China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 179 A Target That Nobody Believes

"Director Li Mu is here."

On July 2010, 7, at 3:[-] p.m., Tangshan Gymnasium, the world premiere of "Tangshan Earthquake".

A staff member whispered something in Director Feng Xiaogang's ear, and then Director Feng Xiaogang suddenly squeezed out people and walked quickly, reaching out to the man in the oncoming pair of men and women. Wearing black clothing, simple yet elegant.

The man is wearing a suit that is more suitable for formal occasions, with a white shirt underneath. The overall style is quite satisfactory, it is not easy to make mistakes, and it is particularly temperamental.

The woman is wearing a black suit dress, which is exquisite and elegant, and her capable breath is impressive.

The people who came were naturally Li Mu and Liu Yifei.

"Director Li, welcome, thank you for coming." Director Feng Xiaogang said while shaking hands.

Li Mu said: "Congratulations, Director Feng, it is not easy to complete such a film, but it is also very remarkable."

Feng Xiaogang said, "Thank you, thank you."

"Yifei, thank you for coming, it's very beautiful." At this time Xu Fan took Liu Yifei's hand and said.

Liu Yifei smiled and said, "Thank you."

"Director Li."

"Teacher Chen."

"Director Li."

"Mr. Wang."

……

Many celebrities in the circle have come to the scene, such as Teacher Chen Daoming, Mr. Wang Zhonglei, Zhang Guoqiang, Zhang Jingchu, Wang Ziwen, Zhang Hanyu, Hu Jing, Su Youpeng, etc. In addition, there are some local leaders, Li Mu Zai shook hands with these people one by one, and was arranged next to director Feng Xiaogang.

This is an unprecedented movie premiere ceremony, attended by 15000 Tangshan audiences, the world's largest movie giant screen with a width of 33 meters and a height of 15 meters, 4 ambulances, 8 fire trucks, 100 medical staff, Hundreds of fire officers and soldiers are on call at any time. The Cultural Protection Bureau, Environmental Protection Bureau, Sanitation Bureau, Power Supply Bureau and other departments are all in place, and several trucks of tissues and towels are prepared in advance. The screening went smoothly.

At about 8:30 p.m., the film officially opened. Before the opening, director Feng Xiaogang specially told the photographers on the scene:
"We must show more shots of the first row later, especially pay attention to the state of Li Mu and Liu Yifei. If these two people cry, you must record the footage."

"understand!"

When this movie was screened internally, many people who saw the movie for the first time were crying. It can be said that "tear gas" is one of the biggest selling points of this movie.

So how do we tell audiences across the country that this movie is very good and tear-jerking?

It's very simple, just release the video and photos of countless audiences crying at the premiere.

And if there were a few influential celebrities among the audience who were moved to the point of "crying", the publicity effect would be even better.

Obviously Li Mu and Liu Yifei are excellent candidates.

May I ask, is there anyone more influential than Li Mu in the film industry?
There may be foreign countries, but there are really no domestic ones.

If Li Mu and Director Li, who sold 40 billion domestic box office in one year, would cry watching it, how about the movie "Tangshan Earthquake"?

If this is the case, then "Tangshan Earthquake" must be worth watching!

Therefore, the reason why Feng Xiaogang and Director Feng arranged Li Mu's seat next to him was not only to show respect, but also because the on-site photographer was able to take photos of Director Feng when he was shooting Director Feng, so that it didn't seem so abrupt.

Soon the movie opened in a silent blackness, and a large group of dragonflies came overwhelmingly along the railway tracks.The silent city does not know that disaster is coming.

At the beginning, the scene burst into bursts of laughter from time to time, especially the passionate scene between Xu Fan and Zhang Guoqiang, which amused countless audiences, but as the disaster officially arrived, many people began to wipe their tears silently up.

Soon Li Mu found that Liu Yifei's eye circles were also red. At this time, the movie had just broadcast to the earthquake.

In the deep purple night sky, in the city where the earth is shaking and the mountains are shaking, the naked child cries "Mom, save me", the blood-stained child is crushed under the floor, the child upstairs looks at the mother downstairs in panic, But hopelessly sinking into the dust...

Li Mu handed a tissue to Liu Yifei, Liu Yifei took it and wiped his eyes, but Li Mu himself didn't react much, the movie is a good movie, yes, it was really moving, but he had seen this movie many times in his previous life up.

The scene of burning money to pay homage made countless Tangshan audiences burst into tears.

On a quiet summer night, the whole street was lit with sparks, and every household that survived the earthquake wept around the flames, talking to their dead relatives.

In the movie, while burning paper money, Xu Fan muttered: "The original house has moved, don't go wrong."

At this moment, Feng Xiaogang's eyes were red, Xu Fan was also in tears, and Li Mu took out a tissue to wipe Liu Yifei's tears with his own hands.

In fact, if the movie premiered in another city, it might not have the powerful "tear-jerking" effect tonight, but when the movie premiered in Tangshan and the audience was crying, others It is easy to be infected by this atmosphere.

And in the last scene, Xu Fan knelt down to Zhang Jing: "Mom, I'm sorry for you", which also touched many people.

At 11:2 p.m., more than [-] hours of film screenings were completed, and countless audiences spontaneously stood up and responded with long applause.

At this time, Feng Xiaogang, Xu Fan, Zhang Guoqiang, Chen Daoming, Zhang Jingchu and other main creators came to the stage. Feng Xiaogang, who spoke Tangshan dialect, confessed his true feelings: "The 'homework' left to me in the autumn of 2007 has been completed today. middle?"

"Middle, very middle!"

Countless spectators shouted in unison in Tangshan dialect.

Afterwards, the on-site reporters came to interview Li Mu.

"Director Li, what do you think of the "Tangshan Earthquake" directed by Feng Xiaogang?"

Li Mu came here to cheer, so of course he had to choose something nice to say.

"I think the reaction of the 15000 Tangshan audience is more convincing than anyone else's evaluation."

The cameraman turned the camera to the audience, many of whom were still silently wiping their tears.

The female reporter asked again: "Then, Director Li, what do you think of the box office of this movie? Director Feng Xiaogang said in an interview with reporters a while ago that this movie's box office of 5 million is by no means a lie. May I ask you to agree with Director Feng?" Is that the view?"

"Let me interject first!"

Just as Li Mu was about to speak, Feng Xiaogang said first: "Director Li came here specially to cheer me up, so when he answered this question, he must have said more, but he deliberately said too much. It's no fun to play business bragging. If you want to speak, you must speak the truth, and express the most authentic expectations in your heart, what do you think, Director Li?"

Li Mu nodded and said: "I totally agree with what Director Feng said. A good movie is a good one, and the box office is as much as it can get."

Then he changed the subject and said, "However, no one can say for sure about the box office before the official release. What I said can only represent my personal opinion on the movie."

"I think the movie "Tangshan Earthquake"..."

I remember that in the previous life, this movie finally got a box office of 6.5 million yuan. Considering that the film market in China is developing more rapidly in this life, with more screens and a larger audience, Li Mu feels that the box office of 7 million yuan is definitely not enough. The problem is that 8 million is not sure, but it is also very promising. Taking the median value, Li Mu feels that the final box office of "Tangshan Earthquake" is likely to be around 7.5 million yuan.

So he replied to the reporter: "8.5 million, the film is very well made, and the story is very touching. I don't think it's a big problem for such a good movie to get 8.5 million at the box office."

Just kidding, he is here to cheer, not to make a research report. Since he is here to cheer, of course the estimated number should be higher.

As for the future, this movie probably won't get so much box office...

But so what?

Li Mu is not a fortune teller!

He just thinks this movie is very good, worth 8.5 million at the box office, isn't it?

As a result, the female reporter was directly confused by him.

"8...8.5 million?"

Li Mu nodded and said: "That's right, just look at the audience's reaction, the box office of this movie will definitely not be wrong."

Director Feng Xiaogang looked at Li Mu at this moment, and couldn't tell whether what Li Mu said was the truth or a lie.

Are you telling a lie?
This kid's expression is really as sincere as it needs to be.

But is he telling the truth?

8.5 million?
How can it be!

In the entire Chinese film history, there are only three films that have won this box office—"Gravity", "Avatar", and "Inception".

His "Tangshan Earthquake" is indeed very good, but compared with these three movies?

Director Feng Da, who has always been arrogant and arrogant, can't help but feel guilty at this moment.

You must know that these three movies are all super-grossing movies that have entered the top ten in global film history!
Can his "Tangshan Earthquake" really compare with these movies?
At this time, the female reporter came to interview Feng Xiaogang again.

"Excuse me, Director Feng, what do you think of Director Li Mu's prediction for the box office of "Tangshan Earthquake"?"

Feng Xiaogang said: "8.5 million box office, this is a very astonishing prediction, and it is also a number that we film creators dare not even think about before, but now that Director Li Mu has made this prediction, I choose to believe him. I also believe in myself, believe in the movie "Tangshan Earthquake", and believe in movie audiences across the country."

""Tangshan Earthquake" is a very beautiful and very touching movie, it is worth any box office."

Finally Director Feng added: "Lost in Thailand, written by director Li Mu himself and directed by Shen Junsheng, will be officially released this month. Although I haven't watched this movie yet, I heard that it has a very good reputation for internal screening. , many well-informed filmmakers in the industry were laughing while watching the movie. Everyone said that the jokes of this "Tai囧" are more dense than those of the first "People on the Journey" I have made comedies for most of my life, so I know how much Chinese audiences like this kind of movies."

"If "Tangshan Earthquake" can earn 8.5 million at the box office, then "Lost in Thailand" directed by Li Mu can at least earn 10 billion at the box office!"

"10 billion box office?"

The female reporter resisted the urge to roll her eyes, thinking that you two are playing with me here?Just now I said it was boring to play commercial bragging, but immediately said that "Tangshan Earthquake" could earn 8.5 million box office, and who said "Tai囧" could earn 10 billion box office?
If it weren't for commercial bragging, there would be no commercial bragging!

And it's rare for businesses to brag about each other so nastyly.

Even "Inception" had an investment of up to 1.2 million US dollars, and the global box office directly reached the top ten real masterpieces in global movie history. Take 8.9 billion at the box office?
How did Director Feng say such words?
Don't these great directors feel embarrassed when they say such obvious and very nasty commercial bragging?

The investment in "Lost in Thailand" is only 2000 million yuan!

At this time, the female reporter handed the microphone to Li Mu again.

"Director Li, what do you think of Director Feng's forecast? Do you think it's really possible for "Lost in Thailand" to win a box office of 10 billion?"

Li Mu said: "Then I will borrow Feng Daoji's words."

……

After the interview, Xu Fan pulled Feng Xiaogang aside and said:
"The box office of "Tai囧" is 10 billion, isn't it too fake?"

Feng Xiaogang smacked his lips and said, "Li Mu said that "Tangshan Earthquake" was worth 8.5 million at the box office. Who dared to think of such a high box office before? I said that the movie could take 5 million at the box office and was criticized by the media for lying. Now Li Mu Saying that the film is worth 8.5 million, it will definitely be the headline when the media reports it tomorrow, and with Li Mu's influence in the film industry, just this one comment can attract countless viewers to our film."

"Director Li Mu praises us so much, I will definitely reciprocate. He said that our movie is worth 8.5 million, and I will say that his movie is worth 10 billion."

"Based on Li Mu's current status, I can't say that the box office of Li Mu's movie is not as good as mine, right?"

Xu Fan said: "That's what you say, but a movie with an investment of 2000 million yuan earns 10 billion yuan at the box office? No matter how you listen to it, it sounds too fake. It seems that we are not sincere enough."

Feng Xiaogang nodded: "It does sound a little fake, and I didn't think about it that much at the time."

……

the next day.

The media is full of relevant information about the premiere of "Tangshan Earthquake" yesterday.

""The Great Earthquake" premiered in Tangshan, and thousands of people watched the movie and cried into a sea of ​​tears!"

"Premiere of "Tangshan Earthquake": Heaven and Earth cry together and cry 'Zhong'"

"The largest film premiere in history, 15000 spectators burst into tears, and 100 medical staff are on call at any time."

"The premiere of "Tangshan Earthquake" turned out to be amazing. 'Sister Immortal' Liu Yifei cried on the spot, and Li Mu cared to help his girlfriend wipe away her tears."

"How good is "The Great Earthquake"? After watching it, director Li Mu said that the box office of "The Great Earthquake" will exceed 8 million!"

"Director Li Mu, who made a global box office hit of 17 billion US dollars with "Gravity", made the ultimate prediction: The final box office of "The Great Earthquake" will be 8.5 million yuan!"

"Commercial bragging is too nasty, "The Great Earthquake" can't get 8.5 million, and "Tai囧" can't break 10 billion!"

……

After the news was released, almost all major forums and news media across the country were discussing the unscrupulous commercial bragging between Li Mu and Director Feng Xiaogang.

"I rub it, it's too outrageous, it's disgusting!"

"I heard that "Tangshan Earthquake" is really good, but in this domestic market, 8.5 million?"

"Everyone, don't take it seriously. Director Feng Xiaogang invited Li Mu to the premiere. It's a favor. Director Li Mu commented that the film is worth 8.5 million. This is even more a favor."

"The investment of "Lost in Thailand" is 2000 million. Director Feng Xiaogang said that the box office is worth 10 billion. This is also a favor."

"Do you know why they are successful? Such obvious lies and flattery, we have a psychological burden when we say it, but there is no psychological burden at all when people who are successful say it, so the first priority of success is to have a thick skin!"

After reading the relevant reports, Director Shen Junsheng just thought indifferently: "In China, only films directed by Director Li Mu are eligible to get a box office of 10 billion. As for other people, don't even think about it in at least 5 years! "

(End of this chapter)