China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 371 Conditions

Li Mu is still thinking about whether to accept this IP.

Everyone was waiting for Li Mu's reply.

After thinking for a long time, Li Mu decided to take over this IP. After all, it was also his favorite movie when he was a child.

"I can direct."

Li Mu said slowly.

Adam Ferguson looked delighted. Next, this project will be more certain.

After all, Li Mu has never failed.

"But Crystal Pictures needs to invest."

Li Mu put forward a condition, just to be directed by him alone. It was a hard job, and he had to vote for anything.

This time it was Adam Ferguson's turn to be a little confused.

David's expression remained unchanged, his heart was ecstatic, and he was already silently calculating the bonus.

"Li, how much do you want to invest?"

Li Mu held out two fingers, which meant he wanted a 20% share.

"Oh, Li, you are really good at business." Adam Ferguson said helplessly, "Twenty percent is too much. You must know that you also get the director's share."

"This is nothing. The biggest value of "Jurassic" is actually not its box office, but its streaming media income, DVD and peripherals."

Li Mu knows very well that the craziest thing about "Jurassic" making money is that almost people who don't go to the cinema to watch it will go to streaming or buy a DVD. This is the scariest thing.

If the box office of other Hollywood movies only accounts for 4% or 5% of profits, then the box office of "Jurassic" only accounts for % of profits at most, or even lower.

This is very scary data.

Just like most families in North America, there are DVD movies of the "Jurassic Park" trilogy.

Adam Ferguson smiled bitterly, he couldn't hide this from Li Mu, who has been working in Hollywood for a long time.

"But 20% is still too high. We can ask Crystal Pictures to invest 10%, but if we want 20%, we need resource exchange."

Adam Ferguson obviously also took a fancy to the resources at Li Mu's disposal. After all, every film has huge potential.

This time it was Li Mu's turn to be a little confused.

It is possible to exchange resources, but the question is which one to exchange. Li Mu is not willing to part with several series of movies.

“Boss, The Revenant!!!”

David whispered to Li Mu.

These words made Li Mu's eyes light up, and he suddenly didn't expect this part.

"Yes, we are about to collaborate with Leonardo on "The Revenant" and we can use the resources for this one."

"Lee, Leonardo is now looking for a movie that can make him the best actor. "The Revenant" will probably not be very high at the box office. It is just a literary film and is not equivalent to "Jurassic". "

Adam Ferguson spread his hands. What he wanted was the resources of a commercial blockbuster. This artistic film was somewhat tasteless.

After all, how high can the box office of a literary film be?

"In my opinion, this movie is not a purely artistic film, or it is more like a combination of business and art."

Adam Ferguson thought for a moment.

"Li, I can accept "The Revenant" as a swap resource, but I need to make a bet on the box office of "The Revenant". Otherwise, it will be difficult for me to explain to the board of directors."

Apparently in Adam Ferguson's opinion, "The Revenant" has far less box office potential than "Jurassic."

"can!"

Li Mu also knew that it would be difficult for Universal to simply accept the "Revenant" swap.

The main reason is that even though Leonardo DiCaprio has cut his salary, the investment in "The Revenant" is still a bit large. Even if everything goes well, it still has a budget of about US$9500 million.

In the previous life, the filming of this movie was delayed, but it directly reached the budget of 1.3 million US dollars. This is extremely difficult for an art film to make back the money.

The two finally decided that the global box office of "The Revenant" must reach $5 million, otherwise the share of "Jurassic" will be reduced.

Because the global account sharing ratio is not consistent with that of the United States, most countries stay between 20% and 30%. It can be said that this requirement is not harsh.

Adam Ferguson is also trying his best to invite Li Mu to direct the new chapter of the "Jurassic" series.

"I recommend that the Jurassic Park IV project officially change its name."

Now that I have decided to take over this movie, I naturally started to get into work mode, at least the preliminary preparations.

Spielberg and Adam Ferguson were attentive.

"What do you think of Jurassic World?" Li Mu said with a faint smile.

Obviously, changing the title of the film to "Jurassic World" revealed Li Mu's structure and ambition for the film, and he wanted to establish a more ambitious world view from the beginning.

"I totally agree, what about you Steve."

Adam Ferguson was very satisfied with the name and turned to ask.

"I have no opinion."

Spielberg was also very satisfied with the name.

There is still time, so Li Mu also takes a look at the scripts written by the previous brothers.

The one that Li Mu complained about the most was an infamous version by John Sayles and William Monahan.

A team of highly trained Birds of Prey, decked out in body armor, chase drug lords through the jungle, none of which are interesting enough to propel a new movie.

It sucks. No wonder Spielberg is very dissatisfied with these scripts. After 12 years, there is still little progress.

"Li, if you were to write a new script, how long would it probably take?"

Adam Ferguson asked.

"It will take at least half a year."

Li Mu calculated his time schedule and gave a rough number. Polishing the script was not an easy task. Adam Ferguson nodded. "Jurassic" was originally planned to be released next year, but it obviously has to be postponed.

Later, Li Mu communicated with Spielberg about the plot promotion of the new version of "Jurassic World".

There are three ideas in mind.

A fully functional dinosaur theme park, a human who has a relationship with a trained raptor, and a man-eating dinosaur that escapes and must be stopped.

And the concept of dinosaurs having the chameleon-like ability to render themselves nearly invisible was a plot device from Crichton's The Lost World novel that had not been used in previous films.

By the time Li Mu walked out of the gate of Universal Pictures, it was already afternoon.

"Boss, we have to celebrate."

David was elated, obviously excited to invest in "Jurassic World."

“It’s not too late to celebrate after it’s released.”

Li Mu said lightly that there was still pressure to take on this film.

Back in Beverly Hills, Li Mu originally planned to find Nolan, but unfortunately he is currently looking for filming locations all over the world, and is currently in Iceland.

The 85th Academy Awards will certainly be the focus of global media coverage these days.

In particular, the three record-breaking winners, Li Mu, Jennifer Lawrence and Daniel Day-Lewis, occupied most of the media's front pages!

Domestically, Li Mu won an overwhelming victory, and Li Mu made headlines everywhere.

Domestic reporters have been waiting for a whole day, but they can't wait for Li Mu.

But the most painful thing is not the domestic reporters, but the Korean directors.

I haven't dared to post on social media for the past two days because there was a lot of criticism.

Although there have been several such examples before, this time the scolding was even worse.

"Li Jian and Li Mu won the Oscar for Best Director successively, but what are the directors in our country doing?

Nowadays, domestic movies are beginning to revive, but we can't just focus on the country, but also look to the world. Like Li Mu, we must rush out of Asia, go to the world, and conquer the universe Smecta!

Otherwise, I'll be forced to re-enlist in the army."

I have to say that this trick is awesome, but it is obviously impossible. After all, these directors have long passed the age of enlisting in the army.

But this proves that many Korean people are resentful towards them.

Anyway, just pretend to be dead these days. By the way, please ask Mr. Li Mu to win some awards.

The influence of Li Mu winning the Oscar for Best Director is undoubtedly a step up from the Golden Globe Award.

Hollywood in the United States has always been the center of world entertainment, and the Oscar statuette is naturally a trophy coveted by countless practitioners!

Early the next morning, Li Mu, Liu Yifei and others would fly back to the imperial capital.

David still acted as the driver. Li Mudu said he could call for a taxi, but David still enjoyed it.

"I really hope that cooperation with Leon can come soon."

David muttered.

"what?"

"Boss, don't you know? Leonardo invited 12 beauties on his yacht."

David thought Li Mu didn't know and was very envious.

"How do you know this?"

Li Mu was a little confused.

"Hey, it's written in the newspapers."

David picked up the latest stack of newspapers in the car and handed it over.

Before Li Mu had time to look, Liu Yifei grabbed it.

Li Mu had no choice but to lean over and take a look.

Good guy, it’s a scene of Leonardo drinking on a yacht with a dozen beauties in broad daylight, and of course his friends and others, such as old friend Kevin Connolly.

"These reporters are so hardworking that they actually drove a speedboat to shoot."

Li Mu pursed his lips. It was obvious that Leonardo's confidentiality was not good enough and he was caught on camera by the reporters.

Now it has become the talk of the town.

"I really envy Leon."

David sighed.

But Liu Yifei's eyes widened and she stared at him eagerly.

"Are you envious too?"

"It's a joke. Why do I envy him? He must have kidney deficiency, absolutely kidney deficiency."

Li Mu said without hesitation.

David chuckled, but when he saw Liu Yifei's eyes through the rearview mirror, he quickly covered his mouth.

Liu Yifei folded her hands together: "Humph, you are still cooperating with him, I am very worried."

"Ahem, Crystal, don't worry, leave it to me, I will definitely help you keep an eye on the boss."

David was confident in his words and patted his chest in assurance.

As a result, Liu Yifei ruthlessly complained:

"It's good if you can take good care of yourself."

"When the time comes, I will have to visit the class inadvertently and catch you all off guard."

Liu Yifei muttered.

Li Mu was amused in his heart, you have already said it, how could you be caught off guard?

When Li Mu returns, he naturally has to finish "The Tuner".

However, the location where the crew was located was already surrounded by people.

(End of this chapter)