In its second week of release, "The Terminator" showed great resilience and potential.

The domestic box office of 220 million is enough to satisfy most people, including Sun Peng himself, of course. And with the addition of three more country releases, the overseas box office of "Terminator" has accumulated to 19 million US dollars - and this is still without an official release in North America!

"The most important thing is the appeal of Teacher Bai!"

After looking at the latest week's box office data, Gao Runqing couldn't help but sigh: "Whether we talk about these distribution companies at the beginning, or finalize the number of screens to be released, including the current box office data, etc., I'm afraid most of it is due to Mr. Lao Bai!" ”

When he thought of the negotiation process with those overseas filmmakers, Gao Runqing was envious.

At the beginning, although those filmmakers who were above the top were quite optimistic about "The Terminator", the opening price was basically hundreds of thousands of buyouts. But when they saw Lao Bai's name hanging in the screenwriter's column, and he was still creating alone, the buyout price quickly changed from hundreds of thousands of Huaxia coins to hundreds of thousands of dollars! Moreover, some effect distributors in Southeast Asia and Europe have agreed to cooperate in the form of box office sharing, which is a completely different attitude!

For a small company like Takagi Pictures, that's a treatment that has never been seen before.

And Gao Runqing is also quite satisfied with the domestic box office - you must know that in order to invest a little more in production costs, they have saved a lot of publicity and distribution costs, and they are almost using Lao Bai's name to do publicity everywhere. In terms of the creative lineup and production cost of "Terminator", such a performance definitely made him content.

"Hehe, slowly you will get used to it."

Compared with Gao Runqing's exclamation, Wei Xiaolin had already taken all this for granted, and quickly said with a smile: "But next, whether there can be a second part, or when to start the second part, can only depend on what Lao Bai means." ”

"Director Wei, when do you think you can start preparing?"

Hearing Wei Xiaolin say this, Gao Runqing's expression immediately became a little nervous. In fact, he is not worried about whether there is a second part, not to mention that the quality and box office of "Terminator" are quite good, Lao Bai himself has expressed his satisfaction many times, just saying that the relationship between Wei Xiaolin and Sun Peng is the best guarantee!

"Part 2?"

Thinking of what he promised Sun Peng that day, Wei Xiaolin couldn't help but say happily: "Don't think about it, it seems that guy's expectations for "Terminator 2" are really high, I'm afraid it won't start until the end of next year or the year after next year at the earliest!" ”

“……”

Hearing Wei Xiaolin say this, Gao Runqing was naturally a little disappointed.

finally caught Lao Bai, the super god, and the box office and reputation of the movie were also good, Gao Runqing still wanted to strike while the iron was hot and hurry up to launch a sequel. But he doesn't have any way, the script is counting on Mr. Bai, and of course, more importantly, the copyright is still in the hands of others, what can he do?

Looking at his old friend's disappointed look, Wei Xiaolin couldn't help but smile: "Okay, I'm expected to be disappointed here, it's better to save more money quickly!" ”

"Saving money? Why? ”

Blinking, Gao Runqing looked puzzled.

"Nonsense, of course, it's preparing for the future "Terminator 2"!"

Looking at Wei Xiaolin's face as a matter of course, Gao Runqing's eyes suddenly widened in surprise: "Won't it?" Lao Wei, if we make this film, we can at least earn him hundreds of millions, right? That's not enough? ”

"Cut, how many hundred million?"

Regarding Gao Runqing's proud face, Wei Xiaolin really couldn't look down on it.

According to the current box office trend of "Terminator", there must be no problem with one billion in China, if you are lucky enough to have 1.2 or 3 billion, then the box office alone will not only recover the cost, but also make a lot of money...... If you add the overseas box office, for example, the release matter that is being negotiated with other Americans, it is not impossible to make another one or two hundred million!

For Takagi Pictures, this is a hearty meal.

But after making a few movies with this old white, where can Wei Xiaolin look down on the results of "The Terminator"? Think of The Matrix, think of Hurricane Rescue, think of The Lion King and Frozen?

A wave of ambition instantly surged in his heart, and Wei Xiaolin shook his head vigorously and said, "Of course it's not enough!" According to my understanding of Sun Peng, since he attaches so much importance to the sequel of this film, the production cost will inevitably be very huge, not to mention five or six billion......"

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There is no doubt that the results of "The Terminator" do not quite meet Lao Bai's box office standards in the eyes of many people.

So during this period of time on the Internet, all kinds of voices are also disturbing.

However, for Sun Peng, these are not things he has to pay attention to, because from the time he wrote the script of "Terminator 1", Sun Peng knew that the box office of this film was not high. After all, it is a film that is a long time ago, and there are no big stars in it, and there are no exciting special effects and big scenes, so why do fans have to buy it?

If it weren't for the good plot, I'm afraid Lao Bai's iron fans would revolt.

And Sun Peng is looking forward to the "Terminator 2" that will be filmed the year after tomorrow or later, which is the best one in the entire series, as for now......

"The contract for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone has been completely finalized, and it will be officially launched next month!"

On the fourth day of Sun Peng's return, the second sister brought him good news: "And not only will the English version be released in Europe and North America at the same time, but the Chinese version of the book will also be on sale at the same time...... Of course, the cooperative publishing house is still Lightwheel, but the other party's conditions are slightly lower, and the first printing is only 500,000 copies. ”

"It's okay, it doesn't matter what the first print is."

Waving his hand, Sun Peng said with a smile: "I'm optimistic about the stamina of these books, as for the previous words, don't worry...... By the way, sister, have you finished reading the book "Murder on the Western Express"? How does it feel? ”

"This ......"

After a little hesitation, Sun Ya shook her head and said, "I don't usually like to read reasoning, so you have to ask me how this book is...... To be honest, I think the ending is quite unexpected, and the process in the middle is quite interesting, as for whether the book is very exciting or very appealing to mystery lovers, I can't judge. ”

The second sister's words were very frank, and Sun Peng was not surprised.

Although the reasoning thing has a large fan base, there are many people who never like it, especially the long and cumbersome foreshadowing and reasoning process, fans are racking their brains, and sometimes even thrilling, but people who don't like it can't see the flowers no matter how they look at it!

So I didn't care about the second sister's opinion at all, Sun Peng just smiled and said: "It's okay, then you can help me find a few reliable people to review this book, and if there is a publishing house that is interested, you can start talking to them......"