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Chapter 913: Drink more tea, the National Day

"Well, give me some time to think about it."

Zhang Hongsen tapped the armrest of the stool and after thinking for a while, he was unable to give a definite answer.

"Okay, Director Zhang."

Li Mu nodded, but had no intention of leaving. He continued to pick up the tea and took a sip.

Zhang Hongsen thought that Li Mu would leave after finishing his tea, but unexpectedly, Li Mu was not in a hurry and drank it bit by bit. He had been drinking for ten minutes and still had no intention of leaving.

"Hey, Director Li, you are at least the boss of a private enterprise worth tens of billions, why are you still playing this kind of trick?"

Zhang Hongsen smiled helplessly. How could he not know what Li Mu meant? He just wanted a positive reply.

"No, Director Zhang, I can't buy the tea you have anywhere else. It's rare. I'll have a few more sips."

Li Mu looked sincere, as if he really had some thoughts about this tea.

"You usually don't come for tea when I invite you, but now you are drinking it." Zhang Hongsen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and then called his secretary, "Come, give two taels of my tea to Director Li."

"Oh, Director Zhang, this is so embarrassing."

Li Mu stood up, looking unworthy of the title.

"Come on, I'll handle the review and shorten the time by half, so it can be finished in a day and a half, okay?"

Li Mu's eyes lit up. Whether it was tea or not was a small matter. Even if it was the mother tree's red robe, he wouldn't be able to taste it. This matter was the key point.

"Thank you, Director Zhang."

"Come on, come on."

At this moment, the secretary came back and handed the tea to Li Mu.

"I won't bother you with that game for now. I'm going back to make some tea."

"You'd better make a few more pots and don't waste it." Zhang Hongsen waved his hands helplessly.

Li Mu came out of the General Administration with great satisfaction. Looking at the tea in his hand, he muttered to himself, "This is a pleasant surprise."

Although he can't taste it, Lao Li can. After all, Cantonese people either drink tea or are on their way to drink tea throughout their lives.

At the same time, Li Mu sent the good news to Guo Fan before driving away.

Kuandian on the Yalu River in DD City.

Guo Fan was sweating profusely at the moment. Although it was already autumn, he still had to enjoy the scorching sun during the shooting.

"Okay, click, passed." Guo Fan shouted loudly.

After Jiang Wen finished his performance, he also went to Guo Fan's awning to shelter from the sun and discuss the following scenes.

At this time, Guo Fan took out his mobile phone, opened WeChat, and saw Li Mu's message. He was so happy that he couldn't help himself.

"Is there any good news?" Jiang Wen saw Guo Fan's smile at a glance and asked curiously.

"Well, Director Li has taken care of the review, saving us about a day and a half. It also relieved some of the pressure and gave us some room for error."

"What?" Jiang Wen was incredulous. "How many days was it originally?"

"Three days, if I remember correctly." Guo Fan stroked his chin and said slowly. But what Guo Fan didn't know was that his words almost made Jiang Wen want to curse.

"Damn it, you always treat people differently based on their status."

Jiang Wen cursed in his heart, thinking of the desperate scenes of his next two films being censored, and then thinking about the fact that Li Mu felt that even three days of review was too long and had to cut it in half, he suddenly felt like crying but had no tears.

"Director Jiang, what's wrong?"

Guo Fan was stunned for a moment, and saw that Jiang Wen seemed to be in a daze.

"Oh, it's okay." Jiang Wen walked towards the set speechlessly.

"." Guo Fan didn't know what happened to Jiang Wen, and then continued to prepare for the next scene.

As time goes by, National Day is getting closer.

However, the first to open the battlefield was the advanced released "Win the Championship".

In fact, this is more like a gamble. "Win the Championship" is the first work to return to theaters after being withdrawn from the Spring Festival. Will the film's advance release strategy take effect, breaking the cold market before the National Day and achieving long-term screening, or will the National Day become a "black hole" and swallow up all the heat.

Moreover, "Win the Championship" focuses on the 40-year development history of the Chinese women's volleyball team. Even with a super IP like "Chinese Women's Volleyball Team" that is full of contemporary spirit and symbolic significance, it is still a big question whether unpopular sports themes can successfully tap into the market.

At this time, everyone is waiting for the results to be announced.

However, the answers given on the first day can only be described as unsatisfactory.

The film was officially released on September 9 (the first phase keys were officially issued at 25:18 that afternoon). With no advance screenings, midnight shows or all-day screenings, the film's box office on the premiere day reached 5451.63 million.

With a lineup like Gong Li and Huang Bo, either of them individually would be a definite box office draw, but when they are combined, they still fail to deliver the expected big hit.

Even the Douban score is just a mediocre 7.3. It can only be said that this is really a dud.

But Li's mother seemed quite interested.

"Mom, do you want to go and see?" Li Mu was a little surprised when he heard what his mother said.

"I want to watch it. It's also a memory of the past. You may not have watched women's volleyball matches, but your father and I have watched the 'China-Japan War', 'Peace War', and 'China-Pakistan War'."

"Oh, look at what you said. I thought you went to watch it in person. That would have been on TV, right?" Li Mu said with a smile, and was immediately pinched by Liu Yifei next to him.

As expected, Li's mother was very dissatisfied and said, "Why? Do we have to go to the scene to see it?"

"That's not what I meant. Okay, I'll ask someone to get some tickets with good seats." Li Mu said with a smile.

"I want to go to grandma's house too." The little boy immediately raised his hand when he heard it.

Before Li Mu could say anything, his mother spoke up, "Okay, grandma will take you there to experience the spirit of the women's volleyball team!"

At the same time, a very interesting phenomenon has emerged online regarding "Win the Championship".

A group of people commented that the movie was too boring and they were already playing with their phones. Another group of people angrily criticized those people who were playing with their phones for not being able to feel the spirit of the women's volleyball team and not understanding the unforgettable glory of the Chinese women's volleyball team in the 20s and 70s and the lack of success in the 80st century. Many people also wrote in their comments that they were moved to tears.
This obviously caused polarized word of mouth, and naturally there were many unavoidable flaws in the movie.

The next day, Saturday, the box office of "Leap Year" barely broke 7000 million, but the attendance rate was only 7.5%, a significant drop from the first day.

You should know that the decline in attendance is closely related to the screening schedule, which is not a good thing for a new film. The trend in the first week basically determines the box office trend of the entire release period.

Even though many audiences with a passion for the women's volleyball team went to support the film, the box office did not rise as expected, and even fell to more than 4000 million on Sunday.

This trend clearly shows that this movie, which was highly anticipated to be the first to be released during the National Day holiday, has clearly shown signs of failure.
(End of this chapter)