Chapter 198: Preparations for the Great War
Suddenly, Wu Xiang went to the stage to tell his acceptance speech, of course, this is a collective award, the crew can come, it's okay, Wu Xiang didn't have any problems.
The key is that it was too unexpected, originally after the flight, Wu Xiang felt that the Golden Eagle Award was just a soy sauce, but he didn't expect to really give himself a grand prize.
It seems that this Golden Eagle belongs to the Emperor Yuan, as long as it is a good film, it will be good for you. The current Golden Eagle Award is in charge of the Mango Channel, this Mango Station has been booming in recent years, Director Ouyang is also a powerful person, Wu Xiang knew before he was reborn, yes, the scene of the Golden Eagle Award is very big, bigger than Feitian, such a big scene, naturally there are many reporters.
"Director Wu Xiang, how do you feel about this award?"
"Thank you, thank you leaders, thank you to my parents, thank you to the teachers and classmates of the film school...... Okay, Wu Xiang this guy did the acceptance speech he said before, because he didn't need to think about this speech.
But other reporters talk too much, they still want news.
"Director Wu Xiang, I heard that your new work "No Thieves in the World" is about to be released, and the release date seems to be very close to Director Feng's "Mobile Phone", will this affect the box office of the two films. ā
As soon as he heard this, Wu Xiang's mind finally cleared up, this is good, now is the time to talk about the new film, just to warm up.
"This matter of film scheduling is mainly a problem between the distributor and the theater chain, and there is nothing we can do about it. Wu Xiang first pushed his responsibility away, and then called Yu Dong to explain after saying this, and then, "However, our "There Are No Thieves in the World". I am absolutely confident. And don't forget, what kind of film did we win today? Bright Sword! Bright Sword, why don't we have a bright sword spirit? Even though the opponent is strong, we still dare to show the sword!"
After saying this, Wu Xiang also ended the interview, and the reporter over there was also satisfied, this news is too good.
There are not many people who came with Wu Xiang this time, Ning Hao, who is a photographer, is here, and there is no award for others to come, why do you come? So. Just a few people, Ning Hao, Teacher Li, Gao Yuanyuan, plus a few assistants. followed Wu Xiang to find a restaurant and celebrate.
"Hey, I'm cĒo!, it's so spicy!" Wu Xiang really tried the power of Hunan cuisine this time. Originally, I was in the impression. Sichuan food should be very spicy, yes, Wu Xiang, who has eaten Xiaosi Chuan many times, didn't care at first, but when he really ate it, he realized that he was wrong.
It turns out that Sichuan cuisine is just hemp!
"Ahem...... "Not only him, but Ning Hao coughed.
Never mind. It's so spicy, drink more!
"No, I can't stand it!" Halfway through the drink, Gao Yuanyuan was gone, and the man had been lying down for several times. Even if she drank less, she couldn't hold it anymore.
"Let's go!" Gao Yuanyuan pointed at Wu Xiang.
"Why are you going?" Wu Xiang was puzzled.
"I'll go get a drink and go somewhere else!"
"Why me?"
After Wu Xiang's words came out, the people on the table who hadn't drunk it all looked at him with a very strange look.
Is there anything wrong with this?
"No, I've drunk enough, I can't drink anything anymore, come on! That's all for today, go back to sleep!"
Wu Xiang is very faceless, that Gao Yuanyuan, that face......
"Wu Xiang! hum!" a nasal voice, and the door was slammed away.
Forget it, no matter, Wu Xiang calculated, if there is another scandal, then I don't know how to die when I go back, let's not provoke others.
Under the very puzzled eyes of a group of people, Wu Xiang returned to the hotel and went to bed.
The next day, Wu Xiang had to fly to the United States immediately.
Don't forget, it was scheduled before, "The Emperor of the Han Dynasty" will be released in North America, Wu Xiang must go to the platform to do publicity, Mira has prepared a premiere over there, walked back to the red carpet, and of course, brought Zhang Jingchu and Xiao Mingge.
Anyway, I also went abroad, and the feeling of brushing and saving zĆ i is still quite good, and Wu Xiang is a guy who has seen a lot of big scenes, but this time he didn't appear in Venice's embarrassing things.
There are reporters who come to interview, which is inevitable, but people didn't say much about this movie, and Wu Xiang, this guy, was very witty and talked about his new film "No Thieves in the World".
Needless to say, this news is from abroad, but it will definitely be transmitted back to China, and it will attract more attention, it can be said that the early market warm-up of "No Thieves in the World" has done a very good, very good.
This trip to the United States can be said to be uneventful, and there is nothing major, and "The Emperor of the Han Dynasty" does not have an explosive box office table, in the first week of release, it won a box office of 4.5 million US dollars in three days, and it was released three weeks later, with a total box office of more than 13 million US dollars.
Wu Xiang just pouted when he saw this result, after all, he had already seen the crazy table in Europe, but he thought that this time it was released in the United States, and there was no big news, plus the world is about to be released, and it is already quite good to have this box office table.
Although the box office is average, Mira Company said that it is acceptable, because as far as the plan discussed before, they also have a profit, and in addition, such a box office table, then the contract for the film disc is relatively easy, yes, Mila Company also held a small celebration party with Wu Xiang.
It is natural to celebrate the success, because at this box office, it is also the best table of domestic films in North America, and the previous films are a history of losing money, blood and tears.
"It's an epic historical blockbuster, and it's hard to believe it's the work of a twenty-two-year-old director!" said Premiere magazine.
"The magnificent war scenes, it is unimaginable that this was done without computer special effects!" "Variety" also gave high marks.
"In the extreme grandeur of the scene, we see the faces of people who have been trained like machines, and we can only say that the people of this country, they have been trained like this since childhood, and they have never known what freedom is, even after thousands of years of ......" The Hollywood Reporter article is a bit on the line. They like to grab these things anyway.
"The Emperor of the Han Dynasty" is generally okay, although there are people with ulterior motives who use the topic to play, but people just eat this bowl of rice, in addition, the "Rotten Tomatoes" website also gives 80% freshness, it seems that American fans still recognize Wu Xiang's works.
After finishing his work in the United States, Wu Xiang devoted himself to busy work again when he came back, and this time his work was mainly the promotion of "No Thieves in the World".
The schedule of "No Thieves" has been set, that is, on December 26. It was Friday, but the day before was Christmas, but it took a long time to settle on this schedule.
The reason is very simple, Feng Xiaogang's new work "Mobile Phone" is scheduled for December 18th, that is. The two films are only separated by more than a week, which seems a bit unkind.
To whom is it unkind?
The main thing is to the cinema company. They just feel that the two films are too close. It's really too close.
Lunar New Year, everyone knows that Director Feng's films are box office guarantees, let's don't care if Director Feng makes money or not, it's like "Big Names", but the theater makes money. That's it.
But your Director Wu's film is not bad, and it is also a powerful one in the Chinese New Year file, right?
Therefore, the theater company originally had to make good arrangements on both sides, and everyone staggered it. Make good money, staggered as far as possible, why squeeze together?
But Wu Xiang is not happy, I finally came to the New Year stall, why can't I be given a good schedule?
Besides, let's look at Director Feng's arrangement of the film, it's the 18th, right in the middle, I can't hide from it?
In fact, what Wu Xiang wanted to say was that Lao Tzu didn't want to hide, but he had to save some face for the theater company, so Wu Xiang set the schedule on the 27th, catching up with a weekend, and then it was New Year's Day not long after, which was also pretty good.
Anyway, Wu Xiang made up his mind early in the morning, let's have a "No Thieves in the World" vs. "Mobile Phone"!
Now is the preparation stage, Wu Xiang and Yu Dong are ready to do a big job, start with advertising first!
Online advertising, that is naturally the penguin's full support, but also with other portals, or to get a web page, do a viral marketing, but this time, the picture above, the villain or something can be moved, this budget is 3 million, Wu Xiang doesn't care about money, vote!
Print media, bus shelters and the like, set a short period of concentrated large-scale delivery, only three weeks, two weeks before the screening, one week after the screening, but there are many pavilions, the budget is 3 million, vote!
TV commercials, this ...... Wu Xiang felt that forget it, the cost is too high, and the effect is not big, forget it.
Then it's a matter of hiring gunmen, finding film critics, and having a viewing party.
Anyway, Wu Xiang is ready to use all the methods used before this time, and the scale must be large enough to make the propaganda sufficient, and there can be no ambiguity at all.
But just when Wu Xiang was busy with glue, someone came to the door.
"Director Wu, someone has called me many times, and he said that he has a project that can help us promote it, and the price can be discussed. "When Shen Yuxing is not filming, he usually looks like a secretary, and he takes care of a lot of Wu Xiang's affairs.
"Who is it?" Wu Xiang was a little strange, because Shen Yuxing was still quite cautious, and he usually wouldn't say this kind of thing, because it was a bit of a backdoor.
"A person named Jiang Nanchun, he said that he was in the media, but he was talking about advertising, I asked him what kind of media it was, and he said that he was doing elevators, called elevator media. ā
"Elevator media. As soon as Wu Xiang heard this, he immediately remembered a person, as if that guy's name was Jiang Nanchun. "Ask him to come and ask for a case. ā
Well, this proposal is a program.
So, Jiang Nanchun came the next day, and he also had a tablet in his hand, as if the monitor was also like a computer. And Wu Xiang cares more about this person's appearance, is it Jiang Nanchun?
I saw that this person was slightly fat, not outstanding, just a pair of glasses on his face, and he looked very Sven.
Everyone exchanged pleasantries and introduced each other, and the proposal began.
"Hello everyone, what I am here to introduce to you today is our focus media, the characteristics of our focus media have the following aspects, first of all, it is put in the elevator of the urban office building,...... We're going to give you a very sizable audience, and you know, they're all high-income people who work in high-end office rooms...... Our main focus is on urban white-collar workers, and the consumption power of these white-collar workers is ...... These people are trendy people......"
Wu Xiang listened to Jiang Nanchun's explanation, and didn't know why he had a feeling of wanting to sleep, he wanted to look around, and felt that everyone seemed to be sleepy.
This Jiang Nanchun speaks very fast, and not only that, but he doesn't talk about it, he always puts a number of words to tell you that he is good, that is, to put this LCD screen to the media in the elevator, which is very good, it is good......
How does this feel like hypnosis?
However, it is precisely because of this feeling that Wu Xiang can already determine that the guy in front of him is the later very rich advertiser, Jiang Nanchun, whose focus company was later listed on the NASDAQ in the United States, becoming the first listed advertising company in China.
Wu Xiang has heard rumors about him, this guy talks like this, like a machine gun, like a mantra, he confuses you, and then everyone signs a contract with him.
To be honest, this form of advertising will definitely be popular in the future, but now, this company is still very weak, so Wu Xiang has a plan in his heart.
"If I give you 3 million, how many buildings can you put these LCD screens in a month?"
"Well, our media coverage is still very strong. Jiang Nanchun opened his eyes and said nonsense.
Wu Xiang gave him a sentence, "Don't give me nonsense! Or roll the calf!"
The "......" hypnotic method is not good, and Jiang Nanchun feels that he has encountered a terrible person. (To be continued......)
PS: Today's second chapter, there is another chapter in the night of the black car, please look forward to it, thank you very much!