Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Box Office Is Hot
In the early morning at Malibu Beach, Chi Mingzhe had already gotten up and started to run along the private beach, Christina was still sleeping soundly in the bedroom, her plump body was only on the quilt around her waist, her brows were slightly furrowed, and her face was tired and satisfied. Last night, she was conquered by Chi Mingzhe's wildness, and all kinds of unheard-of poses were forced by Chi Mingzhe, at first she felt novel, and then she felt a little pain and torture.
"Huh...... Ha ......"
Chi Mingzhe stood up on the lawn in front of the house, stretched out his hand and raised his legs, his body moved and turned, and from time to time he quickly punched from various tricky angles, which was the army fighting technique he learned from Zheng Zexun and Jin Zaiyong, and he often practiced so his physical quality was greatly improved compared to before. In front of the large bay window of the bedroom on the second floor, Christina Aguilera has already gotten up, she is standing in front of the window wrapped in a bath towel and watching Ji Mingzhe who is practicing boxing, her long wet chestnut hair is sticking to her plump chest, and there are still traces of water.
After 20 minutes of activity, Ji Mingzhe turned his head to find her standing at the window, waved at her, turned and walked into the hall.
"Why don't you sleep a little longer, huh!" Ji Mingzhe hugged Christina's body, kissed her on the lips, and then pouted on her breasts.
"No, William, there's something to do in the morning. Send me back later!" She hugged Ji Mingzhe's waist and looked him in the eye.
"You're so strong, William!"
"Don't you like it, baby!" Ji Mingzhe ripped off the bath towel and hugged her body.
"What are you going to do?......"
"Keep exercising, baby!"
"Oh my God, weren't you enough last night?......" Ji Mingzhe pressed down on the bed again, and then he poked his head down.
"Hmm...... William...... "Christina grabbed Ji Mingzhe's hair with one hand and the sheets tightly.
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"Goodbye, baby, call me if you have something. â
"Got it, honey!"
Ji Mingzhe kissed Christina on the cheek and watched her get out of the car and walk into her villa, although she didn't come out of the wall, but her steps were a little staggering.
This is just a dewy relationship, both parties are very clear, Chi Mingzhe has no commitments, Christina has no requirements, it seems to be just a "gunner" relationship, but one day if she really needs help, Chi Mingzhe will not hesitate to take action, this is his code of conduct. Ferrari roared away from this villa area on the outskirts of Los Angeles.
After the premiere, "The Mechanic" began to be released in theaters across the United States, with 1,900 screens provided by major theaters, and the film reached $21.6 million in the first week of opening, and $24.5 million in the second week. In the third week, it reached a box office score of 39.4 million US dollars, and there is no suspense that the box office will exceed 100 million. This made those Hollywood film companies look at Chi Mingzhe with admiration, it seems that this kid is not only lucky and hype, but also has a hand in making movies. The film has been released worldwide at this time, and it is also quite popular in the Asia-Pacific region, especially in South Korea, where Ji Mingzhe's fans and fans have given great support.
"Oba's movie is so good! Jason Statham is a good man, and we Korean actors are actually making movies in Hollywood! It's amazing! I love them to death!!......"
"It's really a pure man's movie, the action is smooth and sharp, and I like the shooting style of our director Chi Da. And Jason Statham is really sharp......"
"Haha! It's worthy of Chi Mingzhexi, I watched this film twice, especially the ending, it's too unexpected. Support ......"
These are the comments of fans on major Korean websites, and as a result, most of them are entering the theater. This made the South Korean side reach 3.81 million moviegoers in the first week, which made distributors such as Warner and Fox happy, but it also made those Korean local directors extremely depressed, shaking their heads and sighing, because the movies released in South Korea during the same period were not satisfactory at the box office. Hwang Jung-min and Cheon Ho-jin, who participated in the filming of "The Mechanic", also became famous because of this, and won the popularity of many Korean fans, and seemed to be promoted to first-class movie stars overnight. Those film actors in South Korea are also very envious and jealous, thinking that it is because of Ji Mingzhe that Hwang Jung-min and Cheon Ho-jin can enter Hollywood to make movies, so they are looking forward to the opportunity to meet Ji Mingzhe, in order to gain his appreciation, and even many actors and actresses are asking whether Skyrim Film and Television needs to sign actors.
"The whole film is compact...... THE FILM "MECHANIC" IS A TRANSLATION OF THE ORIGINAL TITLE "THEMECHANIC", AND THE SYMBOLISM EXPLAINS THE THEMES EXPRESSED IN THE FILM AND THE STORIES DEPICTED. Literally coldly and accurately shaped the world of killers. In the inner world of the killer has also been dug deeply...... "----Los Angeles Times
ââŚâŚ Commenting on blood, violence, and personal heroism have become the key words of "The Mechanic", as a typical Hollywood shootout film, the storyline of "The Mechanic" does not have much novelty, but the details are quite real...... ---- New York Daily News
"......The Machinist" is a vivid stick figure, concise and clear, without superfluous colors...... "---- avant-garde."
These are reviews of the film in the American media, while there is also a large area of coverage in the Korean media.
ââŚâŚ The first few scenes are great, and action movies should get straight to the point...... I, the director of the Republic of Korea, Ji ......" - Chosun Ilbo
ââŚâŚ This is my Korean director in the international ...... Another great victory......" - JoongAng Ilbo
"I, the world-class director of the Republic of Korea, Ji Myung-cheolxi...... Supreme Glory...... Once again, the box office ...... ...... with honor"--Korean National News,
But none of the above is as hot as the sales of Chi Mingzhe's personal mini album, originally Chi Mingzhe just wanted to release a single disc, but Williams not only included "low" in this record, but also included the song "NegativeThings" that Chi Mingzhe had planned to use as the theme song of the movie, so he simply added a Korean song of "One Minute and One Second" by Chi Mingzhe, and as a result, Chi Mingzhe simply wrote three more songs to make up this mini album, and the song added after it was Chinese's " The Night I Miss You", a song in Japanese "BeautifulEyes" and "Letmeloveyou".
The mini-album caused a huge sensation in the market when it was released, the album was priced at $21 and sold 3.7 million copies in the first week in the United States alone, which stunned the media, and then after increasing the publicity, sales continued to rise, reaching 19.8 million copies worldwide after being released in Europe and Asia. Both the company and Chi are excited.
The song "low" has been widely loved and sought after by fans since it was uploaded by Ji Myung-cheol, and has reached the top of the Billboard singles chart and Billboard 200, but it has not come down yet. And now "low" and the other two English songs in the album began to take turns, so that the three songs in his album dominated the top three on the list, so that all singers and musicians saw his strong musical strength, in addition to the three English songs in the album, the Chinese song is also popular in the Chinese-speaking area of Asia, a Korean can sing such a beautiful Chinese song is really amazing and loved. As for the Japanese song, it also made those girls in Japan fan Chi Mingzhe, not only is he handsome and young, but also his status as a Hollywood movie director has made these Japanese fans almost obsessed.
Although Chi Mingzhe himself is not in South Korea now, who made the construction in front of his company look like a leisure square!
At this time, the acquisition group of Ji Mingzhe in South Korea had intensive contact and discussion with the shareholders of SBS TV on the issue of SBS TV, and under the promotion of relevant departments of the South Korean government and the attention of Mason, the American ambassador, the acquisition agreement was quickly reached, and the total purchase price of 1.6 billion US dollars was approved by Ji Mingzhe without hesitation, and SBS finally fell into his hands. The signing ceremony was completed under the auspices of Lim Sung-moon, president of Skyline Media Group, and Lee Byung-jeong, the former president of SBS, had already called Ji Myung-cheol to show his loyalty and was immediately retained. The acquisition has also attracted great attention from all sides in South Korea, and now Ji Mingzhe's status in the eyes of some people in South Korea can be equal to them.
"I didn't expect it! He developed so fast, I really can't understand it! The future is terrifying......" There was a burst of exclamation from a luxurious office at Samsung's headquarters.
"Father, could it be that there is some organization or group behind him that supports him? Otherwise, how could he be so rich?" Lee Jae-yong and Lee Bo-jin sat on the sofa and looked at Lee Kun-hee.
"Whether or not he is qualified to be on an equal footing with us again, it seems that the rumor that he has a good relationship with US President George W. Bush should not be false, otherwise how did the ambassador named Mason come about? In the future, we must be more cautious in our relations with him, and we must still have the respect we deserve. â
"But ......," Lee Jae-yong was about to speak when he was interrupted by a wave of Lee Kun-hee.
"Don't look down on him, although he was born poor, but your grandfather was also born as a civilian, and how much hard work and struggle has made us Samsung today. This kid was born to be the founder of that kind of family. â
"How can he compare with his grandfather? Maybe none of this money is his own?" Li Fuzhen's extraordinary background made her feel a kind of arrogance, and now her father's words made her a little difficult to accept.
"Hmph, do you know? I learned through my personal connections that he still has $12 billion in deposits at Citibank in the United States, and although our Samsung has huge assets, how much property does it belong to our own family?" said Li Jianxi very sternly as he looked at his children in front of him.
"What......? Is this true?" both Lee Jae-yong and Lee Fu-jin were shocked.
In 2010, according to the Forbes rankings, Lee Kun-hee's personal assets ranked first in South Korea with more than $8 billion, and now Ji Myung-cheol has more than $10 billion in cash, which shocked Lee Kun-hee, who found out the news.
"Also...... Other words...... This Ji Mingzhe is now the richest person in South Korea?" Li Fuzhen's voice trembled a little, in her cognition, her family is the first family in South Korea, and who else can compare with her wealth, except for a Hyundai Group, but now Ji Mingzhe's assets make her frightened, it is cash! If he wants to launch a hostile takeover of his family?...... She didn't dare to think about it anymore.
"If this girl Yunxin can be with him, with his connections and wealth in the United States, this will be of great help to our family!" Lee Kun-hee touched his gray hair and sighed, Lee Fu-jin and Lee Jae-yong were silent and did not speak.
At this time, similar conversations appeared in many large families and conglomerates in South Korea, although SBS is a private TV station, but it is still very difficult to acquire, but this time Ji Mingzhe can be very smooth lĂŹ's wholly-owned acquisition, which not only requires considerable financial resources, but also has a strong political impetus, his American background and Ambassador to South Korea Mason seems to be a good endorsement.
Ji Mingzhe, who was sitting on a special plane to New York, would have laughed if he knew what these people were thinking, but he was still on the right move to promote Mason to become ambassador to South Korea, and now he is rushing to New York to make peace with his good friend Martin, "911" is coming, in the eyes of others this is a disaster, but in his eyes this is just a gluttonous feast of financial speculation.