Daniel did not expect that there would be a chance to meet this high-ranking official, in fact, when he shook hands, he was quite excited, after all, this person who would have been the number one person in this huge country a few years ago, even if Daniel could call the White House directly now, he would still be in awe of the mysterious high-level world.

The other party said that he had seen a lot of his works, especially "The Pianist", lamented the chaos of the war and the harm to ordinary people, and said that China felt the same way about this, and China also suffered from it during World War II. The conversation between the two sides spanned very much, from Hollywood movies, to the work of UNHCR, to cooperation with Chinese companies, etc., his understanding of Daniel is still quite surprising, whether it is temporary or not, it is enough to be attentive.

Of course, Daniel's meeting with him was not just a casual chat, not to mention this one, even Daniel did not have time for small talk.

This time, Daniel is here to connect Disney, of course, Disney also has its own channels in China, but when it comes to heavyweights, it is not as good as Daniel - after all, he has swiped his face several times at the top of China because of "technology benefits all beings". So, this time Robert. Iger asked him to pull the strings.

Discuss Disney's project to build a Disneyland park in Shanghai.

Daniel is happy to accept the commission, of course, because both parties actually have a positive attitude towards this cooperation, Disney to open up the Chinese market is urgent, relative to the film box office market, with 1.3 billion people in the mainland tourism market, but Disney coveted, Hong Kong's parks make a lot of money, but after all, the dry port still has a pass, many people are trapped in this condition, thus giving up going to Disneyland, if there is a Disney in Chinese mainland, the profit prospects are expected.

And from Shanghai. Owning a Disneyland is good for shaping its reputation as a global metropolis, and Disney has only five Disney parks in the world, not to mention California and Orlando, Florida, Tokyo, Paris, and Hong Kong, all of which are truly world-class cities. Shanghai is among them, of course, extremely attractive.

Therefore, in terms of willingness, there is no problem between the two sides, but there are more details to be discussed in the specific process of advancement. Therefore, Daniel's matchmaking, strictly speaking, only hopes that the senior officials in Shanghai can be more cooperative in the specific work in the future. The meeting itself is a little more symbolic.

At the time of parting, the senior official invited Daniel to come to China to watch the Olympic Games in August next year, and Daniel readily agreed, and the meeting between the two sides was quite pleasant.

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Daniel returned to Los Angeles directly from Shanghai, and did not go to Europe to meet with the creators of "Transformers", because the later work of "Avatar" began. James. Cameron is not a man who can be released from the pigeons, and Avatar itself is a waste of time. It will all be done at a later stage, at least until next year, so James will not allow it to be delayed - because it will leave room for himself to postpone completion, which is almost inevitable with his practice of excellence.

However, the global trend of "Transformers" has been ignited.

Especially Chinese mainland, where Daniel personally went out. broke 100 million in three days, 200 million in a week, and abused "Spider-Man 3" into scum.

Whether it is the mainland media or international news agencies, they have all begun to compare it with "Titanic". The latter's box office of 360 million is still the holder of the mainland box office record. However, it should be noted that "Titanic" is the first global billion-level film in film history, and the box office capacity of Chinese mainland was much smaller than today.

"In the fast-growing Chinese film market, there should have been more works than "Titanic" a long time ago, but unfortunately, domestic works such as "Heroes" have not been able to achieve this goal, and Hollywood blockbusters such as "The Lord of the Rings" have not been able to replace their predecessors. "Transformers" carries Daniel. Sandler's three-time Oscar-winning aftermath, coupled with the nostalgia of a generation of Chinese, currently seems to be the most promising film to achieve this goal, but we still expect a domestic film to break this record. ”

-- Beijing Daily.

After the 20th, France, Germany, Denmark, Japan, the United Kingdom and other traditional box office countries have been released one after another.

"Transformers" was released in North America for nearly 20 days, and the box office will rush past 330 million, and the possibility of it becoming the box office champion of this year has greatly increased, according to the curve, it is a sure thing to continue to harvest 20 million, in the next period of time, No. 27 Fox's "The Simpsons" is the only competitive film, and then it will be "Spy 3" on August 3 and "The Incredible Hulk" of Marvel Studios, but that is already ten days later, for "Transformers" to get the finishing box office, Nothing has an impact.

Therefore, in the comments of observers, it is necessary to pay attention to whether "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" will suddenly throw off "Transformers", which was released a week earlier than it, and at present, although the latter is only ranked second in a single day, the gap between the two sides is not that big. On Monday the 23rd, "Order of the Phoenix" cut about 4.5 million, and "Transformers" also touched 3.3 million, such a curve will allow "Transformers" to still be able to win at least 15 million in its fourth weekend under the impact of "The Simpsons", helping it hit the number of "Spider-Man", or even higher 400 million - that is, Daniel's previous target number.

On the 23rd, the box office statistics website box-offic-mojo talked about this with a joke while posting last weekend's box office on its MB account.

"We should wake up and question Daniel's predictions, and the end result is always a slap in the face. 400 million, an amazing number, is very likely to appear. DD Pictures' first big production will be an unprecedented success, and we are even beginning to wonder if "Transformers" will change that ranking again after "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" rushed to second place in film history. Daniel still hasn't stopped creating his own legend, which is both happy and frustrating. ”

Compared with the outside world's grand attention to "Transformers", in addition to the work of "Avatar", Daniel pays more attention to "The Incredible Hulk" and "Spy 3", the two blockbusters are released on the same day, which is a bit rare, but in the summer file, this is not new. Especially in the previous "Transformers" and "Order of the Phoenix", the box office space is still more expected.

Daniel's focus, of course, is the results of The Incredible Hulk - whether it will usher in a rout as expected.

DD Pictures' acquisition intentions are ready, and once Marvel starts to feel the pressure, the efforts here will be in the real implementation stage, and winning this treasure trove of footage will be crucial to maintaining DD Pictures' competitiveness for the next decade. And the financially strong company Plutos will also provide a solid guarantee for this acquisition.

Daniel is confident! (To be continued.) )