Before Yang Xiao and the others arrived at Yu Dong's side, Liu Cixin, Wang Jingkang and the others arrived first.
Within a moment, a large group of people gathered next to Yu Dong.
Seeing Yang Xiao and Ye Weimin coming, the others consciously made way for them.
Although Ye Weimin was looking for Yu Dong, Yang Xiao did not rush to take him to talk to Yu Dong. Instead, he introduced to everyone first, "This is also Director Ye Weimin, and the person next to him is Ms. Liang Yongqi. Directed by Director Ye,
The movie "The Wild Star" starring Ms. Liang and Stephen Chow will be released in Hong Kong next month, and this time we had a hard time recruiting the two of them."
Then she introduced other people to Ye Weimin one by one, and finally it was the turn of Yu Dong and his wife.
"This is Teacher Yu Dongyu, and the person next to him is his lover, Teacher Cheng Yanqiu."
When greeting others in the front, Ye Weimin's smile was somewhat perfunctory. When it came time to greet Yu Dong, he became particularly enthusiastic, "Teacher Yu, hello, hello."
Yu Dong could understand the Cantonese he spoke, but Liang Yongqi still helped translate: "Teacher Yu, Director Ye wants to say hello to you."
Yu Dong smiled and waved his hand, "It's okay, no translation is needed, I can probably understand a little bit. But Director Ye still needs to practice more Mandarin. Since he has the idea of ​​​​developing in the mainland, it is not good to speak Mandarin well."
Ye Weimin was a little embarrassed when Mandarin was mentioned twice, "I'm also working hard, but teacher, you often travel abroad, so you should know English, otherwise we can speak English."
Hearing Ye Weimin's words, Yu Dong frowned and said, "Mr. Ye, there is no need for us Chinese to speak English when talking to Chinese people."
Ye Weimin's expression was stagnant. He didn't think much about it at first. He thought it would be more convenient for them to chat in English if Yu Dong was good at English. He didn't expect that Yu Dong would react like this.
In his opinion, Yu Dong was somewhat sensitive.
However, Yu Dong's identity is there. He, Ye Weimin, a young director who has just entered the industry, cannot afford to offend him, so he can only smile and say: "I'm sorry, I didn't think carefully. Don't worry, Teacher Yu, I will definitely do it as soon as possible."
Practice Mandarin well."
Yu Dong regained his smile and said, "What language you use to speak is a matter of personal freedom, but since it is communication, it belongs to each other. Director Ye, do you think I am right?"
Hearing that Yu Dong called himself Director Ye instead of Mr. Ye, Ye Weimin breathed a sigh of relief and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, Teacher Yu is right."
Liang Yongqi was a little confused next to her. When she saw Yu Dong just now, she thought that Teacher Yu was so young and handsome, and he spoke and smiled without any airs.
Who would have thought that he would start making things difficult for others as soon as he turned around.
In Xiangjiang, she had never seen arrogant and domineering wealthy businessmen or big shots in the film and television industry, but this was the first time she saw someone like Yu Dong. He looked gentle and elegant, but could make a big impression with just a few words.
pressure.
In fact, the reason why Yu Dong was able to suppress Ye Weimin and the others was not because he had any domineering aura in him, but because of his current identity, which put a natural pressure on them.
Yu Dong was not a domineering person, but he felt that people like Ye Weimin still lacked basic respect for the mainland and lacked a sense of identity, so he gave him such a nod.
"I heard from Sister Xiao that you are coming, and I'm quite happy. Mainly because I'm happy for Xiangjiang. The film industry in Xiangjiang has begun to decline in the past two years. Many people are thinking about going to Hollywood. It's not that it's not good to go to Hollywood.
, but my vision is still a bit short-sighted. Although Hollywood is good, its roots are still in China. If the domestic film industry does not develop well, no matter how good the development of those who go abroad is, they will not be able to last long." Yu Dong said with a smile.
"You can think of coming to the mainland so early to develop, and you are already one step ahead of others."
Ye Weimin swallowed, he really didn't know how to answer Yu Dong's words.
In the end, he could only say a few words, "In the future, I will still have to rely on teachers and other people for support in the mainland."
"It's easy to say." Yu Dong smiled and nodded, "As long as you really want to come to the mainland for development, you will eventually see the rewards."
At this time, Yang Xiao said from the side, "The banquet is about to begin. Please take your seats first. If you have anything to say, we can chat at the table."
During the meal, Yu Dong did not talk much about the film and television industry, but more about the development of domestic science fiction with Yang Xiao and others.
After the popularity of "Second World", Chinese people's attention to science fiction has risen to an unprecedented level. The sales of "Science Fiction World" have skyrocketed this year. At the same time, the new magazine "Science Fiction King", which was just launched last year, has also followed suit.
Yuliu had previously reported to Yu Dong on the situation of "Science Fiction King", and their highest monthly sales reached 40,000 copies.
Although this sales volume cannot be compared with "Science Fiction World", it is already very impressive. After all, many magazines are in decline now.
After the sales of "Science Fiction King" increased, it was not only the comic creators who benefited, but the authors of "Science Fiction World" also benefited a lot, because many of the comics published in "Science Fiction King" were based on the comics in "Science Fiction World"
Adapted from the novel.
These adapted comics not only bring direct benefits such as adaptation fees to the novel authors, but also bring them more attention.
Tan Kai was previously worried that "Science Fiction King" would divert the popularity of "Science Fiction World", but it turns out that "Science Fiction King" not only did not divert the popularity of "Science Fiction World", but instead expanded the audience scope of science fiction novels.
Many readers who have never read science fiction novels before will buy a copy of "Science Fiction World" because they like comics.
Niu Erfang, the editor-in-chief of "Science Fiction King", was at the same table as Yu Dong when he was having dinner. The two of them had known each other relatively early.
When Niu Erfang and the others first had an idea, they went to see Guodong. It was precisely because of Niu Erfang's visit that Jimmy came into contact with Niu Erfang.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Therefore, Niu Erfang is very grateful to Yu Dong. In his opinion, "Science Fiction King" would not be what it is today without Yu Dong.
Niu Erfang was very happy during the dinner. He drank a lot of wine with Yu Dong and Yang Xiao, and talked a lot about his thoughts on Chinese science fiction.
"After this period of development, I have also understood something. If we want to develop Chinese science fiction, we cannot succeed by working alone. We must stand closely together and develop both upstream and downstream industries.
Sound, from novels to comics to movies, and later cartoons, every link should be paid attention to."
"Especially in the film field, although our technology is still not as good as others, we can do it step by step. Start from simple things, and sooner or later we will catch up with others."
After chatting all night, Ye Weimin also drank a lot of wine, but he never intervened.
For one thing, he didn't speak Mandarin well, so it was hard for him to get involved in the conversation. For another, Yu Dong and the others were talking about science fiction, so it was hard for him to get involved.
At this moment, he finally heard Niu Erfang talking about topics related to movies, and he followed up, "I agree with Editor Niu's point of view. Movies are an indispensable part of the entertainment industry. Take a look at this time's "The Second World"
"You will know that one movie can bring science fiction to thousands of households. Also, as far as I know, the movie of the same name adapted from another teacher's novel "Resident Evil" was released in the United States yesterday. This time
The box office will definitely not be small, and the influence of science fiction will be further enhanced by then."
He drank some wine and his speech was not clear. In addition, he spoke in Cantonese, so many people did not understand what he meant. Fortunately, Liang Yongqi translated his words in time.
Regarding the release of "Resident Evil", Yang Xiao and others knew more or less, and "Reference News" had reported it before.
As the original author, Yu Dong must have received more information than others.
The early publicity of "Resident Evil" is very good. Although it is not as good as "The Second World", it should be the one with the strongest publicity among all the movies this year.
Relying on the popularity of the original novel and the residual popularity of "The Second World", "Resident Evil" was destined to have a low box office from the beginning.
The only drawback is that "Resident Evil" is rated R, which will definitely have an impact on the box office. Compared with other family-friendly movies, it will lose many viewers.
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When Yu Dong and others were discussing "Resident Evil", the movie had been released in the United States for more than a day.
And Jimmy also got the first-day box office data. "Resident Evil" performed well on the first day, taking in more than 12 million US dollars at the box office. Of course, this result can only be said to not be disappointing, but to say it is.
It doesn't matter how hot it is.
The North American box office overall this year is not very good. Only one of the previously released movies, "Batman Undefeated", performed reasonably well. However, the situation is not optimistic after a high opening and a low decline.
The box office of "Batman Undefeated" hit an astonishing 52 million in its first weekend. Just when people thought that another phenomenal movie was going to appear this year, the box office of "Batman Undefeated"
It quickly weakened. So far, it has been released for a month, but it is far less than 200 million US dollars, and it will probably not break 200 million US dollars in the end.
But even so, "Batman Undefeated" still occupies the box office champion this year so far. One can imagine how poor the performance of other movies this year is.
There are two more movies worth looking forward to, one is "Toy Story", the first animated feature film produced by Pixar, and the other is "Resident Evil".
Professionals predict that only these two movies are expected to exceed 200 million in box office this year.
As an animated film, "Toy Story" has the gimmick of being the world's first 3D animated film, and its cost has reached 30 million US dollars. It has attracted much attention from movie fans since Pixar announced its film project.
Not to mention "Resident Evil", it is not only a movie adapted from a novel, with a huge readership support, but also a work that Romero, the father of zombies, wants to make a comeback. It cost more than 50 million yuan.
US dollars, fully worth the audience's expectations.
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It has only been one day since the release of the "Resident Evil" movie, and countless reviews have followed.
After breakfast, Fernandez ran to buy a copy of the New York Daily News. He wanted to see if there were any reviews of "Resident Evil" in it.
This is his habit. When he sees a movie that he likes very much, he will always look for some things related to the movie and collect them.
He was originally a loyal fan of YU's books, and "Resident Evil" was his favorite among all YU's novels, so as soon as the "Resident Evil" movie came out, he ran to watch it and watched it twice.
After watching it for the second time last night and returning home, his wife asked him if he wouldn't get tired of watching the same movie twice in such a short period of time? His answer was that he was going to watch it a third time.
Whether you watch it the fourth time depends on your mood after watching it the third time.
He is not like some people who contribute to the box office in order to support YU or Romero, he simply thinks the movie is good-looking.
After flipping through the New York Daily News, he found a film review.
But as soon as he saw the title of the article, Fernandez frowned.
"Why is Resident Evil a failure?"
"Resident Evil" is a failure? What the hell are you talking about? Fernandez will never admit that "Resident Evil" is a failure.
Even though it was the famous film critic Armond Campote who wrote this article.
Fernandez liked Armond Campote before. He had read many of Armond's film reviews and often went to the movies because of Armond's film reviews. Most of the time, he could get a good movie.
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This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! But this time, Fernandez felt that Almond was wrong, very wrong. But even so, he couldn't help but read on.
He wanted to see Almond's explanation for why "Resident Evil" was a failed movie.
"From a certain level, "Resident Evil" is a failed movie, because Romero seems to have just filmed the content of the original "Resident Evil" unchanged, leaving no surprises."
"However, it is worth mentioning that it is not easy to photograph the contents of the original "Resident Evil". When readers read the book, they will always construct some scenes in the novel in their minds.
The picture imagined by every reader will probably be different, but imagination also has its extremes, and Romero shows this extreme well."
"Romero was very smart, because he knew that it would be difficult to adapt such a popular novel, so he never thought of tampering with the plot, but presented the plot of the novel to the audience as it was.
Audiences."
"When the plot of the female corpse in the novel became a picture, I once again felt the fear I felt when reading the novel... Therefore, Romero seemed to have done nothing, but he did everything. He seemed not to
Surprise anyone, but not let anyone down..."
After reading Almond's article, Fernandez couldn't laugh or cry. He originally thought that Almond was really going to criticize "Resident Evil" severely. He was even ready to pick on Almond, but he didn't know that this guy didn't know how to criticize "Resident Evil".
It's just naked praise.
And it not only praised the movie, but also highly praised the original novel.
The core of the entire article is: the novel is so well written that even if Romero didn't make any movies, it wouldn't be too bad. However, Romero also exerted his own skills and presented the original plot in the novel perfectly.
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Of course, in addition to this, Almond also complained about Winona Ryder, who plays the heroine, although she is very beautiful and has a good temperament, but she is a bit short in height.
In fact, when Fernandez first watched the movie, he also felt that the heroine was a bit short, but after watching it for the second time, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have accepted the heroine's appearance as Winona Ryder.
Although Winona is not tall, her acting skills are very good and she gives people a very crisp and sharp feeling.
Fernandez carefully cut out the film review from the New York Daily News, and then carefully placed it in the box. At this point, he added another piece to his collection.
After reading the movie review, he decided to go to the cinema to watch "Resident Evil" again tonight and take a closer look at the scenes that Almond mentioned in the movie review.
Maybe this time, he can get some different feelings.
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Jimmy also saw Almond's film review, and then called Almond to express his gratitude.
After receiving Jimmy's call, Armond thanked Jimmy, "James, thank you for reminding me. Although this film review is different from my previous style, it seems that the response is very good."
Jimmy smiled and said: "I just made a trivial suggestion."
Almond is a professional film critic, and the reason why he said good things about the movie was not because of what Jimmy did in it, but because he really felt that the movie was worth recommending.
As for Jimmy's proposal, it was about the title.
After Jimmy learned about Almond's attitude towards the movie, he suggested that he not praise it as usual, but write something different, and then gave him some ideas.
The reason why Jimmy did this was actually for the sake of the novel.
If Almond had simply praised "Resident Evil", the audience might just think that the movie was good. But after writing it like this, even if the audience has not read the novel, they will feel that the novel "Resident Evil" is well written when they read the film review.
It was so good that I had the urge to read the novel.
Chapter completed!