"That's the kind of comedy that the Chinese people shoot, they're scratching your armpits, but it's actually not funny at all."

"With such a result of "Rush Hour 3", I am very worried about the box office of "The Hangover".

"My prediction is that "The Hangover" will have a maximum of seven million dollars at the box office."

"We should vote with our feet and tell them not to produce garbage."

"They don't understand our language arts, and that's a terrible thing."

"The Film Association judged that it was R-rated, and "The Hangover" was over."

"Can you watch comedies made by Chinese people, of course not, every time I take a plane, I see Hong Kong Island comedy, I think this is the most embarrassing movie in the world."

……

The bad reputation of "Rush Hour 3" not only affects Cheng Long, but also affects Lee Shengyao and "The Hangover".

More people and the media are not optimistic about "The Hangover", and more people feel that Chinese people don't understand the aesthetics of beautiful Chinese people.

Even several Hollywood companies that followed the investment were ridiculed.

At nine o'clock in the morning on this day, the Disney branch building.

Li Shengyao arranged for people to screen in the screening hall, and he himself came to the outside of the hall and found a long chair to sit quietly.

Today is an internal viewing party at Disney.

Since Disney is the company that distributes "The Hangover", the top management will decide the scale and number of premieres of "The Hangover" through this viewing meeting.

There was a clatter of footsteps, not only of Disney's top executives, but also of a hundred lucky randomly selected audience members.

These hundred people will rate this movie later.

Some people knew Li Shengyao, some people didn't, and no one stopped to chat with Li Shengyao.

Disney's top executives all walked directly past him.

Li Shengyao closed his eyes and sat quietly.

There was a rush of footsteps, and I saw Warren. Egger hurried over, and he stopped in front of Li Shengyao.

A little nervous, he asked, "Lee, are you confident?" ”

Warren was dressed in a suit and was dressed very formally, but his hair was a little messy and he was panting, and he was now looking at Li Shengyao, his eyes full of anticipation.

Naturally, he saw the recent reviews of "The Hangover", and he was worried that "The Hangover" would be belittled like "Rush Hour 3".

"Rush Hour 3" relied on the aftermath of the previous two films, and even if it had a bad reputation, it still got a global A box office of 255 million US dollars.

And if "The Hangover" is only 20% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, I'm afraid that there will be no five million US dollars.

When the time comes, he'll really be a Hollywood joke.

He hoped that someone could give him some encouragement, but the other Disney executives were waiting to see his jokes, where would encourage him, he could only set his eyes on Lee Dadao, eager to get energy from Lee Shengyao.

Li Shengyao smiled, "It should be no problem, Warren, you have to have confidence in yourself, you have to trust your judgment." ”

When Warren heard this, he shook his head with a wry smile, "Li, the comments outside are not optimistic about us now. ”

"That's because they can't see it."

Li Dadao did not cite evidence, just a perfunctory response, Warren was disappointed, nodded, and left quickly, "I'll go in first." ”

He then hurried into the screening hall, went straight to the first row, and took a seat in the middle.

Warren's left and right sides are naturally Disney Studios executives.

"Warren, let's take a look at the movie you chose, it must be interesting."

Someone gloated and said.

Warren rolled his eyes, but didn't refute.

He was afraid that he would be slapped in the face later.

Soon after, the movie was officially screened, and "The Hangover" was preceded by a reverse order, which first pointed out that the groom was missing, and the other three male protagonists were going to find him.

Then the film tells the story of the four male protagonists from the beginning.

The groom is getting married, and he goes to Las Vegas with his two best friends and his fat brother-in-law to have the ultimate bachelorette party.

As a result, after a night of madness, the bridegroom who was about to get married disappeared.

The movie is not just a comedy, but also a little bit of mystery and suspense.

After the foreshadowing that has just begun, the funny in the back is a matter of course, and the laughter is intensive.

The screening room soon erupted in bursts of laughter.

The top executives on Disney's side are all upper-class people with an annual salary of millions of dollars, and they are relatively upright.

Those randomly selected ordinary viewers don't have so many rules, and they laugh out loud and laugh constantly.

Gradually, many Disney executives were also infected, and they couldn't help but smile.

Warren used to sit up straight, staring at the movie with a serious face, but twenty minutes later, he sat back in his chair, watched the movie, and laughed.

His hanging heart finally let go.

"The Hangover" is a movie that scratches your armpits like "Rush Hour 3", this is clearly a pure and beautiful Chinese comedy movie that can't be more pure.

There are a lot of beautiful slang in it, and there are a lot of-pee-fart jokes that are very popular among young people.

The timely pleasure promoted by the movie is the idea that the beautiful Chinese people regard as an oracle.

If it weren't for the fact that he had known that the movie script was written by Director Li himself, Warren would definitely think that it was written by a real beautiful Chinese.

It's so tasty.

Warren felt the envious gazes from the other executives, and he knew he had made the right choice.

Director Li did not disappoint him, and the movie was funny and interesting.

More than an hour later, the movie ended, and the general audience on the scene scored it.

Ninety viewers gave an A, which they found very funny, and another fifty percent thought it was the funniest comedy movie of the year.

Only ten viewers gave C, and they didn't think it was funny, and it was a little noisy.

This data is definitely very good, if it is a Rotten Tomatoes score, it is 90% fresh, and it can be among the best among all the movies this year.

Disney's top brass then got together for a meeting to discuss the size of the film's release.

"My suggestion is to open the Three Thousand Painting Pavilion."

"I think it can reach 3,500 halls, and "Rush Hour 3" has more than 3,700 halls, so we can't have too many less."

"It's a pity it's not a Disney movie, otherwise, I approve of any opening scale."

"Warren, why didn't you ask for a royalty in the first place? It's a good movie. ”

When Warren heard this, he immediately retorted: "At the beginning, you were not optimistic, it was I who was going to be released, not only in beautiful countries, but also in Europe and South America, as well as the disc production and distribution of this movie, if the movie is a big hit, I will earn tens of millions of dollars for the company." ”

When others heard this, it was not good to talk about Warren again.

In the end, they felt that the film was of high quality and could be opened for 3,500 scenes.

"When will it be released?"

"September 28."

"I remember that "Resident Evil 3" was released on September 21st, is it okay?"

"Not only "Resident Evil 3", but also "Survival in the Wilderness", "Assassination of the Skewer", "Jane Austen Book Club", these four movies were released on the 21st, and "Lucky Cook", "College Freshman", these two movies were released on September 28th."

Needless to say, "Resident Evil 3", a movie adapted from a classic game, the first two have an excellent reputation.

The male lead in "Survival in the Wilderness" is Sean Penn, and "Assassination of the Skelinger" has Brad Pitt.

As for the other three movies, there is nothing to say, and it is not good at a glance.

There are also high-level executives who said: "There are new films in early October, "Competition Plan", "Change of Dynasty", "Love Feast". ”

Among them, "Game Plan" is a Disney comedy.

Warren thought about it carefully, pouted and said: "Except for "Resident Evil 3", the other movies are all made up, and I think the date of September 28 is not bad." ”

A group of high-level executives discussed for a while, and finally agreed with Warren's statement, September 28 seems to be the off-season for movie-watching, but at this time, there are few blockbusters, maybe they can stand out and harvest the box office.

"Then let's decide so, the premiere on September 28, and the opening of 3,500 museums."

Soon after, the high-level meeting ended, and the high-level executives left the conference room, and they saw Li Shengyao and stopped.

"Lee, The Hangover is awesome, we should have a closer collaboration."

"Lee, we're going to release it on the scale of a Hollywood blockbuster, and we won't let you down."

"Disney has always been very optimistic about you, and we are a trusted partner."

"Let's take it a step further."

After the other executives left, Warren breathed a sigh of relief, then pulled his tie and sat down next to Li Shengyao, and then couldn't help but laugh.

"Lee, you're doing really well, you're really a genius, I now know why Toby and they think so highly of you, you're really amazing, you're so young, so powerful, Hollywood has never been."

Li Shengyao listened quietly to Warren's praise and did not answer.

"Li, I look forward to our closer cooperation next time."

"We'll talk about it then."

……

At the beginning of September, "The Great Idol of Gama" ended, Carly became the third runner-up, and the news that she sang the theme song for "The Hangover" came out, which more or less brought a loss of traffic to "The Hangover".

At the same time, "Gossip Girl Season 1" was broadcast, with one episode a week, but with the super high appearance of several male and female protagonists, as well as the torn life of upper-class girls presented in the TV series, this show is like a virus and quickly swept the United States.

It's not just the bottom audience that likes to watch it.

Even many celebrity idols have become fans of "Gossip Girl".

And the person who benefited the most from the fire of this show was Blake. Lively, with his proud figure and hearty smile.

Lively quickly became an all-American god-level actor.

Although Durant did not say that he wanted to drink footwash, many celebrities praised Lively very much.

Hollywood and many magazines believe that Lively will be the star of tomorrow.

The news of Lively's cameo appearance in "The Hangover" also came out, bringing a lot of traffic to "The Hangover".

Lee Shengyao doesn't have any resources, Disney is generous this time, and after the operation, it arranges for Lee Shengyao, as well as four male leads, and Beverly to participate in Jay. Renault's tonight show.

Jay. The Renault Tonight Show is the most-watched interview show in the beautiful country, and it is also the most-watched show in the same time slot.

Lee Shengyao and the four leading actors are all in suits and leather shoes, while Lively is wearing a tight long skirt, which shows off her perfect figure.

Jay. Renault seems to be a little older than the last time they met, with grayer hair and a fatter face.

The speed of speech is still very fast.

"Lee, last time you followed Jaekie on my show, and this time someone else followed you on my show, are you proud?"

Li Shengyao shook his head, "It's okay, I think this is a normal thing, this is just the beginning." ”

Jay. Renaud nodded and smiled, "You're still the same as before, you're always confident." ”

His show has come to many Chinese celebrities, like Cheng Long, Li Lianjie, Da Yao, he has no discrimination against Chinese, but he will not let the guests easily mix up his interviews.

"Li, are you nervous about the results of "Rush Hour 3"?"

"Not nervous."

"Why?"

"Because that's my character, I'm not going to be nervous."

Everyone chuckled, and they could see that Jay Leno wanted to "embarras" Director Li.

"Then how much box office do you think "The Hangover" can have?"

"In a beautiful country, there should be 200 million US dollars."

Everyone's eyes widened when they heard this, including Lively and Zach.

"You see, your partner doesn't believe it."

"Guys, be confident, we're a 200 million-level movie."

Li Shengyao followed Jay Leno's words and immediately urged the others.

Lively and others immediately expressed their belief in Director Li that this movie could have 200 million.

The change of attitude before and after made the audience laugh.

"Lee, why are you so confident? "Hurricane Rescue" doesn't have 200 million dollars in the beautiful country, huh?"

Li Shengyao thought for a while, "I feel that there is, and my feeling has always been very accurate." ”

"Really?"

Li Shengyao nodded, "Yes, before this year's NBA championship came out, I knew that the Spurs would win." ”

Jay Leno spread his hands, "Man, don't take proof of what happened. ”

"Then I predict that next year's NBA championship will be the Celtics."

The Celtics gathered together in July this year, and in Lee's previous life, they won the championship in their first year as a team.

When Jay Leno heard this, he was surprised: "What about the Lakers? ”

"The Lakers will be the champions of the West, but they will be beaten by the Celtics."

When the audience heard this, they laughed again.

At this time, Kobe Bryant was in full swing in the beautiful country, and although the Celtics formed a Big Three, the Lakers recruited like a horse.

During the offseason, fans and media are more optimistic about the Lakers, after all, the "Lakers championship".

Jay Leno was sure that Lee Shengyao was, "Lee, even though I think you are messing around, but you are so confident, I still plan to support you, the premiere of "The Hangover", I will go and watch it." ”

Jay Leno then turned to the others.

Not long after, the interview ended, the crew of "The Hangover" left the live broadcast room, and when several people were about to separate, Lively shook his long hair, "Li, are you really optimistic that "The Hangover" can pass 200 million US dollars in the beautiful country?"

Li Shengyao nodded, "I'm not optimistic, I think it must be okay." ”

She smiled heartily and whispered, "If you succeed, I'll give you a reward." ”

As soon as the words fell, she twisted her waist and left.

I'm sorry, I've had a lot of luck lately.

I finished the update yesterday afternoon, and I thought I was in very good shape, and I could code 10,000 words in the evening.

So I went out to eat and checked to see if my mother's pension had arrived, and I lost my mother's social security card.

I searched back and forth for two hours but couldn't find it.

I'm really going to have another 10,000 words at seven o'clock tonight.

(End of chapter)