China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 487 Guado’s Golden Horse

Soon, the official website of Mengying Media announced the news.

The project information of "Arrival" has been announced. Of course, on the job list, Guo Fan's name is clearly written in the director column.

Apparently the new movie will be directed by Kuo Fanlai.

There was quite a lot of excitement inside and outside the industry.

At the same time, "Mockingjay", one of the final chapters of "The Hunger Games", has been pre-sold on Fandango, the largest online movie ticket pre-sale company in the United States.

David excitedly reported to Li Mu the current pre-sale situation.

"Boss, the pre-sale box office is as high as 1.5 million US dollars, which is more than any other movie this year."

This is a very scary pre-sales data. After all, these results have almost paid back the cost.

However, because the investment in "The Hunger Games" is higher than the previous one, the investment in "Mockingjay Part 1.5" has exceeded million US dollars, and the investment in "Mockingjay Part " will be as high as million US dollars, which will become the highest film in this series. .

Especially this year seems to be a period of recovery for Chinese-language films, starting with "Fireworks in the Day" which won the Berlin Golden Bear at the beginning of the year.

Li Mu smiled. The audience didn't believe the splitting into two episodes was not to make more money.

David didn't care at all, his face was as tough as steel.

As for "Interstellar", it continues to shine domestically, and the global box office is also rising steadily. However, North America is not particularly ideal, although it has returned to the runner-up position.

"The Return", "The Golden Age", "Forgot to Understand You", "Nightingale" and other literary and artistic films have been released in theaters one after another. The addition of big directors and big stars has allowed these films to gain more attention than the subject matter itself.

However, some so-called veteran "artists" are so easy to talk to, and they directly criticize commercial films, which is very popular and damages the normal development of art.

Moreover, the hot pre-sale of "The Hunger Games 3" has led to premiere promotions that will trigger star-chasing topics wherever it goes. People have already felt in advance the crazy craze that this science fiction masterpiece that mainly targets young audiences will set off.

"When great works of literature and art are out of stock, please give more market space to "The Nightingale"!"

"Amu, they didn't spray on your head."

However, apart from the box office success of "Fireworks", the market performance of most other literary and artistic films was unsatisfactory, and the star-studded "Golden Age" also lost all its money.

"Mockingjay Part 11" has already set a release date before filming, and will be released in more than 21 countries and regions on November 70.

Liu Yifei looked through various reports several times, but couldn't seem to find anything related to Li Mu.

After all, among commercial films, several of Li Mu's films are still high on the domestic film rankings, and even high on the world's box office rankings.

"Boss, according to your country, those who do great things should not stick to trivial matters. You see, even if it is divided into two parts, the audience will still pay for it. As for complaining, I have experienced "The Twilight Saga" and I am used to it."

Li Mu smiled and shook his head, but did not answer.

However, "Nightingale", a Sino-French co-production and a contender for next year's Oscars, has received good reviews since its release on October 10, but its box office performance has not been satisfactory.

But at present, it is difficult to break through 2 million U.S. dollars in the United States. According to calculations by forecasting agencies, the domestic box office of "Interstellar" will most likely stop at around 1.9 million U.S. dollars.

You must know that the film's overseas box office is not bad, and it has even been screened in France for 8 months.

"I hope I won't be criticized by the audience."

The industry suddenly sighed.

Some media outlets published articles one after another.

"You just like me being sprayed so much."

Li Mu felt funny, hugged Liu Yifei in his arms, and kept rubbing her nose.

"Don't make trouble." Liu Yifei held Li Mu's hand angrily, "It's not like they are upright, dare to speak, and can't tolerate sand in their eyes."

Li Mu thought for a moment, thinking about how to explain it to Liu Yifei, and then said slowly:
"Is it possible that the sand in some people's eyes is just sand that cannot tolerate those weaker than him?"

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Liu Yifei's big eyes were staring at Li Mu, seemingly lost in thought.

Eastern Time, November 11, the first-day box office of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay," the most anticipated blockbuster in North America of the year, was finally released.

In fact, according to media reports, the "full" attendance rate can make people feel the strong appeal of the film.

At midnight screenings on Thursday, the film took in US$1700 million, becoming the "highest box office" at midnight screenings so far this year.

On its first day of release, the film grossed US$5500 million in the North American market, easily reaching the top spot on Friday in North America. This is also the best first-day result so far this year.

Overseas, the film easily earned 6700 million U.S. dollars. Adding in the performance in North America, the film currently grossed 1.225 million U.S. dollars on its first day worldwide, making it a veritable "money-attracting king."

However, what is not commensurate with the high box office is the film's low reputation.

Currently, "The Hunger Games 3" has a positive rating of only 67% on Rotten Tomatoes and a comprehensive media score of only 64 on Metacritic.

It should be said that this film can only be regarded as just passing by critics.

In vertical comparison, this film has the worst reputation among all "The Hunger Games" movies, which is not the same as the 84% and 89% praise ratings of the first two episodes.

"As a movie, this looks like a mess. The whole movie is boring and serves as a preview for the next movie."

"Watching those Oscar-level actors speaking boring dialogue on the screen feels like watching a group of professional players playing house."

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The Globe and Mail, the Los Angeles Times and many other media outlets have given negative reviews.

"You really told the boss right."

David looked at the complaints from many media, and they basically focused on the fact that the film had too many lines, was too preachy, and the story was uninteresting.

"However, these complaints will not affect the movie's sales of over 7 million US dollars."

David was not affected at all. After reading the data given by the forecasting company, he suddenly felt proud. "What gift should I give myself this year?"

David was lost in thought and seemed to be thinking about how to spend this year's bonus.

At the same time, the eight-day Beijing Film Academy's Third Student Director Award "Grass and Flowers" series of screenings has officially begun. After all series of screenings are over, the awards ceremony for the third Student Director Award will be held.

Since Nortel is well-known in the industry and is a director, many media will not let this hot spot go.

What's more, this year's class also invited the best graduates in recent years to come back.

“According to Nortel, this year’s Student Director Award will be led by Li Mu, who will lead a judging panel composed of outstanding graduates from the Department of Acting, and vote to select the gold, silver, and special jury awards for the special jury.”

When the news was revealed, the students from other colleges couldn't help but feel envious.

"Senior brothers are all from other people's families."

"Nortel's directing department is really led by a lot of great people. Why didn't I pass the exam back then?"

"Don't say anything, I'll hit Nortel's directing department again next year!"

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Nortel itself is even more enthusiastic, especially the director department.

“So, don’t take your graduation works lightly, you don’t know who will be judging you next time!

For example, you, Pastor Li, have trained several great domestic directors among the graduates of the school. If the next batch of directors takes a fancy to your works, they will give you a chance to make a movie."

Some teachers even used it to teach their students.

The students below who have not yet graduated have been fooled into a mess, and they are full of enthusiasm. They wish they could become the next great horse like Guo Fan, Lu Yang and others, and were taken notice of by Li Mu, a bole.

In the evening, Li Mu and Liu Yifei had just finished dinner.

The rice was cooked by Li Mu, and he could still make simple side dishes. As for Liu Yifei, only the steamed eggs were good.

"I am full."

Liu Yifei sat down on the sofa, touched her round belly, and couldn't help but say.

Li Mu held Little Chengzi at his feet and sat on the sofa, preparing to watch TV series with Liu Yifei.

Although there is no good TV series to watch, the two of them are really happy leaning together, watching, complaining and chatting.

"By the way, Amu, today seems to be the Golden Horse Awards ceremony in Baodao, right?"

Liu Yifei suddenly raised her head and seemed to think about it.

"Ok!"

Li Mu nodded, "What's wrong?"

"No, I remember Sister Gong Li seemed to be nominated for Best Actress. I don't know if she will win the award."

Liu Yifei continued to lean on Li Mu's shoulder, and couldn't help but massage Xiao Chengzi with one hand.

"The advantage should be quite big."

Li Mu was not impressed either, but it stands to reason that Gong Li in "Return" should be difficult to lose.

The two were chatting, and it was almost ten o'clock. Liu Yifei was about to take a shower when she heard Li Mu's phone ringing.

The name on the caller ID happened to be Gong Li.

The two looked at each other and could see doubts in each other's eyes.

"Sister Gong Li?"

Li Mu picked up the phone and pressed the answer button.

"Director Li, this time I finally know why you refused to submit your film to the Golden Horse Awards."

Li Mu listened to what Gong Li said in surprise. In fact, Gong Li asked Li Mu if "The Tuner" would take the golden horse and golden rooster to compete, but the reply he got was that it was not necessary.

Gong Li didn't understand it at first, but she didn't have any objections. After all, she had won all these awards.

But this time, it really made her a little angry.

"A black box operation?"

When Li Mu heard this, how could he not understand that the Best Actress was definitely lost, and Gong Li seemed very unconvinced when he looked like this, so he probably wasn't the Best Actress lost in normal competition.

"I still underestimate regional protection, and it's not aimed at the Best Actress Award."

Gong Li smiled bitterly.

Li Mu raised his eyebrows. It seemed that there were quite a lot of melons in this session.

After hearing this, Liu Yifei comforted Gong Li.

After the two chatted for a while, they hung up the phone.

"I think what Sister Gong Li means is that she doesn't want to give up."

Liu Yifei transformed into Sherlock Holmes and deduced.

"It's better to choke others than to suffocate yourself."

Li Mu responded calmly, "How can I make myself unhappy? It's better to make others unhappy."

(End of this chapter)