In the midst of the hustle and bustle, time passed slowly, and in a blink of an eye, it was Chinese New Year's Eve.

Tonight is the most important festival in China, and parents with gray temples are waiting for the return of their children from afar.

The wife who stayed at home prepared a table of meals and waited for their father to be reunited with their lovely children.

And countless wanderers who traveled far away also rushed to their homes from all over the country.

On this important day, Li Mu couldn't reunite with his family, so he called his parents and told them that he couldn't go back for the New Year today, so he could only try to go home before the Lantern Festival.

When he said this on the phone, he was terrified, afraid to hear his parents' disappointed voices.

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Today is not only the most important day of the year, but also the most important day for Li Mu, after the premiere tonight, the box office of "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage" in the next few days will affect his future.

If he wins, he will be one of the top directors in the Chinese entertainment industry.

At the same time, he is also a hero of the Chinese film industry, and he has successfully resisted the impact of Hollywood blockbusters on the mainland market.

As for losing?

No... Never lose!

Li Mu clenched his fists and looked firm.

The current form can be said to be very good, under the resistance of "Thai Embarrassment" and "Jinyiwei", coupled with Li Mu's publicity, the box office of "Avatar" has been suppressed at a low enough number.

At present, "Avatar" has been released for nine days, with a total box office of 440 million, which is a little higher than when "Thai Embarrassment" was released for nine days, but this figure is still under control.

After 20 days of screening, the current potential of "Thai Embarrassment" is almost exhausted, and yesterday's single-day box office has fallen out of the 30 million mark, but the total box office has reached a terrifying 823 million.

The box office exceeded 30 million for 15 consecutive days, and the box office exceeded 20 million for 20 consecutive days, with a total box office of more than 800 million.

Such a terrifying figure is also overwhelming all domestic filmmakers.

But this kind of pressure is exactly what they want to see, the record will be broken sooner or later, and with this terrifying record, it also makes others more and more confident in the Chinese film market.

As for another blockbuster "Jin Yiwei" in the same period, it was not so dazzling, the box office exceeded 100 million in nine days of release, reaching 126 million, and one day the single-day box office fell below 10 million, I am afraid that 200 million is hopeless.

As for the global box office of "Avatar"? Li Mu has long stopped paying attention to this, this is destined to be an unattainable number, and all he can interfere with is the domestic box office, and the current global box office is probably close to one billion yuan!

When you are still struggling for a billion box office, you don't expect that others have long left this number far behind.

It can be said that except for the mainland of China, other countries in the world have fallen and have completely fallen at the feet of "Avatar".

A series of records such as single-day box office records, single-week box office records, first-week box office records, Monday box office records, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday box office records, etc., are not worth mentioning in front of "Avatar".

And the "cold reception" of "Avatar" in China has also been noticed by some well-intentioned people, but it is only an occasional glimpse.

"Knock knock... Mr. Li, the VIPs and the audience have arrived, just waiting for you!"

Just as Li Mu was pondering, there was a knock at the door.

"I'll be out right away!" Li Mu took a deep breath and calmed down, and his originally solemn face was replaced by a smile.

Open the door and walk outside, "How's the atmosphere going?"

Xu Min said, "The audience has entered the venue an hour early, but the red carpet has not yet ended, there are too many stars present today, and many stars who have not been invited before don't know where to get the invitation, and they all want to rub off on the heat." ”

Li Mu is not surprised by this, today is not so much a premiere ceremony, in fact, it is more like a large-scale concert!

Through Yu Dong's connections, Li Mu borrowed the right to use the Beijing Workers' Gymnasium for one day after paying a lot of money.

That's right, it is the Beijing Workers' Gymnasium, a large stadium that can accommodate 15,000 people at the same time, and it was also the premiere address of "Ambush on All Sides".

Hundreds of industry peers and celebrities, and tens of thousands of fans from all over the country were immediately selected.

Of course, such a large scale cannot be as simple as a simple premiere.

This time, Li Mu held it into a star concert, and more than 20 stars were invited through various channels, including many superstars at the level of kings and queens.

Most of them were invited with the help of Li Zongsheng.

Xin Xiaoqi, Liang Jingru, Zhang Xinze, Zhou Huajian, Chen Huilin, Mayday, etc., some of these people were brought out by Li Zongsheng, and some had a deep cooperative relationship.

And there are also some stars who took the initiative to come to appear for free, and Li Mu did not refuse.

Li Mu came to a certain room in the Workers' Gymnasium, which had been arranged as a small cocktail party, where most of the domestic film and television companies, including some well-known studios, had arrived, and Han Sanping, chairman of Huaying Group, was also present.

"Everyone, I'm sorry, I'm late, I'll punish myself!" Li Mu came in and picked up a glass of wine to signal to everyone, and took a sip.

"Oh, I said Mr. Li, we have been waiting for you for more than half an hour, and you, the main owner, have not appeared, if you want me to say that this cup is not enough, at least three cups!" But everyone didn't plan to let him go.

"Yes, there are so many of us, let's not say one cup per person, there must be at least three cups!"

"Mr. Li's cup is too stingy!"

"Then listen to everyone, three glasses are three glasses, but I can't get drunk, it's the premiere of my first movie later, so let's do it, after the end, everyone wants to drink as much as I Li Mu will accompany me at any time, as long as I can still stand, I will never back down!" Li Mu drank three glasses of liquor in a row!

"Mr. Li is refreshing!"

"I wish Mr. Li a big hit in advance!" This man also dried up the wine in his hand!

"Just punch Mr. Li's three glasses of wine, and tomorrow I will organize the company's employees to charter the venue!"

"Then I borrow your auspicious words, I am here to thank you!" Li Mu bowed to everyone.

Although they were all polite words, Li Mu knew that they still hoped that they could succeed.

He learned from Yu Dong before that he was not the only one who sniped "Avatar" on the Internet this time, and companies like Huayi, Magic Shadow, Guangxian, and Hai Yan all contributed more or less overtly and secretly.

And he also told Li Mu that Han Sanping forcibly suppressed what Huaying wanted to deal with him.