China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 376 Investment, "Ghost Blowing the Lamp"

"Hahaha, I understand instantly!!!"

"I understand, you don't need to say any more. If you say more, you may have to kneel on the washboard tonight."

Li Mu put away his phone with satisfaction and walked upstairs.

Xiao Chengzi came over at this time and wanted to rub Li Mu's leg.

"It's time for the kids to go to bed. Be good and go on your way."

Li Mu put it aside directly.

In the room, Liu Yifei has already prepared "Sleepless in Seattle" in front of her laptop.

Obviously I want to continue watching romance movies with Li Mu.

After getting ready, Liu Yifei took out her phone and checked Weibo. The picture of Li Mu's eyes was very conspicuous, just like a conspicuous bag.

"You actually complained to netizens, saying that I threatened you."

Liu Yifei said with a smile, "No, I have to tell netizens that you are slandering me. This is slander."

Li Mu glanced at the movie that had been prepared, rolled his eyes, and immediately pressed Liu Yifei on the bed under her exclamation.

"What are you doing? Watching a movie."

Liu Yifei put down her phone and stopped editing the information. Her face suddenly turned slightly red.

"What are they doing on a sleepless night in this romantic place like Seattle?"

"Nonsense, this movie is not what you said it is at all."

"Really."

Li Mu didn't care what the movie was like and kissed the red lips directly.

Both of them could feel the other's rapid breathing.

As for "Sleepless in Seattle", no one has paid attention to it for a long time. The computer silently enters the protection state according to the set screen rest time.

The next day, Xue Xiaolu had already led the creative team to screen in major cities.

The official Weibo has also launched a new publicity plan, looking for activities for "BJ Meets Seattle" couples.

Couples who live in different places can take pictures in front of landmarks in their respective cities just like in the comics, then put the photos of the two together and publish them on their own Weibo, and they will have a chance to win movie-themed gifts.

If a couple happens to be a "Beijing meets Seattle" couple, they will receive precious comics signed by the main creators at the press conference.

Li Mu came to the company refreshed.

Liu Weijuan was called to discuss some of the company's future development plans and new investment plans.

Because starting from 2013, this year, Internet giants will successively enter the film and television industry, and the film and television industry is about to undergo a reshuffle, and upper-level resources will inevitably begin to reorganize and integrate.

A new era of Internet capital is coming.

In fact, it is normal. Internet companies need to expand their industrial chain, find new growth space and expand business territory to increase valuations or impress investors.

The domestic film industry is growing at a rapid pace, and it is difficult for giants with large amounts of funds and resources on hand, as well as broadcast platforms or large user resources to covet this piece of cake.

When the Internet comes in, the first thing to do is talk about IP. This is inevitable.

Many people can't understand it, and the culture they don't understand will begin to enter the embryonic stage this year.

This is the trend of the times. There is no right or wrong. Li Mu is not a saint, but if he wants to be completely stable in this battle, he must add new forces.

"Mr. Li, I have something to report to you. The list of financial subsidies for the first batch of domestic films has been released. "Painted Skin 2" is on the subsidy list, but "囧" was not included."

After Liu Weijuan opened the door and came in, she was the first to speak.

"Huh? How do you rate this thing, but actually you can take it or not."

Li Mu didn't care much about the subsidy. This thing was used to ease conflicts between the producers, distributors and theaters due to the division of revenue.

"It is said to increase support for 3D, high-tech films, and films with high box office."

"Then there's nothing wrong with "Painted Skin 2", who else?"

""Tai Chi 1" and "Tai Chi 2". There are only three movies in the first batch."

"It's a bit ridiculous. The box office of these two movies is also high? Forget it, let's not talk about it. Dream Capital has to work."

Li Mu took out a document from the drawer.

"This is ByteDance's BP in January 2013. It plans to raise US$1 million to support its development in the next two years. It is expected to launch Series B in September. Dream Capital will win it no matter what, and even all subsequent financing rounds will follow. .”

"Today Toutiao, a subsidiary of ByteDance, we can provide corresponding resources and make headlines for it. If it is willing to let us invest in Toutiao, we will also accept it, but we must invest in ByteDance itself."

Li Mu is not very eager for Toutiao, and there are many ways to get shares in Toutiao, but it is just a little more expensive, because 360 and Sina will withdraw later.

Although they haven't entered yet.

But ByteDance is the most important, related to Douyin.

Toutiao quickly attracted users by relying on the recommendation algorithm of entertainment headlines from the very beginning, which is currently the top priority in its module.

"I understand, by the way, Director Wu and Director Lu are already here and waiting for you."

"Okay, let them two in."

Li Mu also called Lu Yang and Wu Ershan this time.

"Director Li!"

When the two came in, they were not polite and poured themselves a cup of tea.

"How's it going? Do you have any ideas?"

Li Mu asked with a smile.

"Not a single horoscope."

Lu Yang shrugged.

"Me too!"

Wuershan obviously had no idea.

"That's just right. I bought the copyright of a novel here a few years ago. You can use this basis to adapt it. I think it is very feasible. If necessary, you can directly invite the author."

Li Mu's words made both of them interested.

"Director Li, which novel?"

"Online novel "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp"!"

"Director Li, have you forgotten that the General Administration now requires that ghost characters should not appear in movies at all?"

Lu Yang said with a smile. "It's just that the book is called "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp", and I didn't say that the movie is called this, so you won't change it."

Li Mu said angrily.

"You can go back and read this novel. It's about 'fighting'. It's quite attractive to make it into a fantasy movie, just like "Painted Skin". I suggest you have a good chat with the author. It's best to invite him. Come and be a screenwriter"

The two of them became interested as soon as Li Mu mentioned "Painted Skin". After all, "Painted Skin" is the work that made them famous.

"Director Li, what does 'fight backwards' mean?"

Wu Ershan asked.

Not only him, but Lu Yang also looked at him with doubts.

"Tomb robbing, a professional term in the industry."

"In the industry? Director Li, you are not in the tomb robbing industry, are you?" Lu Yang suddenly said in a mean voice, "Hey, Director Li, do we need to learn more about this thing?"

"What to learn?"

"Learning to rob tombs, ah, no, it's called 'inverted fighting'."

"Can be punished."

Li Mu glanced at him and said calmly.

"really?"

The two said in unison.

"The penalty of criminal law."

"But you really need to learn the basics of 'inverted fighting'. It is necessary to go to tombs and museums and find someone to teach you Feng Shui and the like."

Li Mu still encouraged the two of them to learn more. After all, this thing is indeed professional, and tomb robbing is also an art.

"Think carefully. It is estimated that the cost of shooting this movie in 3D will be at least 1.5 million to 2 million. Let me know the preliminary results."

"Play so big."

Lu Yang's eyes widened, "You have to work hard, and put my sequel aside for now."

"Come on, your sequel is difficult to deliver and I don't know how many years it will take. It's probably like Nezha in his mother's belly. It won't come out for three to five years."

Li Mu complained.

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Back home, Liu Yifei was still looking at the current screening status of "BJ Meets Seattle".

"How about it?"

Li Mu sat down on the sofa. Although he didn't do much at work, the documents he signed and some reports made him very tired.

"So far, it seems that the test screenings are going very well, and the screenings have received a high reputation."

Liu Yifei handed the document over and motioned to Li Mu to take a look as well.

"I won't read it anymore. I've read a lot today. You mean it's the same."

Li Mu quickly pushed this thing away.

"You are an incompetent boss."

"Isn't it because you are the boss lady?"

Li Mu hugged Liu Yifei's slim waist and said with a smile.

"I didn't say I wanted to marry you."

Liu Yifei said proudly.

"Come on, let me take a look. It seems like we have to choose another boss lady."

Li Mu pretended to pick up the files on the desktop.

"you dare."

Liu Yifei suddenly became angry and looked at him with wide eyes.

Li Mu pinched the flesh of Liu Yifei's waist, immediately breaking her guard.

"Don't pinch it, it's itchy."

The two started fighting on the sofa.

On March 3, "BJ Meets Seattle", which has been screened for a week, was officially launched.

The first-day scheduling ratio of "BJ Meets Seattle" reached 25%, which is almost the same as the Hollywood imported blockbusters "Die Hard 5" and "Resident Evil 5", ranking third.

In the situation of "hitting before it is released", major theater chains believe that this movie "is not too bad" and has almost the same number of films as the other two Hollywood movies.

As expected, "BJ Meets Seattle" easily exceeded 1100 million at the box office on its first day on a working day.

And the word-of-mouth on the first day was also extremely strong.

On Douban and Time.com, which have always been strict in scoring and have demanding movie fans, the film scored as high as 8.1 and 7.9 respectively. Not only is it extremely rare among domestic films, but it is also a rare high score compared with imported blockbusters.

Obviously, it is destined to have a box office blowout over the weekend.

Just the day after it was released.

Liu Weijuan called Li Mu who was at home.

"Mr. Li, the movie was recommended by the Imperial City as '2013 Female-themed Movies' and is on the list."

This was a bit of a surprise to Li Mu, and it was a good publicity for the movie that was being released.

"really?"

Liu Yifei was even more pleasantly surprised. As the producer of the film, it was naturally due to Rong Yan.

"Will the official still lie to you?"

Li Mu rolled his eyes at her angrily.

"Hey, aren't I happy? I'll give Director Xue a call to make her happy too."

"No need, someone has already notified you."

Li Mu said calmly.