Talking about awards, Yu Dong said with a smile: "Actually, the films our company participated in also won some awards, such as "The Second World". Didn't it perform well at the Saturn Awards before?"
"It's the Saturn Award. As you know, not many people pay attention to the Saturn Award. Moreover, our company also has an advantage in the Saturn Award, so it's normal to win more. This time, "Men in Black" won
It should also perform well at the Saturn Awards."
Hearing Jimmy mention "Men in Black", Yu Dong asked: "How is the box office performance of "Men in Black"?"
"Men in Black" was released on July 2nd, more than ten days have passed.
"I thought you didn't pay attention." Jimmy smiled: ""Men in Black" performed very well. It received more than 60 million in box office in the first week. According to the data I got yesterday, the North American box office has exceeded 100 million.
So far this year, the best box office performance in North America is Spielberg's "Jurassic Park: The Lost World," with over $220 million."
"From this point of view, can the North American box office of "Men in Black" exceed that of "Jurassic Park 2"?"
"It should be no problem. It's only been less than two weeks. According to the box office trend, "Men in Black" can earn at least 120 million in the remaining time."
"That's not bad."
"If you tell me that such a good box office, it's just not bad." Jimmy couldn't laugh or cry: "If it can surpass "Jurassic Park 2" in the end, it will be the North American box office champion this year."
"We're only halfway through this year, and it's too early to draw conclusions now."
Jimmy said with a smile: "My thing is not that I am arrogant. There are not many movies left that can compete. The more competitive movies have basically been released. As for "Air Force One"
It's hard for a movie like "No. 1" to have a high box office."
"What about Titanic? Didn't I hear that it cost close to 200 million U.S. dollars? It will be released this year, right?" Yu Dong asked.
"You are still paying attention to this. The investment in this movie is indeed very high, but the box office performance is hard to say. I estimate that their investment may not be able to be recouped."
Yu Dong smiled. Jimmy was such a shrewd person, but he still underestimated "Titanic".
Yu Dong has experienced the box office miracle of "Titanic" before. No movie can stop it from sweeping the global box office.
Later, there were movies that exceeded the box office of "Titanic", including Cameron's "Avatar", but Yu Dong has never seen a movie that can cause such a sensation as "Titanic".
In fact, Yu Dong had the idea of ​​​​"Titanic" before, but at that time Deep Space Company was not strong enough in all aspects, so it was difficult to get involved. Now it has the ability, but the opportunity has long passed.
It's a pity, but it doesn't matter. If you miss one "Titanic", you only need to catch ten "Men in Black".
"By the way." Jimmy on the other end of the phone said again: "I probably won't be able to go to this International Science Fiction Conference. By then, Cambot will bring people from the YU Umbrella Association and the Singularity Association there. In addition, George
·Martin will pass too."
"George Martin?" Yu Dong said with some surprise: "Didn't he be nominated for the Hugo Award this year? How come you have time to come to China instead of attending the Hugo Award Ceremony?"
Jimmy smiled and said: "George is very smart. It's not like he has never won the Hugo Award, and it's not a long novel. Even if it were given to him, it wouldn't have much impact. But this International Science Fiction Conference, China Association for Science and Technology and "Science Fiction World"
"They all pay more attention to it. He has been keeping an eye on the Chinese market and of course he will not miss it."
"I estimate that if he comes to China, the Hugo Award will not be awarded to him."
"If the guarantee is not guaranteed, if you don't go this time, they probably won't be able to award you the prize."
"Isn't Lao Hu going?"
"Old Hu... forget it, we don't care about the Hugo Award. After the International Science Fiction Conference is over, you guys should come over here quickly. The preliminary preparations are almost done, and we are just waiting for you, the main ones, to arrive.
Already."
"know."
…
The Hugo Award Ceremony was held in New York, USA on July 26. Although Yu Dong and George R.R. Martin were not present, the Hugo Award was still presented to them.
"Falling to Mars" co-authored by Yu Dong and Hu Changqing won the best short novella, while George Martin's "Dragon's Blood" won the best long novella.
After Hu Changqing received the award, he called Yu Dong to complain, saying that the Hugo Award Ceremony was not as lively as he imagined, and the activities during the day were not very interesting. If he had known better, he would not have attended the Hugo Awards and would have gone to Yanjing to attend the International Science Fiction Conference.
Well, no matter what, at least they can still get together and play cards.
"It's not impossible for you to come back now. If you get on the plane now, you can still catch up tomorrow."
"You want to tire me to death." Hu Changqing said angrily: "I have discovered that the Hugo Award, which is the best feature, attracts the most attention, and other awards are not interesting at all. A reporter interviewed me, but that's it.
They all asked about things about you. It can be seen that the media reporters at the scene were quite disappointed that you were not present."
"Lao Hu, just be satisfied. Do you know that you are the first Chinese to win the Hugo Award... No, you should be the first Asian writer to win the Hugo Award."
"Hey, I can't say first, it should be half. Each of us will get half of this award. You said that the Hugo Award organizing committee is also interesting. We knew that the novel was co-authored by us, so we gave out the medals.
One, how do we divide it when we go back?"
"Let it go where you are."
"Nonsense, of course you'll leave it here. I came all the way here for this medal, but it's better for you to stay at home comfortably. If I don't tell you, the phone bill is too expensive."
…
It has to be said that the speed of news dissemination today is much faster than in the past.
On the 27th, when Yu Dong and his party arrived in Yanjing, the news that "Falling from Mars" won the Hugo Award had already spread. When Tan Kai saw Yu Dong for the first time, he congratulated him: "Congratulations, congratulations.
, you and Secretary Hu became the first Asian writers to win the Hugo Award."
Yu Hua joked from the side: "The first person, but there are two people."
"Wouldn't that be better? In the future, when we promote Yu Dong and Secretary Hu, we can use this name."
Bi Feiyu smiled and said: "Editor Tan, let me give you a tip. When your magazine publishes it in the future, don't put Yu Dong's and Secretary Hu's articles in the same issue, publish them separately. In this way, you can have more issues.
The cover has the words 'Hugo Award-winning author' printed on it."
Chapter completed!