He Fang was woken up by a phone call early the next morning, and the reporters couldn't find where he was, so they called him to find out where his whimsical setting came from.

And asked him how he felt about some of the criticisms on the Internet......

It's so annoying, I was so tired last night, and I was bombarded with phone calls early in the morning.

Fortunately, Liu Yan restrained his anger in time and let him enjoy a kind of happiness while talking on the phone.

Tsk, this is more exciting, so he answered calmly in the face of various questions from reporters.

"Well, this premise has been floating in my mind for many years, because when I first went to the United States, I heard that there is no corruption in the United States, and I admired it. Later, I learned that they had legalized corruption, which was stealing from others, so I was very concerned about that. ”

"Later, I found that more and more of them were legalized in our case. That's because what they can't control, and what they can't contain will be legalized. ”

"For example, if pornography can't be controlled, it will be legalized, poaching will be legalized, gangsters will be legalized, cults will be legalized, and marijuana will be legalized."

"It is estimated that in the future, robbery will be legalized if it cannot be controlled, such as engaging in zero-yuan purchases and the like

"Of course, what touched me was that one day I saw a news that there were more than two million criminals in the United States, and they couldn't sit in prison cells, and tens of thousands of people died every year because of guns......"

"It was proposed that these two million people be killed in order to reduce the number of garbage people, reduce the crime rate, and save money on finance and administration. But there's no way the government can do such a dehumanizing thing, and I'm thinking, what if the United States legalized killing? What will happen? ”

"Ahh......h Hmm...... "He Fang did a good job of hiding a certain excitement.

"Well, I see. Can you be specific? For example, the killing rules laid down by the so-called new Father of the Nation are in fact always at the bottom fighting each other, while the rich are hiding within the security system. ”

The reporter asked on the phone.

"Who do you think has the most grievances in society? Who lives the hardest so full of complaints? And who is the most? What kind of people will drag down the country's development if there are too many people? He Fang asked a few rhetorical questions in a row.

However, he asked himself, "The poor are the most dissatisfied, the poor live the hardest, and the poor, who are also the most unstable, are the cornerstone of society and the most, and the more worthless poor people drag down development." So, through a legal killing, eliminate the resentful, eliminate the worthless, control the population, control the unemployment, so that the economy is developed and the wealth of the rich is preserved. ”

When He Fang said that he was excited, the whole person shook violently, Liu Yan gritted her teeth, closed her mouth tightly, and grabbed the armrest of the sofa tightly with both hands.

"So, the black wanderer among them is a worthless man, so will he be hunted down and destroyed?" The reporter asked on the phone.

"Yes, that's what it means."

"Okay, so why set the story on a salesman with a security system, and have the family have an accident when there is security?"

"This is like this......"

……

Early in the morning, He Fang was sweating profusely in order to answer a series of questions from reporters, and the pressure on him from such a reporter's interview was too great.

Of course, pain and happiness are not felt by others.

But soon he had to get to work, and in the afternoon he asked another writer to talk about copyright.

"Liu Yan, go shopping by yourself in the afternoon, I still have something to discuss, I'll let that Weidong follow you. Today's talk is over, tomorrow I will play with you for a day, tomorrow night together for New Year's Eve, we will go back on the 1st, what do you think? ”

Liu Yan pulled the towel that was about to fall, "I can do it, my purpose is not to play." ”

"Why weren't you busy last night until just now for fun?"

"Ah, is this also playing?"

……

Originally, who asked Liu Yan to go shopping in the afternoon, but who knows that in the end, she chose to go to the movie theater in the island country to watch "Human Removal Plan" to see how the reaction was here, and such a movie theater is located near the hotel.

Therefore, she still asked He Fang and the three of them to go to work, and she went back to the hotel after watching the movie alone.

In fact, the writer they asked for was someone who came to meet them, and they didn't have to go far to make an appointment at a café near the hotel.

What they want to meet today is Shuang, an old cartoonist in his forties, this person's name is Kijo Yukito, and the work they want to buy is a manga called "Gunmon" drawn by Kijo Yukito.

If it weren't for someone in another time and space who adapted this work, many people might not know about this work, and He Fang also thought of this famous work when he wanted to buy the copyright of "Edge of Tomorrow".

"Gun Dream" was a big production of Cameron himself adapting the script in another time and space, called "Alita: Battle Angel".

The film is good, imaginative, and has a novel feel to it in a half-live-action, half-comic style of production.

Kishiro Yukito is a little fat, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a fleshy face always full of smiles, and a pair of glasses that looks like a learned professor when he wears it.

"Hi, hello, Mr. Yukido Kijo, I'm the Chinese director He Fang."

"Oh...... Hello, hello, nice to meet you. "Kijo Yukido shook hands with him.

"This is my colleague Zhang Qian, who is generally responsible for the production of my films, and this is my assistant Tong Weidong."

"Hello, Mr. Zhang, hello, Mr. Tong."

"Come, please be seated."

After the two sides said hello, he got to the point.

"Mr. Kishiro, let's talk about things directly. In fact, I read your manga "Gun Dream" and liked it very much, so I wanted to buy the film and television adaptation rights of this manga, hoping to bring this story to the big screen. He Fang said.

"Do you mean to make a live-action sci-fi movie?" Kishiro Yukido confirmed.

"Yes."

"So how do you reflect the half-mechanical and half-human effect inside?" Kishiro Yukito asked.

"Hehe," He Fang smiled, it seems that the island country really has no film industry, which makes them think that it is difficult to make a real live-action version of some imaginary pictures.

"Mr. Kishiro, you can rest assured that our current special effects technology can do this 100 percent." He is assured.

"Oh? China also has equipment for the film industry? Kijo Yukito was a little surprised, it was clear that he didn't know much about the island country and anything other than the United States.

"Yes, if you don't believe me, you can watch the sci-fi movie "Pacific Rim" directed by me on January 20 to see if we can make sci-fi special effects."

"Oh? Can the island nation see it? ”

"Of course it can, it will be released simultaneously around the world."

"Wow, it can be released simultaneously around the world, so powerful?"

He Fang smiled, this really surprised Mucheng Yukido that Chinese movies would make such a big noise, China's poor neighbor suddenly came up with a science fiction movie that was released simultaneously around the world, and any island country would be surprised.

After a moment of surprise, Kishiro Yukido smiled and took a sip of his coffee.

"How much are you going to pay for my copyright?" After Kijo Yukido saw that the other party had this strength, he was ready to really talk about copyright.

"Of course, I hope that the lower the better, the key is to see how much you want to sell, to see if I can accept your price." He Fang said.

"I'm sorry, I really don't know about the international copyright trading market, or you say a price, and I'll find someone to ask if it's reasonable, what do you think?" Kijo Yukito said.

He Fang shrugged his shoulders, "Okay, no problem." Let me tell you a Hollywood standard, the script fee for Hollywood blockbusters generally ranges from $500,000 to $2 million, but this refers to mature scripts, not undeveloped copyrights. Generally, the copyright will only be one-third to one-half of the script fee, that is, the quotation I give you is $300,000. You can go to someone in Hollywood and see if I'm doing justice. ”

He Fang said that there was a slight light in the eyes of the wooden city snow family, but he quickly covered his hunger.

"Well, I'll think about it seriously."

"Of course, you'd better get back to us in the next month, because late our film plans may change. We're looking for good stories around the world, and "Gun Dream" is one of the stories we fancies, and we're going to be interviewing several writers in the island nation these days. ”

He Fang reminded in time.

Kijo Yukido nodded, "Okay, then I know, whether it will be sold or not, I will communicate with you." ”

"Very good, this is my business card, you can contact me through the contact information above when you get back."

"Okay."

……

Why did he give 1 million to "Killing Reincarnation" and only 300,000 to "Gun Dream"?

The reason is very simple, what someone robs is valuable, and what no one robs is nothing. He offered $30,000, and if Kijo Yukito was a poor ghost, he would have sold it.

It's just that after their investigation, 100,200,000 US dollars is likely to make people of Kijo Yukido's worth interested, and 300,000 is already a very attractive price.

That's why He Fangcai gave him a heart-warming price at one time, and he didn't want to play any kind of war, the sooner some things were implemented, the better, and he was not a person who lacked tens of thousands of dollars.

After talking to Kijo Yukito, the task of this trip to the island country is basically completed.

The next thing is to have a good day in the island country, return home on New Year's Day, and be busy in January, because "Pacific Rim" is going to be promoted globally, and in He Fang's opinion, this is the first film of his real global conquest.

The previous "Single Zoo", "Invasion of Wall Street" and the ongoing "Human Eradication Project" cannot be regarded as his important films released around the world, because the success or failure of these movies at the box office does not have much value for him, the value is, but it will not be great.

Only when a blockbuster like "Pacific Rim" was released worldwide and succeeded, that was a major step for him.

Just as he was imagining the future, the global box office of "Human Eradication Project" was also released, and the evaluation of "Human Eradication Project" in North America was also released.

Let's start with the evaluation.

The freshness index of "Human Removal Project" on Rotten Tomatoes is 65% on the first day, while the popcorn index is 61%, which is not accurate on the first day of release, but at least it is a passing grade on the first day, which is good.

The reviews on Rotten Tomatoes are mixed, especially those of top critics, which are polarizing.

Like what:

Sarah Marshall gave a low score of 1.5 (out of a total of 5): "Despite the willingness to provide the audience with a lot of violence, noise and horror, "Human Eradication Project" is strangely lacking in vitality and not worth recommending. ”

Candace Frederick scored a 3: "While the film strives to flesh out this rather dystopian concept (which is now present in almost every futuristic film), it manages to capture the suspenseful and romantic eye of violence. ”

LaRushka Ivan Zadeh scored 3.5: "America's obsession with guns may plunge it into an interesting and deeply disturbing future, and the film offers a plausible but morally unreasonable solution, perhaps to warn people that we have to revisit our plan and not fall into the movies." ”

Tasha Robinson gave it a 1.5: "What was supposed to be an intense thriller turned into a lengthy tirade with regular scolding lectures." ”

Peter Howell scored 4.5: "This is a very cerebral movie, first of all, I have to admit that the setting is very good, quite perfect." It criticizes the stupid way we do it when we are helpless in the face of violence – legitimizing it. Also, the film is very good at unfolding with the story of a middle-class family, where I see the good and evil of human nature, and the heroine's loss of patience for killing at the end. ”

……

Another website, IMDb, gave a first-day rating of 6.7 out of 10, and the most liked comment on this site was this:

"[Human Eradication Plan] Great Concept, Not So Great Movie", rating 6: "As predators, humans are born with an instinct to kill, but society forces us to live in a 'civilized' way to suppress these feelings...... It's a very interesting concept film that explores a futuristic society where all crime is allowed to happen in one night during the year......"

……

These are all feedback from the audience of "Human Erasure Project" in North America, which can only be said to be average, but its box office is not bad at all. In fact, it is not surprising that when I went to watch Cult movies in North America, the ratings were basically not high, but some of them sold well at the box office.

Audiences in North America are very strange, even if they feel that such a movie story is flawed, they are willing to watch it, and it is not bad at the box office. It seems that what rating is really just a reference, or some people don't even refer to it at all, as long as they are interested, they will pay for it, the reason is very simple, as long as it is an R-rated film, there will be some audiences who like to go to the cinema to watch it.

"Human Eradication Project" opened a total of 2,536 screens in North America, and earned $6.775 million at the box office on the first day, which is a good number, and if it can be maintained throughout this Christmas and New Year's Day holiday, the opinion given by projection experts is that the North American box office can get more than $75 million.

With the exception of North America, the rest of the world performed mediocrely, receiving less than $4 million in total. Why is this happening? Because this movie is an R-rated film, it has not been released in a large area in most countries, and only a small number of it has been released.

But when this data was transmitted back to China, it blew up again, and the domestic media and fans were happy.

"[Human Eradication] $6.775 million on the first day in North America, $4 million in the rest of the world"

"He Fang's new movie was released in a low-key manner, but it made a good start in the box office market"

"North American markets are optimistic about the future of [Human Eradication], think box office is expected to reach $75 million"

"How many people expect him to step down from the altar, but unfortunately he succeeded again"

"Why does he keep scolding the United States but has always been able to earn box office through North America? 》

"Where did you pour what ecstasy soup into the American audience?" Can't they see where they're scolding? 》

"Eight Years in Hollywood, Understanding Where the U.S. Market Has Succeeded"

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(End of chapter)