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Chapter 929: Saving the Market
After entering the working day, the box office of "The Battle at Lake Changjin" naturally dropped to around 1.3 million yuan per day.

In the current schedule, only "The Battle at Lake Changjin" is still in theaters, while the rest are a bit quiet, and a bleak November is coming.

Guo Fan and his colleagues have also finished their roadshow work. Although there are occasional interviews scheduled, they are all devoting themselves to new work.

However, Wu Jing is still resting, because Chen Kai's scenes on the Hanshan Lake and the fishing boat do not involve Wu Jing yet. She can arrive before the crew reaches Xiangyan Village, Bulu Township, Xianju County later in the day.

Although Lu Yang is fine now, there are only less than two months left before the release of "Assassination of Novelist", and there is a lot of indirect work.

Of course, Guo Fan was preparing for "The Wandering Earth 2", and Li Mu was discussing this with Guo Fan at this time.

"Have you thought about it? Are you planning to release it during the 2023 Spring Festival? Don't you want to give yourself some time to rest?"

Li Mu couldn't help but speak when he heard that Guo Fan planned to schedule "The Wandering Earth 2" for the Spring Festival in January 2023.

After all, I had just finished filming "King Kong River" and now I have to continue working on "The Wandering Earth 2", so I basically don't need to rest because this project is much more massive than "King Kong River".

"No problem. There is plenty of time for preparation. There are still more than two years left. It's enough time. I should also put some pressure on myself, otherwise this movie will be delayed for several years."

Guo Fan had obviously thought it through as well, and said with certainty.

"Okay, once you've made your decision, find a time to announce the release date."

Li Mu had just finished speaking when there was a knock on the office door.

"Come in." Li Mu then picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"Mr. Li, I just received a message from the bureau, hoping that The Wandering Earth can be re-released to boost the market."

Lu Yu came in with a document and handed it to Li Mu.

"A rerun version?"

Li Mu took a look and immediately understood what the bureau meant.

In fact, it is also because November is too cold.

November is usually a slow month for theaters, but this year is even worse.

Due to the epidemic, North America is also unable to take care of itself, resulting in the absence of imported films.

Domestic blockbusters are crowded into the Spring Festival period next year, and this period is not taken seriously at all. This also leads to an almost vacuum period from November to the end of December before Christmas.

With so many cinemas, it is simply not enough to support just a few scattered movies.

It feels like they are planning to make a re-release version of "The Wandering Earth" to save the market.

"Brother, if we rashly make a re-release, will the outside world think we are making money?"

After thinking for a moment, Guo Fan expressed his doubts.

After all, when an old movie is re-screened, it is natural that some people will think so, even the movies of Li Mu from Mengying Media are no exception.

“If it’s just a re-screening, there will be some, but I thought about it and decided to do a screening for the benefit of the people. The bureau has a screening plan for the benefit of the people. I can apply for it and add The Wandering Earth to the list. This way, the theaters will be priced within 15 yuan.
On the one hand, it is to boost the market, and on the other hand, it is also a way to give back to the audience. We are grateful for everyone's support in the past. This is a gift from us to the audience and a tribute to this unusual year of 2020.

All proceeds from this event will be donated to charity.”

Li Mu naturally also thought about Guo Fan's concerns and immediately came up with a plan.

Anyway, no matter how high the box office of the re-released version is, it will only be so-so. Moreover, Mengying Media should thank the audience for its current status. It is actually a good thing for Mengying Media to use the film for a benefit screening and charity.

"It just so happens that The Wandering Earth 2 has also announced its release date, so let's just treat it as a promotion."

Li Mu smiled and said, this is killing two birds with one stone. "Let them make a plan and show it to me. By the way, the name of this movie should be "The Wandering Earth: Leap 2020 Special Edition"

Li Mu also had an idea about the name of this re-released version. This year is quite special. The invasion of the epidemic has disrupted the normal lives of most people.

The meaning expressed by the title is just as many netizens hope, "Let's hurry up and get through 2020."

"Okay, Mr. Li."

Lu Yu nodded repeatedly and then closed the door.

At this time, Guo Fan was already thinking about how to make the re-screening version.

"Let's go to Tiancai and take a look at the parts we cut out before and some of the highlights. The name of this re-released version has been changed, so we have to add some content, and we have to be more careful."

Li Mu stood up and called Guo Fan to go over together.

In Tiancai, Li Mu and Guo Fan went through "The Wandering Earth" bit by bit, and then picked a few places.

"Here, Liu Qi "kidnapped" Han Duoduo from school and went straight to find a brother to borrow clothes. When they met, there was a small detail: Liu Qi brought a bag of skewers as a gift.

But the details were cut out before, I think it’s good to add them in. Last time, Lao Ning complained to me, saying that he was asked to make a cameo appearance, but in the end his part was cut out.”

Li Mu pointed at the picture on the screen and said.

In fact, we have ignored how Chuanchuan came about, and it was also skipped in the original version, so I plan to add it this time.

In fact, after leaving school and before looking for Yi Ge, the two actually went to a barbecue restaurant to buy earthworm skewers (with Ning Hao, the owner of the skewers, as a guest star).

Because in the future world, earthworms seem to be a common food, such as durian-flavored dried earthworms and aged dried earthworms. In fact, the use of grilled earthworms here is to once again point out the problem of food scarcity in the future.

"We should also include this part. Tim is one of the most likable characters in the movie. We have filmed a scene where he and Zhou Qian from the rescue team form a couple. We can explain it to the audience in detail, and then..."

Guo Fan also put forward his own opinions at this time.

When the two of them discussed it, they ended up with more than 20 minutes of extra time.

For a moment, both of them didn't know whether to laugh or cry, because the extra time was a bit too long.

"Let's simplify it a little more."

Li Mu shook his head and then started to make some simple edits to the added scenes, leaving only 13 minutes.

"If we shorten it further, it will be about 12 minutes," Guo Fan said.

"That's it. We'll process it a little more and then send it for review."

Li Mu nodded. Although it was a re-screening, the review process was still indispensable. However, in the case of a general movie re-screening, it would basically not be stuck in the review.

For this re-released version, Li Mu was still busy with matters related to "The Battle at Lake Changjin", so naturally he handed it over to Guo Fan.

Time passed like this, and in the blink of an eye it was November.

However, an unexpected thing happened in the past few days. Just as Wu Jing was about to set off, Xie Nan was injured and suffered a broken arm and a comminuted fracture of the radius.

However, the two of them can get together because they have similar personalities.

Xie Nan, who is going to have surgery tomorrow, is wondering whether she can be discharged from the hospital the day after tomorrow to host the show, which made Wu Jing complain.

"What the hell are you complaining about? It doesn't sound like you're the one talking about the same thing." Li Mu brought Liu Yifei to visit and then complained as well.

Then a burst of laughter broke out in the ward.
(End of this chapter)