China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 254 A bunch of low-cost, high-grossing films with an astonishing rate of return

The first weekend grossed US$2170 million, surpassing "The Expendables 2" starring Stallone and Li Lian, and became the North American weekend box office champion!

After reading the relevant reports, Zhen Bullet couldn't help feeling complicated.

In fact, as soon as it was reported that Hua Shang had prepared an action movie for Wu Jing, his friends in the circle suggested that he also follow Li Mu's footsteps.

It is recognized in the circle that Li Mu's vision for watching movies is unparalleled in the world!
How many movies have been made that have a global box office of more than one billion US dollars?Li Mu even accumulated the global box office of his personally directed works to more than 50 billion US dollars in just six or seven years, ranking third in the world!And it is about to surpass the legendary director Cameron.

Therefore, no matter who it is, as long as it is recognized by Li Mu, the future is absolutely bright!

Zhen Bullet intends to make a big splash in the international film industry, so how could he not try to get along with Li Mu?With his kung fu foundation of Zhen Zi, if Li Mu's shocking talent in the film industry is added, then maybe after Cheng Long and Li Lianlian, the third Chinese international Kung Fu superstar will be born!
Originally, Zhen Bullet was the most promising seed player to become an international Kung Fu superstar after Cheng Long and Li Lianlian, but now Wu Jing is bound with Hua Shang and Li Mu in advance, so will he be the third Chinese Kung Fu superstar in the future? Wu shocked?
So what are you waiting for if you don't hurry up?

To be honest, after listening to the persuasion of his friends, Zhen Bullet was really tempted.You can inquire a little bit, yes!Wu Jing bought this new movie with a six-year contract of selling himself, and it is said that the terms of the contract are quite harsh.Signing such a harsh contract in exchange for such a movie—it is said that the investment is only more than 1000 million US dollars, which is considered small among B-grade movies, what is there to envy? !
I took the initiative to ask Li Mumao to recommend myself, regardless of the situation of people ignoring you, even if they ignore you, and then throw out such a low-cost movie, then will you accept it or not?

No answer?
It was you who asked for it.

take it?

It really doesn't make much sense.

Movies of this level are of course a treasure for Wu Jing, but for the current Zhen Zibao, it's okay to have them, and it won't be a pity if they don't.

Let's wait and see!

As a result, we waited for a North American weekly box office champion!

Just such a low-budget B-grade movie with an investment of more than 1000 million yuan, it became the North American box office champion? !

He, Li Mu, really can create stars and box office myths by just throwing out a script at will?
Also, the overlord clause signed by Wu Jing and Hua Shang seems to stipulate how many movies Hua Shang will prepare for him within six years. If all the films in these agreements are action movies, then the results will not be weak. As for the current "Quick Chase", then, good guy, Wu Jing really has a chance to catch up with him in the field of action movies!

A "Quick Chase" made Zhen Bullet feel a sense of crisis in an instant.

As for the leading actor Wu Jing, when he first signed the six-year contract, he also murmured in his heart. He felt that the contract was too restrictive for him. It is not completely different if there are more restrictions. There are more companies with more restrictions. Some are signed by artists, I am afraid that they will only restrict you but not provide you with high-quality resources.

Wu Jing was also worried about this when he was muttering, but now the first film arranged by the company for him is released, good guy, the weekend box office champion in North America!
Forget the North American champion, but the runner-up happened to be Li Lianlian's "The Expendables 2", which made him more and more confident in his future and in creating his own era of kung fu movies!
When the film was released on the seventh day, its domestic box office officially exceeded the 4 million yuan mark, the North American box office totaled 3150 million U.S. dollars, the cumulative overseas box office totaled 5400 million U.S. dollars, and the cumulative global total box office was 7.74 million yuan.

During the seven days of release, the cumulative global box office was 7.74 million, with an average daily box office of more than 1 million!

This number may not be a big deal for Li Mu's other films, but for the films starring Wu Jing, this is already an unprecedented success.

At the same time, "Shark Beach", which was released on the 20th of last month, has also begun to be screened around the world.

In the end, the film made a total of 7.93 million yuan at the domestic box office, a total of 1.87 million US dollars at the overseas box office, and a final global box office of 3.03 million US dollars-Yang Mi became famous in the first battle!
Speaking of Yang Mi, she is usually very free and easy, and usually does not get entangled in other people's opinions, or what has happened.How others want to see it is other people's business, just accept what has happened, and don't get entangled, in short, the mentality is very good.

For example, during the release of "Shark Beach", except for paying attention to the box office in the first few days, she basically did what she should do in the later stage, and all the scolding or compliments on the Internet were left behind, and she did her work seriously in the future. Is the most important, tangled once upon a time has no meaning.

She didn't even pay much attention to the box office of the follow-up "Shark Beach", until she saw someone on the Internet saying that the global box office of "Shark Beach" officially broke the 3 million US dollars mark, and she suddenly realized that "Shark Beach" It's so awesome!

3 million US dollars at the box office, converted into RMB is nearly 20 billion!
She, Yang Mi, actually acted as the heroine of a 20 billion movie by herself?I didn't even dare to think about it before, it's really incredible!

Yang Mi is really free and easy, but not every minute and every second.For example, the day "Shark Beach" officially broke through the $3 million mark at the box office, she couldn't help but send Li Mu a WeChat message.

"Mr. Li, the global box office of "Shark Beach" has broken through 3 million US dollars!"

So what is Li Mu doing at this time?

It was just past nine o'clock in the evening, and Li Mu was already asleep, not asleep, but asleep!
To put it simply, he was playing arhat with Liu Yifei, and then the phone next to the bed turned on.

How could Li Mu be in the mood to look at his phone at this time?As a result, Liu Yifei picked it up casually, and then took a look, okay, Yang Mi!
She handed the phone to Li Mu.

"Someone looking for you!"

"Who is it?"

"A big beauty!"

"No time!"

"Come on, maybe someone is looking for you for something very important?"

Li Mu was still too lazy to watch it, and then Liu kept pestering him to watch it, so watch it!
"3 million? Not bad not bad!"

As a result, Yang Mi replied: "It's not 3 million, it's 3 million US dollars!"

Li Mu: "Is there a difference?"

Yang Mi: "Of course there is a difference!"

Li Mu asked again: "What's the difference?"

Yang Mi: "One is very ordinary, and the other is very powerful!"

"Well, is there anything else? If not, I won't talk about it." Li Mu said.

"Are you busy now?" Yang Mi asked in a message.

Li Mu: "Busy."

"What are you busy with?"

"Washing clothes!"

After speaking, Li Mu put down the phone and ignored Yang Mi, but Liu Yifei picked up Li Mu's phone casually again.

To be honest, she thinks Li Mu is a straight man, if she asks him to reply to WeChat, will he really reply?Can't you turn off your phone and ignore her?Doesn't he really know that he is about to get angry now?

Huh?
do the laundry?
"What does this mean?" Liu Yifei asked Li Mu.

"What are you talking about!" Li Mu leaned into Liu Yifei's ear and explained with a smile, "It is said that there was a couple in the past, and when they were married, they set a secret code, which was to wash clothes. The two even met each other occasionally. Let the children pass the word. Once the husband just finished making his wife angry, he asked the child to say that he wanted to do laundry. But the wife said that the washing machine was broken and couldn’t be washed. The woman’s anger disappeared. Then I asked the child to spread the word that the washing machine was repaired and could be washed, but the child brought back the man’s reply: 'There is no need for the washing machine, he has already washed it by hand!'”

Liu Yifei reacted for a while after listening, and then burst out laughing. While laughing, she punched Li Mu's shoulder. After a while, she asked, "Are there many people who know this joke?"

"You should all know it, right? It seems to be widely spread."

On the other side, Yang Mi was still wondering.

"Does he still wash clothes by himself? He is so rich and busy, manages so many companies, prepares so many film and television dramas, why does he still wash clothes by himself? Isn't this a waste of time?"

Yang Mi obviously never heard that joke.

……

In August, Huashang Media has two films under intense shooting, including "Send You A Little Red Flower" directed by Li Mu himself, and "Send You A Little Red Flower" directed by Shen Junsheng. "To Our Dying Youth" by Si Jinhua.

In addition, the company also has a TV series that is being filmed, which is "The Legend of Zhen Huan" starring Sun Li, Jiang Xin, Chen Jianbin, etc., and another TV series that is still in the preliminary stage of preparation, that is, "The Prince" starring Zhang Tianai has been confirmed. Concubine's Promotion".

Also in August, "Quick Chase" directed by Lin Chaoxian and starring Wu Jing continued to achieve good box office results at home and abroad.

In China, after the film broke the 4 million yuan mark at the box office in seven days after its release, it officially broke through the 17 million yuan mark on No. 6 days.

In the international market, 20 days after the film's global release, its cumulative overseas box office has reached 9730 million US dollars.

As a result, its global box office total has come to 1.86 million US dollars.

Then many netizens and even insiders are comparing the two films together.

In fact, there are many similarities between the two films.

For example, the investment scale of the two films is about the same, more than 1000 million US dollars.

For example, the protagonists of the two films have almost no international influence.

Another example is that the overseas box office of the two films are all good.

In fact, not only these two films, but also "Time and Space Traveler", which was released on Valentine's Day this year, almost unanimously, netizens are comparing these three films together.

"It's kind of scary!"

"really!"

"The investment scale of the three films is not large, and as a result, whether it is in the domestic or overseas markets, all of them have exploded at the box office!"

"It's fine if it's just a hit at the domestic box office, but even overseas..."

"Bai Bing from "Time and Space Traveler", Yang Mi from "Shark Beach", and Wu Jing from "John Wick" are three actors who have no overseas reputation at all, but the results of "Time and Space Traveler" and "Shark Beach" The global box office has all broken the 3 million USD mark! "John Wick" may not be close, but 2.4 million USD should not be a big problem, it really can be a hit at any time!"

"The total cost of the three films is only more than 2000 million and less than 3000 million US dollars. As a result, the total global box office is at least 8.5 million US dollars. This return on investment is really amazing!"

"It's really better to make a movie than to do anything. Look at Hua Shang's project, it's a huge profit!"

In short, whether it is netizens or insiders, the more you study the film and television dramas that Huashang Media has invested in these years, the more scary you feel.Film and television dramas have always been extremely risky investment projects. It is not uncommon for a movie to bring down a large film and television company, whether it is domestic or international. How come Li Mu and Huashang Media have never rushed to the street? What about a lucrative deal?

How does Li Mu judge whether a project can be recognized by the market?
Really speechless, can't really just rely on intuition?

Some film and television company bosses even said in private:

"Since Li Mu is so good, why not give him half of the shares of all domestic film and television companies for free? We don't need him to do anything, just use his vision. If he says that the project can be invested, then the company will invest. That project, he said that he couldn’t vote for that project, so no matter how good the script looked, we wouldn’t vote! You said that in this way, our company would be able to make a steady profit without losing money? At that time, he would be given half of the proceeds for nothing , we also make money!"

The boss just complained at the wine table, but in the end, a film and television company really came to him, and he really wanted to give Li Mu a third of the shares for nothing. He just asked, let us consult you If a film can be cast and which one can’t, you give a letter of approval, and you don’t have to worry about the rest, just wait for the money to be collected.

When Li Mu heard Liu Siying mentioning this matter, he thought it was quite funny. He couldn't help but wonder if he really wanted to make a movie or two to neutralize it?
If this goes on like this, I almost feel like a normal person!

Movies that hit the box office are released in advance, but movies and TV dramas that hit the street can be launched first.

For example, the "Gong 2" project, although word of mouth is rushed, but the ratings and copyright price of the original time and space are really high!This kind of project that is destined to make a lot of money should be shot or still have to be shot.

"Scary Step by Step 2", also known as "Scary Step by Step", has a very mediocre box office reputation.

Whether it's box office or word-of-mouth, one has to be accounted for, otherwise what's Li Mutu?

……

The time has entered September, and the "Princess Concubine's Promotion" that has just been prepared has been launched in a low-key manner. The exclusive iQiyi has already pre-booked.

Because no matter how you look at it, Huashang Media is a bit too perfunctory this time.

It's fine if the investment is low, but if the investment is high, the company's own 9000 million won't be able to buy the exclusive copyright, but it's a bit too much for all the actors to use tricks.

That's right, "Princess Concubine's Promotion" is indeed just a web drama, but the quality still needs to be minimum, right?
But it's not good to question it directly. After all, Hua Shang has never missed a shot before. It can't be that his family is really so unlucky. The only time Hua Shang rushed to the street was just overtaken by him, right?
Now that the contract has been signed, he can only choose to trust Hua Shang and Li Mu.

In addition, another new film of Huashang Company has also started the preparatory work, that is, "Space Passenger", which will be directed by Guo Fan, and Li Lianhua and Duan Yihong will play the male and female protagonists.

However, compared to other films, the pre-production time for this type of sci-fi film must be longer. According to Guo Fan, it would be good to start the film after four months of preparation.

In addition, as this year's National Day is approaching, Huashang Media's other film "Huaxia Partner" has also started a large-scale publicity stage before its national release.

(End of this chapter)