Face" has become the key.

As for Lin Xiao, of course he also hopes that this film will sell well, after all, it is about his reputation and interests.

And Yao Ding is probably the one with the most complicated feelings.

Why do you say that? Because, so far, he still doesn't feel that there is anything wrong with him doing this, and before that, Wu Wenlong actually wanted to re-sign the agreement with Lin Xiao, which made Yao Ding feel unhappy, not to mention how unhappy he was, but Lin Xiao did even more desperately, and directly let Yao Ding talk.

Then the scene was even more awkward.

It was Yao Ding who talked about this condition at the beginning, and now the person who is talking to Wu Wenlong is Yao Ding, the key is that Yao Ding's identity is different at this moment.

The reason why he is in a complicated mood is that Yao Ding is actually very optimistic about "Changing Face", if he was the president of Lingxiao Pavilion at that time, then he would not let Lin Xiao sell the script at that time.

However, now, Ling Xiao Pavilion is not short of a "Changing Face", because "Kung Fu Panda" Ling Xiao Ge has expanded an overseas channel.

Dick Group and Sky Court can be said to be in the honeymoon period of cooperation.

In particular, "Kung Fu Panda" made Ling Xiaoge make a lot of money, and at the same time, it also made Dick Group make a lot of money, which made many Hollywood giants blush.

An animated work, a successful animated work, and a blockbuster animated movie, the benefits that can be generated are definitely greater than those of live-action movies.

But the big hit animated movie, that is really hard to find, and the animated movie, in fact, the cost of money and time are too high, so that the risk will naturally increase.

"Changing Face" completed its premiere with different thoughts.

The word-of-mouth of the screening of "Changing Face" is very good, of course, in the past few years, except for some films that are really bad to the extreme, the word-of-mouth of the screening is still good.

Of course, the premise is that the money is in place.

Tianhua has hundreds of millions of dollars, so naturally he will not be stingy with such a little public relations fee.

In fact, even so, the circle is generally not optimistic about "Changing Face", even with Lin Xiao's aura.

Why? Because, since the rise of the co-production model, there has really not been a single co-production that has achieved any good results.

And the word-of-mouth of this kind of blockbuster, hehe, those film critics, as long as the money is in place, can the word-of-mouth be good?

Even if there are really a few more disciplined ones, a public relations may not necessarily give praise, but at least it can shut them up.

Therefore, the word-of-mouth of small-scale film critics and media really can't say anything.

Maybe some people will ask, so why was "Those Years" screened in the first place?

Those are completely two concepts, because "Those Years" is a large-scale screening, corresponding to a certain age group of moviegoers, and the word-of-mouth at that time, although it cannot be equal to the public's word-of-mouth, can more or less represent the perception of people of this age.

So it really depends on the word-of-mouth after the large-scale release.

Lin Xiao has seen the sample film, and he is quite confident.

He can't guarantee the box office in North America, but it will definitely not be too low in China.

After all, all the elements that a movie should have, and the story is well told, so there shouldn't be any big problems.

The results also confirmed Lin Xiao's thoughts.

"Changing Face" was released on the first day in China and won a first-day box office of 168 million, which can be called the most co-production.

Yes, co-productions are often blockbusters, but they never get good results, which has to be said to be an extremely embarrassing thing.

Because, many co-productions have great ambitions from the beginning, and they want to please not only Eastern audiences but also Western audiences, but they often can't take care of both, but they are not people inside and out.

The domestic audience will feel that this is completely to please foreigners, and the foreign audience thinks what kind of thing is this.

Don't think that Chinese people are not xenophobic, you make a co-production, who will be the villain? If the big star of the Chinese people is the villain, the Chinese audience will definitely scold, you are so admiring and flattering to this extent.

But if the Chinese are the protagonists, and the crooked nuts are the villains, it doesn't seem to work, it's not that no one has tried this, in the early years, there were Chinese and foreign stars who defeated the boss together, well, even monsters appeared, but the result was still not good.

But "Changing Face" is different, because this film itself is a reversal of the positive and negative sides, you have me, I have you, the key is that the plot is exciting enough, and there is no too obvious bias.

Therefore, this time the Chinese audience was satisfied, and the reputation of "Changing Face" in China was very good, and even under Tianhua's public relations, it was shouted out as the best co-production film of all time.

The box office is naturally rising.

In North America, after its release, the box office in the first weekend was 32 million, although it cannot be compared with "Kung Fu Panda", but it is definitely the best box office co-production in North America.

Lin Xiao naturally made a lot of money, but Wu Wenlong was not so happy, because "Changing Face" did not achieve Tianhua, but Lin Xiao.

No one thinks that the success of "Changing Face" is the reason for Tianhua, they only think that it is Lin Xiao's credit.

The face was taken away by Lin Xiao, and the agreement signed by Yao Ding and Lin Xiao made Tianhua and Wu Wenlong feel painful.