Chapter 1146: Looking for a Star
In August, Donn's "The Avengers" was announced.
The script and preliminary preparation of the film took a year, and the filming took another two years, which is a real slow work for a "fast gunner" like Donn.
In July next year, the film will be released!
At that time, it happened to be the node of New Global's IPO listing.
If nothing else, this Marvel masterpiece of heroes will help New Universal's stock price climb.
In August, this year's summer season is over.
There are as many as seven blockbusters that grossed more than $200 million in North America! And in the whole of last year, there were only seven films that grossed more than $200 million in North America.
The Hollywood market is getting bigger and better.
The box office accounts for only 20% of the film's revenue.
A 10% increase in the box office equates to a 50% increase in the total revenue of the film.
The situation is very good.
Congratulations.
The champions of the summer season in the past few years are all films under the New Globe Group.
This year, there has been a slight change.
George Lucas's Star Wars prequel trilogy, the last part of the trilogy, "Star Wars 3: Revenge of the Sith", unsurprisingly leads the summer file!
Among them, the North American box office is 380 million US dollars, and the global box office is 850 million US dollars!
It's a pity that it failed to reach the supernatural target of $1 billion.
Although New Global failed to take the lead, the second and third places did not run.
The runner-up in the summer file is Marvel's superhero movie "Iron Man"!
The film grossed $370 million in North America and $780 million worldwide!
This kind of data has really slapped those who were generally not optimistic about Robert Towne Jr. in the face.
The third place is "The Da Vinci Code" starring Tom Hanks. The film grossed $220 million in North America and $760 million worldwide. The overseas market is very powerful, mainly involving Christian secrets, with a wide range of audiences.
Next up is Spielberg's painstaking blockbuster "War of the Worlds." In this movie, Spielberg invited Tom Cruise, and it was for a $1 billion box office.
It's a pity that Tom is old, and the superstar era has passed.
The film grossed $230 million in North America and $590 million worldwide.
Next, "Wanted" grossed $240 million in North America and $470 million worldwide. "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" grossed $210 million in North America and $470 million worldwide. These are all films under the New Universal's banner.
It is worth mentioning that the action comedy "Hip Hop Agent" launched by Twentieth Century Fox has achieved good results, with a box office of $200 million in North America and $480 million worldwide.
And this film did not appear in the previous life!
Donn stole a lot of film projects that originally belonged to the Big Six in Hollywood, and as a result, they made a lot of "new films".
For this movie, Don made a special trip to find a copy and watched it in his own cinema.
Starring Samuel L. Jackson and James Franco, it is about two amateur hip-hop singers who inadvertently crash into a murder case during a bar show and become blamed for the murderer. Unfortunately, they didn't realize that it was a murder scene at the time, and reached out to touch a lot of things that shouldn't be touched, leaving fingerprints everywhere.
Fearing that they would be caught, they chose to flee.
While fleeing, look for the real culprit.
There are a lot of ridiculous farce stories happening in it.
The plot is rich and the content is interesting.
Not to mention, it's pretty good!
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After filming "The Avengers", Donn felt very relaxed.
In the summer, he went to Britain, Russia, China, South Korea and other countries, but he really couldn't find time to go to Japan.
It's a little cold to those cute girls in Japan.。
Now that the mission was complete, Don sent a plane to pick them up.
Don's industry in Japan is not small.
In addition to the 5 familiar faces of Yu Aoi, Masami Nagasawa, Nozomi Sasaki, Yui Shinheng and Maki Horikita, there are also 5 relatively new faces such as Yona Kojima, Yukari Sato, Minami Takahashi, Tomomi Itano and Atsuko Maeda.
They are all members of the AKB48 girl group.
However, AKB48 is about to make its official debut, and I am busy training at this time.
In the end, it was still Yu Aoi, Masami Nagasawa, Nozomi Sasaki, Yui Shinheng, and Maki Horikita who were taken to Los Angeles.
Naturally, I was very happy to see Donn.
They've been here a few times before.
But Don never took them out for a walk.
This time, they begged Don to take them around, especially the legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame.
This is the most famous symbol of Hollywood, and if you haven't been here, you won't be in Hollywood!
After some thought, Tang En decided to take them around.
But he is too windy to show his face openly.
I found a makeup artist and carried out a full range of transformations.
Wrinkles were drawn on the face, eyebrows were trimmed, nose was padded, eyes were covered with contact lenses, lips were pasted with a beard, and even the chin was decorated and raised.
Look in the mirror, well, a local tyrant who is alive!
It's like a different person.
"Well, that's good!
Don was in a good mood and set off with this group of chirping girls. The only thing that is unpleasant is that there is something on the face, which is very awkward.
When they arrived at the Avenue of Fame, Don took the girls out of the car, and they all cheered with joy.
Tang En hurriedly admonished: "All hand in hand, don't run around, there are a lot of scammers and traffickers here, and they are picking on Asians." In particular, don't touch the items of the surrounding merchants. ”
"Ah, why, don't you have to look at everything first?" Yui Aragaki wondered.
Donn pouted, "That's for the locals and Europeans. You ...... At first glance, it is Asians who come to travel, and the merchants pick you to slaughter it, and there will be forced to buy and sell. ”
Admonition to admonishment, it's so bustling here.
As Hollywood's most iconic street, it's full of variety.
Movie props, clothes, shoes, as well as movie-themed postcards, movie posters, and realistic Oscar statuettes, everything is available.
In addition to merchants, there are many entertainers on the roadside.
There are speed painters, there are street magic demonstrations, and all kinds of musicians.
"Oto-chan, who is he? Amazing, isn't he?" Yui Aragaki took Don's hand and saw a particularly talented singer singing.
After singing, there are still his albums sold.
Album!
It's not something that ordinary singers can come up with.
This must be a well-known singer!
"Don't!"
Tang En saw that Masami Nagasawa and Nozomi Sasaki were holding hands, and they had already walked over curiously, so he hurriedly stopped them.
Unexpectedly, it was still late.
I saw Masami Nagasawa curiously reached out to pick up the CD, and then the red-haired singer quickly took out a signature pen, wrote his name on the CD, and said: "$50!"
With Don, naturally there will be no shortage of money.
Nozomi Sasaki stupidly reached out and pulled out a $100 bill.
This kind of large-denomination banknote is rare in the United States.
The average American carries the maximum denomination of $20, and the rest are some coins. The U.S. has long since moved into cashless credit card spending.
The singer took the $100 bill, his eyes lit up, a self-evident smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, and he said quickly: "I don't have any change here...... Forget it, I'll sell you another album, my new release hasn't been released yet!"
After speaking, he quickly took out a CD album with different packaging from the pocket he was carrying on his waist, signed his name without saying anything, and handed it over.
Japanese society is sluggish and lacks vitality, and business promotions are very rigid, so Nozomi Sasaki has never seen such a scene?
After "buying" the album, Masami Nagasawa and Nozomi Sasaki ran back happily with a signed CD, and showed off to Don En: "Oudu-chan, look! It's a signed version!"
Don couldn't help but laugh, "You two ...... Know him?"
"I don't know, I think he's a great singer. Look, there's an album here!" Masami Nagasawa shook the CD in her hand triumphantly.
A singer who can release an album must be no different!
Tang En was speechless, and said helplessly: "Yami, this is the United States, not Japan!"
"What's wrong?" Masami Nagasawa saw that Tang En's expression was wrong, and the smile on his face retracted.
Nozomi Sasaki was also surprised, and said tentatively, "Is it easy to release an album in the United States?"
Don coughed lightly and said, "No, it's hard. ”
"Isn't that all there is to it?"
"The U.S. also protects intellectual property, but not as strongly as Japan. Just because there is no piracy in Japan does not mean that there is no piracy in the United States. ”
"Oh? Odu-chan, are you saying these two albums are pirated?"
Don shook his head, "First of all, the price of $50 is too high, and a normal music record, $20 is considered a high price." The cost of intellectual property rights in the United States is not as high as in Japan. Secondly, if you buy pirated copies...... That's all luck. ”
These Japanese girls have never seen this kind of world, this is a completely different society from Japan.
Yu Aoi was a little incredulous, "Piracy is lucky?"
"It seems to me that these two CDs are very likely to be empty. Do you know how much an empty dish costs? It won't cost more than 20 cents. ”
Masami Nagasawa and Nozomi Sasaki, who were holding the "album" in their hands, looked bitter.
How so?
"It's not a lie, I'm going to return it!" Masami Nagasawa stomped her foot angrily.
Tang En laughed and grabbed her little hand, "Okay, just eat a trench and grow wise, just teach a lesson in the future." It's not easy for people to cheat some money. ”
Masami Nagasawa and Nozomi Sasaki looked sickly, pouting their mouths.
Tang En pulled them one by one and said to everyone: "Let's go, let's go over there and find stars!"
"Celebrities, will celebrities come here?"
"No, it's on the ground. ”
"On the ground?"
The girls reacted immediately, and their interest was very high: "Okay!
The most important thing about the Walk of Fame is the stars of Hollywood stars framed in the ground.
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