Chapter 771 - Vacation (1)
In the days when Zixi was filming commercials in Europe, which episode of "Strong Heart" was finally broadcast when Yuli and Sunny were guests. The people and fans who couldn't wait for a long time all waited in front of the TV to watch, especially when Yu Li told the story, the national ratings of "Strong Heart" once broke through the super high ratings of 28 o'clock, which was the highest ratings of the program and the ratings champion of the program in that time.
The story told by Yu Li has long been hyped up by the Internet, and she has been psychologically prepared. But with attentive audiences and media, they can still find the "bright spots" in it. Among them, the most concerned is whether Zixi took the initiative to move into the apartment, or was it proposed by others? Because Zixi has promised that Girls' Generation will not move out of the apartment, but the most Lu Hou moved out, there must be someone in it who can affect Zixi, so who is this person?
During Zixi's filming in the United States, Kim Tae-hee took the initiative to find a house for Zixi, which was a bit arrogant. Although the two are married, they are not married after all, and without Zixi's knowledge, what identity and reason did Kim Tae-hee use to buy a new apartment for Zixi? The key to this is intriguing.
Some people can see from this incident that Kim Tae-hee obviously doesn't treat girlhood very much. Zixi is her boyfriend, but she has taken care of and faced her girlhood for more time than her girlfriend, and women will be jealous and angry, Kim Tae-hee's mind may not be so broad, so she strongly asked Zixi to move out of the apartment, and without Zixi's knowledge, she cut it first and then bought the house, which caused the established fact that Zi-hee couldn't move if she didn't want to. After all, it is his girlfriend's intention, and Zixi can't completely ignore it.
Zi-hee didn't know that because of this, rumors of a feud between Kim Tae-hee and Girls' Generation would be fabricated. Although Kim Tae-hee is slightly dissatisfied with Zi-hee's love for Girls' Generation, he is far from being as rumored to be, "It's not pleasing to look at Girls' Generation". As for buying a house first, it was also caused by Zixi's negligence, but it was considered to be the result of Kim Tae-hee's arbitrary decision. This caused Kim Tae-hee to call several complaining phone calls, scolding Zi-hee and almost making her a jealous woman.
After filming the commercial, Zixi flew to the United States, stayed in New York for a few days, and after spending time with her busy mother, she flew to Los Angeles again to attend the world premiere of "Twilight 2 Crescent".
As the second installment of the "Twilight" series, Summit has not only stepped up its promotional efforts, but almost all theaters in major cities on five continents around the world have hung promotional posters for "Twilight 2 Crescent". Finland, Norway and Sweden in Northern Europe; Estonia in Eastern Europe; Belgium, France, Italy in Western Europe; Brazil and Argentina in South America; Canada in North America; South Africa and Morocco in Africa; New Zealand and Australia in Oceania; Japan, Thailand and Hong Kong in Asia, cities large and small, are almost all released on the same day.
Since the first part, [Twilight] has accumulated a lot of popularity, although it can't be compared with the magical theme of [Harry Potter], but like vampire themes, there are teenagers who like handsome men and beautiful women, but they regard [Twilight] as one of the most anticipated and watched films this year.
Zixi has accumulated a lot of popularity in [Pirates of the Caribbean], and a [Transformers] has made him the hottest new handsome male star in Hollywood and even the world, and countless female fans regard him as an idol and regard him as their favorite ideal type.
Zixi really lives up to expectations, he has always been blamed for not being able to show his acting skills in [Transformers], and this time in [Twilight], he showed his wonderful acting skills. The entanglement of love between vampires and people, the viciousness of the enemy, and the romantic journey from ignorance to violation of ethical beliefs have been unanimously praised by countless expert film critics, allowing him to smoothly enter the ranks of the enviable superstars of the 20 million club.
[Twilight 2 Crescent] continues the entanglement of Edward and Isabella's relationship in the previous film, in which the werewolf Jacob also becomes a third party to join this emotional competition that is not destined to be smooth sailing. The audience is looking forward to a good outcome for Edward, a handsome vampire and the beautiful Isabella, but at the same time feels pity for a Jacob who is by his side.
People are so contradictory, whether they have read the original book or not, or whether they know the final result of the road, they all hope to be more moved on the big screen. As the "Los Angeles Entertainment News" reported: once again, we can see handsome men and women on the screen to stage the forbidden love between vampires and humans, and what is even more commendable is that this movie will definitely not disappoint people who enter the theater.
What to expect, everything still needs to be revealed at the box office. Under the anticipation of Zixi and Kristen Stewart and others, the final box office summary on the first day after the premiere was finally revealed.
With $72 million on its first day, it broke global records and unsurprisingly topped the weekend box office. Before they had time to celebrate, Zixi and others ushered in better news again. Over the past Thanksgiving weekend, the cumulative North American box office exceeded $140 million, and the global box office reached $2.3 billion.
In terms of box office, [Twilight 2 Crescent] became the third highest box office in North American film history in the first weekend, second only to [The Dark Knight] with 158 million and [Spider-Man 3] with 151 million, surpassing [Pirates of the Caribbean: Soul Coffin] with 135 million. But don't forget, as a big production with an investment of more than 100 million, the production cost of these three films is far more than that of [Twilight 2 Crescent], and [Twilight 2 Crescent] can be among them, so you can imagine its popularity.
With such good results, the summit company naturally celebrated extravagantly, and was more confident in [Twilight March Eclipse], which had just completed filming and was completing post-production, and now there is no pressure at all to pay Zixi's high salary. Because according to industry estimates, according to the current momentum of the box office of [Twilight 2 Crescent], it is not impossible to reach a box office of 800 million, which is more than double that of [Twilight].
At the same time, the Hollywood movie "Ninja Assassin" starring Rain also began to be released. Although in Asia, especially in South Korea, the media has been hyped up and excited that Korean actors dominate the box office of the American Thanksgiving holiday, but unfortunately the box office of [Ninja Assassin] only ranked sixth in the weekend box office list with a score of 13.14 million, which is less than one-tenth of that of [Twilight 2 Crescent], this huge gap is really a bit unsightly.
What's more, Hollywood media, which likes sensationalism, compared Zixi and Rain for the first time. also debuted in South Korea and became famous, although Zixi is an American, the influence of the two in Asia is equally huge. But now one has become a star in the Hollywood club, and the other can only hover on the fringes of Hollywood, which is insignificant. To use the Washington Times analogy, "Zachary is like sitting in a speeding supercar, and Rain is just driving an old used car." ”
"Rotten Tomatoes" even mercilessly gave [Ninja Assassin] a score of 4.5. The Boston Globe commented: "This kind of action movie, JetLi and Jason Statham obviously have to do better." Some media even said: "Every five minutes there is a brutal, but very cool fight!" But this kind of fight is completely bloody and cruel, and I can't see any acting skills at all, and any bodybuilder can do a good job, which should be more interesting. ”
Rain, who was the leading actor in a Hollywood film for the first time, encountered a lot of criticism in North America, although he had been mentally prepared, but when it came to the end, Rain only felt endless grievances. Even if the Korean media has been chasing and clamoring all the time, facts speak louder than words, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that there is a huge gap between Zixi and Rain.
Zixi also invited Rain to dinner in Hollywood, and Zixi certainly understands the mentality of this super idol who is popular in Asia and does not admit defeat, but what is the use of this? Don't look at the United States, it has always advocated the elimination of discrimination, but since the founding of the United States, racial discrimination has never disappeared in the United States.
As a pure Asian-yellow race, he was born discriminated against by European and American races. Zixi still benefited from his grandfather's military family, his mother's status as a senator, and his father's achievements in the world over the years, and he has been accepted and recognized by Americans and American society over the years. But Rain obviously didn't have that good luck, South Korea is just the little brother of the United States, not even Japan, let alone make Americans fully accept the stars and entertainment culture produced there.
With the good results of [Twilight 2 Crescent], Zixi was finally able to return to South Korea. However, this time he did not go alone, and he returned to South Korea with Kristen Stewart, Taylor Laechtner, Ashley Greeney, Nikki Reid and Jackson Rathbon, who were preparing to attend the premiere of [Twilight 2 Crescent] in South Korea, almost including the important main and supporting members of [Twilight 2 Crescent].
Regarding Zixi and his entourage to South Korea, Dingfeng Company naturally expressed something. Today's Asian film market is no worse than the European and American markets, with the rapid development of the Asian economy, advanced cinemas are all over large and medium-sized cities, more and more people are willing to pay money into the theater, many films that have been neglected in Hollywood are shining in Asia. It is rare that Kristen Stewart and Ashley Greeney are willing to go to South Korea this time, and where is Zixi's home stadium, Summit Company is immediately responsible for arranging round-trip air tickets and hotel accommodation, which is regarded as the promotion of the Asian tour of [Twilight 2 Crescent].
"I'm going to eat yakiniku, I'm going to eat yakitori, I'm going to eat fried rice cakes." Before the plane landed, Ashley Greeney was already holding a Korean travel magazine, pointing to the same brightly colored food on it.
Zixi glanced at Ashley and said, "Do you know that these foods will definitely be delicious?" ”
"Why doesn't it taste good?" Ashley pointed to the travel magazine and said, "It has been said above, these foods are a better choice than eating in Korea, isn't it delicious, and the magazine will not be able to introduce it?" ”
"Let me tell you, Korean food is mainly spicy, don't you can't eat spicy?" Zixi pointed to the red fried rice cake and said, "Look at the color on it, the red ones are all fried with chili sauce, can you accept it?" ”
"Cut, I just don't like spicy food, and it's not that I can't eat spicy food." Ashley, who came to Korea for the first time, flipped through the pages of the food guide, and most of the food on it was red, and at first glance it was spicy. I didn't care what I said, but I still asked tentatively, "It's not really all spicy, right?" ”
"It's not all spicy, but it's mostly spicy. But don't worry, there are just as much Western food and your favorite Italian food in Korea, so you won't go hungry. ”
"I don't care, anyway, if you invite us to Korea, you will be responsible for taking care of our daily life and food. If you can't satisfy us, all of us will go to your house to eat. "Ashley has the virtue of a rude lady, and she also looks at the others.
Christine, who received Ashley's signal, smiled and said, "That's right, you can't satisfy us, all of us went to your house as guests." Taylor, Jackson and the others could only cast apologetic glances at Zixi.
After a long time of cooperation, everyone has become good friends, and everyone knows that Ashley likes to joke and doesn't take her words seriously. This time, I was invited by Zixi to come to South Korea to attend the premiere. As the host, Zixi is naturally responsible for the responsibility of the tour guide, and the group also enjoys this rare holiday with the intention of traveling and playing. As for propaganda, it's just in passing.