China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 291 Worldwide 16 billion in 39 days, ranking first in the world!

In the dining room and private room, Li Mu, Liu Yifei, Liu Siying, Chen Zhixi and others chatted while eating.

Chen Zhixi first praised the rich imagination of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", and then recommended: "Our own Wang Kai and Lei Jiayin, playing Hu Bayi is not a big problem."

"What does Zhang Muye mean?" Li Mu asked.

Chen Zhixi replied: "He prefers Liu Ye."

Liu Siying interjected: "Liu Ye may indeed be suitable, but unfortunately he is not our own artist."

Li Mudao: "If the role is really suitable, whether it is my own artist or not is secondary, but this time we also need to consider the continuity of the shooting."

"Continuity?"

Li Mu nodded: "I think Liu Ye, Chen Kun, and Jin Dong and others are all good. We are going to shoot "Looking for the Dragon" this time. Most of these three people can be invited, but apart from movies , I also want to turn the IP of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" into a series of TV series, and it's best not to always change people to let the audience adapt again."

Chen Zhixi said: "There are five "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" series. With the status of Liu Ye and Chen Kun, it's really not very attractive for them to sign a contract for one movie and five TV series in one go."

At this time, Liu Siying interjected: "It's not five TV dramas. With the theme of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", we have to be mentally prepared not to be able to star."

Li Mu glanced at Liu Siying appreciatively: "Siying is right, we have to prepare the "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" series according to the standards of star dramas, but at the same time, we must also be mentally prepared to downgrade to online dramas."

Chen Zhixi said: "Jin Dong should be able to sign Huashang's contract for one film and five TV series, but there is not much difference between Jin Dong and Wang Kai. If Jin Dong can act, there is a high probability that Wang Kai can also act."

Li Mu nodded: "Actually, there is another candidate in my mind, and that is Pan Yueming."

Liu Siying and Chen Zhixi both frowned.

Pan Yueming is definitely willing to sign the contract. How many crews are willing to use him besides Huashang Media?Not only is Hua Shang willing to use him, but the importance of the role is becoming more and more important. From "Detective Chinatown" to "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", it seems that Chairman Li Mu really values ​​​​this person. It's just that he can really play Hu Bayi well?

Then several people began to discuss Shirley Yang's candidate.

According to the setting in the book, Shirley Yang should have certain western blood. Based on this, it seems that Li Meiqi and Lu Jingshan are very suitable. "It must be no problem. In fact, the reason why Li Meiqi was able to play the role of Tori in "Divergent" was because of Li Mu's recommendation. Although Li Mu sold this series, he is the author of the original work after all.

The relationship between the two is good, but the above problem still exists. Li Mu does not want to change people from movies to online dramas this time.

As for Lu Jingshan, she is unknown at this meeting. If Hua Shang invites her, it is almost impossible for her to disagree, so she can be regarded as one of the candidates.

In Zhang Yuqi’s previous life, Li Mu’s senses were not bad, maybe at the first glance, it was not good, but after watching a few more episodes, especially after getting used to it, you will feel that it is actually not bad, but her voice is a bit out of the ordinary, but it’s not There is no solution, the easiest thing is to find someone to dub her, and it is also one of the candidates.

It seems that Shu Qi's version can also be watched, but with her status, it is no problem to act in movies, but it is probably difficult to act in TV dramas or even online dramas. Li Lianhua is also the same.

Speaking of Fatty Wang's candidate, Li Mu felt that Zhao An in "The Ancient City of Essence" was the best. The disadvantage was that he was not fat enough, but Chen Zhixi interjected that the body problem would not be a problem.

"The "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" series has a one-film five-drama contract, Hua Shang's production team, Zhao Da will understand the reason why the opportunity is rare."

Li Mu nodded, so that Wang Kaixuan's candidate was decided between the toasts.

Da Jinya is also a very important role. Xia Yu’s version in the previous life was good, but with Xia Yu’s personality, it seems that he is not very attractive to him if he is directly signed to five online dramas. Yang's big golden tooth is also good, and the contract of One Shadow and Five Dramas should be quite attractive to him. As for Tong Lei's version of big golden tooth, to be honest, Li Mu can't appreciate it.

The big villain Hong Jie in the original "Looking for the Dragon" was played by Liu Xiaoqing, but Li Mu really couldn't appreciate her, so he directly decided to invite Teacher Lu Zhong, who played Wu Zetian in "Detective Di Renjie".

"Where's Ding Sitian?" Chen Zhixi asked.

Li Mu replied: "Although it is necessary to take into account the casting of online dramas, they can't all be actors who don't have enough stars. I think I will let Tong Liya try."

In the original "Looking for the Dragon", Ding Sitian was played by Yang Ying. Now Yang Ying is not an artist signed by Huashang, and she is not irreplaceable, so Li Mu is almost bound to replace her. Tong Liya's military uniform in "Tiger Mountain" is not bad, so Li Mu tends to use Tong Liya.

Chen Zhixi nodded upon hearing this.

After half a meal, the main actors of the "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" series, except Shirley Yang, who was still undecided, only Professor Chen was left undecided. Li Mu felt that Yang Xinming in "The Ancient City" was good, so It was decided casually.

So far, the main actors of "Looking for the Dragon" are basically finalized:
Pan Yueming plays Hu Bayi.

Zhang Yuqi or Lu Jingshan as Shirley Yang.

Zhao Da plays Wang Kaixuan.

Tong Liya plays Ding Sitian.

Yue Yang plays the big gold tooth.

Yang Xinming plays Professor Chen.

Lu Zhong plays Sister Hong.

Chen Zhixi said: "I will contact each one tomorrow."

Li Mu nodded.

Then several people chatted about "Now You See Me", which is currently in theaters, and then both Liu Siying and Chen Zhixi became very energetic in an instant.

Ten days after the film was released, the domestic box office reached 16.31 billion, and another six days passed in a blink of an eye.

Among them, from Tuesday to Friday, the daily box office of "The Thief" basically fluctuated between 4000 million and 5000 million, with a total of 1.84 million yuan in four days.Then the box office rebounded on Saturday, and the daily box office reported 9300 million yuan. On Sunday, it fell slightly, but there were still 8200 million yuan. From Tuesday to Sunday, the film earned a total of 3.59 million yuan domestically.

No. 16 days after its full release, the domestic box office of "The Thief" is only 1000 million yuan away from breaking the 20 billion mark. Whether it is Liu Siying or Chen Zhixi, almost no one would have thought that "The Thief" could achieve such a result.

Chen Zhixi looked at Liu Yifei and said with a smile: "Yifei's appeal is gone. The "Taken" series, "The Hunger Games" series, and now the "Now You See Me" series are looking at the world. Without this kind of box office appeal, it’s hard to find even with lanterns.”

Liu Yifei blushed immediately: "Sister Zhixi, don't make fun of me, I'm blushing."

As he spoke, he covered his face with his hands, causing the entire private room to burst into laughter.

……

As of this Sunday, the box office of "Dragon King of the Divine Capital", which was released at the same time as "The Thief", has officially exceeded the 8 million yuan mark, which is less than half of the domestic box office of "The Thief". The box office hit is remarkable, which can be seen from the massive celebrations by fans of major actors such as Feng Shaofeng and Yang Ying.

It seems that "Dragon King of Shendu" has a chance to break through the 10 billion yuan mark. After hearing the news, its fans can't help being excited.

"That's right, Old Freak Xu did not disappoint me. Visually, the box office of 10 billion should be stable!"

"Who said that Baby didn't have acting skills before? Come and watch "The Dragon King of the Gods" and see if you slapped yourself in the face?"

"There is a chance to break the 10 billion mark? This is unexpected!"

"Super-level performance, the box office performance is proof!"

At the same time, fans of Li Mu or Liu Yifei are also discussing the box office situation as of this week. However, in stark contrast to "The Dragon King of Gods", most of the fans of "The Thief" are dissatisfied.

"As of this week, 19.9 billion? What a shame! It's only 1000 million less than 20 billion!"

"Last week, I vowed that I would break 20 billion that week, and the result was really up to the mark. The mere 1000 million was not what I wanted."

"From Tuesday to Thursday this week, North America accumulated more than 700 million US dollars, and Friday, Saturday, and Sunday totaled 1300 million US dollars, and it is the runner-up in North America! Now "The Thief" has a North American box office of 9400 million US dollars and a total overseas box office of 2.83. 19 million U.S. dollars, which is a little more than 39.14 billion yuan when converted, and when the two are added together, the global box office of "Now You See Me" is 40 billion yuan, which almost failed to break [-] billion."

"It's a pity that it didn't break 20 billion domestically. It's a pity that it didn't break 20 billion overseas. It's a pity to add one! The global box office didn't break 40 billion. It's a pity to add two!"

"So sorry!"

"Is Li Mu going to do it? Just a little bit close to letting go?"

"Unbelievable! Bai Xia Qianqian treated him so well, but she couldn't even break 16 billion domestically and overseas, and 20 billion globally in 40 days. What a shame!"

"Pull the hips and add one!"

"Crotch pulling plus 10086!"

For a while, similar remarks abounded on the Internet. As a result, when other netizens, especially fans of "Dragon King of the Gods" saw similar remarks, most of them immediately exploded. How do you feel about that?It's "I've never seen anyone with such audacity!"

"Damn it! Are Liu Yifei and Li Mu's fans still human? Regret? Pulling your hips?"

"In sixteen days, the domestic box office has not broken 20 billion. Is Li Mu not up to date? I am now officially urging everyone to stay away from the fans of Li Mu and Liu Yifei, otherwise I am afraid that when I am struck by lightning, I will die." Was accidentally injured, because the old saying goes well, pretend to be struck by lightning!"

"Fuck, this is too pretentious! People's "Dragon King of the Gods" is celebrating the box office breaking 8 million, but the style of painting here is a pity that it is 1000 million short of 20 billion? I have never seen any This will force the crowd!"

"When it comes to making movies, Li Mu is amazing! When it comes to pretending to be aggressive, Li Muliu is not the number one fan!"

A reporter also asked Li Mu if he regretted it. In fact, for Li Mu, it's a pity!
What is the difference between breaking 20 billion two days earlier and breaking 20 billion two days later?
"I'm sorry for this, isn't it full? As of last Sunday, the box office of "The Thief" did not break through 20 billion, but it has broken now? How much difference can it make between two days earlier and two days later? Really? Speaking of being impatient, I am also anxious about when my total box office will surpass that of Director Spielberg!"

To be honest, Li Mu's answer confused reporters and netizens alike.

"What? More than Spielberg?"

"No. [-] in the world? I remember that it's still far away? Is it getting close?"

"By the way, what was the total box office of director Li Mu before?"

Soon some netizens sorted out the detailed summary. Before the global release of "You Now You See Me", Director Li Mu's global box office was 85 billion U.S. dollars. Now the global gross of "You Now You See Me" is How much is the box office in dollars?
More than 19 billion domestically plus more than 19 billion overseas, the global total is about 39 billion yuan, converted into US dollars-5.73 million!
If you add the previous cumulative box office of 85 billion US dollars-now the total global box office of director Li Mu is 90.76 billion US dollars?
So what is the current total box office of Spielberg's director?

Soon some netizens found the answer - 91 billion US dollars.

So the current situation is that Spielberg's box office appeal is the world's number one, with a total global box office of 91 billion US dollars.

Li Mu, $90.76 billion—the distance between Li Mu and Spielberg is only $2400 million? !
Is 2400 million US dollars the entire gap between Li Mu and the world's No. [-]?
The problem is that "The Thieves" is still in theaters around the world!

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The Huaxia Internet exploded.

"I'm stupid, it's only a little bit short, only 2400 million US dollars away from being number one in the world!"

"It's estimated that it will only take two days!"

"A few days ago, who said that when it comes to filming, Li Mu is awesome, and when it comes to pretending, Li Mu and Liu Yifei's fans are awesome? Are you talking about Li Mu's pretending just now?"

"It's a bit unbelievable. Hua Xia's director is about to become the world's most box office director!"

Li Mu's answers are quite powerful. Just think about it. The favorite director of Chinese netizens is about to become the number one in the world, and the result is just a little short. What would you do if it were you?
Then there is no need to ask?Of course it is to buy tickets to support!
Wouldn't it be nice to put the hat of the world's number one director on Huaxia's head earlier?

Therefore, in the following week, the box office of "Now You See Me" unexpectedly increased against the trend, and the daily box office soared from about 2000 million to 3000 million. In this way, in the new week, from Monday to Friday, the domestic box office of "Young Thieves" 1.47 million yuan, plus the newly added overseas box office, as of Friday of the latest week, the global total box office of Li Mu's film has officially exceeded the 91 billion US dollar mark.

It also means that Li Mu officially surpassed Spielberg and became the world's number one box office director!
Whether it's Li Mu's fans or Liu Yifei's fans, or even ordinary netizens who are not fans of anyone but are simply proud of Huaxia, there is nothing to say now.

It was also slowed down for a long time.

"At first I wanted to continue pretending that the results were just like that, but after thinking about it for a long time, the conclusion is that director Li Mu is awesome! I don't know how other people are, anyway, I am convinced myself!"

"Director Li is not bad, the only shortcoming...the only shortcoming...Cao, the only shortcoming to TM, Director Li must be so good that there is no shortcoming!"

"I have nothing to say, I am convinced!"

With such a big gimmick, the reporter naturally tried his best to interview Li Mu again.

"Director Li, what do you want to say about your total box office officially surpassing Director Spielberg?"

Li Mudao: "Director Spielberg is one of my favorite directors. What I want to say is that if I can surpass Director Spielberg in the box office today, Director Spielberg will be able to surpass Director Spielberg again in the box office tomorrow." To me, the short-term victory is not surprising, but if I can get the title of the world's first [-] billion-dollar director, then I think I should be happy for a long time."

Then netizens exploded again.

"I'm so stupid, I ignored this, 91 billion US dollars and 100 billion US dollars, there is only a difference of 9 million US dollars in the middle!"

"It's not a big problem to collect another 93 million U.S. dollars before "The Thief" is released, which means that Li Mu's total box office after "The Thief" will reach about [-] billion U.S. dollars."

"Li Mu is only 7 million US dollars away from the world's first [-] billion US dollar director? It's not enough for Li Mu's movie!"

"Ten billion?! US dollars?! Director?!"

"wipe!"

(End of this chapter)