China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 139 Full power, Pirates of Dreams is coming
"Okay, what we saw just now is the list of nominations for Best Actress. In fact, what I want to tell you is that before coming to Bincheng, we made a beautiful surprise for all the actors nominated for every actor and actress. The short film, so after winning the award, I will show it to him (her) to see if there will be a surprise."

"There will definitely be surprises and touches, so now we have 101 public judges ready, and we will start voting now, okay, please start."

On the big screen behind him, the numbers above the names of the five nominated actresses began to increase. Tang Yan had 4 votes, Xu Ruoxuan had 4 votes, and Liang Yongqi had 3 votes. The votes of the three actors stopped increasing soon, and only Li Lianhua and Gao Yuanyuan The number of votes continued to rise, and soon the number of votes for both of them exceeded 40.

Gao Yuanyuan covered her mouth with her hands, disbelief and nervousness were written all over her face, and there were even faint tears in her eyes.

Li Lianhua's votes stopped at 43, but Gao Yuanyuan's votes continued to increase, 45, 46, 47!
Gao Yuanyuan won, the winner of the Best Actress Award at the 29th Popular Film Hundred Flowers Awards - Gao Yuanyuan!

Shen Teng and Huang Bo stood up and applauded Gao Yuanyuan. Gao Yuanyuan stood up with red eyes. At this time, the host shouted: "My friends, let us applaud Gao Yuanyuan. Please invite Yuanyuan to come to the stage to accept the award!"

Gao Yuanyuan got up to go on stage, and at the same time the host said: "At the same time, our award presenter, actor Liu Ye, is invited to present the award to Yuanyuan."

After the awards were presented, the host said again: "Come to our Hundred Flowers Queen, please!"

"Congratulations, Yuanyuan."

"I am very grateful to the public judges and director Shen Junsheng. At the same time, I would also like to thank Huashang Media for making such a movie. I thank director Li Mu. Director Li has greatly helped me improve my acting skills. I thank Director Li for taking the trouble the teaching of..."

At the 29th Hundred Flowers Awards for popular films, the best feature film, best director, best actor, and best supporting actor were all awarded to "Assembly" directed by Feng Xiaogang, and Gao Yuanyuan won the role of Liang Wei in "The Way to Steal the Key". won the best actress award.

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After successfully completing the duties of chief director of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, Zhang Yimou accepted a few media interviews in Beijing, and he also disclosed the next work plan for the first time.

"There are already many plans, among which the most well-prepared is a modern war film called "Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling". The work on the closing ceremony and the Paralympic Games has not yet been completed, and the current focus of work is still on the Olympic Games. And in the filming of " Before Jinling Thirteen Hairpins, we have to shoot a play directed by Li Mu, which has been promised to director Li Mu."

The reporter asked curiously: "Did Director Li Mu hand over the script to Director Zhang for you to shoot? Just like Director Shen Junsheng filmed Li Mu's screenplay "The Way to Steal the Key"?"

Zhang Yimou said: "No, no, director Li Mu personally came to shoot, and I just played one of the roles."

The reporter asked in surprise, "Director Zhang, are you saying that you played a role in a movie directed by Li Mu?"

Zhang Yimou nodded: "Yes, but there are not many scenes, so it can be regarded as a male supporting role."

Reporter: "Male supporting role?"

……

"When will Uncle Long's "Kung Fu Dream" start?"

"It will be next year at the earliest."

In the United States, at night, the hotel rented by the crew of "Doomsday Collapse".

Cheng Long, Chen Zhixi, and Liu Yifei are all in Li Mu's room at the moment.

After a moment of silence, Li Mu said: "In the past few years, a considerable number of netizens have been calling for us to shoot "Taken 2". Before, there was no time, and there was no amazing script, so this matter has been delayed. Now There is such a gap, I will start filming "Gravity" immediately after "Collapse" is finished, and "Manchester by the Sea" after "Gravity" is finished, the two films will take at least seven or eight months Time, during this period of time, there is no work arrangement yet, and Uncle Long also has a free time, so let me say that we should just shoot "Taken 2"."

Cheng Long smiled and said, "Okay, I have always liked the movie "Taken" very much."

Li Mudao: "The director should still use Chen Musheng as the director?"

Cheng Long nodded and said: "Chen Musheng is a good director, and Mu Sheng is a great contributor to the success of "Taken 1", so I will use Chen Musheng."

The script of "Taken 2" is indeed far less amazing than "Taken 1", but it is not considered a bad movie. Later generations Douban scored 6.9 points, which is considered a basically qualified score, but it must be considered as good as it is. not on.

However, the global box office of "Taken 2" is as high as 3.76 million U.S. dollars, which is nearly 1.5 million U.S. dollars higher than the first one.A sequel so successful at the box office, it really doesn't make sense that it has been suppressed.Moreover, the increase in the role of the heroine in the second film will be of great benefit to raising Liu Yifei's status as an international celebrity, so this matter has been settled like this.

After talking about movies, Li Mu mentioned TV dramas again.

In fact, in the past few years, he has always wanted to shoot a few TV series, and he came to shoot in person, but he has never been able to find the time.

After traveling through time, he has bought the copyrights of some novels in advance, such as "The Legend of Zhen Huan", "Langya Bang", "Celebrating More Than Years", "Latent", "Dajiang Dahe", etc. Now since he has no time to shoot, and he will not have much time in the foreseeable future If there is no time, then it is natural to invite others to take pictures. After all, it is not a solution to keep these works on the shelf.

For the company's first batch of TV drama projects, Li Mu took a fancy to the two works "Celebrating More Than Years" and "Latent".

He predicts that Liu Yifei will have a few months to spare after the filming of "Taken 2". Yu Nian".

As for "Latent", this is a TV series that Li Mu likes very much, and if it wasn't for Li Mu's time travel to change history, this drama would have been finished by now.

Candidates for actors will be discussed after returning to China after filming "Gravity", but the preparatory work of the TV series must be prepared first.

When mentioning TV series, Cheng Long thought of his "Myth".

"Actually, I have always had the idea of ​​making a TV drama version of "Myth". But because I don't have time to write the script, and because I don't have the right actors, Kim Hee-sun will definitely not agree to appear in the TV drama version. I am worried about this a lot."

Li Mu heard the words and said: "Uncle Long, don't worry, I think this matter can be taken care of by me."

Cheng Long immediately waved his hand and said: "No, no, I'm busy, you are busier than me, and you are too busy with the good movie projects in your hands now, so don't worry about me. I appreciate your kindness, but I Don't delay your work."

Li Mu said with a smile: "Uncle Long, don't worry, I won't delay my work. When we return to China after filming "The Doomsday Collapse", we will find a reliable screenwriter, and then share our thoughts on the TV series. He Sizhi told him to let him be in charge of writing the script, and we will be responsible for the big ideas, so there will not be much time wasted."

After a moment of silence, Cheng Long smiled and said: "Alright, I remember that when you were filming "Taken" in France, you talked about the creative idea of ​​"Myth" TV series, and it was quite good, let's follow what you said at the time. Thinking about it, this drama will be considered as our family's, and the revenue will be half of our family's income."

Li Mu said with a smile: "I'll share half of Uncle Long's income for that small favor. How can this be done? Uncle Long, please don't mention this matter again."

Cheng Long said with a smile: "You have to accept half of the proceeds. I believe you now, and I don't trust others. The script, actors, and directors all need you to nod in person. Besides, you are not short of money. The family pays half of the money, and the income is naturally half of the family."

"This……"

"Don't do this and that, I think it's settled like this."

"Then... let's do it."

Li Mu wasn't bothered anymore. Before they left, Li Mu asked Chen Zhixi to inform Liu Siying in China to start preparing for "Celebrating More Than Years" and "Latent".

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In mid-September 2008, the movie "Doomsday Collapse" was officially completed.After the wrap-up banquet, Li Mu returned to China with most of the crew, while Cheng Long flew back to Xiangjiang directly.

At this time, domestic news about director Zhang Yimou's participation in Li Muxin's film or a supporting role has already spread.As soon as Li Mu returned to China, he received a large number of media interview invitations, and it was difficult for Li Mu to refuse all of them.

On the third day back home, Li Mu was interviewed by a reporter from CCTV.In the interview, Li Mu revealed to the outside world several key works that his company will shoot in the next stage, which can be regarded as an advertisement in advance.

The first thing to talk about is of course the movie that director Zhang Yimou will be in.

"Actually, it's the movie "Gravity", and Director Zhang Yimou is not just playing a supporting role. Director Zhang is also the producer of this movie."

"The heroine we are looking for is Ms. Gong Li, and the contract has already been signed."

"Amount of investment? The investment amount is about [-] million U.S. dollars. It may not be so much. When calculating the budget at that time, all expenses were calculated relatively adequately. In actual shooting, it may not be so much money."

"In addition to "Gravity", the company is also planning to start the "Taken 2" project this year. I see that many people on the Internet are calling for us to make this sequel as soon as possible. Today I want to say something to those netizens who like this series— —The sequel has been officially approved, and it is expected to meet with you next year.”

"The amount of investment... the Hurricane series is relatively cheap, and the total budget is about 3000 million US dollars."

""Inception"?"

""Inception" is mainly due to the time-consuming production of special effects. Some time ago, people who double-negative said that the progress of the special effects is a bit behind the previous plan. We recently urged the progress. The progress...maybe it may not be released a year ago."

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After the interview was officially broadcast, there was a wave of big discussions on the Internet.

"Is Li Mu going to heaven? "Inception" invested 1.2 million U.S. dollars and it hasn't been released yet; "Doomsday Collapse" invested 8000 million U.S. dollars and just finished; Start; "Taken 1" has an investment of 2 million US dollars, and the project has been officially approved-four films, with a total investment of 3000 million US dollars, almost half of the country's annual box office, right?!"

"The most annoying thing is, do you know? Li Mu said in an interview that the 'Hurricane Taken' series is relatively cheap, with an investment of 3000 million U.S. dollars—come and listen! In Li Mu's eyes, an investment of 3000 million U.S. dollars can only It’s more economical than that!”

"I'm not good at math. Is 3000 million US dollars converted into RMB 2 million? In Li Mu's eyes, 2 million investment is still saving money? Cry to death! This is the gap!"

"Li Mu is amazing! "Gravity" invited Zhang Yimou and Gong Li to play it, which I never expected before!"

"To be honest, Zhang Yimou really didn't expect to play the role before, but Gong Li is actually easy to guess. Anyone who has read the original work knows that the setting of the heroine is still relatively large. In terms of age and international influence, Gong Li is indeed Very good choice."

"Actually, Zhang Ziyi and Li Lianhua are fine too."

"Why didn't Liu Yifei be used as the heroine this time? If Sissi was still used this time, then Liu Yifei's film that has already been completed and is about to be filmed will have a total investment of 3 million US dollars! Li Mu's [-] million US dollars for his girlfriend, how romantic would it be? "

"Even if Li Mu wants to praise Liu Yifei, he can't just praise Liu Yifei, right? Anyone who has read the original book knows that Liu Yifei is definitely not suitable for this movie."

"I know this, but if the heroine is still Liu Yifei, it will be more romantic!"

"I don't know if you have discovered it? In fact, Huashang still has a movie in the works, which is "People on the Journey" starring Shen Teng and Wang Baoqiang, with an investment of 1000 million yuan, but Director Li Mu did not mention it at all in the interview. this movie."

"Maybe the investment is too small and Director Li forgot about it!"

"The investment is too small to be forgotten???"

"Hahahaha...what an annoying joke!"

"Hua Shang Media is fully showing its power!"

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Li Mu basically didn't change the plot of "Gravity", he just changed the nationality of the protagonist.

In the original movie, the American astronauts encountered a chain reaction caused by debris accidentally produced when Russia destroyed the satellite, which led to the destruction of the space station. Finally, the heroine successfully returned to Earth using China's Shenzhou spacecraft.

In Li Mu's version of "Gravity", the Chinese astronauts encountered debris accidentally produced when the United States destroyed the satellite, which led to the destruction of the Tiangong space station, and the heroine played by Gong Li fled to the astronauts who had already evacuated The International Space Station, and finally returned to Earth using the return capsule of the International Space Station.

It is worth mentioning that "Gravity" will be the first film directed by Li Mu whose filming locations are almost entirely in China.The reason why he said "almost" is because Li Mu has not yet determined where the heroine will land after she finally returns to Earth.

By the time everything was ready, the time had come to the end of September. At this time, "Gravity", adapted from the Hugo Award-winning work, finally officially launched!

In mid-October, the movie "Taken 10" was officially launched. Before officially joining the group, Liu Yifei pestered Li Mu endlessly, until Li Mu promised her to visit the set at least once a month.

In mid-November, news came from the British Double Negative Company that the post-production special effects of "Inception" had been basically completed. Li Mu was very happy when he heard the news, so that the film would be released before the end of the year.

At the end of November, Huashang Media's low-budget movie "On the Journey" was officially completed. If nothing unexpected happens, two Huashang Media films will be released in the 11 Lunar New Year file and the Spring Festival file that has not yet been fully formed.

It is worth mentioning that since the official serialization of "Pacific Rim" and "Frozen" by Manwu Comics, the two comics have achieved good results both at home and abroad.However, the differences between the two comics are quite obvious.

To put it simply, in China, the performance of "Pacific Rim" is significantly better than that of "Frozen"; while abroad, the opposite is true, and the sales volume of "Frozen" is significantly better than that of "Pacific Rim".

During this process, a very interesting thing happened, that is, a black fan of Liu Yifei slammed all Liu Yifei's works since his debut, as well as Liu Yifei's appearance, and then Liu Yifei's fans were surprised I found out that this person actually recommended the comic "Frozen" to a friend.

So Liu Yifei's fans are not calm.

"Didn't you realize that the heroine in "Frozen" was painted like Liu Yifei? Since you have criticized Liu Yifei's works as useless, and since you have criticized Liu Yifei's appearance as useless, then why do you want to criticize Liu Yifei? Do you recommend comics based on Liu Yifei?"

One day later, the black fan deleted most of the previous comments.

　Thanks to "boring middle-aged man" for the reward
　　
　
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