Chapter 582: [Hundred Billion Box Office Plan] Completed!

Beijing, Review Department.

Zhong Lin struggled for a long time, but in the end, she still didn't dare to make the decision on her own.

The process and discussions alone lasted an entire afternoon, and the final answer reached was—add it for him!

What a great piece of positive publicity.

It would be a waste, and truly a bit of a pity.

The current situation is that the matter of entering the medical insurance coverage is being pushed by the government, but "Dying to Survive" has benefited greatly from it.

Nowadays, this can also be considered a kind of alternative feedback.

However, as the saying goes, it is somewhat cumbersome to operate; if content is to be added, it must be added uniformly across the country, and then the new version must be played uniformly on a certain day.

Therefore, it still requires time.

This special version of "I Am Not a Medicine God" will certainly only be able to meet the national audience in a few days.

After finishing her work, Section Chief Zhong prepared to get off work and go home.

Before leaving, she suddenly remembered something.

"Director Li Dongliang's new film is also having a 【Large-scale Preview】 today, isn't it?" she muttered to herself.

In terms of scale, this preview is actually only half that of "Dying to Survive".

However, to be able to squeeze out 2,000 screenings under these circumstances, Li Dongliang is worthy of the four characters "supernatural powers."

Heaven knows how much he paid, and heaven knows how many promises he made to the theater chains.

As the concluding work of the 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】, she still cares about this film quite a bit.

Because its box office will determine the final figure of the 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】.

"Huh, the box office is actually not bad." Zhong Lin was somewhat surprised.

This film by Li Dongliang can be described as ill-fated, having encountered many things before its release.

In addition to a supporting actor being involved in a serious scandal, the film title was also changed at the last minute due to some reasons in the overseas market, changing it to "Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons."

Since the preview screenings were basically in the afternoon, its box office could already be estimated.

"It is estimated to end at 4 million," Zhong Lin thought to herself.

That is to say, it didn't reach half of the first day of "Dying to Survive," but it can still be considered decent.

Regarding the bizarre tactic of 【Large-scale Preview】, Zhong Lin, as the section chief of the Review Department, also felt it was an eye-opener.

She was also quite curious whether this film, which followed the trend, could stand at the new forefront.

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………

Beijing, Li Dongliang was in a great mood today.

The attendance rate for the preview screenings of "Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons" was truly not bad.

This confident director, of course, would not think he was basking in the reflected glory of "Dying to Survive."

He certainly would not think that after the large-scale preview of "Dying to Survive," everyone would have greater curiosity about the next film that dared to carry out the same operation.

In short, he has become more confident now.

Li Dongliang had already made up his mind: "If it becomes a hit domestically, the trend can sweep overseas!"

"These all have complementary effects!"

"By then, with the domestic and foreign box office added together, I imagine it will also be very high!"

As the fifth of the Four Great Directors, Director Li has quite a large ambition; he cares about international fame and wants to be a director renowned in many countries.

The next day, many theater chains added a small number of screenings for "Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons," with preview screenings reaching over 3,000, and the box office smoothly reached 6 million, with the attendance rate still being very high.

But Li Dongliang's mood was not as good as yesterday.

Because judging from the online reviews collected by the team, people's evaluation of "Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons" was not high.

To be precise, there were quite a few people trashing it.

"What kind of bullshit is this? People from the island nation speak the island nation's language, Huaxia people speak Huaxia language, Koreans speak Korean, yet they are all communicating normally!"

"Boss, isn't this a bit too sycophantic? Trying to please foreign audiences, right?"

"I don't really care about the language, it's mainly that the drama is very messy!"

"They just don't speak properly; things that could be explained clearly are made very convoluted and mysterious!"

"Damn it, it's all pretentious nonsense. I had a headache after watching half of it. It's not good at all, relying on superficial things to forcibly raise the level of sophistication. Only the special effects are done okay, and the aesthetic of the visuals is not bad."

"The sense of fragmentation is too strong. If it were a story with a classical charm, I would endure it if they didn't speak properly, but can you imagine the feeling of hearing the island nation's language just when you felt it had a bit of charm?"

These negative reviews caused a foreboding feeling to well up in Li Dongliang's heart.

Sure enough, by the second day, the theater chains came to contact him proactively.

And their attitude made Li Dongliang almost spit out a mouthful of old blood.

"Reduce screenings, they actually want to reduce screenings!"

Due to the large-scale preview, the 【Word-of-mouth Judgment】 was brought forward.

A large number of audiences across the country have already watched "Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons," and the word-of-mouth has already begun to ferment.

Major ticketing apps and platforms like 【Petal】 have all given 【Initial Ratings】 to "Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons."

And no matter which platform it is on, the rating of this film is not very high.

——This film is not worth watching.

Even so, Director Li Dongliang still received respect from the domestic film circle.

"Director Li, great 【Kindness】!"

"Thank you, Director Li, for risking yourself to let us understand that 【Large-scale Preview】 is not something we are qualified to play with."

"I understand now, only a phenomenal blockbuster is qualified; thank you for your instruction, Director Li."

"Gratitude, heart-fingers."

"Director Li's Dancing, how many children who were eager to try it out did he scare away!"

It can be said that Luo Mo taught the domestic film industry a lesson with 【Large-scale Preview】.

Li Dongliang also used 【Large-scale Preview】 to teach the domestic film industry a different kind of lesson.

Luo Mo is a match, we are not.

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……..

As time passed, the day of the official premiere of "Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom" arrived just like that.

The total screening rate for this film was only a tiny bit higher than the guaranteed minimum.

Judging from the current momentum, I am afraid there is no hope for Li Dongliang to recoup his investment from the domestic market.

The only thing he can pin his high hopes on, I am afraid, is the overseas market he has been fawning over.

But what truly made Li Dongliang feel tormented was far more than just this one thing.

The occurrence of another matter made his poorly-reviewed "Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom" a joke on its very first day of release.

Although the box office for Luo Mo's "Medicine God" has started to decline gradually over the past few days, this is a normal decline and follows the natural order.

Even so, the total box office has reached an astonishing 3.74 billion.

As for "Little Pet Comes Home," which was released in the same period, its daily box office has only been twenty or thirty million these past few days; limited by its subject matter, its screenings were also cut, but its cumulative total box office has reached 890 million.

There is still hope for it to break one billion.

As for that trashy film by Director Chen, like Fang Jie's "Puberty," the box office was quite good in the first few days and it made a lot of money, but it only started to plummet off a cliff when the 【Word-of-mouth Judgment】 arrived.

The total box office has now climbed to just under 400 million.

Adding the cumulative box office of these three films together, it is just a tiny bit more than 5 billion!

Plus the other 7 films, it equals... breaking 10 billion!

【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】, completed ahead of schedule.

It broke 100 billion on the day of Director Li Dongliang's new film premiere!

In summary—when it comes to completing the task, it makes no difference whether you are there or not!

Your existence only proves by how much the 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】 was exceeded.

Honestly, if his "Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom" box office was top-tier and the amount exceeded was large, that would be another fine story.

But if it flops hard, then it really is embarrassing.

Expecting his excess completion is not as good as looking forward to how much more "Medicine God" can rise.

Isn't the subsequent box office of "Medicine God" also part of that 10 billion?

Now, there are already netizens on the internet feeling sorry for Director Li.

"This isn't the fifth of the Four Great Directors, this is clearly the eleventh of the ten directors."

"Don't blame the task for being low difficulty, just blame the friendly forces for being too capable!"

"This matter still has to be blamed on Luo Mo!"

"Exactly, exactly! It's all Luo Mo's fault!"

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………

Shanghai, Xicheng.

Xu Chujing shook the phone in her hand and said to Luo Mo, "Congratulations, 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】 completed ahead of schedule!"

Luo Mo smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Eh! I only played a negligible role."

"Look at how smug you are." Xu Chujing laughed along.

Just at this moment, Luo Mo's phone rang; the caller was an unknown number.

He answered the phone, and a female voice that could not be called unfamiliar, but also not familiar, came from the other end.

"Director Luo, is it convenient to talk now?" the other party asked.

Luo Mo was just about to ask for the other party's identity, when the other party said directly, "I am Zhong Lin."

"Ah, Team Leader Zhong, hello, hello," Luo Mo said.

He was not surprised that Zhong Lin could have his number; for her, this was a very easy thing.

Zhong Lin said, "I am calling this time to specifically thank Director Luo for allowing the 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】 to be completed ahead of schedule; otherwise, I would still be under a lot of pressure."

"Not at all, not at all," Luo Mo said.

Xu Chujing raised an eyebrow at him from the side, as if saying: "Why didn't you add that line about how you only played a negligible role?"

Luo Mo glared at her, as if saying: "You think I wouldn't dare?"

Honestly, the success this time really relied on Luo Mo's comeback against the wind; he deserves the greatest credit.

Originally, according to everyone's estimates, it would have been good to reach 8 billion this time.

Who would have thought that this person would take it all on himself.

Just at this moment, Zhong Lin continued, "There is one more thing, which is that the Review Department plans to hold another 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】 next year. Currently, which directors will participate is basically not yet determined; internally, only one person has been confirmed so far, and that is you, Director Luo."

"Is that so." Luo Mo was not flattered, only slightly surprised.

Everything to him was just unexpected yet within reason.

Don't forget, he still has "Nezha: Birth of the Demon Child" in the Spring Festival slot.

With the foundation laid by "Monkey King: Hero is Back," no one thinks this film will flop.

What's more, the new project "Miscalculation" had already been reported before preparations began; how could the Review Department not know?

The box office and word-of-mouth for "Medicine God" were both too explosive; Luo Mo's current Box Office Appeal can be said to be at an unprecedented high.

Zhong Lin smiled again and said, "Right, there is one more thing."

"Please go ahead, Team Leader Zhong," Luo Mo said.

"Regarding next year's Hundred Billion Box Office Plan, does Director Luo have any opinions?" Zhong Lin said.

Upon hearing this, Luo Mo pondered for a moment and then spoke:

"I have no opinions."

After finishing, Luo Mo changed the subject and said, "I do have a suggestion, though."

(PS: The second update. Today is 520, and it is also May Zong's birthday, so the second update is a little late.)

(End of this chapter)