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Chapter 464 An era has ended!

At 10:00 AM sharp, the global pre-sale for "Dragon Soars Across the Seas" was launched simultaneously.

In the large office of China Dragon Pictures, everyone was staring at the big screen on the wall.

Rob stood in front of the screen, his palms sweaty.

"3————2————1————"

"It's open!"

The numbers on the screen started jumping instantly.

1 second, 1000 million.

10 seconds, 1 million.

30 seconds, 3 million.

"Fuck! It's broken 100 million! Broke 100 million in half a minute!"

Rob jumped up.

Cheers erupted in the office, and everyone hugged each other, jumping and skipping.

Lee So-yeon covered her mouth, and tears streamed down her face.

Jennifer and Christine exchanged a glance, both seeing shock in each other's eyes.

Chen Xun sat in a chair, holding a cup of tea in his hand.

Although he had expected it, he was still so excited that he trembled when he saw the result.

"Let's watch some other movies."

Chen Xun put down his teacup.

Rob quickly switched to the comparison page, and the pre-sale data of 12 movies released at the same time instantly popped up on the screen.

Frozen 2 sold 2800 million yuan in pre-sales within 30 minutes.

The Mission: Impossible 6 remake sold for $1200 million.

The remaining films combined only amounted to 1500 million.

Meanwhile, the number of "Dragon Soars Across the Seas" has jumped to 5.7 million.

"Oh My God----"

Rob rubbed his eyes, thinking he was seeing things: "Our pre-sales are more than twice as many as theirs combined?"

"It's three times!"

Chen Xun pointed to the screen.

The number of views for "Dragon Soars Across the Seas" has reached 6.2 million.

Cheers erupted in the office once again.

"Disney's face is about to be slapped!"

"Twelve films ganged up on us, and they didn't even achieve a fraction of our success!"

"What do you mean the most crowded summer movie season in history? It's clearly a solo show for 'Dragon Fight'!"

Overseas pre-sale data is equally explosive.

Chris Hemsworth's Twitter feed is now completely flooded with "dumplings".

His tweet, "My dumplings and I are applying to join the battle," has been retweeted over 5 million times and received over 10 million likes.

Many foreign netizens commented, "I bought three tickets just for Chris Hemsworth's dumplings!"

"I want to see how good the movies are made by the man who can wrap dumplings like hand grenades."

Vin Diesel also joined in, showing off his T-shirt with "Family + Dragon Soars Across the Seas" printed on it, saying that 10 people who wore the T-shirt to the movie on the premiere day would be randomly selected to receive a Dodge sports car.

The comment section was instantly flooded with "Family," with countless Fast & Furious fans expressing that "family must be supported."

Fandango, North America's largest ticketing website, crashed several times within 10 minutes of going live.

"Dragon Fighter" accounted for 72% of the pre-sales, while the remaining 28% was divided among 12 other films.

The website's CTO complained on Twitter: "This is the first time I've ever seen a movie crash the server. If Disney had told me earlier that 'Dragon Fight' was going to be this bad, I would never have let 12 movies be released on the same day."

Foreign media outlets were outraged.

The Hollywood Reporter urgently published a headline: "Miracle! Chinese film pre-sales crush multiple Hollywood blockbusters, Chen Xun rewrites film history."

Variety: "Disney's encirclement has become a joke. Chen Xun uses pre-sale data to tell the world who is the current box office king."

The BBC went even further, commenting: "This is not a victory for the film, it is a victory for Chinese culture."

The top 20 trending topics on Weibo in China were all dominated by "Dragon Soars Across the Seas":

#DragonSoarsAcrossTheWorldBreaks100MillionInHalfMinute#

#12 movies can't beat a dumpling#

#Disney's Encirclement Turns into a Second Runner-Up#

#WorstSummerMovieSeasonInHistory#

Netizens went wild with the memes: "Disney: I want to fight one-on-one. Chen Xun: Okay, I'll let you have 11."

"Hilarious! Disney put together a six-month plan, only to have it all go to Chen Xun's benefit."

"Hollywood blockbusters used to dominate the summer movie season, but now Chinese blockbusters are crushing Hollywood."

"I've already bought five tickets to take my whole family to see it, not for any other reason than to slap Disney in the face."

"Thor: I defeated the Snow Queen with a dumpling."

At noon, Mr. Wang, the general manager of Wanda Cinemas, personally called Chen Xun.

The tone on the phone was completely different from half a month ago, becoming almost obsequious: "Congratulations, Mr. Chen, the pre-sales are a huge success!"

Wanda Group would like to increase the screenings of "Dragon Soars Across the Seas," raising the first day's screenings to 45%. What do you think?

Before Chen Xun could speak, the phone rang again.

It's an office landline.

The general manager of Hengdian Cinemas said, "Mr. Chen! We'll allocate 50% of the screenings in Hengdian, and all prime-time slots will be dedicated to 'Dragon Soars Across the Seas'!"

Following closely behind were China Film Group, Dadi Film Group, and Jinyi Cinema.

The phone rang one after another from all the major cinema chains across the country, all vying to add more screenings.

Rob's hands were sore from answering so many phone calls. After hanging up the last call, he slumped into his chair, muttering, "I never thought I'd be answering so many phone calls that my hands would be sore!"

Chen Xun smiled and said, "The theater chains are all profit-driven. Tell them that we can increase the number of screenings, but the previous revenue sharing ratio will remain unchanged. We will not raise prices on the spot."

Rob paused for a moment: "Boss, we can definitely increase our profit-sharing ratio now, they'll definitely agree."

"There's no need."

Chen Xun shook his head: "They helped us this time, and we should cooperate with them in the long term. Leave room for maneuver in everything we do, so we can meet again in the future."

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Robert looked at Chen Xun with admiration in his heart.

Anyone else would have taken the opportunity to make exorbitant demands, but Chen Xun remained calm and collected.

That's why he succeeded while others couldn't.

Disney headquarters.

Bob Iger stared at the pre-sale data report in his hand, his face turning ashen. He slammed the report on the table: "A bunch of useless trash! Twelve films can't even beat one Chinese film!"

Tom Rothman stood to the side, head bowed, barely daring to breathe.

He just couldn't understand how "Dragon Soars Across the Seas" could still have such explosive pre-sales when it only had a 7.8% screen share and was surrounded by 12 other blockbusters.

"Mr. Egger—what do we do now?"

Tom Rothman asked in a low voice, "Should we ask the theaters to cut their screenings again?"

"Cut my ass!"

Bob Iger roared, "Can't you see? Theaters are scrambling to give them more screenings! If anyone dares to cut them, the audience will smash up the theaters! If we put pressure on them now, it will only incite public anger, and then nobody will watch our own movies!"

He slumped into his chair, his eyes vacant: "It's over—we've lost—we've lost completely—"

Just then, the assistant pushed open the door and came in, his face pale: "Mr. Iger—something terrible has happened—the film department just released data showing that the total box office revenue of the Chinese film market in the first half of this year has surpassed North America, making it the world's largest film market."

"What?"

Bob Iger jumped up, unable to believe his ears.

"It's true—"

The assistant handed him the phone: "Including the pre-sales of 'Dragon in the Sea,' the Chinese market has already surpassed North America by $12 billion, and the gap is still widening."

Bob Iger looked at the news on his phone, his legs went weak, and he sat back down in his chair.

He knew that an era had ended!

The era of Hollywood's monopoly on the global film market has come to a complete end.

The era of Chinese cinema has arrived!

When the news reached China Dragon Pictures, the office was in an uproar once again.

"We're number one in the world now!"

"It's been so long! We've waited for this day for so many years, and it's finally here!"

"Mr. Chen is awesome! Chinese cinema is awesome!"

Everyone gathered around Chen Xun, too excited to speak.

Looking at everyone, Chen Xun was filled with emotion.

From the day he transmigrated here, he dreamed that one day Chinese films would stand at the top of the world.

Today, this dream has finally come true.

He picked up the microphone and said to everyone, "Today we have become the world's largest film market, but this is not the end, it is just the beginning."

"In the future, we will make more and better Chinese films so that people all over the world can see Chinese stories and fall in love with Chinese culture."

"We want to make Chinese films truly go global and lead the world."

The sunlight outside the window was perfect, shining on everyone's face.