China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 258 The box office sold 13 billion, and the partners became a blockbuster

By the beginning of November, the release cycle of "Huaxia Partners" was coming to an end, and by this time its cumulative box office had reached 11 billion yuan.It seemed that 13.3 billion was hopeless, so the crew held another grand celebration party in Beijing with a box office of 14 billion.

There were also celebration banquets when the box office of the film exceeded 5 million and 10 billion, but only 13 billion this time Li Mu himself was present.

In the hotel lobby, everyone was very excited. The box office of 13 billion is actually far from the top in Huashang Media, but it is an explosive result in the entire Chinese film market.

So far, in the entire Chinese film market, among the films with a cumulative box office of more than 10 billion yuan, excluding the works of Huashang Media, there are only three films left-"Avatar", "Titanic" ", "Transformers 3".

Among them, "Tank Nick" had a box office of 98 million yuan at its premiere in 3.59. It was re-screened in theaters this year, and it actually earned 10.3 billion yuan at the box office. The box office of the re-screening was astonishingly high.

Except for these three imported films, all other films with a box office of more than 10 billion yuan are all produced by Huashang.

That's why it is said that a box office of over 10 billion is nothing in Huashang, but for non-Huashang films and actors, a box office of over 10 billion is an achievement that is not even dreamed of.

"Congratulations, President Li!"

"Mr. Li is domineering. I see some people on the Internet are guessing when Mr. Li will miss once. I think I'll let them wait. Maybe it's the [-]th birthday!"

"Hahaha!"

"Isn't Mr. Li's Maoyan movie and group fight also under the name of our company? I think we should just issue another 2 million tickets to make up the box office and directly push the box office to 15 billion!"

"Who said that 2 million tickets will be issued? Come on, stand up and let me see, come on!"

"Mr. Li!"

"It turned out to be you. In this way, I will continue to pay you. You find a way to sneak into Meituan and try to climb to the top."

"Huh? Why?"

"Go and destroy my confidant's serious problem!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Now that Li Mu has arrived in person, the link of giving out red envelopes is indispensable. "Huaxia Partner" is a big hit at the box office. Whether it is the leading actor, director, or cast and crew, everyone is very happy, but if there is a surprise Money, of course it would be better.

Of course, there are big and small red envelopes, such as Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, Tong Dawei, Du Juan and other leading and supporting actors, as well as director Chen Kexin, the amount of red envelopes is all very considerable, and for cast members and behind-the-scenes personnel, the amount of red envelopes is actually quite large. Not small, but compared with the main creators, it is still worse.

Those who work behind the scenes do not earn as much as celebrities, and the market conditions are such that Huashang can only try to increase the remuneration behind the scenes relatively, but it will not be much higher than the market conditions after all.

At the celebration banquet, Huang Xiaoming walked up to Li Mu with a wine glass in his hand.

"Mr. Li, it's very enjoyable to make Hua Shang's movie."

"After enjoying the fun, I will shoot more!"

"Mr. Li, that's what you said. When you meet a good character, you can't be reluctant."

"It's easy to say, but you should play a domineering president first, right?"

"?"

"I mean, aren't you used to rewarding yourself with a domineering president for a good movie?"

"Hahaha, President Li really knows how to joke."

"I'm not kidding, let me see, "Huaxia Partner" will probably allow you to win a few movie stars, listen to me, and reward yourself when the time comes."

"Take the Best Actor? If I can really win the Best Actor this time, then I'll be naked—"

"Don't, that thing breaks the law. If it doesn't break the law, it will affect the appearance of the city. And when you really win the best actor, I can't take off your pants and throw it on the road, right?"

"Hahaha!"

"Don't laugh, just challenge it with an ice bucket. This can definitely be done, and you won't regret it."

"Ice bucket challenge?"

"It's just pouring ice water all over your body."

"It's so ruthless—it's done!"

Deng Chao is more open-minded on any occasion, but today he was a little silent, obviously because he had something on his mind. During this period, he found an opportunity to chat with Li Mu alone.

His contract with Huayi Brothers has expired, and the contract will not be renewed. Of course, it does not mean that he wants to join Huashang. In fact, he did have the idea of ​​joining Huashang, but in the end he still wants to set up his own studio. thinking prevailed.

But he is not confident enough in his own vision, and he is worried that he will lose a lot of money because he is not sure about the market when he invests in the film.

So the purpose of his coming here is very simple, just to discuss with Li Mu how to choose the script so as not to lose money.

Whether a film is a loss or a boast, a hit or a disaster, what factors determine it.

"I, Li Mu, am not very talented. The reason why I have achieved a little success is actually entirely because of my heart and diligence."

Li Mu is just talking nonsense, but he has no choice but to stop talking nonsense. He can't say that I am a time traveler, and those good works are all copied, right?
As a result, everyone who heard Li Mu's self-proclaimed lack of talent all gave a "huh", as if he was booing with the audience of Deyun Club.

"Director Li actually said that he is not talented, is he crazy?"

The success of "Huaxia Partners" is due to Director Chen Kexin's great contribution. As the producer of the film, Li Mu naturally also highly praised Director Chen at the celebration scene.

In terms of age, director Chen Kexin is 22 years older than Li Mu; in terms of experience, director Chen joined the film industry in the 80s, while Li Mu was still in kindergarten at that time.Therefore, no matter from which aspect, Li Mu praised director Chen Kexin for his excellent directing, it should make people feel a little weird.

But Li Mu praised that director Chen Kexin directed it very well, so no one thinks it is strange.

Director Chen Kexin is indeed older, more senior, and more experienced, but compared with Li Mu, Li Mu is indeed the winner.

Director Chen Kexin is very good, but the gap with Li Mu, who is currently third in the world and will soon be second in the world, is still very obvious.

……

At the same time, the box office of "Huaxia Partners" broke through 13 billion, which caused a great shock to the circle.

"The box office has exceeded one billion again?"

"People are more deadly than people, and pieces are better than pieces!"

"Hehe, 13 billion box office, I don't know how many tickets are included in it!"

"How much is awesome!"

"Do you know what the scariest thing is? The scariest thing is that the director of "Huaxia Partners" is not Li Mu! If the film directed by him himself ended up with a box office of 13 billion, then everyone would say nothing. Even if it is Director Shen Junsheng came to direct and ended up being a big hit at the box office. Everyone still didn't say anything, but it happened to be director Chen Kexin, as well as the former director Xue Xiaolu, director Teng Huatao, and director Guo Fan. These are all new directors. As a result, Hua Shang With one, the box office hits one, and the director becomes famous, that’s scary.”

"You said that if those of us also go to Huashang Media to find work, will we be able to shoot 10 billion works in two years?"

……

At this time, "[-]" directed by Feng Xiaogang has also entered the stage of large-scale publicity. Watching the news of "Huaxia Partner" box office explosion, Director Feng's heart is also boiling with enthusiasm.

His last movie "Tangshan Earthquake" was a big hit at the box office, earning nearly 8 million at the box office. This time he took "2" more seriously, put in more effort, and the production cost exceeded [-] million yuan. [-] million.

The two films "Tangshan Earthquake" and "[-]" have many similarities. They both tell a story of suffering that can make people cry. There is no reason why the former is a big hit at the box office, while the latter has a higher investment and a better script. On the contrary, the box office is even worse, right?

""Tangshan Earthquake" took nearly 8 million, and "10" took at least [-] billion!"

The above are Director Feng's previous thoughts. As for now, Director Feng has changed his mind again.

"Chen Kexin's movies can get 13 billion box office. I, Feng Xiaogang, have no reason to be inferior to him, right? Let me see, "15" is worth [-] billion box office!"

……

In the recent period, Hua Shang has another important matter, that is, "To Youth" has finally finished.

"To Youth" gathers Tong Liya, Yang Mi, Bai Bing, Zhao Liying, Liu Shishi and other Huayu's hottest florets, among which the first four are signed artists of Huashang.

As a group of florets with similar ages and serious overlap in resources, the competition among these people is still quite large, and if you want to occupy a favorable position in the competition, the most important thing is of course to extract as much money as possible from President Li. Bring out the best quality resources!
Now that everyone has a schedule, Huashang should distribute so many good resources to everyone, right?

What should I do?
It must be first come first served!
So Yingying and Yanyan all desperately went to Li Mu's office.

It was Yang Mi who blocked the door first.

"Is something wrong?"

"Something happened!"

"Say!"

"I want to make more money for the company."

"?"

"So, Mr. Li, if you have a script with a high box office potential in your hand, such as a project that is expected to earn more than 20 billion box office, you can trust me and I will help you get the money back!"

As he spoke, he made a gesture of clenching his fist and grabbing.

Li Mu: "?"

Yang Mi: "Look, Mr. Li, signing me to the company is definitely the most profitable deal. Where can I find a good employee like me who is desperately trying to make money for the boss!"

Li Mu: "Are you... looking for a good script? Well, the method is quite novel."

Yang Mi: "Really? Did I succeed?"

Li Mu: "Semi-successful, Mr. Liu just told me that Guo Jingming just found a company and said he wanted to ask you to play a role."

Yang Mi: "Guo Jingming?"

Li Mu: "Yes, the movie is called "Little Times"."

Yang Mi: "Mr. Li, do you think this movie will be popular?"

Li Mu: "The fire should be able to become popular, but word of mouth may be very mediocre!"

Yang Mi: "Okay, I'll take it!"

After agreeing, Yang Mixin said: "Li Mu said that the box office can explode, so it will definitely explode. As for word-of-mouth, it may be average. In the eyes of President Li, a score of less than 8 points is considered very average!"

Next, these beauties all met with Li Mu one after another. Among them, Tong Liya's next play is "Obstetrician", which has been scheduled for a long time. Zhao Liying and Li Mu are going to start the "Flower Thousand Bone" project. Mu intends to give her the "Chu Qiao Biography" project.

Yuan Shikong's "Chu Qiao Biography" was originally Zhao Liying's resource, but Bai Bingyuan Shikong's love brain had a brain attack, and he went to get married and have a daughter when his career was at its peak, so naturally he didn't get too many resources.

At this time, Blank Soldier didn't have a love affair, and had plenty of time and energy. It would definitely not be enough to give her the resources of the original time and space, so Li Mu could only allocate it.

Among the five beauties in "To Youth", Liu Shishi's identity is the most embarrassing.

The other four were all from Huashang Media, but she was the only one who signed to Tangren Film and Television. Some time ago, there was a lot of trouble in the city due to contract issues.

Fans all hope that she can also sign with Huashang after the contract with Tang Ren expires. After all, in China, Huashang's resources are absolutely top-notch.

I really want to sign with Huashang, so I don't have to worry about good resources in the future.

This is real.

You see, "To Youth" has just wrapped up, and I heard that Mr. Li Mu has arranged new projects for all the four beauties under his banner in one go.

Even three of them are projects invested by Huashang Media themselves. Huashang's projects are really the same as Infinity, and they will throw out as many as they say.

It stands to reason that with so many actresses of the same type gathered in one company, there must be fierce competition among each other, but Huashang Media just seems to spend a lot of resources on it, so there is no need for everyone to fight.

Let's talk about Li Mu.

After arranging these golden flowers in his family, he put all his energy into the preparations for the release of "Frozen".

The premiere schedule of "Frozen" is around 61%, which is not very high. In the past, Li Mu's film schedule was more than 80%. This schedule shows that theater managers still have doubts about this movie.

Li Mu has proved that he can make a world-class sci-fi action blockbuster, but he has not had time to prove that he can make a good animated film.

But even 61% of the films are far better than the original time and space.

In fact, the schedule of "Frozen" in Yuanshikong is only about 10%.

"What do you think of both versions?"

In the conference room, Li Mu, Liu Siying, Chen Zhixi, Tian Xiaopeng, Yang Yu and others discussed the details of the release of "Frozen". One of the questions was whether to require the theater to guarantee a certain proportion of the English version of the screening.

It stands to reason that only imported films have the choice of language version. As a domestic film directed by a domestic director, there is really no need for "Frozen" to be screened in China and also provide an English version.

But Li Mu always feels that the overall effect of the English version is better.

This is the sequelae of plagiarism.

"Frozen" was originally an English animation film. Li Mu has tried to dilute the original background as much as possible during the plagiarism process, but the English version of the film is always better.

"I also think the overall effect of the English version is better."

"agree!"

"I want to play the English version, not to mention anything else, just the part where the Ice Queen Elsa builds the castle. The English version is simply amazing, but the Chinese version lacks a bit of charm."

"Then this matter is settled like this. After communicating with the theater, we still have to provide a certain percentage of English versions."

……

11 month 16 day.

a certain university.

Zhou Chang secretly bought movie tickets for "Frozen" by himself, but was discovered by his roommates, so Zhou Chang was mercilessly ridiculed by his roommates.

"Yo, Zhou Chang, you still watch animated movies!"

""Frozen", the name sounds like the type of Western prince and princess, Snow White's glass slipper, the story of the seven dwarfs, how boring!"

"If you have to watch animated movies, you should watch "One Piece", "Naruto", "Doraemon" and so on! "Frozen" is the kind of movie that makes little girls money. You say you are alone Why do you guys buy it!"

"Are there any movie versions of these?"

"Should have?"

This classmate named Zhou Chang looked hopeless.

He knew it, he knew that his roommate would tease him when he found out.

But you have to watch it even if you are teased, who made him obsessed with animation?Now someone in Huaxia actually spends 10 billion yuan to make an animation movie, and just based on this, they should buy tickets to support it!

(End of this chapter)