Chapter 1052: . Digging?

The reason why Wang Yifan and the others agreed to hand over "Infernal Affairs" to Ari Media as the pioneer of film globalization strategy is actually not only because Wang Yifan is not optimistic about the North American market of "Infernal Affairs".
There is another point, that is, Wang Yifan is not optimistic, but this is a very big favor for Ari Media.
Therefore, Ari Media must reciprocate.
This is very important for the domestic promotion of Infernal Affairs.
However, Wang Yifan mentioned a very difficult condition for Ari Media.
That is, "Infernal Affairs" cannot be released simultaneously, it must be released at least one week in China!
Regarding this point, neither Ari Media nor Times Light, including Cao Meng, can't quite understand it.
Because under normal circumstances, for the sake of publicity, it is definitely better to release the gimmick globally simultaneously.
The North American box office can also give a good feedback to the domestic market.
Generally speaking, domestically produced movies are selling well overseas, which in itself is a huge publicity point.
Many people will be curious about what movies can be popular in North America, so hurry up and see them.
Therefore, Wang Yifan put forward this condition, and it is relatively tough, which is a bit unpredictable.
Of course, Lin Husheng can understand Wang Yifan's ideas.
Because of this movie, Wang Yifan is not optimistic about its performance in the North American market, so everything makes sense, right?
The simultaneous release of "Infernal Affairs" in the world can certainly gain a certain amount of publicity. If "Infernal Affairs" is released in North America with satisfactory box office results, it can indeed feed back the domestic market.
But what if "Infernal Affairs" loses in North America?
Will the same also affect the domestic box office of this movie?
Perhaps the impact will not be great, but it is certainly not a good impact.
At the same time, Wang Yifan was still ambushing Ari Media.
Not only is he not optimistic about the North American box office of "Infernal Affairs", he is also very optimistic about the domestic box office.
He believes that a movie like "Infernal Affairs" is definitely a rare good movie at any time.
The previous life also illustrates this point very well. Even if ten or twenty years have passed since "Infernal Affairs", people will still be surprised when they watch this movie again.
So in that case, why should such a request be made?
Since the loss in North America has little effect on the domestic box office, why does Wang Yifan make such a request?
Of course there is a reason.
You must know that Ari Media paid a price in order to obtain the North American distribution rights of "Infernal Affairs".
Such as promotional resources.
Although, if Ari Media wants to make a film globalization strategy, it itself needs to promote "Infernal Affairs" in two places.
But when they have great ambitions for "Infernal Affairs", they will definitely spare no effort to promote it.
But once the box office response in North America is very poor, will Ari Media still do that?
Certainly not, they will only stop the loss immediately, and this will have a great influence on the domestic publicity and influence of "Infernal Affairs".
Therefore, Wang Yifan put forward such a request.
Of course, he said that he was an upright person, and he absolutely didn't mean to cheat Ari Media.
It’s just that, I had my heart to the bright moon, whether it was Lin Husheng, Chen Hanming, or even my own woman, Zhang Zirong smiled and said: "Well, I believe you, you absolutely don’t. The meaning of digging a hole for Ari! It's all brought up by Ari Media!"
Of course, for this kind of thing, it really cannot be said that Wang Yifan dug a hole for Ari.
After all, whether the film can be affirmed by the market, is it that Wang Yifan can guarantee the prediction?
Therefore, he definitely can't be regarded as pitting Ari media.
Of course, even if it is to dig a hole for Ari Media, Lin Husheng and others are also happy to see it.
Don't look at the fact that Ari Media has not made any real achievements yet, but it should be said that during this period of time, Ari Media's big moves have been one after another.
Even though everyone seems to be laughing at Ari Media, in fact, they are all very vigilant.
No way, Ari is too rich, and he is willing to spend money.
Billions of dollars, just smash it.
And it is said that Ari is not satisfied with this situation.
The so-called film globalization strategy is only the first step Ari has taken now!
Although Ari Media doesn't understand and has fought for it, but this time Wang Yifan or Huaxin is very determined in this regard. As for why?
Why are there so many?
Of course, Huaxin still gave the reasons. After all, they still have to borrow Ari's free publicity resources. Therefore, I still have to give a reason or something.
For example, Wang Yifan is very confident in the domestic box office and reputation of "Infernal Affairs", but he cannot predict the North American market.
Therefore, this is for the North American release of Ari Media and "Infernal Affairs".
Do you think, if the domestic market feedback is good enough, will it also have some impact on North American distribution?
Although this reason is a bit nonsense, the audience of the American Empire has one thing to say that they are really "isolationist", and ordinary people in the United States do not pay much attention to matters outside North America.
For example, movies. It's not that there are no movies that have a good reputation in the local box office, but they are a mess in North America.
Therefore, to use domestic box office performance and word-of-mouth to open the North American market, it can be said that it is simply a delusion.
But even if Ari Media doesn't believe it, they can only believe it, because they don't understand what Huaxin thinks, or what Wang Yifan thinks.
Cao Meng called specifically to ask Wang Yifan.
"Is it a better publicity for "Infernal Affairs" to be released globally?" Cao Meng asked.
"Yes, but the domestic is the basic plate of "Infernal Affairs", isn't it? In North America, there are too many uncertain factors. Anyway, we have to be prepared, right?" Wang Yifan naturally won't treat Cao Meng at all. The tray came out.
After all, Cao Meng is in the mood and ambitious at this time. I really want Wang Yifan to tell him that he is not optimistic about the North American box office of "Infernal Affairs". Cao Meng is also a big director. Doesn't he want face?
I'm not even sure, thinking in the mind of a villain, would Cao Meng think that you Wang Yifan is too broad-minded? Does it feel that, except you, no one else can succeed in North America?
In fact, regardless of Cao Meng's respect for Wang Yifan, people always have ambitions.
Cao Meng also has ambitions, and "Infernal Affairs" is the carrier of his ambitions.
In this movie, Cao Meng's expectations are really high!
Therefore, Wang Yifan can only use some analog quantities to prevaricate.
Of course, although Cao Meng was still a bit at a loss, he didn't say anything.
Things are so settled.
On Cao Meng's side, "Infernal Affairs" was quickly announced and immediately entered the post-production stage.
Because "Infernal Affairs" itself is a feature film, in fact, the post-production is not complicated. In addition, Cao Meng is also an old director, and an old director who has inherited the speed of Hong Kong Island movies, so in this respect The speed is definitely hard for Wang Yifan to imagine.