"Rich and rich, tasteful and fresh, this white wine is not bad together, but it would be nice if it could be made more supple and varied. ”

Zhang Chu put down the goblet in his hand, as if he was a wine critic.

I'm not familiar with New Zealand at all, but when I put it in my mouth, I know all the ingredients in it.

Sun Ruiqi quipped, "When did you become a wine lover?"

"Just the other day, I finally understood the beauty of wine. Next time, I'll buy a few pounds of grapes at the market, and I'll call you to drink them. ”

In fact, in his previous life, his mother Chu Lan had made wine by herself, and I don't know who said that wine can soften cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, but the brewing method is very simple and the taste is not good.

It's impossible to start a winery, but it's good to find another hobby in addition to writing a book.

They circled around the North Island of New Zealand and then returned to Auckland, not to the South Island due to time constraints, and Zhang Chu was on a plane to Los Angeles in a few hours.

The nature of this small country is superb, and the Maori culture and so on are fascinating.

There is no banquet in the world, and after playing here for a week, everyone is actually a little tired, and often sits in the car and runs around.

This meal is a farewell banquet, and the next goodbye is the start of the new semester, and everyone's mood is very high.

An Mi raised his glass and said: "Let's thank Zhang Chu Tuhao for taking us to eat and drink spicy, this time I have a lot of fun with everyone, my mobile phone memory is full, only keep putting it in the network disk." ”

"You should stay in Hollywood for two more days, if only you could bring back the samples of "The Da Vinci Code" and "Life of Pi" and watch it with us, I think your book is good now, and the movie adaptation is very good!"

Zhang Chu shook his head and said: "That's definitely not good, the secrecy measures for Hollywood movies at this level must be very high, and the most feared thing is to leak in advance, and many blockbusters have suffered because of early leaks." ”

What's more, this trip to Hollywood has no time to go to Warner Bros. and Disney Pictures, a total of one and a half days, how can I have time to go to the movies!

"Okay, let's wait until it's officially released. ”

"If you really want to see it, I'll try to get a few tickets for the advance show or the media show, but it's probably in the second half of the year at the earliest. ”

"Life of Pi" has been decided to be released on Thanksgiving Day, but before that it will be unveiled at the Toronto Film Festival, and "Farewell My Concubine" will also be screened there.

However, the potential of the Chinese mainland film market is very large, and these film companies will not miss the publicity opportunity, and will definitely invite media reporters or cinema line managers to watch the film before the release, so as to strive for more films for themselves.

That's what Zhang Chu can do, and it's not a big problem to ask for a few tickets for a screening of hundreds of people.

Anmi was holding the lobster leg and breaking it hard, and replied, "Yes, yes, we will turn into a little horn to help you publicize the propaganda at that time." I don't know if the box office of those two movies is as high as "Farewell My Concubine" and "Ghost Blowing the Lamp"!"

""Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is now 2.3 billion, which is definitely not able to catch up. But if the quality is good, there is still a certain possibility of breaking 1 billion. Zhang Chu said very rationally, he was not ambitious, but combined with the current situation.

The story and visual effects of "Youth Pi" are very good, and there is also the addition of director Li Yu and Zhang Chu, the original author, and audiences in the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan should buy it.

The production cost is $120 million, and theoretically the box office is three times the cost to pay for itself, but in addition to the production cost, there is also the cost of publicity, which is usually the same scale as the production cost.

Don't think that there is no money for publicity and distribution, the advertisements on YouTube, the posters put up in various theaters, and even the necessary copies for the screenings in various theaters also need money.

There is a clause in the copyright transfer agreement signed between Zhang Chu and Warner Bros. about the dividends of "Youth Pi", if the global box office exceeds 500 million US dollars, then he will have to take 1% of the global box office dividends, otherwise it will only be 0.5%!

This agreement was signed a little early, and it was completely bullying Zhang Chu at that time who didn't have any fame in the world and didn't have any experience, so he had this thing.

Now Zhang Chu's contract with Universal Pictures for "The Lord of the Rings" and Disney for "The Da Vinci Code" has no rules about the box office at all, and no matter how much the box office is, at least 5% of the dividends must be given.

Where is 1% and 0.5% so small!

People go to higher places, and only when they get better and better, these capitalists will pay more attention.

However, the reason why the latter two films were signed on such favorable terms was that "Life of Pi" also made great contributions, at least opening up his popularity among several major Hollywood film companies.

One step at a time, steady and steady.

After having lunch with these friends, Koeman took him to the airport, and Anmi and the others had to fly at 8 p.m., and they could walk around the city and buy some New Zealand specialties or something.

was originally full of people, but now only Zhang Chu and Koman are left, and they are still a little unaccustomed at first glance.

"Goodbye Mr. Zhang, it's a pleasure to be your tour guide. I have a small request, can you help me sign the book Life of Pi? My son loves the story you wrote, and he feels that the book has opened his eyes to the existence of God. ”

In the parking area, Coman nervously took a book from the front of the passenger seat.

Zhang Chu readily agreed: "No problem, write in Chinese or English?"

"Both languages are available, and our family usually communicates in two languages. ”

Many children see "Life of Pi" as Robinson Crusoe, and this story is obviously much more interesting than Robinson, with the tiger, how cool!

Zhang Chu returned the physical book with the blessing to Koman, stretched out his hand and shook it with him, and then said solemnly: "Thank you for taking care of you this week, you are a very good tour guide, but your work is not over yet, don't forget to send my friends to the airport on time tonight." ”

"Of course, that's what I'm supposed to do!"

"Goodbye! I'll be looking for you next time I'll be back in New Zealand when I have time, but next time I'll have to visit the South Island." ”

Opening the car door and walking down, Zhang Chu pushed his suitcase and followed the rest of the passengers into the airport hall, and his trip to New Zealand came to an end.

But this obviously won't be the last time he will come here, yesterday he had already entrusted a real estate agent to negotiate with the Alexander family about the sale price of the ranch, as long as it doesn't overprice, he is willing to take over!

My backyard is Hobbiton, and I think it's good just to think about it.

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It took a lot of time to clean up the house today, and tomorrow the update of the 400 monthly pass will be added, if you give a little more effort, maybe even 500 votes plus more will have to be made together.