With the box office, Shen Zhenghui finally regained his fame in Hollywood.

The midnight show reached a box office of 17.24 million yuan after revision, then 48 million yuan on the first day, 47.7 million yuan the next day, and 113 million US dollars in three days, which is the foundation of the box office trend of this movie. At this time, the experienced Sony and Colombia were at ease at the same time, continuing to further increase publicity according to their own experience, Shen Zhenghui's identity as a Chinese was violently fired, plus the filming location of this movie is in China, the stars of the crew talk about their life experience in China in major talk shows, and the handsome Mario can attract the cheers of the female audience present every time he appears on the talk show. There was even a show where they invited Daniel Wu to show off his six-pack abs to the girls in North America, and the video was transferred back to Hong Kong and the mainland, which made the girls in these two places drool.

The news of the box office explosion of "Magic Apprentice" in North America also landed on CCTV's news broadcast, as a blockbuster filmed in China, and China Film also participated in the production of zuò (they participated in personnel organization, on-site coordination, site construction and other logistics work, it can be said that Shen Zhenghui's crew was able to shoot in China so smoothly, China Film has made great contributions, so it is listed in the list of cooperative shooting, and they are the main force in the distribution of the film in China), Although it was released a week later than in the United States, the film bureau really did not feel embarrassed at all in the √ of reviewing the film, even if the plot is very inconsistent with the construction of spiritual civilization in the eyes of many old antiques. But since the Americans have broadcast it, what can't be broadcast? The publicity for this release in China is uncut.

This propaganda seems to be deliberately tricky, because as far as the camera is concerned. The whole movie is very healthy. Although in terms of the plot, it seems to be very debatable, Shen Zhenghui doesn't know if his luck will always be so good, let the leader open the back door for him from time to time. However, it is obvious that the boom in movies released in the United States and Japan has made Chinese audiences run to keep up with the trend of the times.

The national simultaneous release planned by China Film was in full swing, almost some kind of wonderful coincidence, and the release began at five o'clock in the afternoon of the same day. In the evening, the box office coincidentally reached 17 million yuan, and the next day the box office also exceeded 50 million yuan. The next day, the box office of 48 million yuan exceeded 100 million yuan in three days, and the happiest people were not the people of China Film, but the owners of theaters and cinemas - for example, Wang Anping. Poly has already eaten enough benefits from Shen Zhenghui and arranged the most games in advance. It fully meets the audience's high demand for watching movies affected by news broadcasts.

In fact, the national simultaneous release plan arranged by China Film is far from perfect. China's cinemas are still very backward, there are too few digital cinemas, many cinemas still need to play film, and the copy of digital film is actually far from being able to meet the national cinemas, therefore, the so-called national simultaneous release is only realized in big cities, and then the copy continues to meet the needs of medium-sized cities, and then small counties. So the length of time it took to be released in the Chinese market is far better than in other places, after the box office has grown by leaps and bounds in the early stage. In the later stage, it will turn into a thin water stream. The box office surge in the United States continues to spur the rest of the world.

Sony and Columbia sat down and looked at the box office numbers with joy as if they were on a rocket, and then finally remembered the business - what are the follow-up collaborations for this series of films?

Sony and Columbia naturally want to take the initiative themselves, but it is almost inexplicable that the right to adapt the film is in the hands of Haruga, and on the other hand, in order to share the share, they signed a relatively unfavorable contract with Kasuga at the beginning - of course, when the box office is high, the contract will be unfavorable, if the box office is sluggish, it will be another matter.

With the box office results of the United Kingdom, France, Germany and other places in Europe and the box office results of Japan and China, Sony and Colombia found that they could no longer sit idly by. When the second week of release in the United States was completed and the cumulative box office in the United States exceeded 200 million US dollars, Sony finally took the opportunity to hold a celebration party, warmly inviting Mitsumi Fukuda and Shen Zhenghui, who were about to leave the United States, which was an informal contact, but of course Sony and Colombian executives did not mind talking about formal results in this environment.

The dinner also featured a group of Hollywood stars interested in the sequel to "Apprentice to Magic", including Nicole and Natalie, who Shen Zhenghui is quite familiar with. After learning the list of female stars present, Mitsumi Fukuda looked at Shen Zhenghui with a rather subtle look.

"What are you looking at? Don't look at me with the kind of eyes you look at a humanoid cannon, you know what kind of person I am. ”

"Because I know what kind of person you are." Mitsumi Fukuda pouted.

"What nonsense, I'm most afraid of trouble." He said.

"Trouble?" Mitsumi Fukuda narrowed her eyes slightly, "Is that what you say about us?" ”

"They're a real nuisance, so don't try to turn them into real nuisance." Shen Zhenghui replied.

"So what are we? The real trouble? ”

"You are...... Reality. Shen Zhenghui also narrowed his eyes, "I've accepted it." ”

"Hah, that's an interesting definition." Mitsumi Fukuda replied.

"Besides, I think Natalie was purely invited to make up the numbers, everyone knows what she wants to do, and the amazing actress with the Star Wars franchise in her hand is working hard for her first Oscar!"

"Vendetta squad, which was released at the end of the year, was the work of her and the Wachowski brothers." Mitsumi Fukuda said, "Maybe she's not eager enough to abandon commercial films, you can try to seduce her." "The newspaper says your movie will grossing more than $300 million in North America, and it will definitely exceed $600 million worldwide." This is also a series of films. Longer than "The Lord of the Rings," Thomas was going to sing happily when you knew that there would be six movies. ”

"He should wait until the contract is officially signed before he is happy."

"It doesn't matter," Mitsumi Fukuda replied. "He has already worked hard to shoot the first part."

"I think it's because of my hard work."

"So even if a few very big-name stars are put in the next few films, not only is it not an unacceptable thing for Sony and Columbia, but it may be their own ideas." Mitsumi Fukuda tilted her head, "Look, Will Smith wants to make a cameo in the crew of "The Matrix", and Brad Pitt is willing to shoot movies for Guy Ritchie without a penny of pay. ”

"If he really doesn't want to be paid."

"No boss would really not pay an actor." Mitsumi Fukuda raised her hand, "Since we already have Anne Hathaway and Scarlett Johansson, why don't we just get Natalie and Kate together." ”

"Are you a philatelic enthusiast?" Shen Zhenghui complained. "Besides, when did we have Scarlett Johansson? I just wanted her to play the role of an elf, and she hasn't said yes yet! ”

"Will she say yes or not?" Mitsumi Fukuda asked rhetorically.

"Not now." Shen Zhenghui raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, now you can also invite Natalie and Kate to your movie for cameos. Nor will they fail to say yes. ”

"Where do I go to find so many important cameos?"

"Just write a few," Mitsumi Fukuda replied, "Ning Huan must be more than happy to design a scene for them all to appear." ”

"Enough, this isn't a movie made to satisfy someone's bad tastes." Shen Zhenghui grabbed his collar. "Let's think about how to deal with the conditions of Sony and Colombia for a while!"

Sony's dinner party looked quite successful, and Shen Zhenghui was attracted by a fat man as soon as he entered, "Tell me if that guy is Peter Jackson?" He asked Mitsumi Fukuda beside him.

"Yes, that's Mr. Jackson." It was Thomas, "and the person who spoke to him was Guy from Warners, and the guy next to him was Jeff from the New Line. "There were quite a few people at the dinner tonight, quite a few of my peers. ”

"So you're going to be an interpreter by our side?"

"Huh. I'm your henchman. Thomas laughed, "I'm going to follow you closely." lest you be seduced away by other big companies. ”

"What are they going to seduce me?" Shen Zhenghui pursed his lips and asked rhetorically.

"Oh, they're here with beautiful women." Mitsumi Fukuda whispered.

Followed by the two majestic men was Natalie Portman, and when approaching Shen Zhenghui and his party, Natalie walked in front.

"Hello, John." She Shen Zhenghui said hello, "This is Larry and Andy, I just escaped from their clutches." She shrugged her shoulders, then politely greeted Mitsumi Fukuda and Thomas.

"Natalie," Thomas touched his head, "if it weren't for your reminder, I would have forgotten his English name, I've been in China for too long, and I can speak Chinese." He uttered a few specious Chinese sentences that made the Wachowski brothers laugh too.

"Hello, Natalie." Shen Zhenghui shook hands with Natalie, "It seems that what kind of ravages you have suffered, they shaved your hair?" ”

"Yes, how terrible." Natalie said, and Shen shook hands with the Wachowski brothers. The two brothers smiled a little shyly at Shen Zhenghui.

"Apprentice Magician is amazing." Andy said, "It's a mesmerizing feeling, a new world, like The Lord of the Rings." ”

"Yes, I love it too, otherwise I wouldn't have filmed it." Shen Zhenghui said, "This feeling is also amazing for the director, and seeing the final shape of the film really makes me feel like God." ”

The corners of Natalie's mouth twitched, the Wachowski brothers smiled, and Larry, as the elder brother, asked, "Didn't the author and screenwriter come with you?" We'd love to talk to them. ”

"It's a pity, the original author is a professional writer who is still writing in China, and the screenwriter is still a college student and is still in school." Shen Zhenghui responded politely, "But Sony and Colombian staff have also contributed a lot in this regard." He looked at Thomas.

"Yes." Thomas spread his hands, and he turned to look at Natalie. "Natalie, are you interested in making a cameo?" Shen Zhenghui on the side couldn't help but pat his forehead.

Mitsumi Fukuda smiled.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Natalie gave a look of apology. "I had to take the time to catch up on my graduate program, and I didn't have time for a long time after this year."

Mitsumi Fukuda winked at Shen Zhenghui.

"It doesn't matter, our film is long," Thomas continued, "and even by this time next year, there's still time." ”

Nima is also called long?

"If you take the liberty of asking, this is clearly a series of movies. But how long is this series? Andy patted his forehead, "I haven't seen the ending yet, according to the plot that has been released." Is there three or four? ”

"There are six in total." Thomas replied in place of Shen Zhenghui.

"Six?" This seemed like shocking news, and Andy looked at Natalie, "You can think about it, at least five years of filming, right?" ”

Thomas laughed twice. "Nope. It certainly won't take that long, in fact, John has already filmed the second and third parts, and is working on a troublesome post-production project, and it is estimated that we will be able to release the second part during Christmas. ”

This is a big bomb, that is, Shen Zhenghui was also confused by Thomas's actions, he subconsciously looked at Mitsumi Fukuda, and wanted to ask her what Colombia wanted to do. Mitsumi Fukuda felt his gaze and responded with a bright smile.

"It's remarkable." Larry looked at Shen Zhenghui. His eyes lit up, "You're making so fast!" ”

"Thank you. However, this kind of on-site shooting of the film is not troublesome, the trouble is the post-production. Shen Zhenghui subconsciously pushed the credit away.

"No, no, we don't hear that from Peter Jackson's mouth." Larry said.

As he was saying this, Peter Jackson also walked over, "Larry, Andy, Natalie!" He squeezed over with a greeting and said to Shen Zhenghui, "Mr. Shen?" I'm Peter Jackson. He smiled amiably, "Because of you, Warner is discussing the start of the filming of The Hobbit." He said this half-truth, of course, maybe purely joking, after "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy", Peter Jackson filmed "King Kong" for Universal, which was released on Christmas slots, and then he was quiet for many years, although he also supervised "District 9" in the middle and filmed "Lovely Bones", but it was not until 2011 that he began to shoot the "Hobbit" trilogy, and also filmed "The Adventures of Tintin" in the middle.

Almost all the big directors either have ups and downs after completing a good work, or they have to settle for a period of time, in comparison, there are almost no people like Shen Zhenghui who have been shooting good films almost without resting halfway.

The banquet gradually became lively, but Shen Zhenghui felt that although the banquet gathered many insiders, there seemed to be few words of truth between each other, from the Wachowski brothers to Natalie, and then to Peter Jackson, they seemed to be very interested in Shen Zhenghui's next shooting plan, and they also wanted to know the progress.

This can also be explained by the curiosity of peers, but the senior staff of other major companies such as Warner, Universal, and Paramount are almost full of mutual temptation to run trains, but this kind of deception may already be their daily work, and other companies are very interested in Columbia's claim that the second season of "Apprentice to Magic" can be released on Christmas, "King Kong" and "V for Vendetta" are all released on this schedule, and they are competitors to each other.

Warner is also very concerned about Shen Zhenghui's filming progress, which if you really bother to inquire, Shen Zhenghui completed half of the entire series in just one year or so, which is simply shocking, but everyone seems to attribute this to the reason why they are filming in China - I heard that Chinese shoot movies at night without sleep. Of course, this is a kind of one-sided fact, but it is clear that there seems to be more and more shackles on making films in the United States, and in this respect China seems to be increasingly the strongest bulwark of the capitalist system.

Other companies were also interested in making films in China, and they tried to ask about Columbia and Sony's experiences in China, how they should interact with China's landlords, and so on, and the whole dinner was like an intelligence exchange, with everyone in the room with a different purpose, hoping to get what they wanted from the other's mouth.

Shen Zhenghui felt a little bored, but he still tried to integrate into the vanity fair of Hollywood. After a while, though, he was liberated. Thomas tugged at his sleeve and said to him, "Come with me." Shen Zhenghui looked at Mitsumi Fukuda on the side, she was chatting happily with several female stars.

"Miss Fukuda knows." Seems to know what Shen Zhenghui is worried about, Thomas added.

"I hope you don't scare me." Shen Zhenghui touched his heart.

So when everyone was not paying attention, Shen Zhenghui followed Thomas to a remote place.

Then, a door opened. "This is it." Thomas said, pulling Shen Zhenghui in. (To be continued......)