Chapter 1128 Plan Change(1/2)
United States, Washington.
The Brown brothers are both high school students and are at the most rebellious time in their lives.
Brother Big Brown likes rock music and any way to release his passion is what he likes.
My younger brother Brown used to be obsessed with fighting, but now he went to a Chinese martial arts school and started learning kung fu in a year or two.
The two brothers' preferences were a bit different from those good children with good academic performance, but their parents did not stop the two brothers.
Besides, compared to other children's addiction to pornography and drugs, the Brown brothers are simply too pure.
Speaking of which, the reason why Little Brown fell in love with Chinese Kung Fu was because of Big Brown's influence.
Because Big Brown likes to listen to Yang Ming's rock music, as a fan of Yang Ming, he will naturally go to see Yang Ming's movies, and then he attracted his younger brother.
Unexpectedly, after watching "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" starring Yang Ming, Brown immediately became obsessed with Chinese Kung Fu, and then he found a Chinese martial arts school to learn the peerless martial arts in the movie.
Although Little Brown knows that everything in the movie is fake, this does not prevent him from continuing to practice Chinese Kung Fu.
Now he really likes this Chinese fighting technique that can not only strengthen the body and cultivate one's character, but also defeat the opponent effortlessly.
"Hey, have you read the recent news? I heard that the script of "Liu Changqing" was written by Yang!"
Big Brown rushed into the exercise room at home and saw his younger brother, who was sweating profusely and still driving the wooden mannequin, and asked loudly.
The "Liu Changqing" incident has a great influence. It not only caused great disturbances in China, but the United States will naturally not remain indifferent. However, compared with the Chinese people's respect for history, the United States is far behind.
After all, the United States has a history of only about three hundred years, and it is also a country of immigrants. People of various races from Asia, Africa and Europe can be seen in every corner of American society.
Another important reason is that the United States does not have its own national heritage.
In previous lives, the comparison of strengths between major powers would always be a topic of discussion for countless Chinese people, and all kinds of comments were flying all over the Internet.
Many people believe that if China goes to war with the United States, it will definitely be the loser. There are not a few people who hold this view!
Everyone firmly believes that the United States will never lose the war when it has obvious advantages in both economic and military strength.
But everyone seems to have forgotten the terrifying resilience and strength of China, an ancient country that has been passed down for thousands of years.
The United States was founded in North America without any external threats. The Atlantic and Pacific Oceans were the best natural barriers for the United States. It went smoothly through World War I and World War II. Basically, it joined in at the last moment of the war and became the straw that broke the opponent's back.
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It can be said that the United States has never experienced a real life-and-death war between countries.
Not to mention compared with China, Germany, and Russia, even Japan and the United States are far behind in this aspect. The people's heartfelt loyalty to the country can be said to be extremely indifferent.
The history of China can be said to be a history of wars. The country was broken several times in history, but the Chinese once again built a new China on the ruins of their hometown, and then once again stood at the top of the world's nations.
It was like this in the past life, and it is also like this in this life.
Therefore, people in the United States may have a national concept in their hearts, but they are not as enthusiastic and direct as the Chinese people.
This is the case with the Brown brothers, who may be called the third generation of immigrants.
At that time, both parents' families immigrated from Europe and were of Polish origin.
To be honest, sometimes their parents pay more attention to current news in Poland than in the United States.
"I believe Yang Ming, that movie must be about a period of real history." Brown gasped, stopped punching, took off the cloth strip wrapped around his hand, and shrugged casually.
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Regarding the incident of "Liu Changqing", if it weren't for his favorite idol, he would definitely be indifferent.
As for history? Why does he care so much?
The United States 100 years ago was not his motherland, so he had no obligation to bear the nominal burden for what the Americans did 100 years ago.
"Haha, we all think so. Those guys on the football team are still preparing to protest against the government's failure to face up to history!" Big Brown said with a grin, as if he was afraid of small things rather than big ones.
In fact, for the Chinese people, this news may involve their own national sensitive history, and it may be treated with national honor.
But the people in the United States obviously don’t think so.
At least that's the case with the Brown brothers, and there must be many people like them.
The media may speak righteously, pretend to be righteous, stand on the opposite side of the Chinese media, and do their best to maintain the so-called glorious image of the United States. Unfortunately, the people below are not very cooperative. They are not at all like China, and even for this
They voluntarily boycotted American products due to the incident.
This is simply unthinkable in the United States.
The two Brown brothers chatted for a while and decided to watch "Liu Changqing" together. After confirming the time, the two went about their own business.
"Liu Changqing" was released in the United States. Yang Ming's original intention was just to add icing on the cake. Through a small-scale trial screening on Amc, the box office results were acceptable, and the number of theaters for screening would be increased depending on the situation. He never thought about what kind of box office results it would achieve in the United States.
According to Yang Ming's plan, the main reason for arranging for pure Chinese-language films like "Liu Changqing" to be released and released in the United States is to cultivate the American film market.
No matter what the box office results are, we must first let American movie fans gradually become familiar with Chinese-language films.
Among them, action and kung fu movies are particularly valued by Yang Ming, as they are regarded as a powerful tool for Chinese-language movies to break into the American film market.
In addition to "Liu Changqing", Yang Ming contacted Mr. Hong. By then, Mr. Hong will also have several action films that are reasonably well-invested, which will be distributed through the operation of Hollywood Oriental DreamWorks and Barber.
It was released in the United States through AMC Cinemas.
In this way, a certain number of Chinese-language films will be released in the United States every year. In the future, American movie fans will definitely accept Chinese-language films faster and faster.
Just like in previous lives, sometimes a pure American movie is released in China, and its plot with unique American cultural laughter can be understood by Chinese audiences and laugh out loud.
This is what Yang Ming wants.
But he really didn't expect that the "Liu Changqing" incident would become such a big deal, and it would become increasingly out of the hands of Oriental DreamWorks.
It is now a hot topic in the American media. Within a week, the title of the movie "Liu Changqing" appeared on the front pages of major media several times. It is impossible not to become popular.
Previously, Yang Ming wanted to keep a low profile, so even if the box office results were not good, it wouldn't be a big problem.
But now it's obviously not possible.
Movie fans in the United States also knew through bombardment of news reports by the media that a movie called "Liu Changqing" was about to be released in the United States. This movie even caused a news war between the two countries' media.
As for the plot of this movie mentioned in the news in our own media, it was suspected of seriously slandering the national image of the United States, and many movie fans did not take it to heart at all.
Many movie fans have decided that if they have the chance, they will definitely go and see what kind of movie "Liu Changqing" is.
The American media and some celebrities have heavily criticized the Chinese film "Liu Changqing". They wish that the film would not only be banned from screening by the Film Association, but also want to nail the film to a pillar of shame to achieve their ulterior motives.
However, American movie fans have shown great interest in the movie "Liu Changqing". If the movie is really good, they would not object to watching this movie that caused a huge controversy.
Barber, who was in the United States, was immediately aware of the extremely contrasting reactions from the media and fans.
He immediately called Yang Ming and changed his previous plan. "Liu Changqing" was released on a large scale, and changes were also made in publicity.
After Yang Ming heard Barber's report, he thought carefully for a while, agreed to Barber's plan, and let him do it.
After all, he is not in the United States and is not familiar with the situation there.
Since Barber thinks it's okay, let's make arrangements according to his plan. After all, this was once a Hollywood boss.
After Barber received Yang Ming's support, he immediately rushed to Amc Theaters without saying a word and negotiated with Gerry Lopez in person, hoping that Amc Theaters would change its previous strategy and release "Liu Changqing" on a large scale!
Although Yang Ming is the major shareholder of Amc, Barber did not use this as a condition to put pressure on Gerry Lopez.
After AMC was acquired by Yang Ming and Li Xingyi, most of the shares were acquired. Except for a change of board of directors, the company's top management did not change much. After Yang Ming and Li Xingyi discussed it, Amc was still handed over to Gerry Lopez.
Interfere with company decisions.
Yang Ming kept his word and did not let Gerry Lopez open the door to all Oriental DreamWorks movies after becoming the majority shareholder of AMC.
Everything still follows Gerry Lopez's strategy.
Gerry Lopez is also very grateful for Yang Ming's trust, and Yang Ming also keeps his word. Since acquiring Amc's shares, he has basically turned away from the boss and rarely asked about Amc.
However, even if Yang Ming did not put any pressure on Gerry, how could Gerry not take care of Oriental DreamWorks at all?
The movies produced by the Oriental DreamWorks division headed by Barber in the past two years will basically receive Gerry's full support, of course, mainly because the movie itself has really good box office potential.
Under this premise, Gerry will try his best to take care of the movies released by Oriental DreamWorks.
Now, Barber found Gerry and asked him to change his previous plan, and he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
In an office of AMC.
Barber saw Gerry's frown and understood the other person's concerns, and immediately said: "Gerry, if it were before, I wouldn't persuade you to change your plan, but the situation is different now. Countless American families know about this movie.
The name is still a hot topic in their mouths, and I think we should make changes immediately."
After hearing Barber's words, Gerry's brows relaxed slightly. He naturally knew what Barber was talking about, but the curiosity of the audience did not mean that they would definitely buy tickets and enter the theater.
Therefore, he was still quite worried.
Seeing that Gerry still refused to let go, Barber immediately took out an investigation document he carried with him, handed it to Gerry, and said: "This is a market survey that I commissioned a special investigation agency to conduct in the past two days.
, you can take a look!”
Gerry took the file and calmed down slightly when he saw the name of the investigation company that came to visit. The reputation of this investigation company is quite good.
This is a summary of the investigation.
Then a random check of 1,000 people was conducted. Among them, 920 people knew about the movie "Liu Changqing", about 640 people were interested in the movie, 460 people said that if they had the opportunity, they would not refuse to watch the movie, and 320 people said they would definitely watch it.
Movie.
To be continued...