Chapter 238: Prediction, 600 million box office
As the saying goes, "If you are familiar with 300 volumes of Tang poetry, you can chant poetry without knowing it." Media reporters who often attend movie premieres have watched so many kinds of movies over the years, and they can still tell whether they are good or bad.
And Mu Ming's "Wolf Boy" undoubtedly belongs to the ranks of good films.
At the end of the film screening, Mu Ming and Xiao Zhao, the main creators of the crew, each introduced a few words, and then went to the media interview.
"Mu Dao. A female reporter with glasses stood up and asked, "As your debut film, I wonder how much you rate the film yourself?"
"I actually wanted to give a perfect score because I really thought it was good. Mu Ming first made a joke, and then resumed her seriousness: "If you look at it from the public's point of view, it should have a score of 7.5." There is still a gap between it and those masters and predecessors, but on average, it is not bad. ”
"What if you look at it personally?" the reporter asked.
"9 points. Mu Ming replied decisively.
"So high?" the female reporter subconsciously asked, and the other people at the scene were basically stunned.
At this time, shouldn't you say a number like 6 or 7 points, and then modestly say that you still need to continue to work hard?
"Uh, Director Mu, yesterday there was a director who was released on the same schedule as you, and he was also the director of the first work, and he only gave himself a score of 6. The female reporter didn't say her name, but in the same schedule, the rookie director, and yesterday's premiere, anyone can guess that she is talking about Guo Xiaosi and "Little Times".
"You mean 'Little Times'. Mu Ming didn't have so many scruples, and said her name directly. Anyway, the competition between "Wolf Boy" and "Little Times", Mu Ming and Guo Xiaosi is already on the bright side.
"6 points, isn't that just passing?" Mu Ming asked, and was not ready to wait for someone to answer, and then said: "He himself thinks that he has just passed, and he shows it to the audience......?"
"Uh......" doesn't seem to be wrong with that.
"So you give yourself a 9 because you're happy with your movie?"
"Of course, I'm not satisfied with it myself, how can I take it out and show it to the audience. Mu Ming repeated the mockery again, and explained: "At least, at my current level, this is almost my best performance." Of course, when my level improves, this score will definitely decrease. ”
There were a lot of reporters on the scene, and it was impossible to ask one person to ask questions all the time. As the host, Xie Nannan asked the first female reporter to sit down, and replaced another male reporter.
"Director Mu, hello? I would like to ask, there is a scene of wolves in the movie, is it shot with real wolves?"
"Of course, it's a real shot. Mu Ming decisively turned on the blowing mode: "This is thanks to the staff of Fengtian Forest Zoo." Everyone also knows that animals are very difficult to control, not to mention that they are still wolves, and they are a pack of wolves. ”
"Our shot was only five or six seconds in the movie, but it took about a week to shoot. You have to be ready every day when the wolves are moving, because you don't know when you'll get the shots you need. Mu Ming unashamedly extended the shooting time tenfold.
A reporter stood up and asked, "Director Mu doesn't know what your prediction for the box office performance is?
"You just say who has a higher box office than "Little Times". Mu Ming smiled: "It's nothing compared to it." I think I have to aim for my last work, right?"
"Isn't this Nima your first film?"
"'Chinese Partner'. I'm also one of the screenwriters, so I guess half of my work can be counted. Mu Ming said indifferently.
There was an uproar in the audience, "Chinese Partner" was only released a few days ago, and the final box office totaled 600 million.
That is to say, Mu Ming's box office prediction for her first movie is at least 600 million.
"Young people nowadays are a little too loud. Zhang Guoli, who hadn't spoken all night, laughed. He and Mu Ming have no intersection, they came to the face of his friend Liu Bei.
"It's not necessarily a big breath. Sitting next to him was Wang Zhonglei, who said indifferently: "Last year, Xu Zheng's "Thai Embarrassment" won a box office of 1.3 billion, and this year's Zhao Wei's movies won a box office of more than 700 million, both of which are the first movies. ”
"The current film market is no longer the market we are familiar with. Wang Zhonglei sighed.
After the interview session, the premiere is over. Mu Ming stepped down and thanked the guests who had not left the venue. No matter who he came for, he had to write down this favor.
"Brother Xu, thank you tonight. ”
"Brother Chao, Mr. Wang will send you a red envelope. ”
"Mr. Wang, I really didn't expect you to come. ”
Looking at Wang Zhonglei in front of him, Mu Ming was secretly surprised in his heart, he knew who it was because of how many other guests came, but this Wang Er, he really couldn't figure it out.
"Haha, I came here uninvited. Wang Zhonglei said with a smile: "I still remember when I was filming "Broken Love" the year before last, I said that it will be the world of your young people in the future, and now it seems that this sentence is really not wrong." ”
"Mr. Wang is in love. Mu Ming said modestly. Why do you always feel that this old boy's tone has a feeling of recruiting a son-in-law. I remember that he has a daughter, but he is only a teenager, so there is no need to worry.
Could it be that my little master Mu is so handsome, can even a teenage girl be killed?
"I'm bothering you too, so you can talk more when you have a chance. Wang Zhonglei said: "Guangguang Media is not the only film and television company in China. After speaking, he patted Mu Ming's shoulder and left the theater.
"What is he doing here?" asked Chen Zhixi behind Mu Ming's back.
"It seems to be a bit of a cooperation with us. Mu Ming frowned suspiciously: "What can we cooperate with with our little arms and legs?"
"Heh, if "Wolf Boy" can really achieve the results you expected, then we will have four consecutive blockbuster movies. Who doesn't want to have a collaborator with this vision. Chen Zhixi said arrogantly.
"Yes. Mu Ming nodded.
"By the way, Director Ning Hao found me just now and said that there is a film project and wants to talk to us. I saw that you were busy, so I asked him to spend two days. Chen Zhixi remembered something again.
"Ning Hao?film project?" Mu Ming raised her eyebrows: "Is he with Xu Zheng and Huang Bo?"
"Xu Zheng is here, Huang Bo is not here. Chen Zhixi recalled.
"Okay, I see. Mu Ming nodded. Ning Hao wants to talk to him, I'm afraid it's not "Heart Flower Road".
The premiere is over, and tomorrow it will be officially released. To be precise, tonight's zero o'clock show will be regarded as the beginning of the screening. Similarly, "Little Times" also has a zero o'clock show tonight.
In other words, the competition between the two movies that has been hyped for a long time started from the zero point field.
Early the next morning, Mu Ming came to Du Yang's office, where Du Yang, Chen Zhixi and several other heads of the film and television department were already here.
As soon as they met, Mu Ming asked first: "What is the box office of the zero point field?"