Chapter 666: When Earl Wang takes action, it is not an ordinary item

Wang Yuanchao knew that Gong Xue was really gone.

She was originally unwilling to accept the public opinion in the mainland that she had an inappropriate relationship with the son of a big shot, so she ran to the United States. Then, with the help of Liu Xiaoqing, she was deceived by Wang Yuanchao and thought she had found her ideal man.

He read newspapers everywhere and often went out to chat with people, so naturally he knew Wang Yuanchao's background.

He is well-known in the United States, and even more famous among the upper-class Chinese. Gong Xue became suspicious, but it was easy to verify.

It’s all my fault that I thought all women would be obsessed with Pan Lu and Deng Xiaoxian.

Wang Yuanchao sat for a while, waved to the housekeeper, and said:

"Okay, that's it."

Wang Yuanchao did not look for Gong Xue again. He could not give up the entire forest for a tree.

……

San Francisco no longer had its appeal, so Wang Yuanchao returned to Los Angeles.

Sophie Marceau and Brandon Lee are on a roadshow for the Christmas season of Spider-Man, touring the country.

In Hollywood, the two young men still want to make a breakthrough.

The film was actually being made very quickly and could have been released during the summer vacation, but after Wang Yuanchao watched it, he asked the director and leading actor to reshoot a lot of shots based on their memory and made constant adjustments, which really put a lot of pressure on everyone.

Before seeing the finished film, Wang Yuanchao couldn't express his ideas to the director.

Considering that the company paid for the reshoots, no one said anything.

This little additional investment is insignificant compared to the profits that would be gained in case of a huge success.

The reshoot of the movie has also become a reason for print media publicity. What is wrong with MGM that it has pushed the release date of the film back for half a year and even invested additional money in reshooting. Everyone is very curious.

Moreover, this is Marvel's first big-budget live-action movie, and many people, including the media, compare it to Superman.

There is no doubt about the early success of Incredibles, but this summer, Incredibles 4 received terrible reviews. With a production cost of 4 million, the box office of Incredibles 1600 was less than million, which was a huge loss.

Because the original $3600 million budget was cut in half, “Superman” used effects that were close to the level of a junior high school ballet, with tightropes visible as a bad guy plummeted through the floor of a building, and Superman looking like a cardboard cutout held up by a technician as he flew through space.

So the media joked that maybe Spider-Man’s early special effects were so bad that the production company asked him to reshoot them.

After all, the production cost of Spider-Man was only 3000 million as announced to the public, which also includes the publicity and promotion costs, so the shooting cost can be imagined.

Competitors urged everyone not to waste money on movie tickets, as Super 4 had already been tarnished.

In short, throughout the second half of the year, except for Black Monday, "Spider-Man" in the entertainment industry was the most talked-about movie.

Talking about special effects, it was Wang Yuanchao who brought the topic to this aspect. It is hard to say whether the plot is suitable for this era, but the action and special effects are definitely no problem.

The actions are all directed by Hong Kong martial arts instructors. Brandon Lee himself is a kung fu master, and the various villains are also very skilled, and the price is good.

Special effects. The cost of this drama, apart from the publicity and promotion, is the special effects.

As for the salary? They are all new actors, how much can they get?
Wang Yuanchao can give Sophie Marceau a manor, but he can’t give her a high salary. They are two different things, right?
However, various promotions are progressing at a reasonable pace. At least the popularity of "Spider-Man" is still very good.

In December, the leading actors even appeared on NBC's TV station to participate in various talk shows, whether daytime shows or nighttime shows.

Brandon Lee's Kung Fu, Sophie Marceau's beautiful face, various interesting stories about the crew, and the wonderful trailer attracted countless people's attention.

Especially the special effects in the trailer, which directly slapped the previous public opinion in the face. The Superman special effects are not even worthy of carrying Spider-Man's shoes.

How big is NBC's audience? One-third of the U.S. audience can watch it.

After the Christmas preview, the film received rave reviews.

Wang Yuanchao watched the movie with his sons Ronan and David, and daughter Elizabeth. His eldest son Ronan was extremely excited after watching it. Spider-Man is a high school student, and he is also a high school student!

Spider-Man is so cool when he's zipping around between tall buildings, isn't he? In comparison, Superman looks like a piece of wood!
The fighting moves are also very eye-catching, worthy of the fact that he is the son of Bruce Lee. Superman's few moves back and forth are boring. Oh, let's not mention Superman.

And the heroine is also very beautiful, just like my dream girl. In contrast, the school cheerleader is so lame.

Wang Yuanchao felt a little secretly happy when he heard his son's sigh:
Son, the one you are obsessed with is considered your stepmother! Hahahaha.

When the movie was officially released during the Christmas holiday, the box office started to grow like a balloon. 30 million, 50 million, 80 million, 100 million, 150 million, one target after another was constantly broken.

Brandon Lee and Sophie Marceau became famous overnight.

However, Wang Yuanchao received this box office result in Europe. After the Christmas holiday, he went to Europe to visit British Princess Anne, and went to France to celebrate the New Year with Adjani and her son. When he returned to the United States, the final box office of Spider-Man stopped at 2.88 million US dollars!
This proves one thing: as long as Marvel IP is produced with care, there is still a market for it.

Then MGM began to work on Spider-Man to compete for the Golden Globe Awards and Oscars. Normally, Wang Yuanchao would not care about this, but Sophie Marceau wanted to be nominated for Best Actress.

She also knew that she had a high chance of not winning the Best Actress award, but being nominated was also an achievement.

With instructions from their boss and the huge box office success of Spider-Man, MGM is still very much willing to go for the awards. At least it can make more money outside of the North American market!

Moreover, the revenue from the later videotapes is also considerable.

It’s a pity that Orange Films did not go public, but more and more film companies began to set their sights on the superhero IP held by Orange.

Wang Yuanchao's instruction was just one point: they could cooperate and authorize to get profits, but they would not sell the characters.

The success of DC's "Superman" in the past and now Marvel's "Spider-Man" have all proved that this is a super gold mine.

Brandon Lee was very grateful to Wang Yuanchao for the guidance and opportunities he gave him.

"Uncle Wang, I will definitely dub Journey to the West and spread the flower-growing culture to Europe and America!"

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After the success of "Spider-Man", Wang Yuanchao finally decided to bring "Journey to the West" over to NBC for broadcast.

However, before the show is broadcast, the dubbing work cannot be ignored. Other characters can be carefully considered, but for the role of Sun Wukong, there is probably no one more suitable than Brandon Lee.

He not only knows traditional martial arts, but was educated by Bruce Lee for many years, and grew up in the West. He is able to integrate Chinese and Western cultures, and this is not an exaggeration. Now that he has the fame of Spider-Man, he is very suitable to voice an Eastern superhero.

Wang Yuanchao smiled and said:
"It is a bridge of friendship and culture between the East and the West. We should cherish this opportunity."

"I will definitely listen to your advice, Uncle Wang." The truth is, my father did not listen to other people's advice and did not witness Uncle Wang's glory.

NBC TV station didn’t know how well Journey to the West would perform, but since their boss gave up the show, they had to do it.

Ronan and David are both familiar with both Chinese and English, and the two guys also went to get the roles.

Ronan voiced the White Dragon Horse and David voiced the Red Boy. The two little guys were so happy. Their grandparents were actors and their parents were also in the entertainment industry. They couldn't abandon this family heritage, right?

Because of Gong Xue's departure, Wang Yuanchao took even better care of Zhou Huimin. He personally helped her "fill in" the lyrics of two songs and created a new one. His love for her was beyond words.

Two lyrics:
"The Most Beloved", the original song is "The Most Beloved" by Yoshie Kashiwahara in 1984, composed by Miyuki Nakajima, and Wang Yuanchao wrote the Cantonese lyrics for her. This song has two meanings. One is a woman's longing for romantic love, and the other is that after meeting someone for the first time and falling in love at first sight, one falls into the whirlpool of love and cannot extricate oneself.

It is very consistent with the acquaintance and love between Vivian Chow and Wang Yuanchao.

This song was originally one of Vivian Chow's representative works.

Another song is "A Woman Easily Hurt".

Since I have already found Miyuki Nakajima to buy the copyright of the song, naturally I have to buy more.

Faye Wong's famous work "A Woman Easily Hurt" is based on "Lipstick", a work published by Miyuki Nakajima in 1979. Wang Yuanchao bought it and wrote the Mandarin lyrics.

When Zhou Huimin heard this song, she couldn't help but think of the fragility of women, her grandmother, her mother, and herself.

The Earl Wang loved her, but he didn't love her alone.

The new song he created is "The First Dream".

I have already bought a few songs by Miyuki Nakajima, so it is not too much to "copy" a song by Future, right? After all, Vivian Chow still likes talented people!

Therefore, Joey Wong’s first album is "The First Dream", especially since Hong Kong has experienced an economic crisis and is licking its wounds and quietly accumulating strength. This inspirational song is particularly suitable.

The three main songs seem to be tailor-made for her, one in Cantonese and two in Chinese, which is fair enough.

As for other songs, Diamond Records in Hong Kong helped Vivian Chow to collect and create them. It's impossible for Wang Yuanchao to release all his stock at once, right?
For example, Wang Yuanchao plans to play Zhou Huimin's other two representative works, "Self-love" and "Deep love in exchange for infatuation", later, at least to make the girl unable to extricate herself from him, instead of leaving her one day when she feels that she is too amorous.

He really couldn't bear to let go of this woman.

As expected, as soon as the three masterpieces came out, Joey Wong's eyes were full of stars. She felt that all the hard work she had put in over the past two years was worth it.

She studied in the United States for two and a half years. The classic works of American pop music are all about the works of Adam Wang, and she knew that this was Wang Yuanchao.

Not to mention the Hong Kong music scene, Wang Yuanchao also created many classic works for his concubines.

When Earl Wang takes action, it is no ordinary thing.

(End of this chapter)