"Mr. Zhang, I have admired your name for a long time. ”

Matthew said politely to the director opposite, "I've seen Heroes, an impressive movie. ”

Zhang Guoshi said with a smile, "Mr. Horner is too awarded. He seemed to be in a good mood, "I didn't expect Mr. Horner's Chinese to speak so well." ”

"I'm interested, and I've studied for a while. Matthew said politely.

As he spoke, his eyes drifted over the other two people nearby, and after introducing the two parties, Sean Tang chatted with another producer surnamed Zhang.

Matthew didn't quite understand their intentions when these two people specifically found Sean Tang to introduce him, after all, no matter how hot the publicity on his side was, the boundary between the two sides was actually obvious.

A director with a strong background like Zhang Guoshi is unlikely to break into Hollywood.

"I watched the news before, and it said how well Mr. Horner spoke Chinese. Zhang Guoshi continued, "It sounds like this today, it seems that Mr. Horner is very interested in oriental culture?"

Of course, Matthew could not deny it on such an occasion, and he always insisted on his position, saying, "Yes, the accumulation of more than 5,000 years has its own charm. ”

Zhang Guoshi has a deep meaning, "Mr. Horner is interested in oriental culture, I don't know if he is interested in movies here?"

"I've seen some. Matthew is not a rookie either, and responded lightly, "Like a hero." ”

Zhang Guoshi nodded slightly, seeing that Matthew didn't take his words head-on at all, he simply said, "Is Mr. Horner interested in making a movie here?"

Matthew glanced at him, understood the meaning behind these words, and politely refused, "I also want to shoot a "Fast and Furious" here." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Guoshi frowned slightly, and directly invited, "Mr. Horner, I am preparing an international blockbuster film, in which the actor is a Westerner, I don't know if you are interested?"

Seeing that Zhang Guoshi still sent out the invitation, Matthew was silent for a while, and thought about it, the international blockbuster production with Westerners as the leading actor? Is it the monster movie? The problem is that the time is not right, right?

"Mr. Zhang. Matthew didn't think much about it, and didn't refuse directly, saying, "My agent is not present, according to the brokerage contract, I can't agree to any film offer, if you are interested in cooperating, you can write to the angel agency in Los Angeles and talk to my agent Helen Herman." ”

For him, this is a very clear refusal.

Zhang Guoshi roughly understood, and said, "I will send a formal invitation letter, hoping that we will have the opportunity to cooperate." ”

Matthew knew that this was polite, that there was no conflict between the two parties, and that even if they would not cooperate, they would maintain the most basic respect, so he also said, "I hope there will be a chance to cooperate." ”

Zhang Guoshi said a few more polite words and quickly left here.

Matthew can't remember what movies Zhang Guoshi has filmed during this time period, but if he lets Westerners be the leading actors, he remembers the monster movie, even if it is not that monster movie, he has no interest in cooperating.

It's a thankless task to get directly involved in the filming here, rather than being absolutely dominated by Hollywood.

Now his salary starts at $20 million, and if he participates in the filming here, even if he asks for a salary at the lowest price of $20 million, I am afraid that it will attract a lot of criticism, especially from the public.

This is completely different from the public paying money to go to the theater to watch the movies starring him and make him money, and people's psychology is often very complicated.

On the other hand, the film he starred in failed, and it is estimated that not many people on both sides of the Pacific will say good things, and even if it succeeds, the help to his career is negligible.

With Matthew's character, how can such a thing that is completely disproportionate to the gain be done?

Compared with those borderless collaborations, he is more concerned about whether "Fast and Furious 4" can open up this market for the entire series.

At the end of the dinner, Matthew just returned to the hotel and received a statistic, which is the evaluation of "Fast and Furious 4" by ordinary fans interviewed by Disney Greater China after the premiere.

Due to the temporary lack of highly specialized market research agencies, many first-line market research work is done by a few companies hired by Disney Greater China.

Matthew took a general look, and it was similar to what he expected, "Fast and Furious 4", a simple, pure and quality-assured popcorn entertainment movie, won the favor of the vast majority of the audience.

In the reviews collected by Disney Greater China from ordinary audiences in theaters, they are basically positive.

"Although "Fast and Furious 4" is an old wine in a new bottle, listening to the engine start and watching the explosive scene still makes people's adrenaline increase dramatically. ”

"This movie is still very good, the scenes are big, there are a lot of action scenes, the male protagonist Matthew Horner is handsome enough, and the female lead Gal Gadot is beautiful, very good-looking. ”

"The action scenes of Hollywood blockbusters, especially those of stars like Matthew Horner, who are also very powerful in reality, are quite exciting. ”

"It's really enjoyable to watch!"

"The whole plot is very thrilling, and when I watch it, my blood is boiling, and the soundtrack feels doubled, but unfortunately the plot is a little old-fashioned. ”

"Hollywood action movies, watch a scene, handsome guys, beautiful women, listen to music, have an enjoyable time, it's basically OK, the film starring Matthew Horner is enjoyable anyway. ”

"Matthew's addition really didn't disappoint! It's much better than "Tokyo Drift"! Matthew's driving skills at the beginning of the film made me feel excited and almost tremble! Among the first 4 films, this one is the most classic!"

Although there are also those who say that this film is simple and brainless, almost everyone thinks that "Fast and Furious 4" is extremely entertaining.

The next day, that is, Friday, "Fast and Furious 4" was officially released in many theaters here, perhaps because Matthew's previous publicity played a role, or maybe "Fast and Furious" is a type of film that is especially appetizing to the audience here, and the attendance rate of this film has been very high since the beginning of the release.

Even though Friday is a working day, and mid-May is far from the time for the holidays of colleges and universities, the overall attendance rate on Friday still exceeded 50%, which is much higher than the expectations of China Film.

Originally, as a Hollywood film, "Fast and Furious 4" had only a 30% rehearsal rate at the beginning of its release, but by Saturday, the film schedule had skyrocketed, comprehensively crushing foreign and domestic films in the film market, and the rehearsal rate reached an astonishing 45%.

The reason for all this is very simple, "Fast and Furious 5" set a new single-day box office record in the film market with 45.2 million RMB in one day on Friday!

Perhaps this number is not mentionable in the face of the terrifying performance of breaking 300 million or even 400 million in a single day in the future, but in this era, it is definitely a hegemon-level performance.

This figure is more than 18 million higher than the single-day box office record of more than $27 million set by "On the Red Cliff" last year.

Even though the number of theaters here is being built at an unprecedented rate, it is enough to prove the power of Fast and Furious 4.

When a top Hollywood commercial star is widely recognized by the audience here, the starring movie is still the most popular genre for the general public, coupled with a relatively excellent production guarantee, this market with an unusually large audience base has potential gushing out like a volcanic eruption.

If there are 10,000 theaters for the release of "Fast and Furious 4", Disney Greater China estimates that the single-day production on Saturday can even exceed 100 million.

Of course, in this day and age, it is unrealistic to expect 10,000 theaters here to screen "Fast and Furious 4".

However, "Fast and Furious 4" was properly promoted and marketed, and due to the effect of Saturday's release and high film scheduling rate, the single-day box office on Saturday was much higher than that on Friday, rising by more than 20%, ending the day's screening with 55 million RMB.

In just two days, "Fast and Furious 4" has achieved a total of 100.2 million RMB box office.

Without any suspense, this film surpassed the record of 108 million yuan in 4 days set by "On the Red Cliff", and created a record for the fastest box office of a new single film here.

The super high box office has attracted more attention, and in a short period of time, many entertainment media and website reports have focused on "Fast and Furious 4".

"A terrifying record grinder!"

This is another name given to "Fast and Furious 4" by the "World Film Report" column of the national television movie channel.

With Matthew, an old friend who has gradually been molded, standing at the front desk waving his flag and shouting, coupled with the heat caused by the film, the wind of public opinion is basically blowing in favor of "Fast and Furious 4".

"Fast & Furious 4 is the latest action racing film in the series with more twists and turns than the previous three films. ”

"For all the viewers who love action movies, the ticket price of "Fast and Furious 4" is definitely a great value!"

"The special effects are realistic, and the technical level can be described as a new high for similar themes. And the fragrant car and the beauty, coupled with Matthew Horner's handsome, sunny and wild style, add a new temptation to the audio-visual. Although the story is still difficult to get rid of the pattern and the superficiality of emotion, the thrill of drag racing directly stimulates adrenaline. ”

The praise of the media can be said to be a further hot booster for the film, because North America will not be officially released until next weekend, Matthew and the crew did not leave, but went to several megacities here separately to continue to do publicity and promotion.

Due to Matthew's prevention, the main creative staff of the crew also avoided many pitfalls, which allowed the hot momentum of "Fast and Furious 4" to continue.

To be precise, it is not just a continuation, once the enthusiasm of the market is ignited, the fire will only burn more and more.

After Saturday and Sunday, the schedule of "Fast and Furious 4" suddenly reached 60%, and some theaters even reached 70%.

Even so, many large cities are still hard to get a ticket.