Chapter 272 All parties gather

Chapter 272 All parties gather

Chapter 272 All parties gather
The first post-credits Easter egg of "Raging Fire" can only be regarded as an appetizer.

In comparison, the second post-credits Easter egg is more interesting.

It was still Qiu Gangao, but this time he was wearing a pair of rustic black-framed glasses, an ordinary plaid shirt, jeans, a canvas shoulder bag slung over his shoulder, and a cup of coffee in his hand.

Dressed like this, his temperament changed again. The tyrannical and gloomy feeling in his body was completely restrained, and replaced by a kind of immaturity and weakness.

It was like a newcomer among the urban white-collar workers who had just started working and could be bullied by anyone.

Qiu Gangao was sitting casually on a step, holding a cup of coffee in both hands. Many young students passed by him. It seemed that they were most likely on a campus.

Just as Qiu Gangao was drinking his coffee, the door to the auditorium not far away opened and the crowd poured out.

When the crowded crowd dispersed, the person surrounded was not someone else, but Dr. Ma Zhao, the inventor of the subconscious therapy device played by Ning Li, a famous scholar of electronic information and biology.

Next to Dr. Ma Zhao, closer to him, Wan Qian, who had also changed her clothes and looked like a young female college student, was looking at him with admiration, like a fan girl chasing a star.

The camera looked at the scene from Qiu Gangao's perspective and projected it onto the big screen. Then the screen went black, leaving everyone with endless suspense.

What exactly are the intentions of the "gangster" and "Q" in approaching Dr. Ma Zhao?
What kind of danger will Dr. Ma Zhao encounter?
No one knows anything about it, but they are even more looking forward to the subsequent works of the Galaxy Cinematic Universe.

As one of only two villain biographical films in the Galaxy Cinematic Universe, "Raging Fire" is undoubtedly a success.

At least when reporters interviewed those audiences who had just finished watching the movie, most of them said that this was the most enjoyable Hong Kong movie they had seen in recent years, and the fighting action scenes and gun battles were all remarkable.

Of course, there are quite a few loopholes in the film’s plot, which can be seen in the online reviews shortly after the film was released.

[This is ridiculous. The purpose of sending the villain to prison is to corrupt him. I don't understand why the kidnapped rich man has spoken for them, but the boss wants to shirk responsibility and send them to prison.]

[The movie is OK, the fighting scenes are also very exciting, and Nicholas Tse's villain is very handsome, but the logic of the characters' actions is a bit untenable, and they are just there to promote the story. ]

[The pace is very tight, I gave it four stars at first glance, but I lost one star when the excitement faded. ]

[This drama is amazing. The fighting scenes are so good, but the values ​​are so hypocritical.

Before, I had to stick to my principles and never lie to save my brothers. Later, when I was investigated, I said that I shot the Flying Tigers because it was my wife who was kidnapped.

It's so ironic, it's okay to save your wife, but not your brother? I can't watch Zhen Zidan play the protagonist of justice anymore. 】

[I can’t take it anymore, Nicholas Tse is too handsome ahh ...

[Every one of us owes Nicholas Tse a movie ticket! ]

[Brother above, I haven't seen it, I don't owe it to you, but I still bought a movie ticket to show my support. ]

[Honestly speaking, Ting Feng's acting skills this time completely overwhelmed Zhen Zidan, especially the anger, madness and despair he showed after being betrayed after being released from prison, which was extremely contagious.]

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The reviews on the Internet seemed to have gone in some unspeakable direction, but regardless, "Raging Fire" was a hit.

Some media reporters said that this is the best Hong Kong-style fashion action film in recent years, and some people praised it, saying that Hong Kong's action movies finally have a successor like Zhuang Wenqiang.

In any case, with this kind of hype and publicity, the box office of "Raging Fire" has been rising steadily since New Year's Day 2009.

In just seven days, the box office exceeded 1 million, which also made the reputation of "Galaxy Cinematic Universe" soar again.

Moreover, this is already the third film universe work not directed by Wang Hao.

Needless to say, the previous "Lost on Journey" was just a low-budget road comedy.

The movie "The Man from Nowhere" that was released a few months ago, although it was a co-production between China and South Korea, it also achieved a box office of 1.3 million in China. Combined with the box office in South Korea, considering that the production cost of the movie was not that high, the final results were still good.

As for the movie "Raging Fire", it cost more than 1 million yuan, and now the box office has exceeded 2 million yuan. The expected box office in the future will exceed million yuan, which is also a big profit.

This proves that even without Wang Hao, the Galaxy Cinematic Universe still has its own unique value. It is itself a gold mine that can allow people to continuously dig out wealth.

It was under such circumstances that the district leaders of TZ District once again approached Galaxy Pictures and expressed their desire to discuss and verify the previous "Galaxy Cinema City" project again.

Wang Hao thought about it for a moment and understood that it was probably because the Universal Studios project was stuck at the top again.

Sure enough, when Wang Hao asked, the leaders of TZ District were very frank and said bluntly that the "Universal Studios" project applied for by the city had not been approved by the higher authorities.

However, other plans were also proposed, namely, hoping to build China's "own" Universal Studios.

As a result, the leaders of the TZ District thought of the currently popular [Galaxy Cinematic Universe] and the [Galaxy Movie City] that they had come into contact with before.

After all, they are really anxious. This project has been delayed for four or five years. If it is delayed further, who knows how many years it will take. The time cost of the land specially vacated for it is not low.

Moreover, leaders have a time limit for achieving political achievements. If they fail to accomplish something during their tenure, it may benefit the next person who takes over if they delay doing so.

So instead of suffering this loss, it is better to find a different way to save the country.

Since the higher-ups believe that the Universal Studios project has problems in terms of cultural strategic security, wouldn’t it be better for them to introduce a Chinese film and television culture company to participate in it?

This time, the leaders of TZ District came again with this idea in mind, trying to bring Galaxy Pictures and Universal Studios together to reach a cooperation, integrate their company's [Galaxy Cinematic Universe] as China's own cultural brand into Universal Studios, and increase the proportion of Chinese culture in it.

Wang Hao did not directly refuse. "Boss, we have no objection to cooperating with a theme park company like Universal Studios that has rich management experience.

I’m just worried that Universal Studios won’t be happy about it. As far as I know, there has never been such a precedent before.”

Wang Hao said with a smile.

The district leaders frowned upon hearing this, but still said, "Don't worry about this, Mr. Wang. We will persuade Universal. If they disagree... If they disagree, I'm afraid this park will really have to rely on you, Mr. Wang."

Wang Hao nodded upon hearing this.

The first symposium about [Galaxy Movie Metropolis] ended like this. Wang Hao didn’t know how the leaders from TZ District communicated with Universal Studios after returning.

Today, his focus is on "Red Cliff (Part 2)," the rival of "Raging Fire".

Because of the relationship with "Raging Fire", this historical blockbuster invested by China, the United States and Japan was not released on January 2009, 1 as in its previous life, but was postponed for a week.

But what the distributors of "Red Cliff (Part 2)" did not expect was that even after two weeks of screening, "Raging Fire" was still very popular.

This made the distributor of "Red Cliff (Part 2)" very anxious, and they had to increase their publicity efforts.

As for the smear attacks on "Red Cliff", on the one hand, the investors Huaying and Galaxy Pictures have a good relationship, and on the other hand, the Hong Kong circle accounts for a considerable proportion of this film. The distributor of "Red Cliff" did not do such a thing.

It was just that it was influenced by the reputation of the previous film "Red Cliff (Part 1)". Even with increased publicity efforts, the box office performance of "Red Cliff (Part 2)" after its release was not that impressive.

Of course, the release of this kind of blockbuster has more or less affected the box office performance of "Raging Fire", which has been released for two weeks.

Moreover, according to what I got from the previous conversation with Han Sanye of Huaying over dinner, the several companies responsible for the "Red Cliff" project seemed to be preparing to use it to create a "Three Kingdoms Universe".

Although he didn't believe they could succeed, Wang Hao still paid more attention to them.

Fortunately, his worry was completely unnecessary. The box office and reputation of "Red Cliff (Part 2)" were both poor, and there were countless negative reviews about this movie on the Internet.

Following the famous scene "Meng Meng, stand up" in the previous part, Xiao Qiao crossed the river alone this time and went to Cao's camp alone, turning the magnificent war of the Three Kingdoms into a petty love entanglement.

Coupled with the subpar war scenes and the excellent performance of "Raging Fire", the box office of "Red Cliff (Part 2.2)" was even lower than its predecessor, earning only 2.1 million yuan, which is only slightly more than the million yuan of "Raging Fire".

But you have to know that the two are incomparable in terms of production cost or cast.

Even though this movie is said to be a big hit in Japan, it was bought out by a Japanese distribution company. According to Wang Hao's estimation, the domestic companies that invested in this movie will not lose money, but it will be hard to say whether they made a big profit.

Seeing this situation, Wang Hao felt relieved, knowing that this so-called [Three Kingdoms Universe] was probably stillborn.

Even though Orange Sky announced after "Red Cliff (Part 2)" that it would film another "Guan Yunchang" and another "Cao Cao", there were few responses and it is estimated that it was just a lot of noise with little results.

The failure of the "Three Kingdoms Universe" before it could even begin also means that Wang Hao's "Galaxy Cinematic Universe" has become the only successful film universe in China today, which further highlights his value.

However, this value did not seem to impress Universal Studios. At least the leaders of the TZ district who claimed to convince Universal Studios had not been able to give Wang Hao and others definite news for a long time.

It was at this time that Keita Miyamoto, invited by Wang Hao, finally arrived in Shangjing with several senior executives of Sony Pictures for the so-called inspection.

The leaders of TZ District, who had been notified by Galaxy Pictures in advance, waited at the airport with Wang Hao and others to pick up these people.

In addition, the CITS Group, which had never shown up before but had made great efforts in the Universal Studios project, finally arranged a vice president to come this time.

After that, everything was carried out in accordance with the standard process of investment promotion. Wang Hao and his team introduced the situation and significance of the "Galaxy Movie Metropolis" project. Sony Pictures expressed their desire to enter the Chinese market and invest here.

As for the leaders of the TZ District, they were overjoyed and immediately led their group on a tour of the land originally planned for Universal Studios.

This plot of land is adjacent to the East Sixth Ring Road and the Beijing-Harbin Expressway. The first phase covers an area of ​​159.57 hectares. Overall, it is very good, and even Keita Miyamoto, who was originally just coming for a formality, was a little excited.

After China hosts the Olympic Games, the country's future development trend will definitely get better and better.

Shangjing is the capital of China, and building a large-scale theme park project here is indeed very attractive to a multinational film and television giant like Sony.

At the same time that Wang Hao and the leaders of TZ District were receiving the Sony Pictures delegation, Tom Williams, an executive of Universal Pictures, thousands of miles away, received the news.

Some time ago, the Beijing government proposed that they cooperate with Galaxy Pictures, which made the executives of Universal Studios very dissatisfied.

In their view, Universal Studios is a world-renowned large film and television company, and what is the so-called Galaxy Pictures? There is nothing worthy of their cooperation with it.

In other words, Universal Pictures needs to build another theme park in China to compete with Disney, which also has a presence in China. It doesn't want to fall out with the Chinese authorities, otherwise they would have refused long ago.

However, when Universal Studios heard that Sony Pictures, another one of the Big Six, had been invited to China and was collaborating with that little-known film company, it could no longer sit still.

Although Sony Pictures has not been involved in theme park projects before, given its size, it would not be difficult for it to get involved.

And the key point is, if Sony Pictures really intercepted their project, then with Sony in Shanghai and Disney in Shanghai, wouldn't Universal Studios have no place to stand in China?

So without any more information, the senior executives of Universal, who had been holding off on this matter, immediately changed their minds and flew to Beijing.

And in this process, they finally began to pay attention to Galaxy Pictures, a small player that played a decisive role in the process.

(End of this chapter)