China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 256 Sense of Crisis, Huaxia Partners Explode at the Box Office

From the perspective of Tencent Video, if you sell iQIYI for a solo drama, it will cost 9000 million, but if you sell me, you will take the initiative to reduce it to 6000 million. Is this looking down on me, the big penguin?Or will the quality of the new dramas given to us be obviously inferior to others?How about that?Is my big penguin worth 3000 million?

Li Mu had no choice but to explain to the other party, saying that "Princess Concubine's Promotion" has a total of 36 episodes, and for this drama prepared for your company, we plan to make 20 episodes first, and the other party nodded in approval.

……

The time has entered the second half of September, and "Quick Chase" has entered the end of the entire release cycle. At this time, its domestic box office has accumulated 6.8 million, and its overseas box office has accumulated 1.4 million US dollars. At this time, the film's box office growth rate has been very slow. It may already be unable to break the $2.6 million mark at the global box office.

During the release of the film, Wu Jing received calls from two kung fu superstars, Li Lianlian and Cheng Long.Li Lianlian specifically called Wu Jing on the phone, saying that "Quick Chase" was very successful, but the more successful it was, the more low-key he had to be as much as possible. How many are really popular?
In the end, he even told him earnestly, saying that the key to your success is not actually yourself, but that you happen to belong to the same camp as Li Mu.

In the end, he said very bluntly: "Remember, Hua Shang is the key to how much you can achieve in the future. Don't be dazzled by temporary achievements."

Li Lianlian's words must be for Wu Jing's benefit, but such words are actually not pleasant, but fortunately Wu Jing listened to them.

He has been in the Hong Kong circle for so many years, what has he gained?He has only invested in Huashang Media for less than a year, so what has he gained?

Mr. Li once told him that the ideas he prepared for the "Quick Chase" series alone are enough to shoot six films.

I don’t know whether Li always talks casually or is it true. If it is true, if all six films can still achieve the results of "John Wick 1", then with this series of masterpieces, even if I am still far behind Cheng Long Eldest brother and senior brother Li Lianlian, then they are definitely international martial arts superstars, right?

Besides this series, Zongxin Li provided him with "Wolf Warrior" which is also very good. He has carefully read the script several times and really likes it.

Brother Li Lianjie is actually right. Mr. Li is the biggest reliance on him to realize his dream of kung fu movies.

Compared with Li Lianlian's heart and soul, what Brother Cheng Long said is relatively simple. According to Brother Cheng Long, "John Wick" is a very good kung fu movie. He sincerely congratulates Wu Jing's new film on the success .

In addition, many people in the circle sent him congratulatory text messages, including many people who he had previously asked the other party to give him a chance.

In just a few months, the treatment has made a world of difference.

During an interview with a reporter later, a reporter asked him, "Josh Chase 1" has been a success, so when will the sequel "Josh Chase 2" be made?Or is there still "Quick Chase 2"?
These are also issues that many ordinary viewers are most concerned about. Although the plot of "John Wick" is a little weaker, it has advantages far beyond other similar films in other aspects, such as action, violence, and decisive killing.

There may be many people who don't like this type of movie, but there are also many people who like this movie very, very much.

Because this film is almost the ceiling of this type of film in many ways.

Regarding this question, Wu Jing only thought for a moment, and then replied: "There should be a second part, because Mr. Li told me that he has already thought about the plots of the first five parts of this series."

"Five?" The reporter was very surprised. Although he didn't know whether what Wu Jing said was true or not, he still complimented him, "Five films with a box office of 2.5 million US dollars will reach a total box office of 12.5 billion US dollars. Congratulations, Wu Jing, I think when all five films are released, you must have achieved a great career in Hollywood."

Wu Jing couldn't help but remind the reporter: "Actually, Mr. Li told me that the "John Wick" series will get better and better, and the box office results will also get higher and higher!"

……

"Five films, 12.5 billion US dollars, getting higher and higher."

Zhen Bullet couldn't help but fell into deep thought when he read the relevant reports.

A series of movies will encounter the problem of getting more and more difficult to shoot, and his "Ip Man" series is the same. "Ip Man 1" has a big box office reputation, and "Ip Man 2" still has a big box office, but the word-of-mouth has dropped a little. .

A drop in word-of-mouth is not the most frightening thing, the most frightening thing is that he knows that "Ip Man 3" will be out of play in a short time, because he can't write a good script.

But even if there are only two "Ip Man", he has already become famous and the box office has skyrocketed, even surpassing the king of heaven Andy Lau at the box office.

But now Wu Jing said that Li Mu has prepared the first five scripts for his "Quick Chase". Ip man"?
Zhen Bullet shook, and his heart suddenly burst into crisis.

……

hotel.

Li Mu was sitting on the sofa, and Liu Yifei kept walking back and forth in front of him. At this time, she was only wearing a white T-shirt on her upper body. The T-shirt didn't seem to fit very well. Covered the spring.

The T-shirt belongs to Li Mu, and I don't know why she always likes to wear Li Mu's clothes.

Li Mu half-closed his eyes and looked at the people who kept dangling in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "I remember when we first lived together, even if it was three or four times a day, it wasn't enough. I really had to cherish it whenever I got a chance. Unexpectedly, after a few years, the person is still the same person as before, and the beauty is still as beautiful as before, but I am not as excited as before. For example, now, facing this situation, there is no disturbance in my heart. If this was a few years ago, I've already lost my mind."

"what are you thinking?"

Liu suddenly stood in front of Li Mu and asked.

Li Mu opened his mouth and said, "If you think about it, how can there be such a beautiful person in this world? It's really not enough to be rare eight times a day."

"Don't brag, you'll sleep like a dead pig after three times."

"You don't take rare as 'that', do you? True color!"

"You're so talented!" Liu Shanglai wanted to wrestle with Li Mu, but Li Mu pressed him down on the sofa with a little force.Now she leaned on Li Mu's leg and said, "Didn't you say that you were going to shoot "Palace 2" a while ago? Have you decided on the heroine?"

Li Mu played with her hair and said, "Why, do you want to recommend a heroine candidate for me?"

"Ok!"

Liu Yifei blushed a little. She usually never interfered with Hua Shang's specific work, especially the company's casting. At most, she just won some interesting roles for herself.

In fact, she didn't really want to participate in the casting of "Gong 2" this time, but she heard that Yang Mi asked Li Mu to recommend the female lead in "Gong 2". It would be fine if "Gong 2" still starred , 1 is her acting, 2 there is no problem letting her act, but it is different when she recommends Yuan Shanshan to act.

Huashang Media's casting work, she is not Huashang's proprietress, why should she have to intervene in everything?
Well, in fact, it was the last time when she was making out with Li Mu, Yang Mi suddenly sent a WeChat message, which made her very upset, especially when she asked Li Mu to stop replying first, and he actually copied it.

So, she, the "proprietress", hasn't gotten involved in the casting yet, so why should she, an outsider, want to get involved?
So who would Liu Yifei want to recommend?

"Oh? Come and listen, I want to see who is so favored by my good wife."

"Then I can say, if it's not suitable, don't blame me."

"Inappropriate? Impossible, what my wife said must be appropriate! Even if you recommend a pig to me later, I will arrange it to be the heroine."

Liu Yifei couldn't help giving him a blank look, and said, "Fuck you, you're a pig. She's a great beauty, and you know this person well. She's Song Yi who plays Fan Ruoruo, Fan Xian's younger sister, in "Celebrating More Than Years."

Li Mu said with a smile: "Who am I supposed to be? It turned out to be her! Well, it's really good, then this matter is settled. For the sake of my wife, as long as she is willing to play, we will give her the role. "

"Really? Don't think about it again? What if it doesn't fit?"

"It's not inappropriate, my wife's orders must be followed!"

Not to mention, the candidate mentioned by Liu Yifei really suits Li Mu, otherwise, Li Mu would be another excuse.

Liu Yifei once worked with Song Yi on the crew of "Celebrating More Than Years", how good is the relationship between the two?In fact, it is not to the level of a particularly good "girlfriend", but after all, they have worked together, and they are still better than others.

I don't know what's wrong this time. I heard that Yang Mi specifically asked Li Mu to recommend casting candidates. She inexplicably thought that the other party sent Li Mu a WeChat message when they were making out that day, so she also wanted to recommend a personal candidate tit for tat.

In fact, in the final analysis, Li Mu's delay in proposing marriage made her feel a little insecure.

Fortunately, Li Mu agreed to her immediately, which made her feel that she was the most important thing in Li Mu's heart.

"By the way, what is Shu Chang busy with now?" Li Mu suddenly asked again.

Liu Yifei said: "It doesn't seem very busy, what's the matter?"

Li Mu said with a smile: "Isn't she also your best friend? Why don't you arrange her into the crew of "Gong 2", what do you think?"

"Huh? Is it suitable?"

"It's suitable, your girlfriend, it must be suitable."

Liu Yifei suddenly felt guilty, she didn't think of Shu Chang just now, but Li Mu remembered that she still had such a good friend.

……

a few days later.

"To Youth" crew.

Yang Mi finally heard the news, saying that the company is finally going to start the "Palace 2" project. As the heroine of "Palace 1", she still has a certain say in "Palace 2". The reason why Mu recommended her best friend Yuan Shanshan.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with Li Mu refusing her proposal, because she is becoming popular because of "Gong 1". After all, she is only an actor, and Li Mu is really capital, and she is still very powerful.

But why Song Yi?
"Did she recommend it?"

A very beautiful beauty suddenly appeared in Yang Mi's mind, of course it was Liu Yifei!Then she thought again: "Didn't she target me on purpose?"

"Target! Target! The more she targets me, the more she has a sense of crisis, and the more it shows that I am attractive enough!"

Thinking of it this way, there is still a kind of inexplicable pride in my heart.

Immediately afterwards, during a break between filming, she unexpectedly heard two male cosplayers who looked a bit wretched telling jokes.

"Let me tell you one too. I read this from Reader's Digest when I was in school. It's guaranteed to be super funny."

"Well, you say!"

"It's about a couple who discussed a secret phrase called 'washing clothes' when they were living together. One night, the man got excited and said: 'I want to do laundry!'. But the woman was not interested and said :'The washing machine is broken!'……"

"Washing clothes?" Yang Mi was taken aback when she heard that.

For some reason, she suddenly thought of the day "Shark Beach" broke through 3 million US dollars at the global box office, and she couldn't help sending Li Mu WeChat.Remember when Li Mu said that he was doing laundry?
"No way? He was doing that at the time? Wouldn't she also read those WeChat messages she sent? "

"It must be! Most likely it was her idea to use Song Yi in "Gong 2"."

"Hmph! Fortunately, he is still an old man, and he still has to listen to women blowing pillows about his work. He is really worthless!"

"Wouldn't he be the one who answered me at the time?"

Yang Mi was thinking wildly. Not far away, the two extras who told jokes about the refrigerator finally saw Yang Mi. The six eyes of the three of them looked at each other, and then the two extras couldn't help but thump one time.

"Won't Yang Mi listen to the colorful joke that the two of us just told? This is - really exciting!"

Originally, the first instinct in my heart was embarrassment, but after thinking about it, I felt an inexplicable excitement?

In addition, there is another very important event at the end of September, that is, Huashang Media's other important film "The Richest Man in Xihong City" will finally be officially launched.

In fact, at the stage of designing the plot, Li Mu once thought about replacing Wang Lihong's role with Andy Lau, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it.

In the film, Liu Jiannan always called himself Little Wang Lihong, but in the end Wang Duoyu actually invited the real Wang Lihong. This is a rather important point of humor, which must be kept, and if this joke can be resonated, Liu Jiannan’s actor really It is also very important to have a little resemblance to Wang Lihong.

From Li Mu's point of view, Chang Yuan really looks a bit like Wang Lihong.

Recklessly changing the role of a singer to Andy Lau or Zhang Xueyou may be superfluous.

……

Time soon came to the National Day again, and on this day, Huashang Media's film "Huaxia Partners" officially met with audiences across the country.

On the day of the premiere, Li Mu and Liu Yifei did not come to the scene to cheer in person. They were on vacation in Amsterdam at the time.

According to Li Mu's arrangement, the Amsterdam scene was left for the last filming. After the filming, the crew returned to China early, while Li Mu and Liu Yifei took the opportunity to have fun and take a vacation.

And in the country.

This year's National Day file "Huaxia Partner" actually has no strong opponents.

"Tai Chi 1 from scratch" has a poor reputation, and the film has been released for 5 days, and the current daily box office is about 1600 million.

"Double Exposure" has been released for three days, with a daily box office of around 1000 million.

There is also "Bronze Sparrow Terrace", which was released for six days, with a daily box office of more than 900 million.

In fact, there are only a few competitors. It is hard to say how much threat these films can pose to "Huaxia Partners".

In the end, "Huaxia Partners" earned a total of 6100 million box office on the first day of its release.

Good results, but not amazing either.

The word-of-mouth of the film began to accumulate the next day, and finally won the box office of 1.08 million yuan in one fell swoop.

The next day, the box office exceeded 7.8 million, and the Douban score was as high as [-] points.

This is obviously an example of a double harvest of word-of-mouth at the box office, and the entire crew began to become elated for a while.

On the third day, the word-of-mouth of the film continued to ferment, and its single-day box office directly broke through the 1.2 million yuan mark, reaching 1.25 million yuan.

"Huaxia Partner" is undoubtedly one of the works produced by Huashang that has performed extremely well in the mainland box office in recent times.

(End of this chapter)