At the time of the premiere of "The Hangover," the lights were still on on the first floor of Sony Pictures in Los Angeles.

There were still twenty or thirty people inside, working overtime.

In the innermost office, Movlasky stared at the news on his computer with a gloomy face.

"Resident Evil 3 Finale is so bad, I've never seen such an ugly movie."

"There's no plot, it's just that the heroines are playing cool, what are they doing?"

"Bad movie, in my mind, this movie won't be more than three points."

"Resident Evil 3" was released a week ago, and it has a very bad reputation in beautiful countries, and it is not very good in Europe, but it is okay in Asia.

However, the Asian region, that is, the island country market, can make a little money, and the peninsula market is not so good.

The Chinese market did not rise either.

At the same time, "The Hangover", which was released today, has a good reputation at this time.

"It's the movie I want to watch, and it makes me forget about some of my worries."

"The Hangover is the best comedy film of the new century, and I hope other comedy directors can learn from it."

"It's so funny, I'm going to brush it three times."

Although the "Resident Evil" series of movies only has a box office of 50 or 60 million US dollars, they still make money.

But at this time, the word-of-mouth was far behind "The Hangover", which still made Movlasky very irritable.

After the new century, Sony Pictures has been operating better and better, and has made significant progress in all aspects.

As a Sony executive, Movlaski has become accustomed to success and to the deference of those out-of-town directors.

Li Shengyao's attitude towards him at that time was still remembered by him a few months later.

He often thinks about the failure of Lee Shengyao's movie, and then regrets the timid look on his face.

But I didn't expect "The Hangover" to seem to be about to explode.

Is this God blind?

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in."

The assistant opened the door, quickly walked into the office, and then said: "Sir, now everyone outside is praising "The Hangover", this movie has become popular, relatively, there will be fewer audiences to enjoy "Resident Evil 3", we predict that the North American box office of "Resident Evil 3" will be about 52 million. ”

When Movlasky heard this, he couldn't help but say, "Are you sure?" Is The Hangover really popular? ”

Although from the assistant's mouth and the rapidly increasing number of comments on Rotten Tomatoes, it can be seen that "The Hangover" is indeed popular.

But Movlasky was still a little unconvinced.

He wasn't unwarranted suspicions, it was a mysterious.

Li Shengyao is not a person who grew up in a beautiful country, according to the interview, just after watching Hollywood comedy movies, he can write a comedy that the people of the beautiful country like, which is incredible.

After Sony acquired Columbia Pictures, it actually considered whether to promote island culture in a beautiful country.

However, after detailed market research and analysis, in the end, everyone felt that the island culture in the beautiful country is at most a subculture, a culture that very few people like.

The vast majority of people will not like island culture.

Relatively speaking, the beautiful country is open, while the island country is introverted.

In this case, in addition to arranging three or five high-level executives to come to the beautiful country, the other employees are all beautiful people.

Although Sony Pictures is a subsidiary of Sony, it has nothing to do with Sony's traditional corporate culture.

This is a beautiful country film production company.

Sony has neither promoted the culture of the island country, nor has it supported the directors of the island country to come to the beautiful country.

They don't think it can be successful.

Although Li Shengyao is not from an island country, the Chinese culture is as different from the culture of the beautiful country.

And there is no precedent for success.

Chen Kaige is a great director in China, and his previous movies in the beautiful country can be said to have no splash.

In the past, the Chinese movies that were sold in the beautiful country were all costume blockbusters or kung fu movies.

Comedy simply doesn't work.

In addition, Lee Shengyao's comedy movie does not even have a comedy star, and the biggest name is only a cameo.

Judging from these points, it is really fantastical that Lee Shengyao can make a movie like "The Hangover" that meets the aesthetics of a beautiful country.

The assistant nodded and said affirmatively: "It's confirmed, now that "The Hangover" is on fire, young people are discussing this movie. ”

Movlasky frowned slightly, and then his eyes lit up, and suddenly a possibility came to mind.

"Could it be that Warner and Disney will build momentum together and win the box office first?"

When the assistant heard this, he thought about it for a while, and then shook his head, "It shouldn't be like this, the attendance rate of theaters everywhere can be checked, and there are some photos of the interior of the cinema leaking out, the attendance rate is very high, it should be really popular." ”

When Movlasky heard this, he nodded unhappily and did not answer.

The assistant felt that the mobile phone in his trouser pocket was vibrating at this time, his heart moved, he took out the mobile phone, and then glanced at it, and found that it was indeed a good friend who sent a message and asked him to watch "The Hangover" together.

This is not the first time tonight, but the fifth.

The assistant then held up his phone, "Sir, I have five friends who invited me to watch The Hangover, and the five of them didn't know each other, and they didn't go at the same time, but at different times. ”

Hearing this, Movlasky nodded speechlessly, "I see, you go out." ”

After the assistant left, Movlasky stood up.

Today is all bad news, and it makes him a little tired.

He crossed his hands on his hips and then twisted his neck and waist to relax.

He then thought of his assistant's friends inviting him to watch "The Hangover", and couldn't help but smile contemptuously.

"It's all a bunch of bottoms, and they like to watch, pee, and fart movies like "The Hangover."

At that moment, the phone on the table buzzed and vibrated and someone texted him.

Movlasky took his phone, opened the text message, and it turned out to be a female friend, who sent a message inviting him to watch "The Hangover" together.

This female friend is a very good photographer in the beautiful country, and the works she shoots are very personal.

She is also beautiful, and in Moravsky's eyes, this person is a goddess.

At this time, I saw the goddess send a message inviting him to watch "The Hangover", and the whole person was blindfolded.

Is The Hangover so good?

Even the goddess likes to watch "The Hangover", doesn't the goddess not like commercial films?

He couldn't help but pick up his phone, and then replied with a text message, ""The Hangover seems to be very popular?" ”

"Yes, this movie is like a virus, and it quickly swept the whole beautiful country."

The goddess replied with a text message.

Movlasky looked at the text message, and in his heart he also recognized the goddess's statement.

……

"The Hangover is the best comedy movie of the year."

"Kobe Bryant took his wife and daughter to watch "The Hangover" together, and he liked it very much."

"It's so good, "The Hangover" seems to be a movie made for me, and after watching "The Hangover", I feel like I'm going on a crazy trip to Las Vegas."

"Thank you Lee, thank you Lively, thank you Zach, they made a really great movie."

"Fifteen million dollars on the first day of "The Hangover" is completely crazy, and it will be even more fierce today."

"The Hangover is truly remarkable, and this movie allows all viewers to discover what we really like."

The box office on the opening day finally came out, and the box office on the first day was 15 million US dollars.

You know, "The Hangover" didn't have a large-scale advertising campaign, and they didn't show it until 6 p.m.

Fifteen million on the premiere day is really good.

Not to mention, the film currently has a very good reputation.

The freshness index of Rotten Tomatoes is 92 percent, the popcorn index is 95, Yahoo Movies gives an A rating, and the IMDB rating is 8.1 points.

Such a rating has a good reputation.

On the evening of Saturday, September 29, 2007, the weather in the Los Angeles area was a little cooler, and you needed to wear a jacket to walk the streets outside.

Lively wears a mask, a cap, denim trousers, and a regular cargo jacket.

She looks just like a normal college girl.

I hurried all the way to the Bellagio Hotel, and then quickly walked into the elevator.

Soon after, she arrived at room 1809 and rang the doorbell

Before the premiere ended last night, she sent a text message to Li Shengyao, telling Li Shengyao that she would be filming during the day tomorrow, but she would have time at night.

Li Shengyao quickly replied, saying that it didn't matter, they could communicate in the evening.

So she came.

"Yikes!"

Li Shengyao opened the door, he had already taken a shower, he was wearing pajamas, and after opening the door, there was a very good smell of shower gel, which looked handsome and clean.

Lively glanced at each other coquettishly, then stepped inside.

"Li, why don't you publicize it?"

She could feel the burning gaze behind her, and she felt smug in her heart.

"It's not effective, I'm not a star, and I'm not a big director like Spielberg, so I'm just lazy."

"Wow, that's a shame."

Li Shengyao smiled: "It's okay, I don't like to show my head...... Drinking? I bought a nice bottle of wine in the afternoon. ”

"Of course."

Lee took out the glass and poured a glass of wine for Lively Lee.

Lively took a sip and felt sweet, "You don't seem to drink." ”

Li Shengyao nodded, "Yes, I don't drink. ”

"Then your wine is for me, do you have any purpose?"

Li Shengyao smiled, no longer polite, and stepped forward to pull Lively into his arms, "The first day I saw you, I took a fancy to you." ”

"You have a good eye."

Lively chuckled, took another sip, and put his glass down.

The two of them got down to business.

Li Dadao finally completed a thing that he had in mind.

Lively is 1.78 meters tall, with long legs, strong and powerful.

It's really cool.

After a long time, Li Dadao used several small umbrellas, and the two of them hugged each other and lay down.

Just then, the phone rings.

Lee received a text message from his assistant, which was the box office figure for the second day of "The Hangover" - 33 million.

That's 33 million in just one day.

Li Shengyao couldn't help but clench his fists and shouted happily: "Beautiful." ”

Puzzled, Lively asked, "What did you say?"

"The next day's box office has come out, 33 million."

September 28 is Friday, and the next day is Saturday, and it is understandable that the box office on Saturday is higher, but the box office of more than 30 million US dollars is very good.

Lively screamed with joy, "Great, Lee, the box office of the beautiful country may really be 200 million dollars." ”

"I hope so."

By this time, the lights in the room had been turned off, the curtains had been drawn, and the room was dark.

However, Li Shengyao's facial features are three-dimensional, and he can still see his handsome appearance.

Lively held him, and could still feel his strong body.

Thinking of the exchange just now, she was very comfortable and satisfied, and she couldn't help but feel a little moved.

So young, so talented, so rich, and with a good personality, isn't this the perfect boyfriend?

"Lee, I'll be your girlfriend."

Li Shengyao was stunned when he heard this, "I have a girlfriend in Huaxia. ”

"You can dump her, I'll be your girlfriend, I can do anything for you, get married, have children, and even retire."

Li Shengyao smiled when he heard this, and then shook his head, "No, I can't dump her, she has been with me for several years, and she treats me very well." ”

When Lively heard this, he couldn't help but envy Director Li's girlfriend.

"I can do it too, she can do it, I can do it."

"No, this is what I promised her, and I won't give up on her first."

Lively nodded silently and said no more.

In the dark, the two of them hugged each other, and Li Dadao's hands were not honest.

Lively was depressed.

At this moment, a message also came from her mobile phone, and she opened it to see that it was from the agent.

"Lively, the data of "The Hangover" in European countries is very good, I estimate that the global box office of this movie may break 400 million US dollars, and there will definitely be a sequel, you send a congratulatory text message to Lee tomorrow morning."

When Lively saw the message, she was overjoyed, and despite the cameo, she had finally acted in a high-grossing movie.

She quickly adjusted her mood, put down her phone, and then hugged Li Dadao tightly, "Li, no matter what, I like you very much." ”

A pair of long legs crossed up again.

"Are you okay?"

"Of course."

……

At 10 a.m. on September 30, 2007, Li Dadao opened his eyes, then got up and hammered his waist.

Lively left at seven in the morning.

She still has to film, and "Gossip Girl Season 1" is still being filmed.

Beautiful country, like Peninsula, writes scripts while filming, and this drama can be filmed until early December.

Girls who exercise regularly are just different, and their physical fitness is really good.

No wonder Lively's idol is Xiao Lizi, but the two broke up after being together for less than half a year.

Little Plum is notoriously lazy in bed, and he can satisfy Lively there.

Relatively speaking, the little is much better.

Li Dadao then washed up, and then went downstairs to have breakfast.

This hotel has a Chinese restaurant, he went to the Chinese restaurant, asked for two bowls of black chicken soup, five hard-boiled eggs, and a rice roll with eggs.

By the time Li Dadao finished breakfast, it was almost eleven o'clock.

In the afternoon, there was a promotional event in which he went to a radio station in Los Angeles with four male leads.

It's still early, and Li Shengyao plans to go back to his room to catch up on sleep.

It was at this point that he received Warren. Egger's phone.

"Li, I've come to the Bellagio Hotel, I have something to talk to you about."

Soon after, Lee and Warren met in the garden on the first floor of the hotel.

There are more than a dozen small tables and chairs, as well as sun umbrellas, and many people sit here chatting and reading books.

Lee and Warren found a small round table and sat opposite each other.

Warren was dressed in a suit with black leather shoes, his face was happy, and his spirit was obviously much better than what he had seen before, and the whole person looked several years younger.

"Li, you are really amazing, yesterday's box office was 33 million, if there is also yesterday's box office today, then there will be 80 million box office in the first three days, and the total box office will definitely be 200 million."

"It's the off-season for movie-watching, and this achievement, even in Hollywood, is a very proud thing."

Li Shengyao already knew the news at night, and it was much calmer at this time.

Seeing this, Warren thought that Li Shengyao didn't understand the meaning, and then said: "Li, you have attracted a movie-watching boom in the off-season of the film market, and there are very few in Hollywood, if someone counts this data, "The Hangover" will definitely be among the best." ”

"yes, I see."

Warren was stunned for a moment, and understood that Li Dadao didn't seem to be excited, he immediately turned his brain, thought about it seriously, and still didn't understand, but he was not a person who liked to drill the horns of the bull.

He planned to change the topic and talk about something he was interested in.

"Lee, there's no problem with the quality of 'The Hangover', but we can make this movie go one step further at the box office."

"The Hangover" was his main investment, and it was distributed in beautiful countries and Europe, as well as the later production and distribution of the disc.

If "The Hangover" can be a big hit, this time he can help Disney earn more than 20 million.

It was a profit he had never thought of before.

It made him feel like he had come alive at Disney.

He can boldly contradict others, he did not rely on his cousin to become a Disney executive, he relied on his own strength.

But if you have 20 million, you want 30 million.

So he took the initiative to run over.

Li Shengyao nodded, "What do you want to do?"

"Of course, it is to strengthen publicity, Li, your previous publicity is too simple, we can promote it in print media, TV, and the Internet, and we will definitely attract more people to watch "The Hangover"."

When Li Shengyao heard this, he shook his head without hesitation, "No need." ”

It's not that he thinks Warren's words are wrong, it's just that he doesn't have his own propaganda channels in the beautiful country.

And with Disney's relationship, the cost will really be Disney's random number.

He didn't want to send money to Disney.

When Warren heard this, he couldn't help frowning, "Lee, why?" ”

"I think now that the movie is popular, the audience can pass it on to each other, and there is no need to waste money anymore."

Warren frowned, but he didn't continue the conversation.

"Lee, "The Hangover" is also doing well at the box office in Europe, and the global box office is expected to reach 400 million US dollars, how about it, do you have any plans for a sequel?"

Lee Shengyao naturally has a sequel plan.

After all, in his previous life, the global box office of "The Hangover 2" was more than 500 million US dollars, and the global box office of "The Hangover 3" was more than 300 million.

These are all beautiful knives, so naturally we have to fight for them.

Of course, "The Hangover" is now a big hit, and if a sequel is to be made, big Hollywood companies will definitely want a piece of the pie.

He was going to cool down first, and not to give promises at this time.

"I have plans for a sequel, but I'm going to shoot 'Hurricane Rescue 23' first, and then 'The Hangover.'"

"The Hangover is higher at the box office than The Hurricane Rescue, Lee, why don't you make a sequel to The Hangover first?"

Because Cheng Long doesn't necessarily have time, it's just time to take the hot iron now.

As for the four male protagonists of "The Hangover", although they are more famous now than before, they are still small actors, and they can be called to play anytime and anywhere.

Li Shengyao smiled, and then said, "This is my agreement with Jaekie. ”

Warren nodded helplessly, with the attitude of Director Li.

If you want to make further money on The Hangover, that's not possible.

It is also impossible to determine the investment in the sequel to "The Hangover" in advance.

He turned his brain, and then said: "Director Li, we at Disney are very optimistic about you, if you don't want to shoot "The Hangover" or "Hurricane Rescue", you can shoot our Disney movies, I can tell you for sure, we will give you the treatment of a top director, and you are also qualified to edit the director you directed."

Hollywood is a producer system, and except for a few powerful directors, no one else has editing rights.

Disney's willingness to give Lee Shengyao the editing rights is very generous.

However, Director Li is naturally not willing to work for others and make movies for Disney, even if he has time, he will not go.

"Warren, let's talk about this later."

Seeing this, Warren immediately followed: "Lee, I need to let you know our attitude, Disney is definitely the most important film company in Hollywood, and you can not only maximize your ability by cooperating with us, but also maximize the benefits." ”

He paused for a moment, then said: "You can even use Disney's character resources, if you have a favorite theme and need to use Disney characters, we can all discuss." ”

Disney will acquire Marvel in 2009, plus their previous character resources.

Disney does have a lot of very good characters, and these character-based movies can win awards and make box office movies.

Regarding this point, Li Dadao was a little moved.

Seeing this, Warren was happy in his heart, "Lee, all I said works. ”

Li Shengyao came back to his senses and thought that the capitalists would not give away benefits in vain, and if he wanted to take Disney's resources, he would inevitably have to pay more.

The heart that was just eager suddenly cooled down.

He smiled, and then said, "Warren, I remember your words, we'll talk later." ”

Let's talk about it later.

Warren understood that this was an excuse, and when he saw Li Shengyao's calm gaze, he felt helpless.

He actually didn't quite understand why Lee Shengyao refused.

Shouldn't directors from other countries really want to shine in Hollywood?

But Li Dadao doesn't seem to be the same.

Warren then took his leave.

Li Shengyao looked at Warren's distant back, smiled, and then got up and went back to his room.

Just two minutes from the garden to his room, he received five congratulatory text messages, as well as a phone call.

Congratulatory text messages were sent by beautiful Chinese artists I knew, Amanda and Carly congratulated "The Hangover" on achieving a high box office.

And the phone is Toby. Emmerich called, and his intentions were similar to Warren's.

Thinking about publicity, as well as the production of a sequel to The Hangover.

Li Shengyao naturally rejected them all.

After hanging up the phone, Li Dadao returned to the room, and then fell on the bed, feeling the joy in his heart.

The global box office of 400 million US dollars is distributed to the producer, which is more than 100 million, and he can take at least 50 or 60 million US dollars.

There are also disc, TV, and streaming media rights in the future.

"The Hangover" is a movie, and he may be able to earn 100 million US dollars.

It's so cool.

(End of chapter)