Chapter 54: There is still hope

Looking back suddenly, Li Qian suddenly found that he had come to the current time and space for more than nine years, and he had begun to enter the tenth year.

Looking back on the years I have traveled over, from the beginning I just wanted to "write songs" and make albums for people to make some money, and then suddenly became popular in the music circle because of Liao Liao, and then I started my own business, starting my own company, releasing records, making TV series, and making movies......

It's been more than nine years!

If you continue to live in another time and space, you will be fifty years old!

Half a hundred years of life, an old man!

If these nine years were spent in the original time and space, I don't know if I have the opportunity to direct independently? maybe, but at most it is a small-cost TV series, and it may be an online drama that is emerging at that time, and you don't have to think about it, the management will definitely stuff a group of people in, and how you want to direct it will not be up to you at all......

However, the money should have been made a little bit, and life should be quite nourishing.

Maybe they're married, or even have children.

In addition to spending a considerable part of the year busy with work, the rest of the time, with his wife and children, should be quite leisurely and comfortable.

And now?

Now he is the most popular person in the Chinese entertainment industry, a singer, rock lead singer and film director and film actor who has become well-known throughout the country and even in the world, and one of the famous super-rich people in China, with huge assets, and the Colombian acquisition case has even attracted the attention of the world.

Moreover, there are several wives and concubines around him, and he has enjoyed the blessings of all people. In addition, he even faces the temptation and seduction of various tricks every day.

In the eyes of outsiders, it should be extremely happy.

is simply the happiest man in China, the happiest man in the world, and it is estimated that they all have to be on the list!

But, busy!

Year after year, tired!

However, obedient and listening, I can feel that the spitting guy next door should be a clear-eyed person - at least he seems to understand what he has been doing all these years and what his thoughts are!

It's already a rarity!

In today's country, everyone just sees themselves making a popular film, making a lot of people popular, making a lot of money, and feeling that they are simply powerful in the entertainment industry!

Otherwise, they either make it a profession to report, track and fabricate their own gossip and scandals, in their statement, in addition to a wife and four concubines, they are now surrounded by lovers, and their illegitimate children are all strengthened, or they are specifically thinking about what they want to make, what this film has filmed, and what the next film will make, and then ...... Follow the trend to make money!

I don't know how many things like the "Red Empire" that the old man said over the years! It's just that the Chinese people really eat this set! Like "My Savage Girlfriend" became popular back then, countless small film companies followed the trend to shoot the "Savage" series, although it was impossible to invite Zhou Zhiyu and He Yingyu, but just find a little student and find a little Huadan to get together, and the story was made up, and it was named "My Girlfriend Savage".

Even the heroine of other people is called Ke Yingyu, and the word "Ke" is printed very small on the poster! What's even funnier is that a girl is also called He Yingyu because of her name, and her appearance is also passable, so she didn't learn to act for a day, and she actually became the heroine of a movie - because when it was released, people could openly play the brand starring "He Yingyu" in the movie theater!

What can you do?

Tell?

People aren't afraid of you at all!

The movie costs hundreds of thousands to one or two million, that is, a few weeks to a month of work, it will be filmed and cut and released, and the box office will sell for millions, and you will make a lot of money properly, you sue, people will accompany you to fight a lawsuit, the first instance, the second instance, the lawsuit lasted for a few years, the case was closed, the other party admitted that it had infringed on your certain commercial interests, and the court also sentenced the other party to pay you 3.5 million yuan, and then, without waiting for the compensation, the other party announced that it was bankrupt.

Even many times, behind the company that makes this kind of film, it is the theater side that is supporting it, and they don't even think about taking the film to other theaters for distribution, so they shoot it themselves, get a release permit, and then fill the screening hall in their own cinema during the off-season, which is simply profitable.

Moreover, that's a theater chain, that kind of company makes some blatantly infringing movies, you don't have to insist on suering, as soon as you sue, you will offend the theater chain to death!

Even in the past year or so, I am no longer afraid of offending anyone, even if it is a theater! But what should the other party do, your movie is here, and people release it, but the infringement continues to infringe, and the lawsuit should continue to be fought, and you can't do anything about it!

But fortunately, the law is getting better and better.

And in the past half a year, it is said that **** has begun to close up, out of a series of special care for Minghu culture, many of them are obviously some movies that follow the trend, from the beginning of the project shooting, **** will not give you permission to shoot, and naturally there are fewer companies that do this kind of thing.

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I don't know when, after the two brothers next door were full of wine and food, Kan Dashan finally ended, they settled the account and left, and Li Qian and Cheng Subian regained their quietness.

Cheng Suhua also deliberately poked his head out to look at the other party's back, and asked Li Qian with a smile, "So slap your ass hard, don't you solicit it?"

Li Qian smiled, "Talent may not be absent, but I think, isn't that a bit too shameless?"

He gestured, "If you pat my ass well, you will be recruited!"

Cheng Suwan covered his mouth and laughed.

After a meal, there was still half a bottle of red wine left.

Cheng Subei naturally noticed it a long time ago, and from the moment he heard the fierce conversation over there, Li Qian was a little distracted. At this time, after eating, shaking the red wine glass in her hand, she smiled and said: "You have heard what other people have said just now, you have done well enough! Moreover, their words actually prove that there are still people who can understand what you are doing, and there is no shortage of people in China who understand, right?"

Seeing Li Qian nodded, she smiled, "So, don't always be so stressed! You are always used to making the pressure on yourself so big, just like the burden of the rise of Chinese films, you have to count on you to pick it desperately! No, it really doesn't have to! There will be a lot of smart and discerning people who will stand up behind you one after another to help you share your pressure! And you yourself should also learn to relieve pressure for yourself!"

"What needs to be done, of course, must be done. But it doesn't have to be rushed, right?"

Li Qian nodded, picked up the wine glass, and touched her.

Actually, it's a coincidence.

I haven't seen him for more than two months, he especially misses Cheng Suhua, and finally has a meal together, he really doesn't want to spoil the atmosphere of this moment more than anyone else.

It's just that many of the other party's words, although they are unintentional words, but this feeling of suddenly meeting a bosom friend in a trance still made him suddenly touched a certain part of his heart.

So, subconsciously, I felt a little emotional, and even a little sighed.

At this time, putting down the wine glass, he took the initiative to change the topic, and was about to say something happy, so he said with a smile: "Zhou Baoshan has already gone to the United States to record a show, I think the publicity plan done there is quite good, I hope that Zhou Baoshan's cannon in the United States can really be fired! If this cannon goes off, maybe the worries of the two guys just now will not appear! The box office of "The Matrix" in North America can go up a lot!"

Cheng Subei laughed when he heard this, "Yes! Actually, you have been doing well enough!"

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The two hadn't seen each other for more than two months, and after dinner, they returned to Cheng Subottle's house, and after tossing for almost two hours, Cheng Subottle couldn't even move his little finger, and Li Qian was finally satisfied.

The two of them were finally able to snuggle up together and lie quietly for a while.

But even after entering the state of a sage, unconsciously, Li Qian couldn't help but think of the conversation between the two people just now - yes, the market in North America does need to be delivered slowly, one after another, in order to be slowly cultivated. It's like the original Hollywood blockbuster that conquered the world.

This process is not easy to evigate.

But...... If Zhou Baoshan's plan to show kung fu in the United States can really be successful, it is indeed as he said to Cheng Suhua, the box office of "The Matrix" is estimated to explode again!

How did The Matrix succeed in the history of another plane?

Frankly speaking, when the Wachowski brothers (sisters) filmed the first part of "The Matrix", they did not invest much, because they were not famous directors. Even in the promotion of the movie, it is difficult to say how effective it is!

But it's still red.

The first part got an astonishing $460 million at the global box office!

And when it came to the sequel "The Matrix 2: Reloaded", it far surpassed the first part, and won a global box office of 740 million US dollars in one fell swoop - you know, at the beginning of the 21st century in another time and space, China's film market is not too strong, and it can't contribute much to the box office!

So, why?

Why did it sell so much when it appeared, and why did the second part sell even more than the first?

In the first part, it lacked well-known directors, lacked heavy investment, in fact, the special effects pictures were also quite poorly made, and when it was released and listed, it was not too optimistic at first.

Even when it was the first part, the $460 million global box office in 1999 was already a bombardment! By the time the second part came out at the $740 million global box office, in the 2000s, Hollywood studios and studios were literally going to praise the Wachowski brothers (and sisters)!

Although in the future, in fact, the two of them (both of them) are getting more and more dead!

The first part suddenly became popular, and the second part far exceeded the box office of the first part, in Li Qian's view, there is actually only one reason: as a commercial film, it has almost achieved the best within the scope of possibility!

Top story, top brain, top production and shooting style.

Although the action design is hardly top-notch, it is definitely not a laggard.

The plot in the middle part drags on a little, but the rhythm of the storytelling is always on the line, so even if you are a little impatient, you will never give up and stop watching.

To say that it is insufficient, the biggest shortcoming of this movie is probably because the crew has no money, so they can't make particularly outstanding special effects - but it is enough.

And it's super topical.

Cool style, charming brain holes, full of metaphysical philosophy, refreshing bullet time.

And so on and so forth.

So why did the second part gross so much higher than the first?

You must know that in the history of Hollywood's series of films, the first one was a box office hit, so there was a second one, which is not uncommon, but the second part can surpass the first part, excluding the expansion of the overall market size over time, it is really not too much.

If there is, there must be special circumstances.

On the later popular "Fast and Furious" series, there is a big bull who expanded the expressiveness of the series in time when the series is about to fall into the deep valley, and as technology becomes more and more developed, it gives a better visual presentation, and so on.

And when it comes to the second part of "The Matrix", there is actually one reason: the first part is too successful and the reputation is too good, but in fact, when many viewers reacted, it was already offline, and everyone couldn't see it anymore, so when the level of its second part was not low, the box office exploded, far exceeding the first part!

In fact, if its first part was operated by a large company at the beginning, and the hardware configuration such as publicity and release was fully equipped, its box office potential would definitely be more than 460 million.

Because as a product that attracts people to go to the cinema to pay for tickets, it is really worth the ticket price, and it will attract many people to buy tickets again and again!

At this time and space, he personally created the first part of "The Matrix".

The preparation period was one year and three months, and all kinds of efforts were done to the extreme, and the special effects company was in-house, and within the scope of the needs of the script and story, it must have presented a top-notch effect.

In addition to the fact that the hero and heroine are Chinese, even if you look back at this work, you will feel that it is only better than the original, and there will never be anything worse.

Moreover, the market treatment of this version of "The Matrix" is beyond its reach in another time and space.

The distribution and publicity funds of 50 million US dollars in North America are handled by top companies like Columbia Pictures, and because it is the work of their own boss, they will definitely be very careful!

And on a global scale, its total distribution and publicity expenses will definitely exceed 100 million US dollars.

In North America, as a well-known figure, he has his own appeal, and in China, East Asia, and Southeast Asia, this appeal has even reached the top level, which is unparalleled! And even in Europe and other places, with a movie like "Red Sorghum" that won an award, with the lead singer of the four major beauty bands and the singer of the theme song of the 2002 World Cup, he also has an influence that ordinary directors can hardly achieve.

So, in fact, the bottleneck is this: the hero and heroine are oriental faces!

And the coping strategy and propaganda plan proposed by the United States are actually very right, so the next thing to do is to see Zhou Baoshan and see if the American audience is really as popular with Chinese kung fu as they have shown in the past!

However, Americans believe in the principle of the supremacy of strength, and this is certainly true!

So, Li Qian told himself again in his heart: There is still hope!

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Yesterday, many friends had a lot of opinions, and there were more good friends who gave the nickname "Water Cultivation", it is said that shouting a few more can dissipate gas and relieve fatigue and clear heat and detoxify? If you should raise it, you can give it up if you want to, and if you think it's happy, you can watch it, and if you're not happy, don't look at it, it's this reason, right?

If you really don't want to raise it and have to watch it, or you can call me "water and plough", maybe you can dissipate your anger?