Chapter 572: Good luck

For the current Dragon Kingdom film industry, Zhang Yiyan believes that he is burdened with a huge responsibility.

Wang Yao didn't call on the first day, he didn't come on the second day, and on the third day, the domestic box office broke 100 million, and Wang Yao's movie still didn't come.

Zhang Yiyan decided to give him one, but he didn't dare.

Just when Zhang Yiyan was struggling and hesitating, Wang Yao's phone called.

"Good news, bad news. Wang Yao said with a smile on the phone.

"Stop, speak quickly. Zhang Yiyan scolded with a smile.

"The good news is that the box office in the first week will break 200 million, and the North American box office champion. Wang Yao said with a smile.

"Dragon coins, really?" Zhang Yiyan was overjoyed.

"Look at your point. Wang Yao sneered: "Of course it's a beautiful knife." ”

"Huh?" Zhang Yiyan gasped, and his voice trembled a little, "Meidao?200 million?"

Converted to a box office of nearly two billion dragon coins, it naturally makes him not calm, although he doesn't have much box office share in North America, but in this way, it seems that it is more than the domestic box office.

Because Wang Yao and Harvey are responsible for the distribution of the North American box office, the previous bullet score has also been cancelled, and Wang Yao bought out the distribution rights of "Hero" with one component of the box office and two percent of the box office share as a condition for the next film investment.

That is, the North American box office of "Hero" this time, Wang Yao was able to get 70%.

"Congratulations, you have become the first foreign Hollywood director with a hundred million dollars. Wang Yao said with a smile.

"Don't talk nonsense, aren't you the first?" Zhang Yi's eyes were squeezed together with the folds on his face, and he smiled very happily, and getting this result in Hollywood was enough to slap everyone in the face of the country, a smile from the heart.

"I can't count, it's not a foreign language film after all. Wang Yao smiled, "The bad news is that in the next year, you don't have to rest, you have to work for me, I expect the box office to be about 500 million, throw away the theaters, there are more than 200 million left, and it is estimated that there is a movie with a guaranteed investment of 30 million that you need to handle." ”

"When I teach these grandchildren a lesson, I'll go to you. Zhang Yiyan laughed, "By the way, how is the evaluation?"

"The audience has a high evaluation, they are all positive about your pictures and editing, the story they can't understand, it's too jerky, but it's very successful, and the comments of Hollywood film critics are quite pertinent. "Wang Yao paused" The New York Times invited you to interview, Spielberg spoke highly of this movie, but Cameron didn't say anything, maybe he still didn't understand it, anyway, you arrange the time. ”

"That's it. Zhang Yiyan laughed, "By the way, when are you coming back?"

"I have to go back in two days to celebrate your achievement. Wang Yao said with a smile.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yiyan dialed the assistant's phone, "Contact the media for me, I want to develop a conference, scolding, I am happy to be scolded by this group of grandchildren, Lao Tzu can finally say a word!"

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On the other side of the world, Wang Yao hung up the phone, moved the thick script on the table, and sent the interpretation of the film review he had just written to Di Meng, and after reconciling with Time Magazine, Di Meng separated from the original drama review page and created a new section to report on various foreign operas and movies, which can be regarded as a deeper report and understanding of other cultures by Time Magazine.

The main reason why Wang Yao did not inform Zhang Yimu of the box office here in the past few days is the previous comment trend, all the praise made Wang Yao feel a little abnormal, after observing the box office and film evaluation in the past few days, Wang Yao finally put his mind at ease, it is not as complicated as he thought, it is just a small outbreak brought by the young people of modern American imperialism for aesthetic and philosophical fatigue,

The West has been under the impression of rational philosophical thinking for many years, but it has reached a tipping point in the 21st century of total liberation, just like the tipping point of the outbreak of rock 'n' roll movement back then, and it needs to vent and break free from something to express.

The people who post comments on Facebook and the Internet are basically all young people, young people between the ages of 15 and 35, young people, this age group, the people who feel the most at the tipping point of form.

In just 20 years, US imperialism has experienced several major events, from human rights, to race, to war, which has made this group of people feel some burnout in their native culture.

The appearance of Chinese culture at this point in time has inadvertently become a venting point, from Wang Yao's "Zodiac Turn" to the aesthetic guidance and diversification of "Heroes", to the ideological expression in "Hero", which has resonated with these people.

Most people can't understand the color blocks used by Zhang Yiyan, because there are professional artistic ingredients in it, but the impact of some fragments in the story can be understood by everyone.

Although the 'deserters' are shameful in the American imperialist culture, they are not unforgivable, but they have not been able to understand the 'sacrificial culture', because under the individualistic and people-oriented ideology, survival is the most important thing.

In the film, Zhao Guoren chose to be indifferent in the face of thousands of troops and horses, and lived and died with the country, which was 'stupid' in the eyes of the American imperialist audience, and he didn't know how to flee for his life.

But after laughing at the stupidity, they all felt a chewing backlash, and then the shock, which was the shock of exposure to other cultures.

After making them feel that this 'stupid behavior' is normal, their values are under new shock, and this is where this tipping point strikes the weakness of this group of people the most.

This kind of cultural shock is equivalent to the impact on the culture of the Dragon Kingdom when it was brought from the West, which is very powerful.

What is revealed in the bones of "Hero" is a kind of "irrational poetry" unique to China. Feixue used her sleeve to resist ten thousand arrows, completely ignoring modern physics, the martyrdom of the Zhao people, the love and killing of Feixue and the remnant sword, and the king of Qin had to kill the nameless for the world.

All kinds of subversive ideologies and cultural shocks make these audiences want to stop.

They can't accurately depict this kind of Chinese-style artistic expression and imagination, nor can they use the expression of 'Tao Ke Tao is very Tao' and 'Dayin Xisheng, the elephant is invisible', but the slow shots, the beautiful framing, and the color matching contain infinite Zen and mystery, which is exactly the fresh artistic expression that they have not been exposed to and longed for.

As a result, Facebook and Qiming Movies were well received online.

To be precise, this is a success from the background, and "Hero" has taken advantage of the right time, place and people.

But from another perspective, the success of "Hero" is also inevitable, because it expresses some civilizations that have different positions from Western civilization than "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" more purely.

All the great success in the world does not only depend on personal ability, but more importantly, the lead of the general environment, or luck, in the environment of the Dragon Kingdom, there will never be a Bill Gates or Murdoch, because the general environment does not allow it, there are no necessary conditions.

But like Wang Yao's 'small success', it depends on the dividends brought by his own civilization, after all, the attraction of China's cutting-edge culture to human beings is endless.

The only pity of "Hero" is that there is not enough film scheduling, the current highest film schedule is only 19 percent, if it can reach the stable 35 percent of the film schedule like "Zodiac Turn", the box office is likely to break one billion again.

In the movie, the shot of ten thousand arrows at the same time brought a great shock to Hollywood, before "Hero", no one had ever thought of using this kind of scene, "The Lord of the Rings 2" director Peter Jackson saw and contacted Harvey, hoping to ask Yew Wah to help produce the same level of "Ten Thousand Arrows".

In addition, the hottest topic on Facebook is the swords of the protagonists in "Heroes", and some fans are asking for collections at high prices under comments, or asking for the same proportion of peripherals.

Wang Yao counted the willingness to buy, just selling the peripherals of these swords, should be able to make a profit of hundreds of thousands, although it is not as profitable as the cartoon patterns printed in "Zodiac Turn", but there is no pressure to support the sword foundry that was built at the beginning.

At the same time, there is an extra story in the comic "Mountains and Seas", which is a story based on the top ten famous swords in China, which is well received.

The first version of the comic book of "Mountains and Seas" has been released in the United States, with Wang Yao's appeal, the first edition sold 30,000 copies, and later more than 100,000 copies, winning the sales championship in the same period, surpassing the serialized Marvel and DC.

The first protagonist in the comics, "Woman's Good", has become the first most popular female comic book character in the United States, surpassing Wonder Woman, who has been in a row for many years.

For Westerners, Asian women's 'virtuous and virtuous' is a highly respected character, especially for Western men, Dongying women are the most suitable for their mate selection requirements.

The virtuous virtue of the woman is not the characteristic of Dongying women who are suppressed by male power, but a kind of virtuous from personal will, coupled with the identity of the queen, it is more appropriate to describe it as 'mother's honor in the world'.

This kind of female character is not only loved by men, but also sought after by women, especially some feminists.

In the past superhero comics, even if there is a feminist expression, it will be covered by individualism, or dressed in a feminist skin, and the image of a good woman in "Mountains and Seas" is the most in line with the public standard in the current comics, female equality.

There are already many fans urging Wang Yao to develop a movie in the comments, and some fans are ready to crowdfund and fund animation.

Wang Yao's layout in the United States has been fully rolled out, and the situation is very good.

All that's left is to get back into the country.

As expected, the plane landed at the capital airport, and two groups of soldiers with real guns and ammunition and a tall man in military uniform were already waiting for him, and strangely, he did not have a rank on his shoulders.

"Mr. Wang, my name is Liang Wen, and I have come to pick you up. The man in military uniform gave a military salute.

Mo Ke nervously grabbed Wang Yao's arm, Wang Yao smiled and patted her head, "Sister Xixi, you go back with Sister Xixi and them first, you don't have to wait for me for dinner." ”

Mo Ke glared at him.

"It's fine. Wang Yao smiled and pointed at Liang Wen, "Are you still afraid that our junior comrades will kidnap me?"

"If Miss Mo doesn't mind, you can go together, including Miss Zheng Xixi and Mr. He Le outside, our leaders are very welcome. Liang Wen had a gentle smile on his face.

"Are you going?" Wang Yao also asked with a smile.

Mo Ke stared at Wang Yao's eyes for a while, pouted and let go of Wang Yao, "I'll go back to make up for sleep." ”

After speaking, he carried his suitcase and walked to the exit gate.

After Mo Ke left, Wang Yao smiled and shook his head, "Let's go from there?"

"This way, please. Liang Wen led the way in front.

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