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Chapter 850: Ceiling, China's Box Office Champion
"Mr. Li, Director Lu, according to the current image design, this red-haired ghost character has 94.8 hairs on his body alone, and over 90 hairs on his entire body. It takes 360 hours to render one second.

In order to make its skin pores more vivid, our special effects team has also independently developed a technology, which is also a considerable investment."

The person in charge of special effects thought that Li Mu came to ask why the special effects budget for "Assassination of Novelist" was so expensive, and hurriedly explained.

After all, the appearance fee is over 200 million per minute, and the Red-haired Demon appears quite frequently in this version. Compared with the cost-saving approach of the original version, this version can be said to be quite luxurious.

"It's okay, don't worry about the funding. Just try to do it according to the quality standards." Li Mu patted the special effects manager on the shoulder. It has to be said that sometimes when you get to a high position, people will speculate about the reasons behind your every move.

It seems like he just came here with Lu Yang to take a look at the current design and results of the special effects, but in the eyes of the person in charge, he might have already been interpreted as worrying that the cost of the special effects would be too high.

After all, this budget cost is indeed much higher than previously planned, and there is always a deviation between plan and actual situation.

"Understood, Mr. Li." After getting Li Mu's promise, the special effects manager finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“By the way, how long will it take to complete the production?” Li Mu asked after taking a casual look.

Currently, the special effects production is still in the early stages and there is not much to see.

"Mr. Li, it will take about a year!"

"That's about this time next year." Li Mu muttered, then nodded and looked at Lu Yang, "Let's go, let's go have a meal together."

"There's no need to watch here every day. Be bold and let the people in the later stages do it," Li Mu said as he and Lu Yang walked out.

Ever since "Assassination of Novelist" entered the later stage, he learned from Lu Yu and others that Lu Yang almost never left Tiancai every day and was almost moving his home here.

"Hehe, I'm just worried. It should be better once things get back on track."

Lu Yang chuckled.

Seeing this, Li Mu didn't say anything.

At this time, "Shanghai Fortress" seemed to be in trouble again. Although it was supported by CCTV Films, it did not seem to change its box office decline, which continued to decline, reaching just over one million.

"Director Teng Huatao talks about the controversy surrounding "Shanghai Fortress": I used Lu Han wrongly, traffic stars are always a double-edged sword"

"It's a bit disheartening to see people passing the buck like this." Lu Yang couldn't help but sigh when he saw the news while having dinner.

Teng Huatao said this just to completely clear himself from the issue. Although he seemed to have given some explanation in the interview, all people would only see the words "Lu Han was used wrongly".

"If it were you, what would you do?" Li Mu picked up a piece of beef and asked with interest.

In fact, every director has failures, and countless have suffered heavy losses. Teng Huatao is not the first person to pass the buck.

"As for the situation of "Shanghai Fortress", it is obviously the director's fault. If it were me, I would definitely bear it myself. The worst that can happen is that I can take a break for a while. We can't say that we are the biggest in the crew and have the least responsibility if something goes wrong." After thinking seriously, Lu Yang said in a very affirmative tone.

"That's right." Li Mu smiled and did not doubt what Lu Yang said.

Because the original version of "Assassination of Novelist" also has some situations that are very similar to "Shanghai Fortress".

The reason why "Assassination of Novelist" lost was because of the release date, not the quality issue. The second reason was that it used Yang Mi, who was once known as the "traffic queen".

However, traffic and bad movies are often twins.

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Therefore, many people are very disgusted with Yang Mi's movies. Once they see her acting, they almost never look at the ratings or netizens' feedback and simply choose to ignore them.

This is also a key point of the film's failure.

Fortunately, none of these exist in this version.

After a week, theaters gradually pulled Shanghai Fortress from theaters. On the other hand, Nezha maintained a steady output, still taking in over 100 million yuan a day, which is quite strong for a movie entering its third week.

"Isn't this another 'The Wandering Earth'?"

“This is crazy, the box office!”

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To the astonishment of the industry, "Nezha" has approached the 4 billion mark, and the breakthrough seems to be just a day or two away.

At this moment, all major media outlets published articles to congratulate.

“57 billion! The Wandering Earth surpassed Wolf Warrior 2 (56.945 billion yuan) and became the No. box office in Chinese film history!”

"Li Mu once again creates a movie miracle! Why did The Wandering Earth become the box office champion in Chinese film history?"

"48 billion in 57 days, The Wandering Earth's road to the top of the box office!"

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For a time, the industry was surrounded by the news of "The Wandering Earth". After two years, China's box office record was broken again, which also injected a shot of stimulant into the Chinese film and television industry.

At this time, Li Mu also received a call from the Film Bureau. He originally thought it was about "Changjin Lake", but he didn't expect it was because of "The Wandering Earth".

"Another seminar?" Li Mu said with a wry smile.

"Don't be ungrateful for what you have. You have a seminar like this, which is more popular than any other film company." Zhang Hongsen scolded with a smile, "Besides, it was specifically requested by the Wang Department, and the standard is higher than before. Get ready."

"clear."

Li Mu nodded. He certainly knew who the Wang Bu that Zhang Hongsen mentioned was. After all, the Film Bureau was now under the jurisdiction of the Central Propaganda Department, so the answer was obvious.

night.

Li Mu originally thought about asking his subordinates to help him write the speech for the seminar, but after thinking about it, he thought that there were some core things that his subordinates might not be able to write, but polishing them might be possible.

Of course Guo Fan can write it, but Li Mu can't let Guo Fan write it, not to mention that the main creative team has to participate, and Guo Fan himself has to write a copy.

"Why have you been staring blankly in front of the computer for so long? A blank page in a Word document looks better, right? Do you want me to teach you?"

Seeing that Li Mu's laptop was still blank, Liu Yifei put her hands on Li Mu's shoulders and couldn't help but tease him.

"You said so. If you can't finish writing today, don't even think about leaving the house." Li Mu grabbed Liu Yifei's fair little hand and put it on the keyboard. "Here's the keyboard."

Looking at Li Mu's playful eyes, Liu Yifei couldn't help but feel extremely regretful, but it was of no avail, because Li Mu held her little hand tightly and pulled her into his arms.

Liu Yifei, who was sitting on Li Mu's lap, was feeling very nervous at the moment because she didn't know how to start writing. She was about to beg for mercy, but then she felt a pair of hands on her stomach, casually exploring it.

"I'm writing, stop making trouble!" Liu Yifei slapped Li Mu's big hand in an angry tone.

"You write yours, I'll play mine, it's okay, hurry up, I need to see results."

Li Mu didn't feel anything was wrong at all. Instead, Liu Yifei's reproachful look on his face became more and more intense.

However, in the end, the notebook was still blank, and the two people's clothes were getting fewer and fewer.

The next day, Li Mu got up refreshed and prepared to continue writing his speech for the seminar. In the bedroom, Liu Yifei put her arms outside the quilt, turned sideways and continued to sleep.

Instead, the little kid started making noise at home early in the morning.

"Mom is still sleeping, don't disturb her for now." Li Mu smiled and touched the little bun's head.

"Mom, you're so lazy"

The little bun pouted and shouted, then went out with Ala. Li Mu was concentrating on finishing the speech quickly.

It was almost noon when Li Mu stretched his body, sent it directly to Lu Yu, and asked them to help with polishing it. Then he glanced at Liu Yifei behind him.

Her long eyelashes still fluttered occasionally even when she was sleeping quietly, and the healthy blush on her face was so moist that it seemed as if water would come out if squeezed.

Li Mu couldn't help but pinched it gently, and then I was greeted by Liu Yifei's big eyes, looking straight at me.

"Um, I just want to pinch it and try it out. You continue to sleep?" Li Mu wanted to get up and play yo-yo quickly, but unexpectedly Liu Yife bounced up like a spring.

“You bully me, you bully me every day. Humph, if I don’t teach you a lesson today, you will think that I learned Wudang Mountain martial arts in vain.” Liu Yifei pressed Li Mu under her body, rubbed her palms with a smirk, and seemed ready for a big fight.

Li Mu had no way to resist and was eventually tickled, taken care of by Little Fists, and bitten on the arm.
"Now I finally feel comfortable." Liu Yifei hummed a little tune and started washing up for the day.

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At this time, the box office of "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World" officially exceeded the 40 billion mark. While the media were still publishing articles to celebrate "Nezha" for opening a new box office ceiling for Chinese animation, the General Administration also approved the extension application for "Nezha".

"The release of Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World has been postponed for a month! Can it create another miracle after breaking through 4 billion?"

“5 billion is expected? Two 5 billion blockbusters in one summer vacation, Chinese film and television ushered in a new era.”

"Fifty billion box office does not seem to be a dream, the light of Chinese animation "Nezha" postponed for one month to September 9th."

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Various reports poured in and congratulations were heard everywhere.

"Director Li, I'm regretting this so much now." Wang Changtian said with a wry smile on the phone. He still remembered that it was an ordinary day, but he did not seize the opportunity when it was right in front of him.

"Now that I think about it, I want to slap myself twice. I have such bad taste."

"Boss Wang, not really, not really." Li Mu couldn't help but laugh when he heard that, "Everyone still has a chance later, and the box office is going up, are you still afraid that there will be no chance later?
Besides, we can cooperate more with Director Zhang. With Director Zhang's ability, it will be no problem to make money, if nothing else."

"Indeed, but thanks to Nezha, some of the animated films I have on hand seem to have hope."

Although Wang Changtian regretted not choosing "Nezha" at the beginning, since "Nezha" can get 4 billion or even 5 billion at the box office in the future, his Colorful House Pictures will also have great potential.
(End of this chapter)