China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 316 Pre-sale 3 million, an interstellar miracle
In the second week, "Tang Detective" earned a total box office of 11.37 billion yuan. Including the first three days, on-demand screenings, and midnight screenings, the total was 18.29 billion yuan. "Transformers 4" earned a box office of 13.71 billion yuan in the second week, and the cumulative box office 23.03 billion yuan.

After ten days, "Tang Detective" was 4 million yuan behind "Transformers 4.74". "Tang Detective" lost, but the producer of "Tang Detective" Li Mu and his Huashang Media won, and the director Chen Sicheng also won. Actors Wang Baoqiang, Liu Haoran, Tong Liya, Xiao Yang, Chen Brown and others also won.

It is normal for "Tang Detective" to lose to "Transformers 4", but it is abnormal for it to win. Otherwise, when the collision was just confirmed, there would not be so many people suggesting that Hua Shang change the schedule. At that time, even the leaders of the film bureau He personally came forward and made it clear that he was looking for food in the tiger's mouth of "Transformation 4". No one was optimistic about "Tang Detective", but what is the result?

After ten days, it was only less than 4 million lower than "Transformation 5"!
July 7th is the wedding day of Li Mu and Liu Yifei, and July 5th is a Saturday. The two films achieved reverse declines at the same time. Among them, "Transformation 7" collected 6 million yuan, and "Tang Detective" collected 4 million yuan. The difference in the daily box office of the two films is less than 1.84 million yuan.

Sunday, November 7th.

"Transformers 4" reported a box office of 1.79 million yuan, which was only a slight decrease from Saturday. The performance was quite good. However, "Tang Detective" took 1.80 million yuan at the box office on this day, which means that after the film was released on the tenth day At that time, although the total box office of "Tang Detective" was still 4 million yuan behind "4.74", its daily box office had already surpassed it.

A low-budget comedy movie, "Transformation 4", an aggressive top-level Hollywood production, not only took in a box office of 18.29 billion in just ten days, but also surpassed the box office in a single day - a very obvious fact is that, Huashang Media has created another miracle this time, similar to "囧囧" or "The Richest Man in Xihong City".

Thinking a little further, although the box office of "Journey to the Road 1" was good, it was far from phenomenal. As a result, the second "囧囧" took off immediately, and now "Tang Detective" has directly hit the box office. It took off, would it be okay if we filmed a second part?
Doesn’t this mean that all the money has been made by your Huashang Media?

It is impossible to say that colleagues are not jealous at all, but what about jealousy?The entertainment industry is such a talent-hungry business. Who wants Huashang Media to have a boss who can cheat?
Let’s talk about Li Mu.

After returning to Beijing, he didn't take Liu Yifei to travel, play, or have a honeymoon. He didn't even take a wedding vacation. The two of them went straight to work the next day after returning to Beijing.

"Interstellar" is about to be released globally. There are premieres in Beijing, Shanghai, and the United States. There are so many things going on everywhere. There is no time for a holiday. Fortunately, Liu Yifei doesn't value these. She will be better than Li Mu. My mind is still full of new movies.

"Interstellar" is scheduled to be released on July 7th, which happens to be the Friday of the third week of the release of "The Detective" and "Transformers", so it will definitely have a certain impact on the box office of the two films.

Monday, September 7th.

The daily box office of "Tang Detective" and "Transformers 4" have both fallen below 9000 million yuan, and after the release of "Interstellar", the figures of the two films will definitely fall further. It is estimated that the two films will not win again in the third week. Around 4 million, and then more than 2 million in the fourth week, and then the two films are close to being released.

It is expected that the final box office of "Transformers 4" should be around 29 billion, and 25 billion for "Tang Detective" is not a big problem.

When "Tang Detective" was promoted to the outside world, the screenwriter was always Li Mu. Now that "Tang Detective" has become a great success, countless netizens and media are concerned about its sequel. As the screenwriter of the movie, Li Mu has naturally become the focus of media inquiries. , even Li Mu was asked about the sequel of "Tang Detective" when promoting the new movie "Interstellar".

Say something here.

There is an Easter egg about the United States at the end of the original version of "Tang Detective 1". This part is not available in this version. In fact, the Easter egg in the original version is more accurately said to be an advertisement than an Easter egg.

Finally, Tang Ren and Qin Feng came to the Intel laboratory in the United States. Three high-tech products were displayed in the laboratory-Slamtec robot, Mostfun 3D printer and robot DracoX. Isn't this a naked Intel advertisement?
If you look carefully at the end credits of the original version, Intel (China) Co., Ltd. is the sponsor of the film.

In this time and space, Huashang Media did not receive investment from Intel, so it was impossible for Li Mu to film the original Easter eggs intact.Besides, besides being both in the United States, are there any other connections between the Easter eggs in "Tang Detective 2" and "Tang Detective 1"?
However, precisely because of the absence of this easter egg, the media and fans do not know whether Huashang Media will continue to film "Tang Detective 2". After all, Huashang Media has a "record" in this regard. There were media reporters before When asked if there was still "The Richest Man in Xihong City 2", Li Mu categorically said there was no such thing.

"Sorry, Director Li, can I ask a question about "Tang Detective"?"

"can."

"Thank you. I would like to ask Director Li, will you continue to write the story of Tang Ren and Qin Feng?"

"I don't think I can write it myself..."

This is an incredible answer. "Tang Detective" is so popular. The first part is sure to have a box office of around 25 billion, but there is no sequel?
In fact, what Li Mu said was that he would not write it himself, not that there would be no sequel, but most people simply ignored these. Even netizens who did not ignore these were equally pessimistic about the sequel of "Tang Detective", because everyone already had it at this time A consensus - if the screenwriter of "Tang Detective" was not Li Mu, would this movie be so good?Not only is the comedy part of this film a classic, but the suspense and reasoning part is also a big surprise. Can other screenwriters take over and have this same effect?

Most people's expectation for this is one word - difficult!

So what is the difference between Li Mu not writing and the IP being scrapped?
So why doesn’t Li Mu want to write it himself?

In fact, there is no other reason. The reputation of the two subsequent films has declined more seriously than the other. "Tang Detective 2" is slightly better. Otherwise, "Tang Detective 3" would not have broken the historical record and reached 10 billion box office on the first day. , but the reputation of "Tang Detective 3" is really too good.

Now that Li Mukong has become famous, he has begun to cherish his feathers. If he continues to copy the original version, he is destroying his own signature. He may not be able to be original if he is original, but he has many things to do now, and he cannot afford to embarrass himself by holding back his original work, so "Tang Detective 1" As a boss, he accepted the company's good reputation, but his subordinates will still have to bear the blame for the bad reputation in the future.

Of course, if you can make the IP "Tang Detective" good, you still have to do it as well as possible. "Tang Detective 3" had a box office of 10 billion on the first day. As a result, it was dragged down by poor reputation. Li Mu was curious about the good reputation. How far "Tang Detective 3" can reach, but this matter still needs to be left to the company's writing team and Chen Sicheng.

However, when Chen Sicheng saw that Li Mu said in the interview that he was ready to continue writing, and saw the overwhelming reports on the Internet that there would be no sequel to "Tang Detective", Chen Sicheng immediately became anxious.

He put so much effort into "Tang Detective" that he had even thought of some ideas for the sequel. Then he heard Li Mu's latest statement. Now that "Tang Detective" is so popular and has huge commercial value, how could Li Mu have the heart to not stop it? Filming a sequel?

Chen Sicheng got angry, and then he hurriedly went to see Li Mu. He wanted to use his sharp tongue to make Li Mu take back his life-the IP of "Tang Detective" would continue to be developed.

office.

"Mr. Li, it is not easy for "Tang Detective" to achieve this result. This is enough to show the huge potential of this IP, so I think it is best to continue working on this IP. In fact, I already have a few in my mind that are not yet fully formed. idea."

"Oh? Talk about it."

"The idea is not mature yet. For example, we can do something like the True Detective ranking list..." Chen Sicheng said very seriously, and observed Li Mu's reaction while talking. Seeing Li Mu nodded slightly, Chen Sicheng immediately doubled his confidence. As a result, Li Mu After listening to the same sentence, he would not continue writing, even if it was just the outline of the story.

But just when Chen Sicheng was filled with frustration, Li Mu was caught off guard and said:

"But just because I don't write it doesn't mean the series is over. In this way, you go to the company's screenwriting department. As long as you finish the script, the sequel can be started at any time."

"what?"

"Ah, what? Haven't you always wanted to write and direct yourself? I'll give this opportunity to you now."

After the conversation, Chen Sicheng turned around and left. Li Mu looked at Old Chen's back and thought: "What a good scapegoat. In the future, "Tang Detective 2" and "Tang Detective 3" will have a good reputation. This is the foundation I have laid." The reputation has collapsed just like the original world, and that is all Lao Chen’s fault. The fun of being a boss is so unpretentious and boring.”

"Mr. Li."

Li Muzheng was thinking wildly when he saw Chen Sicheng suddenly turned around and said with an extremely serious expression, "Don't worry, Mr. Li, I will definitely make the "Tang Detective" IP more valuable than the "Journey to the Road" series. IP, I will build a 'Tang Tan Universe' for the company."

"I believe you."

"Mr. Li, thank you! Thank you!"

Li Mu suddenly thought of Teacher Fan Wei's line in the classic sketch "Selling Kidnappings".

It is said that Li Mu just asked Chen Sicheng to be responsible for the screenwriting work. Is he so excited?In a movie, how can the screenwriter be so important?

In fact, the key to this matter is that as long as the screenwriter of the "Tang Detective" series is still written by Li Mu himself, then Chen Sicheng will continue to live in Li Mu's shadow.

For example, now, it is clear that Chen Sicheng is the director, but almost everyone is unanimously blaming Li Mu for the biggest box office hit of "Tang Detective".

Yes, Chen Sicheng is the director, but when netizens and industry insiders mention him, Li Mu's new work has become a hit again. There is no way, Li Mu is too famous, and people in the industry are not willing to admit that Chen Sicheng himself is so good. If Chen is the biggest contributor to "Tang Detective", doesn't it mean that Chen is better than most of his peers in the industry?

How can this work?How shameless is this? !
On the contrary, it doesn't matter if the biggest contributor is Li Mu. If everyone is not as good as Li Mu, then I am not as good as me. There is no shame in that!
From now on, the "Tang Detective" series will be written and directed by Chen Sicheng. Now, no one will still say that this is Li Mu's work, right?
Not long after returning to Beijing, the crew of "Interstellar" held a grand premiere. At the premiere, Li Mu and his wife, who had just held the wedding of the century, interacted cordially with the audience. The effect of the premiere can be imagined.

Who is the most popular in the country now?
There is no other answer, it’s Li Mu and his wife!
An unprecedented grand wedding, tens of millions of diamond rings, a guest line-up that included most of the entertainment industry, a grand event with big bosses, it is said that the gift money alone was 3 million, and of course Liu Yifei's super luxurious bridesmaids group .It can be said that Li Mu and his wife are at the peak of their popularity at this time. It would be abnormal for the two of them to hold a premiere of their new movie at this time and not cause a sensation.

People all over the country and even the world are greedily looking for as much news about the two of them as possible. At this time, even people who have no movie-going habit know that Li Mu and Liu Yifei's new movie "Interstellar" is about to be released.

The pre-sale box office of "Interstellar" has exploded. As of July 7, the total pre-sale box office of the film has reached 10 million yuan. The number of people who clicked "Want to Watch" on Maoyan Movies has exceeded the 3.12 million mark. When will the domestic Have you ever seen someone who can achieve 400 million in pre-sale box office before release?This time "Interstellar" has opened everyone's eyes.

How much will "Interstellar" earn at the box office?
People in the industry don’t dare to guess. In the past, the pre-sale box office of a movie before its release was only 2 million at most. As a result, there are movies with a total box office of more than 30 billion. But now, the pre-sales have directly reached 3 million. If it were based on the past The ratio - incredible!
Now, people in the industry have a deeper understanding of the box office appeal of Li Mu and Liu Yifei. In short, it can be summed up in two words - scary!
To peers, it's scary, but to people inside Huashang Media, it's happiness and the urge to squeeze all the value out of the boss as much as possible.

For example, Li Mu previously discussed the casting issue for the "Edge of Tomorrow" project within the company. At that time, Li Mu's idea was to arrange for Wu Jing to star in this film when he became famous in the world.

As for who to use as the heroine, Li Mu didn't say anything at the time, but just mentioned that she wanted to use an actress who can do filming scenes.

No one disagreed with Li Mu's statement at the time, but now, as the pre-sale box office of "Interstellar" has exceeded the historical extreme, both the vice president Liu Siying and the chief producer Chen Zhixi within the company can't help but have some other opinions. idea.

"John Wick 1" did make Wu Jing a little popular in the European and American film circles. Everyone also believes that Wu Jing's overseas celebrity status will be further improved after the release of "John Wick 2", but Wu Jing's overseas celebrity status If the position is raised again, can it still be higher than Li Mu? Can Mr. Li go?

Since there is Mr. Li, why bother Wu Jing?
Besides, the heroine needs someone who can do fighting scenes. Among young domestic actresses, it’s hard to find someone who can do fighting scenes, right?Coincidentally, Liu Yifei's fighting scenes are definitely second to none in the industry.

"Edge of Tomorrow" has an investment of at least US$1 million. It uses Wu Jing, who is extremely popular overseas, and an unknown actress. How can it be safe to simply use Mr. Li and Liu Yifei to star?
Although everyone knew that Li Mu and Liu Yifei were extremely popular before, they did not expect it to be as high as it is now. Now that the pre-sale results of "Interstellar" have exploded like this, the thought of replacing Wu Jing with Mr. Li, and then replacing the unknown When the famous actress was replaced by Liu Yifei and "Edge of Tomorrow" became a box office hit, the company almost reached a consensus without Li Mu's participation - everyone must work together to convince Mr. Li that "Edge of Tomorrow" is not for you two. It is impossible for Kouzi to act in person.

In fact, Li Mu's original choice for the heroine was Wang Zhilai, who played Qiu Ya in "Charlotte". Wang Zhi had studied martial arts, so she would be fine in action scenes, but he didn't expect that the money-seeking people in the company would see "Interstellar" The pre-sale of "Time Travel" was a mess, so I thought about letting him, the boss, personally participate in the battle to ensure the maximum benefit.

"What if Mr. Li doesn't want to act?"

"Then tell him that if Wu Jinghe is used as the female lead who has not yet been determined, and Mr. Li and his wife are in person, the final difference in the movie's box office may be as high as several billion!"

"Billions?"

""Edge of Tomorrow" used Wu Jing as the male protagonist, and it was considered a success if it could finally take 10-[-] million U.S. dollars at the global box office. However, with the current popularity of Mr. Li and his wife, even [-] billion U.S. dollars cannot stop them. If all converted into RMB, Isn’t it just a gap of several billion?”

"That's right. For the sake of billions, Mr. Li will act even if he doesn't want to!"

……

Li Mu really didn't expect that the people below would want to rebel as soon as they saw that the pre-sale box office of "Interstellar" broke the historical record. In fact, wasn't it just 3 million pre-sales?The pre-sale box office of "Tang Detective 3" in the original time and space was as high as 6.66 million, which is surprising.

(End of this chapter)