After Pan Yueming learned that Li Mu invited him to star in Huashang's movie, his first reaction was similar to that of his agent at the time, at first he couldn't believe it, thinking it was a prank or a fraud, until he reconfirmed with Li Mu's assistant Liang Bing, and finally believed it. Next is the surprise, there is a feeling of "the mountains and rivers are doubtful, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village." ", and even immediately said that he could star in zero pay.

In fact, if possible, most actors in the entertainment industry are willing to lower their salaries to appear in Huashang film and television dramas.

"Fame" in the entertainment industry is equal to money, acting in Huashang's film and television dramas can get "fame", or even "big names", the salary of this drama is less, but the salary of the next drama is more, and even the salary in the future is more - such a simple account, who in the entertainment industry is not a human being? They can't be uninformed.

Of course, Huashang Media will not use anyone who lowers their salary, of course, it is important to control the cost of filming, but it is even more important to shoot the desired effect.

After Chen Sicheng went back, he began to step up his familiarity with the script, and at the same time, the publicity work of "Send You a Little Red Flower" has also reached a white-hot stage - print media, television stations, radio, Internet, supermarkets, stations and subways, cinemas, all aspects are full of relevant information.

How popular is Liu Yifei today?

The salary can best reflect the market appeal of an actor!

At this stage, the ceiling of domestic actresses' salaries is about 10 million, Gong Li, Li Lianhua, and Zhang Ziyi are mostly in this range, Huashang Wumei is so popular, the highest salary is 7 million-8 million, and the less is less than 5 million, this is the market price, and the script you like can be much lower, and the current market price of Liu Yifei is more than 10 million US dollars.

Of course, Liu Yifei's salary was raised by Li Mu, but this price is actually recognized by Hollywood, some time ago Disney wanted to invite Liu Yifei for a play, and the offer was also 10 million US dollars.

What does this pay mean?

means that she already represents the ceiling among Chinese actors, and it means that her salary has equaled or even exceeded the salary of Li Lian or Cheng Long.

Of course, the excess here refers to more than the salary of the two at this stage, and there is still a big gap between Liu Yifei's salary and Cheng Long and Li Lian at their peak.

The salary of 10 million US dollars not only represents the market's recognition of her box office appeal, but also means that Liu Yifei is basically unable to appear in dramas other than Huashang Media's film and television dramas.

If you don't drastically reduce your salary, it will be difficult for domestic film and television companies to afford her.

In other words, Liu Yifei's appearance in a pure Chinese film like "Send You a Little Red Flower" is already very rare, and non-co-production, non-world-oriented films are really unaffordable.

Now Liu Yifei not only starred in such a pure Chinese film, but also the director and male protagonist of the film are all top directors in the world, although it is an occasional cameo, but the popularity of Li Mu, the most important thing is that Li Mu is still a genuine Liu Yifei boyfriend, a drama has so many explosive points, if the market attention is low, it is abnormal.

With the release of the two new films imminently, all the relevant personnel within Huashang, mainly those involved in the promotion and distribution, have become excited, and everyone is looking forward to another miracle in Huashang.

During the publicity period, Li Mu and Liu Yifei rushed to the company together more than once, and when the two arrived at the company at the same time, although the internal employees had no less contact with the two, they still created a bit of an atmosphere of star-chasing fans, and when the two left the company together, they often had to leave a lot of exciting discussions behind them.

"It's so beautiful, white and glowing!"

"Hey, do you feel that the world is really amazing, if there is no Mr. Li in the world, I don't know who can be worthy of our future boss lady, so she doesn't want to be single for a lifetime."

"It's true, except for our Mr. Li in the circle, I really can't think of anyone else worthy of her, or it's not good to say that a woman is too good, too good no one deserves to be difficult to marry."

And when it comes to "Send You a Little Red Flower", which will be released soon, everyone is full of confidence.

"The pre-sale box office has exceeded 100 million, and the box office will definitely not be low this time!"

"That's for sure, Liu Yifei starring Li Mu, Li Mu personally wrote and directed the screenplay, hell if the box office of this lineup can be low!"

"Hey, you say, can the domestic version be sold in English this time?"

"It stands to reason that the English version of "The Fault in the Stars" is aimed at the entire world film market, or is it directed by Director Li Mu himself, and Director Li directed the film for the world market, the box office in the past was rarely even lower than 300 million US dollars, normally the English version must be higher at the box office, but this time it is really different."

"What's different this time?"

"First, our Chinese film market has risen, and 2 billion-level films are no longer an isolated case, and second, I heard that the production cost of "The Fault in the Stars" is less than 10 million US dollars, which is indeed not low in China, but in Hollywood - it is simply ultra-low-cost! And the two leading actors are still not famous, but on the other hand, the Chinese version of "Send You a Little Red Flower", in terms of lineup alone, "Little Red Flower" is very likely to win the world-facing "Star Luck" with the domestic market alone! ”

"It makes sense, the $8 million investment in "The Fault in the Stars" is obviously a ticket, and this time the Chinese version of "Little Red Flower" is the main dish."

Not only ordinary employees, but also Liu Siying and Chen Zhixi, the attention of the company's senior executives, is almost all on "Little Red Flower".

First, the publicity and distribution of "Star Luck" was handed over to the American company, and second, no matter how you look at it, it is indeed "Little Red Flower" that is more profitable.

With the overwhelming publicity of "Little Red Flower", "Star Luck", which was released earlier, has little attention.

The time soon came to April 19, 2013, and today, "The Fault in the Stars" directed by Li Mu himself was finally officially released worldwide (except for the Chinese market).

Domestic Sina, Tengxun and other portals have reported, but the response is not very high, a low-cost teen movie, I heard that it is still a tragic ending, the male and female protagonists are still not well-known newcomer actors, and the film will not be introduced into China, and it is normal for the attention to be low.

Liu Siying and Chen Zhixi only paid a little attention, and then shifted their main energy to "Little Red Flower".

After April 20, the first-day box office data of "The Fault in the Stars" in North America was newly released - $28.04 million!

When the news came back to the ears of Liu Siying and Chen Zhixi, the two were surprised, and they all instinctively recalled the data of Huashang's previous films released in North America.

"Source Code" grossed $26 million in its first week in North America and $550 million worldwide.

"Shark Beach" grossed $21 million in its first week in North America and $303 million worldwide.

"Fast and Furious" grossed $21.7 million in its first week in North America and $258 million worldwide.

Now "The Fault in the Stars" has a box office of $28.04 million on the first day in North America!

Note that this is the first-day box office, not the first-week box office! In other words, the one-day box office of "The Fault in the Stars" in North America has fully crushed the box office of the above three blockbuster films in the first three days of North America!

Hearing this achievement, what is the feeling of Liu Siying and Chen Zhixi, the two high-level Huashang executives at this time? It's pretty much that kind of- "Huh? Is that okay? "Feelings.

"The cost is 8 million US dollars, and the box office on the first day is 28.04 million US dollars, our Mr. Li is really ......" In the deputy general office, Liu Siying took a deep breath.

Chen Zhixi said with pity: "The first week of "Source Code" in North America was $26 million, but its global box office was as high as $550 million...... It's a pity that the film will not be introduced into China, and even if it is introduced into China, it is unlikely that the domestic box office will catch up with "Source Code", otherwise it will be one of the top ten films in the global annual box office. ”

Li Mu didn't think it was exaggerated after seeing the North American box office of "Star Fortune", and it was slightly higher than the original time and space by more than 1 million.

But the original work of this time and space has significantly higher sales, this is the effect of fame superposition, Li Mu is a big director or a popular actor, the total sales under his name even exceed 200 million copies, and various identities are superimposed on each other, Li Mu's other books, fans of film and television dramas, or Li Mu's own fans will also buy the original work of "Star Fortune".

This also leads to the fact that the fan base of his original version of "Star Luck" must be larger than the original time and space, so it is not his expectation that the box office of the film will be higher.

In fact, he would not find it unusual for the film's North American box office to break $30 million on the first day, and in his opinion, $28 million is less, only a little higher than the original time and space.

Then the day after the film's release, on April 20, "Star Fortune" grossed $15.68 million at the North American box office.

Then there was the third day, $12.25 million.

At this point, the film's North American opening weekend box office data has finally been confirmed - a total of $56.87 million.

even exceeded the $50 million of "Hurricane Rescue 2" starring Cheng Long and Liu Yifei.

Of course, Li Mu himself doesn't think this result is strange, but for other people in Huaxia, this result is a bit incredible, after all, this is just a movie with a shooting cost of only 8 million US dollars, and the result is ......

With a score of $56.87 million, it directly topped the North American weekend box office charts, and the key is that this is still achieved with the competition of "Forsaken Battlefield" starring Tom Cruise with an investment of $120 million.

"Forsaken Battlefield" only grossed $37.05 million in its first weekend, ranking second.

The third place, "Legend No. 42", is even less, at only $17.72 million.

The second and third box office in North America this week combined can't compare to a "Fault in the Stars", what is Tom Cruise's box office appeal?

Isn't it said that Tom Cruise is the top actor in Hollywood? Is this because Hollywood's top superstars are too weak, or is our own director Li Mu too strong?

Inside Huashang Media.

The employees who are intensively preparing for the release of "Little Red Flower" are also a little confused, everyone is waiting for "Little Red Flower" to be a blockbuster, and the result is ...... Only then did he finally turn his attention to another movie at home.

"Just pay attention to "Little Red Flower", I didn't expect "Star Luck" to be so awesome!"

"The original book sells average in China, so everyone underestimates this movie a little, with more than 10 million copies sold, the original fan base is still quite large."

"Unexpected, but reasonable."

"How much do the North American audiences love our Mr. Li, just that lineup, but they just spelled out this result?"

"Not only fans of the original book, but also a director like Director Li, the film directed by himself should still be recognized by the North American audience."

"It shows that our Mr. Li is really a cow! Such a small cost, such an awesome result, handsome! ”

In fact, some female comrades chat more than men, mentioning cattle, a middle-aged female employee immediately smiled: "Li is always a cow is right, but a cow is no matter how good it is, there is no land cow, haven't you heard that sentence?" He said, 'There are only tired oxen, and there is no terrible ground.' ’！ ”

"In other words, the only one who can cure our Mr. Li is the boss lady?"

"Haha, that makes sense!"

Baidu, the movie box office.

Recently, among the films that netizens in the bar are most concerned about, Brother Tom's "Abandoned Battlefield" is definitely on the list.

Since about ten days before the official release of the movie, there have been a lot of related discussion posts in the bar.

""Lost Battlefield" will be released in a few days, are you looking forward to it?"

"Am I the only one who thinks that "Forsaken Battlefield" will explode?"

"Although I like Li Mu's movies very much, I still have to say that this week's box office champion must be Brother Tom's "Lost Battlefield"!"

"Needless to say? Does anyone really think that Li Mu can still be the champion this time? ”

"Seeing that someone is saying that Li Mu's new movie is going to be the North American champion again, I laughed, do the people who said this really know the lineup and investment scale of the two films?"

For a while, there were discussions like this one after another.

It is not unreasonable to say that the prediction of netizens is not unreasonable, after all, it is Brother Tom! But who would have thought that the mediocre "The Fault in the Stars" except for the director could be so good?

So as soon as this box office figure came out, most of the netizens in the bar were almost stunned.

"I said, it seems that the reputation of "Forsaken Battlefield" is not bad, IMDB score is 7.0, this score is okay, why is the box office so different from "Star Fortune"?"

"Who knows, 120 million US dollars invested can't do 8 million, who is reasonable?"

"Haha, I said before that "Star Fortune" may win the championship, and the domestic original sales are not high, so everyone ignores the fact that this is a fan film, such as the fan film masterpiece "The Hunger Games", which had a box office of $188 million in the first weekend! It was also the highest record in the first weekend of film history for several years, but it was not broken until the release of "The Avengers", and the sales of "Star Luck" were also tens of millions! ”

"I guessed that "Star Fortune" might win the championship, but even if it killed me, I didn't dare to guess that it would exceed the $19.82 million of "Forsaken Battlefield."

""Star Fortune" has an IMDB score of 7.9, and it also crushes "Lost Battlefield" in terms of word-of-mouth."

"I suddenly want to watch "Star Luck", but I heard that it will not be introduced to China."

"Actually, you don't need to watch "Star Luck", just watch "Little Red Flower" next week, Li Muliu is not the starring role, they are all adapted from the original book "Incomparably Beautiful Pain" written by Li Mu."

"Looking forward to it!"

The score of "The Fault in the Stars" on Douban in China also came out, with a score of 8.1, and many netizens who have already watched it abroad praised the film, and often expressed one or two sentences of opinion on the upcoming "Little Red Flower" at the end.

"People watched "Star Luck" in Los Angeles, and the audience in the theater cried more than the heroine, knowing that Liu Yifei's version was about to be released in China, and suddenly felt that it was a bit redundant to shoot two versions, with "Star Luck" Zhuyu in front, Liu Yifei's version will probably be criticized after it is released."

"The number between 0 and 1 is infinite, a very warm and tear-jerking film, the two young actors performed very well, and it is predicted that Liu Yifei's version will be sprayed."

"Actually, the plot is a bit cliché, but the viewing experience is unexpectedly good, the two little fresh actors are very outstanding, and now the pressure is on Liu Yifei and Li Mu's side."

After Liu Yifei saw the relevant comments, he flashed a pair of big eyes and looked at Li Mu aggrievedly: "Do you think the audience will really scold us like they say?" ”

Li Mu hurriedly comforted: "Don't worry, it's okay, I shouldn't scold...... Me, after all, the director of "Star Luck" is also me, and "Star Luck" is also my credit. ”

Liu Yifei first heard Li Mu say "It's okay", and his heart was just a little more relaxed, but then he heard Li Mu say that he shouldn't scold himself, what do you mean? I'm mad at her!

"Damn!" Liu Yifei pressed Li Mu on the sofa, "I'm going to strangle you!" ”

(End of chapter)