China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 173 Premiere

"Can Mengying Media's theater chain increase its efforts this year?" Han Sanping and Li Mu were discussing in the office of the chairman of China Film.

"Director Han, you also know that I am a theater chain?" Li Mu smiled, picked up the teacup, and took a closer look. The good guy changed his tea set again, but it was exactly the same as the previous one.

"Nonsense, I'm not blind." Han Sanping gave him a blank look, and he had already built the imperial capital.

"The country is now intensifying its efforts to promote the number of screens. There are some performance indicators. You just need to know them." Han Sanwen did not say it clearly. The rest is that local governments have preferential subsidies and if they can, they should increase their efforts as soon as possible.

From the perspective of film ecology, theaters are the most important link in the industry chain. After all, only when the audience can see it can the process be completed.

Moreover, theater chains have always taken the lion's share of the movie share. This is also the reason why Mengying is a theater chain. With Mengying's ability to make money from movies, profits can be maximized by operating as a theater chain on its own.

Moreover, the future is dominated by theater chains. Even if the film studios cut down the profit share, in the end you still have to beg your grandpa and grandma to let the theaters release your movie, but generally everyone will not hurt the goodwill.

peace brings money.

Even if Zhang Weiping is such a tiger, he really doesn't dare to go against the theater chain, that is, to pull the tiger's skin and use its strength to gain strength.

Li Mu nodded. It was time for Mengying to increase its efforts to build theater chains. The days ahead would be when Chinese films would take off.

"Did you invite the film producers to "The Invisible Guest"?" Han Sanping learned the news. There will be a lot of people attending the premiere in a few days. Film producers from various countries have been invited by Li Mu.

"They were interested, so I asked Mengying to try to contact them." Li Mu said casually.

"I'm afraid they think they can eat by following you, otherwise these people wouldn't come all the way to watch the premiere." Han Sanping curled his lips. These people are smart people and will go wherever they can make money.

"Maybe." Li Mu yawned. Anyway, few of his movies made local losses when the film studios bought them back. Once the cooperation started, naturally, they started to come over.

It's a pity that there is no global distribution channel and it is impossible to harvest the world like Hollywood.

When Han Sanping saw Li Mu being so calm, he felt at ease.

"Red Cliff" has made him nervous for a long time. Although it is about to exceed 3 million at the box office now, it can be said that there is basically no problem breaking 3 million. However, the investment of 8000 million U.S. dollars will not be able to earn back even if the box office of the first and second movies is reached. In the end, he has to rely on Copyright income.

If the producers of "Red Cliff" were so enthusiastic about it, he would be able to wake up laughing even in his sleep.

Li Mu came out of Zhongying and went directly back to the villa.

Liu Yifei was also staying at Li Mu's place at this time. When she saw Li Mu coming back, she raised her head and said, "Ah Mu, aunt said it will take a few days before she comes."

"Huh? She communicated with you and didn't tell me." Li Mu's university has already been on summer vacation. This time it is time to catch up with the Olympic Games. Li Mu has this condition, so naturally he wants his family to watch the opening of the Olympic Games. ceremony.

After Li Mu communicated with Zhang Yimou, the tickets were delivered the next day. They were good seats in the front row and in the middle. As for the leadership position, Li Mu didn't dare to think about it.

"Auntie may think that just talking to me is enough." Liu Yifei said with a smile.

"Do you want to accompany me to the premiere?" Li Mu thought for a while and asked casually.

Liu Yifei thought for a while: "No, I still have to go shopping with Singsing. We also made an appointment with a beautiful actress to sing karaoke that night."

Anyway, she knew all the actresses starring in the movie, and they were not threatening at all. She had to give Li Mu more room for freedom.

Well, the theory of singing this strategist is still worthy of trust.

"You know how to live."

As the premiere of "The Invisible Guest" approaches, more and more people are commenting on Zhalang's official website.

Comment for a chance to win tickets to the premiere.

"Brothers, have you drawn it?"

“If you don’t look at how many people participated, it’s simply outrageous.”

"Pump the air?"

"They were recycled at high prices, and some left their contact information."

"Red Cliff" is on track to break the 3 million mark, and is expected to do so in early August, but Li Mu's movie will have its premiere at the end of the month.

Mengying Media's premieres have always been highly sought after in the industry because there are many big names who go there, and if you become familiar with them in the past, you might get some opportunities.

However, the invitations sent out this time are even rarer, because there are also some people from the film producers who want to come.

"Quanzi, it's all up to you this time." Hu Jing and others finally got the invitation letter from Yuan Quan.

"Director Li himself has prepared some for us." Yuan Quan smiled. There were indeed few invitations this time. It was because of her status as a heroine that she got a few more invitations for her sisters.

The day before the premiere, Nolan came to the Imperial Capital in a low-key manner.

However, the evolved paparazzi quickly took pictures of Nolan.

"Brother Niu, why did this great director suddenly come to the imperial capital?" One of the paparazzi was still a little confused after taking the photo.

This person's current movies have set off a super wave of box office harvests around the world.

In just 14 days, it took in US$3.6 million in North America. The global box office is said to be equally terrifying, but the statistics are not yet available.

"Use your pig head to think carefully about which director's movie will premiere tomorrow." This young man is really clueless. How can he become a new generation of paparazzi? He has no spirituality.

"Oh, I see."

"Go back quickly and write a report."

In just a short while, the news about Nolan's low-key visit to the imperial capital was announced on Zhalang's news website.

"The director of "The Dark Knight" Nolan came to Beijing in a low-key manner, suspected to be attending the premiere of "The Invisible Guest"!" As soon as the news came out, it instantly added a bit of popularity to the movie.

"I remember that Li Mu also went to the premiere of "The Dark Knight" some time ago, and he seemed to have said something very cool."

"This will be the pinnacle of superhero movies! Exact words, you're welcome!"

Many actors were staring at it, and some were envious of those who attended the premiere that day. I heard that there were quite a few big directors going to the premiere that day.

The premiere on the 31st was scheduled to be held at the CPPCC Auditorium. It was so large that Ning Hao, Lu Yang and others were a little shocked when they came.

"I remember that Director Li's investment in this movie is not very large." Lu Yang and Ning Hao murmured.

"This has nothing to do with investment. Even if Director Li makes a literary film, the ostentation will not be small." Ning Hao was extremely envious. This is the treatment of top directors.

He really wanted to give it a try.

"Maybe you and Director Wu of "Painted Skin" can also enjoy this scene." Ning Hao said, crying in his heart.

The premieres of my two movies combined were not so luxurious, and the latest one couldn't even be released. It's so difficult.

Fans on both sides were shouting crazily for their favorite stars and directors. Ning Hao, Lu Yang, and Wu Ershan arrived relatively early.
After all, Ning Hao has also been in two movies, and the fans on both sides can still recognize Ning Hao's name. As for Lu Yang, the two of them are really strangers.

Lu Yang and Wu Ershan looked at Ning Hao, waved their hands to the left and right, and said with envy, "Director Ning, you have quite a lot of fans."

"Hey, I'll get this treatment when your movie comes out." Ning Hao felt happy for a while, finally feeling the value of his membership in the [-] million yuan club.

Although there have been a few more people coming to the club in the past few years, it doesn't matter.

"Director Ning, Director Lu, Director Wu!" Yuan Quan and Zhang Songwen hurriedly greeted them.

Yuan Quan was dressed more boldly today, with her backless and half-revealing look, while Zhang Songwen was more formal, and a black suit was enough.

"Is Director Li inside?" Ning Hao asked.

"Yes, he, Teacher Li and Teacher Pan are all inside."

Ning Hao nodded, and the others went in without any delay.

"There are a lot of unknown people here this time." Some reporters said while taking pictures.

"It's normal. They're all film producers. They only know each other."

"Look, that seems to be Nolan."

"It's him, it's him, hurry up and shoot."

Nolan's appearance directly caused the climax of the red carpet on both sides. The reporters wanted to interview, but were stopped outside the red carpet.

In the auditorium, people from major companies such as China Film, Shanghai Film, Guangguang, Bona, and Huayi were present, and there were a bunch of foreign friends behind them.

"Director Li, don't forget, we made an appointment last year." Ren Zhonglun flew over from Shanghai specifically to attend the premiere.

"Mr. Ren, don't worry, how about October."

"Okay, then it's settled."

Li Mu and Ren Zhonglun were communicating about their promise to give lectures at universities at the Shanghai Film Festival last time. Li Mu just wanted to take this opportunity to promote "2012". Universities are the best promotion point.

Magic City is just the first stop.

"Director Nolan is here, please excuse me." Li Mu saw Nolan dressed in British style, which is really classic and timeless.

Nolan seems to dress the same at all times.

Wang Zhongjun, Wang Changtian, Yu Dong and others couldn't help but turn around and take a look. Especially Wang Zhongjun, who had enjoyed the sweetness, was even more envious.

If we can cooperate with Nolan, then Huayi's capital career will skyrocket. This story can make investors close their eyes and throw away their money.

There's not much comparison between Rob Minkoff and Nolan.

When Han Sanping saw these people like this, he couldn't imagine what they were thinking, but this was all a dream.

These people are abandoning their roots to pursue their inferiority.

As long as you have a good relationship with Li Mu, you can have all these things at your fingertips.

"Director Li, it's a big hit at the box office."

Zhou Xun and Huang Xiaoming followed Wang Zhongjun and happened to meet Li Mu after meeting Nolan.

"Thank you." Li Mu nodded.

Lu Zheng took Jingtian with him and also specially greeted Li Mu.

"Director Li is so busy." Jingtian watched Li Mu go to Brother Chen Kai. He just said hello and didn't have time to say anything else.

"The people here today are not ordinary people. Let's go, Tiantian will introduce you to them." Lu Zheng hurriedly took advantage of the good opportunity to get acquainted with Jingtian.

The entire auditorium was full of people, and the moviegoers at the back couldn't wait.

Seeing that it was almost time, Li Mu took the creative team to the stage to tell the story of the shooting, and then the movie officially started screening.

(End of this chapter)