China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 713 Embroidered Spring Blade 2, filming begins

The negotiations between Maoyan and Weying Times have reached the final stage, but the various equity procedures and payments alone will take more than a month.

Tao Piaopiao continues to rapidly increase its market share by leveraging the financial advantages of Alibaba Pictures.

The only one that has made almost no move is Baidu's Nuomi, which has been defeated by the three major platforms and has no ability to resist at all.

It is estimated that Robin Li is planning to abandon this business again.

The box office stamina of "Transformers 5" is too weak, stopping just below 16 billion, and the current daily average is just over a million.

However, a number of newly released domestic films failed to take advantage of the opportunity.

The thriller "Beijing No. 81 II" successfully replaced "Transformers 5" which had been the single-day box office champion for more than half a month, thanks to the popularity of its predecessor.

Unfortunately, the championship throne only lasted for one day before it was given to the only Hollywood movie of this month, "Despicable Me 3". Since the film was released on the 7th, it has quickly set off a wave of movie-watching craze.

The sequel effect, warm family affection, and family-friendly attributes have attracted a large number of audiences to the cinema for "Despicable Me 3".

该片上映3天票房突破4亿元，超过了2014年《神偷奶爸2》的总票房，有可能凭借一己之力搅乱7月这个“国产片保护月”。

In addition, "Despicable Me 3" also successfully heated up the entire film market, with a single-day box office of more than 2.5 million yuan, setting off the first wave of movie-watching climax in the summer.

"Knife of the Assassin 2", which launched a new promotional mode on Douyin, also officially started its premiere journey.

This is a key project of Mengying Media in the first half of the year and attracted many media and industry insiders to watch the film.

"I saw it on TikTok and it was kind of appealing. I've been wondering when it would be released. Now it's finally coming."

"So far, this movie is pretty good. It seems to have had a media screening and received good ratings. I'm going to watch it tomorrow."

"."

Lu Yang is now somewhat famous, and as the sequel to "The Blade of the Assassin", its popularity is still quite good. With a lot of publicity, it has also become one of the most anticipated martial arts movies in the summer vacation.

"Wind, fire and mountain forest!"

Liu Yifei held Li Mu's hand and looked at the four words on the huge art poster standing in the hall, feeling a little puzzled.

"Why is it called the 'Wind, Fire and Forest' premiere press conference?"

"It seems that Lu Yang came up with it. I'm not sure. If I want to know, I'll ask him later."

Li Mu didn't pay much attention to such details, but the poster was quite well done.

The film uses an impressionist style to present the highlight of the "boat interrogation" scene, showing the depression of the male and female protagonists in the emotional Shura field, and the upcoming fiery outburst.

The concept is full!

However, before Liu Yifei asked, Lu Yang and the main creators expressed the meaning of "wind, mountain, fire and forest" on the stage.

"The fighting spirit of 'Wind, Forest, Fire and Mountain' comes from The Art of War, and is also the best interpretation of the movie 'Blade Master: Shura Battlefield'.

Six years ago, the first "Blade of the Assassin" was released, which caused a sensation.

The popularity of "Blade of the Assassin: Shura Battlefield" is not the "aggression like fire" in "The Art of War". In addition to the suspenseful and brain-burning plot that is more complicated and exciting, there is also a determination to make the summer season the hottest.

This is a passionate emotion "forbearance like fire", a thought of Shura burns through the summer to exchange true love"

These words really stunned Li Mu.

"Director Lu seems to be deeply touched. Did you graduate from liberal arts before becoming a director?" Liu Yifei asked in Li Mu's ear.

"No, he's an engineering major."

"Of course, the cast of "Blade of Assassins: Shura Battlefield" is full of "experts", including the best actor Zhang Zhen, the best actor Zhang Yi, the powerful actors Lei Jiayin and Wan Qian, and the veteran actor Jin Shijie.
I believe the final word of mouth will continue the first one and maintain the momentum of "standing firm as a mountain"! ”

"."

After Lu Yang finished speaking, the second part of "The Blade of the Assassin", which Lu Yang spent a lot of effort to create, was officially released to the audience.

“That’s a good line.”

When Lu Yang returned to the stage, Li Mu couldn't help but praise him.

"Hey, I spent a long time memorizing it. The publicity department helped me write it. I think it's pretty good."

Lu Yang said with a grin.

This immediately made Li Mu lose interest. Oh my god, it turned out to be a "feint".

"There are no savior heroes, only ups and downs in troubled times" is probably the most true portrayal of this movie.

There are no heroes, no wise rulers, and no beauties to accompany them through life and death.

Just like what Zhang Zhen said in the movie: "No one can save this world."

Even if the movie characters have a heart to save the world, they are by no means majestic and bright images. It is more that they are helplessly up and down in the "jianghu".

Zhang Yi's several appearances really attracted everyone's attention.

He just won the Magnolia Award for Best Actor not long ago and gave an excellent performance in the film.

"Factory Master, there are fish"

Simple lines, complex and vivid expressions, and highly realistic performances allowed everyone to see the complexity and diversity of this character's personality, and also made everyone feel that if they wanted to survive in this troubled world, they had to "change their way of living."

"It's a great performance, and the movie is really well made."

Liu Yifei couldn't help but praise.

"Indeed!" Li Mu nodded. This movie is also a rare masterpiece of martial arts in recent years.

“It’s no exaggeration to say that in this year when Chinese-language films are weak, if there is only one must-see movie during the summer protection month, it is this one - Blade of the Assassin!”

“Embroidered Spring Blade: Shura Battlefield: A tough guy with a soft heart, a deep love, you and I don’t need to say it!”

"In "Blade of Assassins", there is no salvation, only ups and downs in troubled times. Thanks to Director Lu Yang and the creative team for bringing the audience another martial arts masterpiece. I highly recommend it!"

"."

With the media's praise, critics' good reviews and fans' overwhelming praise, "The Blade of the Assassin" has occupied major entertainment pages.

With the first film being such a great success, it will be extremely difficult for "Knife of the Assassin 2" to surpass its predecessor in terms of reputation.

However, in just the first day, the film's reputation increased instead of decreased. Currently, its Douban score is as high as 7.7 points, surpassing "The Blade of the Assassin"'s 7.5 points, becoming a domestic commercial film with a good reputation in recent times.

At this time, Lu Yang was holding his mobile phone, opening the Maoyan app, and constantly refreshing the box office data.

Li Mu couldn't help but smile when he saw him like this, but he didn't say anything.

This is also normal. Almost every director pays close attention to the box office performance of the movie in the first few days. After all, this is the report card to be submitted.

On July 7th, all the data of "Assassin's Blade 20" were released yesterday.

On the first day, Wednesday, which was also a working day, it took in more than 6800 million, which is quite gratifying. However, with all the publicity, it is basically hopeless to break billion on the first day, but there is no doubt that it will exceed the box office of the first film.

"Satisfied."

Lu Yang felt relieved.

"You're satisfied with this. Do you have any ambition?" Li Mu rolled his eyes at him.

"Hey, Brother, you should know better than me that Blade of the Assassin 2 is not like Director Zhang's Hero.

It is more like an art form and niche film. A billion-dollar film needs a commercial threshold, or else a director like you can come forward to attract a large number of fans, but I don’t have that ability yet.”

Lu Yang was very sober and was not blinded by his grades.

“Maybe the next movie, ‘Assassination of Novelist,’ will have the same success.”

"Okay, let's finish the rest of the promotional activities and prepare for this one."

"."

"Thanks to the continuation of the good quality of the previous work, "Blade of the Assassin 2" has been the box office champion for four consecutive days, and the cumulative box office has exceeded 3.2 million yuan so far."

As time goes by, Li Mu has to rush to Australia to start filming "Aquaman".

"Okay, I'll go over first. If you want to leave, remember to call me in advance."

Li Mu picked up the little bun, gave it a kiss on its chubby face, and then said to Liu Yifei who was standing beside him.

He was going there for filming, so naturally he was proceeding according to the plan. Liu Yifei was going there for traveling, so there was no need for her to follow him right away.

"Oh, I see."

Liu Yifei smiled, took the little bun, and gently shook the little bun's hand:

"Come, say goodbye to Daddy."

"Dad, Baibai"

Li Mu smiled, then got into the back seat and headed for the airport.

Australia, the early filming location of "Aquaman", on an unknown island, was directly rented.

In order to prepare for the early stage shooting, there are many beautiful-looking houses here, which were temporarily moved here. Of course, they can also be used for everyone to rest.

But there are cameras everywhere, so it looks like construction is underway.

"Wow, Lee, don't we need a big opening ceremony?"

Jason Momoa couldn't help but feel curious when he saw that Li Mu had no intention of throwing a grand party.

"What are you doing here? Do you think there are any reporters here?"

Li Mu motioned him to look at the surrounding environment. Apart from trees, houses, and photographic equipment, there was the ocean surrounding the island.

"Forehead"

"It looks like you've been exercising well recently. Have you tried your golden battle suit?" Li Mu took a serious look and nodded with satisfaction.

"Of course!"

"Emilia!" Li Mu called the heroine again.

“You two need to practice underwater stunts before filming starts these few days. After all, a lot of your scenes in this movie take place in the water, so you will have a lot of training tasks to do in the next few months.

Take good care of her, after all, you two are partners."

Li Mu patted Jason Momoa on the shoulder. After explaining these matters, Li Mu still had to communicate with the photographer, set designer, props and other departments.

While Li Mu was still in Australia, "The Founding of an Army", a blockbuster tribute to the 90th anniversary of the founding of the army, was officially released.

This special movie attracted a lot of media coverage.

"Han Sanping said frankly that he estimated the box office of "The Founding of an Army" to be over 16 billion."

(End of this chapter)