China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 127 Persuasion
"Sissi, there seems to be someone named Xiao Liu Yifei in the media recently. Have you paid attention?" Shu Chang was surfing the Internet and said while clicking on the browser.

"I didn't pay attention, what next?" Liu Yifei said nonchalantly.

"You're not angry?" Shu Chang was a little surprised.

"You're not angry." Liu Yifei turned and looked at Shu Chang doubtfully, as if asking what there was to be angry about.

"Okay, by the way, the scandal between you and Li Mu has been flying all over the world recently, and it hasn't stopped since you came back from Xiangjiang." Shu Changke was keen on reading this and that in the gossip.

"That's great, what have the fans said?" Liu Yifei clapped her hands, hurriedly jumped up from the sofa, and quickly ran over to Shu Changna, ready to read the messages from his fans.

"Well, it might be a little different from what you think." Shu Chang scrolled the comment page and took a look first.

in the comments section.

"They are good friends and classmates, Ji Cao, we are used to it."

"It's been a long time coming. From the looks of it, Li Mu probably regards her as his sister."

"There are always a few days every month that belong to them, but there is no news until now. Whether you believe it or not, I don't believe it anyway."

"Now I also look forward to them getting together, but they haven't made an official announcement. Forget it, let's just watch it as after-dinner tea."

"I suspect he is dark under two lights."

Liu Yifei directly picked up the mouse, clicked "Like" on the black spot under the lamp, and commented, "I think you are right, it must be so."

Then the post was instantly silenced in the vast ocean.

Liu Yifei looked at these comments angrily, "Can't they see it if it's so obvious? It's going to make me mad!"

"Sissi, the main reason is that you two have appeared too frequently for several years, and they seem to be somewhat immune."

Shu Chang felt that if he didn't know the inside story, he would have thought like them.

The mainstream people in the industry didn't dare to break the news before. It was spread through the grapevine. Everyone has read too much of these news and felt that it was just the same.

Then you two jump as hard as you can. Well, you've been jumping for several years and you're still jumping. Who can withstand this?

Li Mu was currently in the writing team discussing the script of the new movie with Lu Yang and the screenwriters.

Everyone has different opinions on character creation.

"We have made the thousand-year-old fox demon more enchanting, making it seem like the audience has already fantasized about the fox demon." A male screenwriter expressed his opinion. Although it was vague, he understood the meaning and what happened. fantasy.

"Why does the fox demon have to be what you imagined? It's so tacky. She should be infatuated, in love, the shyness of a young girl waiting to bloom, and finally sacrifice herself for love." The female screenwriters created such a character for the male screenwriters Such a beautiful demon was a little angry.

You know, after reading the outline of the script, they were moved to tears.

The screenwriters argued endlessly, and then looked straight at Li Mu, Lu Yang, and Wu Ershan, especially Li Mu. After all, he was the one who wrote the outline of the script.

"People are not as good as monsters if they are ruthless, and monsters are just like humans if they are affectionate. This is a love monster, and the focus of shaping must be this way." Li Mu's words instantly made the female screenwriters smile away.

"Ahem, but for the sake of box office, it is understandable that this fox demon is a little more enchanting. Of course, I don't mean the exposed kind, holding the pipa and half covering the face. This is the highest level."

After Li Mu finished speaking, he quickly stood up and left the place of right and wrong.

"Director Li, he really understands." The male screenwriter sighed with emotion. He was half-hiding his face with his pipa in his hand, and he really understood the little thoughts of men.

"Demons are as affectionate as humans! Director Li has brought out the core of this movie, woo woo woo, my Xiao Wei."

The female screenwriter remembered this sentence.

"Director Li, Director Zhang Yi is here." Lu Yu went to Li Mu's office to inform him.

Zhang Yimou had already made an appointment with Li Mu yesterday.

"Senior brother!" The relationship between Li Mu and Zhang Yimou naturally did not require going to the reception room. The two started talking directly in Li Mu's office.

"The Olympics are going pretty smoothly."

"The pressure is a bit high." Zhang Yimou has been watching the scene every day recently. The black eight minutes of the Athens Olympics are still vivid in his mind.

He didn't dare to relax at all.

"Okay, let's not talk about these things. You don't know some things about "Treasure League 4"."

"I do know about such a movie, but the details are still unclear. This movie was made by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas from the beginning. I do know that."

Li Mu hasn't paid much attention to the details in Hollywood recently, so he only knows a general idea.

"Gong Li wants to participate in the show and wants me to ask about the situation." Lao Mouzi told the story one by one.

"Let me ask." If Lao Mouzi called, Spielberg would probably guess what he wanted to do immediately.

In this situation, everyone is in trouble.

This kind of movie, which is close to 2 million U.S. dollars, is not something that can be easily decided by just having a close relationship.

There are a lot of things involved, and both the producer and the distribution company have to consider them.

Li Mu also called Lucas in front of Lao Mouzi, and the two of them occasionally interacted with each other.

Li Mu simply asked about his recent movie status.

After hanging up the phone, Li Mu said directly: "The person over there is Cate Blanchett." Zhang Yimou fell into deep thought after listening.

"Senior brother, this is a big villain role. If it is a positive role, it is understandable that we will do our part, but if you play too many villain roles, it will also have a bad impact on the people behind you." Li Mu hesitated before speaking out.

Everyone is rushing to play villains, and Hollywood will only think that you are suitable for villains. This is not a virtuous cycle.

Cheng Long has never played a villain in any of his Hollywood movies, so he has always been approached for positive roles.

It's not that it's not good to play a villain, it's just that you always look down on yourself by accepting such roles, and now this trend is becoming more and more serious.

Zhang Yimou nodded, he is also a director, how could he not know about this situation.

"That's it, that's it. I heard that your company is going to make another movie? Are you going to direct it?" Zhang Yimou's expression became excited when he talked about the movie.

"How can I have the time? Leave it to the director below and I will be the producer." Li Mu smiled and shook his head.

Li Mu also briefly told him about the content of the new movie.

"Your brain is really useful, this story is interesting." Upon hearing this, Zhang Yimou knew what was attractive about it.

"Such special effects can't be produced in China." From Li Mu's description, Zhang Yimou already roughly knew the special effects needed for this movie.

"I'm working on Tiancai, and I just finished "2012" and started working on it." Li Mu also made the calculation. The main special effects of "2012" are at Industrial Light and Magic, and Tiancai is expected to complete it in the second half of the year.

Just in time to take over the production of "Painted Skin".

Zhang Yimou looked at him deeply and said, "Everyone in the industry thought that your special effects company couldn't do it, but they all misjudged it."

"Hey, senior brother, take care of your business more in the future."

Gong Li, who was far away in the beautiful country, had received a letter from Zhang Yimou and was instantly discouraged.

There was a hint of bitterness at the corner of his mouth.

I saw an offer for "Hannibal", a dark horror film starring a mysterious Japanese woman.

At this time, Li Mu had already rushed to the beautiful country on the plane. David told him that the filming of "Twilight" had been completed.

Li Mu stopped by to take a look at the later stages of "The Twilight Saga" and "2012".

In the Crystal Film Industry, Li Mu looked at the latest information unearthed by Dream Capital handed to him by David.

Twitter has officially changed its name, the website has been launched, and the first tweet has been born.

The main color of the website was changed from green and white to blue and white, and it began to get closer to the Twitter of later generations.

"The founding team in the first round is only willing to release 20% of the equity. In view of our early contact with YouTube and its investment history, the other party is willing to let us participate in the first round of investment."

David explained: “Twitter stole the show at this SXSW Carnival and has attracted a lot of capital attention.”

Li Mu is very clear about the development direction of this type of platform. "Twitter is about sharing instant information, and entertainment information will be one of its main sectors in the future. We can help with this and win as much equity as possible."

David nodded and took note of this.

Li Mu then thought about it and decided that it was time to advance the promotion plan for "2012". The previous idea could now be started.

"You find a team, build a simple website, put the predictions of the Mayan civilization on the website, and put a countdown in the center, and then make a summary of the various weird phenomena and disasters in the past ten years and post it on the website On the website, users must be allowed to comment." Li Mu and David carefully elaborated on the content of this website.

David's eyes brightened as he listened, and he looked excited.

"Boss, your idea is great. You are really a marketing genius."

David never thought that it could be promoted like this and how much cost a website could save the promotion team.

This opened the door to a new world for him.

"Find someone to maintain this page for two years, and it can be closed after the movie is released." Li Mu specifically emphasized this point.

This website can only be used in beautiful countries, and it will be blocked within minutes in China.

"By the way, boss, James Wan's "Dead Silence" has been released, with a box office of US$510 million in its first week. This movie will definitely not be able to recover its cost based on box office alone." David concluded confidently.

"DVDs are fine, but it just takes some time." Horror movies have a huge audience, and DVDs of this type can sell well.

"If you have nothing to do, contact him more. If you come back to make a horror film, Crystal Pictures will still give you strong support." Although James Wan's "Dead Silence" is not ideal, he does have a way of making horror films.

"Understood, boss, I believe he will know how Crystal Pictures is better than other companies." David smiled evilly.

Li Mu did not pay too much attention to this matter, and the post-production of "2012" at Industrial Light and Magic was proceeding smoothly and orderly.

In China, filming of the movie "Contract Lover" directed by Zhang Jianting started in a club in the imperial capital. This is also Fan Binbin's first movie after leaving Huayi, starring Ren Xianqi.

Chen Kexin didn't know why, but she suddenly criticized the extravagant style of costume films on the Internet, directly naming "The Golden Jacket" and "The Promise".

However, his film "The Name of the People" did the opposite. Both the set and the cast were all dressed in shabby clothes and looked shabby, which even the visiting reporters said they couldn't understand at all.

Li Mu laughed out loud when he saw it. How dare he say that?

I remember that in the movie "Martial Arts" directed by him in later generations, he paid 6000 US dollars for a straw hat and plausibly said: "Money is earned, not saved."

This language is indeed art.

(End of this chapter)