Chapter 925 Strange Objects (1,2/3)(1/2)
After Yang Ming and Niu Hua arrived at the hotel that Barber had booked by car, Yang Ming took out his laptop to check various news about "The Flash" online.
Niu Hua and Barber were in another room, chatting about the next trip.
Niu Hua showed his sincere respect for Barbour, who was once known as the "Hollywood Midas Touch". In particular, he even implicitly said that if there was a suitable role for him at Oriental DreamWorks in Hollywood, he would definitely take it. Will consider it carefully.
Compared with previous lives, China's star artists in today's world do not grovel when facing Hollywood as they did in previous lives. They will even go to great lengths and agree to several unbearable conditions for a role without a single line.
What's more, some Chinese artists in previous lives, in order to become famous internationally and gain attention, would turn a blind eye even to plots in movies that deliberately insulted China.
This is how famous prostitutes come to be.
To be honest, before the local film market exploded, the status of Chinese celebrities in the previous life was simply dispensable in the eyes of Hollywood film giants.
Even if China's domestic film market explodes later and becomes the second largest box office in the world after North America, there are many movies produced by Hollywood with plots that deliberately please Chinese audiences. Even if they require local Chinese celebrities, they will at best serve as foils for white people.
Although Niu Hua desperately wanted to expand his acting career to the United States and take an international route, he did not have the messy thoughts of his previous life at all.
He would even disregard his dignity and honor just to get a job in Hollywood.
In today's world, among the big-name celebrities and singers in the Chinese entertainment industry, no one wants to become a world-class superstar, because for a star, this is the best proof of standing at the top.
But none of them have in mind to take on those outrageous movie roles in order to expand their international careers.
For hundreds of years, China's glory as the most powerful country on earth has long been ingrained in the blood of every Chinese son and daughter. China's dignity has long been integrated into the soul of every citizen. No public figure will do anything detrimental to the country.
Besides, contemporary China is supported by the entire Greater China Cultural Zone in East Asia. No matter which industry it is, as long as it can grasp the East Asian market, food and clothing will definitely not be any problem.
Therefore, although Niu Hua now wants to develop in an international direction, he still has some reservations.
Being polite does not mean being humble.
Barber heard Niu Hua's hint and nodded in agreement. If there was a suitable role, he would definitely think of Niu Hua.
It has been almost a year since he joined Oriental DreamWorks. During this time, he has gained in-depth exposure to China's film market. He discovered that with the development of the times and the progress of society, the concept of the global village has gradually become a reality.
Then the previous cultural gaps between the film markets of various countries will slowly disappear, and the scale of the global film market will rise rapidly again.
By then, the East Asian film market will inevitably occupy the most important position in the global film market.
If you want to conquer the East Asian film market, you must first capture the Chinese film market.
When he was at Pan American Entertainment, he had already realized that the Chinese film market would become more and more important to Hollywood as time went by.
The production costs of movie blockbusters are becoming more and more exaggerated. In the past few years, if the production could reach 100 million yuan, it could be called an epic blockbuster. But now, in the eyes of various giants, it is just passing the standard at best.
That's all.
Now the production cost of the movie has crossed the threshold of 200 million yuan.
Barber could imagine that it would be impossible to make a movie that cost so much money to rely solely on the box office in the United States. Even if the European box office market was included, it would be a very risky thing.
Then, at this time, the East Asian film market becomes extremely important.
Whether it is China or Hollywood, whichever film company is the first to gain recognition from the other country's local film market will have an advantage, and this advantage will become bigger and bigger.
A polarized situation will form.
In this regard, there is no doubt that Hollywood is more than one step ahead of the Chinese film industry.
As for Oriental DreamWorks, which suddenly appeared in the past two years, it has successively released several movies in the American film market that have achieved good reviews and box office. Among them, there are even blockbusters like "2012" that swept the schedule, such as Oriental DreamWorks
Such film companies are not representative and can only be regarded as special cases.
Barbour has a clearer understanding of this than anyone else.
In fact, Barber didn't know that in China's previous life, not to mention film companies like Oriental DreamWorks, there were only a handful of Chinese films that could succeed in the United States.
Hollywood is unscrupulously plundering the box office in the Chinese film market, but Chinese films have no market in the United States.
This is so that in the previous life, Hollywood blockbusters often cost over 200 million US dollars, while Chinese blockbusters can exceed 100 million rmB, which is already good. Why?
Because the film markets behind the two are simply not on the same level.
Hollywood is facing the world, while China Film Company is facing the country. As for Europe and the United States, we can only take a look.
Therefore, Barber did not shirk Niu Hua's intention to cooperate. Instead, he was very proactive and made sure to tell Niu Hua that he would tailor a suitable script as soon as possible for a movie starring Chinese and American superstars.
In addition, Oriental DreamWorks has a special background in China, and he believes that this cooperation will definitely be a win-win situation.
"What are you talking about?"
At this time, Yang Ming walked in and saw the two of them smiling happily, and couldn't help asking curiously.
When Niu Hua heard this and saw Yang Ming, he did not hide it and told Yang Ming his intention very generously. Yang Ming did not express this, which was also a good thing for him. Whether it was China's Oriental DreamWorks,
Or the Oriental Dream Factory in Hollywood, they are all his dream factories.
"Barber, it seems we need to make some adjustments to our next publicity plan." After a moment, Yang Ming thought for a moment and said slowly.
He had just read a lot of news reviews about "The Flash" on the Internet and already had a general impression in his mind, so he thought of making some adjustments.
"Well, I also went to see this movie yesterday. Haha, it's a lot different from the first one." Barbour said with a smile and shook his head. Apparently after watching "The Flash", he was more excited about "Transformers".
To gain confidence, "We need to make some adjustments in terms of promotion, just because we failed to meet the audience's expectations, haha!"
At the end of the sentence, Barber laughed a little sheepishly.
If he really uses this trick, he estimates that his friends in Hollywood will call him again and scold him. It’s so damaging!
Although "The Flash" was a bit disappointing to many fans who were looking forward to it. It did not surpass the classic of the first film. However, as a sequel to a blockbuster film, it is already very good and definitely a qualified result. However,
At this moment, Bo has to focus on the words "expectation" and "satisfaction" to make a fuss, which seems a bit picky.
But he has been in Hollywood for many years and knows very well that sometimes things have to be done this way.
Just because you are soft-hearted and don't want to exploit the opponent's weaknesses and suppress them does not mean that your opponent will thank you and will not find fault with your weaknesses in the future.
Yang Ming couldn't help but nodded when he heard what Barber said. He thought the same thing in his heart. Seeing that Barber had realized this, he didn't say any more. With Barber's qualifications, this matter would not be difficult at all.
Live each other.
"By the way, Yang Ming, are the toys you airlifted over from China?" At this time, Niu Hua thought about it and couldn't help but ask. Although he knew that Yang Ming had specially airlifted two containers from China, he didn't know what was inside.
So I was a little curious.
"Hua, haven't you seen it?" Barber looked at Niu Hua with a hint of astonishment and asked.
Niu Hua shook his head, he really didn't know.
Upon seeing this, Barber shrugged and said: "Those are two amazing big guys. I believe everyone who sees them tomorrow will sigh that these are God's masterpieces."
"Really?" Niu Hua became more curious when he heard Barber's emotional words, so he looked at Yang Ming.
Yang Ming saw Niu Hua's very intense look for knowledge, and he chuckled, then took out his phone, clicked it a few times, and handed it to Niu Hua. After Niu Hua took the phone and saw the picture above, he suddenly grew up in surprise.
Mouth, he couldn't help but say a curse word: "Damn, you are so awesome, you actually did it in reality!"
Tomorrow night is the premiere of "Transformers", and after the premiere, Yang Ming and the others will tour non-stop in several major cities in the United States to support and promote "Transformers".
In addition, Barber also selected two or three variety shows with relatively high ratings in the United States for Yang Ming and others to increase their exposure and further increase the popularity of "Transformers" during this period.
Therefore, after tonight and tomorrow, Yang Ming and the others will be completely busy and unable to stop at all.
So, he discussed it with Niu Hua and decided that they would take a good rest in the hotel today to recuperate and start sprinting tomorrow.
Barber stayed for a while and then left. There were still many things in the company that needed to be dealt with. Yang Ming originally wanted to go, but then he thought about it and decided not to go. Anyway, there is nothing special. Tomorrow morning
Go over and have a look.
At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Su Su and Hua Xiaoyue returned to the hotel, carrying large and small bags and being led by their accompanying staff.
Yang Ming and Niu Hua discussed it and decided not to bother going far away for dinner and just deal with it casually in the hotel.
Then they and two company employees went to the restaurant below the hotel to have a meal, then returned to the room to prepare for an early rest.
But Yang Ming didn't know that when they were eating, a fan happened to spot him, so he took a photo of Yang Ming with his mobile phone and posted it on Twitter. It didn't take long for it to spread throughout the world.
network.
"China has just arrived in the United States and is about to face Dime's "The Flash"."
After some online media discovered the news on Twitter, they immediately prepared it and turned it into their own news reports.
The showdown between "The Flash" and "Transformers" has been anticipated by countless media for two or three months. During this period, they racked their brains to find any explosive news, just because Yang Ming has always rarely
Appearing in the media's sight, Dimei is a big company with a big business, and always has an official face, without any real inside story.
Now that the media learned that Yang Ming had arrived in the United States, they couldn't wait to light up this good news. Then the news became more and more popular, and they had topic reports.
However, no one knew that late tonight, two large trucks loaded with containers stopped at the gate of a flagship movie theater owned by Amc Cinemas in Los Angeles.
After more than an hour of busy work, after the truck left with the empty containers, two objects about 12 meters high appeared at the gate of Amc Flagship Cinema.
But because these two things were covered with red cloth and tied tightly with ropes underneath, we had no idea what was inside.
On the second day, the sun rose and there were more and more pedestrians on the road. When they passed by the AMC Flagship Cinema, they suddenly saw two tall buildings covered with red cloth at the gate of the building they were usually familiar with.
They couldn't help but cast curious eyes on the things.
The flagship movie theater of AMC Cinemas is located in the most prosperous area of Los Angeles. People come and go, and countless people see these two tall objects covered with red cloth.
Some curious pedestrians even wanted to lift the red cloth, but were politely stopped by the staff on duty.
What is this red cloth?
To be continued...