Chapter 730: Invitation
"The ancient Mayan calendar shows that the end of the world is about to occur in 2012, and the Chinese book Tui Bei Tu also predicts the coming of the end of 2012"
"Here we go!"
"Within 5 days"
"What will happen to the 6 billion people?"
"Oh my God!"
"Will you be able to escape this?"
"Everyone has the right to fight for survival. ”
"On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the shock reappeared!"
When the teaser video of "2012" couldn't be shorter than ever, it immediately caused a strong shock after the global bombardment of propaganda.
The various disaster shots that flashed quickly inside made audiences and fans around the world open their mouths and show incredible looks.
Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, abysses!
The earthquake cracked, the sea water flowed backwards, the mountain peaks collapsed, and all kinds of shocking disaster images flashed in the video, leaving a deep impression of consternation on everyone.
Even many viewers couldn't help but say to themselves:
"Oh God!"
"Oh my God!"
"Oh my mother!".
In just one day, audiences and fans around the world were all shocked by this movie, and then they frantically inquired about any inside story about "2012".
Faced with this situation, the entertainment media of various countries immediately launched a special introduction to "2012" the next day.
From the content introduction to the singing lineup, as well as the director Yang Ming, a full range of news reports have been carried out, especially recently, Yang Ming's superstar halo has not faded, and after this media report, it has attracted the strong attention of people from countless countries.
This is a wicked boy!
Oriental DreamWorks suddenly came up with the trailer of "2012", which brought a very big shock to fans and peers around the world, and everyone in the Chinese entertainment industry was even more stunned when they saw this trailer, and they were all frightened.
Ten years ago, the Chinese entertainment industry was ranked as the world's two largest film markets alongside Hollywood.
It can be said that the Chinese entertainment industry is not a person who has never seen the world, but in the past ten years, because of the integration of the world economy and the progress of science and technology of the times, the cultural generation gap between countries has gradually disappeared.
Therefore, in the past few years, the momentum of Hollywood films in the Chinese film market has become stronger and stronger.
Even, in a certain way, the Chinese film market was pressed by Hollywood.
Since ancient times, the literati have been fighting among themselves, and the battle of ideas has always been bloody and uncompromising!
The most obvious list is the main reason for the fall of the Ming Dynasty, and party strife is one of the important reasons.
Perhaps in the eyes of those traditional cultural people, film is not a noble art, but filmmakers do not think so, after decades of development, film art has also become one of the important forms of contemporary art.
Where there are people, there will be factions!
This is what the ancestor said, and it is very suitable for Huaxia.
In recent years, the regression of the Chinese film market, and even the defeat of Hollywood, the main reason is that the battle for modern film concepts has reached a white-hot point.
The main thing is that both sides are evenly matched, and they do not overwhelm each other's forces, so that they have been consumed there all the time, and Hollywood has taken advantage of the opportunity to hit in.
And now the trailer of "2012" suddenly appeared in Oriental Dreamworks, which made everyone in the Chinese entertainment industry look shocked after watching it, and they were all frightened by the realistic special effects shots in front of them.
Huaxia was not without special effects scenes before, and there were all kinds of special effects shots in Hollywood blockbusters.
But there has never been a film that has been as real as "2012", and it is magnificent.
Especially in the trailer, the scene of the protagonist driving to avoid the disaster is still fresh in people's memories after watching it.
Realistic and realistic, thrilling and exciting, it's simply a feast for the eyes.
Everyone in the Chinese entertainment industry didn't expect that Oriental DreamWorks would use special effects lenses to the extreme in this movie, and it was beyond the imagination of all of them.
The battle of film concepts in China is mainly between the traditional school and the commercial school, and there are still many voices supporting the art school before, but after the passage of time, everyone also knows that there is absolutely no way out for pure art films, and there are too many lessons for this kind of lesson.
However, this "2012" by Oriental DreamWorks has surprised and incredible.
Even the businessmen, who are now slowly starting to gain the upper hand, are in disbelief, they never thought that a movie could be made like this with special effects.
Compared with the special effects shots shown in the trailer, these so-called commercial blockbusters that have always been proud of are simply the same as ****.
This is the real blockbuster.
For this reason, some well-known film personalities of the traditionalist school also ridiculed commercial films in the media.
Commercial people, even if they have more dissatisfaction with the ridicule of traditionalism, can only accept it, because their so-called blockbusters are indeed too far behind "2012".
No way, although this trailer is very short, many professionals can already conclude that the special effects of "2012" will definitely not be less than 200 million!
Playing special effects, to put it bluntly, is the money for playing.
The special effects burn two or three million every second, which is a very normal thing.
And "2012" is not only tens of seconds, it is estimated that it will be at least dozens of minutes.
200 million may not be able to stop.
However, what about the so-called blockbusters in the Chinese film industry, which can produce several blockbusters at a cost of more than 200 million yuan in a year? It is estimated that there are very few, and sometimes there will not even be one in a year.
And the special effects of "2012" are at least 200 million, not counting other shooting costs.
How to compare?
The gap is just too big.
It can be said that when Oriental DreamWorks released the trailer of "2012", fans around the world were shocked, and film companies in various countries adjusted their release plans in January and early February.
After watching the trailer of "2012", they really didn't have the confidence to collide with this blockbuster, and once they did, it would definitely be a bloody situation.
All of a sudden, except for movies with too different genres, some other blockbusters have changed their release schedules, and they are all temporary changes, either in advance or postponed, and they don't want to run into this disaster film.
If one is not good, it may become a disaster.
It was their own disaster.
However, there is still no rumor that one company has no plans to change the release schedule.
Huaxia, in a small conference room of a luxury hotel, was filled with smoke, and the three of them were arguing with ugly faces.
"It's been three days, it's been three days, haven't you changed your opinion, Mr. Bai?" said Cokeley with an unkind look at Bai Chongshi on the other side.
He has been in Huaxia for three days, but so far, no consensus has been reached by Bai Chongshi, the head of Zhonghuang Entertainment.
Corkley really didn't expect that Gui was a powerful giant in the Chinese entertainment industry, and Mr. Bai of Zhonghuang Entertainment actually made the choice to change the schedule temporarily.
This is a very unfavorable situation for Pan American Entertainment.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Cokeley, this is the decision of our company's board of directors, and the interests of the company are the most important, but as for your company's local arrangements, our company will not make any obstructions or constructions. Bai Chongshi gritted his teeth and said.
There was no way, originally he wanted to follow the rhythm of Pan American Entertainment and release it globally at the same time, and the release time was naturally for "2012".
But who knew that a few days ago, Oriental DreamWorks suddenly launched the trailer of "2012", and after Bai Chongshi watched it, he was stupid.
Then, he immediately made a decision that no matter what, he would not let the co-production film of Zhonghuang Entertainment and Pan American Entertainment be released at the same time as "2012" in the Huaxia Film Market.
Losing is a trivial matter, and he can afford to lose this amount of money.
But he can't lose, and he can't lose, it's really because he has already formed a consensus and formulated the unspoken rules of the entire Chinese film market, whether it is himself or his own company, and now the Chinese entertainment industry is under very great pressure.
Once this joint venture film loses to the other party as a provocation, this will definitely be a big blow to Emperor Entertainment.
Bai Chongshi was under great pressure, insisting that the release of the Huaxia Film Market must be postponed, or it should be released in advance.
But because the film has not yet been filmed, it is not possible to release it in advance, so it can only be postponed.
Cockley listened to Bai Chongshi's decision, of course he didn't accept it, and after arguing for a day, there was no result, so he called Zhang Ziqing, who had threaded the needle and had invested a lot of money, over.
Of course, Zhang Ziqing did not agree with Bai Chongshi's approach, he worked so hard to promote the filming of this joint venture movie, not to make money, his only request was to make Yang Ming look good, and to make him fall hard.
Even at this moment, he knew that it was very impossible to make the other party stumble with this movie.
But what if?
What if a miracle happens?
Therefore, Zhang Ziqing expressed his dissatisfaction with Bai Chongshi's decision to postpone the screening, even if he used the power behind him to put pressure on the other party, Bai Chongshi was still indifferent and determined to postpone the screening.
This can make Zhang Ziqing very angry.
Things are at a stalemate for a while.
For a whole morning, Corkley and Zhang Ziqing spent countless words, but they didn't let Bai Chongshi change his words and change his decision, which made the faces of Corkley and Zhang Ziqing very ugly.
"I still hope that Mr. Bai will think about it, some things are not something that you can change if you say you can change them. ”
In the end, Zhang Ziqing held back the anger in his heart, threw down a threatening word, and then brushed his sleeves and left, he was afraid that if he stayed here for a while, he would not be able to help but explode.
Zhang Ziqing's departure made Corkeley unable to stay any longer, snorted coldly, threw down a sentence and got up to leave.
"Please also ask Mr. Bai to think about it carefully, and then tell me the result!"
Bai Chongshi looked at the teacup in front of him with a numb face, but his hands were clenched tightly, and the exposed green tendons indicated that he was now in excitement.
For many years, no one has ever spoken in such a tone to himself.
There are also threats.
A boy who doesn't have any hair, an arrogant and selfish foreign devil, dares to say such things to himself, which makes Bai Chongshi, who has always enjoyed flattery and sycophancy, how can he bear it.
It's a pity that he endures it whether he can stand it or not.
Because neither of these two men was the one whom he sinned against.
But he has no choice, he can't just watch Emperor Entertainment being dragged down the abyss.
Especially after he watched the trailer of "2012", this thought was even more profound, after all, as a party involved in the filming of "Defend the Earth", although he has not yet seen the final finished film, but with his experience, he is completely sure that this joint venture blockbuster cannot be compared with "2012" at all.
Knowing that he was going to lose, did he need to see the pit and continue to jump down?
He sat alone in the conference room for a long time before slowly getting up and leaving.
The footsteps are so heavy.
On the other side, Oriental DreamWorks.
At this time, Yang Ming was curiously looking at a middle-aged white man in a straight suit and a good demeanor, he looked at the person in front of him, and then said, "May I ask who you are?
Originally, he was discussing with Liu Xinsheng and them at Oriental DreamWorks about the promotion and release plan of "2012", but he didn't expect that someone below suddenly came to sue him, and a foreigner wanted to look for him.
And it was still urgent, and he came to find Yang Ming under the arrangement of Barber.
When Yang Ming heard this, he was stunned, but after remembering the phone call from Barber yesterday, he remembered in his mind that Barber informed him on the phone yesterday that a very important guest from Europe was going to visit him and asked him to do a good job of reception.
Could it be this person?
"Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Yang Ming!" The middle-aged foreigner shook hands with Yang Ming in a very elegant posture, said a kind word, and then continued: "I'm very sorry to disturb your work, I am the head of internal affairs from the British royal family, you can call me Xavier." ”
Yang Ming was stunned when he heard this, the British royal family doesn't seem to have anything to do with him, right?
Or is it that the last time I held a concert in the UK, I got into trouble with the British royal family.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask, "Ahem, hello, Mr. Xavier, may I ask you for anything to come to me?"
Yang Ming knows the character of a foreigner and doesn't like to beat around the bush, and he is also a straight person, so he said his doubts very directly.
"That's the case, Princess Charlotte of the British Royal Family would very much like to invite you to the British Royal Castle, this is a private invitation, Mr. Yang Ming. Xavier said politely that years of work in the royal family have given him a distinctive elegance and understatement.
"Princess Charlotte?" Yang Ming heard Xavier's words, but he became more and more confused about what was going on?
So how could Charlotte invite him to the British royal family?
You know, the British royal family, but the most famous royal family in the world, is not like other countries, just decorations, although the British royal family is also decorations now, but this royal family is the most influential decoration in the world.
The former empire on which the sun never sets is not called in vain, especially since the British royal family and the European royal family are still inextricably linked.