China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 134 Villa, New Movie Lineup, Media Spree

"Do you have work this afternoon?" Liu Yifei asked.

"No, but it's a personal matter." Li Mu said.

"Private business?"

"Well, let's go to see the house. My assistant has already made an appointment with an agent. I'll go out right now."

"Then you are busy, pay attention to safety on the road."

Liu Xiaoli also heard a few words, she asked Yifei: "Li Mu wants to see the house?"

Liu Yifei nodded and said, "That's right, they said they were going out soon."

"Let him pick us up, and the two of us will go together. We have just bought a house and have experience, so we can help him with his staff."

Liu Yifei's mother and daughter sold their real estate in New York in 06, and then bought a house in Beijing in 07.

Liu Yifei covered the phone with his microphone and said, "Isn't this appropriate?"

Liu Xiaoli said: "What's inappropriate? Didn't you say that he wants you to move in and live with him? Where? This house may be your future nest with him! You don't want to see in advance where you will live in the future." Where?"

Hearing this, Liu Yifei let go of Mike and said to Li Mu on the other side: "Can you come pick me up and mom? We just bought a house last year. We have some experience, so maybe we can give you some advice."

"I can't wait, I'll be there right away." Li Mu said on the other end of the phone.

……

Ziyu Villa.

The agent, Ms. Zhang, tried her best to introduce the villa in front of Chen Zhixi. In the past two days, she had taken this Ms. Chen to see at least six villas. Which one will you choose.

The unit price of single-family villas here has risen from 1000 at the opening to nearly 4000 now. Each set is [-] square meters, and the price of the whole set is nearly [-] million. It is no exaggeration to say that the commission for selling a set is enough for her to eat. one Year.

"Ms. Chen, are you satisfied with the environment here?"

Seeing that Chen Zhixi didn't speak, the agent smiled and said, "This place is surrounded by thousands of acres of verdant greenery, and the location of the central axis is superior. It is really a peach blossom garden in the center of Beijing. It is 20 minutes' drive from the international airport. It is very convenient to travel. The high wall and deep courtyard isolate the noise and privacy. Excellent..."

Chen Zhixi interrupted the other party and said: "I will talk about these things when my boss and his girlfriend arrive. No matter how much I like this place, I can't afford it."

After a while, Li Mu's car arrived, and Chen Zhixi rushed to meet her, followed by the apprehensive and yearning intermediary Xiao Zhang.

Li Mu opened the car door for Liu Xiaoli after getting out of the car, while Chen Zhixi helped Liu Yifei get out of the car.

Only then did Xiao Zhang, the agent, discover that the girlfriend of her boss that Ms. Chen was talking about turned out to be the big star Liu Yifei!

This discovery is really incredible, it turns out that the buyer of the villa actually wants the golden house to hide the blame!Fortunately, Ms. Chen's boss is not the potbellied old man she imagined.

The exposure of Liu Yifei and Li Mu's love affair has only happened in the past two days. The agency surnamed Zhang is busy every day, so he hasn't paid attention to these news yet.

Then the agent took a few people to visit the three most luxurious single-family villas here. Liu Yifei, Liu Xiaoli's mother and daughter liked it very much, and the agent introduced actors Zhang Guoli and Ge You to live here as well.

Li Mu asked Liu Xiaoli, "Aunt Liu, what do you think of this place?"

Liu Xiaoli smiled and said, "The environment is very good."

"What do you think?" Li Mu turned to ask Liu Yifei again.

Liu Yifei smiled and said, "It's pretty good, but it should be very expensive here, right?"

The intermediary Xiao Zhang smiled in time: "It's really not cheap just looking at the price. The first set we just looked at was 4100 million, and the second set was the most expensive at 4300 million. Now this set is 4000 million. But if you look at the quality of the house If it comes first, this place definitely deserves its price."

"It's so expensive!" Liu Yifei couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

When she and her mother just sold their house in New York at the end of last year, they had the most money in their account, with 1100 million at the peak. After buying a house in Beijing last year, there were only a few million left in the account. Her Realizing all the assets is only enough to buy a quarter of the villas here.

Li Mu was quite satisfied with this place, so he called Chen Zhixi to his side and gave some instructions, then turned to Liu Xiaoli and said, "Auntie, let me take you to dinner."

"Okay!"

After Li Mu's car disappeared from sight, the agent Zhang asked Chen Zhixi nervously, "Ms. Chen, is your boss satisfied with this place? What did he just say?"

Chen Zhixi watched the three of them leave, then turned to the agency and said, "My boss said it's okay here, let's talk about the details of the contract."

There was a buzzing sound in Xiao Zhang's mind, and suddenly his adrenal glands began to soar.If this order is really completed, the commission is not a small sum.

"Okay, then please go to the office with me to sign the contract. By the way, which of these three sets did Boss Li just take a fancy to?"

Chen Zhixi said: "I want all three sets."

"what?"

……

In the car, Liu Yifei said with emotion: "The three villas all look very good, and each one has its own unique scenery."

Li Mu said while driving: "Then guess which set I just fell in love with?"

Liu Yifei smiled and said: "You must choose the most expensive set, men usually choose this way."

Li Mu smiled and said, "Do you know why I didn't ask your opinion when I decided which set to buy?"

"Why?" Liu Yifei asked.

Li Mu said with a smile: "Because I bought three sets together, so you don't have to worry about it."

"You what?" Liu Yifei was stunned, "You bought them all?!"

Hearing this, Liu Xiaoli also showed a surprised expression.

……

The post-editing and special effects production of "Inception" is still in progress, but the progress is a bit slower than expected, and it may not be able to catch up with the Spring Festival at the end of this year.

Chen Zhixi is still discussing about buying a villa in Ziyu Mountain Villa, and the price may come down a bit.Shen Junsheng, the director of the company's tool man, brought the script of "People on the Journey" to Li Mu for review, and Li Mu formally approved the project after modifying some plots by himself.

Regarding the candidates for the film's actors, this time Li Mu directly gave a list, and Shen Junsheng just needs to hire people according to this list.

In the list drawn up by Li Mu, Shen Teng played Li Chenggong; Qigao played the "female liar" they met at the station; Yang Mi played Li Chenggong's mistress Manny; Li Xiaolu originally played Nana who migrated to sell goods at stations across the country, this time Li Mu wanted to invite Mary who was also happy Come to act, also add a little comedy effect to the movie.

Of course, who will be used after the filming starts depends on whether these actors have a schedule or whether they are willing to come, but Li Mu estimates that most of them should be invited, even if there are some who can't come, as long as the two core characters can Other actors can be replaced at any time.

The investment amount is the same as the previous movie, still 1000 million. This figure is 300 million more than the original version of "People on the Road". Li Mu hopes that the investment amount will increase, and the movie's box office will be higher than the original movie.

After handling the work of "People on the Journey", Li Mu started to prepare his next science fiction film.

A few days ago, he had a phone conversation with Tom Hanks. On the phone, Li Mu told the other party that the filming of "Manchester by the Sea" or "The Revenant" will be delayed until next year at the earliest. Tom Hanks There is no opinion, so the two films also have more time for preparatory work.

Next, Li Mu focused all his work on those three sci-fi movies.

The first is of course the post-editing and special effects production of "Inception".In this regard, the "Inception" crew has a professional post-production team. Li Mu only needs to check the general direction. The rough cut of the film has been completed by Li Mu himself, and Li Mu is in control of the final effect of the film.

The second is the shooting task of "The Doomsday Collapse". It can be said that Li Mu has high hopes for this movie.This movie, which was originally filmed in the world in 2015, won a high box office of 4.7 million US dollars in the world that year, and the return on investment ratio can be said to be very good.The point is that it is only 2008, and in this year, even the culmination of disaster movies "2012" has not yet been released.

From 2008 to 2015, how many special effects blockbusters were released during this period?How much has the appetite of the audience been raised?
Li Mu plans to let this movie be released before "2012", and airborne in 2015 as the culmination of the 2009 disaster. Mu hopes that his "Doomsday Collapse" can surpass his achievements in the original world.

The third is the preparatory work for the new movie "Gravity".

As for why Li Mu chose this movie, of course, it is because even in 2025, the time when he travels over, when netizens list the works with the best 3D effects after "Avatar", "Gravity" will definitely be mentioned by netizens. One of the six or seven movies that arrived.

The combination of space and 3D makes people feel like they are really in the vast universe. There are even news reports that "Avatar" director James Cameron once commented that it is "the best space film in movie history."

At the 2014th Academy Awards in 86, "Gravity" was even more in the limelight, with 10 nominations and 7 awards - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, etc. Best Actress and more.

Although others can make a good film, it does not mean that Li Mu can also make a good film, but at least it shows that this film has great potential.

Of course, the reason why Li Mu chose this movie first is that there is another most critical factor, that is, at the end of 2009, director Cameron's astonishing work "Avatar" will be released.

A storm of 3D movies sweeping the world is coming, and as a traveler who knows the future generations, Li Mu, of course, has to choose to intervene in the face of the upcoming grand event in the movie industry.

Or "Gravity" will be released one to one and a half months before "Avatar", and Li Mu himself will take the title of director of the first epoch-making 3D movie in history.

If this happens and the response is good, the film industry will inevitably compare Li Mu and James Cameron.

At that time, Li Mu's "Inception" + the epoch-making 3D work "Gravity" will be released in turn. Even if the world's evaluation of Li Mu will still be far lower than that of Cameron and Spielberg, he will become A director who can be compared with Cameron is already a huge success, right?

If Qiao Feng is the director of Cameron or Spielberg, then Li Mu, who can be compared together, is at least as famous as Murong Fu, right?Meika Shenhua Li Mu, if he can do this, even if it is released first at the box office, it will be worth it if it is released after "Avatar"!

Or simply wait until "Avatar" set off a global 3D movie storm, and when the whole world is extremely hungry for real 3D movies, Li Mu will launch "Gravity" accordingly.Leveraging this shareholder style and taking advantage of the right time, place and people, Li Mu believes that the box office of this version of "Gravity" he made may even surpass the original.

This is how "Alice in Wonderland" in the original world operates.

After "Avatar", the entire world film industry is in urgent need of a brand new 3D movie to meet the fans' strong demand for 3D experience. The name of a 3D masterpiece has swept the world, and it has raked in a box office of 10.25 billion US dollars.

In fact, this "Alice" is completely a pseudo-3D movie, but even if it is a pseudo-3D movie, just because it was released at such a good time, it also makes the North American premiere of "Alice in Wonderland" The weekend box office reached an astonishing US$1.11 million, ranking sixth in the box office of the first weekend in film history, surpassing "Avatar"'s US$7700 million in one fell swoop, and becoming the highest-grossing 3D movie in North America in the first weekend.

With the help of "Avatar", a fake 3D movie can achieve such a great achievement, what if it is "Gravity" with amazing 3D effects?What if it is "Gravity", one of the few movies with the best 3D effects recognized by later generations?

In the past few days, Li Mu has completed the formulation of the budget table for the movie "Gravity", and initially obtained the approximate investment budget of the movie. The estimated investment is about 1 million US dollars.

Only in this way, among the films that Li Mu and his Huashang Media are preparing and producing, the combined investment of the three most important sci-fi films will reach an astonishing 3 million U.S. dollars!
"Inception" with an investment of 1.2 million U.S. dollars; "Doomsday Collapse" with an investment of 8000 million U.S. dollars; "Gravity" with an investment of 1 million U.S. dollars.

In terms of investment scale, let alone domestic film companies, even compared with the six major Hollywood film companies, they are not much inferior.

While Li Mu was busy buying a villa and preparing a new movie, the exposure of his and Liu Yifei's love affair on the Internet was also continuing to ferment, and the momentum and influence were getting bigger and bigger.

Liu Yifei's fans were a little uncomfortable at first, but soon their mentality turned into sincere blessings.

After all, it is really not easy to find another young man in China who can be comparable to Li Mu, and it can even be said that there is no one at all.

At only 24 years old, he ranks 203rd on the new wealth rich list, with a wealth of 33.3 billion. He is also the youngest self-made rich man and the youngest rich man on the list.In addition, in the eyes of netizens, Li Mu's amazing talent can be called abnormal. He is a world-class best-selling author, an international director, and he is handsome and of the right age.

You may still be able to find one in China that satisfies the same or different conditions above, but it would be wishful thinking to satisfy so many of the above conditions at the same time.

Liu Yifei's fans thought about it over and over again, but after thinking about it, everyone had to admit the fact that Li Mu was already the best match that Sissi could find in all aspects.

And the most important thing is that Li Mu really loves Cici, the investment of "Inception" is 1.2 million US dollars, and the Oscar winner and actress will participate in the role - Li Mu can let Cici play the leading role. ?
Is it so romantic?

Do you envy dead people?

Does Li Mu have a ceiling-level boyfriend who can spoil his wife?
Since it is already a ceiling-level choice, what else can fans do?You can only choose to bless.

But some other netizens didn't see it this way. Some netizens began to scold Liu Yifei for possibly ruining "Inception", which should have been a great work.

Then scold this super production with an investment of 1.2 million US dollars, why should Liu Yifei be the heroine?

Just because you are the girlfriend of a director, investor, or screenwriter?

Isn't this the unspoken rule?

Is this really fair to other actors who are better at acting?
If "Inception" screwed up in the end, can you Liu Yifei take the responsibility?
Isn't it enough to ruin a "Kung Fu King"?
Some netizens have even blamed Liu Yifei for the unsatisfactory performance of "The King of Kung Fu".

There are even some netizens who publicly stand up and appeal, asking Li Mu to promise that in the future when casting roles, he will adhere to the principle of acting and role first, and not continue to take the risk of ruining the movie just to make his girlfriend smile, and not to waste high-quality movies wantonly Resources should not be unfair to other outstanding actors, and should not be responsible to other investors such as China Film, Huayi, Bernard, Xiying, Guangzhi, etc.!
Liu Yifei felt a little depressed watching these turbulent discussions on the Internet, and in order to resolve these depressions, Liu Yifei took the initiative to call Li Mu and asked him to drive her to Li Mu's home for the night.

Li Mu, who is at a tough age, naturally went there happily. After a confrontation with the sofa, bathtub, and bed at any time, Li Mu said to Liu Yifei:

"Let's have a press conference tomorrow."

"What press conference?" Liu Yifei asked because he didn't know.

But Li Mu said with a smile: "The preparatory press conference for the film "The Doomsday Collapse"! At that time, Uncle Long and Yang Ziqiong will all be there to participate. The outside world has long known that Huashang Media has other movies besides "Inception". It’s a big-budget movie, but more detailed information is unknown to the outside world, and now the movie is about to start, and it’s an industry practice for us to hold a pre-start meeting.”

Liu Yifei asked: "But aren't you not very interested in such things as the opening ceremony?"

Li Mu said with a smile: "Isn't it that people always say that the reason why you can act in "Inception" is because you are comfortable serving me? Isn't it also said that you are wasting high-quality movie resources when you act in "Inception"? That's right, you really made me feel comfortable serving me, so why not just let you act in "Inception"? Doesn't it show that I, Li Mu, are stingy? "Inception" + "Doomsday Collapse" ", with a total investment of 2 million US dollars, the combination of Oscar winner and actor Cheng Long Michelle Yeoh, this is justified!"

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