China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 180
No matter how big the feast is, it has to end. The audience is very excited when they come and talk about it when they leave.

Everyone in the industry who came to "Painted Skin" saw clearly that it was clearly about to explode again.

Journalists are the fastest runners, rushing back to write reports and grab traffic.

"We'll wait for the good news tomorrow."

Han Sanping laughed happily. It doesn't matter if the tickets are good or not, this movie is good.

The remaining creative team breathed a sigh of relief after the premiere, but they also held another breath. Tomorrow's box office is crucial.

"I'll leave the rest of the trip to you." Li Mu patted Lu Yang and the others, and there were movie meet-and-greets in Magic City, Yangcheng and other places later.

It was impossible for Li Mu to go in person.

"Director Li, as a producer, can you have the heart to abandon us?" Zhou Xun blinked his charming eyes, his acting skills were instantly online, but it was his smoky voice that ruined the artistic conception.

"Have patience!" Li Mu nodded matter-of-factly.

Everyone burst into laughter and burst into laughter.

Li Mu drove Liu Yifei back. It was late at night and the traffic on both sides was much less than during the day.

At this time, large-scale construction and new buildings are being carried out all over the imperial capital.

Since the 08 Olympic Games, housing prices in the capital have soared, and the average price of real estate in prime locations in the capital has crossed the [-] mark.

The golden years of real estate businessmen are here, and everyone will make a lot of money.

The next day, major websites reported on the premiere of "Painted Skin" and Li Mu's speech.

"Painted Skin: The story of how a goblin learned to love!"

"In "Painted Skin", it is difficult to draw bones when painting ghosts. How to interpret the word love!"

"The new "Painted Skin" is a song that is full of love and charms all living beings!"

"Li Mu talks about sex scenes and passionate scenes! He criticizes some movies that only show his back for two minutes in two hours!"

What a talent. After reading this report, Li Mu couldn't help but want to give this reporter a big thumbs up. This person knows what a headline is.

Li Mu has mentioned every word in this title, but when written together, it seems that the meaning is completely different.

Film critics generally gave "Painted Skin" high praise, but of course there were also many negative reviews.

""Painted Skin" just sheds a layer of "skin"!"

"Another white fox escaped from Liaozhai in "Painted Skin"!"

But the reaction of the audience is very real, that is, go to the cinema to watch it.

After watching it, many people gave high praise to the special effects.

Tiancai, the special effects company under Mengying Media, appears again in front of people's eyes.

"The special effects are awesome. I didn't expect Tiancai to be able to do it so well. It's not inferior to foreign special effects companies at all!"

"I heard that this company has also participated in Olympic and Hollywood projects, which is awesome!"

"Special effects that cost money are different, compared to those that only cost 5 cents!"

"So where was the money spent on those movies? You know, this movie only cost [-] million."

The audience also discovered that those so-called blockbusters that cost hundreds of millions, where did the production costs go, and the results were unsightly.

The box office of "Painted Skin" was 2500 million on the first day. Although it did not set a record, it was good enough. After all, it was only in the name of Li Mu's producer, and the director was not Li Mu himself.

Mengying is about to have a great director again. After Li Mu and Ning Hao, there is a new generation of directors. This one is the most enviable by people in the industry.

At this time, Lu Yang was still leading the team to promote the film in the Magic City. The box office was unexpectedly good, which made the creators extremely happy.

"Director Lu, Director Wu, congratulations!" Zhou Xun and Zuo Xiaoqing even congratulated hurriedly.

"Haha, everyone has a share." Lu Yang was also very happy. The momentum of this movie seems to be going straight to [-] million.

You must know that the National Day Golden Week is coming next, and the box office will be singing all the way.

"Two directors, don't forget about me if you have a movie coming later. I'm very cheap." Zhou Xun smiled. It was already a consensus in the industry that being on the boat of Mengying Media would save you a lot of detours.

The actors are even more willing to reduce the price to appear. After all, they get more after boarding the boat.

If you look at the people who have acted before, you can easily tell which ones are not constantly booked.

"You are still short of movies. Huayi also releases a lot of movies every year." Lu Yang scolded with a smile. Zhou Xun also has no shortage of resources at Huayi.

"The more the merrier!" Zhou Xun couldn't say it clearly, but compared with Mengying's resources and Huayi's, Mengying was definitely much better.

"Painted Skin" did indeed go crazy during the National Day period, and even soared to 3000 million on the National Day.

"Hold the Call" directed by Chen Musheng was not so lucky. One week later, it only received more than 2000 million at the box office, which was less than "Painted Skin" in one day.

Movies with a strong Hong Kong flavor are not as good as the other at the domestic box office. After all, after so many years, I have already become tired of watching them, and there is nothing new in them.

It has become popular again in the industry to look for stories to shoot in Chinese fairy tales. After all, there are too many stories in this book. Anyway, changing the ghosts into monsters can avoid censorship and be released in a wave of harvests.

With the domestic box office rising year by year, there is a boat that can carry just bad money movies.

During the National Day, Li Mu received another call from Ren Zhonglun, reminding him of his plans to give lectures at Shanghai University after the National Day.

"You are so busy!" Liu Yifei heard the conversation between the two.

"Isn't that true? It's not like you are just like a salted fish." Li Mu mocked, while another salted fish followed the crew and made announcements frantically.

"You are the salty fish. I also carefully supervised the later stage of "Your Name"." Liu Yifei said angrily with her hands on her hips.

"Okay, okay, when will it be finished?" Li Mu was lying on the sofa, enjoying the happiness of the last few days of the holiday.

"The end of November!"

Just as he finished speaking, the phone rang, it was Chen Hong calling.

Liu Yifei looked surprised. Although the two of them occasionally interacted, they didn't meet much.
Li Mu listened thoughtfully to the conversation between Liu Yifei and Chen Hong.

"She said Jiang Wenli wanted to organize a dinner party and invited me to come with her." Liu Yifei put down the phone and looked at Li Mu doubtfully.

"I guessed it, it's probably about Zhang Jingchu."

"Ah, what does she want to do?" Liu Yifei hasn't figured it out yet.

"Let's join forces with you to ban them." Li Mu said calmly, "Don't get involved in their affairs."

"It's too complicated. It's still fun to pet the cat." Liu Yifei picked up the little orange beside her and smiled nonchalantly.

If Liu Yifei were involved, Zhang Jingchu would really be unable to move forward even in Hong Kong.

But Zhang Jingchu is also a talented person, and she can get involved anywhere. "Kung Fu Panda 2" is preparing to go to Sichuan to collect news. Officials from Shu City have already sent out invitations, urging the creative team of "Kung Fu Panda" to come to Shu City to experience the culture of Shu City and have close contact with giant pandas.

According to Li Mu's arrangement, this time he will visit four places including Qingcheng Mountain, Dujiangyan, and Shucheng Giant Panda Breeding Research Base. Qingcheng Mountain is actually the scenery that appears in "Kung Fu Panda", and Li Mu used this as the basis for his creation.

"Painted Skin" has already grossed 10 million at the box office within 2 days of its release, and the National Day release is indispensable.

As soon as the holidays passed, the box office dropped rapidly, but the market predicted that if not 3 million, the box office would be close to 3 million.

The group of interested film producers in Venice also began to find Mengying and wanted to purchase the copyright of "Painted Skin".

It is speculated by the outside world that the copyright fee for this large-scale production of oriental fantasy will not be low, and Southeast Asia is even more fond of this type of movie.

On the other hand, Europe and the United States are full of interest in ancient Chinese stories.

Li Mu and his technical staff had already entered the Magic City, and Ren Zhonglun personally came to pick him up.

The next day, a poster of Li Mu was displayed at the entrance of Shanghai University of Science and Technology. The photo was quite handsome, and Li Mu couldn't help but look at it twice.

"Originally it was a lesson for the students of the School of Art, but the school made it a big deal and upgraded the standards." Ren Zhonglun explained at the side.

"It's okay! I just hope I don't get kicked out like Director Feng last year." Li Mu waved his hand, making it bigger and better, it's all for publicity anyway.

Li Mu's words made both of them laugh.

Many reporters came, and it was no secret that Li Mu came to the school to promote "2012".

But in school, these reporters are quite peaceful.

"Director Li, have you considered making a name for yourself after graduation?" Ren Zhonglun said with a smile. Li Mu will graduate from master's degree next year, so you must invite him in advance. You must know that there are many schools that are eyeing Li Mu's name.

"Look, it's still early to graduate!"

Ren Zhonglun did not continue to talk. When the time comes, there is no need for him to say anything. All the major schools will extend their olive branches.

At this time, the auditorium of Modu University was packed with people, and some of the seats that had come late had already been taken away.

"It seems that Feng Xiaogang was given a big classroom last time he came here." The reporters were chatting while Li Mu arrived.

"Can he compare with Li Mu?" The person next to him looked disdainful.

"That's true!"

"By the way, his movie "2012" hasn't been scheduled yet, right?"

"I heard it's still in the advanced stages and won't be released until next year."

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Li Mu's arrival immediately caused a sensation in the venue. The dean of the School of Art first said some polite words, which was also a necessary procedure.

The students below were not impatient. Anyway, the words went in one ear and out the other. However, the dean also knew who everyone was looking forward to today. Without saying a few words, he invited Li Mu to the stage.

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"Movies are a combination of technology and art. From silent films to sound films, from black and white pictures to color technology, films continue to realize the improvement of artistic and humanistic values ​​based on technological development. Every technological innovation brings novelty to people and wonder, leading people to experience the wonderful world that they have never heard of or seen before.

"3D+imax movie projection technology will be a new and wonderful world. Before the filming of "2012", James Cameron and I discussed the future of digital technology."

Li Mu's research on new technologies can be regarded as No. 1 in China. Although it is to promote "2012", it involves a lot of 3D technology and future film development trends.

For those who have not been exposed to these technologies, they are full of curiosity about the unknown.

Everyone wants to know how magical it will be when Li Mu's $2.5 million movie is played.

On the other hand, Ren Zhonglun listened thoughtfully in the audience.

"Director Li Mu, do you think 3D will become mainstream in the future?" During the question and answer session after the meeting, there were too many people asking questions.

"I believe that 3D technology will become more and more mainstream!"

“Will future film productions use 100% CG technology?”

This question sounds like it was asked by a professional. It seems that there is also a lot of research on digital technology.

"Classmate, when will you graduate? Welcome to work at Mengying."

Li Mu's words made the whole audience burst into laughter, and the school leaders in front couldn't help but laugh. They raised their hands to welcome Mengying to recruit people in the art school.

"Directors will use various advanced technologies to serve their movies, but I don't think pure CG movies will become the whole movie."

"Will 3D be better than 2D?" Everyone in the audience looked at Li Mu. After all, it was self-evident that Li Mu attached great importance to 3D during his lecture. This question also seemed to be related to how to choose the future of movies.

"I think the quality of a movie depends on the content itself. 3D is not necessarily better than 2D. Hayao Miyazaki's cartoons are all 2D, but what touches people's hearts is the human touch of the story! No technological development can affect art. With the development of science and technology, any scientific and technological invention must be the most humane, making people more comfortable, or better expressing human nature."

Li Mu also reminded some people that after the explosion of "Avatar" in later generations, in order to catch up with 3D technology, all junk movies in China relied on 3D.

A bad movie, even with 3D, it's just a bad 3D movie.

Li Mu’s discussion of 3D technology quickly became a hot topic.

Experts are watching the show, while laymen are watching the excitement. Netizens are just making trouble.

"When will your "2012" be played?"

"Although what you said is very good, I don't understand it very well. Please show the movie!"

"So what about the movie?"

After seeing this, some theater chains began to quietly adjust their plans, while some theater chains stood still. After all, no one knew what kind of changes "2012" could bring.

"Xiaogang, is this 3Dimax really so magical?" Wang Zhonglei was discussing the content of Li Mu's speech in Wang Zhongjun's office.

Feng Xiaogang's "If You Are the One" was completed last month and is in post-production at Huayi.

"I heard that there are a lot of 3D movies in the United States, but I haven't seen any that are too popular." Feng Xiaogang was also unsure and spoke very vaguely.

"It will be released next year. You will know after you watch it." Wang Zhongjun thinks this is a good thing. If possible, Huayi can follow suit. This will be good for Huayi's capital plan.

Li Mu has already eaten this crab and is waiting to see the effect.

Not only Huayi, but all film companies are waiting for the arrival of what Li Mu calls a new era of film technology.

The publicity effect of "2012" has been achieved, and everyone is full of expectations for the picture Li Mu painted.

If it were an unknown director who said it, maybe no one would take it seriously, but if it were Li Mu, the impact of this incident on both inside and outside the industry would be great.

Zhang Yimou also read the report. He had heard a little bit about these new technologies, but they are currently not available in China. Li Mu also relied on Industrial Light and Magic to complete the production of the theme part.

The capital market is more sensitive and interested in the technology Li Mu talked about than insiders, because it means that new stories and new money-making effects are coming.

(End of this chapter)