Hong Kong Stubborn - Chapter 155

On September 1, “I Am a Legend” was drawn on the North American cinema.

The effect of the spot-screening is very good, and the attendance rate is almost full. Three days later, the theater began to increase the number of canvases and entered the official screening stage.

But after entering the official release stage, “I Am a Legend” drove high and low, and the attendance rate dropped all the way. At the time of the screening, most of the Chinese people in the United States went to watch the movie. These audiences entered the movie theater because of Luo Junyan’s fame. White audiences could not remember who Luo Junyan was, and there was no reason to support him.

In the eyes of American audiences, “I Am A Legend” is a humorous kung fu film that follows Jackie Chan’s routine. But obviously the audience does not approve of Kungfu movies with CG effects. Kungfu movies and magic are a BUG. It’s like Long Ge must pounce on the street with a gun. In the bones of American audiences, the concept is that the Chinese are not good at this.

Obviously, the vampire played by Kish Lauerz has won many fans. She was **** enough, gorgeous enough, and her emotions expressed frankly enough, and a pair of little tiger teeth successfully provoked the desires of male audiences.

In the audience survey questionnaire, more than 70% of the audience were deeply impressed by the vampire Laura.

Luo Junyan ran to Harvey again for advice. This time Harvey said something useful, don’t use special effects for the sake of special effects. What does that mean? The special effects are just to solve the problem that some scenes cannot be shot in real scene, and to better present the best scenes in the director’s mind. The special effects themselves are not a selling point.

Luo Junyan believed what Cheng Cheng said this time, and the grandson of Harvey was holding back bad.

With the increase of the screening time, “I Am a Legend” has been certain that it cannot work miracles. American audiences are accustomed to the **** and horrible scenes. Zombies can only be regarded as small BOSS, and Taoism has not stimulated the audience’s imagination, and the demon and defense is not in line with American values.

The only good result of “I am a miracle” is to portray the classic role of the vampire Laura.

The vampire played by Chihi Lauerz is regarded by the audience as a benchmark image of film and television, and even many media did not mention “I am a miracle”, but rather exaggerated the “vampire queen” who turned out to be born out of nowhere.

Small leather boots, big long legs, hip-length shorts, tight elastic vest, half-length red leather trench coat, fair skin, blood-red lips, long golden hair. If you plan to make a vampire movie, you must be very careful. American audiences will think that other images are provocative of the vampire queen, and they are discrediting their own guards.

Of course, the two tiger teeth are also indispensable. When designing the image, the bat was not referenced, but the Persian cat was referenced, and the light gold halo effect was added.

Relying on the unique charm of the “Queen of Vampires”, “I Am a Miracle” swayed in theaters for more than 20 days before it was released. The final box office was $12.77 million, which is a legendary blood loss.

Although the box office of the films released in this schedule is very average, the best-performing “Road to Success” only sold 32.53 million US dollars, but this will only highlight the embarrassment of “I am a miracle”.

Yes, it ranks first from the bottom, which is more than 40,000 yuan less than the second-to-last “Challenger: Ultimate Battle” with a box office of $12.81 million.

Unlike Hong Kong, American cinemas will determine the box office share ratio based on the final box office results. This is in line with American values. It only enthusiastically pursues the strong and eliminates the weak simply and neatly, so Luo Junyan can only get 16% of the box office in the end.

The total investment is 50 million U.S. dollars and the box office split is 2.05 million U.S. dollars. After all, there is no profit and no tax is required. This is the consequence that needs to be borne after sitting at the gambling table. Hollywood does not believe in tears.

Harvey suggested that the video tape be released immediately, and the hot spot of “Vampire Queen” can be maintained for a while, so that some losses can be recovered.

Luo Junyan nodded and agreed, and sold the video distribution copyright of “I Am A Legend” directly to Harvey for a price of 3 million U.S. dollars. Brother Harvey has been considering his love for many years.

Luo Junyan was bleeding in his heart and lost 45 million U.S. dollars. What a painful realization. The key is that the direction is still not found, there is still a fog in front, and the tuition fees are spent in vain.

After the matter was over, the big guys sat together to discuss.

After a short silence, Brother Cheng said: “I went to watch both “X-Men” and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”. The audience regarded “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” as a treasure hunt movie and leaned into it. Humanity and desire, if they really become Oriental chivalry, they will definitely stop cooking. “X-Men” is much simpler, mobilizing the audience’s imagination.”

Brother Cong nodded and said, “A Jun, do I think we have made it too complicated? Condensed is the essence.”

Luo Junyan dangling a cigar and said: “Popcorn movies also need to have a core, and now I agree with this. Old Ha calls this ideological. He said that the director must have his own unique aesthetic orientation. The key is that I don’t know it now. What is your own aesthetic orientation.”

Brother Cheng also lit a cigar, changed a comfortable position and wilted, and said: “A Jun, why did “Sin City” flicker to the box office in Europe and America? Because you grabbed the head of Wu Yusen’s violent aesthetics. As a result, You don’t like making action movies at all. You don’t have an aesthetic orientation but a value orientation, so don’t bother with that.”

Luo Junyan was dumbfounded, and now let him make an action movie, as long as he can make money. Sure enough, there is no aesthetic inclination, only values. He doesn’t have a few films that have won awards in his mind, and the films that have won the box office are basically clear.

Okay, let’s talk in another direction and sort it out step by step.

First, discuss what elements are always out of date, and the number of people willing to pay for it is the largest? The conclusions drawn are erotic, violence, good and evil, idols. Good and evil here do not involve controversial views of right and wrong. The hero saves the world and the common people is a point of view that European and American audiences cannot understand.

Next, what theme film contains these elements? The conclusion reached by Youzhong Xuanyou turned out to be a war movie. Back then, “Three Kingdoms Warriors” didn’t confuse Japanese and Korean audiences. The men looked sour and the women looked itchy.

Finally, what do we think is the core of the war movie? In terms of heightening, Brother Cheng can be summarized into five words, destruction and rebirth. The core of this thought is universal and full of philosophical implications.

Without waiting for Luo Junyan to ask new questions, Cheng Ge stood up and said, “A Jun, we are engaged in fantasy war aesthetics. This is definitely something that can withstand the offensive of Hollywood movies.”

Brother Cheng said in his heart: Old Yan, don’t blame Brother for getting your “Sin City” out in advance. Going big, fighting Hollywood is a major event that benefits the country and the people, so you should sacrifice the ego. When the film is successful, I will write a will to leave you two antiques, which will save you the codewords of lighting and boiling oil.

“Sin City” by Yanyu Jiangnan is one of Cheng Ge’s favorite online literature, and it was only on this book that he survived countless cold nights without a woman. The series of films that Luo Junyan shot at the beginning was called “Sin City”, which is also a commemorative purpose.

Luo Junyan muttered repeatedly about the fantasy war aesthetics, what is this? But it sounds very interesting.

Brother Cheng then briefly discussed his masterpiece “Construction”, briefly explaining the construction, planes, eternal dragon palace, Faust, mother of war, demons, demons, elves, different power systems, etc. concept. Talking about it until night fell, Luo Junyan and Bian Sicong were still listening attentively, and Brother Cheng would not be able to resolve it next time.

In the middle of the night, the storytelling simulcast came to an end.

Brother Cong gave a keen reminder that Brother Cheng had to write this long story as a book and publish it, so that the copyright would be in hand. After thinking about it, Luo Junyan went a step further and published comics while publishing books. It happened that Snowman Times Media acquired a comics publishing house, which would also facilitate future shooting and overcome the difficulty of character image design.

The story is really good, and this fantasy world blends the background of the East and the West, and the four continents take it all. Luo Junyan is determined to engage in this fantasy war aesthetics. The difficulties are certain. How can the founders have a relaxed reason?

That night, Luo Junyan was tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

Before he went to bed, he had decided to return to Xiangjiang, and this time he had two dreams to be realized. One is to make more money, and the other is to build a dam to resist the raging tide of Hollywood movies. There is a hostile spirit in Luo Junyan’s bones. Why can Hollywood make Asian money with its own culture, while Chinese production can only be greeted by coincidence?

Speaking of it, this idea seems ridiculous. Capital, hype, star making, production team, distribution skills, film rules, which one of Hong Kong can compare to Hollywood? Even Luo Junyan and his wife have to join the American citizenship to avoid unknown risks.

But Cheng Ge’s words aroused his stubbornness. Don’t Hollywood movies also rely on fabricating, and whoever wants to praise it will be smashed into the sky. What’s the matter with this routine? The brave wins when we meet on a narrow road. Either don’t do it, just go home to buy land and collect rent, do your best to do it, and take it a few global box office champions.

When Luo Junyan was in excitement, Brother Cheng was already asleep, and it was time to go to sleep after shouting the slogan.

Early in the morning of the next day, Luo Junyan pestered sister army to talk about her thoughts, sweeping away the frustration.

Sister Army listened to his left sentence my master said, and the right sentence my master said, basically the flow of the matter has been smoothed. Ever since she met the master and apprentice, Brother Cheng hasn’t lost her mind, but Luo Junyan’s temperament still eats this set.

So Army sister only asked Luo Junyan one question: “You think Stud can do it. It is enough to leave the stock to your daughter. I don’t care about hundreds of millions of dollars. But can you bear the consequences of failure?”

Luo Junyan was thrown with cold water. He has developed a good habit since he was a child, knowing that he loves money.

Sister Army stared at Luo Junyan who was dumbfounded, walked over and kissed him, and said softly, “Husband, no matter success or failure, as long as you remember, you are the most important thing in my heart. If you can’t be a movie tycoon, we can do it. Two Immortals Xiaoyao, since this decision allows you to think well, don’t look forward and backward in the future.”

Luo Junyan held sister army’s hand, nodded silently, and said, “My wife, thank you.”

This is the end of a short Hollywood film career. Despite the heavy losses, Luo Junyan pushed aside the fog in front of him, he stubbornly resisted the shackles of the rules in Xiangjiang, and still refused to integrate into the rules in Hollywood.

In the eyes of the survivors, Luo Junyan is a stupid model, stubborn and unbearable, success must stand on the shoulders of giants.

In the eyes of the conquerors, Luo Junyan is the entry point. No one is born to be on the throne, just like Brother Cheng said, stepping on the shoulders of giants to kick him off.

Before leaving the United States, Luo Junyan met with director Wu Yusen, Fa Ge, Long Ge, Jie Ge, including Li Zhi all, and took care of each other. I met Lao Ha and Lao Qiao again. One was to consolidate friendship, and the other was to talk about the possibility of Gemini Digital Special Effects Company going public on the Nasdaq in the United States.

Gemini digital special effects company fully meets the NASDAQ listing criteria, but it needs to introduce strategic investors from the United States. Lao Qiao agrees that Gemini will be listed in the United States and will help run the matter. It is estimated that it can raise 100 million US dollars.

Sister Army will stay in the United States this year, and the two daughters will not be able to transfer until the end of this semester. The issue of Gemini’s listing will be handed over to the army sister, and old Qiao will come forward to assist, and it is expected that the progress will be very fast.

This is the decision that Luo Junyan made after talking with sister army, and he is ready to go public for companies that can go public. He can’t always pay his own money to do business, and he can’t afford this kind of financial pressure. Besides, going public can boost morale and build a brand.

At the time of parting, Luo Junyan finally met Qixi Raulz. The Hollywood actress who was popular with him felt very sorry for Luo Junyan’s departure, but she promised to do her best to help Luo Junyan find Hollywood actors, even when Luo Junyan needed it. She will play in person without hesitation.

Luo Junyan is also considering whether to add the role of a female devil in the script.