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Chapter 653 Review
"The Great Wall, a Chinese New Year blockbuster produced by Legendary Pictures and directed by Zhang Yimou, will hold a grand press conference at the New York Comic Con on October 10."

"The BFG is scheduled to be released in China on October 10. Spielberg will come to China to promote the film. This is also the first time that director Spielberg has visited China specifically to promote a film."

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On the third day of the National Day, in addition to the news that Li Mu's "Operation Red Sea" broke 400 million, the actions of Zhang Yimou and Spielberg also attracted much attention.

Zhang Yimou's "The Great Wall" is destined to be released overseas, so publicity is naturally indispensable. As one of the most anticipated films by movie fans this year, the popularity it has aroused is self-evident.

Although Spielberg's "The BFG" did not perform well at the North American box office, it has a 72% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Many professional rating websites also agree that the film is of high quality, and his works have a large audience in China.

For the sake of China's box office, Spielberg also plans to personally promote the film this time.

Li Mu originally planned to invite Spielberg for a meal and call it a day, but Spielberg seemed more interested in the campus.

"The organizer invited me to participate in a campus tour of your top university, Tsinghua University, but I still want to go to a place with a stronger film and art atmosphere."

It is obvious from what Spielberg said that he wants to visit several major art colleges.

"Okay, then come to Beijing Film Academy, my alma mater."

Li Mu included Beijing Film Academy in his itinerary without hesitation. After all, this kind of exchange opportunity is rare for Beijing Film Academy.

"Your alma mater?" Spielberg seemed to have a sudden inspiration. "It's the third-ranked film school in the world, right?"

"Yes!"

Li Mu smiled. Beijing Film Academy's world ranking jumped back from fifth to third because Li Mu won the Cannes Palme d'Or last year and the Best Foreign Language Film this year.

"I'm very curious, let's meet in the capital"

The two simply decided to go to Beijing Film Academy after touring Tsinghua University. Obviously, this was an event beyond the constraints of the organizer, but for a director like Spielberg, the organizer had no power to restrict him where he wanted to go.

Li Mu called Zhang Huijun, after all, the college had to be notified about this matter.

"Zhang Yuan!"

Zhang Huijun was also very curious. After all, it was rare for Li Mu to call him. He thought to himself, "My daughter doesn't even seem to be one year old yet. Could it be something else?"

"Dean Zhang, this is what happened. Director Spielberg will be in China on the 10th to promote the movie The BFG. He wants to come to our college to exchange some ideas after the press conference."

Li Mu explained the matter simply, but it really made Zhang Huijun excited.

There are a lot of exchanges in the daily activities of Beijing Film Academy, but the quality depends on the guests and the scale of the activities, which is also an important part of reflecting the teaching quality of Beijing Film Academy.

"I heard that he is not going to Tsinghua University."

When Li Mu heard this, he knew that Beijing Film Academy seemed to have intended to contact them, but Tsinghua University's level was much higher than that of Beijing Film Academy, and it was probably directly passed by the organizer. Spielberg probably didn't even know about this.

"I came here after I went to Tsinghua University. It's not part of the activities. It's private!"

Li Mu responded with a smile.

"OK."

Zhang Huijun was stunned to find that Li Mu had directly scheduled Spielberg's private event at Beijing Film Academy, and he was quite happy.

"Then I'll trouble Dean Zhang!"

Li Mu didn't plan to take care of too many details. Beijing Film Academy was very experienced in communication. They knew what venue to use, which students to arrange, and what topics to discuss.
"It's no trouble. If there are any good exchange opportunities in the future, they can be arranged at school. I will give more advice and guidance to my juniors."

Zhang Huijun is very pleased. The strength of Beijing Film Academy lies in the various resources provided by the directors and actors who go out.

People like Li Mu are all treasures of Beijing Film Academy.

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On October 10, Li Mu and the crew will go to Guangzhou for promotion. The next three days are filled with various promotional itineraries and will visit three cities.

The box office revenue for "Operation Red Sea" on the third day of National Day, which is also the fourth day of its release, has been released.

"Operation Red Sea grossed 4.2 million yuan in a single day, setting a new single-day record. The total revenue in four days has reached 13.9 billion yuan."

"The main theme blockbuster "Operation Red Sea" produced by Mengying Media has exceeded 4 million for two consecutive days, setting a new single-day box office record.

Operation Mekong, produced by Bona Film Group, grossed over 100 million yuan in a single day."

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Zhang Yi, Wu Jing, Hai Qing and other main creators are still discussing box office issues enthusiastically.

"Director Li, where do you think our movie's box office will go?"

Compared to Jiang Luxia's restrainedness, Hai Qing and her friends seemed more at ease.

“It’s hard to say! But it should be higher than 25 billion.”

Li Mu smiled. After all, he had rejected the 25 billion guarantee given by the industry, so the amount should be at least higher than this.

"Director Li, you are being too modest. Even if you said 40 billion, we would believe it."

"Yes, as long as you dare to say it, we dare to believe it!"

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The group was very happy discussing in the car. This movie really earned a lot of face. People like Jiang Luxia, who were not well-known in the circle, have now been offered film contracts. The first promotional activity point in Yangcheng is naturally its own cinema, and the second is Wanda. After all, it has 50% of the screenings since the first day, so this face should be given.

"Director Li, many people came to me for Wolf Warrior 2 and asked if we wanted to guarantee the release."

Wu Jing took the opportunity to get off the car and talked to Li Mu in a low voice.

"Don't worry about it. They can't afford the price. I still like this movie."

Li Mu patted Wu Jing on the shoulder, which made her smile so hard that her teeth were showing.

Although this movie is mainly controlled by Mengying Media, all major directors will invest some of their own money. Wu Jing naturally also has an investment share in "Wolf Warrior 2".

"understood!"

"Take your time with post-production, don't rush. The industry will be watching the release next year, don't mess it up!"

Seeing Wu Jing's excitement, Li Mu gave her another word of advice.

The post-production of a film is also extremely important. He was afraid that Wu Jing would be dazzled by the market and rush to produce "Wolf Warrior 2", which would result in huge losses if the film was redone in post-production.

"Don't worry, Director Li, I still have some patience!"

Wu Jing patted his chest and assured that now the market space has been opened, and all that remains is for main-theme movies of various qualities to be released in turn.

Many media reporters came to promote Yangcheng.

As the hottest movie at the moment, it has exceeded 4 million in single-day box office for two consecutive days. It can be said that this is definitely another phenomenal work.

"Director Li Mu, when you announced the guaranteed release of 33 billion, did you expect the film to be as popular as it is now?"

A female reporter asked Li Mu anxiously.

"Well, I really didn't expect this. I just said 33 billion because I think it's worth it. Thank you all for your love, thank you!"

Li Mu also answered very cooperatively. After all, these are the media that increase the traffic of the movie.

That afternoon, interview reports from various promotional roadshows were released one after another.

This also reminded many people in and outside the industry of the 33 billion yuan guarantee for "Operation Red Sea".

For a moment, all the people who participated in the guaranteed issuance were silent.

"I really didn't expect that the 33 billion yuan that Director Li had initially announced would now be just a glimpse of the final box office."

Ye Ning couldn't help but mutter to himself at this moment, recalling what happened that day.

No one could have guessed the grand occasion of today.

La Peikang, Zeng Maojun and others shared the same sentiment as Ye Ning.

This afternoon, "Operation Red Sea" has already broken the 15 billion box office. Even "The Mermaid" was not so successful. It seems that it is only a matter of time before it surpasses "The Mermaid".

Moreover, the release date of "Operation Red Sea" will inevitably be extended by one to two months, which is enough time for "Operation Red Sea" to create a series of box office records.

At this moment, Li Mu, Han Sanping, Han Jianu and others received the news.

"I finally couldn't bear it anymore."

Han Sanping didn't seem surprised at all to learn that the State Food and Drug Administration and other relevant departments had agreed in principle to the script and filming request of "Dying to Survive".

“I thought I would have to grind it out a bit more, but I didn’t expect it to be over like this!”

Han Jianu was stunned for a moment, and was a little surprised. "Is it because of Senior Brother's Operation Red Sea?"

Han Sanping nodded:
"Operation Red Sea was filmed so well, the Navy benefited a lot from it, the FDA naturally couldn't sit still, not to mention that this movie still has positive guidance for the FDA and other departments.
But I really didn’t expect that it would break 4 million in a single day!”

Thinking of this, Han Sanping was still a little dazed. It was really unbelievable that a movie that grossed over 4 million yuan in a single day appeared just one year after he stepped down from office.

"Brother is so amazing, I'm afraid it will be a new record!"

Han Jianu couldn't help but sigh, "I Am Not a Medicine God" hasn't been filmed yet, but they shot "Operation Red Sea" first, and it set a new record.

"Learn more from him. This opportunity is rare. Others in the industry can't even get this opportunity even if they beg for it."

Han Sanping specifically reminded that since "Dying to Survive" has passed the review, it may not be long before filming begins.

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The industry also got wind of the news very quickly, and the most excited ones were several major production companies in the industry, all of which were wondering if they could get involved in this project.

Li Mu and Han Jianu, the former is an absolute box office guarantee in the industry, and the latter is backed by Han Sanping. Although he is no longer the chairman of China Film, no one dares to underestimate the strength behind him.

And everyone knows that this is a mainstream movie, and its value has been greatly enhanced now.

Now people in the industry are excited when they hear the three words "main melody".

"Boss La, I understand. The share we promised to give to China Film Group will certainly not be small, but you also know that the share is not much to begin with, and 20% is not a small amount."

"Haha, I understand. OK, thank you Director Li."

La Peikang breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the share was very tight. Fortunately, this matter had been finalized before. Although China Film Group’s share was not large, it was still involved.

(End of this chapter)