1979 Golden Age

New York is known as Little Xinxiang.

In this era, the Statue of Liberty held high its flame, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center stood out, and Musk was still in high school. Ivanka was only 5 years old, her father had just bought Mar-a-Lago and was helping New York to repair an ice rink, and the family was still a humble real estate businessman.

Who would have thought that a few years later, these two would join forces to start a big reckoning? Musk is likely to be purged!

Chen Qi wanted everyone to have a good sleep, but he himself suffered from insomnia and stayed up until the early morning before taking a nap. When he got up in the morning, he first drank a cup of strong black coffee to force himself to be excited, and then ate a few bites of waffles.

Then just wait for news.

They have done what they should do, and the rest is up to the audience. If the audience likes it, then they like it. If they don't like it, there is nothing they can do.

After a while, Xu Ke, Li Lianjie and Jiang Zhiqiang gathered in his room, chatting casually, but in fact they were all absent-minded. Chen Qi kept looking at his watch, and before the call came, he tried to have some fun and asked, "Xiao Li, I heard that you like that Miss Asia champion?"

"Who said that?" Li Lian stuttered.

"Need I say more? Your intentions are too obvious. You even gave them gifts."

Xu Ke also showed interest and asked, "Is it that Li Zhi? She's good. We can ask her to act in a movie if we have a chance. Did she accept your gift?"

“It was collected, but it seems nothing has changed.”

Li Lianjie scratched his head and said, "They are still the same to me now as they were before. They are quite warm and polite, but there is always a sense of distance."

"I'm hanging you!"

Jiang Zhiqiang was straightforward and advised, "Miss Asia and Miss Hong Kong are born to be rich prey, and are pursued by many wealthy people. She probably thinks you have great potential, so she's a candidate, and she doesn't take the initiative or refuse, just in case she needs you."

"You don't have to be so harsh. You're just jealous!" Li Lianjie couldn't accept it.

"I'm not jealous at all! I once chased a Miss Hong Kong who was your predecessor. This is called experience." Jiang Zhiqiang said.

Tsui Hark also said: "You can't stand that kind of woman, it's best to change your target."

Li Lianjie was dissatisfied and they started arguing with each other.

Chen Qi was distracted again. He was thinking about Li Lianjie's achievements in Hollywood. The best-selling film was "Romeo Must Die", which grossed 55.97 million US dollars in North America, 91.03 million US dollars worldwide, and 41.76 million US dollars in video tape revenue.

Since then, his box office performance has mostly hovered between 20 million and 50 million.

The reasons are, first, the limitations of one's own conditions, and second, the wrong film.

Jackie Chan's most impressive film, Rush Hour 1, grossed 140 million in North America, and Rush Hour 2, grossed 220 million in North America. This is the most impressive series with Chinese actors as the lead actors.

First of all, the configuration is very pleasing, a Chinese man with a dry sense of humor and good fighting skills, and a funny and chattering black man.

Secondly, Jackie Chan is funny and down-to-earth, his action designs are like juggling, and there are also thrilling scenes... These elements are more popular than Li Lianjie's film style.

Chen Qi has seen all the films.

Take "Romeo Must Die" for example, the level of "Black Mask" is definitely higher than it. Of course, the former is a movie in 2000, and it is only 1986 now, and the value of US dollars is different.

They have been waiting.

Those people were chatting at first, but later they stopped chatting and just sat there.

Around noon, the damn phone finally rang. The ding-dong sound made everyone shudder. Chen Qi stood up, took a few big steps over, and picked up the phone: "Hello? It's me!"

“The data is out?”

“…”

All of a sudden, Xu Ke and others even slowed down their breathing, fearing that they would affect him. Chen Qi only hummed a few times, asked a question from time to time, talked for 2-3 minutes, put down the phone, and turned around to face everyone.

"How many?"

"How much? Oh, Brother Qi, you're making us anxious!"

Chen Qi first breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled and announced the good news: "Our first week box office is 23 million!"

“…”

There was a brief silence, as if no one understood the concept. Li Lianjie asked, "How much is it in Hong Kong dollars?"

"180 million!" Jiang Zhiqiang said.

"Wow!!"

At this moment, several people's brains seemed to have just reacted, and they were all filled with pride. Xu Kele's beard was curled up, and he asked: "Teacher Chen, what will the final box office be?"

"Generally speaking, the final box office is 2-4 times the first week's box office. Columbia and I both estimate that it will end up being 50-60 million!"

Chen Qi felt relieved and relaxed. He said with a smile, "The tenth-place movie on last year's box office ranking was Single on a Business Trip, which grossed exactly 60 million. If we're lucky, we might be able to make it into the top ten this year!"

"Boss, you're going too far!"

"That's right, what should we do if we can't close our mouths?"

“America’s top ten of the year!”

"It's North America! North America, and Canada too!"

Everyone burst into laughter at once, and then some difficult to understand words came out, such as "red sofa", "anorectal hospital", "black and white sandwich" and so on. The house was filled with a happy atmosphere.

Chen Qi ordered: "A Qiang, pass the news back to Hong Kong and let them send it to the mainland!"

"clear!"

"Old Xu, Little Li, please accept one last interview today!"

"OK!"

Even if we calculate it at 50 million, he can still get a share of 18 million US dollars in the end. Together with "Sweetheart", he can achieve the 20 million foreign exchange earnings he expected in one fell swoop.

"Black Mask" also has copyright income from other regions, and the video tape of "Sweetheart" will be released soon, and there will be "Happy Death Day" later!

"What the hell!"

Chen Qi stood in front of the French window with his hands on his hips, looking at the New York street scene. He wanted to be conservative, but accidentally exceeded the quota by a large margin. But he would have to speed up, as the foreign exchange earned by domestic enterprises was increasing year by year.

…………

With no serious competition, Black Mask topped last week's box office.

This also attracted the media's attention.

"Black Mask achieved a good first-week box office, which is enough to make the film company proud. After all, even Bruce Lee, who spread the concept of 'Kung Fu', did not achieve such success in theaters!"

"It's a dark horse of some size!"

"Looks like there will be a sequel, I hope there will be more surprises!"

"I am looking forward to Con Air now. The story synopsis is very interesting. Fox's Speed ​​is also about to start. Both scripts are written by Chen and his action team."

"I remind everyone again that this Chinese has landed successfully. We must be vigilant against him. He is invading Hollywood just like those Japanese! And I think he is a greater threat because he really understands the rules of the game in Hollywood.

He can make movies that Americans like to watch, which is terrible! I don’t want to see the day when the number one movie in the North American box office rankings is actually a Chinese movie! "