Chapter 2118: Only profit

Since it is a celebration banquet, the highlight cannot be considered signing a contract. Signing a contract for the third installment of The Fast and the Furious is just an appetizer.

In fact, it is also a way for Ye Ming to attract everyone's attention. It took so much effort to invite so many celebrities. If we don't make trouble, we would be a bit sorry for those celebrities who have traveled thousands of miles.

Signing the contract was something done with Bob, and then came Jackson's performance. The King of Pop, the charm of live performances remains unmatched.

Nowadays, Jackson rarely appears on stage, unless it is for some charity activities or some activities that cannot be postponed. It is relatively difficult to hear Jackson sing live.

This time was an opportunity, and Jackson also sang a song to show his dignity. It's just one song. In fact, even if he sometimes participates in charity activities, Jackson may not really be able to perform.

Because sometimes Jackson himself goes there, which actually means he really supports charity. In such a situation, being able to see Jackson singing live is really exciting for the people present.

Even reporters from Huihuang.com feel that these videos will definitely become a hit when released. Although it is impossible for other reporters to enter the banquet, reporters from Huihuang.com are our own people, so there is no problem in entering.

This time Jackson sang the classic Thriller, the classic song that sold the most records. It triggered bursts of screams from the audience at the scene.

In fact, you can't say it doesn't sound good, because the sound equipment for this press conference was flown in directly from the United States by Ye Ming. Even when Jackson held his own concert, he used this type of sound and lighting.

Jackson came to show his face, so Ye Ming was naturally not stingy with this small expense.

The equipment used is all top-notch, and even the stage design and lighting on site are not available in Hollywood. This is a program-controlled lighting magic show designed by Huihuang.com itself.

Therefore, although the live performance is considered a temporary stage, this temporary stage is no worse than the stage of a top singer's concert.

From this point, we can actually see why Ye Ming has so many friends.

Isn’t it just asking Jackson to sing a song? This stage was flown directly from the United States, which was a huge expense.

This kind of thing is what a rich man like Ye Ming can do. But think about it, Ye Ming made a lot of money from the movie "Running Man". This small amount of money is nothing to Ye Ming.

Next was a small on-site interview, with Ye Ming interviewing Lucas and Schwarzenegger.

For other reporters, direct face-to-face interviews don’t seem to be of this level.

At the scene, the three people chatted about the special effects of Running Bar and Lucas's new movie Avatar. And Lucas invited Ye Ming's brilliant film and television to participate in the production of Avatar.

I don't know if this is polite or true, but it can be seen that Lucas really values ​​Ye Ming's skills, otherwise it would be impossible to invite Ye Ming to cooperate in such a public occasion.

In fact, Lucas had no choice. If he didn't invite him, it would be very meaningless. He has also watched "Run". This movie basically has no plot, yes, no big plot.

At this time, when Lucas had just arrived in China, he immediately complained about Ye Ming at the airport for a while.

But Ye Ming's retort was also very speechless. Does your Avatar have a good plot? It seemed that this made Lucas a little speechless. It seems that this is indeed the case. The plot of Avatar is actually quite childish when it comes to it.

Whoever comes to watch this movie will only watch the plot of Avatar and just watch the special effects.

But think about Running. Why do European and American audiences like this popcorn-like movie? One is the positive energy, which indeed shows the positive energy of unity and hard work. In fact, foreigners also pay attention to promoting positive energy, unity and cooperation.

Also, Ye Ming’s special effects are great. This kind of special effects is already a big improvement compared to the first Fast and Furious movie.

The key to why a big movie like "Running Man" has such a high box office is the special effects. If there are good special effects, then naturally some people will follow a thing like this.

In such a situation, no matter what it is, this kind of thing depends on the level of your computer technology.

Lucas also felt some threats from Ye Ming. Otherwise, given Lucas's status in the entertainment industry, he might not have come in person.

And Schwarzenegger said that even if he participates in a movie now that he is in office, it will only be an occasional cameo.

It’s hard to say who will actually star in the movie. It will have to be considered after the governor’s term ends.

Of course, Ye Ming also joked about this matter, saying that once Schwarzenegger moves into the White House like Reagan, there will be one less superstar in the entertainment industry.

Of course this is a joke, but this kind of joke is not necessarily without any basis.

As Ye Ming said, Reagan was also an actor before, but it did not prevent him from becoming a famous president later.

Whether Schwarzenegger has such ambitions, no one knows what he is thinking.

But when Ye Ming made such a joke, he saw that Schwarzenegger was actually smiling very happily. From this point, it can be seen that maybe Schwarzenegger is really very ambitious, but not necessarily of.

Moreover, the three big names also talked about the development trend of future movies and D-movies.

Ye Ming then said that in fact, D movies will be a major development direction in the future.

Of course, there is a process of market adaptation, but the general direction should be to gradually develop towards D movies. This trend is the same as that of sound films replacing silent films. This is impossible to stop.

Maybe there will be people in the middle who will try to resist, but in the end it will be impossible to resist the general direction of the film's development.

Ye Ming said this very categorically.

The general direction, this is indeed a general direction. Although this kind of thing cannot be changed in a year or two, some cinemas in major countries such as the United States and China have already begun to change in this direction.

Although there are not many theater chains like Huaxia, it is said that this kind of attempt has already begun.

Technology, in fact, the key is technology. Even in the United States, building such a D cinema is expensive, let alone in China. If it is a pseudo-D, it may be cheaper, but that is self-deception and actually does not make much sense.

If there can be a breakthrough in technology and the cost can be reduced, this technology will be relatively easy to promote.

But it seems that it is not easy at present. Therefore, whether in China or in the United States, this kind of true giant screen technology is relatively rare.

Of course, there are more hawkers than flower growers. This is a fact. Everything has to be done step by step, right?

Next is the highlight of the celebration party, which is actually the reason why Bob came. After all, he is the boss of Universal Group. Therefore, even if he comes to stand up at this time, he still has to find a suitable reason. If there is no reason If so, it would be a bit hard to live with in terms of face.

You can’t just say that I came here to lure Ye Ming to film the third installment of The Fast and the Furious, right?

It seems that doing this is really a shameless thing. The reason Bob came over at this time was to celebrate the success of the big movie Run.

Because in European and American countries, the real person responsible for distributing this movie is Universal Pictures.

Therefore, as the boss of Universal, it has become very normal to come and support the movies released by his company at a time like this.

Ye Ming announced the news of the box office success of Running Brothers, and then the ice cube symbolizing the total box office was smashed.

I don’t know what movie started this format, but overall it seems quite interesting.

Run, brother, although it took two months to achieve this result, it is already very good.

This is the pinnacle of Chinese movies and the highest box office so far. After all, you are the first Chinese film to enter the top 100 films in the world.

At this time, some reporters were actually aware of this problem. Three and a half billion? It seems that the legend is that it is more than five billion, but this number does not add up.

When entering the interview session, a reporter asked this question. In such a situation, Ye Ming also patiently explained the reason for the matter.

This kind of box office is indeed the box office of Chinese movies. As for the box office of European and American movies, it is not included. However, Ye Ming also said that this was no longer necessary. When it comes to global box office, that’s really bullying.

Although Ye Ming did not make it clear in his words, the meaning is very obvious that many Chinese movies do not have international movie box office at all. So on this issue, if you include the international movie box office, then in total It's a bit of a bully.

At this point, it is appropriate to compare it to losing the national box office.

However, many people also believe that Ye Ming does have the potential to attract hatred for himself.

If you can express this kind of thing, are you really not afraid of offending people?

But think about it, this is also the case. This guy Ye Ming is indeed not a fuel-efficient lamp, and this guy does indeed have such a strength.

Are you really not afraid that such an answer will bring hatred to you?

In fact, he is really not afraid. Ye Ming has always been the kind of person who is not afraid of people. Therefore, in such a situation, if you think carefully, what Ye Ming said can be regarded as a fact.

Anyway, no matter what it is, box office is the confidence of filmmakers.

If it is said that Ye Ming did not have a movie box office of more than 3 billion in Running Man, then Ye Ming may not really have the courage to say such a thing about such a matter.

The reporter asked about the success of the movie, and Ye Ming said two things. One is the special effects. The ones from Huihuang.com are world-class.

The audience is not a fool. The audience can tell immediately whether the special effects of the movie are carefully considered.

If the special effects for the Run movie cost 50 cents, then the total cost would not exceed 20 million.

But the reality is that Ye Ming is running for a big movie, plus special effects, post-production publicity, etc., the total cost has basically exceeded 120 million.

therefore. Ye Ming said that special effects come first.

The second place is publicity. Although publicity on the Internet has just emerged, Ye Ming is very good at using it on such a problem.

The second point is overseas distribution. It is not that Chinese films are not qualified to be distributed to the world. In fact, there are many excellent films in China, enough to occupy an important place on the world film stage.

But because we Chinese people do not have our own distribution channels, even if some excellent Chinese films are distributed to the world, basically more of them will be bought out on this issue.

In other words, no matter what the box office of this movie is in the future, it has nothing to do with the Chinese copyright owner.

This is like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, heroes, etc. basically belong to this type. Therefore, at this time, Ye Ming said that the second point of high box office is distribution channels.

If European and American countries have their own channels for hairdressing, then on this issue, it means that future Chinese films will be more successful in Europe and the United States.

The reason why "Running Man" has a very good box office in Europe and the United States is actually because of problems with Universal's distribution channels. Mr. Bob is quite supportive of our movie.

Universal also works hard on hair styles, otherwise, it would be impossible to achieve such good results. This is an era where people are afraid of the deep alleys despite the smell of wine.

Therefore, on such an issue, Ye Ming truly expressed his true point of view without even thinking about it.

As for whether Ye Ming had offended someone in such a situation, Ye Ming really didn't care.

It’s not that the quality of Chinese films is poor, it’s that they don’t have good distribution channels. This is a fact that no one can erase. The answers to these questions also made the Chinese filmmakers at the scene feel a little guilty.

This kind of thing would only be said by people in the entertainment industry like Ye Ming who are like idiots and are not afraid of offending people. If it were someone else, they would never do it and would not dare to say it like this. of.

After all, not everyone is as powerful as Ye Ming. (To be continued)