China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 331 Watching a movie is dangerous

Huayi.

Wang Zhonglei looked a little excited.

"Brother, is it true that you said that "Edge of Tomorrow" can't make it in time for the Spring Festival?"

They have always had the idea to push Zhou Xingchi's "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" to the Spring Festival, and the publicity team has even made a plan.

But the only thing that scares Huayi is naturally the movies of Li Mu, known as the king of the Spring Festival. His science fiction movies are not comparable to ordinary people, most of them are a bit empty.

But if Li Mu does not participate in the Spring Festival stalls, then everyone will be more excited.

"It should be true."

Wang Zhongjun tapped his fingers on the chair and thought for a moment.

"Increase the publicity budget. This time Li Mu is not here, it is a good opportunity."

"Hehe, speaking of which, I have to thank him for opening this schedule."

Wang Zhonglei was very excited.

"Well, you can take charge of the movie side, and I'll see if there are any good investment targets."

At this moment, Wang Zhongjun's mind is already focused on the capital market.

Zhangqu Technology, which I invested in in the past two years, earned 500 million from the resale. How long does it take to make a movie and how many movies are made.

"Li Mu's situation is still small, and the capital market is the king."

After Wang Zhonglei went out, Wang Zhongjun murmured to himself.

In his opinion, the only company in China that can compete with Huayi is Mengying Media, which has not yet been listed on the market. Unfortunately, Li Mu is too focused on the film industry and pays little attention to the capital market. Even Mengying Media is as good as it is now. It’s such a big idea that it hasn’t even been put on the market yet.

"But that's okay."

Wang Zhongjun is also a little lucky. Fortunately, Mengying Media has not been listed. Otherwise, Huayi would not be able to maintain its leading position in the film and television industry. Once it cannot be maintained, the valuation will probably drop, and capital will naturally go to Mengying Media, which has more prospects. go.

At this moment, StarMei announced again that "The King's Feast" will be scheduled for the Lunar New Year and will be released on November 11, marking the first shot of December.

"Come on! They say that spring for costume films is over, and "The King's Feast" will break the rules and compete in the Lunar New Year season!"

Lu Xun also used Weibo to attract traffic for his movies.

"The ticket won't be bounced this time, right?"

"Are you sure? Don't let anything go wrong again soon!"

"Okay, okay, let's see what you can do in this costume."

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"This time "The King's Feast" will not be rescheduled."

Lu Xun made bold statements in the face of doubts from netizens.

Feng Xiaogang was still working on the latter stage of "1942" at the moment, and looked at Lu Xun's speech with disdain.

"After all, the Lunar New Year period is still mine, Feng Xiaogang's."

Feng Xiaogang thought to himself, and then stared at the later stages of "1942" with his heart burning. This movie is more shocking than "The Great Earthquake". With a box office of over 10 billion, it should not be a problem.

Summer vacation continues.

"Painted Skin 2" exceeded 11 million yuan in 5 days, with a cumulative box office of 5.3 million yuan, becoming a hot topic on the Internet.

Netizens said that from the love between Huo Xin and Princess Jing, they discovered that there is only one possibility for a man to fall in love without looking at a woman's appearance - that is, he is blind. Various variations of this Weibo have been forwarded tens of thousands of times.

However, like other domestic films, "Painted Skin 2" did not escape online piracy after its release.

"Mr. Li, the source of the piracy has now been identified. It was committed by a cinema in Ma'anshan, Anhui Province, which is affiliated with a certain cinema chain. The legal department has taken action."

Mengying Media is not just a freeloader, so it naturally spares no effort to combat piracy.

Nowadays, major film studios are making great efforts to crack down on piracy, but they still cannot completely curb it.

As long as a movie is released for a week or two, there are basically more or less pirated resources.

The performance of the domestic film industry in the first half of this year has also been released.

In the first half of the year, mainland China's film market was still booming, with the mainland film box office reaching 77 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 57% compared to the same period last year, which was 35 billion yuan.

However, the box office of domestic films was 25 billion yuan, accounting for only 32.5%. Compared with previous years, this number is somewhat sluggish.

Moreover, a total of 141 films were released in the first half of this year, of which 103 were Chinese-made films, but only 10 of them have been confirmed to be profitable (including "Painted Skin 2", "I Do", "Pen Fairy", etc.).

8 films have recovered their costs (films such as "The Magician" and "The Ruffian Hero" rely on income from multiple channels such as box office and embedded advertising, Internet or TV copyrights to achieve break-even), and the remaining 85 films have already confirmed losses. , the loss rate is as high as 82.5%, and domestic films are facing a sharp decline in profitability.

At the same time, as the number of imported blockbusters has increased, domestic films have encountered unprecedented challenges.

Many netizens and experts have put forward opinions and suggestions on how domestic films can move forward.

However, Li Mu is looking at the current list of actors for new roles in "The Hunger Games 2".

Competition for the sequel to the first box-office hit was fierce.

"David, I think Plutarch, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, replaced Wes Bentley, the show's chief planner who was killed by the president in the first film, and became the 75th "Hunger Games" The general person in charge is very suitable.” ˆ ˆ ˆ “As for Joanna Mason, the tribute of District , the actress of "Pretty Girls" Gena Malone is also good."

Li Mu decided calmly.

"Boss, you are thinking the same thing as me. Hoffman is an Oscar-winning actor. If he plays the role, it will definitely be very topical."

David said excitedly, this is the heat that comes to your door, don’t give it up.

"By the way, boss, as this year's Venice, you need me to go over and cheer you up. I'll find a bunch of Hollywood stars to support you."

"Hahaha, I'm just going to be the chairman of the jury, not the chairman of the film festival."

Li Mu smiled and cursed, saying that it didn't mean much to him to hold on to this situation.

"The Hunger Games 2" has also entered the final stages of preparation.

The story begins with Katniss and Peeta winning and returning to their hometown in District 12.

Their victory aroused the jealousy of the president and the dignitaries of District 75, so the dignitaries changed the rules for convening players for the th "Hunger Games"-selecting tributes from the winners. In this way, Katniss and Peeta were Forced to return to the game.

Crystal Pictures has announced the release date of "The Hunger Games 2" before filming has even started, and it is scheduled to hit North American theaters on November 2013, 11.

"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (Part 4)" has also begun to be promoted recently. 23 supporting character posters were released to reveal the faces of the Cullen family characters to the movie fans. Some other vampire characters also appeared at the same time, making the movie fans excited. enjoy to the full.

As the last film in the "Twilight" series, it has received too much attention.

Domestically, I have to say that Fan Binbin is a real topic maker in the industry. She also aroused heated discussions when she walked for the famous French designer Stephane Rolland's Paris autumn and winter haute couture finale.

Fan Binbin wore a six-meter pure white silk close-fitting dress and black mysterious swan eye makeup tailored for her by Stephane Rolland, and walked slowly through the Museum of Architecture and Monuments in Paris.

"Am I the only one who thinks she looks as strong as a bull devil?"

"It's ugly."

Netizens complained one after another, and Li Mu also took a look at the picture online. The makeup was so ugly that it was eye-catching, but Fan Binbin didn't take it seriously and instead retweeted it frequently.

The traffic is booming.

But then suddenly news came that a shooting occurred at the premiere of "Batman Begins: The Dark Knight Rises".

Li Mu quickly called Nolan to express his condolences.

"Thank you, Lee, I can't believe this."

Nolan was also a little shocked on the phone. He was not at the premiere in Denver, the capital of Colorado, otherwise he might be in danger this time.

"I have to do something for the families of these victims."

Nolan muttered to himself, blaming himself a little, feeling that this was all brought about by his movie, because the suspect's black outfit was pointed out by the outside world to be from the character "Joker" in the film "The Dark Knight" .

Li Mu couldn't say anything.

Nolan has a lot of trouble with this movie. Whether the movie is good or not, both the reviews and the box office are very high, but something always happens.

Two days ago, the famous film review aggregation website "Rotten Tomatoes" announced that it would suspend the user comment function for the film review of "The Dark Knight Rises".

The reason is that in the past few days, several film critics who gave the film low scores have been collectively besieged by crazy fans of the film on this website, and some have issued death threats to them.

Obviously, the shooting in the theater was undoubtedly not a satire.

Because the film "Batman Begins 3" premiered that night is a PG-13 film, that is, because there are scenes of violence, nudity, swearing, etc. in the film, children under the age of 13 need to be accompanied by their parents to watch it.

The purpose of restricting the level is undoubtedly to fear that the violent scenes in the film will affect the way of thinking of minors.

But it’s not just movies. In the United States, television, music, and radio have all become recognized sources of the prevalence of violent culture.

Even if it is labeled as restricted, minors in the rebellious period of youth will always find a way to accept the baptism of guns and blood.

Influenced by cultural openness, today's young and middle-aged Americans are a generation with a very strong sense of self.

Many of them ignore the existence and rationality of others and judge the world based on subjective consciousness. When society and behavior are in great contrast with their own judgment, it is extremely easy to derive extreme emotions and behaviors.

And when violence becomes a culture, "Gordon City" is everywhere.

This incident aroused heated discussion in the country.

"Who would have thought that watching a movie can be so exciting? It feels like a real movie."

"Classification will still have such an impact. I have to say that maybe there are benefits to not classifying it."

“It’s so dangerous to watch movies”

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The next day, movie creators such as Christian Bale and Nolan went to Aurora, Colorado to express condolences to the families of the victims of the shooting and visit the injured.

David was still frightened, "Boss, luckily our movie doesn't have such exaggerated elements."

You must know that Li Mu is not here, and David is basically doing the premiere on his behalf. It would be so tragic if this happened.

"hehe."

Li Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Don't worry, your big belly might be able to save your life at a critical moment."

(End of this chapter)