The Fleeting Years of Chinese Entertainment

"Have some self-control, Senior Yan! The whole campus can probably hear your laughter right now!"

Lin Mo chuckled and teased her...

……

As time went by, the box office of the movie "Your Name" gradually increased.

Box office revenue the following day: 1238 million RMB!

Three-day box office: 1337 million RMB!

First week box office: 9338 million RMB!

The film has already recouped its costs after a week of release.

"Lin Mo... has already joined the ranks of the top commercial directors in the country!"

"Director Lin Mo has achieved instant fame and is about to join the '100 Million Yuan Director Club'..."

"The story behind the movie 'Your Name'..."

There is an increasing amount of media coverage of Lin Mo's films.

However, with the end of the National Day holiday, the box office of the movie "Your Name" has also begun to decline significantly.

Box office revenue on day 8: 962 million RMB; box office revenue on day 9: 867 million RMB; box office revenue on day 10…

Despite the declining box office performance of "Your Name", it still managed to dominate the box office in October.

The box office performance of "New Police Story" has long been in a slump, with its total box office revenue struggling to stay above 30 million.

Lu Chuan's "Kekexili" fared even worse, with its opening week box office barely exceeding three million, and its daily box office thereafter hovering around two hundred thousand.

Although some filmmakers and audiences in the industry have given Lu Chuan's film positive reviews, this cannot save it from the fact that it is already doomed to fail.

After the National Day holiday, the box office of Lin Mo's "Your Name" continued to decline. Starting from the 14th, the box office only stopped at around three million and has been hovering there ever since.

It wasn't until the 21st that the film's box office finally started to drop below one million.

However, by this time, the total box office of the film "Your Name" had already reached 1.58 million RMB...

Lin Mo's film "Your Name" is still showing in theaters, but it has already surpassed Zhang Yimou's "House of Flying Daggers" which was released some time ago.

Lin Mo also successfully advanced to become... the second director in China with a net worth of over 100 million yuan.

Although the box office performance of the movie "Your Name" was somewhat different from what Lin Mo had boasted before the movie's release.

However, in the entertainment industry, most people are the type to be fickle and opportunistic.

Lin Mo's current film achievements are enough to make them completely side with him.

"Lin Mo and Liu Yifei's acting is phenomenal; the most beautiful romance film of the new century is born!"

"Director Lin's first youth romance film was a huge success! It brought tears to the eyes of thousands of people at the scene!"

"I've seen countless romance movies! But those that can compare to 'Your Name' are... very few!"

"The three words Lin Ran wrote on Liu Ye's palm in the movie... are undoubtedly the most beautiful confession of the new century!"

……

Han Sanping, accompanied by Koreans and Japanese, approached Lin Mo to discuss the export rights of the film.

"It would be a good thing if movies could be exported, but I still don't want to do a one-off deal."

Knowing how much "Your Name" grossed in Asia in his previous life, Lin Mo naturally wouldn't do anything foolish, especially since that movie almost killed "Spirited Away" in Japan.

After hesitating for a moment, Han Sanping decided to side with Lin Mo after Lin Mo refused the one-time buyout of the copyright.

Ultimately, the four parties agreed that the Korean and Japanese companies would handle the local promotion and distribution, and then share the box office revenue.

As for the remake rights, Lin Mo readily agreed, since he was indeed a little short of money right now, and he was naturally more than happy to receive some money in advance.

In the end, he made a total of $3 million, and he kept $1.5 million!

Based on the current exchange rate of 8.2768 RMB to USD, Lin Mo earned a total of 1241.52 million RMB from the remake rights he purchased in these two countries.

However, after paying taxes, the amount was less than ten million. With a studio, the tax rate was still so high, which made Lin Mo feel a little heartache.

……

In the last few days of its release, "Your Name" grossed only a few hundred thousand yuan, never reaching a million, until the film was taken off the screens.

According to data obtained by China Film Group from cinemas and official sources, Lin Mo's "Your Name" grossed a staggering 1.63 million RMB during its theatrical run.

Following Zhang Yimou, Lin Mo has also successfully joined the ranks of China's top commercial film directors.

"Director Lin, following in the footsteps of Director Zhang, you are now the highest-grossing film director in China. Do you have any plans for future films?"

"Thank you for your support, I will continue to work hard..."

"Director Lin, your film didn't break the box office record of 'Titanic' as you said earlier. What are your thoughts on this?"

"When did I say it would break its box office record?"

"Director Lin, what's your opinion on the film 'Kekexili,' which was released at the same time as yours?"

"Well done, it's educational..."

After dealing with a large group of reporters at the school gate, Lin Mo finally got into the car sent by China Film Group to pick him up.

Old Han hosted a celebration banquet for him at a star-rated hotel in Kyoto.

When Lin Mo arrived, it was already 5 p.m.

Enter, smash the ice, pop the champagne!

After a series of standard procedures, it was time for the formal part of the celebration banquet – interpersonal communication!

At this banquet, Lin Mo witnessed firsthand what it meant to have CEOs everywhere and big shots as numerous as dogs.

Not only were there representatives from state-owned enterprises and private companies such as Shanghai Film Group, Huayi Brothers Media Group, Enlight Media, and Berna Group present.

Many of their artists also came...

"Director Lin, I've heard so much about you! You truly are a young hero!"

"Mr. Yu, you flatter me."

"Director Lin, it's been a long time. How about we collaborate sometime?"

"Sister Bingbing, long time no see!"

"Hehe... Director Lin is truly a young talent! My older brother was quite upset for a while after you were rejected when I invited you to join Huayi!"

"Mr. Wang overestimates me. I'm actually quite ordinary."

……

After a period of drinking and chatting, Lin Mo finally found a quiet corner to rest.

Liu Yifei and Zhu Yawen didn't come; one was busy filming on set, and the other was busy getting beaten up back home. Of the main actors from "Your Name" present today, only Yan Danchen and Jing Tian were there.

However, at this moment, Da Tian Tian was being dragged by Lu Zheng to build relationships with all the "big shots"!

"Junior Lin, are you... tired?"

Yan Danchen, with her "sharp eyes," spotted the corner where Lin Mo was staying and walked over with a smile.

"Heh... Senior, why aren't you thinking about getting to know some big shots? What are you doing coming to me?"

"Aren't you a big shot too?"