Chapter 211: The Aftermath of the Press Conference
Chapter 211: The Aftermath of the Press Conference
"Wang, no matter what, you can't abandon us on the Taken project!"
Howard Bruno's words instantly helped Keita Miyamoto out of the predicament.
Wang Hao seemed to be attracted by his words.
"Don't worry, Mr. Bruno. We have always had a pleasant cooperation. As long as there are no major mistakes on the Columbia side, I don't want to look for a new partner. That would be too much trouble."
While saying this, he also glanced at Keita Miyamoto.
Howard Bruno suddenly broke into a grin.
"Hahahaha! That's great. Columbia is looking forward to continuing to cooperate with you."
Miyamoto Keita seemed to have recovered from his embarrassment, and a proper smile appeared on his face again, and he nodded in agreement:
“Indeed, we at Sony Pictures are also looking forward to working with you, Wang Sang.
If Wang Sang is interested in Spider-Man, then you can be responsible for developing this movie universe."
Seeing that he could no longer threaten Wang Hao, he changed his tactics and began to use gentle inducements.
The Spider-Man movie universe is indeed a huge pie.
However, remembering Sony Pictures' previous operations on the "Spider-Man" series, Wang Hao knew in his heart that even if the other party said so, they would not truly trust him.
For these big Hollywood companies, the director is just a tool for making movies.
Of course, in the face of Keita Miyamoto's renewed goodwill, Wang Hao was happy to play along with him.
As the saying goes, just as tigers have the intention to hurt people, people also have the intention to hunt tigers.
Sony Pictures wanted to swallow up Wang Hao and Galaxy Pictures in one gulp, and Wang Hao naturally wanted to use Sony Pictures to muddy the waters in Hollywood even more.
At the very least, they should use the other party to target Marvel Studios.
Wang Hao, who has memories of the future, knows very well that the movie universe projects created by film and television companies like Sony, Universal, and Fox are not actually a big threat to him.
After all, these companies all have their own shortcomings, and the chaos in internal management will eventually lead to many problems in the movie universe project.
Only Marvel, and only Marvel in conjunction with Disney, will be Wang Hao and his team's biggest rival.
Even though this movie universe fell into a mess in the later period due to political correctness, at least the Marvel Universe was indeed powerful enough in the first few stages.
Those real movie box office results can't deceive people.
Therefore, while accelerating its own development, Wang Hao does not mind supporting Sony's "Spider-Man" parallel universe to hinder Marvel's development.
Of course, before helping Sony, he has to develop for a while, and at the same time, Marvel has to show its own threat.
So after continuing to deal with them for a while and showing his attitude that he was willing to cooperate but wanted to maintain control, Wang Hao sent Howard Bruno and the other two away.
It was almost evening. After the press conference of "Galaxy Cinematic Universe" was over, the awards ceremony of the Shanghai International Film Festival was about to begin.
Because Wang Hao's "Wushuang" was also nominated for an award, after changing into a suit, he took Wan Qian on the red carpet of the Shanghai International Film Festival.
To be honest, this was the first time that he and Wan Qian acted so intimate in public. The two of them walking down the red carpet arm in arm with an intimate look on their faces was almost a direct response to the previous rumors in the news media and was close to an official announcement.
Wan Qian was very happy about this. At least Wang Hao did not hide their relationship and was quite responsible.
Even so, the two did not attract much attention from the news media. There was no other way. After all, it was the Shanghai International Film Festival. There were too many stars and directors attending the final awards ceremony that night, so Wang Hao and the other two could not stay on the red carpet for long.
As for the award results after that, the Best Actor and Best Actress awards were naturally taken away by European movie stars again. The German film "A Perfect Plan" won the highest award of the film festival - the "Golden Goblet Award", becoming the biggest winner.
Of course, since the organizers of the film festival invited Wang Hao to participate, it was impossible for him to gain nothing from the film festival.
At least I won the Asian Newcomer Award for Best Director, which is a consolation.
Of course, compared to the mediocre Shanghai Film Festival awards ceremony, the press conference that afternoon attracted more attention from the majority of movie fans and also sparked a heated discussion online.
In addition to the local TV station in Shanghai, there was also a movie channel responsible for the live broadcast that afternoon.
With the promotion of the Sixth Princess, the term "movie universe" officially appeared in the vision of movie fans across the country for the first time.
The "Galaxy Cinematic Universe" presented by Wang Hao has successfully left a deep impression on the majority of movie fans with its grand worldview and science fiction blockbuster attributes.
That's a science fiction movie, and it's an entire science fiction movie universe constructed by countless movies.
This is the first time in the history of Chinese cinema!
When did Chinese movies have something so high-end? Shouldn't this appear in Hollywood?
Countless science fiction movie fans celebrated this, told others the news, and were so excited that they couldn't control themselves. At the same time, they were also looking forward to Wang Hao's "Source Code" which will be released soon.
Of course, some people are happy, some people value it, and naturally there are some people who like to sing the opposite tune to show their transcendent attitude of "everyone is drunk but I am sober".
[It's just bragging, who can't do that? ]
[Science fiction movie universe? You should just make a good science fiction movie first instead of doing all these fancy things! ]
[I think the reason why Chinese films are getting worse and worse is that there are too many people who talk big.]
[What is a science fiction movie universe? It is still a series of movies, just a name change. ]
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Compared to the heated discussions and attention on the Internet about the Galaxy Film and Television press conference, in reality, the major film and television companies in the entertainment industry have reacted very coldly to Wang Hao's grand plan.
Except for the Chinese Wang brothers, who eagerly sought out Wang Hao for a chat after he returned to Beijing, the others were not as enthusiastic as they had been at the press conference.
It feels like most people are not optimistic about Wang Hao's movie universe plan.
This is quite abnormal.
However, Wang Hao himself knew clearly that the major Chinese film and television companies, including the higher-ups, were not pessimistic about his movie universe plan. Instead, they were all waiting and watching, awaiting a result.
As for what the result?
The question is, of course, what kind of results can "Source Code" achieve in the end?
If Wang Hao's "Source Code" can replicate the success of his previous films, then the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe" will have a good start.
At the same time, this grand project has real hope of success.
And if "Source Code" fails to achieve convincing success, then the subsequent "Galaxy Cinematic Universe" will naturally be out of the question.
Just when everyone's attention was focused on Wang Hao's "Source Code", the Chinese entertainment industry was hit by another big storm.
(End of this chapter)