Now that "Notes on Tomb Robbery" has been filmed, there is still follow-up work to be done for the film. {This includes editing and post-production effects.}

With Lan Naicai, a great man, and a big name like Peter Jackson, both of these aspects are going well. On the contrary, Duan Zihao, as the director, has become a hands-off shopkeeper. Leave all the post-production to Peter and Lan Naicai to deal with. I started to do advertising on my own.

In terms of advertising, Duan Zihao set up a TV rolling movie tidbits, published stories in newspapers, and put up movie posters at subway and bus stops.

In short, almost everything that can be done has been done. So much so that Duan Zihao started his horsepower to achieve the ultimate in publicity.

The promotion of actor entertainment has always been at the forefront of the ranks, and this time is the same. Especially in the tidbits of TV scrolling, it is a very good opening with special effects.

In this trailer with the slogan "Open a New Century of Tomb Robbery", the leading actors did not show any faces, but the protagonist instead revealed the ins and outs of the tomb robbery story for the first time through the "monster concentration camp" composed of thousand-year-old tombs, hideous man-eating beasts, giant rat monsters, etc.

At the beginning of the trailer, the low voiceover tells the mystery of the ancient tomb culture without delay, the picture shows a cave full of vines and flickering lights, a hideous man-eating beast crawling in the dark and damp crypt, a huge rat monster letting out a seeping howl, the shape of the thousand-year-old tomb is extremely complex, full of oriental dark and gorgeous style, as the camera extends upward, there are constantly insects and birds sneaking in the picture, and the atmosphere can be described as mysterious and weird. At the same time as the voiceover tells the origin of the "Tomb Robbery Notes", three small figures can be faintly seen, climbing along the cliff and facing the thousand-year-old tomb - such a strange and eerie picture full of mystery. While not feeling great, it also makes people's expectations for the film soar.

It can be said that in order to do a good job in the early publicity this time, Duan Zihao has worked hard to do everything to the best of his ability.

For three weeks, I worked on the front line with the staff of the Propaganda Department, not only flying to Southeast Asia for publicity, but also going to Thailand and South Korea for promotion. It wasn't until the whole propaganda campaign had achieved amazing results, and the news that came back was even more overjoyed, that he breathed a sigh of relief.

Meanwhile. The post-production of "Tomb Robbery Notes" was almost complete, and Peter Jackson and Lan Nai informed him that he could watch the sample film.

After getting the news, Duan Zihao immediately flew back to Hong Kong from South Korea.

As soon as he heard the news of Duan Zihao's return, the rest of the crew immediately rushed to the scene and accompanied him to watch the sample film as soon as possible.

During the whole process of watching, Duan Zihao didn't say a word, but there seemed to be a strange light flashing in his eyes, and he didn't know what he was thinking. But Peter Jackson changed his old arrogance. gushed praise for the wonderfulness of this play, as well as Lan Naicai's dedication to post-production.

After watching the sample, Duan Zihao just patted Lan Naicai on the shoulder to express his appreciation, and left without saying anything. Lan Nai saw it clearly. Andy Lau is not dissatisfied with the film, in fact, the effect of the film may exceed his expectations, but for this result, his joy is still restrained. It seems that there is something else on mind.

I wanted to ask Duan Zihao what was going on, but before he could speak, Duan Zihao had already left quickly. Only Lan Naicai and the others were left suspicious.

Duan Zihao went straight back to the office, closed the door, and fell into deep thought. As Lan Naicai estimated, he had something on his mind, and it was a secret that he had never mentioned, but had always been in his heart.

Duan Zihao is indeed very satisfied with this new film, after all, he shot it himself, and he starred in it...... If it's just a separate film, there's no reason why he shouldn't be satisfied. But there's more to this film than that. In fact, the success or failure of this film is related to a dream of Duan Zihao, and the success of the shooting is only the first step to realize his dream, so even if he is satisfied with the effect of this film, he can only show reserved happiness.

Yes, Duan Zihao has a dream, or rather, a deeply hidden ambition, that is, to surpass the United States in movies, defeat the predator Hollywood, or at least be able to be on an equal footing with it.

It is undeniable that when it comes to movies, Hollywood is the undisputed boss, and no matter in terms of quantity and quality, it is not something that other countries and regions can compete with alone. But as a witness to the rise and fall of Hong Kong films, while Duan Zihao regretted the decline of Hong Kong films in his previous life, he was more of a vision for the future, hoping that one day his dream would come true.

As the owner of an entertainment company and a star with huge influence, Duan Zihao feels that he should be able to do something for Hong Kong films and Chinese films now, but he has no plan for how to proceed.

Do you take the route of national characteristics? However, although it is said that the national is the international, under the strength of Hollywood, the films with the characteristics of any other country can only be lively for a while, and its hegemony cannot be shaken at all. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a case in point, a sensation and a group of followers, but it has also fallen silent and has had little impact on Hollywood. As for the followers, they have been scolded in China, and the image of Chinese films has been reduced.

The best in this regard is Zhou Xingchi, "Shaolin Football" and "Kung Fu" have had a certain impact on Hollywood, and they can be regarded as outstanding representatives of Hong Kong films going global. But it is also undeniable that taking the kung fu route alone is not a long-term solution. Not to mention that films with the same theme are easy to cause aesthetic fatigue, and it is even more difficult to create new ones, even if this influence can be maintained, it is even more difficult to expand the influence of Chinese films in such a narrow theme.

In short, with such efforts alone, Hollywood will not be shaken for the time being.

In addition, there has been an attempt that directors and actors go directly to Hollywood to develop, trying to win respect for Chinese films in the most direct way.

But unfortunately, the result is the same, in addition to making a lot of money, the actors and directors have not expanded the influence of Chinese films. The reason is because of the strength of Hollywood, no matter how big the actors and directors are, when they come to Hollywood, they have to act according to the rules of others, what films to make, what roles to play, it is not up to them to decide at all. So. The advantages of directors and actors were not brought into play, and they were even more despised by Hollywood, and in the end they could only return home.

As a "person who has come over", Duan Zihao is well aware of these situations, and deeply feels that in order to challenge the authority of Hollywood, it is necessary to start from strengthening itself, not only to have good actors, but also to have productions that are not inferior to Hollywood, when the two are combined. in order to make an impact on Hollywood.

But that's easier said than done. First of all, Hollywood's large-scale production films are not something that Chinese films can compete with. Not to mention whether you can invest so much money in a movie, just thinking about whether you can recover the cost can already scare off a lot of people.

In terms of technology, first of all, animation technology is not comparable to the Chinese film industry. Moreover, while Hollywood is strong, Chinese films are shrinking, and the entire industry is sluggish. It has also directly caused a shortage of talents. From the director to the actors to the script creators, there is a fault line. As a veteran filmmaker, Duan Zihao is deeply worried.

To save Hong Kong and even Chinese films, he knows that he can't do it alone. As a singer and actor. He is considered to be popular in Asia, but in the West, his influence is still not enough. As a boss, his financial resources are growing substantially. But in the face of huge Hollywood strength, it is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket.

But now, Duan Zihao has directed and starred in this "Tomb Robbery Notes". But for the first time, I saw the breadth and profundity of Chinese culture, as well as the inexhaustible essence of stories.

Who says our Chinese culture can't resist Hollywood culture?

Who says that we in China can't create such magnificent movie masterpieces?

Just finished watching the sample film, Duan Zihao had an irrepressible excitement in his heart for the first time.

I am excited that the national film culture is being excavated, and I am excited that I can shake the dream of the Hollywood film industry.

and excited to become a leading figure in saving Chinese-language films.

Now that he has seen the sample film, Duan Zihao is more optimistic about the prospects of this movie, so he has to think quietly about what to do next.

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Hong Kong has always had the habit of film test screenings, that is, before a drama is fully released in Hong Kong, it must first test screen a few times in several cinemas to see how the audience reacts. If the response is good, it will be fully released in Hong Kong, and if the response is not good, it will be very cautious to reduce the chips and reduce the theater chain in order to protect the cost.

Many of the movies of Actor Entertainment have basically taken this route before, no, it should be said that most film companies in Hong Kong do this. Because of the fierce competition, everyone will be cautious in the competition, for fear of any big mistakes.

But this time, Duan Zihao wants to break this convention!

That's right, he has already decided that the drama "Tomb Robbery Notes" will not be screened in trial screening, and will be released directly in Hong Kong, and it should not be fully released in Asia!

Daring!

This is really his audacity!

You know, unless you have 100% confidence in your film, no one will dare to do that.

In fact, Duan Zihao's boldness is still behind, he has already made up his mind that after the full release in Asia, if the effect is good, it will be released worldwide and directly land in Hollywood!

Through difficult negotiations, Duan Zihao has reached an agreement with hundreds of Hollywood theaters in the United States through Peter Jackson's side, if the box office of "Tomb Robbery Notes" can exceed one billion in Asia. The U.S. side will accept its official release in theaters in North America.

In other words, these Yankees gave Duan Zihao a proposition essay, a billion proposition, before this, there has never been a Chinese film that has been able to win a billion box office in Asia, for Yankees, this is an impossible task, they have done a survey, Hong Kong's best movies in Asia The best results are only three or four billion, one billion? Just kidding!

In fact, not only are these Yankees not optimistic about this new drama of Actor Entertainment, but even the locals in Hong Kong are not very optimistic about Duan Zihao and his movie, the reason is that the highest box office in Hong Kong is 50 million, or Duan Zihao himself created, the highest box office record in Asia is 380 million, which was also created by Duan Zihao, and now he wants to jump from 380 million to 1 billion all of a sudden, it is simply ...... It's too mythical.

The only person who can laugh at this is Mr. Pan Disheng of Debao.

In the office of Debao Pictures, Pan Disheng had just spoken on the phone with the heads of Columbia and Sony in Asia, and he had already received very definite news that these two companies would not help Actor Entertainment develop theaters, which means that Duan Zihao wants to sell a billion box office in Asia, which is more difficult than climbing to the sky.

"Hahaha, this Duan Zihao is really arrogant!" Pan Disheng bit his cigar and laughed. "He really thinks that he is the god of movies, and a drama can sell a billion box office! I think he's completely rusty in the head! ”

"You know, even Uncle Shao, who was the most majestic in the past, didn't dare to boast of such a big sea mouth! What is the concept of a billion box office? If it's either that he didn't learn math well, or he is too arrogant, he really thinks that the whole of Hong Kong is his person, what kind of bullshit savior he is, who can influence the movie record of the whole of Asia......"

After venting his jealousy and dissatisfaction with Duan Zihao indignantly, Pan Disheng said solemnly: "Inform me to use our media channels to comprehensively sing Duan Zihao's drama, I want to watch it." How did he transform into Duan Billion this time! Hahaha, hahaha......"

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Debao's media channels are still very powerful, at least in the shortest possible time, there have been countless sailors to sing down Duan Zihao, saying that he is bold enough to do what "Duan billion", if he doesn't do it, he will only lose face and throw it to the end, and what kind of "Tomb Robbery Notes" don't look so grand, all of them are parallel goods, and the prototype of the big bad movie will be revealed as soon as it is released, etc.

The tide is blowing fast. made everyone in the actor entertainment a little unconfident, and even Brother Hung Jinbao began to mumble whether Duan Zihao was too big this time. It's okay to brag, you can't go overboard, why do you want to say a billion at the box office. Wouldn't 500 million be good? What if the box office smashes the pot at that time?

Just when everyone was worried about Duan Zihao, Duan Zihao flew all the way to Japan.

He was greeted at the airport in Japan by Haruko Kitagawa, who was charming and bewitching. As a well-known female devil in Japan, there is a little boy about one year old next to her.

Duan Zihao was very strange and glanced at the little boy. Then he asked Haruko Kitagawa, "Whose child is he and how did you bring him?" ”

Haruko Kitagawa chuckled, then pulled the little boy to the front and said, "Hurry up and call Daddy." ”

The little boy shouted in a childish voice: "Daddy." ”

Duan Zihao was completely stunned.

He travels back and forth to Japan several times a year, but every time Haruko Kitagawa is fine, but now he suddenly shakes out a son for himself, which is also amazing.

looked at Duan Zihao's surprised appearance. Haruko Kitagawa thought it was funny, so she explained: "Do you remember coming to Japan two years ago to shoot "God of Gamblers"? Then he told him that he was secretly pregnant and gave birth to a child.

Duan Zihao was already shocked and couldn't do it.

People are a sister Lin who fell from the sky, and she is a child who fell from the sky.

"His name is Duan Jianxiong, and his Japanese name is Kitagawa Jianxiong, if you don't like it, you can also not recognize him, in short, I didn't want to bring him to you to know, but although he is very young, he also knows that he must have a father......" When he said these words, the eyes of this famous Japanese female devil showed incomparable love.

Duan Zihao didn't know how to answer this question. Fortunately, at this time, Haruko Kitagawa ordered the convoy to go home, only to see a group of Japanese strongmen in black suits bowing to the two of them "Hai", looking extremely respectful, especially that section of the sword is only more than a year old but is not afraid of this kind of scene at all, it seems that he was born to do big things.

In this regard, Duan Zihao was even more emotional.

My old son, who suddenly appeared, is estimated to not be a good bird when he grows up, at least he is also a big man.

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After staying in Japan for five or six days, the relationship between Duan Zihao and Duan Jianxiong gradually established, after all, blood is thicker than water, and it is easy for father and son to "call". In contrast, Haruko Kitagawa regretted that she had introduced her son to Duan Zi, because she was a little afraid that Duan Zihao would snatch her son back.

But her worry is absolutely superfluous, not to mention that Duan Zihao still has a lot of love debts to deal with in Hong Kong, and said that he has no experience and experience in raising children at all, and in the end he is very soft-hearted, thinking that this is Shirakawa Haruko's reliance, he has not done anything, and he has been raising him for more than a year, what reason do he have to rob?

seemed to see Kitagawa Haruko's thoughts, and Duan Zihao found an opportunity to explain this matter, which can be regarded as making her no longer worry about this. At the same time, Duan Zihao also told Haruko Kitagawa the purpose of his visit to Japan, and the purpose of his coming to Japan is very simple, that is, to negotiate with Japanese theaters about the full release.

Because Duan Zihao knows very well that Japan is the box office of the whole of Asia, no, it can even be said that it is the box office center of the entire Hollywood movies in Asia, and this irreplaceable position was not surpassed by Japan and replaced by Chinese films until the Chinese films exceeded 25 billion in the previous life.

But now, there is absolutely no Asian country that can replace Japan's position as the box office.

Duan Zihao knows that if he wants to get a billion box office in Asia, the only thing he can do is to get Japan and put all the Japanese money in his pocket, which is the last word.

For Duan Zihao's request, Kitagawa Haruko agreed to help without hesitation, nonsense, he is the father of his own child, and Duan Zihao made it clear that he would not snatch the child, for Kitagawa Haruko, helping this little favor is more important than anything else.

Seeing that Haruko Kitagawa agreed to help, Duan Zihao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, at least he had confidence in his billion-dollar box office for the first time. (To be continued......)