The Best Director

Chapter 241 It's time! (seeking a monthly ticket)

"Yesterday, the "Genius Gamblers" directed by Hollywood director Wang Yang was finally released in Hong Kong, which aroused a frenzy of watching movies in the city netbsp; the tvb channel on the TV is currently broadcasting the entertainment news program "Entertainment Search" ", the host Soong Chi Ling sat behind the host stage, she said with a smile: "Although Yang Zai did not come to Hong Kong to promote in person this time, he also asked us to say hello to all the audience friends. If you can't see him, why don't you watch this movie, he has a guest appearance in the movie! First let's see what you have to say? "

Immediately, a scene of a lively movie theater ending appeared on the screen. The crowd chatted and left, and there was a lot of voices. The interviewer Zhang Mini smiled and said to the tvb logo microphone: "It's so lively! We went to ask about it just now. The ticket sales are all sold out tonight, and the boss said that it seems to be back when "God of Gamblers" was released!" The camera turned, and she asked a young couple with a smile: "How do you feel?"

"Looking good!" The tall boy in a white T-shirt and denim kù nodded with a smile, and the pudgy girl also nodded and said, "It's worth the fare, Yangzi did a great job! Azu and Nitanli-Baowen Good looking." The tall boy laughed and said, "You're so handsome!" Then a middle-aged teacher appeared in front of the camera, and her daughter stood beside her with a smile. I don't understand the card counting very well, and my head is getting sunburned!"

"Wang Yang's movie!" A white and sparse old man looked at the camera, with a happy smile on his wrinkled face, and said, "What kind of award did you win..." Zhang Mini reminded: "Oscar Golden Award." The old uncle said in a displeased tone: "I remember, I remember, Oscar, you really belong to it! Don't pretend to be an uncle who has never read books! Those who pick up paper will not know Wang Yang, Uncle was immersed in ocean water..."

Of course, there are not many elderly people among the audience who walked out of the theater, but they are not few; there are countless middle-aged audiences, and the proportion of audiences in North America that is equally divided between men, women, and children seems to be born in other places.

However, Hong Kong has always been a place that loves gambling movies and leads gambling movies. From the opening of the Shaw Brothers film "The Gambling King's Big Deception" in 1976 to the promotion of Wang Tianlin and Wang Jing's father and son, the tvb drama "A Thousand Kings" in 1976 In 1981, Zhou Run starred in the drama "A Thousand Kings and Heroes"; in the same year, Wang Jing released his screen debut "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants". " was a big hit, setting a box office record of more than 36.29 million Hong Kong dollars in the runner-up box office of the new film history.

In 1994, "The Gambler" was 140,000 yuan, and in 1994, "God of Gamblers 2" was 52.54 million yuan, which directly won the box office of film history; and "The Gambler", directed by Liu Zhenwei and starring Zhou Xingchi, earned 41.32 million yuan in 2018. There are so many gambling films that cannot be counted...

Now this new gambling film has a Chinese actor, and he is Daniel Wu who is very familiar to Hong Kong audiences. More importantly, it is directed by Miracle Yang. It has already caused a lot of talk in the city before it was released. Is it good or not? How does it compare to Hong Kong films? Can it stimulate the lifeless film market in Hong Kong?

"looks great,

Well being! Well being! "After interviewing several ordinary people, Zhang Mini interviewed several movie-watching stars on the screen. Zheng Zhongji kept sighing with his thumbs up, and mentioned that "Long Weiwei" starring him will be released on August 21. When it was released, Zhang Mei Ni asked with a smile: "Are you worried about getting hurt? Still want to challenge the magic Yang? Zheng Zhongji stared in surprise and said, "I want to die!" You think I'm really a dragon! "

Both of them laughed, and he said, "I definitely don't have the idea of ​​challenging Fan Yang. This drama is so exciting, and the box office must be exaggerated. We have to consider postponing the release." He laughed jokingly. After a few times, he said again: "Let's see if the audience will give you face. I hope you don't lose too badly!"

"Hollywood director Wang Yang's new work "The Card Counting Team" was officially released in Taiwan yesterday, attracting a large number of people to watch it in theaters. The film starred Wu Yanzu, Natalie Mann and others, telling the legend of the Chinese gambling god Kevin Ma The story became extremely popular once it was released in North America, and it has won the North American championship for two consecutive weeks, with a box office of over 100 million. Dongsen News comprehensive report."

""The Fall of Las Vegas" was fully screened in mainland theaters yesterday, and tonight "Entertainment Live" will take everyone to see some of the screenings a few days ago!"

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In the simple and elegant hotel suite, the bright sunlight streams in through the floor-to-ceiling windows. Wang Yang is sitting on the sofa, unpacking a large package with a serious expression, one layer of paper and two layers of paper... Opening a box, he took out a red package. He smiled and opened the ring box with a snap, and suddenly felt his eyes flashed by something dazzling.

I saw a ring quietly hidden in the box, a streamlined silver ring with a dazzling diamond inlaid on the top. Wang Yang slowly took out the ring, held it in front of his eyes and looked at it repeatedly, his heart beat a little faster, with a happy smile on his face, he muttered: "It really deserves to be a masterpiece that I participated in the design, buddy, you are dead Haha..."

The most important moment in life is coming soon! This beautiful diamond ring of m is the witness!

"Hello, Meimei!" Wang Yang picked up the mobile phone on the coffee table and dialed a number. It was Su Meimei (-), a Chinese jewelry designer who designed and made this ring. He turned his right hand and admired the ring while smiling at the phone : "I received the ring, yes I'm looking at it now, oh it's beautiful, I'm very happy with it! Really appreciate your rush."

Su Meimei's family has been engaged in the jewelry industry for several generations, and she is already the third generation. Her parents are immigrants from Hong Kong, while she was born and raised in New York. Both of them have a special preference for jewelry and their own taste. With the help of her parents and friends, she established the Fifth Avenue Diamond District Center named after herself. The brand, after years of hard work, opened branches in Beverly Hills and Tokyo, Japan. The jewelry she designed frequently appeared in various ceremonial dinners, and became a rapidly rising "Chinese Jewelry Queen".

But compared to Cartier, Harry Winston, Boucheron and other brands with a long history, it is just a rookie. But what does it matter? On these decorative clothes, Wang Yang has never been a person who blindly pursues any famous brand. Could it be that Cartier's diamonds were mined from the planet Pandora? Even so, a diamond is still a diamond.

During the filming period of "The Devil Wears Prada", we naturally needed some fashionable jewelry. In addition to those famous brands, Wang Yang also gave us the opportunity to participate in the sponsorship with the idea of ​​helping the Chinese, so that this rising star brand 1ù face; But now that he has proposed, according to the current situation, Jessica will definitely be valued and branded by the gossip media when she wears the proposal ring, so he simply gave this chance of embarrassment, and the store pays more attention to customers, Can promise rush system.

For the sake of confidentiality, Wang Yang did not meet with Su Meimei or anyone else during the entire ordering process this time, but directly contacted the assistant by phone, otherwise, if any paparazzi caught the "Wang Yang meeting with a jewelry designer" and leaked the news, even if there was " The Devil Wears Prada" as an excuse, she may have guessed it.

"Hehe, it's nothing, Yang, but we are very grateful for your trust in making such an important ring for us." Su Meimei's voice was very happy, and she poured her heart and soul into it from design to completion this week. In addition to the favor of the Chinese, she naturally knew that this was a very rare opportunity. Miracle Yang's proposal ring was made of jewelry! Do not charge the cost as an advertising fee will do.

Just a shock to hear him say "this ring is an engagement ring" last week! Su Meimei smiled again: "It's just surprising that you want to get married at such a young age."

"I'm 23 years old. e11, I'm still young; but for my relationship with Jesse, I'm not young anymore, it's time!" Wang Yang smiled, his calm tone was full of affirmation, falling in love soon 5 It's been 3 years, and we've been living together for almost 3 years, and now it's just a good thing to do. It would be too early if he got married at the age of 19. Speaking of which, he proposed once in a daze...

That time should have counted, and now do it again! Thinking of this, Wang Yang said with a smile on the phone: "I haven't proposed yet, I don't know if it will succeed." Su Meimei said: "I will." Wang Yang smiled: "Thank you, I think so too, but I'm just a little nervous." He frowned and said, "Also, I'm afraid that I can't help but propose ahead of schedule. It's really uncomfortable! I really want to see her surprise! Oh my god. Wish me luck!"

Su Meimei smiled and said, "Good luck, Yang!"

After chatting for a few words and ending the call, Wang Yang raised the diamond ring in his hand, looked up and said with a deep smile, "Will you marry me? Dangdangdangdang——" He was humming the wedding march, and was about to put the ring on The ring finger of his left hand suddenly stopped: "No, no, no! It should be worn on Jessica's ring finger for the first time." He looked at the ring and his own finger, but couldn't put it on...

After chatting with gusto for a while, the mobile phone rang suddenly. Wang Yang picked it up and saw that it was the agent Paul Amory, and answered the channel: "Hi, Paul....No no, I just came back! Next I will start again this month, and I need to suspend work, everything!" Paul Amory asked again: "Have you decided to attend the Hugo Awards held in Toronto on the month of the month?" Wang Yang thought for a while, then said: "Well, I'll be there."

The Hugo Award and the Nebula Award are recognized as the most authoritative and influential world science fiction awards. They are awarded by the World Science Fiction Association and are known as the Nobel Prize of science fiction. "District 9" is nominated for this year Best Video Product Award.

On the first day back in Los Angeles, Wang Yang spent the whole day in the hotel playing computer games, taking the ring out of the box to look at it from time to time, before driving back to his home at night.

Just now when he parked the car and got down, looking at the familiar lawn, shrubs, big house, and Yi Ren who came out after hearing the sound and stood in front of the door with a bright smile, Wang Yang smiled and waved to her, feeling warm and moved in his heart. Still a little excited, fortunately the ring was not brought back, otherwise he might have missed it! It's just that although he hasn't proposed or married yet, he has a special feeling of "wife" when he sees her walking towards him.

But it was Danny who rushed over first. He frantically wagged his tail and jumped around the side. Wang Yang dealt with it wow-wow, dangling the shoulder bag in his hand: "There is no food in it, Dan." Ni, there's nothing to eat!"

"Welcome home." Jessica who came to the front spread out her hands, and Wang Yang also put his arms around her waist, and habitually lowered his head to her mouth. Jessica avoided it, pouted and shook her head and said, "No, my cold is not completely cured yet." Wang Yang couldn't help laughing, looking into her burning eyes, and said with a smile: "Are you kidding me! Beauty, you When did you have the ability to infect me with a cold?" Jessica also smiled immediately: "Uh! It seems..."

With a sound of "wow", Wang Yang took a sip from her heavily, and sighed, "Oh! I've missed this taste for a week, and I can finally sleep well tonight." Jessica shrugged slightly, tilting her head and snickering Said: "Is it the smell of snot? I just had some backflow." Wang Yang leaned back: "No way, why did you say it so disgusting! It's terrible..."

The two laughed and talked and walked into the house, with Danny happily rushing forward.

The third weekend ended soon. On the latest North American weekend box office list, the new film "Freddy vs. Jason" took away the championship of "t-21-team" for two consecutive weeks with 36.42 million, as A horror film with a production cost of 10,000 yuan, this achievement surprised New Line Company. It seems that the weekly box office is expected to reach 10,000 yuan, and eventually the world is expected to exceed 100 million yuan. Coupled with the post-production income that horror films are better at, this movie has succeeded!

After all, "Hong Kong Ghost King" Yu Rentai is not magical Yang, and this achievement has already made "Chinese director stocks" rise again; but the fly in the ointment is that the evaluation of "Freddy vs. Jason" is not high. 41%, the audience likes %, which also greatly limits its success index.

For example, in the film review of Brian Thomas of "Chicago Reader", many film critics said that "Yu Rentai lost his power." Xìng, no memorable classic scenes... Basically, professionals will not be able to deduce who the director is after watching the entire movie. This is an ordinary popcorn movie.

However, its opening box office of 10,000 US dollars has indeed broken the opening records of classic series such as "A Nightmare on Elm Street", "Friday the 13th", and "Halloween"; and won the next weekend championship with 36.42 million.

The well-received "t-21-team" won the runner-up this weekend with a score of 21.43 million. The box office trend fell by 37% compared with last weekend, and the total box office in North America rose to 147 million US dollars. "Anti-Terrorist SWAT Team" ranked third; Kevin Costner's new work "Infinity" ranked fourth, with 79% freshness and % likes, indicating that this is a good movie: "Costner returns to the familiar and Clear Western, flawed but entertaining, satisfying."  …

In addition to selling tickets in theaters in North America this weekend, "21" was also screened on big screens all over the world, and received various banknotes with different designs, as well as praise from movie fans. In Australia, it received 3.66 million weekend box office; the United Kingdom 6.86 million, Germany 4.22 million, Mexico 50,000... Overseas weekends in dozens of countries combined have a total box office of 960,000 US dollars.

This figure is lower than the weekends in North America. Flame Films predicts that the overseas box office of "21" will be around 10,000 this week, and the final box office still needs to see the downward trend.

Among the 960,000 US dollars, there is 4.62 million Hong Kong dollars (approximately 10,000 US dollars), which was released in Hong Kong for two days. It reached 2.35 million, which has already made theater owners in Hong Kong smile; "The Card Counting Team" in Taiwan received 32.53 million NT dollars (approximately 10,000 US dollars), which is the same big victory; while in mainland China, it received million RMB (about 3.43 million US dollars).

The seven-day box office of "Hero" exceeded 100 million yuan, but the media did not get the specific figure. Now "The Fall of Las Vegas" has only a vague range, but what is certain is that this "campus wits drama" is on its way. Set off a hot craze netbsp; and next week, tv6 will be out on the street to promote a multi-day magical special program, "Qiang Qiang Threesome: Why Went to the Movie Theater" will also be broadcast... The public's movie-watching emotions, The hot discussion and popularity on the Internet will inevitably push to a new round of peaks.

"Different from the gods and ghosts in Hong Kong gambling movies, this movie reveals professional and real blackjack card counting, the story is wonderful and the acting is superb, and the cool skills are used to the extreme. Wang Yang never disappoints." - Shi Qi, Ming Pao, Hong Kong; "This film brings something refreshing, and although it is not perfect, it has great entertainment value." - Nick Matthews, The Guardian, UK; "Wang Yang's new attempt , the movie is so clever and so pleasing to the eye.” – David Stratton, The Australian  …

The weekend ends and Monday will continue, but for Wang Yang and Jessica, it is not a working day. They are in the cockpit of a plane flying to the Bahamas Islands, preparing to enjoy a happy vacation on the sunny beach.

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