The superstar starts from the creation camp

Chapter 168 Journey to the West!

Originally, the whole journey from Yangcheng to Shanghai took only [-] hours, and it took two days to drive the tractor, but it took Li Mu and Wang Ziwen nearly half a month.

Along the way, Li Mu "took the wrong way" in various ways. At the beginning, he did it on purpose. Later, he took many wrong ways, and he was also confused.

The significance of travel is not in the final destination, but in the beautiful scenery witnessed by accidents along the way. Of course, the journey has never been smooth, and the two have experienced many difficulties and faced many problems together.

The process of solving the problem was not all smooth sailing. What touched Li Mu was that no matter what the problem was, Wang Ziwen never complained, but just silently accompanied him to solve it, which gradually warmed up the relationship between the two.

When they finally arrived in the magic capital, Li Mu and Wang Ziwen were already in a mess, as if they had escaped.

When they arrived in Shanghai, even if the previous three chapters of the agreement were invalidated, the two of them could finally have a good meal.

"Are you full? Let's go home!" Li Mu took Wang Ziwen's hand and said.

"Home?" Wang Ziwen was in a daze for a moment, then nodded vigorously.

"Yes, home!" For Li Mu, the meaning of home is not a big house, but a place where he can feel at ease.

Li Mu has always entrusted a professional financial institution to manage the surplus funds of Muzi Studio. Part of it is used for real estate investment, and part of it is invested in various funds and stock markets. There are occasional profits and losses, but in the long run it is still profitable.

The community where Li Mu brought Wang Ziwen to is considered a relatively prosperous area. The house was bought a few years ago, and the price was not cheap at that time, and now it has increased by 30.00%.

The house has three bedrooms and one living room. It is a relatively ordinary apartment type. It was rented out by an intermediary company. After deciding to stay in Shanghai, Li Mu took the house back, and Shi Ran hired a decoration company to redesign and decorate it.

"Is it here?" Wang Ziwen looked around curiously.

Li Mu scratched his head a little: "It's my first time here too, and I said it's Building [-], and I don't know if it's Unit A or Unit B, so I'll call first and ask."

"Hey, Miss Ran, I'm back, yes, okay, I see, by the way, which unit is my house?"

Shi Ran was delighted when he heard it: "You are really good, I can't find where my house is, Unit A, it was renovated half a month ago, by the way, I also changed the door, I lost the key at the property Then, you just bring your ID card to get it!"

"I still have to go to the property!" Li Mu shrugged at Wang Ziwen.

When I came to the property, I heard an aunt complaining to the property, speaking local dialect with a loud voice.

A young girl on the side of the property was receiving her, with a bitter expression on her face, and it was unbearable to think about it.

When I saw Li Mu entering the door, it was like seeing a savior. I heard that Li Mu was the owner who came to get the key, and I started the registration process very politely.

"Oh, you are the owners of 603? There was a lot of noise about the decoration a while ago." Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, the aunt immediately pointed her gun at Li Mu again.

Li Mu understood as soon as he heard it, this is also a troublesome mother, she can chatter endlessly about trivial matters, but this is their neighbor.

The little girl handed over the keys to Li Mu, and looked at their backs and couldn't help being envious: "Hey, you can have your own house in such a good community at such a young age, and you are a proper diamond king. It's a pity that you are not single or Know if it's a girlfriend or a wife!"

After Li Mu came out, the aunt also followed. Compared with the property management girl, it seemed that this new neighbor had more topics to talk about.

Along the way, I chatted with Wang Ziwen about everything from garbage sorting to community safety. Anyway, I never stopped talking.

Wang Ziwen leaned helplessly on Li Mu's body, her face was already buried in it, but unfortunately there was still one ear sticking out!I can't escape my aunt's nagging.

"Auntie, it's our first day back from out of town, and we're too tired to entertain you. Go do your work first!" Finally at the door, Li Mu opened the door and let Wang Ziwen in.

The aunt walked away with a little embarrassment, muttering behind her back: "This young man wears sunglasses in broad daylight, covering most of his face, and he doesn't know what he does."

Hearing the sound of the door closing, Wang Ziwen lay on the sofa and giggled loudly: "Oh, this aunt is really good, she can chatter better than my mother. I used to watch TV like the aunt in Shanghai, I thought It's artistic processing, I didn't expect it to be like this in reality."

Li Mu is also very helpless, this is life, you never know what surprises it has prepared for you.

"Don't worry about her, let's just close the door and live our own little life. You can go wash it first. You are so tired these days, so you can take a bath! I remember there is a bathtub in the blueprint!"

Wang Ziwen stretched her waist, and she could see her slender waist at a glance. Li Mu couldn't help reaching out to hug her, but she pushed her away and said with a smile, "Don't play tricks, your body is dirty to death!"

Looking at the figure of Wang Ziwen walking to the bathroom, Li Mu couldn't help feeling: "This is life, the days of single dogs are gone forever!"

Of course, Li Mu and Wang Ziwen still haven't taken the last step. Maybe they both feel that this is not the best time. To put it bluntly, both of them are a little hypocritical.

After living a shameless life at home for a few days, Wang Ziwen proposed to go out to find a job, and Shi Ran from Li Mu's side kept calling to urge him to go to the company.

"Well, is the Elder finally willing to come to the company?" Shi Ran said sourly.

Li Mu quickly raised his hands in surrender: "Sister, I know I was wrong, I am back!"

"Seriously, who is that girl?" Shi Ran asked in a low voice.

"Which girl?"

Then a bunch of photos were sprinkled in front of him, and Shi Ran said angrily, "You think these paparazzi are all vegetarian?"

Li Mu saw that it was some photos of him and Wang Ziwen acting intimately. He is not afraid of boiling water, but he is mainly afraid of affecting Wang Ziwen.

"If you're serious, it's better to announce it as soon as possible. A celebrity girlfriend will face these pressures sooner or later!" Shi Ran said seriously.

Li Mu can't do anything about it, it was doomed the moment they confirmed their relationship, Wang Ziwen had to bear these pressures.

After the chat was over, Shi Ran began to report on the recent situation of the studio.

"Chen Xuan has already taken the role of the second male lead in a drama. The drama is not bad. After it is released, his popularity should rise to a higher level. Director Yang's drama has been broadcast on Beijing Satellite TV, and the response is not bad. The company This project also made a small profit of a few million, and Liang Hongfei's new movie is not very good, so it's basically guaranteed."

Li Mu summed it up. The general situation is that although the company is still making money, it is all money from artists, and the film and television projects have fallen into a bottleneck.

"Everyone is eagerly waiting to make a big deal with you!" Shi Ran also wanted to see.

Li Mu was also lost in thought. The second half of the night is obviously not as exciting as the previous one. It is too risky to shoot it into a film and television drama, and it may even destroy the IP value accumulated before. Li Mu is not thinking about it for the time being.

As for the new book "Shushan Xianmolu" is not yet finished, its influence is not enough to support IP adaptation for the time being.

"Okay, I got it, tell Liang Hongfei not to move for now, I will get the script out as soon as possible!"

Shi Ran left the office with a happy face.

Let Liang Hongfei stop for a while, naturally to make a movie. Li Mu has watched Liang Hongfei's two recent movies. Through the training of these two movies, he can also see his progress.

It’s just that Liang Hongfei’s problem is also obvious. He pays too much attention to the rendering of the big scene, but ignores some details in the plot. Perhaps it is the explosive box office of "Crazy Stone" that put him under too much pressure, so that the next two films The work seems a bit too forceful and loses control of the rhythm.

Li Mu thought for a while and wrote down a few large characters of "A Chinese Journey to the West" on a page of A4 paper.

In fact, the birth of "A Westward Journey" itself was a complete "scam". At that time, Zhou Xingchi was no longer satisfied with the title "Xingzi", he wanted to become "Xingye".

But in the film and television industry, the status of a comedian is not recognized by the mainstream media. Even though Stephen Chow was already a dominant presence in the Hong Kong film market at that time, he had no outstanding achievements in awards. Until 2000, It was only with "Shaolin Football" that he won the title of best actor at the Academy Awards, and this is also the only best actor at the Academy Awards in his life!

At that time, Zhou Xingchi thought of transformation. At this time, director Liu Zhenwei approached Zhou Xingchi, and the two hit it off.

But filming requires investment first, so Liu Zhenwei started his "financing journey" under the banner of Stephen Chow.

At that time, Zhou Xingchi's name was the guarantee of the box office, so it was very smooth to attract investment.

But investors are not stupid. Others are here for Stephen Chow's comedy movie. You suddenly tell others that what Stephen Chow wants to make is actually a tragedy, and the investors withdraw their capital in minutes!

I have to say that Liu Zhenwei was definitely a genius-level existence back then, and directly added a large section of "Supreme Treasure" scene at the beginning!
At first glance, the investors seemed to be doing well. It was Stephen Chow's original style, so they were fooled.

Of course, the later market also responded to Liu Zhenwei and Zhou Xingchi with a resounding slap in the face. The total box office of the two parts of "A Chinese Journey to the West" is only 5000 million. Compared with the investment of 6000 million, it can be regarded as a loss of pants.

In fact, looking at "Moonlight Treasure Box" and "The Great Sage Marries a Wife", the essence of the whole "A Chinese Journey to the West" is all in the second half, and the first half of "Moonlight Treasure Box" is just an introduction. It becomes a 96-minute movie, and it is really a model for my generation of web writers!
Of course, Li Mu will not make the same mistake. His version of the plot directly combines the upper and lower parts into one. The plot in [Moonlight Treasure Box] is just to explain the past and present of Supreme Treasure and the entanglement with Bai Jingjing. , the main line follows the plot of [The Great Sage Marries a Wife]!

(End of this chapter)