Chapter 471: The Heaven-shaking Wang Family Award-winning Method

The Northern New Year is at eight in the morning.

Wang Chengguang went downstairs to the buffet restaurant to have breakfast and experience the atmosphere of fireworks. He heard all kinds of laughter before he entered the restaurant. After he went in, both the waiters and the celebrities who were busy were quick to greet him.

The one who was being laughed at and cheered by the crowd was Ling Jing.

After all, Ling Jing is the first star who was questioned for being so scared that he peed his pants after watching The Wandering Earth, and he even interacted with them online. After all, when the movie screenings are over, let's not talk about the box office in China and South Korea. After all, the mainland makes 2000 million a day, which is almost close to a 100% screening rate.

This box office has already been booked.

The trends of Harbour City and South Korea should not be bad. Yesterday, there were even scalpers driving up the ticket prices in the cinemas in those places. After all these events fermented online, netizens in the mainland were glad that they bought tickets in advance.

You can place orders online and there is no need to go to the cinema to queue up, let alone get ripped off by scalpers. The only difference is that the scalpers in Harbour City and South Korea only give cheap tickets to those who have money and tourists who fly there specifically to see the movie first.

After Wang Chengguang casually greeted them, he chose his own breakfast. When he walked over to Ling Jing and the others with a plate in his hand, he said, "You guys are free too. Why are you bringing your notebook with you to have breakfast?"

In addition to Ling Jing, there are also his girlfriend Jing Tong, Fang Keming, Gao Wenshan and others, including Bai Erru, Jiang Xueqiong and so on.

Bai Erru and Jiang Xueqiong are also important characters in The Wandering Earth. Ling Jing and others only made cameo appearances as minor roles. Those who are not included in the 10-part contract are just minor roles. The Wandering Earth has many big scenes, and these people made cameo appearances in the group shots.

Fang Keming was shaking with laughter when he heard his words. "Director, we're not kidding. It's just that since the first screening yesterday, a topic about a friend of mine getting scared to pee while watching a movie has appeared online. It quickly became one of the top ten trending searches."

"Around three or four o'clock, groups of netizens went to Jing's blog and lined up to have fun. Brother Jing, we understand you. Brother Jing, I know you don't have any pee..."

"This queue of people swiping the screen has dominated all of Ajing's updates, and now it's showing a trend of expansion. I'm not laughing anymore."

Fang Keming spoke Cantonese as he was still learning Mandarin, so his voice was not very good. However, at this moment, most of the important main and supporting actors in Infernal Affairs Part I and II in this area could understand him.

Wang Chengguang was also amused. "Ajing has a heavy task. You are just a guest star, but from today on, your popularity may surpass Da Huang and catch up with Pan Wanli."

"It's easy to clear yourself if you want to. Just take a few short videos of your daily training with the Flying Tigers and post them online and you'll be cleared."

These masters from the Flying Tigers, who are trained within the regular team, are truly a handsome show full of hormones.

From the first time the publicity and promotion started, everyone knew that this would become a hot topic, and there was naturally a plan for how to proceed. Ling Jing once again laughed and scolded Fang Keming, Gao Wenshan and his friends, and then asked curiously, "Director, do we need a roadshow this time?"

Mainland movie tickets are on pre-sale, and netizens and movie fans who have finished watching movies have once again set off new waves on the Internet, trying to trick more netizens into going to theaters to watch movies, including those who want to watch it a second time after the first time, to buy tickets?

Movie tickets for freshman and first year students have also been sold out!
There is also a trend on the mainland Internet where some netizens are willing to pay extra money to watch the movie as soon as possible.

The Wandering Earth is a huge hit, and the roadshow...

Wang Chengguang ate with a smile, "No need for roadshows before the Spring Festival. We can start after the box office drops. You can also take this opportunity to rest for a while."

Wang Chengguang was quite moved when he saw that Ling and Fang, who were originally at loggerheads with each other, had transformed into good friends since entering the entertainment industry.

At least this version of Ling Jing will not turn evil after being tricked and kill a bunch of former teammates and friends.

The crowd was talking and laughing. When they finished breakfast and left, he smiled and said to Fang Keming's wife, Fan Huiqing, "Sister-in-law, I haven't congratulated you and Old Fang on the birth of your daughter yet. Now that you have a lot of free time, would you like to come to my crew of Chang'e Flying to the Moon and play a supporting role? It's considered a red envelope for you to have a baby."

Ling Jing and Jing Tong are still boyfriend and girlfriend, Gao Wenshan and his wife, as well as Fang Keming and Fan Huiqing have all gotten married, obtained their marriage license, and have children.

When filming Infernal Affairs Parts 2003 and , Fan Huiqing was pregnant. Now it is , so naturally she can ask her parents to help take care of the child.

Fan Huiqing was pleasantly surprised, "I have a share too? Thank you, Director... Thank you..."

She was so excited that she was a little incoherent. To put it bluntly, before she met Wang Chengguang and was lured into becoming an actor in the crew through Wang's fishing method, the male protagonist in the Sharpshooter Story Group looked handsome, stylish and cool, but he was just an ordinary white-collar worker in Hong Kong Island.

The high salaries of the Flying Tigers put a lot of pressure on supporting the family. In the original story, Fan Huiqing committed suicide in 2007 due to heavy losses in stock speculation.

After becoming stars, regardless of whether they were in Wang's crew or not, there were many projects outside that offered them millions of dollars in pay to play important roles. Because of the unit contracts, they were not required to be the leading actors for the time being. After October 2001, until this period.

I heard that Ling Jing worked in two crews and earned 5 million in salary. Fang Keming and Gao Wenshan were about the same. The most difference was that they were not as handsome as Ling Jing, so their salary for each movie was a little less.

Wang Chengguang smiled and nodded, "I have already filmed more than half of my film Chang'e Flying to the Moon. I don't have any major roles, but I have plenty of minor cameo roles."

Fang Keming was also overjoyed and thanked him. Look at how popular Wandering One is now. Director Wang's new project is definitely going to be a big hit. Is the story of Chang'e flying to the moon old-fashioned? Come on.

After ten minutes of Yugong moving the mountain, how exciting will China's oriental mythology series be, and how much more exciting will the special effects be? Those netizens who often watch reruns near landmark buildings have the most convincing reasons to be eager to watch other mythological stories.

Chang'e flying to the moon is combined with Houyi shooting down the sun, it's amazing...

Netizens who have truly experienced the 3D IMAX viewing effect in theaters will only vote with both hands and feet, and look forward to the super special effects of the Ten Days level to bombard their vision and hearing.

Fang Keming himself was expecting too much.

Wang Chengguang waved his hand and left.

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Time flies.

February 2003, 2, the third day of the Lunar New Year.

Early in the morning, Wang Chengguang was alerted by various phone calls and text messages announcing good news. This was after the first weekend and second week of The Wandering Earth's release in China and South Korea.

Needless to say, in mainland China, the box office of 1.71 million RMB is already reaching its limit. Even now, there are still many netizens and movie fans who want to watch the movie a second time in the cinema but cannot get tickets.

It's really hard to get tickets. Countless owners of new cinemas who are building new cinemas are so exhausted from watching this that they want to cry. The fact that audiences can't get tickets means they've missed out on a lot of money. If the cinemas could double the price, that would probably be everyone's favorite ending.

The Hong Kong and Macau movie "Nine Days" also earned 8300 million Hong Kong dollars, of which 4100 million went to Hong Kong Island and 4200 million went to Taiwan. This phenomenon means that the box office revenue in Taiwan, which had been sluggish for several years, has now fully recovered.

What you watch in the cinema is the 3D IMAX viewing experience, which is a level that piracy can never reach.

When there is a huge technological gap between different ways of watching movies, the publicity and promotion have also done their best, and the box office will explode, just like the original trajectory of Avatar's box office of 1.78 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong Island and more than 2 million Hong Kong dollars in Taiwan.

If the main plot of Avatar can be made explosive, then The Wandering Earth will be even more so, and it will be full of super special effects starring earthlings.

Taiwan's box office was not as good as Hong Kong Island in the beginning, but it surpassed Hong Kong Island as time went by.

South Korea was equally strong, with a total revenue of HK$2.3 million in the first weekend and the second week. This was truly a carnival for the entire theater chain alliance. When it comes to the price of a single movie ticket, the highest in South Korea is US$1.5 or US$2 per ticket, but it is different in mainland China. So far, a ticket for "The Wandering Earth" is only worth US$ to US$ per ticket.

The single ticket price of Harbour City is also much higher than that in mainland China.

Countless people want to watch this for a second time, but they can’t buy tickets, so the scalpers outside are making a lot of money!
Wang Chengguang looked at the movie review on the Spark Movie section, which had received a 9.1-point score and had been reviewed by more than people. He took a sip of tea and sighed, "It's been almost two years. The boutique movie universe has finally taken a big step forward in spreading the concept of the netherworld where good is rewarded and evil is punished."

He was still sighing when his cell phone rang.

This is the split prompt left by Xiaohuo 7.0. He has taken over Wang Chengguang's phone calls and automatically handled various things. For example, the European and American theater distributors on the foreign side once again proposed a high price of million US dollars, and tried their best to ensure that the tomb sweeper easter egg shot was not deleted.

Once the operating theaters are deleted, they can pay an additional US$3000 million in liquidated damages.

There is nothing wrong with it. The sales in China and South Korea in nine days amounted to about 4.8 million Hong Kong dollars, which is equivalent to 6150 million US dollars when converted into US dollars.

Even in the United States, a major box office country, if the film could rake in more than $6000 million in the first weekend and the second week, it would still be the annual box office champion, not to mention that North American blockbusters are much more powerful in box office push than those in mainland China.

Last year, there were three films in the United States that grossed over 3 million US dollars alone, all of which were science fiction blockbusters. However, none of them had the 3D IMAX viewing experience. The official human union set up in The Wandering Earth is also headquartered in New York.

There are many white and even black extras.

"Wandering" is a new example of Sino-Korean co-production, which is much more successful than "Train to Busan", but it also has a large number of white extras from Hong Kong and South Korea, and some of the invited black and white actors are 18th-tier black and white actors from Hollywood.

This is definitely an international version of a blockbuster made in China.

Most of the last batch of actors who committed suicide by carrying mushroom eggs in their hands and exploding together with the moon were members of suicide squads from various countries.

In this case, publishers are really not afraid of losing money.

Wang Chengguang smiled and thought for a while, "Then let's sell it for 1 million US dollars, keep the easter egg and don't take the 3000 million compensation."

It's similar to what Mr. Han has thought about. Most people over there believe in God. If you create an Eastern underworld and reincarnation, there will be a conflict. This conflict depends on the operational capabilities of the publisher. At worst, you can let Western netizens watch Easter eggs online.

This is also after the Spring Festival. After the Spring Festival holiday, his Chang'e Flying to the Moon crew and Zhou Wenwen's Rural Teachers will start work again together. They have been shooting for three or four months and have walked most of the distance.

This is a blockbuster that will hit the world around the Lunar New Year holiday next year.

…………

Two days later.

The European and American theater distributor, Guilao, has already rushed the film back to Europe and the United States for promotion and marketing. Wang Chengguang took Nancy and Zhou Wenwen on a flight from Beijing to North America.

Before saying goodbye, President Han hesitated and said, "Director Wang, is it enough for you to bring only three bodyguards? Although it is after the millennium, we have also entered the world, but... ahem, I must be worrying too much. I hope Director Wang can break a new path for our Chinese film industry."

This time Lao Wang went to North America to explore the road to the Oscars.

当然这不是让流浪地球冲2003年奥斯卡，奥斯卡一般是1月下旬公布入围名单，3月中上旬举行颁奖礼，每年的奥斯卡只收录上一年份1月1号到12月31号上映的电影。

Today, February 2th, the list of three people traveling together was announced not long ago, and "Train to Busan" has been shortlisted for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

As we all know, the period from nomination to the awards ceremony is when the Academy lets all kinds of crews and capital do public relations and spend money to operate the awards.

If you do nothing and just attend the award ceremony, it would be like attending it alone.

Therefore, it is reasonable for Wang Chengguang and his three companions to go to North America. Today is only the fifth day of the first lunar month and work has not officially resumed yet.

The next moment, President Han lit up three cigarettes and bowed to the void, smiling awkwardly, "Director Wang, don't think I'm superstitious. It's better to believe in something than not to believe in it. I hope everyone has a safe journey."

Wang Chengguang was speechless, "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Han. For your kindness, when the production of The Wandering Earth 5 starts, I will give you 10% of the investment. You can transfer % or % of the % to Beijing Film Academy, Xi'an Film Academy, or Emei Film Studio." Mr. Han was overjoyed, but a little overwhelmed. "Thank you, Director Wang, thank you very much. To put it bluntly, I am worried that the Nan's Special Effects Industry, which you and Director Nan own, has risen. I am afraid that they will not care about their face and will rob it by force, which will threaten your personal safety."

"In this regard...if there is any problem, Director Wang can call the embassy or consulate, and we will also find someone to take precautions in advance."

How unethical are North America, and how they are willing to take over the business without any respect.

In fact, everyone basically knows that the Internet era will arrive in 2024, but before that, there will be many forced operations. Mr. Han hopes that with the appearance of Wang Chengguang and the other two, this will not happen, after all, they are all internationally renowned figures.

Wang Chengguang smiled calmly, "It's okay, we'll be back soon, just wait for my good news at home. This year we'll go to Busan, and next year we'll definitely be on Wandering Earth."

After some more banter, he went to the plane through the VIP channel when the boarding time arrived.

As for why only three of the six robot spirit puppets were originally molded, the other three were lost to South Korea's Nanshi Special Effects Industry.

Life is also life, we can’t do it too badly.

…………

The flight to Los Angeles landed smoothly.

The spirit puppet bodyguards led the way in front and on both sides. When Wang Chengguang and his group passed through the crowd, Nancy was slightly surprised and said, "Boss, the publisher is quite efficient. We can see a lot of posters of The Wandering Earth here."

"And this kind of poster has white and black actors in the center, which is a bit funny. Isn't this deceiving the audience? However, with 3DIMAX's viewing effect, the audience who are deceived only need to watch a short clip to immerse themselves in it."

There are some areas in the airport suitable for posting posters. The Wandering Earth has just been released and is attracting the attention of passers-by. In addition to the posters, there is also a promotional slogan that the box office in China has exceeded 2000 million US dollars in the first weekend.

Including the latest masterpiece directed by Train to Busan and more.

Wang Chengguang laughed, "It was the foreigners who started working on this after watching the preview film. Although they were not sure about the exact release date at that time, they were very confident that they could get the distribution rights because of the previous series of cooperation."

This is the same as the original track hero, which grossed 2.5 million RMB in the mainland, but earned 14 billion RMB at the global box office. Isn't that the result of the heavy publicity and promotion in Europe and the United States?

As for the promotional slogans about how much the box office would be in the first weekend, more will be printed as time goes by.

The three men and the spirit puppets got into three taxis one after another. The three spirit puppets took the luggage and got into the front and back two taxis, while Wang Chengguang and the other two got into the middle one.

The three taxis set off. Nancy and Zhou Wenwen, who were squeezed in the back seat with him, looked at each other for a few seconds. Nancy then excitedly pressed the corners of her mouth and whispered, "Boss, someone is really causing trouble. We just got off the car and took a random taxi to downtown Los Angeles."

Zhou Wenwen also transmitted a message, "Judging from their temperament and skills, they don't seem to be professionally trained. They look like members of a gang. But these three drivers seem to have identified us and are waiting for us."

"I sensed that there was another taxi following behind, and the people inside were professionals."

They are great grandmasters who can chop hundreds of meters away with a wave of sword or knife energy, or cut through a courtyard wall. The range they can sense is not as narrow as a few meters in radius. Moreover, so far, the divine power that the two river gods brought from other planes and retained in their bodies has not been consumed.

It's just filming a movie, there's no need to consume any divine energy at all.

If the divine power and magic are unleashed, you can ask Nancy to learn how to flood Jinshan Mountain and Los Angeles. After all, the Los Angeles River runs through the City of Angels.

Wang Chengguang smiled and responded, "Let's just play it simple and leave a few people alive to help us develop connections. We really need connections and friends to compete for the Oscars."

Nancy and the other two girls were very happy and excited to hear this.

After a while, the three taxis had driven out of the main road and were speeding madly on a small road. Not to mention the condition of the vehicle where the spirit puppet bodyguards were, the white driver in the middle taxi was looking at the three people unscrupulously, and the smile on his mouth was becoming more and more obvious.

Wang Chengguang and the other two ignored him and continued to communicate privately.

The taxi drove forward for several hundred meters before the white driver frowned and said, "Chinamen, you better behave yourself. Don't you realize anything is wrong? This is not the way to the city. A big shot has told us to treat you well."

"Don't think about causing trouble, or you will be the ones to die!"

While speaking, the white driver controlled the steering wheel with one hand and had a gun drawn in his right hand.

Wang Chengguang and the other two still smiled calmly and ignored him.

This made the white driver a little suspicious, but he also knew that these three were well-known international directors in China and South Korea, big stars in the director circle, and celebrities in the Vanity Fair world. Something really happened...

Well, the more fame and fortune you get involved in, the easier it will be to blackmail people as long as you can control your followers or take some photos as leverage.

The big shots wanted the high technology of Nan's special effects industry, and these societies extorted some money and wealth, including beauty! Not to mention that Nancy and Zhou Wenwen were top beauties, there were also several male-loving big brothers in the Wild Wolf Gang, and Wang Chengguang was also the best in appearance.

The white driver was sure that Wang Chengguang and his three hostages were not reacting properly, but he still drove the car quickly and efficiently to the destination. There was a farm belonging to the Wild Wolf Gang ahead. Until then, Nancy sent a message again, "Boss, there seem to be two or three more people following us."

Wang Chengguang nodded, "There are more people in the farm ahead."

Not far ahead is a large farm with local buildings similar to self-built bungalows and wooden houses. Several buildings are gathered together, and there are several cars parked and some people standing at the entrance.

A few minutes later, three taxis parked in front and behind. A group of men and women with guns, under the threat of three drivers also holding pistols, shouted at Wang Chengguang and six others to get out of the car and cooperate honestly, otherwise they would suffer.

Wang Chengguang waved his hand, and the three spirit puppets moved.

The three spirit puppets flashed like ghosts, and in a flash, they penetrated through the body of a gang scum, which was more bloody and terrifying than the alien's chest being broken. When they flashed and the blood was sticky, some of the scum screamed and shot at Wang Chengguang...

The bullet would simply hit his body and bounce off, it would be impossible for it to break his skin. Even if the planet exploded it would not be able to break the skin of a double Taiyi Golden Immortal.

The driver who personally drove the three people here just screamed that he wanted to do something, but he was hit by the stray bullets that ricocheted off Wang Chengguang's body and died with his eyes open.

Nancy easily exerted her magical power and waved at the taxi that was trying to turn around and run away more than 200 meters away. As if she was controlling it with telekinesis, she pulled the taxi in front of her and flew over.

After she smashed the front windshield with a slap, she used her power to condense a giant hand in the void, grabbed the white youth inside and pulled him out. Like stabbing a javelin, she thrust the white youth's legs into the field beside the road, "Now that you're here, you still want to run?"

Zhou Wenwen's divine power spread out, pulling the other two cars here as well. "Boss, look, there's someone taking pictures in this car. What a clever guy."

This was not a voice transmission, it was really spoken, and in English. After all, when you praise someone for being smart, you have to make sure the other person can understand.

The car landed, and the three people inside were also lifted out by the giant hand of the void, and their spears were stuck into the ground on the side of the road. At first glance, they looked like specimens that had been buried alive up to the waist.

Wang Chengguang walked up to the young man holding the camera and said with a smile, "You guys are here to welcome us, right? The people of Los Angeles are so hospitable and enthusiastic."

As he spoke, only one of the dozen Wild Wolf Gang men and women was left alive within a distance of twenty or thirty meters behind him, and the others were all torn to pieces. The three spirit puppet robots were unharmed, but their good suits and hairstyles were all covered with red and white stains.

The young man with the camera opened his mouth and bowed decisively, "God, I didn't expect you to come in Chinese clothes, praise my Lord."

Wang Chengguang, “…”

The other javelin throwers who were a beat slower to react also started shouting and praising wildly.

Regardless of whether this is free America, shootings happen every day, or zero-dollar shopping and dump trucks are prevalent, you cannot deny that in the soulless world, three people can easily tear a dozen living people to pieces.

And Nancy and Zhou Wenwen waved their hands to control the car to fly... This is so unscientific! It's too metaphysical! Metaphysical to this extent, those who react quickly will join in directly, how normal is that?

Wang Chengguang couldn't complain, so he lit a cigarette and paused for a second before smiling, "Do you know why we are here?"

The young man with the camera nodded hurriedly, "My Lord wants to help win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film? This is within my ability. I will definitely do my best to help the Lord make it happen. Those who stand in my way are heretics and demons!"

Another young man also sang hymns crazily.

Wang Chengguang looked at the four people buried in the ground below their waists, and then looked at the only survivor of the Wild Wolf Gang whose body was also splattered with blood, and said, "Since you are all dead, hurry up and clean up the ground, and then dig a hole to bury yourself."

As soon as the words fell, the corpse, which was originally in a state of dismembered limbs, began to move one by one. Complete or broken bones emerged from the blood, and then they were assembled into skeletons.

After a dozen skeletons were put together, they knelt on the ground and kowtowed, then stood up to find tools to clean the floor and transport the corpses. Some skeletons even drove excavators to start digging holes.

It’s still broad daylight in Los Angeles!
Under the sunshine, the five surviving white and black people all shivered wildly and began to brainwash themselves. They knew that Wang Chengguang and the other two were world-class directors. After all, last year's zombie movie "Train to Busan" also bombed the US box office.

But the scenes before my eyes are both sacred and evil.

This group of people really can’t handle it!

Wang Chengguang walked up to the young man with the camera and waved his hand. All five survivors grabbed their phones, whether they were still on their bodies or in their trouser pockets buried in the ground. The same went for their cameras, as there was more than one camera here.

"I have worked hard in one blockbuster after another to promote the idea that people do not die only once, but that after death they will enter another world, the world of the dead."

"I guess only a few of you can believe it now. I don't know if the underworld Easter eggs in The Wandering Earth can be kept and shown in theaters."

When the five survivors heard this, they began to sweat profusely. One of the Wild Wolf Gang members knelt down, sang hymns and begged for salvation.

In the movies that have hit U.S. theaters before, at least in the "Train to Busan" tomb-sweeping easter egg conversation, good is rewarded with good, and evil is punished with evil. What do you think will be the retribution for a gang member after his death!

The skeletons finished their work one by one and almost finished cleaning the floor. An excavator also dug a shallow pit. A row of skeletons knelt down respectfully and prayed. Wang Chengguang waved his hand and opened a door in the void that the five survivors could see.

There were hells of knife mountains, sea of ​​fire, and tongue-pulling, and so on, with the ghost soldiers carrying out tortures everywhere. He waved his hand and grabbed the illusory but clearly visible souls from a dozen skeletons, and threw them into various hells while they were crying and begging.

"The official criminal law doesn't even know how many years you'll be sentenced to suffer in hell, but since you all attacked me, I'll add 300 years to each villain's sentence."

The gates of hell close.

Wang Chengguang smiled and looked up at the sky. Heavy rain fell from the sky and covered the entire Los Angeles. Witnessed by the five survivors, all the rain fell on the sides of Wang Chengguang, Nancy and Zhou Wenwen, avoiding people.

One by one, the spirit puppet robots packed up the usable cars and waited near the three people.

When he got on the bus, he said to the young man who had taken the camera, "Believe it or not, Train to Busan can win the Best Foreign Language Film Award, and the five of you can live."

Wang's reward method moved both heaven and earth.

(End of this chapter)