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Chapter 695 Film Festival, One Finger
"Breaking news, the new film "Shadow" directed by Zhang Yimou, jointly produced by LeTV Pictures and Vieshow Films, officially started shooting today. It has been confirmed that Deng Chao, Zheng Kai, Wang Qianyuan, Hu Jun, Guan Xiaotong, Wu Lei, and Wang Jingchun will star in the film."

"According to industry insiders, the total investment in In the Name of People is about 1.2 million yuan, but the total salary of all the actors is only 4800 million yuan, which is not enough for the personal salary of a popular idol actor at present."

"According to foreign media Deadline, the Hollywood movie version of Ghost in the Shell may lose more than $6000 million and will be officially released in China this week."

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Zhang Yimou's film reporting priority is still very high, and the sudden news of the start of filming was immediately reported by major media.

"In the Name of People", which caused a wave of movie-watching in the industry, also revealed the actors' pay, which put pressure on many young actors.

After all, the acting in this TV series is there for everyone to see clearly, and with this level of talent, all the actors combined only make 4800 million. How can some TV series where a single actor earns 8000 million a piece survive?

Now netizens are mocking again.

"Suddenly I remembered Yang Ying from "The Princess Weiyoung". She got 80 million for this cutout. Look at this. It's really not worth it."

"If all domestic actors were of this level, then the quality of TV dramas and movies would at least be raised by two levels!"

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"The fig leaf has been torn off by this drama. Mengying Media has made a good investment in this TV series."

After the TV drama industry meeting ended, everyone continued to praise Li Mu.

Li Mu responded with a smile, looked at the time, and prepared to get up and leave, but unexpectedly, a voice came from behind to persuade him to stay:
"Director Li, please stay for a moment. Director Zhang wants you to come over."

"Ok?"

Li Mu stopped and thought about it carefully, and felt that there seemed to be nothing worthy of Zhang Hongsen looking for him.

"Director Li, please sit down. I want to talk to you about something."

Zhang Hongsen had just finished talking to someone, and when he saw Li Mu coming over, he got straight to the point.

"The Capital Film Festival is going to be held soon. Operation Red Sea has such good performance and reputation. It would be a shame not to participate."

After hearing what Zhang Hongsen said, Li Mu suddenly realized what was going on.

This film festival is of high standard. After all, it is a large-scale international film event directed by the Film Bureau, hosted by local governments and China Central Television.

However, this film festival has some problems. It is okay to use foreign directors as judges, after all, it is an international film festival. Moreover, it is understandable that it is a key cultural event for building a world city and creating an oriental film and television capital.

However, the major awards selected every year, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Actress, are all won by foreign films and foreign actors.

This is somewhat boring.

Li Mu didn't want to complain in front of Zhang Hongsen, and there was no need to, but he really didn't want to participate in this film festival.

"Director Zhang, Operation Red Sea is a little bit lacking in art. Although it has good results, it is also a good choice for the opening ceremony film, so that foreign filmgoers who have not seen the film can watch it. If it is put in the main competition unit, there may be fewer people watching it."

Li Mu declined politely, but did not completely refuse. He decided to participate in the opening ceremony but not in the main competition unit.

Li Mu remembered correctly that "Operation Red Sea" also participated in the 2018 Imperial Capital Film Festival, but it ended up winning a so-called Best Visual Effects Award, which was really surprising.

"That's okay!"

Zhang Hongsen thought about it for a moment and then nodded. This suggestion was not bad.

Saturday, April 4.

The domestic first-day results of "Ghost in the Shell" on Friday were released, which was over 4900 million, and did not even break 5000 million.

This result can be said to have successfully killed the last hope in Lin Ning's heart.

"Why do you keep looking at the data of this movie recently? Mengying Media didn't invest in it, right?"

Liu Yifei leaned her face on Li Mu's shoulder and couldn't help but ask.

"It has nothing to do with Mengying Media, but with Weying Times."

Li Mu smiled, put down his phone, then hugged Liu Yifei's little face and kissed her seductive red lips deeply.

"What? Why are you so happy?"

There was no blush on Liu Yifei's face. After all, they were an old couple.

"Nothing, just want to taste it."

Li Mu lay on the bed with a wicked smile on his face, but did not take the next step.

Liu Yifei was not to be outdone: "Then don't you want to try more?"

"forget about it!"

Li Mu looked indifferent, which completely angered Liu Yifei.

"How dare you, Li Mu, play tricks on me? Lie still!"

Liu Yifei simply turned over and sat on Li Mu, suppressing Li Mu.

Early Saturday morning, the two of them were having a great time playing on the bed in the bedroom.

Ghost in the Shell did not show the box office appeal of a blockbuster movie on the weekend. After earning 5700 million on Saturday, it dropped directly to 3900 million on Sunday. The fate of this movie in China is almost doomed.

On Monday, Lin Ning had just finished a meeting and returned to his office, his face completely gloomy.

He heard over the weekend that someone from Maoyan had contacted Tencent, and Weying Times seemed to be abandoned.

During the meeting, he received less than positive responses and even some complaints from several important shareholders.

"Maoyan is just a ticketing company, while Weying Times is a pan-entertainment company that covers movies, performances, and sports. Why should we be abandoned?"

Lin Ning felt particularly upset at the moment. He had always looked down upon Maoyan. After all, Maoyan's business was too single, while Weying Era was a pan-entertainment ecosystem.

However, Lin Ning had forgotten at this time that Guevara was once very popular on the ticketing platform, but was eventually merged into Weying, and now it has simply been replaced by Weying itself.

However, compared with the passivity in the Weying era, Maoyan is now much more proactive.

"Director Li, we've already contacted them. It seems like everyone has this intention, but it may take some time to discuss it."

Wang Changtian also talked about this matter at Maoyan’s meeting.

"It's okay, take your time. We are not the ones who should be anxious. By the way, you guys should also start contacting them."

Li Mu gestured to Zheng Zhihao.

"Understood, Director Li, Director Wang."

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"By the way, I looked at the data and Maoyan is expected to be profitable by the middle of the year?"

Li Mu picked up a data report on the table and immediately asked.

“Yes, according to financial data analysis, Maoyan will be profitable in June this year, with an estimated net profit of more than 6 million. Maoyan will also be the only ticketing platform that is currently profitable.”

"Release this news at a good time."

Li Mu smiled and thought this was a good bargaining chip.

"Understood, Mr. Li."

Zheng Zhihao is not stupid since he can be the CEO, and he can still understand this intention.

At the same time, the organizing committee of the Capital International Film Festival officially confirmed that the films "Operation Red Sea" and "The Great Hypnotist" were selected as the opening and closing films of the 7th Capital International Film Festival. The much-anticipated competition for the opening and closing films has finally come to an end.

As for the shortlisted films, this year's Beijing International Film Festival received 59 films from 424 countries and regions. Finally, after the selection, 19 films from 15 countries and regions were successfully shortlisted.

Among them, there are 2 domestic films and 13 foreign films.

Under the guidance of the two major organizers, the local government and CCTV, the news became popular for a while.

"It's been a while since I've seen Li Mu's films participate in domestic film festivals?"

"That seems to be true, but I didn't seem to participate in the award judging, only the opening ceremony, which is a bit regrettable!"

"Come on, let's not participate in the main competition. Haven't you understood it in all these years? The awards are given to foreign films to show the situation. There are very few domestic films. If it weren't for the Film Bureau above, I don't think Li Mu would have participated."

There are also knowledgeable netizens who can see the truth at a glance.

However, less than two days after the news about the Imperial Capital Film Festival became popular, another piece of breaking news directly overshadowed all the other news.

The cause was that Bai Baihe and a young man were photographed by Zhuo Wei while vacationing in Bangkok, and the photos and video animations were made public.

Bai Baihe was seen wearing a swimsuit, playing with the young hunk in the hotel swimming pool, pointing at his sensitive parts, which looked like she was teasing him.

There are all kinds of pictures of hugging, kissing and even buttocks touching, which is basically solid evidence.

This move directly shocked and disappointed netizens and fans, and even topped the hot search list of the day.

"Bai Baihe's One Yang Finger originated from Mr. Jin Yong's martial arts novels. It is a profound finger technique and also a unique heritage of the Dali Duan family.

As the name suggests, this finger technique will make the Yang energy full and powerful, and it is easy to cause an overreaction."

"I am so amused. What a genius! He even has names for the fingering techniques!"

"The derailment team has added another female member!"

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For a time, the entire Internet was extremely noisy, causing widespread public condemnation.

"You didn't expect that the Kung Fu in your movies and dramas has now been brought to a level that doesn't belong to it!"

Li Mu talked to Liu Yifei with a smile.

Nowadays, the exposure rate of "Yi Yang Finger" far exceeds that of when "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" was released.

"This is not a good reputation. I never thought that one day this martial art would become popular on the Internet in this way."

(End of this chapter)