China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 275 Invitation

"Worrying for nothing."

Shu Chang saw the data of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part [-])" and breathed a sigh of relief.

Shu Chang was immediately hardened: "Our biggest competitor feels like this."

Li Mu glanced at her in surprise, this tone was a bit loud.

Unexpectedly, Liu Yifei on the side nodded seriously: "It's really just so-so!"

Li Mu couldn't help but complain: "Is it because you are inflated or am I dazzled? It was over 4800 million on the first day, which is almost close to 5000 million. Those who don't know may think you missed a zero."

"It's nothing. Compared with the 9600 million of "Transformers", it's nearly half less." Shu Chang said carelessly and didn't care. After speaking, he picked up an apple from the table, wiped the surface, and started chewing.

Good guy, could it be that the box office trend of "Transformers 3" on the first day was too high, which caused people to be so bloated and have no awareness of the box office.

"Do you know what that means?"

Li Mu thought about giving them some basic knowledge, but these two might be too exaggerated.
"Sissi, what does it mean?" Shu Chang turned to Liu Yifei and asked.

"Emmm, let me give it a try."

Liu Yifei rolled her eyes twice, and suddenly a light flashed through her eyes: "Understood, it means we can still get the remaining half."

"As expected of you, Sissi, that's the right answer." Shu Chang didn't expect Liu Yifei's divine reply. He stopped chewing the apple and praised it quickly.

Li Mu couldn't help but sigh: "It's easy to understand!"

Liu Yifei stuck out her tongue at Li Mu and smiled sweetly.

These two people were really optimistic. Although they knew they were joking, their attitude was so good that even Li Mu was affected a lot.

During the schedule, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 9)" and "Those Years" were separated by [-] days. Under the current box office market capacity, the positive impact is already very small.

As for "The Smurfs", a Hollywood live-action hybrid with animation that was released two days earlier than "Those Years", although the protagonist is cute, it is not popular with film critics. The freshness rating on the Rotten Tomatoes website is only 20%, and the average score from North American film critics Only 30 points (out of 100 points).

The box office was even more of a setback, and it's not expected to be much better domestically.

In the past few days, "Those Years" has released two trailers, and its refreshing style has conquered many expectant fans.

Liu Yifei also has a literary and artistic flair in her heart, which goes well with this type of youth film.

"It's unexpectedly good. If the whole movie is as good as the trailer, I will definitely watch this movie!"

"Come on Sissi, we fans will definitely support you to book the venue to watch."

Movie fans are more objective, but fans are more subjective. No matter whether it is good or not, it is directed by their idol, so they must support it.

Compared with Yang Mi taking the initiative to call out to fans, fans took the initiative to organize various movie viewing activities before Liu Yifei even called out.

"They are so cute, but suddenly I feel a bit stressed, no, I have to stop them from spending money."

Liu Yifei thought about trying to dissuade her personally.

Li Mu shook his head: "Come on, don't cause trouble, they will only be more excited when you end up!"

"Then what should we do?"

"Think about it for yourself, that's your fan, not mine."

"Li Mu!" Liu Yifei stared at him angrily.

"In the future, we will provide some benefits from time to time, such as group viewing tickets and the like. Dream Cinema Line often has welfare activities, but I think the most important thing is that you bring the main creators to the announcements and show up more this time. This is probably the best reply. .”

"Hehe, that makes sense, I love you."

"What a fickle woman." Li Mu muttered in his heart.

Nortel and Tian Zhuangzhuang also watched these two trailers carefully. After all, he helped prepare some of the basic materials, and having an additional director from Nortel can also enhance the school's reputation.

"It's quite remarkable, but I don't know if the entire film can maintain this level."

Tian Zhuangzhuang thought for a while and sent a text message.

With a "ding" sound, Liu Yifei received a message from Tian Zhuangzhuang on her mobile phone.

"Teacher Tian's message."

Liu Yifei exclaimed, attracting Li Mu's attention.

"Teacher Tian praised me and said the trailer was very good and I look forward to the finished film."

"Goose goose goose" Liu Yifei suddenly let out a goose-like laugh. She was obviously praised by people in the industry. She is also a veteran director and she was in a very happy mood.

"No, I have to tell Chang Chang this information to give her some motivation."

"Does she still need motivation?"

"if not"

The premiere of "Those Years" is scheduled for August 8, which is still a week away from the premiere.

In the first half of this year, the domestic movie box office exceeded 60 billion, and it is very promising to hit the 120 billion target. For this reason, the General Administration also specially held a semi-annual meeting and roped in the film companies in the circle to discuss "big plans" for the second half of the year.

Before Li Mu reached the door of the General Administration, he saw a man in formal clothes not far away who walked with a wind.

Wang Changtian also discovered Li Mu, trotted over, and shouted with a smile on his face: "Director Li!"

"Hey, Mr. Wang, you are so proud of yourself."

Li Mu patted him on the shoulder. Wang Changtian now had a different status and became the helmsman of a listed company.

Enlight Media was listed on the GEM on August 8, with an issue price of 3 yuan and a closing price of 52.5 yuan. The market is quite optimistic about Enlight.

Wang Changtian’s net worth has skyrocketed, rising to 30 billion yuan.

"Thanks to Director Li, there is still investment in "Gravity" Ray, and everyone's valuation of Ray has increased." Wang Changtian bowed his hand.

"Take good care of Mengying in the future."

"Director Li, you are making fun of me again. Mengying Media has not yet been listed on the market. Once it is listed, there will be no comparison with Enlight Media."

The two of them were chatting and laughing as they walked into the headquarters.

"Director Li, do you think the General Administration will have anything else to do this time?"

"It's probably nothing, let's just repeat the same old tune."

Li Mu and Wang Changtian were not the first to arrive, and the conference room was already half full.

"Hey, Director Li. Hey, Mr. Wang, congratulations on the launch of the light."

"Mr. Wang, congratulations."

People in the circle have one characteristic. When they meet, everyone is smiling, and their smiles seem to be particularly sincere.

But when everyone's schedules match up and they fight, you're welcome, and you're really welcome, and any tricks can be used.

Wang Zhongjun also smiled and congratulated, but it was hard to say how happy he was inside.

Yesterday, Raytheon closed at 81.10 billion yuan, and Huayi Brothers only had 95 billion yuan at this time. This may lead to a change of leadership someday.

"I really should have lost face that day." Wang Zhongjun recalled that at the premiere of "The Martian" that day, Guang Guang and Bona each took a share of 1000 million.

Who knew that this would make investors soar in confidence, open higher and move higher, with the market value approaching that of Huayi.

Li Mu and Wang Changtian each found their own seats and sat down.

"How about it? Enlight Media has also gone public. Does Mengying have any ideas?" Han Sanping turned to talk to Li Mu.

"Any ideas?"

"You even played riddles with me. The General Administration also wants to set a benchmark. If Mengying Media is going to be listed, it will actually be a good thing for the industry. It proves that this market can also become bigger and stronger." Han San Ping still wants to focus on expanding this market.

At this time, the valuation of Mengying by outside capital is the highest.

Abundant cash flow, sufficient talent (director) reserves, all departments working together, no obvious shortcomings, and a world-class director at the helm are all conditions for attracting capital.

Li Mu nodded: "I will think about it carefully."

When Han Sanping saw this, he didn't say much on this topic. After all, it was Li Mu who had the final say whether Mengying would go public or not, so he could only make a suggestion.

"How confident is the movie Ife?"

Li Mu said with a smile: "How sure you can be, she said it herself, she can't do "2012"."

Han Sanping said angrily: "She has a bad interview syndrome. Are you here too?"

"For the first movie, I think it's a success if it makes tens of millions."

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Han Sanping took a deep look at Li Mu. If he believed a word of this sentence, he would feel like there was something wrong with his head.

In today's meeting, it is true that the same old tune is repeated. The overall summary is to work together to achieve 120 billion this year. The schedule must be reasonable and there must be no internal friction.
Obviously this is a reference to last year's Lunar New Year blockbusters being released together in one week. After all, this is not conducive to expanding the movie market.

At this time, the box office could not support the release of three blockbusters in one week.

While "Those Years" was still waiting to be released, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)" easily exceeded [-] million in its first three days. This emotional movie made "Harry Potter fans" We walked into the cinema to commemorate these ten years of youth.

"The first love, the last ceremony!"

"I don't want it to end."

"It's been ten years, and our childhood is over. I don't know if our children can still be moved by Hogwarts and the wizarding world."

Yang Mi is currently auditioning for the role of "Yang Jiaqi" in Chen Kaige's new movie "Search".

Brother Chen Kai and Chen Hong, who were sitting on the stage, looked at each other.

"Okay, it's just you."

Brother Chen Kai finally spoke.

"Thank you, Director Chen!" Yang Mi quickly bowed to express her thanks.

"Now that you've got the role, you have to be careful and prepare well."

Chen Hong finally couldn't help but speak.

Of course Yang Mi knew what Chen Hong meant and quickly responded: "I will definitely use my heart."

When Yang Mi walked out of the audition, Chen Hong said quietly: "Her acting skills may not be able to hold up."

"It doesn't matter! She still has some talent. Didn't you ask her to prepare well? It shouldn't be a big problem if I train her for the filming."

Brother Chen Kai waved his hand. There is still some time before the computer is turned on, which is enough for Yang Mi to prepare.

Zeng Jia looked at Yang Mi's happy face and knew that it was done without asking.

"Celebrate?"

Yang Mi shook her head: "No, let's go back and catch up on the next announcement."

Zeng Jia didn't care. The harder her artist worked, the higher her position would be, which was naturally the best for her as an agent.

"It's just these few film appointments." Zeng Jia was still thinking about how to deal with them. There seemed to be some overlap.

At the same time, this year's Spring Festival Gala chief director Ha Wen found Zhang Yimou.

"Director Zhang, excuse me."

Zhang Yimou smiled: "No, I also like to watch the Spring Festival Gala."

"The pressure from above has been too much this year, so I can only come and learn from you, if possible."

In recent years, the Spring Festival Gala has been getting worse every year. Letting her serve as the chief director is also a "novel" arrangement from above. Naturally, she has to do her best, otherwise it will not be her turn in the future.

"There's no need to hang on to your title. You can come up with ideas. Director Ha, let me give you an idea first!"

Ha Wen felt that she had won a big prize and quickly asked: "Director Zhang, please tell me."

"You can still find someone."

"Who?"

"Li Mu, Director Li! It's not easy to organize a Spring Festival Gala that everyone likes to watch. I'm better at big scenes with a lot of people. Director Li is better at telling stories and stage special effects. He is both a young man and an international celebrity. guide, his suggestions will be more innovative.”

"Director Li!" Ha Wen's eyes lit up, and her train of thought was instantly opened up.

"Director Li is a very busy man, so he probably won't pay attention to me."

Zhang Yimou smiled but didn't say anything, saying that Li Mu was busy and probably didn't understand him.
"Have a try."

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Li Mu basically spends one day lying at home, one day watching the later stages of "Gravity", and one day dealing with company affairs. Overall, he is quite leisurely.

In the villa, Liu Yifei held Little Chengzi while holding the planning document for the premiere of "Those Years", and checked the boxes with a pen from time to time.

Suddenly, Li Mu's cell phone rang.

"Unfamiliar calls?" Li Mu muttered to himself. There were very few strange calls on his mobile phone. Unfamiliar calls were usually numbers obtained by a trustee.

"Who is it?" Liu Yifei asked confusedly when she saw that Li Mu didn't answer immediately.

"I don't know either." Li Mu did not choose to hang up and pressed the answer button.

"Good talk, good talk."

After Li Mu said this, he hung up the phone. In this communication, the other party was basically talking.

"Spring Festival Gala?" Liu Yifei stopped talking and made a rough guess.

"A call from Harvin."

"Director of the Spring Festival Gala, what does she want from you?"

Liu Yifei is no stranger to this name. In fact, since Ha Wen took on the post of general director of the "2012 CCTV Spring Festival Gala", the industry and the media have placed high hopes on her.

The audience is very eager to "innovate" the increasingly "traditional" CCTV Spring Festival Gala.

And Ha Wen, who has never been a Spring Festival Gala director and has never been exposed to the Spring Festival Gala in her past career, is like a fresh wind that awakens this vague hope in people's hearts.

"You want me to give you some advice on the Spring Festival Gala."

"Only you?"

Li Mu was unhappy: "What do you mean? I'm not qualified alone?"

"Hehe, I'm sorry."

Liu Yifei rubbed against Li Mu like a cat.

"I also made an appointment with Senior Brother Zhang Yimou."

"You and Director Zhang?" Liu Yifei's eyes suddenly lit up, "No, I have to tell my aunt the news quickly. She complained to me last year that the Spring Festival Gala was getting harder and harder to watch. The skits like Zhao Benshan's were becoming less and less popular. New ideas.”

Li Mu and Zhang Yi, the two directors made suggestions and ideas about the Spring Festival Gala, and Liu Yifei suddenly felt that the 2012 Spring Festival Gala was interesting.

"Whether I want it or not is still the same thing."

(End of this chapter)