After Spielberg's speech, Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, Liu Ye, Du Wei and Anne Hathaway also expressed their thoughts on participating in the film.
Talking about the history and the details of the filming, all the actors also expressed their emotions from abroad.
After the main creative staff were interviewed, Chen Wan picked up the microphone and said: "When it comes to the movie "Flying Tigers", there is another person we have to mention. It was this person who pushed everything behind the scenes and made this movie possible." Finally it was implemented, he is the chairman of Makino Technology, Mr. Li Muli, let us give you a round of applause."
Li Mu, wearing a black suit, walked out of the side door and stepped onto the small stage.
After the applause, Chen Wan came to Li Mu and asked him: "Mr. Li, what prompted you to invest 200 million US dollars to shoot such a movie?"
Li Mu said seriously: "There are many reasons, but the most important thing is that the story of this movie and the real history behind the story moved me. As we all know, we have done charity activities for veterans to survive before, and we also went to the Yunnan-Guizhou Mountains for interviews. I have paid condolences to the old Flying Tigers. I have always been full of respect for these veterans who fought bloody battles and even sacrificed their lives for the country, so I also wanted to make a movie to pay tribute to them. I just happened to see Spielberg’s script, so I decided to invest without hesitation at that time.”
Chen Wan nodded and asked: "Then, if it is a perfect score of ten, how many points do you think this movie can get in your mind?"
Li Mu said without hesitation: "Ten points. In my heart, it is a perfect movie. It fully respects history, martyrs, and the feelings between people."
Chen Wan said: "I have seen some comments from foreign roadshow audiences. They said that at the end of the movie, the American nurse played by Annie died alone because of the sacrifice of her lover. Is it a little too cruel? Do you think it would be so cruel in reality? Feelings?"
Li Mu said: "I think reality itself is all-encompassing. All kinds of emotions will appear in reality. Some people will be sad for a period of time when their loved ones die in battle, and then they will be strong and start a new relationship and life. Some people may be unable to control themselves for a long time, and even if they start a new relationship, they still miss the one who has left in their hearts, while some people will silently guard that relationship until the end."
"Like the character Annie, her choice of feelings may not necessarily be cruel to this character. Perhaps forcing her to forget the love in her heart and start a new life is really cruel, just like Pu Shu's song " As sung by "White Birch Forest", the young lover died on the battlefield to protect his family and country. The girl still has unforgettable feelings for him even when she is gray-haired. Even when she is dying, she still thinks about that person and that person. That birch forest.”
Chen Wan nodded in agreement and asked, "Mr. Li, this movie will be released soon. What are your expectations for the box office?"
Li Mu said: "I hope that the box office of "Flying Tigers" can surpass "Titanic", but how much it can achieve depends on the market's actual assessment."
With that, Li Mu gave another instruction and said: "By the way, one thing I want to tell all the viewers is that all the net profits from this movie will be used to establish an Anti-Japanese War film fund specifically to support domestic Directors, on the premise of respecting history, make films on the theme of the Anti-Japanese War, and the profits generated from the fund’s investment will continue to be used to invest in more Anti-Japanese War films, and I promise not to misappropriate a penny of it."
Li Mu never thought about making money by making a movie like "Flying Tigers".
What he really wants to do is to present the Chinese War of Resistance to the world on the big screen, so that people can know the efforts and sacrifices of the Chinese people in that era.
However, to achieve this, one "Flying Tigers" alone is far from enough, so the enthusiasm of all filmmakers must be mobilized.
For a long time, there has been an embarrassing phenomenon in China. There are many TV series about the Anti-Japanese War, but there are very few big-screen movies. The reason is nothing more than utilitarianism.
The cost of making Anti-Japanese War TV series was low, the sales were good, and the censorship was relatively loose, so everyone was chasing after each other, and a lot of magical Anti-Japanese War dramas were made, such as Tearing the Devil with Hands, Hidden Thunder in the Crotch, and Gatling Arms Three Jumps Boxes, hand grenades, dry planes, and bun grenades were all mass-produced under such circumstances by screenwriters and directors who were not responsible for history;
As for a big-screen movie with a theme of the Anti-Japanese War, it must be a huge investment to make, and the subject matter is not as popular as a commercial movie. A few people acting in a road comedy can earn more than 10 to 2 billion in box office. Who else is willing to put in the effort to make it? Anti-war movie
The hot money in the film and television industry also likes to invest in more entertaining film and television projects, so the Anti-Japanese War themes are naturally becoming less and less. The less people invest, the fewer people invest, the less people make films. This is a vicious cycle.
If you set up a fund yourself to invest in high-quality Anti-Japanese War films, I believe you will be able to promote this area.
For example, if a director gets a script about the Anti-Japanese War, a rough estimate would indicate that it would cost at least 100 million to make a good film. No one would be willing to vote for it, and in the end he would have to throw the script aside.
However, after this fund is established, 100 million can come to this fund to ask for it. If the fund feels that there is no problem with the script, the director, and the casting, it will invest without hesitation and then make a reservation for the director. Keep a portion of the box office share. If the film fails, I will bear the cost. If the film becomes a hit, you will also make a lot of money.
Using this model to promote this area of literary and artistic works will definitely bring about qualitative changes.
But for a long time, domestic anti-war movies have become more and more into in-depth entertainment and excessive entertainment because no one has done such things.
A mixed-edition variety show can make money by going to theaters. In this kind of market environment, who would want to make an anti-war movie in the dirt
Li Mu roughly predicts that "The Flying Tigers" will earn at least a billion dollars at the global box office. By then, apart from the cost, the box office split, and part of the share given to Spielberg, there is little to say about the rest. There are also three to four billion U.S. dollars, which translates into two to three billion yuan.
The investment in a single domestic film is not high, so two to three billion can support at least thirty, forty, or even forty or fifty films, and it is certainly impossible to directly invest in dozens of films or one in a year. Seven or eight, or eleven or two, some of them will lose money, some of them will be even, and some of them will make money. This way you can basically turn things around.
As soon as the news came out, many domestic film directors expressed their great support and appreciation.
The price of excessive marketization is that everyone is increasingly profit-seeking, less and less responsible, and increasingly feels that patriotism is your business and his business, and making money is my business. When people think about things like this, more and more people If there are too many, the cultural industry will naturally become worse and worse.
Li Mu made such a decision at this time, which indeed brought a great breath of fresh air to the cultural industry.
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Later, Li Mu took time to attend four road shows.
In other words, he followed half of the ten road shows.
For a CEO of multiple companies, being able to spare so much time is really the limit.
During the ten road shows of "Flying Tigers", wherever it went, it became popular, and the media followed it like crazy every day.
Domestic media, from CCTV to local TV stations, have great expectations for this movie and spare no effort to promote it.
Even the industrial and commercial departments and the public security department have entered the stage of joint law enforcement, preparing to jointly crack down on all piracy after the release of "Flying Tigers".
In the past, piracy of commercial movies might have passed by turning a blind eye, but this movie is of great significance.
It not only represents history, but also represents China’s export to the world.
In the words of Li Mu on Weibo Twitter, we filmed and promoted "Flying Tigers" firstly not to make money, and secondly not to be miserable. Our entire purpose is to salvage this piece of history from the long river of history. Restore it and let as many people as possible see it and understand it.
This is respect for history and respect for heroes.
Two days before the film's release, online ticket sales were launched in all theaters and theaters in all theaters.
In less than an hour, all theaters and seats for all screenings around the world were sold out.
Even before July 7th, the first-day box office has been locked in advance.
The entire China, including mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, had a box office of US$30 million on the first day. This is because all screens have been taken into account.
In Japan and South Korea, the box office on the first day was US$12 million, of which Japan accounted for about 70%.
In the United States and Canada, the first-day box office was US$60 million;
In four European countries, the box office on the first day exceeded 8 million.
Even before the movie was released, the box office on the first day had already exceeded 100 million US dollars.
The whole world was shocked.
The movie theaters' film schedules are also very impressive, and they have almost done their best to allocate the most resources to "Flying Tigers" during this time period.
The summer season itself is a highly competitive season.
However, in this period, "Flying Tigers" is the dominant one.
It is said that the promotion of "Flying Tigers" caused the collapse of many promotion teams for movies released at the same time or in the near future.
The reason is that Li Mu has used Internet resources to the extreme.
The entire internet is flooded with ads for this movie.
Li Mu's online ticketing system also always has a huge banner of "Flying Tigers".
Almost all movie theaters around the world have put up promotional materials for "Flying Tigers", which is almost comprehensive coverage.
For the audience, they have been attracted by "Flying Tigers" and all the attention of the movie. After all, this movie brings together too many eye-catching elements.
This makes other movies beat their chests, but they have no choice but to serve as cannon fodder for "Flying Tigers" in this schedule.
So, on July 7th.
"Flying Tigers" reflects the greatness and tenacity of the Chinese people in World War II and is officially released!
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