At the end of July, Shen Zhenghui had already led the team to Thailand to shoot the last bit of Tony Jia in the entire film.

This part of the content is very simple, in order to conform to Tony Jia's identity, there is no need to describe Tony Jia's growth from beginning to end, only need to shoot how awesome he is in the Thai black boxing industry, and then he was introduced into the VIP battle by the black boxing group, according to the final result, he is Shen Zhenghui's undercover agent from beginning to end, so there needs to be a foreshadowing, only need to shoot a shot of Shen Zhenghui going to the game site to watch the game, and then shoot how powerful Tony Jia is in the competition arena.

The film was completed perfectly in Thailand, but Shen Zhenghui put the celebration party in Hong Kong. It's not just that Thailand isn't fun, but it's much more interesting than Hong Kong, but it's more about getting information about the celebration in Hong Kong. When Shen Zhenghui arrived in Hong Kong from Thailand, the first thing he did was to go to the office of the Kasuga office and call to inquire about the box office of "World Air Battle Story".

"This film is very popular in the United States, the box office has exceeded 20 million in three days, which is a miracle, Sony did not expect that a foreign animated film can have such a result, and now they have decided to continue to increase the publicity. It is to be expected that in the coming week, our film will likely be the top box office of the week. ”

"Uh-huh." Shen Zhenghui converted in his heart, the box office in three days was 20 million US dollars, and the yen was already more than 2 billion, this was the result of three days, and Murahama Shoji almost woke up laughing.

"This is probably because "Gladiator" and "Mission Impossible 2" have already been drawn. In the summer vacation, everyone wants to see something different, and "World War Story" just fills this gap," Natsumi Horiguchi continued, "Look at what films are in the same schedule, "X-Men", "Screaming", "Behind the Lies", "Fat Professor 2", the first two have been released for at least 2 weeks, and the latter two do not conflict with our film genre at all, Sony is very happy that our cartoon can catch up with the schedule of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is good, but now it looks. The potential of cartoons is a little greater. Americans already think that East Asian films will be able to occupy a place in the top 10 of this year's box office list. ”

"It's too early to be optimistic, isn't it?" Shen Zhenghui responded, "Okay, at least it's good news, so is there any other news?" ”

"The mainland market is not very optimistic." Nazumi Horiguchi said. "The 120-minute film was cut to only ninety-three minutes. The feedback from our Chinese partners after watching the movie was that the plot was a bit confusing, and although the plane battle scene was exciting, the school didn't seem to have decided to organize students to watch it. Therefore, our box office in three days is about six million," Nazumi Horiguchi paused, "This is the number of big cities that currently have statistics, and there are still many places where statistics have not yet come out, but it is estimated that it will not exceed eight million, so it is very likely that this film will encounter Waterloo in the mainland, I mean our partners estimate that the final box office will not exceed 40 million yuan." ”

"That's pretty high, Miss Horiguchi." Shen Zhenghui pressed his temples hard.

"But it's a bad comparison to the previous results," said Nazumi Horiguchi, "You know, 40 million yuan is only converted into more than 500 million yen." What's more, we only account for 30% of the box office. ”

"I hope this is a lesson for President Shoji Murahama."

"Impossible, Mr. Sasaki," Natsumi Horiguchi said, "President Murahama has already started to hold a celebration party on the first day of box office in the United States, and he also posted the news on their official website, and last week's box office "World Air Battle Story" ranked third in North America, and President Murahama couldn't help but prepare for the third celebration. And you also know that the number of people who have pre-ordered DVDs on the official website is close to 300,000, you know, this is only the Japanese version of the DVD, and President Murahama is also preparing to release a classic collector's edition of three versions in one! ”

"He also said this on the official website?"

"Yes, many manga fans left messages on the official website asking for the Chinese version of the movie to be released as well, so GONZO officially replied that the Chinese version could not be released in Japan, but it would be included when the DVD was released."

Shen Zhenghui touched his face, feeling that what happened was beyond his understanding. He said a few more words to Nazumi Horiguchi, then put down the phone and sat in his seat in a daze.

"If you want Hong Kong's number jù, I've got it here." Zhu Xinghe also walked in with a few pieces of paper report, "The Japanese version has been drawn, and the box office has 32 million Hong Kong dollars, which is sure to be the top ten in the annual box office list." After a pause, he continued, "The American version and the Chinese version have some weak follow-up, especially the Chinese version, the number of three days, the American version has 4 million, and the Chinese version has 1.2 million, but these two films compete fiercely with each other at the box office, and the Chinese version is obviously suppressed by the American version, but this is good, if the three films are in the top ten, then Hong Kong people will be too faceless." ”

"I think the U.S. version can also be in the top 10." Shen Zhenghui snorted.

"The owners of several theaters congratulated us." Putting down the paper in his hand, Zhu Xinghe also said, "However, the Chinese version may be drawn in advance, and the American version will be screened a little longer." After a pause, he continued, "We were able to synchronize our release with Japan and the United States this time, and the bosses of several film companies felt incredible and wanted to communicate with us. ”

"If they are sincere, they should go to Japan and talk to President Mitsumi Fukuda about this issue." Shen Zhenghui snorted, "Or do they think that the standard of their movies can be released to North America?" ”

"Jiahe is ready to launch a movie starring Jack Cheng next year, "Spy Maze". Zhu Xinghe also reported, "In addition, Mr. Lin Jian is also sure to invest in "The Departed". ”

Shen Zhenghui looked at Zhuxing Kazuya attentively.

"Jiahe came to talk to us about the hope that it could be released in Japan at the same time, and the idea of Uniasia was the same. Lin Jian hopes that we can invest some, about 20%. ”

“20%？ He wants to make money and is afraid of losing money. Shen Zhenghui snorted, "Let's determine the location of our celebration party, send invitations to the people of Huanya and Jiahe, and invite them to come over." I don't have much time left in Hong Kong, and I'm going back to Japan soon, so I'll have to trouble you about the specifics. ”

"That's what I'm supposed to do." Zhu Xinghe also nodded.

"Also, I don't know if President Fukuda has told you that she intends to expand her business to all of Asia. Kasuga's Hong Kong office will then be transformed into an independent subsidiary. You see, it's necessary for us to sign some artists in Hong Kong. Shen Zhenghui paused, "My opinion is that we try to sign those actors with certain strength who have come to Hong Kong from the mainland to develop, so that it will be more convenient to enter the mainland market in the future." Try not to rob in Hong Kong with other companies. There is no need. In the future, the authority of the branch will be further expanded. will invest independently in local films. He stood up and patted Zhuxing Kazuya on the shoulder, "I'm optimistic about you, do it well." ”

"Yes!" Zhuxingkazu also stood up enthusiastically.

"The investment in Plaza Premium "The Departed". I will give you carte blanche to talk to Uniasia, I am very optimistic about this film, as an investment to make the company's name in a new field, I must try to strive for a good condition. ”

"Of course." Zhu Xinghe also replied immediately.

Shen Zhenghui waved it, and Zhu Xinghe immediately went out to call.

Shen Zhenghui fiddled with the paper on the table that recorded the box office, looked at the final summary results, and finally turned into a smile on the corner of his mouth. Remembering what Nazumi Horiguchi said about GONZO's reply on the official website, Shen Zhenghui suddenly had an idea, he turned on the computer on the side, and directly logged on to the official website of GONZO in Japan and the anime forum of 2D network.

Shoji Murahama was really in high spirits, and felt that GONZO had become the second largest animated film production company after Ghibli, and had also entered the overseas market. Therefore, on the official website of GONZO, you can see their vigorous momentum revealed between the lines.

2D online is probably because of the Matthew effect.,The theme of the big version is all about discussing "World Air Battle Story",Shen Zhenghui roughly browsed it.,There are discussions about voice actors.、Discussion of the plot、Discussion of the body、Discussion of the difference between the Japanese version and the American version,Finally, he found a topic that discusses the Chinese version.,So I clicked in and looked at it.,But I found that the landlord didn't know anything about the Chinese version.,He just heard that there was such a version., So I made such a post with curiosity, hoping to get relevant information.

It is foreseeable that he will gain nothing.

"World Air Battle Story" itself is an original script, and the three versions are the original of the original, and the complete plot of the original version of the Chinese version is a good story, and after cutting, it is probably really as miserable as those who have seen it, and the Japanese are temporarily invisible to both versions, so a large number of people express their own views on the air, and speculate on what the plot will be in the Chinese version from the details of the Japanese version and the American version. But it's more of a mockery of China itself. The vast majority of otaku vented their feelings unabashedly, and said that they only collected the Japanese version and the American version, and they didn't want to watch the Chinese version of the DVD. After reading a few replies, Shen Zhenghui felt bored, as if he had returned to the days after the emergence of networks such as Longteng.com.

Then he had a flash of inspiration and boarded the Tower of Babel, the Babel website has a lot of themes collected from various foreign websites, the theme of anime is the most important, Shen Zhenghui was stunned to find a post from China actually discussing the comparison of the three versions of "World Air Battle Story". The landlord clearly stated in the post that he had watched three versions in Hong Kong, analyzed the overall structure of the plot in detail, and praised the setting and development of the entire plot. However, because he is Chinese, he does not know that the background of the whole story comes from a novel, and the story of "World Air Battle Story" is equivalent to the prequel of that book, so the gentleman asked at the end of the post, "It is obvious that the final ending of the exploration of new space is the wedge of the sequel, so when will the sequel to this story be filmed?" ”

This is equivalent to a recommendation of the movie, and the college students who replied on the forum in the summer vacation have said that the "World Air Battle Story" released on the mainland is weak.

So the landlord talked about the editing problem again, saying that the version released in Hong Kong was 120 minutes. The mainland is 93 minutes long, and it is self-evident how much difference is in the middle.

So the students who scolded the system in the post climaxed one after another.

The purpose of the translation is probably to show superiority, and sure enough, Shen Zhenghui read the following Japanese messages that are all kinds of complaints and disdain for China, but there are also Japanese people who are dissatisfied with GONZO's kneeling and licking of China's special Chinese version of the plot.

Shen Zhenghui's heart moved, and carefully paid attention to the source of this post, and the translator said that this was a post from the on-campus forum of China's highest university, and Shen Zhenghui looked at the campus website of Pingjing University. He couldn't help but laugh, went to the website of Pyeongkyung University, found the post on the forum, and registered an account. replied right below this post. "World Air Battle Story" is a prequel to "Battle Fairy Snow Wind", which is an original story, and GONZO has announced that it will produce "Battle Fairy Snow Wind"."

He immediately sent the address of GONZO's official website, and posted the declaration of Murahama Shoji announcing the decision to make "Battle Fairy Yukikaze". Translated the main sentences into Chinese. After that's all that. Shen Zhenghui breathed a sigh of relief. Instead of thinking about whether his reply will make waves at his alma mater, he instead thinks about what his movie will look like when it is released, compared to the situation of "World Air Battle Story". He was also a little unsure for a while.

……

The post-production of "Black Fist" is naturally going to be taken back to Japan to make it, watching the samples, negotiating contracts with the distribution, international distribution, etc., are all things in the future, on August 1, Shen Zhenghui held a celebration of the completion of the "Black Fist" crew at the Regent Hotel. All the crew members came, including Zhang Zhizhi and a few Hong Kong actors who played tricks, Andy Liu also took time out of his busy schedule, Mr. Xiang and Mrs. Xiang came with Zhang Zhizhi, Shen Zhenghui felt that these two were probably looking for him to discuss business. In addition, Jiahe sent someone over, and Lin Jian from Uniasia came to congratulate him in person, which required Shen Zhenghui to greet him, set the framework and tone, and then Zhu Xinghe also talked with them in detail.

The people who participated in the celebration were all beaming, for action actors, filming such a film is simply a kind of torture, and after the film is filmed, even if it is relieved, it is naturally happy. For Yuan Xiangren, no one was seriously injured during the whole filming process, which is also very gratifying. Although there are many outsiders who come to participate in the celebration, this is a good thing for these people in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. It fully illustrates the strength of the producer of this film, if this film is released and performs well at the box office, then everyone's next job is worth looking forward to.

Shen Zhenghui presided over the ceremony at the beginning of the celebration party, and then everyone ate and played by themselves at will, briefly contacted the Lin family and Wang Jiasheng, and talked about some principled issues, and Shen Zhenghui threw them to Zhu Xinghe to deal with. He turned around and talked to Lu Yang and Yuan Xiangren about the film editing and soundtrack, this matter is not complicated, just after saying a few words, Zhang Zhizhi came over with a wine glass and prepared to toast Shen Zhenghui, and not far behind her stood Mr. Xiang and Mrs. Xiang.

"Thank you, director, I toast you." Zhang Zhizhi said with a smile like a flower.

"Thank you." Shen Zhenghui also raised his glass. The Yukari couple Oshima, who had wanted to come over, held their step.

Shen Zhenghui just took a sip of wine, but Zhang Zhizhi drank it dry, and after drinking, she glanced at Shen Zhenghui.

"Ah, I'm sorry," Shen Zhenghui had to explain, "I may have business to discuss later, and I can't drink too much." ”

Zhang Zhizhi smiled shyly, "I heard that the film "World Air Battle Story" is a spring investment system? ”

Determined not to explain the complicated relationship between Kasuga and GONZO, Shen Zhenghui said simply, "It was released by Kasuga, and of course, it was released in Hong Kong thanks to our partner theaters." ”

"The box office is very good!"

"Generally speaking, the box office in Hong Kong and the mainland is to make some money, and the majority is in Japan and the United States." Shen Zhenghui replied.

At this time, Mr. Xiang and Mrs. Xiang had already paced over.

Shen Zhenghui raised his glass, "Xiang Shengxiang is too good!" ”

"Mr. Shen," Xiang Sheng asked, raising his glass, "what are you talking about?" I heard it as if it was talking about the box office. ”

"World Air Combat Story." Shen Zhenghui replied simply.

"This film is amazing!" Mrs. Xiang responded, "There are actually three versions, Mr. Shen, you are so good at making money that we all want to invest in making cartoons." ”

"It's just luck." Shen Zhenghui squeezed out a smile, "If this film fails at the box office, the investor will have only one way to go bankrupt." Leave it to death and be reborn! ”

"Are they still ready to continue making a sequel?" asked Mrs. Xiang.

"Of course." Shen Zhenghui nodded.

"Mr. Shen," Xiang Sheng said on the side, "I remember that there were two films before, "Tokyo Fortress" and "Puhai Fortress", which were also released by you, and compared with this film, it seems to be very similar!" Mr. Xiang's words show that he really watched the movie seriously, at least he carefully studied the list of producers and distributors of the film.

Shen Zhenghui scratched his head, "Yes, Xiang Sheng's eyes are very poisonous!" ”

"The box office of those two films also seems to be very good, so the box office success this time is definitely not luck, but also your Mr. Shen's good vision." Xiang Sheng complimented.

Shen Zhenghui smiled, "Thank you Xiangsheng, when you say that, it's really like this." ”

"I heard that the box office of this film is very good in Japan, it is close to 10 billion yen, how is the box office of the American version in the United States?"

"It is said that it took $20 million at the box office last week......"

The news made everyone around who could hear it prick up their ears.

Xiang Sheng and Mrs. Xiang were also stunned, "Then congratulations to Mr. Shen." ”

"The results will be talked about when the painting is completed," Shen Zhenghui raised his glass modestly, "In this way, we can also have more confidence in the next part." (To be continued......)