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Chapter 36 Lobbying Will Smith

Of course, Li Mu is not unaware of Will Smith's salary at this time. The box office results of last year's "Bad Boys 2" alone were enough for him to stabilize his current position.

This year another "I, Robot" will be released, and this one is truly one of the top actors in Hollywood.

"Boss, he didn't agree to meet." David said helplessly. Actors like this have requirements for directors. Li Mu has not been able to prove his strength, at least here in Hollywood.

"Send the paper version of the script." Li Mu estimated that he didn't even open the script in the mailbox to read it. There was nothing he could do about it for the time being. He couldn't see this person, so he couldn't elaborate on many things.

"Boss, are you sure you want to use him? 2000 million US dollars + box office share, this is really an exaggeration. This beautiful knife can hire Christina Hendricks several times." David cherished the beautiful knife very much.

"You haven't changed your hobby!" Of course Li Mu knew who Christina Hendricks was.

Not long after "Firefly" aired, this woman was later selected as the 6th most beautiful woman in the world by the American "People". She has so many advantages, no wonder David often misses her.

Li Mu didn't say much anymore. Will Smith is worth the price. With him, both the box office and subsequent awards will be easier.

After all, he is a black man.

At this time Richard called

"Li, Chris Gardner doesn't think you can make this movie well." Richard said, and Li Mu felt a little cold, maybe this was going to be stillborn.

Then Richard added, "But he was shaken after reading the script. Your script is well written."

Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Richard, next time you speak, can you finish it all at once? You know this will scare people to death."

"Sorry, sorry, Lee, how are you doing there?"

"It's going well." Li Mu said without blushing or heartbeat.

"Oh, really?" Richard asked.

Li Mu did not continue the conversation and hung up the phone directly.

Li Mu knew very well that he needed an introducer at this time. In the past, with Warner here, many things were easy.

But once Warner didn't come forward, Li Mu found that he could hardly move here.

Is this real Hollywood?

At this time, Li Mu also admired Li Bian, Jackie Chan, Jet Li and others for being able to open up the situation here.

Li Mu recalled the last person in Hollywood with whom he could speak a word or two to Will Smith, and all he had to do was open his mouth so that the two could have a meeting.

Li Mu thought for a long time and finally found that the only person who had a chance to talk to Will Smith was Lucas.

The two have collaborated on "Men in Black", and of course Spielberg has too, but Li Mu still doesn't know the world's top director.

Fortunately, Li Mu didn't leave a bad impression when he met Lucas last time.

Without waiting much, Li Mu dialed Lucas' number without hesitation.

After some exchanges between the two, Lucas was finally willing to be a lobbyist for Li Mu. As for whether he would succeed, he did not guarantee it.

Will Smith doesn't have much work this year. He has served as the executive producer of two movies this year and has another movie to be released.

It’s rare to have a more leisurely day.

At this time, he was reading the script carefully. This reading lasted a whole afternoon, during which he did not answer many phone calls.

"What a good script." Will Smith stood up, relaxed his body, and murmured in a low voice.

Will Smith searched for Li Mu's photos on the Internet and shook his head. He was really too young.

He picked up his cell phone, which had five or six missed calls, and dialed back one by one.

One of them was a call from Lucas, which surprised him.

"Hey, Will!" Lucas' voice came from the phone. "Man, why did you call me? I remember you shouldn't have any movies this year." Will Smith knows a little bit about the arrangements of some big directors.

"To tell you the truth, Li from China asked me to communicate with you." Lucas didn't hide it either. He just came to deliver a message to Li Mu.

"George, his script is great, but he is too young. I don't really believe he can direct it." Will Smith also bluntly said that what he was worried about was Li Mu's directing level.

"Give him a chance to meet him. He's an interesting guy."

Will Smith paused for a long time and said:
"Okay, I'll let my agent contact him. I hope he can convince me."

Soon, David received a call from Will Smith's agent, and they met at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning for about an hour.

Li Mu arrived at the coffee shop early and waited patiently.

This movie is Li Mu's business card to Hollywood, and "Little Miss Sunshine" is just the foundation.

This is one of the classics that can enter the history of film, and Li Mu does not want to lose this opportunity.

Since God sent him back, he wanted to leave his own mark on this movie road.

After a while, a Will Smith wearing casual clothes appeared in front of him.

"Are you Li, the director of China?" Will Smith asked with a smile.

"Yes, Mr. Smith, it's an honor to meet you." Li Mu responded politely.

The two sat down and started chatting.

Will Smith was very direct and said: "I read the script and it's very good, but it's hard for me to believe that you at such a young age can direct such a delicate father-son relationship, you know."

"Mr. Smith, as our old Chinese saying goes: You can't tell a person by his appearance. I believe you should have watched the movie "Little Miss Sunshine."" Li Mu took over.

Will Smith nodded.

"You should watch my new movie "Manslaughter", maybe you will have a different view." Li Mu turned on the computer and handed over the movie.

Although he was given an hour, Li Mu knew that this was all an excuse. If he was not interested, let alone an hour. 15 minutes was too much.

If you are interested, even watching a movie is enough time.

Li Mu did not disturb Will Smith's movie viewing, and he waited for nearly two hours.

"It's a wonderful movie. I'm sorry, I still have some concerns. You know, what happened with "The Matrix" and "The Matrix" back then." Will Smith explained.

"I've seen your performance in "Biao Feng Men", but I have to say that it was a bad movie. No matter how the director changed it, the script was terrible."

Li Mu still has an impression of this matter. Back then, Will Smith turned down "The Matrix" in order to star in "The Matrix". The final production cost of "The Matrix" was US$1.7 million, with a global box office of only 2.2 Billion dollars, producer Warner Bros. lost money.

Not only was it not a blockbuster, its average imdb score was as low as 4.1, making it a super bad movie.

Will Smith stopped and didn't continue.

Li Mu could see that the person in front of him was already hesitating.

"There is a Rubik's Cube plot in the script. How did you come up with it?" Will Smith changed the subject and asked.

"You like it yourself, don't you?" Li Mu did not answer directly.

"Do you have the storyboard for the scene where you are playing Rubik's Cube in a taxi?" Will Smith was obviously very interested in this scene.

"Mr. Smith, at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, it will still be the same location." Li Mu said directly.

Will Smith finally looked at Li Mu and nodded.

(End of this chapter)