China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 69 Building a Team
Beijing City, a private room in the Grand Hyatt Hotel.

Li Mu, Li Lianhua, and Li Xuehua were talking and laughing, and they seemed to be chatting very speculatively.

"As far as I'm concerned, it's good for everyone to talk in my office, or just find a coffee shop or tea room. It's a bit too troublesome to come to the hotel for dinner." Li Mu said with emotion.

Li Lianhua said with a smile: "Last time, Director Li supported me to play the fox. I haven't thanked Director Li properly yet. The role of fox is really important to me. I really can't thank Director Li enough. .”

Li Mu waved his hand and said, "Thank you for what you want to talk about. The key is that you are really suitable for this role, and the success of the movie "Assassin" is also inseparable from your wonderful interpretation of the role of the fox. We all belong to each other. Don't be too polite."

Li Lianhua said with a smile: "Sure enough, the more capable a person is, the more modest he will be."

Li Mu smiled and shook his head.

Li Lianhua asked again: "Director Li, I just watched the script of your new movie "Super Body" recently, and I like it very much after reading it. What do you think of me, Director Li?"

Li Mu took a bite and said: "After "Assassin", you are very popular in the West. This is your biggest advantage. "Super Body" aims at the global market. It is impossible to choose the protagonist without considering the recognition of foreign audiences."

"No." Li Lianhua suddenly laughed.

"wrong?"

"That's right." Li Lianhua said with a smile, "My biggest advantage is that I have a good relationship with Director Li. We have worked together before. Director Li knows all about me, my acting skills, and my temperament. , and that is my greatest strength."

Li Mu couldn't help laughing.

In fact, what Li Lianhua said is quite reasonable. When choosing actors, most directors will indeed choose actors they are familiar with, especially those who have worked with them before.

Li Xuehua said at this time: "Director Li, my sister really likes the script of "Super Body". The two of us asked Director Li to come out this time. One is to thank Director Li for supporting my sister to play the role of the fox; the other is to recommend ourselves. , my sister reads the script very seriously, Director Li, you might as well test my sister's understanding of the script on the spot."

Li Mu said with a smile: "I can't talk about taking a test, but we can discuss it together."

Li Mu paused for a moment, and then continued: "After the heroine Lucy's brain has developed to [-]% or [-]%, she is almost omnipotent, and can even directly transcend the constraints of time and space, go to the distant past, directly Looking at the whole picture of the birth of the universe, but she just allowed the group of gangsters who hurt her to continue to run rampant, instead of choosing to deal with these people first, what do you think about this, Sister Lianhua?"

After thinking for a moment, Li Lianhua said: "Lucy doesn't have enough time, and these people have become insignificant in Lucy's eyes. The hostess and Dr. Norman said that when her brain was developed to 28%, she started Losing pain, fear, desire, everything, she felt like she was losing all of her humanity."

"According to the setting in the movie, cells will choose to multiply when the environment is good, and will choose self-evolution and immortality when the environment is bad."

"Each cell of Lucy has its own autonomous consciousness, and human food can no longer meet the energy needs of Lucy's cells, so Lucy's cells tend to break free from the shackles of Lucy's body and seek their own development. It’s also why Lucy finds herself flying around like sand when she’s on the plane. That means Lucy’s time is running out, and she knows that very well, so she doesn’t have time to deal with those people.”

"And she had already lost all pain, fear, and desire, but the professor told her that the essence of life is to share and pass on what she has learned, so in the eyes of Lucy after this, in addition to sharing all the knowledge she knows Besides, everything else becomes trivial.”

……

At the same time when sisters Li Mu and Li Lianhua were having dinner, actor Sun Honglei was caught in a tangle.

When a director as big as Li Mu invited him to act, his first reaction must have been excitement, but when he knew the role he was going to play, he couldn't help feeling a little tangled in his heart.

Li Mu invited him to play a gangster role this time. He can play gangster roles and is handy. Netizens even teased him that when he plays this kind of role, he just needs to play it a little bit. Pass.

But he really doesn't want to play this kind of role, how do you say that?

It seems that since you played an eggplant, all the purples have come to you.

He wants to try a variety of roles, not just certain types of roles.

"Do you want an excuse to push the trick?" Sun Honglei's manager asked after seeing him so entangled.

"This play——we want to take it." Sun Honglei was still a little entangled at first, but when he heard the manager say that the trick was pushed, he immediately expressed his objection.

"Li Mu is currently the most prosperous director in China. Take this film and leave a good impression on him. When he has a good role in the future, he may think of me. In short, I must take this film."

"Then I will contact Director Li tomorrow." The manager said again.

Sun Honglei nodded upon hearing this.

……

The next morning, Li Mu's office.

Manager Liu Siying came to report to Li Mu.

"Sun Honglei's agent has already called to agree to the invitation, and we have already reached a better signing time."

Li Mu nodded.

And when he mentioned Sun Honglei and Li Mu, he thought of "Latent", and when he thought of "Latent", he thought of the novel of the same name created by Long Yi.

The original novel of "Latent" seems to only have [-] words, and it was published this year. Maybe the company should buy the copyright of the novel. He probably doesn't have time to shoot it himself, but he can find other directors to shoot it.

"Latent" was a TV series he liked very much in his previous life, turning it into a work of his own company would greatly satisfy Li Mu's vanity.

"Liang Jiahui has already agreed to play the role of the police boss, the salary is 600 million, I will contact you to sign the contract in a few days."

Li Mu nodded, and at the same time couldn't help feeling that Liang Jiahui's salary was much lower than that of Cheng Long and Li Lianlian.

"Morgan Freeman has agreed to play the role of Dr. Norman, and after negotiating with Xiying, Bernard, Huayi, China Film and other companies, we finally reached an agreement on the investment share and dividend ratio. We, Huashang, invest 45% of the funds, but we must own 60% of the income rights, and the remaining 55% of the funds are jointly responsible for several other companies, and these companies will share the remaining 40% of the income rights.”

Li Mu nodded.

Liu Siying is in charge of discussing the specific proportion of investment and dividends, and Li Mu is only in charge of the general direction. "Super Body" is written by Li Mu and directed by himself. He is the core of the project, so he gets more dividends. Others Several companies had no comments, and even the proposal itself was made by several other companies.

"Lee Lianhua plays the leading role, and several other companies have no objection. After "Assassin", Li Lianhua is very popular in the West. Several companies believe that her role as the heroine can maximize the film's popularity in the global market. A good grade."

Li Mu nodded.

The cast has basically been decided, and the crew will still use Li Mu's old crew from the previous film, mainly staff from the West Film Studio. So far, the preparations for the film are almost ready.

(End of this chapter)