Chapter Fifty-Eight: Li Mu's "Big Words"
There was a round of applause from the audience, though not very enthusiastic.
With applause, director Xu Zheng took Wang Baoqiang, Chen He and a group of supporting actors to the stage.
"Let's welcome the director and a few actors!"
There was sparse applause from the audience, Xu Zheng's face was a little unsightly, but Li Mu didn't care.
"Now you have any questions!" Li Mu said.
"May I ask Mr. Li, how is the filming of "You from the Star", will it be too irresponsible for you to throw down the crew and come to the press conference at this time?"
Li Mu's face remained unchanged: "Thank you for the relationship of this friend, "You from the Star" is filming very smoothly now, after more than a month of running-in, the crew has cooperated very well, and now it is being filmed by the assistant director, and it is because I am responsible that I came to participate in this press conference, after all, there is also investment from Tianmu Studio." ”
"Can you tell me about your filming progress, you must know that "My Alien Boyfriend" is almost halfway through filming!"
Li Mu has known about this for a long time, and he is always paying attention to the movements of Huayi's heroine during filming, but he is not worried at all. "You from the Star" has already finished filming, and he heard that "My Alien Boyfriend" has a total of thirty episodes, which is half more than his one, that is to say, Li Mu has finished filming ten episodes, and Hua Yi has already finished filming fifteen episodes. You must know that Li Mu's speed is fast enough, this is still a complete plot in his head, and he basically didn't shoot superfluous shots, unlike other TV series that have a lot of good shots that don't need to be cut. It seems that Hua Yi is also fighting hard in order to catch up with the schedule, but can the quality of the works rushed out in this way be guaranteed?
"Huayi is worthy of being a big company, and the shooting progress is much faster than ours, which we can't compare, but although we shoot slowly, the quality is absolutely guaranteed, and the so-called speed is not enough!" Li Mu said quietly.
Hearing that Li Mu fired at Hua Yi, the reporters in the audience were as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.
"Then Mr. Li, do you mean that the speed block of Huayi's shooting will affect the quality of the TV series?"
Li Mu smiled: "I haven't said anything like this, it's normal for big companies to shoot quickly!"
The reporters didn't give up, and continued to ask, and then Li Mu saw that it was almost over, so he pulled the topic back to "Thai Embarrassment".
"Now please ask our Director Xu to say a few words!" Li Mu stepped aside and gave up his seat to Xu Zheng.
Originally, seeing that his boot conference was about to become a trend of Li Mu's personal press conference, Xu Zheng was very unhappy, until Li Mu gave up his seat to him, and his heart was a little better.
Xu Zheng picked up the microphone and stepped forward and said with some excitement: "Today is a special day, this is not only a movie start, but also my first time directing, I am very grateful to Mr. Li and Bernard Group for giving me this opportunity, I will definitely do my best to make this movie good!"
Seeing that Li Mu gave way, the reporters didn't hold on to him, after all, their goal had been achieved, and as long as they "polished" what Li Mu just said, it would be a very gimmicky press release. So he turned his head and began to pay attention to "Thai Embarrassment", after all, the box office of "People in Embarrassment" of 37 million was nothing last year, but it couldn't stand the small investment of others, and the investment of 7 million finally returned nearly 14 million, and the return rate of 200% was enough for the producer to make a lot of money.
"Director Xu, may I ask how much is the investment in this movie, is it the same as "People in Embarrassment"?" A reporter asked a key question, the success of "People in Embarrassment" is mainly due to the ultra-low investment, if the investment in this "Thai Embarrassment" is too high, it will need a higher box office to make a profit.
The production cost of "Thai Embarrassment" is a total of 30 million, which is jointly funded by Mr. Li and Berna. Xu Zheng said.
The cost of 30 million is four times that of "People in Embarrassment", how can the cost of two movies with the same theme and even similar actors be so different!
"Director Xu, may I ask why "Thai Embarrassment" has risen so much, is it because of the rising salary of the leading actor?"
"The increase in cost actually has nothing to do with the salary, my salary and Baoqiang's salary is only 500,000 more, Chen He's salary is lower than ours, mainly because the crew is going to Thailand for filming this time, and the cost is naturally high. Xu Zheng explained.
Everyone suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the movie was named "Thai Embarrassment".
"The cost of the movie is three times higher, Director Xu, are you confident that you will be able to recoup the cost?"
The cost of 30 million will require nearly 80 million box office to recover the cost, which can already be ranked in the top ten of last year's box office list, to be honest, Xu Zheng does not have a lot of confidence, and he doesn't know how to answer for a while.
This is Li Mu coming to the rescue, he said: "Since we have chosen Director Xu, we believe in his ability, and as for the box office, we have to ask the audience and friends!"
"Then Mr. Li, what are your expectations for the box office?"
"Well...... "Well," Li Mu groaned for a moment and stretched out a finger to the audience. Of course, he knew that the original box office of this movie was 1.2 billion, but now the time has advanced by more than two years, and the domestic film market is a step a year, so he still hopes to reach one billion in his heart, but he won't say the numbers directly, otherwise he will wait for the headlines, a small-budget comedy will open up to a billion box office, and others will only treat you as a fool and a madman.
The reporters in the audience thought that he was referring to 100 million, and immediately discussed, you must know that there were few movies that could reach hundreds of millions at the box office last year, and most of them were some big productions.
"Mr. Li, are you too confident, you must know that the only domestic films with a box office of hundreds of millions last year were "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb", "Red Cliff", "Mei Lanfang", "Yangtze River No. 7", "Painted Skin", and "Slam Dunk", all of which are big productions with big stars, why do you think "Thai Embarrassment" can sell 100 million at the box office!" A reporter questioned.
Li Mu didn't care: "To paraphrase a line of Xing Ye, "If you don't have ideals, what's the difference between being a person and salted fish!"
Indeed, others dare not say it because they have no confidence and are afraid of being made fun of, but Li Mu does have this confidence.
The reporters in the audience had nothing to say, and they couldn't admit that they had no ambition, so they could only secretly remember in their hearts that they were ready to slap their faces after the movie was released.
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