In the end, relying on the comprehensive strength of the movie, Li Mu's promotional resources, and three classic English songs, "Flying Tigers" created a series of box office miracles, setting a global box office record with a total global box office of US$3.231 billion. The newly crowned king.
This movie has set a terrifying record of more than 400 million viewers around the world, and there are many second and third time viewers.
This is a huge improvement for Chinese films. Although most of the creative team comes from Hollywood, because it is a Chinese-funded film, a Chinese historical fact, and distributed by a Chinese company, it is still classified as a Chinese film.
This is also the first successful global export of a Chinese film, and it is the peak of its debut.
Li Mu also fulfilled his promise to the world. After the movie was released, he immediately put "Rolling In The Deep" on YYtunes, and provided users around the world with free downloads and authorized music stations around the world to play it for free.
As a result, this song effortlessly topped almost all music charts in the world.
Now, on most music charts around the world, "Rolling In The Deep" ranks first, and "Set Fire To The Rain" ranks second.
There is another part of it, the third song is "21 Guns".
This also created the pinnacle of achievements for Chinese singers around the world.
At the same time, three songs are in the Top 10, even in the Top 5 and Top 3, which is simply incredible.
After the movie was released, Du Wei, the one with the least segmentation among the five leading actors, became the most popular one with these three songs.
Needless to say, Tom Hanks and Leonardo are top actors in their own right.
As for Anne Hathaway, because she played a more tragic and touching female nurse, she also gained a lot of favor and her status rose to the top.
Liu Ye, who was previously unknown, became an instant hit in Asia.
On the day the movie ended, Li Mu held a thank-you meeting. In addition to thanking everyone for their support for the film's achievements, he also answered a question that reporters were very concerned about: "Why was he able to write these three very special songs?" Excellent piece of music.”
Li Mu's answer was: "It's due to talent."
Apart from these four words, he himself had no good explanation.
Later, at the thank you meeting, he told the global audience: "I want to take this opportunity to announce something to everyone here today."
After saying that, Li Mu added: "This matter has nothing to do with the movie itself. It is a small personal decision of mine."
All the media reporters were eagerly looking forward to his next content. Li Mu said in a non-surprising manner: "Tesla CEO Elon Musk and I have reached a preliminary consensus to jointly create a plan for humans to move to Mars." Work hard towards a great goal!”
As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar!
Move to Mars? !
Isn't this matter too out of the ordinary
Everyone imagined the decision Li Mu might make, but every idea was based on earth.
Unexpectedly, Li Mu came up with an answer: Mars, which is tens of millions of kilometers away.
Just as thunder exploded on the scene, Li Mu smiled slightly and explained: "Actually, I believe that everyone should have certain fantasies and desires for space. I also believe that everyone has raised his head when he was young. Look at the stars in the sky and the spectacular Milky Way, and think about questions and fantasies about the universe, immigration to alien stars, and alien creatures.”
"I think an entrepreneur cannot just focus on making money. Sometimes, we have to take the initiative to assume some higher-level responsibilities and obligations for the future of mankind, and explore other planets. What Lon Musk agrees on next.”
Reporters went crazy.
The world's richest man suddenly said he wanted to immigrate to Mars. This can be said to be another explosive news after the Flying Tigers!
As a result, reporters asked questions one after another. Someone asked: "Mr. Li, how long will it take for you to realize this wish?"
Li Mu said: "First of all, let me correct you. This is not a wish. This is a plan, a plan to be implemented. To answer your question, I hope that before 2020, we can safely send humans to Mars."
Someone else asked: "Mr. Li, sending humans to Mars and immigrating to Mars should be two different concepts, right?"
Li Mu nodded and said with a smile: "Two concepts and two stages. First, we must achieve landing on Mars and return safely, and then we can achieve immigration to Mars."
Another reporter raised his hand: "Mr. Li, even NASA in the United States dare not start this project. How much are you and Elon Musk prepared to invest to start this project?"
Li Mu smiled and said: "I personally am willing to invest US$10 billion or more in this project in at least the next 2-30 years."
After saying that, Li Mu added: "Of course, I also hope that the rich people all over the world will be willing to participate in this project. We are now ready to recruit partners for all mankind, and at the same time, we are also recruiting future space talents for all mankind." travelers, and even space funeral users.”
The reporter asked: "Mr. Li, can you tell us more specifically?"
"Of course." Li Mu said with a smile: "The first is an investment of 10 billion US dollars. This is just my personal guaranteed investment. At the same time, Elon Musk and I also have two cooperation projects together, one is Tesla and the other It’s SpaceX, and all net profits at our disposal from these two companies in the future will be used for space exploration projects.”
"As for the space passenger project, in the future we will provide: Earth orbit, space station, moon, Mars and other space tourism projects. This project is intended to recruit wealthy users who want to experience space exploration in their lifetime;"
"Space funeral is our ultimate solution for the placement of ashes after the death of human beings. That is to put them into high-strength alloy containers and launch them into space. Maybe when human beings perish in the future, the ashes will still be in space. Wandering, don’t you think this is a very romantic thing?”
Someone asked him: "Mr. Li, can you tell us why you have such an idea?"
Li Mu smiled and said: "Humans, there must be a motivation to move forward. If my motivation is just to make money, then I may put all my energy and costs into projects that can make money. However, in that case, How meaningful is it? After the money reaches a certain level, you just can’t spend it all, and I am not a person who particularly likes to enjoy, so I think it is more meaningful to use part of the money to do something. Higher-level things, exploring Mars and space are one of them.
"Then why did you choose Mars instead of other celestial bodies, such as the moon, which is closer to the earth?"
Li Mu explained: "Mars is the terrestrial planet in the solar system that is most similar to the Earth. Therefore, in our opinion, Mars is the most realistic choice for alien immigration."
"So what do you think are the chances of this plan succeeding?"
Li Mu said: "Success needs to be based on time. In my opinion, the success rate for humans to land on Mars within ten years should be about 50%, but the success rate for immigrating to Mars is only about 25%. However, if If this timeline is extended by ten years, then I think the success rate will double. If the timeline is extended to 2050, then I think there is at least an 80% chance of immigrating to Mars."
After that, Li Mu added: "Actually, even if this goal cannot be achieved by 2050, it doesn't matter to me, because scientific research itself is a process that requires continuous accumulation. With my ability and my lifetime, I may not be able to achieve it. If humans are sent to Mars to immigrate, we must be able to improve the theoretical and hardware foundation for humans to immigrate to Mars to a certain extent, so that our descendants can use this as a basis to move to the next level."
"Perhaps in 2100, humans will be able to establish a permanent survival base on Mars;"
"Perhaps in 2200, humans will be able to easily travel back and forth between Mars and Earth;"
"Perhaps in 2500, humans will be able to break out of the solar system and head towards farther goals."
"However, the premise of all this is that mankind must restart the exploration of outer space and other celestial bodies. If we do not take this step now, but leave it to our sons and grandchildren to start, then the entire The pace of human exploration of outer space will be delayed for twenty to thirty years or even longer, so I think we need to start early.”
Another reporter asked: "Mr. Li, do you have any specific steps and plans?"
Li Mu said: "First of all, we will increase investment in the development of recyclable launch vehicles to further reduce the cost of space launches;"
"Secondly, we will carry out commercial launches while starting to build our own space station. The space station will serve as a base for replenishing fuel and food items. The first astronauts going to Mars in the future will be fully loaded with fuel and supplies here and sail to the distant Mars.
"At the same time, we will also study permanent and semi-permanent equipment suitable for use on Mars. We will first choose a location on the surface of Mars to build a scientific research station, and then gradually expand a Mars village and a Mars town with the scientific research station as the center. Even a Martian city.”
"Of course, this is the most unimaginative solution. We might as well be a little more romantic when looking at this problem. Just imagine, maybe in the next few decades, human material science will advance by leaps and bounds, and people can develop a space elevator. You might even come!”
"In this way, the cost of transporting items to the space station will be greatly reduced. In the past, a launch vehicle was needed to transport a few hundred kilograms of payload. But by then, transporting a few hundred kilograms of payload will only consume some electricity. If that One day is really coming. Human beings may be able to build a super spacecraft as big as an aircraft carrier in space. By that time, we can even build a mobile city in space, and then carry thousands of people, and All the equipment and supplies they need will fly directly to Mars and land on the surface of Mars."
"In short, the possibilities for space exploration are endless, but the key is that if you don't take the first step, there will be no prospects and possibilities. Only by taking the first step can you have unlimited possibilities!"
(End of chapter)