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Chapter 238 Movie "The Great Leap Forward"

The total box office in the first five months of this year has reached 5 billion yuan, and more than 40 movies will be released throughout June. Industry insiders estimate that the movie box office in the first half of this year is expected to exceed 6 billion yuan.

By the end of 2010, China's movie box office is expected to exceed 100 billion yuan, setting a record high in history.

This has made many film companies in the industry very excited and eager to make a few more movies and make more box office money.

In the first week of June, "Drive My Car" took in more than 6 million yuan at the box office. No opponent could compete with it and win the championship that week.

The rest of the movie is a bit lackluster.

On the other hand, the low-budget film "The Road to Misfortune" seems to be on the verge of breaking out. It took in 700 million yuan in its first week of release. Compared with its production costs, this box office is quite gratifying.

"Another dark horse!"

People in the industry have also discovered this low-budget comedy.

Xu Zheng became famous in the circle.

The summer rain in the imperial capital always comes so urgently that people are caught off guard.

The hot weather has dissipated a lot with the downpour.

Outside Li Mu's villa, it rained heavily. The flowers that Liu Yifei usually cared for carefully were blown by the wind from time to time. Fortunately, there was a roof that was firmly protecting them from the rain.

The two of them didn't go anywhere today. When they rested in the evening, Liu Yifei was wearing a cute pajamas. Her eyes were crystal clear, as if wrapped in a thin film like water. The skin on her face was fair and soft, and her beautiful and round calves were on the sofa. Shaking, his head rested on Li Mu's lap.

Li Mu watched the TV series, while Liu Yifei played with her mobile phone. From the looks of it, she was "shopping" on Weibo!
"Why do you feel that you are fat?"

Li Mu touched Liu Yifei's chin and said jokingly.

Normally, Liu Yifei would probably pout: "I'm not fat!"

Then he took a bite.

But tonight she was a little embarrassed, lowered her head and whispered: "Yesterday I tried to weigh myself with Chang Chang."

"Well, what happened?"

Li Mu asked.

"She gained half a pound."

"I'm more curious about you." Li Mu didn't expect it, so he just said it casually, and he got it right.

"I also gained half a catty."

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After hearing this, Li Mu didn't quite believe it. Normal people wouldn't express themselves like this if they both gained half a catty. This was purely artistic processing done later.

Li Mu looked into Liu Yifei's guilty eyes, smiled and asked, "Really?"

When she mentioned this, Liu Yifei immediately stopped playing with her mobile phone and said in frustration: "I gained a pound! I actually gained a pound!"

Liu Yifei was about to cry but had no tears, "Obviously everyone eats the same amount of snacks, so why did she only gain half a catty?"

In fact, Liu Yifei is 172cm tall, and her weight plus this one pound is only 53 kilograms. She is not fat at all, but for women, not to mention gaining one pound, even one pound is terrifying.

"Is it possible?" Li Mugang wanted to find a reason to comfort her.

"I remembered that I drank a lot of water before weighing yesterday, about half a catty, but I didn't drink anything. According to the law of conservation of energy, if you remove this half a catty of water, everyone should be the same!"

Liu Yifei clapped her hands together, making a "pop" sound, and immediately made an excuse for herself.

"You are really good at using Ah Q's spiritual power."

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The film industry is in peace for the time being, but the situation in the television industry is changing instantly.

"Gong Lock Heart Jade", which is billed as the first clear-cut drama, will start filming next month.

This time Cai Yinong of the Tang Dynasty was beaten into a trap, and now he is extremely passive.

In 2006, the online novel "Bu Bu Jing Xin" was published in volume and was hailed as "a masterpiece that transcends all ages" and has hundreds of millions of fans.

Tang Ren has been officially planning to film "Step by Step" for a long time, but the script is still in the writing stage. Moreover, in order to produce an excellent TV series, Tang Ren is also preparing to put in a lot of effort.

Who knew that Yu Zheng would suddenly catch her off guard? The cast for "Gong Lock Heart Jade" had already been decided and filming would start next month.

This time "Bu Bu Jing Xin" is very likely to get up early and catch a late set.

Cai Yinong's face turned dark and he kept cursing Yu Zheng.

Liu Shisi's face is also very ugly now. She can also see that this drama is very likely to become her masterpiece. As a result, inexplicably, "Gong Lock Heart Jade" will be filmed soon. The heroine will still be Yang Mi. The previous Friends.

Cai Yinong was not someone to be trifled with, and he started a war of words with Yu Zheng.

The fan groups of Yang Mi and Liu Shisi also trolled each other below, and the scene was very lively.

Cheng Long's "Kung Fu Dream" was released in North America. Perhaps due to the influence of "2012", Cheng Long's appeal is stronger than before, with 5600 million US dollars in the first week, easily winning the North American box office championship with brilliant results that exceeded expectations. It was US$3000 million ahead of the box office runner-up "The Legend of Heaven".

You must know that many professional organizations have previously predicted that "The Legend of Heaven" will have a greater chance of winning. After all, the production cost of "Kung Fu Dream" is only US$4000 million, while the budget of "The Legend of Heaven" is as high as US$1 million.

With US$5600 million in the first week, this is also the third highest opening result for a Hollywood film starring Jackie Chan. The first two are "2012" and "Rush Hour 2".

You have to wait another week for the film to be released in China.

At the same time, another domestic international Category A film festival is getting ready to open.

Li Mu received a call from Shanghai Film Academy Ren Zhonglun and strongly invited him to participate.

"Mr. Ren, I won't go to the Shanghai International Film Festival!"

Li Mu felt that if he had this time, he might as well spend more time with Liu Yifei and teach her more director skills, so why not join in the fun.

Hearing Li Mu's tone, Ren Zhonglun was afraid that he really didn't want to go, so he couldn't force himself.

"Okay, Director Li, keep in touch when you have time."

After Li Mu hung up the phone, he directly turned the remote control to the sports channel and turned up the volume.

In mid-June 2010, the World Cup started in South Africa, and even movies in the industry were unconsciously related to the World Cup.

"There is not much time left for the national football team."

Li Mu looked at the wonderful competitions of other countries and couldn't help but talk to himself.

"Amu, what's the national football team?"

Liu Yifei heard something, walked over and looked at the TV and asked, "Hey, why can't I see the Chinese team?"

"Oh, they are sitting on the sofa watching TV just like me."

"Ocean Paradise" premiered on June 6.16th and was released on June 6.18th. Liu Yifei and Shu Chang had already dressed up.

Liu Yifei wore a blue high-necked dress with the hemline reaching below her calf, with a matching belt tied in the middle. Her exquisite curves were directly outlined, and she was wearing a pair of white leather shoes, which looked beautiful.

Li Mu glanced at it. There was a World Cup game tonight and he didn't want to go.

"Ahem, I have something to do at my company later, so I won't go!" Li Mu picked up his phone and pretended to be busy, but in fact he wanted to invite Ning Hao and Lu Yang out to watch the game.

Unexpectedly, Liu Yifei stopped directly in front, her eyes filled with the light of wisdom.

These days, she has figured out that Li Mu is not busy at all, he just wants to watch the football match.

Liu Yifei said with a smile: "How about this? I'll give you a question. If you get the answer right, you can follow me. If you get the answer wrong, you can stay here. But you are not allowed to hesitate when answering."

Li Mu took a deep look at Liu Yifei and was excited, "Xiao Nizi, even with your IQ, you want to fight me."

The excitement calmed down and he said calmly: "Ask me!" "What is 1+1?"

"Equal to 3!"

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Liu Yifei was stunned and grabbed Li Mu's arm: "Congratulations on your correct answer. 1+1 equals 3."

"???"

Not only was Li Mu dumbfounded, but Shu Chang was also dumbfounded.

"When did Sissi become so "witty"?"

"When did you become so shameless?"

Li Mu's eyes widened, "Hey guys, my nine-year compulsory education is fake. I learned math in vain."

"Why am I cheating? The final right of interpretation belongs to the person who asked the question. Hurry up and pack yourself up and come with us."

"The Huaxia team will win!"

Li Mu had no choice but to shout and prepare to go back to the room to change clothes.

The fat cat Xiao Chengzi also stood up excitedly and ran towards Li Mu with his fat body. He was so round and cute.

"Didn't you say they were watching TV like you?" Liu Yifei asked doubtfully.

"Yes, so they are most likely to cry and shout for themselves in front of the TV!"

The premiere of "Ocean Paradise" was held in the Imperial Capital with little fanfare.

Actors Li Lienjie, Wen Zhang, Gui Lunmei and Yong Mei attended the premiere.

In addition, many celebrities came to the scene to support the show. Stars such as Shi Xiaolong, Gong Xinliang, and Li Jing successively appeared on the "blue carpet" specially arranged for the premiere.

Li Mu, Liu Yifei, and Shu Chang entered the theater in a low-key manner and did not appear on the "blue carpet", but they still attracted everyone's attention.

This is a charity movie.

"Ocean Paradise" focuses on the vulnerable groups in need of social attention, autistic children.

It not only allows the audience to understand the world of autistic children, but also allows everyone to experience the hardships and difficulties of autistic families.

The narrative of the entire film is very bland, without a trace of sensationalism.

The story is warm, delicate, and refuses to be impetuous, but it is also destined not to attract a large audience.

When watching a movie like this with Liu Yifei, Li Mu had to prepare tissues in advance, otherwise it would all end up on his arm.

After the movie was screened, Liu Yifei and Shu sang. Both of them cried and their eyes were red. Li Mu felt like there was sand in his eyes.

"Director Xue, congratulations on a very meaningful movie." Li Mu came over and said before leaving.

The social significance conveyed by this film is greater than the film itself.

"Thank you Director Li!"

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"Ocean Paradise" is destined to win word of mouth but lose at the box office.

The audience burst into tears in the theater, but the film schedule and attendance could not increase, and the box office on the first day was only over one million.

Just four days after the release of "Ocean Paradise", Cheng Long's "Kung Fu Dream" also landed in the mainland.

Liberation Daily even wrote a special review of the film: "Kung Fu Dream" is a love letter to China.

As a result, the movie was not adapted to the domestic climate and seemed to be a bit of a hit on the street. It only took over 1000 million at the box office on the first day, and then its domestic reputation quickly collapsed.

"It's too late!"

"Let's act in Li Mu's movie, what the hell is this!"

"It's like an American version of McDull."

It took in 2500 million at the box office in the first week and was considered a complete failure domestically.

Under such circumstances, it is a fact that the box office will be cut in half in the second week.

Movies have become more and more popular recently. Li Mu looked at the film registration data for May released by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. In May alone, there were 5 movies, a new high.

Among these 189 movies, 4 were based on the popular "football".

“The real estate speculators are here!”

Li Mu learned that many bosses gave up investing in real estate and switched to movies.

In the first five months of this year, the box office of Chinese movies reached 5 billion yuan, which is almost equivalent to the total box office revenue of Chinese movies in 42.

In this case, more producers are stimulated to shoot movies at full capacity.

A large amount of hot money poured into film investment, which to a certain extent also stimulated the "Great Leap Forward" of film.

"Such an exaggeration? Can it really make money?" Liu Yifei was a little surprised when she saw this data.

“It’s hard to say whether you will make money or not, but if you lose more, you will definitely have a better memory!”

Movies are like stocks. It is not uncommon for a movie investment to fail and bring down a company.

"Drive My Car" has been in theaters for 19 days and has already earned 1.32 million at the box office. This movie, which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, has its own aura and attracts a large number of audiences to watch the movie.

"It's a pity that the box office of purely literary and artistic films is still too limited!"

Li Mu looked at the data and found that literary and artistic films are really not popular among the public. They are destined to be a hobby of a small group of people and cannot be popularized by the public.

"Unfortunately" is another outstanding movie during the period. It has already received more than 3000 million yuan at the box office. It is expected that it will have a chance to hit 5000 million yuan before it is released.

This low-cost comedy brought high returns to Huaqi Film and Television.

But according to current statistics, only "Drive My Car" has a box office of over [-] million in the June period.

In this June period, a total of 6 movies will be released, and I thought there would be quite a few that would exceed 26 million. For example, "Toy Story 3", "Robin Hood", "Quick", etc. are all expected to have "over [-] million".

As a result, these blockbusters all ended up with 2000 million to 3000 million per week.

There are also a number of small films such as "31°C North Latitude Video" and "No Joking", etc., which were released in a hurry and were hastily taken off the production line. They could not become dark horses like "The Road".

The affordability of the booming film market encountered challenges in June.

One second ago, the comments from major media were still: "The film market has great prospects and investment is booming."

The next second he changed his tone: "Industrial investment is overheated and the prospects are worrying!"

Li Mu looked at these idiots and didn't know what to say, so he just blew it first and then talked about it!
In fact, June is usually the off-season for movies, with mainly theme-themed movies showing and not many miracle-making movies.

In June this year, unlike previous years, the film scene was a mess. A total of 6 new films were released throughout the month, with an average of one new film every day. At most, four films were released in a day, which greatly shortened the life cycle of each film. .

The current domestic capacity this year is only 100 billion, so how can we make such a fuss.

This year's Shanghai International Film Festival has also come to an end. Li Mu looked at the video of the Shanghai International Film Festival, but it was not the one who presented the awards, but Feng Xiaogang.

This guy just finished watching the World Cup last night, so his mind is still a little blank.

In his words, Harvey was scolded.

(End of this chapter)