China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 811 Prepare for a rainy day
Not long after Li Mu called it over and was thinking about going back to the hotel to rest, Han Sanping called.

This surprised Li Mu a little. After all, they had just met during the Chinese New Year, and a call at this time was most likely about something.

"Third Master!" Li Mu said with a faint smile.

"It looks like you've finished filming. How about that? I heard that you made this movie as a gift to celebrate the 70th anniversary this year."

"What else can we do? Just leave it as it is. Can treating it as a tribute film change the way the film is shot?"

Li Mu didn’t care much about whether it was a tribute or not, after all, the key was to shoot it well.

"That's right! By the way, I want to talk to you about something today. I wonder if you are interested."

"Third Master, you say."

"You know, I've been very interested in online dramas in recent years."

“I know. The Undocumented Crime is pretty good. But I remember that almost all the behind-the-scenes staff of this web series seemed to be from Beijing Film Academy. Moreover, the three screenwriters were not only from the same school, but one of them even worked as a counselor in the Department of Literature at Beijing Film Academy.

So much so that in a report on Jiemian News last year, the Beijing Film Academy was referred to as the 'BJ Online Drama Academy', and this is also due to your contribution, Sanye."

Li Mu couldn't help but think of an interesting thing he saw on the news last year.

"They looked down on online dramas back then. In my opinion, TV dramas made movies look dull back then, but now online dramas make TV dramas and TV stations look dizzy. This is the trend!"

"I agree with this!" Li Mu nodded. He had to say that Han Sanping's vision in these aspects was indeed very impressive.

Some of the bold "predictions" made in the past were eventually found to be at the forefront of industry development.

For example, as early as 2005, when Mission Impossible 3 came to Xitang Ancient Town for filming, Han Sanping went to visit the crew, one of his purposes was to negotiate the film into a co-production.

In Han Sanping's opinion, co-production films will definitely be the general trend in the future.

This also directly led to some subsequent actions of China Film in co-production and investment.

In 2007, when he attended a Sohu event, he said, "Movies are not just 35mm films. There are many types and development models. Among them, online movies will also be a new model, which will definitely create a large number of young and outstanding talents."

Now, more than a decade later, online movies have indeed become very popular.
Li Mu felt that even if Han Sanping became the CEO of a private enterprise, he would most likely be very successful because he possessed the "flexible wisdom" that a business leader needs.
"I have a script on hand. The subject matter is a bit sensitive, but the story is indeed a good one. It's adapted from the novel "Bad Kids". Have you read the novel?"

"Bad Kids? No." Li Mu shook his head. Although he had not read the novel, he had already guessed the name of the web drama, one of the future suspense dramas, "The Hidden Corner".

No wonder even Han Sanping said the subject matter was a bit sensitive.

“I’ll send you the script, take a look.

By the way, let me remind you that this web series is different from other web series. Wannian Pictures has made a budget of about 5000 million, 12 episodes, and is following the approach of American TV series.

"That's indeed quite high, but good things are always expensive, and I always believe in getting value for money."

I have to say that with a cost of 2019 million in 5000 and a story of 12 episodes, this price is really sky-high.

This means that one episode costs 416 million, which is more than the cost of most TV dramas nowadays. No wonder Han Sanping made a special reminder of this.

"You really know your business." Han Sanping couldn't help but sigh. It's not without reason that Mengying Media has become so big and strong.

"That's not right. The script recommended by Third Master is worth the price. No need to say anything else. How much does it cost? The two companies should contact each other as soon as possible."

Li Mu was not too familiar with Wannian Pictures. He only knew that it had produced the movie "The Undocumented Crime", but he was familiar with its director Li Mu.

Han Jianu is one of the directors of this company, and is also one of the paths Han Sanping has paved for his daughter.

"By the way, Third Master, will iQiyi have any objection to my interfering like this?"

"Don't worry, it's not his turn to have any opinions."

Although Han Sanping is retired at this time, he is still very confident.

"Can we change the cooperation platform?" Li Mu asked tentatively. After all, he also has shares in the video platform, and it would be better if he could change it.

“This is a bit difficult. After all, I was the one who brought Wannian Pictures and iQiyi together, and the other party was also the investor in Wannian Pictures’ Series A round.”

"Okay, let's do this, let's connect as soon as possible so we can start quickly."

Li Mu was too lazy to read the script. Since he already knew what web drama it was, he could just get started.

"to make!"

Han Sanping was also very moved. After all, Li Mu was probably the only one who could give him so much face and trust him and invest tens of millions of dollars.

Even Yu Dong would read the script first.

After talking to Han Sanping, Li Mu was enlightened. He had been so busy recently that he almost forgot about this matter. After all, the film and television industry encountered a catastrophic event at the end of the year, and most movies had to be suspended.

Whether it is investment or self-production, online dramas and TV series are undoubtedly something that can give Mengying Media, which may be suspended in the future, some work. Li Mu immediately called Liu Weijuan.

"Mr. Li!"

"Wannian Pictures has a web drama, and I'm willing to invest in it. Let's make some contact." Li Mu had just finished speaking when he thought of something else and continued, "Look for more information on TV dramas and web dramas recently. If we see a good one, we can invest in it. We'll focus on this one and spread the word about investment. Maybe someone will come to us."

"Understood, Mr. Li!"

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After finishing these official matters, Li Mu talked to Liu Yifei and Xiao Baozi. When he heard Xiao Baozi's clear laughter, all the busyness and fatigue seemed to be washed away.

The next day, the crew started work as usual.

However, Fan Binbin, who had not been seen for a long time, quietly became a hot topic. Li Mu did not watch the news, but just heard some people's discussions when he passed by the crew. However, according to his understanding, it was obviously not for business reasons that this almost forgotten person could become a hot topic.

Sure enough, when Li Mu sat down, several photographers not far away informed Li Mu of the situation while discussing.

"Fan Binbin must have no other options, otherwise he wouldn't have visited Huayi at night!"

"Huayi can't help her either. She was caught for tax evasion."

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Obviously, Fan Binbin is still trying his best to make a comeback. He probably visited Huayi last night to negotiate terms. But it is all in vain, at least under the current circumstances.

Li Mu took a look and found that everyone was ready except Ou Hao. Ou Hao was "injured" because he was sucked out of the window. These injuries required makeup. Moreover, more than a hundred people in the crew had to wear makeup, and it needed to be consistent with yesterday. There were not enough people, so Ou Hao would naturally be slower.

However, it did not affect the filming, because Li Mu usually used the cabin to start the first scene in the morning.

"The Captain, Scene 81, First Shot, Action!" As Li Mu's voice fell, inside the cabin.

The flight attendants also recovered from the fall.

Huang Jia sat in the passenger seat, wearing an oxygen mask, and did not forget to comfort the passengers: "Keep breathing normally."

Then he looked at another passenger: "Sir, are you okay?"

Bi Nan focused on the overall situation in the cabin and picked up the microphone: "Cabin attendants, please pay attention. We need to confirm your location now. When I call the number of the attendant, please ring the call bell above your head."

At this time, Bi Nan's expression was also very solemn, because he was afraid that his crew members failed to press the call bell, which meant that something had happened to his crew members, and there would be one less flight attendant who could comfort the passengers in the next crisis.

On the other side, Han Sanping was enjoying his life leisurely at home, but Han Jianv came over noisily.

"Dad, Wannian Pictures is going to cooperate with Mengying Media on the web drama? Isn't it too risky? After all, the investment of 50 million yuan in this web drama is indeed a bit too much."

"Don't worry, I've talked to Li Mu about this, and he has considered it. I still have some confidence in this web series. The problem lies in the review process."

Han Sanping picked up a cup of tea with white steam coming out of it and took a sip.

"I'm just worried that you've cheated my senior brother out of tens of millions!"

"What are you talking about? How can I trick him?" Han Sanping felt that he was the only one who had no beard, otherwise he would be furious.

"Hehe, it's okay. Since you said so, let's do it this way." Han Jianu obviously felt that Han Sanping seemed a little angry, and hurriedly prepared to run away.

Han Sanping looked at his daughter unhappily, "Come back!"

"Bye-Bye!"

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At this time, Mengying Media also expressed its intention to invest in online dramas and TV series in the industry. The TV series were fine, but the online dramas were somewhat unbelievable.

After all, Mengying Media has always focused on movies, and its TV series productions are also high-quality. This is the first time it has turned to online dramas.

However, this is definitely good news for online dramas. After all, everyone in the industry knows that Mengying Media may lack everything, but the only thing it does not lack is money. After all, there are so many movie box office revenues there.

For a time, the email addresses published by Mengying Media were overflowing, and more and more people contacted Mengying Media.

But Li Mu ignored these matters. After all, the company hired people to handle these matters.

When it comes to online dramas, Mengying Media will have to get involved to some extent, just to prepare for the next few years, so that such a big company won’t have nothing to do.

And just at this time, Mengying Media received the extension key, which was naturally for "Crazy Alien", and it was postponed to April.

I also received Han Han's "Flying Life".

China Film Corporation probably saw the downturn in domestic film sales in March, with Hollywood blockbusters dominating the entire month, so it simply postponed the release of the two best-performing films during the Spring Festival.

Li Mu took a look at the current data of "Crazy Alien", which has reached 24 billion. Even if it is postponed, Li Mu expects that it will only stop at 25 billion.
(End of this chapter)