China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 114 Lao Mouzi’s suggestion
"David, please keep an eye on the later stages of "2012"." Li Mu gave a special instruction before leaving.

The meeting was held the next day, and Li Mu came back a day early.

First, I plan to go to Nortel Old Field to enjoy the autumn breeze and see what the situation is like this time.

"Hey, Teacher Zhou, you are here too." Li Mu just entered Tianzhuangzhuang's office and found that Zhou Liang was also there.

"Why, now that I've changed departments, I'm no longer welcome."

Zhou Liang smoked the soft bag of Chinese and talked like a big brother.

"How can that be."

Li Mu was not polite. He sat down and took a few sips to moisten his throat.

Tian Zhuangzhuang spoke up, "There haven't been any movies recently?"

"We haven't gotten on the right track yet in the later stages. We haven't had the time yet."

Tian Zhuangzhuang nodded, "Well, we really need to keep a closer eye on the production."

"Teacher, is there anything I need to pay attention to in tomorrow's meeting?"

Li Mu also asked tentatively, if there were any problems, he could avoid them in advance.

"Old Tian, ​​look, I said there must be something wrong with him here."

Tian Zhuangzhuang also laughed and scolded: "You really don't go to the Three Treasures Palace for anything! Tomorrow, talk less and watch more. I guess Lao Jia and Zhang Weiping will have to talk about this matter at the meeting. The rest is not something you can participate in, even if It doesn’t matter if you have money, logically you should know something about it.”

Li Mu was a little curious: "The theater one?"

Tian Zhuangzhuang nodded: "This time the state-owned food is finished, so don't dwell on it until next time."

Really, no wonder there was news that Li Mu wanted to test the waters.

It seemed that tomorrow would be a good day to watch a movie. Li Mu walked around Nortel, took a look at the school girls who had just entered school this year, and returned to his company with satisfaction.

“In December, Tudou Video raised funds again, and Dream Capital also followed suit.”

Liu Weijuan was reporting on some recent situations. Tudou Video’s financing amount this time was not high, but there were a lot of venture capital institutions coming in.

It is impossible for Li Mu’s Dream Capital to fully consume the investment quota, not to mention that Tudou Video does not agree.

Tudou Video rose rapidly with the massive resources authorized by Mengying and began to expand unscrupulously on the Internet.

"Tudou wants to get the rights to broadcast the new drama "Struggle"." Liu Weijuan continued.

With the development of Tudou Video, its strategic direction has slowly begun to move closer to newly produced TV series.

However, in business, even if you are a shareholder, you still have to discuss the interests that should be discussed.

After some consideration, Li Mu also agreed that the new TV series could be broadcast on Tudou Video to see the effect.

"By the way, hire a new secretary for me. You have worked hard these years, and it's time to move up the position."

Liu Weijuan seemed to be working as a secretary these years, but in fact she was in charge of all aspects of Mengying. Logically, she should have changed her position long ago.

The newly recruited secretary Li Mu doesn't have many requirements, as long as he can do the job he assigned.

Li Mu is not used to bringing an assistant when he goes out, so this secretary is basically his part-time assistant.

The neon lights of the Imperial Capital at night have not yet spread across the entire city, but they already have some prototypes.

The 08 Olympics were getting closer and closer, and housing prices began to rise. However, no one expected that this would only take more than ten years.

Looking back later, I am afraid that this is the limit of what ordinary people can buy with gritted teeth, and future generations are simply wishful thinking.

Li Mu had already arranged for someone to clean Li Mu's nearby villa in advance. He had only lived in it a few times after buying it, so it was a waste.

The only good thing is that I live not far from Liu Yifei, and I can go there for a meal occasionally.

Shu Chang had nothing to do at this time. The drama that was supposed to be completed had already been completed. She stayed with Liu Yifei all day long. In her words, she had no home in the imperial capital.

"Will Li Mu come over for dinner today?"

"Yes, he has to go to a meeting tomorrow."

"Sissi, when will you be eligible to attend meetings?"

Shu Chang was a little envious. Those who could go to the meeting were all big guys, so she could only think about it.

"You don't even look at who can go. The only actors are Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi. I don't have this condition."

"With your Li Mu here, you can go sooner or later."

Shu Chang felt that she was absolutely right in saying this, it was just a matter of time.

"Then take you with me." Liu Yifei said with a smile. The two girls were noisy in the room.

The dinner that night was very sumptuous, with five dishes and one soup for four people.

Since Liu Yifei has already had a showdown with Liu Xiaoli, no matter how Li Mu eats this meal, he feels less casual than before.

I always feel a little scared. Is this a natural repressive force?

Liu Xiaoli has not changed much, but there is still a little more concern in her words.

After the meal, a few people were still discussing the failure of "Golden Armor" in North America. After all, it was only reported some time ago that American film critics and media people generally described "Epic", "grand dramatic spectacle" and "extremely brilliant visually". Golden Armor" gave high praise.

Coupled with the Metropolitan Opera "Qin Shi Huang" released on December 12, the "Chinese cultural spectacle" brought about by Zhang Yimou has triggered a hot "Oriental craze" in New York and the mainstream media in the United States.

However, this box office was somewhat disappointing in North America.

Last weekend, North American distributor Sony Classics began showing "The Golden Jacket" in 1234 theaters.

The box office of 200 million US dollars in the first weekend was almost the same as Zhang Yimou's "To Live". "The Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film will not be affected." Liu Yifei knows some of the potential rules of the Oscars.

"It has some influence." Li Mu couldn't directly say that the Golden Armor was no longer possible, otherwise it would be too demoralizing.

After all, Lao Mouzi's movies have different meanings in China.

"Be more serious about tomorrow's meeting and stop talking nonsense, you know?" When Li Mu was about to leave, Liu Yifei specially arranged Li Mu's clothes and asked.

"When did I say that nonsense?" Li Mu smiled, this little girl is worrying nonsense, he has not yet reached the level of Zhang Weiping.

Early the next morning, Li Mu stepped into the conference room hall. It was already overcrowded and the leaders had not yet arrived.

Representatives of various companies, directors, actor representatives, and academy representatives, basically all of them who can come will not be absent.

Zhang Weiping still looked arrogant, and there were probably not many people present who could take a fancy to him.

On the other hand, Lao Mouzi was calm and composed, sitting in his seat, and occasionally greeted a few people politely.

Jia Zhangke was also with Lao Mouzi, not far away. The two of them were fine, but when Zhang Weiping and Jia Zhangke looked at each other, they could see some emotions.

After all, this was going to be a lawsuit, and Li Mu seemed to be taking advantage of it.

Han Sanping also took his seat early and basically greeted everyone when they met.

Li Mu also went for a walk, and there were a lot of familiar people there.

The leaders took their seats one after another. First, each representative gave a summary. This session was basically just bragging. After all, the results have to be discussed forward. If you talk about it later, it would be boring and you would not be able to feel the prosperity of the film industry.

Then everyone discussed the matter, talked about the problem, and solved the problem.

The problem is that it cannot be separated from Zhang Weiping. This guy is also making some noise on the theater side, and the film side is also extremely domineering.

Fortunately, Zhang Weiping came without opening his mouth. He first talked about the importance of box office to movies, and then talked about the importance of a high-box office movie to theaters. Finally, he concluded that the arrangement of the movie Golden Armor is very reasonable, the box office is high, and everyone likes it. , theater chains can also make more money, and I have made a huge contribution to the Chinese film industry.

Before Jia Zhangke started speaking, the representative of the production company of "Scarred City" couldn't bear it anymore and accused Zhang Weiping of directly occupying theater resources through Zhang Yimou.
Jia Zhangke is even more awesome. If you use your results to make a point, then I won't be polite. Speaking of making money, he has never lost money on any of his movies.

As soon as he said this, Li Mu thought about it carefully, what the hell is this? Although this Jia Zhangke movie did not do well at the box office, it made money, and made a lot of money.

It all depends on overseas copyright sales.

There was such a quarrel that other film companies and theater chains joined in. Anyway, the conflict had been going on for a long time and no one could get used to it.

In the end, the leader had no choice but to stop. Everyone had their own reasons and it was very difficult to handle.

Since it's difficult to solve, we need to hold more meetings and discuss more. If we can't solve it this time, we'll do it next time.

After the meeting, everyone left in groups, and that was how it ended.

After what has been said on the stage, no more trouble can be caused in private, otherwise it will be a loss of face.

Zhang Yimou and Li Mu were communicating while walking. When talking about Golden Armor, Li Mu learned that Zhang Yimou would have to go to Japan and South Korea to promote the game in the future.

In order to recoup the production costs of this big box office in Asia, it is definitely necessary to make a trip.

"Brother, do you want me to help you call some people over in Korea to make the place bigger?" Li Mu also suggested casually. Anyway, it was just a matter of words.

"Alright!" Lao Mouzi thought for a moment, but did not refuse.

The South Korean box office also has a lot of success, and Heroes has set many records in South Korea before.

"Do you want to come to the celebration party?"

"Forget it, we have to rush back to do the post-production." Li Mu shook his head. If nothing happened, he would go back early.

"You can take advantage of this time to consider the three major European companies."

Finally, Zhang Yimou gave a suggestion, and Li Mu understood what he meant.

After thinking for a moment, Li Mu nodded.

There is also a commercial blockbuster that has not yet been released, and it is difficult to make any big productions due to time constraints. After all, it takes too much energy.

It's a good choice to start a department to win prizes.

Li Mu had no idea what to shoot for a while.

There is no rush, anyway, the post-production of "2012" is still in progress, and Li Mu still has time to think about what movie to make. You must know that the judges of the three majors are very picky.

After taking care of domestic matters, Li Mu also hurried back to Beautiful Country.

At this time, David was staying in Industrial Light and Magic, meticulously staring at the post-production effects.

"David, how's it going?"

"Boss, everything goes well. This thing takes too much time. Such detailed and procedural work should be left to artificial intelligence."

David has obviously been troubled by this late stage recently and is complaining to Li Mu.

"What, artificial intelligence?"

"That's right, boss, don't you know? Google has been crazy about acquiring various companies in the field of artificial intelligence since this year. I believe it won't be long before we..."

Since Dream Capital owns $4.95 million worth of Google stock, David has been paying close attention to Google's every move.

artificial intelligence?

After listening to this, Li Mu suddenly remembered a movie.

Isn’t this idea profound enough?

(End of this chapter)