China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 155 Doom premieres, an epoch-making disaster film
The news that Li Mu announced that he was preparing to film "The Hunger Games" undoubtedly dropped a depth bomb on the Chinese entertainment industry. For a time, countless men and women in the entertainment industry were actively running for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Beijing City, Fan Binbin's home.

On the coffee table in front of Fan Binbin were nail files, polishing sticks, nail remover pads, polish remover, beech wood sticks, finger oil and other tools.She herself sat on the sofa and painted her nails, while anxiously waiting for news from her manager Yang Tianzhen.

Yang Tianzhen went to see director Li Mu's assistant Chen Zhixi, the purpose of which was of course to get a role in "The Hunger Games".

The global sales of "The Hunger Games" series of novels have reached 4500 million copies, and the global influence is astonishing; according to statistics from netizens, the total box office of director Li Mu's works has reached 25.63 billion U.S. dollars, and the global box office of only one film "Inception" is Up to $9.56 million.

There is no doubt that participating in the work of director Li Mu is equal to a masterpiece.

Li Lianhua used to be on the same level as her, and the two even competed for the first sister of Huayi, but it turned out that because Li Lianhua acted in two films directed by Li Mu, her salary has reached 200 million US dollars, and her salary of Fan Binbin So far it is only 200 million RMB.

Liu Yifei used to be far inferior to her, but it turned out that because she got on the big ship of Li Mu, now Liu Yifei has a huge reputation in Hollywood, with a salary of 200 million US dollars, while her salary of Fan Binbin is still 200 million yuan.

If it was her, Fan Binbin, who participated in director Li Mu's work...?
"Binbin."

After a little effort, Yang Tianzhen arrived.

"Sister Tianzhen, come and sit down."

As soon as Fan Binbin saw Yang Tianzhen's expression, he knew that things were not going well.

Yang Tianzhen sat opposite Fan Binbin and said, "Director Li Mu's assistant said that there are only two female characters of yellow race in "The Hunger Games" besides the heroine, and these two roles are not suitable for you."

Fan Binbin nodded helplessly.

Yang Tianzhen continued: "One of the roles is the heroine's younger sister. Director Li's assistant said that you are too old to play this role."

Fan Binbin couldn't help but pause when he was applying nail polish. At this moment, Yang Tianzhen continued: "Assistant Chen Zhixi later said that there is another role that is the heroine's mother. This time she said that you are too young to play this role." Role."

Fan Binbin suddenly took a deep breath, and then saw her throw the nail polish in her hand on the coffee table in front of her, and her face became a little ugly.

This time, she really broke her defenses.

I remember when casting for "Taken 1", Xiying was very satisfied with her at first, and she was very hopeful to take this role, but Li Mu, who was just a screenwriter at that time, stood up and directly said her age Too big to fit.

She was only 23 years old at that time, but Li Mu actually disliked her for being too old!
She almost broke her defense that time.

Then came the casting of "Assassin", which was the peak duel between two kung fu superstars, Cheng Long and Li Lian. Later, Li Lianhua gained international fame with this film. As a result, Li Mu, who was already the director at that time, directly said her age It's too young, it's not suitable to act as a couple with Brother Cheng Long!
Where is it wrong?It's clearly an excuse!

Later, the "Shinjuku Incident" filmed by her and Cheng Long was pretty good, right?

That time she really broke the defense.

Then this time, in order to be able to participate in "The Hunger Games", she had already given in everything she could. As a result——as a result, Director Li Mu directly gave her a combination of the previous two damages!

For the first time, it is inappropriate to say that she is too old.

The second time she said that she was too young and inappropriate.

The third time that she is both too old and too young, so neither role is suitable? !

MMP, a swear word came to Fan Binbin's mind instantly.

"Calm down, you must be calm, you will grow old when you get angry!" Fan Binbin said to himself after taking a deep breath.

……

When the news came out that Li Mu needed a girl around 12 years old for his new film, hundreds of information about the little girl were soon handed over to Li Mu's desk, but Li Mu was not in the mood to watch these at all. The Doomsday Collapse is about to be released, and Li Mu has to focus on the promotion of the new movie for the time being.

Since June, the film studio has released dozens of movie trailers—Chinese version, American version, RB version, Korean version, French version, German version and so on.

With the continuous release of movie trailers, the worldwide popularity of "Collapse" is rapidly increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Earthquakes, tsunamis, collapsing skyscrapers, and catastrophic catastrophes, the quality of the film is still unknown, but judging from the trailer, this is what disaster movies should look like in netizens' minds.

As the popularity of "Doomsday Collapse" continues to increase, the hearts of many major domestic directors are more complicated than one another.

hangzhou.

Director Feng Xiaogang, who is currently filming "The Great Earthquake", has already clearly felt the increasing popularity of "The Doomsday Collapse".

Of course, his relationship with Li Mu was okay, and he didn't expect Director Li Mu to suffer a big fall, but it was inevitable to feel a little helpless and even powerless in his heart.

In the past, Feng Xiaogang was synonymous with box office appeal. From 1999 to 2003, Feng Xiaogang won three annual box office champions in five years!
In terms of box office hits, he is really not afraid of anyone.

In the end, Li Mu stepped into the entertainment circle at a young age.

Good guy, he felt as if he had suddenly gone from full of power to powerless.

As far as the domestic box office alone is concerned, he barely dares to fight for it, but who in the 21st century is still fighting for the domestic box office with you!

His first film was a big hit in the international market. What's even more frightening is that none of the subsequent films made $3 million, and the scariest thing is that "Inception" took in $9.56 million. global box office of ? !How do you let these domestic directors compete with Li Mu?
Although everyone can't compete with Li Mu in the domestic market, at least they can fight, but in the international market, there is no need to compare them together, okay?

The most frightening thing is that this year, Li Mu has two films released in the past six months, and "The End of the World" will be released soon, and there will be a "Gravity" at the end of the year.

Who can understand Feng Xiaogang's mood now?
In the past five years, he won the annual box office three times. Now Li Mu is going to take the top four of the annual box office alone. Feng Xiaogang can only compete for the fifth at most?
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Director Jiang Wen is currently actively preparing for his new movie "Let the Bullets Fly". Like director Feng Xiaogang, he is also feeling the increasing enthusiasm for "The Doomsday Collapses".

He has watched every movie of Li Mu. He admits that even if he gives himself the same amount of money, he may not be able to make a movie like "Inception". Even if you look at the whole Hollywood, this movie is top-notch. .

It can be said that Jiang Wen is not convinced by anyone when it comes to making movies, but he has to admit that Li Mu is indeed very good.

However, he did not underestimate himself.

He admits that he may not be able to shoot "Inception", but Li Mu may not be able to shoot well what he can shoot, such as "Let the Bullets Fly", which he is about to start shooting. Li Mu may not be able to do it when he comes !
……

Gan Province.

Director Zhang Yimou, who filmed "Three Guns Surprise" in the Northwest, has also clearly felt the rising popularity of "The Doomsday Collapse" recently.

However, he doesn't really care much about how much "Doomsday Collapse" can win the global box office. Whether it's [-] million US dollars, [-] million US dollars, or even [-] million US dollars or [-] million US dollars, this is not Zhang Yimou's best. concerned.

At this moment, he is concerned about how much box office "Gravity" can get.

It can be said that the filming process of "Gravity" shocked Director Zhang Yimou very much. It turns out that the technology of foreign crews has reached this point, and the great changes in the film industry are coming. It is judged that the movie can get a box office of 20 billion US dollars.

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On July 7, the world premiere of the disaster movie "The Doomsday Collapse" was held at the Olympic Sports Center. Director Li Mu and leading actors Cheng Long, Yang Ziqiong, Liu Yifei, etc. all attended. In addition, friends in the circle of the film creators also expressed their opinions on the spot. support.

From 7:24 on July [-], the movie will be officially released nationwide.

From July 7th, all kinds of exclamations began to appear frequently in theater screening halls across the country.

Hollywood has made countless disaster blockbusters, but it is actually rare that the entire city is completely destroyed and the performance is so shocking like "The Collapse of Doom".

In the past, even if there was one, it was usually just a meteorite from outer space smashing into the city like a nuclear bomb, and then the whole city and even the whole earth were destroyed.

But "Doomsday Collapse" is completely different. This movie shows very common natural disasters on the earth, such as earthquakes and tsunamis, but their power has been magnified countless times.

Under the super earthquake, the surface of the entire city shattered and drifted like melting ice. Countless skyscrapers with dozens of floors collapsed completely like sand. Actively large cities were completely destroyed in an instant.

The Hoover Dam, the Golden Gate Bridge, and skyscrapers, every huge destruction can be called a visual spectacle, and it often makes the audience in the theater give out sincere admiration.

It can even be said that before the movie "2012" was released, "The Doomsday Collapse" was the ceiling of similar disaster films. It seems that only the 2004 "The Day After Tomorrow" can surpass "The Doomsday Collapse" in disaster scenes, but "The Day After Tomorrow" The disaster of "The Day After Tomorrow" is completely different from the disaster of "The Doomsday Collapse".

In particular, this movie was made by an out-and-out Huaxia director. A disaster movie of this level is considered the top-notch even in Hollywood. Disaster blockbuster, this is simply the dream of countless Chinese movie audiences for many years, and now Director Li Mu helps everyone realize this dream.

As a result, when the movie was shown, there were exclamations one after another in the theater.

"Brilliant!"

"Fuck!"

"Is this filmed by director Huaxia?"

"This shit can only be photographed by Li Mu!"

Immediately after leaving the theater, countless people frantically told their friends about the movie "The End of the World Collapses".

"Totally exceeded expectations, very, very beautiful, no urine spots throughout the whole process, definitely worth the fare!"

"The most shocking movie I have ever seen, the disaster scene is unprecedented, and the rhythm is even more textbook-level."

"The ceiling in disaster films, in my mind, apart from "The Day After Tomorrow", this film has no rival in the field of disaster films."

"The movie is really suitable for Uncle Long to act in. It can even be said that this film can only be played by Uncle Long. Li Mu's tailor-made movie for Uncle Long is very likely to become the highest-grossing film in Uncle Long's decades of film career. s work!"

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At around 24:11 on the night of the 45th, Li Mu was already sound asleep, but Liu Yifei was so excited that he couldn't fall asleep at all.

Seeing that it was 12 o'clock in the morning, and China Film Group was about to send over the film's first-day data, Liu Yifei simply shook Li Mu awake. She really, really wanted to witness the film's first-day box office with Li Mu.

Li Mu felt a little upset when he was shaken awake, so he said in a daze, ""Inception" has also won a box office of 9.56 million US dollars. Now that "Doomsday Collapse" is released, why are you so excited that you can't sleep? Be obedient and go to sleep , the box office results will not run away even if I look at it tomorrow.”

After speaking, Li Mu turned over and continued to sleep, but Liu Yifei quit.She first said to tell Li Mu not to sleep first, and then she simply scratched Li Mu's itch, but it turned out that Li Mu was really sleepy, but no matter how Liu Yifei acted like a monster, Li Mu just fell asleep when he should.

In the end, Liu Yifei bit her lips, and then she leaned into Li Mu's ear and said something, and Li Mu immediately recovered.

"Really? Really? Don't regret it later!"

"I don't want to pull it down."

"I don't want... how could I not want to?"

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Half an hour later, Li Mu's cell phone suddenly turned on. Liu Yifei rolled over Li Mu to reach for the cell phone, took it over and saw that it was China Film Group that sent the box office data of the first day of "The Doomsday Collapse".

Liu Yifei skillfully opened the email, and then glanced at the content of the email, and then showed a look of excitement on his face.

"you are great!"

Li Mu had a smug look on his face.

"Now you know how powerful it is? Let's see if you dare to provoke me again in the future!"

Liu Yifei blushed a lot.

"Bah! That's not what I'm talking about, it's the film's premiere box office, 7500 million!"

"Ah? Isn't it? Hahaha, sorry, I got it wrong."

"You rascal!" Liu Yifei leaned into Li Mu's arms and said.

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At noon on July 7th, the relevant main creative personnel of the film "Nightclub" gathered together, director Yang Qing, starring Xu Zheng, Li Xiaolu, Qiao Renliang, everyone had the words "joy and encouragement" written on their faces.

"cheers!"

Several people toasted together, and then everyone drank it all in one gulp.

The movie "Nightclub" had its national premiere yesterday and achieved very good results. According to the data given by China Film, "Nightclub" earned a total of 210 million yuan at the box office on the first day of its release.

This is considered a great success for a film with an investment of only 250 million.

at the same time.

The crew of the film "Eavesdropping" is also celebrating the success of their film's first-day box office.

According to the data given by China Film Group, the movie "Eavesdropping" earned a total of 1100 million box office on the first day of its release, which also made it the first Xiangjiang police film to exceed 1 million on its first day in the Mainland. Many theaters predicted This film is expected to break through the [-] million yuan mark.

On July 7th, there are three new movies released across the country, namely "Eavesdropping" starring Liu Qingyun, Gu Tianle, Wu Yanzu, and Zhang Jingchu; "Nightclub" starring Xu Zheng and Li Xiaolu; and "The Doomsday Collapse" directed by Li Mu.

Now the box office on the first day has been released, and the main creators of "Eavesdropping" and "Nightclub" are all satisfied with the results of their films. It's just that while the two crews are celebrating at home, they are also always paying attention to Li Mu's movie "Doomsday". Collapse" news.

At around [-]:[-] p.m., Sina Entertainment finally released the box office data for the first day of "The End of the World".

"The box office of "The Doomsday Collapse" was 7500 million yuan on the first day. This year, director Li Mu's third blockbuster movie was born!"

After seeing the relevant news, Xu Zheng drank the wine in the glass directly in front of him.

Although "Nightclub" is a big hit at the box office, I feel... aggrieved!

A few of them are still celebrating here with a box office of 210 million on the first day. Looking at director Li Mu, the box office on the first day is all 8000 to [-] million!
210 million against 7500 million, the gap is so big that it makes people desperate, and I don't know when I can really get ahead.

"Eavesdropping" producer Er Dongsheng, directors Zhuang Wenqiang, Mai Zhaohui and others looked at the data of "Doomsday Collapse" with mixed emotions.

It stands to reason that everyone's box office results have all met expectations, and they should even be considered good results, but looking at the results of "Doomsday Collapse"—good guy, 7500 million on the first day?
The daily box office is 7500 million on Friday, but it is less than [-] million on Saturday?
The single-day box office is going to exceed [-] million?
　Thank you "boring middle-aged man" for the reward. I'm very sorry that I didn't ask for leave. I will definitely ask for leave if I can't update in the future. I won't have it tonight.

　　It's a little bit stuck, if it doesn't get stuck tomorrow, make up for it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)