The heavy rainstorm poured down, and the sky of Pasadena in Greater Los Angeles was covered with clouds. The heavy rain and strong winds attacked this city that should have been a joyful place. It can be said that God is not good.

The new calendar on the wall is January 2, 2006, and today is the day of the annual 117th Rose Car Tournament Championship.

This year is not held on New Year's Day because according to tradition, if New Year's Day coincides with Sunday, it must be postponed to Monday. This situation first occurred in the third session in 1893. There is a local legend: "The championship and God have an agreement that we will never hold a tour on Sunday, and he will never let the roses go rain." However, according to the official statement of the Rose Championship Association, "In order to avoid terrible horses being tied outside the local church, it has interfered with the residents' worship."

Now it seems that the legend is really wishful thinking, with wind speeds as high as 72 kilometers before.

The weather forecast for hourly and 130mm rainfall (Pasadena) was unfortunately accurate. Although the Executive Committee did not cancel the championship and the cruise was held as scheduled, the bad weather made the scene a mess! At this time, dozens of beautiful floats from the world and all over the United States, the Silver Bands and the Military Cavalry were moving in the heavy rain, the stands on both sides of Colorado Avenue, and the tourist areas were not very crowded, which was far less lively than before.

"Happy New Year everyone!" On the Rose Royal Floor, this year's Rose Queen Camille Clark waved her hand and said, wearing a beautiful and generous white dress, a shiny queen crown, and a bright smile on her face. As one of the most important and traditional activities in the United States to celebrate the New Year, it is naturally a very honor and happy thing to be elected as the Rose Queen, but how could she not be depressed? From 1955 to 2005, 50 years have been going on! But the 51 years of unlucky things have happened!

After waiting for several months, it was actually like this... Kamiye Clark wiped the rain from his face, and his clothes stuck to his body, which was very uncomfortable. She continued to wave: "Happy New Year everyone!" Maybe her idol Shenqiyang would not come to see it on the scene, it was so bad! The six rose princesses around were also happy and depressed, waving to the tourists on both sides, wearing raincoats or holding umbrellas: "Happy New Year!"

"Wow—The float in Oklahoma is so beautiful!" On the side of the avenue, Joshua, wearing a raincoat, pressed the shutter of the digital camera in his hand repeatedly, and pointed the lens at the Rising Oklahoma float that was patrolling, full of western denim style. Alexis next to him nodded and agreed: "It's very distinctive."

"hope, little sweetheart, look at the floats of China Airlines! woo——" Wang Yang's voice was very excited. He saw that the floats of China Airlines were made of dragon boats. The boat was full of performers wearing civilian costumes, singing and dancing, beating drums and paddling boats. The dragon scales on the boat were carefully drawn and painted gold ornaments. There were several lanterns of different sizes hanging above the sky. The base of the float and the surrounding area were filled with bright roses such as red, white, and blue. The high dragon head was in a very impressive atmosphere. He praised loudly: "It's so beautiful!" Jessica, who was holding her daughter next to her, also exclaimed: "Caramous! hope, look."

Although the large LCD TV screen is not far away, Ke Ke still can't see clearly now. She really wants to sleep, but those two kind voices keep surrounding her...

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agon-boat, dragon boat, dragon boat." Wang Yang taught his daughter a few words and continued to watch the next float. However, listening to the drizzle outside and looking at the bad situation on the scene, he couldn't help but shake his head slightly: "What a pity, why is it raining this year?" Jessica looked regretful: "It's just this year." Of course, this is the first time that the two of them have encountered such weather conditions. A few days ago, they were enthusiastic about taking Ke Ke to the scene to watch, but today they can only stay at home to watch live TV.

If it were before Ke Ke's birth, Wang Yang would be the first to go to Pasadena to join in the fun. Think about it, it has not rained for 50 years, and it has rained heavily in 2006! Isn't this a special thing? He doesn't wear a raincoat and umbrella, just soaked in the rain and watched the parade. When he was in a mood, he could still dance in the rain. How great! After having a child, many things were different. The word "family" had more meanings. He thought and murmured: "Let's wait for the rose bowl for two days."

During the New Year holiday every year, the Rose Bowl, Festival Bowl, Sugar Bowl and Orange Bowl will have a final battle. This year's Rose Bowls are the Texas Longhorn vs Southern California Troy. Because they hold the 2005-06 National Championship (bcs), it was held on the night of the 4th. Longhorns and Troy are the only two unbeaten strong teams in the NCAA region that remain unbeaten this season. The former is the defending champion of the Rose Bowl and the Big-12 region; the latter is the PAC-10 region champion, which is a super strong dialogue!

How much attention is this game? Football critics said, "SCA is in the best state in history" and said, "Texas is a team that can win games." In the eyes of the media, this is the strongest and most anticipated epic showdown in the history of college students' football! This Rose Bowl is one of the hottest hot spots these days, and its ratings will definitely set a record high, and more than 20 million people are expected to watch the live broadcast.

Wang Yang is not a loyal football player. If it is played at the same time as basketball, he will choose basketball, but it does not represent that he has no interest in football. On the contrary, if he is free, he will support any important events in USB. Compared with basketball, the football team at USC is too strong. It has participated in the Rose Bowl most times, and won 21 championships 28 times, while the second place in the University of Michigan is only 19.

Just 7 times, he won't miss the 29th final battle in Pasadena in two days.

No matter if it rains heavily that day, Wang Yang and Jessica will go, because obviously they do not plan to bring a baby over 20 days old to the Rose Bowl Stadium where the atmosphere must be crazy. That day, Ke Ke will be taken care of by Wang's mother, and Wang Yang is preparing to call Nancy and several other friends to enjoy the game together.

"How about our Flame Movie joining the Rose Floor Tournament Championship?" Looking at the gorgeous floats on TV, Wang Yang suddenly said with interest. Jessica frowned and looked dissatisfied: "Well, oh, I don't know, is this helpful to Flame Movie? I don't know." Wang Yang thought for a moment, and the tide of his heart subsided in an instant. He smiled and shook his head: "No, it's better to invest money in a standalone movie." Jessica smiled and nodded: "Yes, I think floats are actually quite luxurious."...

These rose floats are not cheap. From design to making, if you want to be exquisite, the cost of a float can be as high as hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars. Then you will be retiring after a walk while you are traveling.

However, if Fire Movie joins the parade to celebrate the New Year and the success of last year, the media, the filmmakers, the fans... no one would think that "luxury", "not" and "funny", maybe it should be too much! The North American film industry in 2005 is like the current Rose Championship, which has encountered an unprecedented heavy rainstorm in decades! The champion of the annual publisher box office market share ranking was actually won by an independent film company!

New line? Dreamworks? Emperor Gate? Lion Gate?... Of course, it's not all. The new overlord who sits firmly on the throne of the championship is called Flame Movie!

From January 1 to December 31 last year, 9 movies were released in total.

7 new films, with 3 Oscars from Little Golden Man, finally 133 million North American box office

256 million yuan in global box office, and it contributed 41.51 million yuan to ff in 2005; the same three titles of "Crash" by Xiaojinren, 62.31 million yuan in North American box office

The global box office was 109 million, and its box office in North America in 2005 was 31.05 million.

In these two films, ff is undoubtedly the big winner. Their box office results are within the set goals, and this year's new film is even more amazing!

"Kung Fu Panda", which set off a craze for kung fu animation, finally had a box office of 229 million in North America

603 million global box office; The world-shaking "Firefly" has a box office of 650 million North American box office

1.167 billion overseas box office

1.817 billion global box office; Salted Fish's turnaround of "Assassin League" has a box office of 126 million North American box office

321 million global box office; the hottest "Dance My Life 2" 80.13 million North American box office

The overseas market is not fully released with 32.79 million; "Saw 3", which ended the first trilogy, has been drawn offline in North America, with a box office of 113 million. With the overseas market that is not fully released, its global box office is 184.6 million, with great hope of breaking through 200 million.

In December, Brokeback Mountain contributed another 16.55 million; "500 Days with Shamo" which was screened for nine days was 142 million!

Since "500 Days" has been locked in the New Year's Eve Week from December to January to January 5, it has been locked in a big advantage to win the championship again, so ff has won 12 North American weekly championship trophys with nine movies throughout the year, accounting for 23% of the total 52 weeks! It has even swept 1.45 billion in North American box office!! The highest single movie is 650 million, with an average of 161.1 million per movie; an average of 196.7 million per new movie!

Without calculating the release cost of Xuan Chuan, the total production cost of ff's new film is 465 million, while the box office in North America alone is 1.3774 billion! More than 3.2 billion global box office!

Incredible! The results of the Flame Movie in 2004 have already shocked the whole world, but it has become even worse in 2005 and has a completely crazy explosion! It won the annual championship with an absolute advantage of 15.2% of the market share!

Last year, the total box office in North America was finally US$9.524 billion, Warner Bros. won second place with 1.18 billion and 12.3% market share; 20th Century Fox ranked third with 1.15 billion and 12.0% market share; next fourth place is 960 million and 10.0% Universal; fifth place: 9.5% Disney (Bowei); sixth place: 9.5% Sony

Colombia; No. 7: Paramount 9.0%; No. 8: DreamWorks 5.2%; No. 9: New Line 4.4%; No. 10: Lionsgate Pictures, 100 million North American box office "Ghost Records 3" is its most special movie this year.

1.7% of Dimen, 1.7% of Miramax, 1.7% of MGM

United States, 0.9% of Warner's independent position, 0.8% of focus movies, and 0.8% of Fox searchlights ranked 11-16th.

Whether it is the traditional blockbuster with a long history and a huge media group, or the independent film company with a variety of business philosophy and a variety of ways, they have all lost to the Flame Moth and Butterfly Company in the past year, and they have lost no room for maneuver.

Fire Movie has been released from its first movie "Singing and Dance" in 1999. It has not been enough for 7 years to this day. It has stood at the top of the North American film market with a magical and handsome figure and has become the most successful independent filmmaker in history. None of them.

The top ten North American movies in 2005 (365 days) are: no.1 "Firefly", 650 million, ticket sales (calculated by average ticket price) 100 million, publisher: Flame Movie; no.2 "Star Wars Prequel 3: Revenge of the Sith", 380 million, ticket sales of 58.95 million, publisher: 20th Century Fox; no.3 "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", 277 million, ticket sales of 42.95 million, publisher: Warner Bros.

The fourth place is "The World War", 234 million, Paramount; the fifth place is "Kung Fu Panda", 229 million, Fire Flame Movie; the sixth place is "The Legend of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", 225 million, Walt Disney; the seventh place is "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", 206 million, Warner Bros.; the eighth place is "Madagascar", 193 million, DreamWorks; the ninth place is "Wedding Proud", 191 million, New Line; the tenth place is "Mr. Smiths", 177 million, 20th Century Fox.

Top 10, Flame Movie, Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox each account for two, and the 2005 annual box office champion was "Firefly", and the annual global box office champion was "Firefly".

This is the best result of the magical baby Wang Yang's personal career. His previous records were third and fourth respectively. Now he has reached the top in one fell swoop and has become a double annual champion with Flame Movie!

He set off a huge storm around the world. "The Firefly Movie Watching Tide", which made enthusiastic Asian movie fans and fans go crazy. His serious injury and coma made the world terrifying for a week. He and his wife welcomed their first child. His "500 Days with Shamo" continue to be popular and pursued...

"Yang + Flame = Champion!" - Yahoo Entertainment; "Detailed explanation of the Fire Movie is called the road of dominance, and its magical ability shakes the past and present" - Sina Entertainment; "The prototype of the new media empire in the future has begun to appear, and the flame has attacked the movies" - "Wall Street Times"; "What will the flame do when it comes 2006?" - "Los Angeles Times"; "A real and realistic divine talk, a century-long independent movie dream is realized!" - "New York Times"; "Wang Yang's value is hard to estimate, the youngest billionaire crossing entertainment & it" - "Forbes"; "Old Kingsoft Chronicle", "China Shengdu Mail", "Dolonto Star"...

"That's amazing! It turns out that the Flame Movie was the box office champion in the past year? It's unbelievable!" Bruce-g was so amazed. When this amazing news spread quickly on the Internet, the fans of the Iron Pole Flame Movie Movie were cheering, this New Year is so happy!

They all went to the official website and other places to leave messages to support and expressed their expectations for 2006.

yk6 wrote: "I have been looking forward to "Ice Age 3" for too long!! Hurry up and release it!" reeskting wrote: "It seems that there is no blockbuster plan this year, and there is no new movie in Fantasy Yang. It seems that it will not be able to win the annual championship again." k

istijonas happily wrote: "Great! Do it, beat the self-righteous studios all over the ground, and see if they dare to make it into garbage!"

jjnxn wrote: "Among the 6 new movies of the Flame Movie this year, I look forward to "The Rapid Speed ​​2". The first one is so crazy! I can't find the second racing movie that can be compared with it." bsp;  e

ic-a sighed and wrote: "Although it's a pleasure to win the championship with Fire and Fantasy Yang (I'm a fan), is there really no new film released this year? When will I see "I'm a Thriller"? I wish "Firefly" sweeps this year's Oscars!" paul-t wrote: "My thoughts are a bit selfish. I hope that Fantasy Yang, who is a father, will not stop and shoot a good movie as soon as possible!!"...

In addition, the media and fans of the Flame movie fans praised this miracle, and they were also speculating that after the main industry of the film has achieved such a huge success, the Flame Group will continue to be lazy, right? What business will it expand next? Music? Games? Many fans said: "I hope it is music, and I hope Flame can release some good records."

"Thank you very much for your support for Fire Movies over the past year! It is precisely because of your trust and enthusiasm that we have created this unbelievable miracle."

The poster of the Flame Movie, Fona Hasen, expressed his sincere gratitude to the fans on the official website, as sincere and slightly official, and she said: "With such achievements, Flame Movie will not be satisfied or relaxed. We will continue to work hard in 2006! Continue to strictly require the quality of the film and make the audience satisfied! Launch excellent new movies and sequels."

In 2006, ff had confirmed that six new films will be released on a large scale: the animated comedy sequel "Ice Age 3"; the r-level comedy sequel "Hangover 3"; the song and dance comedy "Mammy Mia" adapted from a classic stage drama; the action popcorn "Mad Race 2"; the r-level horror sequel "Saw 4"; and the suspense drama "Magic To Life".
Chapter completed!