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Chapter 733 Youth of Every Generation
"Dad, Mom, where are you going?"

On December 12, Li Mu and Liu Yifei had just finished lunch and were sitting on the sofa to digest their food when they saw that Li's mother and Li Peng had already put on their down jackets, as if they were getting ready to go out.

Li Mu couldn't help his curiosity and asked.

Liu Yifei also opened her eyes wide, full of curiosity.

"Your dad said he wanted to go see Feng Xiaogang's Youth, and he bought the tickets yesterday.

You know what, your cat's eye is really useful, I wish we had this thing back then."

Mother Li said with a smile, recalling the days when she and Li Peng bought tickets to watch movies.

Li Mu looked at the two movie tickets that Li's mother showed him and was stunned: "You only bought two?"

"if not?"

"You can buy a few more tickets. Xixi and I can go together." Li Mu pointed at himself and Liu Yifei.

"Forehead"

Li's mother was speechless for a moment, but Li Peng managed to say: "You haven't experienced that era, so you can't understand it."

"Oh, no, don't movies always come back to the emotions themselves in the end? Emotions are universal."

Li Mu couldn't help but shout when he saw the two of them had already walked out of the hall.

"Stop yelling. Mom and Dad just want the two of them to reminisce about the past, so they didn't include us."

Liu Yifei tugged at Li Mu's sleeve and couldn't help but laugh.

"Of course I know. Just adding some fun to them."

Seeing that the car in the garage had started, Li Mu sat down and enjoyed the weekend leisurely.

"Do you think Feng Xiaogang's film can win?"

Liu Yifei was also very curious. It was well known in the industry that "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia" and "Youth" were in hot competition these days.

After all, the two movies were competing with each other and the competition was very fierce, even the previews were on the same day.

If "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia" hadn't been moved up a day, it would have been competing head-on with "Youth" today.

Although the box office of "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia" on the first day was only over 2600 million, it was a Thursday after all.

The main audience of "Youth" seems to be people who have experienced that era.

In the cinema's screening schedule on the 15th, "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia" was three points higher than "Youth".

"I just said it, emotions are universal. As long as Feng Xiaogang can capture the emotions, even if we haven't experienced it, we will be moved. We will go and see it some other day."

Liu Yifei smiled slightly and said, "Okay."

Although Li Mu did not go to the company today, his cell phone was not turned off, which meant that it was unlikely for him to have a rest today.

This afternoon, not long after Brother Chen Kai invited Li Mu to participate in the premiere of "Legend of the Demon Cat" next week, Lu Yu called.

"Mr. Li, I just received an invitation letter from the Weibo 2017 V Influence Summit Film Session at the National Convention Center. I would like to invite you to be a guest."

"Push it."

Li Mu refused without even thinking about it.

Over the years, I have received countless invitations to conferences. If I attended every one of them, I would have nothing to do with anything else.

"Ok."

"By the way, how is the progress of the crew of "The Richest Tomato" prepared by Director Yan and Director Peng?"

This is the only new film project launched by Mengying Media recently.

"Mr. Li, according to what Director Yan has reported, we are expected to go to Xiamen to start filming before the end of the month."

"Okay, got it."

Li Mu nodded and didn't ask any further questions.

As long as nothing goes wrong, Li Mu rarely interferes with the operation of these projects. After all, he doesn't need to insert anyone.

It was a little after five in the afternoon when Li's mother and her husband came back and bought dinner.

"Dad, Mom, how was the movie?"

Liu Yifei took the dish, full of curiosity.

"The film is well shot, very appealing, and has a certain depth! I didn't expect Feng Xiaogang to be able to make such a film. It is indeed different from his previous comedies, and it can be considered a breakthrough."

Li Peng gave a witness's affirmation to "Youth".

"It's really good. You know what, there are indeed many older people who go to see this movie, and many of them are older than us.

I just went to the cinema with your father, and a man who was about 70 years old took out 200 yuan and asked me if I could buy six tickets for him. He didn't know how to operate.

After Li's mother came back, she kept nagging. It was probably because she hadn't seen a movie from the era they lived in for a long time.

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"Amu, is this considered an advanced version of youth movies?" Liu Yifei asked Li Mu in a low voice after discussing with Li's mother.

“Now that you mention it, it does look a bit like it.”

Li Mu thought about it and felt that what Liu Yifei said made some sense.

After all, "Youth" is set in the 1970s and 1980s, and tells the story of a group of young teenagers in their prime in a military art troupe full of ideals and passion, experiencing the budding of love and changes in life as they grow.

To put it simply, this is actually a look back at the youth of that generation.

Every generation has its own youth. But in that special era, there were peaceful days, but also turbulence and twists and turns, and there were bound to be many "cruel" plots.

The next day, the results of the two films' Friday meeting were released.

"The Thousand Faces of Dunjia" earned more than 6700 million, while "Youth" earned more than 7600 million. The gap is obvious.

This result really caught the industry off guard.

Because of the "unlimited creativity" of Tsui Hark, he failed to gain any advantage. Instead, "Youth", which was considered to target non-mainstream audiences such as those born in the 50s and 60s, received widespread praise and had a booming box office, defeating commercial blockbusters.

Feng Xiaogang, who once relied on comedy to take the first bite of the Lunar New Year box office, seems to have finally captured the audience with emotion and story after several attempts, and proved that the "comedy" tone he set for the Lunar New Year box office 20 years ago is not unbreakable.

What best reflects the quality of a movie is that the screening of "Youth" directly surpassed "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia".

Cinemas are the ones that pay the most attention to data because they make money from box office sales.

"Youth" earned 3.16 million yuan in the first weekend. CICC said that the box office success of Youth was largely due to its good reputation. The total box office has exceeded 3 million yuan, and there is a lot of room for market development in the future."

"The Thousand Faces of Dunjia has accumulated over 200 million box office in four days, but it is still inferior to Youth."

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With the release of weekend box office results, "Youth" has successfully dethroned "Shameful Iron Fist" as the daily box office champion.

"Hua Yi has produced many hits this year. I have to say that Ye Ning is quite capable."

In the Cat's Eye Building, Wang Changtian and Li Mu were sighing.

Since March 2016, Ye Ning has served as the general manager of Huayi Brothers Film. Soon after, Huayi Brothers Film’s majority-owned Huaying Tianxia was established, with Ye Ning as the helmsman.

In less than two years, Ye Ning organically integrated Huayi's development, production, publicity and marketing systems to create corresponding hits: "Dangal", "Youth" and "Ex-Files 3". According to the current forecast for "Youth", the cumulative box office of the three films will exceed 40 billion.

"Why else do you think Wanda is so angry."

Li Mu smiled faintly and said that Ye Ning was a very good talent in this industry, otherwise Wang Zhonglei would not have given up the position of helmsman.

But Ye Ning was probably very conflicted at the moment. After all, after years of working at Huayi, she had already formed her own style. Whether Ye Ning could really integrate into Huayi was a question mark.

"By the way, Cat's Eye should move."

Li Mu took a look at the previous Maoyan. Now that the merger has been completed and the listing is also being promoted, it is time for Maoyan to move to another place.

"It's time to move. It's too far away from the film and television industry. It would be better to move to Dongcheng District where we are."

Wang Changtian nodded, and looking at the cat's eye that belonged to him, he couldn't help but feel heroic.

The most important thing for Maoyan at the moment is basically to promote its listing, and the film sector is supported by the resources of Light Media and Mengying Media, so there will definitely be no problem with profitability.

Although "Youth" is a co-production of Tao Piaopiao, "Shameful Iron Fist" belongs to Maoyan, and the two platforms are evenly matched during the Lunar New Year period.

As time goes by, another big-name director, Chen Kai's "Legend of the Demon Cat" is about to hit the Lunar New Year holiday.

But I don’t know what kind of mystery Brother Chen Kai is showing off.

The premiere was titled "Dizzy, Blissful Bliss".
Li Mu felt that if he didn't recall the content of "The Legend of the Demon Cat", he wouldn't know what Brother Chen Kai wanted to express.

This name is too artistic and most people can't understand it at all.

"Amu, do you know what this means?"

Liu Yifei pointed to the title specially hung at the end of the red carpet.

"You'll know after you read it."

Li Mu shrugged.

Chen Kaige and Chen Hong quickly noticed that Li Mu and Liu Yifei had arrived, and quickly came over with the main creators.

"Brother, sister-in-law!"

Li Mu and Liu Yifei greeted each other first.

"welcome!"

Chen Hong smiled and stood on Liu Yifei's side.

"I hope it doesn't delay other things." Brother Chen Kai stood on Li Mu's side.

"Nothing, I'm quite free now."

"How's your film review going? If you need any help, just give me a shout."

Brother Chen Kai said as he led the way.

"Okay, I'll definitely trouble you if I need anything, senior brother." Li Mu smiled and did not refuse.

Li Mu nodded to the creators of Legend of the Demon Cat and said:

"Brother, Xixi and I can do what we want. We are so familiar with each other, there is no need for so many people."

"Row"

Brother Chen Kai saw that the entrance to the cinema was in front of him and did not refuse.

Huang Xuan, Zhang Yuqi, Zhang Rongrong, Zhang Tianai and many other main creators couldn't help but feel relieved and a little disappointed.

After all, this person is the one with the most resources in the industry.

You should know that after Huang Xuan participated in "Legend of the Demon Cat", his current promotional slogan is that he is the only male actor born after 85 who has worked with three major directors: Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang and Chen Kaige.

It is conceivable how great the improvement in status the roles given by several major directors is.

However, with Chen Hong and Brother Chen Kai here, even if the few of them wanted to have a conversation, they couldn't do it. After all, it would be a thankless task and would offend the current crew.

(End of this chapter)