Chapter 186: Behind the scenes
"Yu Dong, then do you know why these companies do this, it seems that I haven't offended them, right?" Li Mu wanted to get an answer from Yu Dong.
Yu Dong smiled heartily, "Mr. Li, you are really a noble person who forgets things, aren't these companies the investors of "Jinyiwei", and the previous scolding war between you and Donnie Yen is not offended!"
Yu Dong didn't mention this, Li Mu really didn't think of such a film.
There have been so many things recently, how could he take a movie destined to hit the street to heart?
As for Donnie Yen, he has been eating the old book of "Ip Man" since then, and Li Mu has not paid attention to it.
Yu Dong on the phone continued to explain that it turned out that the Modu Film Group wanted to take advantage of the fact that everyone avoided "Avatar" and arranged for it to be released on the same day on February 4, so that there would be no decent opponent except "Avatar".
But I didn't expect Li Mu to intervene halfway, and the two movies were released ten days before and after, and they didn't take this matter to heart, but as soon as the box office of "Thai Embarrassment" came out, and now the response of "The Return of the Great Sage" is also very enthusiastic, which is not inferior to the grand occasion before the release of "Thai Embarrassment".
If they don't do something again, when the time comes, under the attack of three more movies, I'm afraid the first sacrifice will be "Jinyiwei".
However, they have no better plan, so they can only take the method of killing, hoping that when "Avatar" is released, they can fiercely suppress "Thai Embarrassment".
When the time comes, they will act again, and by the way, they will also drag "The Return of the Great Sage" into the water.
After listening to Yu Dong's explanation, Li Mu couldn't help but sigh a little, no one is simple in this industry, and when you are calculating others, maybe someone is watching you behind your back at all times.
But this time they are afraid that they will be disappointed, Li Mu remembers that this movie seems to have a box office of 1.5 billion, which is almost the same as the cost, plus the overseas copyright is basically a loss of nearly half.
And this time, with the addition of "Thai Embarrassment" and "The Return of the Great Sage", let alone 100 million, it would be good to have 70 million, and it is estimated that they will not be able to cry at that time, and the cost recovered is only enough to pay Donnie Yen's salary.
Li Mu, who got the answer, was relieved, Huaying Group and Huaxia Film Distribution Company haven't moved, I'm afraid they don't look down on themselves as a little person, and don't think that they can pose any threat to "Avatar".
Then the two hung up the phone after a few more pleasantries.
Looking at the time, Li Mu found that he and Yu Dong had been chatting for nearly half an hour, so he hurriedly packed up and went out to the studio.
Downstairs in the studio, there was another large group of reporters watching, and there were more people than they had come yesterday morning.
But this time I didn't plan to be interviewed, I have to face reporters every day, no matter who it is, it's annoying.
It seems that it is time to form a public relations department, and you can't come forward on your own as soon as something happens, then you can't be tired to death.
While thinking, Li Mu called Chu Fei in the car and asked him to bring a few people to pick him up, and then waited in the car.
It didn't take long for Chu Fei to come to Li Mu with twenty or thirty employees of the studio.
"Wait a minute, you go talk to those reporters, I don't have time to deal with them right now. Li Mu said to Chu Fei, and then instructed those employees, "You wait and follow me up, leave a few people to follow the junior high school, pay attention to safety!"
Li Mu opened the car door as he spoke, and the group walked towards the studio.
The reporters guarding the door obviously also found Li Mu, and all of them surrounded him at once.
"Mr. Li, the box office of "Thai Embarrassment" exceeded 30 million on the first day, and it has reached your prediction yesterday, do you have anything to say?"
""Thai Embarrassment" has now broken the first-day box office record and the single-day box office record, can Li always predict the final total box office?"
"Yes, Mr. Li, let's talk about it!"
"Mr. Li..."
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Dozens of microphones all stretched out in front of Li Mu, and dozens of reporters looked at Li Mu expectantly.
However, they were destined to be disappointed, this time Li Mu didn't plan to deal with them at all, and broke through the encirclement under the escort of a group of employees and returned to the company smoothly.
And those reporters didn't expect Li Mu, who had always been easy to talk, to ignore them, but they didn't give up, and just stood at the door of the studio, seemingly vowing not to give up if they didn't achieve their goal.
Li Mu didn't care about the next thing, and left it to Chu Fei to deal with, and she must still be able to deal with this scene.
"Let's call a meeting!" Li Mu instructed Xu Min, who had heard the news.
"Okay, Mr. Li!" Xu Min went to inform the others.
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Fifteen minutes later, all personnel were assembled in the conference room.
Facing the crowd, there is a large projection screen connected to the laptop.
Zhao Dong, manager of the Propaganda Department, is explaining the details of "Thai Embarrassment".
"As of the early hours of this morning, in the past 24 hours, the domestic box office of "Thai Embarrassment" has exceeded 33 million, not only in some big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, but also in second- and third-tier cities, including third-tier small counties, which shows that the main audience of our films has covered all parts of the country, and there is no obvious geographical gap. Zhao Dong pointed to a statistical chart and introduced it in detail, and looked at Li Mu after speaking.
"Manager Zhao is right!" Li Mu concluded, "In fact, the difference between the north and the south of the domestic film market is still very obvious. Cheng Long and a few of them, Feng Xiaogang's movies are mainly produced in the north at the box office, which is the same as their film style, his works have many northern themes, and the characters are more Beijing-flavored, and Cheng Long, including most of the movies starring Xiangjiang superstars, is generally mostly in the south, which can be seen from the film schedule in the cinema, Feng Xiaogang's film schedule in the north is definitely more than that in the south, and it is an obvious gap, in the same way, Cheng Long and other Xiangjiang superstars make movies in the south The film schedule in the south is also to overpower the film schedule in the north!"
After Li Mu finished speaking, he motioned to Zhao Dong to continue.
"In addition to the balance between the north and the south, the box office and attendance of our film have been steadily rising since the morning, and it was not until the last show at 10 o'clock in the evening that the attendance rate slowly declined, and the trend was very stable. ”
With Zhao Dong's introduction, everyone also saw the analysis chart above the projection, two straight lines with an obvious upward trend, representing the attendance rate and box office respectively, and the increase is very obvious.
Next, Zhao Dong talked about the current views of the media, the audience and some industry insiders on the movie, and unexpectedly all of them were well received.