February 23, 2005, is the Lantern Festival of the lunar calendar. Shao Shuaijun flew back to China from the United States, accompanied by Li Xiuxiu, Zhao Cheng, Wang Yixue and Ma Hu who were still working on the final production of "Source Code". A few days ago, Wang Zhonglei and Yu Dong
We flew to the United States together to discuss the North American release of "Source Code" with Lionsgate Pictures.
Therefore, Shao Shuaijun was free.
Negotiations between "Twilight" and Felix Publishing House went very smoothly. The publishing house was very optimistic about the prospects of this book and completely followed Shao Shuaijun's idea of linking sales volume with profit distribution. Moreover, Felix Publishing House also
Bought the electronic audio and video and comic peripheral rights of "Twilight".
These copyrights were deliberately left to Stephenie Meyer by Shao Shuaijun to reassure her and write a better sequel.
Therefore, Li Xiuxiu also had some time off.
As soon as I got off the plane, I saw a large group of reporters gathering outside the terminal.
"Which celebrity is flying with us and so many reporters are waiting?" Shao Shuaijun asked casually.
"I don't know. We were flying in business class and we didn't find any big stars. Could it be that big stars are sitting in ordinary class?"
The two of them were talking and laughing as they walked out of the hall. They had been abroad for more than a month and felt extremely homesick.
Click, click, clatter!
As soon as I walked out, there was a flash of light in front of my eyes, followed by a buzzing sound.
"I would like to ask Director Shao, as the first mainland director to conquer Hollywood this year, what do you think of Buried Alive's box office of 21.1 million?"
"Director Shao, as a new generation of Chinese film directors, your "Buried Alive" has become the box office record for mainland Chinese films in North America. What do you want to say to mainland directors?"
"I would like to ask Director Shao, do you think a domestic film can repeat the "Buried Alive" model, gain word-of-mouth at the Sundance Film Festival, and then be screened on a large scale?"
"According to reliable sources, "Buried Alive" was forced to be withdrawn just three days after its release. All box office receipts are fictitious. Director Shao, how do you explain it?"
"Director Shao, Mr. Wang from Huayi Brothers revealed that "Source Code" has been in contact with Lionsgate Pictures, which released "Buried Alive", and will be released simultaneously around the world, right?"
"Mr. Shao, is this beautiful lady next to you Li Bingbing? When did you start falling in love?"
"May I ask Miss Li Bingbing, what kind of man do you think your boyfriend Shao Shuaijun is? What do you think of the relationship between brother and sister?"
"Excuse me……"
"According to reliable information..."
A burst of bombing almost stunned Shao Shuaijun, and Li Xiuxiu was even more stunned by the flash. It took almost a minute for Shao Shuaijun to realize that his itinerary was revealed. Needless to think, it must have been done by the Huayi Brothers Propaganda Department.
Good thing, only they can control Shao Shuaijun's itinerary.
Blocking the flash, Shao Shuaijun said loudly: "This is the airport, please don't be crowded. Regarding the North American release of "Buried Alive", you can find a place to ask the person next to me, Ms. Li Xiuxiu, the general manager of Shao Shuaijun Studio."
As for me, "Crazy Racing" has been completed and is waiting for me to participate in post-production. I apologize and please give way."
At the critical moment, Shao Shuaijun immediately left Li Xiuxiu and got into the Audi car driven by Liu Sanxi. This was a new car purchased by Shao Shuaijun's studio, and the driver was Liu Sanxi. Now Liu Sanxi's position is temporarily designated as the studio's logistics supervisor.
His subordinates are Anan, Zebra, and his wife, Xi Sao, who is currently the chef of the studio.
Ning Hao has brought the film to China Film for post-production. In fact, there are several post-production companies in Hengdian that are good. However, Ning Hao is a director, and he prefers large companies. Call Ning Hao, Xu Zhuan and Huang Bo,
Shao Shuaijun went back to Shao Shuaijun's studio first. The studio was still too short of people and empty.
On the list given to Li Xiuxiu last time, no one was found. Those were all talents in various professions that Shao Shuaijun remembered. Now they are in such a miserable state that they don't know where they are sitting around the corner looking up at the stars.
"Ah Jun, you are so awesome. "Buried Alive" has the highest box office of our mainland movie in North America. In the past few days, the studio's online recruitment information has increased dozens of times, and many of them are from famous universities.
Graduates, I want to work here. But since you and Manager Li are not here, no one will accept you." Brother Xi said excitedly.
"The box office champion in North America? The box office champion with just over 20 million?"
"Yes, Sishui specifically checked. In the 15 years from 1989 to 2004, not counting Hong Kong and Taiwan, our mainland had 26 movies released in the United States. About an average of 1.7 movies were released each year, with a total box office revenue of 25.6 million.
U.S. dollars, an average of 1.71 million U.S. dollars per year. "Buried Alive" almost tops them all."
"Tell me more about it."
"Well, the previous highest box office was Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine" in 1993, which reached 5.2 million US dollars. In fact, in these years, Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige played the leading roles, with Zhang Yimou in 9 films and Chen Kaige in 4, accounting for 50% of the total number of releases.
The total box office revenue of these 13 films is US$21 million, accounting for 83% of the total box office revenue of mainland films in the United States. The combined box office revenue of a dozen other directors is only US$4.6 million, which is not as much as the box office of either Zhang Yimou or Chen Kaige.
. But now that "Buried Alive" has been released, it has greatly improved the reputation of the Chinese people. A Jun, you don't know in the United States that people here have gone crazy recently. The newspapers are full of news about you, saying that you are Li Yu from the Mainland. If you give
Your big investment will definitely not be worse than the performance of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." At the same time, all the media changed their tune and praised "Source Code", which is much more effective than publicity."
"Have you changed your words?" Shao Shuaijun suddenly felt that he was like the one who was beaten hard in the boxing ring. He was about to muster the strength to fight back, but the other party admitted defeat. He punched the cotton, but his strength was useless! Morning
I knew that journalists were unethical, but I didn’t expect that in 2004, mainland journalists had already learned to be unethical. “Isn’t this fucked up?”
"Not everyone has changed their tune. There are still some media outlets that are saying the opposite, especially those from Hong Kong and Taiwan. They are laughing at our fuss, saying that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has a box office of 128 million in North America. This is strength. Still.
Yes, I don’t know, Ah Jun, you and Feng Xiaogang are both colleagues of Huayi, why did he jump out and talk about you again."
"What did you say about me?"
"You say you are sensationalizing, but "Buried Alive" is basically trying to cling to the lap of Americans and belittle the government, so it is liked by Americans."
Shao Shuaijun frowned: "He really said that?"
"Well, at the celebration banquet of "A World Without Thieves" two days ago, Sishui and I attended as representatives of the studio, and heard what he told reporters personally. You said Feng Xiaogang, we didn't offend him, why should we mess up?
Speech, this kind of thing cannot be spread randomly, otherwise you will be banned by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television."
"Don't think too much, I'll make a call and ask Mr. Wang." Shao Shuaijun realized the seriousness of the problem. In China, some things cannot be said nonsense. Once the superiors take him seriously, the consequences will be disastrous.
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(As for the characters in the book, they have nothing to do with reality. There is no slander or no slander. I hope everyone will not take on the role and affect the sense of real characters. Otherwise, I will have sinned!)
(Today, the base station in the town is broken and the Internet is disconnected. This is uploaded to the Internet using a mobile phone~ It consumes too much data. Don’t be surprised if the following chapters cannot be uploaded on time)