China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 94
On July 2007, 7, the headline on the front page of Sina Entertainment read:

Title: "With a production cost of less than 3000 million US dollars and a global box office of 3.67 million US dollars, Li Mu's commercial blockbuster "Super Body" has achieved amazing success!"

news content:

"In 2006, director Li Mu cooperated with two Kung Fu superstars, Cheng Long and Li Lianlian, in the directorship for the first time. In the end, his directorial debut grossed 3.55 million US dollars at the global box office. The movie "Assassin" was a big success. But in fact, at that time, the discussion about director Li Mu being destined to be the peak of his debut was once raging. Many media believed that the success of "Assassin" might be difficult to replicate, and the combination of Cheng Long and Li Lianlian was even more rare. After the First World War, I am afraid that there will be a very long period of low ebb."

"At that time, no one in the country could have imagined that just one year later, Director Li Mu would challenge himself again, writing and directing the female superhero blockbuster "Super Body". Without the bonus of Cheng Long and Li linking two international superstars , but achieved even more astonishing success, "Super Body" won a box office of 3.67 million US dollars worldwide, surpassing the film "Assassin" co-operated with Cheng Long and Li Lianhe, director Li Mu continued to be a god in World War II, congratulations to director Li Mu."

"However, if you ask who is the biggest beneficiary of director Li Mu's sudden rise, I'm afraid everyone will think of Li Lianhua, who starred in Li Mu's two masterpieces one after another - "Assassin" and "Super Body". It has already left far behind Zhang Ziyi, who is known as the international chapter."

……

When Li Xuehua showed this report to her sister Li Lianhua, Li Lianhua asked quite calmly, "Is "Super Body" surpassing "Assassin" at the global box office?"

Li Xuehua nodded, Li Lianhua's expression was the same as usual, but when Li Xuehua came to see her sister after answering the phone, she found that Li Lianhua was already sobbing.

It's not easy for her to walk this way.

At the same time, the news that "Super Body" surpassed the box office of Cheng Long Lilian's movie "Assassin" instantly became popular all over the country. The entire Chinese entertainment circle, countless directors, actors, producers, etc., everyone was paying attention to and discussing "Super Body" great success.

Among them, Zhang Ziyi fell into a long silence when she watched the news, and was in a daze for half an hour.

……

Huashang Media, Chairman's Office.

Li Mu is studying the issue of the male protagonist of "Inception".

Tom Hanks, Leonardo, Tom Cruise, Keanu Reeves-Li Mu was still struggling with who he should choose, well, he rejected them all.

What's next?
The "Inception" project has already started, and there is no turning back when the bow is started, Li Mu can't give up halfway.

Or, fly to the United States and visit thatched cottage three times?But why do you have to run a few more times and people will agree?

Why don't you just change the leading actor?
But his global box office of 6 million US dollars has been blown out, so let him choose the next best thing at this time?

"Inception" is Li Mu's masterpiece, if you want to do it, you must do your best!Keep improving, never ambiguous!
Then we have to analyze the problem. Why did these people reject Li Mu's invitation?
Is it because Li Mu is not famous enough?

There must be a reason for this.

Although Li Mu has also produced three big productions one after another, this achievement is indeed shocking enough in China, but it is indeed not enough to be seen in Hollywood, where blockbusters are gathered.

May I ask if Li Mu is famous enough, would these actors really reject him?
In his previous life, it was said that Leonardo took over "Inception" without even reading the script, because the director of this play was named Nolan!
The problem is that Li Mu is not Nolan, and his fame is unlikely to catch up with Nolan in a short period of time, which means that he has no ability to let top Hollywood actors take on the role just by looking at the director's name.

As a result, Li Mu had no choice but to do the opposite.

Since a top director can make an actor accept a play without reading the script, can the top script also make the top actor agree to accept the play only after reading the script?

Is "Inception" a top-notch script?
It must be, but it seems that the script and the actors Li Mu wanted to invite were not suitable, at least at first glance, they didn't match up.

I remember Leonardo said in his previous life that he didn't understand the script of "Inception".

Maybe these people prefer scripts that can win awards? !

Thinking of this, Li Mu finally had some ideas.

Immediately afterwards, Li Mu created a new folder on his computer, with the title of the folder: Manchester by the Sea.

This is an American movie released in 2016. On Douban, 50 people gave this movie a high score of 8.6, and it was included in the Top250 list of Douban Movies, ranking 210th.

Of course, it doesn't matter if Douban likes the movie or not, the key is that the Oscars like it.

Best Actor at the 89th Academy Awards, Best Original Screenplay at the 89th Academy Awards, Best Actor at the 70th British Academy Film Awards, Best Actor in a Feature Film at the 74th Golden Globe Awards...

"Manchester by the Sea" has won numerous awards!

This script is awesome, right?I just don't know if I can attract Li Mu's favorite actor for "Inception".

Can they see the Oscar potential of this script?
Can you be moved by the plot?

If they are moved, Li Mu said to them: Come on, let me shoot "Inception" first, and then we will go to the Oscar winner after filming the commercial blockbuster.

So will they be moved?

Li Mu was not sure, so he prepared to prepare with multiple hands.

So I immediately created a new folder on the computer: Revenant Hunter.

That's right, it's another Oscar-winning movie: Oscars for Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Actor.

At the 2016th Academy Awards in 88, "The Revenant" lived up to expectations and successfully won three Oscars. Among them, it was Leonardo who won the Oscar for Best Actor for this film.

It was also this "The Revenant" that allowed Xiao Lizi to end his 22 years of tragic companionship and finally win the "Little Golden Man".

Of course Li Mu knows that the Oscars are very particular about public relations, and of course he knows that for the same work, if you come to shoot, you will win an award, but if I shoot, you may not get anything, but so what?
As long as the script can impress one of them, it will be a pleasant surprise if the last two films do win Oscars.

After straightening out his thoughts, Li Mu began to devote himself to the creation of the script.

To put it simply, "Manchester by the Sea" tells the story of Lee Chandler taking care of his nephew as a guardian after his brother died of illness.

It is a story about despair and wounds, and it is also a story about anti-chicken soup.In the words of netizens: "Not everyone can reconcile with the past."

In half a month, Li Mu finally completed the creation of two scripts.

After a series of copyright protection measures, Li Mu finally sent the script of "Manchester by the Sea" to Tom Hanks.Then he sent "The Revenant" to Leonardo. Although several people had rejected Li Mu's invitation to be the leading actor, they had already established relatively smooth communication channels.

After the script was sent, Li Mu called the two to explain the situation.

Next, all Li Mu can do is wait until someone is moved by the script and agrees to act in his "Inception".

……

America, a mansion.

After hanging up the phone, Leonardo drank the wine in his hand, and then rushed to the model girlfriend on the sofa.

(End of this chapter)