China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 562 The ugly talk ahead

Entering August, the annual Venice Film Festival announced this year’s shortlist.

For Chinese-language films, this year's three major film festivals are considered a good year. Needless to say, the grand occasion of Cannes is natural. In Venice, Chinese director Zhao Liang's "Sorrow" was shortlisted for the main competition.

Guan Hu's "Old Paoer" became the closing film of the film festival.

Hou Hsiao-hsien even served as a judge.

Chinese-speaking forces are second only to Hollywood in the film festival.

The development of Chinese-language films in recent years has indeed brought a lot of help to Chinese-language filmmakers. After all, films still need the market to make money.

On the other hand, on the film industry side, "The Lady of the Dynasty: Yang Guifei" and "The Taiping Wheel" released at the end of July both failed.

The results of more than 2800 million and more than 600 million are shocking.

Especially the former "A Woman of the Dynasty: Concubine Yang".

You must know that there have been hints of a luxurious team for this movie since the project was established, and it has gone through several twists and turns until it is released now.

The project was established in 2009, and has changed producers (Britain, South Korea, and Japan successively invested, and then all withdrew), directors (originally directed by Korean director Kwak Jae-yong of "My Sassy Girl"), actors (Wang Leehom, Oguri Not only was the scene deleted, but these two characters were not included in the new script).

From the title and script to the scenes, costumes and props, everything was overturned and remade. Everything that Guo Zaiyong had done was scrapped. It was ten times more difficult than "Monster Hunt". The only thing that remained unchanged was the heroine Fan Bingbing.

Among the "group of relatives and friends" who have provided help and support are the following well-known names: Zhang Yimou, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Gu Changwei, Jiang Wen, Feng Xiaogang, Li Yu, Xu Jinglei, Li Yu, He Ping, Cao Baoping, Zhang Yibai , Ge You, Wu Qilong, Wang Qianyuan
Anyone who reads this list will be a little confused.

However, when someone watched this movie, a line appeared at the end:

"I dedicate this film to love and you."

It makes people suddenly realize that this movie was not made for the audience at all.

"It's just a fun work!"

This movie is more like I made it to show my friends what I have learned.

Otherwise, who can make a movie and be so willful that it seems like a person is writing a private letter?
However, the box office is also very real. After only two days, it began to disappear.

As for John Woo's "The Wheel", it was pretty much what the audience and the industry thought. No one was willing to pay for this bad movie.

John Woo, who used to be a famous director in China, is somewhat ironic in today's era when the box office has reached 2 billion, but he failed to reach 10 million on the first day.

This also makes people wonder whether the era of directors in Hong Kong is almost over.

Nowadays, several major directors in the Mainland, especially Li Mu, are like the anchor of the Mainland film and television industry. With the new generation of directors emerging in endlessly, the Mainland box office is rising steadily, which can be said to be prosperous.

For example, Xue Xiaolu's "BJ Meets Seattle: A Love Letter" just finished production on August 8 and has already been heavily promoted by the media.

The media's recognition of this newly completed film is several notches higher than that of "The Wheel".

"La La Land", which was released in late August, is well known in the industry and is also the most anticipated movie by audiences in August.

At this moment, Li Mu is busy casting for "Operation Red Sea".

After some selection by the casting director, there were probably more than fifty candidates who auditioned.

This time, ten leading actors and supporting actors have to be selected. The rest do not need to go to Mengying Media to audition. Hai Zheng and Mengying will select people from other places.

Of course, a large number of soldiers can be selected directly from the navy. There is nothing more realistic than real shooting.

After the selection, the captain and deputy captain of the Jiaolong Commando were ultimately appointed by Zhang Yi and Wu Jing. These two troops had trained several times and indeed had more experience in this area.

As for the selection of snipers and machine gunners, Huang Jingyu, Jiang Luxia and Wang Yutian were qualified.

The one who is slightly confused is who to choose, Hai Qing or Yu Nan, as the reporter.

"Let the sea be clear."

Li Mu tapped the pen in his hand on the table and then said.

Yu Nan's military flavor is still stronger. A war reporter is still a reporter in essence, and the cultural atmosphere needs to be stronger to make Fang Xian authentic.

"Let them all come in, and I'll talk to them about what's going to happen next."

After Li Mu confirmed the last role, he gave instructions to the casting director.

The latter quickly walked out of the door.

After a while, all the confirmed actors were in place.

"Let me tell you once again that in order to achieve absolute authenticity and truly show the naval style of this shooting, we have invited retired snipers from the Jiaolong Commando Force and two special instructors to conduct military training for you.

Half a month of military posture, 120 hours of firearms training, and 200 minutes of physical training that must be adhered to every day, including vertical takeoff and landing, running with weights, and crawling in the desert. The actors need to be fully armed and carry to kilograms of equipment for training every day.
Moreover, we have to shoot in the African desert for several months. The specific shooting time depends on everyone's progress. You can't leave the group without holidays. Military training is also a must. Acting skills are not important, it just depends on whether your willpower can bear it.

The ugly talk is ahead, if it doesn’t work, go home as soon as possible! "

Li Mu's eyes were slightly serious. He was not being alarmist, but Hai Zheng had already made a special training plan, that's all.

It is better to quit now than to quit when the training is no longer acceptable. Then Li Mu will have to select new people for training, which is not a waste of time.

"Complete the mission resolutely!"

Zhang Yi and Wu Jing were the first to come out and assure themselves that these specially trained people are different.

"Director Li, I'm not afraid of martial arts training, as long as you can save my life!" Jiang Luxia was the first to speak from the girls' side.

Li Mu was a little surprised, but nodded slightly.

Then everyone came out one after another to ensure that no one wanted to quit.

After all, few people are willing to give up and waste resources like Li Mu's movies, let alone get selected with such difficulty.

"Okay, someone will notify you within this week to join the group training!"

Li Mu nodded with satisfaction. After handling the casting matter, he called Tang Jing from Hai Zheng directly.

"Director Tang, I'll leave the special training to you!"

"Director Li, don't worry! I will definitely let you see different effects before shooting."

Tang Jing promised directly, "But if they can't accept the special training, you can't blame me."

"It's natural!"

Li Mu nodded.

"By the way, Director Li, the latest script has been reviewed by the leadership. The feedback is that the script is very realistic and accurate. Go ahead and do it boldly. According to Feng Ji, if you revise it again, it will probably be finalized."

"Okay, understand!"

Li Mu was also a little happy. The review speed was so fast, more than one step faster than "I'm Not the God of Medicine" which was still going through layers of approval by relevant departments.

"It's true that there are no empty warriors under this great reputation!"

After Tang Jing hung up the phone, she sighed slightly and said that after the script was revised according to Li Mu's suggestions, the overall feel was more than one level higher than before, and even the feedback from the leaders was full of praise.

Compared with the previous script that only praised the power of the navy, this version is more real and moving, with flesh and blood.

"Director Li Mu's new film "Operation Red Sea" has completed casting. New and old actors will perform the military masterpiece together. It is reported that most of the actors will need to participate in military special effects to ensure the quality of the film's shooting."

The media had already displayed various reports on the main headlines of entertainment websites that day.

A large number of movie fans are secretly looking forward to how different this theme movie will be.

Li Mu returned home nearly an hour earlier than before. After all, there was a pregnant woman at home.

It's just that Liu Yifei's belly is not obvious at about two months old, but she occasionally smiles much more gently than before.

Occasionally, my hand can't help but touch my belly, even if it's not chubby yet.

"Mom, can you stop being so light all the time? I've been eating for a few days."

Liu Yifei couldn't help complaining.

Since she became pregnant, Liu's mother's dishes have begun to become fixed. She completely follows the doctor's recommendations and cooks foods such as stir-fried pork liver with tomatoes, green vegetables and tofu, which are rich in iron, vitamin B12 and folic acid and are relatively easy to digest.

"It's so greasy, aren't you afraid of morning sickness?"

Liu Xiaoli ignored Liu Yifei's complaints and responded casually.

At this moment, Little Chengzi, who was lying on the ground, stood up and slowly walked towards the door.

Then there was the sound of vehicles.

Liu Yifei blinked her beautiful eyes, then chuckled and picked up the little orange, then walked to the door, "I didn't expect you to know!"

As soon as Li Mu got out of the car, he saw Liu Yifei waiting for him in front holding a small orange.

"Are you washed?"

Li Mu asked after seeing this.

"Mom washes it every day now, and the fur is almost gone."

Liu Yifei complained, which made Li Mu smile.

"Hey, why hasn't Shu Chang come here to eat in the past few days?"

Li Mu walked into the living room and asked subconsciously. You must know that Shu Chang lives not far away. In addition, he has lived here for many years and it is common for him to have a meal. There is also a room that was reserved for her before, and it is still there to this day. Keep it.

"She said the food was too bland and she couldn't bear it anymore, so she went out to have hot pot with someone today."

As Liu Yifei spoke, she couldn't help but reveal an envious expression. She also wanted to eat it.

"Thank you for your hard work. It's okay. I'll take you out for a toothpaste ceremony occasionally!"

Li Mu gently touched Liu Yifei's hair. Although the diet was still mainly for pregnant women and Liu's mother kept a close eye on it, there was nothing wrong with having a toothpaste from time to time.

"Yeah!" Liu Yifei nodded fiercely, then took a look and saw that Liu Xiaoli didn't come out, so she whispered, "How about we go have a meal this week."

"okay!"

Seeing Liu Yifei's pitiful look, Li Mu could not agree to her.

"Then you come to convince my mother, hehe, I leave it to you."

(End of this chapter)