Breakthrough? Jiang Peng was stunned, why is Brother Ming so unconfident?

Sun Ziming threw the information on the table on the table of Kayo Sato and threw it in front of Jiang Peng, and said angrily: "Did you see it?" "Burning Pursuit" is a reverse growth, and this week it has grown to 32.7 million! It's in front, and then it's "Life and Death", and "The King of Killers" is tantamount to being caught between them! ”

Will "Speed of Life and Death" be a good movie?

Sun Ziming's judgment of the market, that's not a joke, this is the absolute authority established after several years of high box office, since he attaches so much importance to "Life and Death", Jiang Peng is also solemn. "Burning Pursuit" is a good film, and there is no problem with a box office of over 100 million, so the theater chain selectively let it avoid the limelight of "Forrest Gump", and wait for "Forrest Gump" to show its decline before it will be released on a large scale.

Although the response to the screening of "Life and Death" was not bad, it was just picked out by the theater to supplement the market gap of "The King of Killers" and "Burning Pursuit". If "Speed of Life and Death" is really as good as Sun Ziming estimated, "The King of Killers" has the aftermath of "Burning Pursuit" in front of it, and at the same time, there are strong rivals to grab the box office, and it is normal to lose tens of millions of box office. In addition, "The King of Killers" is an NC-17 rated film and is forbidden for minors to watch, while "Speed of Life and Death" is R-rated, but it is not built for minors to watch. The difference in the ratings of the two films will definitely further affect the box office.

Hey, the release of the movie, unless it is a super blockbuster like "Jurassic Park", the producer will force the theater to provide how many theaters and screens to ensure that the box office will not be affected. For general movies, the number of theaters and screens is adjusted by the theater chain itself, and the summer season is almost over, if the number of theaters and screens released is insufficient, no matter how good "The King of Killers" is, it will be greatly affected.

After thinking about it for a while, Jiang Peng didn't have a good way. As soon as the movie is released, every qiē is virtual, and the theater only recognizes the attendance. Two films, whether you are Sun Ziming or Li Ziming, 70% and 65% attendance, fools know how to choose!

Sun Ziming used to do so many tricks, just to wait for the market of "Future Water World" to stink enough, and the theater chain couldn't arrange for a new blockbuster to be released in advance for a while, so he had to schedule a large number of films for "The King of Killers". Under the dual effect of the contrast between the two films and a large number of films, the box office was raised, making Li Lianjie an instant hit.

In desperation, Jiang Peng had no choice but to sigh and say: "Brother Ming, if "Speed of Life and Death" is really that good, we can only consider ourselves unlucky." ”

Hey, Sun Ziming also sighed, and then asked about what Jiang Peng said just now.

Jiang Peng, who was depressed, was reminded by his grandson Mingyi before he remembered what he was going to say, "Oh, I asked if I wanted to have a celebration party or something?" This week, "Forrest Gump" will be filmed, and the total box office is expected to reach about 330 million. ”

Sun Tzu clearly signaled to Kayo Sato, who was still nauseous, to check the schedule, and when he saw that there was no problem, he agreed: "Okay, you can arrange it, I made the Oscars disgusting last year, and I didn't do a few films, so I have to celebrate this year." ”

Jiang Peng continued to ask: "Oh, there is one more thing, what about the bonus?" I asked George and Chris what they meant, and they thought it was better to follow the previous rules, after all, the agreements signed by the actors were all before the new rules of the union. ”

Well, they agreed, James, Jill and Frank had nothing to say, Sun Ziming hurriedly said: "Okay, the previous regulations will be done according to the previous ones, and the future will follow the rules of Hollywood." Anyway, it's just this movie, everyone is generous, don't be too careful. ”

Jiang Peng agreed, and explained two more sentences, "Hey, I guess Jill and they won't object." The last time everyone fought with Brian, they didn't want others to be exposed to UTN, not against the old employees. ”

"Okay, business is business, and sometimes you have to talk about people."

After dealing with some of the company, Sun Ziming also hurriedly went to San Francisco, "The King of Killers" was about to be released, and the main creators of the crew were busy promoting the film in various places. After a year of hard work, just look at the box office of this month, who dares to relax?

When Sun Ziming took another turn in the field, he returned to Los Angeles to participate in the celebration party of "Forrest Gump", "The King of Killers", "Burning Pursuit", and "Speed of Life and Death" will also kick off the curtain of the Three Kingdoms.

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In the evening, when the lights of Los Angeles were on, there was already a long queue at the entrance of the Centeiwei Theater in the city center, and two-thirds of the audience went to see "The King of Killers" and 1/3 went to see "Burning Pursuit".

"The Speed of Life and Death"?

Except for the premiere at the Kodak Theater, it is divided into theaters in remote locations. The theaters in prime locations are all showing the first two films, "Burning Pursuit" is because of good word-of-mouth, and it has been divided into a little more than 1/3 of the screen, less than half of the screen; "The King of Killers" is because of China Ming's tradition of high box office, as long as it is a film directed by him, the theater chain will set aside the best theater and as many screens as possible. Even the films of other companies will deliberately avoid him, which is a lesson accumulated in the past few years.

This is also a habit that Hollywood has formed over the years, as long as they are not crazy, no one wants to directly confront directors like Sun Ziming and Spielberg. Besides, there are no crazy people in Hollywood, and no matter how crazy you think about occasionally, you will be tied to various systems, and there is no way to go crazy.

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On the other side of the city, in the Chinese Theater in Hollywood, after Sun Ziming and the main creative staff thanked the audience and guests, they didn't pay much attention to watching the movie, but left most of their attention on Yoshiyo Sato in the company's office. In order to know the audience's reaction at the first time and adjust the direction of publicity at any time, Sun Ziming scattered hundreds of people from the two companies of Light and Shadow and Universal to all the major theaters in Los Angeles. The audience's reaction will converge on her as soon as possible, this new type of Hollywood action movie, as long as the audience likes it, it means success!

At half past seven, the screening room went dark, and the movie finally started on time.

There was a chaotic sound of footsteps, and the naked/naked, strong and soft Fu was flushing the powder of the plastic bag into the toilet. The gangsters outside the door just raised their guns, and Fu, who heard the footsteps, (Li Lianjie) broke out of the door from inside, overwhelmed the gangsters at the door, and used various beams, iron doors, and gangsters' bodies in the corridor, like a dexterous ape, to rush out of the corridor, followed by the gunshots like fried beans, debris on the wall splashed, and bullet shells flew in the corridor.

Immediately afterwards, Fu rushed into the escalator, jumped between the high handrails like a rabbit, and made all kinds of movements in a dashing and neat manner, kicking, kicking, punching and kneeling, and after knocking down seven or eight gangsters, when the enemy raised his gun, he broke the window around the corner.

In the end, Fu rushed out of the corridor on the top floor, accelerating, accelerating, and accelerating again, and his face in the picture showed a hideous color. Fu ran to the edge of the building, suddenly jumped hard, flew in the blue sky like a goshawk, and finally landed on the roof of the opposite building, rolled on the ground a few times to remove the impact, got up and ran to the opposite corridor like a cheetah, and disappeared on the screen.

'Whew', the audience who had been tugging at their hearts let out a sigh of relief, and some of them were still scratching crosses on their chests, muttering, "My, god!" ”

After a visually striking pseudo-long shot, the story begins to unfold from Fu. Fu is a professional soldier who participated in the war against Vietnam, and after retiring from the army, he came to the United States to join his cousin, but his cousin offended the gang leader Tommy for his involvement in drug trafficking, and was brutally killed by the gangsters.

Fu, who has a deep hatred of blood, embarks on the road of revenge. After careful reconnaissance, Fu robs a large number of drugs/products from the gang, is chased by the gang, and inadvertently saves Jane (Karen Mutter) on the way to escape.

Jane's half-brother is police officer Joaquin (Tom Cruise), and Joaquin is the legendary 'Seraph'. (Joaquin was known to reporters as the 'King of Killers' Seraph, meaning God's thug, because he often assassinated criminals who made the law powerless.) ）

By a coincidence, Joaquin and Fu, who never knew each other, become good friends and join forces to deal with Tommy. After a hard fight, the two went through all kinds of thrills, and finally worked together to hoe Tommy's gang, lying on the rooftop of the skyscraper, watching the sunset on the horizon and smiling at each other.

"Rich, I arranged for you to be a policeman, right?"

Fu said disdainfully: "Police? Forget it, I'm still happy. ”

Qiao Jin smiled slyly, took out his police badge and said, "No, what the law can't do, the righteous police will always have a way." Don't underestimate it, with this, you can save a lot of trouble. ”

Fu in the sunset, took the police badge and faced the remnant sun, and the silver metal plate looked golden.

"It's not bad, I'll think about it again."

The picture froze, the subtitles began to flash, and the lights in the screening room came on.

The audience and guests applauded, the movie was very good: the story was very simple, but in the 130-minute movie, except for a few emotional scenes connected by Fu and Zhen, the rest of the time was exciting hand-to-hand combat, brutal hand-to-hand combat, crazy gunfights and stunts, which was so tense that it made people breathless, this is a very good action movie. Some guests who have studied Hong Kong films can easily find traces of Hong Kong action movies: beautiful action design, sharp editing, and the pursuit of beautiful pictures.

The people who can come to the Chinese theater to watch movies, except for some guests, the audience is almost all Hollywood practitioners. The movie is over, and many people come up to talk to Sun Tzu Mingtao, "Ming, this is a good movie, it will definitely be sought after by fans!" ”

Sun Ziming and the main creative staff also smiled and agreed, "Thank you very much for your compliment, thank you for your appreciation." ”

Tom Cruise and Li Lianjie are really happy because this is definitely a good film, and the audience recognizes it. Only Sun Ziming is worried about Zhongzhong, always worried about the reaction of "Speed of Life and Death". Half an hour later, Sun Ziming sent off the guests with the main creative staff, and after dealing with the reporters attending the premiere, he immediately walked to their respective cars and rushed to the company.