China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 714 Satisfaction cannot be eaten
"Sixteen billion?"

Li Mu was talking to Liu Yifei at this time, and only then did he realize that Han Sanping had not changed his old habits and had started to make "big statements" again.

"Yes, Mr. Han said that this movie accurately captured the essence of each person and showed the most shining part of them. He himself was amazed after watching it."

"It's okay, propaganda tactics."

Li Mu held back his laughter. Han Sanping had been lonely for a long time, and now that he came out, he couldn't wait to kill everyone.

"Propaganda tactics?" Liu Yifei was also stunned after hearing this. Whose propaganda tactics are so bold?

“The audience satisfaction score of The Founding of an Army was 22 points 88.8 hours after its release, setting a new record for the highest score in the history of Chinese film audience satisfaction surveys.”

“‘The Founding of an Army’ has once again vindicated mainstream films!”

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All major media outlets are now promoting the film, but there is no trace of any box office news, as if they have deliberately forgotten about it.

You know, as the final chapter of the "Founding of a Nation Trilogy" series, the movie "The Founding of an Army" is undoubtedly highly anticipated by the producers.

As part of the series of celebrations to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the army, relevant departments also gave the film unremitting support in terms of schedule arrangement, public opinion propaganda and copyright protection.

Movie fans and military fans are also looking forward to it, hoping that this large-scale tribute film can organically combine the solemn sense of history with commercial elements and be more easily accepted by the majority of post-90s and post-00s audiences.

However, many media outlets did not reveal any box office information.

"Dad, this satisfaction level can't be used to make a living. Just because we are satisfied, what if everyone doesn't go to the cinema to contribute to the box office?"

Han Jianu couldn't help but express her feelings when she saw the first-day box office results of "The Founding of an Army" which was less than 3800 million.

"What do you know!"

Han Sanping glared at Han Jianu. This girl really didn't know how to read people's expressions.

The trilogy is one of his achievements in recent years, and "The Founding of an Army" is the finale of the "Founding of a Nation Trilogy". I didn't expect the box office to be so poor, and I felt quite depressed.

This can be considered a gift.

His previous prediction was to exceed 1.6 billion.

"I think it's the director's fault. It has nothing to do with you as the chief planner and art director."

Han Jianu immediately changed her tone and coaxed Han Sanping to speak.

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These words of comfort really did not comfort Han Sanping.

I didn’t expect that the final film of this trilogy would be the lowest-grossing film, which is hard to accept.

“I actually think this is a crime not caused by war.

This type of movie is adapted from historical facts, and there are no more novel interpretations, let alone arbitrarily distorting facts. The only thing they can do is to work hard on the film's performance techniques and actors.

But as my senior brother once said, in an era where content is king, if there is no breakthrough and innovation in content, any formalism is just a paper tiger.

"Huh? Li Mu told you?" Han Sanping reacted subconsciously.

"correct."

"When did you say that?"

"Hehe, just now, eh"

Han Jianu handed over the phone, which contained the chat history between her and Li Mu.

It has to be said that these words gave Han Sanping psychological comfort.

“That’s why we didn’t schedule Wolf Warrior 2 here, otherwise The Founding of an Army would be even more embarrassed.”

Li Mu shook his head when he saw the first day box office.

The summer movie season is now halfway over.

In July, due to the heavy concentration of films released on the schedule, the layout of domestic films was unbalanced. The films themselves lacked "big hits", and the highly anticipated "The Founding of an Army" was even worse. The overall market was still relatively sluggish.

However, in the following August, more than 8 movies joined the summer season.

Domestic films still have an absolute dominant position in terms of quantity. There are mature IPs and sequels, as well as some rehashed works. Judging from the current lineup, there are still no "hit films".

On the contrary, the quality of imported films is very good. "Baby Driver" and "Cars" released at the end of August are both very enjoyable to watch.

Back at the filming site in Australia, Li Mu was designing the fight scene in the cabin for Aquaman, played by Jason Momoa.

This scene is truly a classic.

However, the seemingly smooth fighting scenes in the movie needed to be divided into many parts during shooting.

"OK, we need to calculate Jason Momoa's average running speed during filming to control the rhythm, otherwise the effect will not be achieved."

"Understood. We'll check his speed."

The team's execution ability is still very strong. As soon as Li Mu stated a condition, he got an immediate response.

"For the scene where the iron can falls down, we need to tell the stuntman that he needs to block the iron can with his hands and then fall down. When filming, we need to slow down the speed to give him enough time."

When shooting fighting scenes, some inadvertent details are often the key, which is not only related to the film itself, but also for the safety of the actors.

Li Mu didn't want anything to go wrong while filming; this was no joke.

Moreover, in this kind of heavily industrialized movie, many of the equipment and props are huge, and if you are not careful, people may lose their lives.

"Do you know how I got this scar on my face? I had to get 140 stitches.
In order to join the gang, some gangsters have to complete some tasks, such as beating up a strong man, but I encountered this situation in a bar in Los Angeles. A gangster found me at random in the bar. The man smashed a glass with a capacity of about 600ml in my face, and the glass broke immediately. "

Jason Momoa is simply a socialite. He got along well with all the major actors in a short while, and then pointed out the reason why he didn't grow eyebrows because of this incident.

"My first thought was 'what if my wife doesn't like my eyebrows like this!'"

"Ha ha."

Everyone in the crew burst into laughter, and Li Mu happened to hear it, but Li Mu really didn't find this American humor funny.

"OK, the crew will start work tomorrow."

Li Mu clapped his hands, signaling everyone to get ready.

"Li, guess where I've been in China?"

As soon as Jason Momoa saw Li Mu coming, he started chatting with Li Mu.

"Hmm?" Li Mu looked at him curiously.

"I went to the Tibetan province in your country to learn Tibetan Buddhism. Isn't that cool?" Jason Momoa still feels a little nostalgic. "It was such a magical journey."

“Maybe you’ll have a different experience next time you go.”

Li Mu also recalled his last experience in Tibet with Liu Yifei, and a look of reminiscence appeared on his face.

"Oh, Li, you are definitely thinking about your beloved girl, right? I had this expression too, when I met my wife."

Jason Momoa interrupted Li Mu's recollections with a slap of his hand and began to talk about how he and his wife met.

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Li Mu rolled his eyes at him speechlessly, then wanted to get up and leave without listening to him finish.

"Lee, I haven't finished my story yet."

"Next time!"

Li Mu waved his hand. This talk was so much fun that it seemed like it would go on and on.

"Really? That's quite interesting."

Liu Yifei couldn't help but laugh after listening to Li Mu's complaints during the video call.

"It's quite interesting, at least the crew is having a lot of fun, but this guy is a bit funny, like a problem child." Li Mu patted his forehead.

"By the way, where is Xiao Baozi?" Li Mu saw that Xiao Baozi was not in the video. Usually at this time he would be impatient to occupy the center of the screen.

"He's asleep, look at him."

Liu Yifei pointed her mobile phone camera at the little kid who was sleeping soundly.

"Should we wake her up?"

"Forget it, just call me when you wake up."

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The filming of "Aquaman" was relatively boring, but the difficulty was not low at all.

If the job of photographing the sea level is relatively easy, then the job of the cameraman who shoots close-ups is even more difficult.

In order to shoot the scene in "Aquaman" where the water pipe burst and water gushed out.

In addition to Jason Momoa, who plays Aquaman, having to face real water currents, the cameraman also had to endure the water currents along with the actors.

In order to achieve more impact and realism in the images, Li Mu even asked the cameraman to shoot head-on at the moment the water rushes out.

The difficulty can be imagined.

But the one who worked the hardest was Li Mu.

Because some of the underwater shots in "Aquaman" were shot using the "dry-on-wet" shooting method.

Li Mu needed to have the actors wear super-complex suspension costumes made by the stunt department, which were then connected to different equipment so that they could do various rotating movements, as if they were really in the water, and then use special effects to create the illusion of being in the water.

This is a technically demanding process, and Li Mu needs to constantly imagine what the final result will look like while filming, which is very brain-intensive.

Fortunately, he is not the only one in the team, and sometimes these tasks can be assigned.

After finishing each day’s shooting, Li Mu would rub his brain.

The domestic film and television industry remains calm. A number of new films were released, such as the eponymous film "Criminal Mind" adapted from a classic novel, the fantasy film "The Legend of the Mermaid Pearls", and Andy Lau's comeback work "The Adventurers", but none of them caused much reaction.

Instead, news about the Sino-US co-production animated film "Nezha and Transformers" continued to ferment, causing heated discussions among Chinese and foreign netizens.

Recently, CCTV's official website released information saying that Stephen Davis, global CEO of Hasbro, and others appeared at CCTV Animation Co., Ltd. to discuss the co-production of the animation project "Nezha and the Transformers", and reached a consensus on production specifications, broadcast time, intellectual property ownership, legal affairs, etc.

Nezha and Transformers appear together, what kind of painting style is that?
This news made domestic netizens sit still.

"Let Nezha and the Transformers make trouble in the sea together. That scene is so beautiful. I can't imagine it."

"Are you going to ruin my childhood?"

"Don't do it."

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However, overseas, Li Mu saw many foreign netizens expressing comments such as "It's very strange, but I'm interested".

(End of this chapter)