No matter how the external situation changes, Yang Ming is still concentrating on filming "Fast and Furious".

When the time entered December, things outside the crew suddenly increased. People kept finding Yang Ming in various ways and wanted to invite him to various parties and ceremonies.

At the end of the year, various grand events in the entertainment industry have begun. Under such circumstances, Yang Ming, who has successively set various film records around the world this year, will naturally be listed as a key invitation.

Regardless of various domestic party organizations or high-profile ceremonies abroad, they will solemnly extend a warm invitation to Yang Ming.

It's a pity that Yang Ming will basically refuse these invitations.

It is now confirmed that he will attend the Golden Dragon Awards and the Oscars, but he has declined all other entertainment events without hesitation. The time is really too tight.

Even this year's Spring Festival gala on national television, he flatly refused, which shows how strong his determination is.

So red!

But at this time, two people came to the Lion City to find Yang Ming, and he had to take time to entertain the two visitors.

himAx and imAx!

The Chinese giant screen and the American giant screen!

If Yang Ming's "Transformers" has brought unparalleled visual impact to all moviegoers, then his 3D work can be said to have directly saved two prestigious film projection system companies in the global film industry.

Unlike in the past, there was only one imAx in the film industry, which controlled imAx's technology and specification formulation.

In contemporary China, there is a local company called himAx that rivals imAx. Yang Ming is very pleased about this. There is really no shortage of technology and talent in the Chinese film industry.

But these two companies were not having an easy time before "Transformers" was released. They were losing money every year. Making a profit was a very extravagant thing. If it weren't for the subsidies from the two countries' governments and the care in terms of science and technology and education facilities.

, these two companies have long since closed down.

But the emergence of "Transformers" changed everything. It not only set off the trend of 3D movies on a global scale, but also suddenly caused the business demand of the two companies to skyrocket, causing the market value of the two companies to skyrocket in the past two years.

Very optimistic.

Although imAx has nothing to do with 3D movies, when Yang Ming was filming "Transformers", he also produced an imAx version. In terms of visual effects for movie viewing, the imAx giant screen is undoubtedly superior.

In the past two years, the global film industry, both imAx films and screens have been growing rapidly.

However, the expansion momentum of imAx this year seems to be a bit stagnant. After all, adding imAx screens will cost a lot of money. Seeing this situation, the two giant screen companies couldn't help but become anxious and jointly investigated the reasons.

When 3D movies were not popular and the market was in a cold winter, himAx and imAx often hugged each other to keep warm. Therefore, the two companies had the basis for joint cooperation. Some people even proposed that the two companies merge to jointly develop the global market, which also received support from many people.

I heard that negotiations are ongoing, but no one knows what the outcome will be.

After investigation, the two companies quickly came up with a ridiculous reason.

That is, although several 3D movies were released this year, as well as several imAx version blockbusters, the audience and moviegoers did not seem to buy it. Moreover, after going to the imAx theater to watch it, the evaluation was not very high, and they all thought it was too inferior to "Transformers".

too much.

As a result, an idea spread among the vast audience and movie fans, and was even recognized by many people.

That is, if you want to watch 3D and watch on a giant screen, you probably have to watch movies made by Yang Ming.

It's a pity that after "Transformers", Yang Ming did not make another 3D movie. "Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms", which gathered a star cast and set various box office records, is a normal 2D movie. The next "Man and Ghost"

"The End of Love" is a low-cost production and has nothing to do with 3D or giant screens.

Under such circumstances, why don't the top executives of the two giant screen companies become anxious?

They also did not expect that movie fans around the world would have such high recognition for Yang Ming's films. It seems that except for Yang Ming, no other director's works can win their favor.

Faced with this result, not to mention the two giant screen companies couldn't laugh or cry, even many film companies around the world were extremely embarrassed.

But I have to admit that Yang Ming is ahead of everyone in the production of 3D giant-screen movies, and he has an innate advantage.

Fellow film companies may be reluctant to come to Yang Ming for advice for the sake of face and self-respect, but it is obviously impossible for the two giant screen companies to do this. They are absolutely unwilling to return to the previous market cold winter situation.

Therefore, since Yang Ming announced that his new film will be a racing-themed movie or a 3D movie, the two giant screen companies have celebrated each other and are extremely happy. They are more concerned about every move of Yang Ming's new film than anyone else.

As long as Yang Ming's new film detonates the 3D film market again, then the spring for the two giant screen film companies will really come. How could it not attract their attention?

After discussions between the top executives of the two giant screen companies, each of them sent their top executives to negotiate with Yang Ming, hoping to give him maximum support for the release of this new film.

Not to mention anything else, the film schedule of imAx theaters alone is enough to envy other film companies.

It is still the Lion City Sky Garden Hotel.

This hotel is now the residence of "The Fast and the Furious". In order to avoid being disturbed by movie fans who came to hear the news, the hotel opened a separate entrance and exit for the crew. This shows that the Sky Garden Hotel attaches great importance to the crew.

As for the hotel, or rather the He family, they are also willing to do the same.

Not to mention the popularity brought by the hotel's name frequently appearing in major entertainment media around the world, Yang Ming's identity and the cooperation between the two companies on WeChat are enough for the He family to provide such support.

32.5 billion has been spent, this little money is nothing.

On the sightseeing balcony on the top floor of the hotel.

Yang Ming, dressed absolutely casually in jeans, a sun hat, and sunglasses, sat under a sun umbrella and entertained people from two giant screen companies who came to the Lion City to meet with him.

One Chinese and one white.

Mr. Zhou and President Joseph.

"If you two have anything to say, just talk straight to the point!" Yang Ming said while drinking coffee.

He had already guessed the purpose of these two people's visit. In other words, he had talked with the two companies on the phone before. It was precisely because of his deliberate vagueness on the phone that the two giant screen companies became anxious.

Two CEOs were sent to meet with him.

After hearing Yang Ming's words, Mr. Zhou and Joseph looked at each other and saw the worries in their hearts.

It seems that this young man, who is known as a film genius, is not easy to fool.

Mr. Zhou coughed slightly. He and Yang Ming were compatriots, and he had some advantages over Joseph mentally. He enthusiastically said to Yang Ming: "Mr. Yang, can you ask when your new film will be released? By then, our two families will

The company will provide the greatest support in imAx screen arrangement!"

If people from other film companies in the industry heard Mr. Zhou being so polite here, they would probably be so angry that they would spit out a mouthful of blood.

We are all film companies, and we all shoot 3D movies. Why is there such a big difference in treatment?

Although the two giant screen companies are also happy to see film companies entering 3D movies and making blockbusters with imAx specifications, and they are not stingy in their support, they will definitely not have the same support as Yang Ming like they do now.

Judging from the attitudes of Mr. Zhou and Joseph, you can tell that the two giant screen companies are definitely holding Yang Ming in the palm of their hands for fear of flying, and holding it in their mouths for fear of melting. They serve this genius carefully, for fear that one of them will be dissatisfied and know that

The talented director was a little unhappy.

Don’t reach out and hit the smiling person.

When Yang Ming saw Mr. Zhou smiling broadly and deliberately trying to please him, he knew that he couldn't go too far.

He quickly said modestly: "You two, please don't do this. I can't bear it."

"Yes, yes, with Director Yang Ming's appeal in the international film market, you have enough strength to ask for more respect!" Joseph also said in broken Chinese on the side. In today's world, most international companies

The senior management can basically speak two languages, Chinese and English!

It is not unusual for Joseph to speak Chinese.

When Yang Ming heard Joseph's compliments, his teeth suddenly felt sore. He couldn't help but waved his hands and replied: "Okay, okay, to make a long story short, I know the purpose of you two coming, but before we talk about business, I will show you two first."

Statistics!"

After saying this, he handed the identical documents in duplicate to Mr. Zhou and Joseph respectively.

While handing it over, he said: "This data is quite interesting. I asked someone to print it out for you to take a look at."

In 2003, only one of the top ten box office movies in the world had an imAx version, and that was "Transformers".

In 2004, that is, this year, so far, only one of the top ten box office movies in the world has an imAx version, and it is at the bottom of the top ten box office movies. However, there are 14 imAx movies released worldwide!

In 2003, there was only one production with imAx version, "Transformers", and its global box office accounted for about 0.3% of the total global box office!

In 2004, 14 more imAx movies were released worldwide, but they only accounted for about 1.1% of the total global box office!

This is roughly what was written on the document that Yang Ming handed to the two of them!

Last year and this year!

Compared with last year, 13 more imAx movies were released this year, but the proportion of the global box office only increased by 0.8%, less than four times. This kind of result can no longer be regarded as a failure, but a disastrous defeat!

It can be seen that after Yang Ming made nearly 10 billion yuan in global box office with "Transformers" last year, this year many film giants followed up and shot 3D movies and produced imAx versions for public release, but they did not achieve the box office that matched the investment.

score.

This year, 2D movies still occupy an absolutely dominant position in the global box office.

In particular, Yang Ming once again won the championship of this year's global box office single movie with "Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms", a masterpiece with the pinnacle of 2D movie graphics.

Mr. Zhou and Joseph quickly read the contents of the document. They were not idiots. They looked at each other and knew that Yang Ming was very aware of his importance and influence on imAx film production.

It can be said that the current imAx giant-screen movies are entirely supported by Yang Ming alone.

Maybe next year there will be a more successful imAx version of the movie that will hit the box office, but Mr. Zhou and Joseph can't wait, and neither can the giant screen company behind them.

In business, time is money!

In reality, everyone lives in the present, grasping the present, rather than living in a bright future.

"Passion and Speed", which is currently being filmed intensively, is an effective tonic that can treat the two giant screen companies in the shortest possible time.

"Yang, what do you want? Or what do we need to pay?"
To be continued...