Jingcheng International Airport, VIP Lounge.

The "Pirates of the Caribbean" propaganda team, which has landed in Beijing, is waiting for the arrangement of the airport staff in the lounge.

There is no way, Wu Yuan and the news of their return to China can't hide from mainland fans at all, when they board the plane from Tokyo, the domestic Beijing International Airport has been surrounded by reporters and fans from all walks of life.

If they leave the airport now, it is a trivial matter to be surrounded by reporters and fans, but it is a big deal to affect the normal operation of the entire airport.

Therefore, the airport simply opened up a VIP channel for them directly, and after getting off the plane, they were sent directly to the VIP lounge, and they would take the shuttle bus directly to the parking lot used by the employees in the airport, and leave directly by car.

There was no objection from everyone.

Orlando even leisurely took out his laptop, connected to the airport network, and played with the computer.

He's a heavy computer user.

"Hey, Crystal, congratulations!"

"The latest issue of the Billboard singles chart has been released, and your new song 'Good Time' has won the title!"

"Wow, now the number one is your song, the third place is also your song, Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" has been squeezed into the second place!"

"Haha, Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl" was even squeezed to fourth place, which is the song that won the top singles for four weeks."

Looking at the computer page that had just opened, Orlando exclaimed with envy.

Almost two weeks after its release, "Good time" went straight to the top of the Billboard singles chart!

It should have eaten the benefits of "Call Me Maybe", after all, this song is now very popular all over the world, coupled with the popularity of Timberlake, the new song "Good Time" quickly became popular when it was released.

"Crystal, you're really too good, the actors are doing a good job, and the singers are doing a good job."

Orlando shook his head and sighed, in Hollywood, there are really too few stars who can film and television and sing.

However, Cheng Long is not surprised by this, there are many film and television singers in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, and the four heavenly kings also have both singing, dancing and acting skills.

Even he himself has released an album

The only thing that is worth his surprise is that Liu Yifei is singing in North America, not in China.

"Director Wu, you really don't have to say anything about your talent." Cheng Long stretched out his hand and put it on Wu Yuan's shoulder: "You wrote these two capitals of Yifei, right?" ”

"How long is your head, the movie script is well written, the director's kung fu is amazing, and the cross-border song writing is so good."

"It's really talented!"

In this regard, Wu Yuan can only say haha: "Making movies and making music are also commonal, both are engaged in artistic creation!" ”

This is not wrong, there are many directors who actually write songs for movies themselves, but most of them only write lyrics and then find special musicians to compose the music.

Wu Yuan can compose music by himself, which is not a very outrageous thing.

"Hehe, it's not me, it's my boyfriend~" Liu Yifei cocked her chin proudly, and looked at Wu Yuan with some admiration in her eyes.

Since the official disclosure of the relationship some time ago, she has not hidden it in front of everyone, and I can't wait for the whole world to know that she has a powerful boyfriend.

"Okay." Orlando pouted, "If I were a woman, I would fall in love with Daniel too." ”

"After all, it is indeed difficult to find a second director like him, who is talented and handsome."

"Crystal, you have to be careful." Orlando teased, squeezing his eyebrows.

"Hmph." Liu Yifei's chin was curled higher, so she didn't believe that the bewitching sluts outside could seduce her senior brother away.

This piece of Tang monk meat, she ate it to death!

"Knock knock."

"Ladies and gentlemen, the shuttle bus is ready, and we can go to the parking lot."

An airport worker knocked on the door and came in, interrupting their conversation.

Wu Yuan and the others hurriedly ended chatting, stood up and followed the staff member in an orderly manner, preparing to leave the airport by car.

At the Shangri-La Hotel in Beijing, the team led by Wu Yuan successfully joined the team led by Depp.

The creators of the crew of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" began the last leg of their global promotion.

However, compared to publicity, they are more like tourists, or publicly-funded tourism.

The release of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" in China really does not rely on a few good stars to reverse the box office results.

After the mainland box office exceeded 100 million, the daily box office performance of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" in the mainland could only barely reach a level of several million a day.

Even if Depp and other leading actors held several fan meetings under the arrangement of China Film (China Film is the mainland distributor), accepted many interview programs from media reporters and TV stations, and even appeared on the "Huaxia Film Report" column of the Six Princesses, it only stimulated the box office.

The box office on the day jumped from several million before to more than 10 million, and that's it.

The reason why Wu Yuan tried his best to promote this trip to China was not really to promote this movie.

He wants to let Depp, Orlando, and Kayla come to see Huaxia in person and change their impression of Huaxia in their hearts.

By the way, it is also to do the friendship of the landlords, after all, it may be impossible for them to cooperate in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series in the future, and Wu Yuan also wants to invite them to come to Huaxia to play before "parting ways".

"Wow, Daniel, is Huaxia so modern?"

"It's completely different from all the news reports I've seen in the United States!"

When Wu Yuan took them around Sijiu City, visited the Bird's Nest that had been built, and visited Xidan and Wangfujing, which were full of high-rise buildings, Wu Yuan heard such an evaluation from Depp.

"Depp, I have told you many times before, and the current Huaxia has long been completely different from the impression of Americans."

Wu Yuan sighed: "We have an ancient saying in Huaxia, which is called seeing is believing, and hearing is false. ”

"Now that you've seen the rapid development of China with your own eyes, you're finally sure that what I'm saying is not a lie, right?"

In the eyes of most Americans, the current China is still the same impression as it was in the seventies and eighties of the last century, including the mainstream media in the United States.

When Wu Yuan was in the United States, he saw many articles with photos of the 80s of the last century, and then attached articles about China.

There was nothing he could do about it.

The only way for Wu Yuan to think of changing the international image of Huaxia is to let these influential Hollywood superstars take a look at the current situation of Huaxia with their own eyes, and let them use their own influence to subtly influence fans to change their impression of Huaxia.

"It's really completely different from what I imagined Huaxia." Orlando, who also finished shopping in Xidan together, is also in line with the Tao.

However, he also has some things he doesn't understand: "Daniel, although the capital of China is not as good as international metropolises such as New York and Los Angeles, it is also a very modern city. ”

"This shows that Huaxia is also very developed, at least not backward in our impression."

"Then, why is the Chinese film market so weak?"

"More than a billion Chinese people, but there is a box office market of less than 500 million US dollars a year?"

"It's not as good as coming to dock, and a big-selling movie is high at the box office!"

Orlando's words, Wu Yuan, who was immediately choked, was speechless.

No, the total box office in mainland China last year was only 3.3 billion yuan, which is less than 500 million US dollars.

Even if movie tickets in mainland China are much cheaper than those in the United States, this gap is still too large.

"Soon, the Chinese film market will develop rapidly in a few years." Wu Yuan could only reply like this.

Orlando had an expression of "I believe you are a ghost", and he didn't care about Wu Yuan's words at all, just as he was talking about some scenes.

Instead, Wu Yuan pondered.

When did the Chinese film market surpass North America?

2018, or 2019?

It's ten years from now, soon!

And it seems that the number of screens in the Chinese film market in 2016 will exceed that of North America.

The number of IMAX screens has even beaten North America.

This is the late-mover advantage!

"Okay, let's stop talking about that." Wu Yuan came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Let's go, I'll take you to taste the most famous delicacy in the capital, Quanjude roast duck!" ”

As soon as Chinese food was mentioned, Depp immediately came to the spirit: "Let's go!" ”

The creators of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" stayed in the capital for a total of three days, participated in an offline movie viewing, accepted many media reporters, and after the recording of the program of 6 princesses, most of the main creators said goodbye to Wu Yuan and flew back to the United States.

They have one last bit of finishing touches to do in North America.

Wu Yuan and Liu Yifei stayed in Huaxia and did not return to the United States with them.

The publicity work of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" has basically been completed, and the total global box office has also reached the figure of 800 million US dollars.

For Wu Yuan, the film is no longer the focus of his work.

There was another, more important thing that awaited him.

"Gravity", the first hard sci-fi blockbuster in China that took three years to prepare and film, is about to be released nationwide!

A few years ago, "Gravity" was already scheduled for July 4th.

Now there is less than half a month left before the release of this movie.

Wu Yuan had to stay in China and start to warm up and promote this movie.

In fact, this movie has long been known to all Chinese fans, and everyone has always been full of expectations and doubts about this movie.

Can Chinese people really make good science fiction movies?

Is there a soil for science fiction movies in China?

From the beginning of the project, "Gravity" has been controversial, with many supporters, ridicule and skepticism, and public opinion on the Internet has always been positive and negative.

For three years, whenever someone mentions the film, it has sparked a lot of discussion, and it is not uncommon for supporters and skeptics to argue for hundreds of floors in posts.

As far as this part is concerned, Wu Yuan doesn't need to bother with anything at all, this movie is already well known.

However, Wu Yuan never expected that in order to cooperate with the movie "Gravity" and boost the image of China's aerospace power, he actually prepared a big move.

The day after sending off the main creator of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", Wu Yuan received a phone call from the Space Agency.

"Director Wu, Shenzhou 7 is ready for launch, and it is expected to be launched on July 10 and out of the cabin on July 12!"

"It's up to you now!"

Yes, because of the appearance of the movie "Gravity", the butterfly fanned its wings, and the launch of the Divine Seven project was advanced by two months!

Wu Yuan inadvertently changed history. (End of chapter)