China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 38 Attention
"Master of Hypnotism", a movie released in 2014, online information shows that the cost is only 1000 million yuan, but it won a box office of 2.73 million yuan that year. It is a typical counterattack with a small cost and a high box office.The Douban score is 7.6, and the word-of-mouth is also good. Li Mu feels that this movie is suitable for his first movie in the true sense.

In the following period of time, Li Mu continued to write the Chinese and English novels of "The Martian", while creating the script of "The Master of Hypnotism", and at the same time bought three houses in Beijing with the manuscript fee of "The Hunger Games", and at the same time found time to find headhunting companies Hired an assistant to help with the daily work of the company.

In the list of personnel recommended by the headhunting company, there is a lady named Liu Siying, 37 years old this year. According to the headhunting company, Liu Siying was a middle-level manager of a large company when she was young. At that time, their company had a promotion quota, and this Liu Siying was promoted The most popular candidate for .

But at that most critical period, Liu Siying fell in love suddenly, and soon after, disregarding the old leader's suggestion of getting promoted first and then getting married, she chose to marry her boyfriend right away, and what was more serious was that she was found pregnant again not long after she got married.

When she returned to the company after she became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter, she found that there was no place for her in the company. Not only was the previously promoted position fell to a woman whose ability was far inferior to hers, but her original middle-level leadership position had also been replaced by someone else. In desperation, she had no choice but to go home and become a full-time wife.

Unexpectedly, the marriage she had paid so much for would still inevitably lead to disintegration in the end.Now she is alone with a child, and her ex-husband has a new family, and she doesn't care much about their mother and daughter.

The child goes to a high-quality kindergarten, and the annual expenses are a lot of money. She wants to work, but finds that she has already lost touch with society. I got a job as a shopping guide, but the salary can't meet the daily expenses of the mother and daughter, and I even have to borrow money from my parents every month.

The eldest sister of the headhunting company was very sympathetic to Liu Siying. Knowing that Li Mu's requirements were not too high, she also had the attitude of giving it a try, so she put her information in the list of other recommended candidates. Unexpectedly, Li Mu saw After reviewing the materials, I really asked about Ms. Liu Siying's situation.

Li Mu met Ms. Liu Siying in his office in Xijing. The two talked for more than ten minutes. Li Mu was basically satisfied with her. Seeing that Li Mu was about to hire her, she suddenly spoke first.

"Mr. Li, you know my situation. I have been talking about my advantages and how I am suitable for this job. I cherish this opportunity very much, but now I still want to talk about some of my disadvantages. .”

"Oh?"

Li Mu was a little surprised, but also curious, and said with a smile, "Then let's talk about your disadvantages."

Liu Siying nodded: "I have a daughter who is still in kindergarten. Usually, when I get busy, my mother will pick up the child for me, but the second elder is old, and I can't ask the second elder to help me take care of the child every day, so I I may not be able to devote all my energy to my work like young people. I may have to pick up my child when I get off work, or I may take the child to the hospital to see a doctor when the child is sick, which may delay the work of some companies , but I can guarantee that I will definitely use other time to make up for the work that was delayed due to my personal reasons."

Li Mu nodded: "The boss's money belongs to him, and his family belongs to him. Huashang is still a small company and doesn't have so many businesses. It's fine if it can handle the daily work well. If it can't handle it well, the company will replace people in due course. "

Liu Siying nodded, and then said: "Also, I can drink, I used to be very good at drinking, but I don't want my daughter to see me drunk, so if it's a business trip, I have no problem drinking and socializing, but if I need to drink at night When I go home, I want to try not to touch alcohol."

Li Mu still nodded.

On the one hand, he knew the importance of the wine table to discuss business, and on the other hand, he was very disapproving of the wine table culture, so although he knew that an assistant who couldn't drink might indeed affect his work, he still nodded in agreement.

Seeing Li Mu nodding in approval, Liu Siying finally let out a long breath.

"If there are no other questions, then come to work next week."

"Thank you, Mr. Li."

……

In mid-July 2005, "The Hunger Games 7: The Burning Girl" was officially published simultaneously in China and the United States. After the sales of "The Hunger Games 2" in the United States exceeded 1 million copies in June, sales began to slow down in July. Down, the book's potential seems to have peaked.

最终整个7月，《饥饿游戏1》在美一共售出93万册，8月份更是进一步下滑到85万册。

But in mid-August, the sales figures for the first month of "The Hunger Games 8: The Burning Girl" came out in the United States. From mid-July to mid-August, for a whole month, "The Hunger Games 2: The Burning Girl" sold a total of 7 copies in the United States, so the combined monthly sales of the two books are 8 million copies.

At present, Science Fiction World Magazine is negotiating with major publishers in the United States and Europe, intending to translate the "Hunger Games" series into more than [-] languages ​​and start selling them around the world before the end of the year.

On August 8, "Taken" was officially screened in more than 25 theaters across the United States.

From the 25th to the 27th, "Taken" entered the No.3300 North American box office chart with a box office score of 2 million U.S. dollars. The news spread back to China, and the film circle was in an uproar.

Since the end of August, "Taken" has been screened in Britain, France, Germany, Spain and other European countries one after another, and without exception, it quickly reached the top of the weekly box office in these countries.

As the time entered September, the good reputation of "Taken" in the United States and Europe continued to ferment, and the box office revenue continued to rise.

On September 9, the North American box office of "Taken" officially broke through the $15 million mark, but at this time the film had already shown signs of weak successor.

On September 9, the North American box office of "Taken" exceeded 27 million US dollars, while the box office of the film day dropped to only a few hundred thousand US dollars. It seems that it is completely hopeless to break through the 1.2 million US dollars of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", but this is still a challenge. Exciting achievements.

It is worth mentioning that on September 9, another movie "Myth" by Brother Cheng Long officially landed in major theaters across the country. Because of the great success of "Taken", the whole country is full of love for Brother Cheng Long. Another movie of the film met with high expectations.

However, contrary to expectations, "Mythology" reported a box office of 800 million yuan on the first day in mainland China, which was only half of that of "Hurricane Taken". Xiangjiang's first week's box office was 650 million yuan, less than one-third of that of Star Master "Kung Fu", and less than Cheng Long. A quarter of his last movie "Taken".

In the original time and space, after "Mythology", Cheng Long even once reported that he would retreat behind the scenes. It can be seen that although "Mythology" finally won nearly 1 million yuan in the box office nationwide, in the heart of Cheng Long, the box office of "Mythology" is far away. Far from meeting his previous expectations.

Now that "Taken" is in the lead, Cheng Long will naturally be even more dissatisfied with the box office performance of "Myth".

However, a more in-depth discussion has also been launched in the circle, that is, why can "Taken" achieve such a great success?
Because of the huge investment?
It is obvious that "Myth" has a larger investment, but the box office of "Myth" is far less than that of "Taken".

Is that because of Brother Cheng Long's huge box office appeal?
"Myth" is also starring Cheng Long, but obviously the box office is not satisfactory.

And because of the director?

This is obviously not convincing enough. Chen Musheng's previous box office performance was not satisfactory. The box office of "New Police Story" in 04 was less than half of that of "A World Without Thieves" in the same period. But this time "Taken" directly topped the national box office championship.

But apart from the above three, what other reasons are there for the success of "Taken"?
It can't be because the script is well written, right?
However, everyone has heard that the screenwriter and assistant director Li Mu is in charge of the action direction of "Taken", and even Cheng Long publicly publicized at the premiere celebration of "Taken" that he wanted to add a scene but was given by the screenwriter Li Mu. stopped.

Moreover, the editing of the movie was done by the screenwriter Li Mu's uncle. I heard that the editing was done by the two of them.

so……

Suddenly, countless pairs of eyes in the circle focused on Li Mu again.

(End of this chapter)