China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 44 Gathering
Some time ago, when discussing with China Film, Director Han suggested that another mature director should be selected this time. As compensation, Li Mu can write a relatively important role in the script for himself. Now that the script is finished, Li Mu has not done it for himself If such a role is arranged, then he must fight for the director of "Assassin".

So he started writing the storyboard right away.

With the directing skills of his previous life and the reference of the original film, the scripts he wrote are naturally top-notch.

He is going to use this storyboard script to prove that he is fully capable of being a good director. If someone disagrees, he might as well write a storyboard script, and then everyone will compare the two scripts together.

While creating the storyboard script, he also took time to deal with the matter of "Master of Hypnotism".

Now that I have decided to direct this "Assassin", I naturally don't have the energy to film "The Hypnotist" myself. Fortunately, it is a low-budget film, and the script is quite solid. It is not a question of losing money, earning more and earning less.

There are actually a lot of tool-maker directors in the industry who have this ability but have little opportunity, and Li Mu has no worries about finding a high-level one.

In addition, he also preliminarily determined the starring candidate for "Master of Hypnotism".

He decided to use Shen Teng as the male lead, Marie as the wife of the male lead, and Song Qi as the female lead. The ex-husband of the female lead can just go to Nortel or Zhongxi to pick a junior or senior student. not much.

The reason why the male protagonist did not choose Xu Zheng is actually to avoid copyright disputes similar to "People on the Journey" and "Thailand".

On the third day after finishing the script, Li Mu received a call from Cheng Long.

"I've already read the script."

"How does Uncle Long feel?"

"How? What did you say when you were making Taken?"

Li Mu was puzzled by the said Zhanger Monk.

"During "Taken"?"

Cheng Long said: "At that time, you said that Cheng Long's movies had gone astray. The later the stage, the more attention should be paid to the action, and the less the character creation. You also said that the audience would be excited when they saw Cheng Long jumping from the second floor. I have to jump from the fifth floor, then I have to jump from the 27th floor, and finally I have to jump down from space. At that time, you said that as I get older, it is impossible to satisfy the audience's higher and higher excitement value. , how is the result now?"

"This "Assassin" is exaggerated to the point of explosion! I have never made such an exaggerated movie, dozens of stories high buildings, jumping directly from one side to the other, driving the car to take off and turning a thousand times in the air Two hundred degrees, and then simply drove the car onto a speeding train, even bullets can turn corners—you tell me yourself, are you continuously pushing up the excitement value of the audience this time?"

Li Mu: "Ah..."

Cheng Long suddenly laughed and said: "But I think this movie is really enjoyable. The scene with Li Lianlian in the train carriage is very exciting. The fly in the ointment is that there are many more gunfight scenes than Kung Fu fight scenes. I have a suggestion here. Ah, just to add a little more hand-to-hand duel between me and Li Lianlian, of course, this is my personal opinion."

Li Mu directly agreed: "Okay, the selling point of this movie is the confrontation between Cheng Long and Li Lianlian, two kung fu superstars. Naturally, the two of you fighting scenes are the most important thing. After the filming officially starts, everyone will discuss it. We will listen to whoever says something makes sense."

"Okay, OK."

……

After hanging up the phone, Li Mu shook his head and smiled.

After another half day, Li Mu suddenly received another call from an unfamiliar number, but as soon as the number was connected, he immediately recognized the other party's voice.

"Are you Teacher Li Lianlian?"

"I'm Li Lianlian."

"Hello, Teacher Li, you called this time, have you read the script I wrote?"

"Yes, I have already read the script, and I have read it three times directly."

"Then what does Teacher Li think of this script?"

"Very good, very shocking, this is the script I imagined."

"That's good, that's good." Li Mu said with a long breath.

Li Lianlian said again: "After reading the script, I have an idea and want to discuss it with you."

"Teacher Li, tell me, I'll listen." Li Mu said.

Li Lian organized the language and said: "In the script, Cheng Long and I have more gunfights than kung fu duels, so can we add a little more fighting scenes? It's like the scene on the train. In fact, it is completely possible to arrange a two-player scene." The melee combat of people in a small space."

"So that's what happened!" Li Mu couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Is there any difficulty?" Li Lianlian asked.

Li Mudao: "There are no difficulties, but Cheng Long just called me today, and he happened to be talking about this matter. This time, you two Kung Fu superstars really want to go together."

"It turned out to be this matter, that's all right, let's talk about it when we meet, I will go to Beijing in a few days."

"Well."

……

three days later.

Li Mu, Li Lianjie, Cheng Long, Yan Yiyun, Yu Dong, Wang Zhonglei and others reappeared in China Film, but this time they met in a conference room of China Film.

There are more people here this time, and it will be a bit crowded to meet again in Director Han's office.

As usual, they greeted each other, and then quickly chatted about the new script.

Cheng Long was the first to speak this time.

"I read this script very well. Compared with "Taken", this book undoubtedly has bigger scenes and more exciting plots. I feel very enjoyable just reading the script. This is the kind of movie I have always wanted to make."

Next is Li Lianlian.

"I feel the same way as Brother Cheng Long. This script is of a very high level, and it must be very suitable for the tastes of audiences in the international market. Domestic audiences should also like it. It seems that my previous intuition is not wrong at all. This time, I will find Li Mu. As a screenwriter, I really found the right person.”

Seeing that the two Kung Fu superstars all approved the script, the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became more relaxed, which meant that the project was basically completed, so everyone smiled and expressed their opinions.

Han Sanping smiled and said: "Li Mu, Li Mu, you said that when I asked you to write the script, you had a lot of difficulties. You danced with shackles and tied up with five flowers. What happened? Ten days! Only ten days! You I just wrote the script, not only did I write it, but I was also recognized by the two Kung Fu superstars in the first place! I said, why did you look so similar at the time? Hahaha, I have seen many people these years, I did not expect this time I was almost blinded by you, playing with me here to hide, hahaha."

Yu Dong also said with a smile: "What Director Han said is too right, let's just say me. At that time, I heard that Li Mu had a lot of difficulties, so I thought this project must be a dead end. But he was lucky, and he wrote the script in only ten days. The level of the key script is still so high! Where are you going to reason?"

Wang Zhonglei said with a smile, "In the future, everyone will ask Director Li to write the script. At that time, we don't need to care what he says. In short, we just believe that he can write it."

Yan Yiyun joked: "It's too much, according to Mr. Wang, if you ask Li Mu to write a script that can win the Palme d'Or and the Oscar for best picture tomorrow, you have to insist on it no matter what he says. Can you write it down?"

Wang Zhonglei said with a smile: "Hey, Director Yan, you are really right this time, I really think he can write this kind of script."

After speaking, everyone laughed together.

Then Wang Zhonglei turned his head to look at Li Mu and said with a smile: "How about it, Director Li? Now that the conversation has reached this point, how about Director Li writing two scripts that can win the Palme d'Or and Oscars in a while?"

Seeing such an active atmosphere, Li Mu didn't hesitate at all, and immediately patted his chest and assured: "Isn't it the Palme d'Or and the Oscars? Wait, everyone. I have to go for these two awards in a while."

As soon as this remark came out, the conference room burst into laughter.

"Hahaha……"

"Yes, young people must have ambition!"

"Hahaha, Director Li is really full of vigor!"

Li Mu also laughed and said: "Hahaha, all the bosses are laughing, talking big, talking big..."

After speaking, everyone laughed again.

(End of this chapter)