You Made Me a Superstar

   Chapter 396 Overseas version of Infernal Affairs?

   August 15th.

   Early morning.

   A new round of box office for "Infernal Affairs" was put on the table.

   China’s box office is very good.

   was released for four days, with a daily box office of 27 million and a total box office of nearly 120 million.

   This data is definitely not a newcomer, but looking at the entire history of Chinese films, it can definitely be called unprecedented, and it can even be said to be a landmark film.

   Zhou Yang opened the overseas box office.

   "Infernal Affairs", relying on Laomei's SKY company, as one of China's export films, was officially released in 19 overseas countries and regions yesterday.

   After seeing the overseas box office data on the document, Zhou Yang only felt that the air in the entire office suddenly solidified, and he actually felt a little cold.

   "Infernal Affairs only made over a million dollars in North American premiere..."

   ""Night Walker" is four times ours! Such a disparity in the box office is absolutely abnormal..."

  “…”

  Xu Mei's face was very ugly.

   seems to have a harder time accepting the results of "Infernal Affairs" than Zhou Yang.

   "Infernal Affairs" is too explosive in China.

   The box office broke 30 million on the first day!

   The box office broke 100 million in four days!

   was released for three days, and the attendance rate ranked first among the films in the same period, with an amazing attendance rate of nearly 90%!

  The word of mouth exploded. On Douban and other major platforms, the word-of-mouth of "Infernal Affairs" even surpassed Zhou Yang's "Struggle" for a time, reaching a score of 9.3, which is almost a masterpiece!

  …

Such an explosive movie once caused the company to place a lot of undeserved hope on this movie. Even Xu Mei herself once fantasized about the movie being released overseas. With Zhou Yang's popularity in Europe and the United States, although it is not enough Let the world movies boil, but it is also the first shot of China's export movies!

However…

  When the box office data was officially presented in her hands, she looked at the one million box office in disbelief, and even felt that she had missed the mark for a while.

   "Infernal Affairs" was a hit at the overseas box office, especially in Europe and America!

   Her first reaction was that "Infernal Affairs" encountered the shady scene of the European and American film circles...

   Since "Struggle", Zhou Yang actually has a group of relatively loyal fans in Europe and the United States. Even if "Infernal Affairs" is not very well done, these fans will at least go to the screening hall to watch this movie to support Zhou Yang, right?

   One Million Dollar Premiere!

   This is so pretty!

   "The Hollywood movie "Superman 2" was released at this time, there is definitely an idea to suppress our "Infernal Affairs"..."

   "Our "Infernal Affairs" turned out, moved the cake of those Hollywood movies, especially our overseas release, they will definitely stare at us..."

"I have contacted SKY company, our promotion in Europe and the United States is very difficult, even some small media are more willing to report on "Superman 2" or other movies released in August, even Django's "Nightwalker" obtained more resources overseas than us... The remaining resources of "Superman 2" were all replaced by "Nightwalker"."

   "The theater side is not fair to us either, our schedule is only half of that of "Night Walker"..."

  “…”

   "We have been suppressed by various channels overseas, and this suppression has made it difficult for us..."

  In the office.

  Xu Mei took out the notebook.

  The notebook contains various information about Infernal Affairs overseas.

   As she said that, she was angry and even said that she was gnashing her teeth in anger.

   More than ten minutes later.

  Xu Mei finished speaking.

After she finished speaking, she looked at Zhou Yang and hesitated for a while: "Mr. Zhou, we can't sit still... If possible, I hope the company can approve a sum of money for overseas publicity expenses, the Hollywood Movie News that should be bought, the one that should be bought. We all buy the headlines in the media, other than that…”

   "Infernal Affairs" does not have any expenses for publicity.

  Whether in China or Hollywood.

There is naturally no problem in Huaxia, Zhou Yang's popularity is at its peak, and "Infernal Affairs" is even more explosive. For the sake of traffic, the media are naturally rushing to rub off all kinds of heat, which indirectly makes the "Infernal Affairs" box office rise. …

   But other regions outside China are not the same.

The popularity of "Chainsaw" has long since subsided. Although "Struggle" has been a big hit in Cannes, it is a niche movie and a pure commercial blockbuster at the box office. Back to the beginning.

   "Infernal Affairs", which is not its own territory, has not spent any publicity funds, and is not helpful to those "big men", is naturally struggling at the overseas box office!

  Xu Mei was talking, and when she gradually found that Zhou Yang had been silent and had no response, her voice gradually softened.

   She looked at Zhou Yang unconsciously, but saw Zhou Yang staring at the computer, as if he was browsing something over and over again.

   What she wanted to say was finally held back by her.

  The office also became silent.

   Only the sound of the air conditioner blowing continuously…

   Time passed bit by bit, Xu Mei looked at Zhou Yang's appearance, and became a little uneasy in her heart, and even wondered if she had said the wrong thing.

   She became inexplicably flustered, and instinctively lowered her head.

   After an unknown amount of time, Zhou Yang turned off the comments on the overseas movie network and looked up at Xu Mei.

   "I'll think about it again, depending on the situation, just spending money on publicity may have little effect..."

"what?"

   ""Infernal Affairs" itself is not a movie specifically to please Europe and the United States..."

   For more than ten minutes just now, Zhou Yang has been browsing the movie reviews of movie fans on overseas websites.

   About 30% of them couldn't understand it. I felt that the characters in "Infernal Affairs" were too complicated, and I didn't understand what the movie meant when I saw the end.

More than 20% of the audience compared this movie with "Nightwalker". They felt that the gunfights and action scenes of good and bad guys in "Nightwalker" were very enjoyable, especially when several well-known overseas kung fu superstars played in "Nightwalker". The acting in "Night Walker" can be called a classic, perfectly poking at their aesthetics, making them deeply immersed in it and unable to extricate themselves. On the other hand, the plot of "Infernal Affairs" is very boring. There are very few, and some fans even said that they left halfway after watching it. They really couldn't understand the language art of the East...

   Zhou Yang was not disappointed after reading this series of comments!

   This is an inevitable result of the cultural differences between the East and the West. Originally, when many popular Chinese films in the world came to overseas screenings, they would be affected to varying degrees and the box office was not ideal.

This is normal.

   The movie "Infernal Affairs" was not made to cater to the European and American markets at all, and in the original memory, the overseas box office of "Infernal Affairs" itself was mediocre.

   "Mr. Zhou, is that just... let others see our jokes? At least, give it a try..."

  Xu Mei bit her lip, feeling a little unwilling in her heart.

   After getting the overseas box office data of "Infernal Affairs", her heart seemed to sink to the bottom.

  Disappointment, disbelief, distress…

   Various emotions lingered in her mind, making her panic for a while.

   The "Infernal Affairs", which has been praised countlessly in China, is actually cold overseas. She can't imagine how tomorrow's China Media will belittle this movie under the promotion of caring people.

   "Let me think about it..."

   Zhou Yang was still very calm, just tapped the desk with his fingers.

   Step by step from humble beginnings, he has seen too many people who fell from high places.

   He closed his eyes.

   He suddenly remembered that there was a movie called "The Departed" in Hollywood, which had a box office of nearly 300 million US dollars and won several Oscars.

   In a sense, although "Infernal Affairs" has indeed been cold at the overseas box office, its international influence cannot be denied.

The two seem to be contradictory, but in fact they are not contradictory. Under the influence of factors such as the times, unacceptable conditions, or publicity, there are not many movies with high reputation and high influence in Huaxia, but the box office is terrible. The two films "Journey to the West" and "Evil in the West" are a very clear example...

   Just when Zhou Yang was thinking about how to deal with this matter, Xu Mei's cell phone rang.

  Xu Mei suddenly lost her voice after receiving the call.

   "What? What did you say? What do you mean?"

   "In order to make room for "Superman 2", our "Infernal Affairs" will be painted ahead of schedule in the overseas version? Will it be painted at noon tomorrow?"

   "It's only been released for a day, what is this for?"

  The phone was hung up.

"Snapped!"

  Xu Mei couldn't hold the phone, and finally let the phone fall to the ground.

   Her face was flushed and red, she was gasping for breath, her whole body was shaking with anger, and she didn't recover after a long time.

   She took a long breath and finally kept her calm.

   When I was about to say something to Zhou Yang...

   However, Zhou Yang's cell phone was also ringing.

   Zhou Yang looked at the caller number suspiciously.

   The caller number was very unfamiliar, and even after Zhou Yang received the call, he heard the respectful greeting from the other party, and he did not remember who the other party was after a long delay.

   "Mr. Zhou, I'm Zheng Jun..."

   "Um? Hello..."

   When the other party realized that Zhou Yang didn't hear who he was, he immediately increased his voice.

   Zheng Jun?

The name    was both familiar and unfamiliar, as if he had heard it somewhere, but Zhou Yang couldn't remember it for a while.

"Mr. Zhou, that, I followed Christian in the filming of "Lamb", because the filming progress of "Lamb" was too slow, so I adapted the script of "Infernal Affairs", and then I borrowed the script of "Infernal Affairs". The plot, I made an American version of "Infernal Affairs" with Christian who couldn't make "Lamb"... After filming and editing, I realized that I didn't say hello to you... The sample has been sent to your email, please help Look, do you think this can be shown in old America?"

   "…" Zheng Jun said this in an embarrassing tone while the phone was on the head.

   Zhou Yang was stunned for a moment.

   Then…

   He suddenly remembered who Zheng Jun was!

   He is the screenwriter of the original "Mine Bottom"!

   Later, he followed Christian in the old beauty, and he has not heard from him for a long time.

did not expect…

   This guy has been doing big things all the time?

   There is still only one update today…

   There are some reasons, but it is not convenient to disclose.

   After the recovery tomorrow, let’s talk about it…

   (end of this chapter)