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Chapter 687: The Hottest Time in the Morning

"Good news came on the first day of the fiercely competitive Spring Festival. The single-day box office on the first day of the Lunar New Year has exceeded 8 million, and the number of moviegoers has reached 1974 million, breaking the record of 6.4 million box office on the first day of the Lunar New Year last year, setting a new single-day box office record for the Spring Festival."

"Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back, co-produced by Stephen Chow and Tsui Hark, broke 3 million on its first day, setting a new record for Chinese-language films with 3.67 million on its first day. It ranked second in single-day box office, second only to Operation Red Sea."

"According to predictions from professional organizations, Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back is expected to break the box office record of The Mermaid."

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With the release of the first day box office figures for the Spring Festival period, the industry has once again rekindled hope for the film and television industry in 2017.

The performance during the Spring Festival is truly surprising.

Moreover, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, three movies grossed over 3 million yuan in a single day, and one of them even grossed over million yuan. This capacity is simply astonishing.

The results predicted by the so-called institution shocked some people who did not know the truth. You know, the box office of "The Mermaid" exceeded 33 billion.

"It's not that exaggerated. I think the word of mouth is not very good. And what's strange is that the word of mouth of this year's Spring Festival period doesn't seem to be very good."

Early in the morning, Liu Yifei laid her long legs directly on Li Mu's belly and played with her mobile phone while lying down, which was very ungraceful.

According to Douban Movie data, the current Spring Festival movie ratings show that in terms of reputation, "Sisters Who Make Waves" ranks first with a score of 6.9, "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" only scores 5.6, and "Kung Fu Yoga" scores 5.2. Wang Baoqiang's directorial debut scored the lowest, only 3.9 points.

"No matter how bad the reputation is, you should keep your feet steady, it's too heavy."

Li Mu pointed at the white thighs in front of him. Although they looked beautiful, it was quite uncomfortable to bear the weight of two legs.

"Huh, didn't you like it very much before? Why don't you like it now?"

Liu Yifei looked at Li Mu with a look of reproach, saying that not only did she not put it away properly, but she also acted in a playful manner and deliberately rubbed it against Li Mu's belly.

This made Li Mu very angry. After all, one's temper in the morning is several times stronger than that in the evening, so Li Mu took direct action.

"What are you doing?"

Liu Yifei's eyes suddenly showed shyness and she looked at Li Mu with watery eyes.

This unique sound really added fuel to the fire.

Li Mu directly put his active hand on Liu Yifei's shoulder and let her throw herself into his arms.

Those delicate red lips were very attractive at this moment, and seemed a little shiny, attracting Li Mu.

The two of them kissed each other involuntarily.

For a long time, the lips are divided.

Li Mu then remembered the little bun: "When does my daughter usually wake up?"

"Not so fast. Usually my daughter wakes up about an hour after I wake up. Besides, won't mom and the others be there when she wakes up?"

Liu Yifei was obviously ready to take action.

"Okay, that's enough for now." Li Mu said with a wicked smile.

"." Liu Yifei's eyes, full of meaning, rolled their eyes at Li Mu. They were just full of water and really didn't have much power, but instead added a few touches of charm.

The happy second day of the Chinese New Year ended like this.

On the afternoon of the third day of the Lunar New Year, the crew gathered again. Naturally, the filming would not start on this day. After all, everyone came from all over the world and they needed some buffer time.

Wen Muye was still counting the number of people who had arrived with the staff.

Ning Hao was still lamenting the crazy schedule of today's Spring Festival movie season.

"Old Li, to be honest, if these movies hadn't been released during the Spring Festival, they definitely wouldn't have had this much box office."

Li Mu also saw the statistics from Maoyan. As of 1:30 on the morning of January 00, among the movies released during the Spring Festival, "The Monkey King 30" was far ahead with 6.28 million yuan. In second and third place were "Kung Fu Yoga" and "Journey to India", with box office revenues of 3.29 million and 3.01 million yuan respectively.

The box office total for several days reached 15.72 billion.

"Then what can you do? You choose the schedule yourself, and of course you have to have the ability to do it. The first few will eat meat and drink soup, and the rest will depend on fate."

Li Mu smiled faintly, although these movies are indeed not worth the box office, like the plot of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2" is rambling, many netizens have complained about these repetitive comedy jokes and repetitive affectionate themes, which are really boring after watching them for a long time.
Wang Baoqiang's first directorial film, Journey to India, also failed to gain recognition from netizens, with some believing that the film's jokes were too banal and that it copied the road movie model of Lost in Thailand.

In comparison, "Kung Fu Yoga", which was filmed according to Cheng Long's usual routine, received mediocre reviews and did not cause much controversy. On the contrary, it was relatively good.

"Damn it, I've decided to put Crazy Alien during the Spring Festival. Maybe I can make 2 billion yuan from it."

Ning Hao suddenly became full of confidence.

"Next year's Spring Festival?" Li Mu just asked casually, and Ning Hao hesitated immediately.

"It's hard to say yet, but it will be the 19 Spring Festival at the latest."

Ning Hao immediately found a way out for himself, "I have a lot of things to do this year. You have just finished shooting this movie, and Bo Zi has another one. He asked me to help him watch it.
All I can say is, those who are capable should do more work! "

"Come on, I know you're always slow!"

Li Mu smiled. Wen Muye and the ground staff had counted the people. "Brother, there are still three people who haven't arrived, but two of them have already got off the plane, and one sent a message before getting on the plane, so he should be on the plane now."

Li Mu nodded: "Okay, then there is basically no problem, we will start shooting tomorrow morning."

The shooting task on the morning of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year was a fight scene. Of course, it was not a martial arts scene, but a fight scene involving the protagonist.

"Be careful later, don't get hurt!" Li Mu smiled.

"Don't worry, Director Li. They are just some daily necessities like paper and pens. Brother Xu shouldn't be so fragile."

Zhou Yiwei responded and said that he played Cao Bin, the younger brother of Cheng Yong’s ex-wife and a policeman.

"Brother, I am old and can't stand being beaten. Please be careful. Your sister-in-law is waiting for me at home."

Xu Zheng asked in a serious tone, and everyone in the room laughed at his words, including Li Mu.

"Alright, alright, get ready." Li Mu waved his hand and urged, "It's the first scene of the new year, so get some energy. You probably didn't eat too much at home."

Everyone laughed again.

As Li Mu shouted: "The 28th scene, the first shot, the first time, Action!"

As the script supervisor clapped the clapboard, Zhou Yiwei, who played Cao Bin, rushed into the police station angrily and was about to beat up Cheng Yong on the spot, but was stopped by several actors around him who were playing police officers.

However, Cao Bin did not give up at this moment. Instead, he picked up the things on the table and threw them all at Xu Zheng who was hiding in the corner.

"Crash", although Cao Bin's fist did not hit Xu Zheng, some daily necessities such as paper and pen all fell on his head.

However, Zhou Yiwei, who plays the role of Cao Bin, is in good shape at this moment.

Zhou Yiwei doesn't have many lines in this scene, but he has to express and vent the anger in the heart of Cao Bin, whom he plays. The action of throwing things naturally has a sense of ruthlessness.

If it was just shouting, it would not be enough to express the anger in Cao Bin's heart at the moment, so after being stopped by the "police", he picked up everything and threw it at Xu Zheng, which seemed more realistic.

Although Xu Zheng sounded very cowardly just now, he was not really scared during the filming and accepted all the parts.

"Ka, very good, save one more! Prepare the props."

After hearing director Li Mu shout "cut", several actors playing police officers let go of Zhou Yiwei.

Zhou Yiwei was also a little worried, wondering if he had been too forceful just now, and said apologetically:

"I'm sorry, Brother Xu. I was a little too aggressive just now. I swung it a little too hard. I hope I didn't hurt you?"

"Come on, if you still want to hurt me, continue later."

Xu Zheng didn't care about these problems during the filming process. After all, he was quite optimistic about this movie. Since everyone's acting skills were good, he couldn't be vain.

"If you say that, I feel relieved!"

Zhou Yiwei also made a joke at the right time, which made Xu Zheng accidentally touch his head again.

"Hahaha"

There are always times on the set when people laugh, but this generally doesn’t affect the filming.

So the staff rearranged the things on the table and put them back in place before continuing filming.

In the film, Cheng Yong, played by Xu Zheng, is a man with a history of domestic violence, and it has happened more than once, and his wife divorced him because of this.

Han Jianu portrays Cheng Yong as a domestic abuser, alcoholic, controversial, and flawed in his moral principles, which makes the character seem real and believable.

But because of this, he can be a hero to millions of people, but he cannot be a qualified husband.

While "Dying to Survive" enters a new round of shooting, the Spring Festival movie season is still hot.

However, "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back", which earned 10 billion in five days, seems to have lost its stamina. Not to mention catching up with the box office height of "The Mermaid", it is probably difficult to even maintain billion.

On the contrary, "Kung Fu Yoga" starring Cheng Long and directed by Stanley Tong set a new box office record and won the single-day box office championship with a box office of 1.49 million, achieving a comeback.

Although Kung Fu Yoga only had 24% of the seats, it accounted for 30.3% of the box office.

"I'm afraid there will be four billion-dollar movies released during this period."

When people are bored, they will also check out the current box office situation during the Spring Festival.

"It's hard to say. Baoqiang's 'Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons' isn't very stable. You see, 'Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons' lacked stamina. When it first came out, it was said to catch up with 'The Mermaid'. Now I think it's hard to even make 1.5 billion. 'Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons' was also very strong a few days ago. From today on, it's hard to even make 100 million in a single day. It's going to fall very quickly."

Li Mu shook his head, disagreeing with Ning Hao's point of view.

"Then what do you mean?"

"Three movies with a box office of 1 billion is not bad, much higher than last year's Spring Festival box office."

At this time, not only Li Mu was bored and would discuss it, but the industry was also focusing on these Spring Festival movies. As a good start to 2017, the more box office, the more confident the industry is about this year's situation.
(End of this chapter)