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Chapter 833 Reject him and invite another

Although the postponement of "The Wandering Earth" is 100% certain, people in the industry have anticipated it.

But the General Administration directly approved a two-month extension, which was really surprising.

This means that in two months, "The Wandering Earth" can still reap a lot of box office revenue even if it takes a little longer, not to mention that it has such strong stamina.

“That’s really partiality.”

"There is justice in the world. It has already exceeded 50 billion, and it is still delayed. How much box office will it take?"

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Many companies in the industry are somewhat unhappy, after all, this will affect their own interests.

But fans of "The Wandering Earth" are quite festive.

"The strongest one is Li Mu."

"It should be postponed. Why not show more good movies instead of letting some rubbish movies come out?"

“Keep supporting!”

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However, at this time, Li Mu had a strange expression on his face and responded casually on the phone. It was several minutes later that he hung up.

Liu Yifei was also a little curious.

"What's the matter?"

"I called from Guan Hu. We talked for a long time but didn't talk about anything serious. I guess he wants a position as a director." Li Mu put down his phone and sat down.

"He has a good idea. He wants to add some glitter to this place."

Li Mu was not interested in Guan Hu at all. Although "Eight Hundred" was finally released and screened, its shameless publicity method was really disgusting.

Moreover, the task given by the bureau is to invite a director who plays a very important role in the history of Chinese cinema to participate in it and carefully create an epic war movie that reflects real history. Guan Hu does not even rank in the history of Chinese cinema.

After all, Guan Hu became famous with "The Eyes of Xi Shi" in 2000, and then became famous again with "Mr. Six". In a few months, he will probably become famous again with "Eight Hundred", but that's it.
When talking about directors who have played a very important role in the history of Chinese cinema, there are a few people who cannot be avoided.

One of them must be Brother Chen Kai.

Although Chen Kai often suffered from illness afterwards, the fact that "Farewell My Concubine" won the Palme d'Or was indeed the most brilliant achievement of the Chinese film and television industry in that era.

And in the words of netizens, you can complain that Chen Kai's filming is bad, but you can't say that his acting skills are bad
Brother Chen Kai may not be able to make a good movie, but he can make half of a masterpiece.

It just so happened that "Changjin Lake" was a collaborative effort between three directors, and Chen Kai only needed to be responsible for one-third of the content, which greatly reduced the possibility of his illness.

Moreover, as a tribute film, with Li Mu and others on board, Brother Chen Kai couldn't make a lot of last-minute changes to the rest of the script during filming. After all, one move could affect the entire body, and in this regard, the possibility of Brother Chen Kai going the wrong way was blocked.

This will definitely allow Brother Chen Kai's aesthetics and literary skills to be brought to the extreme.

Li Mu thought about it, and then called Brother Chen Kai without hesitation. As for Guan Bluff, Li Mu simply put it out of his mind.

At this time, Guan Hu on the other side had a gloomy expression on his face.

Because in the phone call just now, although Li Mu was polite, he obviously had no intention of letting him join in.

You know, he volunteered in person, but was rejected.

Of course Li Mu didn't know that Guan Hu was somewhat dissatisfied with him about this matter. Even if he knew it, he wouldn't care. After all, the two of them wouldn't have much in common.

"Brother, your part of the filming went smoothly, right?" Li Mu started chatting casually with Brother Chen Kai.

After all, there has to be some preface, and it’s best to talk about this matter face to face.

"It's OK. It's finished. We're doing post-production now. A few directors are still rushing. I'm afraid it's a bit rushed this time. Fortunately, it's still under control."

As the chief director of "My Motherland and Me", Chen Kai himself was somewhat worried about whether the entire film could be delivered smoothly.

"Then I'll go over there on Sunday afternoon. I have something to do." Li Mu said with a faint smile.

"Okay!" Brother Chen Kai agreed without hesitation.

After the two of them ended the call, Chen Hong asked, "Did Director Li come here because of the tribute film he has?"

A large part of the story of "Changjin Lake" has been known to some extent in the industry, and it has been basically confirmed. As a producer in the industry, Chen Hong naturally could not be unaware of it.

"It should be." Brother Chen Kai thought about it and then nodded.

Seeing this, Chen Hong didn't say much.

On Sunday, in Swan Bay, Li Mu found a place to park the car.

This is one of Brother Chen Kai’s residences. The courtyard house left to him by his parents has long become a decoration and is rarely lived in. Most people still prefer to live in a more modern place.

"Director Li, you're here!" Chen Hong opened the door and welcomed him with a smile.

It was not the first time that Li Mu came here, but Chen Feiyu was also there at this time and hurried to greet Li Mu.

"Junior brother is here, just in time, and has made a pot of tea." Brother Chen Kai had already made the tea, and the steam was floating up.

"Arthur, don't stand there, sit down, or go back to your room." Brother Chen Kai looked at Chen Feiyu who was still standing there like a fool, and said with dissatisfaction.

These words immediately reminded Li Mu of the variety show from two years ago. Poor Chen Feiyu became a tool for Brother Chen Kai and Chen Hong to show off, and he didn't even have a place to sit.

Of course, the filming at that time was done in Brother Chen Kai’s courtyard house, and I don’t know what the seating was like, there were only two chairs, which was very strange.

Chen Feiyu returned to his room very quickly, and seemed a little afraid of Brother Chen Kai. Li Mu didn't say anything, after all, the relationship between father and son in every family is different.

"Brother, you know, I took on a mission. I studied the script carefully and found a scene that was particularly appealing to the culture."

Li Mu specially took out a small stack of scripts. After all, Li Mu invited Brother Chen Kai to shoot the first part, and it was indeed very suitable for Brother Chen Kai.

Li Mu did not directly say invitation, but started with the script, so as to prove that he had thought about it seriously and not just randomly selected it.

As the chief director of this project, Li Mu also put in a lot of effort.

"Let me take a look." Brother Chen Kai was not in a hurry to make a decision. He took the script from Li Mu, took a sip of tea, and then looked into the script seriously.

This part in the script describes the peaceful life in the Jiangnan water town.

The volunteers rushed to the front line, the "thousands of miles to the battlefield, crossing the mountains and rivers like flying" on the train, the soldiers' daily laughter, anger and scolding, and fighting side by side
Brother Chen Kai was fascinated by the performance and it was obvious that he really liked this part of the script.

"How is it, senior brother? Is it okay?" Li Mu asked with a smile.

"Okay! Let me do this part."

Brother Chen Kai took it without hesitation.

"Time is tight and the task is urgent, so..."

"I understand. These are just small matters. We have to finish filming in the winter, right? I think this story is very grand, and your part is not small. It is indeed a bit rushed."

Although Brother Chen Kai has not seen the full version, he has roughly guessed the outline. And because of weather reasons, if he wants to really shoot this movie, he must shoot it in the snowy winter.

"By the way, have you chosen the people?" Brother Chen Kai was very curious, who was the remaining person?

Thinking about the collaboration between himself and Li Mu, they had won two Palme d'Ors after all. It would be unacceptable if the third director did not have some strength and honors.

"I plan to invite Director Zhang to give it a try, but I don't know if he has the time."

Li Mu said with a smile.

Hearing that Li Mu was talking about Zhang Yi, Brother Chen Kai nodded without denying.

"Okay, then, senior brother, I'll leave first as I have something else to do." Li Mu then drank a few cups of tea, chatted about gossip for a while, and then suggested leaving.

"Wait a minute, let's have a meal first."

"Forget it this time, maybe next time. I do have something else to do."

"Director Li, let's have a meal before we leave."

Upon learning that Li Mu was about to leave, Chen Hong hurried out to try to stop him, but Li Mu really had no intention of staying for dinner.

When I got home, Liu Yifei was playing flying chess with Xiao Baozi.

"You can't cheat," Liu Yifei said unhappily.

"Woo!" The little boy pouted, took the dice, and gave it to Liu Yifei unwillingly.

Liu Yifei threw the ball happily, and at exactly 3 o'clock, the last plane entered the house, ending the game.

"Dad, Mom is bullying me."

When the little bun saw Li Mu coming in, he immediately hugged Li Mu's thigh and complained.

"Li Yisheng, you can't win the game and you're cheating, and you're even going to complain to your mother." Liu Yifei couldn't help but laugh.

"My mother's plane is better than mine, it's red. My plane is ugly and can't make the house rich."

Li Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Since when did winning or losing in flying chess have anything to do with color and beauty.

"Why don't you change to red and play with mom?"

The little bun immediately returned to the chessboard and placed the red plane on his side, obviously intending to play another game.

I don’t know if it’s metaphysics, but in the end the little bun really won.

This made the little guy very happy.

"That's not scientific." Liu Yifei scratched his head.

"Don't think about it, it's just luck." Li Mu watched from the side without joining in, but saw it very clearly.

In fact, the little Baozi was not very good at playing, and sometimes Li Mu had to remind him, but his luck was really good. He flew several times in a row and got to the destination in one step. No one could beat him.

"Okay, by the way, how was your day? Was the invitation successful?" Liu Yifei was very curious about Li Mu.

Or the entire industry is curious about which three directors will ultimately direct this movie.

"Well, it would be more appropriate for Director Chen to shoot the literary part." Li Mu nodded.

Liu Yifei rested her hands on Li Mu's back and leaned her chin on his shoulder, and asked softly, "Who's next?"

"Director Zhang, that's what I expected. I don't know if the timing is right." Li Mu was not too sure. Zhang Yi's work was much busier and more diligent than Brother Chen Kai's.

"If you get this invitation, it will be big news."

Liu Yifei couldn't even imagine how explosive the response would be if this group came out to shoot a movie together.

It is estimated that the entire domestic entertainment industry will be in an uproar, and the various roles in the film will probably be scrambled for. After all, this opportunity may only come once in decades.
(End of this chapter)