Chapter 478 The End of "Dolphin Bay".

As "Dolphin Bay" became a familiar film in Japan for a while, Zhou Shaoming's name gradually became well-known to the Japanese people!

Not all Japanese will agree with Zhou Shaoming's opinion, but as most Japanese, when they have watched "Dolphin Bay" and the like, they are still very surprised!

They never imagined that such a thing would happen in the country where they lived!

Surprising is what many Japanese feel after watching this movie, the brave and wise director Zhou Shaoming has gradually become a rising star gold medal director in the eyes of Japan!

In Japan, the box office performance of the movie "Dolphin Bay" far exceeded that of the North American film market, and for such a result, it was unexpected by Zhou Shaoming and George. No one would have thought that such a movie would become the first choice of the Japanese people in the Japanese film market!

The popularity in the theater is really surprising, when the Japanese people watch it, look at the camera on the film, and can't help but sigh, what can we do after watching it?

However, for the majority of the general population, there is nothing that can be done at all? It's just that in the theater, I saw every angle of my own country, and there are bloody scenes that are so unrecognizable and shocking that happen every day.

With the release of "Shrek 2" in the North American film market, most audiences in the hot theaters are watching this blockbuster commercial blockbuster! On the day of the premiere, it set a box office score of hundreds of millions, which made the media can't help but light up, for such an unimaginable premiere box office results.

Everyone thinks that within this year, there is no movie that can surpass the premiere box office results of "Shrek 2" at the time of its premiere!

The aftermath of the release of "Dolphin Bay" is gradually dissipating, and it will be followed by a two-step commercial blockbuster to be released this month! No movie in entertainment is forever the subject of conversation.

However, in Japan it is different. When "Dolphin Bay" was released, as more and more people talked about this matter.

The Japanese government had to come forward and issue a press conference!

At the press conference, the Japanese government disagreed with the one-sided views described in the movie "Dolphin Bay", and the Japanese government still announced that it would not make concessions on the dolphin killing activities of fishermen in the Taiji area, and the dolphin killing would still continue!

In the face of the response of the Japanese government! Zhou Shaoming couldn't help but take a cold breath, as a director. Zhou Shaoming was already prepared in his heart, he couldn't change anything, and it was too whimsical to let this kind of hunting and killing end with just one movie.

However, Zhou Shaoming still did not expect that the Japanese government would ignore people's fingers and insist on carrying it out to the end.

With Dolphin Bay, the movie has less and less attention in time. The Japanese government announced such news in public, so that the news about Dolphin Bay began to receive some small news!

"A group of brave and kind people, under the leadership of director Smith Chow. Successfully completed a thrilling journey, but after all, people's power is limited, and when we can't change things, we can only watch the movie quietly. Let this movie give us confidence, courage! Los Angeles Daily News

"Obviously, the movie 'Dolphin Bay' is an excellent movie. His release made us think deeply, what can we do after watching it? Asahi Shimbun

However, in the face of the toughness of the Japanese government, all people with a conscience felt a chill, and in the face of things that could not be changed, most people still chose to watch this movie in the theater.

"George, how is the plan to buy Blizzard going?" Zhou Shaoming asked George in front of him in the office.

When George heard Zhou Shaoming's words, he replied truthfully: "After the initial contact, Blizzard is very interested in cooperating with us, and the problem now is the situation of our funds!" ”

Zhou Shaoming looked at George's helpless expression and said lightly: "The preliminary estimate is how much money we need to complete this acquisition plan?" ”

George said and yawned, and George, who has been busy these days, said: "After evaluation, it will probably take tens of billions of funds to complete this acquisition plan." ”

Zhou Shaoming took a cold breath and put a lot of effort into Supernova Entertainment Film and Television Company after establishing a complete set of theater kingdoms in the Chinese film market. Here in North America, film and television companies can't open theaters on their own, but in the Chinese film market, there is no such requirement!

At that time, Zhou Shaoming also saw the difference between the Chinese film market and the North American film market, so he made a decisive move on the Chinese film market this year.

However, with Warner, one of the world's largest film and television companies, it has also begun to gradually establish its own complete film and television and cinema system in the Chinese film market.

Zhou Shaoming couldn't help crying and laughing when he thought of this, as he came out of Lionsgate and the growth of Supernova Entertainment Film and Television Company, Lionsgate gradually and obviously could not be compared with Supernova Entertainment Film and Television Company!

On the contrary, film and television giants like Warner have now become the biggest competitors of Supernova Entertainment Film and Television, and if they want to surpass Warner and become one of the largest film and television giants in the world, Supernova Entertainment Film and Television Company still needs to do a lot!

Zhou Shaoming listened to George's words, couldn't help frowning, and asked: "Tens of billions, our company's financial situation seems to be a little tight this year!" Will this acquisition be successfully completed? ”

When George heard Zhou Shaoming's words, he couldn't help but say: "Yes, as we have established our own theater kingdom in China this year, the company's capital chain has been in a tight state, and if we add the plan to acquire Blizzard, our company may have to go into debt." ”

George couldn't help but feel a little helpless when he said it, Zhou Shaoming heard George's words and said: "There is no way to do this, with the success of the acquisition of Blizzard, the future benefits will definitely be immeasurable." ”

George still asked with some incomprehension: "Why are you so interested in Blizzard, we are a film and television company, and the connection is not too big." ”

Zhou Shaoming faced George's words and said, "No, don't think so, if there is this company." How many times will our company's revenue increase, and you will slowly see that the scale of our company has been upgraded unconsciously? ”

Listening to Zhou Shaoming's words, George couldn't help but be a little puzzled, "Oh? ”

Zhou Shaoming explained to George: "The game Frozen Throne that Blizzard now owns has become a classic game, and there is a new online game they are developing, and my plan is that after we acquire this company, I will make this game." Become a game known all over the world, deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and if successful, the company's return on the market will be quite impressive. ”

Zhou Shaoming said and took a deep breath, and then said to George: "Blizzard has a group of excellent game production teams, in fact, such game companies are closely connected to us!" If our film and television company can produce a game in the future, will it become another channel for the company to make money? ”

George listened to Zhou Shaoming's words, as if he understood why Zhou Shaoming was so obsessed with acquiring Blizzard. However, he was still very curious about how Zhou Shaoming made Blizzard's games deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and asked: "The Frozen Throne is already a well-known game that has become a game that is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people?" Zhou, what exactly do you want to do? ”

The corners of Zhou Shaoming's mouth twitched. said lightly: "No, it's still the hottest interstellar in the market now, if I acquire Blizzard, I will cultivate a group of people who specialize in playing games to make money." Bringing a kind of competitive game fun to the audience, making the game Frozen Throne truly a game known to the whole world. ”

George looked at Zhou Shaoming's face in surprise, never thought that Zhou Shaoming would have such an understanding of the game. George, who was a little dazed, said to Zhou Shaoming: "How did you come up with it?" ”

Zhou Shaoming exhaled deeply. said to George: "Okay, these ideas are in the future, I don't know how feasible it is, we are now doing what we need to do at hand, complete Blizzard's acquisition plan first, and you still have to rely on you!" ”

When Zhou Shaoming heard George's words, he couldn't laugh or cry, could he tell George that he was from the future world, and competitive competitions had already become something that everyone was familiar with.

Even if you don't play games, or aren't competitive players, you know this.

George heard Zhou Shaoming's words and said, "Although I can't guarantee that I will be able to do it, I will do my best." ”

Zhou Shaoming nodded, and he also knew how many eyes were staring at the acquisition of Blizzard, not only his own company, but also Supernova Entertainment Film and Television faced many potential opponents, and no one dared to guarantee that it would be 100% successful in the acquisition of Blizzard.

"George, how did Dolphin Bay do at the box office in Japan?" Zhou Shaoming still cares more about the movies he shoots.

George said truthfully: "There are already 80 million in the account, and it seems that it should not be a problem to break through hundreds of millions of box office results in Japan." ”

Zhou Shaoming nodded. , said: "I didn't expect this movie to be so popular at the box office in Japan, compared to the North American market, the box office performance of this movie is unlikely to be hundreds of millions." ”

George listened to Zhou Shaoming's words and agreed: "Yes, but for a documentary, it is not easy to achieve a box office score of more than 100 million." ”

"By the way, Zhou, why is this film no longer released in the Chinese film market?" George asked.

Zhou Shaoming frowned, and said lightly: "This is a documentary, I don't want to move it to the theater in the Chinese film market, that will only waste our company's manpower and material resources, for the Chinese market, you also know very well that piracy is extremely efficient, whether it is a movie or an article, as long as the market can see something, the Chinese market can pirate it for you overnight, even if this documentary is released in the Chinese film market, no one will go to the theater to watch it." ”

George frowned and said, "I think it's for this reason that you haven't mentioned your plan to release it in the Chinese film market!" ”

With George leaving, Zhou Shaoming called Benjamin over and said to Benjamin: "When is Scarlett Johansson coming?" ”

Benjamin said truthfully: "I'll be here in half an hour." ”

Zhou Shaoming instructed: "After coming, let her come directly to my office." ”

After "Dolphin Bay" was released in North America and Japan, it was well received by the media and audiences, and the reputation of the movie is quite high, although the box office performance seems to be much lower than other movies, but as a documentary. He already has a good track record.

The box office performance of the movie "Shrek 2" exceeded 100 million yuan at the premiere, and compared with the movie "Dolphin Bay", the total box office performance in North America will not be hundreds of millions, but it still can't hide the fact that "Dolphin Bay" is an excellent movie in people's hearts!

In the face of Supernova Entertainment's plan to acquire Blizzard that has begun to be implemented within this year, funding has become the company's biggest obstacle! If this acquisition can be successfully completed, then Supernova Entertainment Film and Television will have to bear a debt, and Zhou Shaoming, who has never been so burdened, has also begun to gradually brew a shooting plan for the next commercial blockbuster!

"League of Assassins" is a film about a cowardly man. The story of gradually becoming a strong one.

The wonderful encounter of the protagonist Wesley, even Zhou Shaoming himself was greatly admired after reading the outline of the story. This screenwriting outline written by Harry really made Zhou Shaoming himself love it!

Harry is a member of the screenwriting team of Supernova Entertainment Film and Television Company, although he is young, he is very passionate and energetic, and his thinking is very jumpy, and he is a script talent that Zhou Shaoming is preparing to focus on cultivating.

For the heroine of this movie, Zhou Shaoming has already chosen someone in his heart. That is Scarlett Johansson, after this year's "Untouchable", Scarlett Johansson's popularity in Hollywood has soared, both in terms of acting and popularity. The heroine of this movie is none other than Scarlett Johansson!

Zhou Shaoming called Scarlett Johansson this time to discuss this matter. After all, the last movie was not filmed successfully, which is a pity for Zhou Shaoming, and he also missed the appointment with Scarlett Johansson!

This time, Zhou Shaoming also had the mentality of making up for Scarlett Johansson in his heart. When Scarlett Johansson walked to the office, Scarlett Johansson pushed down a lot of activities in order to prepare Zhou Shaoming to shoot "Dolphin Bay" a while ago. But in the end, Zhou Shaoming finished filming "Dolphin Bay Documentary" and it ended.

Scarlett Johansson also knows that there is a reason for this, after all, this actual shooting is not easy, and Scarlett Johansson, who has seen "Dolphin Bay" in person, can deeply understand this.

However, after all, Zhou Shaoming still missed the appointment, which caused Scarlett Johansson, who was particularly bored for a while, to complain when she saw Zhou Shaoming: "Zhou, you busy man have time to see me." Unlike now, where I stay at home all day and don't know what to do? ”

Zhou Shaoming sighed and saw Scarlett Johansson's delicate face. Showing a faint look of anger, he couldn't help laughing: "It seems that our Scarlett Johansson has a big opinion of me?" ”

In the face of Zhou Shaoming's knowingly question, Scarlett Johansson looked even more squeamish, couldn't help but turn her head, and said lightly: "Of course, deceiving people to ask me to be the heroine of your new movie, it's good now, after I pushed away all the things in my hands, now I'm idle, how do you say you want to compensate me for my losses?" ”

A smile appeared at the corner of Zhou Shaoming's mouth, looking at Scarlett Johansson's appearance, listening to his expression, and asked lightly: "Then how do you want me to compensate me?" ”

Scarlett Johansson tentatively said: "Anyway, you still have to make a new movie in the future, if you can, you should give priority to me as the heroine." ”

Zhou Shaoming heard Scarlett Johansson's words, and as soon as he entered the office, he could clearly see that Scarlett Johansson wanted to say this, Zhou Shaoming said casually: "You make sense, since I talked about this topic, I happened to be preparing to shoot an action movie, and the heroine has not been determined for the time being!" ”

When Scarlett Johansson heard Zhou Shaoming's words, her eyes couldn't help but shine, and she recommended herself: "Then can I become the heroine of this movie?" ”

Zhou Shaoming frowned and said, "Yes, yes, but this movie is an action movie, and it will be very hard to shoot, I don't know if you can endure this hardship?" ”

Scarlett Johansson listened to Zhou Shaoming's words and couldn't help but say: "How can you make a movie without hardship." I've been shooting for so many years, and I've never suffered less. If I had to be the heroine, I would have done a great job! ”

When Zhou Shaoming heard Scarlett Johansson's words, he couldn't help but say: "Since you have said so, then let the heroine of this new movie be served!" ”

Scarlett Johansson was confused, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, Scarlett Johansson, who hadn't read the script and didn't know anything about this movie, saw that Zhou Shaoming unexpectedly decided to let herself be the heroine.

Scarlett Johansson changed direction and asked Zhou Shaoming: "Thank you Director Zhou for the opportunity." So what are you calling me here to talk about? ”

Zhou Shaoming said calmly: "Isn't it just to talk about the above things? ”

Looking at Zhou Shaoming's laughter, Scarlett Johansson snorted and said lightly: "If that's the case, they have decided to make me the heroine, and they still hang my appetite so much, what is this movie about?" ”

"League of Assassins" tells the story of 2004, which is a turning point in time for a new generation of people to worship a new generation of heroes. Gibson.

Wesley has just entered the golden age of 25 years old, and for a man who was born to like to escape reality, his life has reached the final stage of eating and waiting for death. However, in the life created by character and chance, many of the current situations are caused by himself bit by bit.

Life fills him with a sense of failure, and in the unit, the fat female boss abuses him all day long, and has made torturing him a great joy in life, and everyone believes that an idle slacker like Wesley will only end up with nothing. The worst thing is that even Wesley himself thinks so.

Wesley had always thought that his biological father had died long before he was born, but the truth of the matter was not as simple as he imagined, and Falk's death brought the truth to him. He resolutely joins a killer group called the "Brotherhood", and an unusual experience begins! (To be continued......)