Superstars In Parallel Time and Space

AMC.

"What do you think?"

Caitlin closed the webpage, looked at Trillis and asked indifferently.

The video played on the webpage just now is the trailer of "Iron Man"!

As Chen Mubai's opponents, they naturally want to know everything about their opponents. This movie, which is said to be comparable to Hollywood special effects, definitely cannot do without their attention.

"The special effects are indeed very good, not inferior to ours." Trillis began to express his opinion.

"However, special effects are only one aspect. On the other hand, it depends on the quality of the work. It doesn't mean that the special effects are good, but the quality of the movie is high. We still produce a few special effects blockbusters every year, which is normal."

"Besides, this is the first time that this kind of special effects blockbuster has appeared in China. It is understandable that people in their country are excited, just like when our first special effects blockbuster was released, it caused quite a stir."

"Perhaps the box office of this movie in China will be good. This is because the local feelings have added to the movie, but it does not mean that the international box office is very high. After all, everyone is used to our movies. Those magnificent special effects scenes I watched a lot, and movie fans are no longer satisfied with movies that are just special effects, they need to pursue something deeper, the rhythm and narrative of the movie are very important, if it is not done well, no one will pay for it.”

Trillist paused for a moment, and then said: "I think that although Chen Mubai made good films before, this is his first sci-fi film. Maybe his focus is more on special effects, which will weaken the plot. Directors who make sci-fi movies have a common problem, thinking that the plot can serve the special effects, but it’s not true, the audience is used to the exquisite special effects, and instead asks for the plot.”

"The rhythm of the movie is very important. Many sci-fi blockbusters suffer serious losses because the director did not grasp the audience's psychology well, did not find what the audience wanted to see, and had an empty body but no soul. From the trailer of "Iron Man", I can only watch When it comes to special effects, you can’t see anything else.”

"Our movies are popular all over the world, and even the global movie box office rankings are basically our works. This is a century-old precipitation. We have divided the rhythm of the movie to the extreme. The rhythm accurate to a few minutes is still the climax of the plot. , This is the law we have explored in many years of experience, and we have our current status, I don't think Chen Mubai will do better than us."

Trillis expressed his views from a professional point of view.

Caitlin listened to his analysis one by one, her face remained unchanged, but her eyes were serious, obviously she was listening carefully, and sometimes her head moved slightly, feeling that what Trillis said was not unreasonable.

"It makes sense, but it can have such a big impact,

It is enough to show Chen Mubai's status in the world, he has indeed made a breakthrough. Caitlin sighed.

Inadvertently, a formidable opponent has appeared, rising under their noses. At first they didn't take it seriously, thinking that Chen Mubai, like many stars who came to Hollywood in the United States, would gradually start from a supporting role and be attracted by the film and television here. works conquered.

Every year, many stars from all over the world dream of coming to Hollywood to develop, hoping to improve their careers and star in some blockbuster movies to enhance their international status and influence.

But very few succeed, and most of them fail. After all, Hollywood is the place where stars all over the world aspire to. It is very difficult to succeed!

It wasn't until Chen Mubai rose to the top that they suddenly realized that they couldn't suppress his growth, so that his influence gradually increased. Not only did he break through the sky in music, he also became a giant in film and television.

Many established giants teamed up to deal with him, but it could only reduce his influence, but not destroy his reputation.

"Do you still want to snipe him?" Caitlin didn't know whether to continue to snipe Chen Mubai, the first two failed.

The only time they succeeded was that they suffered heavy losses and the company's stock price fell.

Trillis nodded and said: "Of course we have to snipe, but this time we don't have to do it like before."

"On the day "Iron Man" is released, we will also release a work. In terms of film arrangement, it must be better than his work, and it can have a big impact on him."

Regardless of whether the film's box office will be higher than that of "Iron Man", but competing with the same schedule will inevitably divert some box office, which is better than giving up the schedule and letting "Iron Man" dominate.

"Our company hasn't released any movies that meet the requirements recently." Caitlin frowned.

After all, with Chen Mubai's current appeal, it is difficult for ordinary movies to have an influence on him, and only works with similar grades are eligible to snipe.

"You can find MGM. They have recently completed the production of a blockbuster movie, and the release date has not yet been determined. If they are asked to snipe, there will be time." Trillis said.

There is still a month until the release, although the time is a bit rushed, but it is enough to promote the work.

"They won't necessarily agree," Caitlin sighed.

The joint efforts of the previous parties had already cost MGM a bit. If they went to snipe again this time, it would also affect them.

After all, this is not a one-sided influence. When two blockbuster films meet on the same schedule, they will have an impact on each other, just more or less.

Besides, Chen Mubai's reputation is now in full swing, and if the movie is released, the popularity will be so high, he is not a pure and weak opponent, on the contrary, it will be a bit tricky.

The risk is not small, and MGM will not agree easily. After all, they are not 100% sure that they can kill Chen Mubai, and they might even get involved.

Trillis said with a smile: "This is about to let Oscar play. Those people hate Chen Mubai more than us. This time is an excellent opportunity. If Chen Mubai fails, the public opinion will be reversed, and the situation will also be reversed." , Oscar has been mentally exhausted during this period, they will not miss this opportunity, as long as they promise MGM benefits, I think this matter may still be successful."

"That's true." Caitlin's pretty face showed a smile: "I'll push this matter."

 …

Huaying Group.

"Mo Cheng, use all resources to promote "Iron Man", and you must maximize the promotion of this movie!" Sun Ping looked at Fang Mocheng.

Fang Mocheng was a little shocked. This is to promote "Iron Man" through all channels and exhaust all resources?

"Then our movie..." Fang Mocheng said hesitantly.

"Majorly "Iron Man"."

Fang Mocheng got an affirmative answer, and his mind was concentrated.

This means that Huaying's own works have to be placed in the back row. Although "Iron Man" has nothing to do with them, it is closer than their own sons. It is impossible for their own works to have such good resources and use all their strength to promote them. What a fire! ?

And there is still one month left for the movie to be released, which means that the theaters will start promoting it one month in advance. Not only will the "Iron Man" trailer be released while the audience is waiting in the theater, but even the posters will appear in advance!

In the past, this treatment was only available to movies that are about to be released, and it will not be so grand!

"Iron Man" was released on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Among them, Huaying also has a work in this schedule, and there are also two works that indirectly participated in the investment......

It is equivalent to saying that the three films in this schedule are related to Huaying, but Huaying has to use the most resources to promote "Iron Man", and the resources of the other three movies are much less.

"You're thinking, why would I do this?" Sun Ping saw through Fang Mocheng's hesitant face at a glance, and said what he was thinking.

"I don't understand." Fang Mocheng did not deny it, but said: "The popularity of "Iron Man" will be very high, we don't need to spend such a big price on publicity, as long as we do it normally, mainly our own three movies It will be released at the same time, and the resources for publicity are already quite tight..."

There is also the most important point, which he didn't say. Huaying's promotion is for publicity and distribution fees. "Iron Man" has nothing to do with them, nor is it distributed by them, but Mubai Entertainment itself. "Iron Man" publicizes that this money belongs to his own pocket!

Sun Ping said calmly: ""Iron Man" is of great significance to our country."

"I know this, it's the first sci-fi work." Fang Mocheng said: "I really should support it, but I don't think it's necessary to pay too much. After all, Chen Mubai himself has a very high popularity, so it won't make the movie less influential. We just need to help a little bit."

Sun Ping shook his head and said: "You don't understand. First of all, the movie "Iron Man" is the first science fiction movie in my country. This is an important milestone. Whether we admit it or not, we cannot deny that Chen Mubai has taken a big step. A part that no one has the guts to get out of."

"Secondly, this film invested billions of dollars, all of which were paid by Chen Mubai himself. He took the risk. He has made too many contributions to this industry, and we have to give something in return. This is our attitude. We Although we want to make money, the other half will always belong to the country, and we should focus on the glory of the country, Chen Mubai has done what we can't do, we should give our full support."

"Before, he has won many honors for us. He is our future and our face. This movie may not be well received abroad, but we should try our best to pile up its influence in China, so that More investors and companies have seen domestic support for such works, and everyone should also shoot works of these themes, and they can't always be sloppy."

Only then did Fang Mocheng understand why Sun Ping sacrificed the interests of the company to create momentum for "Iron Man".

The simple point is to repay Chen Mubai's actions, and the deep level is that Chen Mubai has a great influence now, not only in China, but also in foreign countries.

Therefore, this film has received great attention, and Sun Ping hopes to use this to further enhance Chen Mubai's international influence.

 …

After Huaying Group made efforts, the publicity about "Iron Man" reached the highest level in history in an instant!

Numerous media news reports on this movie have greatly compressed the living space of other movies.

Lu Fang was stunned, he didn't even expect this to happen.

"What's going on here?"

Lu Fang was very surprised. He used publicity channels, but he didn't have such great ability!

Even though Chen Mubai is very famous, many self-media will follow suit, but it can't reach the current grand occasion.

"The superiors have made a move." Chen Mubai said.

Many official media are praising the trailer of "Iron Man", and the only one who can have this influence is the government.

"The end of the official media is understandable. Even if it has an influence, it's not that big."

Lu Fang was still puzzled, he didn't know that Huaying made a move, but he had already sent someone to inquire about the reason for this matter.

Soon, he got the answer.

"Huaying made a move?"

Lu Fang was even more puzzled: "He and we are rivals, there is competition in the same schedule, his own movie does not promote, but promotes for us?"

Chen Mubai didn't know the reason why the other party did this, but it was obviously beneficial to them, which was a good thing.

"Ask." Chen Mubai said.

Lu Fang nodded and said, "I'll ask Fang Mocheng."

Fang Mocheng has always had a good relationship with them, and he is a senior executive of Huaying, so he should know the reason.

As for Sun Ping, he is the president of Huaying. In addition to the nature of Huaying, he is an official of the government. If there is no serious matter, he will not be approached.

"Ask about the situation."

Soon, Lu Fang came back to look at Chen Mubai.

"what reason?"

Lu Fang then told Chen Mubai what he heard from Fang Mocheng.

"So this is ah."

Chen Mubai suddenly realized: "So, if the country supports us so much, if it doesn't work, wouldn't it be a pity for the country's cultivation?"

"Suddenly, I feel that the burden on my body is much heavier."

"let's work hard together."

"There are already domestic variety shows arranged for me. According to the strength of the publicity, there should be no problem. I want to increase my influence abroad. I will ask Bruce Lee to arrange two shows for me."

"Iron Man" is destined to premiere in China and North America at the same time. It will indeed help the film to promote it on the show in the United States.

 …

"Why do you think this movie invested billions? In addition to the special effects cost, there is actually another point, that is, the production time. Generally speaking, special effects take a year to complete. I accelerated the progress, so it was completed in half a year. It was piled with money!"

"Your handsome armor cost nearly one million to build, and everything must be done as well as possible, so this is the reason for the expense."

"This movie was filmed with 3D cameras throughout. It's not that it will be made into a 3D movie after the filming is finished. The cost difference is too much..."

On a certain gold medal variety show, Chen Mubai told the host about the behind-the-scenes of "Iron Man".

Many film studios in China obviously shoot 2D movies, but in order to earn more money, they post-produce the movies into 3D and release them, and sell the movie tickets more expensively. Many people will faint or even vomit watching it.

If you shoot in 3D from the beginning, the effect will be much better, but the cost is also much higher, foreign blockbusters will not save money on this, and many domestic film studios operate in this way.

Therefore, Chen Mubai also talked about this issue here.

"This movie is your biggest investment so far, will there be more investment in the future?" the host asked curiously.

Chen Mubai replied seriously: "Yes, the investment will only get bigger and bigger, or in other words, the investment in this series of films will be about the same. It is my first choice to insist on making good films. As for how much money to spend, it is not in my consideration. "

"What do you think of the title [Oriental Hollywood]?"

"It's a compliment, but my goal is not to become Eastern Hollywood. I hope to get out of my own cultural characteristics. My original intention has never changed."

 …

Originally, "Iron Man" was promoted all over the Internet, which already made the movie very popular.

Chen Mubai's several programs were for the promotion of the movie, and the ratings of that episode skyrocketed in an instant, making it the highest in history!

The program team was all laughing, they didn't expect the popularity of the movie to be so high all of a sudden, even this episode of the program became popular.

And on the show, Chen Mubai talked a lot about the production of the film, which not only made the host a little admired, but also made the netizens who watched it excited.

The popularity of "Iron Man" has reached an unprecedented level in China, and this hot phenomenon has also been reported by some foreign media, which also makes many foreigners wonder why this movie has received so much attention.

"I said how could the investment be so large..."

"Don't say anything, Chen Mubai is awesome!"

"I was suddenly surprised, why the whole Internet is full of news about "Iron Man", and it suddenly became so popular. After watching this episode, I think he should be popular."

"Yeah, there are not many people who make movies so hard."

"Damn it, that armor cost as much as one million, it's too awesome!"

"I can't wait to watch "Iron Man"~"

"Iron Man" was so popular that it once made other movies miserable.

Two film studios couldn't bear the pressure, so they directly withdrew the film and withdrew from the competition for the Spring Festival film.

"It's too difficult, I also want to withdraw." The main creator of another crew also expressed emotion.

"If it wasn't for the different types of movies, and comedies are popular in this season, I would definitely advise you to withdraw." Another person said helplessly.

"too strong!"

"Yeah, not only does it have super high traffic, but also the name of this sci-fi movie and the promotion of it, the impact is indeed too terrifying." The director is envious and admired at the same time.

To be able to achieve Chen Mubai's level is really aspirational.

"But having said that, in terms of his courage, no one can match him."

"That's right. If I were him, I wouldn't dare to make such a gamble."

"So, if you can't become Chen Mubai, we can only be beaten by him and flee with our heads in our arms..."

"Ha ha......"

The two looked at each other, then smiled wryly.

Judging from this situation, there is no suspense about the first place in the Spring Festival file.

No matter in terms of film investment, production team, publicity, influence, etc., it is not as good as "Iron Man", how to fight?

For movies in this schedule, everyone is here to fight for the second child, and no one is here to fight for the boss.

It is impossible for any movie to counterattack and surpass "Iron Man". According to the current popularity, some media give the box office of 300 million or more on the first day!

The previous highest record was 300 million box office on the first day, but this time the lowest figure given by the media was 300 million box office, and some people even speculated that it would break 400 million!

 …

"MGM's "Speed" is officially scheduled to be released in North America on February 10th, which is the first day of the Lunar New Year!"

"Is this aimed at us?" Lu Fang found Chen Mubai and told him the news.

Chen Mubai's analysis: "It's definitely aimed at us. If they want to release it, they will warm it up in advance. They won't be so tight in time. Moreover, the time they announced is several days after us, which means that they started He was not prepared to compete with us at the same time, otherwise he could have announced this matter two days earlier."

"This shows that they must have been persuaded by others, so they decided to compete with us. It must be Oscar's group of interest groups."

The release date of "Iron Man" was revealed in the trailer. At that time, MGM's "Speed ​​Car" did not have any preparations for the release. After several days, the release date was suddenly decided, which was a bit too abrupt in terms of time.

According to the normal timeline, its release date should be delayed a bit, allowing enough time for announcements.

After all, this movie is starring the world-renowned action superstar Statham, and it will definitely be launched in theaters in various countries. Not only does it need promotion in North America, but it also needs to be promoted abroad.

The timing of this release is too abrupt and absolutely abnormal.

Lu Fang was very puzzled: "It is reasonable to say that this should be the case, but are they so sure that they can suppress us?"

"You must know that "Iron Man" is also very popular in the world, and after you won the Palme d'Or, this is your first film, and with this investment scale, you will never lose to the other party, and the risk is too great. It's big."

"That can only show that the other party's offer is something they can't refuse. In this matter, the other party just wants to attack us. Regardless of success or failure, there must be some influence. That movie can be regarded as a relatively high-profile work. , Statham's personal appeal is also strong, a famous tough guy, and one of the few martial arts stars who can carry action movies, maybe this is what they rely on."

Chen Mubai didn't know the reason why the other party did this, but the calculation process based on the results also explained something.

"Then we are not very dangerous. I didn't expect Cheng Yaojin to kill halfway..."

Lu Fang's tone was heavy. He still hoped that "Iron Man" could expand its influence. When it met a strong opponent, it would be affected to some extent.

Generally, there are very few foreign films released during the Spring Festival in China, because it takes about two months for foreign blockbusters to enter the Chinese market again.

Mainly during the Spring Festival, Huaxia will not introduce foreign movies. During this holiday, everyone’s demand for watching movies is very high. Many people may watch movies several times during this period. If they watch a lot, they will not go again in the near future. into the cinema.

Even if a month after the Spring Festival, foreign films are able to land in Huaxia theaters, they generally avoid this time node, because it is not conducive to the box office of the film.

Therefore, generally large-scale movies will not pick this time to release, because if they are released in North America, they will be released in other places immediately. Watching movies online, so that they will not go to the movie theater again, has a very big impact on the movie box office, and the film producers will arrange the movie to be released as soon as possible.

"Speed ​​Car" is released at this time, so its release time in China will be advanced, that is, one month after the Spring Festival at the latest, and it is in a weak period for movie fans, which is equivalent to indirectly giving up the movie market in China!

No matter how strong Statham's appeal is, only a small number of fans will pay. If it is normal, it will definitely be much better.

"There's no need to be so pessimistic."

Chen Mubai closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then opened his eyes and said: "They are also nervous. If they really think that we are easy to deal with, they will not delay the announcement for a few days, but will announce it long ago. This shows that they It’s not fearless, you should be thinking about gains and losses.”

"Moreover, the popularity of the movie "Iron Man" is very high, and it is stronger than "Speed ​​Car" in terms of publicity. After all, my previous events with the Oscars and the Palme d'Or have added a lot of heat to me. China's first sci-fi blockbuster, and the film with the largest investment in China and even Asia, will only be more popular than them!"

"Speed ​​and us are two types of movies. Although Statham is an international superstar, this kind of crime movie cannot be a martial arts star. There are too many such movies. If there is no new idea, it will only It makes the audience feel that it is a pity to discard it, and I played the banner of "Superhero", which is a brand-new concept. From the audience's point of view, our works are naturally more attractive."

"So, even if the collision of the same period has an impact on us, the impact is actually not that great. The audience of sci-fi movies does not overlap with this kind of criminal kung fu movie, but I beat them in other aspects. Even the investment is more than the other side. I should worry more. It's them!"

"This time, we have the upper hand, taking advantage of the right time, place and people, and they will definitely lose!"

At the end, Chen Mubai's voice was loud and full of confidence.

What Chen Mubai said made Lu Fang's eyes light up.

"That's the truth!"

Lu Fang excitedly said: "I want to start from this aspect, increase the promotion in the United States, and at the same time compare the two films in an all-round way, so that the audience can see it more straightforwardly, so that the advantage of public opinion will fall to us."

The two films have been confirmed to meet in the same schedule, so they are naturally rivals. There are also related topics on the Internet. Many people may choose to watch one of the films. What everyone refers to is the type, quality, plot and other topics of the film for reference.

If Lu Fang asked people to compare one by one, and then netizens found that "Speed ​​Car" was a complete failure, then their choice would naturally shift to "Iron Man", unless they are really interested in movies like "Speed ​​Car" Will stick with this movie.

This time, we will win!

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