Chapter 227: The Mysterious Guest at the Premiere
visited his daughter-in-law, and almost made another new scandal, Wu Xiang finally set off for the United States.
Why did you go to the United States?
Naturally, it was the American premiere of "No Thieves in the World", and this time it was Miramax that ran the film, and they were going to hold a premiere in the United States, a relatively grand premiere.
In the previous "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty", Mira Company tasted the sweetness, although the box office was not much, but the profit was not small, and the rental and sales of DVDs were very good, that is to say, it was very profitable, so this time, Mila Company was ready to make a bigger investment.
Let's not talk about the division, let's still arrange a large-scale film schedule, this time it is a 1500 screen, and then, it will be released in the summer, this is a very good schedule, and blockbusters are only gathered in this schedule.
However, in the face of Mira's optimism, Wu Xiang was conservative.
Don't forget, the screenwriter of the movie "No Thieves in the World" is still Feng Xiaogang, although Wu Xiang has made some modifications, but the overall style of this movie has not been adapted. And the style of Feng Xiaogang's movies is very regional, that is, in China, the box office in the north is good, and the box office in the south is poor.
Of course, Wu Xiang's version this time also performed very well in the south, especially in Hong Kong, which also got a box office of 27 million Hong Kong paper, which is rare in domestic films, after all, Andy has a lot of Hong Kong stars joining.
But what about in the United States?
Generally speaking, Feng Xiaogang's movies will be more street-hitting!
"Big Names" only had a box office of $800, and the films after that were not very good. The box office of "Night Banquet" is not very much, but "Assembly" was not released at all, but later many people praised it as a good movie on "Oil Turtle".
Anyway, Director Feng's work. In general, not quite to the tastes of the American audience. He himself once said, 'That "The King of Kung Fu", the plot itself has problems, but the result is so good at the box office in the United States, it's incredible.'" But when we make movies, we will definitely not lower our IQ to make such films. Although, we are also making commercial films. ’
That's what it means, isn't it? Wu Xiang doesn't remember very well, but Director Feng is very gentlemanly, which also gives Wu Xiang a warning.
Buyout!
Since your Mira company is so enthusiastic about this "No Thieves in the World". Then our Wu Xiang is not a grinder. If you want it, I'll give it to you, we won't be divided this time, what do you think?
Sounds good, with the successful experience of the previous movie, then this buyout doesn't seem to be a big problem.
So, Mira made an offer. $10 million to buy out the entire North American distribution rights of "No Thieves in the World". Includes post-production DVD and cable channel rights.
10 million US dollars, now this year is equivalent to 80 million RMB, this price is already very high, what more do we need a bicycle?
The 80 million is almost all Wu Xiang's, in Europe and the United States, Uncle Huang's Bayi Factory does not take a share, and Andy does not want it, because the price is that the distribution rights of Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia are theirs, and the other share is the actor, that is, Zhang Jingchu, but that contract is actually only limited to the domestic box office, foreign box office or something, Zhang Jingchu does not take a share.
This is not Wu Xiangkeng Zhang Jingchu, but everyone does this, even Hollywood is also signed like this, a commercial contract, especially movies and TV series that involve distribution in multiple places, their contracts are very detailed, and they are also very cumbersome, almost every region has to re-sign the contract, so there is no way to take all of them into account with one contract.
"Brother Xiangzi, you are making a lot of money again this time!" Regarding the issuance price of this buyout, Zhang Jingchu, who has always been very economically minded, naturally knew that Lu Dao was somewhat regretful, and she knew that when Lu Dao was talking about salary, he should have asked for more conditions.
"Hehe, I'm lucky, really lucky. Wu Xiang naturally prevaricated, "Let's walk the red carpet first, walk the red carpet."
For a premiere, naturally the director will not only be invited to come out, but all the handsome men and women in the film must be called.
Andy also attended, coming to the United States to attend the premiere of his film, which is also a very meaningful thing for him.
Of course, Sun Honglei, Huang Xiaoming, Yan Ni, Li Bingbing, and even Fan Wei, if they can be called, Wu Xiang will call them.
This is actually a kind of reward, that is, I Wu Xiang's salary, I can't give you the greatest satisfaction, but I let you all show your faces well, which is not bad, right?
At this point, Sun Honglei and Li Bingbing are actually very grateful to Wu Xiang, after all, going abroad this year is a great help to their reputation, and they are all stars on the rise.
This time, Mira's company is really generous, the premiere of "No Thieves in the World" was held at the famous Chinese Grand Theater in Los Angeles, and Mira also sold a pass with Wu Xiang, saying that there are surprises waiting for you.
As for what the surprise was, Wu Xiang really didn't know what to say, but he felt that the surprise was not too important, the important thing was that there were a lot of reporters here, and the domestic media also sent a lot of special reporters to get an exclusive report.
This entertainment industry, just don't be afraid of big things, the bigger the better, this time Wu Xiang can just take advantage of it.
"Director Wu Xiang, this "No Thieves in the World" has been released in the United States, which shows that the American market has been opened, so what is your next work?"
"The next movie is already finished, it's a ghost movie, oh, horror movie, and I'll meet fans soon. Wu Xiang didn't forget to make a fuss about this big event, and he was very straightforward in promoting the new film.
"Ah, it turned out to be a horror movie, this is really unexpected, it's unimaginable, director Wu Xiang, you will make a horror movie. "The reporter's performance is very real, because they really didn't expect Wu Xiang to dabble in this subject.
"This film is called "The Lonely Soul of the Black Building", and it is a work of my teacher. I remade it, and everyone understands why. I want to comfort my teacher in this way, and that's it. ”
"Oh~" Big news, proper big news!
The media reporters present were all happy, but what made them even happier was still to come.
"Zhang Ziyi! Zhang Ziyi is here!"
"Ahh......h
Fans attending the premiere let out exclamations, and sharp-eyed reporters have already rushed over to take pictures.
That's right, it's Zhang Ziyi!
"Why is she?" Wu Xiang was a little surprised, because he really didn't expect it. Mira's so-called surprise turned out to be Zhang Ziyi.
"Hey, when you see an old friend, you don't even say hello?"
Zhang Ziyi wore a very colored Chanel dress. She is even more beautiful and outstanding, and the beauty came one after another, and she made a joke when she walked in front of Wu Xiang.
"Hehe......" Wu Xiang smiled awkwardly. But his reaction was still quick. "You've become prettier, I almost didn't recognize you, yes, I didn't dare to say hello, for fear of a sudden beauty. ”
"Giggle...... Everyone loves to listen to compliments, especially when women are praised for being beautiful, and it is Wu Xiang who says it around the bush.
Click, click...... The flash flashed. It can definitely blind a certain eye of the legendary titanium alloy.
And Zhang Ziyi knows how to survive under the flash, and she walked to Wu Xiang's side. I didn't make any special movements, but there was a feeling of a bird being human.
There's no way, Wu Xiang is too tall, he is one meter eighty-seven, and his body is burly, these two people stand together, it really makes people feel, golden boy and jade girl, talented and beautiful......
Taking pictures, walking the red carpet, it didn't take long for it to end, Zhang Ziyi's appearance made Zhang Jingchu pout, mainly because this woman's aura really surpassed her, and Zhang Ziyi was so close to Wu Xiang, which made Zhang Jingchu feel very bad.
"Vixen!" Okay, these three words, Zhang Jingchu has been silently reciting in her heart.
The movie doesn't need to say anything, it hasn't been cut, it's just translated into American, and the jokes are somewhat reduced.
In fact, this is also an important reason why it is difficult for Feng Xiaogang's film to open up the situation with the US imperialists, if you don't translate, then most of the American people can't understand it, don't think that there are subtitles, more than 30% of Americans have barriers in reading and writing, and in fact the number is higher. And after the translation, a lot of jokes are actually gone, such as Uncle Li in this movie, how can American fans feel the many words he said, which are the words commonly used by agency leaders?
But Wu Xiang doesn't care much about all this now, he cares more about Zhang Ziyi.
"My appearance was unexpected, right?" Although it was rude, Zhang Ziyi still whispered to Wu Xiang while watching the movie.
"It was very unexpected. Wu Xiang told the truth.
"Then if it's so unexpected, after the premiere is over, don't you invite me to rub it?"
Zhang Ziyi's words, Wu Xiang heard it very clearly, this is an invitation to him, if this sentence is understood at this time as Zhang Ziyi, a female star, is hungry, then such a man is really destined to be lonely for a lifetime.
Do you say yes or no?
Wu Xiang thought about it for a while, and to be honest, it was really a little difficult to decide, so he made a joke.
"You're still a thief to me?"
"Puff ......" Zhang Ziyi was amused by Wu Xiang, "You guy is still like that, your skin is still so thick!"
"Thank you for the compliment. Wu Xiang said that it was better for him to be modest.
"Death!" As soon as this sentence came out, even Zhang Ziyi felt a little too much, this was obviously a ridicule between men and women in that relationship, and it seemed that it should not appear between her and Wu Xiang, but naturally, this was the case.
But after all, Zhang Ziyi has already experienced a lot of big scenes, so she immediately adjusted her tone and said, "I hope you can give me a suggestion, a drama has recently found me." ”
"Suggestions?"
Will Wu Xiang agree or not? (To be continued......
PS: The black car slept at more than 5 o'clock in the morning, and got up a little late, to be honest, although it promised to add more, but the black car actually recently coded the word more card, just listen to the words of the great god, Kawen is more code, naturally rushed through, but I don't seem to have the qualifications of the god, the more I want to multi-code, the more card, hey~ not much to say, the second chapter today, the third chapter in the evening, what the black car says to add more to everyone!