Chapter 231: This Guy Is Crazy!
"Welcome back to Phoenix Terrace. In the latest week's North American weekend box office list, Magical Director Wang Yang's new work "Capture of Las Vegas" won the championship with 49.67 million US dollars. ”
The Phoenix Satellite TV Chinese Channel, which can be seen in Greater China, is broadcasting the program "Gathering Phoenix Channel", on the TV screen of the audience's home, the host Ke Lan makes hand movements, and the screen behind her is the image of the premiere of "21", in the flash, Natalie Portman and Rachel McAdams stand next to Wang Yang on the left and right, and the three are smiling and taking a group photo.
"We watched its premiere highlights a few days ago, and today we will take you to see the wonderful trailer of this movie, what is called a high-IQ gambling movie. Ke Lan smiled and said a few words, and made a gesture to please look, and a green table appeared on the TV screen, and playing cards were issued, and Wu Yanzu calculated intently...... MIT group members high-five, laughing on campus, casino carnival, teasing casinos, female detectives...... After the clip was played, the TV screen returned to the studio, and Ke Lan continued to laugh: "This film has received a total score of 85 from the media, Yahoo A, and the famous newspaper "The New York Times" commented: 'The content of the film has achieved a great effect with incredible professional skills, loyal camaraderie between the team, and genius brains. ’”
Ke Lannian smiled and said, "As for what everyone thinks, you have to see it yourself to know." I haven't watched it yet, but audiences and friends from across the Taiwan Strait will soon be able to watch this film in cinemas, August 16th. She lifted her finger and smiled energetically: "Yes, maybe everyone knows, Wang Yang will come to China next week to do publicity, and Natalie Bowman and Rachel McAdams are also expected to go along." ”
"This is the first time that Magic Yang has officially come to China, and I am personally looking forward to it, hoping to meet this talented director. Ke Lan smiled and reported: "Wu Yanzu, Karen Mok returned to Hong Kong yesterday to attend the promotional event, which aroused the fanatical pursuit of fans. Azu said that he got this role because of his kung fu, and even exposed an unknown habit of Wang Yang, what is ...... original role? Please see the following report. ”
The sound of clicking, the exposed flash, and the screams of Hong Kong fans "Azu!", "Azu!", in the picture, they are holding signs full of slogans, Wu Yanzu in a black suit, and the fashionable and beautiful Mok Wenwei stand together, and the two smile and wave. The female narrator of the show said: "Wu Yanzu and Karen Mok attended the press conference of "Capture of Las Vegas" in Causeway Bay yesterday to build momentum for the release on the 16th. ”
Talking about this trip to Hollywood, Azu said. In the screen, a bunch of microphones are aimed at Wu Yanzu, including TVB, ATV, Phoenix Satellite TV, and commercial TV...... Wu Yanzu looked at the reporters and said with a smile in impure Cantonese: "I was very surprised that day, my agent suddenly told me that Wang Yang invited me to participate in an audition for the leading actor! ”
"When you audition, you are required to finish nearly a full page of lines in one or two minutes. He sighed and laughed, "I thought I was going to die, but who knows and can say it." It had something to do with kung fu, and I could speak so fast with exercise, and then passed the audition. A reporter asked: "Did you encounter anything unaccustomed to filming in the United States?" Wu Yanzu shook his head and smiled: "There are no obstacles, but there are many differences, and the crew takes care of us." ”
And when Azu talked about Wang Yang, he seemed to have been bullied a lot. ”
With the words of the female narrator, Wu Yanzu frowned and smiled on the screen: "He is a martial arts idiot, and I forgot how many times he fought with me in the months I was filming." No, no, no, it's just like the push hand of Tai Chi. The picture seemed to be edited, and he smiled again: "Wang Yang practices boxing every morning, and when I'm busy, I practice about 2 or 3 times a week, but he does it every day." ”…… There is no need for a reminder of this show, after a month or two of publicity, as well as the rush of entertainment information, Chinese movie fans and ordinary netizens have long known about "Capture of Las Vegas" and know that Magic Young is coming to China. Now that the film has been released in North America, winning the opening weekend and receiving great acclaim, audiences are naturally looking forward to its release and the magical trip to China.
"If you have any questions, what do you want to say to Young, please write them! We will synthesize some ordinary questions, and randomly select a few to help convey them to him, and all abnormal problems will be eliminated. ”
This time, I participated in the fan meeting held in Beijing, and had the opportunity to contact Wang Yang face-to-face, and the "Magic Yang Chinese Fan Association" posted on the official website, Tianya and other places as soon as possible after the news was confirmed, expressing his happiness and collecting questions from netizens.
There are people who love Wang Yang in the United States, and there are people who hate him, and the same is true in China. There are tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions, of young people who idolize the magic director and the youngest billionaire, or at least like it, and there are many netizens who target him everywhere and attack him every word, and the reasons are naturally varied. "Having been in prison" is a major point of attack, and the questions on the post include "What is the food in the prison?", "Are you in the cell for eating, drinking, and Lazar?"
Because he is ABC, he also attracted some scolding of "I hate banana people the most!", "Three banana people are coming to China to make money!", and Wu Yanzu, who was originally not scolded, was also dragged into the water.
However, those who are familiar with Magic Yang know that he is a "China expert", fluent in Chinese and Chinese characters, familiar with culture and history, much better than Wu Yanzu's broken Mandarin + no Chinese characters, and his attitude towards China is very friendly and friendly. Therefore, many netizens shot back: "Wang Yang is the pride of Chinese people around the world, and I can't understand the people who scold him!", "Thank you Amazing Yang! I've seen enough of Jackie Chan and Jet Li! I'm looking forward to this movie!", "You'd better never watch Wang Yang and Wu Yanzu's movies, and don't listen to Wang Leehom's songs." ”…… To the surprise of fans who love Wang Yang, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television finally passed the review of "Capture of Las Vegas" after a few days of release in North America, and it is rare that it has not been cut, China Film spokesman Weng Li said: "This movie is very healthy and excellent, it criticizes gambling and casinos, and the thinking is very correct." That group of MIT students is like Spider-Man punishing the bad guys, and it looks very exciting. ”
Fans and fans don't care about the educational significance or the correct thinking, they know that not cutting the knife means being able to enjoy the movie 100%, and they are not ruined by the fat rice buckets that have been praised as "sharp and weird" shots.
"Will you go to the theater to watch the upcoming "Capture of Las Vegas"?" In a hot survey by Sina Movie Channel, 35,132 people participated in the poll, and 75% of netizens chose the must-see anticipation, 17% chose to talk about it later, and 8% chose no interest.
And then there is a subsidiary survey: "How much box office do you think "Capture of Las Vegas" will receive in Chinese mainland?
On the Chinese mainland film box office history list, the first place is 1998's "Titanic", which has been at the top of the list for 5 years with a figure of 360 million, and it seems that it is difficult to be surpassed for a while; followed by "Hero", which caused a blockbuster movie-watching boom last year, 250 million; and the third is the same domestic film "Life and Death Choice" released in 2000, 120 million. Then there was "Pearl Harbor" in 2001, 105 million, and "True Lies" in 1995, 102 million.
It was the turn of the domestic films "Shaolin Temple", "Mom Loves Me Again", and "The Guns of the Secret Bureau", all of which were 100 million; and lost the best release time, "District 9", which only appeared on the big screen in Chinese mainland at the beginning of this year, followed closely behind, and it received 82.6 million yuan, ranking ninth.
Riding on the momentum of the Oscars that have passed less than 5 months, the fresh and hot release, and the magic Yang came to China with the starring actors to promote "Capture of Las Vegas", how much box office will it finally receive?
13% of the Internet users chose 0-100 million, 55% of the Internet users clicked on 1-200 million, 23% of the Internet users clicked on 2-300 million, 6% of the Internet users chose 0-400 million, and 3% of the Internet users clicked on 100 million-200 million. Although this is the best director directed by Chinese, Chinese-American actor, and Chinese-American God of Gamblers story...... But most people think it won't break through 200 million.
It is still unknown how MIT-21-TEAM will perform at the box office in Chinese mainland, but in North America it has already established a blockbuster situation. When the curtain came down on August 1st-7th, the box office rankings of the first week of the last month of the 03 summer vacation schedule also had results, and "21" continued the trend of the weekend champion, with a large absolute advantage, 3354 theaters received 75.26 million box office to win the championship.
"American Pie 3" lost the first week without suspense, in the week of the total box office of 248 million, it ranked second and took away 36.78 million, and the third "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" completed the overtake with 23.13 million, and the total box office in 4 weeks of screening has reached 210 million, Keira Knightley instantly became popular, Captain Jack has become the target of countless fans, and the 21.3 million "Very Little Spy 3" fell to the fourth ...... The winning result of 75.26 million in the first week and the momentum of praise not only made "MIT-21-TEAM" sweep all opponents in this newly opened battlefield, but also it can be said that the world's 183 million "Gambler Ma Huali", 98 million "Bao Finger Project", 090 million "White People Can't Jump" and other movies are no longer obstacles, and it is already a predictable foregone conclusion that it will reach the first place at the box office in the gambling film genre.
Yahoo's weekly box office review put it this way: "It's not surprising that this movie won the title, but on the contrary, Wang Yang's film suffered a box office waterloo, and I suspect that someone is joking." ”
After commenting on the film itself, editor David Fohr wrote: "The most incredible thing about Wonder Young is that whatever type of film he makes, it will be a big success and bring about a revival of that genre." "The Hangover" has studios investing in R-rated comedies, and we're going to see a lot of and pee next summer; ”
And in the "liar" genre, the 75.26 million in the first week of "21" also beat "Impunity" with 57.7 million. But the official premiere of "Impunity" was on Wednesday, and it took two days to show it on the Friday of the first week, so if you count the box office of those two days, it received $76.29 million in 9 days, a decrease of 50.7% in the second week, and the final box office was 164 million in North America and 352 million worldwide.
Can "21" achieve "setting a new record in the genre" and surpass "Get Away" to stand at the peak of the liar genre? It depends on the box office decline in the second week, as well as the upcoming overseas releases.
However, the stock of "Chinese director" has been rebounding and soaring rapidly, and no one remembers the 7th week of the show, ranking 25th this week with a box office of 660,000 "Hulk", its total box office of 130 million in North America is powerless to change, facing the production cost of 137 million, publicity costs and other bills, Universal Films has lost a lot of money, and Ang Lee is also in a state of depression and recuperation.
It is not only the "Chinese director" stock that has soared, but the number of Wang Yang's personal "Director's North American Box Office" has also soared to 1.5 billion, becoming the fourth director with a North American box office of 1.5 billion, reaching 1.518 billion!
Although still ranked fourth all-time, it is also expected that he will surpass Chris Columbus, a "bedtime storyteller" of 1.5388 billion, and Robert Zemeckis, a "master of cinema ghosts" of 1.5418 billion, and easily climb to the second place in history, with only Steven Spielberg of 3.0884 billion in front of him.
Interestingly, Chris Columbus and Robert Zemeckis were first appreciated by Steven Spielberg, who led them into the Hollywood movie world, and eventually dominated the top three box office charts.
Now the second one is about to change hands, taken by a 23-year-old young man. was mentioned again on the Internet, and many fans who were shocked to hear about this incident sighed: "This is very scary!" Magic Young is still double Spielberg's 3.0884 billion, but don't forget that he is a 1.5 billion North American box office for 7 movies in 5 years;
The 57-year-old Spielberg is far from getting old, and "Happiness Terminal" starring Tom Hanks is about to start filming in the preparation stage; Wonder Young may not be able to take the championship in five years, but who would feel like a failure? He is only 28 years old in five years, and other directors have just landed on the big screen. Even if the current 1.518 billion stagnates, fans will only: "OH! OO! This guy is crazy!"
"Unlike Jedi Men 2, which exploded boringly for 2 and a half hours, MIT-21-TEAM brings plenty of brain work, and you're in a math class while enjoying the thrill of the movie. "The movie has a similar experience to Impunity, with excellent entertainment, delicious cat-and-mouse games, and incredible and persuasive content. Both are the best escape movies, with little to think about, you just have to sit back and enjoy 2 hours of enjoyable time. —Richard Anson, Newsweek.
"District 9 is like a main course, and it's a delicious dessert. Concise, clear, professional and credible, it is refreshing. —Mike Clark, USA Today; Fueled by Natalie Portman's superb rendition, there's a lot of fun and one of the most enjoyable films of the year. —Ryker Reed, The New York Observer; Crazy entertainment from start to finish. —Paul Philip, Houston Chronicle...... "This is a sharp, highly technical film, all shining with Wang Yang's amazing talent, and making excellent use of his top-notch creative team, line scripts, camera frames, editing soundtracks...... It's all that cool. —Walter Eddiego, San Francisco Chronicle.
As soon as the release period of the movie arrives, Wang Yang will feel surrounded by many things and sounds, and the paparazzi will suddenly increase, which is normal. He didn't think he would have much time to spare, the company had bought the script for "Firefly" with Joss Wheddon, and he had time to think about how to bring it to the big screen these days, "Prison Break" would air on NBC in late September, and he would be on his way to China in two days.
But what made him feel that the most important and imminent thing was the marriage proposal. Through some information detected by Joshua in the past few days, he has already had the idea of a proposal ring and is ready to secretly order one. As for the way to propose...... "That day, he led me to the best local hotel (built on a hill with a beautiful view), and a carriage stopped at the door and was waiting for us. ”
On the comfortable sofa in the spacious living room, Wang Yangru read the column "How did your husband propose to you?" in the Metropolis magazine, and turned the page to see that it read: "The carriage pulled us to stroll through the hotel's garden, and then stopped by the fountain and small pavilion surrounded by flowers in the back." He took me by the hand and sat down in the little pavilion, got down on one knee, and asked me if I would marry him? He was so romantic!"
"It's so no surprise, isn't it! It was so grand and obvious at the beginning, everyone knew that the proposal was over!" Wang Yang shook his head in thought, and continued to look at it, "When I entered the door, I found that there was a vase above the stove in the hall, and there were flowers in the vase, and a diamond ring was on the flower branch!"
With a sigh, he put the magazine on the coffee table and said in his heart: "Adjust your thinking, adjust your thinking!" It's not what he likes, it's how she likes it...... "Baby." Jessica, dressed in a home-casual T-shirt and jeans, smiled and Danny followed with her tongue sticking out, and she sat down on the couch and looked at the coffee table. Wang Yang hurriedly laughed and said, "No, no, Jesse, I'm just...... The jokes in this magazine are hilarious, you know, haha!" Jessica reached for the remote and pressed it to turn on the TV, she looked at him and wondered, "What? I didn't speak." ”
"Hmm...... Yes, you know I'm so excited about going to China this time, I'm a little incoherent, wow! I have more than 100 million fans, 100,000,000! ”
Wang Yangle changed the topic haha, he is really looking forward to this journey, the fans in Asia are very enthusiastic, and the mountains and rivers in China let him find his whole self and feel the stability of the other half of his soul. Thinking of this, he smiled and waved his fist: "I love them to death!"
"The next time we do publicity, I'll go too. This time I will bring my blessings first!" Jessica nodded happily, and suddenly asked with interest: "By the way, what joke did you say just now?" Wang Yang was slightly stunned, even if there was a joke in the magazine, it was not clear, he smiled quietly: "I want to tell you that joke, not from the magazine, another ...... Once upon a time......"
Soon, the living room burst into laughter, laughing for a long time before gasping for breath.
(To be continued)