You made me a superstar

Chapter 557 Surprise and Crisis

When the premiere box office of "Spider-Man" came out, netizens were not only shocked, but also had doubts.

Some people say that the box office of this movie is a result of the box office, while others say that the box office of this movie is more due to the policy support of relevant departments, that is, "there are no blockbuster movies in the same period", and all Chinese movies are making way for "Spider-Man". It is a myth that was brought out and created.

But when the early hours of June 22.

When the new round of box office data of "Spider-Man" came out, the small part of doubts were instantly drowned out by countless exclamations.

[Seventy four million! The two-day box office of "Spider-Man" broke 400 million! 】

"Huaxia Movie Weekly", "CCTV Movie", "Huaxia Movie" and other media simultaneously published such a striking headline.

On the news headline, netizens stared blankly at the astonishing 400 million yuan box office of "Spider-Man" on the second day, and were so shocked that their scalps went numb!

The box office on the second day was actually 200 million higher than the box office on the premiere day, and it was a movie of this level, which was already a miracle in the history of Chinese movies!

No one could have imagined that the movie "Time Travel" was broken by "Spider-Man" not long after it set a milestone in the box office of Chinese movies.

Moreover, this is the only movie in Chinese history that was made by Chinese people to top the list of Chinese movies, and it is also the only movie that truly beat Hollywood movies in the Chinese region.

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Trailblazer effects.

When Zheng He returned to China with his team, he was almost treated like a hero.

The special effects headquarters of Pioneer is next to Huaxing. A year ago, countless reporters and media people surrounded the alley where no one cared about it.

Compared to half a year ago...

Zheng He darkened a lot and lost a lot of weight. At the same time, his black and beautiful hair was already extremely thin. A gust of wind blew up a few strands of hair, as if they were the last stubborn.

That is the "achievement" of staying in front of the computer for many years, staying in the crew, working and studying day and night.

"For half a year, I sometimes only ate one meal a day. Except for that meal, I stayed in front of the computer to study every day..."

"Before the filming of "Spider-Man", or even before the filming of "Liao Zhai Painted Skin", everyone thought that Huaxia's special effects were rubbish, just fifty cents..."

"After seeing these remarks on the Internet, I am very unconvinced. What happened to Huaxia's special effects? Are Huaxia's special effects worse than Hollywood's special effects?"

"As long as there are enough equipment and machines, as long as they are serious enough and willing to pay, I think Huaxia Special Effects can stand on top of the world and stand shoulder to shoulder with Hollywood Special Effects!"

"..."

In addition to physical changes.

In the past six months, Zheng He has become very confident. When he looks at the reporters around him, his eyes are as sharp as eagle eyes, and his voice is not lacking in ambition.

When "Spider-Man", he and his team really suffered too much, but never thought of giving up...

Where there is a will, there is a way.

The hard work of the past six months has finally been reflected in numerous praises and movie box office.

During this day, he was almost watching the film reviews of "Spider-Man".

When he saw words such as "The special effects are awesome", "Holy shit, the domestic special effects are about to explode", "It was actually made by them", "The pioneer special effects are awesome", he couldn't help but feel a little bit elated.

Zheng He entered the company surrounded by countless media.

See the familiar office...

Zheng He had mixed feelings, and almost couldn't help but jumped up.

Then...

He saw the assistant rushing over excitedly with a series of cooperation intentions.

In fact...

Since "Liao Zhai Painted Skin", the pioneer special effects have been favored by countless directors and producers.

However, most of the contracts at that time were in units of several million, at most tens of millions.

And on the third day after the premiere of "Spider-Man", countless intentional contracts have all become domestic blockbusters with a unit of 1 million. Even Zheng He once saw that the investment exceeded [-] million, and the special effects accounted for more than [-] million. Blockbuster!
Looking at the contracts of cooperation intentions.

Zheng He could barely keep calm at first, but when he walked into the office, he was so happy that his whole body trembled with excitement.

Developed, developed!
Just pick up a job and do it well, and you won't have to worry about food and drink in this life!
However, just when Zheng He was going to read the contract over and over again, sifting out how to make the agreement, he found that the phone rang.

After seeing the notification of the incoming call, he was shocked!
The call is from Zhou Yang!
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Compared to the madness of China's box office.

The box office of "Spider-Man" in the United States was a little calmer.

It grossed $400 million the next day.

The volume of 400 million US dollars is extremely common in Hollywood movies, and no filmmakers should have paid attention to it.

however……

When the theaters in the United States realized that "Spider-Man" was only shown in one theater, and the pre-sale tickets of that theater were all sold out. When the box office of "Spider-Man" began to exceed demand on major movie websites, some high-level officials Began to have a very strong interest in this movie.

After investigating the market, they believed that this movie has great market interest, and even has the same potential as the superhero movie "Superman" that once swept North America.
AMD headquarters.

As the largest theater chain in the world, the person in charge of AMD's products has a unique vision of the market.

As a product manager, Karin has actually been paying attention to the movie since the premiere of "Spider-Man".

After all, Zhou Yang is the Huaxia director she has been paying attention to. When others thought that Zhou Yang's superhero movie would be as tragic as "Lizardman", Karin had the opposite idea.

So when the movie was released, she personally accompanied her children to the cinema to watch "Spider-Man", and after watching "Spider-Man", she keenly realized that it was definitely a blockbuster movie.

then……

She immediately applied to the headquarters, wanting to get the screening rights of "Spider-Man".

The headquarters attached great importance to her application and agreed to it the next day.

Under the influence of the financial crisis, a group of Hollywood filmmakers began to be more conservative, either retreating or withdrawing and shifting gears, which once caused an embarrassing vacuum in the film schedule in major theaters in June.

During the vacuum period, it is natural to supplement the film.

The market rating of the movie "Spider-Man" is quite high, which is within the intention of the high-level executives.

When Karin's application was received, she immediately took out her phone and found the phone number of Xu Mei, the person in charge of Huaxing.

When she said on the phone that she wanted to sign the screening rights of "Spider-Man", the other party was obviously very surprised, but she didn't agree directly, but said that she would ask Mr. Zhou.

Karin was not in a hurry, and after hanging up the phone, she sent a sample agreement to the other party's mailbox.

After more than ten minutes, the other party quickly called back.

"We agree to authorize!"

Karin nodded.

That itself was expected.

However, just when she was about to sign an electronic agreement with the "Spider-Man" official and instantly let her subordinates start planning the "Spider-Man" promotion...

She received a call from the leader.

"The executives of the DV company contacted us just now, saying that they hope that we can choose between "King Kong Tiger" and "Spiderman"..."

"Wait, how did they know we were going to sign "Spider-Man"? And "Spider-Man" is released first, so it doesn't conflict with "King Kong Tiger", right?"

"Let's choose "King Kong Tiger". The conditions offered by the producer DV company are very attractive. "Spider-Man", although the quality of this movie is very good, it is difficult to survive in the big environment..."

"It's strange, Zhou Yang is a Chinese director, why is Hollywood suppressing him so much?"

"I don't know why, but I heard a piece of news that the DV executives not only talked with us about the choice of "King Kong Tiger", but also talked about "King Kong Tiger" with REGAL, CINEMARK, CINEPLEX and other theaters... "

"Have all the four major movie theaters in the United States talked?"

"Yes."

"In my opinion, "Spider-Man" is indeed a very high-quality movie, and it has the potential to be a blockbuster that is not inferior to any superhero movie!"

"However, in a sense, Xingyang Cinemas, where "Spider-Man" is broadcast, is also our competitor, isn't it? No one wants to share the cake with others..."

"..."

After Karin heard the news, she frowned, and then looked at the contract on the table with great regret. After weighing it over and over again, she finally called Zhou Yang again.

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The morning of June 23rd.

Zhou Yang woke up from his sleep.

I was woken up by the sound of the phone, and I was a little dazed.

Last night, some theaters in Delaware came over and chatted with Zhou Yang and others about the authorization of "Spider-Man". Everyone chatted very late, so Zhou Yang inevitably felt a little tired.

The call was from Xu Mei.

"Laomei's big theater chains all said to terminate their cooperation with us? Didn't we have a good chat yesterday?"

""King Kong Tiger" is about to be released, I heard rumors, it seems that "King Kong Tiger" has greeted Laomei's four major theaters... In the early hours of this morning, I was almost able to sign a licensing agreement with AMD It's..."

After Zhou Yang answered the phone, the expression on his face became serious.

Not good news over the phone...

Or rather, the news was bad.

The cooperation agreement negotiated yesterday, when the signing was about to be signed this morning, the people in charge all regretted it.

None of the authorizations from the four major cinema chains was signed in.

"Mr. Zhou, what should we do next? Are we going to expand Xingyang Cinemas again?" Xu Mei on the other end of the phone asked again after hearing Zhou Yang's silence.

"Didn't everyone sign with us?"

"Yes, they are basically small theaters. DV companies don't like these one hundred or dozens of small theaters..."

"I'll talk to people from these theaters myself." Zhou Yang was silent for a while after listening, and finally nodded.

"Okay, but, Mr. Zhou, if the major Hollywood companies block us in such an absolute way, I'm afraid it will be really difficult for us to survive here..."

"..."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yang washed up casually. When he was about to go back to the conference room to chat with the theater bosses, he saw Xu Mei walking over in a hurry with a very ugly expression.

"Mr. Zhou, it's not good, DV has started to let these small theaters choose one or the other... They are going to completely drive us to death!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)