New Age Artists

Chapter 234 Guess who wasn’t invited to the party? (13)

Shen Santong felt that the opposing group's power was disintegrating.

Cutting off the production of costume blockbusters is definitely not the act of a single company, but a premeditated hunting operation by the European and American cultural elites led by the United States.

Suppress the cultural products of the University of Tokyo.

There have been many similar situations in later generations, including the suppression of athletes with national popularity, mobile phone companies, automobile companies, and high-tech companies.

Faced with Chen Kaige's sudden counterattack, Western entertainment groups and financial groups subconsciously stood together.

But the two are not one, just like the United States and the European Union, which seem to be one but actually have differences.

Within the United States, there are also different interests among entertainment groups and the six major Hollywood companies.

It’s just similar to the Hong Kong circle, everyone shares the benefits when eating the piece of meat from Tokyo University.

When eating at the University of International Business and Economics, the United States and the European Union will be united, and the six major Hollywood companies will also stand together.

However, this kind of organizational ability is actually not very high.

When you realize that you can't suppress the situation in a short time and have to fight a protracted war.

The entertainment and financial groups began to disintegrate.

Shen Santong didn't know how they operated internally, but he saw that the stock prices of the Big Six in Hollywood, including some companies related to the European film industry, began to fluctuate violently.

He knew that the entertainment group and the financial group had parted ways.

The Big Six Hollywood studios are encountering obstacles in the Eastern market. What a negative impact, and what a great opportunity to make money.

There may be financial institutions that stick to principles, but there are always those that don't.

What's more, salesmen also need to make money.

The first one to come out will get meat and bonuses, so someone will always come out.

If you don’t make money when you have it, you’re a bastard, especially in a capitalist society.

Once one person starts going down, everyone goes down.

Chen Kaige went to the United States again.

I felt the enthusiasm of my “American friends” again. Friends who I didn’t contact last time took the initiative to contact me.

He was invited to a party in Hollywood's inner circle.

He lamented the reality of "international friends", who change their attitude faster than turning the pages of a book, and he had no psychological burden.

Beverly Hills.

In a manor owned by Warner executives.

Chen Kaige held up his wine glass proudly and toasted each other.

Hearing the quarrel, he walked over and his face changed slightly. It was Harvey. He asked the Warner executive next to him: "Why don't you let him in?"

Warner executives said: "Our party today is to welcome you, my friend. He is not invited and is not welcome at our party."

Chen Kaige was very happy. This was too realistic. He felt very happy and said, "Since he's here, give him a glass of wine."

The Warner executive shook his head, put his arm around Chen Kaige, walked up to the people arguing, pointed at Harvey and said, "Let him go. He is not welcome among us."

There were booing noises at the party.

"Haha, go away, clown!"

“You’re not welcome!”

This kind of direct slap in the face made Chen Kaige feel a little embarrassed, but he was indeed very happy inside.

Harvey's face turned livid.

The fucked up thing is, he knows he's not welcome, but he still comes over and puts his face in there to be hit.

It’s not okay if I don’t come.

Since the 80s and 90s, many major companies that entered the Dongda market have reaped the rewards.

Especially after Todai entered the WTO, the benefits it provides every year are no longer potential, but real and huge benefits.

At a time when everything was making rapid progress, the Big Six Hollywood studios were encountering problems.

The movie box office revenue of the Dongda market has not yet fully exploded, but there are also considerable profits in other areas.

Without considering the initial construction costs, there are also very important expectations.

In financial markets, expectations, or confidence, are more valuable than gold.

In the 80s and 90s, any company that could enter the Dongda market would immediately see its stock price soar.

For those who failed to get in, the stock price plummeted immediately, it was so domineering.

Now, the stock prices of companies that are more or less related to the six major Hollywood companies are supported by the expectations of the Eastern market.

If this market is lost, the stock price will react immediately.

Harvey knows the rules of the game in Hollywood too well, and he knows the rules of the game in this society too well.

If he can crush the period costume blockbusters of the University of Tokyo and open up new territory for Hollywood movies, he will be a hero and will be rewarded.

He can turn to the Asian market, reap the profits, and Hollywood giants will also support him.

But it was not done well, and the current error occurred.

There is no reason, it must be his fault.

Even with such huge benefits, the Zipper couple couldn't protect him, and the entertainment media groups behind the Big Six hated him to the core.

Compared to the high-spirited man he was half a month ago, he has become a persona non grata in Hollywood. Those who licked him before are now avoiding him.

Harvey endured the ridicule and face-to-face humiliation from others.

Only after the Warner executives gave a signal could he leave in disgrace.

Warner executives waved, and Chen Kaige saw the arrogant Warner Times distribution manager before, and said with a flattering smile: "Mr. Chen, I apologize to you."

Use "apologize" instead of "sorry".

As he spoke, he picked up the wine glass, drank three glasses of wine in a row, poured a glass of wine for Chen Kai, and held up the wine glass and said, "Mr. Chen, I toast you a glass."

Chen Kaige was very happy, but he remained calm on the surface.

He took a sip. He was very good at pretending.

The distribution manager looked at the Warner executives in panic, and only after the latter quietly waved his hand did he dare to leave.

The Warner executive hugged Chen Kaige and walked to a corner and said cordially: "Chen, we are old friends. Warner and China are also old friends. We worked together when China joined the WTO."

"I love ancient oriental culture, I love China, we are sincere friends, there is no need to make things so unpleasant."

Chen Kaige's face turned red, and he drank a lot: "You hit the nail on the head. If you had given me a chance to survive, I wouldn't have gotten into this mess."

"You mobilized public opinion and started to smear me during our Lunar New Year film season. You humiliated me at the Berlin Film Festival and your media gave me such bad reviews. You continued to humiliate me at the Oscars."

"We had a short film there, Mantou, that spoofed my movie, and my entire reputation was ruined."

"Tell me, if I don't do anything, will my movie in the United States also repeat the experience of Wadsworth?"

"When that happens, I will be a sinner, a sinner of Chinese films! Everything I have will be fucking ruined."

Chen Kai complained a lot and spoke rudely.

He finally realized that these foreigners didn't understand anything and that being polite and courteous was useless; they were just barbarians.

The Warner executives stroked him to comfort him: "Chen, this must be a misunderstanding. We would never do anything that would harm your interests."

"'The Promise' was taken back from Warner's independent branch and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Our parent company stepped in to choose a good release date."

"It won't be released at the same time as Mission: Impossible 3 and Poseidon. It will have a good box office."

Warner executives had no choice but to change the script.

The original script was to be released independently by Warner, but it would be promoted using art film methods.

We are testing the waters in art theaters, with 200 theaters and choosing more conservative community theaters to screen the film.

It was released together with other blockbuster films such as "Mission Impossible 3" and "Poseidon".

The film is not scheduled in the prime time and the screening time is not good.

It is definitely better than the conditions offered in the two cities of Harvey for the trial. It will be released nationwide and enough copies will be provided.

The look will be better, but the process will not change.

There will be a lot of bad reviews in the first week, which will lead to half of the theaters closing.

It was released in less than two weeks, grossing $500,000.

Chen Kaige and the producers of Wu Ji had no choice but to complain, but they couldn't find any fault.

If the North American box office fails, it will mean a double failure in Europe and the United States, and the Tokyo costume blockbusters will be defeated as well.

It definitely won't work now.

The script needs to be rewritten.

Chen Kaige knew what he wanted: "This situation is no longer under my control."

"1.3 billion viewers are angry, and a large number of practitioners are also angry. You need to make more efforts, not only under the table, but also on the table."

Chen Kaige would definitely not agree, and it would be useless even if he agreed.

It’s not just the drama “The Promise” that has brought us to this point.

The fight is against discrimination, and it must end with anti-discrimination.

Chen Kaige, who demands himself to be a scholar, is very clear that he must see things through to the end.

Likewise, he couldn't afford to lose.

He has no way out.

What if he lets go, Warner goes back on his word, and The Promise still doesn’t do a good job of distribution?
He used to think these people were shameless, but now he doesn't believe it at all.

Harvey used the small price of a deposit of $200,000 to destroy his $30 million overseas revenue from Wuji. These people are shameless.

There is no psychological burden in going back on one's word.

The barbarians fear power but not virtue.

Chen Kaige, who loves classical Chinese, understands this principle.

Warner executives didn’t look very happy. Damn it! How could they make a public apology? Absolutely impossible.

Chen Kaige didn't do anything stupid. He left after chatting for a while and flew back to China.

China Film.

Shen Santong went to see Han Sanping: "Boss, I was out investigating the location, why did you call me here?"

Han Sanping looked at Shen Santong, who had turned a shade darker, and said unhappily, "Don't call me leader. Tell me how to end this now. We can't just stand there in a stalemate."

(End of this chapter)