China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 790 North America Startup
As Li Mu drove back, Tian Zhuangzhuang's words were still echoing in his mind.

In Li Mu’s mind, every line of the movie scripts before the fifth generation looked like a picture, but in the sixth generation, there was no visual sense at all in the scripts, but what was filmed was exactly the smoothest and most natural picture.

Only the fifth generation is sandwiched between the two, and happened to experience the most special period in history when they were young. As if it was fate that made their films always so distinctive, making the audience love and hate them.

It was not until Tian Zhuangzhuang said this today that he knew the key.

"Attitude" Li Mu muttered to himself.

The next day, Li Mu asked the company to set up a project to do this. Although he acted in a low-key manner, there is no wall that is impenetrable. The news that Tian Zhuangzhuang was going to start filming a movie was like a silent breeze, which caused quite a stir in the industry.

"Director Tian is going to make a comeback?" Chen Hong seemed surprised. After all, Tian Zhuangzhuang hasn't had any new film projects for nearly ten years since his last movie.

"Feiyu doesn't have a chance to act in Director Tian's movie?"

Chen Hong asked very eagerly. Perhaps people outside the industry did not know Tian Zhuangzhuang's reputation and influence, but Chen Hong knew it very well. Moreover, the most direct benefit of making art films is winning awards.

The probability of winning an award for an art film directed by a famous director is like a straight line.

"Don't even think about it. Old Tian's new works from the past ten years are not easy to sell." Brother Chen Kai said without hesitation, "I guess only one or two people would sell them."

"Who?" Chen Hong blurted out.

"Who else could it be? His student Li Mu. Teacher Yu Lan would definitely agree without hesitation. But can you ask these two to promote Feiyu?"

"All right."

Chen Hong had no choice but to give up unwillingly. After all, if Brother Chen Kai didn't show up, what was the point of her showing up?

Aquaman continued its rampage through the schedule, encountering a nominal obstacle in its second weekend.

The release of the Japanese fantasy adventure animated film "My Neighbor Totoro" caused the screening share of "Aquaman" to drop from 55.8% to 39.7%.

What is unexpected is that although "My Neighbor Totoro" has a good reputation, its box office on the first day on Friday was only over 1800 million, far less than the more than 9000 million of "Aquaman".

On Saturday, "Aquaman" soared back to 1.6 million at the box office, and 1.3 million on Sunday, which can be said to be quite strong.

However, as time goes by, the day when Li Mu goes to Hollywood is getting closer.

The Christmas atmosphere in North America is also becoming increasingly stronger. As the grandest festival in the United States, its festive atmosphere is self-evident.

The Christmas season is naturally the most important period of the year, and "Aquaman" will be the strongest competitor during this period.

But this year's Christmas season is quite intense.

Disney, Warner, Paramount, Universal, and Sony have each released a year-end blockbuster, and this competition is also a head-on confrontation among the five major Hollywood film studios.

Warner naturally treats this matter with caution.

You should know that this year, the entire superhero movie market has been booming. Works such as "Avengers 3", "Venom", "Deadpool 2", "Black Panther" and so on have achieved huge success at the box office, opening a peak moment for this type of movie.

But the only thing missing is DC's superheroes.

At the end of the year, when people are already immersed in the adventures of various heroes, "Aquaman" as the finale of 2018 is DC's comeback battle, and it absolutely cannot lose this time.

The fact that it was released during the Christmas season is naturally a sign of confidence in Aquaman.

When Li Mu arrived at Los Angeles International Airport, he felt the atmosphere of the approaching Christmas.

Because the decorations everywhere have been changed to a Christmas atmosphere, even the movie promotion has reached the airport.

Warner's "Aquaman", Paramount's "Bumblebee", Marvel and Sony's "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse". The promotional posters of various blockbusters flashed on the screen one after another.

"boss!"

David was waving his big fat hands not far away.

Li Mu noticed it at a glance, because this guy was too eye-catching. He was wearing a pink patterned dress, which was extremely sexy.

"Want to go clubbing tonight?"

Li Mu looked at David suspiciously. Generally, such sexy clothes are more suitable for black people, because because of their skin, black people seem to look better in such colorful clothes.

"Hey, my wife said that I look younger when I dress like this, and people won't pay too much attention to my belly."

David laughed and opened the car door, letting Li Mu go in first.

"Boss, this year's Christmas battle is quite exciting. I see everyone is going crazy on social media."

While driving, David recounted the various comments on social platforms in North America.

Li Mu estimated that this was intentionally guided by several major companies. After all, only discussions can generate heat and traffic. In this way, some people who originally did not plan to watch the movie went to the cinema to find out what was going on because of the endless quarrels.

"So what is the winning rate of Aquaman?"

Li Mu smiled and asked, but his eyes were looking at the streets he passed by. Some bus stops and square billboards had various advertisements put up, which showed the Christmas atmosphere in North America.

"Since December 2018, not only North America but the entire world film market has been paying attention to Aquaman. After all, it was directed by you, boss, and everyone wants to see whether the DC Universe can take off this time."

"The next ones are the new Transformers films, Bumblebee and Spider-Man. However, Aquaman is a big hit in your country, so it shouldn't be difficult to succeed in North America." As David firmly stands on the side of Aquaman, he is naturally full of confidence, and there is no hint of fear of the other blockbusters in his words.

"Whether it will work or not will be clear in two days."

After Li Mu finished speaking, he closed his eyes and rested.

This is not the first time he has experienced the Christmas war in North America, but this time there are slightly more opponents than in the past.

The Los Angeles premiere of "Aquaman" is scheduled for Wednesday, December 12, and Friday, the 19st, will be the day of the release.

The Los Angeles Chinese Theater was decorated with an ocean-style "blue carpet", just like the Chinese premiere.

The DC fans on both sides were even more passionate, almost all of them were role-playing types, and they almost filled both sides of the entire "blue carpet".

It has to be said that superheroes are really popular in the United States, as the popularity of Jason Momoa is visibly increasing.

Of course, the two generations of goddesses on the same stage, Nicole Kidman and Emilia Clarke, made many fans and media take pictures.

After dealing with many tedious links, this so-called DC comeback work was officially unveiled to the audience.

The film review media even looks at it more carefully than the audience, because whether there is a topic and where the topic is hot depends on how well the movie is made.

As the colorful and magical underwater world unfolded before everyone, many viewers couldn't help but open their mouths.

"Oh my god!"

"The special effects are amazing. This is the underwater world in my mind."

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The male lead's overflowing hormones and the female lead's pure and charming appearance both arouse the audience's nerves.

After all, which man doesn't like such a beautiful, pure and lovely heroine? Paired with a green tights, she is slim and capable, and her figure is perfectly highlighted. Against the sparkling sea, she looks particularly beautiful, adding beauty to Mera's battle and is extremely eye-catching.

"I think I'm in love with her."

"Perfect, maybe DC should make a figure of it, I want to keep it at home."

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Apparently, LSPs all have the same hobby, they always like to collect beautiful things.

Time Warner CEO Jeff Bueckers was sitting not far from Li Mu at this time, listening to the audience's whispers and sighs. He was ecstatic, but also a little regretful.

Because Li Mu has made it clear that he will not direct a superhero movie again, and Warner only has one last card left, which is Spielberg's Black Hawk.

As for the rest, it will be full of variables.

At the end of the movie, the creators accepted the audience's crazy applause and cheers.

"Lee, that's great, that's great, you saved DC!"

“This is a different kind of superhero movie. The underwater world is really fascinating.”

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"It's a pleasure to work with you. It looks like the result won't be too bad."

At the end of the premiere, Li Mu shook hands with Jeff Bueckers again. It is likely that they will not work together again for a long time after this.

Perhaps when he starts working with Warner again, he won’t know whether the president has changed.

"Of course, I believe this will be the best movie of the Christmas season this year."

Jeff Bueckers said with satisfaction that although he felt regretful that Li Mu could not continue to direct, "Aquaman" would save DC, and this seemed to be happening soon.

Shortly after the premiere, the number of discussion posts on social platforms was skyrocketing.

Keywords include Jason Momoa's performance that exceeded expectations, Emilia Clarke's beauty, director Li Mu's wild imagination, the film's humor and ambition, etc.
The reputation of North American professional film critics and the platform reputation have also been revealed
Rotten Tomatoes 86%! Average score 8.1!

On IMDb, it also has a high score of 8.3, and the desire to watch index is as high as 96%.

All major entertainment newspapers published articles.

"Li Mu conjured an interesting and fascinating world, making that world full of drama." - Entertainment Weekly

"Aquaman: A spectacular underwater entertainment feast." - Los Angeles Times

"Li Mu seems to want to break the boundaries of imagination of science fiction and fantasy movies, but he doesn't seem to be completely successful, but it is still a visual feast." - "TheWrap"

"Arguably the best DC film since The Dark Knight!" - The Hollywood Reporter

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However, the aggressive release of "Aquaman" is obviously not a good thing for the movies in the schedule. Although the North American market is large enough, when it comes to movies, who would want to go to the movies during the Christmas season?

Then "Bumblebee", "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" and the Christmas special "Mary Poppins Returns" also launched a fierce offensive.
(End of this chapter)