Entertainment 1998

Chapter 633 Chapter 632, Can’t you just be patient for the sake of the movie box office?

One thing to say!

Although Harvey Weinstein is a well-known old gangster in the American entertainment industry, and a red sofa in his company alone has witnessed the graceful figures of more than forty beautiful Hollywood stars, this guy is indeed very capable.

Day 2, 10:30am
Jiang Feng was still sleeping after filming until 1 a.m. when he was awakened by a rapid ringing of his cell phone. Hearing the ringing, Jiang Feng pushed Li Xing beside him, trying to signal her to answer the phone, but then he realized that his producer had already gotten up.

"Hello, who is it?"

Jiang Feng, who went to bed at 3 a.m., was a little grumpy when he woke up.

"Jiang, I, Harvey!"

"Oh, Mr. Harvey, morning!"

Seeing that it was the old rogue, Jiang Feng greeted him while getting up from the bed yawning.

Then I went to the bathroom to wash up. I was woken up by someone. I was sure that I would not be able to fall asleep again. I might as well eat something, and then hurry up to prepare for tonight's night show.

According to Jiang Feng's arrangement, the crew of "The Departed" basically had night scenes every day in the first two weeks.

"Jiang, I have two pieces of news for you.

First, I have taken care of all the insurance companies and actors' union staff involved with the crew of "The Departed", so you can film with confidence.

As long as you don’t overdo it, everything will be fine.”

"Okay, thank you!"

Jiang Feng only cares about the result, not the process.

As long as you can film the movie seriously, as for the rest, I don’t care what means you use to achieve your goals.

"Secondly, the data for the first screening of 'This Man From Earth', which was released today, has come out. Let me tell you about it now."

He was a little confused just now, but now, after hearing the data of "This Man From Earth" came out, Jiang Feng suddenly became alert. He first put the mobile phone next to the basin in the bathroom, and then turned on the hands-free button. While brushing his teeth, he chatted with Harvey Weinstein about work.

"Okay, Mr. Harvey, you go!"

"Today's first screening was held in 600 cinemas with 1157 screens showing the film at the same time. The attendance rate was 57%, the favorable rating was 54%, and about 21.4% of the audience were willing to watch it again."

“Oh…Okay!”

Hearing this data, Jiang Feng felt slightly relieved.

Compared with yesterday, all data today are stable with a slight increase, and this is the result achieved when the "power of Madonna's hype yesterday" has not yet unfolded.

If yesterday's hype takes effect by the afternoon and evening, I believe this data will rise further.

Thinking of this, Jiang Feng stopped brushing his teeth, wiped his mouth with a towel, and said:

"Mr. Harvey..."

"Jiang, you go ahead."

"Why don't we do this, you feed the tiger with your own body.

Well..., you took the initiative to hold a press conference, and then publicly responded to Madonna's remarks yesterday at the press conference. You said that as one of the actors, you understood "The Man from Earth", and then asked Madonna to fulfill her promise.

After all, when Madonna was interviewed by so many reporters yesterday, she made such a bold statement that if anyone could understand "This Man From Earth", she would spend a good night with him!"

"Pfft, cough..."

Harvey Weinstein on the other end of the phone was a little excited. As soon as Jiang Feng finished speaking, he couldn't help coughing violently.

After a long while, Harvey Weinstein calmed down and said, "Jiang, to be honest, I really don't like that old woman."

"Mr. Harvey, I know you look down on her, but can't you just be patient for the sake of the movie's box office? You know, if this thing is hyped up, it can instantly attract the attention of movie fans all over the world." Jiang Feng guided him.

"Besides, Madonna can't really spend the night with you. She likes young and strong men, especially black men. And you are a little too old for her..."

“Who said I’m old?

Jiang, you watch me, no matter what I say, I will make that old bitch Madonna fulfill her promise."

Harvey Weinstein must have been irritated. Without waiting for Jiang Feng to finish his words, he howled and hung up the phone.

……

Jiang Feng had a rather dull lunch.

That is, he called his sixth sister Jiang Ye who was far away in China and asked about the situation of her company.

On May 5 of this year, the newly established Jiangfeng Investment Company acquired 1% of the equity of Dongguan Jinzhong Electronics Co., Ltd. for RMB 1650 million.

At present, Jiang Ye has officially changed the name of the company to Damai Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., and is preparing to organize production by taking orders from Kejian Mobile Phones through OEM production.

In any case, the first step is for the company to feed its workers first and then seek development.

Although Jiang Ye had served as deputy manager in Foxconn before, and at her peak she managed more than 400 people, this time she was managing a company with more than 2000 employees as the boss, and she must have felt a little guilty.

Therefore, Jiang Feng often called her to chat, one to relieve her stress, and the other to talk to her about certain talents to see if she could poach them.

For example, Huang Zhang, who graduated from junior high school and is currently working in Shenzhen, Liu Zuohu, who graduated from Zhejiang University, Luo Yonghao, who graduated from high school, and Shen Wei, who graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University.

Well, or just go to Huawei and poach Yu Chengdong and Zhao Ming.

Jiang Ye also obeyed the orders of his younger brother who was born 15 minutes later than him, and immediately patted his chest and said, "I will definitely find the best headhunting company to contact them."

The brother and sister chatted for a long time, almost an hour.

After Jiang Feng hung up the phone with his sister, it was time for lunch.

Lunch
Jiang Feng ate in the restaurant downstairs and did not use his own private chef.

There is a little episode here. When Jiang Feng learned that his private chef was of Indian descent, he immediately gave up the idea of ​​having a private chef prepare three meals a day for him.

You know, in the third brother's family, even electronic products like Apple mobile phones have E. coli, not to mention the food made by their people.

For lunch, Jiang Feng had goose liver and fruit salad. The goose liver supplemented nutrition, and the fruit salad supplemented vitamins without making him fat, which met Li Xing's requirements for Jiang Feng.

Yes, that’s right, this lunch that looks pretty good was ordered by this beautiful lady for Jiang Feng.

Jiang Feng was eating when suddenly there was a small commotion in the restaurant.

“Fuck…, that’s awesome!”

"really?"

"is this real?"

"That's impossible, why can't I believe it?"

Jiang Feng frowned when he heard the crew members of "The Departed" talking.

This is abroad, and the restaurant is not completely booked by the crew. There are other American guests here. You are so jumpy and it's really embarrassing for us Chinese.

Thinking of this, Jiang Feng was about to shout to stop him, but at this moment, Han Shanye, who was always mature and steady, clenched his fists, stood up from his window seat, and shouted, "Awesome!"

"what happened?"

At this time, Jiang Feng happened to see Dawei's girlfriend Wan Qian passing by, so he opened his mouth and asked.

"Did something happen?"

"Oh, Director, you don't know yet?

Just an hour ago, Harvey Weinstein, the founder of Miramax Films, held a press conference and publicly stated to more than 150 entertainment reporters that he fully understood the movie "The Man from Earth" and was willing to have an in-depth discussion with Miss Madonna on many difficult to understand issues.

But there is only one condition: Miss Madonna, please keep your promise."

"Well..., then what?" asked Li Xing, who was eating fruit salad.

"Then, it was Miss Madonna who responded to Harvey Weinstein online.

Miss Madonna said that she had a total of five questions, and if Harvey Weinstein's answers to all five questions could satisfy her.

Then she is willing to fulfill her promise.

As soon as this statement came out, there was an uproar on the US Internet, and many netizens left messages on major forums, asking Miss Madonna to quickly come up with a question..."

"Oh…"

Before Jiang Feng could say anything, Li Xing touched his hair with his hand.

"Both Harvey Weinstein and Madonna are good at hype, and it's not surprising that when the two of them come together, they attract more attention online.

But why is everyone so happy? "

Li Xing pointed at the western restaurant.

At this moment, in this western restaurant, all the Chinese staff had happy smiles on their faces, and some of them even drank red wine on the spot.

"Mr. Li, this is what happened.

Mr. Han said that 15 minutes ago, the statistics for the second scene of the movie "This Man From Earth" came out.

There are 600 cinemas and 1500 screens, with an attendance rate of 78%, a favorable review rate of over 65%, and the proportion of moviegoers willing to watch the film a second time also rising to 2%.

According to the above data, Miramax Films and Lionsgate Films have responded quickly. Starting tomorrow, the number of cinemas showing "The Man from Earth" will reach 2500, and the number of screens will exceed 4800!"

wipe…

After hearing this news, Jiang Feng, who was sitting in his seat eating grass, clenched his fists and cursed in his heart.

On May 2002, 5, Zhang Yimou came to New York.

His daughter Zhang Momo will graduate from the Department of Architecture at Columbia University this year. He came here to attend her graduation ceremony and meet his good friend Li An.

This time, my good friend Li An was very supportive.

Before Momo graduated, he helped write a letter to Alison Green, the dean of the New York University School of Film, with the purpose of recommending his daughter to pursue a master's degree at the New York University School of Film.

Ok…

This is just like Jiang Feng recommending Huang Bo to the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy to go to college in China. There is no need to take an exam, only pass the interview to be admitted.

Of course, the tuition fee is a bit higher, 4.8 US dollars per year.

Therefore, Zhang Yimou had another consideration when coming to the United States this time, which was to bring his daughter Zhang Momo to meet Alison Green, the president of the New York Film Academy.

We are all in the art circle, so we met and chatted before our daughter started formal school. There are always benefits.

But Zhang Yimou had just arrived in New York, and before he could get in touch with his good friend Li An and Alison Green, the dean of the New York University Film School, a text message appeared on his daughter's phone.

[Momo, I am your Uncle Li.]

I just asked you a question. The interview topic for your master's degree at New York University Film School was "How do you interpret the movie "The Man from Earth"?"

This man is from Earth...

When Zhang Yimou saw the name of this movie, he was a little confused. What kind of movie is this?
Why haven’t I seen it?
You know, I have watched at least 100 movies this year, if not 80. As long as a new movie is released, I will always watch it, because in order to learn, I must often watch other people's works.

At this time, Zhang Momo, who was packing her things in the dormitory, smiled.

"Dad, you and Jiang Feng are still good friends.

You don’t even know about his latest Hollywood movie.”

Are there any latest shots of…?

Zhang Yimou expressed doubt about this, because Jiang Feng didn't seem to have mentioned this when the two of them were filming the movie "Departures" in Xiao Rizi.

Zhang Yimou was about to ask the question when he suddenly remembered the movie "Paranormal Activity". Yes, it was this movie about two people who spent a whole night filming in a house while talking in a mysterious way.

For movies like "Paranormal Activity", the film regulatory authorities in China will not even review it and will just throw it into the trash.

Because in their opinion, shooting this kind of thing is a blasphemy against movies by filmmakers!
However, "Paranormal Activity" managed to sell 2 million US dollars at the box office in the United States.

It is said that when he received the news, Han Shanye sat in his office and burst into tears, muttering to himself, "I made the right bet, I made the right bet."

While Zhang Yimou was thinking, his arm was gently bent by his own girl.

"Dad, let's go. I'll take you to the cinema and see what this movie Jiang Feng made is about.
You should know that on the first day of the release of this movie, I went to several nearby cinemas to ask, but none of them were showing it.

Today, we can finally go and take a look.”

Apollo Theater

It is very close to Columbia University. Just walk south from the campus and cross two streets to arrive.

Students from Columbia University usually come to this cinema to watch movies on weekends, and students from the art department also come here to perform every weekend.

Before her father Zhang Yimou arrived in New York, Zhang Momo, as Jiang Feng's most die-hard fan, had already found out that this theater was the second batch of cinemas to screen "This Man From Earth".

Today is Monday and I have classes at the nearby university.

As a student who was about to have her graduation ceremony, Zhang Momo felt very relaxed and comfortable coming to watch a movie with her father.

However, when Zhang Momo brought her father Zhang Yimou to the entrance of the Apollo Theater, they immediately opened their mouths wide. There were too many people here.

Normally, there is no need to queue up to watch movies or shows in the theater, but at this moment, there are two long lines outside the door.

Zhang Momo tilted her head and looked around, and found that these people were all students of Columbia University. Some were from the Department of Art, some from the Department of Philosophy, some from the School of Biology, some from the College of Fine Arts, as well as the Department of Physics and the Department of Mathematics.

Looking carefully, Zhang Momo found two classmates from the Department of Architecture among these students.

Zhang Momo would only say hello to her classmates when she saw them.

Then I heard some discussions among the fans in the queue.

"This movie is so rigorous that my instructor said that if anyone can find that the arguments in This Man From Earth are not rigorous, I guarantee that person will be able to earn enough credits six months in advance."

"Yes, I have watched this movie twice. At first I thought it was weird and uninteresting, but if I savored it carefully, I found that the screenwriter of this movie is amazing.

Because there are so many subjects involved in the lines of these people alone, architecture, physics, humanities philosophy, biology, history, etc. ”

"Well, and, have you heard? Now many university art departments have listed this film as a key research object."

"It is said that this year, many film and television universities' master's degree recruitment interview topics are about this movie."

"what…"

Zhang Yimou was shocked when he heard his daughter Zhang Momo's translation. How could a movie that could be shot in one day and produced in three days be so highly valued in the United States? !

Why don’t I believe it?

(End of this chapter)