Huayu: Enjoy Yourself

Chapter 107 Little Emma successfully defeated her aunt!

The Hollywood Daily News published the report directly on August 30th:

"Incredible! The film 'Little Miss Sunshine,' brought to you by the prodigy Chen from China, has achieved five consecutive weeks of growth. In its fifth week, it turned the tide, raking in 1148 million yuan at the box office, surpassing 'Runaway Bride,' which had also been in theaters for five weeks, and entering the top three at the weekly box office for the first time. The film's young lead actress, Emma Roberts, even beat her Hollywood superstar aunt, Julia Roberts, in her debut!"

Not only the Hollywood Daily, but major entertainment newspapers have also reported on this. 🐟✌ 69ⓢнยא.𝓒𝕠м 👮🐤

This was naturally Warner's doing; they increased the publicity budget and notified major media outlets.

Let the movie's popularity rise again!

"Runaway Bride," which was also in its fifth week of release, had been declining since it topped the weekly box office charts in its first week. By its fifth week, it had only earned 1117 million yuan, allowing Chen An to overtake it.

With the successful official promotion of "Little Miss Sunshine," the production costs have been recouped and a profit has been made, allowing for increased promotional efforts.

As for the top spot still being held by "The Sixth Sense," and the second being "The 13th Warrior," which was released on August 27th, Chen An believes it's just a cheap imitation.

If the film continues its previous performance, it will secure second place at the box office next week.

Now that Warner Bros. has expanded the screening scope and increased promotion, it seems almost certain that the project will succeed.

Meanwhile, the cocky little Emma had already found her aunt. "See, Auntie, I've defeated you!" she said, crossing her arms and mimicking Chen An's pose in the theater.

Julia smiled helplessly, patted her little niece's head, and said, "You're so great, my little darling. Auntie is defeated by you." She couldn't help but laugh at her niece's expression.

But she didn't want to upset the other person, so she could only indulge her.

Only little Emma would come so close, with such a proud look on her face.

Her not-so-bright little brain didn't realize that her movie's box office over five weeks couldn't even match her aunt's in its first week.

After five weeks in theaters, news of the film reached back in China.

The first to receive the news were not various media outlets, but netizens on Tianya Community, including overseas students who posted messages there.

At first, netizens didn't believe it, until someone produced photos of Chen An participating in a program.

There are also some photos of Chen An participating in the promotion, standing smiling in the very center.

Only these naive netizens started to believe it.

"Holy crap, are you serious?!"

"He ran off to Hollywood without a word, and who's that woman next to him?!"

"Damn it, why are all the female leads in this show so beautiful!"

"Since you had no rivals domestically, you went straight to Hollywood, right?"

Does anyone know if it will be released in China? What's the name?

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It first sparked discussion on the Internet.

Then came the media, which first reported on the situation, but not much about the results. After all, things weren't going well at the beginning, and without inside information, they couldn't even find out the box office figures for the first few weeks.

All I know is the name of the film being shown and the release date.

It wasn't until the fifth week, after the Hollywood Daily reported on it, that Li Xiaoping, who had already prepared press releases, made the announcement to the public.

Director Chen An, founder of Lightyear Media, went to Hollywood last November to film "Little Miss Sunshine." The film premiered in Los Angeles and New York on July 30th of this year. Its box office has steadily increased over its five-week run, rising from $800,000 in its opening week to $1148 million in its fifth week, ranking third on the Hollywood weekly box office chart. With a production cost of $8 million, the film has currently grossed $2867 million and continues to grow in theaters.

This was revealed by Lightyear Media in its external publicity, and it was subsequently reported by major media outlets.

Director Chen An has gained fame in Hollywood, with his films achieving box office growth for five consecutive weeks!

"After last year, director Chen An's new film was released in Hollywood and achieved great success!"

Director Chen's new film has achieved great success in Hollywood, and discussions have already begun regarding its potential release in China!

Chinese director achieves another success in Hollywood!

For a time, major newspapers reported on and analyzed Chen An's success in Hollywood.

He is yet another Chinese movie star who has broken into Hollywood, and also a director.

"Wow, this kid is awesome. I even asked Quentin, and the box office is still going up." Jiang Wen, who had already finished producing and submitted the film for review, still had time to chat with his friends.

Sitting next to him were the Huang brothers from Huayi, along with Feng Xiaogang and Wang Shuo, drinking and chatting around the table.

"I've never seen him, so I don't know what he looks like. But I've seen about half of his movies, and he's pretty good at filming women." Wang Shuo, sitting in a chair smoking, didn't seem to care at all.

Huang Zhonglei curled his lip, "He's impressive, but he's incredibly arrogant. He won't even open his mouth when it comes to discussing cooperation, not giving anyone a chance."

"It's because they're so great that they look down on us. They have money and connections, and they were the first private distribution company, even ahead of us. Now that they've succeeded in Hollywood, they're probably even less likely to look down on us."

Huang Zhongjun also changed his appearance here.

Feng Xiaogang smiled but didn't say anything. He didn't have any ill feelings towards Chen An; his impression of him from their last meeting had always been good.

Jiang Wen exhaled a puff of smoke and said somewhat impatiently, "You two can say whatever you want, but don't say it in front of me, okay?" Among everyone present, he and Chen An were the only ones who were close. If he wasn't saying it to him, then who was he saying it to?

He knows his own character perfectly well; he doesn't need two people to tell him.

You have no ability and yet you blame others for not cooperating with you. If you had something to offer, would they refuse?

If you had a few cinematographers like Gu Changwei and actors like Ge You and Gong Li, people wouldn't refuse to work with you. It's not like you don't have money to burn.

"I'm not going to say anything more. Next time, you can introduce me to someone. I want to see what kind of person he is." Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Wang Shuo, who had been standing aside, stepped in to smooth things over.

We're all from the same compound; it's not good to ruin our harmony over an outsider.

"No problem, I'll introduce you to him later." Jiang Wen didn't say anything more.

The two Huang brothers did not discuss the matter again.

Sitting in his office, Han Sanping watched the news and felt a surge of envy; Hollywood had made him a success.

We absolutely must produce a big-budget production.

We'll contact them later to see if we can start bringing them over; it's just taking up a spot anyway.

Regardless, Chen An's renewed success in Hollywood has further enhanced his fame and standing among the public and movie fans.

Some netizens have already commented on Tianya:

"I think Chen An is only one of the three major awards away from being able to stand alongside Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige and become one of the leading figures of the fifth generation of directors."

Chen An, who is now a hot topic of online discussion, quickly attracted a large number of netizens.

"I think he is already one of the leading directors of the fifth generation. Not only did he win the Best Director award at Cannes, but his film 'My Sassy Girl' broke various records and swept across East Asia. He went to Hollywood because he felt that there were no competitors in China."

"Box office revenue is meaningless; it will be surpassed sooner or later as the market prospers. Awards are even harder to obtain; Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige each hold three of the highest awards."

"Then why can't they make record-breaking films? Their Cannes Best Director award isn't just for show."

"Best Director is only the third-ranked award, and it's not quite up to par with Chen Kaige's Best Film."

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