However, this time, the negotiations for the representatives from South Korea, Japan, and the United States were not so smooth or pleasant.
Su Yu absolutely refused the buyout method and instead strongly negotiated a revenue-sharing model with them.
If it were a Chinese film that hadn't been released or achieved success, the representatives from the three parties would likely have turned and left, not even sparing Su Yu a second glance.
But the premise didn't hold true!
So this time, they could only negotiate according to Su Yu's demands, even feeling as if they were being led by the nose by Su Yu.
This feeling was not comfortable.
Nevertheless, in order to get the film released in their home countries faster, the three of them still made compromises within their acceptable bottom lines.
This also allowed monkey king: hero is back to achieve the feat of being exported before the truman show.
As for the specific overseas release date of this film? That was not something Su Yu needed to consider.
The three parties, in order to gain more and greater profits, would absolutely not release it during a bad slot.
And the nearest good slot was the Western Christmas holiday.
Sure enough, a few days later, news came back to China that monkey king: hero is back would be simultaneously released in Japan, South Korea, and North America on December 23rd.
As soon as this news came out, it directly caused a wave of excitement among domestic audiences and netizens.
It had always been overseas films coming to China to make money; this time, our film finally went abroad!
This feeling of pride, what's going on that it feels so good?
At the same time, monkey king: hero is back, which had just been released on Tengfei Video, directly ushered in another wave of second or even third viewings.
This made Tengfei Video, which had paid a high price for the film's video copyright, excited once more.
Indeed, no matter how high a price they paid for Tianxing Entertainment's works, they would always profit.
It's just that Tianxing Entertainment's works were becoming increasingly difficult to acquire; the competitors were too numerous, often driving prices to astronomical levels.
Time came to the 8th, and monkey king: hero is back was also officially released in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
At the end of filming, many actors and staff members from the crew went to the cinema to support it with a movie ticket.
And when the 9th arrived, the first-day box office results for both regions were released.
In Hong Kong, the film's first-day box office reached 7 million Hong Kong dollars! Directly breaking the highest single-day box office record for Hong Kong films.
Taiwan was equally popular, with 68 million New Taiwan dollars in box office.
68 million New Taiwan dollars sounds like a lot, but it's actually less than 15 million chinese yuan.
However, this also broke the highest single-day box office record for Taiwan films!
For a time, the heat that had just receded in the mainland reignited in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
And the total box office of monkey king: hero is back, which had originally been set, began to grow again.
The markets in Hong Kong and Taiwan are relatively small after all, so the box office growth was not very significant.
But everyone knew that the subsequent markets in South Korea, Japan, and North America would be the major box office sources and battlegrounds for monkey king: hero is back to significantly increase its total box office.
Time flew by rapidly, and November passed in a blink of an eye.
And after a month of filming, everyone in the hidden war crew was surprised to find that filming was unknowingly nearing its end.
When the time came to December 8th, the film had already successfully wrapped up.
From early preparation to the end of filming, this film surprisingly didn't even take two months, which was truly incredibly fast.
And after a wrap-up party that could be described as star-studded, Su Yu also left Hong Kong and returned to Yanjing.
The remaining time was for the post-production of the film; as for the promotion before the film's release and the specific release date? That was still uncertain for now.
The film promotion cycles in Hong Kong are generally very long, with three months considered short.
However, Su Yu and Tianxing Entertainment are known for their short promotion cycles and fast release speeds.
Therefore, these Hong Kong film and television actors and staff members, when interviewed, also did not know the specific release date of this film.
It depends on Su Yu's mood?
This thought, hidden in their hearts, was ultimately not expressed.
However, on the very day Su Yu returned to Yanjing, monkey king: hero is back, after a month of release, had already completed its mission in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
In Hong Kong, the film garnered 89 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, directly shattering countless people's perceptions.
Because this had already broken the highest box office record for Hong Kong films.
Taiwan was equally shocking, also grossing 600 million New Taiwan dollars upon its removal from theaters.
This pushed the total Chinese box office of monkey king: hero is back past 2.3 billion!
For a time, even the news of hidden war wrapping up and Su Yu's return was overshadowed by this terrifying box office record.
This was the thought of the audience and netizens, but for those entertainment and film companies, what they cared about most was when Su Yu's second live-action film would be released.
This was extremely crucial!
Although they were unwilling to admit that their own works were inferior to those produced by Tianxing Entertainment and Su Yu, their actions were very honest!
As long as they could avoid it, they would rather die than release their films in the same slot as Tianxing Entertainment's films.
Not only would they earn less, but there was also a high probability of becoming negative examples used by audiences and netizens for comparison and emotional venting.
Currently, the Chinese film and television industry has a sense of déjà vu, as if it's starting to follow the old path of the music industry.
As long as that man doesn't stop for a day, their methods will never work!
It's also quite sad to say, but at some point, their capitalist methods suddenly stopped being effective.
Audiences and consumers seemed to become picky and smart in an instant.
Now, if you try to continue to fool the audience for money, then the audience will also let you know how badly you can fail.
They really aren't indulging them anymore!
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On the second day of Su Yu's return to Yanjing, he originally went to Tianxing Music Department to check on the recent situation of his own turf, but as soon as he arrived at Tianxing Entertainment, he was surrounded by a group of familiar faces.
Among these people were Hao Ren, Zhang Guoshi, Deng Yue, and Zhao Xiaolu!
Well, they all shared a common identity: directors.
And all of them were filming their own movies!
It was only at this moment that Su Yu suddenly remembered that he had unknowingly started these projects.
Hao Ren's the truman show, Zhang Guoshi's let the bullets fly, Deng Yue's the breakup guru, and Zhao Xiaolu's beautiful fate 2 were either wrapped up, in post-production, or approved for release.
Although the filming times were not the same, the results all came together at once.
And monkey king: hero is back, this animated blockbuster that created a legendary myth, more or less stimulated them.
So during filming and post-production, they all raised their standards.
Many unsatisfactory parts were simply pulled out and reshot!
This gave Ren Nanbei of the Film and Television Department a huge headache.
And now that all their works were nearing completion, the problem of release slots was once again before everyone.