Chapter 420: Pony Galloping
Domestic short films dare not enter the fiercely competitive New Year holiday, and want to catch up with the lively New Year movies, so they had to join the box office melee before the New Year holiday, which resulted in a large number of small-cost movies appearing in the end of November. If it were in previous years, it would be possible to make a fortune while the film market was about to be popular. However, this year the cinema is still hitting a super blockbuster such as "2012", and life is not easy for small-cost movies.
Among them, "My Tang Dynasty Brothers" starring Hu Jun, Jiang Wu, Li Liqun and others, created by new director Yang Shupeng, although the box office was well-made and the story was innovative, but the box office was miserable. He only earned 960,000 yuan in three days on the first week. After participating in part of the promotional work of the film, Li Liqun joined the crew of "Shama Town". When he saw the bleak box office of "Tang Dynasty Brothers" from the news, he couldn't help but sigh. The one who should sigh the most should be Hu Jun. He invested money in this movie, and he invested a lot. It seems that he will lose all his money in this way. Is it easy for actors to make money? Alas.
What is better than "My Tang Dynasty Brothers" is "Martian" directed by Liu Yiwei, starring Huang Lei, Xie Na, Xu Zheng, Guo Degang and others. The good star lineup made the film earn 4.6 million in the first week, but it was only less than one-thirty of "2012". The best-performing new film was Wang Yuelun, who created the classic case of "Nine Beauties" with a small beauties. His new film "Panda Hero" ranked second on the list with a box office of 10 million per week. Although the box office was easy to pass, its reputation was not very good. It was called "low-level fun" by some experts. However, Director Wang did not care about the outside world's remarks. Last month, his wife Li Xiang just gave birth to a fat daughter Wang Shiling. Now he is busy serving his confinement.
It can be said that under the powerful deterrence of "2012", no movie can emerge. "Mulan" has not invested a lot. After all, it is a costume war blockbuster, and the cast is also quite strong. If the box office is bleak because it cannot resist "2012", it would be a pity. Although I haven't watched this movie yet, He Mu has a natural favor for such movies that tell Chinese historical heroes.
The director of "Mulan" is Hong Kong director Ma Chucheng, who debuted as a photographer. Later, he changed his career as a director and filmed films such as "Summer Mama Tea", "Star Wish", "Tokyo Strategy", and "Hancheng Strategy". Director Ma's works are mostly romantic and action films. This is also the type he is good at. This time, he tried costume war films, and also incorporated the beautiful romance and exciting fighting that he is good at in the movie.
The film investors include Bona Film, Prancing Pentium, Shanghai Film Group, Starlight International, etc., and were jointly released by Bona and China Film. The grand premiere attracted a lot of people in the circle. When He Mu walked on the red carpet, the reporters immediately pulled the camera back from the previous star and projected it on He Mu, and shot it "cracklingly".
Since returning from Europe after getting married, He Mu rarely communicates face to face with the media, so there are fewer news reports about He Mu, but He Mu's popularity has not diminished. Even after two movies with a box office of over 100 million yuan, people's attention has become increasingly serious, which has caused an imbalance between readers' desire and He Mu's exposure. Therefore, whenever He Mu appears, reporters show their unique skills. Even if they can't speak to him, they will at least take a few beautiful photos and put them on their own newspapers and magazines as their storefronts, which is believed to increase sales a lot.
The crew members of the "Mulan" are basically here today. He Mu is most interested in the guest appearance of Vitas in the film. This recently famous Russian singer has a charming voice that ordinary people cannot reach. He Mu loves his dolphin sound to death. He Mu admires those who have good singing conditions because of his own shortcomings. Moreover, he and Stefanie Sun, who sang the theme song, will sing on stage tonight. Today, this trip is considered a catch.
The last time I met Zhao Wei was released two months ago. Zhao Wei's belly was not yet visible at that time, but now she looks like a pregnant woman. Her belly is probably a month earlier than Zilin's. Zilin is now used to wearing maternity clothes, but Sister Wei is still holding on, just wearing a loose white body dress to block her seemingly fat belly. She looks like this. The media will definitely say that she has become fat the next day. Even if she is fat, it is enough for people to chant after dinner. If people know that she is married and pregnant, I don't know what kind of lively scene it will be.
Signing his name on the signature board, saying a few auspicious words of box office sales to the reporter's camera, and then greeted Weijie, Chen Kun and others, and He Mu found a seat to sit down.
Next to He Mu's seat was a tall and thin middle-aged man. He took the initiative to reach out to He Mu, "Mr. He, thank you for your face to enjoy the premiere."
He Mu was stunned for a moment and soon remembered who this person was, "Oh, Mr. Li is so polite, why didn't you come to the front to join them?" He Mu pointed to Zhao Wei and the others. Although he couldn't remember some of the little stars He Mu, He Mu had specially seen the photos of the bosses of major film companies, and remembered them, so he naturally had a certain understanding of this person.
"We are still used to hiding behind the scenes. Not every boss can be as glorious as Mr. He, the front and back scenes." Mr. Li smiled.
This Mr. Li Ming is Li Ming, the chairman of Xiao Ma Pentium. He has a simple and unpretentious name, but he is very outstanding and has a well-known figure in the circle. Otherwise, it would be impossible to develop a small advertising company like "Remington" into the current Xiao Ma Pentium Media Group, and it has won the friendship and trust of famous directors such as Ning Hao, Gao Xixi, and Liu Zhenwei. Li Ming is famous for being low-key and friendly to the people in the circle. He is not as good as Wang Zhonglei and Yu Dong likes to promote movies with directors and actors, but his reputation in the circle is much better than that of Xiao Wang and Pang Dong.
Xiaoma Pentium is a comprehensive media company, which is involved in advertising, television, film, acting brokerage, magazine and other fields. Last year, it also attracted a US$40 million investment from Baring Asia. It is much more powerful than Shuimu Forest, otherwise it would not have made big moves one by one. However, they have just started in the film field, and their box office profits are far less than Shuimu Forest’s three dark horse blockbusters in 2009, so Li Ming did not underestimate He Mu, the owner of the film company who was born as an actor.
In fact, stars and film companies with the model of He Mu and Shuimu are not very popular. For details, please refer to Liu Dehua and his Tianmu Movie. Those who can act good shows may not be able to run a good company. Liu Tianwang's circle has such a wide connections and ends up in a situation where Tianmu Movie suffers a lot. He Mu, a fledgling little guy, even if he has the title of "newcomer king" and "the strongest young actor", can he be stronger than Liu Tianwang? Therefore, people like Yu Dong and Wang Zhonglei who are watching the fun almost all believe that He Mu will close the Shuimu Forest within half a year and return to the arms of tigers and wolfs. Only He Mu, who is covered by Xiao Fang, can barely be considered a character. This is a common view in the circle.
But now a year is about to pass, and none of the three movies that Shuimu participated in the investment have lost money, and all of them are dark horses. The four words "Shuimu Forest" have become the most dazzling star in the film market this year and the fastest rising film company. With the baptism of three small-cost and high-box office movies, Shuimu has completely opened up the Ren and Du meridians of the distribution process and has become the most popular film production company in theaters and theaters. Now they can't wait to see Shuimu's new film, because Shuimu's production means the box office soars.
Now who dares to say "Shuimu Forest will be closed within x years?", those sour colleagues can only tease He Mu for a few words, but he just lost his luck and just picked up a few good movies...)
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Chapter completed!