The New Yorker Magazine.

The editor-in-chief, nicknamed "The Godfather," has a habit of taking a lunch break, often squinting in the office for an hour after lunch, and waiting until three o'clock in the afternoon before officially going to work.

But today he didn't make it to take a lunch break, first the hateful cat kept jumping around the office, whimpering in his mouth, and spilling his inkwell, making a mess of his desk.

"Damn stinky pussy! I know you're in heat, believe it or not I'll find a veterinarian to castrate you tomorrow! The editor-in-chief scolded angrily and found a rag to wipe down the desk.

After all this was done, he took the cat in his arms and leaned back in the chair again, ready to take advantage of the last lunch break.

But at this time-——

Crunch!

The fax machine rang.

"Damn, who's passing the document at this time? Oh my God, and won't let me get a good night's sleep? The editor-in-chief scolded angrily, threw away the cat and got up, and then walked over to receive the fax.

"Uh, what is this? Pauline's silly girl has a work? The editor-in-chief picked up the faxed document and was stunned for a moment, "She shouldn't be perfunctory, right?" Also, I shouldn't have scolded her like that, she must have scribbled something to make up for it! ”

The editor-in-chief looked puzzled, and he didn't believe that Pauline would open up after being scolded.

But when he read the article carefully, he was stunned this time: "What, it turned out to be a Hong Kong movie, male pig's feet or Chinese?" God, how is this possible? Where can Chinese shoot excellent works? ”

The editor-in-chief once again concluded that Pauline was perfunctory, but when he finished reading the entire film review, his expression changed from disdain to solemnity.

"Is this drama really that good? God, I have to go and see, yes! Pauline's girl is either exaggerated or ...... Obsessed! "The editor-in-chief doesn't believe that the Chinese can make a new movie that hits Hollywood.

But now the newspaper is in dire need of a manuscript, even if the editor-in-chief is full of skepticism and disdain for this film review, he has to order someone to publish it, in short, it is important to put out the fire.

……

Paramount President Carlos was a little dizzy during the banquet.

"Oh my God, this Dragon Roar banquet was very well organized, and everyone was very happy."

"Yes, Carlos, you have a heart!"

"As long as that damn Chinese quits Hollywood, we're all happier."

"Hahaha!"

For these Hollywood bigwigs, Du Yongxiao, a Chinese, is simply a grain of rat poop mixed in this pot of Hollywood delicacies, disgusting, disgusting, and eager to be deported.

"Hey, friends, guess what's the reputation of his play now?" Carlos' face flushed, and he asked everyone around him with a smile.

"Needless to say? Of course it's bad! ”

"Yes, it is estimated that his play is the worst drama in Hollywood this year!"

"Oh my God, he's lowering the quality of our Hollywood movies!"

Just when everyone looked disdainful and collectively watched Du Yongxiao's movie-

"No, no! Mr. Carlos! ”

A man ran in from outside in a panic.

Everyone looked at each other, but it was Carlos' personal secretary.

"What's wrong?"

Carlos asked with a snort.

"Something big! The word-of-mouth of Du Yongxiao's drama is out! ”

"Oh, is it? Isn't it bad? Carlos teased as he held his glass.

"Quite the opposite! No, it's better for you to see for yourself! The secretary handed Carlos a copy of The New Yorker magazine.

"Uh, what do you mean?" Carlos looked drunkenly towards the magazine.

The secretary pointed to it: "Here! Their movie reviews! ”

"Damn, I'm not blind, I can see it!" Carlos scolded, looked, and -——

"Ahem, how is that possible?"

With a stunned face, he stared at the magazine like a ghost.

"What's wrong, Carlos?"

"What's wrong?"

The crowd also gathered around and looked at the magazine en masse-——

I saw that the headline on it read: "The rise of the Chinese dragon!" "Raptors Across the River" rewrites the history of Hong Kong and even Hollywood films! ”

"Ahem, is there a mistake? Such a big breath and rewrite history? ”

Everyone was amazed.

"Which bastard wrote it?"

"It must be an unknown little reporter!"

"Maybe he was bought by Du Yongxiao!"

Everyone scolded and looked at the author's signature, and then was stunned-——

A name is clearly written on it-——

Pauline Kyle!

New York, and even the United States, are the most famous and trusted film critics!

Burst!

One person behind Carlos directly squirted the wine out of his mouth and looked at the magazine stupidly, because he knew, and the others knew that as long as Pauline made a move, it would be difficult for this drama not to be popular!

……

Pauline's "golden sign" effect is fast.

After reading her article, countless fans were directly curious about "Raptors Crossing the River", a kung fu movie of pure Chinese origin.

Coupled with Du Yongxiao's previous overwhelming advertisements in newspapers and television, it is also completely fermented at this moment.

And those viewers who have already seen the movie, the comments that flow out of their mouths-——

"Oh my God, that's great!"

"I've never seen a kung fu movie so real!"

"The fighting scenes of this show are simply incomparable, and yes, they can go down in history!"

Especially those kung fu fans, they have a high evaluation of this drama to the sky.

For a time, the drama "Raptors Across the River" became the most talked about topic in New York, Los Angeles, and even the whole United States.

With the explosion of topics and public opinion.

The attendance rate of this drama has also begun to counterattack, and even some big movies have been hard to find.

Entrance to the New York Theatre-——

A young black man and woman are arguing with the ticket seller: "How can there be no tickets?" We've been in line for so long! ”

"yes, my boyfriend and I came over to line up at six o'clock in the morning, and when it was our turn, you said the tickets were sold out! Damn, do you see that we are black and discriminate against us? ”

The white conductor smiled wryly, "No, I've never discriminated against you blacks!" I treat you like brothers, the problem is that everyone else is queuing up here at four or five o'clock, not only you, but the big group of people behind you can't buy tickets! ”

As he spoke, the white conductor pointed to the long queue behind the black men and women, took out the "sold out" sign from the ticket booth and put it out, shrugged his shoulders again, and said regretfully: "I'm sorry, it's really sold out!" ”

"Oh shit!"

"Oh my God, what kind of movie is this, you can't even buy a ticket?"

There was a long queue behind, and everyone said angrily.

The conductor was actually surprised that this Chinese drama was so popular? Also, there are still many movie theaters under Fox that can be released, why not arrange it above?

How can he know Du Yongxiao's thoughts as a just conductor.

The reason why Du Yongxiao has not been fully released is that he is still pressing the number of movie theaters, the purpose is to create a false impression that "one ticket is hard to find"!

People, what are you most curious about?

It's something you can't get!

Du Yongxiao made full use of the principles of psychology, which can be regarded as a psychological pinching of these American audiences.

……

Facts have proved that Du Yongxiao's deliberate suppression of the box office is surprisingly good.

The more those viewers couldn't buy tickets, the more curious they were about the play.

plus Du Yongxiao's advertisement, Pauline's film reviews, and other audience word-of-mouth-

All the factors add up to make the drama "Raptors Across the River" soar directly into a "phenomenal" movie.

What is "phenomenal"?

It's that all Americans are now leaving everyone down and starting to discuss this kung fu film shot by the Chinese.

From New York, Los Angeles, to Boston and other places, whether it is McDonald's, KFC, or on the bus, on the streets, everyone is talking about this Chinese kung fu movie that can't even be bought with a ticket.

"Oh my God, I didn't get it in line at five o'clock yesterday!"

"yes, a lot of tickets were bought by those damn scalpers!"

"Why don't the police catch these bastards?"

The crowd was indignant.

And those who are the new generation of scalpers in the United States, especially the white young man who sold tickets to Pauline Kyle at half price, are almost crying and fainting in the toilet at the moment.

He never dreamed that this drama would counterattack!

Before that, he had sold all the movie tickets at half price, but now-——

Double the price with one ticket!

Bang Bang Bang!

Hiding in the toilet, he hit himself in the face.

In the American elite, on Wall Street, in the Manhattan Tower, those elites are also talking about the play, consciously or unconsciously.

In the toilet –

"God, I really want to watch "Raptors Across the River" tonight, I heard that this is a must-see movie for men, it can make your adrenaline accelerate!"

A gentlemanly man arranges his tie in front of the vanity mirror and says to a colleague next to him.

"Yes, I've also heard from others, it is said that this play is full of real kung fu! Unlike other bad Hollywood movies, even boxing is fake! ”

"How about it, do you want to be together?"

"Of course! After eating steak and drinking red wine, it's time to go to the cinema! ”

"Oh my God, what a pleasant life it is!"

If the civilian class and the elite class in the United States are talking about this drama, then what attitude does the top level of the US government maintain towards this drama?

Washington, D.C., USA,

Secretarial residence.

"Damn, there are so many documents to deal with, it's a real delay!"

"No way, these documents are all in a hurry for the president!"

"I know, but he didn't fight sooner, and now he handed it over to me, really!"

"What, do you have a plan for tonight?"

"Of course, I'm going to watch the kung fu movie "Raptors Across the River", starring Bruce Lee, the founder -——of Jeet Kune Do, and the American karate champion Lorres, God, I heard that the fight between the two of them in the Colosseum was wonderful!"

"Wow, I almost forgot if you didn't say it! I was also going to see this movie, and someone gave me a movie ticket! ”

"Ah, you're so good, it's hard to get a ticket for this one now, how did you get it?"

"I've helped him before, and now he's reciprocating!"

"Hehe, then you can do me a favor too."

"What?"

"Get one for me."

"Haha, no problem! What is our relationship? ”

"Old friend!"

"Hahaha!"

……

A week after the official release -

Du Yongxiao's "Raptors Across the River" was released at the box office in the United States-—— with a total of 100,000 US dollars!

Although this box office figure is not "too high", it also stunned the whole of Hollywood.

You must know that the highest record of Chinese films in Hollywood is "Chivalrous Girl" filmed by director Hu Jinxuan in 1969.

At that time, it was released in Chinese theaters in the United States, and the total box office was only 130,000 US dollars, and it was a box office for a month in a row.

But now, "Raptors Across the River" has broken the box office record of Chinese films in North America only one week after its release, reaching one million, which is slightly higher than the box office of many ordinary Hollywood movies, which directly shocked the whole United States.

When he learned that the box office of Du Yongxiao's drama in the first week was only "million", Paramount boss Carlos breathed a deep sigh of relief.

Now he no longer dares to underestimate Du Yongxiao, and completely regards Du Yongxiao as an opponent.

So Carlos is very "concerned" about the box office of the first week of this play.

Hearing that the box office exceeded one million in the first week, Carlos once again became disdainful in his heart.

You must know that under his leadership, Paramount's blockbuster movie "The Godfather" released in the United States in 1972 exceeded $5.24 million in the first week of release at a price of $3 per ticket, and the box office in the first round of release reached $81.5 million, which is exactly 14 times its investment in filming and publicity.

"Mine is five million, five million, yours is only a million, only one-fifth of mine! Damn, you'll never be able to catch up with me! ”

Carlos smiled disdainfully at Du Yongxiao in the air.

But he forgot that this was the first week, and Du Yongxiao himself had been deliberately suppressing the box office.

Now, Du Yongxiao is ready to -

Let go completely!

……

"The box office broke one million in the first week, which is very good!"

"But we have to think about the audience!"

"We want to make this drama accessible to audiences all over the United States!"

"Go, dear Ryder, you announce a press conference! Yes, I have something important to announce! ”

At Fox, Du Yongxiao personally gave the order.

Soon, the press conference began-——

In response to the difficulty of getting a ticket for "Raptors Across the River", Du Yongxiao, as the behind-the-scenes boss of Fox Film Company, directly faced the media and told everyone that in order to meet the audience's demands, be responsible for the audience, and be responsible for Fox, he himself decided that this drama will be fully released from today! As long as it is a movie theater owned by Fox, you can buy tickets to watch the movie.

Even, Du Yongxiao also shouted to those big Hollywood companies theaters, "I look forward to cooperating with you, I hope this drama can also be released in your cinema, according to market rules, box office profits will be divided into four or six percent!" ”

Du Yongxiao's move "threw an olive branch" and directly stunned those Hollywood bigwigs who sang down him before and were not optimistic about him.

What do you mean?

Get rich together?

"Despicable and shameless Chinese Yankees! We're not going to work with you, yes, you stupid Chinese pig! Paramount boss Carlos sneered.

But—

"Not good, boss! I heard that Disney is preparing to show Du Yongxiao's play! ”

"Not good, boss! I heard that MGM is preparing to show Du Yongxiao's play! ”

"Not good, boss! I heard that Warner Bros. is in contact with the surname Du! ”

Bad news came one after another, leaving Carlos stunned and going crazy.

He never dreamed that those guys who had called him brothers and sisters before would turn their faces and hug that Chinese pig!

"Damn, are they crazy?"

Carlos roared.

Seeing this, the personal secretary hesitated to say a word: "They are not crazy, their interests are paramount!" ”

(End of chapter)