China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 556 Breaking out of the old routine

"So far, the global box office of "Jurassic World" directed by Li Mu has exceeded 16 billion US dollars, surpassing "Fast and Furious 7" with 15.11 billion US dollars and becoming the global box office champion in 2015. "Avengers 2" is third with 13.93 billion US dollars. "

"9 days after its release, "The Return of the Great Sage" exceeded the 7 million mark, breaking domestic animation records one after another."

"The premiere of the CG+ live-action movie "Monster Hunt" was a complete success and will be fully released tomorrow!"

In these days, Li Mu and Feng Ji have determined the core ideas of the "Operation Red Sea" script.

Feng Ji's script conveyed too much emphasis on naval power and too little resonance from the audience. The audience was unable to feel the dedication and greatness behind it from a real military operation to rescue overseas Chinese in Yemen.

Just like a fleet on our side and a small broken fishing boat on the other side, it can only reflect our strength, but it is difficult to know what is behind the strength.

What Li Mu wanted Feng Ji to change was: "Bingxin jade pot, sincerity can be seen."

Let the movie and the audience interpret the power of the nation and the true meaning of the movie!

We must try our best to shine the light of human concern in the cruel cracks of war.

Director Li has now completely stepped out of this framework. I was a little uncomfortable with it at first, but portraying the emotions of the characters in the fierce battle can actually sublimate the script."

Screenwriters from Mengying Media also participated in polishing it. After all, Li Mu was only responsible for the entire framework and core ideas. It was naturally impossible for him to do the detailed scripts and dialogues himself.

After Feng Ji finished his report, he hurried to the screenwriting center
At the same time, word spread that Li Mu was about to direct a theme movie.

"The current meaning is that the entire film is a martial arts drama from beginning to end, using literary drama to create characters?"

After all, there is probably no one in the country who is more professional than Li Mu.

Therefore, the progress of the script is almost always reported once every few days.

This incident was like a grenade thrown into a calm pond, causing countless waves.

Tang Jing has also acted in many dramas, and she was worried, "Are there too few literary dramas? Do you need to add some history of the characters?"

This project has become the focus of attention, and the signing of the agreement has been given the green light all the way, and has passed the approval level by level.

Feng Ji said very excitedly that this script exchange made his screenwriting skills rise to a higher level, and he felt ecstatic.

In the unpredictable danger of life and death, the finishing touch expresses the extraordinary comradeship and love sparks.

Some people want to join in, some want to star in movies, and they are thinking about why Li Mu has been focusing on main theme movies recently. Is he going to gain momentum?

"Director, I originally thought so too, but I have to say that Director Li is indeed superior to us in terms of screenwriting. In the past, we were stuck in the routine of military war movies in the past.

All kinds of ideas are available.

For example, La Peikang, the current chairman of China Film Group Corporation, immediately found Li Mu.

Tang Jing nodded. Since it was written by Li Mu, there was nothing to question.

"understand!"

At this time, Feng Ji was also making a report with Tang Jing.

"Okay, then just follow Mr. Li's instructions and polish it up as soon as possible. The higher-ups are already watching."

In the past, many military-themed movies had to explain the history of the characters, and during the breaks in the battle, they also described the longing of relatives behind the scenes.

What's more, it reflects the masculine beauty of Chinese soldiers' well-trained battlefield wisdom and superb military skills through brutal and explosive military confrontations.

"Director Li, China Film should also contribute to a movie like Main Theme. Even if we don't participate in the investment, all subsequent distribution and other work will be left to us."

La Peikang kept mumbling and wanted to get involved.

It has been several months since I took office, and there are no big projects. This year’s report has not been finalized. It cannot be said that I am actively promoting China Film’s IPO. Moreover, the current situation does not support China Film’s listing this year.

Li Mu thought for a while, and found that currently there are only two parties, Mengying Media and Haizheng, and China Film Group is not impossible.

"Director La, China Film will be given one share of "Operation Red Sea", and China Film will be responsible for the distribution."

"Then I'd like to thank Director Li first."

La Peikang couldn't help but feel a little happy in his voice.

In Li Mu's opinion, the three-party cooperation of "Operation Red Sea" is sufficient and no additional collaborators are needed.

Huayi doesn't know if it suffered a heavy setback in the stock market crash, and wants to participate in it to bring back the stock price.

Wang Zhongjun personally called Li Mu. If someone else made a movie with the main theme, he wouldn't be interested in it. He could count the number of money-making movies made by this thing on one hand over the years, including those made by Han Sanxing. A masterpiece starring many actors for almost free.

Li Mu was also a little surprised when he received Wang Zhongjun's call.

In these days of de-filmization, Huayi has been prospering in pan-entertainment in the past two years, and its stock price and the stock prices of companies involved in investment have also risen sharply.

What is a movie?
Maybe if it wasn’t for Huayi who still had some foundation and took a chance on it, he might have completely forgotten about it.

In the film and television industry, Huayi has not been going smoothly in the face of the impact of the Internet and new companies in recent years. Its original position as the leading private listed company is no longer guaranteed. The gap has obviously narrowed, and Guangguang has directly overtaken it. "I'm sorry, Mr. Wang, I just finished talking with China Film and Television and it has been decided."

Li Mu said calmly.

"Haha, it's okay. We will cooperate again when we have the opportunity."

Wang Zhongjun was silent for only a moment and then responded with a smile.

Huayi.

After Wang Zhongjun hung up the phone, he closed his eyes and meditated.

"Brother, it didn't work?"

Wang Zhonglei seemed to already know the result.

"Ok!"

"That's troublesome, the stock price has dropped by half now!"

Wang Zhonglei was a little anxious. Anyone who saw his billions of wealth disappear like this would feel distressed.

If some good news comes out at this time, the stock price may be able to pull up, just like the stock price rose a lot after Guangguang participated in the Mengying Media movie.

Wang Zhongjun also felt a pain in his body. His personal net worth has shrunk by nearly 10 billion.

Then he let out a breath and said undeniably:

"Ignore the stock price aspect for now. Now Xiaogang is the only 'backbone' of Huayi. Huayi needs to work hard on binding 'bundling artists'."

Wang Zhonglei focused his eyes and started discussing with Wang Zhongjun!
The summer movie market continues to be booming.

Although yesterday was a Monday working day, the movie market fell by less than half and remained at a high of 2.29 million. The box office of "Monster Hunt" exceeded 9000 million on the first day, and the cumulative box office of "The Return of the Monkey King" was 7.67 million. It is the current domestic summer release. The film's box office champion.

This summer, domestic films are booming and box office is soaring. Almost all the viewers’ social networks are flooded with the movie’s comments, stories, and controversies.
For example, the "Apology Craze" of "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain", the "Great Sage Craze" of "The Return of the Great Sage", the "Great Sage Fan Group" and so on.

In this summer season, the topic of British and American dramas is invalid, the topic of celebrity gossip is invalid, and the topic of overseas blockbusters is invalid.
People's entertainment tastes have begun to focus on domestic films, showing a booming trend.

And many viewers have begun to feel cultural pride.

"Although I used to like watching Hollywood blockbusters, I don't know when I started. Domestic movies feel completely worthy of Hollywood. Movies like Li Mu's are, without exaggeration, much better than those mentally retarded plots in Hollywood."

"After watching too many Hollywood movies, I feel that these movies are nothing more than that. Many movies produced by Mengying Media are completely worthy, and other companies also have good movies!"

"I watched "The Return of the Great Sage" as if it were a foreign cartoon, and the cultural story is easier to understand, and it seems easier to get involved in the drama."

There are a lot of comments like this during this summer vacation.

Of course, there are some who throw cold water on it, or the moon in foreign countries is big and round, and all kinds of people have it.
But overall, things are still developing for the better.

To this end, the Film Bureau also specially set a time to hold a theme meeting on the popularity of domestic movies during this year's summer vacation.

Li Mu had received the invitation at this moment, and Lu Yu handed it to Li Mu when he came to the company and sat down.

"Okay, I see."

Li Mu glanced at the time and saw the meeting later in the day.

Li Mu couldn't confirm whether he was free, but it would be nice to send a representative to accept the praise if he was not free.

This is almost a commendation meeting, among which "The Return of the Great Sage" is the biggest hit in the summer vacation. It also promotes traditional culture, creates classic IPs and creates animation history, so it is naturally the focus of praise.

The major summer vacation movies in the second half of the year are competing, and the film "The Other Side" directed by John Woo has also rushed to join in the fun.

As a movie at the end of July, the trailer and final poster of "Without Fear" have finally been released.

It's a pity that the popularity is mediocre. After all, the mediocre scenes of the first film still remain in people's memory. Moreover, none of the currently released movies seems to be worse than "The Other Side".

Although the trailer looks majestic and spectacular, viewers who are familiar with the routine already understand that that may be the most exciting part of the scene, and they cannot be fooled anymore.

Li Mu was still thinking about the role of "Operation Red Sea" at this time.

Male actors still have a lot of room to choose, but actresses are not so easy to choose.

Although many parties were already inquiring about the news, Li Mu smiled. None of these people knew the actual shooting situation, and immediately called Lu Yu.

"There are some rumors that "Operation Red Sea" requires military training for at least a month, with no cap, and it will go to Morocco, and you are not allowed to return home during the filming."

Li Mu didn't reveal too much. If you can't stand these conditions, then don't participate in this movie.

Li Mu plans to decide the role in advance, and the longer the training time, the better. The script will be polished slowly, and he will be in control without being hasty.

As soon as the gossip came out, some actors in the industry who were interested but couldn't bear the hardship were discouraged.

(End of this chapter)