Chapter 20: Tomb Robbery

"Baby, someone will have dinner in the evening." Liang Xiaolong smiled and told Juilliard about the bet, and Rachel couldn't help but laugh: "Poor big mouth sister, but I'm looking forward to the next twenty dishes." Liang Xiaolong said with a smile: "Wait until you eat those twenty dishes to be angry with her, maybe next time you can let her cook forty dishes." Rachel couldn't help rolling her eyes: "You let her go to the hotel to study for a month, it has to be a Chinese hotel, and there are not so many dishes in the United States." ”

"Oh, it's not fun, it's really not fun." Liang Xiaolong shook his head while eating: "It would be nice if there were twenty dishes." Julia glared at him hatefully: "Don't be scared, eat as much as you want now, and let you double it next time." Liang Xiaolong shrugged: "I would like to, but Sister Big Mouth, I have an old Chinese saying, a woman with a small mouth is more blessed." ”

"Trying to find faults?" Julia didn't have a good air, but she was also a little suspenseful in her heart, after all, she personally participated in the film, she was very confident in the quality of the film, and saw the box office of "The Sun Like Me" soaring, maybe the box office of "Never Compromise" can really break through 200 million, and when the time comes, what will she do?

In the third week, "The Sun Like Me" continued to write its box office myth, topping the box office list with 39 million, and the total box office in North America has reached 87.2 million. At the same time, it also began to be released overseas in the third week, winning a box office of 25 million, and the global box office finally broke 100 million, and Liang Xiaolong could get a 100% commission for every penny.

At this time, Mark regretted it, and if this trend continued, Disney estimated that he would have to pay Bruce Leung tens of millions of dollars in manuscript fees, and if he could have been ruthless at the beginning, he would have won at most one million dollars. But there is no regret medicine to take in the world, although the North American box office of "The Sun Like Me" dropped to 31 million in the fourth week, it still won the top of the box office list, and the overseas box office is even more sprung up, winning a high box office of 45 million in one fell swoop, and the global box office has reached 188.2 million US dollars, which will definitely exceed 200 million.

The Chicago Sun exclaimed: 10 million investment, 180 million box office in one month of release, people have to admire Mark. Zolardi's clever investment approach. Of course, I admire Liang Xiaolong more, a newcomer who has just debuted, with absolute confidence to sign an unequal contract, but this is just a seemingly unequal, but in fact he can earn tens of millions of dollars, becoming the youngest multimillionaire ever. At the same time, I am looking forward to the release of "Never Compromise" and "Tomb Robbery" to see if the miracle can befall this young man again.

The Los Angeles newspaper declared: Today I found out that the most profitable person in the film industry is not a director or a star, but an editor. Liang Xiaolong became a multimillionaire with a "Sun Like Me", and "Never Compromise" is about to be released, can he double his worth again? Expect a miracle to happen again.

Following "The Sun Is Like Me", Disney once again used the slogan "Can a miracle happen again" to build momentum for "Uncompromising", and at the same time, Julia, a famous actress, also went to various countries to vigorously promote the film. And the trailer of "Never Compromise" is also very interesting, editing out the diverse Julia in the film, which was well received by the media, and Julia also confessed: "Playing the diverse Erin is definitely the biggest challenge on my interpretation path, but I believe that I have pushed my career to the peak of this film, thank you Xiaolong for tailoring this script for me, thank you to all fans and friends for their support, I love you." ”

But such a sentence was written by the media, but the flavor completely changed: "Julia frankly admitted that "Never Compromise" was tailor-made for her by Liang Xiaolong, and shouted slogans like I love you, does this prove that she is showing her love to Liang Xiaolong? Or maybe they're already in a relationship, but they haven't announced it. ”

"Isn't Sister Big Mouth charming?" For this reason, Rachel was furious, and Liang Xiaolong shouted that he was wronged, and hurriedly called Julia: "Sister Big Mouth, I really want to sew up your big mouth with a needle." Julia smiled bitterly: "I know the media will scribble, but don't worry, after the film is released, Danny and I will announce our relationship and clear your name." ”

The box office of the fifth week of "The Sun Like Me" has also come out, and North America has dropped sharply, only 20 million, which was beaten by the box office of 50 million of the just-released "Pocahonta". The overseas box office has also dropped a lot, only 32 million, but the global total box office has reached 240 million, exceeding the results of the previous life. In fact, this is also normal, in the previous life, "The Sun Like Me" was released by a subsidiary of Disney, and the publicity was far less than now. And the box office of a film has a great relationship with publicity, just like "Avatar", it took 170 million US dollars for publicity alone, otherwise how could there be a box office myth of 2.7 billion.

The box office was a great success, and another celebration party was held within Disney, with all the crew members and many company executives also coming. Mark also handed a check for 14 million to Liang Xiaolong at the end of the banquet: "I must have been dizzy at the time to sign such a contract with you, and I signed it for three." Liang Xiaolong happily took it: "You eat meat, you have to let me drink soup, right?" Mark was even more depressed: "You can't say that, you know, we can only get 50% of the overseas box office, and most of the profits are gone." ”

The box office of a film is divided between three parties: the producer, the distributor and the theater. However, a large company like Disney must have its own distribution system and can hold this part of the profits in their own hands. But even so, if it is distributed overseas, theaters will have to share nearly 50% of the profits. The local box office is divided according to the 90/10-with-floor-70% model, (90% for the producer and distributor in the first week, 80% in the second week, 70% in the third week, decreasing weekly, if the first week is a test screening like the sun, it will still be counted as 90% from the second week), so that Disney can get about 80% of the box office. Moreover, Disney also has many theaters under its umbrella, which can make more profits.

Therefore, Liang Xiaolong scoffed at Mark's statement: "The overseas box office is only 9200, but the local box office is 148 million, how much do you earn?" Next, you can still release CDs, online releases, even if it's not as good as the box office, but it's not much worse. So, you should thank me instead of complaining to me. Mark smiled bitterly: "Yes, I can't talk about you, but Xiaolong, you have to get the sequel to "Tomb Robbery" out quickly, and I'm ready to start filming early next year." ”

But in any case, the investment of 10 million in exchange for more than 200 million box office has been fully affirmed by the media, and Liang Xiaolong has also been affirmed by the media, and has advertised for "Never Compromise", at this time they no longer care about Liang Xiaolong's Chinese identity, only the sales of the newspaper. Moreover, Liang Xiaolong's "love affair" with Julia was even more hyped to the sky, for which Liang Xiaolong was fiercely attacked by Julia's fan group, one of whom shouted: Julia, that short Chinese is not worthy of you at all, if you want to find me, you have to find a Gundam like me.

Speaking of height, Liang Xiaolong is indeed short enough in European and American countries, 1.75 meters, and Julia is 1.8 meters, if the two stand together, it is indeed very incompatible. When Liang Xiaolong and Rachel were together, Rachel was not allowed to wear high heels, because this girl was also 1.7 meters, which made Liang Xiaolong have a lot of pressure.

Julia has fans, and Liang Xiaolong also has it, although there are not many, but there is no shortage of radicals: Julia is a divorced old woman, and she had oral dementia when she was a child, how can such a woman be worthy of Xiaolong? Xiaolong, if you want to find me, only a young and beautiful sunny girl like me is worthy of you.

Seeing this, Liang Xiaolong broke out in a cold sweat, if he and Julia took these words seriously, it is estimated that they would not even have to be friends. However, this kind of thing must not be clarified by standing up, otherwise the media will only get more and more crazy, and it is the best choice to ignore it and let it develop.

The box office of the last week of "The Sun Like Me" also came out, the local box office was only 9.6 million, the overseas box office was 1200, and the global total box office reached 260 million, and Mark had to write another check for 2 million to Liang Xiaolong. In addition to becoming famous, Liang Xiaolong did not forget to sigh: "Pirated! That's nice! ”

The total box office came out, and the media once again gave Liang Xiaolong momentum, and Kanto, which was far away in China, also called Liang Xiaolong: "Xiaolong, congratulations, 260 million US dollars, 1.8 billion yuan, and now China has begun to call you 1.8 billion editors." Liang Xiaolong thanked him first, and then said with a smile: "But I think this number will be doubled soon." Kanto said: "Yes, I wish "Never Compromise" a success at the box office. ”

"The Sun Is Like Me" was a box office success, and "Tomb Robbery" is about to be completed. In fact, the film could have been completed last night, but Stephen deliberately left the last scene until today, just to let the crew recuperate, because a celebration party will be held as soon as the film ends. Mark also brought several company executives to attend the closing ceremony, and then will also participate in the celebration party together, leaving a very humane impression of Disney to the crew.

"Little Dragon, you explain the last knife to Brandon." Originally, this scene was very simple, Eve made Immorton lose his mana after reciting the Sun Bible, and then was stabbed to death by O'Connor with a sword, a typical Western-style play. However, Liang Xiaolong took into account that the villain Immorton used mana to fight the enemy as soon as he appeared, and there was no abnormal serious fighting scene, so the result was revised and became the final battle of the film, which is also the biggest two points. The previous fight was filmed yesterday, and today's scene is simpler, O'Connor is kicked away by Immorton, O'Connor shoots a knife in the air and hits Immorton in the throat.

"Brandon, the tightrope will be pulled very quickly in a while, and the speed of flying out upside down will be very fast, so you must be fast in the knife, otherwise the person will fall to the ground, and this knife will no longer be the end of the knife." Liang Xiaolong personally demonstrated it, although it was the end of the knife, but it was not difficult to shoot, because Brandon did not have a knife in his hand at all, as long as he made the action, as for the knife, it had to be synthesized by computer in post-production.

All aspects were ready, Stephen shouted to start, Immorton kicked out, the props team pulled the tightrope, O'Connor flew out upside down, and at the same time made a wrist flick movement, but Liang Xiaolong shook his head: "No, the wrist was thrown too hastily, and the movement was too stiff." Stephen didn't have Liang Xiaolong's eyesight, so he asked the photographer to play the shot again, and nodded in agreement: "It's really stiff, you go talk to Brandon." ”

"Man, look at my movements, this wrist thrown out, there has to be a kind of arc beauty." Liang Xiaolong made another demonstration, but Brandon shook his head: "Xiaolong, I know what you said, I'm just a little nervous." Liang Xiaolong couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Nervous? Brandon, don't be kidding, I haven't seen you nervous in the past three months of filming, and now it's the last one, and you actually told me that you were nervous? Brandon smiled bitterly: "It's because of the last game that I'm nervous, and I can't help but feel my heartbeat intensify when I think that I will soon appear on the screen." ”

"Isn't that how it feels?" Liang Xiaolong put his hand into his clothes and made a demonstration of a very strong heartbeat, and Brandon immediately nodded: "That's how it feels, as if it's about to jump out." Liang Xiaolong smiled: "Man, maybe your underwear is too tight, why don't you go to the locker room to take it off?" ”

"Get out!" Brandon kicked Liang Xiaolong away, but he was no longer so nervous: "Do it again, I'm sure I can do it perfectly." ”

Sure enough, as soon as the wire was pulled, Brandon's wrist threw a perfect arc.

"Pretty." Liang Xiaolong praised: "Man, well done." Stephen watched the video and shouted, "Guys, the celebration is ready, let's go party." ”;