Chapter 852 The Taste of Power Tears of the Times Incompetent Kevin Tsujihara

Chapter 852 The Taste of Power Tears of the Times Incompetent Kevin Tsujihara...

With the arrival of the Lunar New Year holiday, the film market and the production industry have also ushered in the busiest and most critical moment of the year.

This feast is both a rare opportunity and a very severe test for every movie.

Whether you can stand out from the fierce competition and eat your own piece of "cake" will be determined in the next three months.

In order to occupy a place in this feast, major film companies have increased their publicity costs and efforts, carefully planned various publicity activities, and used posters, trailers, word-of-mouth marketing and other methods to attract the audience's attention.

Even channels such as social media, film forums, and professional media have become battlefields for major film manufacturers to promote.

La Peikang has been in a very bad mood recently, and the pressure is very high. He has even begun to show signs of insomnia.

First, "Operation Red Sea" only got a pitiful 5% share, and then the movie "Incredible" with an investment of more than 100 million yuan had a very bleak box office.

Finally, the film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2: Sword of Destiny" actually collided with "Ip Man 4", which was his biggest worry.

After several share transactions, the former has now become a film solely funded by China Film, but the latter is a film produced by Feiyue Film and Emperor Entertainment Group.

Fans of the two films are now arguing fiercely, which will inevitably affect the subsequent box office results.

And according to experts' predictions, the final loser is likely to be "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2: Sword of Destiny" starring Zhen Zixuan.

After all, in the "Zhao Zhen dispute", Donnie Yen has never won.

In fact, when the release date was initially set, he also thought about changing the release date of "Ip Man 4", but the key is that he couldn't think of any reason to persuade him.

It's impossible to say directly: "I'm worried that your movie will affect the movie I invested in, so I have to change the release date for you, right?"

If he really said that, he would be using public resources for personal gain, which is a serious violation of the law.

Therefore, he could only hold his nose and agree to the fact that "Ip Man 4" was chosen to be released during the Spring Festival.

But after agreeing, it means that he has to find a way to make "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2: Sword of Destiny" not lose money, otherwise it will definitely affect his political achievements.

But after thinking about it, he couldn't think of how to promote and market this movie.

The movie "Old Cannon" has two "traffic stars" Wu Yifan and Li Yifeng, who are so popular that their every move can attract the attention and heated discussions of the fan group.

But what does "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2: Sword of Destiny" have?

Zhen Zixuan, Yang Ziqiong, Cui Yongkang... These are all people who are already 50 or even 60 years old, and they have nothing to do with the word "traffic"!

Suddenly, when he was frowning, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind!

"How about... try to take this movie and go the route of 'sentiment'? See if it can work?"

The more he thought about it, the more La Peikang felt that this was a good idea.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has its own feelings, martial arts themes also have their own feelings, including Yuan Heping, Zhen Zixuan, Yang Ziqiong and others who also have "feelings".

Make some memoirs or something, maybe you can attract a large number of fans.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt that he was simply a genius, and he could come up with such a good idea!

So, he immediately contacted the manager in charge of publicity and passed this method on.

As expected, he received a lot of flattery, and he was so happy to hear it.

"This is the taste of holding power! It's really fascinating!"

...

Chen Fei was still talking to Liu Yifei last month that the future of domestic martial arts movies would be bleak, but he never thought that there would be a proof so soon.

It is no exaggeration to say that the cast of the movie "Master" can be called "top".

Directed by Xu Haofeng, winner of the Cannes Golden Camera Award, starring Berlin Film Emperor Liao Fan and Golden Rooster Film Queen Song Jia, with Jiang Wenli, Jin Shijie, Song Yang, Huang Jue and others.

With this lineup, no matter which movie it is put in, it can be described as "luxurious".

But these people, when they were put in this story about Chen Shiwei, the successor of Southern Wing Chun during the Republic of China, opened a martial arts school in Tianjin, taught martial arts to his apprentice Geng Liangchen and let him challenge various martial arts schools, thus arousing a battle in the martial arts world of the Republic of China, they suffered an extremely serious Waterloo.

The box office on the first day of the movie's release was only 4.4497 million. No matter how hard they tried to promote and promote it, the box office for the first three days of the weekend was only 11.46 million.

Obviously, this martial arts movie did not stir up any waves, and it can even be described as "miserable".

"Are martial arts movies really over?"

Liu Yifei looked at the news report and felt inexplicably sad.

After all, when she debuted, martial arts was a very popular theme. Almost every TV series could make money, and every movie had a very good box office performance.

But what about now?

"Martial arts" is almost extinct!

Chen Fei shrugged, and did not show the same drastic emotional fluctuations as Liu Yifei: "When fantasy and immortal heroes dominate the mainstream and special effects begin to flourish, martial arts will inevitably decline.

This is the replacement and change of the times, and no one can change it."

Liu Yifei cast a curious look: "You can't do it either?"

Chen Fei laughed self-deprecatingly: "At most, I can only be regarded as reaping the dividends of the times, but I can't change the entire era."

"Okay."

Liu Yifei pouted and didn't say anything more.

She actually just missed martial arts, but she didn't think of saving martial arts, because this was not much different from a fool's dream.

Chen Fei quickly changed the subject: "Are you going to the premiere of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" with me tomorrow?"

"What time?"

"It officially starts at 10:30."

"Okay, then we have to go to bed early tonight, otherwise I'm afraid I won't wake up tomorrow morning."

"Then let's do it now, go to bed early and get up early."

...

That night, both of them slept very soundly, and didn't stay up late as usual.

After all, there are still serious things to do tomorrow, and they can't delay serious things.

At 10 o'clock the next morning, Chen Fei and Liu Yifei appeared at the premiere of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens".

As a work produced by Walton Pictures and its subsidiary Lucasfilm, Natasha has high hopes for this movie!

You know, the "Star Wars" series of movies can be regarded as a pivotal position in Hollywood and even in North America.

Whether in terms of box office performance, audience reputation or cultural influence, the "Star Wars" series of movies can be regarded as classics in the history of Hollywood movies.

Its wonderful storyline, outstanding visual effects and profound cultural connotations have all won unanimous praise from North American audiences.

Therefore, whenever a new "Star Wars" movie is released, it always triggers heated discussions and high expectations from North American audiences.

This expectation is not only a love for the movie itself, but also an identification and pursuit of the cultural phenomenon of "Star Wars".

From a deeper perspective, the "Star Wars" series of movies is not just a film work, but also a cultural phenomenon and spiritual symbol.

With its unique cosmology, character settings and storylines, it has profoundly influenced the cultural atmosphere and aesthetic concepts in North America and even the world.

Even the various products, games, books and other cultural products derived from the movie have become the objects of fans in North America and even around the world.

And this cultural influence has made the "Star Wars" series of movies occupy an important position in the history of North American and even global movies.

Based on this, both Walton Pictures and Lucasfilm are full of expectations for this "The Force Awakens".

The moment he stepped onto the red carpet, Chen Fei saw from a distance that director J.J. Abrams was leading a group of creative members to accept media interviews in front of the autograph wall.

Because of his and Liu Yifei's arrival, the scene caused a lot of commotion, which also attracted the attention of the creative members.

All the way to the autograph wall, J.J. Abrams hurriedly came over, hugged him and said hello enthusiastically.

"Fei, I'm glad you can come to the premiere of "The Force Awakens", because your arrival makes the scene bright..."

There is no concept of "idioms" in foreigners' English, so it is a little strange to translate it into Chinese.

Of course, Chen Fei would not care about grammar, because he sometimes uses the Chinese version of English, and the main point is to guess each other.

After greeting J.J. Abrams, he hugged and greeted the other members of the crew.

When he saw Andy Serkis, he couldn't help laughing: "Andy, I didn't expect you to play a villain here."

"Haha, this is my strong point."

Andy Serkis laughed very happily, and he was excited to be able to participate in the "Star Wars" series of movies.

Everyone greeted each other for a while in front of the autograph wall, and then walked into the Hollywood Huaxia Theater.

However, as soon as he entered the main venue, Chen Fei saw a group of people from the "Warner Bros. Team" chatting with Megan Ely.

What surprised him was that Warner President Kevin Tsujihara also came to the scene, and DC Films Director Hamada and others came with him.

As soon as he saw Kevin Tsujihara and Hamada, Chen Fei couldn't help but think of the articles they published on Twitter.

Not long ago, after Spider-Man announced his return to Marvel, Kevin Tsujihara promoted his own IP on Twitter in order to prevent DC from falling behind too much.

"We have a complete Justice League universe plan. In addition to the already famous Batman, it also includes films such as Flash, Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman and Martian Manhunter, and these have been launched one after another. Movie fans will soon be able to appreciate these familiar comic heroes on the big screen. They will form a Justice League and defend the entire universe to the death!"

Even recently, DC has begun to promote their new movie "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" and shouted the slogan of breaking the North American box office of 600 million US dollars.

Chen Fei is not sure whether this movie can be successful. Anyway, DC is quite confident, and often makes a gesture in front of the media that we can definitely surpass Marvel.

Perhaps they noticed Chen Fei's gaze, Kevin Tsujihara, Hamada, and Megan Elly all looked over at the same time.

When enemies meet, they are particularly jealous!

As competitors, the three of them looked cold.

On the contrary, Chen Fei smiled at them very enthusiastically and raised his hands to welcome them.

However, he did not come close. Instead, after saying hello, he turned around and walked away.

Seeing Chen Fei walking away, Megan Eli deliberately started to stir up trouble and said: "It's all because of this yellow-skinned boy that Marvel is getting better and better."

Not to be outdone, Hamada said: "DC will definitely catch up or even overtake us!"

Kevin Tsujihara doesn’t want to talk about this topic, because since he took office, Warner Pictures has not prospered as he expected, but has repeatedly fallen into trouble.

On the contrary, his predecessor went to Disney after leaving office and enjoyed excellent development momentum.

In this case, it seems that he is somewhat incompetent.

Therefore, he now really wants to make achievements and prove himself, and DC's copyright development and movie plans happen to be a good opportunity.

But he didn’t want to talk about this topic with Megan Eli because he felt that the other party was not worthy of talking to him.

A second-generation rich man who came from Wall Street, that is, he only has a little money in his hands. What qualifications do he have to talk to him about Warner's future?

Now I'm giving her a good look, just because she bought the copyright of Warner's "King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts", and she is considered a half partner.

Otherwise, she would not even be qualified to chat with herself.

"Ms. Eli, I heard that the movie produced by your company will be released on Christmas?"

"That's right!" Meghan Elie was extremely proud: "This will be Annapurna Pictures' first commercial masterpiece, and it will also be our weapon to become famous in Hollywood!"

"Then I wish you success."

Kevin Tsujihara said a word casually, turned around and went elsewhere.

Behind him, Hamada hurriedly followed. Just like his Japanese identity, Meishang's bloodline had already been engraved in his blood.

"This is Christopher Nolan, the pioneer of "The Dark Knight" and the top director in Hollywood."

"This is James Cameron, the founder of "Titanic" and "Avatar" and one of the top directors in Hollywood."

"Steven Spielberg, my best friend and partner, president of DreamWorks Pictures, producer of the "Transformers" series."

"This is my girlfriend Crystal..."

During the half-hour social interaction, Chen Fei led Liu Yifei to recognize all the top Hollywood directors and producers present today.

Relying on his identity and status, no one would deny him face, and they all said that if there is a suitable role or opportunity in the future, they will definitely contact him.

At nearly 11 o'clock, the movie screening officially started.

Just the opening of the film gave the guests and the audience a huge shock.

In order to make the style of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" closer to the original "Star Wars" trilogy of the 1970s and 1980s, director J.J. Abrams not only insisted on shooting with 35MM film, but also used a large number of models. and on-site special effects, and even reused the almost intact 1977 "Star Wars" set in Morocco, hoping to use real shots to pursue the retro feel of the picture.

Some scenes in the film were shot with IMAX film cameras.

As a movie in the "Star Wars" series, this film is the first to be shot with IMAX cameras.

The clips shot on native IMAX film in the film will be displayed in a 1.43:1 format, so viewers in IMAX theaters will see the full screen.

With the help of 3D glasses, what appeared in Chen Fei's eyes was a scene that was comparable to "Avatar" and "Inception".

After watching the entire movie, it can be clearly found that both the narrative and editing methods, as well as the production of the film's special effects and the insistence on film shooting, make the quality of "The Force Awakens" infinitely close to that of "Star Wars: New Era" 39 years ago. hope".

The film even abandons the fast pace and cross-editing of commercial films. The transition between scenes makes people feel like they have traveled back to the 1970s. It can be said that in terms of "retro" and "nostalgia", "The Force Awakens" has achieved the ultimate, creating a A trump card of emotion.

In addition to retaining many old jokes from the original film, the film also adds many happy comedy elements, which is refreshing.

However, the only regret is that the two newcomers as the leading actors did not make the film truly full of novelty.

There are flaws both in the plot and in the logic of character behavior. Both the plot and the emotions of the characters feel a little abrupt and deliberate.

However, the flaws do not hide the flaws, and some small details cannot affect the overall excellence of the movie.

After the screening, there was thunderous applause!

Chen Fei and Natasha, who was sitting next to him, looked at each other, both showing expressions of satisfaction.

As expected, the results of this movie will not be too bad.

However, the next second, Chen Fei's eyes overlapped with Megan Eli's.

It can be clearly seen that Megan Eli looks a little bad because the excellence of "The Force Awakens" puts great pressure on her.

However, after looking at Chen Fei, she still forced a smile, which seemed to be strong on the outside but strong on the inside.

Seeing this, Chen Fei raised his eyebrows slightly, his expression full of provocation.

This scene immediately made Megan Eli's expression stiffen, and her expression turned cold.

She knew in her heart that from now on, the tit-for-tat competition would officially begin!

…

On the 18th, Star Wars: The Force Awakens officially entered the North American market with 4,134 theaters.

On the 19th, Star Wars: The Force Awakens took the lead with $120.5 million, accounting for 86.4% of the box office, and won the No. 1 box office ranking this week!

At the same time, the opening box office performance of this movie is second only to Avengers 2 this year, ranking No. 2 of the year!

On the 20th, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, produced by Annapurna Pictures, officially held its premiere at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.

At the same time, Star Wars: The Force Awakens once again earned $68.7 million in the North American theater market.

In the international market, more than 30,000 screens provided it with a box office of up to $279 million, and it won the No. 1 box office ranking of the day in almost all the release markets!

This morning, Chen Fei led a large group of "friends" to the Dolby Theater, ready to attend the premiere of "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword" to see what this movie is all about.

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