Chapter 390 Global Box Office Record
Liu Weiqiang still feels a little uneasy about Li Chen scheduling the release date of "Wushuang" on November 11, after all, he is facing Zhang Yimou directly.

"Do you think there is any other meaning behind his scheduling the release date of "Wushuang" on Thanksgiving?"

"First, '2012' was released first, and then 'Three Guns' was released. I've never seen a release date chosen this way."

Although Liu Dehua was unsure, he trusted Li Chen very much.

Liu Weiqiang has been complaining since he left Li Chen's villa.

"Forget it, Li Chen must have his reasons for doing this, he will definitely not harm Wushuang!"

Liu Weiqiang smiled very reluctantly and could only comfort himself: "I hope so."

He couldn't understand the choice of this release date, and always felt that Director Li didn't seem to care about the box office.

The box office of "Founding of a Republic" has exceeded 300 million.

Thanks to the 60th anniversary, there were no imported blockbusters entering the market to stir up trouble in September and October.

Everyone thought that the box office of the main theme movie "Founding of a Republic" would be limited no matter how high it was.

After all, Han Saping is not Li Chen, and "The Founding of a Republic" is not "The Whistleblower". To put it bluntly, it is just a documentary.

So Zhang Ziyi, He Ping and a group of newcomers and veterans all came to take advantage of the situation.

The Lunar New Year holiday season is a place of fierce competition, and going there is like seeking death.

As a result, it died just as ugly around the National Day holiday.

Although Zhang Ziyi's "Perfect Match" won a box office of 9000 million.

But she still lost a lot of money. As for how much the overseas copyright was sold for, she dared not disclose it.

With Zhang Ziyi's personality, if she had made money, she would have started shouting and beating drums.

As the Golden Rooster Awards approaches, whether Li Chen will come has become the most concerned issue for the media and netizens.

Huabiao's Li Chen went to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, will Jinji go again?
Some fans have already given Li Chen some advice on his Weibo.

Han Sanping has given up on treatment, he knows Li Chen will definitely not go.

But the Golden Rooster organizing committee is not like that. If this year's award-winning actors such as Li Chen, Chen Kaige and Feng Xiaogang can be gathered together.

Then this year's Golden Rooster winner won't be afraid of people complaining about the dim starlight.

The media called Rongchen Pictures to ask whether Li Chen would go to the Golden Rooster Awards.

The answers were all the same: Director Li was busy, so China Film Group took his place.

Sina Entertainment News

"The Golden Rooster Awards are about to begin. Li Chen, the double-Award winning director who once publicly announced that he would only consider participating in the Golden Rooster Awards if the Golden Rooster Awards were not over."

"It is still absent from this year's Golden Rooster Awards. The vice president of China Film Group, one of the producers, will represent The Whistleblower to attend this year's Golden Rooster Awards."

Southern Weekend report
"Does Li Chen's absence from the Golden Rooster Awards indicate that this year's Golden Rooster will still lay double-yolked eggs?"

Rumors were flying all over the Internet, but netizens were cheering.

"Leo is very stubborn. He said he won't go, and he won't go to Singapore, Malaysia or Thailand either."

"Brother Chen is awesome. Huabiao gave him some face by sending someone over when he was not in the country. Jinji was totally humiliated by not going."

"Small stars and small directors treat the Golden Rooster as a golden rooster, while big stars and big directors treat the Golden Rooster as a grass chicken."

China Film Group's executive vice president La Peikang felt that Li Chen was being too inconsiderate.

He is also a member of the Golden Rooster jury, and the chairman and secretary-general of the jury were very angry about this.

Although it was not stated explicitly, "The Sound of Wind" was obviously killed in advance.

"Mr. Han, you should try to persuade Li Chen." La Peikang suggested while sitting in front of Han Sanping's desk.

Han Sanping sneered: "Persuade? Do you think I didn't persuade you?"

"Do you still think he was the college student from five years ago?"

La Peikang smiled and said, “It turns out that Director Han has advised you. Young people are really sharp-edged and don’t even give you face.”

"Forget it, you are from China Film Group, you can't be crooked. You should have a good judgement in your mind on who is more important, Jin Ji or Li Chen!"

Han Sanping didn't want to talk about this anymore.

La Peikang has not been in his position, so he cannot consider issues from the perspective of the overall interests of China Film.

This is a case of the butt deciding the head, it is not war’s fault.

He has something more worrying right now.

This year is a special year, so the indicators for imported blockbusters in the early stage were not met.

Now all of them are squeezed into the Lunar New Year period, and that doesn't even include "Avatar". In previous years, only once did China Film Group show imported films during the Lunar New Year period.

It was the 05 "King Kong". At that time he was not yet the head of China Film Corporation, but he still took the blame.

La Peikang is the vice president of China Film Import & Export Corporation and knows what his boss is worried about.

"Boss Han, don't worry. These two films, 2012 and District , won't make much of a splash."

Han Sanping's brows relaxed, not wanting to reveal the truth in front of his subordinates.

Li Chen has been very considerate and knows his difficulties, so Chi You's film "New Moon" is not planned to be released in mainland China.

As expected, the Golden Rooster laid a double yolk egg again, not only for Best Feature Film, but also for Best Actress.

As in previous years, the media and netizens were full of criticism.

Li Chen's fans were like soldiers who had won a battle, leaving messages on Li Chen's Weibo, saying fortunately that he did not go.

But the Golden Rooster is the Golden Rooster. No matter how I am scolded every year, I will do the same next year.

"Founding of a Republic" actually exceeded 400 million, becoming the highest-grossing mainstream film.

At the celebration banquet, Han Saping smiled like a young successful candidate.

The stars were praising him endlessly, except for Li Chen.

The four hundred million came true, and all the big stars at the premiere were slapped in the face. Li Chen didn't want to go to the celebration party and be raped by people's eyes.

Li Chen’s words became a hot topic.

'Four hundred million' became a hot word on the Internet in October.

If 'four hundred million' has come true, then will 'one billion' also become a reality?

November brought one explosive news after another.

The first one is Huayi, which was listed on October 10.

All media outlets were reporting on the photo of Wang Zhonglei and Feng Xiaogang smiling from ear to ear.

Not only did the two brothers' wealth skyrocket, but a host of celebrities were also overjoyed and shocked.

The biggest surprise was not Huayi's Huang Xiaoming.

Instead, they are Tang Yan and Yang Mi, the two golden flowers of Rongchen Pictures.

Yang Siwei and Liu Yifei also bought them, and Yang Siwei was trembling with excitement.

Only Liu Yifei was happy, of course, but not as exaggerated as the other three.

Yang Mi and others rushed to Li Chen's villa as soon as possible.

In front of Liu Yifei, he kissed Li Chen hard on both cheeks.

Li Chen was caught off guard and quickly pushed the two away.

Seeing that Yang Siwei was about to step forward, he immediately scolded him.

Tang Yan and Yang Mi were still very excited. More than 60 million, they had never seen so much money in their lives.

Although it cannot be sold within a year, perhaps it will be worth more than 60 million after a year.

"Yifei, please forgive me and Tangtang. We really don't know how to express our gratitude to our senior." Yang Mi walked forward and took Liu Yifei's arm affectionately, saying in a soft voice.

"Yeah, me too."

Liu Yifei pinched Yang Mi's cheek viciously and snorted, "Only this once!"

After everyone laughed and joked for a while, Yang Mi and the others left Li Chen's villa. With money, Yang Mi's ambition grew even more brutal.

"Mi Mi, where are we going to celebrate today?" Zeng Jia felt sour in her heart, but her face was full of smiles.

Why is it not her turn to get this good subscription opportunity?

"We'll go wherever you say. Let's go as much as we can today. Don't save money for me." Yang Mi was already looking forward to a bright future.

She had seen a Ferrari before and was a little reluctant to buy it, but now she has placed an order in her mind.

Yang Mi leaned back in the comfortable seat of the nanny car and sighed, "The best decision I made in my life was to sell everything I had and terminate the contract with Rongxingda."

Yes, these words also expressed Zeng Jia’s thoughts.

"By the way, Mimi, why didn't Director Li subscribe to Huayi's shares?" Zeng Jia asked the question that many netizens were wondering.

Yang Mi thought for a while before saying, "I guess, this is just my guess, senior may have other investment ways that are more profitable than Huayi stocks."

"But this is the unanimous opinion of several of us. Otherwise, it is hard to explain why Yifei bought it but the senior didn't."

Yang Mi's words made Zeng Jia feel itchy and he really wanted to know Li Chen's other investment opportunities.

Is there anyone who makes more money than Huayi?
Huang Xiaoming, Yang Mi, Tang Yan, Yang Siwei and others saw their net worth surge by more than 60 million due to Huayi's listing, making many celebrities envious.

Everyone knows that the fact that the artists of Rongchen Pictures were able to subscribe to Huayi shares at the price of three yuan at that time was all due to Li Chen's ability.

Deng Chao, Zhu Yawen and Zhou Xun were so heartbroken that they couldn't breathe, and their intestines turned the color of leeks with regret.

Sixty million just passed by like that.

Sun Li cursed Deng Chao and called him a pig-head, saying that you have no talent in investment and you don’t even know how to judge people!

Zhou Xun even joked with Li Chen: "Director Li, next time there is such an opportunity, you must remind me!"

"Remind you? You think I'm your financial treasure, no. Just make money by filming!"

The news that "Wushuang" will be released on November 11 has not been digested by everyone yet.

The news that "Avatar" will be released on January 1th has been confirmed.

Hollywood's Cameron immediately said that he would lead his team to China in December.

Just as Li Chen predicted, "Avatar" will be released on January 1th. All the films originally scheduled for January were frightened and moved up their release dates.

Nearly fifty films of all sizes were released during this year's Lunar New Year holiday.

As a result, nearly forty films were squeezed in in December, like dumplings being dropped into the water.

The blockbusters all show their magical powers.

“Wushuang” uses the classic cast of “Infernal Affairs” and Li Chen’s script as its selling points.

Zhang Weiping's "Three Guns" took advantage of Zhang Yimou's efforts to the extreme.

Today, Lao Mouzi sings a theme song, and tomorrow, Lao Mouzi sings rap again. Most of the headlines are occupied by the charming Lao Mouzi alone.

It is said that Zhang Weiping is a successful businessman who knows which trump card he has.

And it can be played at the most appropriate time.

Another work, "The Siege of the City in October", is not far behind.

The cards played are the beautiful Jiaxin who has married into a wealthy family and a super luxurious cast of leading actors.

Even Fan Qiaoqiao seemed a little inconspicuous among them.

The other two films, "刺陵" and "風云 2", have done their best to attract attention.

In particular, the production team of "Storm Warriors 2" seemed to have been given courage by Fish Leong.

The goal of 600 million box office was set.

Netizens jokingly said that this was to punch Leo's 500 million guarantee and kick Little Steel Cannon's 500 million target.

Tim has followed Li Chen's request and let Pattinson and Stewart, the two leading actors of "New Moon", take the lead.

He and several other leading actors began a tour of fifteen major cities in North America.

In China, Li Chen also held fan meetings in major cities across the country in conjunction with "Wushuang".

The media called it a pre-match warm-up match between Zhang Yimou and Leo DiCaprio.

On the other hand, the second season of "Running Man" is still as popular as ever.

Shen Teng and Zheng Kai, the two leading actors of "Charlotte", have gained popularity in advance.

The preliminary preparations for "Dreams of Splendor" are also proceeding in an orderly manner.

All teams of the crew have rushed to Hengdian to start setting up the set, striving to present the highest standards in costumes, props and colors.

There was no publicity for "2012" in China. It was just described in two words: disaster.

No one expected that the box office success of "2012" would be just as great as "The Founding of a Republic"!
Not only did it dominate the North American weekend box office charts with an opening box office of 6500 million U.S. dollars, it also earned 2.25 million U.S. dollars in its first week of global premiere.

Excited Sony executives exclaimed: This is a major victory.

Several blockbuster films scheduled for release in December are all very happy.

Just wait and see the joke of "Wushuang".

But instead of the joke, there came another even more explosive piece of news, which directly detonated the entertainment circles in Hollywood and mainland China.

Sina Entertainment News

"According to foreign media reports, based on the box office data released by the distributor New Line Cinema."

"New Moon, the sequel to the Twilight vampire romance, took in $11 million in North America on its Nov. 20 opening day."

"It broke the North American single-day box office record and the opening day box office record set by The Dark Knight on July 7 last year, which was $18 million."

"'2012' only held the weekly box office champion position for one week."

“‘New Moon’ also broke another record, the box office record for midnight shows!”

"The record was previously held by this summer's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which grossed $2220 million."

"Warner, the major shareholder of Chiyou Pictures, responded to Sony, the producer of 2012, by saying: This is simply a miracle."

Tim was so excited that he gave his boss a bunch of flattering compliments on the phone that gave him goosebumps.

“Hahaha, boss, you don’t know what Richard from Warner’s expression is.”

"I dare say that even if Scarlett stood naked in front of him, he wouldn't be so surprised."

"Boss, you are so wise that even God would go crazy for you"

The best-selling vampire novel that was not favored by everyone at the beginning has now become a box office record breaker.

This is a slap in the face of the Big Six, especially Sony.

"2", which cost 2012 million US dollars, was directly beaten by "New Moon", which cost tens of millions.

As for word of mouth and negative reviews from critics, Tim doesn't care. As long as the audience likes it, I will continue to make the sequel.

Li Chen said impatiently: "That's enough! Stop flattering and do more practical things. We Chinese don't like flashy people and things."

The more times like this, the more low-key Li Chen becomes.

The more arrogant we are now, the more embarrassing it will be when "Avatar" is released.

"Boss, don't worry, I will keep an eye on the direction of New Moon and there will be no problems." Tim patted his chest and guaranteed.

"Don't bother the boss anymore. Say hello to the beautiful boss lady for me."

Domestic media rushed to report this box office miracle.

Li Chen’s fans were even more delighted.

"The little Japanese had only been laughing for less than a week, and the leader was brought down. The leader dominated the world and conquered all of Kyushu."

"Destroy Kyushu Island and shock the West Coast. Brother Li is awesome!"

"Sissi's thighs have grown thicker. There's no need to worry about Leo going bankrupt."

(End of this chapter)