Chapter 234 Competitors
After the premiere, there was a regular dinner to thank the guests, but reporters were usually not invited to this kind of dinner.

Jiang Heng did not break the rules. He only asked his assistant to leave Guo Fan's cell phone number and said he would contact him later.

Guo Fan naturally had no objection, because he was surrounded by a group of envious reporters, some of whom were not in a hurry to go back to the company to write articles and were clamoring to treat him to a drink.

Zhuo Wei on the side did not join in the fun. As a professional entertainment reporter, he wanted to take a photo of Jiang Heng's rumored girlfriend.

In recent years, there have been all kinds of rumors about Jiang Heng’s rumored girlfriend in the entertainment industry. Tang Yan, Liu Yifei, Jing Tian, ​​and Yang Mi are all currently the more popular ones.

But he also heard about two more shocking cases. One was Monica Bellucci, who was over 2 years old and a dozen years older than Jiang Heng. It was said that she had an affair with Jiang Heng during the filming of "The Matrix ".

The other one is of course the currently popular Hollywood actress, Megan Fox, who also starred in "Pacific Rim 2" and attended today's global premiere.

Zhuo Wei believed that they would definitely have a secret tryst.

Tonight is the best time.

So we hurried to the parking lot and drove to the hotel where the Pacific Rim 2 crew was holding a banquet.

In the hotel banquet hall, Jiang Heng, Han Sanping, Zhang Yimou, Yu Dong, Zhou Lixian, Feng Xiaogang, Jiang Wen, Jia Zhangke, Hong Jinbao, Zhou Xingxing, Yuan De, Yuen Wah and others sat at a table.

When talking about the movie "Pacific Rim 2" which I just watched, everyone praised it.

Hong Jinbao talked about the monster movie "King Kong" which was just released in Hong Kong but has not yet landed in the mainland, "It is indeed very shocking, but compared with Director Jiang's blockbuster, it is not worth mentioning!"

Jiang Heng laughed and didn't comment.

Because he thinks "King Kong" is actually pretty good, with a box office of $2.18 million in North America and $5.56 million worldwide.

In the Chinese mainland market, the box office also exceeded 100 million yuan.

Jiang Heng believes that there are two reasons why the film failed to achieve very high results. First, the promotion and marketing was not good. Second, the release in mainland China was more than half a month later than that in Hong Kong, North America and other places, and pirated DVDs had already been released. Third, Chinese people always lack a sense of immersion when watching such films.

However, at the premiere banquet of Pacific Rim 2, you definitely cannot praise your competitor's film.

Because this is the biggest competitor of "Ring 2" in the global market.

"King Kong" was released eight days earlier than "Pacific Rim 2", so they will still affect each other in terms of box office.

There is also a powerful "The Chronicles of Narnia", which is also a fantasy and science fiction film, with a global box office of over 7 million US dollars.

But it was released half a month earlier than "Ring 2", so the impact was not that great.

In mainland China, there is a mythological and romantic blockbuster that is released in the same period as "Pacific Rim 2", and that is "A Chinese Odyssey" which was released a day earlier.

The film was written and directed by Liu Zhenwei, a master of "reheating old stuff", and co-produced by Yingshuang, Huayi and Western Film Group.

The distributor said that "A Chinese Odyssey" is the sister film of "A Chinese Odyssey", telling a touching love story and bringing a perfect end to "A Chinese Odyssey".

As for the decision to release it one day earlier, one reason is "touching porcelain" marketing, and the other is the influence of media publicity. People feel that the current Chinese-language film market in mainland China can accommodate two blockbusters being released in the same period.

Yinghuang, Huayi and others felt that the two films were of different types, and finally decided to release "The Ring 2" one day earlier.

But because I didn't know the quality of "The Ring 2", I was still uneasy, so I asked someone to buy the premiere tickets at a high price and watch it in person.

At Huayi Company, two people who were sent to watch the movie talked about the plot and their feelings about "Ring 2".

"It looks very exciting, the fighting scenes are so cool, especially the Storm Red in the film is so handsome, the related toys will definitely sell like hot cakes." "The story is not complicated, it's just all kinds of fighting, but it looks quite clear, you can tell who is beating who...!"

Wang Zhonglei frowned as he listened. He thought he would hear negative comments about "Ring 2", but he didn't expect that these two comments were all praises. It was simply boosting others' morale and destroying his own prestige!
"Is there no disadvantage?"

The two people who were sent looked at each other in bewilderment, and one of them immediately said, "It lacks the element of romance. The male lead Huang Xiaoming and the female lead Liu Yifei played Yang Guo and Xiao Longnu in The Return of the Condor Heroes. Now they are starring in a movie together. Many audiences want to see them continue their relationship on the big screen, but in the end they are just comrades-in-arms from beginning to end, without any romance!"

Another hurriedly said, "Yes, the audience will definitely be disappointed. You can ask the media to write some articles about this!"

Wang Zhonglei nodded. That’s right. Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle.

I don’t know what Jiang Heng was thinking. How can there be no love in a movie?

Well, that's just the kind of person he is. He never uses love as a selling point for his films.

The problem is that when the audience sees Huang Xiaoming and Liu Yifei starring together, they will definitely be disappointed if you don't let them interact.

After thinking for a while, he asked again: "That Megan?"

"Neither did they. The foreign actor who played the second male lead was quite handsome, but he didn't get one either. I really don't know what Jiang Heng was thinking. Maybe the first and second female leads are both his and he didn't want to film their love scenes!"

"It's very possible. I'm so lucky!"

Wang Zhonglei felt a little unhappy when he heard what these two people said.

Although he disliked Jiang Heng, he felt that they were of the same type and level.

You two workers dare to criticize the big boss?

"Okay, let's get out first!"

Wang Zhonglei waved his hand and drove the two men out.

After pacing for a few steps, he made a phone call and briefly told his employees about their evaluation of "Pacific Rim 2".

"It's okay. We're targeting Christmas. What boy or girl doesn't yearn for love? And this is the sequel to A Chinese Odyssey. How can it lose to a monster movie?"

Wang Zhonglei was stunned when he heard this, and thought to himself, aren't you too confident?

However, Huayi’s investment ratio is not high, so it does not regard the box office as more important than anything else.

He just said, "Okay, I'll continue the promotion as planned!"

But let’s talk about the hotel banquet hall.

Huang Xiaoming, Tom Hiddleston, Liu Yifei, Megan, Jing Tian, ​​Tang Yan, Gao Yuanyuan and other cast and crew members sat at a table. The first two looked at the beauties at the table, looking both gentlemanly and cautious.

Especially Huang Xiaoming, he couldn't figure out who was Jiang Heng's real girlfriend, but he felt that both of them seemed a bit similar.

There are thousands of beauties in the entertainment industry, and he would never offend the big boss for a woman, so he just watched the girls "fighting secretly" silently.

However, Megan's Chinese proficiency was limited, and she couldn't make out the other meanings in the other girls' words. She just excitedly said that Pacific Rim 2 would hold "premiere" events in Tokyo, Seoul, and Hollywood, and she would accompany Jiang Heng to attend all related events.

(End of this chapter)