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Chapter 633 Collapse, "Operation Red Sea" preview

"Boss Xiang!"

Yu Dong had to suppress his inner anger when he spoke at this moment, because this movie was simply outrageous.

According to the data currently fed back by my subordinates, the attendance rate of "Legend of the Gods" is getting lower and lower, which is totally unworthy of the 34% screening rate, the cost of 5 million yuan, and the cast of so many big-name actors.

"Boss Yu, we will find a way to deal with the negative reviews."

Xiang Qiang also felt that he was in the wrong at this moment, and immediately thought of resolving some of the discordant voices.

Yu Dong wanted to smash the cup at this moment. With a guaranteed box office of 10 billion, it is not a big deal that Bona Film Group will only lose its pants this time, but Bona will probably be laughed to death in the industry.

I thought it would be bad, but I didn't expect it to be this bad.

At the same time, Shu Chang walked out of the cinema with a confused look on his face.

She felt like complaining all over, but she couldn't find anyone to complain about it. After all, she came out to watch the movie alone.

The first day box office figures for "The Legend of the Gods" have not yet been released, but the internet has already been flooded with complaints and negative reviews.

On Douban, the rating of "The Legend of the Gods" has dropped to 3.4 points, and on Mtime.com it is only 4.3 points, making it one of the lowest-rated domestic films this year.

"This mythological masterpiece, set against the backdrop of King Wu's conquest of King Zhou, has once again refreshed mankind's understanding of the bottom line of movies. In this movie called "Legend of the Gods", domestic first-line stars have gathered together, like a group of demons dancing wildly, leaving their own "brilliant" acting skills in this masterpiece that will be recorded in film history. The plot, costumes, and special effects are unparalleled in ancient and modern times, making "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" pale in comparison. This is a true masterpiece!"

Many film critics were extremely sarcastic.

When Li Mu returned to the villa, he heard Shu Chang's voice from a distance.

"It's outrageous, really outrageous. I think after watching The Legend of Conferred Gods, I can forgive all the bad movies in the world!"

“Is it that exaggerated?”

Liu Yifei smiled. Although she had seen the comments on the website, she had never seen it with her own eyes.

"Exaggerated? Not at all, I'm telling you, Sissi." Shu Chang was still expressing his desire to complain after watching the movie, "This movie shouldn't be called "Legend of the Gods", it should be directly renamed "Thunder". Anyway, from the styling, special effects to the plot and performance, everything is thunder."

"All kinds of elves and flying chariots appeared, and most of the plot had nothing to do with Investiture of the Gods. I fell asleep in the middle."

After Li Mu entered the room, he couldn't help but smile when he heard Shu Chang's complaints.

"It's not that bad actually. It still has some advantages."

Li Mu sat down directly, took the little bun from Liu Yifei, and gently touched the little bun's delicate face.

I have to say, children’s skin is really amazing.

"No, can it still have advantages?"

Shu Chang couldn't believe it and his eyes widened.

She watched it for nearly two hours and really couldn't see any advantages in it.

"Look, first of all, the film brought together the three kings of bad movies, Fan Binbin, Yang Ying, and Huang Xiaoming, for the first time, which shows that this is a film with a strong experimental nature. On the road of bad movies, it is very exploratory.
Secondly, as a domestic fantasy film, it allows the audience to at least see traces of various movies such as "Warcraft", "The Lord of the Rings", "The Hulk", "Guardians of the Galaxy", and "Curse of the Golden Flower" in the character modeling and scene design. Therefore, as the best movie tailor, "The Legend of the Gods" has a spirit of borrowing.

Secondly, the film was invested with 5 million yuan, the special effects are very sufficient, the scenes are grand, the actors are big names, and the actors are always fighting. If they are not fighting, they are on the way to fight. This idea of ​​making a movie is very simple and practical! "

Li Mu said this seriously, and coaxed the little kid during the conversation.

Liu Yifei couldn't stop laughing, "That's too mean! Brother Xiao Ming can't be considered the king of bad movies, right?"

"Don't say that, I think what you said is quite right!"

Shu Chang recalled the movie he had watched not long ago, and the more he thought about it, the more it made sense!

With the box office of "Legend of the Gods" reaching 8000 million on the first day, the industry was in an uproar.

After all, with this publicity, lineup and investment scale, it only earned 7800 million on the first day, which is seriously failing.

With the reputation of this collapse, almost everyone anticipated the subsequent results.

As expected, the next day, Saturday, "Legend of the Gods" started to plummet and only earned more than 6000 million yuan at the box office.

This box office result left Yu Dong somewhat helpless.

Because relationships are relationships, but with this result, how can we ask the theaters to keep scheduling the films?

"Let the cinemas prepare to adjust the screening schedule of "Legend of the Gods" on Monday."

Li Mu shook his head and gave instructions to Lu Yu.

"Understood, Mr. Li."

Lu Yu nodded.

Tang Jing also made an appointment with Li Mu to watch the movie on Wednesday.

Just at this time, Wanda Cinema Line issued an announcement on Monday that it would acquire Time.com for US$2.8 million.

However, this announcement was not the point, because another announcement was issued immediately afterwards: the reorganization of the acquisition of major assets such as Wanda Film and Legendary Pictures would be suspended.

The reason is that the securities market environment has changed significantly after the announcement of the transaction plan, and choosing an appropriate time for merger and acquisition will be more conducive to protecting the interests of small and medium shareholders.

This announcement attracted the attention of many film and television companies in the industry.

"Wanda should have retreated this time because of the difficulty"

"Fortunately, Guangxian's performance is still okay." Wang Changtian and Zheng Zhihao were still analyzing that because Wanda's M&A case was so large, the acquiring entity had to communicate with the China Securities Regulatory Commission privately many times.

Moreover, after the news of the merger and acquisition came out, the market feedback was not very positive.

The main reason is that, compared with the Big Six in Hollywood, Legendary Pictures is similar in nature to the previously bankrupt Relativity Media. It is essentially a film investment company that does private equity funds. It shares its own risks by investing together with major Hollywood studios, and lacks independence.

In recent years, the number of medium-sized box office films in Hollywood has been decreasing, and the Matthew effect has accelerated. Companies like Legendary Pictures generally find it difficult to get investment quotas for high-concept top blockbusters, which indirectly increases Legendary's risks.

These dual risks coming from Legendary Pictures itself and the investment environment of Hollywood films in the United States will be transferred to Wanda after Wanda acquires Legendary Pictures.

The village will definitely not agree to this method of shifting the blame.

"It seems that many people's companies are no longer wanted this time."

"It has no value in itself, it's just some actors with traffic there."

Li Mu also participated in the discussion because the recent news that the village would strictly control the high valuations and high profit promises of film and television cultural companies had been made clear through the Wanda incident.

An outrageous acquisition price like the one for Huayi before is unlikely to appear again, which also means that the means of obtaining wealth in this way is prohibited.

"Mr. Zheng, Maoyan will follow up on Huang Bo's "A Good Show" as a co-producer."

"Understood, Mr. Li."

Zheng Zhihao nodded.

Mengying Media and Guangxian Holdings own Maoyan, so what Li Mu said must naturally be executed.

Moreover, Huang Bo’s "A Good Show" is a good resource in the industry. If it weren’t for Mengying Media, it probably wouldn’t have been Maoyan’s turn.

"The Legend of the Gods" earned 5500 million yuan at the box office on Sunday, but the good times did not last long. It was cut in half on Monday, earning only 2500 million yuan, and fell below 2000 million on Tuesday.

The cruel reality has proved that "Legend of the Gods" has come to an end. The only hope is whether a miracle will happen this weekend.

But those who have seen it only complained about it, and those who haven't seen it knew that it was a huge bad movie and lost interest.

The summer vacation season, which had originally had a glimmer of hope, seemed to be ending in dismay. In the next month, there were no domestic productions that could compare with "Skiptrace" and "Legend of the Gods".

"Damn, I spent a lot of money in one summer vacation, but I saw a lot of shit!"

"It's a huge loss. To be honest, I don't want to watch it for the rest of the time. It's really disgusting."

"I suddenly miss Li Mu so much. He was so cool when making commercial films. Alas, Operation Red Sea will have to wait until the end of September, the National Day holiday. It's too long."

Mengying Media, the Navy Political Department and China Film Group also seized the opportunity and invested a lot of resources in the promotion of "Operation Red Sea".

For a time, all major platforms were filled with news about "Operation Red Sea".

Li Mu has already arrived at the Naval Political Department.

This time, Li Mu clearly felt that it was different from the previous times. There seemed to be many more sentry posts and security personnel.

Li Mu immediately understood.

"Director Li, Director Li!"

When Tang Jing learned that Li Mu had arrived, she hurried out to greet him.

"this way please."

While guiding Li Mu, Tang Jing talked to Li Mu about the visitor.

Li Mu was also slightly surprised. There were indeed quite a few people coming, and their levels were not low.

"Everyone is looking forward to what this promotional film you shot for the Navy will look like."

"I shouldn't disappoint Director Tang."

Li Mu watched the finished film and said confidently at this moment.

Tang Jing's eyes lit up and the smile on her face widened.

Inside the screening room, the crowd’s voices were very rough, and several people near the main seat had many medals on their clothes.

Tang Jing introduced them to Li Mu one by one.

"Director Li Mu, thank you for shooting this film for our navy. We have also watched some of the previous clips. They are very exciting and of very high quality."

Everyone is looking forward to this movie at the moment. After all, his mother was proud in front of the Air Force before. Compared with the promotional film that the Air Force wanted to shoot, the Navy's one is obviously better. After all, the director is Li Mu, who is well-known in the industry.

Li Mu didn't say anything special and just responded modestly.

Then, the movie "Operation Red Sea" was shown to everyone.

Li Mu clearly saw that while Tang Jing was watching, she was also paying attention to other people's expressions from time to time.

In response, Li Mu smiled lightly and said nothing.

However, when Tang Jing saw everyone's fixed gazes and the occasional "OK", she felt a lot more relaxed.

The realistic shooting almost vividly shows the cruelty of war.

The charred and broken bodies, limbs, and bones in the urban street fighting were not avoided.
(End of this chapter)