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Chapter 1054 Omissions
"After three days of testing last weekend, Avatar: The Way of Water only earned 3 million yuan at the box office, 3.97 billion yuan lower than the predicted box office."

"The reputation and box office performance of Avatar: The Way of Water remain a mystery. Will it be Cameron's Waterloo?"

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"Avatar 2", which was expected to be a "market-saving blockbuster", did not perform as well as expected after its release in mainland China. All major media outlets reported it relentlessly. Who cares about Cameron? They just started to be bearish first.

What the media like most are news that bring their own traffic. If "Avatar: The Way of Water" collapses, they will be even happier because it represents huge traffic, and this kind of news is very "valuable".

However, the performance of "Avatar 2" fell short of expectations, and the cinemas were the most upset, because this year has been extremely depressed. They had thought that "Avatar 2" would contribute a lot of profits in the last month of the year, but with this trend, it was just an ordinary billion-level movie.

At this time, as the leader of domestic cinema chains, Wanda Cinemas is suffering.

Zeng Maojun was looking at the overall data of Wanda Cinema Line this year, and the wrinkles on his forehead turned into straight lines.

"With this kind of performance, let alone completing the bet, even eating is a problem."

Zeng Maojun slumped in the chair, pinching his brows with his fingers, feeling a little helpless.

He has a bet on performance, and his parent company Wanda also has a bet, and it is a fatal bet agreement. Next year will also be a critical time node.

"I hope the listing application materials submitted in October this year will be successful, otherwise it will be troublesome."

As for his concerns about the cinema chain, he is more worried that Zhuhai Wanda will not be able to go public in the end.

The applications submitted in October 2021 and April 10 have failed twice in a row, and he doesn’t know whether Wang Jianlin can succeed this time.

It can be said that Zhuhai Wanda has only two chances left, because the one submitted in October this year will expire in April next year.

So regroup and there is still one last chance to submit.

If it fails again, the listing will be completely shattered, and then everyone in the Wanda Group will have to consider their way out, including himself.

Due to the low performance of "Avatar 2", the market can only turn its attention to Mengying Media's animated blockbuster "Deep Sea".

Originally, Deep Sea, directed by Tian Xiaopeng of The Return of the Great Sage, was supposed to be a market carnival target, but Tian Xiaopeng said very honestly that Deep Sea was not a commercial work.
But even if it is not a commercial blockbuster, the title alone is enough to stir up market sentiment.

The promotion of "Deep Sea" was also done well, with various posters and promotional videos, the bright colors are enough to attract people's attention.

At the same time, Li Mu was checking the current progress of his "homework" in Hangzhou.

As the chief director, he has completed the plans and various major frameworks, but how the results can be demonstrated depends on the execution and the people in each department.

But he suddenly remembered something and quickly called Meng Ke and Gao Yan.

"Is it likely to rain in September in Hangzhou?"

"Director Li, according to previous years, the probability of rain is quite high." Meng Ke responded after thinking for a moment.

"In this way, the logistics department can prepare technical protection for rainy weather and moisture-proofing. Lighting equipment is very sensitive to moisture. If rainy weather occurs, the probability of equipment problems is high."

Li Mu reminded.

"We didn't expect this, we'll arrange it later."

Meng Ke and Gao Yan nodded repeatedly. They had really forgotten about this aspect and usually did not consider it in such detail. It was a dereliction of duty on their part that Li Mu brought it up.

After all, they are the executive directors and they need to consider such detailed issues, not Li Mu.

"There is always a loophole in a perfect plan. It's normal." Li Mu didn't think this was a big mistake, but he brought it up because this problem really occurred in his previous life. A water drum failed to light up due to a circuit problem caused by rainy weather.

"Director Li, Director Zhao is looking for you."

Just as several people were talking, Zhao Qiang's secretary suddenly came over.

"Okay, I'll go over there." Li Mu nodded.

In Zhao Qiang's office, on the desk is the process of the Asian Games, which has now been correctly finalized.

"Director Li, take a look. This is what my leader just gave me."

"Let me take a look. There shouldn't be any changes." After Li Mu sat down, he picked it up and took a look, then frowned slightly.

"Director Zhao, the athletes are taking the oath. We athletes don't need to use English. We can just take the oath in our native Chinese."

Li Mu did not have much objection to some formal and established procedures. After all, the Asian Games had been held so many times and had actually become very mature.

But as far as he knew, there was no regulation on the language of the oath.

"The consideration is that English is the language of international communication. After all, we are also a major Asian event."

"Director Zhao, I think this is wrong. Although it is helpful for international communication, there will definitely be more people from our side at the scene. Few of the audience can speak English. They understand what the contestants say, which is a pity for the Chinese audience.

For international audiences, we just add a translation and screen display.”

Li Mu advised that for the sake of internationalization, it was unnecessary for their own athletes to take the oath in English, as their respective mother tongues would allow them to better convey the athletes' determination and mission to the people of their own country.

"Yeah, that makes sense. Let's bring it up at the meeting and make changes." Zhao Qiang nodded when he heard it. "It shouldn't be a big problem."

Li Mu also breathed a sigh of relief, but then he noticed something wrong.

The order of entry of the delegations was determined by the alphabetical order of the English names of the delegations, which followed international practice.

"What's the matter, Director Li? Is there a problem with the admission order?" Zhao Qiang asked when he saw Li Mu's eyes fixed on this place.

"I think we can just follow Director Zhang's method of using the number of strokes of Chinese characters to determine the order of entry at the Beijing Olympics. This is our unique culture, and we are the host, so we should show Chinese characteristics at the opening ceremony, symbolizing the uniqueness of Eastern civilization.

And the Asian Games Organizing Committee has no rigid rules, so there is room for flexibility."

Li Mu was not in a hurry after he finished speaking, and waited slowly for Zhao Qiang's thinking results.

"We'll bring this up at the meeting tomorrow, so it won't be a big deal to change it." Zhao Qiang finally nodded slowly, "Since it's all done for us, let's make it more Chinese."

"Director Zhao, we agree."

"Director Li, you have convinced me. Sometimes I really don't notice some blind spots." Zhao Qiang smiled cheerfully. "By the way, Director Li, I heard that the TV series you starred in will be released soon?"

"What? Director Zhao is also interested?" Li Mu asked curiously.

"Hahaha, that's not the case. My wife likes watching these. She's been looking forward to it for a long time. But Director Li, you're the lead actor. I have to watch two episodes every night when I go home."

"That's great, it'll increase the ratings!"

"Hahaha"

(End of this chapter)