Chapter 362

Cao Yang proved with practical actions that he is absolutely not a lustful person... a person who is greedy for flowers. He decisively refused the intention of staying overnight at Cheng Long's house.

Cheng Long was helpless and had to send Cao Yang back personally.

By the way, send Zhang Jingchu and Sun Mingming back to the hotel. The two were arranged in the same hotel by the crew.

Sun Mingming got off the car at the hotel entrance. Zhang Jingchu didn't get off the car directly, and didn't explain much, as if this was not the place where she lived.

Cheng Long also seemed not to see it.

Cao Yang didn't know where Zhang Jingchu lived, so he definitely couldn't say anything.

Arriving at Arcadia Villa, Cheng Long parked in front of the house where Cao Yang lived. He and Zhang Jingchu both got off the car.

Cao Yang thought they were out of politeness, and he also politely asked Cheng Long if he wanted to go up and sit.

Cheng Long refused with a smile, greeted Cao Yang, and drove away.

Cao Yang also thought, why did you drive so fast in a hurry? This is a rich area, and the public security is absolutely nothing to say.

It is good in the US. Don't look at the fact that there are many similar things like "biubiubiu" and "zero-dollar shopping" every day, but in the rich residential area, this situation basically cannot be seen.

Otherwise, why would it be called the "paradise" of the rich?

Cao Yang was still sighing at Cheng Long's "rashness." Zhang Jingchu must also have similar thoughts to himself... right?

Well?

Zhang Jingchu?

Holy shit!

Fang Long!

My reputation!

Cao Yang's first reaction was "It's over, it's over." I'm afraid I won't be able to wash it clean even if I jump into the Yellow River.

Cheng Long's approach is really the traditional style of Hong Kong film people.

"Director Cao, the geographical location of your place is really good. You can actually overlook the whole Los Angeles."

Zhang Jingchu sighed sincerely.

Cao Yang hesitated and didn't mention sending Zhang Jingchu back to the hotel.

Anyway, I have already jumped into the Yellow River and got wet. No matter what I do next, in Fang Long's place, I will definitely not be able to be innocent.

"Come in."

Cao Yang opened the door and took Zhang Jingchu in.

Although I didn't help "Rush Hour 3" be released in the mainland, things are not calculated like this. I went to participate in the premiere of "Rush Hour 3" and reminded him, letting him recognize the root of the problem.

This is actually helping him a very big favor.

He turned his head and looked at Zhang Jingchu again. To tell the truth, if Zhang Jingchu didn't desperately dress up in a sexy way, but was pure and artistic, Cao Yang's interest would be greater.

Traditional skills of the Hong Kong film circle?

A thank-you gift after helping?

Looking at the tacit understanding between Cheng Long and Zhang Jingchu today, they should have discussed it in advance.

Zhang Jingchu can agree to be Cheng Long's "thank-you gift." Cheng Long must have given some promises on resources.

Cao Yang quickly considered it. Cheng Long should not dare to calculate himself. Whether it is the status in Hollywood or the status in the country, he is not qualified to wrestle with himself.

He still wants to have a closer connection with himself through this matter.

Cao Yang looked at Zhang Jingchu who was looking around again. This one is also impossible to be forced. She agreed to this matter, perhaps not knowing whether she could get benefits from herself, but there was definitely no harm.

Instead, she could get resources from Cheng Long.

Thinking through these, Cao Yang smiled and said to Zhang Jingchu: "You go take a shower first."

Saying that, he picked from the closet, found a white men's shirt of his own and handed it over, then said: "Sorry, I don't have women's pajamas here. You just make do with this one first."

White long-sleeved men's shirt with a collar, and only gave this one, no clothes to wear on the lower body. Zhang Jingchu had pictures in her mind.

However, she didn't say anything, smiled sweetly, and two small dimples were exposed.

Cao Yang also went to take a shower. Not long after he washed up, Zhang Jingchu also came out.

Her hair was simply tied into a ponytail, and a somewhat loose white shirt was put on her upper body, with two long legs exposed below.

Cao Yang nodded with satisfaction. This is the dress an artistic young woman should have.

Surface quiet and elegant, pure but not lustful, lustful but not charming, charming but not vulgar, the whole body exudes a youthful and healthy atmosphere.

Of course, good-looking is more fun.

This kind of thing, as long as the buttons on the top are unbuttoned, it feels better without taking off clothes.

August 10th, Friday, "Rush Hour 3" and "The Fault in Our Stars" were released on the same day.

"Rush Hour 3" is a sequel movie. The previous "Rush Hour 2" had a big box office hit in North America. As a sequel, although it was separated by many years, it was still favored. You can see it from the released theaters.

This movie was released in 3,778 theaters in North America, and the prestige was directly pulled to the full.

"The Fault in Our Stars" is a low-cost art-house film. The investment cannot be compared with "Rush Hour 3," and there are no big-name stars.

If it weren't for a big fire wish-granting activity, even with Cao Yang's name, it would be impossible to arrange too many theaters. It is highly likely that it would still start from one or two thousand theaters and rely on word of mouth to increase the screening.

This movie is different from "Zhu Nuo." Although they are both low-cost movies and both adapted from Cao Yang's novels, "Zhu Nuo" won the Oscar first and had influence before being released.

However, who let a wish-granting activity become a big fire? The influence is directly not weaker than nominating for a big Oscar award.

As an art-house film, the first-day North American screening of "The Fault in Our Stars" also reached 2,780 theaters.

This movie has a small investment, but it is a co-production. China Film Group and Youth Film Studio both have investments.

However, Cao Yang did not let the movie be released simultaneously, but chose to be released in North America first. After all, the movie investment is small, there are no big names, the director is not famous, and the wish-granting activity did not affect the country.

This kind of low-cost art-house film doesn't need to play the gimmick of simultaneous release.

The main force of "Rush Hour 3" promotion is definitely Cheng Long and the old black. When promoting around Los Angeles, he took Zhang Jingchu, but when promoting in other places, Cheng Long simply didn't take Zhang Jingchu. Anyway, no one knows her even if she is taken.

Actually, according to the original plan, Zhang Jingchu was just called to North America to participate in the premiere, and she would be let go back after participating.

But plans always can't keep up with changes, right?

Cheng Long directly let Zhang Jingchu stay, intending to let her stay for two weeks.

Zhang Jingchu is happy, and Cheng Long is also happy.

Cao Yang... is a manual laborer.

"So nervous, the first-day box office of 'Rush Hour 3' is about to be counted, right? Should it be able to become today's box office champion?"

Zhang Jingchu was wearing... Cao Yang's shirt. She found that Cao Yang liked her wearing it like this, so she wore this as long as she came here to stay overnight these days.

After saying this, she suddenly reacted again. "The Fault in Our Stars," adapted from Cao Yang's novel, was also released on the same day, and the box office would be counted at the same time, so she hurriedly said again:

"'The Fault in Our Stars' has such a big name, the box office will definitely be good too."

Cao Yang smiled and didn't speak.

Through a few days of contact, he found that Zhang Jingchu is the kind of person who speaks straight. Well, this is a nice way of saying it. Changing to another way of saying it is that sometimes speaking will not go through the brain, and emotional intelligence is average.

Speaking of speaking straight, Cao Yang couldn't help but look at Zhang Jingchu with two small dimples. The cherry mouth is still quite useful.

"Come."

Cao Yang beckoned and said with a smile: "It's coming out soon. As long as you are willing to work hard, it will definitely come out faster." Zhang Jingchu understood in seconds.

She bit her lip and looked at Cao Yang. It's so tiring every time. Can it really come out faster?

This time it did come out very quickly. Well, it's the box office.

Cao Yang just roughly understood it, couldn't help but show a smile, patted Zhang Jingchu's head, and then became more interested.

"Rush Hour 3" first-day box office 18 million US dollars, word of mouth can only be said to be passable, not to the point of collapse.

According to this trend, the weekend three days are expected to rush to 50 million US dollars.

However, considering that it was released in 3,778 theaters in North America, this performance can only be said to be unsatisfactory as a sequel movie.

Prediction agencies have already lowered the North American box office of "Rush Hour 3."

"The Fault in Our Stars" exceeded everyone's expectations.

Low-cost art-house movie, no big stars, in the case of being released in 1,000 fewer theaters than "Rush Hour 3," it got a box office of 15.2 million US dollars.

This made Columbia extremely happy. Tom Rothman even called Cao Yang personally, saying that the company had already adopted a plan and would increase the number of theaters tomorrow.

When Zhang Jingchu first knew that "Rush Hour 3" had a box office of 18 million US dollars, she was quite excited.

For New Line and Cheng Long, the first-day box office of 18 million can only be said to be average, which is considered poor. After all, the movie investment is 140 million US dollars.

But for Zhang Jingchu, the first day had 18 million US dollars. According to the real-time exchange rate of about 7.6, it is almost 140 million RMB.

This is 140 million RMB, the box office of one day! How many movies in the country can have this box office until the end of the screening? Extremely rare!

A moment ago she was still thinking, sure enough, Big Brother Cheng's movie is awesome.

Zhang Jingchu also has a dream of becoming a Hollywood star like International Zhang or Fat Bing. Otherwise, wouldn't the nickname "Little Zhang Ziyi" be called in vain?

Of course, excitement is excitement, Zhang Jingchu still asked about the box office of "The Fault in Our Stars" by the way.

Cao Yang smiled and shook his head, saying: "The box office is not as high as the movie you acted in, it's a bit worse."

Zhang Jingchu hurriedly smiled and comforted: "It doesn't matter. 'Rush Hour 3' investment is 140 million US dollars. According to Hollywood's saying, it is a super big commercial film."

"'The Fault in Our Stars' is an art-house movie, the investment is so small, it's normal that the box office is not as high as 'Rush Hour.' I believe that when your 'Pirates of the Caribbean' is released, it will definitely exceed 'Rush Hour.'"

After saying these, Zhang Jingchu might be afraid that Cao Yang would be disappointed with the box office of "The Fault in Our Stars," so she changed the subject and asked: "Is the post-production of your 'Pirates of the Caribbean' completed?"

"Soon, it will be these two days."

Cao Yang's words touched Zhang Jingchu's heartstrings a bit. It wasn't that she had any emotion, but that she would return to the country in two days.

The resources promised by Big Brother Cheng should be no problem, but after her hard work these few days, fighting together above and below, she still didn't get substantial benefits from Cao Yang, which made her a bit disappointed.

However, as a "gift," she shouldn't have had unrealistic hope. If Cao Yang could give her some resources, it would belong to an unexpected joy.

Can there be an unexpected joy?

Zhang Jingchu looked at the young and handsome big director in front of her, try harder.

August is the end of the North American summer vacation file. The popularity is definitely not comparable to July, but it is much better than other times.

Especially Saturday, it is the day with the most people watching movies in a week.

"Rush Hour 3" took another 18.2 million US dollars at the box office, which was a little bit more than yesterday, which is about the same as no growth.

For New Line and Cheng Long, although it increased, they couldn't be happy. Hidden under this slight increase is the fatigue of the box office and the bleak prospect.

"The Fault in Our Stars" box office also increased. Today's box office reached 17.8 million US dollars, an increase of 2.6 million US dollars from yesterday's 15.2 million.

The box office of both movies is working hard to grow, and Zhang Jingchu is also working hard.

After working hard.

She was panting and sweating.

However, no matter how hard and tired she was, she still asked about the box office results.

Only when the global box office is a big hit can it bring more exposure and influence.

Didn't you see Fat Bing relying on a "Inception" to make her popularity in Hollywood almost suppress International Zhang, who had been working hard for many years, and even the quotation to the outside world was a bit higher than International Zhang.

Zhang Jingchu also wants to have such an opportunity.

"The box office of 'Rush Hour 3' increased, and it got 18.2 million today."

Cao Yang said.

Zhang Jingchu was instantly excited. It was another box office of almost 140 million RMB. Big Brother Cheng's box office appeal is still very high in the US.

Of course, she still didn't forget to ask about the box office of "The Fault in Our Stars." Compared to Big Brother Cheng, Cao Yang is the big director who knows best how to promote actresses.

It's a pity that he is young, handsome, and famous, but he hasn't had a chance to get it before.

Even if she got the chance now, it was not between men and women, but was sent as a "gift"... This has a big gap.

Still continue to work hard to see if she can get some hard work fees.

"Increased a bit, but still lower than the box office of the movie you acted in."

Cao Yang said with a smile.

Zhang Jingchu wanted to find some words to comfort, forget it, or use practical actions, which is more effective than anything and shows sincerity.

Sunday is the third day of the release of "Rush Hour 3" and "The Fault in Our Stars."

The box office of this day, according to common sense, should be lower than Saturday, and higher than Friday or a little bit higher.

However, the box office of "Rush Hour 3" dropped today, even lower than Friday's box office, only 14.2 million.

"The Fault in Our Stars" performed strongly, and there were more theaters showing it, so it achieved a good box office result of 18.6 million.

The North American weekend box office ranking was freshly released, but it stunned everyone's eyeballs.

"Rush Hour 3" got a box office of 50.4 million US dollars in the first weekend of three days. Although this result is lower than expected, it is still good in the end of the summer vacation file.

"The Fault in Our Stars" has very good word of mouth, and the theaters have also had a large-scale increase. Expressed in the box office, it got a box office of 51.6 million in the first weekend, and finally counter-attacked "Rush Hour 3."

Going back tomorrow, Zhang Jingchu attacked in an all-round way and continued to work hard.

Until she was panting.

"The weekend box office ranking should be out, right?"

She rested for a moment and took the opportunity to ask.

Cao Yang nodded, also took this opportunity to slow down, and said with a smile: "It's out. 'Rush Hour 3' got a box office of 50.4 million US dollars, suppressing Matt Damon's 'The Bourne Ultimatum,' ranking second."

"Wow."

Zhang Jingchu sighed, and then beamed with joy.

Although "The Bourne Ultimatum" has been released for the second week, being able to suppress this world-famous spy blockbuster on the weekend box office list is still very worth being happy about.

"Which one is ranked at the top of the weekend box office list?"

While happy, Zhang Jingchu asked curiously.

"'The Fault in Our Stars' barely ranked at the top of the list. Well, it was just a little bit more than 'Rush Hour 3'... 'Rush Hour 3' is already very powerful..."

Zhang Jingchu opened her cherry mouth in shock, and the two small dimples were particularly obvious.

(End of this chapter)