China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 212 What is the best science fiction?
"What kind of movie do you want to make?"

"Science fiction film! To be honest, I wanted to make a science fiction film when I saw Cameron's "Terminator 2" in high school." Guo Fan said directly.

He took the Nortel exam just to realize his science fiction dream.

"If the film era is called "Film Industrialization 1.0," the digital age after the 21st century is called "Film Industrialization 2.0." However, in China, our film industrialization is far from enough, and the science fiction films you want to make are a bit difficult." Li Mu chuckled.

Tian Zhuangzhuang and Guo Fan were both a little silent when Li Mu said this.

With the current level of domestic film industrialization, it is difficult to shoot real hard science fiction movies. After all, hard science fiction movies are based on today's human technology, deduce the future human society, and pay attention to the destiny of mankind, which has very high requirements for film industrialization.

"Difficulties are meant to be overcome, so don't be so discouraged. Let me ask you a question, what do you think is the best science fiction?" Li Mu still gave him confidence that the country has been developing, and these difficulties will be overcome sooner or later.

"The best science fiction?" Guo Fan said Li Mu's words.

Tian Zhuangzhuang was also thoughtful on the side.

Guo Fan said many answers, "realistic world construction", "solid scientific foundation", "innovation and emotional connection".
"The best science fiction is a "documentary filmed in the future."" Li Mu said this in an understatement, but that was not the case for the people listening.

"Of course this is also my personal opinion." Li Mu smiled. There was no answer to this question.

Tian Zhuangzhuang glanced at Li Mu, this student had a somewhat in-depth understanding of science fiction.

"Science fiction is actually the future?" Guo Fan's eyes lit up.

"When you become a director in the future, you can bring this pursuit of "realism" into your own movies. I am also very interested in science fiction and I am planning to make a movie in the near future. Would you like to join my crew?"

Li Mu still attaches great importance to this future sci-fi Daji. This is the future sci-fi film director of Mengying Media.

There are so many science fiction movies that Li Mu cannot produce alone. Guo Fan is undoubtedly a good helper.

"Then I'm definitely willing, senior brother, you must take me with you." When Guo Fan heard that Li Mu was going to make a science fiction film and invited himself to join the crew, he agreed without hesitation.

Seeing Guo Fan's excitement, Li Mu couldn't help but chuckle to himself, it would be much easier to fool Guo Fan now, but it would be harder to fool him later.

You need to know why Guo Fan can be called sci-fi Daji in later generations. It's because he is so good at deceiving.

The production cost of "The Wandering Earth" was several hundred million, and Guo Fan was indispensable.

They all rely on favors, friendship, alms and free sponsorship. This is where the "Alchemy Master" comes from.

"Don't tell anyone that I'm planning to make a science fiction film." Li Mu patted his shoulder. If anyone knew about this project, there would be a lot of people asking questions, which would be too much trouble.

Guo Fan nodded solemnly.

After leaving Nortel, Li Mu was thinking about the upcoming science fiction film. This film involves a lot of physics, chemistry, biology and other knowledge. It is best to ask some experts for consultation.

"What a pity, the investment is too big!" Li Mu calculated the investment for this movie in his mind. The domestic single market could not support him to make such a large-scale science fiction film.

This movie still has to rely on global distribution to make money back.

The concept of this movie was written by Li Mu in a big way. The multinational space agency and the starry sky rescue story of China not abandoning or giving up make people excited just thinking about it.

The completion of this hard science fiction film will also promote the domestic film industrialization system.

"Boss, you finally plan to make a pure science fiction film. This script has been gathering dust for several years." David was very excited when he learned that Li Mu was going to start this hard science fiction film.

After all, hard science fiction is a man’s dream.

"Don't worry, there is quite a lot of preparatory work for this movie."

"As for the spaceship, are you going to do it in the United States or China?"

"Let's stay in China!"

"Yes, your country's aviation has developed rapidly in recent years, and it is still very easy to build a spaceship."

"Let's discuss my director's remuneration with Warner!"

"That's for sure. With "2012", boss, you will have no problem getting the best in terms of salary and share. I am good at this." David assured with a pat on his chest.

Investment is investment, director Li Mu's salary will continue to rise after this box office fermentation.

When Li Mu returned to the villa, Liu Yifei was still wearing an apron, like a gardener, still tinkering with her new green radish.

At this time, the sunset was setting in the west, and the afterglow fell on Liu Yifei's delicate and beautiful face, like a crescent moon, and there seemed to be water ripples in her clear eyes.

The evening breeze blew by, and the hair on Liu Yifei's forehead fluttered gently, adding a bit of seductive charm.

Seeing Li Mu return, he walked over with a smile, kissed Li Mu, and asked: "How is it? The green radish I raised looks good."

"Attracting bugs."

"You're so naughty."

The nomination list for this year's Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival has also come out. Director Feng Xiaogang, who has always been at odds with the Golden Rooster Awards, actually won the best director nomination this time for his old work "Assembly Number" released in 2007, and "Assembly Number" It also became the top nominee with nine nominations including Best Feature Film and Best Actor.

"Will Director Feng go?" Liu Yifei asked, blinking.

Feng Xiaogang has been feuding with the Golden Rooster Awards for nine years.

In 2000, "A Sigh" applied for the Golden Rooster Award but failed to win. Feng Xiaogang expressed his opinion: "I now understand their position, which is to oppose the audience."

In 2002, "Big Shot" did not receive any nominations for the Golden Rooster Awards.

In 2004, the organizers of the Golden Rooster Awards even refused to allow Feng Xiaogang's "Mobile Phone" to be shortlisted on the grounds of "vulgar style".

This incident made Feng Xiaogang once again criticize the experts of the Golden Rooster Award: "My current mood is like chasing a beautiful girl when I was young and pursuing it diligently, but she never cared about me. A few years later, when I grew up, this The girl has reached menopause, and I have only one idea: avoid her!"

This wave of operations by Golden Rooster is really incomprehensible.

"If you have milk, you are a mother, and he will go."

It is difficult for Feng Xiaogang's movies to win international awards. At this time, Jin Ji extended an olive branch and Feng Xiaogang would happily accept anything.

As for the previous grudges, they will be wiped out with one prize.

"Come here and help me hold on to the premiere." Before the premiere of "The Founding of the People's Republic of China," Han Shanping called specifically.

Li Mu smiled bitterly and said: "Director Han, are you kidding me? Your movie has 170 stars including Zhang Ziyi and Cheng Long. Even if the premiere is half way there, you still need me to support the show? You want me to Take a few days’ rest!”

With so many stars in the movie, Li Mu was really too lazy to join in the fun. He might not even be able to get out of the cocktail party later.

Li Mu ultimately did not attend the premiere of "The Founding of the People's Republic of China".

The next day, I saw the news release on the Internet. The premiere was extremely grand. Han Sanpeng remained as always, keeping his original intention, big production, big stars, big scenes, even the premiere was no exception.

This gift film will be the first to start the competition for the National Day release. The 1450 copies have already broken the record of China Film and Television, and also set a record for Chinese films. ""The Founding of the People's Republic of China" used 3000 million yuan to do 8 million yuan worth of work." Han Sanping also made bold statements when he spoke.

At present, no one can compete with "The Founding of a Republic", and "2012" has to give way to 2D theaters.

"Li, are you free? I'll go to China to find you." Just when Li Mu was preparing to relax for a few days, Nolan suddenly came to his door.

Li Mu was a little confused as to what Nolan wanted to do with him at this time.

"The Founding of the People's Republic of China" grossed 1500 million at the box office on the first day, which is considered a very good result. Han Sanping is in a very good mood now.

But suddenly the secretary walked in.

"Director Han, a reporter saw Director Li and Director Nolan"

"Is there a new project? I need to invest in it." Han Sanping was still muttering after the secretary left.

Although "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" is still in theaters, the reunion of Li Mu and Nolan is a great attraction for Han Sanping.

These two great directors never sit idle and talk nonsense.

All major media are speculating that the meeting between Nolan and Li Mu was not hidden from the reporters everywhere. After all, Nolan's target has been too big since he got off the plane.

"Brothers, Li Mu has made another big move, and it seems to be related to Nolan!"

"How long has he been resting? He should have been filming a movie long ago. He was so slow!"

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Film companies and actors in the industry are all watching Li Mu's new moves.

"Qianxi, netizens are asking if you know about Li Mu's new plan?" Shu Chang looked at the calls from netizens on Weibo and shouted to Liu Yifei, who was still playing with her cat.

"I don't know either. I'll reply to them." Liu Yifei happily hugged Little Chengzi, and the internet-addicted girl went online again.

She is now active on Weibo every day, otherwise netizens would not ask her.

Li Mu hasn’t posted a single tweet on Weibo for more than ten days, unlike Liu Yifei who posts several tweets a day.

"I don't know either!" Liu Yifei replied below.

"Catch a Liu Yifei alive!"

"How could you not know? We don't believe it!"

"+1 if you don't believe me."

"It's over, you've fallen out of favor!"

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Many actresses secretly peeked at the screen, and even netizens knew that Li Mu wanted to ask Liu Yifei about his new movie plans. It is conceivable that Liu Yifei's fingerprints must be on these excellent scripts.

It's so unfair, considering that I am still making domestic movies, while Liu Yifei is already involved in international A-level productions and is a top director. This alone widens the gap in status.

But what netizens don’t know is that this trip includes not only Christopher Nolan, but also his brother, Jonathan Nolan.

When he met Jonathan Nolan, Li Mu didn't even need Nolan to introduce him, because the two brothers were really similar.

Jonathan Nolan is good at screenwriting, and Christopher Nolan is good at directing. They are also one of the six most influential brothers in Hollywood.

Nolan mysteriously asked Li Mu to find a confidential place, and Li Mu had no choice but to take him to the office of Mengying Media.

Jonathan Nolan took out a script from his document bag, and the name of the script clearly read: "Interstellar"!
It was true. When Li Mu saw Jonathan Nolan, he probably guessed why Christopher Nolan came this time.

"Interstellar" was also one of Li Mu's favorite movies in his previous life. Unfortunately, this script already had a rough idea model when Li Mu was reborn, so Li Mu couldn't write it into his script library in advance.

"It was originally written to Spielberg, but he was unavailable. I thought it would be more suitable for me to direct this movie."

Li Mu nodded. The story of "Interstellar" comes from a new concept proposed by physicists. It is the story of human beings receiving mysterious signals and traveling through wormholes to explore outer space.

This concept caught Spielberg's eye, and in 2007, he hired Jonathan Nolan to write the script.

However, Spielberg did not have time to direct the film at this time and chose to withdraw this year. In the end, Nolan decided to direct the film himself.

"Both Warner and Jonathan want me to use 3D!" Nolan smiled bitterly. The person in front of him was the culprit of Warner forcing him to use 3D.

From Warner's point of view, 3D technology is expanding crazily now. Filming "Interstellar" in 3D can not only cater to the trend but also ensure box office, so why not do it.

For the upcoming "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" project, Warner already wants Nolan to turn it into a 3D movie.

"Cough!" Li Mu coughed awkwardly.

Both of them looked at him. One of the reasons why they came was because of 3D.

In Jonathan Nolan's view, Li Mu, as a leader in the 3D era, must have agreed to use 3D to shoot this magnificent epic science fiction film.

"I think the same as Christopher. This movie is not suitable for shooting on 3D film. 2D film movies have an irreplaceable texture that 3D movies cannot replace."

Li Mu's words made Nolan's eyes light up. He finally found a like-minded partner, although half of his genes seemed to be in 3D.

"I've taken a brief look at the script, but it's probably not the final version yet."

Jonathan and Christopher nodded, the script still needs to be changed.

"3D will make the picture darker. According to the script, this texture is completely inconsistent! Although 3D does have a function that allows the audience to experience things that cannot be experienced in reality.

However, this is not the core function of the movie. The real core, or close to the core, should be "images and stories."

The sense of distance between the audience and the screen is the most original flavor of film art.

Even for a movie like "Interstellar," which takes viewers into space, the core thing is the story.

3D technology weakens this taste, just like adding sugar and milk cap to original coffee.Some people may think it tastes better, but the product itself has undergone subtle changes.

3D can bring a more powerful visual experience to "Interstellar", but traditional film and 2D formats can guarantee that this is a [-]% original movie. "

"Lee, I knew you knew stories." Christopher Nolan clapped his hands, his excitement was palpable, and these words spoke to his heart.

With Li Mu's support, the pressure on his side is much less.

Jonathan Nolan seemed to be convinced by Li Mu and nodded slightly.

(End of this chapter)