China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 111
In the afternoon, I continued to audition for the role of the killer. Because Zhang Zijian, Huang Bo, and Zhang Hanyu all passed the acting skills, it was difficult for the anti-tool man director Shen Junsheng to make a decision, so in the end, Li Mu could only make the decision himself.

Considering that the movie "The Way to Steal the Key" is a bit of a comedy in genre, in the end Li Mu simply decided to play Huang Bo.Moreover, the character of the killer in the original movie is not the same as Huang Bo in appearance. Li Mu thinks that Huang Bo is more suitable to play the killer after such a comparison.

As for the candidate for the heroine, Li Mu finally decided on Gao Yuanyuan.Although her acting skills are not very good, she can barely tell the past. The most important thing is that her image, temperament and age are very close to the original version. Taking this into consideration, Gao Yuanyuan is an ideal candidate.

The total investment of "The Way to Steal the Key" is only about 1000 million yuan. The film has no big scenes, and the filming is relatively simple. The preparatory work is not as complicated as "Inception", so it will be officially launched next month. , the shooting period is about one month, if everything goes well, it should be able to catch up with the Spring Festival in 08.

When Li Mu finally finished casting "The Way to Steal the Key" and held two consecutive meetings about the preparatory work of "Inception", he finally got some leisure time, but he has a restless temper , so I want to do something when I have time.

Thinking that the more than 4000 million novels he sold in the United States are all helped by "Science Fiction World" magazine, and he has a good relationship with President Qin Li, Editor Yang Feng, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Yao Haijun, etc., so Li Mu I just thought that I would reciprocate and help the "Science Fiction World" magazine as much as I can.

The monthly sales volume of "Science Fiction World" magazine was nearly 40 copies at its peak, but since the beginning of the new century, due to the combined effect of various reasons, the sales volume of "Science Fiction World" magazine has been directly cut in half, and now the monthly sales volume is even lower. Less than 20 copies.

This month, Li Mu won the Hugo Award, which is known as the Nobel Prize in the field of science fiction, and the magazine "Science Fiction World" also appeared on CCTV. Under this influence, there has been a wave of science fiction craze in China. Sales should usher in a surge.

If at this time Li Mu took advantage of the popularity of the Hugo Award he had just won, coupled with his high popularity in the film and novel circles, then he would publish his first work after winning the award on the "Science Fiction World" magazine. In the case of serialization on the platform—not to mention the sales of 40 copies that brought the magazine back to its peak period, at least it is not a big problem to return to the sales volume of 30 copies.

Moreover, after the serialization, all copyrights are still in Li Mu's personal hands, and the magazine's serialization behavior will not affect the subsequent publication and copyright development of the work. In fact, it is a good publicity for the work, but considering Li Mu's popularity today, he doesn't really need this kind of opportunity.

But in the end, Li Mu himself has nothing to lose, and he has nothing to lose, and he can help the "Science Fiction World" magazine and his old friends to help them, so why not do it for Li Mu?

With this plan in mind, Li Mu began to choose works from his mind, and after some weighing, he finally set his goal on the "Pacific Rim".

If it is serialized in a magazine, one issue is only [-] to [-] words, and Li Mu wrote enough for one issue in only two days.But the storyline of this movie is very simple, and the main selling points are all kinds of mech fighters and monsters, so copying this movie has to copy pictures.

Fortunately, Li Mu's art skills are good, and there are movie scenes for reference, so the illustration is not a problem for him.

Mecha Warriors: Storm Crimson, Dangerous Wanderer, Tango Wolf, Cherno Alpha, Eureka Raider.

Monsters: Sicklehead, Ridgeback, Tailed Rat, Abomination, Ultralisk, Vixen, Intruder, Avenger.

It took a total of five days, and Li Mu finally completed all the content enough for one issue of the serial, and then he dialed the phone number of President Qin Li.

"Li Mu? Do you have something to do with your sister?" The voice on the other end of the phone said very happily.

Li Mudao: "Sister Li, I have written a new book, which has more than 2 words. I want to serialize it in our "Science Fiction World" magazine."

"Serialized in a magazine?"

Qin Li was a little moved. How could she not understand that this was Li Mu's kindness?But the more she knew, the less she could let Li Mu suffer, so she didn't directly agree to Li Mu, "Give me two days, and I will give you an answer in two days."

"Okay." Li Mu said in surprise.

After hanging up the phone, Qin Li went out to find the management department of the magazine. "Science Fiction World" magazine is not a private company. Although Qin Li is the president of the magazine, there are some things that she really cannot directly decide.

Two days later, Qin Li called Li Mu's cell phone.

"Li Mu, my sister has already arranged the serialization you mentioned. The manuscript fee is 10000/thousand words, and you just send the article over."

Li Mu's voice on the phone was a little surprised: "10000/thousand words? Wasn't the highest remuneration for magazines in the past 180/thousand words?"

Qin Li smiled and said: "The past was the past, and the present is the present. No winner of the three Hugo Awards has serialized novels in our "Science Fiction World" magazine before—what do you think my sister is running these two days?"

"Thank you, Sister Li, I will send the novel to the mailbox of the magazine right away."

Qin Li smiled and said: "No, it's my sister who should thank you very much. These two days, the club has been guessing whether the sales volume of the magazine will exceed 30 copies next month. The conclusion is that it is very difficult. Everyone almost agrees that it is almost impossible. .But now that you join the serialization team, the result may be really hard to say."

"Sister, you think highly of me." Li Mu said with a smile.

Qin Li said: "It's okay if you don't think highly of it. You have been creating miracles since my sister met you."

……

After hanging up the phone, Qin Li happily came to the editorial office of the magazine.

The editors saw that the president seemed to be in a very good mood, so they all guessed the reason.

"President, is this a great thing for our magazine? Could it be that he was praised by the leaders at a meeting?"

"I think it must be that our magazine has made such a big commotion this month, and it has brought glory to the leaders. It is deserved to be praised."

"Didn't you see that the president came to us happily? I think this good thing is mostly related to our editorial department."

"It has something to do with us? Are we going to give us a raise?"

"Wage increase? What do you think?"

"Okay, okay, don't make wild guesses." Qin Li calmed everyone down and smiled, "Li Mu's new book will be sent out soon, and Li Mu's new book will be serialized in our magazine from next month. Just come and let me know."

All the editors were taken aback when they heard the words, and immediately asked questions in their hearts:
"Serialized in our magazine?"

"Why didn't Li Mu publish it directly?"

"President, do you mean that Li Mu's new book will be serialized in our magazine?"

"Any publishing house will rush to publish his book. Why does he serialize his pictures in the magazine? How much can the magazine pay for the manuscript?"

"I'm sorry, you said that now there is a big brand with the first Asian winner of the Hugo Award. Can the sales of our "Science Fiction World" return to the peak sales of 40?"

"Thinking about it too much, the times are different, and the grand occasion before will never happen again."

"Li Mu's new book has been delivered." At this moment, editor Yang Feng suddenly said to everyone.

Everyone rushed over, only to see that Yang Feng had opened the document at this time, and everyone finally saw the title of Li Mu's new book - "Pacific Rim"!
(End of this chapter)