"Am I coming at the wrong time?" Mason asked Anderson with some trepidation.

"No," Anderson said thoughtfully, "I don't think he wants to continue the conversation with me, and even if you don't come, he'll probably find some other excuse to leave." ”

Although he knew it was a comfort to himself, Mason still felt much better, "What did you talk about?" ”

He mentioned Sauron's recent madness. Anderson leaned back in his chair, "He tried to hide it, but I don't think he knew much about our world. ”

"Oh?" Mason was a little surprised, "Didn't his Japanese wife sue him?" ”

"They weren't married." Anderson said earnestly, "Sauron seems to have done something terrible to him in England. ”

"Ahh Mason covered his mouth, and the expression on his face really didn't know what was mixed up, but the expression Anderson could read was excitement, joy, and sympathy.

Anderson, who knew her well, immediately said, "Not what you think," he shook his head, "It seems that Sauron wanted to torture something out of his mouth in order to obtain information from the Japanese." ”

"Did he really do that?" Mason couldn't believe it, "I think he's fine." ”

"That's how Sauron did," Anderson tilted his head, "and he's always superstitious about technology, war, iron and blood. Japan is not to be worried," Anderson raised his head, "he himself is still too short-sighted, and he is always eager for quick success." ”

"Forget it," Mason said with some disdain for Anderson's comment, "I think we should be realistic in this regard," she said earnestly, "and if what Sauron did in the end served his ends, your criticism would not be objective." ”

"I think that when he can achieve his goal, it will be the beginning of a problem." Anderson pouted.

"So what kind of attitude do you want to adopt towards our Director Shen?" Mason spread his hands, "Since he doesn't know anything." ”

"There are two ways to look at this question. On the one hand, he knows nothing, and he himself is not a threat. "I think that's why Sauron let him go back to Japan in the end; But on the other hand, it shows the terrible nature of our Japanese friend, especially since she is still a woman. ”

"How do you know she's a woman?" Mason asked rhetorically.

"Isn't it? I heard that she gave birth to a child. Anderson asked rhetorically.

"I mean, how can you confirm that she is in the bones. Spiritually a woman? Mason continued.

Anderson cupped his forehead, "I don't think we need to discuss this, at least, she's human at heart." ”

"How do you know?" Mason continued to ask rhetorically, "Who knows what she has in her bones?" Will you be able to see through her? ”

"I can't see through anyone," Anderson replied, "it's Mr. Shen, and I'm not looking through him when he's standing in front of me." But ......"

"But?"

"I'm confident in his films." Anderson smiled.

Anderson's vision was not wrong. Released a week later than Europe, "Hurricane Rescue" sparked a box office frenzy as soon as it was released in North America. Audiences in North America were disappointed by "The Matrix 3", and the Wachowski brothers couldn't hold back the box office of the third installment, which fell sharply, less than half of the second. The originally wonderful martial arts have also become superhuman performances and hot weapons, and in the end, the heroine died. Columbia's much-hyped "Hurricane Rescue" is a good fit for the market at this time, with agent dad, beautiful daughter, rescue stories and so on. In addition, Shen Zhenghui, the signature director of kung fu movies, has a lot of appeal among many people in North America, and his films have been released a lot in North America. The box office is also good, which can be regarded as creating a good reputation. When "Hurricane Rescue" was connected with a series of previous well-received films, such as "Black Fist", "Wind Forest High School", and "Ryoko Yakushiji Strange Incident Book", the audience with unique tastes gathered together, triggering a box office explosion. Of course, high-quality movies have attracted more spectators.

The cyber trolls accepted the assignment and began to hype it up. The plot of the story can easily form a topic of conversation among young children, especially girls. And teenagers as an audience quickly influenced the whole family, and this movie really has a strong educational and realistic meaning in a sense. Fathers and mothers don't mind watching this adrenaline-burning movie and giving their sons or daughters a little warning – especially their daughters. You must know that "Hurricane Rescue" is summed up as some nagging: listen to your dad and talk to dad on the phone more. Don't trust handsome guys, don't associate with female classmates with bold styles, stay virgin + lucky......

Such ridicule on the Internet has promoted the movie to further popularity. Thanks to the fiery publicity in Colombia, it was released on Thursday, and the box office revenue of 1,000 theaters in the first Thursday reached 59 million US dollars, according to this number, the film is just around the corner to break 200 million box office. Such a painting achievement, as far as Shen Zhenghui knows, can only be said to be average. Far below the premiere of "The Matrix 2" of nearly 92 million, but also lower than "X-Men 2" of more than 85 million, also inferior to the later release of "The Lord of the Rings 3" and "Finding Nemo" more than 70 million, lower than "Hulk" of 62 million and "Fake God" of nearly 68 million, but better than "Terminator 3" of 44 million and "The Matrix 3" of more than 48 million, and also better than "Pirates of the Caribbean" of 46.6 million.

But you must know that Liam Neeson, the star of "Hurricane Rescue", is not Schwarzenegger, Tom Cruise, Jim Carrey and other stars with huge box office appeal, he was once nominated for an Oscar for "Schindler's List", but this does not mean that he is the highest level of actor. When Shen Zhenghui signed with him, his salary was only $2 million. Aside from him, the supporting characters in this film are real supporting actors, and they are excellent acting outside of Hollywood and cheap at the same time. It's much cheaper to shoot in Europe than in the U.S. The cost of more than 10 million yuan is exchanged for high-quality films, and Colombia does not spare the cost of publicity, and when you trick people into the cinema, you have to satisfy them with a movie that satisfies them, and it is obvious that "Hurricane Rescue" has succeeded in this regard.

And because of this. Colombia credits the film's success as the real hero – and in fact Shen Zhenghui himself. Shen Zhenghui raised his importance to the ranks of top Hollywood actors with such a film.

After the first four days of theaters, Thanksgiving is here again, and "Hurricane Rescue" has become a money-sucking weapon during the holiday season, because the elders have found that they don't really need to chatter about their juniors' safety, just take them to a movie. Liam Neeson's fierceness in the movie and the cold-blooded ruthlessness and ferocity shown for his daughter are very popular with young girls, and teenagers living in fantasy also hope that they can have a father like Liam Neeson after watching the movie. So it was spread spontaneously by the children. The student group was sparked with unprecedented enthusiasm for movie-watching, and the box office in the second week and seven days of the box office rose instead of falling, reaching $61 million, which is a rather surprising number, and if this development momentum continues, it seems that the film can be released for six weeks or more.

There is no longer a need to actively attract audiences to the cinema, and Colombia has begun a new round of publicity, and the main creative staff, including director Shen Zhenghui, have begun to appear in the recording studios of major programs to tell stories related to film shooting.

Shen Zhenghui finally appeared on the Oprah talk show he expected. The black sister is looking forward to communicating with a yellow director, her program team has collected the results of all Shen Zhenghui's works very carefully, and came to the conclusion that the cumulative box office of Shen Zhenghui's works has exceeded one billion US dollars, and a large part of the box office of this billion US dollars has been realized outside the United States.

"You know that even in Hollywood, your results are considered to be among the top few." Aunt Oprah said.

"You are very attentive, this number jù is very interesting. If I have time, I would like to calculate my results. Shen Zhenghui said with some heart.

"Will 'Hurricane Rescue' be your best box office performance?" Oprah asked, "You know." Now that the European box office is out, they are not offline yet, and so far, the box office in the European region has accumulated more than 100 million US dollars. ”

"The United States also has more than 100 million." Shen Zhenghui said indifferently.

"Then it's already 200 million, but the movie has only been in the United States for two weeks." "Experts speculate it could be more than 200 million," Oprah said. What do you think? ”

"It would be nice if 'Lord of the Rings 3' wasn't released at this time." Shen Zhenghui sighed.

Oprah laughed, "If converted into RMB, the box office is almost more than 2 billion RMB, right?" Are you the best Chinese director of all time? ”

"Maybe not as good as John Woo." Shen Zhenghui thought about it and said.

"No, no, you've already surpassed him." Oprah said.

Shen Zhenghui himself was a little stunned, "Really? ”

"Even if it doesn't exceed. When "Hurricane Rescue" is over, it will definitely be exceeded. The other party swore solemnly.

"Okay."

"Aren't you excited?" The black aunt asked, "I thought I should be very excited to be like you, to be the best Asian." ”

"There should still be a little bit of it," Shen Zhenghui nodded, "but every time you set a record, you want something higher to achieve." ”

"Are you so aggressive? You know, a lot of people who have achieved this kind of achievement ......," Oprah waved his hand, "the kind of thing that seems like I can live well without doing anything else for the rest of my life, and you don't lack the motivation to move forward?" ”

"It's hard to say how I feel," Shen Zhenghui frowned, "My heart has always stayed at the point where I need others to keep saying yes, which means that I have to keep making new things to gain the approval of others." In the past, it was probably good for the movie to be watched, and then I wanted to be high at the box office, and it is very likely that in the future, I will feel that if some authoritative award gives me an award, it will make me feel happy and happy. ”

"Wow, that's weird, you don't win very many prizes."

"Most of them are technical awards." Shen Zhenghui smiled.

"The box office is high, but the awards are few."

"Isn't that a normal thing?"

Shen Zhenghui candidly showed his thoughts on TV, his age makes him different from ordinary directors, and young people admire directors a lot because of their achievements and works. Shen Zhenghui shows another possibility, he is very close to young people. The young people who watched his interview were surprised to find that Shen Zhenghui's spiritual world was very close to theirs.

"He said he needed an award?" Anderson also watched the show.

"So he went to Venice." Mason snorted and said, "They gave him a consolation prize, he wanted one for real." ”

"Maybe we should help this director more." Anderson said.

"Why? Do you see in him the shadow of your youth? Mason asked.

"Ah, maybe it's your shadow." Anderson tilted his head, "You've tried countless times and finally found out that you weren't actually the right person for the job of a director and an actor. ”

"I just don't like it." Mason argued. "I don't know much about these jobs, because they are supposed to be glamorous jobs, and who knew they would be so tiring."

"But here's a ready-made example." Anderson gestured to the television.

This prompted Mason to snort, "Maybe that's what he used to do." ”

"Then he was unknown in the past, and when he had the opportunity, he rose to the sky, isn't this not worthy of admiration?" Anderson asked rhetorically.

Shen Zhenghui was well explored by Oprah in the show, and his description of his growth experience and thinking attracted fans who liked him because of the movie. Naturally, this series of shows continued to drive the box office of "Hurricane Rescue", which maintained 45 million yuan in the third week, and the fourth week before the release of "The Lord of the Rings 3". The box office increased by another 29 million yuan, reaching a total of 194 million yuan, and seeing that before the next painting, the box office exceeded 200 million yuan has become an ironclad thing, and Colombia fell into ecstasy because of this.

This box office has been able to rank 7th in the annual box office list, except for the United States, the cumulative box office in Europe, which was released a week earlier, has reached more than 170 million, and other places are also in theaters. For example, Japan and Hong Kong. Kasuga is in charge of distribution in Asia. Shen Zhenghui in Japan has an unparalleled appeal, and the box office has exceeded 10 billion yen in four weeks. Hollywood's success has directly contributed to the box office boom in Japan.

What is surprising is that in Hong Kong, the declining Hong Kong films have no resistance to this movie, and "Hurricane Rescue" swept Hong Kong and swept away 80 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office. Such an astonishing number of jù made the box office of more than 40 million in 2003, the first Hong Kong movie box office in 2003, the first in the box office, become a joke.

And after watching the plot of "Hurricane Rescue" and learning about the box office of the movie at the same time. Jack Cheng couldn't sit still. The release is not over yet, and the cumulative global box office has exceeded 400 million US dollars, and Jack Cheng has only done it at his peak. Now, he is clearly very aware that with his age. With the decline of his physical function, he can only maintain his influence at most.

Yes, it is maintenance. The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, for example, this Liam Neeson, a British man who acted in literary films before, turned into an iron-blooded agent in this movie, and left a deep impression - no, no, the global box office of 400 million US dollars can't be forgotten at all, and then he suddenly became an action star, not to mention anything else, the future series of "Hurricane Rescue" will definitely be filmed with him, whether the director is Shen Zhenghui or not. At that time, his salary will no longer be 2 million US dollars, at least ten times higher. Yes, after the foreshadowing of such a film, although Liam Neeson does not say that he is necessarily among the top actors, but in the sequel to "Hurricane Rescue", his value will definitely be comparable to that of veteran action stars like Schwarzenegger. It's like Pirates of the Caribbean, Disney's biggest surprise this year. Captain Jack adds to Johnny Depp's superstar aura, and he has become one of the most expensive superstars in the series, and Liam Neeson is almost as lucky as he is.

Mr. Xiang is not in a hurry, the rumor that he wants to cooperate with Jack Cheng and Shen Zhenghui has been released, and at this time he has been able to sit firmly in Diaoyutai, but other people who have nothing to do with him have begun to busy drilling the camp at this time. The big guy with resources in his hands has begun to show favor to Mr. Xiang, hoping to get the light. Before, when they heard that Mr. Xiang was going to spend more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars to make a movie, they might have laughed at this gangster fool behind his back, or thought that he was laundering money. Now they don't think that way at all, and the profit-hungry Hong Kongers have been stunned by the staggering profit of $400 million, especially when they know that the film cost only more than $10 million.

Nima's 400 million is pure profit at all.

Everyone rushed over to get a bite of the cake. Jack Cheng's partner Boss Yang was the first to act, before he advised Jack Cheng to put aside the cooperation plan for a while, or else to complete the movie "New Police Story" first, because his young artists need to use movies to be popular.

But when the box office results of 400 million came out, no, when the box office of 59 million came out at the premiere box office, he couldn't sit still, and encouraged Jack Cheng to take the initiative to contact Shen Zhenghui. If it weren't for Mr. Xiang's words, he really couldn't get around it, and Boss Yang himself was even willing to give more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars on behalf of Mr. Xiang.

"But, how to choose this salary?" Jack Cheng was very annoyed.

"Try to account for as much investment as possible," Boss Yang knows very well, "Just look at the box office results, the more investment you occupy, the more profits you will make when the time comes, what do you want money for." He said, "Well, let's talk to Xiangjia, and everyone will pay the money together." ”

Jack Cheng finally picked up the phone at the instigation of Boss Yang. (To be continued......)