Chapter 177 Return to Beijing and Fame

Chapter 177 Return to Beijing and Fame

Chapter 177 Return to Beijing and Fame

"Hello? Mr. Howard, oh, hello!
The box office has exceeded 7 million? That’s great!
Is The Call coming out on Christmas Day too? That's great, Columbia is going to make a killing this time.

What, you want to buy the overseas rights to "Buried" and "The Shallows"?

I'm sorry, Mr. Howard, I'm afraid there's nothing I can do about this. Those two movies were shot in cooperation with a local TV station. I still need to communicate with them regarding the sale of overseas copyrights.

OK, OK, I will let you know if there is any news."

When Wang Hao received a call from Howard Bruno, deputy director of Columbia Pictures, Wang Hao had already boarded the train back to Beijing.

This visit to the set went quite smoothly. Everything was normal on "Lost on Journey". As for "I Am a Special Forces Soldier", Wang Hao also established contact with the leaders of the army's propaganda department with the help of Liu Meng's relationship, and revealed some news about new military-themed movies and TV series, which laid the foundation in advance.

In addition, he also met Wu Jing, the male lead of "I Am a Special Forces Soldier", had a meal with him, drank a few glasses of wine, and communicated with him about "Wolf Warrior" and subsequent related series of films.

At this time, Wu Jing was not yet the actor and director who would become a box office hit in later generations.

He now has a baby face. Although he is a martial arts champion, he participated in the movie "Kung Fu Kid" directed by Yuen Woo-ping as soon as he debuted, and he also referred to the path to fame of his senior brother Li Lianjie.

However, due to his own conditions and the fact that Chinese martial arts films had begun to decline around 2000, Wu Jing was not able to achieve the same results as his senior brother.

Even though he became a little famous for his roles in TV series such as "Tai Chi Master", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "A Chinese Ghost Story", he was still a second-tier actor.

After that, in order to get opportunities, he also went to Hong Kong and tried to develop in the Hong Kong circle like his senior brother. After all, in the early 2000s, the Hong Kong circle was indeed better in the action movie field.

It’s a pity that the Hong Kong circle today is no longer the same as before.

When the market is booming, it is possible to discover new talents and give them more opportunities to play the leading roles. But when the market is recession-proof, why would people give you, a non-local, those few opportunities?
Therefore, Wu Jing's development in Hong Kong can be said to be extremely difficult. When he participated in "SPL", he could only play a supporting role and was beaten up by Zhen Zidan, and he could not say anything about his suffering.

It can be said that Wu Jing is now most confused about the future of her career.

Precisely because of this, when Wang Hao communicated with him, analyzed his industry plan for him, pointed out that relying on the increasingly prosperous mainland market was the only way out for an action actor like him, and revealed a little about Galaxy Interactive Entertainment's plans for the science fiction movie universe, he became very excited.

As a filmmaker, he has certainly seen this year's extremely popular "Fatal Call" and "Wushuang", and he also knows the strength of Wang Hao, the new big director.

So when he heard that Wang Hao was going to make a series of movies about the profession of "special forces" and was interested in having him star, he agreed without hesitation.

Even when Xingdou Culture wanted to sign his agency contract and sign several contracts for this series of films at once, Wu Jing gave Wang Hao a positive answer after careful consideration for a night.

The reason why he agreed so decisively was that, on the one hand, Wang Hao's talent in film and television really impressed him, and on the other hand, in the process of interacting with Liu Meng and the staff of Xinghe Interactive Entertainment, the other party's professionalism made him see the potential of this company.

Just as Wang Hao said, he is not young anymore, and the peak period for an action actor is only a few years. If he cannot try his luck, take a gamble, and achieve sufficiently outstanding results in these years, he will have to accept the fate of being mediocre in the future.

Having successfully conquered Wu Jing, the "space wolf" in the "Three-Body" series, Wang Hao left Jinling contentedly and returned to Shangjing, ready to devote all his energy to the preparation of the new film. At the same time as he arrived in Shangjing, the news that "Wushuang" had achieved good box office results in North America finally reached China.

Compared with the development of the Internet in later generations, China today is actually somewhat isolated from overseas news, especially entertainment news, and few people pay special attention to it.

That is, Zhang Guoshi's movie "Hero", which caused a sensation when it was released overseas. Although "House of Flying Daggers", "Huo Yuanjia" and "Night Banquet" were also released overseas later, they did not make any splash.

However, "Wushuang" is different. This movie was previously a very popular movie in China and achieved a box office of 200 million yuan.

Now that "Wushuang" has been released in North America, its cumulative box office has exceeded 5370 million. This figure has surpassed the North American box office of "Hero" of million US dollars, and is enough to rank second in the North American box office list of Chinese-language films.

As for the first place "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" with a box office of 1.28 million, I am afraid that "Wushuang" will find it difficult to shake this result.

But even so, the news that "Wushuang" achieved good results in North America spread back to China, and it really made the news media and the general public in the mainland entertainment circle excited.

It has been a long time since they heard about Chinese-language films making inroads into Hollywood since the last movie "Hero".

Today's Hollywood is different from later generations. As America's national strength has reached its peak, its entertainment industry also occupies a dominant position in the world.

Not only are star actors from all over the world eager to develop in Hollywood, but film and television companies and directors from all over the world also hope that their films can be released in Hollywood.

Especially for China, which has just been integrated into the wave of global economic development, the people have a strong desire to go overseas in terms of culture and entertainment, and always think that Hollywood is the best.

Therefore, when a film goes overseas and achieves success, it becomes a message that can enhance national pride through news media publicity.

Correspondingly, Wang Hao's fame and reputation naturally rose as well. Some media even began to give Wang Hao the title of international director in advance.

Although this was just an exaggerated flattery, it did bring a lot of benefits to Wang Hao.

At least the two projects currently being developed by Galaxy Interactive Entertainment, Lost on Journey and I Am a Special Forces Soldier, have received a lot of attention.

Of course, what big companies are most concerned about is Wang Hao’s new movie.

After all, "Wushuang" has achieved a box office of over 7000 million in the North American market, which means that director Wang Hao's next film will almost certainly be sold to several major Hollywood film companies.

In this regard, Hollywood is superstitious about experience, especially the experience of success.

That year, Zhang Guoshi's "Hero" was a success in North America, so the overseas copyright of the movie "House of Flying Daggers" also sold for 2000 million US dollars.

Now Wang Hao's "Wushuang" has achieved better results in North America than "Hero", which means that at a time when other filmmakers find it difficult to enter the North American market, Wang Hao's new film has become a rare exception and has a more special value.

(End of this chapter)