Chapter 238: Launching "Journey to the West"
The excitement brought by the actor to Wang Xu lasted for a week, and then all his thoughts were spent on preparing for the wedding. £∝ On November 28th, Wang Xu and Zhuang Xiaodie held a grand wedding at the Blue Moon Church in Bali.
"In the name of God, I solemnly swear that I will accept Zhuang Xiaodie as my wife, and from now on, I will love and cherish you until death, whether it is good or bad, whether it is good or bad, whether it is good or bad, whether it is sick or healthy."
"In the name of God, I solemnly swear: accept Wang Xu as my husband, and from now on, I will love you and cherish you until death, regardless of fortune or misfortune, wealth or poverty, sickness or health."
After taking the oath in front of the priest, Wang Xu and Zhuang Xiaodie are officially legal husband and wife.
The day after the wedding, the couple began to travel the world on their honeymoon. During this period, I didn't even have time to participate in the promotional activities and premieres of "The Legend of Deer and Ding 2 Shenlong Sect".
On January 28, 2013, "The Legend of Deer and Ding 2" was released, with a total box office of 1.4 billion, plus 1.3 billion for the first part, and the total box office of the two films was 2.7 billion.
Coupled with "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance" released in the first half of 2012, the total box office of the movie starring Wang Xu set an astonishing record of 4.35 billion. And counting the three years after his debut, the total box office is approaching the 10 billion mark.
On the same day, the China Film Association published an annual magazine, and when summarizing Chinese films in 2012, Wang Xu was mentioned in a chapter, saying that 2012 was Wang Xu's year.
Wang Xu became popular again.
However, at this time, he did not pay attention to the hype of the entertainment industry, he has not appeared in front of the media for two months, and the media wants to know his news to go to his Weibo, which has the latest news of him and Zhuang Xiaodie traveling around the world every day.
It wasn't until three days later that Wang Xu suddenly appeared at the last media promotion meeting of Alibaba Pictures before it was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
The full name of Alibaba Pictures is Alibaba Film and Television Group, which is the Internet giant Alibaba's integration of all its film and television resources. Including the 5 billion acquisition of Hong Kong Culture China, Entertainment Treasure, and Taobao's movie ticket business, a company engaged in the production, distribution and copyright business of film and TV dramas.
So what does Ali Pictures have to do with Wang Xu?
The reporters attending the meeting also had such questions when they saw Wang Xu suddenly appear.
At this time, in addition to Wang Xu, there was also Guo Jingming at the conference site. Zhao Wei, Wong Kar-wai, and Liang Chaowei are four celebrities.
As soon as the commotion caused by Wang Xu's appearance subsided, Ma Yun, chairman of Alibaba Group, stepped onto the rostrum and delivered a speech.
"Friends, Alibaba spent 5 billion yuan on this company, and it is definitely not just about making a few films a year. Ali cares about the hundreds of millions of active traders on its platform, the young people who buy things on Taobao.
Movies are currently the most talked-about and one of the few regular entertainment options for young people on weekends. Grab the movie. It is possible to grab the attention of young people to a great extent. Ali has to be involved in the lifestyle of young people and participate in the film industry, and the best way to start a film company is to start a film company. We hope to connect finance, video, games, merchandise and other businesses through the door of movies. ”
When Ma Yun was talking, the big screen behind him showed an equity structure of Alibaba Pictures, and the names of Zhao Wei and Wang Xu appeared in the list of the top ten shareholders.
This also unlocks the reason for Wang Xu's appearance, he invested 600 million and is one of the major shareholders of Alibaba Pictures. There are also important reasons that will be revealed immediately, and continue to listen to what Ma Yun says.
"Many people think that when we make movies, we are throwing tens of millions or tens of billions. It is not denied that Alibaba is indeed not bad for money. But we are definitely not capricious. We have professional filmmakers, and we also have a group of excellent film partners. Guarantee our earnings and protect the interests of shareholders. You may not believe it when you listen to me, you Ma Yun has a set of Taobao, do you know the movie? I don't know about movies, so I'm going to ask a friend who understands movies and ask him to give everyone some confidence. Mr. Wang Xu, please! ”
Wang Xu heard Ma Yun shouting to himself and stood up. He first turned around and waved to the people who applauded him behind him, and then walked up to the rostrum and stood with Ma Yun.
Ma Yun took a step back and asked him to say a few words.
"Hello everyone, I'm Wang Xu. It's the guy you see in the movies laughing like a psychopath. Wang Xu laughed at himself, and a group of financial people in suits and leather shoes laughed below. Just now Brother Ma said that he doesn't understand movies. Friends, don't believe it. From what I know about Brother Xiaoma, he has not yet made a name for himself in the film industry, because he said that his body is skinny, and his parents have not yet made up their minds to go to South Korea. ”
"Poof!"
There was a lady in the audience who happened to be drinking red wine, and when she heard Wang Xu ridiculing Ma Yun, the red wine in her mouth almost spit on others.
And Ma Yun himself touched his forehead with his hand, lowered his head, and was laughing.
Only Wang Xu continued seriously: "Actually, when filming "The Legend of Deer and Ding", Brother Xiao Ma and I had the idea of working together on a movie, but I didn't expect this idea to become a reality so quickly. Or Brother Pony, will you reveal the project we are working on? ”
Ma Yun nodded and called the two hostesses, who were carrying a plaque wrapped in red cloth.
"The first official trading project launched by Ali Film and Television——"
After that, Ma Yun and Wang Xu unveiled the red cloth at the same time, showing the true face of Lushan on the plaque, four big red characters: "Journey to the West".
There is also a line of small bold characters under the four big red characters, which reads Ali Film and Television cooperated with the famous actor Wang Xu, spending 300 million yuan to adapt it into a large-scale costume magic movie masterpiece "Journey to the West", based on "Journey to the West", one of the four famous novels.
"Bang Bang!"
The audience applauded thunderously, and many shareholders of Ali Film and Television applauded very vigorously, because they understood that the first investment project of Ali Film and Television was Wang Xu's movie, and no one present knew that Wang Xu had a box office of 4 billion yuan last year.
With the gimmick of Wang Xu's new movie, the stock price of Ali Film and Television will definitely rise after the stock market opens this afternoon.
Immediately, a reporter raised his hand to ask about the details of the film, but Ma Yun cited trade secrets as a reason, and it was not time to announce more news. It's not that the new film has only determined the script and investment amount, and in addition to Wang Xu, the starring role, the others are still in preparation, and there is no news to announce.
Next, Wang Xu's task was completed, he returned to his seat, and it was the turn of the other four celebrities to take the stage one by one.
Ali Film and Television not only cooperated with Wang Xu, but also announced three investment projects: Guo Jingming's "Little Times", Zhao Wei's "To Youth", and Wong Kar-wai and Tony Leung's "Ferryman".
Wang Xu knew about Ma Yun's investment projects at the beginning, so he did not hesitate to invest a lot of money to buy the shares of Ali Film and Television. In addition to "The Ferryman", he doesn't know, the other two movies "Little Times" and "To Youth" are both blockbuster movies, of course they have to be voted on.
"It's still quite cool to follow Brother Pony to get rich."
Wang Xu was so happy in his heart, he immediately poured himself a glass of red wine. (To be continued, please search, the novel is better and updated faster!)