Chapter 342. 【Heir to the Throne】
In the history of North American films, the highest box office record is now held by the great director James Cameron's "Titanic", with a total global box office of more than $1.9 billion!
But now, Yi Feiyang's first sci-fi blockbuster "Iron Man" has used the power of the Internet to break through an astonishing $1.5 billion at the total box office!
It seems that Yi Feiyang has become the most powerful challenger of the great director Cameron!
If Cameron claims to be the "king of the world", then the newly rising Yi Feiyang is the most powerful "heir to the throne"!
However, before that, as soon as this terrifying data was released, the entire United States immediately boiled.
Those who originally sang about "Iron Man" immediately turned the spearhead and gave more positive and praised comments on the film.
"Aha, God, I said a long time ago that the drama "Iron Man" will have a very gorgeous reversal, now let's see, is it coming! It can be said that this drama is perfect, everything you can think of and what you can't think of is in this movie, in my opinion, its best battle scenes, scene scenes, and interspersed with the humor of the whole movie, giving people the urge to watch it again, Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony Stark, definitely a classic character that can be compared to Jack Sparrow in "Pirates of the Caribbean"! ”
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"As soon as I close my eyes now, I will see the unforgettable classic scenes of the film just now, not to mention Iron Man's MARK3 armor with a very industrial beauty like a work of art, the scene of Cage's MARK1 war monster rampage in downtown Los Angeles, and his rhinoceros shuttling through the chaos of war, destroying buildings, and finally the final battle between the two iron gods on the ruins of the city...... It's all evocative, and he can even hum the tune of the soundtrack at the time. ”
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"When you watch some big-budget movies, you do feel big and beautiful. But before you get out of the cinema, you have forgotten; Others will be remembered for a long, long time. I can think about it from time to time. Every time I think about it, I feel it, and I reminisce about the shock and emotion of the time. This is because those big scenes not only have exciting special effects and scenes, but more importantly, those wonderful scenes have unforgettable characters, rather than simple scenes to leave memories, such as this "Iron Man"! ”
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"Iron Man may not be the greatest movie, but it's completely beyond the genre of its kind, and this is Wonder Young's first blockbuster in the United States, and he shatters all previous doubts in a shocking way. My question now is, where exactly is his limit? ”
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And when on the morning of the last day of this summer vacation, after various newspapers and magazines were sent to today's daily newspaper, almost all the film review columns were full of praise for "Iron Man".
Billy Ford, a columnist for the Chicago Reader, commented:
"From the perspective of entertainment business, this is a movie that makes people's blood boil, exciting, and evocative; In terms of artistic connotation, it is worth reading carefully, and the description of the nature of war and force in the plot is very realistic, I give him an A+! ”
"I think 'Iron Man' is a deceptively simple and incredibly profound epic, and it's hard for me to imagine that it was made by a director from China, if someone told him that it was made by Spielberg. I would also absolutely believe ......" Richard Seaman, a film critic for the Chicago Sun;
Los Angeles Times guest film critic Robbie Ayre:
"This one, called Iron Man, takes a traditional subject matter with a new meaning, far beyond the level of the original comics. Robert Downey Jr. has shown unprecedented restrained acting skills under Yi Feiyang's tutelage, he is beginning to turn from a self-depraved addict ~ gentleman to a real acting master with shaping power, Yi Feiyang can make him turn over, better than Martin Scorsese, Bole! ”
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Glory and applause, praise and praise, surpassing the previous ridicule and ridicule.
This is the reality of Hollywood!
That's the reality of Hollywood!
For the shocking reversal of the box office of Yi Feiyang's "Iron Man", Acting President Abbas of Colombia is almost crazy.
And for the great director Sam Raimi, he just sighed and said: "I know, sooner or later it will be like this, but I didn't expect it to come so soon!" ”
And for Akio Soni Morita, the bigwig behind the scenes of Colombia, he was even more furious when he heard the news.
But at this time, it is the entire American film industry that is even more shocked or frightened, why? Because Yi Feiyang replaced the traditional cinema with the terrible Internet!
Think about it, what will happen if this terrible pattern continues to ferment?
Tens of thousands of movie theaters in the United States will face the challenge of the Internet, the income of movie theaters will be greatly reduced, and even some will go out of business, personnel will lose their jobs, the original rules and systems of the film industry will be broken, the more developed the network, the more bankrupt the theater chain will be, the stock will plummet, the company will be destroyed, suicide, jumping off the building...... In short, the consequences are terrible!
Of course, this is just the beginning, and it has not yet developed to the point of being out of control, as long as this sprout is strangled in the cradle, then there will be no problem! Everybody thinks so, everybody thinks so. But who is the source of this matter? It's easy to fly! It's a fantasy entertainment company!
When this point is understood and clear, people began to investigate, hoping that the major websites will put aside their relationship with fantasy entertainment from now on, in short, this kind of cooperation can only be done once! Yes, a few more times I'm afraid the world will be in chaos!
But to everyone's surprise, according to the conclusion of the investigation, Dream Entertainment actually signed such a three-year contract with the world's major network companies!
In other words, within three years, Dream Entertainment can completely disregard the safety and survival of the theater chain, and work together with the website to create an agreement to watch movies online.
How can this be?!
We have to stop it!
This time, Abbas, who is the North American Film Association, was launched by the big guy again, and Abbas, who was still immersed in failure, had no choice but to go to Yi Feiyang.
But Yi Feiyang doesn't bird him at all!
Without even seeing each other, Abbas was a complete failure!
At this time. Abbas's dishonesty. Fail. plus the scandal that was revealed himself, etc., broke out in a concentrated manner, and the Film Association voted no confidence in him. The public also criticized him deeply. In such a situation, the Colombian company, which was once the financial supporter behind him, also issued a statement to remove Mr. Abbas from the position of acting president of Colombia!
That's right, he was completely abandoned!
Poor Abbas, directly from the phoenix to the chicken, and the home. Because of his scandal, his wife began to divorce him again......
For Abbas, his glory and glory have become a thing of the past, and now he no longer has any strength to fight against Yi Feiyang.
He's a complete loser!
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"Hey, buddy! You don't know it yet, Fox has just taken the lead in the decision to unite with Disney, Warner, Universal. There is also MGM and Paramount Co., Ltd. jointly blocking Colombia and not allowing anyone in the industry to take on Colombia's play. Otherwise, it will be blocked by these big companies! ”
"What kind of news are you. I'm telling you, Abbas caused the whole thing. Do you remember how Abbas got into the industry? Because he took refuge in Sony, the company behind the scenes of Colombia, as the chairman of the film association, temporarily acting as the president of Colombia, and now that he has failed, of course the six major companies will step on it! After all, Colombia is controlled by the Japanese, and the Americans have been unhappy with these Japanese for a long time! ”
"If you say that, I will understand, this time the Japanese-controlled Colombia and the Chinese~Chinese-controlled Dream Entertainment are at war, and these six major companies will let go of the way to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and then sit back and reap the benefits of the fisherman!"
"That's it, whether it's Colombia or Dream Entertainment, it's an outsider to the United States, no matter who loses the war, whoever will be trampled on by the six major companies!"
"Ah, I can't imagine that the Hollywood entertainment industry is so dark!"
"It's not darkness, it's reality! The water here is too deep for you and me laymen to understand! In short, it's Colombia that is unlucky, and that Abbas!"
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Three days later, the entire industry knew that the six major Hollywood studios, led by Fox, had joined forces to oust Columbia Group. No one dared to take on the Colombian play, because everyone knew very well what the consequences would be. In fact, even if you take it, you can't sell it to Europe and Asia, and you can only do it locally, which is not good for the actors.
The vigorous beating of the water dogs gave the Sony company behind Colombia a headache, and the big man Akio Morita never thought that he had just lost a war, but it seemed that he had lost the whole world, and in order to keep Colombia and let it regain its strength, it seemed that it would take a lot of thought.
First of all, Sony's side once again contacted the reformed American Film Association, claiming that the Japanese would never interfere and interfere in all the decisions of Columbia Pictures after that, and that Columbia was still led by native-born Americans, and Sony only maintained financial assistance in the rear.
Sony's softness and weakness made Colombia finally escape, but as a scapegoat, Abbas, the former acting president and chairman of the film association, was once again brought out and criticized, and was called a "traitor" by the Americans and a "morally corrupt guy" by fans.
Abbas collapsed! This time it really crashed!
Oh my God! Actors and filmmakers all over the United States have drawn a clear line with him and no longer bothered with him, and those film companies that had originally flattered him turned him away, and no one wanted to accept him.
Abbas bitter B, he never knew that it would be so difficult to make a movie, and now he regrets it very much, if it weren't for the fight over a little victory and revenge, then he would have won a lot of victories.
What he couldn't have imagined was that the guys who were once looked down upon by him would abandon him and laugh at him. I've really become a worthless prop!
He has heard Yi Feiyang say: "Who will lose the pants in the end!" "He didn't believe it before, but now he does. Now he realizes that it is not enough to have power in the film industry.
Hollywood's entertainment industry is a big network with complex relationships, in addition to the seven major film companies, there are also Dream, Lionsgate, Emperor Gate, and New Line...... There are even some small companies that they simply despise. Originally, relying on large companies would easily defeat those small companies, but the result was. All guns are pointed at themselves!
He lost very unworthily. But he had to admit that he did lose. Because it was he who provoked to deal with Yi Feiyang first. Yi Feiyang has not reacted all along, which does not mean that Yi Feiyang has no choice, but that Yi Feiyang does not want to move him for the time being. Once Yi Feiyang had such a thought, it was really easy to defeat him. Just like this time, the winner was decided in one game, and as a result, he lost!
Receiving the news of Colombia's fiasco, Yi Feiyang smiled because Colombia has lost the recognition of the industry. It's going on like this, and I'm losing money every day. And the actions of the six major companies to beat the water dogs were also expected by Yi Feiyang. Even Yi Feiyang knew very well that if the person who lost this time was himself, then the result of Fantasy Entertainment would be even worse than that of Colombia!
Hollywood, the United States, will never allow the film companies run by outsiders to become bigger and stronger, Colombia is Japanese, Dream Entertainment is Chinese ~ Chinese, for the six major companies, this is the enemy!
Colombia is now suppressed by external forces, and according to accurate calculations, Yi Feiyang can at least buy a part of the company's equity at a lower price than the original price. To know. The most favorite thing for shareholders to do is to see the owner unlucky and sell their stocks one after another!
Accompanied by two bodyguards. Yi Feiyang walked out of the company and came to the parking lot. In the parking lot, there was a familiar and strange person standing next to Yi Feiyang's BMW. It was Abbas, I saw him staring at Yi Feiyang quietly with a pale face.
The bodyguards reacted extremely quickly, and one of the black bodyguards immediately protected Yi Feiyang with his tall figure, while the other bodyguard pulled out his gun and waited for him. Yi Feiyang couldn't help but smile lightly, pushed away the body of the black bodyguard, and waved his hand: "It's okay!" ”
Losers are dangerous, but Yi Feiyang is fearless, if he is even afraid of his own subordinates, then he simply does not deserve today's results. Slowly approaching Abbas, Abbas made a move, and the black bodyguard was shocked, and only then did Abbas just take out a pack of cigarettes.
He handed one to Yi Feiyang, who shook his head slightly: "I'm sorry, man, I usually only draw one brand!" ”
Abbas tried to make himself look calmer, lit a cigarette with a trembling hand, took a deep breath, and finally calmed down: "Hey, Yi, I didn't expect you to win this time!" ”
Yi Feiyang shrugged, "I've been winning all the time, but you just don't know!" ”
Yi Feiyang smiled and looked at the depressed guy in front of him who almost wanted to commit suicide, he felt that Abbas was very pitiful, originally as the chairman of the North American Film Association, he had all the power and glory, but he was too greedy, for the bait thrown by Sony, in order to be able to become a Hollywood boss, he destroyed everything desperately.
The saddest thing for a person is not that there is nothing, but that there were originally a lot of them, and now they are all lost!
But what can be done about this, in the shopping mall, it is either a loss or a win, and people who do not lose or win are never allowed to exist.
"Yes, Yi, you're like a myth, you're winning all the time, I just don't know!" Abbas stared at the smiling Yi Feiyang in front of him, and he realized that Yi Feiyang had changed a lot, from the original sharp-edged Chinese young man to a deep and subtle guy.
"Actually......" Abbas hesitated, he was wondering if he wanted to explain something, but he was afraid that Yi Feiyang would think that he was showing weakness. After thinking about it, he decided to say it, anyway, what was he afraid of if he lost everything: "Actually, the matter of persecuting those five theaters, you know, that is not my idea!" ”
"I know you're not that kind of person." Yi Feiyang really knows very well that the arrogance in Abbas's bones is indescribable, otherwise he would not be the president of the North American Film Association, but he would still have to compete with him.
"Thank you!" This thank you was sincere, and even the two bodyguards beside Yi Feiyang could hear it.
Abbas smiled bitterly: "God, I think, I really understand why I lost to you, in fact, you always knew what I was going to do, but you tolerated it, and then broke me down one at a time, as a way to prove your deep strength!" Of course, if my guess is right, you have another purpose, isn't North America anti-monopoly, and the monopoly of theaters is not allowed, but if you want to push Dream Entertainment to the position of a giant company, you must control a large number of theaters, how to do it, you need to find a leading bird, that person is undoubtedly me...... I was still complacent when I took over Columbia, yes, Yi, I was blinded by greed at that time, and indirectly helped you complete the work of controlling the theater chain, but all of this made you a wedding dress! Right now. I'm afraid those theaters are afraid of you. Online premiere on your network. Directly pushed them to the Jedi! ”
The two bodyguards around Yi Feiyang couldn't help but be shocked, they had always protected Yi Feiyang closely, and they were more or less very clear about Yi Feiyang. But after following Yi Feiyang for so long, I have never seen Yi Feiyang show this kind of thought, if it is true, it is inevitably too deep.
"You're right, Mr. Abbas. Sometimes I really can't help but admire you. It's a pity that from the day we became opponents, we were destined to have to distinguish between winners and losers. Yi Feiyang's heart can be described as full of feelings, this is the first powerful opponent he has really defeated in his life. He thought he had really won, and he had won so thoroughly that Abbas had to be convinced.
In fact, Abbas's speculation was correct, and Yi Feiyang did intend to use him from the beginning. Although there were several accidents along the way, he was still controlled by Yi Feiyang. With a faint smile, he said softly, "There's something else you didn't expect, man!" The reason why I was able to tolerate you in the first place, and endure Colombia's provocations, is that I want to use you to suppress the light of fantasy entertainment. ”
As the saying goes, a little bit is clear. As soon as Yi Feiyang reminded him, Abbas, who was already smart, suddenly realized, and his heart was full of bitterness. If he hadn't completely conceded defeat before, now he really knew he had lost. The inevitable loss is doomed.
Last year, Dream Entertainment won half of the top 10 charts in one fell swoop, including the box office champion. And for a company that has just been established for a few years, such a light is definitely conducive to development. But don't ignore it. This is in the film industry, in the cutthroat competition of Hollywood.
The rise of Dream Entertainment undoubtedly threatened the existence of other giant companies, and Yi Feiyang even thought that Raymond, the president of Paramount, who had a good relationship with him, could hardly tolerate the success of Dream at that time. It's not about friendship, it's about threats. For a company that has been established for four years, it is difficult to get the real right to speak in a place like the film industry.
So in order to avoid the sharp edge and exclusion from other companies, the appearance of Abbas has undoubtedly become an excellent target. Under Yi Feiyang's just right retreat, Abbas pressed forward step by step, letting other film companies sit and wait to watch a good show.
Well, since you guys want to see it, I'll put it on for you.
Yi Feiyang is a good performer by nature, and behind the light of the movie, what flashes is his profound wisdom. Just like the last time I played with New Line Pictures, from the perspective of outsiders, what must not happen happened, and the New Line Pictures, which originally wanted to take advantage of the situation, was put on the back burner by Dream Pictures. A promising medium-sized company was so pitifully "ravaged" by Yi Feiyang, and now it has basically become a vassal of Fantasy Entertainment and Fox.
Of course, the success of this incident has also made other Hollywood companies think highly of Dream, at least this is no longer the little brother who follows his ass, and is an existence that is enough to threaten his status.
While the big companies are thinking about how to deal with fantasy entertainment in the future, Abbas's Colombia is once again acting as a bird. In other words, Japan's Sony, which is behind Colombia, once again stood up stupidly and wanted to fight to the death with Dream Entertainment.
Abbas himself is a smart man, otherwise he would not be able to sit on the throne of the president of the North American Film Association, but the biggest weakness of smart people is that they despise their enemies too much. However, after Abbas and Yi Feiyang faced off several times, this contempt has become attention, but it is precisely because of the importance that Abbas is eager to defeat Yi Feiyang once.
A rare opportunity has come, although Abbas is well aware that Hollywood's six major studios are waiting to sit back and watch the tiger fight. But Abbas believes that this opportunity is rare, in the words of their Chinese, the time and place are on their side, and there is no reason why they should not win. So he naturally became a gladiator and wanted to fight Yi Feiyang to the death.
And at this time, Yi Feiyang also needs a very good stepping stone to serve as his own ladder of ascent.
There's too much forbearance! Yi Feiyang thinks it's time for him to fight back, and he can't sit and wait for others to bully him, which is what widows do. Yi Feiyang wants to stand up and tell everyone that if you want to defeat Fantasy Entertainment, you can, come on, but be careful, when you want to bite off a piece of Fantasy Entertainment's flesh, we will break you a bone!
Obviously, Fantasy Entertainment is making an example of the monkeys, and poor Abbas and his Colombia have become broken bones and exhibits!
Thinking of this, Abbas's face, which was already very pale and terrible, became even more bleak, and his face turned blue and red. He never expected that he would be controlled by Yi Feiyang in the palm of his hand from the beginning, and this feeling of failure was even more bleak than when he lost the chairmanship of the North American Film Association.
He clearly experienced the terrible feeling of being controlled, like a chronic poison, which could gradually lead to the inevitable fear of being in the days to come, and to make people suffer forever.
Yi Feiyang sympathized with Abbas, but he was also very grateful to Abbas. Without Abbas and pressure from Colombia, he would not have been able to grow up so fast, let alone think of such treacherous methods. Sometimes for some people, stress means motivation.
In fact, life is constantly making progress in the competition with opponents, but sometimes it is fighting with others, sometimes it is fighting with the sky, and sometimes it is still fighting with society. And Yi Feiyang is very lucky to choose an opponent that suits him, and gradually progress and grow in the competition, so that he will have stronger strength to cope with stronger challenges in the future.
"I see, Yi, you do deserve that title, magical Yang...... You've been creating legends and miracles, it's just that I'm stupidly blinded and don't believe in them. I didn't lose unjustly! Yes, God knows how much wisdom and luck you need to defeat you! ”
At this time, Abbas also attributed part of his failure to luck, which couldn't help but make Yi Feiyang feel funny, but when you think about it, if it weren't for "seeing the future", he created a series of blockbuster movies. Maybe this part of the "luck" will not follow me.
Luck is really a necessary bargaining chip to determine fate!
"Actually, I'm here to say goodbye to you this time!" Abbas said bitterly, "Say goodbye to my biggest rival, I'm afraid I'm also the first." ”
"Yi, I just said, I didn't lose unjustly! But it's not you who forced me to leave the United States, it's me who wants to leave...... Get out of here, leave this colorful but deceitful place, and my yellow-faced woman, the woman who was hyped by you and almost divorced me, go to England to live the rest of your life! ”
"You know what, Yi, from now on I'm looking forward to you winning, keep winning! Win over Fox, win over Paramount, win over Spielberg, and the king of the world, James Cameron! ”
"Because only in this way can I tell people that I lost to you back then not because I was not strong, but because you were too strong! No one can defeat the mighty! ”
"Isn't it ridiculous? A loser prays that his opponent keeps win?! ”
"Alright, goodbye, Yi, we'll see you later! I hope that the day when you become the true king of the world, don't forget that there was such an opponent as me! Abbas finished and waved away.
Looking at his lonely back, Yi Feiyang said to himself: "Wait, man, this day won't be long!" Yes, never! (To be continued......)