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Chapter 634: “Operation Red Sea” guaranteed?
"I am the Chinese Navy, we will take you home."

The first four words indicate the identity, and the last seven words are a promise worth a thousand gold, exuding an awe-inspiring and tough temperament.

“Good! Great shot!”

“It’s true, so true!”

Everyone stood up and applauded.

"This movie is even more shocking than Hollywood blockbusters, it's not inferior to them at all!"

"Chief, in Hollywood, it's all about one person saving a group of people or the world. That's ridiculous. We have the collective spirit."

Tang Jing immediately added that when she saw everyone’s extremely satisfied expressions, she knew that the movie was a success.

"That's true." The first person with medals all over his body nodded slowly, "Xiao Tang, this movie must be promoted well and everyone must see it. This is very important."

"Understood. I will ensure that the mission is completed."

When Tang Jing heard this, her eyes sparkled with excitement. This would make many things easier later on.

"Director Li is worthy of being a national director. He is young and promising. He not only captured reality without exaggeration, but also captured the soul. This movie is well made. We should make more movies like this in the future."

It was a rare occasion for Li Mu to be patted on the shoulder, so he smiled and humbly responded.

"Director Li, leave the official promotion and movie viewing to me."

Tang Jing was in a good mood.

"Okay, I'll leave it to Director Tang then."

Li Mu nodded. It would be natural for Tang Jing to be in charge of some publicity or organizing movie viewing in enterprises, institutions and within the organization.

On the way back, Li Mu also breathed a sigh of relief.

The capital city in August is still terribly hot. Looking at the constant stream of cars on the road, everyone is busy and doing their own wonderful things, and so is he.

Li Mu couldn't help but feel a little satisfied at this moment.

"Where are you? Did the preview go well today?"

Liu Yifei's voice came from the mobile phone that Li Mu hung in the car.

"Not bad!"

Li Mu responded with a faint smile.

Liu Yifei was also smiling at this moment. She knew Li Mu too well. Since he said it was good, it must be a very good result.

"Drive slowly. I cooked your favorite dish today. Mom cooked it herself. I'll show off my cooking skills today!"

Li Mu couldn't help but laugh when he heard Liu Yifei's clear and pleasant voice.

Today was his birthday, and everyone was obviously busy preparing for it, but Liu Yife's little display of skill caught him off guard.

“Hopefully, it will be normal.”

"Who are you looking down on? Aunt Yuan teaches you step by step. It's absolutely quality certified."

Liu Yifei was not convinced and her lips were puffed up.

"Okay, okay, try it tonight!"

After Li Mu hung up the phone, Liu Yifei had already rolled up her sleeves and was ready to get to work.

Li Mu received a constant stream of messages at this moment. After all, many people knew about his birthday, and many people sent him greetings.

The birthday party that night was very warm and everyone was family.

Liu Yifei's cooking skills are pretty good after some hands-on teaching. Li Mu praised her a few times, and her little face was immediately filled with a happy smile.

Having a wife and daughter, a family, and a favorite career, this is probably what a man pursues throughout his life.

However, in the past few days, all the news about "The Legend of the Gods" has completely stopped. Everyone knows that the movie is doomed to fail, but no one expected it to fail so badly.

因为在8月4号就直接跌破了1000万，仅收获900万的票房，而在周五的8月5号，更是只有158万的票房。

Li Mu also received a report from Dream Theater Line that "Legend of the Gods" will be withdrawn soon.

Given the box office numbers on Friday, there’s basically no hope of recovery.

"It can't be that bad, right? It can't even break 300 million?"

Liu Yifei leaned on Li Mu's shoulder and also saw the contents of the email.

Because not only Dream Theater Chain has this plan, but all theater chains have this plan.

"It's over!"

At this moment, Yu Dong rubbed his aching head with his right hand. The withdrawal of the film from the theaters was irreversible, and he couldn't ask for help anymore. After all, it wasn't worth it.

“Bet on the National Day.”

Yu Dong made a decision quickly. It was a foregone conclusion that "Legend of the Gods" would suffer heavy losses. It was necessary to abandon it as soon as possible and concentrate all resources on the new blockbuster.

Moreover, Mengying Media is now also betting on main-theme military blockbusters, which may obviously be a new track in the industry.

"Mr. Li, Bona sends out 6-8 pieces of publicity for Operation Mekong every day."

The person in charge of publicity collected the data and reported it to Li Mu.

"It's okay, we just carry on as usual."

Li Mu nodded. The publicity for "Operation Red Sea" was also good.

The industry has become somewhat numb. The publicity for these two films has been almost everywhere, not only stirring up the National Day holiday season, but also leaving the industry a little confused as to whether main-theme military blockbusters are the future.

At this time, La Peikang of China Film Group, who participated in the production, also received some news.

"The Navy screened the film, and the response was very good. Someone also spoke up." La Peikang was still mumbling the news he had received while thinking about something.

He made the right bet on this movie, but China Film’s share was really not that big.

"Pity!"

La Peikang couldn't help but sigh that this report of good achievements lacked some weight.

“You can try to make a backup plan.”

La Peikang's eyes lit up slightly. It's not like China Film Group has never guaranteed a minimum wage before. However, it's still a state-owned enterprise after all. It can't guarantee a minimum wage in any way it wants like a private enterprise.

But "Operation Red Sea" is definitely a good candidate for a guaranteed minimum.

However, at this time, there were many companies that shared the same idea as La Peikang, and many people set their sights on Li Mu's "Operation Red Sea".

Just in the past few days, Li Mu has received calls from the CEOs of many companies, including China Film, Hehe Film, Longteng Film and Television, Weying Times, Lianrui Pictures, China United Huameng, Yaolai Film and Television, Huayi Brothers, Enlight Media, Wanda and so on.

They all expressed their different degrees of desire to guarantee the minimum score for "Operation Red Sea".

“This is really lively!”

Ye Ning also heard the news these days that there are many film companies that want to produce "Operation Red Sea" like him.

Yu Dong was no exception and also received some calls from people who wanted to guarantee a share of "Operation Mekong".

“It’s not easy to talk about it.”

It is difficult for Yu Dong to judge the situation. After all, it is hard to say whether this thing can stand the test of the market.

But after thinking for a while, Yu Dong suddenly had an idea. It doesn’t matter if he can’t judge it, because there are other colleagues like him.

The same is true for "Operation Red Sea" at the moment, and we can learn a thing or two from it. So, Yu Dong thought that Bona could also join the list of guaranteed distribution.

Li Mu rubbed his forehead, feeling a little annoyed.

"Boss Yu from Bona also wants to come and guarantee the bottom line?"

Liu Yifei's fair and delicate little hand gently pressed on Li Mu's head.

"It's hard to say whether this guy wants to get involved or not, but he really wants to get information."

Li Mu smiled. He knew very well what Yu Dong was thinking. Wu Fei just didn't know what price to quote, because the minimum guarantees in the industry were mostly not very good this year.

For example, the summer blockbuster "Skiptrace" had a guaranteed box office of 8.8 billion yuan, but it has now stopped at 9 million yuan, with no hope of breaking million yuan, so it's a small loss.

Of course, the most unlucky one is "The Legend of the Gods", and the box office of 2.8 million yuan is already a foregone conclusion.

But Xiang Jianqiang had already pocketed the guaranteed box office of 10 billion, and Bona Film Group only received a share of 1.06 million, leaving it with nothing but its underwear. This is a commercial tragedy worthy of being recorded in history.

Because all theaters have withdrawn their schedules, only Bona’s own theaters still have sporadic screenings.

Another person who also lost everything was Xiang Zuo.

The failure of "Legend of the Gods" was like Xiang Liqiang lifting Xiang Zuo up high and then letting him fall flat on his face.

Xiang Zuo has fallen directly from the "Prince of Hong Kong" to the "Xiang Zuo who cannot be helped".

“With so many companies wanting to do guaranteed issuance, how long will it take to negotiate?”

Liu Yifei calculated that there were more than ten companies that showed interest, and many of them were wealthy.

"Let's bid together. If they're suitable, I don't mind guaranteeing them."

Li Mu shook his head. He didn't have the time to talk to each family one by one. If they wanted to talk, they could do it together. If they could afford the price, they could do it. If they couldn't afford it, it didn't matter.

"together"

Liu Yifei was stunned for a moment, and then she felt that this idea was more reliable. After all, her husband's movies really had no problem selling.

In August, there were frequent news in the industry, and the most important news was naturally "The Founding of an Army". A few years ago, "The Founding of a Republic" came out and set a box office record.

Now the final part of the trilogy has set the tone.

"The film "The Founding of an Army" is planned and produced by Han Sanping, directed by Huang Jianxin, and directed by Hong Kong director Andrew Lau. It stars Liu Ye, Zhu Yawen, Yu Hewei, Liu Haoran, Ma Tianyu and others.

As the third part of the "Founding of a Nation Trilogy", "The Founding of an Army" will continue the style of the two previous works "The Founding of a Nation" and "The Founding of a Party", reproduce the patriotic revolutionary action of the August 1st Nanchang Uprising, describe the great chapter of the founding of the Chinese army, and show the glorious course of the people's army.

Zhu Yawen's resources are truly envied by people in the industry.

After all, this crew is luxurious. Although he is the second male lead, the first male lead is the movie emperor Liu Ye. There is absolutely no problem in acting with him.

The younger generation of male actors in the industry are truly envious.

And just at this time, the Venice Film Festival finally officially announced the film list.

"Mr. Li, Director Guo's movie has been shortlisted."

As soon as Lu Yu got the news, he reported it immediately.

"Let me see."

Li Mu directly opened the latest report.

As one of the three major film festivals, Venice still has a certain status.

"The Venice Film Festival's main competition is full of famous directors. Guo Fan's "Arrival" is shortlisted for the main competition director, and Wang Bing's new film "Bitter Money" is shortlisted for the Horizon Unit."

As soon as Li Mu opened the corresponding section, the homepage showed the latest film list news about Venice.

“A Voyage of Time by Terrence Malick, Long Way to the Galaxy by Kuzturica, Franz by Ozon, The Girl with Kit Harington, and The First Lady with Natalie Portman.”

Li Mu glanced at the other people on the film list. He had to admit that the title "Gathering of Famous Directors" was not made up. The pressure on the main competition unit this time was indeed not small.

(End of this chapter)