"Jiazhen, how are the talks?" As soon as he saw the middle-aged man come in, Wu Yusen, who was originally blinded, immediately asked impatiently.

"Hey." Zhang Jiazhen sighed and shook his head bitterly.

Wu Yusen suddenly sat weakly on the chair, and the whole person suddenly became decadent.

Seeing Wu Yusen's appearance, Zhangjiazhen became more and more bitter, he and Wu Yusen began to cooperate from "Across the Seas", which was Wu Yusen's peak period in Hong Kong, one of the two was a director and a producer, and later under his encouragement, Wu Yusen began to develop in Hollywood, through "Two Heroes" and "Mission Impossible 2", he became the most famous Chinese director in the world at that time.

has known Wu Yusen for so long, he rarely sees the current look on Wu Yusen's face, this should be the third time, the first two, one is the successive fiascos of "Wind Whisperer" and "Memory Crack", Wu Yusen lost the trust of Hollywood studios, and the other is the box office failure of "The Battle of Red Cliff".

Lin Yuquan, Zhang Jiazhen sighed, and said tentatively to Wu Yusen: "Old Wu, why don't you find a chance to talk to Lin Yuquan, in fact, there is no hatred between you." ”

"I can't apologize to him." Wu Yusen raised his head and said resolutely.

"But if you can't get his understanding, it is impossible for mainland film and television companies such as China Film and Orange Sky to invest in our films, and now that Lin Yuquan is in full swing, how can they offend him for the sake of uncertain opportunities to make money." Zhang Jiazhen said earnestly.

"Then look for Hong Kong and Taiwan, Japan and South Korea, and find funds from other regions." Wu Yusen said sonorously.

"Don't you yourself know the situation? The Hong Kong and Taiwan film market is sluggish, where are any investors who will risk hundreds of millions of dollars to invest in our films, as for Japan and South Korea, maybe they have funds, but there will definitely be harsh conditions, such as letting their designated local actors play the leading roles, which is not conducive to our films entering the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan markets, "Wu Ji" is not a good example? Zhang Jiazhen said with a wry smile.

"I won't apologize to Lin Yuquan, Jiazhen, I hope you can understand my feelings, as for what you said about using Japanese and Korean actors as the protagonists, this is actually nothing in my opinion, good movies are regardless of countries, as long as they are willing to invest, I can let Japanese and Korean actors play the leading roles." Wu Yusen said in a deep voice.

Zhang Jiazhen shook his head again and again, how could it not have an impact, due to the influence of ethnic contradictions, it is difficult for Japanese and Korean films to get a high box office in China, and many people will subconsciously reject entering the theater because of their involvement with Japan and South Korea.

And the performances of Japanese and Korean actors are very different from the performances of mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan actors, and letting them participate in the performance of Chinese movies may destroy the integrity of the film.

So unless you are cornered, you must not take this road, and now Wu Yusen really can't afford to lose.

As Wu Yusen's partner for many years, of course he knows Wu Yusen's thoughts, and he was originally hopeless about letting Wu Yusen apologize to Lin Yuquan, and after thinking about it, he said: "Okay, I know what you mean, I didn't mention it when I apologized to Lin Yuquan, but can you promise me not to let the Baodao actor be the protagonist of the movie." ”

After finishing speaking, he looked directly at Wu Yusen and quietly waited for Wu Yusen to answer.

"Jiazhen, I may not be able to promise you, you know what I experienced in the past, I went to Baodao when I was most depressed, and Baodao gave me a lot at that time, I owe Baodao a favor, Baodao actors have withered over the years, I hope to cultivate a truly loud international movie star through my hands, just like Zhou Yunfa and Li Lianjie." Wu Yusen shook his head.

"Lao Wu, of course I understand your intentions, but your approach will make our films boycotted by many people, and investors care about the box office of the movie, but once there is a phenomenon of being boycotted because you use Baodao actors, it will inevitably affect the box office of the film, and a Lin Yuquan is enough of a headache, plus this, it is undoubtedly difficult for us to get investment in the mainland." Zhang Jiazhen said bitterly.

Wu Yusen was silent for a while, and shook his head again in Zhangjiazhen's expectant eyes: "Jiazhen, I really can't promise you, I'm not young, and I can't make movies for a few years, if I don't do it now, I guess I won't have a chance to do it, although Lin Yuquan said that the Shuguang Cinema Line will not release our movies will indeed have an impact on our movies, but as long as our movies can be released in other theaters, it is enough." You can help me contact investors in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea, although my movies have not been very successful in recent years, but my name Wu Yusen is still worth some money, over the years, we have gone through so many ups and downs, and this time we will definitely be able to. ”

Wu Yusen said loudly, not only to Zhangjiazhen, but also to cheer himself up.

"Since you insist, well!" Zhang Jiazhen sighed, he had already passed the age of boiling blood, and he knew how difficult it was for Wu Yusen at the moment, so he naturally would not become excited because of Wu Yusen's last words.

I hope that it will be smooth, otherwise, he looked at Wu Yusen deeply, and his expression was so complicated.

The week of December 17-December 23 came to an end with a variety of moods, and the new films released this week also reaped their own box office with their own quality and various factors.

On this week's North American weekend box office charts, this time there were no surprises, led by Nicholas . Cage's "National Treasure 2: Raiders of the Lost Ark" lived up to expectations and topped the box office, grossing a total of $44.7 million in 3,832 theaters over the three days of the weekend. Cage swept away the haze of the box office fiasco of the previous summer file "Foreseeing the Future", and won the top of the box office list for the first time in nearly three years since "Lord of War".

In second to fourth place are not other new high-profile films released this week, but "I Am Legend", which has been released for the second week, "Hurricane Rescue" in the third week of release, and "Alvin and the Chipmunks" in the second week of release, of which "I Am Legend" has a box office of $32.22 million, a drop of more than 57 compared to last week, and a total of $135 million in two weeks.

"Hurricane Rescue" has shown amazing sustainability with its good reputation and outstanding quality, collecting another $29.34 million at the weekend box office this week, bringing the cumulative box office in three weeks to $212 million, ranking 7th in the annual box office list in North America so far. According to the current development, it is almost a foregone conclusion that it will surpass the $227 million of "Spy Shadow".

However, it is still quite difficult for "Hurricane Rescue" to catch up with the top five movies, after all, even "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", the lowest grossing of the top five, has a staggering $292 million, and "Spider-Man 3", which ranks first, has a box office of $336.5 million.

"Alvin and the Chipmunks" earned $27.65 million with an ultra-low drop of 32, and the cumulative box office in two weeks was $81.13 million.

Although other new films this week have the word-of-mouth "Sweeney Todd," the overall box office is quite unsatisfactory, with "Charlie's War" $9.32 million, "Barber Todd" $8.98 million, "P.S. I Love You" $6.13 million, and "Never Stop" $3.77 million.

It is worth mentioning that after the teenage pregnancy movie "Juno" was released this week and expanded to 304 theaters, it made $3.25 million in one fell swoop, surpassing the box office of "Dark Materials: The Golden Compass" and ranking among the top 10, as for "Dark Materials: The Golden Compass", the box office of this movie has not exceeded $50 million so far, although the overseas box office table is not bad, but the huge loss is already doomed.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that after "Hurricane Rescue", "I Am Legend", and "National Treasure 2: Raiders of the Lost Ark" drove the North American box office for three consecutive weeks, making the total annual box office in North America reach 9.483 billion US dollars, officially surpassing the previous highest in history in 2004 of 9.418 billion US dollars, setting a new record, and according to the current box office, the final total box office in 2007 is expected to reach 9.65 billion US dollars.

In China, the movie that won the weekly box office champion this week is not Feng Bigang's much-anticipated "Assembly Number", due to the film scheduling relationship, although "Assembly Number" has a hot attendance rate and won 53.42 million box office, but in the end it still missed the box office champion, with good reputation and quality and hype about Lin Yuquan's topic, this week's "Hurricane Rescue" received another 56.68 million box office, and Shun Lì achieved three consecutive box office hegemony, after three weeks of release, "Hurricane Rescue" With a cumulative box office of 228 million, Shun Lì became Lin Yuquan's second film with a mainland box office of more than 200 million, and at the same time, Lin Yuquan himself also surpassed Zhang Yi's 12 films with a total box office of 873 million in the mainland of four films, becoming the director with the highest total box office in the mainland.

This week, "Hurricane Rescue", "I Am Legend", and "National Treasure 2: Raiders of the Lost Ark" have shown amazing box office momentum in major countries and regions around the world, and in this regard, in the end, "Hurricane Rescue" handed over a very beautiful report card, with a single-week decline of 38, and another $137 million in the global box office in a single week, so the cumulative box office in three weeks was $593 million, only a line away from the 600 million mark.

Such results naturally made Lin Yuquan's global momentum continue to rise, and after the global box office surpassed the $546 million of "Mission Impossible 2", the title of the highest-grossing Chinese director in the world for a single film was officially worn on Lin Yuquan.

As of now, the global box office of Lin Yuquan's "Huo Yuanjia" is $170 million, "Red Cliff" is $413 million, "Painted Skin" is $461 million, and "Hurricane Rescue" is $593 million, and the cumulative total box office of the four films is as high as $1.637 billion, which has surpassed the total box office of all Hollywood films and Hong Kong films of Wu Yusen.

So far, Lin Yuquan has almost surpassed Wu Yusen and has become a well-deserved global representative of Chinese commercial directors.

From the perspective of a commercial director, Lin Yuquan is already at the pinnacle of Chinese directors in the world, and he is only 24 years old.

In the future, every step of Lin Yuquan's transcendence at the box office is to surpass himself and create a new history.

However, Lin Yuquan is still far from Li Yu, Zhang Yi and others in terms of awards, but Lin Yuquan is only 24 years old, and his future is still very long, who can know what the situation will be in the future?

"Smack." Wu Yusen's palm slapped the table, although the reputation of "Mission Impossible 2" is not very good, but the global box office of 546 million US dollars has always made him extremely proud, he thought that this achievement may not be broken by a Chinese director, but he didn't expect that after a few years, it was broken by a young director who was only 24 years old.

At the age of 24, Wu Yusen is angry, but also full of powerlessness, in front of this young director who has repeatedly created miracles, his past brilliant achievements are so insignificant.

But his eyes soon showed a hint of perseverance, he is not so light to be beaten down, and he will definitely fulfill what he said, cultivate a real treasure island superstar actor.

Heh, is the Chinese director with the highest box office in the world? Well, although too many achievements have been made, this name still makes Lin Yuquan quite proud, and after four years, he has finally come to this point.

But this is just the beginning, at the top of Beverly Mountain, Lin Yuquan's tightly clenched fist was raised high, and the rising sun's rays sprinkled down, bathing his whole body in the golden sunlight, as if he was exuding a hot and dazzling light, and it became more and more intense, gradually like the sky in the sky. R1152