China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 325

"This year's Cannes Chinese Movie Night" will focus on promoting "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" and "Painted Skin 2."

This is news coming from Cannes. As one of the most popular events during the Cannes Film Festival, promotion is also an excellent exposure for the film. On the one hand, it is the external copyright, and on the other hand, it attracts everyone’s attention, especially attention of domestic audiences.

Obviously these two movies did it, and the trailer attracted the attention of many reporters at the press conference.

"Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" is co-directed by Sun Jianjun and Hollywood director Bob Brown. The post-production has not yet been completed. "Painted Skin 2" will be released at the end of June this year.

Han Sanping burst into laughter.

The movie is very popular and everything is going in a good direction.

In particular, China Film has also focused on "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains". According to current surveys, the audience's expectations are also very high.

However, the first place on the list is still "Painted Skin 2" produced by Mengying. It is ranked last by its predecessor, and it is almost made by the original team. It is also an oriental fantasy blockbuster, and its appeal is straight forward.

At this moment, the long-rumored news finally came to a conclusion.

"Wanda announced a US$26 billion acquisition of AMC, the world's second largest cinema chain group, including purchasing 100% of the equity and assuming debt."

"Mr. Ye, Wanda is making a big move this time."

Li Mu congratulated that as the largest cinema chain company in China and Asia, Wanda will become the world's largest cinema chain operator after successfully acquiring AMC.

Ye Zhu also participated in completing the merger and acquisition of AMC and served as a director of AMC.

However, this merger is a pity and can only be said to be a crime other than war.

"We need Director Li to make more movies to support us. Wanda Cinemas is still losing money now."

Ye Zhu smiled and said that he also benefited a lot from this merger. Now the next task is to turn the theater chain around from losses to profits.

"Hahaha, you are asking me to do hard work, and I won't do it."

"How dare you? In the future, when we Chinese go to Hollywood, we won't have to worry about not having the support of theater chains. Wanda has it. If you need Director Li in the future, just ask!"

Ye Zhu promised to guarantee the votes. Although he also knew that Li Mu's film did not lack the support of North American theaters, he still had to say it was beautiful.

"It's easy to say. Everyone can see Mr. Ye's recent support for domestic films."

Li Mu said slowly.

“When blockbusters are under pressure, the survival of Chinese films cannot depend solely on filmmakers. The entire film industry should be responsible, including theater chains.

Being able to devote yourself so passionately to the production of a movie is not an easy thing in itself. And in the face of the current general weakness of domestic films, we feel that there is no reason not to do something for such a solid, sincerely good-looking film when its box office performance is not ideal.

Supporting domestic movies, such a bloody movie like "Sediq Bale", is also the responsibility of theaters.

Wanda wants to use this incident to promote a spirit and tell everyone that as long as it is a good movie that is both commercial and artistic, Wanda Cinemas will definitely be willing to promote it to more movie audiences. "

Wanda Cinema’s recent support for domestic films is obvious.

At present, most theaters have reduced the number of screenings of several domestic films, especially the Baodao epic film "Sediq Bale". The box office in the first week of release was only 400 million yuan, and most of the prime screenings and theaters were given away. Hollywood blockbusters, but Wanda goes in the opposite direction.

Li Mu nodded slightly. This move by Wanda Cinemas will be of great help to domestic films.

After "Golden Heist" exceeded 2 million, judging from the average daily box office, the stamina is starting to be insufficient. It is expected that the next film will not break 3 million, and it will be around 2.6 million.

Mengying Media naturally prepared a celebration banquet for Ning Hao. After all, it only invested less than 5000 million in the movie, so it must have made money.

"Finally, there's an explanation."

Ning Hao let out a breath. "No Man's Land" has been suppressed from being released, and the investment equivalent to tens of millions has not received any response. Although Mengying Media has a great business, Li Mu may not feel much about this, but He and Xing Aina couldn't get over that hurdle.

The director is responsible for the investment.

"It's better to take a look at your movie if you can. Let's see if it can be released earlier. Didn't Director Li say it's almost time last time?"

Xing Aina reminded.

"Well, let me ask again."

Ning Hao still misses his no man's land.

At the celebration banquet of "The Golden Heist", there was a big 2 million mark on the ice bricks.

Ning Hao, Lei Jiayin and other creatives smashed it into pieces, and everyone applauded.

"Congratulations on entering the 200 million director club." Li Mu said with a smile.

"Come on, how many people are there in that club? It's a pity that the schedule this time is indeed a bit intense. The "Avengers" movie is a bit fierce. Fortunately, it is not as popular in China as it is in North America and other countries around the world. Otherwise, the box office It’s probably going to be lower.”

Ning Hao said with emotion that this time several directors were really beaten hard by Hollywood. There were wolves in front of them and tigers in the back.

"It's really too difficult for you to compete with the Avengers."

You must know that it only took 4 days for "Avengers" to break through the US$14 million box office in North America, becoming the shortest time in the history of Hollywood movies to reach the US$4 million box office.

At the same time, it earned US$7.23 million in overseas markets, and its global box office total reached US$11.8 billion, becoming the fifth highest-grossing film in history, close to the final chapter of the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" .

Fortunately, the domestic box office has not yet opened, and it is estimated that it will not exceed 6 million, but it is hard to say for the second part.

Of course, this is also the case when some theater chains are helping.

"Guan Hu's "Killing" is really cannon fodder. By the way, last time I talked about "No Man's Land"."

"I'll help you find out about this. I guess it won't be a big problem."

Li Mu thought for a while and decided to see if the limelight had passed.

"The film and television adaptation rights of Liu Cixin's "Country Teacher" belong to Mengying, right?" Ning Hao suddenly remembered and asked.

"Well, Mengying has packaged and bought the film and television adaptation rights of Liu Cixin's science fiction novel. Why are you interested in this article?"

"A bit, I'll take a look when I go back."

Ning Hao nodded. He had some ideas about aliens.

At this time, Xing Aina and Liu Yifei were having a heated discussion, but they didn't know what they were talking about. Li Mu glanced at it and saw that Liu Yifei's face was red.

On the way back, the wind at the end of May was already a bit warm.

In the car, Li Mu asked casually: "What were you talking about with that sister? It made your face turn red."

"Really?" Liu Yifei subconsciously touched her face and said coyly, "We didn't talk about anything. I just told her about our engagement next year."

"Oh?"

Li Mu felt that there must be more to it than that, but Liu Yifei didn't say anything and he didn't bother to ask.

At this moment, Liu Yifei thought of what he and Xing Aina had talked about again, and her face began to blush slightly again.

"The casting director has already given you a list, so hurry up and start shooting early."

Li Mu remembered the story of "To Youth".

"Ah."

"The company's latest two movies are very suitable for you. You are on the audition list for "Youth", so work hard and give it a try."

Zhao Liying’s agent encouraged.

"clear."

Zhao Liying nodded. The opportunity she had been waiting for for a long time finally came. In the past six months, the company only gave her the resources for TV series, but Mengying Media has always relied on movies to make its fortune. This is its greatest advantage.

TV series can increase one's reputation, and movies can enhance one's status. This is generally recognized in the industry.

Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many famous TV drama actors pursuing the big screen.

At the same time, many actors and actresses at this stage have received audition invitations from Mengying Media.

"No need to wait, I guess I didn't choose."

Cai Yinong was a little discouraged. He originally wanted to help Liu Shisi get a role, but the casting director obviously didn't like it.

"Let's find something else."

Cai Yinong was a little anxious, because Liu Shisi seemed to be lagging behind compared to others in the same period. At least Yang Mi had made an appearance in Cannes a few days ago and had many movie invitations.

However, Liu Shisi's main body can only be polished in the TV drama circle. There are few roles suitable for her age and temperament in the film industry, and there is a lot of competition.

For this casting call for "To Youth" alone, Cai Yinong found out that the casting directors had received hundreds of resumes.

There is no shortage of actors now, only projects, unless you are irreplaceable

"I actually chose to audition."

Zhang Xiaofei couldn't believe it at this time. Her appearance, which was not outstanding, was actually chosen.

"I have been selected to participate in the audition, what about you?" Zhang Xiaofei said in the dormitory group.

All four people in their dormitory submitted their resumes. After all, there are five female characters in this movie, so the probability is quite high.

"I don't!"

"Me too!"

"Congratulations Xiaofei"

Yuan Shanshan, Jiao Junyan, and Yang Mi spoke out one after another.

"Ha, I thought that with so many characters this time, we might be able to meet each other."

"I'm overthinking it. The competition this time is extremely fierce. I heard that several casting directors at Mengying Media couldn't even get through their resumes."

Yang Mi knew more, so she told her along the way.

Then she sighed, although the crisis was resolved, due to various issues such as the official announcement of the relationship, she was not going smoothly at this time. Seeing that her contemporaries Liu Yifei had already selected actors, they were still waiting hard for a role.

In the audition, some people are happy and some are sad.

"Hey, I'm exhausted."

Shu Sing is back. She has been very busy in the past few months, making guest appearances, singing interludes, and challenging her acting skills.

"Don't worry, give me a guest role."

Liu Yifei said with a smile, this is called making the best use of everything.

"As long as I'm not a heroine, that's fine. I also want to take a good rest for a while."

She really doesn't lack for scenes now.

Shu Chang was lying on the sofa, looking at the chubby little Chengzi with some envy and said: "I have lost weight recently. Little Chengzi is really lucky and has gained weight."

After saying that, he quickly picked up the little orange that was walking out.

Little Chengzi meowed twice reluctantly, and was about to go outside to bask in the sun.

At this time, Liu Yifei was wearing a casual women's suit, looking quite clean and experienced.

(End of this chapter)