The superstar starts from the creation camp

Chapter 177 Sun Wukong is the rich second generation!
Just when this turmoil intensified, [A Chinese Journey to the West] was also released for two weeks, and the box office in the second week dropped somewhat, but the attendance rate remained at around 60.00%. The total box office also reached 9.8 million. Seeing It is about to break through the one billion mark, which will make those film and television companies in the circle envious.

According to the contract between Huayi and the studio, it is 3.9% to 20%. That is to say, a "Westward Journey" has already brought Li Mu [-] million in revenue, and this value is still increasing. The final box office may break through [-] million. [-] million.

You must know that this box office has been able to enter the top [-] of China's box office rankings.

Looking at it this way, it doesn't seem very high, but don't forget, these movies with box office hits have high investment. A movie is at least several hundred million. Think about the investment of "Journey to the West" which is only 5000 million. Very few.

In the eyes of insiders, Li Mu once again completed the "counterattack" of small investment and big return

In the third week, the box office had an unstoppable drop, and the attendance rate continued to drop. There was nothing Li Mu could do about it. He could only continue to wait for the crew to run the promotion. Huaxia’s film market actually had potential to be tapped. Especially some third- and fourth-tier cities.

At this time, CCTV [-], a program called Art Tea Party was broadcast, which was the episode where Li Mu talked about Journey to the West.

As soon as the program was broadcast, Mr. Zhang exploded, stood up and jumped up and down, and even accused Li Mu of tampering with famous works by name. Even CCTV did not escape his spit.

There is only one reason why Teacher Zhang is so furious. Li Mu really touched his bottom line. Monkey King is his lifeblood. The Journey to the West that Li Mu talked about has completely subverted the image of Monkey King. From an indomitable hero to a supporting role, a pawn, and the always cowardly Jade Emperor has become a chess player who guides the country.

Cutting off one's wealth is like killing one's parents. Obviously, if this continues, Mr. Zhang's fortune will be cut off, so he is afraid and angry, and will definitely drive Li Mu out of this circle.

For this reason, he mobilized all the relationships he could use, and wanted to unite against Li Mu, and the bombardment of public opinion on the Internet has never stopped.

What he didn't expect was that the netizens didn't buy into his anger. Part of it was because they read Li Mu's story and felt that what he said made sense, but most of it was because Mr. Zhang had done too much over the years. It's so ugly that netizens have already become bored.

The role of Monkey King is their childhood hero, yes, but they can't help spending decades of it every day!
As for the insiders he united with, most of them are so-called cultural people and scholars. There are only two kinds of people who are really willing to stand with him. Second, if you want to be famous, use Li Mu's fame to get acquainted.

How can someone who is still able to get along in the circle take the initiative to jump into the quagmire?It's too late to hide, now that Li Mu's popularity is in full swing, and he is also the owner of the studio. If he is in this circle, maybe one day he will have a chance to cooperate?

Take a look at the actors who have participated in "Jiang Ye" and "A Chinese Journey to the West". Not to mention the leading role, even many supporting roles are very popular, such as Hua Yi's An Jing, after playing the role of Chao Xiaoshu, it can be said that he has skyrocketed .

Li Mu didn't even bother to care about it, and just continued to take people on road shows and do publicity.

It is worth mentioning that Li Mu's CCTV-[-] program not only increased the ratings of the entire program, but also had a high number of clicks on the video website afterwards, and received rave reviews.

Some netizens who were prejudiced against "A Chinese Journey to the West" deliberately paid for tickets. After watching this movie, they couldn't help but be moved by the plot.

Therefore, the box office of [A Westward Journey] in the third week has experienced a substantial increase after experiencing the decline of the previous two days. It even made people wonder if it was just a swipe of tickets. "Ghost Ticket" situation.

A farce gradually came to an end. [A Chinese Journey to the West] was released for 43 days, and the total box office reached 23 billion, temporarily ranking first in the box office list of the year. Of course, the Spring Festival is next, and this record will soon be surpassed.

But no one will deny that "A Chinese Journey to the West" is a successful work, whether in terms of box office or word-of-mouth, and Jiang Yingyue, who plays Zixia Fairy, has also become a new national goddess in one fell swoop.

Originally, the Spring Festival was approaching, and Li Mu was planning to go home for the New Year, but the CCTV program team called again, saying that they wanted to invite him to record a special program for the Spring Festival.

Originally, He Chunxiang was a little unhappy. After a year of busy work, his son hadn't returned home a few times, and suddenly he was going to the capital again?Doesn't that make it impossible to come back for the New Year?

Li Ping was very supportive: "What do you call that? A woman's opinion, my son is going to do something serious, CCTV! Can CCTV be on casually?"

CCTV's position in the minds of Li Ping's generation is absolutely irreplaceable, just like they play mahjong on New Year's Eve and watch the Spring Festival Gala.

Li Mu packed up some things and prepared to go to the capital. Wang Ziwen went back half a month ago. Old Wang still doesn't know that his daughter lives with Li Mu under the same roof. He just thought that his daughter was going to Shanghai to work, so he had been urging her for a long time. After returning home, he even proposed to find a job for his daughter in his hometown.
"Thank you, brother, hurry up and get in the car, it's so cold outside!" It was still Bei Simiao who came to pick up Li Mu.

Li Mu was not too polite. When he got in the car, he shuddered and laughed at himself: "The winter in this capital is really too cold. It seems that I am really a true southerner."

"Haha, I get used to it after staying for a few more years. There are also many southerners in our unit. At first, they said they were not used to it. After a few years, they felt that there was no heating in the house and they were not used to it!" Bei Simiao laughed.

Li Mu suddenly thought of a picture, and said with a smile: "I am a wolf from the north, but I was frozen into a dog in the south."

Bei Simiao was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly: "You, you are really a genius, how did you come up with this? No wonder the angle of reading Journey to the West is different from others."

"Actually, it's not just Journey to the West. I read books with biased views." Li Mu shrugged.

"for example?"

"Fengshen Yanyi?"

This time, Bei Simiao sent Li Mu directly to the hotel. The director was already waiting there, and when he saw Li Mu coming over, he greeted him politely.

"It's been hard work, I'm really sorry for the trouble to make a trip this New Year's Eve"

Li Mu waved his hand: "Hey, it's hard work, aren't you busy too? They are all serving the RMB."

"Haha, you boy. You are too real!" The director and Bei Simiao burst into laughter.

The three made a pot of hot tea in the hotel.

"Xiao Li, that's right. This is a special program for the Spring Festival. We recorded a total of [-] episodes. It will be broadcast for seven days from the first day of the Lunar New Year," the director explained.

Li Mu nodded, that is to say, this is a completely new program, and he knew it in his mind. Since it was a program during the Spring Festival, some particularly dark topics must not be discussed, and it seemed that a manuscript had to be prepared in advance.

"That's fine, I'll take some time to write out the manuscript first, and then you can help me to see which ones can't pass the review, and I'll make revisions."

The director was overjoyed. What he was most worried about was that Li Mu would go his own way too much. In the end, they broke up badly. Hey, it's hard at CCTV.

After seeing off the director and Bei Simiao, Li Mu started to create a new file "Journey to the West You Don't Know" on his laptop.

Journey to the West seems to be a fairy tale, but it is actually full of the author Wu Cheng'en's satire on the status quo of the imperial court and officialdom at that time, and there are many creepy truths hidden in it.

Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, there was actually no Journey to the West among the four great classics, because Journey to the West was a banned book at that time.

It took Li Mu almost two days to sort out the manuscript, and then after reviewing and revising by the CCTV program team, he finally sorted out the content of the [-]th issue.

On the day of the recording, the two hundred seats were full and all were left. Li Mu changed into a blue long gown, stood behind a similar podium, and went straight to the point, introducing the process of the show.

"I've already told you that the origin of Sun Wukong is doubtful. Today, I will tell you about the biggest rich second generation in Journey to the West. That's right, this rich second generation is also Monkey King."

"Why do you say that Sun Wukong is the second generation of the rich? As I said before, the Water Curtain Cave is the luxurious villa customized by the Jade Emperor for Sun Wukong, and what about a group of monkeys? They are his followers and servants."

"Of course, as a rich second generation, Sun Wukong eats, drinks and plays every day, so he must inherit his historical mission. We will talk about this mission later, so let's keep it at bay for now."

"Woo~~~~" The audience was not happy, why is it so secretive?Is it a habitual break?
Li Mu just smiled and continued: "Let's take a look at what Sun Wukong did after he inherited the luxury villa in Shuiliandong. There is a saying in the original book: The Monkey King is happy and innocent, and there will be three to five hundred years." One day, during the wedding banquet with a group of monkeys, I was suddenly worried and shed tears. Note that this is the first time Monkey King cried, that is to say, Monkey King has stayed in Shuilian Cave for more than 300 years. Some people may doubt it. It is clearly written It’s three to five hundred years, why do I think it’s more than 300 years? Because later on, Monkey King made a big fuss in the underworld, and his lifespan in the book of life and death is 340 years.”

"That is to say, Monkey King has stayed in Shuilian Cave for more than 300 years. Why did he suddenly cry and say he was afraid of death? Note that the original book did not say that he was afraid and wanted to live forever because he saw the old monkey die. It's a TV show."

"Is it possible to make a bold assumption here, Sun Wukong knows that the time is almost up, he wants to inherit his historical mission, and he has to say goodbye to the free and easy life, that's why he burst into tears?"

Fuck!As soon as this remark came out, the audience was stunned, how could they explain it like this?But after hearing what Li Mu said, it makes sense. After all, the TV series is also an adaptation. Judging from the original work, it is indeed possible.

(End of this chapter)