Zhang Xiao quickly begged for mercy: "Honey, please be merciful, I was wrong. Your participation in my concert will definitely be the icing on the cake."

"What? You actually called me an old man?"

"Ah, I made a mistake, wife, please forgive me!"

The two of them were laughing and joking all the way.

In the next three days, Zhang Xiao accompanied Yang Mi throughout New York, and it was such a great time!

Domestic, Sakura Film Company.

Xiao Lishan slapped the table hard, his eyes filled with anger.

Just now, President Tanabe Yogami called him and asked him to ensure the normal release of "Wind Talkers" no matter what.

But the problem is that Zhang Xiao's hundreds of millions of fans have begun to boycott this movie. It can be said that it is a hundred times more difficult to turn public opinion around.

Xiao Lishan was asked to clean up the mess caused by Columbia Pictures, and he was almost pissed to death.

Miao Qingqing, head of the publicity department of Sakura Film Company, asked cautiously: "Mr. Xiao, what should we do now?"

Xiao Lishan glanced at her and said: "You are the head of the propaganda department, you come to ask me?"

Miao Qingqing said quickly: "I will immediately convene a meeting with everyone in the department to come up with a suitable plan as soon as possible."

Xiao Lishan snorted and waved his hand.

Miao Qingqing felt like she was being pardoned and quickly turned around and left.

"What should we do?" Xiao Lishan closed his eyes and thought for a long time, but could not come up with any solution.

Unless Zhang Xiao is willing to come forward and speak for "Wind Whisperer", otherwise, no matter what publicity they do, it will be in vain.

But, is this possible?

It's simply impossible, okay.

At this moment, Xiao Lishan suddenly felt that the most powerful thing about Zhang Xiao was not his unparalleled wealth, but the hundreds of millions of movie fans behind him supporting him. This power was really too powerful, so powerful that no one could

Compete with it.

···

Inside a cafe in Los Angeles.

Wu Yusen and Li Lan, who looked haggard, sat together.

"Director Li, I'm done." Wu Yusen took a sip of coffee, which was a little bitter, just like his mood at this moment.

Li Lan said: "Director Wu, no one can win every battle. Although the box office of "Wind Talker" was not very good, you did not make the producer suffer, and you even made tens of millions of dollars. I think it's right.

Your influence is not great."

Judging from the current situation, the box office of "Windtalkers" in Europe and the United States can reach at least 500 million U.S. dollars, and the producer can generate a profit of 170 million U.S. dollars, while the production cost and publicity cost are only 50 million U.S. dollars.

As long as the box office in Asia is stronger and some other income is added, this $50 million hole can be easily filled.

Wu Yusen said with a wry smile: "Mr. Zhang's domestic fans are boycotting the movie "Wind Talkers". Now I have been scolded by them and dare not promote it."

Li Lan had actually been preparing for his new movie, so he didn't know much about it, so he asked: "What's the reason? That interview video?"

Wu Yusen nodded and said: "Longda Cinemas and Ant Films were fined 10 million US dollars by Columbia Pictures in liquidated damages due to the distribution issues of "Swordsman". In order to retaliate, they sent the video to the public

On the Ant Short Video app, the number of clicks alone has now exceeded 100 million."

When Li Lan heard this, he immediately took out his mobile phone and soon found the news about Wu Yusen slandering Zhang Xiao on the hot search list.

Good guy, in the comment area, apart from people calling for Zhang Xiao, there are hundreds of thousands of people calling Wu Yusen a traitor.

Li Lan sighed when he saw this and said: "Director Wu, things have developed to this point, what are you going to do?"

Wu Yusen thought for a moment and said, "Director Li, could you do me a favor and take me to apologize to Mr. Zhang?"

"It's too late!" Li Lan shook his head and said: "If "Wind Whisperer" was still before being boycotted, you might have had room to apologize in person, but now that the movie has been boycotted and you just went over, then

It will make people think that you are forced to apologize just for the sake of the movie's box office, which seems very insincere."

Wu Yusen said: "But now, apart from Mr. Zhang personally coming forward to appease those fans, I really can't think of any way."

After Li Lan pondered for a while, he said: "Director Wu, actually there is more than just this way."

Upon hearing this, Wu Yusen quickly asked: "Is there any other way?"

Li Lan said: "Why don't you go to Yang Mi or Chen Ya? As long as you get Yang Mi's forgiveness, it will be much easier to deal with Mr. Zhang."

"That's right!" Wu Yusen's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he said, "I'll go back to China right away."

"etc!"

Li Lan shouted: "Didn't you apologize to Mr. Zhang on the show and on Twitter before? You can go there with this thing. It may be of some help."

Wu Yusen nodded and said, "Thank you, Director Li."

Looking at Wu Yusen's hurried away figure, Li Lan sighed and murmured softly: "If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place?"

On March 6, the launch press conference for "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" was held.

Media reporters are very concerned about the new movie of Zhang Xiao, who is recognized as the number one film maker in the industry. The entire venue was packed with reporters.

Fortunately, Zhang Xiao chose an open-air press conference, otherwise, no hotel would be able to accommodate so many people.

Standing on the stage, Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "Thank you everyone for coming to our "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" launch conference. First of all, I would like to introduce the actor next to me in a grand way."

"His name is Andy Serkis, and he plays Caesar, the hero of our movie."

"My wife, Ms. Yang Mi, and I serve as the first male supporting actor and the first female supporting actor respectively. In addition, Mr. Elliott, Mr. Colby, and Ms. Athena... will also join us."

"I hope that after the film is completed, it will satisfy movie fans around the world."

"Okay, now everyone can ask questions."

After the words fell, the media reporters at the scene raised their hands one after another.

"Ladies first, please ask the beautiful woman in red first!" Zhang Xiao said by name.

"Thank you!" The woman stood up and asked: "Mr. Zhang, in the movies you shot before, you usually played the leading role and rarely played the supporting role. Why is it different this time?"

Zhang Xiao replied with a smile: "What I play is decided based on the script. It doesn't mean that I won't act if it's not the male lead. You can check it out. I have actually played many supporting roles."

"Mr. Zhang, the cast of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" doesn't seem to be very strong. What do you think of this?"

Zhang Xiao thought for a while and replied: "When I make a movie, I always only look at whether the actors are suitable or not. I never look at the so-called lineup. There are too many stars, but it does not necessarily mean that I can make a good movie. There are too many stars.

If it’s less, it doesn’t mean you can’t make a good movie. I don’t think there is any inevitable connection between the two.”

"Is "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" a commercial film or a literary film? How much investment have you prepared? What are your expectations for the global box office after the film is released?" At this time, another reporter asked.
Chapter completed!