China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

"You have been working on the Olympics before. I didn't tell you, so I cut it off first and then reported it. Now I am here to apologize. If you don't like it, Director Lu, I can delete it now."

Cannon is so good at talking!

Lu Ping'an was slightly surprised and began to think.

He felt that there was something in Feng Dapao's words.

After all, there is no need for such formal authorization for this kind of thing.

So asking for authorization may be an excuse. In fact, it should be that the king wants to use the cannon as a bridge to ease the relationship with him.

If this is the case, it seems that Huayi is really not having a good time right now.

Also, it's really irrational to dare to put such a big deal on "The King of Kung Fu".

They were not like this in the original time and space.

To talk about the reason, it can only be said that the appearance of Lu Ping'an made a group of colleagues anxious.

But if you think about it carefully, there is actually another possibility.

That means Feng Dapao wants to change jobs!

It's not like Dapao and Huayi have never separated. Didn't Dapao go out on his own for a year in 2005?

In addition, Huayi was a giant in mainland China during this period, and it will be the first privately-owned film company in history after it goes public next year.

Huayi is now in turmoil and encountering problems, far from what it was in the original time and space.

So it's not surprising that Cannon has this idea.

However, Lu Ping'an didn't think Huayi would really let him go.

If you let go once, can there be a next time?

In the original time and space, Huayi relied heavily on cannons.

King Huayi knows this, and Feng Dapao himself should also understand this.

So what does cannon mean? Is it just to sell it and leave a way out?

Or is he taking advantage of the opportunity to contact himself and use it as a bargaining chip in negotiations with Huayi?

Lu Ping'an thought for a moment and decided to wait and see what happened.

"What do you mean by authorization? Just take it and use it. We can cooperate as long as you need it during promotion."

"Thank you very much. I'll treat you to dinner later. Let me know when you have time and I'll prepare a banquet for you."

"No need to go to such trouble, it's just a trivial matter. Besides, I don't have time in the near future. I have to go to Lao America to film a movie."

"Is there another new show?"

"Yes, it's still a superhero movie. The crew has been waiting for me for half a year."

In the end, Cannon's dinner date was postponed to "we'll talk about it later when it's free."

Cannon didn't insist, and Lu Ping'an still couldn't figure out what Cannon meant.

He didn't think much about it. If the other party really wanted to ask for something else, he would probably tell him directly next time.

Two days later, Lu Pingan and Marvel head Kevin Feige.

This person is also the main character in the original time and space that created the Marvel Universe.

When the two parties met, the atmosphere became very familiar.

"Lu, it's nice to meet you. Your Batman shots are really good. Congratulations on your success again."

"Kevin, I also want to congratulate you in advance. Marvel will be even more successful in the future."

"Hahaha." Kevin Feige laughed, and then sighed slightly, "Lu, I really hope your blessing can come true, but now we are encountering a big problem."

"That's why we have today's date, isn't it?"

Lu Pingan said with a smile.

This is the strong confidence exuded by the identity of a director with a total box office of 4.3 billion, as if his whole person is shining.

Everyone at Marvel thinks that Warner is really lucky and they should have found him a long time ago

After sitting down, just start chatting.

At the beginning, Kevin Feige did not mention anything serious, but asked Lu Pingping: "Why do you think our "Captain America" ​​did not do well at the box office?"

The purpose of asking this question is, of course, not just to ask for advice, but to investigate.

Of course, Lu Ping'an doesn't think he is so good that he can teach others casually, and this person is Kevin Feige.

So since we are here to negotiate.

Then of course you have to say something beneficial to the negotiation.

First, let’s go back to the problem itself.

The IP "Captain America" ​​is very famous in North America.

You must know that as early as 1941, when this character first came out, this comic created sales of more than one million in the United States.

It can be seen that this character is very popular among the people. Just like his red and blue stars and stripes uniform, Captain America has become a symbol of the American spirit.

Because of this, Marvel’s first choice at that time was this IP.

As for the second-tier hero "Iron Man", the idea of ​​turning it into a movie was dropped as soon as New Line renewed its IP contract.

Marvel then focused all its energy on Captain America, and even the concept of a movie universe was already out, waiting for Captain America to explode and open up the market.

As a result, "Captain America", an IP that had high hopes, suffered a blow in its path to filmmaking.

Not only that, Marvel also has a movie "The Incredible Hulk" about to be released.

It was released a few months later than The Originals, but it is probably going to be a loss, because The Originals is also the lowest-grossing movie among Marvel movies.

So why did "Captain America 1" fail at the box office?

The first is the movie itself.

Due to the "speciality" of the character "Captain America", Marvel not only needs to express his "origin story" completely, but also madly emphasizes the spirit he represents, making the whole movie too "literary" and affecting the perception. .

For the audience, what they want to see is the superhero's ability to control the wind and rain and show off his magical powers, rather than their "origin story" in the form of ordinary people.

Especially for overseas audiences, superhero movies are just about fighting. What’s the use of talking so much nonsense?

Therefore, in the later period of Marvel's original time and space, they would do their best to "omit" the origin stories of their heroes. Even for such an important hero as Spider-Man, Marvel did not put his "sad" origin story on the screen again. , but let him join the "Avengers" directly.

Kevin Feige acknowledged this, but not enough.

He felt that if Lu Pingan only saw this, it would be too superficial.

Fortunately, Lu Ping'an went on to make his next guess.

"I think, Kevin, your goal for the movie "Captain America" ​​should be far more than just box office."

"You probably want to learn from my approach to "Batman 1" and slowly unlock a huge world for the audience, and "Captain America 1" is the origin of this world, growing from a skinny soldier to a hero. Then he grows up to be the captain who commands the other heroes, right?"

Lu Pingan asked with a smile.

Kevin Feige looked shocked.

But before he spoke, Lu Pingan shrugged, "Unfortunately, Captain America in the Marvel universe is different from Batman in the DC universe. Captain America is not suitable for the soul figure in the Marvel universe. ."

"Who is suitable?" a Marvel staff member asked.

Lu Pingan smiled slightly: "Of course it's Tony Stark."

Everyone at Marvel suddenly said: "."

"Iron Man" is in your hands and you are here to negotiate, so of course you will say so.

Lu Ping'an didn't blush either.

He came to negotiate, and using the high-value "Iron Man" movie series to invest in shares was the goal of both parties, and he was right.

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