China Entertainment 2000

Chapter 448 When the light of Ziweixing shines on the United States...

When the first ray of sunlight at noon fell on the tip of the man's nose along with the tips of his hair, the delicate itching sensation made Zhou Yi, who was sleeping, struggle for a few times, and then slowly opened his eyes.

The golden hair shone in the sunlight scattered in the room. The woman who was brushing the bridge of the man's nose bent her elbows on the pillow, lying on the bed and supporting one side of her cheek, smiling at him. Looking at——

"Good morning darling."

"It looks like I'm still dreaming."

Zhou Yi wrinkled his nose with the corners of his mouth raised. When he raised his hand, the soft touch filled his fingers: "But I like this dream. It's best not to wake up."

"Really? How many girls have you said such disgusting love words to?"

"you are the first."

"real?"

"certainly."

"So, that means I should be your favorite woman?" Scarlett Johansson teased the man's messy hair, letting his hand roam around her body with a teasing expression.

"At least before you walk out of this room, you definitely are." Zhou Yi smiled and swore: "God can testify for me."

"Sometimes I wonder how you can be so shameless."

The woman who put her right index finger on the tip of the man's nose to stop him from moving forward teased: "Maybe I still know too little about you, bad boy?"

Zhou Yi hugged her waist with great interest: "Then what are you? Bad Gilr?"

"Maybe."

Scarlett lay on the man's chest noncommittally, and her fingertips flexibly drew circles on his chest: "Thanks to you, I am really famous in the United States now.

"My agent originally planned to let me go back today, but just an hour ago, she called and told me that if possible, I should continue to stay with You to gain more exposure."

"Your agent really knows how to make things happen."

Zhou Yi smiled indifferently: "So, what's your opinion?"

"Didn't you say in an interview that your compatriot's new movie would cost you all your money?" Scarlett smiled mischievously and said, "You know what MGM said to you back then. The comments are very dissatisfied, and today happens to be the day when the movie is released..."

On April 16, 2003, MGM invested US$52 million in the comic book adaptation movie "Bulletproof Monk", which was officially released.

Starring Chow Yun-fat, Seann William Scott, Jamie King and others, the film was screened in 2,955 theaters across the United States on the first day, which is quite a big deal.

For comparison, when "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" opened in the United States, it was shown in a total of 2,027 theaters;

When Chenglong's "Rush Hour 2" opened across the United States, it was shown in a total of 3,001 theaters.

It can be said that MGM executives still attach great importance to this "Bulletproof Monk".

After Zhou Yi's nonsense during the interview was published in the newspapers, he was ridiculed by MGM insiders as an infighting between him and Zhou Runfa.

"It's okay to watch movies, but you don't have to contribute to the box office for him." Zhou Yi, who heard the implication, smiled and became the king of support: "Everything else is fine."

"What kind of movies do you like to watch?"

"Comedy, action."

"Well, you can watch movies like "My Savage Netizen" and "Dragon's Den" starring Jet Li. Unfortunately, Jackie Chan's "Shanghai Noon" has already been released, otherwise... …”

Houston, outside a movie theater.

It is obvious that the woman who pays close attention to the movie market is familiar with the movies that have just been released, those that are currently in theaters, and those that are at the end of their release. It is obvious that the man who accompanied his girlfriend to watch the movie was holding a bucket of popcorn in his hand. After seeing the huge poster, my eyes lit up——

"This is the movie adapted from the comic book of the same name by Michael Avon Oeming, "Bulletproof Monk". My dear, why don't you just watch this one."

"Waht? No, nonono."

The red-haired girl, who was obviously having trouble making a choice, shook her head like a rattle: "Spike even said this movie is a bad movie. I don't think we need to watch it at all."

"Why is it Spike again? He's not a movie maker. He's not even in the movie industry. Why do you still listen to him?" The white man who usually listens to more Celine Dion songs felt helpless.

He didn't know what kind of ecstasy soup that damn bastard poured into his girlfriend in the album. He would obviously discuss with him which singer was good and which singer was not good. But now, all the other singers except Zhou Yi are not good.

It's a little too extreme.

"But everything Spike has said so far is right. Putting aside everything else, let's just ask you if his evaluation of Madonna's new song is very true." Regarding the idol's deeds, the red-haired girl can be said to be Countless treasures.

In a nutshell: Our brother never lies!

If he says it doesn’t look good, then it really doesn’t look good. If he says it doesn’t sound good, then it really doesn’t look good.

"He's not God. How come he knows it's not good without even looking at it? He himself says that he is God first and he is second."

"You haven't gotten to know Spike in depth, so it's normal to not know."

The girl who heard this said her idol with an excited face: "Do you know his nickname in China? If he says he can't do it, then he really can't do it. They call him Ziweixing in Hong Kong. In Chinese culture, it is said that this is a position that is dedicated to controlling the future of others..."

"???"

This is all a mess, and he still controls the future.

The man had a speechless expression on his face, and after his girlfriend finished her exciting science education, he took her to buy movie tickets for "Bulletproof Monk" - his rebellious psychology came into play.

If at first he was only attracted by the title of "Bulletproof Monk" being adapted from the comic book of the same name, now it is purely to prove to his girlfriend that Zhou Yi is not some bullshit.

The foundation of the original comic is here. As long as the director, screenwriter, and actors are decent, the film will not turn into a piece of shit as Zhou Yi said.

But the result is, 104 minutes later...

He walked out of the cinema with a dull expression, followed by a girlfriend who kept complaining...

I'm so stupid, really stupid...

"Damn it! MGM, are you a fool?! You spent $52 million to make such a piece of shit?!"

"Spike's gold content has risen again! He really has something."

"Arts are all interconnected, and Spike has also appeared in the music video "In the Name of the Father" after all. His judgment is definitely correct."

"My evaluation is that it is better to review "In the Name of the Father" again."

"Warner might as well call that director named Hao Ning to remake "In the Name of the Father" and put it in theaters. I definitely support it..."

On Yahoo, due to MGM's massive publicity spending, "Bulletproof Monk" was extremely popular on the first day it was released. It was almost ranked first in terms of discussion during the same period.

In addition, Zhou Yi and Madonna are currently in a music battle. Under the invisible hands of MGM, they tried their best to trick a group of people into the cinema to watch this movie——

But precisely because of this, this movie has received negative reviews from major rating websites, major film critics, and magazines since its release, and the Internet has been even more criticized.

On April 19, three days after the movie was released, a screenshot that extremely represented the mood of many fans of the original comic began to be widely circulated on American Internet websites——

That’s what Zhou Yi, wearing an Armani suit, said during an interview with reporters on the red carpet of this year’s Grammy Awards: [His new movie? He was box office poison and MGM would lose money like a fool. 】

A sentence that once caused Zhou Yi to be criticized became a valuable asset that helped him further expand his reputation after the release of "Bulletproof Monk" - and his personal blog was filled with many American netizens who came to apologize. .

After three days of release, the total box office only exceeded 17 million US dollars, and this still includes many Zhouyi fans who joined in the fun. Otherwise, according to the research and evaluation of many industry insiders, without Zhou Yi's intervention, the three-day box office might have only exceeded US$8 million.

To be honest, when the survey results came out, many people were frightened.

How come Spike's personal appeal has become so strong?

Many people were still doubtful about this result, until April 20——

After losing the initial popularity boost from the Zhou Yi scolding war, the quality of "Bulletproof Monk" has been revealed. With a luxurious number of simultaneous screenings in more than 2,900 theaters across the United States, the daily revenue in a single day was only 3.19 million US dollars. .

Completely in line with Zhou Yi's words: MGM will lose money and become a fool.

"God, I don't know how to describe my feelings, but I think I really need to re-examine Spike, knowing that he should have been able to say this before he had seen the original film."

"I'm sorry Spike, I wronged you!"

"Are you the Holy Son Spike? Why can you guess so accurately?"

"Just do what you say! I'm convinced!"

"What happened?" This is a foreign netizen who still doesn't know what happened.

"Spike, can you please help me get into college this year!"

"..."

Thanks to the huge amount of publicity that MGM gave to this movie in the early stage, and using this shareholder style to make his name more prominent, Zhou Yi's personal blog did not know when a few accounts making wishes appeared——

In the beginning it was just the Americans themselves.

But when Zhou Yi's "obeying his words" and his past nickname of "Ziweixing" in China were publicized by many "enthusiastic fans", many people from other countries also immediately noticed the Zhou Yi blog account The people who made the wish did not know whose influence they started to follow.

"Book of Changes Zhouyi, make a wish that I will be admitted to Tsinghua University this year!"

"Reverse Tiangang, Zhou Yi is from Peking University! Zhou Yi, I made a wish that I would be admitted to Peking University."

This is a netizen from China.

"Spike, can you tell me to ask the United States to withdraw its troops?"

"Spike, can you say something to prevent another terrorist attack on the United States?"

"..."

People of Iraqi descent probably believed this to be true and chose to leave a message with the mentality of giving it a try.

Other netizens from the UK, France, West, Germany and Italy also came to join in the fun, and the good blog was turned into a wishing wall for all nations.

Netizens of this era have never seen such an Internet-style carnival. After the rhythm was easily brought up, various joke-telling brothers and sisters left their wishes under Zhou Yi's blog, intending to let Zhou Yi speak them out.

This unprecedented strange scene also made many newspapers marvel.

At noon on the 21st, the new round of "Los Angeles Weekly" gave this unique and unprecedented phenomenon a unique literary title: "When the Purple Star from China Shines".

"It is said that Spike's most common nickname in China is Purple Star. Of course, this does not mean that he is a star, but that the people he is optimistic about and the people he contacts will have a prosperous future. And those who are sentenced to death by him will never have the power to turn over again.

"I originally thought this should just be a kind of marketing.

"But now I think I was wrong. It is undoubtedly a miracle that Spike could publicly say under great pressure that MGM would lose a lot of money because of Bulletproof Monk, and he would not hesitate to point out that Madonna's new song was surprisingly bad.

"Perhaps, he does have an extraordinary sense of smell..."

MGM is a group of people who are numb - a good movie with a large investment is already a foregone conclusion that it will lose a lot of money, but it is still used as a marketing stepping stone.

If it is not seen that Warner is behind this wave of popularity, everyone in MGM can jump off the building.

"Fuck! Doesn't he know any rules? ! And he uses us for marketing!" The executive in charge of the Bulletproof Monk project was so angry that he slammed the table: "Doesn't he know that doing this will offend us? !"

"Boss, he doesn't shoot movies." The secretary next to him reminded him: "And he is not American. ”

“…”

Warner is such a bastard!

Madonna, who was working hard to promote her own song, was also dumbfounded - no, man, what's your trick?

Madonna, who has been known for all the storms since her debut, felt a little overwhelmed when facing a marketing from a junior for the first time.

If she was called the marketing king by her black fans before because she was good at marketing and anti-marketing, then this time she really had a hard time adapting - mainly because she had never seen this trick before!

How could she counter a trick she had never seen before?

She could only passively accept it, I can't think of any way to deal with it.

This is almost like Zhou Yi is worshipped as an omnipotent God. People go to him to make wishes everywhere. Zhou Yi's words "I am the one under God" are also recognized by more and more people who don't know the truth.

Don't ask, Zhou Yi is just like this - not only in China, but even Kelly Brook from the UK became popular the next year because of a video with Zhou Yi and a music video. She became a Premier League goddess.

In this case, the next person to be popular is not...

"Scarlett Johansson! Spike! Excuse me, are you two dating?!"

On the evening of the 21st, when Scarlett and Zhou Yi walked out of the cinema hand in hand, they were directly stopped by the paparazzi of The Sun who were squatting there!

"Dating? No, no, no, we are just friends."

Zhou Yi, holding Scarlett Johansson's hand, smiled and waved his hand to push away the paparazzi who blocked his way.

"Spike is right, we are just friends, please don't write nonsense. ”

Paparazzi: “…So what do you think about your personal blog setting a new Guinness World Record?”