China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 175 Thai embarrassment, under one person and above ten thousand

In June, "The Hunger Games" was finished, and Li Mu led the crew back to China. At this time, director Shen Junsheng, who had completed the editing of "Lost in Thailand", found Li Mu immediately. The internal screening of "Lost in Thailand" was amazing. When watching the movie inside Huashang executives, almost everyone was laughing. Director Shen Junsheng couldn't wait to see Li Muli's performance when watching the movie.

"People on the Journey 1" won an astonishing 3 million box office, and "Tai囧" was obviously more funny. Maybe it can win 5 million box office this time?
But the 5 million box office in the domestic market?This is an achievement that no other director in China can achieve except director Li Mu. Therefore, even though the internal adaptation of "Lost in Thailand" is amazing, Shen Junsheng still dare not be too optimistic.

But if the quality of "Lost in Thailand" can be recognized by director Li Mu, it will be completely different. If Mr. Li Mu and Li also say that this movie will be a blockbuster, then there is a high probability that this movie will really be a blockbuster.

The next day after returning home, Wednesday.

At this time, there were only Li Mu and Shen Junsheng in Hua Shang's own screening room.

After the movie officially started, Director Shen Junsheng focused his attention on observing Li Mu's reaction.During the previous internal broadcast, other audiences had to laugh every ten minutes, and every time the audience laughed, Director Shen Junsheng brought great confidence.

Li Mu looked at it very seriously. He was carefully comparing the subtle differences between the two versions of "Tai囧" in his previous life and this life.

"Lost in Thailand" was the first domestic movie with a box office of over 10 billion, and it had a huge impact. In the past, the industry had already disassembled and studied this movie.Based on the opinions of the directors in the circle, the opinions of the producers, the opinions of the actors, and the opinions of countless netizens and audiences, in this life Li Mu synthesized the advantages and disadvantages of the film summed up by countless people in the previous life, plus some of his own opinions, and then made a comprehensive review of this movie. Movies have been optimized to a certain extent.

Now he wants to confirm whether the optimizations he made have a positive effect or a negative effect of superfluous.

As for the joke.

For Li Mu, who has seen it at least a dozen times, this is not a problem at all.

And as time passed by every minute and every second, Director Shen Junsheng's originally very excited heart gradually cooled down at this moment.

Not only did Director Li Mu not laugh even once, he even kept his face expressionless throughout the whole process.

It doesn't look like he's happy with the movie at all.

After 110 minutes, the movie finishes playing.

At this time, Shen Junsheng's heart was completely cold, because during the entire 110-minute viewing process, director Li Mu did not make any laughter during the whole process.

"Lost in Thailand" is a comedy movie, an ambitious film that Shen Junsheng is full of confidence to take in 5 million box office. As a result, Li Mu, a world-class talented director, seems not too interested in "Lost in Thailand"?
"Director?" At this time, Shen Junsheng was a little nervous. It was obvious that "Laughing Fruit" was amazing during the internal screening, but it happened to come to Director Li Mu. Could it be that Director Li missed it this time?No, Director Li is not wrong, Director Li has never missed it!

"That's right, let's arrange for the Spring Festival to be released." Li Mu said in a rather calm tone.

"Not bad? Director, do you think the filming of "Lost in Thailand" is okay?"

After hearing Li Mu's words, Shen Junsheng's face instantly lit up with hope again, but he still wanted to confirm whether Director Li was really optimistic about "Lost in Thailand".

Li Mu smiled lightly: "It's not okay, it's very good, old Shen, this time I've improved a lot."

Shen Junsheng's heart was warm, so he opened his mouth to express his ambition:
"Director Li, do you think this movie can break the box office of 5 million?"

"This one……"

Li Mu didn't rush to answer, but began to think seriously.

First of all, there is definitely no problem with the quality of this version of "四囧 in Thailand". After reading it carefully, Li Mu can even confirm that this version of "囧太囧" is definitely better than the original version in the previous life. After all, this version stands on the shoulders of the predecessors.

Secondly, the popularity foundation of this version is far stronger than the original version in the previous life.In the previous life, "People on the Journey" before "Lost in Thailand" only had a box office of tens of millions, but in this life, the box office of "People on the Journey" was 3 million.The box office appeal of Xu Zheng, Wang Baoqiang, and Huang Bo in the previous life is definitely far inferior to the combination of Shen Teng, Wang Baoqiang, and Huang Bo in this life. "The Way to Steal the Key" starring Shen Teng and Huang Bo, "People on the Journey 1" starring Shen Teng and Wang Baoqiang, "People on the Journey: Lost in Thailand" starring Shen Teng, Wang Baoqiang, and Huang Bo—all these people , are all comedy movies, and this kind of movies produced by Huashang have already laid a solid audience foundation.

Once again, the screenwriter of this movie is Li Mu, and there is Liu Yifei as a guest star.The attraction of this to the audience is simply nuclear bomb level.The grand occasion of "Gravity" sweeping the world at the end of last year and the beginning of this year has made most audiences trust Li Mu almost to a blind level.

Finally, although "Lost in Thailand" in this life will be released two years earlier than in the previous life, theoretically the number of domestic screens and the total number of moviegoers will be smaller at this time, but in this life, when Li Mu keeps making blockbuster movies repeatedly, The total number of domestic screens and the number of moviegoers have been expanding at a speed far exceeding that of the previous life. Therefore, although this time is two years earlier, the market potential at this time is already no less than the level of 2012 in the previous life.

So looking at it all together, Li Mu feels that the performance of this version of "Tai囧" should surpass the original version in the previous life.

And when Li Mu seriously compared the two versions of "Tai囧", the heart of Shen Junsheng, who had just regained some confidence, sank again.

After waiting for a long time, Li Mu finally expressed his judgment: "5 million box office should be no problem."

Shen Jun let out a long breath.

Although Director Li didn't smile the whole time, he praised "Lost in Thailand"!

Explain that although "Tai囧" is not amazing enough, it is not bad overall.

At this time, Shen Junsheng immediately put on a pitiful expression and said: "Director Li, if you want me to watch "Lost in Thailand", it is better not to schedule it to be released during the Spring Festival."

Li Mu asked curiously, "Why?"

Shen Junsheng spread his hands and said, "Because your boss is going to release "The Hunger Games" during the Spring Festival! How many directors across the country want to release your movie at the same time as Director Li?"

Li Mu thought to himself: "This time, I really didn't worry too much. The domestic box office of "The Hunger Games" obviously can't beat "Lost in Thailand"!"

However, he didn't need to disclose these in advance, and what Shen Junsheng said also made sense. The two films of the same company should be arranged separately.

"Then on the summer file."

"Okay." Shen Junsheng said eagerly.

Li Mu raised his head and asked: "Why do I feel that your kid's state is not right, it's like getting blood from a chicken?"

Shen Junsheng chuckled and said, "The Great Earthquake directed by Feng Xiaogang is also on file this summer."

Li Mu asked with great interest: "Why, listening to your tone, you want to break arms with director Feng Xiaogang? Director Feng has always been one of the most popular directors in China."

Shen Junsheng said with high fighting spirit on his face: "Director Feng has indeed always been one of the best-selling directors in China. The domestic box office of the last film "If You Are the One" is only ranked behind "Gravity", "Inception", "Doomsday Collapse", After "Taken 2", "Founding of the People's Republic of China" and "Assassin", it ranks seventh, and is currently one of the most powerful contenders for "Li Muxia's No. [-] director" in the hearts of netizens."

Li Mu was obviously stunned for a moment, and asked: "Wait, what did you just say, the number one? What do you mean?"

Shen Junsheng smiled and said, "Director Li, you don't know yet? It's just a controversy that has arisen on the Internet recently about who is the director of Huaxia who is under one person and above ten thousand."

"what?"

Li Mu asked in surprise: "'Below one person, above ten thousand?' Why does this sound so awkward?"

Shen Junsheng smiled and said: "It's not awkward at all, Director Li, who is the best director in China? The whole network recognizes you as Director Li. There is no suspense, and there is no need for any debate, so now netizens can argue. The only thing that matters is the topic of 'the number one director under Li Mu', referred to as 'the director under one person and above ten thousand people', and the most popular ones are director Zhang Yimou, director Chen Kaige, director Feng Xiaogang, hehe, and me."

Li Mu said helplessly: "Isn't the netizen trying to recruit me? Director Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang are both top directors. If these two see netizens put their names on this list, then it's not a direct result. It exploded."

Shen Junsheng said with a smile: "I think this 'one person is under ten thousand people' is very prestigious. People don't want it, but I want it."

(End of this chapter)