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Chapter 543 He ruined a movie by himself!
Entering July, after the mainland's college entrance examination and high school entrance examination have concluded, middle school and high school students, the youngest group of moviegoers, have been replenished.

The box office of each new film is no longer just a bet on young office workers who work nine to five. The energy second only to the Spring Festival stalls urgently needs a large number of new films to vent.

Among them are new works by famous directors such as "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain" and "The Other Side of the Taiping Wheel", as well as blockbuster youth films such as "Tiny Times 4" and "Gardenia Blooms".

Coupled with the addition of fantasy themes such as "The Return of the Great Sage", "Pancake Man", and "Monster Hunt", the summer vacation is very lively.

I have to admit that the momentum of "Fast and Furious 7", "Avengers 2" and the still hot "Jurassic World" is too strong.

In particular, "Fast and Furious 7" even easily crushed "Transformers 4", which was a huge hit in China last year. One movie made nearly 25 billion yuan.

Therefore, everyone in the circle is holding back their breath, and no matter what, they want to fight for a while and fight their way out during this summer vacation.

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Jiang Zhiqiang knocked on the chair and closed his eyelids, as if thinking about something.

After a while, he took a deep breath and called his secretary.

Liu Yifei rubbed her chin, but it seemed that the temptation of delicious food hindered her thinking. Finally, she asked lightly, "Where is the location? Is it far? I won't go if it's too far. I have to attend the premiere in the afternoon."

"??? Correct me for what?"

Li Mu was also muttering in his heart. Logically speaking, there should be no need for the three of them to meet in the near future, and it seemed that they were still talking about business, not a dinner party.

Shu Chang was silent for a while, and suddenly said seriously.

Although this movie has gone through many twists and turns, so the promotion period was only half a month, but still relying on the cast and director, the premiere directly became a trending topic on Weibo on the day of the premiere.

"Yes!"

"Amu! I sang and said I found a delicious restaurant."

The afternoon premiere will start at about 6 o'clock, and the two of them are not in a hurry.

"Just tell me what I said is right. You are a new you today. Why should you be responsible for who you were yesterday? Yesterday is gone."

However, the cold air from the air conditioner slowly blew by, and he instantly calmed down again.

Jiang Zhiqiang seemed to have made a major decision and said with some caution.

"Why should Liu Yifei today be responsible for what Liu Yifei ate yesterday?"

Seeing her like that, Li Mu almost wanted to laugh out loud.

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"What could it be?"

As Chen Kaige's masterpiece, the industry's expectations for it are very high, while those outside the industry are much lower. However, as the first domestic Palme d'Or winner, many fans still believe that Chen Kaige can make a good movie again.

"Sissi, I have to correct you on this."

"Make an appointment with Mr. Ye from Wanda Cinema and Mr. Li from Mengying Media."

"Let me ask you, did you eat the kebabs yesterday?"

"Sing, sing, no, I just ate kebabs yesterday and weighed them in the morning."

But thinking about Liu Yifei’s vow last night, “That’s not right, didn’t you say last night that you would start losing weight from today?”

"I sent you the location. It's very close. It's really not that far."

"Understood, Director Jiang."

Li Mu and Liu Yifei were also invited to attend the afternoon premiere. Just when Liu Yifei was hesitating about what to eat for lunch to lose weight, by coincidence, Shu Chang called.

"I gained a full 0.2 pounds."

"Sissi, I just finished filming a commercial and I learned about a super delicious restaurant from the staff. Do you want to go and try it together?"

Li Mu was also worried about what to eat for lunch at the moment. When he heard this, he already had it.

".I always feel like something is wrong."

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At the same time, news of today's premiere of "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain" has spread both within and outside the industry.

Shu Chang hung up the phone immediately, and then Liu Yifei received the address on her phone.

Then Jiang Zhiqiang waved his hand, leaned back on the chair and squinted his eyes as if deep in thought.

Shu Chang's seductive voice sounded, making Liu Yifei start to feel a little restless.

Liu Yifei put her hands on her hips and said very proudly, "I plan to let Liu Yifei take charge tomorrow!"

"Isn't that right? Why should Liu Yifei today be responsible for what Liu Yifei ate yesterday!!"

The three of them were very satisfied with this lunch. Li Mu silently remembered the address. This will probably be one of his common places to eat in the future.

Li Mu was stunned. This was the first time he heard such an outrageous and sophistical and innovative theory.

When Liu Yifei said this, she carefully blocked the microphone with her hand, as if she was afraid of being heard by Li Mu.

Shu Chang kept saying, "That doesn't make sense!"

Lu Yu reported Jiang Zhiqiang's invitation to him. Li Mu looked at his schedule and selected a few times for Lu Yu to communicate with him.

"What?"

"Amu, what's wrong?"

Liu Yifei waved in front of Li Mu.

"Oh, it's okay. Are you ready?"

Li Mu saw Liu Yifei wearing a yellow top and a white skirt, which looked very fresh and natural.

"Okay, doesn't it look good?"

Liu Yifei stood on tiptoes, folded her hands behind her back, leaned in front of Li Mu, and asked with a pouted mouth.

"It looks great! It goes well with summer."

Li Mu smiled and nodded. This casual outfit would not be too dazzling even under the summer sun. The soft tones gave it a warm feeling.

"Then let's go."

Liu Yifei picked up the small light yellow bag and took Li Mu's arm as if going on a trip.

"I don't know how Director Chen's film went. I heard it took 233 days. The industry seems to be looking forward to it."

Liu Yifei was beside the co-pilot, chatting with Li Mu.

At this time, Li Mu didn't know what to answer.

The premiere of "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain" was held at the CBD store of Imperial Wanda Cinema.

The premiere of this movie, which cost nearly 200 million yuan, is naturally not so stingy, and it is not in line with Chen Kaige's style.

Wang Baoqiang, Zhang Zhen, Aaron Kwok, Lin Chiling, Fan Wei, Yuan Hua, and Wang Xueqi all attended, making it a star-studded event.

But the appearance of Li Mu and Liu Yifei was even more stunning. Although the two only "passed by" on the red carpet briefly, the reactions of fans on both sides spoke volumes.

"Liu Yifei looks amazing. Do you have the same clothes?" "."

The eyes of female fans are shining, and they just want to buy good-looking clothes.

"Director Li, Yifei, welcome, Yifei is so popular."

Chen Hong led the two of them into the theater with a slight smile. Lin Chiling stood not far away to greet the guests, her eyes couldn't help but glance over, looking a little envious.

There are not many people that Chen Hong can greet with a pleasant smile, and she is not one of them anyway.

Brother Chen Kai was chatting and laughing with the guests in the theater at the moment. He looked up and walked over quickly.

"Here you go, sit down quickly. I don't need to introduce you to this one. Everyone has met you during the meeting."

Brother Chen Kai smiled and led Li Mu to sit next to Cao Huayi and Tian Zhuangzhuang.

The chairman of Xinli Media, the producer and publisher of "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain".

The two chatted briefly for a while. Cao Huayi was not a simple person. At least he was good at film investment.

People in the premiere hall gradually arrived. Li Mu didn't know how many people he greeted. He had a lot of acquaintances. After all, everyone should give some face to Chen Kai's premiere.

Brother Chen Kai was the first to speak. First, he lamented that filming was not easy. He talked about every detail of the preparation for "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain". There were many poignant moments in it. Secondly, he talked about how much of his thinking was put into this film, etc., and he even called himself A "love letter" to myself.

His speech aroused applause from everyone, and their expectations became even higher.

When it was Chen Hong's turn to speak, the whole theater was a little restless, especially the media holding microphones in front.

Li Mu did not expect that Chen Hong would accuse Fang Zuming in public and said unceremoniously:

"He ruined a movie by himself!"

These words did not give Cheng Long any face.

The whole place was in an uproar, and the media, who were watching the excitement, didn't take it too seriously and asked questions directly.

Liu Yifei also turned to look at Li Mu and discussed quietly.

"There is definitely an impact. Generally, the promotion period for a movie is at least one month, but due to Fang's incident, the promotion period for "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain" was shortened to half a month, and the movie was not fully shown."

Frankly speaking, as the chief producer of "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain", Chen Hong has invested close to 2 million.

Although there are no big money-burning scenes, the supporting and guest roles of more than a dozen leading actors, including Wang Baoqiang, Aaron Kwok, Zhang Zhen, Lin Chiling, Fan Wei, Yuan Hua, Wang Xueqi, Wu Jianhao, Lin Xue, Li Xuejian, etc., should account for at least half of the film salary. Chen Hong is resentful That's for sure.

After adding "The Promise", Chen Kaige's fortune has been sluggish. This time he relied on "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain" to turn around, but the result was still extraneous and failed to end satisfactorily.

"But to say that he alone can ruin "a movie", I think it is a bit exaggerated. After all, the character is not the absolute protagonist and cannot play a fundamental role."

Li Mu whispered to Liu Yifei, who nodded silently.

On the stage, Chen Hong was not stunned. She just vented her dissatisfaction and changed the subject as she got closer.

This made the media in front of me very bored. What they wanted was this kind of "heroic" speech, otherwise there would be no traffic.

But that sentence was enough to be the highlight of the night.

As the lights dimmed, everyone looked at the world on the screen.

I have to say that Brother Chen Kai's aesthetic talent is really full, at least the picture is very comfortable to watch.

The story of "Taoist Descending the Mountain" is actually very simple and not complicated. It tells the story of Taoist He An's enlightenment while going down the mountain to experience the dangers of society.

This is very similar to the implication of a child who has not been baptized by society. After decades of struggling in society and suffering all the hardships, he becomes an old vixen.

At first we were beautiful and innocent, but in the end we got to know the negative energy of this society and became old fritters.
However, I don’t know if Brother Chen Kai has started to suffer from his old problem again. There is no way to express his too rich emotions. Yu Siyu wants to instill "chicken soup", "principles" and "Zen Tao understanding" into the audience.

The result is that he really wanted to take care of the audience's feelings, and was worried that the audience would once again complain that they "don't understand", so while outlining the beautiful language of the shot, he added a narration whose voice could only be heard but who was not heard.

He also talked a lot about Zen Taoism understanding in the movie, allowing the story of the film to give way to truth, so that the plot of the film was weakened and the truth was amplified, making the audience feel that they were passively accepting almost long-winded preaching.

You must know that in this era when anti-chicken soup is more popular than anti-vulgarity, being reasonable will greatly enhance the audience's desire to complain.

If you want to express too much, the "more is less" effect is clearly reflected, which not only makes the character creation insufficient, but also makes the story become "bland". The counterproductive effect is that many viewers feel The film "doesn't tell much."

And these have almost become the most unnecessary flaws in the film.

If Liu Yifei hadn't been at the premiere, she would have wanted to sleep on Li Mu's shoulder.

In the slightly dark theater, Liu Yifei blinked and looked at Li Mu.

Li Mu didn't know what Liu Yifei was thinking at the moment. He smiled slightly and then grabbed the hand of Liu Yifei who was acting weird at the moment.

The audience in the back has already begun to talk about it.

Of course, what cannot be ignored is that several fighting scenes show a very beautiful side:
Whether it's Aaron Kwok's "devil-like steps" that combine martial arts and dance skills to make the flowers dance, or Zhang Zhen's heroic spirit shown by his leisurely and powerful performance in a white robe and a long spear, or Wang Xueqi's argument. The land of transformation that you enter at any time brings a good visual experience.

But Li Mu felt that the most eye-catching thing about this movie was the way Lin Chiling wore a cheongsam in the film. Many LSPs in the back took a deep breath.

"Does it look good?"

Liu Yifei said softly.

"Good-looking, but nowhere near as good as you."

How could Li Mu be fooled like this? He was already conditioned to do so.

"very eloquent."

Liu Yifei said with a smile and looked at the center of the screen again.

As the subtitles of the staff on the screen slowly rose, the movie was announced to be over. Li Mu clearly saw that on the screenwriter column, Brother Chen Kai was also among the screenwriters.

Fragmented applause sounded from all directions. Although the audience wanted to complain, they still gave some applause at this moment.

The film critic looked unhappy. How should I write this review?

Li Mu and Liu Yifei wanted to keep a low profile, said hello, and left.

Even Liu Yifei can easily see at this moment that there is something wrong with this movie, and it is a big problem.

"Junior brother, wait a moment."

When Brother Chen Kai saw this, he immediately shouted.

When it comes to who has the best vision in the industry, Li Mu naturally ranks first.

"Junior brother, to be honest, what do you think of this movie?"

Brother Chen Kai asked seriously, with a look of worry in his eyes. This movie is really the one he has put the most thought into in these years.

"True?"

Li Mu smiled bitterly in his heart, thought for a while, and said calmly:

"Senior brother, then I will really say it."

"Go ahead."

Brother Chen Kai held his breath.

"It's very pessimistic. As a viewer, the movie started with an analysis of human nature, but ended with a vulgar "good triumphs over evil" ending. I felt confused about the story. I guess except for seeing Lin Chiling's cheongsam, it was a little bit... Apart from the attraction, the rest doesn’t have much appeal.”

(End of this chapter)