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Chapter 244 Rong Momo's Certification, Born with a Sacred Body to Be Punched
February 15th, the 2th day of the first lunar month.

The period following the Spring Festival was once again a time when the Chinese sci-fi blockbuster (Lucy) was a huge hit in both China and South Korea.

Thanks to the terrorist performances in both China and South Korea.

The asking price for the East Asian and Southeast Asian ports has already reached HK$4000 million.

Even if the only markets that film companies can target are island nations, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesian and Filipino domestic helper markets.

They still spent money with great gusto.

For film producers, it seems like they could easily make over 100 million Hong Kong dollars from just one island nation's market.

After paying taxes, you can break even; in other markets, you'll only be making a profit.

And the long-discussed Omega distribution rights?

The President's Office of Time Media.

After arranging for someone to sign the contract with Warner, Fat Bing grabbed a bottle of champagne and walked back to the main office.

As she poured the drinks, she laughed and said, "With Sister Xin starring, me directing, and the remake rights included, it feels like a great deal to sell it for 2000 million US dollars."

In recent years, it has ranged from heroes to kung fu and so on.

A $1500 million buyout is a hallmark of a blockbuster film.

The only one that easily surpasses this standard is (Speed ​​Chase 2).

(Lucy) as a new IP can sell for 2000 million US dollars.

This announcement alone would be a major event.

Li Wenyu stood up, took a sip of champagne, and nodded. "Warner's publicity team still needs to take an unconventional approach, or rather, they need to deceive, but they won't lose money."

How to promote the movie "Lucy"? Should Li Jiaxin be promoted?

Actually, Ah Xin isn't very well-known in Europe and America.

She doesn't have much appeal. From her most important role in "My Love from the Star" to supporting roles in "Extreme Escape" and "Dying to Survive".

This series is just so-so in the Omega market, with few notable presence.

Is this a publicity stunt for Fat Ice? As the only publicly acknowledged girlfriend of Li, Fat Ice has gained a certain level of popularity.

But she never attends Omega events, and her popularity there is only so-so.

Continue to promote Li Wenyu as the man who has earned billions of US dollars in the past four years?
This technique was used twice in (John Wick), and even viewers who were tricked into watching John Wick didn't have a bad experience afterwards.

Using this again will reduce its power by several times.

One can do something once or twice, but not three times.

Warner Bros.' plans for the promotion of (Lucy).

The main cast includes Deng Chao and Tong Liya, the male and female leads of "Squid Game".

Also featured are the male and female leads of Dark Glory, Wang Kai and Zhang Bozhi.

Warner Bros. is primarily promoting these four people!

Believe it or not, all four of them made cameo appearances in *Lucy*. Deng Chao played Li Wenyu's colleague in the Shanghai police force.

Xiao Tong is Li Jiaxin's roommate.

Ah Xin plays the female lead in "Lucy," who falls into a coma during a flight from South Korea to Shanghai.

Li Wenyu plays a police officer who leads a team to pick up the person.

The person they received was Ah Xin, the female lead, who was taken to the hospital while unconscious after landing.

Wang Kai makes a cameo appearance as a doctor, and Zhang Bozhi makes a cameo appearance as a nurse.

For Omega audiences, these four actors, through their roles in Squid Game and Dark Glory, have indeed attracted a significant number of moviegoers.

Otherwise, why would major Hollywood studios spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to hire them for cameo roles?

In the past, big companies would spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to hire them for cameo roles (like in Fantastic Four).

It was to deceive the Chinese market about box office revenue.

The current marketing campaigns are just a ploy to fool European and American box office numbers.

These four, along with the $6400 million box office record in China and South Korea over 14 days for (Lucy), contribute to the success.

That's enough to fool a lot of viewers for Warner.

Fat Bing continued to feed Old Li champagne, saying, "If we had brought in Huang Xiaoming and Qin Lan to make cameo appearances back then, the promotional event for Superbody at the Omega event would have gone much more smoothly."

Is this a trick to cheat the box office?

Whether it's Europe/America or Asia, it's common; it's basic stuff, so it doesn't matter.

From early works like The Blair Witch Project to ghost stories.

Or there are countless cases across Asia.

Whether a terrible movie can make money at the box office depends on its own abilities.

High-quality blockbusters have more freedom to do whatever they want.

As for Huang Xiaoming still filming in the US during the filming of Lucy? And Qin Lan too?
This makes even filming a few more scenes a piece of cake.

Huang Xiaoming and Qin Lan also expressed this idea after filming ended and they returned to the mainland.

At this stage, they are very willing to make a little more contribution to time.

Li Wenyu chuckled, "There's really no need. (Lucy) isn't a John Wick series, so it's easy to get sequels, and even sequels like 'One, Two, Three, Four'."

"It's very difficult to come up with a sequel to this movie; we've run out of ideas."

Let's bring those two in.

(Lucy) will perform better at the box office in Europe and the United States.

Just like the original Trails Black Widow version, plus the 2.77 million in China, it equals a global box office of 37 billion RMB.

But since it was sold out to a major Hollywood studio...

Will the Omega box office reach new heights? Making a sequel won't be easy.

This is not of much significance to Mtime.

In terms of boosting the popularity and commercial value of Fan Bingbing and Li Jiaxin?
They've already achieved enough to reach the top among Asian actresses.

Fat Bing thought for a moment and readily nodded, "Then (Lucy) will be like this."

"Next, after Brother Rong finishes filming (Small People), I will officially launch (The Voice of China)?"

It's not just minor accidents that happen frequently.

Fat Bing should have promoted The Voice of China last year.

The four mentors for the first season of The Voice of China were Zhang Guorong, Jacky Cheung, Liu Huan, and Wang Fei.

Old Li, holding the plump iced peach, laughed and said, "These are all minor matters; you can arrange them as you see fit."

He and Fat Bing have been together for almost four and a half years.

It's still so sweet, which just shows that Fan Bingbing is becoming more and more tolerant of his womanizing ways.

This has a great complementary effect.

Fat Bing chuckled and patted Old Li lightly, "Stop fooling around, Yanzi asked me to ask you something."

"Wu Baige has started preparing the Three Kingdoms Red Cliffs project, which is also invested by Japanese capital. She wants to invite Yanzi to play the female lead. Isn't that unreliable?"

"When Lao Wu first came to Time to beg for alms, he was rejected by many people in the industry."

"In the end, we couldn't even produce a single script."

"Is this guy even worse than Old Chen's (Wuji)?"

As they joked, Fatty Bing became increasingly uncontrollably happy, laughing so hard he was shaking with laughter. "Even Yanzi has been traumatized by Old Chen."

The film *The Promise*, released during the May Day holiday last year, only grossed 720 million RMB at the box office.

The rating on Renren has improved slightly at this stage, but it is still only 3.8 points.

This bizarre and disastrous performance led to Wuji being unable to sell its products.

Investors have all suffered huge losses.

This is also one of the absolute representative works of Yanzi's conquest of the film industry.

This forms two extreme contrasts with Shaolin Soccer.

Old Li couldn't help but chuckle and said, "No way, Old Wu made money by scamming people, and now he's even going to cast Yanzi as the female lead?"

Now, Da Meiyuan and others have been promoted to the Four Great Actresses.

The eight beauties of the past have all made eight pairs of thighs.

Yanzi's status among actresses has also declined rapidly.

Fat Bing smiled with a hint of cunning, "You think he doesn't want to invite someone more famous? Shi Shi said that Lao Wu sent her a private text message to invite him."

"As a result, Shishi replied, 'Director Wu, are you going to film Three Kingdoms: The Battle for Causeway Bay?'"

"I heard that Lao Wu dropped his phone, but it wasn't broken. He was so angry that he almost ended up in the hospital like Lao Chen."

This doesn't mean that Liu Shishi had the insight to see through Lao Wu's true nature.

It was at the end of 2003 that Wu Baige first came to Time Magazine to solicit donations. At that time, Li Wenyu directly complained to Wang Jing and Zhang Bozhi, not having any optimism about Wu Baige's epic war film about the Three Kingdoms period.

He said at the time that Lao Wu was only suitable for filming gang wars and brotherhood.

He also said that there are very few people in China, including himself, who can make good films about the kind of epic battle for supremacy.

It's early 06 now!
In just over two years, the news had spread far and wide, both inside and outside the industry.

Xiao Shishi is a beautiful young woman who is always full of knowledge and talent.

Even if you don't understand, you'll learn through constant exposure.

Old Li sighed with emotion, "Besides Yanzi, who else was invited? For more than two years, I thought Old Wu had gone down the drain like Lu Chuan."

Lu Chuan received funding in early 05 to film Southern Metropolis Daily!
Back then, Yao Dazui even went to hang out with Lu Chuan to get resources, and even divorced Ling Xiaosu.

Now??
Old Ling's (The Temptation of Going Home) bombarded Chinese television screens.

Its peak viewership rating exceeded 35%, far surpassing shows like "My Own Swordsman" and "The Big Bang Theory."

But so far, Lu Chuan's "Southern Metropolis" has not passed the review.

The project has been stalled for a long time.

At one celebration party, Lu Chuan asked Lao Li through a reporter whether he would suppress or prevent Southern Metropolis Daily from passing the review.

Old Li himself did not interfere at all.

It was officially rejected.

Regardless of how many connections Lu Chuan pulled after the original trajectory was rejected, she still managed to get the case approved.

According to Li Wenyu's knowledge, no one has spoken well of Lao Lu's project during this period.

Fat Bing also seemed a bit surprised and uncertain. "I heard that the other person invited was a model and female host from the Taiwanese team, named Lin Zhiling."

"Who is Guo Wengui from Foxconn pursuing?"

"This is not just about getting investment from island nations, but also about getting the new darling of Taiwanese investment experts."

Old Li almost couldn't hold back.

After thinking for a moment, he said to Fatty Bing, "What a mess! Use the official Weibo account to tag Shishi and Xiaotong and ask them how long they've been preparing for their debut projects."

Fat Bing immediately understood and chuckled, "Don't tag Shishi anymore. I wish Yanzi continued success and that she can create a new glory comparable to (Wuji)."

Old Li, “…”

…………

Another new day.

Old Li was helping Liu Shishi renovate her new two-bedroom apartment when he heard his phone ring nearby.

When he took Xiao Liu to read the letter using handheld action photography mode, he found it was from Azhi.

It's still an MMS with a photo.

"Brother Yu, you're really something! Now Wu Baige's (Red Cliff) is on par with (The Promise), and countless people in the Hong Kong and Taiwan circles are laughing their heads off."

"Even Chow Yun-fat complained in private that he didn't know how to refuse Lao Wu."

"Now we don't need to think of too many reasons or excuses, we can just openly say that Lao Wu's new work is terrible."

Ah Zhi vented her frustrations via text message.

But the photo she posted was of two people in nurse uniforms, Zhang Bozhi and Liu Xinyou.

Old Li almost couldn't hold back.

Liu Shishi instinctively retorted, "Senior brother, why are you getting so arrogant again? Let me see who's starting this fire."

The world outside is too dark.

Can't you appreciate her resilience despite her petite stature?
Old Li put down his phone and said, "It's Azhi who's messing around, just ignore her."

He couldn't help but sigh, and he encouraged Fat Ice @Swallow to keep up the good work, create new glories, and climb new peaks.

When the news spread, I heard that even Old Chen was in a great mood and drank several glasses of wine.

Despite his current poor performance, Lao Wu has still won the Saturn Award for Best Director in the American TV Movie category.

You're comparing Lao Wu and Lao Chen as equals.

The harm this caused to Lao Chen was far less than the humiliation of being compared to Lu Chuan.

Liu Shishi gestured with her hands and feet in disdain again, "Unless you tell me not to be so talented, no one will believe you."

Old Li, “…”

Tens of minutes later.

Old Li sat at his desk scrolling through Weibo updates.

The top trending topic on Weibo is now "Who is stronger, John Woo's new work or The Promise?"

The second trending topic was Chow Yun-fat advising director Ng Man-tat: "I'm not very well-educated, but I sincerely hope that director Ng Man-tat will approach writing the Three Kingdoms script with the same dedication he showed when creating A Better Tomorrow."

Thirdly, fiction is not nonsense; the truth can be hurtful, and honest advice is hard to hear.

The fourth trending topic was Yanzi's post, which featured a screenshot of Rong Momo stabbing someone.

@Aru, crying, no wonder we got pricked the most by Teacher Li back then.

A natural-born, holy body for getting stabbed!
This was only the beginning of 2006.

The original trajectory was after 2010, in the early days of Weibo, when many celebrities personally posted on Weibo and interacted with netizens.

Many celebrities are also very down-to-earth and have a lot of fun.

In this era, Chow Yun-fat's online reputation is still far more positive than negative.

His various scandals and negative information have not yet spread.

From 03 to 05, Lao Chen proved with (Wuji) that he could play a huge game.

Now that some information has been leaked...

Wu Baige's reputation across the internet has been tarnished by a series of attacks from Afa and Yanzi.

It can be said that it caused a sensation across the entire internet.

Old Li logged into Liu Shishi's verified official Weibo account and liked the post about Yanzi being tortured on a certain day.

As the person in charge of Weibo, it is inappropriate for him to use his own account to make irresponsible remarks.

However, using a secondary account, such as Xiaoshishi's account, to like posts is perfectly fine.

Needless to say.

When Lao Wu's new work dominated the top five trending topics.

What's the latest news about Liu Shishi, one of the leading figures of the new era's "Eight Beauties of the Golden Hairpins" who rose to fame like a volcanic eruption thanks to "Goblin" and "The Hearing Girl"?

This is schadenfreude on a fiery level.

While Lao Li was still scrolling through Weibo and gossiping, Xiao Tong came knocking on the door.

After entering the room, Tong Liya took a few deep breaths and walked over with a sweet smile, "Has Shishi been beaten down by reality again and gone to face the wall?"

"Senior, I feel like I've been studying for 15 months now, so I can start preparing (for the time before I meet you)."

This novel has been published for over a year and has already sold over 400 million copies in China, Taiwan, Indonesia, and other countries.

Even the European and American versions sold over 100 million copies.

This is the genuine product!

With such phenomenal global sales, including piracy, the fan base it has reached is already quite broad.

Tong Liya felt that she could give the director a try.

Li Wenyu nodded after a few seconds of hesitation, "Okay, you can start preparing anytime. The operation of a project starts with selecting assistant directors and assistant directors."

"We selected the location by scouting the surrounding scenery, and assembled the costumes, props, and sets in one go."

This is just a low-budget romantic tragicomedy.

The biggest expenses for the production crew were Li Wenyu's cameo appearance fee and Tong Liya's fee.

However, Xiao Tong's portrayal of a country bumpkin girl has contributed quite a few clothing choices with questionable aesthetics.

Those bizarre and colorful designs included bizarre stocking styles.

The original trajectory was supported by Daenerys Targaryen's performance in Game of Thrones, which boosted the box office.

However, Tong Liya gained popularity through "The Squid Game" and "My Own Swordsman".

And her stunning beauty during her peak, when she was fair-skinned and radiant.

The problem of holding on isn't too big.

Xiao Tong took another deep breath, stroking the elephant and sighing, "My second brother is really suffering. I feel so sorry for him."

Her beautiful dream of pure love as a young girl had long been shattered.

That will only make the storm rage even more fiercely!

(End of this chapter)