"No problem!" Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "Two days before the premiere, I will try to get 15% to 20% of the film schedule for you. As for the follow-up, I will watch "Swordsman"

box office and attendance."

Upon hearing this, Zhuofu immediately picked up a glass of wine and said, "Mr. Zhang, I'd like to toast you. Thank you for your willingness to help us."

Others also picked up their wine glasses at the same time.

Zhang Xiao and Zhuo Fu clinked, drank the wine in the glass, and said: "Mr. Zhuo, if anything like this happens in the future, just come to me directly. I, Zhang Xiao, am not the kind of stingy person, and I will not do it because of

Your film is better than ours in Qingtian, so you do shameless things secretly."

"At home, we are competitors, but overseas, we only have one name, Huaguo Domestic Films."

"When I defeated Universal, why didn't I want anything else but kept its theater chain? The purpose was not only for Sunny Entertainment, but more importantly, I didn't want domestic films to be choked by overseas theater chains."

"Even for Chen Gang's "Battle of Red Cliff", I was able to withstand the pressure and arrange films for him that far exceeded my own box office, let alone your Long Da."

"Don't forget, I am also a shareholder of Longda Cinema Line."

Zhuofu smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Zhang, I judge a gentleman with a villain's heart, but the current situation is simply stupid!"

Zhang Xiao said: "It's not too late to make up for it. Come on, let's share what we have. I wish both "God of War" and "Swordsman" can achieve a double harvest of word-of-mouth and box office overseas."

"cheers!"

"cheers!"

The guests and hosts enjoyed themselves while drinking at the same table.

After drinking and eating, Zhuo Fu and everyone sent Zhang Xiao out of the hotel.

When he was about to get in the car, Zhang Xiao suddenly stopped and turned around and asked: "Mr. Zhuo, does Longda have any plans to build overseas theaters?"

When he was on Earth, Longda spent huge sums of money to purchase a theater chain in Europe, America and Australia, forming a global theater chain network, which had great say and influence in the world's film industry.

The entertainment industry in this world is many times stronger than that on earth. Zhang Xiao doesn't think Longda will be able to stay in this three-thirds of an acre of land in China.

Zhuofu glanced at Gong Pan and others, and everyone immediately understood and stepped back more than ten meters, leaving enough space for the two of them to talk.

"Mr. Zhang, to be honest, Longda headquarters does have plans to acquire overseas theater chains. Unfortunately, these theater chains are firmly controlled by other large companies, and we have no chance at all." Zhuofu said softly.

Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "The global entertainment industry is developing faster and faster, and more and more movie fans like to watch movies. Naturally, the income of theater chains will become higher and higher, unless something happens to the subsequent shareholders."

financial crisis, otherwise no one would sell the theater chain’s shares.”

"Since you can't buy it, why don't you Longda just build a new theater chain? With your strength, there shouldn't be any problems?"

Zhuofu replied: "Actually, we have applied to various countries, and it is estimated that we will get a reply within a month. Mr. Zhang, what do you mean by asking me about this matter? Do you also want to get involved?"

"Why not?" Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "Judging from the current development of the entertainment industry, the layout of my three major theater lines is already a bit behind. If I can have a new theater line covering overseas, I would be very happy.

Happy to invest.”

When Zhuofu heard this, he immediately said, "I can report it to my uncle Mr. Wang and see what he means."

Zhang Xiao smiled and said: "That's troublesome. Goodbye, Mr. Zhuo."

"Goodbye!" Zhuofu said.

The two shook hands, Zhang Xiao said something to Director Gong, Gu Yuege and others before getting in the car and leaving.

Looking at the slowly disappearing car taillights, Yifei said: "Xiao Shen is such an amazing big shot. I originally thought he was very serious, but I didn't expect him to be so humorous."

Gong Pandao: "Mr. Zhang is a person with a big picture. He is not interested in a small Qingtian Entertainment Company, but in the domestic films of the entire country. How lucky is the Chinese film industry to have such a character?

!”

Gu Yuege said quietly: "I'm afraid I will never have the chance to reach the height that Brother Xiao is standing at."

···

The next day, the domestic fairy tale movie "God of War Xingtian" was released overseas.

Zhang Xiao's judgment was very accurate. Although "God of War" failed miserably during the Spring Festival, with a box office of only 1.5 billion at most, it was very consistent with the preferences of overseas movie fans.

It grossed US$110 million at the box office on its first day, ranking second among movies released in Europe and the United States at the same time. Tens of thousands of movie fans gave it an 84% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Seeing this result, Yang Mi was ecstatic and immediately launched a more intensive publicity, and the film schedule was also improved a lot in response.

The next day, the box office of "God of War" reached 147 million US dollars.

On the third day, the box office was US$134 million.

On the fourth day, it reached 152 million US dollars.

As of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, "God of War" has grossed a super box office of 1.128 billion US dollars overseas. The freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes still remains at 81%, which can be said to be a huge victory.

"Husband, the "God of War Xingtian" I invested in made a huge profit of nearly 200 million U.S. dollars. How about it? My vision is not bad!" Yang Mi said proudly to Zhang Xiao after learning about this result.

Zhang Xiao snorted and said: "I don't know who was depressed about the box office of this movie during the Chinese New Year. Now that the box office is good, he is acting like a villain!

"

"Oh, some people should be more careful."

Yang Mi rolled her eyes and said angrily: "I am in a good mood today, so I don't want to be like you."

"This girl?" Zhang Xiao laughed when he heard Yang Mi's self-proclaimed name and said, "Can you please pull it off? You became a woman five years ago, and you still have the nerve to say you are a girl?"

Yang Mi said angrily: "Zhang Xiao, if you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb."

Zhang Xiao explained seriously: "But I will be suffocated to death!"

After the two played around for a while, Zhang Xiao said: "Okay, no more joking, let me tell you something serious. I will go to the Lighthouse Country in two days to do the preliminary preparations for "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"

.”

Yang Mi asked: "How long will it take?"

Zhang Xiao replied: "I have already asked people to find a suitable studio for filming. If everything goes well, it will probably be done in half a month."

Yang Mi asked: "Who are you going to find to star in that orangutan Caesar?"

Zhang Xiao smiled and replied: "I found this role two months ago. It is Andy Serkis, the best motion capture actor in Hollywood."

In fact, this so-called dynamic capture actor is to install a capture device on the face or other parts to perform, and then the animator performs modeling, synthesis and other processing to achieve the effect the director wants.

It sounds easy, but in fact it is very difficult.

It requires the actor to perfectly grasp the psychology, movements and expressions of the character. In addition to accurate expression, it must also be far more realistic and vivid than ordinary characters. If something is slightly wrong, it will need to be re-shot.
Chapter completed!