China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 632: A Commercial Tragedy That Will Go Down in History

"China Star is a Hong Kong film company that we respect very much. It has been in the film industry for more than 30 years. Their film library is the most comprehensive in all types of films and has accompanied us in the video hall era.
In an era of rampant piracy, China Star keeps investing in movies, but actually doesn’t make much money. Everyone owes China Star a movie ticket.”

"Legend of the Gods is the most likely summer hit, with a first-day target of 2 million!"

Yu Dong made some bold statements at the premiere.

On the other side, Mrs. Xiang immediately responded:
"It seems the ticket debt has been stolen. We are owed a lot of tickets, but it doesn't matter."

Obviously, this statement has a hidden meaning, but it is more about attracting attention for his son's new film. He used the "owing Zhou Xingchi movie tickets" as a gag to create topics.

There is some effect, but it caused a lot of abuse from fans.

"Get lost, you're trying to get into any topic!"

"If I don't criticize Zhou Xingchi for a day, I will feel uncomfortable all over. I won't watch your movie anymore. Whoever wants to watch it can watch it!"

"It would be bad if I got slapped in the face later!"

Zhou Xingchi still has a lot of fans, and Chen Lan’s behavior is really disgusting.

As a result, a video went viral on the internet showing Zhou Xingchi being interviewed on a German variety show, but being discriminated against by foreigners. During the interview, he was dissatisfied with the host's interview and implied that Chinese people did not understand English, and then lost his temper on the show.

“There’s another part.”

Obviously, this is something only old fans know. Liu Yifei was only seen online after netizens posted it.

In the video, Stephen Chow was interviewed while promoting his movie abroad. He was already very unhappy at the time, but unexpectedly the host asked, "Can Chinese people understand the words on those fortune cookies?" Stephen Chow cursed on the spot, "What the..."

Then he said in Cantonese, "What questions do you want to ask? You have been asking these boring questions all night long. Who do you think I am? Are you kidding me? Huh? You just want me to get angry? You are a hopeless case! You are such a jerk! You should get over it!"

Netizens brought this up to mock Chen Lan for "closing her skin".

"Our film was weak before, now you want them to say a few more words?"

Li Mu smiled. This is the status after the rise. As the second largest voting base in the world and the largest voting base in the future, it is no longer the same as it was then.

The news about "Legend of the Gods" continues to be unclear.

“The Legend of the Gods was produced by the American visual effects team TIPPETT, which was responsible for Star Wars and Robocop; the famous Hollywood CG animation company BLUR, which was responsible for Transformers, Pirates of the Caribbean and X-Men; the American special effects company HYDRAULX, which was responsible for Avatar, The Avengers and Iron Man; and South Korea’s DEXTER DIGITAL.”

"The film 'Legend of the Gods' involved the joint efforts of 12 countries including China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Canada, South Korea, and New Zealand. 20 companies and more than 2000 people worked hard every day to build 60 sets of various sizes.

The crew's workload exceeded that of four feature films, with 4 special effects shots and more than 2200 staff members in post-production."

This series of data is confusing.

People in the industry just laughed it off.

Those who know understand that this is a movie, while those who don’t think that there is some crisis in the world and they are building Noah’s Ark here.

Early in the morning the day after the premiere, the industry seemed to be in a state of tranquility.

But Li Mu, Ye Ning and others already felt that something was not right.

In particular, Ye Ning was always paying attention to the developments of "Legend of the Gods".

Because of the guaranteed revenue of this movie, Bona snatched away the distribution rights from Huayi, largely because Bona only offered a guaranteed revenue of 8 million.

He felt that the current atmosphere was seriously wrong.

"Mr. Ye, I heard that Bona Film Group hosted a dinner for the media and all the film critics last night."

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When Ye Ning heard this, he quickly searched for information in the circle and found almost no posts about advance viewing of "The Legend of Conferred Gods".

The media also seemed to remain tight-lipped, with the few reports they made all talking about the premiere that night.

Such as "Mrs. Xiang: 'The matter of owing tickets has been stolen'", "Li Lianjie asked Fan Binbin: Do you dare to call yourself a senior?", "Fan Binbin praised Tony Leung Ka Fai for being sexier than young handsome guys", "Li Lianjie revealed that a foreigner once asked Xiang Zuo to play Bruce Lee" and so on.

There was not a single word about the movie "The Legend of Conferred Gods". After a difficult search, I finally found a Douban review written by an individual.

"A pile of hot shit made of pure gold - after watching the advance screening of "Legend of the Gods", I can't help but vent."

Seeing this, Ye Ning couldn't help but smile and waved his hand:

"Okay, got it."

At this time, Li Mu and Lu Yu were also reporting to Li Mu.

"Mr. Li, according to the news, Bona's distributor invited us to dinner last night, and the distributor seemed to repeatedly emphasize that the film was not a bad one.
There is another strange thing. The director of the cinema chain said this morning that they had agreed to release a 2D version of Legend of the Gods, but they were notified early this morning that they would urgently remove the key and only release the 3D version! "

Li Mu nodded, "Okay, got it."

After Lu Yu finished reporting the matter, he quietly walked out of the office.

As soon as Lu Yu left, Li Mu received a call from Yu Dong.

"Director Li, do you have time? I'm really sorry about changing the 2D version of Legend of the Gods to 3D. I apologize to everyone."

Yu Dong said with an apologetic smile.

"It's just a small matter. No need to be so polite."

Li Mu had no plans to attend this meal.

Li Mu guessed that Yu Dong wanted to invite all the directors of the theater chains in the capital. "Director Li, I'll have to ask you to help with the scheduling of the Dream Theater Line."

"Don't worry, Mr. Yu, Mengying Media has never been tricky in scheduling films, and they rely on their strength to speak!"

Li Mu responded with a faint smile, "We will definitely not lose to our peers on the first day of filming!"

"Okay, I definitely trust Director Li's character. Thank you in advance."

Yu Dong seemed very confident and hung up the phone immediately.

As soon as Yu Dong hung up the phone, his expression suddenly changed and became a little gloomy.

After last night's premiere, he felt very bad, so he asked people to withdraw the 2D version overnight and only released the 3D version.

As filmmakers, we all know that the release of this kind of thing means a signal, a very bad signal.

But he had no choice, because if he didn't do this, he would have no chance of survival.

“I just hope the box office doesn’t fail to hold up on the first day.”

Yu Dong muttered to himself. He no longer cared about his boast of 2 million box office revenue. That thing had already vanished that night.

"Xiang Zuo. Xiang Qiang. I xxx"

Yu Dong couldn't help but curse, he really didn't expect that this movie was pushed to such an extent, and he ended up being the sucker who took it over with a guaranteed 1 billion.

"so far so good!"

Wang Changtian was secretly delighted at this moment.

These things in the circle cannot be hidden from his eyes and ears. Maybe the audience doesn't know it yet, but he, Wang Changtian, has probably guessed that this movie will fail.

"One billion guaranteed, Fatty Yu, you're going to lose a lot of money this time!"

Wang Changtian couldn't help but mourn for Yu Dong at this moment.

But Wang Changtian didn't expect that the final result would be beyond his expectation.

Just like that, on July 7, the biggest movie of the summer vacation, "The Legend of the Gods", which brought together big names and traffic from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, kicked off its public release in China.

"Xixi, you really don't want to go and see it?"

Shu Chang wanted to ask Liu Yifei to go to the movies together over the phone, after all, such a strong lineup is rare.

"I'm not particularly interested in this kind of movie, go ahead."

Liu Yifei put her cell phone on the table with the speakerphone on, holding the baby in her arms, with no intention of going to the movies.

"All right!"

Shu Chang's clear voice rang out from the phone, "I'll give you a review after I finish watching it!"

After saying this, Shu Chang disguised himself and went out.

It was a busy day in the film and television industry, but at this moment Li Mu was watching the streamlined effect of "Operation Red Sea".

The post-production of the film has basically been completed, and all that’s left is the final editing.

Several people in charge of post-production also accompanied Li Mu to watch this military blockbuster.

"Director Li's filming is very exciting."

"I've watched the clips several times, and this time after the fine-tuning, it feels different. It's great, the rhythm."

Several people were whispering in the back.

Li Mu ignored them and watched the scenes in the movie meticulously.

Because once the cut is finalized it cannot be changed, so this is the final check.

When the subtitles of the staff slowly appeared at the end, Li Mu stood up and applauded, "Well done, no changes, final cut!"

As soon as these words were spoken, several later-stage leaders clapped their hands in celebration.

Li Mu smiled, patted them on the shoulders, and then started communicating with Tang Jing.

"Director Tang, the film has been completed."

"Okay, Director Li, I'll report it right away and let you know the time later."

Tang Jing also had a happy look on her face. After finishing the conversation with Li Mu, she immediately dialed another number!

When Li Mu left Tiancai and picked up his mobile phone, "Legend of the Gods" was already being criticized on the Internet.

"This movie was more uncomfortable than eating shit. There was no peeing scene. I peed from the first shot!!! The subsequent shocking scenes made me pee all over the floor. I couldn't squeeze out a drop of urine after watching the movie."

"Western-style magical buildings, Western fairy tale characters, and plastic golden armor-style costumes, all of which are severely fragmented and eventually mixed together into a hodgepodge. I can only say that I really don't understand the shapes of these characters, and I have the urge to slap them in the face.

By the way, in some scenes, Xiang Zuo Legend just wore a sweater and started acting. I agree with this movie. It shouldn’t be called “Legend of the Gods”, it should be called “Legend of Xiang Zuo”, or “The Legendary Life of My Father Xiang Qiangqiang”.

"Mr. Xiang and Mrs. Xiang, is it a big deal that you are rich? Do you have to spend so much money to make a pile of pure gold shit and force people to swallow it?

Now the whole of China knows that you love your son, but the price you paid is that the bottom line of Chinese film history has been refreshed again."

(End of this chapter)