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Chapter 160: Phase I

Chapter 160: Phase I

When Diplodocus put the photo on Shirley's desk, Shirley sneered: "Why are you so damaged?" Among the many posters of "Titanic", there is a photo of Jack and Rose with open hands on the bow of the boat, which was also hailed as a divine photo after the film was released, and many couples tried to imitate the photo for souvenirs. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

What Liang Long is doing now is to advance this situation, he and Rachel went to the farm, deliberately found an old-fashioned tractor, stood at the head of the tractor and took photos of the same shape, which can be described as full of joy: "I think I can find some more celebrity couples, take some of the same photos, process all kinds of happy photos, and then combine the posters of the film and put them on the Internet for bombardment publicity, which is absolutely shocking." ”

"It's another Karl stream propaganda tactic." Shirley smiled and agreed, and the rest of the matter was simple, and all departments of the company were able to handle it. However, before the poster came out, Liang Long and Mark's gambling contract finally appeared in the newspaper, when the report entitled "Titanic Sword Finger 1.8 Billion Box Office" came out, it immediately caused a strong response among the people, "My Captain, My Regiment" has completely refreshed the record It is already incredible, "Titanic" wants to win 1.8 billion US dollars, isn't that a ridiculous talk?

At this time, anyone with a little sense knows that this is hype, but it doesn't matter, the important thing is that the topic can be noticed and then lead everyone to participate in the discussion, which is the effect that the film company wants. And in this discussion, Diplodocus undoubtedly played the most important role.

If anyone wants to ask, in the past two years, who has been in the limelight in Hollywood, there is no doubt that it is Diplodocus. As a screenwriter, he produces five or six scripts every year, each of which leaves a deep impression on the audience; As an action director, his "Black Fist" has been unsurpassed so far; As a director, "My Leader, My Group" has comprehensively refreshed the box office record, who else can compare? Moreover, his greatest contribution to Hollywood is not these, but his bringing Chinese-themed films into Hollywood and enriching Hollywood's genre, which is the most important thing.

And such a person, saying that "Titanic" can win the box office of 1.8 billion and bet with others, is it not worth discussing?

Of course, this is just a warm-up for the film, and the most important promotion of the film depends on the quality of the film, and in this regard, the filmmakers are full of confidence in James Cameron. American audiences know that Cameron is an imperious tyrant on set; In the family, he is an inconsiderate and uncaring husband; Hollywood peers see Cameron as a paranoid and a money-burning machine. However, despite the fact that he is such a person with shortcomings all over his body, the films he produces are highly anticipated, and for the audience, this is enough.

Cameron did not direct many films in his life, before the Titanic, there were only "Piranha 2: Reproduction", "Terminator I", "Alien 2", "Abyss", "Terminator 2" and "True Lies", of which the first two were filmed in Italy, although they were profitable, but the box office could only be considered mediocre, and the "Terminator 1" produced by 10,000 US dollars won 30,000 US dollars. Then, his film "Alien 2" was not very high at the box office, but it was nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Actress in West Guynell Weaver, and won Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects.

It was also this film that established his status in Hollywood, and three years later he wrote and directed "The Abyss", which can be said to be a huge success, but the success was not at the box office, but it set two milestones for the development of the film's stunts. First, it created unprecedented underwater stunt effects. Cameron creatively used various methods to express underwater spectacle in the film, and its underwater stunts inspired a group of filmmakers, and the subsequent "Hunting Red Sè October", "Red Tide Storm" and "571" were greatly influenced by this film, and the upcoming "Titanic" also used many stunts practiced in "The Abyss".

Another milestone is the use of a large number of computer-generated effects in the film, which solves the difficulty of using models to photograph organisms moving in three-dimensional space, which has a profound impact on the exhibition of film special effects technology. And these computer special effects technologies also laid a solid foundation for Cameron's next work "Terminator 2", which eventually won $5.2 billion at the box office.

In addition, in '94, Cameron also directed "True Lies", which also managed to win $36.5 billion at the box office. Therefore, Cameron's success did not come from "Titanic", and before that, he sat firmly in the position of a Hollywood first-line director.

Liang Long then also met with Cameron, the two most famous directors in Hollywood, the old and the young, quite a sense of sympathy, Liang Long has always believed that Cameron is the strongest visual master in Hollywood, each of his films is a technical breakthrough, is a benchmark for Hollywood special effects technology exhibition. In Cameron's impression, Diplodocus is a versatile King Kong, except for horror films, his works cover almost every aspect, which is breathtaking, and Cameron is also ashamed of himself. Of course, for Cameron's praise, Diplodocus can only secretly speak, his success is stepping on the shoulders of "later generations".

During the period, Cameron also mentioned: "Next year's Oscars are probably the competition between our two films." When he said this, Cameron was full of energy and confidence in his work, and indeed, as a director, he knew the quality of his film all too well, and it will definitely be the highlight of next year's Oscars.

Liang Long couldn't help but wonder, "My Captain, My Group" is also a very successful film, and it is also the first Hollywood film to break through the billion mark, if it weren't for "Titanic", it would definitely be able to win at the Oscars, but as soon as it met "Titanic", Liang Long didn't have any bottom in his heart, it was really perfect, it was a box office killer, and an Oscar killer.

In addition, Liang Long also vaguely mentioned "Avatar", the script Cameron had already been completed, but the special effects couldn't keep up, and the filming was delayed. Cameron said, "I'll talk about it when the special effects technology can meet my requirements one day." Liang Long vaguely said that Yanhuang Film Company is absolutely willing to shoot this film, and funding is by no means a problem. Cameron naturally won't agree, and of course he won't refuse, who knows what will happen in the future. Of course, Diplodocus will not force it, what he does now is to set up an ambush and pave the way for future cooperation.

However, in a few days, there are many photos of celebrity couples on the official stations of Fox and Pyra Méng, except for the starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are orthodox ship heads, giving people a romantic feeling, the others are strange, such as Diplodocus and Rachel are standing at the head of the tractor, and others are even more weird, some are standing at the head of the bus, the locomotive, and the edge of the cliff...... There are spoofs, and even made a picture standing at the head of the missile, five UA and eight doors, all kinds of strange, people can't help but laugh and are full of curiosity about this film.

The first round of publicity offensive of "Titanic" has achieved good results, and the box office of Hollywood in the new week has also come out, and "My Captain, My Group" is also about to be fully drawn, winning $8oo in China in the last week, and the total domestic box office is as high as $41.2 billion. The overseas box office is still $170,000, and the total overseas box office is as high as $800 million. The total global box office is 300 million US dollars.

Twelve weeks after its release, $300 million, if it weren't for the fact that "Titanic" would be released at the end of the year, then Diplodocus would have created an era of its own.

In addition, the box office of "Drop of the Heart" this week is also okay, the local box office won 52oo US dollars, but the overseas box office is very miserable, only 20,000 US dollars, the huge gap makes many people fall through the glasses, what is the reason why its local box office and overseas box office are so different? Liang Long couldn't figure it out, and in the last search station, a friend gave a reasonable explanation, although "Bit of the Heart" is very touching and a very good film, but one thing is undeniable, he is a product of the Hollywood industrial model, and the narrative technique is too mediocre, perhaps American audiences are more accustomed to this technique, but overseas audiences may not be able to accept it.

But in any case, "Drop of the Heart" was a success anyway, and the box office within ten days of release was enough to recover the cost and make a certain profit, and Yanhuang Film Company made a successful investment.

In addition, there is also a comment on the painting of "My Leader, My Group" on the Internet, writing: Finally, the painting is under, an era has been born, it is "My Captain, My Group", which has a local box office of 41.2 billion, an overseas box office of 8, and a global box office of 300 million, he is the era of Diplodocus.

"Well, it's a bit too much." Liang Long is a little embarrassed, although this kind of success achieved by standing on the shoulders of "later generations" also has a sense of achievement, but really speaking, it is the success of "The Police and the Thief" that gives him a sense of accomplishment. Because although "The Police and the Thief" borrowed a lot of lines, all aspects were designed by him, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it was original, and that success would be more satisfying.

"When did you become so modest?" Rachel was helping him with a thump on the back, and then pinched his face from behind: "Is it that you are getting older and your skin is getting thinner?" I remember when you were thick-skinned. Liang Long pretended to be stupid and said, "Is there one?" So when did I get thick-skinned? Rachel said, "When chasing me." ”

Liang Long let out a long sigh, and then smiled: "If I'm not mistaken, it should be ......" Before the words fell, his waist hurt, and he hurriedly changed his words: "That's right, you have to eat with thick skin, and you have to make your skin thicker in order to bring the beauty home." Rachel let go of her hand with satisfaction: "I'll cook in the evening, and you call Sophie too." ”

Liang Long nodded, then reached out to hug Jessica, and muttered in her ear: "Sweetheart, don't learn from someone, it's an old husband and wife, and you're still cheating." Jessica smiled sweetly and pinched his waist: "Then who is chasing whom?" "Liang Long's face is bitter, why do you like to dwell on this issue?

After Crazy 97, the box office list has become almost flat, and there are no more films that can cause a sensation, and the filmmakers can't help but be a little disappointed. But in fact, the Hollywood film market is still relatively stable, and in the absence of blockbuster films, there is no shortage of good films, such as "Drop of the Heart", which has been released for ten days, has won a good box office. Immediately afterwards, directed by John John Woo and starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage, "Changing Face" was also released, in which John Travolta and Nicolas Cage, one represented good and the other represented evil, but after exchanging faces, they basically became two personalities of the same person. And the most interesting plot is that sometimes some things are handled better by the bad guys than the good guys, such as Cage later after changing Travolta's face, giving his wife real romance and teaching his daughter how to protect herself. John Woo unleashes the acting genius of Cage and Travolta in the film, and he makes the audience feel the psychological transformation of the two acting superstars as they see their eyes change.

Although the box office has not yet come out, Liang Long knows that this film is another big success for John Woo, and in his previous life, this film won $2.5 billion at the box office, completely establishing his status as a Hollywood first-line director. Of course, there are some changes now, because John Woo showed strong directing ability in "Degree and Love", which also made the box office of the film higher than the $200 million in the previous life, and finally won $2.4 billion, which has established his status as a first-line director in Hollywood at the beginning of the year.

Similarly, Yanhuang Film Company is also as strong as ever this week, relaunching "The Runaway Bride". Liang Long remembered that in his previous life, "The Bride Is Not Me", "The Runaway Bride" and "The Bride 100%" were all starring Julia, and the box office all exceeded the 300 million mark, which was called Julia's bridal trilogy.

Diplodocus also wanted to continue this situation, so when Julia came back, he wrote the script of "The Runaway Bride", but unfortunately Julia had a wrong head and said that it was unlucky, and then pushed it off, and the bride trilogy was no longer Julia's bridal trilogy, which made Diplodocus extremely speechless.

Subsequently, Liang Long ordered Helen Hunt, like Julia, who is also a queen-level character, and her performance in "Perfect" is perfect, and she is likely to win an Oscar next year, but he will inexplicably have one more opponent this year, which is Rachel.

Can the same film, starring different people, achieve the same effect? After watching the film, Diplodocus first felt that it was very good. In fact, Helen and Julia are somewhat similar, they are similar in temperament, and they can give people a very straightforward feeling, of course, there are some differences, in contrast, Julia's performance is sharper, and Helen is more refreshing, not to mention which is better or worse.

In this way, there are three good films in the film market, "Drop of the Heart", "Changing Face" and "The Runaway Bride", plus other films, who can say that after Crazy 97, the film market began to decline significantly? It can only be said that Hollywood movies have returned to normal, but they are still as strong as ever, and it is still the strongest film dream factory in the world.

Liang Long thought about these quietly, because of his arrival, many films that didn't originally exist existed, many films that could not be released for a long time were released, and there were also many people who should have gotten the queen of Oss Movie who didn't get it...... I believe that under such changes, there will be more films that did not exist originally, and his wish when he first stepped into the film industry has been fulfilled - to promote Hollywood exhibitions, see new films as soon as possible, and don't see new films or different old films.

He thought about it carefully, and it was indeed funny that the youthful impulse at that time was indeed funny, but it was precisely because of this impulse that he was motivated and succeeded today.

"What are you doing in a daze, the dishes are ready, go and call Sophie." Rachel pushed him, although she intellectually accepted Sophie's intervention, but Rachel and Jessica were still a little awkward, so they could let Sophie come and live here, and sometimes they would go to live with Sophie, but there was a clear limit to the home, there were only two hostesses in this villa, and Sophie was the hostess of the other villa. But Liang Long is already very satisfied, the situation can be calmed down in this way, and after this struggle, Liang Long also realized his responsibility more clearly, and secretly warned himself that he must not engage in three or four things again, and it is a man's responsibility to take care of his lower body.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was very harmonious, Sophie would stay at night, and Liang Long went to the room first, turned on the computer, and began to write the script of the TV series version of "My Regiment Leader, My Group", he had to write this script as soon as possible, and then he had to write a few more scripts to ensure that the company had enough scripts next year. However, writing the script of the TV series version is much simpler, I have read it no less than 20 times in my previous life, and I remember almost every detail clearly, as long as I copy it.

As she was writing, Jessica suddenly ran in and leaned directly into his arms: "Honey, the jade pendant in Sophie's hand is so beautiful." Liang Long suddenly felt a headache: "Sweetheart, you won't be jealous because of this, right?" Jessica snorted, "Am I that angry?" I just heard Sophie talk about raising jade, I feel so interesting, you have to help me get a piece of ancient jade. Liang Long said with a smile: "Raising jade requires perseverance, three or five years is basic, how can you have such good patience." Jessica snorted, "Don't look at people, right?" Anyway, I don't care, you have to help me get a piece of ancient jade, and it has to be better than the one in Sophie's hand. ”

was making a fuss, the mobile phone suddenly rang again, and Liang Long hurriedly pressed the answer button: "Shirley, what's the matter with me?" Shirley said: "I ask you something, are you interested in collaborating on a play?" Liang Long smiled: "You mean Mei Lanfang?" Have you found all the information? Shirley said: "No, there is also a very important film, the investment can be increased to a maximum of 300 million US dollars, I mean we two companies cooperate, directed by you." ”

"Is it another film that didn't exist in a previous life?" Liang Long was stunned for a moment, and suddenly became interested: "Let's talk about the story first." ”