Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 952 How many signings are you going to hold?
Lin Fei could clearly see the sense of happiness on the faces of the reporters, and it was completely unexpected to Lin Fei that the interview could bring out a sense of happiness.

Although the reporters all entered the interview session, they had to endure the host's long-winded speeches first.

Because Zhang Zhong came to the scene today, the host was also very excited, so he said a few more words in this excitement, and he talked for nearly 10 minutes just for the opening.

After 10 minutes passed, the interview session officially began, and many reporters raised their hands impatiently.

Zhang Zhong picked one at random, and the reporter stood up and asked, "Pz, did you come to France this time to attend the wedding of those two fans?"

Sure enough, the reporters were most concerned about what happened yesterday.

Zhang Zhong replied, "You can say that."

"Pz, I heard that the box office performance of the new movie "The Devotion of Suspect X" in China was not satisfactory at the beginning, but then it suddenly went up. At the same time, the movie "Murder on the Orient Express" also went up. Everyone knows that this movie The original book is also written by you, do you know the reason for this?"

Zhang Zhong shook his head, "I don't know too well, but if you want to know, I can ask the staff of our company if anyone knows. If so, I will tell you some time later."

"This movie has just been released in North America. I heard that the box office is doing well, but it is much lower than that in China. Did you expect this situation before? What do you think is the reason? Could it be Because the movie is full of Chinese faces, so North American audiences can't get used to it?"

Zhang Zhong raised his eyebrows. This topic is quite interesting.

In fact, as this reporter said, the box office performance of "Suspect X's Devotion" in North America was not satisfactory, and it can even be said to be very poor.

In China, the box office gap between "The Devotion of Suspect X" and "Murder on the Orient Express" is not that big, and the former may even surpass the latter.

However, in North America, the box office of these two films has a huge gap. Only three or four days after their release, the gap between them has reached two to three billion Chinese dollars.

It is simply impossible to say that there is no reason for what the reporter just said.

In the current film industry, European and American faces are definitely more popular, not only in Europe and America, even in Asia, Africa and Latin America, European and American white faces are more popular.

Take Huaxia as an example, there is still a group of people who basically don't watch domestic movies, and open their mouths to be a certain foreign movie star. If they see someone talking about a domestic movie star, they will definitely sneer.

Watching foreign movies is tasteful, watching domestic movies is old-fashioned.

This is the extreme view of some people in the film industry.

So let alone European and American locals.

Of course, this situation has gradually changed in the past two years. There are more and more works by Zhang Zhong, and his reputation is getting bigger and bigger. He is a business card, a business card with a Chinese face. Chong's face has become to accept the faces of other Chinese people who look similar to Zhang Zhong.

On the other hand, the protagonists of many of Zhang Zhong's works are Chinese people. Readers will subtly influence the Chinese people when they read the book, and they will have a good impression of the Chinese people.

If it weren't for Zhang Zhong's influence over the past two years, I'm afraid the gap between the two movies in the past few days is not just two or three billion Huaxia coins.

In the past few days, the box office of "Suspect X's Devotion" itself has exceeded [-] million, which is a very high box office for a movie with all Chinese characters.
Even the previous "The Last Starfish" was not all cast by Chinese people, and many of them were European and American faces.

Even if there are reasons for fans of the original book to join in, it cannot be ignored that the cultural counter-export in the past few years has been very effective.

But things still need to be done little by little, and the output needs to be increased little by little. Sooner or later, the situation will become completely different.

Facing the reporter's question, Zhang Zhong replied with a smile, "I believe audiences in Europe and America will get used to it."

In other words, he did admit that the reporter said that Europeans and Americans are not used to Chinese faces.

If it was in the past, some reporters might ask: Then your implication is...

But now basically no one dares to ask Zhang Zhong such a question, because everyone in the media knows that Zhang Zhong is most afraid of being asked nonsense.

It is said that Zhang Zhong still has a small notebook, which is full of news media blacklists. As long as he is on this blacklist, he basically has no chance to interview Zhang Zhong.

Some people may be more skeptical, if there are many names on the blacklist, can the weight be remembered, and whether it is sometimes forgotten.

But according to those blacklisted media, Zhang Zhong can indeed remember, as long as the media has offended Zhang Zhong, even if he can run to Zhang Zhong, Zhang Zhong will not be able to answer the question.

Therefore, ordinary reporters really dare not offend Zhang Zhong casually.

"Mr. Pz, first of all, I'm here to say happy new year to you, because you Huaxia just finished the New Year's Eve, and it is said that tomorrow is the Lantern Festival? I don't know if you will go back to celebrate the festival? In addition, we also know that, On the day of the Lantern Festival, you have a new book to be released. This "Cat City Tale" has touched the hearts of readers, and you can see it tomorrow. Fortunately, this novel will also be released in France the day after tomorrow. Let’s meet. What I want to ask is, if you don’t go back, will you stay in France for a few more days to promote your new book? If you decide to go back for the festival, is there any chance to come back after the festival? What about France? You are very popular in France, basically anyone who reads books knows your name, but you have only held one signing event in France in the past few years. Of course I also know that you are very busy, but I What I'm thinking is, can I come to France to hold a few more book signings for the sake of French readers liking you so much?"

Zhang Zhong noticed that the reporter who asked the question took a deep breath after speaking. He had to say that the passage he asked was indeed long enough.

It is estimated that he was also afraid that he would not have a chance to ask another question after this questioning, so he said what he wanted to say at the fastest speed.

In fact, Zhang Zhong held more than one signing event in France, but it was in different places during the same period, that is, the global signing event that year.

Therefore, it makes sense that Zhang Zhong only came to France to sign a sale once.

Zhang Chong responded to the reporter's kind invitation with a smile, "First of all, I would like to thank you for your New Year's greetings. In addition, I will go to the airport to catch a plane after the promotional meeting here. I will definitely spend the Lantern Festival with my family. .”

(End of this chapter)