China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 395 The bombardment boom

With an investment of more than 4000 million yuan, "Little Times" will be released in two parts, one and two, and will officially be launched in major theaters starting tomorrow.

At this moment, two prophecies are circulating.

One is from fans, saying, "Guo Jingming will push the climax of domestic movies created by Xu Zheng and Zhou Xingchi to the top. This movie is destined to cause controversy."

The second is from a film critic who said, "The emergence of "Tiny Times" is likely to become a historic event. Domestic films may be divided into two completely different categories by "Tiny Times."

At this time, Ning Hao, who had returned from the Shanghai Film Festival, was laughing.

"Nah, these film critics are paid to tell nonsense."

Ning Hao laughed so hard that he was out of breath, "Tell me if it's Lao Xu."

"I haven't seen the premiere of the movie. Did Director Ning go to see it?"

Although Xu Zheng had never seen it, he was still led astray by Ning Hao's smile, and he seemed to be unable to help laughing.

"Tiny Times" had a so-called media premiere at the Shanghai Film Festival, which was said to build momentum. Many people in the industry at the Shanghai Film Festival also went to watch it, and many fans also participated.

Obviously, these fans are afraid that they are all fanatical fans, and Ning Hao didn't believe it when the film critic said they didn't receive money.

"I saw it and I'm telling you."

Ning Hao was still laughing while slapping Xu Zhuo and Li Mu on the shoulders, "That movie of his, ouch, it's just like a PPT."

"90% of his novels are written by female readers. They were filmed for fans of the original novel. The box office may be higher than yours. What are you laughing at?"

Li Mu couldn't help but joke.

"." Ning Hao glanced at Li Mu suspiciously, "Hammer, no wonder his movies show more male actors than female actors. It feels like a male model."

"But if you say that his movies have higher box office than mine, that's nonsense. You're also underestimating the appreciation level of domestic audiences."

Ning Hao shook his head and didn't believe it, "Although they are all fan movies, I have also studied "Twilight" and the filming is pretty good, but Guo Jingming's one is really hard to describe."

"Then I have to study it." Xu Zheng also became interested.

"Go ahead. Anyway, it won't be short of the box office for you and two of us."

Ning Hao is very confident. After all, he is also a director with a box office of 3 million, and he has become famous before the box office exploded. Now a bad movie that he doesn't like is said to have a box office that may surpass him. He will definitely not be convinced.

"Isn't it going to be released to the public tomorrow? Let's take a look."

Li Mu had a smile on his face. He wanted to see Ning Hao open his mouth. He was so confident that it would be fun to slap him in the face.

After returning home, Ning Hao still couldn't figure it out. He stroked his chin and thought hard.

Seeing this, Xing Aina couldn't help but be a little confused: "Are you stimulated after coming back from Director Li?"

"No, Lao Li said that Guo Jingming's movie might surpass me at the box office. This is obviously a bad movie, and I can't figure it out."

Although Ning Hao was very harsh on the spot, he believed Li Mu's vision.

"If you exceed it, just exceed it. Your box office is not that high."

Xing Aina said disdainfully, "You think you are the same as Director Li, with a domestic box office of more than 1 billion."

"How can these properties be the same?" Ning Hao argued.

"You'll know in two days. What's the use of thinking about it?"

Xing Aina glared at Ning Hao angrily, "By the way, what happened to the script you and Yue Xiaojun perfected."

“We still have to work on the details.”

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At the same time, Li Mu, who had just finished dinner, was planning to continue improving the script for "Jurassic World" when his cell phone rang.

Li Mu was a little surprised when he saw the caller.

"Hey, Director Ha, what's the matter?"

Li Mu's words made Liu Yifei, who was playing with her cat and watching a show, also cast her gaze over.

"Director Li, it's about the Spring Festival Gala." Ha Wen said with a smile on the phone.

"Spring Festival Gala, Director Ha plans to continue directing the Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Horse?"

Li Mu was a little surprised. Ha Wen has directed for two consecutive years, is he going to direct for a third year?

"Haha, that's not true. If I continue directing, no one will watch it."

Ha Wen joked to himself, "CCTV wants to reform the director selection and recruitment mechanism and invite general directors and directors of various programs from the whole society to form a strong director team. Didn't I think of you, Director Li?"

"How about it, Director Li, are you interested in being the chief director and directing the Spring Festival Gala? If you are interested, I highly recommend inviting you to come."

Ha Wenxu said that if she were to recruit from the public, she felt that Li Mu and Zhang Yimou would be suitable, and as a young man, Li Mu might be able to bring different vitality to the Spring Festival Gala.

"I'm interested in the Spring Festival Gala." Li Mu smiled bitterly, "But I can't spare the time this year."

Being the general director of the Spring Festival Gala is not a time-consuming job. He will probably start working in July or August and will continue to be busy until after the Chinese New Year.

However, the things he has piled up on his hands are not just a little bit.

"That's a bit of a pity."

Ha Wen can also understand. After all, there are too many things to take over.

"You are invited to be the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala?" Liu Yifei asked excitedly when she saw Li Mu hang up the phone.

"No, it was Director Ha who suggested it, but there are too many things going on. It will definitely not work this year."

Li Mu smiled and said, "I'm going to write a script."

"I'll accompany you while I watch you write." Liu Yifei quickly put down the remote control and followed Li Mu while wearing slippers.

"Please say goodbye. You read my writing every day and I never stop."

Li Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Liu Yifei said she would never disturb him, but one moment she brought a piece of fruit in to chew, the next she put her feet on his lap, and the progress of the script slowed down.

"I promise I won't disturb you this time."

Liu Yifei raised her hands and vowed.

"You seemed to have said it once yesterday or the day before yesterday."

Li Mu complained.

"Ah, is there one? Why don't I remember it?"

Liu Yifei started to act stupid and never said anything about what happened a few days in advance.

The next day, "Tiny Times" was officially released, and the "CCTV Variety Show" Weibo was the first to announce the recruitment of the Spring Festival Gala director. After the announcement was posted on Weibo, Ha Wen, who has directed two consecutive Spring Festival Galas, also immediately forwarded the news on Weibo.

CCTV is about to open its doors to host the Spring Festival Gala, but netizens are very busy. A large number of netizens commented on Weibo to provide suggestions. Some said that all major TV stations across the country would compete for directors, and whoever had the best idea would be the director.

Some people are talking about letting film directors direct, and Zhang Yimou, Li Mu, and Feng Xiaogang are all on the list.

Some people even said that we should let Uncle Benshan do it. He can perform alone for one night!

Netizens were so excited that they all gave advice to CCTV Spring Festival Gala.

They also spontaneously launched a vote, and the candidates who voted for Zhang Yimou and Li Mu were far ahead.

The most important thing is that as soon as Li Mu returned to Mengying Media, Lu Yu gave him an invitation letter.

"Mr. Li, someone from CCTV sent it early this morning."

Li Mu opened it and burst out laughing, because this was an invitation letter to a social director recruitment symposium.

The symposium is next Monday.

"I'm pretty good at choosing days. I know everyone doesn't work on weekends."

Li Mu joked to himself.

"Hey, by the way, what is the filming schedule of "Tiny Times" today?"

Li Mu suddenly thought of this typical domestic fan movie and asked with interest.

"Mr. Li, according to existing data, more than 1160 theaters across the country have scheduled 1920 screenings, with 21.3 moviegoers and a box office of 723 million yuan. At this time, major theater chains have increased their screening rates, and the current average is 44.52 %."

Li Mu nodded slightly.

"But Mr. Li, this movie is going viral on Weibo right now. You can go check it out."

Lu Yu then added, obviously the current situation has made many netizens very excited.

"Have you gone to see it?" Li Mu asked with a smile.

"Not yet." Lu Yu shook his head.

"Will you go and see it?"

"I will go, Mr. Li. We are not a film and television company. We have to watch these competitors' movies."

Lu Yu said embarrassedly. She saw on Weibo that some people had criticized it as a bad movie, but she really wanted to watch it with her classmates and friends.

"Hahaha, it's okay."

Li Mu was just curious, but he could imagine Ning Hao's depressed situation now. In fact, not only Ning Hao, but also many long-established directors probably felt uncomfortable.

The box office of "Tiny Times" was as good as chicken blood. It took in 7300 million at the box office on the first day of release. This figure not only broke the first-day box office record of 2D movies, but also further stimulated the increase in the proportion of film schedules.

But in tandem with its popularity at the box office, no movie has ever caused as much controversy as "Tiny Times," triggering an online confrontation among viewers born in the 70s, 80s, and 90s.

In particular, many Weibo influencers set off a wave of criticism on Weibo, denouncing the film as hollow and with distorted values. It was the worst film of the year to surpass "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains".

Among the many celebrities, film critic Zhou Liming’s comments seem to be more representative.

"Chinese movies are advancing by leaps and bounds. The record of super bad movies and super grossing movies created by "Fuchun Mountain" will be surpassed by "Tiny Times" in less than a month.

"Tiny Times" is far worse than "Fuchun Mountain", and its display of wealth and accumulation has reached a morbid state."

Many films and celebrities have even cited "The Twilight Saga" as examples.

“‘Twilight’ won so many Golden Raspberry Awards in the United States, but when it was released in China, it was immediately destroyed by ‘Tiny Times’.

After watching "Little Times" in Shanghai, I said something like Qiong Yao, and the friend next to me immediately corrected me: Don't slander Qiong Yao. Although Qiong Yao cultivates a nymphomaniac, at least her language still has the charm of Chinese classical literature. "

Of course, these Weibo influencers did not feel well after criticizing "Tiny Times".

The Weibo posts of people like Zhou Liming and "Parrot Shihang" were "attacked" by Guo Jingming's fans and post-90s viewers, accusing them of being old and unable to keep up with this young era.

There are also many viewers born in the 90s who actively forwarded comments about "Tiny Times" on the Internet. They said that the film was so beautiful and the actors' acting skills were so good. They said that they cried while watching it.

(End of this chapter)