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Chapter 478 Casting? Beauty pageant?

"Are you a pig, Liu Yifei? Eat so much!"

Li Mu couldn't help but sigh, and she didn't seem to gain weight. She shouldn't develop some areas.

"Nununu"

Liu Yifei made a sound like a pig, "I don't care, I want to eat delicious food."

"Okay okay okay"

Li Mu was amused, and then patted his head. The woman he wanted to marry had to marry even a pig.

"whee."

Liu Yifei immediately let go of her hands, quickly put on slippers on her white feet, and walked quickly into the cloakroom.

On the third day, "Heart Blossom Road" continued to work hard. The box office that day hit 1.06 million, and the cumulative box office reached 3.6 million, which was an overwhelming momentum.

"Heart Blossoms on the Road" has made a lot of money for Mengying Media this time. The investment was less than 4000 million, and the publicity cost was less than million.

Li Mu was also unambiguous and said calmly.

"Director Li, Mr. Wang, welcome."

Zhou Xingchi greeted him at the gate of the competition early.

"I believe Zhou Xingchi's "Mermaid" will also surprise Mr. Wang."

"There are thirteen beauties tonight, and we have to ask the two bosses to take a look at them."

这个赛事历时45天，经12万报名网友中最终有13位选手进入总决赛，将从这里决选出6（配角）+1（主角）位选手出演周星池新电影的幸运女郎！
Li Mu and Wang Changtian sat in the best viewing seats, even better than those of the three judges.

Wang Changtian laughed and said that his biggest hope at the moment is naturally director Zhou Xingchi, the third billionaire box office director in China.

Li Mu only rested for a few days in the imperial capital. On the last day of the National Day, he and Wang Changtian went to Pengcheng to participate in the finals of the "Mermaid" movie role selection.

Zhou Xingchi said as he led the two of them to sit down.

"One billion, any more will probably cost you your life."

Li Mu nodded. In fact, this special judge can intervene or not, it depends on how Li Mu and Wang Changtian choose.

"That's okay, what do you think, Mr. Wang?"

"Director Li, congratulations!!!"

Li Mu smiled and talked to Ning Hao on the phone. At this time, Ning Hao was still leading the team to promote in Magic City. The next stop would be Yangcheng and Pengcheng.

Ning Hao shook his head, and then he didn't care. One billion was enough, and there were only four domestic directors worth one billion including him.

Wang Changtian was also very happy. In fact, neither of them had any intention of interfering. They simply came to take a look as investors and support the occasion.

Ning Hao chuckled.

Zhou Xingchi said slowly, "Although we have invited three judges, we want to avoid missing out on potential newcomers. I would like to invite two bosses to serve as special judges. What do you think?"

"I don't have any objection either."

Li Mu and Wang Changtian looked at each other, good guys, feelings are not free.

Ning Hao is very heroic.

People are in high spirits when happy events happen, and Li Mu is also very happy. Although he had expected it, when the actual results came out, he was still very happy.

"Just kidding, don't be so humorless, Director Li, how about 15 billion?"

However, the box office of the film was less than 800 million yuan on the first day, dropped to about 550 million on the second day, and was less than 500 million on the third day. The box office was only 1850 million yuan in the three days of release, which formed a huge gap with the film's investment of to million yuan. sharp contrast.

"Tell me, do you want a box office celebration party worth hundreds of millions?"

"One fate, two luck, and three feng shui, okay, then one billion."

"Okay, but if you can't achieve it, there will be no celebration."

"I have to ask you two for a favor today."

The film is adapted from Xiao Hong's life and works. According to screenwriter Li Qiang, almost every line Xiao Hong speaks has its origin and is not fabricated. At the same time, the film also intentionally avoids some controversial or potentially affecting characters. incident, and used nearly three hours to review Xiao Hong's "golden age".

On that day, it attracted many fans, many of whom came for Zhou Xingchi, but more people probably came for the beauties participating in the finals.

20 billion, there is a high probability that "Heart Blossom Road" will be released during the Spring Festival in the next few years, but it is not enough now.

When Wang Changtian saw Li Mu, he first congratulated him.

At the same time, the film also set a record for Internet pre-sales and sales. Through Meituan Maoyan Movies, it pre-sold more than 1 million box office before its release, and continued to grow three days before its premiere, reaching 1.6 million box office.

After a day of rest in Pengcheng, on the first day after the National Day golden holiday, the "Mermaid" movie role selection finals officially started.

But it’s only 1.5 billion, so it seems like there’s no chance.

The finals will be broadcast live, jointly by Lexiu.com and LeTV.

"20 million!"

Ning Hao was also satisfied. It seemed that in Li Mu's opinion, one billion was basically a sure thing, but this was obvious, after all, one-third of the amount had been lost in three days.

However, in the same schedule, there are both big winners and losers. Especially when some filmmakers are full of confidence in their works, the biopic "The Golden Age" directed by Ann Hui and starring Tang Wei, Feng Shaofeng and others has become typical.

"Then Director Li will also share in this surprise. Let's have some meat together as partners."

"Holy shit, brothers, I saw something, and Li Mu also went to see it!"

"Thief Li Mu, it's not enough to rob Liu Yifei. He also went to see a beautiful woman. I just want to ask, can you give me a ticket?"

“Where is morality, where is the bottom line, where is dignity, where is address?”

"You're blind, isn't the address in Pengcheng? Didn't you see all the advertisements on the live broadcast?"

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Bored Liu Yifei is also watching the live broadcast at the moment.

Li Mu glanced to the side and found that Zhou Hongyi was also near the two of them.

However, when he saw words like "One year anniversary of the launch of 360 Movies and TV App", Li Mu understood instantly.

It seems that Internet tycoons are not only good at coding, but also have many entertainment projects. It would be good to come to the beauty pageant to promote it. I have to say, this trick is quite expensive.

However, this selection competition has developed on a larger scale precisely because of the full support of 360 Film and Television: During the audition period, the number of people participating in the audition and voting exceeded 2500 million, setting an astonishing number for online audition registration and voting. , and the audition PV data reached as much as 1.5 million!
Li Mu withdrew his gaze. At this time, the stage lights began to flash. The entire competition stage was set up in a "T" shape. The seating arrangement and venue layout made people feel like participating in fashion week.

The 13 beautiful "mermaids" attracted the audience's attention from the moment they appeared.

Wearing a cool, plain bikini, without any extra fabric.

"Good guy, are you following Miss Xiangjiang's talent show template?"

Li Mu watched with interest, but his face was casual, as if he didn't care too much. After all, who knew whether Liu Yifei would be watching him on the live broadcast at this time.

You have to act calmly.

I guess Liu Yifei didn't expect that the casting method would look like this.

Wang Changtian also changed from his normal state at this moment and was very serious. It seemed that he was serious about being a special judge.

In the first "opening dance" segment, some contestants have already started causing trouble.

Contestant No. 13 used too much force while dancing and threw it out, shocking several judges.

However, the contestants on the stage performed hard, but the fans did not buy it and did not give much reaction.

Li Mu's face was expressionless.

The entire casting competition is divided into three levels. The first level tests the actors to make different expressions and movements according to the instructions on the background board.

So Li Mu saw the ugly version of Zhao Zhetian, the ugly version of Shu Qi, and the ugly version of Cecilia Cheung.
“The quality is average.”

After Wang Changtian admired it for a while, he said calmly.

"Mr. Wang, it's casting, you think it's a beauty pageant."

Li Mu complained.

"Haha, that's true."

Wang Changtian smiled awkwardly.

The second level is on-site makeup removal, which is the most difficult test for "beauties" who rely on makeup and beautiful pictures to get around the world.

Netizens before the live broadcast were very excited about this level.

"Good guy, I'm afraid it's two people."

"Bad review, bad review, this version is wrong."

Among the thirteen people, there are indeed some who are not very good.

As for the next three levels, they are catwalk shows, dancing, talents, etc.
The girls walked the catwalk wearing "fishtail suits".

As a result, intoxicating scenes happened. Some fish jumped out lively, and some fish climbed out with difficulty.

Even contestant No. 11 did a trick to "accidentally" reveal the invisible mask. This was just to sell her breasts.

Li Mu covered his face and suddenly remembered the lyrics, "Fairy tales are all lies."
But overall, the publicity effect of "Mermaid" is achieved, and Pengcheng was specially chosen not only because it is close to Xiangjiang, but also because almost everyone here is Zhou Xingchi's fans.

A new "Star Girl" was also born.

Li Mu and Wang Changtian rushed back to the imperial capital the next day.

However, the media did not let Li Mu go.

"Li Mu and Wang Changtian appeared in the "Mermaid" character selection finals."

This kind of writing is relatively normal.

It’s not that simple for some people who rely on headlines to generate traffic.

"Well-known director Li Mu, watching the bikini show live"

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"Was the final good to watch?"

After Li Mu came back, Liu Yifei held Li Mu's hand and said very gently.

As the saying goes, since ancient times, gentleness has always been accompanied by murderous intent, and this murderous intent cannot be concealed.

Li Mu knew without thinking that Liu Yifei must have watched it too.

"The hype is over the top, these players are just too much!"

Li Muyi spoke righteously, as if he were the embodiment of justice.

"Hmph! Someone's eyes are straight."

Liu Yifei folded her hands on her chest and snorted slightly, a sour smell filling the air.

However, Li Mu, who was familiar with Liu Yifei, naturally knew that she was not angry at all at this time.

"Nonsense, I was chatting with Mr. Wang about serious things almost the whole time."

"But I don't think Mr. Wang pays much attention to you."

Liu Yifei's words directly betrayed that she was watching.

"Oh? He's looking at it more seriously. No, you're looking at it too? Don't you mean you're bored and not interested?"

Li Mu took the opportunity to change the topic directly and counterattacked with one hand.

"Um, aren't I worried about you?"

Liu Yifei said stumblingly.

"Sure?"

"Sure!!!"

Liu Yifei finished speaking unconfidently. Seeing Li Mu's playful smile, she suddenly became angry and pinched Li Mu several times.

"Hahaha"

(End of this chapter)