China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 158 Gravity Screening, The Effect Is Extraordinary

From August to September 2009, Li Mu successively met a group of young actors born in 8. Although the role of the younger sister in "The Hunger Games" is not much, but the importance is not bad. One contract is three dramas , so Li Mu still attaches great importance to this role.

Among the young actors I saw, three were the most famous—Guan Xiaotong, Song Zuer and Zhang Xueying. However, Li Mu was not very satisfied with these three, so he told his assistant Chen Zhixi that he heard that there was a A teacher named Guo Limin opened an acting class specially for cultivating children, and then he told Chen Zhixi to go to this acting class to see if there were any suitable candidates there.

A few days later, Chen Zhixi brought back a 15-year-old girl, who she said was Wang Herun, one of the three major disciples of Teacher Guo Limin.Li Mu knew this girl in her previous life, she has good resources, she has been involved in controversial incidents, and her acting skills are not bad.

After seeing the person, Li Mu praised the little girl a few words, and then said to Chen Zhixi: "Since you are one of the three major disciples, what about the other two?"

A few days later, the other two of the so-called teacher Guo Limin's three major disciples also rushed to Huashang Media, the older one was named Zhao Juehan, and the youngest was named Zhao Di.

Zhao Di was born in 2002 and is a little younger. When the phone starts next year, the little girl will be barely 9 years old. In her previous life, this role was played by a 10-year-old Caucasian girl, but the 10-year-old Caucasian girl looks younger than Asian children of the same age. Be more mature.

But Li Mu finally decided to use this Zhao Di. In a sense, the reason why he told Chen Zhixi to go to Guo Limin's acting class was because of this Zhao Di.

When Zhao Di's parents learned that Director Li Mu finally fell in love with his own daughter, they couldn't believe their ears.

Before they came, the two knew that Director Li Mu was looking for a girl who was around 12 years old this time, and their daughter was only 8 years old this year. Seeing the world, showing his face in front of the big director, he didn't expect to be inadvertently.

Zhao Di's parents thanked Li Mu a lot, and Zhao Di himself walked over and took Liu Yifei's hand and asked, "Did the director brother agree to let me play my sister's sister?"

One sentence made everyone in the office laugh, and Liu Yifei squatted down and laughed, "Of course, then would you like to play the role of sister's sister?"

"Yes!" The little girl's voice was crisp.

At this time, Li Mu turned to the little girl's parents and said, "Zhao Di's understanding is not bad, and she should be able to make some achievements in the entertainment industry, but her name is too unfamiliar, and it's not easy for the audience to remember."

Zhao Di's mother immediately said, "Then please, Director Li, change Dii's name."

Li Mu declined several times, but Zhao Di's mother insisted that Li Mu change it, and Li Mu finally revealed Zhao Di's later name in advance.

"Then I'll just think of one, as a reference for you." Li Mu said after declining, "What do you think of the name Zhao Jinmai?"

"Zhao Jinmai, I like this name."

Before others could speak, Zhao Di, who was holding Liu Yifei's hand, rushed to agree.

……

In September, Li Mu held an online meeting with people from North American distribution companies and Tom Hanks to discuss the Oscar wins for "Manchester by the Sea" and "Inception".

"Manchester by the Sea" has been going to the Oscars since the project was established. It goes without saying that this film has entered the awards, but in fact "Inception" also has a certain potential for winning awards.

In the original timeline, "Inception" was nominated for 8 Oscars, and 8 of the last 4 nominations, although they all won some technical awards like best photography, best sound effects, etc., but there were also "best Movie" and other heavy nominations.

However, Li Mu estimated that the probability of his "Inception" winning the award should be far lower than the original movie in his previous life, because if he signs up now, he will compete with James Cameron's "Avatar" in the same session, and "Avatar" is also a big hit for technical awards.

But for Li Mu, using this film to earn a nomination for "Oscar Best Picture" is also very fragrant.

Liu Yifei listened to Li Mu and the people in North America discussing how to win the Oscar, and the young lady's mind became active.

That's Oscar!
In fact, the young lady is still very envious.

That night, when Li Mu was working in the study, the young lady came over in her pajamas and leaned against the door.

"Do you think those two films have a high probability of winning an Oscar?"

"It should be quite big." Li Mu replied while typing on the keyboard.

The young lady said "Oh", and then asked: "Then do you think it is possible for the Academy Awards to have a Chinese actor and actress in the future?"

Li Mu turned his head and pressed his arms on the computer chair and said, "It's very difficult, but it's not completely impossible. At least the nomination of Chinese actor and actress will definitely be won in the future."

The young lady's eyes lit up when she heard the words, and she continued to ask: "Then do you think it is possible for me to win an Oscar queen in the future?"

Li Mu looked at the young lady and said to himself: "It's really good-looking to look good, and the general acting skills are really good."

"To be honest, as long as your acting skills can improve a little every year, then I will be able to send you into the Oscar sooner or later." Li Mu pointed to his own brain, and then continued, "I have several films in it that are suitable for impact." As for the Oscar-winning movie, I’m just worried that your acting skills won’t hold up, otherwise we can start filming anytime.”

"Oh." Liu Yifei was a little disappointed when she heard the words, she actually knew her acting skills well.

So Li Mu comforted again: "It's just that your acting skills have stagnated, and it's not going to be long. That's okay. If we can't win the Oscar, can't we still get a nomination? Don't worry, I will at least give you a nomination for best actress in the future." come out."

"Bragging! There has never been a Chinese nominated for Best Actress in the history of Oscars—not even a person of yellow race!" The young lady said in disbelief and longing.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with what she said. In the original history, it would not even be until 2023 that the first person of yellow race was nominated for an Oscar queen, and this person was Yang Ziqiong.

This time Li Mu smiled but didn't answer, and finally the young lady couldn't help but asked again: "Then do you really have a script in your mind that is suitable for me to play and to be an Oscar queen?"

"Of course!" Li Mu said firmly.

"Can you write it down for me?"

"Then...it depends on how you behave." Li Mu said in a long voice.

……

After the young lady returned to the room early, Li Mu continued to work. In fact, what he said just now was definitely not fooling Liu Yifei. He did have a movie in his mind that was suitable for Liu Yifei's age group and suitable for the Oscar queen.

One of them, which he has even occupied in advance, is "The Line of Happiness Behind the Dark Clouds".

Former cousin Jennifer Lawrence won the Oscar for Best Actress for this film.

In addition, there is a movie called "The City of Philharmonic", which is also one of Li Mu's works, and this movie is also a musical movie that Li Mu liked very much in his previous life.

Oscar-winning films generally don't do very well at the box office, but this film has slashed $4.48 million in box office worldwide.

Apparently the people of the world love this movie too.

At the same time, this film won the awards directly.

It received 14 nominations at the Academy Awards alone, and finally got 14 out of 6 nominations.And it also won heavy awards like "Best Director" and "Best Actress".

Miss Sister's acting skills are indeed a bit mediocre, otherwise, with these two movies and Li Mu's connections in Hollywood, let's not say that Miss Sister won the Oscar for Best Actress and was directly named actress, right?At least give her two Oscar queen nominations!
After working for another half an hour or so, Li Mu turned off the computer and took a rest, but when he returned to the room, he suddenly froze for a moment.

Not only did Liu Yifei not sleep yet, but he also wrapped himself in a quilt into a silkworm chrysalis inexplicably, and a little bit of fragrant shoulder came out.

"Aren't you hot if you wrap it so tightly?" Li Mu walked to the bed and asked.

The young lady turned her head to look at Li Mu and said, "Didn't you just say that my acting skills are mediocre? I am practicing my acting skills, but as a great director, you can't see what role I am playing now? "

Li Mu cautiously guessed: "You are acting...is it a silkworm chrysalis?"

The young lady gave Li Mu a blank look and said, "You're still a great director, it's so obvious that you can't even guess it."

"I really can't figure it out, but if you want to play role-playing, I won't be sleepy—how about you give me a hint?" Li Mu sat on the side of the bed and said.

"Your Majesty, please take pity on my concubine." The young lady suddenly whispered softly.

Only then did Li Mu suddenly realize: "Are you acting like an ancient concubine?"

"Of course! Isn't that how it's played on TV? The concubine who is serving the bed takes a bath in advance, then wraps it in a quilt, and then the eunuchs carry it to the emperor's bed."

"Hahaha, Aifei, you really know how to play! But..."

"But what?"

"It's nothing, you can put more ancient clothes in your closet in the future."

"abnormal!"

"I'm perverted? Who—"

"emperor!"

"Yo Yo Yo, Concubine Ai..." Before Li Mu finished a sentence, he was called "Emperor" by the young lady, and his bones became lighter.

……

At the end of September, Li Mu invited the principals of major theaters and theater chains across the country to come to Beijing. The purpose of course is to invite everyone to watch some clips of "Gravity" in advance. The main reason is to invite these people to experience the upcoming "9D The style of "movie storm".

Among the people who came here were some famous celebrities of later generations. Among them, the most famous ones in later generations were actually a father and son, that is, Wang Jianlin and his son Wang Sicong, who had just returned from studying abroad this year.

To be honest, Li Mu was still very surprised, because he heard Wang Jianlin said in an interview in later generations that he himself had no interest in watching movies, but he did not expect to take the initiative to watch the trial screening of "Gravity".

But it would be best for him to come. If Wang Jianlin can be persuaded to introduce more 3D screens in time, then his trial screening today will not be in vain.

It is worth mentioning that when Li Mu welcomed Mr. Wang, he discussed friendship with the other party's peers.

At present, Wang Jianlin's total assets are only about 70 billion yuan, and Li Mu's box office revenue in the first half of this year alone is as high as 3 million US dollars, which is 20 billion yuan when converted into RMB. What about market capitalization?How much should his Huashang Media be valued now?

非上市公司估值一般会用前12个月的利润乘以一个15-20的倍数，20亿乘20倍是多少？

400 billion!
Not to mention that in the second half of this year, Li Mu has another "Gravity" to be released, and besides that, he also has a lot of money in royalties every month.

Even Li Muzai, in addition to Huashang Media, also has two companies under his name, "Maoyan Films" and "Manwu Comics".

Therefore, when Li Mu faced the future richest man in China, he could still take it lightly in his heart.

On the contrary, when Wang Jianlin saw Li Mu, his heart was far less indifferent than it seemed on the surface, and it was inevitable that he secretly sighed in his heart.

Speaking of which, Li Mu is only four years older than his son, but look at what he has achieved today?

The clips for this test screening are only less than 40 minutes long, but these 40 minutes are already selected by Li Muqian as the most suitable clips to show the 3D effect of the movie.

As the lights in the screening hall dimmed, the screening had officially begun.

In fact, human beings have a very strong ability to adapt. Let’s say it’s the same level of 3D movies. Generally, when a person watches it for the first time, the effect is very shocking. It's very good, but because people have already adapted to the form of this movie, it's hard to get the shock when watching it for the first time.

And the situation in the screening hall is like this now. Everyone in the hall today counts as one, and almost all of them are the first to experience this kind of real 3D movie.

So for these people, today's short movie clip of less than 40 minutes is so powerful that it is against the sky.

Especially when the scene of the flying satellite fragments rushing towards the protagonist was played, almost everyone in the projection hall instinctively stretched out their hands to cover it.

This is the most instinctive subconscious reaction of a person, and it is hardly under the control of personal rationality. Therefore, when everyone realized that they would uncontrollably stretch out their hands to cover a movie, everyone was shocked.

"This is the so-called real 3D movie! The effect is really amazing!"

"It's amazing! It turns out that movies can really achieve this effect! It seems that Director Li's talk about leading the revolution in the movie industry is not groundless!"

"This is already a movie that can be recorded in the annals of history! It's like being in outer space, especially when looking at the satellite debris flying in the movie, people will instinctively reach out to cover it. , it seems that this movie is much stronger than previously thought!"

It can be said that the result of this trial screening was a great success. When these theaters and directors of theater chains who had watched the clips of "Gravity" returned to their jobs across the country, the world of Huaxia Internet began to have a large-scale There are legends about the 3D effect of "Gravity".

For example, since the end of September, the staff of theaters and theater chains have been actively breaking the news, saying that since the person in charge went to Beijing to watch "Gravity", they have vigorously introduced 3D screens and rushed to prepare for the construction of the IMAX giant. The curtain room.

Obviously, a considerable number of people who watched it were overwhelmed by the effects of "Gravity".

"This is an epoch-making film!"

"I don't know what "Avatar" directed by Cameron is like, but I know that "Gravity" must be the highest-grossing film directed by Li Mi! Yes, the box office of this film is very likely to surpass Director Li's masterpiece "" Inception"!"

"Whoever has seen this movie will never forget it!"

With more and more evaluations of the film from theaters and theater directors across the country, the expectations of movie fans all over the country for "Gravity" have been filled at once.

And as the release date of "Avatar" is getting closer, Li Mu also has to start seriously thinking about the schedule of "Gravity".

《阿凡达》在北美的上映时间是2009年的12月18日，在大陆地区的上映日期为2010年的1月4日。

So how to arrange the schedule of "Gravity"?

Obviously, releasing it before "Avatar" would better satisfy Li Mu's own vanity, but if "Avatar" is scheduled to be released after "Avatar" set off a global 3D movie storm, then as the global movie fans' desire for 3D movies is overwhelmed "Avatar" is extremely exciting, and with the rapid expansion of 3D theaters and IMAX giant screens around the world under the storm of "Avatar", it is obvious that his "Gravity" will achieve even better box office results.

The fake 3D movie "Alice in Wonderland" in the previous life was operated in this way. As a result, the North American box office of this movie reached 1.1163 million U.S. dollars in the first weekend, ranking sixth in film history, surpassing "Avatar" at 7700 million U.S. dollars and becoming the first. The weekend's highest-grossing 3D movie in North America.

So how do you choose between money and vanity?
(End of this chapter)