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Chapter 245 Cheng Long also has an unspeakable secret

Cheng Long has been very annoyed recently. He can be so annoyed that any person from the Cheng family is joking with him that he sees a big black face, because the compensation they have invested in "Shinjuku Incident" has been very bad, Cheng Long has been criticized by media people recently.

The movie "Shinjuku Incident" is a movie in an awkward position. This movie is obviously influenced by too many "The Past of the United States". I want to make a film that conforms to the historical tide and can make people see many real cases piled up on a character, let people see what the Chinese living abroad encounters, and how they are forced to the ground step by step. Unfortunately, the filmmakers, even Cheng Long himself, have too many concerns, whether they can pass the review filter, whether they can make a box office, whether they will be excluded by overseas Chinese or domestic people, etc.

Once there are too many concerns, the movie will not be well made, and it will eventually become a two-way person. Moreover, the Chinese people seized the point of "insulting the Chinese people" when the film was moving rapidly in the Chinese economic system, and poured cold water on Cheng Long's "smearing the gang-socialism" to death.

In the end, the movie became a film that wanted to see the truth, and the audience who wanted to see the cruel story jumped and scolded the male pig's feet. Since they were on the road of revealing the low quality of the people, they had to have a noble character at the end, isn't this a bitch still standing in the archway? At the same time, the audience who wanted to see the story were also dissatisfied. "Does Cheng Long want to perform thrilling action scenes or be the Virgin?"

A good story was ruined like this, and it was ruined like this.

If you want to make this story well, either, just abandon the authenticity. Just film a man’s suffering abroad, don’t touch the high-voltage line and line it up into pure art films; or, let’s go out, anyway, if you say ‘there was no thieves here before the Chinese were in the island country’, it would be an offensive person. It would be better to go through the minefield and make a classic when the movie was bombed into a banned film. You can do whatever you want and say everything you want. Unfortunately, "Shinjuku Incident" did not make these two points well.

Cheng Long also has Cheng Long's concerns. He neither dared to offend the mainland people too deeply, nor did he want to erase the authenticity of this story. Isn't the film made according to the doctrine of the mean that it is neither well-known nor popular? The whole movie "Shinjuku Incident" that was made has a box office of US$1.8 million in Hong Kong, a box office of US$300,000 in Baodao, a box office of US$1.3 million in Singapore, a box office of US$1.1 million in Malaysia, a box office of US$400,000 in Thailand, a box office of US$600,000 in New Zealand, and a box office of US$390,000 in island countries (finally US$1 million). A total of US$6.5 million. The box office is expected by the media. Cheng Long's film has a loss of HK$180 million.

Cheng Long may be able to withstand the loss of 180 million Hong Kong dollars. He lost even 80 million US dollars when the exchange rate was high, and this 80 million Hong Kong dollars would not cause any psychological burden. But the key to the problem is image. Cheng Long was almost scolded by the mainland media as a traitor. You should know that not every Chinese who went to the island country would steal things and smuggle in the society. When watching this movie, they also admitted that some compatriots were of low quality abroad, but you can't say, "Before the Chinese went to the island country, there were no thieves here." Isn't this killing a whole boat of people? When the Chinese went to the island country, they specialized in stealing things? Even the skills of stealing things were too poor, so people exposed it to the collective?

Who else can the media scold you? We are all American creditors now. Who can bear it when you suddenly make a shit on your face? Even if the shit is chocolate-flavored, it won’t work.

In the hotel, Cheng Long waited for a full week, but he didn't go anywhere in the week. He pushed all the activities and was waiting for someone.

"Xiao Shao. Me, Cheng Long, do you have time? Yes, I've returned to the capital and just returned from the United States."

Cheng Long wouldn't say that his face could not be pulled down. He is a big brother artist. No matter where he goes, other stars will treat him as a legend and an idol. There are voices everywhere, "Brother, let me shoot a movie for you." You expect him to call him and say, "Xiao Shao, this is a bit difficult. Can you help me improve my image?" He couldn't open his mouth even if he said this to death.

What Cheng Long likes is the last chance for Shao Yingxiong and the Americans to fight, because in the second game, "Super Body" reached 44 million US dollars in North America in a single week. "Source Code" with more than 60 million US dollars is definitely not a problem. If Cheng Long brought funds to the group in the last game between Shao Yingxiong and Hollywood media, he used his influence in Hollywood to help his juniors fight against Hollywood media, whether he wins or loses, his image will be reversed. Therefore, he has to call on the last day when Shao Yingxiong returns to China to promote.

Shao Yingxiong was quite puzzled when he received the call. He had no friendship with Cheng Long. At most, he met at a charity dinner. After chatting for a few words that everyone could not say in his heart. Why did he receive Cheng Long’s invitation at this time?

What he was thinking was that Cheng Long might rely on his face to help him play a role or play a villain in a new drama. Anyway, it was all about face. Even if he played a role or played a villain, there were not many scenes. Who wouldn’t know that the appearance of the villain in Cheng Long’s drama flashed by, and it would occupy the ending time in the whole drama?

For this reason, Shao Yingxiong also thought about Cheng Long's next few dramas. The Cheng Long movies released in 2010 include "Kung Fu Dream" and "Agents Next Door"...

Before making a special trip to the hotel, Shao Yingxiong won the domestic box office results for the second week of "Super Body". The 94 million score in mainland China is not a drop in comparison with the first week of results, and basically remains at a flat position. After Baodao scored a miraculous 47.26 million in the first week of 47.26 million, he won 36.54 million in the second week of NT$. Of course, this is the New Taiwan dollar. In terms of Xiangjiang, after experiencing the first week of NT$10.5 million in the first week of box office, he scored an astonishing 7.8 million in the second week. Now it is a miracle that the Hong Kong film market can win 30 million in the box office. All kinds of blockbusters will fail when they arrive in Xiangjiang. Unexpectedly, "Super Body" has achieved a score of 1,830 in two weeks, and is about to move towards 20 million.

As for the performance of Super Physical in Europe, island countries, South Korea and other places, there is no feedback yet, but Shao Yingxiong's expectations for this movie have reached a new level. After all, the mainland market has achieved a record of 200 million in two weeks. In such a mood, Shao Yingxiong went to see Cheng Long.

The moment he met Cheng Long, Shao Yingxiong sat down face to face with Cheng Long in the hotel presidential suite. Cheng Long was a little embarrassed to speak and said with an opening remark: "The box office of "Super Body" is really good. Xiao Shao, if you want to achieve the results of "Super Body" in the next movie, you may have to increase your investment?" Cheng Long is polite. After all, an artist who has just entered Hollywood needs too many connections to make a movie with zero production fee. Moreover, MGM is in the current situation. As long as you Shao Yingxiong open your mouth and say that there are difficulties in funding, Cheng Long can enter the market with funds full of compatriots, which can be considered as helping the younger generation. Everyone will find face back.

"It's quite difficult." After Shao Yingxiong said these words, he did not pretend to be fake. He said to Cheng Long as a chat: "When I first arrived in Hollywood, I didn't know so much. I actually brought funds to fight. Because of the exchange rate problem every day, the exchange rate was still 1:7. If a movie was hit, I would be in danger of bankruptcy. For example, if "Super Body" was not controlled within a range I could control, it would be troublesome. It is very likely that MGM and our company would be dragged down directly."

"Fortunately, the market response is pretty good." Shao Yingxiong continued: "With the current film market, the Source Code series has gone from Hollywood B-level production to A-level production. Before, Harry Sloan of MGM and I were also discussing the investment in the third part. Now it seems that this matter can really be done to 0 costs. After all, the box office of "Super Body" is there, and people have confidence. What's more, we are planning to invite some Hollywood big names in the next movie... Brother Cheng Long, are you okay? Why didn't I say a few words and your face is getting worse and worse? Are you feeling unwell?"

Cheng Long is so upset, he has a good idea. He brings funds to the group, and at most he can reduce his pay. Even if he ends up being a movie for you, Shao Yingxiong, can he always be grateful? Now, isn’t this a cocoon?

Shao Yingxiong didn't know that he had just chatted and blocked Cheng Long's mouth. He was thinking that Cheng Long had a charity dinner recently and had to deal with the media. Is it because he might get exhausted if he had any physical problems? But now he saw that it seems that this is not the case.

"Brother?" Shao Yingxiong asked again.

Cheng Long reacted like a god and said, "Oh, that's fine, that's fine, that's fine, as long as there is no trouble. If there is any trouble, just say that they are all Chinese. If we don't join forces in Hollywood, then no one will look down on us."

"Oh." Shao Yingxiong agreed, but Cheng Long suddenly became mute, staring at the newspaper next to him, shutting his mouth and not talking.

What's the meaning?

At this point, I started to play silent silence? Shouldn’t I cry silently after a while?

Shao Yingxiong didn’t know which Cheng Long sang, so Cheng Long couldn’t open his mouth. In this way, Shao Yingxiong simply asked: “Brother Cheng Long, do you want me to have a show for you or something?”

"Okay, I'll play you with a show!"

"ah!"

When Cheng Long heard Shao Yingxiong's amazement, he realized that he had said the wrong thing. People asked if he wanted to play Cheng Long. As a result, Cheng Long's mind was full of how to enter Shao Yingxiong's new film crew to regain his image as being criticized by the media. Otherwise, why would the charity dinner be held at this time? Who knew that when he heard similar words, he would just say his thoughts. After thinking about it carefully, he found that what he responded was not what he thought.

However, after saying this, both of them became embarrassed.

Shao Yingxiong thought Cheng Long didn't know how to speak for him, but he didn't expect Cheng Long to come and play for him. Following Cheng Long's gaze, Shao Yingxiong saw a newspaper, which almost all wrote about the "Shinjuku Incident". Shao Yingxiong, who was busy with propaganda, had no time to pay attention to the tide of public opinion. After reading these newspaper titles, he completely understood.
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