"Golden Horse Awards Stars Gathered, Awards Ceremony Crowds Compete"

"Golden Horse Awards, Director Wang Zijun Wins Five Awards"

"Indian Cinema Goddess Coronated Queen"

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The scale of this year's Golden Horse Awards has expanded unprecedentedly, and the level of media attention has also increased exponentially, and the next day is overwhelmingly reported.

Among the many reports on the award ceremony, one of the pieces of information that stands out is that Wang, Golden Harvest and India's Yash Company have joined forces to join forces, and invited superstars such as Schwarzenegger and Madonna to participate in "Flying Eagle Project 2".

The "Film Xunbao" exclaimed: "Director Wang Zijun always has a big plan, but this time the planning is too amazing, or too bold and imaginative." "Flying Eagle Project" went to the Western film market from the beginning, and when the outside world speculated that "Flying Eagle Project 2" would be filmed in the United States, Mr. Wang Zijun said no to everyone. With the main filming location in India, and the addition of European and American action superstars and rock queens, coupled with Chinese kung fu and Bollywood singing and dancing, "Flying Eagle Project 2" has not yet started filming, but it is enough to make people look forward to it......"

Hong Kong's "Film Fortnightly" commented: "Wang Zijun's choice to cooperate with Golden Harvest on this blockbuster is really incomprehensible. As we all know, Xinyicheng is Wang Zijun's company, why doesn't Wang cooperate with Xinyicheng? Film copyright is not a problem at all, Wang only needs to start anew and change the title. The only explanation is that Wang has a secret cooperation agreement with Golden Harvest......"

When the news reached the United States, The Hollywood Reporter was surprised: "God, is Zachary brainbroken?" actually asked Madonna to play the heroine, hasn't he seen Madonna's bad acting skills in the MV? ”

The Hollywood Reporter's ridicule of Madonna immediately attracted the frenzy of countless Madonna fans. Madonna's fans have said that they are very much looking forward to Queen Mai's film debut, and hope that Wang Zijun will give Madonna more scenes, and don't let her only make vases.

At this point, the American audience still thought that the director of this film would be Wang Zijun, not Cheng Long.

People who are familiar with Cheng Long are congratulating one after another, everyone knows that as long as Cheng Long doesn't make the movie too bad this time, he will definitely become popular in Europe and the United States.

On the third day after the Golden Horse Awards ceremony, a press conference jointly held by Wang, Golden Harvest and Yash Film Company was held in Meiyuan, the headquarters building of Wang's Pictures in Taipei, to officially sign the cooperation agreement and reveal more cooperation content and some information about "Flying Eagle Project 2" to the media.

He Guanchang is old, he has been sitting on the side and has not spoken much, and Yash Chopra has a language barrier, so Bai Muyang was talking most of the time in the first half of the press conference.

Bai Muyang was already middle-aged when he joined the Wang family more than ten years ago, and now he is half an old man, but his energy is still so strong, he introduced: "...... "Flying Eagle Project 2", Wang's, Golden Harvest and Yash Company will spend NT$800 million to jointly build a ......."

"Hiss......" Hearing this number, the reporter below couldn't help but take a breath.

When Wang Zijun announced that he would invite several Western superstars to participate, everyone knew that this movie would probably burn money, but they didn't expect it to burn so much. This can be regarded as the film with the largest budget for Chinese films at present, and it is more expensive than Wang Zijun's previous Chinese films.

Changing to a conservative film company and investing 800 million Taiwan dollars to make a movie, it's not even a thought.

Movies are also business, no business is guaranteed to make money, and the greater the investment, the greater the return and the greater the risk. Even several giants of Hollywood are on the verge of bankruptcy because of a huge production hitting the streets.

For film companies such as China Film Company, First Pictures, or Hong Kong's Debao, they would rather make 32 films with a budget of 25 million Taiwan dollars than invest in a huge film costing 800 million Taiwan dollars.

Without him, the former has little risk, as long as a few of the 32 are big sellers, you can earn back the investment of the whole year; And once the latter loses, there is a danger that the company will go bankrupt.

Even if several companies invest together and share the risk of failure, no one will be interested in this kind of investment. Whether it is Hong Kong or Taiwan, or even filmmakers in Japan, investment is basically very stingy, which is mainly determined by the box office market.

The real broad-minded and broad-minded film company bosses are Zou Wenhuai in Hong Kong, Wang Zijun in Taiwan, and Haruki Kadokawa in Yuben.

Some people have that vision, but they are very stingy with their shots, such as Shao Laoliu, who has quit the film industry. The Shao family didn't even praise the stars when they first made movies, for fear that if they won the stars, they would increase their salaries, and in case the stars were poached, they would lose their wives and soldiers. Later, when it was not possible not to praise the star, he simply tried his best to promote a female star, and then the Shao family brothers married her, so that they were not afraid of being poached.

However, Cathay Pacific's chairman Lu Yuntao is a character, and he was the first to create Hong Kong's star and studio system back then, and Shaw Brothers followed suit. It's a pity that this person died in a plane crash at the most glorious time, and the Hong Kong Shaw Brothers family is dominant under no successor, otherwise the current Chinese film industry is likely to be completely different.

When the time for reporters to ask questions came, reporters from all walks of life, who had long been unable to hold back, rushed to ask questions.

When the first reporter was selected to ask a question, the man immediately said: "Mr. Bai, how much do you expect the global box office of this "Flying Eagle Project 2" to reach?" ”

Bai Muyang said: "I am still very confident that the box office will exceed 100 million US dollars. ”

As soon as this remark came out, the reporters were talking about it again.

This year's Taiwanese box office totaled $1.4 billion, with Wang Zijun's films dragging this figure up a lot; The total box office of Hong Kong films is US$900 million, and it has also developed extremely rapidly.

But the only single box office that broke 100 million US dollars was Wang Zijun's movie. As for the first part of Cheng Long's "Flying Eagle Project", it has not yet been released in Europe and the United States at this time, and I don't know what the global box office will be.

However, one thing is certain, that is, the news that the second part of "Flying Eagle Project" will invite Schwarzenegger and Madonna and others to join will definitely make the box office of the first part of "Flying Eagle Project" that landed in Europe and the United States soar.

"I wonder when "Flying Eagle Project 2" will start filming?" The journalist asked.

Cheng Long replied: "At present, we are still writing the script, the planning of the film is done by Mr. Wang Zijun himself, the script will be preliminarily completed before the Lunar New Year, and the film will start shooting around March next year." ”

"Mr. Chen, I heard that you are dating with Indian actress Miss Hiri Daiyu, is this true?" A gossip reporter asked.

Cheng Long said with a serious expression: "There is no such thing, Cili Daiyu and I are just discussing the plot of the script." After all, the story takes place in India, which I am not familiar with, and many times she can give good advice. ”

The reporter asked: "Then someone photographed you taking her back to your residence in Taipei last night, and you spent the night together, how do you explain this?" ”

Cheng Long laughed and said, "This is normal." Miss Ciri Daiyu and I are good friends, and it is a little inconvenient for her to stay in the hotel, mainly because of language. As a friend, why can't I let her come to my house? There was an absolute clean line between me and her, I was a very traditional person. ”

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"I'm a very traditional person!"

At the same moment, Madonna on the other side of the globe said this to the host while attending a talk show.

"But your fans see you as a rebellious icon, they see you as an icon who challenges convention, why do you think you are a traditional person?" The moderator asked.

Madonna said, "Is there one? I'm a good girl. ”

"Well," the host asked, not wanting to dwell on the issue, "I heard that Zachary is going to invite you to Asia to make a movie?" ”

"Yes, I've said yes, but that's next year." Madonna said.

The host asked, "Are you confident in your acting skills?" ”

Madonna said, "Of course, not at all. ”

The host asked, "Then why did you agree to this invitation?" Is it because of the high salary? ”

Madonna said, "Why should I refuse? Don't you think it's cool to make a kung fu movie with a singer who can't even find a camera? ”

"Well, that's true." The host asked, "It seems like Zackery is your boss, did you star in this movie for that reason?" ”

Madonna smiled: "I'm not afraid of those bastards at the top of the company, there are a lot of people who ask me to make records." But then again, I still owe Wang 5,000 dollars, which I borrowed a few years ago and have never repaid. ”

The host smiled exaggeratedly: "Oh, I didn't think you would still be in debt." ”

Madonna shrugged and said, "Everyone knows that I used to borrow money to get by. ”

After chatting for a while, the host said: "The first part of "Flying Eagle Project" will be printed tomorrow, will you go to the theater to watch it?" ”

"Of course, I had to at least find out what my first film collaborators looked like." Madonna laughed.

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Madonna's talk show was recorded, and Wang Zijun paid $200,000 for this show. Of course, this money is not from him, but is counted as the publicity cost of the "Flying Eagle Project" in the United States.

A few days later, Madonna's show aired, and sure enough, it attracted countless of her American fans into the cinema. The news about Wang Zijun's invitation to Schwarzenegger and other superstars to go to Asia to shoot "Flying Eagle Project 2" is also making invisible advertisements for "Flying Eagle Project".

A week before Christmas, "Project Flying Eagle" was released in the United States and Canada.

"Oh, that's so cool!"

"Haha, these two Arab idiots."

"God, how did you get these fights in the wind tunnel?"

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In the movie theater, countless Americans and Canadians were impressed by Cheng Long's unique humorous action scenes, especially the two scenes in the desert hotel and the wind tunnel, which made the audience laugh so much that their stomachs hurt and they burst into tears.

When interviewed, an audience member said: "Hell, this is not a kung fu movie, this is pure comedy, I never thought that an action movie would be so funny, and I couldn't get up from my seat laughing halfway through the movie." I remember that big-nosed Jack Chen, and when I heard that he was going to make a second film, I would be the first to go into the cinema to support him. ”

Arnold Schwarzenegger said to the camera: "What? That Jack Chen, you say? He's an action and comedy genius, and his fighting moves are so artistic that he'll make you laugh straight up. I'm looking forward to working with him, he's two completely different styles from Bruce Lee, even though they both use Chinese kung fu. ”

Stallone said, "Jack Chen? I know. I went into the theater to watch that movie, and his action scenes were full of imagination. ”

The box office of "Flying Eagle Project" in the United States was only $2 million in the first day, the box office rose to 3 million on the second day, the box office on the third day rocketed to 6 million, the box office on the fourth day rose to 7 million, and the box office decreased slightly on the fifth day, but the box office still did not fall below $6 million.

"Project Eagle" grossed $34 million in its first week, making it the highest-grossing film in the U.S. Christmas box office this year. Some media even exclaimed that another Bruce Lee/Wang Zijun was about to be born, and "Flying Eagle Project" almost swept the North American box office at Christmas, leaving the second place in the monthly box office list far behind.

Here, I have to say that there are really no high-grossing movies in this year's American Christmas file.

Well, strictly speaking, there is one, and that is the Vietnam War movie "Field Platoon" that grossed over 100 million.

It's a pity that the field platoon at this time has not yet exerted its power, and neither the distributor nor the theater distributor is optimistic about this movie, and there were only six canvases when it was first released. But these six big screens actually sold more than $200,000 at the box office on the first day, which shocked the theater company to quickly reschedule the film.

"The Eagle Project" gradually decreased its attendance after Christmas, but "Field Platoon" was full and the screening hall was constantly expanding. A month later, "Flying Eagle Project" led the way with 61 million, while "Field Platoon" only had 33 million at the box office. Two months later, "Project Flying Eagle" grossed $83 million, while "Field Platoon" hit 94 million. Three months later, "Flying Eagle Project" had already been painted in North America, and the final box office was 96 million US dollars, but unfortunately it did not break 100 million; And "Field Platoon" grossed a terrifying $138 million.

It can be said that "Flying Eagle Project" and "Field Platoon" are both dark horses this Christmas, the former is full of explosive power in the early stage, and the latter is super strong. Especially "Field Platoon", a movie that was not favored and was released in only six theaters at the beginning, actually sold hundreds of millions of local box office, which really surprised countless people.

And the Chinese-language media are not only celebrating, but also sighing, "Flying Eagle Project" is only 4 million short of breaking 100 million, if it breaks 100 million, how good it would be!

But even so, Cheng Long is also red and purple, and is praised by the Western media as Bruce Lee's successor and another super kung fu superstar.

(To be continued)