China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 550: Champions should be chosen in a proper way

What is the intention of letting "Monster Hunt" surpass "Fast and Furious 7" at the box office? Is it that simple?

Li Mu was staring at Jiang Zhiqiang closely at this moment.

"When "Monster Hunt" encountered problems with its special effects, Tiancai took over the project, but due to lack of funding, Mengying also invested in it.

But if Mr. Jiang goes this route, then I won't be able to accompany you. "

Ye Zhu felt the tense atmosphere in the room at this moment, and couldn't help but persuade him:

"No, no! Harmony brings wealth! But as Director Li said, Mr. Jiang, you have to give us an explanation. Is it true?"

Ye Zhu also spoke openly. In fact, both Li Mu and Ye Zhu's first reaction was to think of the illegal thing.

Both of them are industry insiders and are no strangers to these routines or "rules."

According to the current movie box office rules, 8.3% of the special movie fund tax must be paid.

Let me just say this, Anle will not be listed on the market as long as I am around. Director Li, your Mengying Media has no idea of ​​going public. You should understand what I mean. "

Ye Zhu said lightly, "This doesn't mean much."

Because the light was also directly cut in half.

However, now that the stock market crashes, both inside and outside the circle, there is indeed a cry. In the face of the stock market crash, everyone is equal.

Some of them had their net worth evaporate by hundreds of millions overnight, and they had to keep quick-acting heart-saving pills at home.
For example, Zhao Yanzi has lost 40 billion, Zhang Ziyi has lost 4.7 million, and Fan Binbin has lost 1.2 million. Although Li Mu was not involved, Wang Changtian has been sighing recently.

"Director Li, Mr. Ye, you are thinking too complicated."

"Champions are hard won, but they must be won in a proper way." Li Mu still shook his head, "I also said that if Mr. Jiang insists on doing this, then Mengying Media will withdraw."

You two must be familiar with this year's A-share market. Although the current stock market crash has wiped out countless people's wealth, you should be aware of all the details here.

"To be honest, it's not necessary, Mr. Jiang."

So according to a rough calculation of the box office, the film studio’s share is about one-third. The 12 billion in box office purchases can legalize 4 million in funds.
Then use the real box office to offset the so-called costs, then there will be an additional profit of 5000 million.
And coincidentally, Mengying, Wanda, and Anle all have theaters, so the operation is quite simple.

Besides, the two families are really not short of money now, so they can’t afford it!

It's probably equivalent to opening ten times leverage.

At this moment, the atmosphere between the three of them relaxed a lot.

Since mid-to-late June, the A-share and Hong Kong stocks have gone crazy. Ordinary people have lost half a year's salary every day, let alone celebrities who have spent huge sums of money to speculate in stocks.

"All I want is to win the championship, and the box office only needs to be a little higher than "Fast 7"."

Jiang Zhiqiang finally expressed his thoughts.

Jiang Zhiqiang smiled bitterly and said, "If I, Jiang, made money in this way, Anle would have applied for an IPO long ago.

If you cheat in your own theater chain and use various "scheme booking" methods such as early morning booking to manipulate the box office, you can probably use 1.2 million yuan to leverage the box office performance of 12 billion.

So if box office fraud is used to do illegal things, how should it be done?
First of all, it must be operated within a controlled theater chain.

Of course there are the extra bits of theater.

Li Mu and Ye Zhu breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, they were not going to play like this, otherwise they would have quit at any cost. This is no joke.

"'Fast 7' only had a box office of 24 billion. The trend of domestic films is already unstoppable. It will only be a matter of time before it is surpassed. If Jiang always feels that this top spot should not be given to Hollywood, then I can take it over next year."

Li Mu spoke with confidence. This record is not worth mentioning in the face of the general trend.

"Director Li, do you think the box office will reach a higher level next year?"

Jiang Zhiqiang asked.

"Mr. Ye, what do you think?"

Li Mu's eyes turned to Ye Zhu.

"If others say it, I still have to think about it, but if Director Li says it, I believe it. I still remember that Director Li said some ideas about the development of the film industry a few years ago, and now they have been realized step by step."

Ye Zhu recalled that he couldn't agree more with Li Mu's vision.

"Mr. Jiang, I think you still need to think about it. There are still a few days left. I hope everyone can successfully complete the first cooperation."

Li Mu stood up at this moment and planned to leave.

Anyway, his meaning has been made very clear, and then it depends on the choice of Jiang Zhiqiang and Anle.

Li Mu, who was driving back, couldn't help but smile bitterly as he looked at the bustling road with endless traffic.

Originally, it was a real thing that "Monster Hunt" hit the box office, and there were a large number of articles on the Internet reporting this matter.

Of course, the core content of most articles is inseparable from the core of the inference of guilt. If we extrapolate from the conclusion of the inference of guilt, the result is self-evident.

Li Mu has always felt that he is still an ordinary person, but with a little talent and great luck, he and Mengying Media have become what they are today.

But ordinary people also have dreams, just like when he finally chose to study for graduate school at Nortel after visiting the University of Southern California ten years ago.

He has a dream for the film industry and hopes to contribute to the industry.

This time with "Monster Hunt", he could have stayed out of it, charged the special effects production fees, made a fortune, and then followed the public to enjoy the excitement. In the end, he could have chosen to be sarcastic.

But what's the point of doing this?
He came for change
"You really don't look very smart." Li Mu laughed at himself, and then thought of the somewhat naive person in his family, and couldn't help but smile knowingly.

"It's actually quite good not to be too smart!"

Liu Yifei suddenly sneezed and quickly pressed her nose with her hands.

"That's weird, maybe the air conditioner is turned on too low."

Liu Yifei took a look at the air conditioner temperature. It was 24 degrees, which was not bad.

On July 7, in the early morning, "The Return of the Great Sage" was officially released.

The box office of "Tiny Times 9", released on the 4th, has exceeded 9 million as of 10pm on the 8000th. Even if the box office on the first day is not over million, it is still close.

“This year’s blockbusters have so many odd spots, it’s so exhausting.”

Some ticket sellers complained that this has happened several times this year. Not long after the "Avengers 2", "Fast 7" and "Jurassic" just left, another "The Return of the Great Sage" came.

The popularity of "The Return of the Monkey King" in the early morning has kept the producers of many movies of the same period awake.

In the early morning, major media reports have been released.

"The domestic animation "The Return of the Great Sage" grossed 800 million at the box office in the zero-hour show, ranking fourth this year, creating history in the box office of domestic animation in the zero-hour show."

Although it only ranks fourth, you must know that the top three are all super blockbusters, "Avengers 2", "Fast and Furious 7" and "Jurassic World".

Moreover, "The Return of the Great Sage" is also a domestic animation.

The animation industry seemed to be reborn and cheered.

"Boss, "The Return of the Great Sage" is probably going to create history in domestic animation."

The staff of the Dumpling Studio are also very happy. After all, they are in the same industry. Everyone prospers and loses. The whole industry has only advantages and no disadvantages for them.

"Everyone works hard, the spring of cartoons is coming."

Yang Yu is also encouraging everyone at this moment. Domestic animation has been silent for too long. "Your Name" just let the light shine through. "The Return of the Great Sage" is probably going to set off a corner of "Heavenly Palace".

At the same time, the number of members in the Monkey King fan club has reached more than 80, and it seems that the number will really exceed 100 as Liu Yifei said.

"Do you want to reward me well?"

Liu Yifei's hands were hanging on Li Mu's neck, and her whole body was being lifted up by Li Mu.

"Didn't I pack up my entire body and give it to you? What kind of reward do you need?"

Li Mu pretended to be confused and blinked, not really understanding.

"Hate it!!! I don't care!"

Liu Yifei said coquettishly, tapping lightly with her little fists.

However, in the past two days, in addition to "The Return of the Great Sage" firmly occupying the hot search list in the industry, there are also the grievances between Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping.

This time it was not these two people who took action, but their women.

"Fate - Lonely Zhang Yimou" was published by Zhou Xiaofeng, Zhang Yimou's literary planner, which has been making a lot of noise recently.

While telling the story of Zhang Yimou's life, the book also touches on Zhang Weiping's "Ten Deadly Sins."

Such as instigating the relationship between Zhang Yimou and Gong Li, repeatedly arrears of pay, fabricating claims of loss of money, not investing real money, interfering in film creation, privately selling film copyrights, antagonizing insiders, planning Zhang Yimou's death incident, and interfering in Zhang Yimou's establishment of an actor The agency used tactics to tie up Zhang Yimou.
The source of the topic on "Weibo" refers directly to Zhang Yimou's wife Chen Ting.

Because Zhang Yimou himself does not have a Weibo, Chen Ting became his external spokesperson.

"Brothers who claim to have been together for 16 years have only given over 1200 million in total after so many years of cooperation."

"The New Picture boss and his wife are really good at living things. One moment they said 1200 million was the share of "Three Guns", another moment it was the salary for five movies, and the next moment it was money given to me. I wonder what the judge would think?

It doesn’t matter if you can’t find the audit report for the film. The relevant departments may have archived it. We strongly urge the relevant units to conduct a thorough investigation. "

Chen Ting updated her Weibo again, and the "war of words" continued to escalate.

Everyone inside and outside the industry saw the excitement and felt a bit sad.

However, Zhang Weiping, who is now without Zhang Yimou, has been having a hard time these past few years. Almost no one in the circle sells him face, and he himself has no way to figure it out. Now he is lying down and pretending to be dead, refusing to respond from the beginning to the end.

On the second day after "The Return of the Great Sage" was released, the first-day box office statistics have been released.

The single-day box office of 1.02 million shocked the industry.

To be honest, this box office is not particularly high. There are quite a few domestic films that have exceeded 100 million in a single day, but this is the first time for domestic animation.

Article after article was published quickly.

"The Road to the Revival of Domestic Animation."

""The Return of the Great Sage" exceeded 100 million on the first day, and the potential of the animation industry is 'ready to be revealed'!"

"Rise up! Chinese animation, "The Return of the Great Sage" will be the vanguard"

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(End of this chapter)