China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 525 Heading to Cannes
The day of the Cannes International Film Festival is approaching day by day.

However, Cannes suddenly announced a rule.

“No selfies allowed on the red carpet at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.”

Wearing a gorgeous outfit and walking on the red carpet is a glorious moment that many film workers dream of. Taking selfies is naturally a very normal thing. This new rule has poured cold water on many people who were looking forward to it.

Of course, there is a reason for this new rule, because in the past two years, some "horrible" selfies have seriously affected the organization of the film festival.

This new rule at the Cannes Film Festival will please the photographers waiting on both sides of the red carpet.

But at the same time, it may "offend" smartphone manufacturers and some artists who are keen on social media. Because they cannot take selfies, they will not be able to "show" their beautiful photos on the red carpet in the first place.

But for Li Mu, this didn't have much impact.

Li Mu was still asking the crew who wanted to go to Cannes.

"Yes, Brother Bo, do you want to come with us?"

Li Mu called Huang Bo and asked.

As one of the only characters in the crew who has appeared frequently, Li Mu has made inquiries on the phone, but has received a unified response.

The same goes for Huang Bo, who is far away in Shanghai filming "Extreme Challenge" at this time.

"Hey, I won't be involved in the affairs of you and your wife. I can't be like a multi-thousand-watt light bulb."

Huang Bo smiled and said, "I believe the others won't go either."

"You guys."

"We are creating an opportunity for you and Yifei to have a honeymoon. How wonderful it is. The romantic town of Cannes, tsk tsk tsk, whoever comes here will be envious."

"Okay, okay, we have to come to the wedding."

Li Mu didn't force it. After all, "La La Land" is really just the role of the male and female protagonists, and the rest are just side effects.

"Then I'll definitely go. I've already taken leave. After all, we're all in the same class."

".It's becoming more and more shameless!"

"Ha ha ha ha!!!"

At the same time, Wang Xiaoshuai's angry post still received responses from some people in the industry.

The official WeChat public account of "Shanghai Film Distribution" posted a message "[Shanghai Film Group supports] Chinese films need 'interlopers'".

"We are committed to ensuring a reasonable screening space for "The Intruder" in theaters during the release of the American blockbuster "Avengers 5" on May 12, ensuring that audiences can enjoy this domestically produced masterpiece."

In addition to supporting theaters, SIFF also calls on all major theater chains and theaters across the country to support domestic literary and artistic films.

Wanda has also expressed its support for "The Intruder" several times through Wanda's official WeChat and Weibo, and has effectively improved its film schedule.

Mengying Media finally spoke out.

However, everyone in the industry knows that Mengying Media is the theater chain that has been supporting it from beginning to end.

Although he behaves in a low-key manner, he has not attracted the attention of money, and does not give any space for the development of domestic serious films.

Some other theater chains have quietly improved a bit, while others have remained unmoved. Anyway, this is just market behavior.
However, the slight increase in film schedule still failed to save these literary films.

"The Intruder" still has a box office of several million. Even if the movie "Nian Nian" is included, the box office is less than 1000 million.

In the domestic film market, which easily exceeds RMB 100 million, such achievements are difficult for creators to accept, especially directors who have devoted their efforts to their works.

However, this is the market, because the core values ​​​​delivered by literary and artistic films are often bitter, and the audience prefers sweet ones. This requires the director’s artistic wrapping, whether it is fusion or wrapping it in a coat, so that people can accept it. Purpose.

There are only two days left before departure for Cannes, and this time only Li Mu and Liu Yifei from the "La La Land" crew went.

But there were more than just the two of them going to Cannes, there was also Tian Xiaopeng from "The Monkey King: Hero is Back" and several other staff members.

"The schedule is set for July 7th, are you feeling any pressure?"

Li Mu patted Tian Xiaopeng on the shoulder, and the schedule for "The Return of the Great Sage" has been determined.

"Director Li, it would be a lie to say there is no pressure, but only when there is pressure can there be motivation."

"Then seize the opportunity in Cannes, find a few more buyers overseas, and recover most of the cost. Then you can travel lightly."

Li Mu is not worried about "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage" at all. He is full of confidence when going to Cannes this time.

You must know that in the European and American markets, China has three most famous IPs, one is Bruce Lee, the other is Genghis Khan, and the other is Sun Wukong.

Even Hollywood has always wanted to explore the oriental fantasy theme of "Journey to the West".

"Understood! It will definitely live up to expectations!"

"Relax, get some rest, and be ready to go."

"Okay." Tian Xiaopeng originally thought about going back to rest, but suddenly remembered something, and then said, "By the way, Director Li, there is a studio in the industry that has great potential. They are currently developing a mythological theme. The script of the animated film has been polished for almost a year, and I feel like I can invest in it.”

"Oh? Which studio?"

"Dumpling Studio, their director's stage name is also called Dumpling, which is very interesting to say. The director felt that his name was a tongue-in-cheek and he liked eating dumplings, so he chose this stage name. In the end, the studio was also named after this."

Li Mu couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard this. This is a good investment.

"If you think it's good, go ahead and do it boldly. The animation department will become independent soon. We definitely can't just rely on ourselves to make animated films all the time. This will be too little help to the entire industry. We must learn to spend money in the future."

Tian Xiaopeng was very moved by Li Mu's words.

This is someone who has feelings for the Chinese animated film industry. As Li Mu said, his own abilities are limited, but investing to make the entire industry prosper is the future.

And the most important thing is that Li Mu trusts himself.

"Okay, Director Li."

Tian Xiaopeng was full of gratitude at this moment, and his words were full of passion. Li Mu smiled slightly when he saw this.

"Investment should be implemented as soon as possible. Invest as much as you can. I guess they don't have much money, so they are looking for investment."

Dumpling Studio definitely doesn’t have the money to make such a blockbuster, and is currently in the stage of looking for investment.

Li Mu wouldn't mind eating them all if he could.

"They are indeed soliciting investment from everywhere now. Don't worry, Director Li, I can guarantee that Mengying Media can get the main control."

"Ok!"

Li Mu nodded, it's good to have subordinates, you don't have to do everything yourself.

Otherwise, you have to run over to find someone to communicate and discuss, which is all time and energy.

With extra time and energy, he has time to do more things.

At the same time, the domestic schedule of "Jurassic World" has finally been set.

It was supposed to be synchronized around the world, but Li Mu thought about it and decided to advance it two days in China. Firstly, it would allow the domestic audience to feast their eyes on it, and secondly, he would have enough time to promote back and forth.

The news was also sent out simultaneously, and the media rushed to send it.

“李牧导演的《侏罗纪世界》将于2015年6月10日在国内公映，全球首发.北美档期时间不变，于2015年6月12日上映！”

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As soon as the news came out, many domestic movie fans became excited.

"It's better to shoot it yourself. Even watching it can go around the world two days faster!"

"I feel comfortable. Let's release it soon. I can't wait."

"Want to see +1"

The media also didn’t expect that simple news would be so popular.

Many colleagues in the industry are a little envious after seeing it. This is the appeal of top directors. It has its own popularity and even saves a lot of marketing expenses.

The next morning, Li Mu led the team to Cannes.

It's about ten hours away, after all, it's a direct flight by private plane.

Taking the airline is a hassle. You need to first transfer from the imperial capital to Paris, then to Nice, and finally transfer to Cannes.

“It’s my first time coming to Cannes and it feels so different!”

Tian Xiaopeng was wearing sunglasses, feeling the gentle sea breeze, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Come and take a look if you have nothing to do."

Li Mu smiled.

"I think so too, but to be honest, those of us who make animated films are just like otakus, right?"

After Tian Xiaopeng finished speaking, he asked several crew members of "The Return of the Great Sage".

"Hey, Director Tian, ​​you are, we are not"

"Yes, we are not."

Suddenly everyone burst into laughter.

"Look, you're the only one like this."

Li Mu joked, and then led everyone to the hotel to rest.

This small seaside town is particularly lively at this time.

On the blue promenade, you can obviously feel the strong artistic atmosphere.

The small shops along the way are full of art, handicrafts, trinkets, etc., attracting tourists from all over the world to stop and watch.

Street performers performed various forms of art, music, dance, and acrobatics under the sun, which made people dizzy and felt the vitality and vitality of Cannes.

And this is not even the venue for the film festival.

However, Li Mu had good thoughts and planned to go back to rest for a while, but the major domestic media surrounding him had no intention of letting the topic go away just like that.

Among the three Chinese-language works shortlisted for the main competition, it is natural that Li Mu’s work is more attractive to the media and audiences.

Whether it's visibility or popularity, or the popularity of the topic that the two of them just received the certificate from, for the media, that's real traffic.

No, as soon as a few people took a few steps, reporters came running over with long guns and short cannons, for fear that they would run away.

Liu Yifei wore a casual yellow cat-printed dress and held Li Mu's arm tightly without any panic.

The two of them had already dealt with this scenario countless times.

"Director Tian, ​​I will guide you to the topic of "The Return of the Great Sage" later."

Li Mu turned sideways and whispered.

"Hahaha, good idea, I understand, and I saved another amount of publicity expenses."

While Tian Xiaopeng laughed, he was also a little impressed. He was so good at leveraging publicity.

Not surprisingly, these reporters were far more interested in all aspects of the two getting their certificates than in the movie.

Reporters also know very well that sooner or later, they will be able to interview various information about the movie, because there are separate interview sessions and various red carpets, but other information is not so easy.

(End of this chapter)