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Donating money is not in vain, it is a tradition in the US presidential election.

This time, too, in addition to the potential political benefits, donors will enjoy a direct benefit: All guests who contribute $250,000 will receive four tickets to Bush's swearing-in ceremony, 10 VIP seats to watch the parade, two tickets to a high-profile "donor's" luncheon, dinner with Bush, and 20 tickets to a candlelit dinner at three locations in Washington.

Chen Tiandu donated 2 million dollars, this money was donated on behalf of the matrix and Google, and as a small star, it is definitely not less.

Especially this year, Google has developed rapidly, and there are evaluation experts on Wall Street who analyzed that Warren Buffett, the god of gamblers, chose Chen Tiandu's Google for the first time to invest in the IT industry that he was not familiar with. As a Hollywood upstart, Chen Tiandu is actually not as good as the chairman of Google.

This time, the White House sent a special staff member to contact him and ask him how many tickets he needed. Also sent was an invitation to a Christmas dinner at the White House on December 20. Although Bush has not yet joined the White House, he has already entered the White House. There were about 120 people at the Christmas dinner, but most of the attendees were white and black, and there were not many Asians. And as a Chinese with a Chinese passport, Chen Tian is the only one.

In addition, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has so far earned a staggering $70 million at the North American box office, and it continues to grow in the past few days. It's just as popular in Europe. Even the film was screened in Europe to a better response than "Infernal Affairs". This is in keeping with the cold reception that cinema has suffered in Asia. Quite the opposite.

European and American audiences are watching fresh, after all, there are many "Infernal Affairs"-style police and gangster films to watch, but martial arts films like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" are the first time that a big girl is on a sedan chair.

The film is a truly long-term screening, and it has a good reputation. The Americans who watched it were stunned, and every time they talked about it, it attracted more and more Americans to the cinema to watch the movie.

Wall Street professional film critics estimate that the final box office of the movie may exceed 100 million. In this case, this will be the second Chinese-language film to break 100 million in North America. Some domestic media reprinted the report. It immediately caused an uproar in the Chinese-language film industry.

You must know that "Infernal Affairs" only took away 130 million US dollars from the United States in the first half of the year, and if this figure is converted into RMB, it is equivalent to the comprehensive box office revenue of domestic films last year. In the second half of the year, another "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" sprung up, how can it not surprise Chinese filmmakers.

For a while, there were many media boasting, saying that they had seen the day when Chinese films came out.

It's a pity that the box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in China is simply unbearable to witness, and it also makes the distribution company regret it too late.

According to the person in charge of the Forbidden City Sanlian Company, one of the domestic distributors of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the total revenue of the film's screening in the mainland of the motherland is only 15 million yuan. According to an authoritative source from China Film Co-Production Company, one of the producers of this film. Instead of profiting from the film, the company lost 4 million yuan.

These anomalies in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Obviously, it is also related to the violation of the laws of market operation.

The film was originally scheduled to be released nationwide in early July last year, but due to a conflict between one of the production units and the competent distribution unit on another film, the film was suddenly postponed at the last minute before it appeared on the screen, and this postponement was a full three months, missing the best schedule for the film's release.

This just provided a good opportunity for illegal pirates to take advantage of the situation, and for a while, pirated VCDs were flooded in the market. It hit the film's subsequent release on a large scale, causing a big loss of box office revenue.

According to an authoritative source from the China Film Co-production Company, for some reason at that time, there was no attempt to obtain the film's broadcast rights around the world from overseas producers and distributors, that is, the overseas screening rights were handed over to others, resulting in the huge overseas screening income that is now completely out of our reach.

"Huh, for some reason? That's not easy to explain. ”

Chinese films have always sold very little overseas, and if they could have predicted that a purely Chinese-style martial arts film like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" would have achieved good box office overseas and could have this kind of insight, then Chinese films would have risen a long time ago.

In fact, the situation of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" violating the laws of the film market is not an isolated case, for example, this year's Spring Festival Chenlong New Year's blockbuster "Spy Maze" was also postponed for various incomprehensible reasons, and even when 6 versions of pirated VCDs have emerged on the market, they are still not released in time.

Interested people naturally think of the craze when "The Matrix" and "Infernal Affairs" were released, but how did Chen Tiandu get pirated.

Previously, there were media ridicule that the matrix was a high-priced bounty and a stupid way for people to stare at the tape, but now when I compare it, I can see more and more how prescient this is. It can be regarded as the only way to deal with piracy teams under the current powerlessness of laws and regulations. Many people with a heart no longer dare to doubt the effect of this stupid method, and it is expected that when the next movie is released, it should be done the same.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a big hit in North America, which is very popular with Chinese filmmakers, but it is not very good for Chen Tiandu. really responded to the original joke, "I really bumped into it!" ”

After the end of the year, the annual awards season will begin.

A few days ago, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has been submitted to the Olympic bid on behalf of Baodao, and "Infernal Affairs" has also been selected by the mainland, and at the same time competing for next year's Oscar. The media on both sides of the strait are hotly hyped, speculating about which film is more likely to win the award, and it is inextricable.

When it comes to popularity, "Infernal Affairs" is more popular, after all, whether the movie is in Asia or North America, the box office cannot be ignored. And "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was released in Hong Kong, and it did not exceed 20 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, even in the local box office of Treasure Island, it is far inferior to "Infernal Affairs".

But this film is considered by industry insiders to be incomprehensible to foreigners. But the unexpected North American fires. Good products are like a tide. It also confuses them. I really don't understand the aesthetics of Americans. It's really impossible to predict what the final outcome will be.

But no matter what the outcome, it is impossible to avoid the fact that the two Chinese films closest to the Oscar foreign language films will inevitably kill each other. In case the sandpiper and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit and are picked up by other movies, it will be even more embarrassing.

When McConway led the location crew, he completed the location shooting in other regions for the "Matrix" crew. Christmas is also coming. According to American rules, this is a long vacation of two to three weeks.

And Chen Tiandu, who has been tired of learning with Hugo Weaving and his clones, finally got out of this long-lasting drama. Because they have made rapid progress, they have completed the filming of the scene ahead of schedule, and originally thought that they would have to wait until next year.

The crew announced their disbandment, and everyone went back to their homes.

As soon as Christmas passed, he was 26 years old, and Chen Tiandu, who lamented that time had passed in such a hurry, was finally idle. Take two women to play in the mountains and rivers, look at the scenery and take photos. During this time. He even took the time to get a gun license.

Chen Tiandu said: "I heard that the farm in the suburbs was attacked by wild boars, and the local government issued a document inviting hunters to go hunting. If you hunt more, you can also get government rewards. Let's go hunting sometime. ”

Kate is definitely a female man, otherwise why is the gun level better than him, but women have something they don't like after all, "So far?" It's also inconvenient to go back and forth. ”

"It's okay, I'm going to order a plane, so that it will be much more convenient to travel during the holidays in the future." Chen Tiandu said lightly, "Next year, I plan to learn the aircraft posture course, and I don't even need to take the pilot when I go out in the future." "He is destined to fly around in the future, and it is indeed inconvenient to not have a special plane of his own. Not to mention that owning a private jet in the United States is not so unusual.

Jun Ji-hyun stuck out his tongue and muttered, "Local tyrant! ”

Is she going to stay completely or whatever, not even leaving for a long holiday like Christmas. But for the multiple rice worms in the family, neither of them will mind, and Chen Tiandu will forget it, but Kate's attitude makes him feel a little unreliable, does he think that Jun Ji-hyun is not a threat to her?

He still remembers the change of cars, and he really can't get used to the ordinary luxury cars on the market. Either the appearance is too flamboyant, or it is not cool enough. He wanted a car that was both understated and restrained, and at the same time could startle people as soon as it came out.

As soon as he thought of this, he began to look for work for himself.

If you want to find the best, open the artifact future network and search for super cars. The United States is a big country in the automobile industry, and there are generally no more than three cars of the president of the United States in the world, and two of them are stand-ins. The cars of other leaders are also extremely low-key and luxurious, the appearance is low-key and not as cool as a sports car, but the interior is extremely luxurious, which is in line with Chen Tiandu's character.

First of all, a variety of bulletproof, anti-collision, and explosion-proof facilities are standard, and they must also be equipped with rich entertainment and remote control functions. The forehead car of the former US President Clinton is claimed to have the stability of a tank, even if it is hit by a heavy side, it will not roll lightly, and the safety performance can be described as the most in the world today. He searched slowly, he hadn't used much data in recent months, and he wasn't worried about consuming too much. When a car model appeared in the frame, he couldn't take his eyes off it anymore and pulled out the phone to call Donnie.

Donnie's happy voice came from the other side, "Hello boss, I wish you a Merry Christmas in advance." Also, thank you for your tickets. On behalf of my wife and children, I thank you. ”

"If you like it." Chen Tiandu said, "Donnie, can you help me contact a car studio?" ”

"Boss, you want to buy a car? There are many luxury car brands in the United States, and as long as the price is enough, even the concept model can be owned in advance. ”

"No, I want to customize one, I design the exterior design style myself, and even the logo belongs to me. You can put me in touch with a studio with enough craftsmanship. ”

Downey was a little confused, "Are you going to open a car company?" It's not a very competitive business. ”

"No, I don't have that leisure, I just want to build a few cars for my own fun."

"OK, wait for my good news." Downey said confidently: "If it's your own design, and it's special enough, it's best to register a patent." Otherwise, not long after you drive out, there will be a patch of imitation cars of the same model. ”

This reminded Chen Tiandu, so he sent him the information and asked him to register the patent first. (To be continued......)