China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 67

Berner, Office of the Chairman.

Yu Dong slowly closed the script on the desk. On the cover of the script were written "Super Body".

The script written by Li Mu himself, Yu Dong naturally had to put up all his energy to deal with it. After receiving the script, he immediately read it without delay for almost a minute.

The story of "Super Body" is actually very simple. A woman was accidentally involved in a DP transaction due to her inadvertent friendship. The criminals sewed CPH4 into the woman's abdomen through surgery.

According to the script, CPH4 is a certain substance secreted by pregnant women in the sixth week, and the secreted amount is very rare.For babies, the energy contained in CPH4 is like an atomic bomb. It is this substance that provides the necessary energy for the formation of the skeleton in the fetus.

The woman was kicked in the abdomen for resisting the criminals, which caused the CPH4 packaging bag to break and the medicine to seep into the woman's body.

However, instead of dying, the woman found that her physical and intelligence had been rapidly improved under the action of the drug, and thus possessed incredible superpowers such as telepathy, telekinesis, and space-time travel.

If the obviously unreasonable parts of this script are ignored, it will still be very interesting to read, but when people in the industry look at the market potential of a script, they usually look for a reference.

What movie is this script based on?
"resident Evil"?
"tomb Raider"?
Or "Catwoman"?
A heroine of yellow race, a superhero movie, will it end up being disliked by overseas markets and unaccustomed to the domestic market?
To be honest, Yu Dong felt that the risk of this movie was not small. Without the escort of Cheng Long and Li Lianlian's overseas influence, the probability of losing the movie in the end was still very high.

But Berner had to vote for this movie, because it was Li Mu's movie, and because Yu Dong was optimistic about Li Mu.

Not to mention anything else, based on the popularity of "Taken" and "Assassin" in the market, as long as the sequels of these two movies are made, it is basically equivalent to sitting around and counting money!

Now that Li Mu is going to shoot "Super Body" and you don't vote, then when Li Mu is going to shoot "Taken 2" or "Assassin 2" in the future, should you vote?When the time comes, will people accept your investment?
Yu Dong has been working in the mall for many years, so he will not fail to settle this small account.

So he called Li Mu immediately after reading the script.

"Director Li, I'm Yu Dong."

"Mr. Yu."

"That's right, I've read the script of "Super Body", it's very good, especially the part where the heroine talks to her mother on the phone, it's very touching, and at the end the heroine travels through time and space and intersects the fingers of the human grandmother Lucy, Very shocking, I am very optimistic about this project, when will we get together to discuss the specific investment details?"

The other end of the phone said: "Or next Monday."

Yu Dong said: "Okay, then next Monday."

"By the way, "Taken" has been released for more than a year, right? Director Li never thought about making a sequel? Such a popular movie, it's a pity not to make a sequel."

On the other end of the phone, Li Mu said: "Actually, I already have a rough plot of "Taken 2" in my mind, but I always feel that this story is not amazing enough, especially compared with the first one. After all, the plot is a bit too ordinary, so the shooting of the second part has not started for a long time."

Yu Dong felt a little heartbroken after hearing this: "I said Director Li Da, you think the story of the sequel is ordinary, but maybe the audience just thinks the sequel is amazing? We can't do things that judge others by ourselves, do you think so?"

The other end of the phone said: "That's right, I will write the script of "Taken 2" when I have time, but I may not come to shoot it myself, and I may need to find a more reliable director and hand over the script to the other party." shoot."

"Okay, then let's make a deal."

……

Brothers Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei also quickly finished the script.

"What do you think?" Wang Zhongjun asked.

Wang Zhonglei pondered for a moment: "It's hard to say, the subject of female superheroes, there are very few truly successful examples in the world."

"But Li Mu has not made any mistakes so far. If the success of "Taken" is due to the personal influence of Cheng Long, and the success of "Assassin" is due to the influence of Cheng Long and Li Lian, then What about "The Hunger Games"? It sold nearly 2000 million copies of the novel in the United States within a year, and Li Mu's grasp of Western tastes is absolutely top-notch." Wang Zhongjun said.

Wang Zhonglei said: "We are going to vote for the project "Super Body", and at the same time, show Li Mu the script of "The King of Kung Fu". His vision is very accurate, we might as well listen to his opinion."

Wang Zhongjun nodded.

……

"King of Kung Fu"?
Huashang Chairman's Office.

Li Mu looked at the script sent by the Huayi Brothers, feeling a little complicated.

He originally thought that after "Assassin" took away the limelight of Cheng Long and Li's double-J duel, the project "Kung Fu King" would disappear. Much ahead of schedule.

Now the Wang brothers ask him what he thinks about the script, what should he say?
Said he didn't like the script?
Now it's clear that whether he likes this project or not, he has to start it, so why does he have to pour cold water on people?
So the script is pretty good?

Li Mu also didn't want to say such obvious words against his will.

So after thinking twice, Li Mu called Wang Zhonglei's cell phone.

"Mr. Wang."

"Mr. Li, by the way, have you read the script I sent you?"

"I've seen it. That's why I called."

"How about it?"

"To be honest, I don't understand the script very well."

Wang Zhonglei pondered: "I don't see it clearly?"

"Well, I can't tell what's good, and I can't say what's bad, anyway, I just can't see through."

After a moment of silence, Wang Zhonglei said, "Okay, I understand."

……

Li Lianhua's home.

Sisters Li Lianhua and Li Xuehua sat across the tea table.

"Sister, I think you should do your best to fight for the role of the heroine in "Super Body"." Li Xuehua persuaded.

Li Lianhua hesitated in her heart.

At present, Huayi Brothers is preparing a new movie "The King of Kung Fu", which is still starring Cheng Long and Li Lian. The last movie that Cheng Long and Li Lian collaborated on was "Assassin", with a global box office of 3.55 million US dollars. She is the heroine one.It has been almost a month since this movie was released, and she can clearly feel that her popularity is growing rapidly because of this movie every day recently, and she even faintly has the meaning of No.1 domestic actress. Zhang Ziyi is known as the international chapter, but she must In terms of international influence, Li Lianhua believes that the current self can definitely hold her back.

And all this is thanks to the movie "Assassin" co-starred by Cheng Long and Li Lian.

Now another Cheng Long and Li Lianhe collaboration film is coming soon. Although this time she can only win the role of the second female lead, she still thinks this will help her further break into the Hollywood market.

But apparently her younger sister Li Xuehua has a different opinion.

"Sister, no matter how good "Kung Fu King" is, all you can get is the role of the second female lead, and in the movie starring Cheng Long and Li Lian, these two people will always be the absolute protagonists, and the other roles are destined to be the protagonists." It can only be a foil."

"The script of "Super Body" is different. In the script of "Super Body", the heroine is the absolute protagonist. If it is an analogy, it is Alice in "Resident Evil". If the quality of the final movie is not bad, then this It is a role that can make you be remembered forever by many movie fans. Didn’t you always dream of playing a role like Alice? Now the opportunity is in front of you.”

"And you also know Li Mu's strength."

……

At noon, Li Mu was cooking at home when the phone rang suddenly. He picked it up and looked at the caller ID, then pressed the connect button.

"Aunt Liu."

On the other end of the phone was Liu Yifei's mother, Liu Xiaoli.

"Director Li, did you bother you?"

"No, Aunt Liu, what's the matter?"

"Well, I heard that you have written another script. I wonder if there are any suitable characters for Yifei in it? Yifei often tells me that if I encounter your script, I must help her try my best to get it."

After pondering for a moment, Li Mu said: "If you have time, you and Yifei come to my company, let Yifei read the script first."

"Okay, then Yifei and I will go to Director Li's company tomorrow?"

"Row."

Then Li Mu told him the address of his company, and the two hung up the phone immediately.

As for who the heroine Lucy should choose, Li Mu already had three candidates in his mind when he was writing the script—Li Lianhua, Zhang Ziyi, and Liu Yifei. He thought that these three people should be able to play Lucy, but the specific Who to use depends on the schedule of the three and their respective wishes.

(End of this chapter)