Chapter 338: American Kung Fu
Over the years, American films have been imported into their own countries, swallowing up most of their own country's box office, but few of their own country's films have been able to go out and make American money. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info This time "The Grandmaster" did a beautiful job, they not only opened up the market abroad, but also brought Chinese kung fu and Chinese spirit into the United States, so that it once again entered the field of vision of the people of the world.
Wang Ruxue was very happy after learning about her son-in-law's "war situation", "Daughter, don't forget to take a look at the house in France if it is empty this time?" ”
"Mom, we're going to the United States, not France."
"Oh, that's it, take good care of my son-in-law."
Su Tingcheng said in a very helpless and helpless tone, plus a little perfunctory: "I know, Mom, I'll hang up first if there's nothing to do, and I'll have to pack up my clothes and prepare here." ”
In New York, after learning the exact news from the other side, Moussafin began to work on the promotion of Su Dong's film in the United States.
At the very beginning, when the movie "The Grandmaster" was launched in the United States, at the beginning, there were indeed few audiences in the screening hall of "The Grandmaster", but with the passage of time, especially after four o'clock in the evening, a large number of audiences poured into the screening hall, most of them were international students, there were also many Chinese, and of course, there were not some curious locals.
And after more than three hours of film, most of them left the theater with a very satisfied look, and in the theater's statistical report, the praise rate of this movie is not as low as imagined, but a little high is surprising, in the case of a full score, the average praise of this film today has reached 8.7 points!
Of course, three hours is such a long time, and they can't help but compare this movie with "Titanic". After comparing the two, the film critic wrote very honestly: This is an oriental action movie that does not belong to that love movie!
Watching the movie also has a herd effect, everyone watched this movie so many people gave praise, I think it is really good, so everyone went to watch it, otherwise you are talking about this movie all around, and I don't know anything, how can we chat.
"Jenny, did you go to the cinema yesterday?"
The girl named Jenny told her little sister in detail about the details of the movie she and her boyfriend went to the movies on Sunday yesterday.
It has been many days since the movie was released, and it has been difficult to get a ticket from the beginning of the screening hall when there were not many people in the theater......
"Jenny, why do you have to go to the movie that you don't understand the language, there are many wonderful blockbusters in our own country for you to choose from." My boyfriend actually wants to watch Su Dong's latest movie, because many of his colleagues are also talking about this, but seeing that the queue here is all to buy tickets for the movie "The Grandmaster", he is timid, this is going to be queued until the Year of the Monkey, and even if it is finally his turn, he may not have a ticket when these people in front of him arrive.
"Don't! I did whatever you wanted last week, and you must listen to me this week! I give in every time, and if you insist on going your own way again this time, we'll break up! Jenny didn't care that it was in a public place, she really couldn't stand it, every time her boyfriend would force a decision, her advice was completely meaningless.
"Oooh! How can you do that?! You're doing this to me for a movie!? ”
Jenny didn't quarrel with him anymore: "You have two paths to go now, the first one: you go on to find your American blockbuster!" Let's break up! Article 2: Line up here to buy tickets for me, I must see Su Dong's "The Grandmaster" today! ”
Looking at the girl's expression, which did not seem to be fake, the boy clearly compromised. No way, he loves his girlfriend very much, so why don't you go to a movie for her.
The boyfriend spread his hands: "Okay, Jenny, why did I break up with you, let's watch "The Grandmaster". I'll be sure to get in line to the end. ”
In fact, Jenny and her boyfriend are out-and-out movie fans, and they have also seen a lot of oriental movies, but they can't understand many of them, and after watching them, they feel that it is better not to watch them.
But this time is obviously different from the past, and all the people around her who have seen it say yes, which also makes Jenny look forward to it even more.
After queuing for more than 1 hour, I finally made Jenny wait!
"I want two movie tickets for 'The Grandmaster.'"
"Lucky girl, there are only the last two left, and a friendly reminder before watching the movie is that this movie lasts for more than 3 hours."
"Thanks, we all know that." Jenny patted her chest, she was so lucky, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to look at it today. The friend behind Jenny was visibly disappointed when he heard this.
"Conductor, is there really no more? I could have made it to midnight! ”
The conductor also had no choice: "Sorry, sir, there is no midnight show scheduled for this movie." ”
Hearing this result, the man behind Jenny was very unhappy, waiting so long was such a result.
"This lady, may you transfer your ticket to me? A ticket costs $30 and I'm willing to pay $100 for it. ”
Jenny shook her head and refused. Money is good, but there are some things that cannot be replaced. Just like this time, I went to watch not only the movie, but also the first confrontation between myself and my boyfriend.
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Su Dong, Su Chengcheng and Liu Jiayi arrived at the New York airport in a very low-key manner, they were low-key, but Mu Safen didn't seem to be ready to be low-key. Although the combination of handsome guys and beauties is easy to attract attention, but in this city, there are still many handsome guys and beauties, and the pace of people's lives is also very fast.
As soon as Su Dong and the three of them got off the plane, they saw a group of people holding signs, it was Mu Safin and other senior executives of Sweet Company, Sweet couldn't believe that Su Chengcheng actually came over, Su Dong still had a fresh face for some of them, then this Chinese woman who had been on Time Magazine several times was much more familiar.
The crowd of people and the fact that they were all dressed in suits and leather shoes gave passers-by curious glances to know who was waiting for this group of people who looked like elites.
Most of the passers-by here are foreigners, otherwise they must know the two Chinese characters "Su Dong" on the sign.
Passers-by were even more surprised to see that they were greeted by three Orientals.
Until a group of people left the airport in a luxury car, there were still many local people excitedly discussing whether Su Dong and his party were the rich second generation of chaebols in which Asian country just now, whether it was the appearance of this group, or their momentum, and of course, the money that set off everything, it was the focus of their heated discussion. The most important thing is the two women......
In the luxury RV, Mu Safin once again had a warm conversation with Su Dong.
"Mr. Su Dong, I'm really glad you can come here. New York is the world's center for trade and cultural exchange. ”
"Thank you, yes, I also came here with the mentality of learning and communicating."
First, a few people were sent to the hotel to rest, and the three of them needed to take a break to get rid of the jet lag.
On the 18th floor, Su Dong stood at the floor-to-ceiling window, Su Dong looked at the scenery in the distance, and there was no scenery to speak of, just a steady stream of vehicles and high-rise buildings.
"What are you looking at?" Su Tingcheng had already taken a bath, and the bewitching figure wrapped in a bath towel hugged Su Dong from behind Su Dong, mixing the shower gel and the unique smell of Su Tingcheng's body into Su Dong's nose.
"I'm looking at this bustling world and my own future path." Su Dong's answer is a bit esoteric, but Su Qingcheng understands.
Su Tingcheng didn't know what was going on recently, and he began to like to have a heart-to-heart relationship with Su Dong again, and the other party's words and eyes could know his thoughts.
The location of Su Dong's first film promotion meeting has been chosen, and it will be held in a square in New York, compared with the situation of Li Yingying and them in the last wave, there are more people on Su Dong's side.
It has been more than 20 days since the release of "The Grandmaster", and Li Yingying has led the team to let everyone know its publicity.
There was still more than half an hour before the start of the publicity meeting, and the place was already crowded.
"It's all your fault! I said I came early, but you just said that there was time, and you actually told me that not many people would come to Su Dong's propaganda meeting!? ”
"Smith, I'm really sorry to hear this, but I don't want to be like this either, who knows how there can be so many people who like Su Dong."
Smith didn't want to do that either, he still had a lot to say and a lot of questions to ask. As a film and television journalist, he most wants to ask: "What do you think about the connotation of the film?" ”
"What are your expectations for the film's North American box office?"
"What kind of reputation do you think this film will achieve in the end, and can it become a new era of kung fu films?"
On the second day, almost all the media in New York reported the information about Su Dong's visit to New York yesterday to promote the film, and published the relevant information on the main pages.
For a while, whether you have watched the movie or have not seen it, you are more familiar with the term "The Grandmaster".
A young man in the cinema queue who had not seen the movie said in an interview: "To be honest, I haven't seen the movie either, so I don't have any comments, but after today, I decided that I must go to see it once, maybe for these fans, maybe for the answer given by the director of the East, maybe in the near future, you will see my judgment of the movie in this position, good or bad, and then we will see." ”
Sometimes, no matter how many advertisements and posters can't be compared, that is, word of mouth between people, after all, in people's eyes, advertisements and posters have exaggerated ingredients, but the remarks of friends around them are more trustworthy, so in this kind of string of hundreds, hundreds of thousands of cases, this is how "The Grandmaster" exploded at the box office in the United States.
The arrival of Su Dong and his entourage can be regarded as the third outbreak of this movie. What about the second time? That's the credit of Li Yingying and other actors.
On Rotten Tomatoes, there are a lot of messages from everyone. I won't mention those, some professional film critics still have to talk about it.
Famous film critic Terron Ait. "God, I want to say, this is really the best action movie I've ever seen, and I'm glad I can read the Chinese language, so I can clearly understand the meaning of the philosophical lines of the film, rather than treating it as an outright action movie," he wrote on his Facebook page. In my opinion, his artistic surname is even much higher than his action scenes, and if the score is 10, I would give it 11 points to show that I like the film. Quite a few people have asked me where this film can go, and I think I'll be honest here to say that last year's Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language is indispensable! (To be continued.) )