The Fleeting Years of Chinese Entertainment

The winter wind is the painter of time, sketching out a beautiful scene of frost flowers and rime ice with a light stroke of its brush.

Parasite has been showing overseas for a month and a half, and except for island nations and some regions in North America, it has long been taken off the screens in other places.

Therefore, the total box office of this movie is basically locked in, and there is unlikely to be any major changes afterward.

Excluding the mainland China region where it has already been released, the total box office revenue for all other regions, including Hong Kong and Taiwan, is US$9382 million.

If we include the box office in mainland China, it would be just over one hundred million US dollars.

Compared to the total global box office of this movie in its previous life, it's been cut in half... no, it should be said that it's been cut off entirely.

After all, it only took a little over a third of the box office revenue from the previous life, so it wouldn't be unreasonable to say that they should just cut off its main asset as well.

However, China Film Group and Shanghai Film Group, the film companies that invested in "Parasite," were extremely satisfied with the results.

Especially for China Film Group, because the higher the overseas box office of "Parasite", the more valuable the subsequent copyrights they hold will be.

After all, there are really too few Chinese films that can be box office hits overseas.

Aside from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero", Lin Mo's "Parasite" has the highest box office. Even "House of Flying Daggers" only grossed around 80 million US dollars overseas.

Not to mention that, apart from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," the other two films were sold directly to foreign countries.

Lin Mo's "bold" move has undoubtedly dazzled many domestic filmmakers.

"Xiao Lin, do you want to transfer all the overseas box office revenue from 'Parasite' to China Film Group? I... can I transfer the money to you in advance? After all, your studio just opened recently, and you need the money right now..."

Any new ideas lately? China Film Group can give you full investment rights, and I can also keep the distribution costs down to the lowest possible level…”

Han Sanping is currently riding high on success.

He was under some pressure after defying public opinion and China Film Group's advance pricing, which gave Lin Mo an extra three million to acquire the subsequent rights to Lin Mo's "Parasite".

But now things are different. As soon as the movie's overseas box office results came out, all the discussions about him within the China Film Group Corporation were swept away, and everyone was praising his foresight.

No matter how slow the money comes in later, at least there should be no loss.

Han Sanping's words were all an attempt to entice Lin Mo to start making a new movie as soon as possible.

Lin Mo could naturally tell as well.

After all, Lao Han had already said that he was worried that he didn't have enough capital and that he would send him the overseas box office revenue share in advance.

The urgency expressed was palpable.

With over 90 million US dollars in box office revenue, and considering that one-third of the box office revenue is considered profit, the total was over 30 million US dollars.

He owns 20%, which is over 6.2 million US dollars. After deducting taxes, there should still be less than 4 million US dollars, which is about 30 million RMB.

Since Han Sanping was willing to make this convenient for Lin Moxing, Lin Moxing was naturally happy to accept it.

Moreover, Lin Mo has recently had a little idea...

……

After three days of even more intense promotion, "A World Without Thieves" has finally been officially released.

On its opening day, it grossed over ten million yuan, slightly higher than the box office of Lin Mo's earlier film, "Your Name."

It has to be said that Feng Xiaogang, along with Andy Lau and a host of other award-winning actors, have considerable influence, and the box office trend of breaking 100 million is a foregone conclusion.

Following Zhang Yimou and Lin Mo, Feng Xiaogang is also about to join the club of directors in China with earnings exceeding 100 million yuan.

Moreover, the two films had similar budgets, making them the perfect subject of comparison.

When interviewed, Mr. Wang from Huayi was all smiles, talking about the hardships the crew faced during filming and his expectations for future box office success.

The implication was clear...

Lin Mo is still young after all. Although he has some talent, he is still somewhat different from a well-known director like Feng Xiaogang.

Moreover, the cast of the two films is incomparable. Huayi Brothers' production of "A World Without Thieves" has a very good chance of surpassing Lin Mo's "Your Name" at the box office.

"Huayi Brothers' CEO, Mr. Wang, explicitly predicted that the total box office of 'A World Without Thieves' will surpass that of 'Your Name'..."

"Which of these two equally budgeted films will come out on top...?"

Is Director Lin Mo about to narrowly lose to Director Feng...?

……

Just as the media was reporting extensively on Wang Zhonglei's remarks, this young CEO soon experienced the sting of being proven wrong.

Because the box office of "A World Without Thieves" dropped to just over nine million the following day.

And as the promotion of Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu Hustle" intensified, it dealt another blow to "A World Without Thieves".

In an effort to save face for Huayi Brothers, Feng Xiaogang began giving interviews to the media, during which he repeatedly discussed his cameo appearance in the film "Kung Fu Hustle".

Unfortunately, it was pretty useless...

It did not significantly help increase the daily box office of "A World Without Thieves".

Another semester is approaching, and Lin Mo expects to spend a relatively large amount of time at school this semester.

It's much better than when I first enrolled, although I still frequently need to ask the school for leave.

"Xiao Mo, did you know? Sony has actually started contacting me..."

Now that Lin Mo and Liu Yifei's relationship has become public, the girl is no longer satisfied with just sending messages every day.

Hearing Liu Yifei's cheerful tone, Lin Mo's mood instantly brightened by a third.

"Wow, is my Sisi preparing to go abroad?"

Liu Yifei seemed very pleased with Lin Mo's praise.

"Hehe... Of course, you don't even know who I am... Oh, right, Xiao Mo, there's something else. We're changing filming locations again soon, next stop is Xiangshan..."

"Xiangshan?" Lin Mo murmured.

Upon hearing this place name, some information from his previous life about the filming of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" here instantly came to Lin Mo's mind.

Costume torn... groceries...

These two key pieces of information immediately struck Lin Mo's mind.

"Okay, Sisi, I got it. The weather is getting colder, remember to keep warm. When you're not filming, you should..."

……

After talking with Liu Yifei, Lin Mo's expression turned slightly gloomy.

Although "The Return of the Condor Heroes" is the most successful work Liu Yifei has ever starred in, the production team did bring her quite a few negative consequences during filming.

The hardships endured during filming in the dead of winter need no further explanation; it's simply the duty of an actor.

But the cervical spine problem remains and has not healed for years, and the psychological damage is even more hateful!