I'm not just an action star

"The Matrix 3: Matrix Revolution" was released during the Spring Festival, and Wu Long did not hold a premiere ceremony.

In mainland China, the film screening period is usually only about one month.This is true whether it is a foreign blockbuster or a domestic film.Depending on the situation, it will be downshifted in about a month.

Therefore, Wu Long did not let "The Matrix 3: Matrix Revolution" be released for too long, but was released during the Spring Festival, avoiding the bitter wait of domestic movie fans.

In fact, in Wu Long's previous life, the word-of-mouth of the third The Matrix declined, and the global box office was only more than 4 million US dollars.Compared with the more than 7 million U.S. dollars in the second part, it is almost a cut in the global box office.

The same production cost is 5000 million US dollars, and the box office gap is so large, which can be seen from word of mouth.

In this life, Wu Long doesn't care about the box office. For the second and third consecutive films, Wu Long simply followed the fans' call and arranged the schedule like this.

But in Merrickan Country, it's not right to arrange the schedule like this.

The movie schedule of Merican Country is usually three to six months.There is only two months between the New Year and the Spring Festival.According to the film market of Merikan, the popularity of the second part of The Matrix has not yet dropped, and the box office energy has not yet been released.It really shouldn't be so rushed to the third part.

It is equivalent to beating one's own people and grabbing one's own box office.

Helpless, Wu Long is headstrong, and no one else can stop him.

In such a situation, the second part of The Matrix has not yet been released, and the third part will be released next.

In the end, who would have thought that Wu Long's trick was right? After watching the third movie, many movie fans realized that they had forgotten some details of the second movie, so they went back to watch the second movie. As a result, the box office of the second movie went up against the trend. Condition.

Fans of Wu Long are willing to spend money for Wu Long's movies.

Wu Long has no time to care about these things.As early as before the third part of The Matrix was released, he was busy with ice cream.The contract with Bingxueyuan cannot be signed so quickly, and many terms must be carefully negotiated.

It is mainly those few shareholders who are worried that they will be cheated.And the cooperation with Wu Long is not an ordinary cooperation.

During the negotiation, Wu Long asked Qiu Ya to find someone to open a store in China and find a factory to make ice cream.

The factory makes ice cream. If there is a suitable one, it will be purchased, and if there is no suitable one, the factory will be built.

Wu Long is in charge of signing the contract with Bing Xue Yuan, and Qiu Ya is in charge of domestic related matters.She wants to use the connections she has accumulated over the years to quickly spread them out.As far as possible, there are chain stores in major cities across the country.

These ice cream shops must be opened before the movie is released.

Hiring, Hiring, Hiring!

Frozen sent technicians to train.

Qiuya was also worried that if the shareholders of Bingxueyuan repented and refused to cooperate, wouldn't the domestic investment be for nothing?

Wu Long told her not to worry, even if Bingxueyuan didn't cooperate, he would find someone to buy the technology.

The key is Qiu Ya's side.

For Qiuya, she was under a lot of pressure.After all, she was in the entertainment industry before, and now she is asked to run a chain of ice cream shops and food factories to make ice cream.

However, she gritted her teeth and persisted.

Regardless of whether Wu Long gave it to her or not, it's her career anyway!

After the contract with Bingxueyuan was officially signed, Alex couldn't wait to ask Wu Long what movie he wanted to make.

Even several shareholders looked at Wu Long curiously, waiting for Wu Long's answer.They are still shareholders of Bingxueyuan and have the right to know this.

"The next film I'm going to make is called Frozen."

"Frozen?" Alex thought for a while. "Romance movie?"

Wu Long shook his head and nodded again.

"There must be a love factor in it, otherwise how would you let those couples come in to watch the movie."

"Fantasy movie?"

"Yes, there's the fantasy factor."

"Looking at your expression, there must be other factors that I can't think of."

"This is a 3D cartoon that combines love, fantasy, comedy and adventure."

"Cartoon!" Alex exclaimed.

Even several shareholders cried out in surprise.

"Oh my god, cartoons, why didn't I think of that!"

"Damn it, we're in danger!"

"Damn cartoons, how many years have I not watched them? How could I think of cartoons?"

"Cartoon, catch all the kids."

"If there is love, girls will definitely like to watch it."

"Damn it, Frozen could also mean Frozen! Wu Long, you actually used our brand's name as the title of the movie, isn't it afraid that people will think your movie is an advertising film?"

One of the shareholders suddenly sat down on a chair and murmured:

"It's over, we lost."

A shareholder scolded him.

"Don't be discouraged, we haven't lost yet!"

"Don't think that you can win by doing this, the audience doesn't necessarily like it!"

"An advertising movie selling ice cream, Wu Long, your reputation will be cast aside by everyone!"

"Fantasy? Magic ice cream? What a good idea. Unfortunately, other brands of ice cream can also be sold under the gimmick of magic ice cream."

"Wu Long, you are too confident. Maybe you know the history of movies, but you don't know the ice cream market. Magic ice cream, such a style was once popular."

"Pirates of the Caribbean can make you reinvent the pirate style, but magic ice cream doesn't necessarily help you reinvent this type of ice cream."

These shareholders were panicked, but they didn't show any signs of admitting defeat. One by one became tougher.

"Wu Long, what about the film content and shooting plan?" Some shareholders asked Wu Long.

"Sorry, this is a commercial secret."

"It can't be kept secret from us."

"No, I'll keep it a secret from you guys too." There's no way to keep the title of the movie you're going to make a secret.But the content can be kept secret.

"So, do you really want to use this movie to make Bing Xue Yuan surpass Bing Darth?"

These shareholders did not give up asking for more information.

"It's like "Pirates of the Caribbean", otherwise what do you think?" Wu Long didn't answer directly.

Everything is kept private.

The original Frozen cost $5000 million to make.Now to shoot "Frozen", Wu Long offered 1000 million US dollars.I wanted to quote 1000 million U.S. dollars, but I added [-] million more because it was not easy to divide it into three parts.

It's time for Shi Lei's Magic Fortress special effects company to make a fortune.Their company does special effects for Wu Long's domestic movies, and they always give the lowest price possible.After all, without Wu Long, there would be no rise of them.

In order to make money, apart from doing special effects for other films, Wu Long paid them no less money for the films he made in Haolaihu, such as the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series.Even so, Shi Lei and the others still have an advantage in terms of price compared to the well-known computer special effects companies.

The production cost of 1000 million US dollars scared Alex.

"Brother Long, Bingxueyuan really can't spend 1000 million US dollars to make a movie!"

"Don't worry, it's not all from you. Let me tell you, Bingxueyuan invests in making movies, and the profit is not in how much ice cream Bingxueyuan sells, but in the box office share."

""Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest" cost 14 million to produce, with a total global box office of [-] billion. Excluding the box office in mainland China, you can calculate for yourself, how much profit is it? Three companies cooperate, one provides [-] million, how much does each receive? "

"How much ice cream do you want to sell for your Ice and Snow Edge?"

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"No wonder so many people want to invest in making movies, it's really stealing money!" Alex was shocked.He didn't know the inside story of the film and television industry. Now that he heard about it, he naturally lamented that selling ice cream is not as good as making a movie.

Wu Long said this, but he ignored the fact that not all movies make a lot of money.There are only a few movies that make a lot of money, and there are still a few that lose nothing.

A layman invests blindly in making movies, and most of them are left with nothing left.

Of course, Wu Long is a special case and cannot be used as an example.So many people want to invest in Wu Long's movies, including Caribbean League.Without "Pirates of the Caribbean", I also want to invest in Wu Long's other movies.

It's just that Wu Long didn't take them to play, so they wanted to squeeze out the IP value of "Pirates of the Caribbean" and begged Wu Long to continue making the fourth and fifth parts.

After being shocked and envious, Alex immediately reacted.

"Can "Frozen" also sell for 15 billion at the box office?"

"I don't know. However, with an investment of 1000 million US dollars, there should be at least a billion in global box office."

The original "Frozen" has a global box office of more than 12 billion US dollars, so Wu Long dared to ask for a production cost of 7000 million US dollars.

Wu Long felt too sorry for his conscience if he didn't slash Bingxueyuan and Lion Pictures and Weiner Pictures.

"You don't need to pay out all of Bingxueyuan, how much will Bingxueyuan pay out? Who will pay for the rest?"

"Of course it is a film company that is easy to call. Currently, Lion Films and Weiner Films are cooperating with me. We will discuss with the four parties to see how the investment ratio of the three of you will be allocated. I will not invest, and the script and director will be counted on me." contribution."

Lion Pictures and Weiner Pictures have been chasing Wu Long to ask what movies to make as early as after "The Matrix 2" was released, don't forget them.

Now that he got the news that Wu Long was going to make a movie, he immediately ran over.While smiling at Wu Long, he waved the check in his hand.As if to say:

"Wu Long, come quickly, we are stupid and have a lot of money."

When they heard Wu Long's introduction that the other investor was Bingxueyuan Company, they suddenly became sober.

"Wu Long, are you going to make a commercial movie?"

"Wu Long, do you want to be like "Pirates of the Caribbean"? Make a film to promote ice cream?"

"I think it's better to promote Ice and Snow than to promote Bingdas. Bingdas is a world-renowned ice cream brand. Although it is in the country of Merican, that's the case. But in your land of China, it has already been called the lv and ice cream in the ice cream industry." Hermes, a luxury brand of ice cream.”

Alex's face was swollen when he heard it, and he looked at Wu Long in embarrassment.

"Ha, it seems that you don't really want to invest in this film. No problem, I won't force it." Wu Long said casually.

Lion Pictures knelt first.

"Brother Long, don't be kidding, it will scare people to death. As long as you make a movie, Lion Pictures will definitely invest in it no matter how much it costs."

On Weiner Pictures' side, before Tom could speak, the high-level executives who followed him also knelt down first.

"Brother Long, I'm just joking, don't take it seriously. As long as you make a movie, Weiner Pictures will definitely invest in it, no matter how much money you have."

Alex looked at the situation in front of him with a strange expression on his face.I really didn't expect that the people from these two film companies became so fast.

They thought that the main force was Alex, but they did not expect that the main force was Wu Long.They didn't know Wu Long's plan. In terms of brand awareness, it would be better to cooperate with Bingdas.

Wu Long gave them the script, and handed it to Alex by the way.Alex could read the script, but not tell those shareholders.Alex has a hostile relationship with those shareholders, and of course he will not tell those shareholders.

Alex opened the script curiously, wanting to see what kind of cartoon Wu Long wanted to make, which could promote Bingxueyuan ice cream.

"Frozen".

This story takes place in the picturesque kingdom of Arendelle, where there are two lovely and beautiful little princesses, Elsa and Anna.

Alex's eyes widened.Wait, not modern fantasy cartoons?Not selling ice cream?Not talking about magic ice cream?

Those shareholders guessed wrong!

Sure enough, Brother Long's imagination is beyond the imagination of ordinary people!

Elsa was born with the gift of making ice and snow.As she grew larger day by day, her ability became stronger and stronger, and she even almost took the life of her younger sister.

What does this have to do with ice cream?Ice cream is always on Alex's mind.

Aisha has reached the age of coronation, and all the princes come to congratulate her.When Elsa heard that Anna was going to marry Hans, Prince of Southern Ayers, whom she met for the first time, she lost control of her emotions and revealed that she made the ice and snow.She fled to the mountains and built her own kingdom of ice and snow, while the kingdom of Arendelle fell into a terrible cold.

In order to find her sister, Anna came to the mountains alone. With the help of Christopher, a mountain man selling ice and snow, she came to her sister's palace.

However, the development of things is more and more surprising...

After reading the script, Alex was confused.

"Brother Long, this movie doesn't seem to have anything to do with ice cream, does it? The only thing that has anything to do with it is Christopher, who sells ice and snow. But he lost his business because of the snowy weather. Don't the audience laugh that Bingxueyuan lost his business after watching it? "

Tom is also very strange, he noticed the difference with the Caribbean Sea.

"Brother Long. If it's just that the name of the movie is the same as Bingxueyuan, I'm afraid it won't have the effect of promoting Bingxueyuan. On the contrary, it's possible that other ice cream brands will also follow this cartoon."

People in Lion Films actually have the same doubts.But seeing that both Alex and Tom raised doubts, they immediately changed their ways.

"I think there must be a reason for Brother Long to do this. We believe in Brother Long for the principle of a lion. We mortals can't compare with Brother Long at all."

"What do you see me doing? Don't you? Just ask you, who thought of 'Pirates of the Caribbean'? Who thought of 'Reaper'? Who thought of 'The Matrix'?"

"My God, do you know that when I watched "The Matrix", I was horrified. We humans were raised in a nutrition cabin by AI machines. Tell me, who else has such an imagination?"

"Therefore, our Lion Films has established a mission long ago, following Brother Long, there must be nothing wrong!"

Tom and the executives of Weina Films rolled their eyes.Xie Te's Lion Films, touting and complimenting Wu Long, don't want their own face and brains!

Wu Long smiled and nodded to the senior executives of Lion Films.

"I just like the attitude of your Lion Films. It should be like this. What's wrong with me? Even if I make a mistake, it's your fault."

Wu Long made a small joke.

Tom is familiar with Wu Long and knows that Wu Long is joking.The senior executives of Weina Films are not familiar with Wu Long. He doesn't know what Wu Long really meant, or if he was just joking.Anyway, he went on to say:

"Yes, even if it's wrong, it's our fault."

Alex is even more unfamiliar with Wu Long.He was a little dumbfounded and didn't know what to say.It is true that he is a fan of Wu Long, and it is true that he admires Wu Long, but seeing two world-renowned Haolaihu film companies with such an attitude of not daring to offend Wu Long has opened his eyes.

Brother Long, it's just different!It really is a god-like existence!Alex thought.

Lion Pictures and Weiner Pictures thought, who would have trouble with money?Wu Long has the ability to make money, and he also takes them to make money. What's wrong with bowing his head in front of Wu Long?

Looking at other film companies, if they want to bow their heads in front of Wu Long and want to send money to Wu Long, they have no chance.

Of course, if Wu Long fails completely, the failure is too irretrievable, and he cannot rise again, then the people who step on Wu Long may also include Lion Pictures and Weiner Pictures.

Something, who knows?