Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion Chapter 447

Chapter 447 Movie Premiere

 Hong Kong Island.

 After seeing off Chris Liu, Link began to be busy with other work.

Including participating in Phoenix Chinese Channel's program work, discussing boxing with guests, discussing Hollywood movies and Chinese movies, etc., and also participating in a boxing exchange event organized by the Hong Kong Island Cultural and Tourism Bureau. He and Morales went on stage to interact with Chinese boxers Discussion and exchange.

There are also events such as the Miss Hong Kong contestants and the "Bauhinia" magazine charity dinner.

These activities are boring, but you can't refuse them.

 The work of boxing promotion is not only about fighting in the boxing ring, but also the publicity outside the ring is equally important.

ˆIf you want to have more boxing fans in Asia and get more prize money in the next game, you need to participate in more such promotional activities.

 After finishing boxing, he turned his attention to movies.

  On June 24, "Snowflakes and the Secret Fan" was released in mainland China, and a premiere ceremony was held in Dahai City.

Link was busy preparing for the boxing match and did not participate.

This movie took in a box office of 20.77 million in major theaters in China over the three weekends, which is approximately equivalent to 3 million U.S. dollars. For a production cost of 8 million U.S. dollars, the results are not bad.

At the end of June, Wendy Deng brought the crew of "Snowflake and the Secret Fan" to Hong Kong Island for promotion. Link just finished the competition and attended the premiere ceremony held at the Presidential Theater in Causeway Bay.

Outside the red carpet of the theater, Link met Wendy Deng and others.

“Hi, Link, congratulations on becoming the super boxing champion. You are becoming more and more attractive. I often hear girls talking about you at domestic gatherings. In Chinese terms, you are now a heartthrob.”

After Wendy Deng saw him, she boasted that since the last time she followed Link's advice to buy Tesla stocks and made a fortune, the relationship between the two has become closer.

This kind of closeness is not about emotion, but about trust.

"Heartthrob? I like this title, Wendy. I saw reports that "Snowflake and the Secret Fan" won the weekend box office championship in the mainland. Congratulations, you have invested in a good movie."

Link chuckled.

Wendy Deng shook her head when she heard what he said, as if she didn't feel very satisfied.

Link asked her what happened.

Wendy Deng reluctantly told him that although the film's first-week box office performance was good, its reputation was average.

 First of all, in terms of subject matter, the mainland market for **** films is very narrow and the audience is not large. In addition, in terms of the plot of the film, the overall structure of the film is problematic, it is relatively complicated and difficult to understand.

Also during the movie promotion, the promoters saw that Link was famous enough.

When designing the movie poster, he was placed between Alice Lee and Jun Ji-hyun. Everyone mistakenly thought that he was the protagonist of the movie, which was about a love triangle, so they went to the cinema to support him.

But after watching the movie, I found out that it was a **** movie. Link appeared in the movie for less than ten minutes and was almost a soy sauce character.

 Movie posters are suspected of deceiving the audience and have been criticized in the media.

 It is foreseeable that the box office performance of this movie next week will not be very satisfactory.

What makes Wendy Deng even more disappointed is that 20th Century Fox Pictures, the distributor of "The Snowflake and the Secret Fan", during the internal preview meeting, Fox's evaluation of the film was very average, and they planned to screen it in several theaters first. , look at the results and then decide whether to release it publicly.

 Originally, Wendy Deng planned to use this movie to hit the Oscars and make her first shot in the entertainment industry.

It's just that the movie's box office performance was mediocre and its reputation was relatively poor. This shot can only be regarded as a squib.

 Wendy Deng has been working on this movie for two or three years, but she got this result. It is impossible not to be disappointed.

Link advised her not to take it too seriously.

The entertainment industry is a deep-water area with extremely fierce competition. Many filmmakers have experienced multiple failures or even bankruptcies before achieving success once.

For the first time, Dunwinte was a producer, and it was very good to ensure that the box office did not lose money. If you want to shoot a movie with a double harvest of the export and box office, it is difficult to do.

Wendy Deng pointed at him and said with a look of jealousy that Palm Beach Pictures invested in two movies.

 The production cost of the first part was 8 million, and the global box office was close to 170 million U.S. dollars, a revenue ratio of more than 20 times. The production cost of the second part was more than 30 million, and the current global box office has exceeded 300 million U.S. dollars, a revenue ratio of more than 10 times.

These two movies were not only box office hits, but also received very good reviews.

The key is whether these two films are invested by a film company, or whether they are the first and second projects.

 The probability of success is too high.

 Not only is Wendy Deng envious, everyone in the industry is jealous of Palm Beach Pictures.

Link smiled modestly and said that the success of the two films was the result of Catherine and the production department, and had little to do with him.

 “Hi Link, long time no see.”

Also coming was Alice Li, who was wearing a fashionable and slim-fitting Prada summer dress, showing two fair arms. She greeted Wendy Deng with a smile and bright eyes. She was thirty-eight years old, and her face looked bright when greeting her. There will also be a blush on the face, which looks very interesting.

 “Hi, Alice, your dress is beautiful.”

Link smiled softly and chatted with him for a few words. Director Wang Ying, supporting actress Wu Junmei, and supporting actor Jiang Wu were beside him. Except for Jun Ji-hyun who was busy working in Korea and had no time to come over, the crew and creative staff were all there.

After chatting for a few words, the group walked into the theater to attend the premiere ceremony.

In addition to the cast members, distributor Media Asia Pictures also invited more than 20 actors and stars from Hong Kong to attend today's premiere ceremony, including Tony Leung and his wife, Chen Xiaochun and his wife, Ada Choi and his wife, Louis Koo, Danny Chan, Asa, and Sammi Cheng. wait.

Link had a chat with actor Tony Leung after entering the venue and said he liked his movies.

While chatting, many celebrities came over to say hello.

 Some said they were his fans, some said they were boxing fans. Ying Cai'er directly said she was his die-hard fan, kept talking excitedly, and asked him for autographs and photos.

Link did not refuse and met all her requests. However, while chatting with Ying Cai'er, he found that Chen Xiaochun was tugging at Ying Cai'er's skirt with a stiff smile on his face. Ying Cai'er also kicked it quietly. He kicked.

Link didn't understand what the two couples were arguing about, and also chatted with Chen Xiaochun. The last time Lions Gate released “Far Cry”, the other party was the male protagonist, and the two parties also had some working relationships.

 After talking to the two couples for a few words, Link was invited to speak at the front desk.

 “Hoo!”

 Seeing Link leave, Chen Xiaochun let out a breath and relaxed.

"You are seeking death. Why do you keep pulling me when I'm talking to Link? You won't be embarrassed if others see you."

Ying Cai'er pinched him angrily and finally saw her idol Link. Before she could say a few words, Chen Xiaochun pulled her from behind, as if she would run away.

“Wife, it's not my fault. When you looked at Link, your eyes lit up and you wanted to jump on him. I am your husband, so of course I have to hold you.”

Chen Xiaochun rubbed his arms and curled his lips. "I told you, Link is my idol. Is there anything wrong with me getting excited when I see my idol? As a grown man, can you not be so petty?"

 “Hey, honey, I was wrong, I promise there will be no next time.”

Chen Xiaochun raised his fingers and said with a smile.

Ying Cai'er glared at him, took out her camera and looked through the photos she had just taken with Link, with a happy smile on her face.

 Chen Xiaochun breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she was no longer angry. He looked at Link who was being interviewed on the front desk and cursed in his heart, this guy is too handsome.

Link was wearing a formal suit on the stage, with a straight and strong back and sharp cheeks. He looked more masculine and handsome than Leonardo or Keanu Reeves.

 He talks and laughs happily on stage and carries a strong aura. He is more handsome and stylish in person than he looks on TV.

Link is so good that even he, a man, thinks Link is super handsome, let alone his wife who is a bit of a nymphomaniac.

 This is also the reason why Chen Xiaochun grabbed Ying Cai'er and refused to let go as soon as she saw him in person.

Link answered a few questions about the movie on stage, then returned to the front row center seat to watch the movie.

 "The Secret Fan of Snow Flowers" tells a love story between two women in the late Qing Dynasty and contemporary times.

 The two heroines in the modern story are named Sophia (played by Jun Ji-hyun) and Nina (played by Alice Lee), and they are best friends.

By chance, Sophia heard a story from her aunt. In Jiangyong area of ​​Hunan Province, there is a kind of Nüshu, which is a tool for secret communication between local women. They mainly write letters on fans and deliver them to each other, also called secret letters. fan.

In a love story in the late Qing Dynasty, two heroines named Xuehua and Lily became close friends when they were young. They told each other their true feelings in Nu Shu. As they grew older, they married and had children one after another. Lily married into a rich family, but Xuehua... Due to poor family circumstances, she married a country butcher.

Due to different circumstances, their relationship has become estranged and is no longer the pure friendship they had when they were young.

After a series of events, the misunderstanding between the two parties was resolved. Before Xuehua died, Lily understood her friendship and the true meaning of the letter Xuehua sent to Nu.

Link's role takes place in modern times. He is a foreign businessman who comes to China to invest. He runs many bars and hotels in Dahai City. He falls in love with Sophia at first sight and proposes to Sophia at a cocktail party. In the end, he finds out that she is a **** and does not love him. , Sophia loves Nina.

 The movie tells a modern story first, flashes back to the late Qing Dynasty in the middle, and returns to modern times in the second half.

Link read it again and found that he didn't understand it. There was a serious sense of separation between the front and back parts of the story. The ancient stories were like memory fragments inserted into the plot of a TV series, and the dozens of minutes seemed too long.

The love story between Sophia Snowflake and Nina Lily is not very touching, but feels a bit baffling.

At the time of its release, the film was billed as the Chinese version of "Brokeback Mountain."

 In fact, from the plot structure, to the character setting, to the story connotation, it is worse than "Brokeback Mountain".

 The only saving grace is that Director Wang Ying, like Director Woody Allen, is better at photographing people.

The two heroines look beautiful in the movie, and Link was also shot very handsome and graceful, especially the scene where he sings and woos in the bar, which is very high-quality, like he was performing at the Oscars.

 “Link, how are you feeling?”

Wendy Deng asked sideways.

Link nodded and said that overall it was good.

"After the movie was released, many fans on the Internet said that the plot of the movie was untrue. If Sophia really had a handsome, rich, singing, dancing, and considerate boyfriend like you, even a **** would be fascinated by you and fall in love with you. Fuck you."

Deng Wendy said with a smile.

Link smiled lightly and felt that the fans were right. He also could not understand the relationship between Sophia and Nina.

“Link, the European and American media say you are good at predicting box office. Can you predict the global box office of this movie?”

 Alice Li also turned sideways and asked softly.

Link glanced at her and said, "How many do you want?"

 “Of course, the more, the better.”

Alice Li blinked and smiled.

 “I'll double the number you want.”

Link said.

Alice Li was stunned for a moment, covered her lips and chuckled a few times, saying softly that you are so cunning.

Next to her, Wendy Deng glanced meaningfully at the two of them, and came over to ask Link if he had time in the afternoon. She said that she knew there was a good seafood restaurant nearby, and the abalone and sea cucumber were cooked quite authentically, so she invited him to taste it together.

Link thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

I have been busy on Hong Kong Island for three days. The work at hand is basically finished. Tomorrow I will fly to Nanjing to film. I have been busy with work these days on Hong Kong Island. I have no time to go out and eat any local food. .

It's also a good idea to taste Hong Kong Island's specialty seafood before leaving.

 Pap, pah, pah!

 At the end of the movie screening, many viewers stood up and applauded, congratulated Link and others, and praised the movie as a great one.

 When he was still a new actor, Link couldn't tell what kind of applause was warm and what kind was lively.

 After attending more than ten movie premieres, he gradually became able to tell how everyone felt about the movie based on the intensity of the applause.

 The applause was sparse, intermittent, loose and scattered, and it was obvious that the film was of average quality;

 The applause was warm and noisy, and the audience cheered. The movie was not bad;

After the movie ended, the audience was silent for a few seconds, and then there was a loud bang and a burst of thunderous applause, whistles, and cheers. The applause lasted for a long time, indicating that the movie was great.

 Also, if you look at the faces of your colleagues after the movie, if you are envious, it means the movie was good, if you congratulate it with a smile, it means it was average, and if you praise it, it means it was terrible.

 For this movie, everyone's applause was reluctant, more like polite applause.

However, after watching the movie, Cannes Best Actor Tony Leung came over and smiled shyly at him and praised his performance in the movie. He also said that he liked his performance in "Midnight in Paris" the most, saying that he played the role well. Very deep.

 Considering the other party's social fear, he doesn't like ineffective social interaction.

 The other person's compliment should be sincere.

Link smiled and thanked him, and talked about his new movie "The Grandmaster".

Originally, he thought that the filming of the movie had not started yet. After talking about it, he found out that filming had started last year. However, director Wong Kar-Wai was procrastinating and it took two years to complete the filming.

Link prefers this movie and feels that the quality is no worse than "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". If the copyright fee quoted by the producer is not high, he plans to obtain the North American distribution rights of the film after the filming is completed.

 It doesn't matter whether I make money or not, the main thing is that I like it and promote Chinese Kung Fu and boxing techniques.

 (End of this chapter)

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