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Chapter 867: A script to catch the attention of the public, ready to be launched

"Director Li, do you have time next week? Fudan University is holding a seminar on Gemini Killer. If we can invite Director Li to participate, this seminar will definitely be a great success."

At this time, Guo Guangchang strongly invited Li Mu to participate in the "Gemini Killer" dialogue event at Fudan University next week. After all, with Li Mu and Li An, it would be hard for this event not to cause a sensation.

Fudan is my alma mater, so this can be considered as giving some support to my alma mater.

In fact, successful people after graduation will tend to favor their own schools in certain choices, just like the talk show of "Gemini Killer" was scheduled at Guo Guangchang's alma mater, Fudan University.

Li Mu sometimes also specifically chooses Beijing Film Academy.

This is probably the label and sentiment on me.

"Mr. Guo, I'm sorry, I have something to do next week. I have a press conference for the movie I'm working on later this month, so I can't spare the time."

Li Mu had already come to attend the premiere press conference, and that was only for the sake of Li An and Will Smith. He had no interest in the exchange meeting at Fudan University and declined directly.

Guo Guangchang seemed to have expected this, and then started talking about something else.

Fortunately, the movie finally started showing, and Li Mu finally started to be quiet for a while.

The other party's intention to cooperate is quite strong, but Li Mu has no interest in cooperating with Fuxing for the time being.

Although the other party has strong capital and connections with Hollywood, others may think they are very eager for these resources, but for Mengying Media, these have already been available.

As for the powerful combination, there is currently no such movie that needs to go to this step.

The movie "Gemini Killer" is actually not complicated at all, it is even surprisingly simple.

Henry is a DIA agent with great marksmanship. He can kill people from thousands of meters away.
However, no matter how powerful a killer is, he cannot defeat time.

At the age of 51, he is ready to finish his last job and retire.

The last mission is to assassinate a terrorist from a fighting nation.
However, after the assassination was successful, the sensitive Henry found that something was wrong.
As his partners died one by one, he began to be hunted down, and the person who was hunting him turned out to be his 23-year-old self.
I have to say that the visual effects are really outstanding after using 120 frames. Even the audience can see it, because just at the beginning, when Henry is lying in ambush at the place where the train is passing with a gun, a train flashes by.

Because the speed is too fast, if it were a normal 24-frame screen, the passengers at the window would be blurry. But at a speed of 120 frames per second, the audience can almost clearly see the passengers' facial expressions and demeanor.

Moreover, the subsequent character action scenes are also very different from previous scenes, and the overall movements of the characters seem to have become a little "slower".

This caused many viewers to exclaim.

It's just that Li Mu couldn't help but shake his head when it came to this script. He really couldn't understand why Li An chose this script that had been written in 1997.

This cloning theme was born exactly one year after the birth of Dolly the cloned sheep. It can be said that it was a script hastily produced to take advantage of the news, but it was shelved due to technical reasons.

The film has acceptable fluency, but has a mediocre story, thin characters and boring words. It is one of those popcorn movies that was popular in Hollywood in the 90s, which is smooth throughout, very enjoyable to watch, but leaves you with nothing in your mind.

The most important thing is that this old-fashioned story of "two selves" killing each other 20 years ago may have been considered high-concept in the 90s, but it is nothing new now.

After all, from the replicants in the early "Blade Runner", the robots in "Robo-Butler", the assassination of "selves" in different time and space in "Looper", to the artificial intelligence in "Ex Machina", the relationship between technology and humanities such as cloning, replicants, artificial intelligence or parallel time and space/time travel, and the ethical issues brought about by technology have been deeply explored in science fiction movies.

When I return to "Gemini Killer" at this point, I feel that this story is too childish.

"Director Li, how do you feel?" Guo Guangchang asked excitedly.

You have to know that participating in these Hollywood blockbusters is part of Fuxing Pictures' overall strategy, and the box office is very important to them.

Moreover, the investment in this film is huge, reaching 1.38 million US dollars.

“120 FPS looks really good visually, and the special effects are great too.”

Li Mu thought about it and finally decided to focus on the visual effects. He couldn't say that the revival of this movie was a loss.

After hearing what Li Mu said, Guo Guangchang felt much more relieved.

However, Li An, who was standing by, remained silent upon hearing this. As a director, he was very familiar with some polite words. It was obvious that Li Mu's words did not hit the point.

As Will Smith hadn't been to the capital for many years, Li Mu naturally treated him to a meal.

While Will Smith was talking to his assistant, Li An seemed to be talking to himself:
"I often wonder why I am the only one taking photos like this now. Is it my own problem?"

When Li Mu heard this, he probably realized that Li An was actually beginning to doubt himself, probably starting from the defeat in North America.

Whether the director’s film will ultimately be accepted by the audience will only be confirmed after it is released.

"Director Li An, why do you still try despite the huge pressure?"

Li Mu did not answer the question, but asked back.

However, Li An's answer was simple. "I saw the beauty that this technology brought to the images. Even though I knew it would be hard, I couldn't help but do it. And I also have an obligation to create more new possibilities for young filmmakers. And I'm 65 years old this year. When I think about becoming an old grandfather, I'm like, fuck it."

Li An started laughing as he spoke.

Li Mu knew that Li An had figured it out, so he didn't say much.

"Director Li, if 2012 had failed, would you still insist on using 3D technology?"

Will Smith had finished his explanation and was walking towards the two of them. Li An did not continue the previous topic, but instead changed the subject.

"Failure." Li Mu pondered for a while, "That should still happen. It may not be the technique that is wrong, but myself. This should not be the reason for me not to persist!"

"Wow, I think I heard something, technology?" Will Smith put his arms around their shoulders and asked with a smile, "I love this stuff. To be honest, Lee, it was okay for you to choose me to play the role in 2012."

"Haha, there's no way back, Will."

Li Mu couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

"Gemini Killer" will be released in China on the 18th, but there is news about the three movies released during the National Day holiday.

That is to extend the release time, extending it to November 11th.

It can be said that enough care was given, which is also the advantage of a tribute film.

Otherwise, a film like The Climbers would have absolutely no right to extend its release period, after all, its box office potential is there.

On October 10, two new films, "Gemini Killer" and "Maleficent 18", were released at the same time.

On that day, "Gemini Man" ranked first in the single-day box office with a box office of 5868 million yuan. The Japanese animation "One Piece: Stampede" and the live-action movie adapted from the Disney fairy tale "Maleficent 2" released on the same day ranked second and third with 4806.9 million yuan and 3720.1 million yuan respectively.

However, the good times did not last long. On the following Saturday and Sunday, "Gemini Man" dropped to third place in single-day box office. The champion was "Maleficent 2". The runners-up for the two days were "One Piece: Stampede" and "The Captain", which had been released for more than 20 days.

Especially on Sunday, the third day of the release of "Gemini Man", the single-day box office dropped from 5000 million yuan in the previous two days to 3000 million yuan.

In the end, Gemini Man's box office for its first weekend was 1.48 million yuan, slightly lower than Maleficent: Mistress of Evil's Curse 2's 1.59 million yuan.

The industry's expectations for "Gemini Killer" to bring another climax after the National Day holiday were dashed.

This blockbuster, which cost $1.38 million, is obviously doomed to fail, as the Chinese box office is its last hope, having already failed in North America.

On the other hand, Feng Xiaogang has been silent for a long time. The movie "Only Yun Knows" which he shot quietly and low-key was finally announced to be released on December 12, returning to his most reliable Lunar New Year period.

Apparently Huayi is still making its final effort and placing its hopes on Feng Xiaogang.

It’s just that after the well-known war of words with Teacher Cui in 2018, Feng Xiaogang has become much more low-key, and Huayi also seems to have restrained itself and dared not promote it on a large scale.

"Feng Xiaogang has behaved himself this time and stopped firing so many shots."

Inside the Military Museum of the Chinese People’s Revolution, Yu Dong looked at the place where the project launch conference would be held in two days, and spoke to Li Mu and others with a smile.

As a director who has been working in the entertainment industry for many years and is famous for his commercial New Year films, Feng Xiaogang could not possibly not understand the importance of pre-promotion in increasing the box office of a movie. There must be a reason why he did not do so.

Li Mu and Huang Jianxin obviously knew it and couldn't help but laugh softly.

Feng Xiaogang's character is in crisis, so he deliberately kept a low profile this time, not wanting to affect the box office of the movie. He obviously wanted the audience to comment after watching the movie.

Of course, there may be another reason, which is probably that they have strong confidence in the movie.

"I think there's no problem. There's no need to make this press conference fancy. The main thing is to reflect the spirit."

Li Mu took a quick look around and felt that it was quite normal. After all, this was a tribute film, and the subject matter was special. It would not be appropriate to add some unnecessary things in this place.

"Okay, that's it. After the press conference, we will start up as many devices as possible, and we can start shooting in winter." Huang Jianxin also nodded.

The media have also been promoting "Changjin Lake" in the past two days.

All of a sudden, everyone knew that the unprecedented war blockbuster "Changjin Lake", a collaboration between three major directors, was about to be launched.

Netizens were very excited because it became a fact after it was finalized, and they left comments below:

"When will the filming start? When will the press conference be held?"

"It should be winter. Can we finish filming this winter? It will be released next year. I can't wait."

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(End of this chapter)