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Chapter 280 The Newly Appointed Regional Hegemon: An International Hot Topic
It was around 6 p.m. on the 5th in New York.

Old Li arrived at a large hotel in a long, bulletproof RV. The area was already like a mini red carpet, with many celebrities and socialites getting out of their cars.

Then, they faced the cameras under the spotlight and the flash of the media.

Li Wenyu appeared alongside Gao Yuanyuan and Megan Fox, and clearly stole the spotlight and numerous interviews.

He was already used to these kinds of small things.

As Lao Li entered the hall, a Columbia Pictures producer, along with Huang Xiaoming and Blake Lively, came to greet him.

Xiaoming and Black are still filming the third season of (The Big Bang Theory).

Filmed in Los Angeles.

It's nothing more than Xiaoming and his companion coming to pick them up from the airport, with a waiting period of five or six days.

Upon learning that Lao Li was going to attend the celebration banquet, he also managed to sneak in.

Blake doesn't need much explanation; she herself is the fourth or fifth female lead in (Remote Control of Life).

This is part of the main creative team.

Huang Xiaoming is a newly crowned actor who has won over 10 billion RMB in box office revenue among Chinese stars, and he and Blake Lively were a couple in The Big Bang Theory.

It's too easy to attend a celebration party like this.

A Columbia Pictures producer first gave Lao Li a handshake before remarking, "Li, our celebration banquet is also a celebration of time."

"The Hangover Part III still requires everyone to work together more, and I hope to create new glories."

The Hangover 2 has clearly suffered a minor drop in reputation.

With the first two installments already in place, the profitability is still foreseeable.

For major global studios, as long as they can make money, they don't care if the third installment is a complete disaster.
Too normal.

Old Li smiled and exchanged a few polite words. After the waiter brought the champagne, he looked at Old Huang and said, "You're enjoying your moment of glory right now, so take it easy."

What projects is Hollywood offering you right now?

The series and movies were both very successful, and the production efficiency was much faster than Jackie Chan's.

It's worth noting that Jackie Chan's most profitable Rush Hour series still hasn't started production on its third installment.

This is a far cry from Huang Xiaoming's consistent money-making success with one film a year, "The Hangover."

Therefore, his current popularity in Hollywood is beyond ordinary.

Old Huang hurriedly bowed and offered a toast, saying humbly, "It's all thanks to the boss's promotion that I'm where I am today."

"Speaking of which, I have a lot of scripts, but I directly rejected some of them as minor roles. For example, in Pirates of the Caribbean 3, Disney wanted me to play a Chinese pirate leader with a very ugly appearance."

"I turned down a salary of $1200 million."

Old Huang wasn't arrogant at all. Although he wasn't tall or big, this man from eastern Shandong always maintained his basic integrity.

Her emotional intelligence is also quite high.

When Lao Li was in charge of the Hangover series, he strictly cracked down on and removed any jokes that damaged the international image of Chinese people.

No matter how big Disney is or how much money they offer, we should refuse.

Huang Xiaoming took a sip of his drink and laughed again, "And Sony's Spider-Man 3, they wanted to offer me 1000 million US dollars to play the main villain, a villainous reporter who turns into Venom Spider-Man."

"I refused as well."

"I feel that Paramount was more sincere. They gave me $500 million and wanted me to make a cameo appearance in Iron Man 1 as the doctor who was controlled by the villainous group and performed surgery on Iron Man to save him."

"Disney is also planning a (National Treasure) movie that Nicolas Cage might star in."

"I also hope to make a cameo appearance as a friend of the male lead, a computer expert, and a respectable technical advisor."

He's receiving an unusually large number of script requests right now.

It's just a selection process based on the perspectives of Huang Xiaoming's management team and himself.

When talking to Lao Li face-to-face, these are the few who are qualified to be mentioned.

In reality? This is basically a role that Chinese actors, apart from a limited number of people like Jackie Chan, Li Bingbing, and Da Tiantian, will find very difficult to land until 2025.

From Iron Man 1 and National Treasure to Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and Spider-Man 3.

This was one of the Hollywood A-list or super A-list productions that was launched successively in the second half of 06 and into 2007.

More strictly speaking, Spider-Man 3 has already finished filming.

Filming was completed long ago.

If Sony were to actually hire Huang Xiaoming, they would have to reshoot many scenes.

This is rare in the production of most blockbuster films.

The problem is that Sony is an island nation with Japanese capital, and only island nations are truly aware of how popular Huang Xiaoming is in East Asia and throughout Asia.

Especially as the mainland market becomes increasingly hot and experiences explosive growth.

The film "Little People" has grossed 8.5 million yuan in mainland China, marking a single film that has already surpassed 1 million US dollars.

Crazy Racer's total box office in China was 7.9 million RMB, which is roughly equivalent to 1 million USD.

Even Kung Fu Hustle 2 in 2005 achieved a national box office of 760 million.

You're saying one is an exception? They keep appearing one after another, repeatedly.

The Chinese mainland market is already enough to attract the attention of major companies, and the whole of Asia is even more tempting.

The real bombardment of the Chinese box office began in 07, according to the original trajectory.

Transformers 1 grossed $2.68 million, and Spider-Man 3 grossed $1.45 million.

From Hancock and The Mummy 3 to the James Bond series, there are multiple films that gross over 007 million dollars a year.

Then there's Transformers 2, which grossed 4.22 million.

This is completely different from the situation at the beginning of the 2000s, when at most one film grossed over 100 million yuan a year.

Old Li accelerated the explosive growth of the mainland market ahead of schedule.

The weight and importance of roles for Chinese actors are naturally different.

Li Wenyu nodded in agreement, "Not bad, you could do a cameo as Iron Man if you wanted to."

Does Huang Xiaoming's role as Iron Man allow him to leverage his star power to boost Marvel's value? You could say that.

But this is more about mutual benefit.

Iron Man was one of the first superheroes in the Avengers series to unleash the world's heaviest hammer.

Playing a positive, well-received role can greatly enhance one's status and influence in one's country.

This is the story that claims he saved Tony Stark with his own life.

That's how Tony Stark became the man who saved half the universe in the Marvel Universe.

More importantly, it started with the Big Bang, the Hangover, and then Iron Man.

Chinese actors can follow in Jackie Chan's footsteps and play positive, important roles in blockbusters.

Huang Xiaoming nodded happily, "With your affirmation, boss, I will definitely perform with all my heart. They also said that my Mediterranean hairstyle in the racing game was good, and they want me to continue playing the role of a Mediterranean high-end talent."

“Starting with Director Ning, they’ve all been targeting my hair.”

"By the way, boss, Iron Man will start filming in early 07, so I'll have to take leave when I go back to China."

"However, if the group needs my support for any role, I'll be there whenever they call. At worst, I'll just spend more money on public relations with the producers and directors on the Iron Man project."

Old Li chuckled again, praised Xiao Ming a few more times, and then it was over.

Wait for Lao Huang to slip away at the right time.

Blake Lively also raised his glass and laughed, "Boss, congratulations to (The Legend of the White Snake) for taking in 1.23 million yuan at the Chinese box office in just five days."

"This project was a small investment by the group, yet it still achieved such high box office numbers."

"Our group is becoming more and more successful."

It's 7 p.m. New York time on the 5th.

The countless lights of New York City, the city that never sleeps, have just come on.

However, in Beijing, across the Pacific Ocean, it was already early morning on the 6th.

During this National Day holiday, "The Legend of the White Snake" had a 90% screening rate.

If it were made like a big production such as (Crazy Racer) (Little Man).

The film would gross at least 1.5 million yuan if shown in mainland China for five days.

Adding the next two days, that's between 1.9 million and 2 million.

But the Legend of the White Snake, along with the era of big names like Jiang Qinqin, and other viral marketing campaigns, also played a role.

The film grossed 1.03 million RMB in mainland China and 2000 million RMB in Hong Kong in five days.

Compared to ordinary people, racing is definitely a disaster.

Actually? It's pretty good.

Don't forget the main cast of the White Snake series: Liu Tao, Dong Yi, Wang Chuanjun, and Huang Xuan.

The biggest and most established big shot is still Zhao Wenzhuo as Fahai.

The reviews are decent; after five or six days of release, it has a rating of 7.4. The vast majority of reviews are low scores due to complaints about the story being clichéd and lacking any originality.

Then, many netizens gave the special effects high scores.

Similarly, countless people felt a little excited when Xu Shilin, the top scholar, returned in the finale, threatening Fahai that if he didn't release his parents, he would destroy Leifeng Pagoda, and then returned as a king to slap his parents in the face and save them.

It feels so good.

Although this feeling of exhilaration is only an ending.

Based on the box office performance in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau over five days, this film was released during major holiday periods, such as the National Day holiday, and continued until mid-to-late November.

With the total accumulated revenue in mainland China exceeding 350 million, it shouldn't be too difficult for Hong Kong's Hao Wan area to surpass 50 to 60 million.

Even with a total box office of 4 million, it still won't break even.

The special effects alone cost 3000 million US dollars (equivalent to 2.4 million RMB) for the project involving Time, China Film Group, and Huayi Brothers.

But overall, this includes DVD rentals and sales, as well as long-term streaming rights.

It's definitely not a loss.

Liu Tao and Dong Yi were also present.

Wang Chuanjun's career has also taken another leap forward.

Taking into account the increase in actor salaries, advertising endorsement income, and so on, the earnings are not small.

In the current Chinese-language entertainment industry, how many films have grossed over 4 million yuan at the box office?
There are now more than a dozen.

We can disregard the two-part "Crazy" series spearheaded by Ning Hao.

Who are the others? Stephen Chow's three films about his life of struggle.

Li Wenyu starred in one film, "Dying to Survive," as well as the first two films of "John Wick" and "Lucy."

Then there's the Extreme Pro bilogy, and then Hero.

Feng Xiaogang's most successful film in this world, "If You Are the One," grossed 2.87 million RMB in mainland China.

The movie "Perfect Strangers," featuring a cast of superstars delivering outstanding performances, grossed 3.12 million.

Then, the number of readers of "Before I Met You" reached 6.77 million nationwide. This was also achieved by Li Wenyu and countless fans working together. Old Li even went on a roadshow.

Therefore, (The Legend of the White Snake) broke 100 million in five days.

If the overall trend continues for another five or six weeks, there is hope that the mainland will surpass 3.5 million and the national total will surpass 4 million.

Even if it doesn't break even, its reputation isn't high enough to reach the 8s.

But Liu Tao and Dong Yi really became very popular.

Countless netizens criticized the plot as clichéd and said that Liu Tao was far inferior to Zhao Yazhi and Wang Zuxian.

But as the criticism continued, many netizens also started replying that they felt Liu Tao was alright, not bad.

I never realized before that Teacher Liu is actually quite good-looking.

She doesn't seem too bad at playing those dignified, virtuous, and beautiful daughters-in-law.

Not many people criticized Liu Tao's acting skills.

In this version of the White Snake, Wang Chuanjun is one of the rising stars under Time Entertainment, and he has taken his career to a new level with the help of the big movie.

Liu Tao, Dong Tong, and Huang Xuan are all from Huayi Brothers.

The skyrocketing salaries and advertising endorsements of these three actors have made Huayi Brothers a fortune.

Compared to the first two Monster Hunt movies, and then to the various terrible Fengshen series movies.

Your photos meet the excellent level of industrial standards.

There is no shortage of audiences in mainland China who want to see big-budget movies and buy tickets.

If the Chinese box office for "White Snake" surpasses 4 million yuan, it will be on the same level as "The Lone Agent" starring Wang Kai and Jin Dong.

Li Wenyu chuckled and clinked glasses with Blake, "You're not bad either, keep up the good work."

He didn't ask any more questions about the offer of a new film from Blake.

This girl is now the best example of a white person showcasing the benefits of traditional Chinese medicine in aesthetic medicine.

Many of the major skincare and cosmetic groups that approached her were top-tier brands from Europe and the United States.

When it comes to making money, she earns more from shooting commercials and endorsements than Huang Xiaoming from film and television dramas.

Amidst laughter and conversation, Scarlett Johansson walked in carrying a wine glass.

Blake caught a glimpse of the other person out of the corner of his eye and immediately said with a grin, "Boss, I'll go and shield him for you."

When Blake, who is 1.78 meters tall and wearing ordinary high heels, went up to Scarlett and started chatting and laughing.

Scarlett's expression was incredibly complicated.

She actually wanted to steal more than just a movie role; she also wanted to snatch Megan's movie opportunity.

I also want to expand international trade and import/export cooperation with Lao Li.

This is not just because Lao Li has great influence and power.

Furthermore, because she was of Jewish descent.

At present, it is mostly Judaism capital that covets Li's media influence.

Once she can win over Lao Li and make him her devoted follower, she can persuade him to do certain things.

Her film and television resources will also improve significantly.

However, Scarlett Johansson is less than 1.6 meters tall.

He was brutally beaten face-to-face by Blake, who is over 1.8 meters tall!
The difference in height and build was so stark that Scarlett felt like crying.

Even if Megan isn't as good as Blake, at least the comparison isn't that exaggerated.

The beautiful woman watching couldn't help but chuckle, "Blake's legs are really amazing."

Blake used 70% of her time and 30% of her years of effort to get the cosmetic surgery package.

Old Li's face darkened. "Don't start any more fires. You'll end up in the hospital."

The next moment, Lao Li took the initiative to walk in another direction, saying that he still wanted to have a serious talk about the filming plan for (La La Land) tonight.

This includes, of course, the global offensive of (John Wick 3).

The filming has already begun.

At their current pace, the John Wick 3 team could wrap up filming in less than two weeks in New York.

Of course, at this stage, Time Media still has no shortage of blockbuster films for the Lunar New Year season, including blockbusters from 07.

These are all fully booked.

Even the mainland version of "The Assassination of Ma" has entered the filming stage.

And Andy Lau's Disciple is also scheduled for release during the Lunar New Year period.

Not to mention TV dramas.

Today's celebration banquet is just a chance to drink some wine and exchange ideas for future development.

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Time flies.

When Lao Li and the (Fast & Furious 3) team returned to the peninsula by plane, it was already mid-October.

This period saw Liu Shishi successively nominated for Best Actress at the Hundred Flowers Awards, the Tokyo International Film Festival, and the Golden Horse Awards, all thanks to her role as a hearing girl.

October and November.

That was when Xiao Liu, Xue Xiaolu, Feng Yuanzheng, and others swept all the major film awards.

When he returned from his business trip, Liu Shishi took the initiative to come and pick him up at the airport to claim credit.

According to Xiao Shishi, she worked hard to get a group of actresses to promote DNF for a while, and the game's popularity in mainland China has crushed the Westward Journey and Fantasy Westward Journey series.

After all, they are all real big stars, both actresses and actresses.

For example, when Yang Mi was filming (It Started With a Kiss 2), she would often mention her fun playing DNF when interviewed by reporters and the media.

I won't say much about the mainland.

I've been heading towards the original trajectory of having 800 million warriors.

From Hong Kong's local teams to South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand.

The level of popularity is just as high.

Even if DNF (Dungeon Fighter Online) is incredibly popular, aside from China, most of its profits still go to Samsung.

However, as long as there is greater buzz on platforms like Weibo and 360 Group.

This is the latest international news hotspot for the newly crowned regional hegemon.

Weibo's market value exceeded HK$61 billion in mid-October, while Tencent's exceeded HK$36 billion.

The combined market capitalization is over $110 billion.

Old Li wanted to give a thorough reward for Liu Shishi's and Xiao Tong's great contributions.

(End of this chapter)