Los Angeles, a villa.

Lian Jie poured himself a glass of red wine.

After pouring, he shook his red wine glass, took a sip, and smiled.

He's in a good mood at the moment.

On February 28, just over a week ago, his latest Hollywood action film "Deadly Cradle" was released.

In the first week, it won the first place in North America with a box office of $17 million.

Relative to the cost of $25 million, that's actually quite good.

According to this trend, it is not a big problem for the global box office of this movie to break 100 million, and the disc revenue will be at least one-third of the box office.

In this way, it is certain that the movie will make money, and it will be explosive.

In Hollywood, no matter who you are, making money is king, and the more you earn, the more sought-after you can be.

His last film "Cosmic Pursuit" lost money, which also affected his fame to a certain extent.

But now, if "Cradle of Death" goes all the way up, he thinks he's going to glory again.

After all, in "Cradle of Death", he jumped off the building with his life!

Just as I was thinking about it, my phone rang.

connected, and after a while, Lian Jie's brows furrowed: "Why is it so much, wasn't it okay last week?" ”

17 million in the first week, no matter how low it is in the second week, it will not be less than 1200.

But now it's only 9.5 million!

Lian Jie almost threw away his red wine glass.

The other end of the phone quickly replied: "There is a very strong film, and the competitiveness is very strong." ”

"Which one, is it Disney's?"

"No, it's Lu's."

"Who?"

"Lu, it's the same Lu who filmed "Source Code" in your country."

"Do you mean that the road is safe?!"

"Yes!"

"Impossible!"

Lian Jie retorted on the spot, "Lu Ping'an's "Source Code" was released in North America a few years ago, where did he get the movie?" ”

"It's a new movie, called "saw", the Chinese translation should be called saw, is a horror film that costs only $1 million, and now it is very hot, very big, and the box office has been overwhelming!"

Lian Jie: "??? ”

A horror film with a cost of $1 million.

It's a joke, isn't it?

The other end of the line confirmed: "That's the power of it, Jett, this Lu you should get to know him, he's really talented." ”

Hanging up the phone, Lian Jie had a big head.

How is the road safe again.

When he was in China, the movies were suppressed by him.

When it came to Hollywood, it was still pressed.

He even wondered if it was coming for him.

Engage in chase, huh?

Did you read your own cosmic search warrant or something?

However, Lian Jie is still rational.

He knew it wasn't possible.

Hollywood will let you adjust the schedule at will.

So compared to this, he is more interested in movies and Lu Ping'an.

He immediately put on his coat and went out to see how the quality of the movie was.

Soon, he arrived at a theater in Los Angeles.

Dressed up in disguise, I entered the door and bought a chainsaw movie ticket.

Before entering, he looked at the purchase rate of his "Cradle" movie tickets.

It looks pretty good, but when you enter the Chainsaw Theater again, the scene is different.

The entire theater was almost full.

This gap!

After a while, the movie begins.

The first half of the whole movie is spent in revealing secrets and saving yourself.

Various reversals and reversals.

The plot is solid.

It looks really good.

But if that's the case, Lian Jie doesn't think this film is so competitive.

However, just thinking about it, the last ten minutes of the film began to be consecrated.

When Doctor Adam sawed off his own leg, the mastermind really appeared!

It turned out that the key had been washed away long ago, and it turned out that the real mastermind was the corpse that had been shot in the head a long time ago!

In the end, the protagonist can only be in despair, permanently locked up in prison!

The background music sounds, and various scenes are intertwined and flashed in the picture, presenting the truth of the matter like a puzzle, which is simply surprising and suffocating!

Lian Jie took a deep breath and sighed: "It's really not unjust to lose to this movie!" ”

As an industry veteran, how to make a movie may not be a real expert, but there is still some ability to appreciate movies.

The movie Chainsaw, in his opinion, is indeed an alternative boutique.

Excellent quality.

Not wronged!

At the end of the movie, Lian Jie walked out of the theater like the rest of the audience who were still reminiscing about the movie.

Bought a few newspapers on the street.

Sure enough, the news about "Chainsaw" has been there for a long time, but I haven't paid attention to it before.

"Saw breaks the conventions of traditional horror films and breaks new ground in the business model of replicable horror films."

"All kinds of novel tools make you feel the fear and despair of the people in it, a series of counter-transfers that people can't stop, especially in the last ten minutes, don't miss it, it will sublimate your soul!"

"Can you believe it, this is a movie that costs only $1 million, and this March, it will take North America by storm and bring a hearty thriller!"

"The director of "Chainsaw" Lu, a talented director from China, if you haven't heard his name, but you must have heard or seen his works, "The Tuner", "Black Hole", "Source Code".

Many people like Lian Jie only found out after reading the news.

It turns out that the previous American version of the tuner was adapted from him!

The original source code is also his!

It turns out that those interesting short films of thieves are also his!

It turns out that this guy is used to micro-!

Every movie has a very low cost, but it can win a very high box office!

No wonder, no wonder!

There's a reason why "Chainsaw" is so good-looking, and it can be a big hit at such a low cost!

This Lu is really a cow pen!!

Lian Jie put down the newspaper, he felt that people like Lu Ping'an really had to be contacted.

I was careless when I was in China before

At the same time, with the word-of-mouth fermentation of "Chainsaw", it gradually expanded.

All kinds of recharged media, wild media, and netizens' movie reviews are almost all good.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the opening freshness index of "Chainsaw" is also as high as 94%!

The IMDB score is also as high as 8.0 at the beginning, which is an extremely high score in horror films, and it is also an excellent level among all films.

Of these, 45% scored perfect marks.

Excellent reputation.

All kinds of media are optimistic.

So then, as the media said, a thriller feast is sweeping the United States!

And at this time, "Chainsaw" also happened to meet the best time.

In the current schedule, "Chainsaw" has almost no opponents.

Among them, "Super Daredevil Man", with the largest investment, has a cost of 78 million US dollars, and has won 150 million at the box office, which is not bad, and it is produced by a large factory, but it is now the fourth week, and the gas is exhausted.

Needless to say, Lian Jie's "Deadly Cradle" has only 34.8 million in North America at the box office in the original time and space, and it does not have the strength to snatch the box office.

In addition, there is also a super studio Disney's work "G-Detective 2", which was released at the same time as "Chainsaw".

But this film has a bad reputation.

The first "Type G Detective" was released in 1999, based on the comics, and had a large fan base, when it also received $134 million at the box office, which was an explosion, but the overall evaluation of the movie was mediocre.

To this day, this "G-Detective" has a rating of only 4.1 on IMDb.

And the sequel "G-Detective 2", which is now launched, has an even lower rating on IMDb than the first one, only 3.4 points.

Word-of-mouth declined again, fans didn't buy it, and the box office naturally couldn't go up.

So at the same time, "Chainsaw" was born, even if there was no opponent at all!

The only regret is that 1800 screens may still be a little less.

But it's not easy to increase if you want to increase, and R-rated films still have their own limitations.

"Lu, today we exploded again!"

Watts didn't know how many days he had been using this opening sentence on the phone.

Lu Ping'an's expression was still calm: "I know." ”

"Lu, two weeks are over, the box office results are very good, you have to start giving interviews, there are a lot of people waiting to meet you!"

"I see, I'll talk about it later."

"Lu, why don't you care, we succeeded, you should pay more attention to this matter!"

"Watts! It's 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, and you don't want to know if I'm doing sports. ”

"Sports? Oh~~~~ I'm sorry, you're busy, you're busy, I'll talk about it tomorrow, don't flash your waist, haha~ toot toot... ”

Hanging up the phone, Lu Ping'an said to Yan Danchen under him: "Let's continue!" ”

Yan Danchen will return to China tomorrow, so he has to be appeased.

Yan Danchen also thinks so, he will return to China tomorrow, Lu Ping'an's movie has good results, and then Ping'an will be very busy, and he has to serve him well before leaving

Early the next morning, Lu Ping'an bid farewell to Yan Danchen at the airport.

"Don't in Lao Mei!"

"Don't worry, never engage foreigners, I'm afraid of getting sick."

"Don't tire yourself out."

"Got it."

"I'll be waiting for you at home!"

Yan Danchen held Lu Ping'an's face and kissed it, and then reluctantly said goodbye.

When the others disappeared, Lu Ping'an began to run activities.

"Chainsaw" was a big hit, with a box office of 46 million in two weeks, including 16.5 million in the first week and 29.5 million in the second week.

According to the results of 46 million, Lu Ping'an's share, minus the publicity and distribution multiplied by 80% of the share, is at least about 18 million US dollars before tax!

This money, plus the sharing of "Source Code" in North America, even after tax, Lu Ping'an's current assets have exceeded 100 million yuan! Become a billionaire!

Sure enough, Lao Mei can make money by making movies!

70% of the accounts in the first two weeks, which is so cool!

Of course, this can't be compared to Disney.

Disney is the giant snake of the whole United States, and it is a special existence.

The films they produce can get up to 95% of the revenue in the first week, and the lowest before the release is 65%.

Therefore, the "G-type Detective 2" mentioned above, even if the box office is bad, there is not much pressure on people to return to their capital.

It's really not good to compare with this kind of company.

But the current situation is not bad, there is no need to envy others.

According to the current momentum, after "Chainsaw" is released in the United States, there is no problem at all that the box office exceeds the original version of 55 million, and it will probably reach more than $80 million in the end.

The original "Chainsaw" was released in October 04, when there were many competitors, and it was only small at the beginning, and then it slowly expanded.

Now that the results have been achieved, and there are no particularly obvious external factors, Lu Ping'an is already very satisfied with the good results that can be achieved better than the original.

Next, Lu Ping'an's task is to be interviewed by various media.

"Chainsaw" is a big hit, and everyone will get hot.

In this way, you can also increase your exposure and help prepare the short film for the final sprint of the Oscars!

So for the next five days, Lu Ping'an spent the next five days on radio and TV programs in various cities.

And on the sixth day, Lu Ping'an met Lian Jie in Houston.

(End of chapter)