China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 150 Finalized, Thai embarrassment, Niucha's script

In mid-April, Li Mu finished filming "Manchester by the Sea" and returned to China.The plane took off from New York, USA, and after nearly 4 hours of flight, it landed at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport. After a short stay in Hangzhou, Li Mu, his assistant Chen Zhixi and several bodyguards drove to Hengdian Film and Television City.

This trip to Hengdian is of course to visit the crew of "Celebrating More Than Years".

Firstly, to care about the filming progress of the TV series, and to understand the difficulties encountered by the crew during the filming process; secondly, to visit my girlfriend along the way, and then have a good sleep to relieve the fatigue of the journey.

Coming to the crew, Chen Zhixi arranged for the staff to distribute the drinks and snacks they brought, while Li Mu went directly to the shooting scene.

Along the way, actors and crew members recognized Li Mu from time to time, and almost without exception, these people would be very excited and excited, but generally no one took the initiative to stop Li Mu to say hello.

Most of the people waited for Li Mu and his party to pass by before taking a photo excitedly, and then chatting happily with the companions around them.

Because I had already communicated with the producer and director before coming here, the producer hurried over after a while.After a few people exchanged simple greetings, the producer led Li Mu and others to the shooting scene.

"How long will it take to finish?"

"I just communicated with director Kong Sheng last night. According to the current progress, it will probably take less than two to three months."

Li Mu nodded.

"Celebrating More Than Years" is the first collaboration between Li Mu and the Shanying team. Li Mu doesn't have the energy to shoot TV dramas in person, and the Shanying team is a leader in domestic TV drama production teams. Therefore, when choosing a director for "Celebrating More Than Years" this time, Li Mu Mu first invited Kong Sheng, the soul of the Shanying team, to direct.

It is worth mentioning that this team will leave "Mountain Shadow" in 2011 to establish an independent film and television company, which is later known as Noon Sunshine.

A group of people came to the shooting scene, because the shooting was in progress, so Li Mu and others stood directly outside and waited for the shooting to end.

"Crack!"

"Okay, take a break, this one is over."

As soon as the words fell, director Kong Sheng stood up from the director's chair, and then walked a few steps straight to the periphery of the shooting.

Some actors and staff were very surprised. As a result, when everyone looked in the direction of the director, it turned out that the producer of "Celebrating More Than Years", the international director Li Mu, appeared in front of everyone.

At this time, Li Mu had already stepped forward a few steps, and then held hands with Director Kong Sheng.

"Director Li."

"Director Kong."

Wang Kai, who played Fan Xian, turned to Liu Yifei and said, "Director Li is here."

"En." Liu Yifei said.

"Huh?" Wang Kai said, "Director Li is here, why don't you say yes? We meet again after a long time, shouldn't you rush over?"

Liu Yifei turned to look at Li Mu, then turned to Wang Kai and said, "Are you acting in a TV series?"

On the other side, after Li Mu finished speaking with Director Kong Sheng, he turned to face Liu Yifei, and then opened his arms towards her.Although nothing was said, the meaning was understood by everyone present.

Wang Kai next to him said at this time: "Look, I told you to rush over."

Liu Yifei, on the other hand, walked over with a somewhat coy expression, and came to Li Mu, but did not throw himself into his arms.

Why are there so many people around?
Li Mu didn't feel embarrassed, he pulled him over and gave him a hug, but that was all.

After being separated for more than a month, both physically and psychologically, the two longed for some intimate physical contact, but it was impossible for Li Mu to show too much self-indulgence in the public.

He is now an international director no matter what, so he still needs to be steady.

Xin Zhilei, Li Chun, and Song Yi secretly observed Li Mu and Liu Yifei curiously.These people are all familiar with Li Mu's name, but there are really not many opportunities to get in touch with him at such a close distance.

The last time I saw Li Mu was the cast audition, everyone was very nervous at that time, where would there be leisure and elegance to observe what kind of person Li Mu is?

After a brief pause, the film crew resumed filming soon. Li Mu stayed on the scene for another ten minutes, and then was taken back to the hotel by the producer to rest.

After sitting on the plane for more than ten hours, Li Mu is really tired now. Besides, there is heavy physical labor at night, so he should really recharge his energy in the afternoon.

As the saying goes, "a small farewell is better than a newlywed", neither of the two of them let go of the water that night, one seemed to be possessed by Pan Jinlian, and the other was waiting for the resurrection of a high-ranking official. nowadays.

The next morning, Liu Yifei got up early to prepare for the day's shooting, but Li Mu lay on the bed and couldn't help but sigh: "The strength is comparable, but this time the blood speed is a bit different. Later generations say She is a 'Blood Bull', and she really lives up to her reputation!"

At noon, I had dinner with director Kong Sheng. During the period, Li Mu proposed to shoot scenes with Liu Yifei as much as possible first. Liu Yifei has two films to be released since the summer. She is the heroine, so she naturally wants to participate in the promotion.

"Director Li, don't worry, Yifei doesn't have too many roles in the first place, and it's relatively easy to adjust the production schedule. Don't worry, it won't delay the promotion of Yifei's new movie."

"Then Director Lao Kong will have to worry about it."

"It's okay, it should be."

In late April, Li Mu returned to Beijing first. After three days of rest, he met with Cheng Long, Yinghuang Yang Shoucheng, Yindu Organization Song Dai, Guangzhi, Bernard, Xiying, Huayi, and several Hollywood companies. Personnel or company representatives from the company gathered at China Film Group. The purpose of this gathering was of course to set the release dates for "Taken 4" and "Doomsday Collapse".

Each company has its own considerations and advocates that it will be released on any date. Han Sanping did not propose a release date, but he suggested that it is best not to collide with "Founding of the People's Republic of China", that is to say, it is best not to release it at the end of September.

All parties in the meeting room expressed their opinions, and the atmosphere was obviously chaotic.

Li Mu was not in a hurry to express his opinion, but first sorted out the materials he had read in his previous life in his mind.

Although the global economic depression has not yet passed in 2009, the North American film market has ushered in a surge. The annual total box office reached an unprecedented 106.1 billion US dollars. This is the first time that the North American film market has broken through the [-] billion US dollar mark.

Specifically, in the summer of 09, there were blockbuster movies one after another. It was quite difficult to schedule both movies to be released during this period.

But if the release is delayed until the end of the year, there will not only be "Avatar" that swept the world, but also "Gravity" that Li Mu placed high hopes on.

Moreover, "Doomsday Collapse" must be released before "2012".

"2012" has a release date of November 11 and grossed $13 million worldwide -- it's clearly not wise to schedule two films into release at the end of the year.

Then it can only be released in summer.

The "summer holiday" in North America usually starts from the first weekend in May and ends in mid-August.

Li Mu carefully sorted out the summer movies that could pose a threat to the two movies.

On May 5, "Terminator 21" had a global box office of 2018 million US dollars.

On May 5, "Up" had a global box office of 29 million US dollars.

On June 6, "The Hangover 05" had a global box office of 1 million US dollars.

On June 6, "Transformers 24" had a global box office of 2 million US dollars.

On July 7, "Ice Age 01" had a global box office of 3 million US dollars.

On July 7, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" had a global box office of 06 million US dollars.

看起来5月29日的《飞屋环游记》，和6月24日《变形金刚2》之间，完全可以安排一部影片上映。

But we still have to try to avoid "The Hangover 1", at least not on the same day.

Therefore, Li Mu's suggestion is to arrange for "Taken 6" to be released on June 12.

This date is one week later than "The Hangover 1" and two weeks earlier than "Transformers 2", so it can be regarded as survival in the cracks.

In addition, after "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" on July 7, there will be no films that are too exaggerated at the box office, so Li Mu suggested that "Doomsday Collapse" be released on July 06, which is better than "Harry Potter". And the Half-Blood Prince was two weeks late.

No matter how strong this film is, the box office trend after two weeks should not be much of a threat.

So after some communication, the schedules of the two films were decided in this way.

After the schedule was basically confirmed, Han Sanping smiled and asked Li Mudao: "How about it, do you have the confidence to break the record of "Inception" this time?"

Li Mu categorically denied: "Impossible, absolutely impossible! "Inception" is almost the masterpiece of my life."

Han Sanping and Zuo Zuo smiled and said, "Look, look, look, you're only 25 years old and you'll be living your entire life."

"But you're right, "Inception" invested 1.2 million US dollars, this time "Taken 2" invested only 4000 million US dollars, "Doomsday Collapse" is a little more, 8000 million, and the total investment is worth a movie. "Inception" investment."

As Han Sanping changed his tone, he continued: "Then let me ask again, do you think the combined box office of "Taken 2" and "Doomsday Crash" will exceed the US$9.56 million of "Inception"? ?”

This time Li Mu thought about it seriously, but still shook his head and said, "It's unlikely."

……

In early May, director Shen Junsheng came to Li Mu's office with a script.

"Director, this is the script of "On My Journey 2" written by me, please have a look."

Li Mu reached out to take the script, and Shen Junsheng continued at this time: "This is the result of my discussions with Shen Teng and Baoqiang. The three of us agreed that the story of "People on the Journey" can be explored forever. .”

"You sit first!"

"it is good!"

After Shen Junsheng sat down, Li Mu began to read the script seriously.

To put it simply, the "People on Journey 2" discussed by the three people continues the character design of the first part. The two protagonists are still called Li Chenggong and Wang Bao. The plot takes over from the first part and is considered a real sequel.

After about half an hour, Li Mu slowly closed the script in his hand.

how to say?

The story is actually okay, but just like "Taken 2" is less amazing than "Taken 1", this "People on the Journey 2" also faces the same problem. Simply put, it is quite satisfactory and peaceful. Yes, it lacks big highlights.

Therefore, Li Mu must deny this script.

"Lost in Thailand" is China's first domestic film with a box office of over 10 billion. How could Li Mu replace it with other scripts with unknown prospects?
Besides, Li Mu is going to start the "Hunger Games" project next.

In the previous life, the global box office of "The Hunger Games 1" was 6.94 million US dollars, and the global box office of "The Hunger Games 2" was 8.65 million US dollars. The total box office of the entire series exceeded 30 billion US dollars.

But it is obvious that the box office of the "Hunger Games" series is not impressive in China. This is a series of movies that are more suitable for foreigners.

Therefore, Li Mu still needs a movie to maintain the company's dominance over the domestic film market, and in Li Mu's heart, this movie is "Lost in Thailand".

So he said to Shen Junsheng: "If you want to shoot this script, you can shoot it, but don't use the title of "People on the Journey". It is recommended to change the character design. I plan to write it myself, this is a key project of our company this year and next."

"Ok, I see."

In fact, before Shen Junsheng came to see Li Mu, he knew that his script was not amazing, but he always had such expectations in his heart, because this script almost represented his best level.

Sometimes he couldn't help but think that even if Director Li wrote the script himself, it would be difficult to write something amazing.

Now that the script was rejected by Li Mu, Shen Junsheng felt a lot more relaxed.

"People on the Journey" not only won more than 3 million box office, but also has a very good reputation. If the sequel uses its own script and the box office reputation hits the street, one can imagine how much pressure Shen Junsheng will bear.

If Director Li writes the script himself, the domestic box office of 3 million should be guaranteed, but I don't know how to write this sequel.

After Shen Junsheng left, Li Mu started to write the script of "Lost in Thailand".At the same time, the schedules of "Taken 2" and "Doomsday Collapse" were officially announced, and the pre-publicity work before the release of the two films has also started simultaneously.

At the same time, Liu Yifei.

“确定了确定了，《飓风营救2》定档6月12日，《末日崩塌》定档7月24日。”

"The schedule is so close? "Taken 2" may not be released when "Crash" is released, right?"

"Basically, director Li's movies will basically be postponed."

"Nice! On January 1 this year, "Inception" starring Yifei was released, with a global box office of 9 million US dollars. Then, in June and July this year, Yifei also had blockbuster movies released. The director's minimum box office is 9.56 million US dollars, which adds up to 6 billion US dollars, which is 7 billion yuan converted into RMB!"

"Damn it, in 09 alone, the total box office of the starring movies has exceeded [-] billion?!"

"What do you think?"

"wipe!"

"Cattle!"

"Awesome? This is still estimated according to the lower limit of director Li Mu! Everyone may wish to think about it, these two films can only get 3 million US dollars? How big is this possibility? In my opinion, it can be said that Insignificant! Let me say that $4 million per movie is possible! Then this year alone, Yifei’s total box office may reach $18 billion, or over $120 billion in conversion!”

"One year, 120 billion?! It's a big deal!"

"And I also heard that this time "Taken 2" does not have a lot of scenes, it can be regarded as the real heroine."

"expect!"

In mid-May, Liu Yifei finished all the scenes in "Celebrating More Than Years". On the first day after Liu Yifei returned to Beijing, Li Mu and her didn't go out much.

At this time, the villa that Li Mu bought in Ziyu Villa had already been renovated, and then Li Mu discussed with Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli, and the three officially moved into Ziyu Villa not long after.

Li Mu and Liu Yifei lived in the same building, and Liu Xiaoli lived in the same building.

At the end of May, Li Mu called Shen Junsheng to his office, and handed him the script of "Lost in Thailand", which he had just written.

Shen Junsheng looked through them on the spot in the office.

At first, Shen Junsheng frowned slightly when he saw that the heroine had become Xu Lang, Wang Bao, and Gao Bo and the characters had changed completely. Unexpectedly, Director Li would directly abandon the character design that had been a great success in the upper part, and directly Started from scratch and wrote a whole new story.

But as the plot progressed, Shen Junsheng began to laugh out loud from time to time.

At the beginning, when he couldn't help laughing out loud, he was very embarrassed, and he would look at Li Mu while laughing, but as his mind became more and more immersed in the plot, he even began to forget I am currently in Director Li's office.

"Hahaha……"

When Wang Bao said seriously that his girlfriend was Liu Yifei, Shen Junsheng couldn't help laughing again.

Even the proprietress has left the country. Well, although the proprietress was only mentioned, the sense of substitution and reality is simply overwhelming!

When he saw Liu Yifei finally came out to take Wang Bao's photo, Shen Junsheng was startled.

"Fuck, this script can't be stopped by [-] million yuan!"

　Thanks to "boring middle-aged man" and "at home 11" for their rewards.There is another chapter tonight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)