Chapter 1163. Promote Newcomers?

The overseas box office of "Wolf Warrior 2" is not very high...

It's about 22 million U.S. dollars, and it's definitely not as good as "701: Assemble," which is the orthodox continuation of "Dark Man" and is in its third installment—the opponent is also a white killer organization.

"Wolf Warrior 2" Southeast Asia + Australia, almost 7 million U.S. dollars, the U.S. box office is close to 4 million U.S. dollars. South America is very popular, taking more than 8 million U.S. dollars at the box office!

The overseas performance of these two films proved that Shen Xudong's prediction was correct: there is indeed a market for beating up white people, especially violently beating up Angsa people.

Therefore, "Crime City 4", "Suits 3", including "Not for Sale" and "Revenge" developed next, all set the big boss to be white...

By the way, although the overseas performance of "Wolf Warrior 2" is higher than that of the original film, it does not exceed the mainland box office, not even a fraction - the global box office is close to 900 million US dollars, and the mainland box office accounts for more than 95%, and then Wu Jing During an interview, the reporter asked him, 'What do you think of this phenomenon? ’

Wu Jing was speechless: 'So what? Isn’t China’s box office money money? ’

This is normal. The reason why "Wolf Warrior 2" is popular is that it touches the soft place in the hearts of most Chinese people, which does not exist in the hearts of foreigners. What are you talking about about globalization and foreign recognition? ?

In fact, it is quite normal. Since the Opium War, China has experienced a series of blows such as the Eight-Power Allied Forces' invasion of China, the Anti-Japanese War and so on, which has created a strong sense of national inferiority deep in the hearts of the Chinese people.

Even today, this sense of inferiority has not disappeared in the hearts of many people.

Many people are eager to be recognized by foreigners and care about what foreigners think of their country, which is why there are so many news or videos about "What Foreigners Think of China XXX".

Bringing it back, Yang Xiaomi asked about the situation of "Mulan"...

She also went to auditions.

After all, it is a major Disney project, and all actresses of domestic entertainment age auditioned...

Regarding Mulan, in fact, in addition to Zhao Yanzi's version, Huang Zhenzhen planned a "Mulan Romance" in 2011. It was initially said to star Yang Xiaomi, and later it was rumored that Fan Xiaopang, Chen Yanxi and the like; later Zhang Ziyi's team A movie called "Mulan: The Legend of the Female Warrior" was also officially announced...

Of course, neither version came to fruition in the end!

"However, if the Disney version of "Mulan" is released, I will probably shoot it!"

"…Why?"

Shen Xudong asked: "Why did CCTV spend huge sums of money to film "Journey to the West"?"

"have no idea…"

"Because the Riben version was so shocking, Hai was very angry..."

Well, what Shen Xudong said is only one of the reasons. In fact, it was the task of CCTV at that time to put the four famous masterpieces on the small screen. Of course, the poor filming of the Japanese version was also one of the reasons.

Yang Xiaomi was a little drunk. When she heard this sentence, she immediately answered: "So, you are not optimistic about Disney?"

"How can Hollywood film traditional Chinese culture well?" Shen Xudong shook his head: "There is no Chinese in the main creative team of "Mulan", and none of the members' works are related to China... They have made it clear that they are ready to make a "Mulan" approved by white people. …”

"I saw that PPTV has approved a drama...called "Mulan...No..."

""Mulan has no elder brother"?"

"Yes, is it about "Mulan"?"

"It's a time-travel drama..."

Shen Xudong was about to talk about "Mulan has no elder brother" when Liu Yifei was already lying at the table...

"Damn...it's gone..." He looked at Yang Xiaomi and said, "Are you still drinking?"

Yang Xiaomi shook her head: "I don't want to listen to your popular science..."

"and you?"

"I want to sleep...you should sleep too..."

"What should she do?"

"Whatever, she's like this anyway..." Yang Xiaomi suddenly thought of something and raised her eyebrows: "Do you have any ideas?"

"...I'm not that kind of person!"

Shen Xudong speaks righteously...

…

When I woke up early in the morning, there was no girl on either side. Shen Xudong slept alone last night!

It's not that he doesn't want to, but... Yang Xiaomi is still awake...

She was not very willing to cooperate.

Forget it, this kind of thing cannot be forced!

After washing up briefly, I went downstairs and met two people having breakfast.

"Wow, you guys got up so early?"

"...We made an appointment to go horse riding together this morning..."

Shen Xudong sat down and wondered: "Have you made an appointment?"

Liu Yifei explained: "I woke up earlier in the morning..."

"...Oh," Shen Xudong took a glass of milk and drank it in one gulp. Then he took a fried dough stick and stuffed it into his mouth: "Eat more...the breakfast here is all brought from the Beijing Office..."

"I wonder why it tastes so delicious!"

“…”

"The "Mulan No Elder Brother" you mentioned last night was a TV series?"

Shen Xudong gave a brief introduction: "The web drama, produced by PPTV, stars Reba... The original novel is called "Mulan has no elder brother", which is quite famous..."

PPTV has launched four female general series, namely "Female General Star", "General Changning", "After I Removed My Armor, I Will Stay in the Boudoir" and "Mulan Has No Eldest Brother"...

Except for the third part, which is a pure sweet pet novel, the first three parts are all more orthodox stories about women and men...

Hearing Reba's name, Yang Xiaomi frowned: "Reba again? She has already acted in "Wolf Warrior 2"..."

"You flatter her too much!"

"You are already the box office queen, are you still not satisfied?"

"She renewed her contract for 7 years... and signed a sub-contract with PPTV... She is a first-line actress, so high-quality resources will naturally be given to her first..."

Liu Yifei said with emotion: "The newcomers are so powerful, your company is really powerful in promoting them!"

"Newcomer? Who?"

"Isn't Reba a newcomer?"

"She's not a newcomer, she's been around for five or six years!"

Yang Xiaomi interjected: "Then how much will she be paid for filming "Mulan has no elder brother"?"

"Originally, I wanted to give her 3 million per episode, which would affect the creation of the entire show...so, half of the salary was converted into investment..."

"1.5 million episodes..."

"We also need to share it with the agency and PPTV. It would be great if she can get half of it!"

"But your advertising and commercial contracts have low commissions..."

Shen Xudong said casually: "Celebrities live by endorsements..."

This is true. Tianmei Agency is to some extent a subsidiary of Tianmei Production and PPTV. From the perspective of film and television production, actors' remuneration must be compressed as much as possible, and they do so.

How to make up for it?

The commission for commercial endorsements and commercial activities is about 10% to 20%...

You can’t just ask for everything!

Why would a top star give you a contract?

Liu Yifei sighed: "Without good works, there will be no top endorsements!"

Yang Xiaomi had a different opinion: "Fan Xiaopang has a lot of top endorsements, where are the good works?"

Shen Xudong: "She is a special product of a special period... Her time is about to pass!"

"You also know?"

"No, just wait and see..."

"They just made it onto the cover of Time!"

Shen Xudong was speechless: "Yang Tianbao is also on the cover of the American version of "VOGUE". Is it useful?"

Fan Xiaopang's thinking still remains: I also want to enter Hollywood, I want to be an international superstar...

In an interview with Time, she stated her vision, "In ten years, I will definitely become the heroine of "X-Men." ’

She has crazy thoughts. She is already the number one female star in domestic entertainment, but she still wants to become the heroine of "X-Men"?

Even if you say, ‘In 10 years, I will definitely be able to keep my name on the Oscars! ’, at least it can show that you have artistic pursuits...