Although Zhang Ran did not agree to go to Japan for promotion, he still paid great attention to the box office of Japan and South Korea. Japan is the second largest film market in the world and South Korea is the sixth largest market. If "The Breaking Drummer" performs well in Japan and South Korea, then his future films will be sold at a higher price in Japan and South Korea.

However, the overseas journey of "The Breaking Drummer" was not smooth, and the first stop was Xiangjiang. When the movie was released, Xiangjiang was in a very big fuss. In addition, Zhang Ran had a bad reputation in Xiangjiang, and the people of Xiangjiang were not optimistic about mainland movies, so the box office of "The Breaking Drummer" in Xiangjiang was only 600,000, ending in a dismal manner.

Similarly, the situation in Taiwan is not much better. Not only does the audience not look at mainland movies, but also does not like to watch local movies. "The Breaking Drummer" eventually achieved a box office of NT$400,000. If the starring actor was not Chou Jie, the box office would probably be only a few hundred thousand.

Given the mediocre performance of "Breaking Drummer" in Hong Kong and Taiwan, many people who were originally optimistic about "Breaking Drummer" overseas box office were a little disheartened. They felt that "Breaking Drummer" might be the same in Japan and South Korea, and they spent a few days in several theaters, and then quietly finished the film.

But when the first week of "The Breaking Drummer" was released, everyone was shocked. The first week of the movie in Japan was 45 million yen, which ranked seventh in the week of the Japanese box office. At the same time, the first week of "The Breaking Drummer" in South Korea was 47,192 viewers, which ranked sixth in the box office in South Korea.

With the release of the movie, Japan's Yahoo and South Korea's various movie websites are full of discussions about "The Breaking Drummer", which is almost one-sided and positive reviews. Many people who have watched the movie actively recommend it online.

"This is a story made of blood and sweat. It's so inspirational! The teacher inside said it so well. There is nothing more harmful to the world than "good"! Damn it! Director Zhang Ran is the most handsome director I have ever met. I recommend everyone to watch it!" Movie fan Erika Toda.

"I am a trainee. The training is very hard. Yesterday the coach asked us to watch "Breaking Drummer", which gave me great strength. I don't know who the director is, but I want to say thank you to him!" Trainee Lin Yuna.

In fact, "The Breaking Drummer" has a very good attendance rate in Japan and South Korea, but the release scale is too small, otherwise the results will be better. However, given that "The Breaking Drummer" performed well in the first week, the screening in the second week will definitely increase significantly.

Sure enough, "The Breaking Drummer" exploded in Japan and South Korea in the second week. Japan achieved a box office of 110 million yen, which doubled the previous week; it even achieved 170,000 viewers in South Korea.

The explosion of the box office of "The Breaking Drummer" has further spread in Japan and South Korea, and then has led more viewers to enter theaters. In fact, like "The Breaking Drummer", there are examples of movie viewing storms overseas relying on reputation to form. When "The Breaking Drummer" was released in Japan in 2001, there were only a few theaters, but after two or three months of fermentation, the movie formed a storm in Japan, and finally achieved an astonishing box office of more than 800 million yen.

Of course, the situation in "The Breaking Drummer" is better than "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog". "The Breaking Drummer" is the best film at the Tokyo Film Festival. The media has reported it significantly, and with the fame of Jay Chou, the movie starts very well.

In the third week, the movie viewing craze of "The Breaking Drummer" in Japan did not decline, and the box office continued to rise, and it rushed to the third place, becoming the third place in the weekly box office, with a box office of 180 million yen that week. In this week, "The Breaking Drummer" achieved an amazing record of 370,000 visitors in South Korea, surpassing Korean local movies and Hollywood movies. It was incredibly accused by the champion of the week.

At the same time as the box office of Japan and South Korea broke out, "The Breaking Drummer" also broke out in Southeast Asia. Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand have achieved very dazzling achievements, especially Singapore, which won the box office championship in the first week of its release.

The outbreak of "The Breaking Drummer" throughout East Asia allowed the movie Jiang Ziqiang to see an opportunity in Xiangjiang distributor Jiang Ziqiang and began to re-released. "The Breaking Drummer" also began to explode in Xiangjiang. It achieved a box office of 6.7 million in the first week, and according to this trend, it will definitely exceed 10 million in the second week. For a mainland film, this result is definitely a huge victory.

Zhang Ran is very confident in the box office of "The Breaking Drummer" in East Asia. The original "The Breaking Drummer" performed mediocrely in Europe and the United States, and East Asia exploded. However, he did not expect it to become so popular.

The outbreak of "The Breaking Drummer" is thankful to some extent. People will seek spiritual comfort after disasters. Movies like "The Breaking Drummer" that have inspirational elements are very popular. For example, the golden age of American movies was the period of the Great Depression in the United States, and the rise of Korean movies in the Asian financial crisis played a very critical role.

The box office success of "Breaking Drummer" has driven Jay Chou and Zhang Jingchu's popularity throughout East Asia. In Japan and South Korea, there were discussions between the two forums, and accumulated a large number of fans in a very short period of time. Ten years later, many young Korean idols came to China to do programs. The media asked them who the artist they wanted to cooperate with the most. Many people would say Jay Chou. Why? Many people would say that he had watched "Breaking Drummer" he acted in, and it was this movie that inspired me to go on this path! It was very hard to be a trainee. Whenever I wanted to give up, I would watch this movie to motivate myself!

Zhang Ran unexpectedly received a call from Michichi Tsushi. He was very interested in Feng Yuanzai and hoped that Feng Yuanzai could play a perverted killer in his movie.

These days, Zhang Ran has been on many Japanese and Korean newspapers and online media. There are too many directors who are distorted and have few very talented and handsome directors like Zhang Ran. As a result, Zhang Ran's popularity has also soared rapidly and has gained a lot of fans in Japan and South Korea.

Just when "Explosive Drummer" was conquering the East Asian market, Park Jung-hwan, the head of the CJ company in charge of South Korean distribution, came to Vancouver to find Zhang Ran and asked Zhang Ran to meet in the evening.

"Mr. Park, I wonder what you are asking me for?" Zhang Ran spread his hands, and the smile on his face fully showed his current mood.

"I am very interested in the Korean distribution rights of "Space-Time Warriors". I want to talk to you about the release of "Space-Time Warriors" in South Korea." Park Jung-hwan directly expressed his purpose.

CJ is the largest entertainment media company in South Korea. In addition to producing and distributing movies themselves, they also release foreign movies. They won the distribution rights of "Breaking Drummer" for $200,000 at the Tokyo Film Festival, and never dreamed that the box office would explode to this extent. According to the current trend, the box office exceeded hopefully and exceeded $10 million, plus DVD and TV copyrights. They are likely to make more than ten million profits.

The outbreak of "Explosive Drummer" made Zhang Ran a popular in CJ's eyes. They set their minds on "Time Warriors" and decided to win the distribution rights of the film in South Korea.

It is a good thing for the movie to have a publisher caravan, but Park Jung-hwan was obviously paying the wrong temple gate to Zhang Ran: "Mr. Park, except for a few areas, the other distribution rights are in the hands of Bo Wei. If you want the distribution rights in South Korea, you should go to Bo Wei."

Park Jung-hwan said: "We contacted Bo Wei in March. Their person in charge asked us to wait, but it has been several months!"

Zhang Ran pondered: "Don't you know that Bowei has a distribution company in South Korea?" Bowei has distribution branches in many countries. If Bowei has a branch in South Korea, they would have been able to issue it themselves.

Park Jung-hwan shook his head and said, "If Bo Wei had a branch in South Korea, I wouldn't have come to you. It was because there was no, and the South Korean distribution rights were not handed over to other companies that I came to you. Under normal circumstances, a Hollywood blockbuster will be released at this time in many countries. But "Time and Space Warrior" has only announced the release dates of the United States. I think there is something wrong with your cooperation with Bo Wei!"

Zhang Ran felt uneasy in his heart. If it was really like Park Jung-hwan said, then this would be a bit strange. But what could happen between him and Bo Wei? The filming of the movie was very smooth, and more importantly, Bo Wei paid a 10 million advance payment. This is not a few hundred thousand, and he threw it away. Bo Wei couldn't tear the contract. Maybe Bo Wei had other considerations! He smiled and shook his head: "No problem. The right to distribute the movie is in Bo Wei's hands, and I can't interfere with their distribution. This way. At that time, I will call Bo Wei to ask about the situation on Bo Wei's side. If there is any progress, call you!"

Park Jung-hwan immediately said, "Then I'll trouble Mr. Zhang!"

Back at the hotel, Zhang Ran opened the computer, entered Bowei's official website, and clicked on the page of "Time and Space Warriors" to view relevant information. It is indeed as Park Jung-hwan said, there is no release information, and there is no release date.

This is indeed a bit strange!

Zhang Ran pondered for a while. Without understanding what was going on, he called Bowei President Nina Jacobson: "Hello, Ms. Jacobson, I am Zhang Ran!"

Nina Jacobson is a very senior filmmaker and worked as a dream worker. After serving as president of Bowei, she was responsible for the release of "The Sixth Sense", "The Genius" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" all achieved great success and had a great influence in the circle. Although she was a woman, her voice was very calm: "Zhang, why are you free to call me? Is there anything wrong?"

Zhang Ran did not mention Park Zhenghuan's work for himself: "That's right. I looked at Bo Wei's official website and found that there was no relevant information about the release of "Time and Space Warriors". I wonder what's going on?"

Jacobson said lightly: "Don't worry, the release is about planning. When the filming is completed and the rough cut is released, we will give a promotion meeting so that we can get the most powerful conditions. Quality is the most important for the film. I wonder how the film is filmed?"

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "It went very smoothly. The shooting can be completed in early September at the normal speed."

Although some insurance companies stare behind the butt and point fingers all day long, it is sometimes annoying, but the shooting efficiency of their stare at the entire movie has indeed been greatly improved. It was originally planned to shoot for five and a half months, and it will take the end of September to finish the filming. According to the current state, it may be completed one month in advance.

Jacobson laughed: "That's good. "Space-Time Warrior" is Bowei's most important release project next year. I hope to be guaranteed in terms of quality. I may come here in the near future to see how the shooting effect is. I heard that you use digital technology, and now you can see the effect of the movie?"

Zhang Ran explained: "Yes, we used dit technology and filmed and cut it. Now we have completed almost 70 minutes of scenes. If you are interested, you can take a look at it. However, since the special effects have not been synthesized yet, most of the scenes are still green backgrounds and look very rough."

Jacobson said: "Of course, it's not the first time I've seen the effect of a rough cut."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Ran frowned. Jacobson's words were completely leaked and there was no problem. However, the anxiety in his heart did not disappear, but became even stronger. He couldn't tell what was wrong, but he instinctively felt a crisis.

What is the problem? (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!