In mid-October, Li Mu sent the manuscript of the Chinese and English versions of "The Hunger Games 3" to President Qin Li, and as before, the Chinese Simplified Chinese version was still published by Science Fiction World Magazine, and the English version was published by the magazine in cooperation with foreign publishing houses.

With the effort of handing over the manuscript, Li Mu chatted with President Qin Li.

According to her, Da Liu's "Three-Body Problem" has been very popular in the circle recently, and according to the latest statistics last month, the total sales of "Three-Body Problem" have officially exceeded the 600,000 mark.

600,000 copies doesn't sound like much, Li Muguang is the global sales of the "Hunger Games" series have already exceeded 60 million copies, but how many Li Mu are there in the world, right?

You must know that before "The Three-Body Problem", Da Liu's highest sales did not exceed 50,000 copies, but this time it directly raised the ceiling by more than 10 times, which is quite remarkable.

In fact, to a certain extent, most of the 600,000 copies sold are due to Li Mu.

According to the memory in Li Mu's mind, today, in the original timeline, the total sales of "Three-Body Problem" at this time have just exceeded 150,000 copies. In this life, Li Mu will recommend a wave of "The Three-Body Problem" from time to time, and obviously many of the 600,000 copies sold are books that readers only buy after listening to Li Mu's recommendation.

When he was about to hang up the phone, Qin Li congratulated:

"I wish your Hunger Games a box office hit and an impact comparable to that of Harry Potter!"

"Thank you."

Hanging up the phone, Qin Li couldn't help but think of the time when "The Hunger Games" was just published.

It's been five or six years, and time flies so fast.

I remember that "The Hunger Games" sold 480,000 copies in the first month, and Qin Li misheard 48,000 copies at that time, but the 48,000 copies that were misheard still scared the entire office enough.

48,000 a month, more than 500,000 copies a year, when did the books written by Chinese people sell so well in the United States?

Unexpectedly, the sales of 48,000 copies turned out to be the number she misheard, but the actual sales turned out to be 480,000 copies! Chinese Net

480,000 copies a month, millions of copies a year, I remember that at that moment, everyone in the office was dumbfounded.

Five or six years have passed, and the Hunger Games has sold 60 million copies worldwide, and it's all like a dream.

Also in mid-October, another masterpiece of Huashang Media, "Palace Lock Heart Jade", was officially announced.

Li Muren did not attend the launch conference in France, so Yang Mi and Tong Liya will inevitably be a little disappointed.

Some time ago, when "Step by Step" was launched, Li Mu interacted cordially with the leading actors, but now that "Palace Lock Heart Jade" is launched, he can't come, what's wrong? Is it true that a daughter-in-law is not as important as an outsider?

"Phew! What daughter-in-law outsider, why did I suddenly have such an idea? Phew! ”

Yang Mi snorted several times in her heart, and then thought: "It should be that the family is not as important as outsiders?!" Well, there's nothing wrong with thinking about it that way. ”

For Yang Mi and Tong Liya, both of them are serious Huashang Media signed artists, but what about Liu Shishi in "Step by Step"? She is from the Tang Dynasty, and she is not an appropriate outsider to Li Mu?

As a result, he went to the start of "Step by Step", but he was not available when "Palace Lock Heart Jade" was turned on, isn't this "the family is not as good as outsiders"?

At the end of October, "Hurricane Rescue 3" was officially completed, and at the finale banquet, Li Mu solemnly saluted director Chen Musheng with a glass of wine.

The "Hurricane Rescue" series is Li Mu's best work, and its importance to Li Mu is self-evident.

At present, the total box office of the first two parts of this series has reached as high as 750 million US dollars, and everyone knows that the total box office of this series has exceeded 1 billion US dollars.

This is a very bright achievement, and Chen Musheng's importance as the director of this series is self-evident. Now that this series is officially over, Li Mu has to toast Director Chen with affection and reason.

In addition to director Chen Musheng, Li Mu also drank with Chen Zhongzhi, the action director of this series.

I remember that when filming the first part, Li Mu and Cheng Jiaban had some conceptual disputes, to a certain extent, it was Chen Zhongzhi who tried his best to suppress Cheng Jiaban's dissatisfaction with Li Mu, which made the film as much as possible according to Li Mu's mind.

Although Chen himself may not approve of Li Mu's action concept, he is indeed doing his best to cooperate with Li Mu to complete the action scene part of the whole movie.

Cheng Long is also quite emotional about the end of this series.

Two "Hurricane Rescue", one "Assassin", one "Doomsday Collapse" - he has collaborated with Li Mu on four films in the past six years, and it is these four films that have brought his status in Hollywood to the next level, and now the "Hurricane Rescue" series is over.

Chatting with Li Mu about the new movie, Li Mu suggested that he could talk about the West stealing Chinese cultural relics, and Cheng Long silently patted Li Mu on the shoulder when he heard the words - it's really a god, this kid can always talk to his heart!

Speaking of reluctance to this series, Liu Yifei's mother Liu Xiaoli definitely belongs to the top one.

In the past, where did she feel that she could also film with a star like Cheng Long, and there were four films in one shot?

Especially in this "Hurricane Rescue" series, she even sat in the heroine's position with her ass.

Well, it's actually her and her daughter who belong to the double heroine.

Looking at the two of them who were so talented and beautiful standing with their daughter, Liu Xiaoli thought that she would have a chance to have a good talk with Li Mu's mother, Ms. Liu Xiaohui.

Seeing that the children are not young, it is time to worry about the official marriage.

Now that the relationship between Li Mu and Liu Yifei has been stable for several years, Li Mu's parents and Liu Xiaoli have naturally established contact.

However, there is basically no communication between the two families.

When the crew returned to China, the large-scale publicity activities of "The Hunger Games" had already begun for a while, and the two biggest selling points of the movie were Li Mu and Liu Yifei, so the promotion of the film was naturally inseparable from the two.

To Li Mu.

At this time, his personal total box office was already the third in the world, and his last film was "Gravity", which just a few months ago and James Cameron's "Avatar" created a 3D movie storm that shocked the world.

And "The Hunger Games" is the first film he directed after "Gravity".

How big of a gimmick is this?

To Liu Yifei.

At this time, the total global box office of her starring works has exceeded 2 billion US dollars, except for Gong Li, who just starred in "Gravity" and won the Oscar, when it comes to the world influence of Chinese actresses, no one can rank ahead of Liu Yifei.

Moreover, she is also the official girlfriend of director Li Mu.

And "The Hunger Games" is her first big heroine and big production film.

Since the two are the biggest selling point of the film, the publicity work naturally revolves around the two.

Since the beginning of November, the film's publicity and distribution team has arranged a number of interviews, interviews and variety shows for the two.

As for what questions the reporter will probably ask during the interview or interview, and how Li Mu should answer these questions in the face of these questions, the publicity team of this film naturally has to prepare a plan in advance.

Director Li, the global simultaneous release date of "The Hunger Games" is November 26, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part I) is only a week earlier than "The Hunger Games", and its global release date is November 19. There are many similarities between the two films, and there will inevitably be reporters who compare the two works when promoting, so we have to prepare in advance. ”

In Li Mu's office, the film's publicity and distribution team came to communicate with Li Mu in advance.

"How would the reporter probably ask questions?"

"Now many people on the Internet are saying that "The Hunger Games" is the Chinese version of "Harry Potter", and most reporters will ask Director Li what he thinks of this kind of mention by netizens."

"And how do I answer?"

The theme must be modest, Director Lee's "The Hunger Games" series has sold 60 million copies worldwide, and Rowling's "Harry Potter" series has sold 350 million copies worldwide, a difference of six times. The first film of "The Hunger Games" has not yet been released, and the first six parts of the "Harry Potter" series have already grossed a total of $5.4 billion worldwide, and successfully beat the 007 series, which has accumulated a total of $5 billion at the box office, to become the number one grossing film series in history. In the face of such an opponent with a large number of fans, we must be humble and lower our posture in order to win the favor of the majority of the audience. ”

"You're right, "The Hunger Games" is not the Chinese version of "Harry Potter", the gap between the two is very large, in addition to the gap in popularity and sales, in fact, there is another point that also determines that "The Hunger Games" is not the "Harry Potter" of Huaxia."

"What is it?"

"Strictly speaking, The Hunger Games is not a Chinese film. Yes, as the author, I am a Chinese, but what I write is not necessarily Chinese. In fact, I wrote "The Hunger Games" entirely to earn the first pot of gold, so this is essentially an American special *** that caters to the tastes of American readers and then makes money. ”

"Don't say that when the reporter asks a question, unless Director Li doesn't want the box office."

"Honestly, will it affect the box office? Well, you're more professional than me in terms of publicity, and I'll listen to you. ”

The next day, when the reporter was interviewing, he asked this question.

"The Hunger Games is not China's Harry Potter, and the gap between the two is far ......"

Li Mu answered all kinds of transfer questions raised by reporters step by step.

"May I ask Director Li, we know that "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part I)" has been officially announced to be set for November 19, and Director Li's "The Hunger Games" has just been announced to be set for November 26, and the schedules of the two films are only a week apart, is there any special purpose for this arrangement?"

"Actually, no, the American distributor suggested that it be released on this day, and we believe in the professionalism of the American distributor, so we agreed to the distribution plan they proposed, and it was as simple as that."

"But now it is rumored on the Internet that it is actually Director Li who strongly recommends that it be set for November 26, because according to convention, the box office of the second week of the film in North America will be reduced by more than 5% compared with the first week, so no matter how good the box office of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part I)" is, its second week box office is likely to be less than the first week of "The Hunger Games". In this way, "The Hunger Games" can play the promotional slogan of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" at the box office - Director Li, do you really have this in mind? ”

Li Mu glanced at the little girl who asked the question, she was really beautiful, but the questions she asked were really tricky!

He glanced at the backbone of the propaganda in the audience again, and the other party was making exaggerated lip shapes to him, and Li Mu looked at the word "modesty".

"The Hunger Games and Harry Potter are not on the same level, and in fifty years there may not be anyone who remembers The Hunger Games, but there will be many people who still remember Harry Potter."

Liang Bing, the backbone of "The Hunger Games" and Li Mu's assistant in the audience, breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, and Li Mu's answer was in line with the publicity tone determined by the publicity team before, which is very good.

And Li Mu on the stage was still talking.

"From the perspective of the time scale of fifty years, "The Hunger Games" is certainly not as good as "Harry Potter", but if the time scale is narrowed down to a time scale of one or two years or even a few months, then "The Hunger Games" may temporarily overtake "Harry Potter". Take sales as an example, "Harry Potter" has sold more than 300 million copies worldwide, but it has not won the global monthly sales champion for a long time, and it is difficult to even enter the top five and top ten, while my "Hunger Games" has also dominated the global sales list for more than ten consecutive months. ”

"May I ask Director Li, do you mean that "The Hunger Games" is not as good as "Harry Potter" in the long scale, but in the short scale, such as the period when the two films are released at the end of this month, "The Hunger Games" is likely to overtake "Harry Potter" at the box office, may I ask Director Li that is what you just meant?"

The atmosphere at the scene was a bit-for-tat, and the film publicity team in the audience continued to remind Li Mu to be modest with his mouth.

The last Harry Potter film grossed $934 million worldwide.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1) cost $150 million to make, more than double the size of The Hunger Games. The total box office of the series of movies exceeds 5.4 billion US dollars, what do you compare with others?

Li Mu: "Even from a short-term scale, the global box office of "The Hunger Games" is still unlikely to surpass "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part I)", and the global influence of the "Harry Potter" series is incomparable to "The Hunger Games" anyway. ”

Hearing this, the film publicity team nodded secretly in the audience, and the reporter who asked the question was slightly disappointed.

"We all know that the Harry Potter series of movies is the most successful series of movies in the world, and the cumulative global box office has surpassed the famous 007 series. The production cost of The Hunger Games is less than half that of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1, and even if the Hunger Games ends up with half the global box office of the latest Harry Potter movie, it will still be a successful commercial film. The female reporter said.

Li Mu: "The global influence of the Harry Potter series is huge, and even on a short time scale, The Hunger Games still doesn't have any chance of winning. Especially in the UK, the gap between "The Hunger Games" and "Harry Potter" will undoubtedly be even greater and insurmountable. But if you limit the space to North America, I think "The Hunger Games" still has a certain chance of overtaking "Harry Potter". ”

The publicity team in the audience was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Li Mu.

The reporter who asked the question was also stunned, and then his expression became slightly excited.

"May I ask Director Li, do you mean that the North American box office of "The Hunger Games" actually has a chance to surpass "Harry Potter"?"

Li Mu: "Of course, The Hunger Games is very popular in North America. Or the first question you asked today: "The Hunger Games is scheduled a week later than "Harry Potter", is it to suppress the reputation of "Harry Potter"?" "Of course not! Because there is no point in pressing the first week for two weeks, I won't be so bored, and even if the two films are released on the same day, "The Hunger Games" will still have a high probability of surpassing "Harry Potter". ”

After talking for a long time, I came back around.