Chapter 579: A Piece of God-Making

On the afternoon of August 10th, Luo Mo received a call from Wang Rong at the first opportunity.

On the phone, his tone was incredibly excited and agitated.

In the end, he even started thanking Luo Mo.

"We are going to be written into film history!" This was Wang Rong's exact words.

After hanging up, Luo Mo walked to the large balcony and basked for a while in the sunlight shining through the glass.

He knew very clearly that from today on, he would have to go through several restless days and nights.

Understanding the nature of netizens, he could roughly guess some of the discourse on the internet.

He joked to himself: "Please type 'Luo Mo is an Ox' on the public screen!"

In reality, under the news of the Medicine entering medical insurance, there was indeed such a hot comment with over ten thousand likes.

And under this hot comment, there were thousands of replies: "Ox!"

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Once the news broke, the whole country was in an uproar; this commotion was quite significant.

The scale of the heated discussion on the internet reached a terrifying level.

In the past, on the Weibo Hot Search list, it was rare to see the 【Explosive】 level used to evaluate the popularity of a hot search.

But today, the top three on the hot search list were all marked with the word 【Explosive】.

The first place was medical insurance.

The second place was leukemia.

The third place was "I Am Not a Medicine God".

The reputation of this film skyrocketed once again under these circumstances.

The reason was simple, because it had gained a new significance!

Looking at the current situation, it was no longer just a movie.

It also symbolized so, so much.

The comments on the internet that were trying to stir up trouble had quieted down by at least half at this moment.

Some people knew that there was no point in continuing like this.

Others were simply afraid.

Now, looking around, the internet was full of praise.

"Ah! It really entered medical insurance, thank you to the country!"

"Wow! I remembered those two big characters in the movie—【Hope】!"

"God-tier! This movie is straight-up god-tier to me! In my heart, it is number one in film history!"

"Too awesome! Really too awesome!"

"I feel like I've witnessed history!"

"Damn, I suddenly want to burst into tears again!"

As for the major cinema chains, they could be said to be in pain and happy at the same time.

Happy, because the attendance rate of "Medicine God" was too explosive; today's attendance rate could be described as packed.

Pain, because they hadn't expected such big news to break, so the increase in screening arrangements wasn't enough!

With this heaven-defying popularity, they needed to raise its screening share by at least another 10%!

If it weren't for the minimum screening share stipulated by the 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】, the cinema chains might have increased it even more for "Medicine God"!

The entire film industry was stunned right now.

After all, everyone had truly never seen a situation like the one before them.

In Blue Star Huaxia, there hadn't been a single film to date that possessed such terrifying influence as "Medicine God".

If this big news had appeared after "Medicine God" had finished its run, it would have been easier to explain.

But it just had to happen while it was still in hot release!

Nowadays, many people wanted to see how much the single-day box office for "Medicine God" would reach in the next few days.

At the same time, how much its final total box office would reach!

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In Beijing, after Director Li Dongliang read a few news items, he slowly put down the phone in his hand.

He only felt a splitting headache now, and his mood was complicated.

——Envy, jealousy, and hatred!

These past few days, he and everyone else had been discussing the matter of 【Large-scale Preview】, and they had already reached a result.

——Copy him!

Today was already August 10th, and his new film would be released in mid-August.

Before the official release, he prepared to conduct a 3-day large-scale preview.

Therefore, two days ago, the film's team had already been actively contacting major cinema chains.

But these past few days, the results received were not particularly good.

The reason was simple: when "Medicine God" had its previews, the movies already in theaters were showing signs of fatigue, and their box office had already begun to wither.

At that time, the one with the best single-day performance was the foreign blockbuster "Deep Sea Maze", which had only been released for a few days.

The Review Department had originally communicated with the cinema chains to provide more support for the films in the 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】, and coupled with the strong support of the Xindi Cinema Chain, 【Large-scale Preview】 appeared on Blue Star for the first time.

However, your film, Li Dongliang, which is of the Myth genre, is being released under the circumstances of "Medicine God" exploding.

Furthermore, there are 2 other films from the Hundred Billion Box Office Plan during the same period, which must occupy a guaranteed share of screenings.

What's more, among these two films, Little Pet Comes Home has performed well in all aspects, and its box office is very stable.

This heartwarming and healing film has benefited from the success of Medicine God.

The more people Medicine God makes suffer, the more people will go to see the cute pets for healing.

Therefore, its box office is very stable, surprisingly stable.

Many people now estimate that Little Pet Comes Home might even have a chance to break one billion at the box office!

So, we really want to ask Director Li Dongliang and your team, whose screening share do you think should be cut to accommodate your copycat Large-scale Preview?

What? You actually dare to say whose to cut?

Bah! Shameless!

As for the cinema chains, their thinking is actually very simple.

Even if we could squeeze out some screenings, wouldn't it be better to add them to Medicine God?

Look at its heaven-defying occupancy rate; it's packed during prime time.

Can you do that?

Li Dongliang is confident about his new film, but not to that extent.

Medicine God is too terrifying, so terrifying that he can only look up to it now.

The most fatal thing is that such big news broke today!

"Leukemia medication has been added to medical insurance!" Looking at the news, a deep sense of despair welled up in the depths of Li Dongliang's heart.

He knows that the difficulty of communicating with the cinema chains next will escalate, directly becoming Hell Mode.

All the screenings that can be squeezed out will all go toward Dying to Survive.

The more screenings it is given, the more money the cinema chains make.

Once this news came out, the whole country was shaken, the whole country was boiling!

This enthusiasm for watching the film can be described as unprecedentedly high; many people who have seen the film are shouting that they must buy tickets for a second viewing!

So, Director Li, why don't you take a break?

If you really want to follow the trend, how about... waiting until the next film to follow it?

Of course, there is one more way!

"Hasn't your film already been extended for half a month?"

"How about delaying the release for a while longer?"

"By then, everything will be easier to manage."

Li Dongliang: "???"

He is certainly unwilling to delay the release; how could he miss the Shuji Dang?

Even if it's just half a month, it is still much better than the subsequent holiday periods.

The current situation makes Li Dongliang feel very embarrassed, extremely embarrassed.

Since the team is contacting major cinema chains, people in the industry will hear some rumors about this matter sooner or later.

Heh, following Luo Mo's trend is one thing, but there's no guarantee you'll even succeed!

This time, it really is a huge embarrassment!

Judging from the current situation, if he and the investors insist on conducting a Large-scale Preview, by utilizing various relationships, Connections, and resources, it is estimated that they could arrange about one thousand screenings on the First Day.

That is even lower than Luo Mo's four thousand screenings on the opening day.

If he wants to increase them, he might have to make more concessions.

For example, signing an additional Contract to raise the Split Box Office that the cinema can get from these screenings.

"Just consider it an alternative way of paying for promotion," Li Dongliang thought to himself.

He feels that around 2000 screenings are still necessary.

It's just that he cannot make this decision alone; he still needs to discuss it with investors and other parties, and then make a quick decision.

A "one-man show" like Luo Mo's is still rare in the industry; everyone has to share the risks, after all—who else could be as bold as him!

In short, the confident Director Li's attitude is very clear.

This Large-scale Preview must go ahead, even if he has to bite the bullet!

The night gradually deepened.

Tian Ou lay numbly on the bed, his whole body feeling listless.

He feels that ever since Luo Mo plunged into the film industry, nothing has gone smoothly for him.

In the past, he was the most eye-catching young director in the film industry.

But what about now?

Luo Mo is taller than him, more handsome than him, more talented than him, and his film's reputation and box office are both higher than his.

Goods should be thrown away when compared; people should die when compared.

How can he compare with this?

The main thing is that the release duration of Car King 2 has already exceeded 1 month.

That is to say, it is currently showing only because its Key has been extended.

But in the second month, its screening share can be changed at will; he can cut it however he wants!

Nowadays, the screening share for Car King 2 is already very, very low, and it will be slashed again in the next few days.

Rounding it off, it's roughly equivalent to the Key not being extended at all!

What the hell is this!

At the same time, because of various things in the past, he truly could not stand to see Luo Mo do well.

Yet now, he was helpless.

Time reached the early morning, and at 12:15 AM, the major platforms almost simultaneously updated the single-day box office for yesterday.

Tian Ou felt his hands were truly restless; he couldn't help but open his phone, wanting to take a look at the results for Medicine God.

There was no helping it; he really couldn't manage not to care.

The final result was that he didn't know until he looked, and he was Dancing with shock once he did.

Looking at the numbers before him, his pupils couldn't help but constrict slightly, and he exhaled a breath of murky air through his nostrils.

It was only because the numbers before him were truly too terrifying.

"I Am Not the Medicine God, the single-day box office for August 10th, actually broke 450 million!"

The chubby hand Tian Ou used to hold his phone even began to tremble slightly.

Because he knew very clearly what this number represented.

Before I Am Not the Medicine God burst onto the scene, the highest single-day box office record in Blue Star Huaxia was 409 million!

This film was precisely the one ranked at the top of the box office charts.

It was called Star Domain, an imported blockbuster from overseas, and it was also the first 3D film in the Blue Star world, causing a sensation globally.

In reality, it was also the film with the highest total global box office, topping the box office charts in many countries.

It was precisely the appearance of Star Domain that caused the 3D film craze to sweep across the globe!

Yet just today, on August 10th, a domestic film had just like that broken its single-day box office record, reaching the pinnacle!

A certain young person from Blue Star Huaxia, with his first live-action film, had created such a magnificent feat.

A single work to achieve godhood!

(End of this chapter)