Chapter 796

Jiang Yuqian was only flustered for a brief moment.

To be honest, having reached this point today, she could well say that there was no storm in the entertainment industry she hadn't seen before.

Faced with Zhang Yuezhen's approach, Jiang Yuqian quickly steadied her mind. With deep affection, she took Zhang Yuezhen's hands, and in the sight of the surrounding people and cameras, she said with great gratitude, "Thank you, Sister Yuezhen, for coming to support my new film."

Zhang Yuezhen was stunned for an instant.

Jiang Yuqian, without a word of refusal, took Zhang Yuezhen's hand and led her to a Chinese media person at the scene.

"Previously, because of the character relationships in the script, I suggested that this role wasn't quite suitable for Teacher Pinhe to play. Although we all know Teacher Pinhe is an actor with excellent acting skills, I was just speaking based on the facts. But I was truly worried that this would cause Teacher Pinhe to misunderstand. I didn't expect that today, Sister Yuezhen would come specifically to support my new film." Jiang Yuqian gently pressed her other hand to the center of her chest, her face full of emotion. "This really makes me breathe a huge sigh of relief."

For a few seconds, Zhang Yuezhen's expression completely failed to hold up; she was so flustered that she lost control of her facial features.

Just like an intelligent robot that had suddenly lost its connection to the host.

"Ha, ah—" It took Zhang Yuezhen a full few seconds to find her composure again. The Chinese media person in front of her was holding a phone and filming. Of course, it wasn't just this person; the moment Jiang Yuqian walked in, everyone around had aimed their cameras at her without missing a second.

"That goes without saying." Zhang Yuezhen squeezed a smile at Jiang Yuqian. "Actually, we didn't know what was going on. Suddenly, news spread that you didn't agree to Pinhe joining your new film. It gave me a start, and I thought I had done something wrong and offended you."

"How could that be?" Jiang Yuqian shook her head. "A male actor as outstanding as Teacher Pinhe—if there's an opportunity, I would definitely want to collaborate. However, you also know that if the character relationships aren't suitable, the result of the collaboration won't be good, and it would be better not to collaborate at all, right? I wouldn't want the collaboration to end up becoming a bad memory."

Zhang Yuezhen: "... Yes, yes."

Jiang Yuqian released Zhang Yuezhen's hand with a beaming smile—yes, it was only at this moment that she let go.

She said, "We will definitely find a suitable script in the future."

It was already a day later when Lu Yan He saw this video, which was spreading widely on the internet.

To what extent was this video popular online?

Basically, every blogger who usually follows entertainment news had written a few analytical posts about it.

This analysis mainly focused on "Does Jiang Yuqian really want to collaborate with Chen Pinhe or is it fake?" and "Did Zhang Yuezhen come uninvited or did Jiang Yuqian deliberately slap her in the face?"

After seeing the video, Lu Yan He had a thought that went off-topic.

Jiang Yuqian has immense talent for acting; she just hadn't found the right path before.

Knowing the truth of the matter, Lu Yan He naturally understood the intention behind every expression in every frame of this video.

What made him feel great was the undisguised panic and shock on Zhang Yuezhen's face throughout the entire process of being grabbed by Jiang Yuqian and led toward the camera.

Zhang Yuezhen's initial "ease" and "certainty of victory" all crumbled at that moment.

She was not as calm and collected as she thought she was.

Jiang Yuqian was also far from as simple as she thought.

In fact, Lu Yan He also really wanted to know, what made Zhang Yuezhen think that Jiang Yuqian could be intimidated by her sudden show of force?

An actress who could reach this position in the entertainment industry, an actress who is currently the most successful Chinese actress internationally...

Did she really think Jiang Yuqian reached this point just by relying on him?

Not to mention that Jiang Yuqian was already a first-tier actress in the country before she met him, just look at the many actresses who have collaborated with Lu Yan He—how many have reached Jiang Yuqian's position?

Lu Yan He sent a message to Jiang Yuqian: Sister Yuqian, thank you.

Jiang Yuqian: You're welcome, it was a small matter.

Lu Yan He: You stunned me.

Jiang Yuqian: You could be a bit more exaggerated.

Lu Yan He: After "Doomsday", are you going to devote yourself entirely to the film "Windowsill"?

Jiang Yuqian: Before "Windowsill", I'm going to guest star in one episode of an American TV series.

In Hollywood, this is a very common practice.

This also proves one thing.

Jiang Yuqian is truly on fire.

Lu Yan He: I have another script for you, the "Love is Not Blind" I mentioned to you before. I'm waiting for your schedule; let me know when you have time.

Jiang Yuqian: Alright, then after filming "Windowsill", I'll set aside the schedule for you.

Lu Yan He: Good, I'll have someone send the script to you later. This script is very good.

Jiang Yuqian: You've made my eyes light up with that.

Lu Yan He: Haha.

Lu Yan He: It's just that for the male lead, I'm not sure who to find; it's hard to describe that feeling.

As a result, after Jiang Yuqian received the script and finished reading it, she said directly: I think the role of Wang Xiaojian is very suitable for Li Zhibai.

Lu Yan He:?! -

"Doomsday" certainly lived up to its reputation as a big-budget film. Under Parameter's global distribution, because the word-of-mouth held up and didn't collapse, its global box office quickly exceeded 400 million USD, and it looked like it was heading toward 500 million.

This is an original science fiction film.

To be able to get such a high box office figure for a debut work is a result that can definitely be developed into a series.

The presence of the two Chinese leads, Jiang Jun and Jiang Yuqian, allowed Hollywood to see once again that Chinese actors can also carry the box office in mainstream big-budget productions.

Especially since, of the current 400 million USD box office, 150 million USD came from China, and another 74 million USD came from other Asian countries and regions.

This can almost be said to be the best-performing Hollywood film in the Asian region this year.

Except for "Home Alone 2".

Parameter officially put "Doomsday 2" on the agenda and began negotiating the return of various actors.

Jiang Yuqian was the first actor to confirm her return.

"Parameter offered me a salary of 2.7 million USD for 'Doomsday 2', so I agreed." When Jiang Yuqian was on the phone with Lu Yan He, she directly stated why she agreed so quickly. "This is almost double the salary I got for 'Red Eye Flight 2'."

In Hollywood, if a salary reaches 2.7 million USD, it's almost at the quasi-first-tier position.

If Jiang Yuqian can continue to have successful films, her salary will be able to stabilize at this figure.

But if she wants to go further, for example, to rise above 5 million USD, she must produce more films where she is the main lead, like "Red Eye Flight".

Lu Yan He had always told Jiang Yuqian that in Hollywood, salary is a very key yardstick.

How this industry measures you and positions you, salary is the clearest standard.

Moreover, unlike the Chinese entertainment industry, Hollywood's salary system is relatively more transparent.

Roughly what level of actor can get what standard of salary.

In China, the highest salaries are always traffic stars, not top-tier powerhouses. This has to do with the industry, and of course, it also has to do with the fact that the salary figures of those top-tier powerhouse actors in China are not very transparent.

This "not very transparent" refers not only to the fact that their salary prices are not public, but also that they have many ways to "expand" their income outside of their salary. Looking at the salary figures in the contract, it is definitely not their final income from a film.

Jiang Yuqian being able to get a salary of 2.7 million USD in "Doomsday 2" now also has to do with the fact that she actually signed for two "Doomsday" series films with Parameter in one go; otherwise, she wouldn't be able to get such a high figure directly.

Lu Yan He highly agreed with Jiang Yuqian's decision to agree so quickly.

Because Jiang Yuqian is following a commercial path.

Being able to get a breakthrough salary figure in her career in a good film series, don't worry about too much for now; break through first.

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"Then for the film 'Love is Not Blind', how should we offer the salary to Jiang Yuqian?"

Chen Yin, however, had a bit of a headache.

Based on a salary of 2.7 million USD, converted into RMB at the current exchange rate, it is about 20 million.

"Love is Not Blind" obviously cannot offer Jiang Yuqian such a high salary.

Lu Yan He said: "2.7 million USD is not Sister Yuqian's current market standard price. Her standard quote in Hollywood right now should be around 1.5 million USD. According to industry practice, 'Love is Not Blind' is a small-to-medium budget film between an art film and a commercial film. The film salary is definitely going to be lower than the standard quote. But I still hold that view: we shouldn't lower someone's compensation just because the creator collaborates with us a lot. Our means of controlling costs is not achieved by lowering compensation."

He thought for a moment and said: "Give two options and let Sister Yuqian's team choose. The first option: a salary of 1.3 million USD, without enjoying any additional benefits. The second option: a salary of 800,000 USD, plus a 2% share of overseas box office revenue, and enjoying a 1% share of overseas revenue for regions not released in theaters."

After finishing, Lu Yan He added: "You guys calculate this ratio; it can be adjusted."

Chen Yin nodded: "That's no problem."

Not long after, Jiang Yuqian's side replied, and she chose the second method.

"'Love is Not Blind' is just a chick flick. I really didn't expect Mr. Lu to offer us such a high salary, and even let us take a share of the revenue." He Heng couldn't help but sigh to Jiang Yuqian.

Jiang Yuqian said: "This is because Yan He definitely intends to release this film globally. Although this is a Chinese-language film, Linghe has already done global distribution through 'Flypaper' and 'The Fault in Our Stars'. Many of Linghe's subsequent films will move toward global distribution. He is worried that if 'Love is Not Blind' does well at the global box office later, and he gives me too little at the beginning, I will mind. If he changes it to a bonus method, it's easy to make the leads of other Linghe films dissatisfied. As far as I know, the actors who can get bonuses in Linghe films are few and far between."

"Now Linghe's films are all good projects. Let alone getting a salary, many actors are even willing to go for free." He Heng laughed.

"But what Yan He wants are precisely those actors who think their performance is valuable." Jiang Yuqian said, "Actually, he knows very well that if one day he makes a film, lacks investment, or has no box office prospects, and it's purely to realize film art, as long as he asks me, I will go even without a salary. It is precisely because of this that in normal commercial cooperation, business is business; only in this way can the cooperation last for a long time."

"Alright, to be honest, I thought you would let us lower the salary." He Heng said, "I was already prepared for how to persuade you not to do that."

"Why would I do that? He is not short of money, Linghe is not short of money, and I am worth this salary." Jiang Yuqian said, "Sister Heng, free things are the most expensive. When in business, don't talk about feelings; when there is no need to talk about feelings, talking about feelings makes it difficult for the buyer and difficult for the seller."

He Heng sighed: "Your perspective is really different now."

"However, I really didn't expect that she would just accept this salary directly." Lu Qingzhen said, "Look at Li Yuefeng; when he takes a role, he will say that if the film budget is not enough, his salary can also be lowered."

Lu Qingzhen and Chen Ziyan were also just chatting about this matter.

"That's because Li Yuefeng's relationship with Lu Yan He is far less than Jiang Yuqian's relationship with Lu Yan He." Chen Ziyan said, "For an actress of Jiang Yuqian's level, the trust of taking a script without even looking at it is more important than the salary. The attitude of not even discussing the salary and not bickering with you about what salary is given is more important than the polite posture that looks polite at first glance. Cooperation between true friends is really more important than anything else."

Lu Qingzhen: "That's true."

"You give, I take." Chen Ziyan said, "Think about it, around you, how many people can make you do this?"

"Indeed, not many."

Chen Ziyan thought to herself, and besides, what Jiang Yuqian did was far more important in Lu Yan He's heart than millions or even tens of millions of USD.

Could Li Yuefeng openly refuse to collaborate with Chen Pinhe?

Chen Ziyan was skeptical.

Originally, the fact that Jiang Yuqian refused to collaborate with Chen Pinhe in the new Hollywood film was only known in a small circle.

However, after the video of Zhang Yuezhen and Jiang Yuqian at the "Doomsday" premiere spread online, this matter became widely known instead.

And this matter, by a stroke of luck, caught up with a certain time.

After signing with Aurora Video, Wang Jing filmed many dramas, many of which were Lu Yan He's dramas.

Although so far, Wang Jing hasn't won any particularly weighty awards, nor has she become hugely popular or exploded, both in the industry and among passersby, she is regarded as a future Best Actress candidate.

Her existence is actually a bit like Wen Qi and Zhang Zifeng. Very young, very explosive in acting, and also very spiritual. They are definitely not the kind of actors who are particularly popular, have high traffic, and are very popular, but they are not short of dramas to act in, are recognized, and are expected.

Wang Jing was about to sign a contract with a Beijing TV drama.

This TV drama is a relatively mainstream spy war film.

The male lead is Chen Pinhe.

The role Wang Jing was looking for is the female lead.

Before this, Wang Jing didn't know how bad the relationship between Lu Yan He and Chen Pinhe was; she only knew that they had some conflicts because of the "Doomsday" project.

But this is quite normal in the entertainment industry.

Wang Jing wouldn't refuse to collaborate with Chen Pinhe because of this little thing.

Then again, given her current status in the entertainment industry, it's not her turn to say she won't collaborate with Chen Pinhe.

Until the incident between Jiang Yuqian and Zhang Yuezhen was exposed.

Jiang Yuqian's attitude seemed to be saying that there was no problem between her and Chen Pinhe and that they could fully collaborate in the future, but those who really understood some of the inside story, especially those who understood the entertainment industry, knew that all of Jiang Yuqian's words were saying the opposite.

Wang Jing was even more so.

Jiang Yuqian expressed the signal of refusing to collaborate with Chen Pinhe so clearly, which shows that behind this matter, the conflict between Lu Yan He and Chen Pinhe is even deeper than she understood, which is why Jiang Yuqian, who is closer to Lu Yan He, would do so.

Not to mention that she has been benefiting from Lu Yan He's care and support since her debut. Just speaking of Wang Jing's personality, she is not someone who likes to remain neutral. Between Chen Pinhe and Lu Yan He, she would choose to stand on Lu Yan He's side without hesitation. Wang Jing is a very typical person who helps those close to her; as for whether she helps those who are reasonable, it depends on what that reason is.

So, just when she was about to sign the contract with Beijing TV, Wang Jing suddenly quit and didn't sign.

"Not signing?"

It wasn't just the people at Beijing TV who were shocked, but also the people in the brokerage department of Aurora.

This big drama is an S-level big drama of Beijing TV.

Mainstream resources, and it's starring Chen Pinhe, a drama destined to rush for awards later. I don't know how many actresses want to play the female lead. Beijing TV also considered acting skills and other aspects before letting this big pie fall on Wang Jing.

The people in the brokerage department of Aurora were all puzzled.

"Why?"

This drama is because Aurora is also an investor and a broadcast platform, so they tried their best to ensure Wang Jing won the female lead, and she actually said she wouldn't act if she didn't want to.

Wang Jing didn't hide anything from her agent and said directly: "I won't collaborate with Chen Pinhe."

Her agent was greatly shocked.

"Why is this?"

Wang Jing said: "Why is there still a why? Chen Pinhe and Lu Yan He have a conflict. Jiang Yuqian said directly in front of the camera that she did refuse to collaborate with Chen Pinhe before. Then how can I participate in a drama starring Chen Pinhe at this time?"

"You—" The agent stared at Wang Jing in disbelief. "Whatever the matter is between Lu Yan He and Chen Pinhe, what does it have to do with you?"

"Of course it has something to do with it. I am friends with Lu Yan He. I have been collaborating with him since my first drama. How many times have I collaborated with him?" Wang Jing said very firmly. "I won't act in this drama anyway. I'm not as powerful as Sister Yuqian, who can make her own decisions. Otherwise, I wouldn't leave. I would tell the crew that I won't act with Chen Pinhe and let them choose between me and Chen Pinhe—of course, I know I'm not qualified to say such things now."

"If you really say that, I will think you are crazy."

"Who knows if it will be possible in the future." Wang Jing curled her lips. "Don't look down on me."

"I'm speechless because of you." The agent said, "With your acting skills, if you act in this drama, you have a chance to win Best Actress next year. Such a good opportunity, you pushed it away for such a reason and didn't act."

Wang Jing: "Actually, you also think I'm right to do this, right?"

"Where did you get the confidence to think so?"

"Because if you really thought I was wrong to do this, you wouldn't just complain that I was too irrational. You would definitely stop me."

"..."

"Actually, Aurora's cooperation with Yan He is also very close. If Yan He really tears his face off with Chen Pinhe one day, I don't believe you will openly collaborate with Chen Pinhe. Let alone the future, even now, your enthusiasm for collaborating with Chen Pinhe is not great. I haven't seen any projects looking for him."

"This is not my job, I don't know."

"Stop pretending, what are you pretending in front of me." Wang Jing said, "You actually know very well that what I said is right."

In Yuming in November, most of the time it is actually cool and refreshing.

The sun is also quite warm, and it has not entered such a cold time.

Zhou Ping'an came to Beijing TV and walked into Xu Bin's office with a beaming smile.

"Director Xu."

Xu Bin raised his hand and pointed his index finger at Zhou Ping'an.

"You kid, you came here smelling the scent."

Zhou Ping'an said: "I'm here to solve your urgent need."

Xu Bin: "Look at what I said. I haven't even opened my mouth to say anything, and you already know everything."

"If I couldn't know this, why would I do this job." Zhou Ping'an laughed like a brilliant chrysanthemum. "Moreover, Wang Jing is ignorant and pushed away this role, and this drama is about to start filming. I must come to help solve this urgent need. I can't let the crew open a skylight, right?"

Xu Bin said: "You are not the first one to come."

Zhou Ping'an: "Then it can only be said that some people heard the news faster than me. However, Director Xu, I believe the antidote they can bring is definitely not as effective as the one I brought."

"Hmm?"

"Meng Li." Zhou Ping'an said, "I think there should be no one else who can provide a better actress than Meng Li, right?"

Xu Bin raised his eyebrows.

"She has always had a big temper. I've heard about it even though I haven't dealt with her. Would she be willing to take a role that others don't want?"

"With me here, she will definitely take it." Zhou Ping'an said, "Moreover, for this drama, this role, only a fool wouldn't take it. With you here, a nomination for Best Actress is definitely inevitable. Wang Jing must have had water in her brain to push it."

"She is relying on Lu Yan He to support her in the future, so she has no scruples."

"Also." Zhou Ping'an laughed. "However, no matter how capable Lu Yan He is, he is not as capable as Beijing TV. Young people today only look at the excitement of the moment, but don't know that their vision should be long-term."

Xu Bin pointed at Zhou Ping'an and said: "Although Meng Li is suitable, according to the budget we made for Wang Jing at the beginning, if we use Meng Li, the salary cannot reach her usual quote."

"Look at what you said. We take Beijing TV's dramas, especially your dramas, so we have to offer a friendship price." Zhou Ping'an said with a smile. "500,000 per episode, how about that? This is already 200,000 lower than Meng Li's market quote. Moreover, if Meng Li is the lead, some of the brands she collaborates with will definitely sponsor along. Meng Li's commercial value is not something Wang Jing can compare with."

Xu Bin considered it for a moment and nodded.

Zhou Ping'an: "Director Xu is refreshing enough."

Xu Bin: "We don't want to be stood up again. Let's sign the contract this week."

"No problem."

"What the hell? 500,000 per episode? When did my salary drop to this figure?"

Meng Li was angry as soon as she heard Zhou Ping'an say it.

"I won't act in this. I asked you to help me find a good project, not to find a project with a low salary."

Zhou Ping'an had long expected Meng Li to have this reaction.

"The male lead of this drama is Chen Pinhe. The salary budget must be tilted toward Chen Pinhe. Even if it were changed to Zhang Lan and the others, it would be the same."

"Wang Jing didn't act because of Chen Pinhe." Meng Li rolled her eyes. "Do you think I don't know."

"That's because Wang Jing had water in her brain and was sick. If you act in this drama, you are very likely to win Best Actress next year." Zhou Ping'an said, "This drama is directly guaranteed to be sent to all major mainstream awards, not to mention that there is Beijing TV's operation and public relations behind it."

Meng Li: "Now, any drama that is a bit bigger says it can be guaranteed to be sent to mainstream awards."

"But this drama, you know very well, it is." Zhou Ping'an said, "If we don't lower the salary, why should we compete with other actresses for this drama? Wang Jing was able to get this role at the beginning because Aurora was exerting force behind it. Now that Wang Jing doesn't act, there are plenty of actresses competing."

Meng Li stopped talking.

"Anyway, I can't persuade you. Think about it yourself. If you think you shouldn't take a drama that has hope of helping you win mainstream awards, I don't know how to help you take dramas in the future." Zhou Ping'an said, "I'll wait for you for two days. If you decide not to take it, I'll give this script to someone else."

Meng Li: "Are you using reverse psychology?"

Zhou Ping'an looked at Meng Li and nodded: "Yes."

Meng Li frowned.

November 7th, Friday.

"Flypaper" was released globally simultaneously.

This crime film with a locked-room + black humor theme had a full month of various promotions in the early stages, and it was a very Hollywood-style promotion: talk shows, screening events, high-exposure events—

For a film released globally simultaneously like this, the promotion method must also adopt the most extensive way possible.

For example, although the main creators went to South Korea for promotion, the promotional content in South Korea could also radiate to places outside of South Korea.

This is also why it is said that only Hollywood can launch global superstars.

To a large extent, superstar manufacturing relies on global distribution and promotional capabilities.

Using Yan Liang as the lead has one advantage: he has "Friends", and everyone is still familiar with his face. Even if they haven't seen this drama, they have seen his image, so the image is not unfamiliar.

And in this film, besides him, there is Arne Bogut, this Hollywood young actor, and Scarty Taft, this current King of B-movies who has been nominated for an Oscar—

The names of these two people make the film very "international" in character, which is an important condition for the film "Flypaper" to gain theater support in markets that are very "partial" to Hollywood films such as South Korea and Japan.

And Tania Bailey, this German actress who won Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival, is a guarantee of acting skills and is to "improve the quality" of the film.

Added to the "all-star lineup" composed of Thai "top sister" Caina and a group of actors, "Flypaper" had the posture of a big film in the slightly colder schedule of November, even though it was a low-budget production.

"Flypaper" had a first-day box office of 24 million in China and a total of 75 million in the first weekend, slightly lower than expected, but also within range.

Just as Lu Yan He has always emphasized, the theme type of "Flypaper" has a relatively low box office ceiling in the Chinese market.

This type of genre film cannot get a particularly high box office. However, as long as the word-of-mouth is good, it ferments slowly, and the subsequent trend does not collapse, it can generally get a box office of 300-500 million.

And the box office of "Flypaper" mainly depends on the world.

Genre films like this with a low box office ceiling in a single market need to rely on multiple markets to harvest the box office.

In North America, "Flypaper" had a first-weekend box office of 13.2 million USD.

In the UK, the first-weekend box office was 2.1 million USD.

In Germany, this figure was 1.1 million USD.

At first glance, this film seems to have mediocre box office results in every market.

Many media outlets didn't wait for the summary results to come out and had already started to "sing the decline", saying that Lu Yan He's box office myth had collapsed.

However, at this time, Linghe released a piece of good news:

"Flypaper" was released simultaneously in more than 80 countries and regions around the world, and a total of 13 markets had a first-weekend box office exceeding 1 million USD.

Subsequently, once the box office statistics came out, "Flypaper"'s global first-weekend box office result actually turned out to be 38.2 million USD.

The media in North America won't play the "talk about box office without cost" game with you.

The production cost of this film is only 10 million USD, not counting promotion and distribution. This film started making a profit just by relying on the global first-weekend box office. Can such a film not be called a success?

Lu Yan He did one thing.

He made a screenshot of the opening scores of "Flypaper" on eight global film rating websites and posted it on his various social platforms:

——Going on stage to sing, what you earn is the shouting! The film has just started to be released, where the end point is, let's wait and see!

Zhang Kuang, even wild.

However, the uniform praise for "Flypaper" solidly supported Lu Yan He's arrogance.

This film with a self-contained style, under the word-of-mouth spread by the audience, had a very exaggerated decline. In North America, it even stayed in the single digits.

And in China—the base camp of Lu Yan He and Yan Liang, it stabilized the box office trend even more. Although the first-weekend box office result was not good, however, until this time, the domestic promotion began to exert force separately—

Li Zhibai asked someone to film a funny clip of himself imitating Yan Liang in "Flypaper" and posted it on social platforms.

The major leads of "Flypaper" took turns in an exclusive interview article, one hot search a day, talking about their light and shadow stories, using actor experiences to attract the audience—

The slogans were "King of B-movies realizes salted fish turnaround by relying on 'Flypaper'", "Art film Best Actress is finally seen by the world by relying on 'Flypaper'", "Thai film top sister rushes to the world by relying on 'Flypaper'", etc.

Coincidentally, these are also the stories that the audience likes to watch the most.

As a result, the box office of "Flypaper" in China was very steady.

After two weeks of release, the daily box office still remained above 15 million, and the total box office had exceeded 370 million RMB.

Not a single day's daily box office exceeded 40 million, but the total box office had already exceeded the films released in the same period.

In contrast, the trend of "Flypaper" overseas, except for North America, the UK, Germany, and Japan and South Korea, had a relatively serious decline starting from the second week.

The ceiling of genre films is just like this. Unless it touches a hot spot that exceeds the horror film genre audience like "The Mist" and attracts a large number of audiences who are not the genre audience to enter the venue, otherwise, no matter how good the word-of-mouth is, the box office space is limited.

Despite this, "Flypaper" also exceeded 120 million USD in total box office after two weeks of global release, successfully entering the 100 million USD box office club.

Undoubtedly, this is another continuation of Lu Yan He's box office myth, and it is also a good start for Linghe to produce films in Hollywood.

This made Soren more confident in "The Notebook" and "Men in Black".

It also made them start to think, was giving up the all-Asian cast of "The Fault in Our Stars" a wrong decision?

But soon they didn't think so.

Even if "The Fault in Our Stars" is successful, the box office volume of youth romance films is not high, far less than the ceiling of "Men in Black".

Even if they really misjudged, it's okay—

Anyway, Soren is also the distributor of "The Fault in Our Stars".

Success is also Soren's success.

Lu Yan He, at this time, held a meeting within Linghe and proposed: "'The Fault in Our Stars', how about using Yan Lingyu for the female lead and Liu Zefan for the male lead?"

Chen Yin said: "Yes, both of them are first-tier stars in the country, but their popularity overseas is not high, except for Liu Zefan, who has a little popularity because of 'Squid Game'. Of course, after that British drama is broadcast, if the results are good, he may have better popularity."

"'The Fault in Our Stars', my idea is to use the Asian market to break even, and other markets to try to impact the box office." Lu Yan He said, "However, I don't want to produce this film according to Chinese-language films. Like 'Flypaper', I hope to do it according to English films."

Chen Yin said: "Use the Hollywood team for the production team?"

"Yes, our Linghe had a production team in Hollywood during the production process of 'Flypaper'. Of course, I hope to use this project to further expand this production team." Lu Yan He said, "Similarly, Linghe's domestic production staff, as long as they are suitable, can also join this crew."

Chen Yin asked: "Then—"

"'The Fault in Our Stars', the director must use a Hollywood director." Lu Yan He said, "Since the cast of this film is all Chinese actors, the director must be a director who is a bit famous in Europe and America, to establish the impression in the European and American markets that this is a Hollywood film, not a Chinese-language film."

"Why is this? Even if it is a Chinese-language film, the box office performance of 'Home Alone' is very good. The market has long verified that Chinese-language films can also achieve high box office results globally."

"Because this is a film that cannot make people believe it can achieve super high box office from any dimension." Lu Yan He said, "However, my expectation for its box office performance far exceeds 'Flypaper' and 'Buried', including 'The Notebook' produced by Soren. In my heart, I want to make it as the best-selling youth romance film."

After all, the original work sold 300 million USD at the global box office.

It is dog-blooded, but it is very popular.

(End of this chapter)