China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 128 Kung Fu Panda, Painted Skin

Early the next morning, Li Mu and David showed up at DreamWorks Animation, along with Richard from Warner Bros.

Katzenberg specially invited a few people to watch the upcoming "Kung Fu Panda".

There is still some finishing work at this point, but the main body has been completed.

This panda, which was popular all over the world in its previous life, appeared in front of Li Mu again.

The animation is only one and a half hours long, but several people were a little excited while watching it.

"Li, your country's kung fu is really good." Richard looked at the animation and punched him from time to time.

David became more and more excited as he watched. His fat body couldn't help but think of dancing, which looked a bit like the panda inside.

It's a pity that the cuteness is far less than that.

After watching the movie, Li Mu was very satisfied. The panda, which took more than two years to produce, was even better than the previous one.

Several people spent the morning discussing the follow-up announcement issues.

Li Mu also took the time to watch it in the later stages of "Twilight", and found that it was not much different from his previous life. Sure enough, these bloody youth movies were almost the same no matter how they were made.

For "I Am Legend", after the international box office has exceeded 3.3 million US dollars, it is basically unable to move forward.

The total global box office exceeded US$6.2 million, surpassing "The Passion of the Christ" and ranking 26th in global film history.

The ranking will definitely continue to drop in the future, but being able to enter the historical list is also an honor for the film and the director.

Will Smith also made a special trip to send a congratulatory message and asked Li Mu about his subsequent filming plans.

If there is a suitable one, he will find a way to spare time to participate.

However, Li Mu has no plans to make a new movie yet, and Will Smith can only express regret.

Lu Yang and Wu Ershan worked on the script of "Painted Skin" overnight, and the first version was produced in just two weeks.

Li Mu returned to Mengying, took the polished script and read it carefully.

According to the framework written by Li Mu, the main plot is basically OK, and the rest is just some refinement of the dialogue content.

How to make readers get involved in the drama depends on the environment and characters on the one hand, and the lines on the other.

Otherwise, if you write an ancient script with 666 lines, the audience will instantly want to scold you.

"Go back and refine the lines, and there will be no other problems." Li Mu gave his reply.

"I'll take it back and fix it right now." Lu Yang held the script in his hands, looking a little excited.

Huayi held a press conference for "Assembly" in the past two days, and Feng Xiaogang will return to the Lunar New Year festival with this movie.

It seems that the failure of "The Night Banquet" has made Feng Xiaogang a little bit upset, and he is ready to go back to a familiar schedule to regroup.

At around seven o'clock in the evening, Li Mu looked around and saw a big G parked at the door. It was Li Mu's car.

Li Mu directly got into the passenger seat.

"Hehe, are you happy? I'll pick you up?" Liu Yifei said with a happy smile.

"Drive seriously!" Li Mu couldn't help but remind her when he saw that she seemed to be still immersed in joy.

Stopping in front of the villa, the two of them were not in a hurry to go in. Li Mu held the girl's face and moved closer to her involuntarily.
After a while, Liu Yifei's red face slowly returned to normal.

"It's all your fault, they must have been waiting for a long time." Liu Yifei couldn't help but gently hit Li Mu with her little hand.

"If you keep hitting me, I'll make sure the food is cold later." Li Mu looked at her and said with a smile.

Sure enough, Li's mother and Shu Chang were already seated.

After a few people finished eating, they watched "Struggle" while chatting about things in the industry. Li Mu naturally knew more about movies than they did.

But in other aspects, none of the ten Li Mu could catch up with Shu Chang.

"Do you know about Liu Dehua? His fans are really scary." Shu Chang said matter-of-factly.

"I heard that after 13 years of chasing her, not only did she lose her entire family, but her father even sold his kidney to raise money to fulfill his daughter's wish." Liu Yifei nodded fiercely. This matter has become a hot topic in the circle.

After saying that, I shuddered.

"Liu Dehua should have met her." Li Mu responded.

Li Mu just came back and didn't know much about this matter. He hadn't had time to read the news on the Internet.

"Yes, and then her father jumped into the sea." Shu Chang also felt a little magical at this time, but that's how things developed.

"It is said that he is accusing Liu Dehua of death for ignoring his daughter's 13 years of hard work. He is complaining that Liu Dehua did not arrange enough private meetings, so he is not satisfied with the results of the meetings."

Li Mu didn't quite understand why these fans were so extreme.

"You don't have such fans, do you?" Li Mu looked at Liu Yifei. She had a lot of fans. Liu Yifei's number of fans at this time was also amazing.

"Probably not." Liu Yifei shook her head violently.

"Hua Zai's situation is an unforeseen disaster." No one can do this kind of thing.

The media is making a fuss, and the paparazzi are following Liu Dehua all day long. There are so many opinions on the Internet that anyone else would be disappointed.

Lu Yang's progress in revising the script was very fast, and he probably worked overtime.

This time the script seems to have more feeling.

Li Mu nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, the script ends here."

"Have you considered the choice?"

The two shook their heads. During this time, they were busy tinkering with the script, figuring out where it came from and studying which actors were suitable.

"Choose actors you think are suitable for the main roles, and I'll take a look at them in the end." Li Mu also wanted to see who the two of them would choose.

Li Mu took the script and walked out of Mengying directly and drove to China Film.

Han Sanping has been waiting for him these days.

Seeing Li Mu holding the script in his hand, Han Sanping breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on his face: "Come, sit here."

When Li Mu saw Han Sanping's kind-hearted look, he immediately knew what he was planning.

"The 3D cinema matter has been settled." Han Sanping was also quite dissatisfied with the progress of the matter.

But there is no way. Every penny spent by China Film Group has to be reported, budgeted, and reviewed and approved.

After the good things were said, Han Sanping had other ideas.

"I heard that Mengying has tinkered with a new script. After all, China Film Group is not short of money to invest in it."

"Director Han, you didn't invest less in "Red Cliff" and "Nanjing! Nanjing!", right? Do you still have such a large share?"

"Today is different from the past." Han Sanjing also laughed.

"You don't know, there are big leaders above who have spoken, and they must attach great importance to the development of the film industry. China Film's investment budget this year is not to be doubled, but there is no problem in investing in Red Cliff a few more times."

This may be the arrogance of being rich. Now Han Sanping is smiling from ear to ear.

People have been promoted and have more money. Li Mu feels that this year's Han San Ping seems to be a bit prosperous.

"Director Han, it seems that the protagonist of "Red Cliff" you invested in has resigned." Seeing how proud he was, Li Mu had to cool off, lest the lion behind him would open his mouth.

"You don't want to pick up the pot." Han Sanping almost dropped the cup when he knew this. You must know that China Film Group invested a lot in "Red Cliff".

First, Liang Chaowei was not ready and resigned from the role of Zhuge Kongming.

In Li Mu's view, Liang Chaowei was excusable because he was not well prepared and had just finished filming "Lust, Caution" and had not yet acted.

As a result, Liu Jialing was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and she and Guo Taiming had a fierce fight again.

But Chow Yun-fat was really over the top, with a salary of 4000 million, and then he put forward more than 100 opinions according to Hollywood standards. Many of these more than [-] opinions could not be realized by insurance companies and producers.

This made Wu Yusen very angry.

Li Mu saw that Han Sanping had calmed down a lot and smiled: "The story of Liaozhai is estimated to cost 8000 million, but let me explain first that I am not the director." Li Mu handed Han Sanping the script, and Han Sanping wanted to read it. , and was shocked by Li Mu.

"What? You're not the one to guide me?"

Li Mu spread his hands and said, "If we really don't have the time, we can't take the time to do other things. The cost could be doubled."

Han Sanjing thought for a while and realized that Li Mu really didn't have that much time to devote to the movie at this time.

"Okay, then who do you choose as director?" Han Sanping opened the script and asked while reading it.

"There are two directors under Mengying, so it's just right."

"Oh, what movies have you filmed?" Han Sanjing thought for a moment. One of the famous directors under Mengying is Li Mu and the other is Ning Hao.

It can’t be Ning Hao.

"Two newcomers!" Li Mu said casually.

Han Sanping quickly wanted to say something, but Li Mu immediately said: "I will be the producer."

Han Sanjing said angrily: "Next time, don't say half of what you say."

With Li Mu as the producer, there will be no problem. With him controlling the direction, the film will be much more stable.

Han Sanping had finished reading the script and held out four fingers.

"Director Han, you have to let others drink the soup." Li Mu was helpless.

This person really doesn't consider the following private enterprises.

"In this way, China Film Group gets 3%, Guangguang 2%. Lao Wang helped Mengying a lot in the TV series, so he has to return the favor."

Li Mu thought about it and realized that this distribution was quite reasonable.

"Painted Skin" performed well in other parts of Asia in its previous life, and China Film has an advantage here.

"Okay! That's up to you." Han Sanjing didn't hesitate. He also knew Li Mu's character, so it would be difficult to change what was decided.

"By the way, last time I saw you and Nolan discussing a cooperation in Xiangjiang." Han Sanping glanced at Li Mu, as if waiting for a response.

"Director Han, we have negotiated about that movie many years ago, and the main control is now Warner." Li Mu said helplessly. This person really wants to take a bite of meat wherever it is available.

Warner is in control, so if China Film wants to intervene, it will be very difficult.

Han Sanping had no choice but to let it go.

"'Kung Fu Panda' will be released in the second half of this year." Li Mu still revealed the news.

"Do you want to choose your schedule now? China Film has reserved a special quota for introduction." Han Sanping was also excitedly preparing to pick out his schedule.

"Farewell, it will be later. The specific release time depends on North America."

Li Mu came out of the middle shadow. It was already afternoon and the sun was a little fierce. Li Mu quickly slipped into the car.

Drop a message to Wang Changtian by the way.

Guangguang Ma Liu acquired the share at a premium of 25%, and Wang Changtian also specially thanked Li Mu.

As soon as you step on the accelerator, the feeling of pushing your back from the big G comes immediately.

When Li Mu returned to Mengying, he also saw Lu Yang and Wu Ershan discussing closely. It is estimated that this candidate will not be chosen for a while.

There’s no rush, there’s still time anyway.

Wang Quanan's "Tuya's Marriage" has been announced to be released in April, and it is said that unlimited copies can be added.

This is pure bullshit. This movie can make millions at the box office just for fun.

However, the film has already earned more than 1000 million yuan before it has been released in China.

Neither Wang Quanan nor the producers have any pressure on the domestic box office.

When it comes to speaking, he has enough confidence.

The official website of Mengying Media has finally been updated again. The new production "Painted Skin" has a production cost of [-] million.

As for the production cost, a commonly used formula in the industry is that 8000 million is not as good as [-] million.

Many people got the information right away.

Usually when watching a new movie information, many people will look at the actors first.

For releases like this, the director is usually the first step.

As a result, I was dumbfounded when I saw them. I didn't recognize either name.

Fortunately, I quickly looked at the producer and saw Li Mu's name written on it, and then I breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, these days, movies with the words "Li Mu" in them are better than anything else.

As for the director, some people cared about it and checked the information.

Some people don't care at all. Since Li Mu is the producer, the movie is at least guaranteed.

It's quite lively here at Nortel, because both Lu Yang and Wu Ershan were born in Nortel.

Pure family members.

Nortel's directing department once again showed its strength in front of everyone.

Just look at the movies being made now. Half of the famous ones are directors from Nortel.

"This boy, what you did is quite authentic." Tian Zhuangzhuang was also very happy after knowing this.

The school meeting was a little louder.

Many actors saw this name and quickly checked the information.

I learned that it was adapted from one of the Liao Zhai chapters, Ghost Painted Skin, and I even watched it together with Liao Zhai. After all, what characters are there and how to prepare in advance, these are all technical tasks.

The smart editor quickly read it and wrote a report.

"Meng Ying's new film, adapted from Liao Zhai, a magical love blockbuster is coming!"

"New director, produced by Li Mu, the new movie "Painted Skin" is coming!"

Portal websites have quickly made headlines about "Painted Skin".

Some film companies have called to ask if they are short of investment.

Although the shortage is unlikely, there are many people trying their luck.

As a world-class director, Li Mu has many people watching his films. However, Li Mu has always had a fixed number of domestic collaborators, and few people can squeeze in.

After all, there are several state-owned companies and several private companies that are jointly developed, and each time the points are not enough, how can there be any shares left for latecomers?

During this period, the affair between Liu Ye and Xie Na was also very controversial. It was not because of their fame, but because Xie Na received a breakup fee of 800 million yuan.

I don’t know what Liu Ye is thinking, but this matter is a bit confusing anyway.

Then Xie Na seemed to have a fake show with a singer from Super Boy.

Li Mu's film has been sent to Cannes, and the first list of the main competition will be announced soon.

News came again from Cannes that Jia Zhangke will serve as the chairman of the jury for the Short Film and Film Cornerstone Unit of this year's Cannes Film Festival.

The previous chairmen of the jury for these two units were all well-known international directors, such as Martin Scorsese.

The domestic film industry was full of congratulations, and even Li Mu sent a text message to congratulate him.

Jia Zhangke felt both extremely honored and stressed.

After all, this year is also the 60th anniversary celebration of Cannes.

(End of this chapter)