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Chapter 141 Awards, Toei

After chatting briefly with Zhen Zidan for a while, Li Mu did not delay walking on the red carpet. Compared to the actress, he walked much faster.

I answered an interview casually and entered the venue.

Brother Chen Kai is the chairman of this year's jury, and he also gave guidance at the venue.

"Senior brother, you are so impressive." Li Mu walked directly to the front and joked.

"You've come just in time. I want to arrange for you to award the Best Director this time. How about you see it?" Brother Chen Kai secretly took Li Mu aside to communicate.

"Inappropriate." Li Mu thought carefully and shook his head.

It is obvious who the best director is this time, and the others are not competitive at all.

For him to award the Best Director award is full of gimmicks and will receive a lot of coverage, but it is not appropriate, at least it is not appropriate for him alone.

Brother Chen Kai is also a little embarrassed. It is difficult to award this award unless he takes action.

If this is the case, it will be easy for others to gossip. After all, he is the chairman of this year's jury.

"Let's go together." Li Mu said directly, which made Brother Chen Kai's eyes light up.

"Pah!" Brother Chen Kai clapped his hands and said happily: "That's it, let's go together!"

"By the way, more work will bring you more reward. For the best actress, you can also help me." Brother Chen Kai said with a malicious smile.

After speaking, Li Mu didn't give him time to refuse, and turned around and left to discuss other matters.

Li Mu smiled bitterly and shook his head. It would be okay to award an award, but the family member might be jealous.

After the opening ceremony, Li Mu didn't stay much. Anyway, it would be nice to come to the closing ceremony.

The box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" has been released in its first week, exceeding 5000 million.

According to past experience, it is very likely that this movie will exceed [-] million, which is basically stable.

However, compared with "Ip Man", this data is instantly inferior.

"Hollywood blockbusters can't beat Ip Man!"

"This is what domestic movies should be like!"

The failure of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" also gave domestic movies a glimmer of hope.

It turns out that Hollywood blockbusters are not invincible. As long as they are shot well, there is still a chance.

Han Sanping also breathed a sigh of relief this time, finally not letting domestic movies lose face.

We still have to rely on Li Mu. Han Sanping discovered the fact that in recent years, only Li Mu has been able to support himself, help China Film solve problems, and make a fortune together with China Film.

Although the money was eventually dissipated for domestic directors, large and small, to try.

As for Zhang Yi's new picture, Zhang Weiping didn't give China Film a chance to intervene.

That's called hate.

The flight from the Imperial Capital to the Magic Capital was not far away. Li Mu returned to Mengying and the script of "Latent" had been completely revised.

Li Mu read it carefully, confirmed that it was correct, and asked his people to prepare to start the drama.

While doing business, Liu Yifei barged in openly.

Li Mu also wanted to say who didn't knock on the door.

"Why are you here?" Li Mu stepped forward, closed the door, and hugged her directly.

Liu Yifei put her arms around Li Mu's waist and rested her head on Li Mu's shoulder, "I miss you. You haven't come to see me for several days."

"By the way, let me tell you something. The Shanghai Film Festival arranged for me to present the Best Actress Award." Li Mu thought for a while and told the story.

"Are the actresses pretty?"

"I don't even know who won the award yet?"

"Oh, okay, then I understand." Liu Yifei didn't seem to care.

Li Mu was a little confused. Did I guess wrong?
"You give me the Best Actress Award tonight first. The treatment I haven't even enjoyed yet can't be given to others."

Liu Yifei suddenly said, her eyes full of seriousness.

"Then what Best Actress Award do you want?" Li Mu looked at this little girl and scratched her nose.

Liu Yifei smiled brightly and said, "This is the award for the most popular heroine by Li Mu!"

Li Mu thought about it seriously, "In this case, is there also a supporting actress award?"

Liu Yifei was instantly angry.

"Li Mu, I will bite you to death."

When "Ip Man" entered its third week, "Untouchable You" was already about to be released. The movie stopped at more than 9100 million and could no longer move.

Much to the media's dismay.

After all, the artistic film has exceeded [-] million yuan, this gimmick is really big.

However, Mengying also made a lot of money this time. With the box office performance and copyright sales, it made at least more than 10 times.

All the major film companies who knew the inside story said that Mengying was robbing money.

Literary films make more money than commercial films, so how can other directors make a living?

Generally, directors of literary and artistic films rely on copyrights to make money, and the box office is purely an accident.

Commercial film directors make money from box office, followed by copyright.

Both of Li Mu's movies made money.

In the past two days, news has come from Japan that they want to introduce "Ip Man". It seems that they are quite optimistic about this movie.

It was originally an anti-Japanese film, but it was favored by little Japan, and the film industry became numb.

The three commentators of China Film and Korean Film and Television were laughing so hard that they didn't expect to be able to send anti-Japanese propaganda to Little Japan. Even the leaders even praised it.

Information about the Venice Film Festival is increasing day by day, after all, it will start in August.

Li Bian's "Lust, Caution", Jiang Wen's "The Sun Also Rises" and Tsai Ming-Liang's new film are confirmed to be shortlisted for the main competition of the Venice Film Festival.

However, "Lust, Caution" chose not to be the opening film in the end, probably because some of the clips were really inappropriate to be broadcast in front of everyone.

On the other hand, Wang Xiaoshuai's "Left and Right", which was rumored to be screened in Venice together with "The Sun Also Rises", unexpectedly missed the qualification for the Venice competition.

Li Mu received the news that the film was abandoned because "the sound, music, and editing were not yet complete."

On the day of the closing ceremony of the Shanghai Film Festival, Li Mu took a flight to Shanghai in the morning.

Taking the arranged car, we rushed directly to Magic City Cinema.

As soon as Li Mu arrived at the red carpet, he saw Fan Binbin wearing a bohemian-style leopard print dress to take pictures with the camera. This dress was really unique and full of scheming.

However, it was Gong Li who was more bold in her outfit. She wore a yellow and black backless gown that instantly captured the attention of the camera.

Gong Li's appearance is just like that, but this low-profile dress reveals just one word, big.

Li Mu glanced at them, ignoring the vying for beauty, and quickly walked down the red carpet and walked into the venue.

As soon as he entered the venue, Li Mu spotted Cheng Long wearing a white coat, greeting people with a smile on his face.

"Brother Long, why do I feel like I can see you everywhere? You are very busy." Li Mu joked, but this sentence was true. Li Mu really felt like he could be seen everywhere in the country.

"Director Li, who can be busier than you? "Ip Man" has done so well this time. Next time you make a film like this, take me with you."

"Brother Long, your price is too high."

"The price can be lowered."

Cheng Long said this very sincerely.Cheng Long has always lowered the price slightly to star in domestic movies, but if it depends on the domestic box office, it is not cost-effective to hire Cheng Long.

Cheng Long is also very aware of this matter. Making Hollywood movies is guaranteed by global ticket sales, so he dares to pay high salaries.

There is no such thing in China.

After chatting with Cheng Long for a while, Li Mu went straight to the first row.

Next to where Li Mu was sitting were Han Sanping and Ren Zhonglun.

"Here we come!" Han Sanping said with a smile.

It seems that I had a great time chatting with Ren Zhonglun just now.

However, Ren Zhonglun seemed to have a bad expression and only smiled when he greeted Li Mu.

Seeing this scene, Li Mu could not have guessed that it must be Han Sanping who provoked Ren Zhonglun again.

As soon as the two people sat down, they began to show off each other, for fear of being outdone by the other.

"Thanks to Director Li for the success of "Ip Man", he created such an excellent work that even Hollywood blockbusters can't compete with it." Han San commented as if he said it deliberately.

As expected, Ren Zhonglun's face turned very ugly.

"Director Li, look at how the copyrights are arranged in this little Japan. Everyone has already arrived."

"Just these two days, I'll go back after the film festival."

Li Mu briefly replied to Han San's comment, saying that this guy can only be happy if he stimulates Ren Zhonglun.

Poor Shangying sheds tears every time he competes with China Film.

Fortunately, the topic did not continue, "Director Li, how about giving a lecture at the Art Department of Shanghai University of Arts tomorrow?"

Ren Zhonglun suddenly thought of something and tried his best to extend the invitation.

"Goodbye, Mr. Ren, Director Feng was kicked out just two days ago. It would be very embarrassing for me to go now."

Li Mu saw the news. Feng Xiaogang led the crew of "Assembly" to give a promotional speech. As he talked, he couldn't hold back his rhetoric and started to bombard again.

"There are actually a lot of chameleons around us!" The target was pointed at the media.

Immediately afterwards, the hatred of Jia Zhangke was unreasonable.

He was directly kicked out by the students from Shanghai University, and the scene was very embarrassing.

"Director Li, how can you be the same? A public opinion poll conducted by Shanghai University of Science and Technology found that you, Director Li, are the most popular directors."

Ren Zhonglun's words were not made up. He had indeed conducted a round of questionnaire statistics, and the one who ranked first was naturally Li Mu.

"Forget it this year, maybe next year." Li Mu thought for a while, and next year he could also promote "2012", which would be perfect.

"Okay, then it's settled."

Ren Zhonglun turned his head back with a smile.

The film festival awards ceremony began soon, and Li Mu was already in place backstage. He needed to present two awards tonight.

The most important thing for Li Mu tonight is to present the Best Director Award. As for the Best Actress Award, it is purely incidental.

After presenting the first award, Li Mu did not return to his seat, because the Best Actor award was immediately followed by the Best Director award.

Seeing that Li Mu was still not at his seat, many people had already made assumptions in their hearts.

Tian Zhuangzhuang sat calmly and leisurely.

When the host read that the best director award guests were Li Mu and Chen Kaige, everyone watched.

There is no doubt that when these two people come out, the award must be awarded to Tian Zhuangzhuang.

There was warm applause below. Tian Zhuangzhuang, wearing a blue cloth shirt, was still somewhat in a trance when he walked up to the front desk.

Although the Best Director was awarded to him at the first China Film Directors Association Annual Awards Ceremony in 05, it was not for his films.

"Congratulations, teacher!" Li Mu handed Tian Zhuangzhuang the trophy.

"Congratulations!" Brother Chen Kai and Tian Zhuangzhuang are good friends. Unfortunately, Tian Zhuangzhuang, who used to be as talented as Brother Chen Kai, lost his most golden ten years due to this ban.

However, when he had the courage to shoot, he probably thought about the consequences. Li Mu knew very well how stubborn a director can be sometimes.

The remaining awards at the film festival have little to do with Li Mu, but he was still waiting for Li Mu to negotiate about "Ip Man" in his small days.

"Director Li, please wait a moment." When Li Mu was about to leave, Gong Li called out to Li Mu.

It's really big. When I walk over here swaying, I always feel like it will suddenly stick out.

No wonder Zhang Yimou was there at that time.

"Sister Gong, what do you want from me?" Li Mu smiled slightly.

"Director Li, I just think that everyone is working hard in Hollywood. If there is a suitable role, you can think more about your own people." Gong Li's words are still reasonable.

Gong Li is probably also thinking about it. Li Mu has not yet made a new movie, but the possibility of making a Hollywood blockbuster is still very high. Please recommend yourself in advance.

"I remember that Sister Gong seems to have accepted a movie this year, and I heard that she is also expected to team up with Jim Carrey."

Li Mu thought of the news of the past two days.

"The movie has been stopped." Gong Li was also very depressed. The script had been written, but Paramount stopped it when they said it should. This is a large-scale production of 1.5 million US dollars.

No wonder Li Mu has never heard of that movie in later generations. It turns out that he was shot.

"Okay, I will consider it if I have the opportunity." Li Mu did not refuse Gong Li's self-recommendation. Everything depends on whether the movie role is suitable.

"Then thank Director Li first!" Li Mu's words were somewhat of a dodge, but Gong Li was not discouraged. Opportunities never come just once or twice.

Li Mu nodded slightly and left the venue.

At noon the next day, Li Mu, who returned to the imperial capital, rested for a while and made an appointment with people from Dongying.

Domestic comedy kung fu movies have always sold well in Japan, such as "City Hunter", "Kung Fu Soccer" and "Kung Fu".

"Ip Man" was loved by the Japanese in later generations, mostly because of his unique love for Wing Chun.

It's a pity that the box office of animated films in this country is high, otherwise Li Mu would have wanted to show them directly and collect a share of the box office.

After an afternoon of discussion, the copyright fee of US$160 million was finally settled with Toei.

After hearing the news, Han Sanping didn't care how much it was sold for, after all, the money didn't mean much.

What he cares more about is cultural export and anti-Japanese image export.

This meant more to him.

The domestic box office of "Ip Man" has already begun to climb hard at 1.44 million, and piracy resources are overwhelming.

"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" earned more than 3000 million at the box office in its second week, with a total box office of more than 8000 million. It currently ranks fourth at the box office this year, still behind "The Intouchables".

There is no problem with breaking [-] million yuan at the box office, but it is impossible to catch up with "Ip Man" in China.

The media once again ridiculed "Pirates of the Caribbean" to build confidence in domestic movies. The media are increasingly discovering that this is the correct way to open up traffic.

However, the global box office of the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" is quite impressive. It has already approached US$9 million in global box office, directly hitting the eighth place in film history. It has really conquered the world.

With the popularity of Ip Man, Emperor has recently started calling again, asking when to start "Ip Man 2". After all, not many of Emperor's movies have made a lot of money in recent years.

Although this film is not the main series, it still has a few percent investment, and it has become famous. I can make more money by relying on this series.

Li Mu thought for a moment and advised him to wait.

The current box office potential has not yet been fully realized, so Li Mu is not in a hurry to start the next one.

(End of this chapter)