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Chapter 335 A Very Hardcore Intensive Training Course

Tong Liya not only has a beautiful smile, but she's also in a wonderful mood.

She has made great success in her transition to becoming a director in the past two or three years, and her future is limitless.

However, being able to direct a film and also being able to direct and star in a film that becomes a huge hit are two different things.

This is similar to the difference between Stephen Chow and Feng Xiaogang.

Who would think that Stephen Chow and Feng Xiaogang are of the same caliber?
Based on Lao Li's outline and framework, with real money poured into big-budget special effects, the chances of "Superbody 2" being a huge hit are extremely high.

Whether it's Luke 1, Spider-Man, Iron Man, or Transformers, they are all precedents.

All of this proves that the global market loves these blockbusters.

The newly famous celebrity, Da Mimi, sighed, "Sister Tong, look how happy little Nazha is following behind her senior brother!"

"She has truly turned the tables and risen to power."

"Or will she become the second female lead in 'Lucy 2' again? If that happens, she can easily start 'Lucy 3'."

A hugely successful project makes it easy to create sequels, second, third, and fourth installments.

Whether it's the A Chinese Ghost Story series, or Hollywood's The Hangover, Transformers, and so on.

That's how IPs are built.

Those who understand the core structure of Lucy 2 certainly know that a new character will be added in the sequel.

Lucy 2 can take advantage of Ah Xin's godhood to launch a new superhero.

If it's a huge success, it'll be similar to how the X-Men series spawned the Wolverine series.

After filming "Superbody 2," will Tong Liya immediately release "The Mermaid" or a "Mermaid" project?
You say Fishman doesn't sound good? Ant-Man can bomb the whole world.

Just throw on any name, and you're a new kind of superhero who can control and manipulate water.

The third installment of the "Lucy" series, which introduces new characters, is similar to the X-Men series Deadpool, Dark Phoenix, and Apocalypse.

Yang Mi naturally hadn't seen the superhero movie version that hadn't been released yet.

But she knows about comics.

This series is far more popular and has a longer lifespan than Yang Mi's works in those years.

Considering the competitive situation at the time, with multiple companies interested in buying the copyright and adapting it into a film or television series, how did Liu Shishi manage to successfully acquire (Du Lala's Promotion Diary)?

It was filmed to a terrible standard and then released online.

This is the first time Liu Shishi and the Big Secret have both failed miserably.

But Tong Liya succeeded once, and definitely created a new IP.

Perhaps we could even invite someone like Wolverine to join the cast, appearing as a supporting character.

That is a major collaboration between the Eastern Lex Lucy universe and the Western Marvel X-Men.

This has truly shocked the world.

Or perhaps a collaboration with Iron Man?
Hollywood has all sorts of heroic figures, and China can have them too!

Let's not talk about the traditional ancient mythological background of the Legend of the White Snake in the fourth collaboration of A Chinese Ghost Story.

After Ah Xin became a god, she was deified and subsequently launched a series of superheroes.

The big secret is about to cry. She also managed to get out of poverty by licking boots, so why is she treated differently?

Tong Liya glanced at Yang Mi and said, "It's only been a short time, and you're already jealous of Gulnazar?"

Xiao Tong can vent his frustrations using his real name.

When it comes to sunk costs, the resources that Lao Li invested in Nazha are on a completely different level compared to those invested in The Secret.

Yang Mi took a sip of her drink. "I'm going to ask Nazha to give me foot massages a few more times."

Enjoy it a few more times before the other person completely takes off.

Otherwise, she'll be out of the picture in a year or two.

Unless she was the first to have hostages and a murder case within the Li family.

But it's not her turn!

Old Li had already explained that everyone was still young and there was no rush.

According to current standards of anti-aging, someone who has been involved in a murder case before the age of fifty is not considered old.

Before Fat Bing or Ah Xin made them stepmothers.

I don't even have the courage to speak up.

Xiao Tong glanced at her again but didn't reply.

Yang Mi lowered her voice even further, "My assistant recommended a female-oriented novel about palace intrigue that has good adaptation potential. The main plot revolves around the love-hate relationship between the emperor and his harem."

"It involves a copyright dispute; the book was accused and found guilty of plagiarism."

"If it can be adapted into a TV series like 'Back to the Ming Dynasty,' it could become a top-rated drama."

Tong Liya smiled and asked, "What's your name?"

The big secret agent quickly explained, "The Legend of Zhen Huan involved plagiarism from several books."

Xiao Tong shrugged, "We'll buy the copyrights to everything that's been plagiarized, adapt it comprehensively, and Shiguang isn't short of a little money these days."

If there are plagiarism controversies, then buy them all.

Time Media itself is also the largest shareholder of Diaoniang, including Jinjiang.

It's no big deal to have a few public funds transactions going through between employees and share a little money.

Tong Liya had already earned hundreds of millions before the financial crisis, and during the financial crisis? She earned even more.

She's like the famous beauty queen she used to be—how is she going to spend billions? Where is she going to spend it? It's a huge headache.

This is still after-tax net profit.

Her cash flow is more abundant than that of many listed groups.

Fortunately, it's a good time to buy low during a storm, and this is a big project.

Xiao Tong is an old-timer who got on the train back in 04!

To gain seniority, she and Lao Li engage in mutual flattery, and even the top secretaries owe her far more than three years of hard work.

The hard work involved in import and export negotiations has decreased significantly.

The big secret agent's eyes widened instantly. "Then wait until you're free to film, Sister Tong? You can make a lot of money from a hit drama. I can try playing the female lead."

"This, like (The Best Housekeeper), is a fictional ancient dynasty."

"But if the production standards keep up, there's no need to worry about substandard products."

Liu Yifei's popularity and status, thanks to her role in "Back to Ming Dynasty," are almost surpassing Yang Mi's.

This is mainly reflected in film remuneration and advertising endorsements.

After searching the "Big Secret" website, Mao Xiaotong's annual income increased to tens of millions, while his current income fluctuates around several million.

Liu Yifei is also worth tens of millions, even if the other party splits the profits 30/70 with the company.

Another 20% will be taken away by some old Chen.

An advertisement cost tens of millions, but she only received 100 million before taxes.

With more clients, Liu Yifei is rapidly becoming a wealthy woman.

In the second season of Back to the Ming Dynasty, Liu Yifei's salary was also increased.

A king of period dramas, a blockbuster with amazing special effects.

Even the superhero series in modern fashion projects is showing such a healthy trend.

The big secret took another sip of wine, glanced around, and said, "I have a feeling that once the storm passes, media companies going public could reach a market value of two or three hundred billion?"

"Now that President Han and the others have left, let's all go and flatter them."

She saw that Fat Bing was still greeting Samsung's Lee Boo-jung with Dae Mi-won.

This includes several socialites from island nation conglomerates.

This is a golden opportunity for involution.

Tong Liya maintained her dimpled smile and strode out. When she arrived in front of Lao Li, she took his arm in front of everyone. Everyone in the industry knew that she was the sixth sister.

The news was kept secret from the public.

This is based on the example of Andy Lau keeping his girlfriend hidden for many years.

Then there's Ah Sa's first marriage and Da Tian Tian's similar background.

Xiao Tong laughed and said, "Senior brother, how about we consider having Iron Man make a cameo appearance in (Lucy 2)?"

"We've had a great working relationship with Paramount, should we send Blake to talk to them?"

Transformers 2 is hitting mainland Chinese theaters this year, while Iron Man 2 won't be released until 2010.

Thor 1 was released in 2011, and Captain America 1 was also released in 2011.

Old Li nodded, "We can definitely give it a try, with each other playing guest roles."

If you had waited two more years to discuss integration with Paramount, the cost would have been at least five or ten times higher.

Things are different now. Iron Man, with its high screen time, earned $82 million in mainland China.

This is still because there was no major publicity campaign.

If the marketing campaign is strong enough, it's not difficult for a single film to break $100 million. But what about the other big-budget films currently making a strong showing? Do they think they can successfully reach $100 million in the Chinese market?

They even want $200 million in box office revenue?

If you really have to give up some things, you'll gain something in return.

Hollywood studios now understand this principle.

Peng Guanying and Nina Dobrev in Transformers 2 were just actors Paramount shamelessly forced upon them time and time again.
Hopefully, when it's released, it will not only have a high screening rate, but also have acquaintances doing promotional tours.

In recent years, the mainland ticket market has become increasingly tempting.

The secret agent panicked, "Senior, I'm in jail in Lucy 2, can I still make an appearance?"

"The initial concept was that she was a spirited young woman working for Jeon Ji-hyun, a beautiful female bodyguard."

"The default is that it is of South Korean descent, but it has not been explicitly stated. If the value of the IP group increases in the future..."

"Could we make a prison drama version? And then find out that I was actually a Chinese expatriate who was fooled and raised in the wrong way?"

The biggest secret is that career ambition is the most important thing.

She still doesn't know that she got on the bus and wouldn't move; it's like she's sprawling around in a lie.

Is she still positioned the same way as Sister Qing?

Even during the financial crisis, she had the opportunity to let Lao Li take some of her money to invest.

But now even the most discerning investors don't know what to invest in or buy at the bottom.

Or perhaps she got on the bus too late.

Just like Dong Xuan, Tong Liya, and then Alexandra.

They initially received no advice or guidance on how to make money through stock trading; they just waited and waited until they did.

This is something you can't ask about proactively, and you can't bring it up too much. It's just like the power struggles in the imperial harem in "The Legend of Zhen Huan."

The secret agent opened her mouth and lip-read a few more words, making very small movements.

It's just involution! Anyone can do that.
She's trying all sorts of ways to praise Lao Li, hoping to get a chance to play a cool and invincible female lead on the big screen.

Old Li said speechlessly, "Lucy 2 is still in preparation, and you're already thinking about Lucy 3 and 4?"

Even if it's about seizing an opportunity, this is a bit too much of a preemptive move.

At this stage, "Lucy 2" only appears to have a very high probability of becoming a box office hit, greater than 90%, in the preliminary plans.

Yang Mi practically had her obsequious attitude written all over her face: "Senior brother, you personally oversaw everything, and you've never messed up even the outline."

"From Beekeeper 2 to Du Lala, we messed it all up ourselves."

Old Li laughed and said, "Alright, I'll give you a few minutes of screen time in Lucy 2. Before my character and Nazha's character set off for the peninsula to rescue Xiao Tong, we'll go to the prison to question you."

The secretary was overjoyed and displayed her high emotional intelligence before stepping aside to make way for her.

Stephen Chow arrived with Gong Li. After exchanging pleasantries for two minutes, Gong Li smiled and said, "Mr. Li, what if the face-swapping technology didn't take up too much of your time?"

"Could we learn from this and plan a 'Flirting Scholar 2'?"

Old Li shook his head, "In terms of sentiment, this is far inferior to the Da Hua series."

How much time and resources would a finished deepfake movie take up?
Yang Mi's version of "Fight Back to School" took about ten days to film, and only lasted one or two hours each day.

The most time-consuming and energy-intensive part was collecting and building a database of facial acting materials for The Secret.

Zhang Guorong's version is only one or two hours a day, for ten days or so.

Once AI technology advances, it becomes an assembly line process.

Old Li also spends a lot of time running or doing other sports every day.

A normal person only has 12 to 16 hours a day for work, eating, drinking, and having fun.

What about Lao Li? He works an average of more than 23 hours a day.

When he has too much energy and physical strength, he will feel bored and need to find projects to pass the time.

So Lao Li doesn't mind taking on more deepfake movies, as long as the quality is guaranteed.

But when it comes to sentimentality, Stephen Chow's most representative works in the Chinese entertainment industry are A Chinese Odyssey, King of Comedy, and the Kung Fu series.

Sister Gong's smile remained unchanged as she continued to shower her with compliments.

Old Zhou also lamented, "The Great Talk has been over-interpreted. No matter who, Liu Sheng or I, were to make a sequel, we would 100% fail to produce a masterpiece that meets the audience's expectations."

"All they do is criticize what they've done and get yelled at."

The Little People 2 was also released in the summer of 2006.

Kung Fu Hustle 2 was released during the summer of 2005.

It's been two or three years since he's been in a big-budget film, and the only explanation is that he hasn't finished working on the script.

Old Li also admitted that what Old Zhou said was true.

After a brief chat, Stephen Chow and Gong Li left.

The line of people waiting to have a chance to speak with Lao Li in person is incredibly long.

Li Wenyu made an appearance at the celebration banquet for only an hour before disappearing.

In gratitude to Lao Li, she was allowed to appear in (Lucy 2) for a few minutes.

The big secret also quickly pulled Mao Xiaotong and He Qing to the 14th floor for further study.

This training course is quite rigorous.

While walking, Yang Mi complained, "If I had known, I would have taken a year off like you. Now your 'Youthful Days' is beating me up."

The 1.15 million yuan opening weekend for "So Young" is not a lot.

But what follows is the golden time for box office success.

Everything turned out exactly as Yang Mi had predicted.

During the second week, from January 19th to 25th, "So Young" raked in a staggering 1.86 million yuan at the box office in mainland China.

This represents a 50% screening rate.

During the third week, from the first to the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the screening schedule for this "big" movie was adjusted to 60%.

They then forcefully unleashed another 2.09 million data points.

In three weeks, it accumulated 5.1 million RMB in mainland China, and this is without even mentioning roadshows or viral marketing.

After the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, it was February 2009.

The new year is gradually getting lively, with Alexandra Daddario and Huang Xiaoming playing supporting roles in "He's Just Not That Into You".

The viral marketing campaign on the internet has officially begun.

Old Huang plans to do some roadshows to promote the brand.

The upcoming Western Valentine's Day season is also quite suitable for reminiscing about youth.

By then, "So Young" will only be in its fifth week.

On February 12, the fourth week of "So Young" generated 2.14 million views in mainland China, bringing its total cumulative viewership to 720 million.

This film, one of the biggest winners of the Lunar New Year season, has seen a significant drop in screenings.

It's safe to say that this is one of the two blockbuster films that easily broke 08 million in 09 and 8.

1 p.m. on the 12th.

When Lao Li appeared in the president's office, Jiang Wen, Ge You, and others were already waiting.

After the two parties met, they communicated and confirmed Lao Li's schedule.

Many things have already been settled in Goose City, and Jiang Wen's team is about to officially start filming.

In this version (Let the Bullets Fly), the Master Tang who was killed in the opening explosion was still taken away by Feng Kuzi.

It's not that other people don't want to take on the cameo role.

It's a complex character, which requires a clown to be more comedic.

After confirming the situation, Lao Li saw Jiang Wen and the other person off. His schedule would be adjusted to late February and early March.

Even though he is one of the three main characters, all his performances are dialogue-based.

The other actors were competent and their acting skills were up to par, so the filming progressed very quickly.

Liu Shishi soon knocked on the door again and came running over, using her smooth talk to get a free meal.

After she had eaten her fill, she excitedly said, "I've raised $2 million to buy Apple at rock-bottom prices. This could be a retirement stock in the future, right?"

Before the storm, she had saved up three or four hundred million RMB in private money.

He handed it over to Lao Li to run a business in Hong Kong, and it easily turned into 2 million US dollars.

Apple's market value has long since fallen from over $2000 billion to $810 billion.

Xiao Liu's $2 million is now equivalent to 2.4% of what he has saved if he buys at the bottom.

Once Apple enters the two trillion dollar era, it can easily cash out 50 billion dollars.

With tens of billions of RMB, I won't have to work hard for the rest of my life.

Old Li, while hand-rubbing Little Master's baby canteen, remarked, "You can definitely relax now."

(End of this chapter)