Signing from HK Comprehensive becomes a legend

Chapter 538 An ordinary audience
Robin Ruffalo has long noticed the deep sense of superiority in Saif Rajput. The superiority shown by the other party seems to be deeper than bringing capitalists to face 996 social animals.

But director Robin still couldn't think of it, what kind of hatred, why did this guy come out of nowhere, why would he open his mouth to tie Robin together?
You also ordered Dr. Zhao to come up with good movies quickly and let him choose with his Hollywood friends?Pick your sister.

The great director has lived in Hong Kong Island for so long, and he has also learned some Chinese. He can speak a few words in both Mandarin and Cantonese. At this moment, he is anxious to express his inner self in Chinese.

Robin's emotions, Bob Rayner also felt very deeply, but the big star Michael Mayer was a little... What is he talking about?I do not understand.

Saif, Amira and other white elephants could not understand either.

When several people were confused, Dr. Zhao smiled and extended his hand to Saif, and said in English, "How is the overall situation of Baixiang's film market now? I really don't understand."

Saif's attitude is a little bit bad, but Dr. Zhao has always been a generous, kind, tolerant and loving person, how can he care about such a small matter?He was really curious about the situation of the Baixiang film industry in the 20s.

Saif looked at Robin suspiciously, and shook hands with Dr. Zhao, "Our Baixiang film market is very good. English films account for more than 10% of the total market, but Hindi, Tamil, and other languages ​​are the mainstream. Telugu trilingual.”

"If there is a good foreign film, if there is only an English version, I can give a movie screen of more than 200 yuan. If there are four language versions: English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu, I can promise to give 1000 yuan movie screen treatment."

Dr. Zhao didn't know much about White Elephant movies before he traveled. He only saw a few words occasionally, and he didn't know that the film market in this country is amazing... It's so amazing that White Elephant movies may have a good box office in China and Hollywood.

But movies other than White Elephant, even if they are Hollywood blockbusters, have a limited audience in White Elephant.

How limited is it?

In the original trajectory, the Titanic's big ship journey swept the world, whether it was Europa, China, island countries, South Korea, etc., and even Hong Kong Island, which has the reputation of Eastern Hollywood, was easily captured by the big ship.

But this movie is still in the white elephant market, so-so... so-so.

Avatar is so impressive, but in the box office rankings of Baixiang's movies, it can't even enter the top 10...Hollywood siege has swept the world. In Baixiang, at its peak, it captured more than [-]% of the market.

Of course, the above 10% specifically refers to Hollywood movies, and the 10% Saif said at the moment refers to the entire English-language movies.

Romance movies, action movies, sci-fi movies, etc. are actually very popular in Baixiang, but the results of Hollywood ships, Avatar, Star Wars, etc. are only average. One of the biggest reasons is that Baixiang audiences have movie-watching habits. A standard Bollywood blockbuster has five or six gorgeous song and dance sessions. The film is three hours long, divided into two halves, and each half has a 10-minute commercial at the beginning of the film.

Without large-scale song and dance concert clips, it is tantamount to no soul for a white elephant movie.

Whether it is the Hollywood version of Spider-Man, The Matrix, etc. that swept the world in the original track, or the Hong Kong version led by Dr. Zhao, with unqualified large-scale singing and dancing performances, the audience is almost equal to... a minority!
These movies have no soul!

When Saif Rajput introduced the White Elephant movie with a smile, Zhao Xueyan accidentally heard a system prompt.

"Ding, successfully signed in Saif Rajput, rewarded with a bowl of magical Ganges water, the host can receive it at any time."

A bowl of miraculous Ganges water may have incredible effects. If you drink it, nothing may happen, or there may be miracles.

Dr. Zhao, "???"

And this kind of reward?Is this Saif also from a certain story?What story does the other party come from?
During the other party's commentary, Dr. Zhao smiled and dug deep into his memory. After digging and digging, he still had no impression, no impression at all...

He only remembered that in the 21s before time travel, the average annual output of Chinese movies was five or six hundred, and Hollywood was about the same. During bad years, the number would be even less, but White Elephant produced more than 20 movies a year!
Yes, it's just such an exaggeration. The total annual production of White Elephant movies is basically more than that of China and Hollywood combined. However, as a Chinese, how many films has he seen? ?

Thinking back to the horrible output of the White Elephant movie, Dr. Zhao was a little speechless, and let it go, who knows which White Elephant story Saif in front of him came from.

The reward offered by the other party is very strange, a bowl of magical Ganges water!
He has received this kind of item rewards before, such as the invisible defense helmet, the ever-changing windbreaker, a bottle of top-quality green tea from Thelma Snyder, acid-free paper, money printing machines, etc., are all props.

But drink it directly?

It's only the top green tea from Sylmar.

The introduction of green tea is that there are surprises when you open the lid, please drink with caution.

It’s still hanging on the task bar until now, Dr. Zhao didn’t get it, and he didn’t know the efficacy of green tea, so he didn’t dare to use it casually.

Now the water of the Ganges River is more... I don't know how to describe it.

Leaving aside the bowl of water, Dr. Zhao lost interest in Kyushu Films’ Spider-Man entering the White Elephant market during Saif’s introduction, so he just smiled and said, “The visitor is a visitor, let’s talk about it as we walk. ?”

"Many people are waiting for the film to be exhibited."

Saif laughed, "Of course, I'm also very curious about your company's movies, after all, they are highly recommended by a Vaisya."

Dr. Zhao started, and on the surface he chatted well with Saifu and his group of white elephants? ?In the lobby on the first floor, many people who saw this scene, no matter what thoughts they had in their hearts, they covered their thoughts very well...

After a while, when Zhao Xueyan took his seat in the large screening hall on the third floor, there were crew members and actors rushing to do things.

On the top floor of Kyushu Building, there is Dr. Zhao’s private, slightly smaller screening room, which can accommodate up to 50 people. Enjoy the effect more than ordinary.

Of course, this kind of ordinary also depends on the comparison.

Compared with other theaters on Hong Kong Island such as Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest Cinemas, they are still much more upscale.

Before he came, there were already 40 to [-] people sitting here. After Dr. Zhao came, after waiting for a while, the screening hall gradually filled up.

………………

Seventh row center.

The big star Michael Mayer looked at the left and right and the front and back in a daze, and then said to Bob Rayner on the left side of his body, "Is this an internal screening, an on-demand screening? Or a public screening?"

Bob said excitedly, "Don't talk casually, just wait and watch the movie."

Michael looked at the next person on the left, the great director Robin Ruffalo, "Director, that Mr. Zhao seems to have a good chat with the White Elephant?"

"Have you told him that you want to continue making new films for Kyushu?"

Until now, Michael Meyer's greatest impression of Kyushu Media is still at the most superficial level, and he has only a general interest in sci-fi blockbusters with Chinese protagonists, and his confidence is low.

At most... At most, the special effects may have something eye-catching?

Therefore, it is better to seize the opportunity to have more relationships with Director Robin and deepen their friendship.No matter how bad the story and word-of-mouth are in the next big director's "Forrest Gump" with Chinese as the protagonist, he still wants to act.

You said that if a big Hollywood director hits the market with a new film, and the second one continues to hit the market, even the first-line directors will instantly become empty and lack investment?
Theoretically, if you use Hollywood’s big capital to make a film like this, that’s it. But the Matrix that Robin is making now is Chinese-funded and Chinese-starred, and the new film Forrest Gump is also Chinese-funded and Chinese-directed. The degree is taken for granted in the eyes of Hollywood filmmakers.

If you play casually with your money and fiddle around, it won't affect your reputation at all.

Under his excited conversation, Robin Ruffalo didn't turn his head, "Don't talk, wait to watch the movie."

Michael, "..."

Michael looked blankly at the big screen in front of him. The screen is still dark, and the lights in the entire auditorium are still on, and the broadcast has not started. Watching a chicken movie?
When he looked to the right side of his seat again, the person sitting there was also a white man. He didn't recognize him. Before Michael Meier could say anything, the white man turned his head and said to him, "Watch the movie well and don't mess around."

Michael was angry.

Bob Rayner is his friend, Director Robin is the one he wants to curry favor with, who the f*ck are you?Do you really think that he, Michael, a second-tier Hollywood star, or the most prominent star in the second-tier, is just a decoration?

But when he continued to look at the second position on the right, there was a red-haired white man sitting there, with a serious expression on his face, staring at the big screen with a quiet look full of expectation... Michael became a little confused, everyone so quiet? ?
The left and right are like this, and the few rows in front are similar.

The movie hall that accommodates more than 200 people, as long as they sit down, whether they are Chinese or Caucasians, they are all quiet, calm, and full of anticipation. When the service staff who walk occasionally come to deliver tea and snacks, most of them also pick up. Dongxi smiled and nodded, and there was not much verbal communication.

After being in a trance for a while, Michael suddenly felt like he was waiting to watch a movie, but a scene like waiting for the big boss to inspect and inspect!

In the entire auditorium, only Zhao Xueyan, who was sitting in the fifth row, was talking and laughing casually with the left and right. The voice was not loud, but very natural.

Michael shook his head to shake off some strange thought, the auditorium lights were turned off, and the big screen was turned on.

………………

Two hours flew by.

With Spider-Man's happy ending, Michael Mayer was still immersed in the plot, excited and agitated, and he was awakened by a burst of warmer applause from small to large.

Looking at Bob Rayner and Robin Ruffalo on the left and right, including a few white audiences on the right, they all stood up and applauded desperately.

Michael was even more dazed.

He admits that if you put aside the arrogance and prejudice of white people and Hollywood people from Amei's family, and watch this version of Chinese Spider-Man from the perspective of normal mentality, it's really not bad!

The Spider-Man played by Li Changjiang, who counterattacks from the rootless and has nothing, acquires superpowers. He roams around the metropolis, gets promoted and raises his salary to win the white moonlight...

This is so refreshing.

This is the standard cool text routine, handsome men and women are pleasing to the eye.

Even better is the special effects. The special effects are really epoch-making. Spider-Man’s various flying performances and high-tech tools are much better than Back to the Future, which was released on Amei in 85, with a global box office of 3 million dollars. up.

The fighting moves are more fierce and cool, compared with Hollywood tough guys who punch and kick, like turn-based fighting, it is also a cross-generational transcendence.

If the arrogance and prejudice were put aside, this movie would be pretty good, but it wouldn't make Robin and the others so excited, would it?

In his trance, Zhao Xueyan also walked out of his seat, holding a microphone and looking around with a smile, "What do you think of this Spider-Man? The movie is made to be evaluated by people, and everyone can speak freely."

In this auditorium filled with more than 200 people, some were invited by Zhao Xueyan, some were invited by the person in charge of Kyushu Films, but many of them came here by themselves.

Zhao Xueyan also caught a lot of faces he didn't know.

He spoke Chinese, but under Zhao Xueyan's words, the heroine Zhang Shanshan was also holding the microphone, smiling coquettishly and supplementing with English translation.

Saif Rajput stood up resolutely and laughed loudly, "Zhao, your movie is not bad, and it's very interesting. However, if you arrange large-scale song and dance performances in different time periods, it will make up the film." Three hours, and then translate four language versions, it may have a certain market in our Baixiang, and hopefully it will take tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars at the box office."

This time, the movie theater broadcasts the Cantonese version with Chinese and English subtitles.

The moviegoing experience for Saif...was okay, okay.

Speaking of which, this was the first time he watched a Huaxia movie in his life.

Accompanied by Saif's words, the screening hall, where many people were eager to try, suddenly froze, and dozens of eyes all looked at him!

Zhang Shanshan translated the curry taste from English to Chinese again, and hundreds of eyes stared at it again!

Saif Rajput looked around strangely, "Did I say something wrong?"

No one answered him, but Michael Mayer, who was sitting in the seventh row, poked Bob Rayner with his finger and looked at Bob with doubts. He felt that what Saif said was not inappropriate. .

If you let go of your arrogance and prejudice, he admits that this movie is very good, but how many people can let go of that rationally?This movie was released on a large scale in Hollywood just because of the Chinese protagonist.

After all, Bruce Lee, the strongest in China's film and television industry, only earned $2000 million at the box office, and that was directed by a major Hollywood director.

In addition to Bruce Lee, Long Wei is also considered a Southeast Asian action superstar, and his appeal in East and Southeast Asia is amazing, but he is in Hollywood. It is hard to say that the box office hit the street, and he has not yet made tens of millions of dollars.

Like Hollywood!
White elephant?Hollywood sci-fi masterpieces will be as unaccustomed to White Elephant. Back to the Future has a box office of 3 million dollars worldwide, and it is only a few million dollars in White Elephant.

Michael Meier felt that Saif was right. Why did so many people in this screening hall look at Saif with such strange emotions?
When Bob Reiner felt his friend's doubts, he just wanted to shake his head and make eye contact, when he heard an unruly voice from the eighth row, "Where is the stupid bird that popped out, and it's embarrassing here?"

"The Spider-Man filmed by Kyushu Films is such a great and time-honored masterpiece. How dare you tarnish it like this? Mr. Zhao, I am willing to pay 3000 million knives to buy out the distribution rights of Spider-Man in South Korea."

This is a brown-haired white man, complaining about Saif in English.

Some words, those who understand English will understand in a second, and Zhang Shanshan will understand if they don't understand, and the crowd will look at the person in the eighth row again.

Zhao Xueyan was stunned, but before he could speak, Saif Rajput looked back angrily, "Wang Defake, who are you? Do you understand basic manners?!"

In front of so many people, he, a noble Kshatriya, was insulted?If this is the White Elephant Kingdom, he...

Amidst Saif's frightened and angry voice, the brown-haired white man said to him with a look of disdain, "My lord, Ben Harris, is just an ordinary audience here, but I still have much better vision than you. "

After being disdainful, he turned around and looked at Mr. Zhao with a flattering smile, "Mr. Zhao, I am the new Asian president of PepsiCo, and I am also a minority shareholder of PepsiCo. I hope Mr. Zhao will give me a chance."

Saif Rajput, "???"

Michael Mayer in Sixth Row, "!!!"

What the hell?

Wang Defake?

In fact, at various international film festivals, after some films are screened, if the evaluation is good, then various distributors from various countries will contact the film producer and spend money to buy out the other party's distribution rights in a certain country.

This is a very common basic exercise in the film and television industry.

The former Hollywood tycoon Harvey Wiens, who is currently studying in the Chongguang Mental Hospital, went to the Europa Film Festival to find films, bought them out, and took them back to Hollywood to operate, becoming a tycoon step by step.

But the question is, the president of PepsiCo Asia?It turned out to be a minority shareholder, which shows that he is not just a wage earner. He spent 3000 million dollars to buy out the release of the Hong Kong version of Spider-Man in South Korea...

Who told me that this is my hallucination?Or is today April Fool's Day?When did Pepsi enter the film industry! ! !
Saif Rajput was still in a mess, an Asian man stood up in the third row, opened his mouth and cursed at Saif, and raised his head proudly, "Our South Korean distribution rights, When is it Pepsi's turn to be the master? I am Han Chenghou, President of Future Investment of Hyundai Group."

Showing off his identity to Saif and Ben Harris, he showed the most enthusiastic and sincere smile, and looked at Dr. Zhao, "Mr. Zhao, we are very sincere in Hyundai, and want to buy out Spider-Man for 5000 million knives." distribution rights in South Korea."

"As long as Mr. Zhao is willing, we can let Spider-Man continue to show continuously in various cities in South Korea 365 days a year."

Saif Rajput's eyeballs almost fell out of their sockets, and so did Michael. In fact, Michael didn't know much about Hyundai Group.

But no matter how little he knew, he was very familiar with Pepsi Group, a group that dared to announce its name to fight Pepsi?Can it be worse?
Hyundai is a chaebol at the same level as Erxing, even though some shares have already fallen into the hands of the sisters, this is not the era after the 97 financial turmoil when all the major shares were snatched away by the sisters.

Its status in South Korea?Heavy industry, automobile manufacturing, electronics, finance, shipping, insurance, etc... that is, from birth to death, South Koreans are basically inseparable from the small circle of conglomerates such as Erxing and Hyundai!

Michael Mayer was so messed up that there was a small explosion, and then the big star Bob Renner whispered in his ear, "That idiot Saif dares to comment on Spider-Man like this, I am afraid that any spectator here will be upset if he sees him." Can crush him to death."

Michael also said in horror, "Which one is crushed to death?"

Bob explained earnestly, "It's pinching in the conventional sense, whether it's physically destroying a human body, or destroying his career wealth..."

Michael almost fainted, but he resisted the urge and glanced back, "I know that Coca-Cola bought 49% of Dilumbia's shares and is considered one of the eight major controllers, but when will Pepsi enter the film and television industry?" gone?"

Bob Rayner explained again, "I don't know either, but Pepsi was beaten by Mr. Zhao and was almost beaten to death in the South Korean market. Now it is begging for mercy and admitting defeat."

"It's not a question of whether to play movies or not. It's about spending tens of millions of dollars to solve disasters. I don't want to completely lose the South Korean market. Whether it's Coca-Cola, Pizza Hut, or KFC, which year did you earn less? Compared with this, tens of millions There's nothing wrong with knives."

Michael Mayer's expression gradually became funny.

The co-author is that PepsiCo was hammered by Mr. Zhao in South Korea and hated, so... after being beaten, I will send some money and ask Mr. Zhao if the fight is good?
That's Pepsi! !

The spokesperson of Pepsi in Amei's house is a world superstar at the level of Michael Jackson, and the fee for an endorsement is tens of millions of dollars.

who I am?Where the hell am I?Am I watching an Asian movie?
Zhao Xueyan waved his hands dumbfounded, "Stop!"

"I'm just asking for your opinions on watching the movie. As for how the movie will be released and whether it will be profitable, that's another topic."

If this is a one-off deal just to make money, then if Pepsi and Hyundai come out and rush to buy out the distribution rights in one country, he will naturally not refuse, just like Master Zhao's instant noodles, mineral water, Tianfu Coke, etc., no matter who gets it Buy with money, just accept the money and produce slowly.

Regarding the entertainment strategy, Zhao Xueyan just wants to export entertainment products to improve the image, which is a long-term and stable matter.

In the South Korean market, Pepsi, which was almost killed by the authorities, would not be appropriate if it wanted to pay in this way, admit its mistakes, and start over again.

modern?He also didn't know why Hyundai jumped out to spend money to buy movies, but he speculated that it was nothing more than the fact that after the current commander retired, the next successor would smoothly take over... Many people don't want Dr. Zhao to meddle indiscriminately.

The last CIA chief in South Korea visited him personally just to talk about this topic and discuss various conditions, and then the honor was hung in the hands of Freddy, the ghost king of nightmares, and died at the hands of that old woman, Adaline Bowman. inside?
So, the first brother of the CIA is too useless, so he appointed a modern person to test it?The current leader stepped down and went to the temple to live in seclusion, to prison, etc. In fact, the two-star and modern people are much more enthusiastic and proactive than the CIA.

After this, each leader has completely become... a frequent visitor to the prison class.

(End of this chapter)