China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 504 In Progress

After entering 2015, Mengying Media has successively started plans for the new year.

This year, Mengying Media has a lot of movies to release and need to produce.

There are already four films in the backlog after completion.

"La La Land" by Li Mu, "The Return of the Great Sage" by Tian Xiaopeng, "Charlotte" by Yan Fei and Peng Damo, and "The Secret of the Dragon" by Lu Yang and Wu Ershan.

As for what is being prepared, they are Guo Fan's "Arrival" and Lu Yang's "Xiuchundao 2".

As for Xu Zheng's "囧", it has entered the casting stage.

Normally, directors and casting directors submit a list of their intentions. Li Mu takes a final look at it and confirms that there is no problem, and then the formal casting begins.

However, Li Mu rarely directly interferes with the director's casting. After all, the director knows best who is needed, unless it is really inappropriate.

Because Li Mu was still directing in Canada at this time, Xu Zheng submitted the list of interests to Liu Weijuan.

Xu Zheng went to Ning Hao's house, and the two made an appointment to cook mutton at home that night.

Xu Zheng seemed to have noticed that Liu Weijuan had some doubts about this list. He didn't think for a moment who had the problem, so he couldn't help but ask:

"Oh? How to say it."

But when the list of actors came to Zhao Yanzi, Liu Weijuan couldn't help but her pupils dilated slightly.

Xu Zhuo said calmly, took a sip of water, seemed to remember something, and couldn't help but ask:
"By the way, Director Li, is there something wrong with Zhao Yanzi?"

"Okay, this is a small matter, I'll find another one."

Ning Hao seemed to be confused. Is there something else that he didn't know?

Xu Zheng waved his hand in disinterest, he shouldn't have high hopes for Ning Hao.

As for being unpopular, he obviously told Xu Zheng that this person was not popular with Li Mu.

"Mr. Liu, look, Director Li is filming. I don't dare to disturb him directly. If there is no problem, I will find someone directly. I will go to Xiangjiang to shoot next month. It is estimated that the filming will be completed in April."

"Damn, that's it?"

Ning Hao chirped and put down the tea cup, "Then he refused. Isn't it obvious?"

The previous candidate Liu Weijuan was not a big problem, and Li Mu also specified that Wang Baoqiang should play the role of Cai Lala. For this reason, "囧" has to wait for Wang Baoqiang's schedule.

Comedies like "Embarrassed in Hong Kong" are the fastest to shoot as long as the script and pre-production work are done well, and the post-production is also quite simple.

Xu Zheng thought he was playing an important role. Although he didn't know much about the specific situation, he also knew about the complex situation in the circle. Since Li Mu didn't want to see him, he would naturally have to be replaced.

Li Mu didn't do much in the industry, and there was even less gossip. It was rare for a piece of gossip to be listened to.

"Don't worry!!!"

Otherwise it would have been shot at the end of last year.

"There is no such thing as a festival. If we insist on saying that there is a festival, Mengying Media directly rejected Zhao Yanzi's purchase intention regarding the copyright of "To Youth"."

"Come on, it's okay."

If Li Mu were to shoot this kind of movie, it would be completed in less than two months and released in theaters in about half a year.

"Mr. Liu, who is wrong?"

Liu Weijuan has been with Li Mu for so many years, and she knows some people that Li Mu doesn't like to see.

Seeing that Ning Hao was still going to get a glass of water, as if to moisten his throat, Xu Zong urged.

Ning Hao asked subconsciously.

"Then, then hurry up."

Liu Weijuan also explained to Xu Zheng, after all, he is now a member of the billion-dollar box office club.

"Director Xu, let me take a look."

"I have selected some potential actors today, the list"

"Going to the new movie today?"

Ning Hao was sitting on the sofa like an old man, while Xing Aina was busy preparing various ingredients for tonight's hot pot.

"Otherwise what else!"

Liu Weijuan smiled and took Xu Zheng's list of intentions.

After Xu Zheng went out, Liu Weijuan also sent an email to Li Mu, reporting the incident.

However, Xu Zheng is not slow, and it is expected to only take more than two months. After all, there is the Spring Festival in the middle.

Xu Zheng listened carefully at this moment, as if he had heard gossip, and was very curious.

"The person played by Cai Bo should be changed. It's not very likable."

This person talks about key positions and gets stuck, which can scare people to death.

Xu Zheng also told Ning Hao about this matter.

Ning Hao recalled, "But if you don't like it, it must be true. I won the Best Director Award at the Undergraduate Student Awards in the early 2000s. At that time, Chen Kun and Zhao Yanzi found the role of Li Mu."

"Isn't it that Wang Baoqiang's schedule has come out? "囧" also needs to hurry up."

"Get ready, Director Xu, come over and cook the mutton. I just bought it from the vegetable market today."

Xing Aina prepared the materials and greeted.

"Got it!"

Xu Zhuo and Ning Hao wiped their palms, obviously looking forward to tonight's hotpot.

"I don't know what Lao Li ate in Canada. I heard that their environment was very difficult."

"You can ask him some other time!"

The two of them were talking to each other, and the mutton was being cooked in the pot without stopping.

At the same time, the crew of "The Revenant" started working in the early morning.

The first to start was Leonardo and his makeup artist. I have to get up early in the morning to put on makeup every day.

As for the rest of the people, they can sleep a little longer.

At around 7 a.m., Li Mu woke up from bed.

"It's really hard to get up in this cold weather."

Li Mu wrapped himself in a quilt, but perseverance finally defeated his desire. After all, there were hundreds of people in the crew waiting for him.

Today's human-bear fight scene is the most important. If the shooting is not good, it may be repeated for several days.

He also saw the news about Liu Weijuan.

"Let him look for Zhou Xun. Zhou Xun is quite suitable for that role."

Li Mu thought for a while and gave a piece of advice.

However, he also suggested that if Xu Zheng couldn't be found, it was Xu Zheng's fault.

"囧Hong Kong" has the predecessor "囧 in Thailand". In fact, it doesn't need much to promote or create a gimmick. The movie itself is a gimmick.

In addition to reading Liu Weijuan's message, there are more than a dozen unread messages displayed on the top chat history of WeChat.

It was the message Liu Yifei left to him last night after Li Mu and Liu Yifei fell asleep while chatting.

Li Mu smiled. After washing up, he took a few slices of scones and dipped them in some fresh jam. He took a photo for Liu Yifei to show that he was already having breakfast.

Their breakfast, subject to conditions, varies in type, basically baked potatoes, toast or scones, with fresh fruit or jam.

Of course, the crew also prepares healthy biscuits made with oatmeal, dried fruits, nuts and other main ingredients.

But Li Mu is really tired of eating these days.

This thing is not suitable for Chinese people to eat. Anyway, what they eat most is baked potatoes and toast.

“It looks delicious(﹃).”

Liu Yifei quickly replied to the message and added a want-to-eat emoji.

"Are you a foodie?"

The corners of Li Mu's mouth couldn't help but curve slightly. This was probably the way he looked when chatting with the one he loved.

"Li, chatting with Crystal? You seem to be in a good mood."

Leonardo had just put on his makeup at this time and had time to come out for breakfast.

"Am I going to direct everyone to shoot in a bad mood?"

Li Mu smiled and put down his phone and started talking to Leonardo.

Liu Yifei saw that Li Mu had not responded to messages for a long time, and guessed that Li Mu was probably getting ready to start a new day of shooting. She did not continue to send messages to her, but just said to tell her when the shooting was over.

Then I watched the movie with my best friend with great interest.

The recent TV series are just too ugly to watch.

"Li Mu is working?"

Shu Chang probably guessed it without even thinking.

Liu Yifei looked so happy just now, she still didn't know who sent the message.

"Well, where did the movie go? Let's go back and take a look."

Liu Yifei found that she couldn't understand the movie after not watching it for a while.

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At the filming site, the crew is already preparing for today's highlight.

The team that shot this drama planned it very carefully.

Li Mu wanted to not only shoot on location, but also to achieve the best results.

In order to meet this requirement, the planning in the early stage of shooting needs to be detailed down to every frame, because if this scene needs to be added for 10 seconds, then this shot will cost another one or two million dollars.

"OK, guys, follow the plan, otherwise we will definitely have to eat dirt later."

Li Mu joked with the crew.

Everyone also knows the gold content of this scene, because every second longer means one more second of special effects, which is no small matter.

It's definitely a joke to eat dirt, but the budget will have to be increased.

The bear is played by Ennis, a veteran stuntman with 15 years of experience. He is 1 meters tall and weighs 92 pounds.

It took the crew a while to find someone of this size and experience.

"Two minutes, shot in chronological order."

Li Mu explained various details to the photographers and raised two fingers.

Then everyone got ready, and Li Mu also took a deep breath.

He planned to shoot this part in 2-3 days, which was the best he could think of.

"Hopefully it goes smoothly."

Li Mu muttered silently before starting filming.

Then the filming officially started.

To film here, Leonardo had to be thrown into a tree, rolled over, rolled to the other side, lifted up, and then had to climb some distance.
During the filming, three ropes were tied to Leonardo's body. Sometimes these ropes would wrap around Ennis' legs, and sometimes around Leonardo's head. Every movement was carefully arranged, so that these ropes It won't entangle both of them at the same time.

It didn't go well.

Because Ennis, as the actor of the bear, needs to pick up Leonardo, throw him around, turn him over and over, and even imitate a grizzly bear to attack him and run 10 meters on all fours, which is very difficult for a huge bear. It’s actually very difficult for people.

"Hey, Leon, Ennis, come over and watch your performance, while the others adjust where they are."

Li Mu shouted.

(End of this chapter)