The superstar starts from the creation camp

Chapter 137 The Crew Forms!

It took two and a half months to revise and revise the script, and it finally came out, and it was hard for the scriptwriters. Li Mu rejected the draft several times and came up with a script that made him nod.

Of course, this is just the script of the whole play, and the script of the characters will be broken down later. Hey, anyway, the writing work is just one word-hard work!
After getting the script, the first thing Li Mu looked for was not an actor, but a director!For such a big drama, there are really not many people in the circle who can afford the guide tube!

The main focus is on a few directors from CCTV.

As for the famous directors of Xiangjiang and Baodao, it's okay to shoot the speed blast, but it's really not good to shoot such a big scene.

"These directors are all ruthless characters, I'm afraid it's hard to invite them?" Shi Ran pursed his lips gloatingly.

Li Mu is also scratching his head. The key problem now is that he does not have a way to contact these people. This is the disadvantage of not having connections. Huaxia is a society of human relationships, especially in the entertainment industry.

It's as if Boss Ma brought some kung fu superstars over to shoot a short film, as if he could do whatever he wanted with money, but in reality?Most of them are here for Jet Li's face!

To give another example, Jet Li played the role of the best detective at the beginning, and he still played a supporting role for others?Does he really not know that this is a bad movie?
In fact, this kind of bad movie with chaotic plot, even a newcomer in the industry will know it after reading the script.

The reason why he knew it was a bad movie and still accepted it was because the director of Super Detective, Wang Ziming, had a good wife, and his mother was the famous producer - Cui Baozhu!

To put it bluntly, Jet Li received the favor of Cui Baozhu in Xiangjiang back then, and the film "The Best Detective" is just Jet Li repaying favors!

Just when Li Mu was at a loss, Liang Hongfei said: "Our old man has a familiar director, and he is named in the CCTV TV drama production center, but"

Li Mu asked anxiously: "Just what?"

"It's just that she is a woman and she is not very old," Liang Hongfei said.

"Hey, don't care if it's black or white, if it can catch mice, it's a good cat. As long as it can make a good film, I don't care if it's male or female!" Li Mu said.

"That's fine, I'll say hello to my father first!" Liang Hongfei hesitated for a moment, and dialed the old man's number.

The old man groaned on the other end of the phone for half a minute before agreeing to build a bridge for Li Mu.

Li Mu also hurriedly packed his luggage and rushed to the capital with Liang Hongfei, and arrived at the old man's house.

He said he was an old man, but he was actually not very old, he was only about 50 years old, and he looked very energetic. He sat down with Li Mu and chatted about movies.

Liang Hongfei was dragged in by his mother, who probably complained that he hadn't been home for so long.

"Xiao Li, I heard that you are going to make a big move this time?" Mr. Liang said.

Li Mu nodded: "The investment budget for this movie is [-] million, but I don't think it's enough. Maybe the final investment will be around [-] million!"

Hiss, the old man took a deep breath: "Then, this can't be paid back just by selling it to the TV station?"

Li Mu just smiled: "That's natural, but now there is still the broadcasting copyright of the network platform, and the TV series is just to gain popularity, and I can do a lot of things around this IP in the future."

Mr. Liang suddenly nodded. Although movies are higher than TV dramas in terms of income and artistic status, TV dramas are still the most influential dynamic media in China, bar none!

"Sure enough, you are young and promising, our family is far behind you!" Mr. Liang also praised without hesitation.

Li Mu waved his hands again and again: "Don't say that, Liang Hongfei is now an [-] million director with a great reputation!"

Mr. Liang snorted: "I've seen both the movie and the script, and 70.00% of the success is due to the script. As for the bad script he wrote before, it's hard to say that the box office is 800 million!"

Li Mu is happy, if you say that this is the father and mother, the damage is not hidden at all!
Just as he was talking, there was a knock on the door. Li Mu stopped the old man and got up to open the door.

"Is Xiao Yang here?"

The person who came was a woman who looked about 40 years old and was well maintained. It seemed that some people believed that she was 35. She was not beautiful, but she had dignified features and aura.

"Hey, do you still have guests today?" The woman was slightly taken aback when she saw Li Mu.

I don't know if I heard the movement outside, or if Mama Liang had taught her enough, she left the room.

"Xiao Yang is here, you guys talk first, I'll go out and buy some vegetables!"

Liang Hongfei glanced at the woman, and quickly followed: "Mom, I'll go with you!"

There were only three of them left in the living room, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

Mr. Liang hurriedly greeted the woman to sit down, exchanged pleasantries, and introduced each other.

"This is Director Yang, who graduated from the Beijing Broadcasting Institute. When I was in 1980, the Broadcasting Institute invited me to give a few public lectures. At that time, she was just a sophomore."

Li Mu understood that there was still this kind of teacher-student love.

Director Yang is also sizing up this "boss" who looks too young. Recently, this one has been making a big splash. A low-cost comedy that sold [-] million at the box office is enough to be legendary. This one actually made rumors again To invest [-] million to shoot a TV series!

Of course, she probably guessed in her heart that Mr. Liang's purpose for calling her here, she couldn't help but feel a little tangled!

It stands to reason that such a film with a huge investment is something that can be encountered but not sought after, but "Muzi Studio" is too weak after all, whether it can bear such a heavy burden is still a question mark!
Seeing the stalemate in the atmosphere, Li Mu didn't say much, and took out a thick stack of scripts from his bag: "Director Yang, you can read the script first, I've actually been preparing for this drama for two years, including this The author of the original author of this play is myself, so please believe that I definitely did not make this decision in a whim!"

In order to reassure Director Yang, Li Mu even broke the news again.

Mr. Liang didn't think there was anything wrong, but Director Yang knew the popularity of the novel "Jiang Ye" on the Internet, so he looked at Li Mu with strange eyes.

It is already very difficult for a person to be the top in an industry, and this guy was in the music industry before, and then he crossed over to make movies and made [-] million at the box office. Another Internet author emerged.

Director Yang calmed down, took the script, and was attracted by the characters in it at first glance, and fell into it for a while and couldn't extricate himself.

After a long while, Director Yang closed the script: "According to the budget you announced, the budget of this drama is [-] million."

Mr. Liang answered directly for Li Mu: "Xiao Li talked with me, and the final investment will be around [-] million. This kid is rich and a practical person. There will be no shortage of funds!"

Li Mu echoed: "This time, the box office dividends alone will be 1 million, plus the copyright income of the songs, it is conservatively estimated that there will be more than [-] million a year."

Not unaware, it turned out that Li Mu had unknowingly completed the five small goals?

Director Yang was a little surprised, Li Mu was able to get so much box office share from Hua Yi?
Just as Liang Hongfei and the others came back from buying vegetables, there was a sound of kitchen knives touching the chopping board after a while.

"The cast of the play."

Before Li Mu finished speaking, he answered, "Director Yang, don't worry, except for the male and female protagonists, all other roles will be determined by you!"

"That's fine, I'll accept this drama, but don't blame me if the male and female protagonists don't pass the test!" Director Yang also readily agreed. This drama is also a good opportunity for her. The boss has already talked about this point, if he doesn't continue, he will be a bit ignorant of current affairs!
Hearing what she said, Li Mu was both happy and bitter and said: "Then you have to be merciful, I will hand over the 100 catties to you!"

Director Yang was taken aback by what he said before he realized it and laughed loudly: "Okay, the reason you put in so much effort to co-operate is to flatter yourself?"

"Haha~~~" Mr. Liang was also amused.

Li Mu spread his hands, who would he turn to to reason with what he said?
Director Yang is also a straightforward person, and he followed Li Mu to the magic capital the next day.

"I also took the time to read the script last night, and found that there are a lot of live-action shooting in it, and it is not a small difficulty to restore the scenery in the script. In terms of art, you must be excellent."

Li Mu nodded. In fact, in order to highly restore the original version of "Jiang Ye", the scene in the original book was invited by the famous Japanese art master Yoshitaka Amano. Maybe this person is not very famous, but when he mentioned his work "Final Fantasy ", probably no one knows about it?
"Director Yang must have chosen someone in his heart when he said that, right?"

Director Yang didn't evade, and nodded: "I have a friend named Huo Tingxiao, who is a very talented art master."

Li Mu waved his hand: "Director Yang, we have spoken beforehand, you have the final say on the crew's affairs, I only see the final effect!"

Within two days, this Huo Tingxiao came to Shanghai. He was average-looking, but he was quite neat, not as "eclectic" as an artist in Li Mu's imagination.

After forming the crew, Li Mu didn't ask any more questions. Anyway, the producer is Xia Yu, so he is one of his own, and he is not afraid of being disadvantaged in this regard.

On the way, Li Mu and Director Yang conducted an interview with Liu Ying.

At first Liu Ying thought Li Mu was joking with her, how could that be?she?Acting as the leading lady?And it's still a big production of [-] million?

As a result, Liu Ying suffered from insomnia and couldn't sleep for several nights. During the interview, she had dark circles under her eyes.

Director Yang walked around the girl, didn't even let her audition, grabbed her face and teased: "The other conditions are very suitable for the character, but the skin is a little fairer, and it will be fine when I go out in the future." Stop wearing sunscreen!"

"Ah?" Liu Ying had a dazed expression on her face, didn't she mean to play the leading role?Why isn't the more beautiful and whiter the skin, the better?

(End of this chapter)