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Chapter 284 Director Li, please do me a favor
The meal Yu Nan invited was specially given to Li Mu and Liu Yifei before she went to film "The Expendables".

"It's equivalent to solving another character." Li Mu thought to himself.

In fact, Edge of Tomorrow actually has a lot of appearances. Apart from the male and female protagonists, there are no more than 3 people in total.

There are even fewer female characters.

The soldiers wear sunglasses most of the time, so it's hard to see who is who, so it's particularly suitable to use military personnel instead.

The remaining characters, Li Mu, are not in a hurry either, as there is still half a year to go before filming.

On the contrary, "Gravity" needs Li Mu's attention, and the post-production has entered the middle stage at this time.

"How about it? Can it be finished before one month?"

Li Mu came to Tiancai and asked the post-production staff.

"Director Li, according to the current progress, the production can be completed by the end of December, and no later than early January."

"Okay, don't rush. If you can't achieve the effect, you can go slower."

Li Mu nodded. For this film, the post-production determines the height of the film. Let alone half a year, even if it takes a year, it still has to be done.

Otherwise, the effect will be greatly reduced and the effect Li Mu wants will not be achieved.

"Show me what's already done."

"it is good."

The post-production staff immediately opened the rendered picture.

Li Mu looked very seriously.

On the other side, Happy Twist Theater Company.

Liu Hongtao was going to tell the members of Happy Twist a huge piece of good news, and was going to announce the cooperation with Mengying. This was Liu Hongtao's intention.

After all, only when a company has good prospects can it retain talents.

This is also why when some companies reach cooperation with other companies that are better than themselves, they will hold up banners or make special announcements, just to highlight the company's future development potential.

"Happy Mahua and Mengying Media have begun strategic cooperation. Mengying Media will hold part of the shares of Happy Mahua. Our future will be bright in the future."

This news made everyone excited. After all, working with Mengying Media, doesn’t that mean that we can make movies in the future?
At least there is hope in the film and television industry. This is also the way drama actors want to transform. If they can star in TV series and movies, no one will come to act in dramas. This is just a transitional means.

Liu Hongtao could understand everyone's excitement when he saw it. He just wanted this effect.

After announcing the information, he left. With him here, everyone was probably cautious.

"It's finally our turn to be rich and wealthy."

Shen Teng pressed Chang Yuan's arms and shook them desperately.

"Brother Teng, stop. You knocked me out."

Chang Yuanren was a little confused at this time.

Ma Li couldn't help but sigh: "We are having a smooth sailing this year, first with the Spring Festival Gala and then with the cooperation with Mengying Media."

"Noble man"

October is approaching, and the annual Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is approaching.

The rule of the game for bidding for the Olympics is that the film produced in the country must have been released in the country, and the qualifying release date is September 9 this year.

"The Martian" is a co-production, so there is no need to resort to the foreign language film method.

"I have already negotiated with an old friend from the theater chain about the place for the 'public screening', which is in the Imperial Capital."

Zhang Weiping seemed to have arranged all this, but it made Zhang Yimou frown again and again.

Because Zhang Yimou mentioned before that he had communicated with Li Mu about the public screening and could use the VIP hall of Dream Cinema Line, but Zhang Weiping had no intention of releasing Mengying.

Zhang Weiping did not give Zhang Yimou a chance to speak and left directly.

Zhang Yimou had no choice but to pick up the phone and tell Li Mu about the incident, with some apologies in his words.

"It's okay, it doesn't matter where it's shown in public."

Li Mu smiled and hung up the phone, not caring. Zhang Weiping was probably more confident in his connections.

"Director Zhang plans to compete for the Oscars?"

Liu Yifei heard clearly from the sidelines, because "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" began to follow the previous play method of "Golden Armor" and "Drive My Car": in order to bid for the Olympics, it was released in a certain cinema hall of a specific theater chain.

When talking about public screening, it is actually a limited internal screening.

Li Mu nodded, Zhang Yimou still did not give up on competing for the Olympics.

Domestically, in addition to the Palme d'Or in Cannes, another Holy Grail for filmmakers is the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Fortunately, the Best Foreign Language Film Award was won by Li Mu last year, but this also gave filmmakers new confidence. As long as they can get it, it proves that there is still a chance.

"It seems that there are only two suitable movies for the Olympics this year, "The Thirteen Hairpins" and "White Deer Plain"."

Liu Yifei suddenly changed the subject and asked with a smile: "Amu, are there any tricks to these prize winnings?"

"What, you want to make an award-winning film?"

Li Mu looked at her deeply.

"No, I just want to know more about it."

Li Mu didn't go into details. He thought for a while: "Actually, there must be skills in competing for awards, because the judges are all human beings, and they have subjective factors. For example, you can find the judges for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. His common spot.”

Liu Yifei opened her eyes wide, with a thirst for knowledge: "What public point?"

"The ones who decide the best foreign language film every year are basically older Oscar judges. They live a more leisurely life and have the time and mood to go to the cinema to watch a foreign language film with subtitles.

In addition to requiring films to have high artistic quality and reflect the humanistic characteristics of various countries or universally applicable human factors, they are more sympathetic to themes involving life, old age, illness and death. As people age, they become more sensitive to death. "

Liu Yifei was extremely interested: "So, so."

"So if you want to win the Olympics, the trick script should be written like this:
A terminally ill, lonely veteran had a sunset love affair with a female doctor, but love could not free him from the trauma of war and the pain of an attack. In order to relieve his pain, the female doctor hesitated to perform euthanasia on the poor man. .”

After hearing this, Liu Yifei's eyes widened:

"Human nature, disease, death, love, war... it seems that they are all included in the script."

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Then, news came that "Thirteen Hairpins" had chosen the VIP room of a BJ cinema. The location was quite deserted, but the tickets for the 7th were sold out in an instant.

When purchasing tickets, you need to verify your ID card. The security is so tight that it will make idlers or interested people feel annoyed or prevent them from entering.

It’s the end of September, and two blockbuster movies have been released one after another, “The Legend of White Snake” and “The Painted Wall”.

Although the main creators of both parties claimed that "you are good to me and everyone is good" and would never "live or die", they secretly resorted to frequent tricks, and the various gimmicks at the premiere were also very effective.

In addition, the producers of "The Legend of White Snake" also deliberately created some gossip topics, such as a certain actress wearing revealing clothing at the premiere.

Li Mu also heard some film critics who were familiar with Mengying say that "The Legend of White Snake" gave each of them an iPhone just to get them to give good reviews when it was released.The publicity strategy is still effective. The box office of "The Legend of White Snake" on the first day was 6+24 hours, and it was released 6 hours ahead of schedule, with 900 million+1580 million.

It seems that the box office is quite satisfactory, but Yang Zi is not satisfied. The production cost of this movie is 1.8 million, and it has to be rushed to 4 million to cope with it.

Yang Zi spoke again:

""The Legend of White Snake" hired the special effects team from "Pirates of the Caribbean" and spent nearly 2000 million US dollars to create special effects just to give the audience a magical feast."

When Li Mu saw this news, he could hardly help but spit out the water he had just drank. 2000 million US dollars in special effects were used to create this thing. Are you kidding me?
Some netizens also foolishly believe it.

"If it's true, then I'll go to the cinema and watch it."

"2000 million US dollars for special effects, didn't that cost more than [-] million?"

"Damn it, didn't the production cost be less than 2000 million? Are you sure the special effects cost [-] million US dollars?"

I have to say that this trick is still somewhat useful. After all, one of the highlights of magical blockbusters is the special effects.

"Is it too exaggerated?"

Huang Shengyi was a little worried when he saw Yang Zi talking nonsense.

Yang Zi didn't care at all:
"What's the matter? No one has studied it anyway. Who else knows the real data except our own people?"

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The publicity effect is still there, but the box office has been rising steadily in the past two days, exceeding 3000 million a day, and the situation is very good.

Yang Zi took the opportunity to praise others and downplay them, and severely criticized "Painting on the Wall". It's a fairy love story between heaven and earth. It's too vulgar. If you want to read it, you have to read "White Snake".
The box office of "Painted Wall" just exceeded [-] million on the first day, which is far less than "The Legend of White Snake". Yang Zi is very confident.

However, the comments from the audience are getting worse and worse.

"Liar, these are the only two words I want to say about this movie."

"The abuse of special effects is outrageous, and the special effects are also fake. It cost 2000 million US dollars to make such a thing. Did you drink fake wine and was deceived? If you don't find Tiancai, the top special effects company in China, find one abroad. of?"

"You're stupid, this special effect can't be worse than this if you spend 2000 million yuan to find Tiancai Special Effects."

"Huang Shengyi really acted her true self in the movie. She played Bai Suzhen as a delinquent woman, and she was also a nymphomaniac."

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Wang Changtian is also paying close attention to the news of "The Legend of White Snake".

But when I saw that the reputation of "White Snake" was beginning to collapse, I changed my mind.

"If you don't seek death, you won't die." Wang Changtian smiled and quickly picked up his cell phone and called Li Mu.

"Director Li, I want to ask you something."

"Mr. Wang, what's going on?"

Li Mu was very curious. Wang Changtian should be fighting fiercely with "The Legend of White Snake" now. Why did he have time to call him and ask for help?
"Director Li, are you familiar with the special effects team of "Pirates of the Caribbean"? Can you help me set up a line?"

Wang Changtian smiled mischievously.

".You are planning to give someone a fatal blow."

Li Mu knew after just a moment's thought that the special effects circle in North America is just that big. Let alone North America, the world is not big, and there are only a few who can produce top-notch special effects. Li Mu, the special effects team of "Pirates of the Caribbean" asked David Just ask and the contact information will come out.

"hey-hey."

Wang Changtian, who started out as a reporter and became a "media group", is not someone to be trifled with. Yang Zi stepped on "Painting Wall" and made Wang Changtian angry.

"I've set up the line for you. You can communicate on your own. I'm not responsible."

"Hey, as long as Director Li is willing to set up a line, leave the rest to Lao Wang."

"Okay, wait for my message."

Li Mu called David directly and asked him to find his contact information and send him an email.

"Is Mr. Wang going to cause trouble?" Liu Yifei blinked.

"The competition between the two fantasy movies is huge, and Yang Zi's popularity will not be blocked, it will only happen sooner or later."

In Li Mu's opinion, both films are bad movies, and no one can criticize the other. They are just the same, and there is nothing to argue about.

But if you are caught lying and someone else catches you, there is nothing you can do about it.

After a while, Li Mu received David's email and forwarded it directly to Wang Changtian.

Wang Changtian's eyes lit up when he saw this series of contact information: "I'll see how you die like this."

The reputation of "Painted Wall" is also very bad, and Yang Zi also found people to create various negative comments.

The two of them have never stopped using their methods. Anyway, the main thing is that you come and I go.
In fact, similar situations are not special. In the past, every movie was like this when it was released. Some people praised it and others criticized it.

Even Li Mu's movies will appear, let alone other people's movies.

It’s just that for a good movie, if the audience watches it more, they will eventually speak out for the movie, and the proportion of negative reviews will be very small.

During the National Day holiday, "White Snake" is temporarily in the lead, followed by "Painting on the Wall". As for "Revolution of [-]", almost no one cares about it, and Ren Zhonglun has nothing to do now.

"coming!"

Li Mu soon discovered that a clarification from the special effects team of "Pirates of the Caribbean" appeared online: We only received US$400 million in special effects production costs for "The Legend of White Snake", a total of 1500 special effects shots, not US$2000 million.
Wang Changtian directly heated up the news and translated it completely.

As soon as the news came out, the audience felt that they had been deceived. The promised amount was 2000 million US dollars.

"Let me tell you, this special effect doesn't look like it cost hundreds of millions of RMB. It turned out to be only over 2000 million RMB."

"Good guy, your unit can learn well."

"Garbage special effects, lose money"

"Although the story next door is about a love story in the fairyland between heaven and earth, which is a bit vulgar, but you, Bai Suzhen, are obviously the "heaven and earth" in the human world who have returned from studying arts."

"The Legend of White Snake" plummeted instantly, and the box office plummeted.

On the other hand, "Painted Wall" took advantage of the audience lost by "White Snake", and its box office began to slowly climb.

For Yang Zi, the entire National Day holiday was like riding a roller coaster, soaring to the sky and falling to the bottom.

Because the box office has plummeted to nothing.
This year's National Day season took in a box office of 3 million, which is the same as last year. However, with the increase in the number of screens across the country, there are obviously fewer people entering movie theaters than before.

Not to mention Han Sanjing's dissatisfaction with the National Day performance, even the General Administration had some objections.

Mainly because the publicity and hype for these two movies was really over the top.
Many directors, as bystanders, cursed on Weibo:
"The Chinese nation's movie propaganda and hype has reached a point where it is really disgusting and immoral. You are causing trouble like this."

When Li Mu saw the news in the circle, he called Wang Changtian unkindly and joked with a smile: "Mr. Wang, you are going to be scolded."

"Hey, I was planning to say something, forget it, just keep silent."

Wang Changtian obviously didn't take it seriously.

(End of this chapter)