This celebrity is overly enthusiastic!

Chapter 42 North American Premiere
"Are these newspapers out of news? Why are they always picking on me? And who exactly is this loser named Chen Yuan?"

In a luxury hotel suite in Tokyo, Japan, Xie Tingfeng slammed his laptop screen shut and plopped down on the sofa.

Still not satisfied, he cursed a few more times at the stupid media and newspapers that had been chasing after him.

Yinghuang already assigned him a heavy workload, and recently he had a conflict with Feifei and was constantly being harassed by the media. It's really annoying!
Is it really necessary to be so jealous just because he talked to Bai Zhi a few more times?
Sigh, older women are so sensitive; dating is such a hassle.

"Chen Yuan has no background; he suddenly appeared out of nowhere and started from scratch. He's very impressive."

Huo Wenxi placed a fruit platter on the coffee table in front of Xie Tingfeng.

"He really doesn't have anyone backing him? Then why did you specifically remind me to watch my words?"

Huo Wenxi glanced at the young man who was only eight years younger than him and sighed almost imperceptibly.

Does this mean that if he hadn't been reminded, he would have been provoked by the media into saying something difficult to handle?

His early fame, and the immense fame at that, prevented him from settling down and becoming more grounded as he grew older.

She had a premonition that if things continued like this, Xie Tingfeng would eventually suffer a major setback.

"There is indeed no one else, but Chen Yuan is indeed capable."

Huo Wenxi briefly recounted Chen Yuan's deeds to the arrogant and rebellious young man in front of him, so that he would know that there are always people more capable than oneself, and that there are always mountains beyond mountains.

“When mainland media compare you to him and report on your past embarrassing moments, they may be trying to suppress the Hong Kong entertainment circle.”

"Holy crap, are those companies crazy, giving him so much sponsorship? And he actually produced an animated film that's going to be released globally?"

Xie Tingfeng flicked his bangs, which were covering half of his face, revealing a look of surprise. He was indeed startled by the commotion Chen Yuan had made.

"There are rumors that Columbia once offered 200 million to buy out the copyright, but he refused outright."

"Two hundred million??? There's a limit to nonsense. If he really had two hundred million, wouldn't he become the second-in-command under Li An across mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong?"

Huo Wenxi forked a piece of watermelon, put it in his mouth, chewed and swallowed, and sighed:

"Yes, if Chen Yuanzhen really refused 200 million RMB, then his movie would have to gross at least 200 million USD worldwide to break even."

This is absolutely absurd; I have no idea where this news came from.

But judging from Columbia's actions, they are indeed seriously involved in global promotion and distribution, which at least shows that they really have high hopes for the animated film "Kung Fu Panda."

Xie Tingfeng reopened his computer, quickly searched, and looked at the confident and relaxed photos of Chen Yuan on the webpage.

Although the media has been comparing the two of them, Xie Tingfeng has never had any intention of comparing himself to him.

It wasn't there before, and it's not there now.

He genuinely didn't know who Chen Yuan was before, so he naturally had no intention of making any comparisons. Thinking about this question for even a second would be considered falling into the trap set by those idiot media outlets.

Now, he is an idol, a singer and actor, while Chen Yuan is an advertising director and the boss of a film and television company. Although their businesses may overlap, they are fundamentally not developing in the same field.

The biggest similarity between him and Chen Yuan is that they are the same age and both are handsome. He is indeed an interesting guy.

"The mainland really has a lot of talented people!"

"His movie will be showing in theaters in Tokyo in a few days. Do you want to go see it?"

Xie Tingfeng thought for a moment, then picked up a banana from the fruit plate, peeled it, and said:

"Bai Zhi said he'll be coming to see me the day after tomorrow, Mani, you should prepare an extra ticket!"
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Columbia Pictures has high hopes for the "Kung Fu Panda" project.

The art style perfectly combines the quirky charm of American comic book characters with traditional Eastern classical scenery, giving people a unique sense of novelty.

The story is simple and fun, with no cultural difficulties, and is a very standard Hollywood script.

To be honest, when I first saw this story, I thought it was created by a veteran Hollywood screenwriter who had some understanding of the East.

Even the characters' lip movements were modeled after English, which shows how meticulous the young, perhaps excessively so, animation director was. Crucially, the fight scenes, which make up more than half of the film's runtime, are exceptionally exciting.

Professional reviewers have given their assessment that the film is no worse than Shrek, which parodied and reconstructed a classic fairy tale and is currently enjoying great success.

With proper promotion, the gluttonous, overweight panda protagonist and the exciting kung fu fight scenes can attract a larger potential audience.

Moreover, this is not just a simple business collaboration.

China is about to join the WTO, but its protectionist policies for the domestic film and television industry are still very strong, and it is very stingy in opening up the market.

They then pledged to increase the number of imported revenue-sharing films from 10 to 20 per year and to regulate the proportion of foreign investment.

It is foreseeable that after China's accession to the WTO, its economy will experience a period of rapid growth.

The film and television market will expand accordingly, necessitating further opening up of the film and television sector.

Kung Fu Panda can serve as a perfect example of collaboration, and Hollywood should show China that opening up the market is not necessarily a bad thing.

Their films can also compete worldwide by leveraging Hollywood's global distribution network.

This has prompted local directors there to tell more stories that Western audiences can understand and enjoy.

Attracting these cultural and intellectual elites to actively promote freedom, democracy, and universal values ​​can better influence the thinking and decision-making of ordinary people and help American companies seize profits.

Of course, once the market is truly opened up, how Chinese films with an average production cost of 200 million RMB can compete with American films with a production cost of 2000 million USD is a question they themselves need to consider.

Metaverse is a rather interesting little company. They designed and manufactured a series of related toys even before the movie could break even.

In addition to the usual plush toys, T-shirts, dolls, keychains, and refrigerator magnets, they also made some products with oriental characteristics.

Such as bamboo woven ornaments, bamboo cups, bamboo carved educational toys, themed porcelain teapots and plates, and dragon scroll embroidery albums.

With such ambitious goals, Columbia Pictures is happy to provide upfront funding for these metaverses, while the film merchandise produced in small Chinese factories is shipped to ports around the world.

While waiting for the movie to be released, we will collaborate with cinemas to display and sell these items.

Kung Fu Panda premiered in North America on June 24.

Columbia didn't play games either; they started with a large-scale screening on over 1500 screens across the United States and Canada.

San Diego, California, is a city near the bay, where the nights are cool and breezy, making it very comfortable.

Richard, who owns two cake shops, brought his 7-year-old son, John, to Burger King for dinner after closing up shop for the day.

As soon as he stepped out of the fast food restaurant, John pointed excitedly at the sign outside the AMC theater not far away and said, "Dad, look, it's a panda!"

Richard took a look and saw that it really was a panda billboard wearing the kind of straw hat that talking trees in Vietnam War movies often wear, striking a Bruce Lee pose with his hand raised, and the movie being advertised was called "Kung Fu Panda".

"Hey, it really is a panda!"

He couldn't help but recall that it must have been 1972 when the giant pandas "Ling Ling" and "Xing Xing" came to the United States because of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

He was just a little kid then, and he and his parents waited in line for more than three hours before they finally saw the panda. It looked exactly like the one in the picture book, round and chubby, and very cute.

Before they could even look at it for 20 seconds, they were chased away by zoo staff.

I never expected that there would be an animated movie featuring a panda as the main character currently showing.

John, do you like pandas?

"I love it! Pandas are the cutest animals in the world. Dad, let's go see this movie!"

Richard ruffled his adorable son's light blond short hair. "Okay, but you have to tell your mother first, otherwise she'll worry about us."

"Okay, okay, I'll call Mom!"

(End of this chapter)