You don't understand the happiness of the director

Julie is due to give birth in less than a month, and a while ago she said she would study hard in school.

Lily was surprised how the words "Study Hard" came out of her mouth.

"Oh, it's so hard to be alone at home. It's difficult for me to communicate with the Filipino maids." Julie sighed. She missed her good school days.

But she won't go back for the time being, because her belly is big, and there are always media wanting to interview her and ask her if she is the prototype of the movie "Juno". Even the students started calling her Juno.

In order to protect her, her parents asked her to take leave early to wait for the birth, and Lily Collins usually came to play with her.

"It's boring, let me play with this for you." Lily took out a strange piece of wood.

"what is this?"

Lily: "Luban lock, now students in our class like to play this, it is very popular, you need to open it without destroying it, this is the simplest six locks."

Julie looked at the wooden block with words related to "Escape Room" and Dragon Heading Up printed on it, "Are there more?"

"Of course, it is said that there are 40 styles in the whole set, all different." Lily smiled mysteriously.

Those students in the school who want to collect Luban Locks must either participate in the "Escape Room" movie event, or go to the official escape room store to check in, and only after passing the test can they get one randomly, or forward the information about "Escape Room" on Facebook 》information and get the chance to win the lottery.

And she just acted coquettishly with Wang Quan and got the whole package.

Now is the early stage of movie promotion. The Luban Locks, the popular props in the film, have been released in small quantities to arouse the audience's collecting habit and make the audience become the promoters of the movie. The Luban Locks will not be fully released until later in the movie's release or after the painting is finished. come out.

In order to find a store that was cheap, sturdy, and could meet Dorothy's requirements, she searched all the toy manufacturers in the United States. As a result, every one of them had their nostrils turned upward, and they were unwilling to learn about this kind of toy. Finally, she decided to use Zong Fuli's connections to Cooperate with Yiwu, damn, kill these American guys.

On the other hand, director Wang Quan and the main creators started a nationwide roadshow. In fact, the main ones are four people, Gadot, Wang Keying, Cassie and Kunao.

Gadot and Wang Keying are the most popular because they are the most popular. Before the movie was released, they had countless fans on YouTube. After the movie was released, their popularity became even stronger. Gadot’s fans are older, while Wang Keying is deeply loved by the majority of Chinese. Loved by primary school students.

Kunnau continued to be unemployed after filming "The Big Bang Theory", so he volunteered to go on road shows with the crew. Anyway, he was idle, and there were still people taking care of the food.

Cassie is also keen to participate in the event because he is the only one among the six protagonists who has the right to share box office dividends. The more the movie makes, the more he will share. For this reason, he even called his two brothers, Ben and Matt. Let’s help spread the word together.

Big Ben is feeling miserable. Brother, can you please consider his feelings? My movie "Hollywood Estates" is also being released!

At the previous Venice Film Festival, Daben won the title of Venice Best Actor with this film. He was originally happy, but the box office turned out to be very unsatisfactory. The opening box office was only 6 million, which was not as good as "Escape Room" in one day.

That's it, my brother asked me to help promote it. I don't have box office appeal. My own movie has no box office. I can help you promote it!

At the same time, on the emerging Internet media Facebook, young people began to move their fingers in order to get free toy Luban locks.

YouTube, another platform with a wider user base, is also crazily pushing videos related to "Escape Room". Every time Wang Quan and the crew visit a city, promotional videos will appear on YouTube's homepage.

It is true that secret room games are deeply loved by young people, but YouTube’s support is so strong that many netizens can’t help but complain that YouTube belongs to Boss Tao.

There is no worthy opponent in the North American film market this week. "Escape Room" is favored by theaters, and the screening scale has increased slightly to 3,470 theaters, almost dominating the market.

In order to avoid the sharp edge of "Escape Room", Paramount released "Jackass 2" two weeks later than the original time and space. The remaining new films are basically trash, and the only new film this week has some... The most influential one turned out to be a Chinese-language movie.

On September 22, "Fearless" landed in the North American market under the new name "Fearless". It opened in 1,806 theaters and ranked second in the daily box office with a score of US$3.43 million.

Of course, the number one spot is "Escape Room", which still took in more than 5.5 million at the box office the next Friday. It even hit an astonishing 8 million on Saturday, and 7.8 million on Sunday!

People were surprised to find that "Escape Room" had an amazing weekend box office explosion, with a very high contribution rate from students. It once again grossed over 20 million at the box office the next weekend, and its stamina was even greater than that of "10 Cloverfield Lane," which had a better reputation!

As for "Fearless", it opened with a box office of 10.56 million, ranking second. It is a rare good result for Chinese films in recent years, better than "House of Flying Daggers", let alone "The Promise".

This is also the second weekly box office champion for "Escape Room".

The total box office in two weeks is 55.9 million!

The first movie Wang Quan watched when he returned to China was "Fearless", and now it has become a competitor in the North American film market.

And their relationship didn't end there. Dorothy told Wang Quan a piece of news, "I signed Yu Rentai, and your script was filmed."

Wang Quan expressed his approval of this choice. Although he initially preferred Wen Ziren, that was not realistic.

Two years ago, Wen Ziren earned 50 million in North America and over 100 million US dollars in global box office at a cost of 1.2 million. When "Saw" came out, his skills shocked everyone. In terms of return rate, King Power's "10 Cloverfield Lane" Not even close.

After that, Wen Ziren became a producer. Last year's "Chainsaw 2" and "Chainsaw 3" released next month were produced by him. In addition, he is also preparing for his second directorial work "Dead Silence" .

If reality were a novel, Wen Ziren would undoubtedly have some protagonist aura.

It can be said that he has ambitions comparable to those of Wang Quan, and his personal strength is also very strong. Moreover, he is an American, so naturally he cannot be driven by Wang Quan, a junior.

Therefore, Sir Wen can only regret missing this "Latent" originally directed by him, or change its name to "Yin'erfang".

Although it is not as famous as "Saw", "Insidious" is very close to "Saw" in terms of cost and final box office. It is a horror classic with a high return rate.

To be honest, Yu Rentai is not bad, she is the ghost king.

As a native of Xiangjiang, Yu Rentai went to high school in the UK and went to university in the United States, where he studied business administration, and then went to the University of Southern California to study film courses. In this regard, he and Wang Quan have something in common.

After that, he returned to Hong Kong and worked as a producer and director. His most famous works are undoubtedly Leslie Cheung and Lin Qingxia's "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch" and Leslie Cheung and Ng Sin-lian's "Midnight Song".

In the late 1990s, Yu Rentai, who had a foreign education background, came to Hollywood to develop. In 1998, he directed the fourth part of the classic horror film "Ghost Bride" series, "Ghost Bride".

"Freddy vs. Jason" directed a few years ago was the best result of the director's career. The North American box office of 80 million made New Line Cinema a huge profit.

Although he is now making Chinese-language films again, the people he works with have always been Hollywood teams.

Although he is far inferior to Wen Ziren in terms of personal achievements, and his skills and strength are also much worse, he is easier to tame, his director skills are not bad, and he is Chinese and easy to communicate with. As long as Wang Quan serves as the producer, I believe he can be guaranteed The quality of "Insidious".

"Insidious" is expected to start filming in November and be released in the first half of next year, with a budget of $1.5 million.

At that time, "Juno" had not yet been released, and "The Twilight Saga" had not started filming. Wang Quan was idle, and he was not the only producer. He was responsible for controlling the content, and Dorothy was responsible for overall management. .

This week's North American box office data was transmitted back to China, triggering a new round of discussion.

"Director Wang became more courageous as he fought and easily defeated Li Lianjie!" 》

"Secret Room" wins consecutive championships, director Wang Quan achieves a counterattack! 》

"Dominating the October slot in North America, director Wang Quan has no rival!" 》

"The most charismatic Chinese director always remembers to promote traditional Chinese culture!" 》

The last article talks about the royal power spreading the Luban lock abroad, and it became a current fashion in North America. Even the official media reported this incident, and there were many reports. The movie channel replayed "Cloverfield Lane 10" again that day. "No.", I watched it once on the day the Secret Room was released.

This also helped the mainland box office of "Escape Room", which reversed on weekdays, and surpassed "The Banquet" in the daily box office.

But foreign films are foreign films after all. They don’t have big stars or big scenes, and they are Chinese films that deal with big casts head-on. The gap is too big.

At this time, the box office of "The Night Banquet" in two weeks was 59 million, while the box office of "Escape Room" was 36.8 million.

But Huayi stopped dancing, and even became a little quiet and low-key, because news came from the United States that Harvey decided to put "The Night Banquet" in cold storage and not release it in the United States.

The two kings were dumbfounded, and Director Feng was also confused. In order to promote "The Night Banquet" to the international market, they went to Venice and Toronto. You thought you didn't need to spend money to go abroad. You thought you were looking for someone to help you overseas. You don’t need to spend money to make money!

But after spending so much money, I didn’t even hear a sound!

An angry Feng Xiaogang scolded Harvey's eighteen generations of ancestors at home.

But I can only scold him at home, I don't dare to go out to scold him. If I go out to scold him, wouldn't it be in line with Wang Quan's original guess? We can't let him and his father be proud!

cannot!

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In the third week of the release of "Escape Room", Sony's animated "The Jungle Book" and Disney's "Guardians" were released strongly, with opening weekend box office of 28 million and 22 million respectively, finally taking the title of "Escape Room" championship Picked it off.

However, "Escape Room" still received a weekend box office of 14.5 million in its third week, and the cumulative box office reached 82.6 million US dollars!

It is close to surpassing the North American box office total of "Cloverfield Lane" of 89 million.

Even if North America breaks 100 million, we can look forward to it!

Seeing this data, Wang Quan, who was far away in Phoenix City with Gadot and others, was very pleased. Finally, his hard work was not in vain.

Just when they were about to leave for the next city, Lily in Los Angeles called, "Wang, Julie is pregnant!"

At the same time, Ma Ling also sent a message reporting the good news.

Although the child has nothing to do with him, Wang Quan created "Juno", and Jolie has always regarded Wang Quan as the spiritual father of the child in her belly.

Wang Quan smiled and asked, "A boy or a girl?"

"Girl, as beautiful as Julie." Lily smiled back.

Then Wang Quan asked, "When will the child be sent away?"

Lily, who was lying in front of the cradle teasing the baby, suddenly lost her smile, "Do you have to send her away?"

Wang Quan said, "If I don't send you away, I will raise you. You are only 17 years old, and Julie is only 16 years old."

Lily immediately thought of the part where she was separated from her child during the filming of "Juno". She wanted to cry, but Wang Quan refused to film her crying scene and treated the separation between Juno and her child very lightly.

But it is so uncomfortable for me as an actor. Lily is pregnant in ten months, so she must be in even more pain.

"How cruel!" She uttered silently.

Wang Quan, "Then remember, before you are not sure whether you want children or not, you must remember safety measures when you are in love."

Lily snorted, "You are a man, you should remember it the most."

Wang Quan smiled and said, "Gadot said that I have always done a good job in this aspect."

Lily scoffed, "Amanda also expressed her affirmation."

The little girl in the film looks well-behaved, but sometimes has a bit of a venomous tongue.

"Okay, hang up, I still have work to do."

Lily hurriedly asked, "Then you won't come back when Julie gives birth?"

King Quan, "Just a few more days."

There will be something else to do in the next few days, so I’ll take care of it then.

After hanging up the phone, Wang Quan walked into the bathroom of the hotel room, and Gadot immediately heard "Ah".

"I'm taking a shower, don't..."

Wang Quan, "Let's save water together~"

…

Magic City.

"Ah, it's too difficult!" Zhao Liying has given up exploring Luban Suo, while Liu Yifei is still working hard to tackle it.

The Luban Lock trend abroad has spread back to China, and volunteer vendors have begun to take collective action. For a time, the sales volume of Luban Lock surpassed the traditional intellectual toy Rubik's Cube. Of course, the price has also been decreasing steadily. profit margin.

"Fei Bao, Ying Bao, can you two do it? How about I come~" Lei Jiayin stretched out his hand.

"Call me Yingbao, not Yingbao!" Zhao Liying was so angry that she looked more like Baozi.

In order to get along with her buddies on the set, Liu Yifei gave Lei Jiayin the nickname "Lei Big Head" based on his appearance.

Not to be outdone, Lei Jiayin adapted the director Wang Quan's "Liu Baozi" and called her "Fei Bao".

Then he was surprised to find that Zhao Liying's face was rounder than Liu Yifei's, so she had an extra "bump".

Liu Yifei didn't care much about this, after all, she was the one who started it.

In the end, she gave up on Lu Bansuo and asked Lei Jiayin, "Brother Jiayin~"

Lei Jiayin became wary, if he stopped being called Big Head, something bad would happen!

Sure enough, her next question was, "Is your Magic City Repertory Theater still recruiting people? Can I get in with a bachelor's degree?"

Lei Jiayin chuckled, "Sissi, the threshold of our drama troupe is quite high, and why do you have to act in a drama? It's not necessary, it's really unnecessary."

This is the house where the male and female protagonists in the crew of "The Stewardess" live together. Later, they will shoot a group scene with the four protagonists. At this time, a person walks in outside the door. It is the second male lead Shen Pain. He smiles and asks, "Let's chat." Don’t wait for me for anything.”

Lei Jiayin said, "As for Fei Bao, it's not that easy for her to join our drama troupe."

Shen Tong rolled his eyes and said, "Sister, they belong to enterprises and institutions. They are like carrots and pits. It is really not easy to get into. How about you consider making us happy~"

(This chapter is updated for the Dragon Boat Festival, there will be more later, please vote for me!)