"Brother Jin, look, the photos on this advertisement are not like you." Zhao Yazhi pointed to the sea report of "Dragon Wild Boy".

In the 1970s, Hollywood movies were also very primitive. Like Hong Kong, they mainly used posters, newspapers, magazines, etc. to promote TV. Because the advertising fee is too expensive, they rarely dare to try low-cost movies.

The poster is painted with images of Ye Jin, Michelle Pfeiffer and Shi Jian.

(This hand-painted movie poster style was very popular at that time. It was mainly because there was no PS technology at that time and it was difficult to create exquisite picture effects, so it was easier to use hand-painted posters than to use live photos to make posters.)

Among them, Ye Jinwen is in the middle and is wearing Bruce Lee's classic kung fu shirt; the upper left corner is Shi Jian's big head portrait; the lower right corner is a portrait of Michelle Pfeiffer embracing him; the upper right corner is a portrait of him fighting with a school bully.

To be honest, the person on the poster doesn't look like Ye Jin. His nose is not that high and his eye sockets are not that deep. The painter of the poster completely turns him into a white man.

"I know." Ye Jin nodded, "Warner was worried that being a Chinese would affect the box office, so he deliberately painted me as white on the poster. In this way, after the audience bought the ticket and entered the venue to watch, they found that it was too late to refund the ticket."

"They are so cunning." Zhao Yazhi said in surprise when she heard this.

"So we are learning from others." Ye Jin smiled.

...

After the release of "Dragon Hard Boy", the reputation and box office were pretty good.

Although the starring actor is Chinese, the story he tells is very [American Dream], so it suits the audience's taste.

Especially the story of the protagonist who has been bullied by school and has studied hard to defeat a powerful enemy, which is very popular with young audiences.

Although Hollywood critics don’t like Chinese, they are a red line in Asiatica [racial discrimination], and no one will openly provoke them in the newspapers, so their evaluation of "Dragon Hard Boy" is pretty good.

In "Los Angeles Daily News", film critics praised "Dragon Hard" as a wonderful action movie.

In the Los Angeles Express, film critics claimed that "Dragon Hard Boy" is comparable to Bruce Lee's "Dragon Fighting Tiger".

In the Los Angeles Weekly, film critics commented that "Dragon Hard Boy" is a movie that every student should watch.

First, it has a reputation, and second, it is popular among the audience. Therefore, "Dragon Hard Boy" has exceeded one million US dollars for four days after its release. The average box office of a single screen exceeded two thousand US dollars, which was a very good result at the time.

Movies like "American Style Painting" and "Exorcist" were just like this when they were released that year.

Seeing this, Warner Pictures immediately took active action and prepared to promote the release scale to California, with as many as 1,560 theaters. This is also the largest release among the movies starring Ye Jin.

After the scale of its release expanded, the box office of "Dragon Hard Boy" naturally soared. From $250,000 per day to $2 million per day, it quickly increased from $250,000 per day, and ranked 15th in the North American weekly box office rankings.

Such achievements also surprised Warner.

Before working with Ye Jin, they did not expect to be so successful, so they made many difficulties when they cooperated.

Now that they have seen such good results, they have immediately changed their attitude towards cooperation.

Not only did they no longer ask Ye Jin to pay the publicity funds, but they would instead provide the publicity funds themselves, but they also took the initiative to contact Ye Jin, hoping to release his new work "The Strong Ghost Street".

"Ye, if you give us "Ghost Street", we will definitely help you release it." Warner Distribution Manager George Anderson said to Ye Jin.

"Mr. Anderson, that movie has not been finished yet. I don't want to talk about the release for the time being." Ye Jin waved his hand and smiled.

"The Ghost Street" started filming for one and a half months, and 80% of the scenes have been filmed. It will take another half a month to complete the shooting. After the shooting is completed, it will take another month of post-production, so it is a bit too early to discuss the release.

Besides, "Dragon Hard Boy" has not been released yet, and Ye Jin doesn't know if Warner will cheat him, so he is not in a hurry to sign the contract now.

If you don’t see a rabbit or a hawk, he wants to see the benefits first.

"Okay. When you want to talk, I will open the door to you at any time." Anderson said with a smile when he saw this.

"Don't worry, I signed an agreement with you. Warner will always be my priority in cooperation." Ye Jin smiled.

...

In addition to Warner Pictures' changing attitude, there are also many music companies that hope to sign the song "all     about       you" that Ye Jin played and sang.

The song has become more and more well-known as the movie is popular. Its melodious melody and beautiful lyrics make people feel bright after hearing it.

The music company also discovered its value and hoped to buy it. In this way, with the release of the movie, it might be sold out.

However, when Ye Jin saw that the price they paid was only 10,000 or 20,000 US dollars, he didn't think about it at all. He wanted to buy a good song for him with less money, which was just a daydream.

Therefore, he planned to spend a few days first and then consider selling the song after the movie is released nationwide. Anyway, the movie is not a complete version, and only he can sing the full version.

...

Keville School of Arts.

"Let us welcome our big star!" As soon as Ye Jin entered the classroom, he heard John Travolta shouting loudly, and then the classmates applauded Ye Jin one after another.

"Dragon Hard Boy"'s box office soared, accumulating 4 million US dollars, ranking 15th in the North American weekly box office rankings. Such results are very remarkable in the eyes of these students.

After all, they don’t want to say that the movies starring are on the box office, even if they make movies, they still won’t get a few opportunities a year.

"Thank you everyone, I'll treat you to pizza after class." Ye Jin smiled. He has learned how to get along with these classmates now, and will no longer keep people from thousands of miles away like before.

"Yeah!" Everyone cheered when he heard what he said.

"Ye, you are so amazing. You have achieved such good results in the first time starring in a movie. I really hope I can be like you one day." John said with a smile.

"Don't worry, I think you can." Ye Jin smiled.

As far as he knows, John Travolta is still very awesome. Unfortunately, in Hollywood, we cannot sign an artist directly like Hong Kong. Otherwise, he would sign a ten-year contract with John first.

"Thank you, Ye!" John was very happy to hear him say this, "By the way, you haven't been to the crew these two days, and Michelle even asked me about you."

"Oh?" Ye Jin was stunned.

He has been busy with the release of the movie these two days and has not gone to the crew to stare at it.

"In my opinion, buddy, she must be interested in you." John said again, "How about it, do you want me to create opportunities for you?"

"No need." Ye Jin waved his hand.

"Why, are you not interested in her? That girl is so hot!" John said with a slutty look on his face, "If you don't want it, then I'll get on."

When Ye Jin heard this, he looked at him coldly.

Although he doesn't want to get involved in Michelle Pfeiffer for the time being, he can't make it cheaper John Travolta.

"No, I'm joking." Seeing this, John quickly raised his hand and said with a embarrassed smile.

"Stop making such jokes in the future." Ye Jin said coldly.

"Yes, yes, I promise not." John waved his hand and said.

Ye Jin is now a star and a producer, and his status is much higher than that of him.

He is now making a living by Ye Jin, so how dare he do whatever he wants? If he makes a fool of himself, he will lose all his life.
Chapter completed!