China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 66 Win-Win
Beijing City, Mingde Building.

Li Mu and Liu Siying chatted while walking, and the employees they met on the road greeted them one after another.

"Hello, Mr. Li."

"Hello, Manager Liu."

The two nodded slightly.

"Is the child's transfer done?" After talking about work, Li Mu asked casually.

"It's all done. Thanks to Bona's Mr. Yu's help, otherwise it wouldn't have been done so smoothly." Liu Siying said.

Li Mu nodded. He has participated in the production of three films so far - "Taken", "Master of Hypnotism" and "Assassin". Bernard has participated in all three films, and they are very profitable. Now anyone in the entertainment industry Everyone knows that Li Mu is the God of Wealth, and the projects led by him are all making a lot of money, so it is not surprising that Bernard will take the initiative to show his favor.

Now Li Mu has shifted the focus of his work to Beijing. After all, this is the cultural center of the country. Many cooperative companies are headquartered in Beijing. Moving the company from Xijing will make it easier to discuss cooperation in the future.

After more than half a year of investigation, Liu Siying's work ability has also been recognized by Li Mu. In fact, her ability is not top-notch objectively, her career is not particularly strong, and her management style is generally conservative. These characteristics of her are in the Other companies may be disadvantages, but Li Mu's is precisely the advantage here.

The purpose of Li Mu's establishment of the company is to facilitate his own investment and filming of film and television dramas. From the very beginning, he never thought of relying on any complicated financial operations to snowball his company, so that he can handle Li Mu's investment in film and television dramas. , to maximize the benefits of the film and television works shot by Li Mu as much as possible, to recover all the money that should be collected, to pay the taxes that should be paid in full, to maintain the relationship that should be maintained-to be able to do these things well, to Li Mu and As far as his luxury is concerned, it is enough.

At present, Li Mu's Huashang Company has signed two artists, one is Song Qi signed by Li Mu himself, and the other is Wang Kai signed by Liu Siying.

Wang Kai played the role of the heroine's fiancé in the movie "The Master of Hypnotism". There are not many scenes, but his performance is remarkable.After the film was released, Liu Siying and Li Mu mentioned that Wang Kai had great potential, and suggested that the company sign him. Li Mu let Liu Siying make the decision, and the company officially signed Wang Kai one month later.

After the company officially signed Song Jia and Wang Kai, Liu Siying recruited senior managers from other companies to take charge of their economic work. In the past six months, the company has obtained some film and television resources for Song Jia and Wang Kai respectively. Development is also on the right track.

Especially Song Jia, Li Mu suggested that she go for the role in "Crossing Guandong". After all, she played the role of Xian'er in her previous life. This TV series is very important to Song Jia's acting career. Knowing her, Li Mu will inevitably feel a little regretful if she loses this role because she signed a contract with Hua Shang in this life.

But in the previous life, Song Qi’s signing company was Chengtian Entertainment, and the manager behind it was Wang Jinghua. Wang Jinghua’s energy in the entertainment industry is extraordinary. Li Mu is really not sure that she can help Song Qi get the role. help get it.

Also in the spirit of giving it a try, Li Mu explained this matter to Liu Siying. He didn't know how Liu Siying did it. Anyway, the final result was that Song Jia really succeeded in getting the role of Xian'er in "Crossing the Guandong". .

Song Qi attaches great importance to the play "Crossing the Guandong", directed by Zhang Xinjian and Kong Sheng, written by Gao Mantang and Sun Jianye, starring Li Youbin and Sarina, no matter how you look at it, this play is naturally popular breath.

In addition, the role of Xian'er is also very attractive to her-the fate is rough, affectionate and righteous, forbearance and perseverance, the role has a lot of room to play.

When she found out that she had won the role of Xian'er, Song Qi first hugged Liu Siying, talking and laughing to be happy, then let go of Liu Siying and looked at Li Mu who was standing beside her, with red eyes, she said, "Mr. Li, thank you .”

At that time, Li Mu waved his hand and said: "You must not be polite to me. Since the company has signed you, it will naturally strive for resources for you as much as possible. If you become popular, the company can also earn more."

Song Ke smiled with red eyes: "I'm so moved that I agree with you, but you want to call yourself a cold-blooded capitalist."

Li Mu and Liu Siying both laughed when they saw Song Ji's serious look.

Li Mu and Liu Siying came to Li Mu's chairman's office, which had just been renovated, and Li Mu hadn't had time to move here yet, and now he mainly works at home.

"Look for a few screenwriters with a higher level, and sign directly to the company. The salary will be based on the basic salary plus a commission. I have some interesting ideas in my mind. I will write them all by myself. I will definitely not be able to cope with the energy. I will recruit some screenwriters who are on duty. The general main line will be told, and the specific script will be written by them." Li Mu said while looking at the furnishings in the office.

Liu Siying asked: "Which type of screenwriter does Mr. Li need? A screenwriter who is good at costume dramas or a screenwriter who is good at modern dramas? A screenwriter who is good at writing movie scripts or a screenwriter who is good at writing TV drama scripts?"

"Let's hire some of any type - ancient costumes, modern, movies, TV dramas, men, women, I have mixed thoughts in my mind, let them write whatever comes to mind." Li Mu said.

Liu Siying nodded: "I'll do it right away."

"Okay, you can do your work, I'll go back first."

"I send you."

"No, the two of us don't engage in these red tapes."

"Okay, then Mr. Li, you go slowly."

"gone."

After leaving the company, Li Mu took the elevator directly to the underground garage, and then got into a white BMW.

It has been more than half a year since I bought the car, but he spent most of the six months filming, so he didn't drive much.

After Li Mu returned home, he cut half a watermelon and then dug it with a spoon to eat it. He didn't sit in front of the computer until he couldn't eat anymore and continued to write the script.

In fact, there are huge loopholes in the setting of "Super Body". For example, the film says that the human brain has only developed 10% of its potential, and this is enough to make human beings the primates of all things.

For example, the movie also said that dolphins are a kind of magical creatures. They have developed their brain power to 20%, so they have a more efficient echolocation system.

Another example is that after the heroine develops her brain to 28%, she can manipulate her metabolism and even various electromagnetic waves.

In fact, if you really want to study it carefully, these statements in the movie are completely full of loopholes, but these are the core settings of the movie, and it is impossible for Li Mu to change them.

And once you accept these statements, these statements that are full of loopholes will become excellent science fiction settings again.

It took Li Muyi 12 days to create the script. After the script was registered, he brought the script to Xiying Group, Bernard, Huayi Brothers, China Film and other companies. Everyone sat down to discuss the investment share of the film. .

In fact, strictly speaking, the risks of these films that Li Mu wants to make are not low. The original male and female protagonists of "Taken" are both white, and the screenwriter is the famous French director Luc Besson. Li Mu changed it to Cheng Long as the starring role. It does have a huge following in the West, but after this level of change, there is no guarantee that the film will still be a hit, especially in the international market.

In the same way, there is also the movie "Assassin". In this movie, Li Mu not only changed the leading role from white to Chinese, but even directly changed the single male lead to a double hero theme.With such drastic changes, who can guarantee that the movie will be a hit before the official release?

This is even more true for the movie "Super Body". The original Caucasian heroine was removed, and the leading role of the widow sister was removed. How likely is this movie to continue to be a global hit?

Li Mu actually had no idea about this.

The investment in the film is at least tens of millions of dollars. Not to mention that Li Mu can't afford such a large sum of money for a while, even if he can, he will not be so desperate to throw all his wealth into a film. in the movie.

There are other companies to help share the risks, and other companies to help get through all the links up and down to ensure that the film can be released smoothly after it is shot. Why not do it for Li Mu?
Since time travel, Li Mu has always been adhering to the win-win strategy—films need to be made, money must be made, and friends must be made. He really puts every penny into his family’s pockets and makes everyone envious of you. It may not be a good thing.

(End of this chapter)