The superstar starts from the creation camp

Chapter 382 Chinatown Detective.

It's no wonder Liang Hongfei is so eager now. In the past few years, many new directors have come to the company, and the box office results are very good, but he hasn't had any outstanding works for four years. In fact, this is understandable, after all, not everyone Directors have been able to maintain their creative peaks. Even Feng Xiaogang, who is known as the box office king in the mainland, suffered a double loss at the box office and word of mouth for a certain period of time.

Of course, Liang Hongfei probably wouldn't have taken it to heart if he had done it before, but now he has a family, and a man's economic status also determines the status of the family. But he was still living on his laurels. Even if Yu Peipei didn't say anything, Liang Hongfei felt the pressure.

Li Mu secretly smiled, there is a rather interesting phenomenon in management science, what should be done to keep the high-income group motivated at all times?This was once a problem that plagued many companies. In fact, there are already solutions abroad. Many foreign-funded companies will guide their executives to spend all kinds of high consumption, luxury cars, luxury houses, and what to do if they don’t have enough money?Credit card advances, because they discovered that only when people are poor, can they always be aggressive.

"My new film plan is to combine comedy and suspense." Liang Hongfei talked for nearly half an hour, and then looked at Li Mu with piercing eyes.

But what disappointed him was that he didn't see any surprise in Li Mu's expression at all, even a little weird.

Of course, Li Mu felt weird. Although the story told by Liang Hongfei was slightly different, isn't this the weakened version of "Detective Chinatown"?

"So, you want to set up the image of two policemen as funny than detectives in the play?"

Liang Hongfei nodded dumbly, and soon he understood the problem. First of all, the Chinese judicial system does not have the position of inspector. That is to say, this background must not be set as a real background, and even if it is a virtual background, if you want to After the review, it must not be set in Huaxia.

"That is to say, it is better to set the background of this movie in a foreign country, or we can set the background in Thailand, and this idea is quite good, maybe it can be made into a series of films, how about setting it in Chinatown?" Li Mu Listed out one by one.

Liang Hongfei was immediately dumbfounded. Originally, he thought that it would take a lot of words to convince Li Mu of his seemingly whimsical idea. Who would have thought that not only did Li Mu not have any impatience, but he also made the loopholes in his plot Supplements, even extended to the point of the series.

"Huh? Oh?"

Li Mu looked at Liang Hongfei strangely: "What? Is there a problem?"

"No, no, how could it be?" Liang Hongfei said with a sneer.

"Then, you should have a chance to get creative with the screenwriting team and save the script as soon as possible." Li Mu nodded in satisfaction. A good series can even support a film and television company. This is definitely not an exaggeration. The 007 series is The best example, a total of 25 films were filmed, spanning more than 50 years, with a total box office of more than 21 billion US dollars. Even when MGM made a patent right to sell a 007 film, it aroused the attention of the five major Hollywood companies. Competing, willing to lose money to buy distribution rights, shows the influence of the series.

Although Muzi Studio has produced a lot of blockbuster movies in recent years, they have never released any decent series, and Li Mu didn't pay much attention to it before, so Liang Hongfei proposed the idea of ​​"Detective Chinatown", which made Li Mu very happy. Make this movie Muzi Studio's first successful series.

There was a big boss who spoke, and the screenwriting team was also very strong. It took only two weeks to come up with a first draft of the script. At the meeting, Li Mu also saw the script. The plot is very similar to the original version, but some details are not enough. Yuanrun, after all, is the first draft of the script, and Li Mu didn't mean to be picky, but just asked the production team to calculate the budget.

In fact, this can already show Li Mu's attitude. In the next half a month, the production team and the screenwriter team have come up with the final report.

The production cost is as high as 1.2 million. This production cost is definitely a well-deserved A-level production. In the current market environment, the entire film and television industry within a year can count such A-level productions with one hand.

Both Liang Hongfei and the production team are very nervous. This is already the lowest budget they can give, and they are even ready to be criticized. After all, such a film combines comedy and detective suspense , there is no precedent in Chinese movies. No one can guarantee whether they will be loved by the audience in the end. Low-budget comedies, the same comedies, why do you have a much higher budget than others?Is it true that the company's money is blown by the wind?

But when the atmosphere in the meeting room became more and more dignified, Li Mu closed the script and budget plan, and just said lightly: "Is 1.2 million enough?"

Liang Hongfei was a little dumbfounded, should he say enough?The production team had a bitter look on their faces, thinking that Li Mu was mocking them for raising the budget, the production team was about to cry, the conscience of heaven and earth, they had already stuck the budget to death, but Liang Hongfei Huo Leng didn't budge at all, it's a play, and it's special effects, the baby feels bitter.

"Well, the budget of 1.2 million yuan remains unchanged, but I can grant you an additional 3000 million yuan in publicity fees. This part of the money is not allowed to be embezzled, Lao Liang, and it will be up to you next." Li Mu thought for a while and knocked Knock on the table and say.

Liang Hongfei was so overjoyed that he almost jumped up and quickly stood up to issue a military order.

The next thing is relatively simple, the script review was quickly passed, and the crew was in place immediately, and the filing of this "Detective Chinatown" film was quickly noticed by some film and television companies, but the investment of 1.2 million was not enough. Many small companies are discouraged, and many companies that have cooperated with Muzi Studio have not made up their minds for a while, whether to invest or not. After all, judging from the title, this is a suspenseful detective film. There are no outstanding results in Huaxia.

Of course, a film and television company like Huayi, which has been cooperating with Muzi Studio, obtained first-hand information at the first time, and the investment risk is a bit high, so Huayi only invested 1000 million, while Light and Shadow Media only invested 500 million. It is estimated that it is to put his name on the subtitle of the investor, what if it becomes popular?
Li Mu doesn't care either, the company's capital chain is sufficient now, enough to support the investment of 1.5 million, even if there is no third-party investment, it will not hinder the filming of the crew.

Of course, this is only for investors. After the filing of "Detective Chinatown" was exposed, some brokerage companies began to move their minds and began to frantically promote their artists. After all, this is not an investment, and there is no cost. If you can earn a salary, why not do it, or that sentence, what if it becomes popular?
After four years of silence, Liang Hongfei finally directed an A-level production again, and he was also full of ambitions, so he was extremely strict in the selection of actors.

Of course, there are some imprecise ones, that is the heroine Axiang. In fact, Liang Hongfei did not intend to leave this role to his wife Yu Peipei. Unfortunately, in the company, the information of this film is not a secret at all. Captured by Yu Peipei.

Regarding Yu Peipei's request, Liang Hongfei could only say with a bitter face: "Daughter-in-law, this is not good, is it? Will it be said that it is for the benefit of the public?"

Yu Peipei glanced at him sideways: "Fake business for personal gain? Is my mother's acting skills not suitable for this role? Or is her figure and appearance not worthy of this Ah Xiang? Or, someone wants to use this role to do something shameful." thing?"

Yu Peipei basically gritted his molars to say the second half of the sentence. Liang Hongfei opened his mouth and could only give in, but he still asked cautiously: "What if Mr. Li asks?"

Yu Peipei ignored him at all, turned around and went into Li Mu's office. Li Mu didn't say anything about Yu Peipei's request, but just asked her to prepare for the audition, although he also felt that Yu Peipei's role as A Xiang This role is very suitable in terms of image, temperament, and figure, but considering the company's rules and regulations, it is necessary to go through the cutscenes, otherwise it will be really difficult to manage in the future.

Yu Peipei also left very readily. In her opinion, there is no female artist under the company who is more suitable for this role than her. According to Li Mu's style of doing things, she should not be so easy to shine. The role is given to someone else.

The audition process went very smoothly, all of them were from my own team, even though Liang Hongfei took the initiative to avoid it, Yu Peipei still passed the audition assessment unanimously.

The female number one is confirmed, but the roles of the two male protagonists have been released for the first time. There are really no actors in the company who are suitable to play these two roles.

First of all, Qin Feng is a fresh meat and requires certain acting skills. Chen Xuan and Li Mu are not suitable, especially the role of Tang Ren, which requires a high level of funny talent. Such an actor is hard to find in the entire entertainment industry.

The scripts of these two characters quickly began to spread wildly in the entertainment circle, and the outside world also joked that Muzi Studio was "showing mercy" this time. After all, the previous A-level productions of Muzi Studio were all profitable. .

Happiness came so suddenly, the entire entertainment circle went crazy for a while, especially the whole character of Qin Feng, Xiao Xianrou. There is not much in the entertainment industry at present, but there are many Xiao Xianrou. As for acting skills?Many brokerage companies directly ignored this point, so Qin Feng's entire role received a lot of attention.

The media reported every day that XX Xiaoxianrou had officially decided to fight for the role of Qin Feng. Those who didn't know thought they all got the role contract.

Compared with Qin Feng's popularity, the role of Tang Ren seems a little deserted, of course, it's just that, and there are not a few actors who sent audition videos, but most of them can't reach Tang Ren's vulgar character. It's earthy, and there is a requirement for funny talent.

The progress of casting is actually not fast. Qin Feng needs to screen too much, but Tang Ren, there are not many who meet the requirements, and Liang Hongfei is really unwilling to choose the big one among the dwarfs.

So Li Mu gave Liang Hongfei a suggestion: "Instead of looking for a needle in a haystack, you might as well have someone collect the video data of all comedians, whether they are performing sketches, cross talk, or small comedy theaters, don't be limited One grid."

Liang Hongfei thought so, and hurriedly asked people to start collecting information. After three consecutive days of hard work, an actor performing a comedy came into Liang Hongfei's sight.

Burlesque is actually a very old industry in China. It is similar to foreign clowns, who specialize in acting ugly to make people happy. However, this kind of drama has almost disappeared in China.

"Old Tang, someone is looking for you outside, come here quickly." The small theater was dilapidated and empty, and there were not many audience members. On the stage, a short man with a funny face was hard at work finishing the last scene.

The few remaining spectators left, and Old Tang was so tired that he sat down on the ground. In order to keep the customers, he tried his best. All done.

Hearing this shout, Old Tang's heart ached and he sneered at the man under the stage: "Then what, boss, today is really a bad coincidence."

The boss waved at him angrily: "When did you happen to pass by? Hurry down, I won't press you for rent today."

Upon hearing that the rent was not urged, Old Tang heaved a sigh of relief and climbed down from the stage.

The boss was very happy, pointed at Old Tang and cursed with a smile: "Hey, if you say you don't press the rent, you will live?"

Old Tang kept a smile on his face, with a farmer-like sly look in his eyes, and a mandarin in a dialect from somewhere in his mouth: "What good things do you think about me all the time?"

The owner of the small theater smiled and patted Old Tang on the shoulder: "Why don't you say that you are lucky, a director has taken a fancy to you and gave you a business card, saying that he wants you to act in this scene and contact him, you boy But you have to seize the opportunity, it's a movie, maybe you can play a supporting role and you will become popular?"

Old Tang did not take the business card, but stared at the owner of the small theater with unfriendly eyes: "Aren't you talking nonsense? How can I act like this? If I stop for a day, maybe some old customers will also run away. To be honest, do you want to rent the small theater to someone else?"

The boss couldn't laugh or cry, pointed at his nose and scolded: "You are really biting Lu Dongbin and don't know good people. Am I doing it for you? How many years has it been? Are you still holding on? No one will watch the funny show, You'd better change careers earlier, and I'm not afraid to tell you that this place will be demolished soon, and after three months, it's up to you whether you want to move or not!"

It took Lao Tang a long time to pick up the business card left by the boss, and he didn't pay attention to it. All the words of the owner of the small theater were in his mind. On the way back, Lao Tang bought a catty of bulk liquor and a rare fried duck rack. The worry was even worse, and soon, Old Tang died of drunkenness, and he also forgot that business card in a corner of the dining table.

(End of this chapter)