It is now late September, and the release date of "Hello! Mr. Tree" is getting closer.

Due to the unpopular subject matter, the film's screening rate is not high, barely reaching 5%.

However, the three new songs released by Ye Zhiqiu still had a significant publicity effect. At least without large-scale publicity, many viewers knew that such an art film was about to be released.

At the same time, the box office of another animated film he participated in, "Kung Fu Panda", was booming.

As early as half a month after its release, the film broke the $3 million box office agreed upon in the bet agreement between Ye Zhiqiu and "DreamWorks Animation". Professional institutions predicted that the final box office would be $6.2 million.

This result was beyond the expectations of many people in the industry.

After all, the film received average response in China, but it unexpectedly became a hit in overseas markets, with more than 80% of the total box office coming from overseas markets.

To be honest, this result can still explain a lot of things.

After all, in this day and age there is never a shortage of nitpickers who can't stand seeing others do better than they are.

You have good box office in China, but he said you are just entertaining yourself in China and no one will watch it outside of China.

When "Granny" and "Sunny", written by Ye Zhiqiu, became popular in South Korea, he said that they were markets in the Asian cultural circle and did not count.

So only those watched by your white dad count as box office hits?

The huge box office success of "Kung Fu Panda" overseas is a slap in the face to certain groups.

At the same time, the most anxious is DreamWorks Animation, the producer and distributor of Kung Fu Panda.

It was originally just a film invested in desperation, hoping to reap some benefits through gimmicks and sentiment, but it turned out to be one of the most successful IPs of the entire company.

As a result, the copyright of this IP is still firmly in the hands of a Chinese.

For "DreamWorks Animation", the top priority now is to quickly confirm the sequel to "Kung Fu Panda 2" with Ye Zhiqiu.

During this period, "Animation DreamWorks" contacted Ye Zhiqiu more than once, and their attitude was extremely polite, which was a far cry from the first time they discussed cooperation.

Ye Zhiqiu was very calm about this.

Anyway, the initiative is in his hands now. There is no point in the other party being anxious. Just wait.

In fact, if it weren't for "DreamWorks Animation" controlling the distribution channels in North America, Ye Zhiqiu even wanted to abandon them and let the "Autumn of Light" animation studio complete the second part.

There is no way around it. If you want to make it in Hollywood, it is difficult to avoid working with local distributors.

Even though Kung Fu Panda is now in full swing, if this movie was produced by Huaxia Company and released again, it would be good if it could give you one-tenth of the current screening schedule.

To put it bluntly, the seemingly free market is actually full of exclusion and suppression.

In this case, cooperation with "DreamWorks Animation" is still necessary, but it can wait until the box office dust of "Kung Fu Panda" settles.

That would be the best time to negotiate terms.

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September 9th, the eve of the official release of "Hello! Mr. Tree".

In a hotel somewhere in Huahai City.

After finishing a day's program recording, singer Yang Kai returned to the room a little tired and threw his body heavily on the bed.

The new song "Past Events" he released some time ago worked. Although it only stayed at the top of the "New Song Chart" for one day, it did take first place.

The popularity of this singer, who once ranked number one on the New Songs Chart, has increased significantly, and he has received more invitations to various shows.

No matter what, Yang Kai has been running around non-stop for various program notices during this period, which makes him "tired but happy". He has never had such an opportunity before.

Not to mention, during this period he really had the illusion that he was already a "first-tier singer"...

But Yang Kai still had self-knowledge. He knew that this kind of anger was just a gust of wind, which came quickly and went away quickly, and it might return to its original form at any time.

As a singer, the biggest reliance is still his own works.

Although the song "Past Events" is good, it still lacks some meaning. But it is the best resource I can get at the moment.

At this moment, Yang Kai suddenly thought of Ye Zhiqiu.

I had planned to find an opportunity to build a relationship and see if I could ask him to write a song for me...

If I remember correctly, his movie called "Hello! Mr. Tree" is about to be released? It seems to be in the next two days?

Thinking of this, Yang Kai quickly took out his cell phone.

After searching, he found out that this movie will be released tomorrow, and he also noticed a piece of information.

"On September 9, Ye Zhiqiu will attend the premiere of the film "Hello! Mr. Tree" at Huahai Oriental Cinema with leading actors Wang Qiang, Li Wenwen and others?"

This piece of news has only been viewed over a thousand times, which may be related to the low popularity of the film itself.

If I remember correctly, this cinema seems to be not far from here.

How about... I go to the premiere ceremony myself? Yang Kaixin thought.

Since you have decided to watch it, you might as well watch it at the premiere ceremony, show your goodwill in front of others, and even help out by standing on the stage or something.

Who knows, maybe if he's happy, he'll agree to write a song for you?

Yang Kai did it right away and opened the movie ticket purchasing software.

At this kind of movie premiere ceremony, the distributor, crew members, media reporters, film critics, etc. are usually arranged to sit in the front row. The unfilled seats in the back are sold to the public, and ordinary audiences can also enter to watch.

However, when Yang Kai checked the app, he found that all seats for the premiere of "Hello! Mr. Tree" had already been sold out.

For a moment, Yang Kai was a little dumbfounded.

Isn't it said that this movie is not very popular, and even the theaters have very few screenings? There is not a single seat left in the big theater with hundreds of people?

In fact, this is his habitual thinking. There may not be many audiences interested in art films, but Ye Zhiqiu and Wang Qiang are so popular that there are still many fans willing to spend dozens of dollars to see the big stars on the spot.

In any case, the tickets are not available now, but Yang Kai is not someone who gives up so easily.

He thought about it and called his agent.

"Please ask if anyone has a ticket for the premiere of "Hello! Mr. Tree"? Help me get one..."

The next day, the premiere ceremony.

Yang Kai, who had paid a high price to get the ticket from a scalper, checked the ticket and walked into the theater in a low-key manner along with the crowd. Before he even sat down, he was quickly recognized by reporters on the scene.

Although he is a second-tier singer, he is still well-known and can be considered a star of some size.

In addition, it was not yet time, Ye Zhiqiu and others had not shown up yet, and many reporters were waiting, so they all gathered around to interview Yang Kai.

"Mr. Yang, are you invited to attend the premiere of Hello! Mr. Tree today?"

Yang Kai shook his head to deny it. The reporters at the scene were stunned and suddenly became interested.

"Then may I ask why you are here?"

"Does it have anything to do with the song charting with Ye Zhiqiu?"

Facing the questions from many reporters, Yang Kai smiled and said, "It's actually not wrong to say that it has something to do with music."

"I personally like Ye Zhiqiu's song "Northeast Folk Song" very much. It just so happens that this song is the promotional song for "Hello! Mr. Tree", so I also became interested in this movie..."

Facing the camera, Yang Kai talked freely, and at this time a voice was heard from the crowd.

"The director is here!"

Yang Kai quickly followed the crowd's gaze and saw a tall figure in casual clothes walking onto the stage side by side with Wang Qiang, accompanied by several staff members.

If it’s not Ye Zhiqiu, then who else could it be?