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Chapter 678 Korisko's Invitation

With less than two days left before the filming of "Dying to Survive" was to start, Li Mu took the opportunity to deal with the company's internal affairs. After all, this movie would take two or three months at the shortest, and four or five months at the longest.

"Mr. Li, the distributor of Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back came to us and promised that as long as the film's first-day screening rate reaches 40%, they will give Mengying Media Cinema a certain amount of distribution fees."

"I remember there were seven movies in the Spring Festival this year, right?"

Li Mu smiled and said, this is the advantage of the cinema chain, not just for the sake of competing for the first day's screening schedule, the distributors will take the initiative to come to the door and give money.

"Yes, Mr. Li, there are also Jackie Chan's Kung Fu Yoga, Han Han's Riding the Wind and Waves, Wang Baoqiang's Journey into India, and Wanda's investment and distribution of The Village of Forgetting."

Liu Weijuan told Li Mu everything one by one.

"With this lineup, we can't give you 40% of the first-day distribution fee. Let's schedule the film as normal. There's no need to earn this little distribution fee."

Li Mu said calmly that among the seven movies, "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" wanted a 40% share, obviously wanting to compete for the subsequent screenings. After all, the subsequent screenings were all based on the box office performance of the previous few days.

But this also means that the scores of the remaining parts will be pitifully low.

"Okay, Mr. Li."

Liu Weijuan had just stood up and left when Lu Yu knocked on the door and walked in.

"Mr. Li, I received a call from the chairman of the Berlin Film Festival Organizing Committee, Korisko, who hopes to communicate with you. If it is convenient, I will transfer the call to you."

"Huh? Colisco?" Li Mu was a little confused. He thought about it silently in his mind. He didn't have any movies that needed to be submitted to the film festival.

"Okay, take it."

"Mr. Chairman!" Li Mu picked up the phone and greeted him after seeing that the call had been transferred to him.

"Lee, it's nice to talk to you." Korisko said with a smile, "You should have guessed the purpose of my call to you this time. On behalf of the Berlin Film Festival and the organizing committee, I sincerely invite you to participate in the 67th Berlin Film Festival.

Of course, as the chairman of the jury of the main competition unit"

Li Mu couldn't help but feel a little surprised. He thought he was invited to be a judge, but he didn't expect that he was directly invited to be the chairman of the jury of the competition unit.

But when I thought about the filming of "Dying to Survive", if I were to be the chairman of the jury, it would delay my work for at least half a month, which would be a huge waste of time.

Although he agreed, he will become the youngest chairman of the jury for the main competition unit of one of the three major European film festivals.

The last such a young international jury president was the 1966th Cannes Jury President in 19, who invited Italian actress Sophia Loren, who was called a legend of the entire 20th century and was regarded as the dream lover by countless men.

Sophia Loren had both the sexiness of Monroe and acting skills that surpassed Hepburn, and she was not yet 32 ​​years old that year.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Chairman. Although I'm looking forward to the Berlin Film Festival, my new movie will start shooting the day after tomorrow. If I participate in it, it means I will be out of work for half a month, which is very detrimental to my full commitment to work."

Li Mu also declined the invitation very tactfully, although the invitation was indeed very attractive.

"What a pity!"

Korisko also said with a hint of regret that inviting Li Mu was a decision made by the organizing committee after careful consideration. Not only does he have unparalleled honors, but he is also exceptionally young. For the slightly serious Berlin, this is an opportunity to rejuvenate, just like Cannes did back then.

"I hope to work with you before I resign as president of the Berlin Film Festival. Maybe I will call you next year."

Korisko was also joking. Since Li Mu refused, it proved that he really couldn't leave and he could only look for someone else.

"Yes, I look forward to our next cooperation."

Li Mu smiled. Although he didn't know how long he would have to wait for the next time, after all, each invitation would have corresponding considerations.

"You really refuse?"

Ning Hao and Wen Muye were stunned when they learned that Li Mu rejected the chairmanship of the main competition unit of the Berlin Film Festival in order to shoot "Dying to Survive".

"No, I think you can go. With Makino and I here, are you still afraid that the crew will turn the tables?"

Ning Hao obviously values ​​this honor very much, which is something many people cannot desire, after all, it is one of the top three in the world.

Moreover, only Gong Li, Zhang Yimou, Wong Kar-wai and Li An have served as chairmen of the main competition units of the three major film festivals.

Even Brother Chen Kai has only served as a judge.

"I've already refused. Why should I call back and beg Korisko?"

Li Mu shrugged, looking indifferent.

"Let me first tell you about the assignment. After the filming starts, I will take Xu Zheng to India to shoot his part. It will probably take about a week. Muye will go to Nanjing to shoot some supporting roles. Ning Hao, you will be in charge!"

Li Mu arranged everything for them with just one sentence.

The main shooting location of "Dying to Survive" is in Nanjing, but the lead actor Xu Zheng has his own scenes in India, so Li Mu needs to finish this part before he can come back.

But the crew can't just stay there and wait, so the assistant director usually has to take charge of shooting part of the scenes.

Li Mu is relatively confident about Wen Muye. He is indeed very talented in realistic themes, and Ning Hao is also watching over him.

"Come on, this kid is eager for this. I'll keep an eye on him for you. Nothing will happen to him."

Ning Hao agreed directly and patted Wen Muye on the shoulder.

The latter nodded confidently, obviously eager to try. The Great Wall broke 4 million in 5 days, which is not a big hit, but it is also remarkable.

However, on the 23rd of this week, "The Great Wall" will face a head-on impact from "The Ferryman" and "Railroad Tigers", which also have all-star casts.

The former features Wong Kar-wai, and also has stars like Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Angelababy, and Eason Chan joining in. The latter has stars like Jackie Chan, Huang Zitao, and Wang Kai joining in, so the growth rate is bound to slow down significantly.

After returning home, Li Mu also mentioned this matter to Liu Yifei. Unexpectedly, Liu Yifei's reaction was very similar to that of Ning Hao and Wen Muye.

"What a shame. Actually, it's not impossible to postpone the shooting date."

Liu Yifei was also very sorry.

In the minds of people in the film and television industry, the status of the Big Three is indeed very high, otherwise everyone would not be proud of winning awards in the past years.

"There will be opportunities in the future, no rush!"

"That's true, but if you participate in Berlin, you will break the youngest record, which will go down in film history. At least you will be mentioned until someone breaks your record. Look, the record in 1966 has not been broken until now."

Liu Yifei also counted for Li Mu. Sophia Loren was born in September, and Li Mu was born in August. However, Sophia Loren participated in Cannes in May and June, and Berlin in February.

This also means that Li Mu missed this year's Berlin and will not break the record of the youngest jury chairman of the Big Three.

"It's all just empty reputation."

Li Mu did feel it was a pity, but it was more important to make a good movie. He couldn't just run off to be the chairman of a film festival halfway through shooting and then come back again.

The original shooting schedule included the Chinese New Year holiday and some other matters. If there is another one and a half month break, that would be disastrous.

"Well, remember to be careful when you go to India and eat less of their food. I heard it's very unhygienic."

Liu Yifei began to worry again about Li Mu's upcoming trip, even though it was only about a week away.

"Oh, Masala, huh?"

Li Mu smiled. Liu Yifei had read a lot of introductions about India these days, in which all kinds of food were made with masala. Liu Yifei told Li Mu not to eat any of them when he came over.

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The opening ceremony on Thursday was grand.

There are far more mainstream media coming than at ordinary events.

"Director Li's movies are indeed highly anticipated."

Zhou Yiwei stayed with the main creators, and couldn't help but sigh when he saw all kinds of guns and cameras in front of him.

Wang Chuanjun, Tan Zhuo, Zhang Yu and others also nodded.

It turns out that the gap between directors is too big. When some directors start filming, no one comes to greet them, let alone so many media coming.

"Let's go. Director Wen called us. Director Li and Director Ning are here."

Xu Zheng yawned, then saw the message on his phone and greeted a few people.

Li Mu walked in the middle, Ning Hao, Wen Muye and Han Jianu were on both sides, and the main creators followed behind a step slower. The media were already impatient to conduct the next round of interviews.

Li Mu also knew about this, so he specially arranged a half-hour Q&A session, during which almost all the main creators were asked all the questions.

After a ceremony, "Dying to Survive" was officially launched.

However, there was no filming today. After the opening ceremony, the crew had a dinner party on the first day.

"Director Wen is in charge of the filming in Nanjing. Please cooperate with me. If there is anything that the crew cannot handle during the week I am away, please contact Producer Ning and Producer Han directly and they will solve it for you."

In addition to deepening the ties between the crew, this dinner was also mainly to encourage the supporting actors to cooperate more with Wen Muye's work and to arrange some work for them.

"Understood, Director Li!"

Everyone nodded.

"Old Xu, we'll leave for India tomorrow!" After Li Mu sat down, he confirmed with Xu Zheng again.

"Understood, Director Li!"

Early on Friday morning, Liu Yifei sent Li Mu to the airport. This time, they declared a return route and could fly directly by private jet.

Traffic in the capital city had begun to increase slowly in the early morning, and a traffic light in front of a bus stop stopped all vehicles.

Liu Yifei took a look and saw that the poster of "Railroad Tigers" which was released today was placed on the bus stop.

"By the way, I remember that Long Ge's son also starred in Railroad Tigers, but why didn't he appear in the poster?"

Liu Yifei took a quick look and found that all the main creators and supporting actors were there, except for Jaycee Chan.

"There is no hope for a comeback in China. I found someone some time ago, but..."

Li Mu shrugged his shoulders. It was good enough to be on camera, but he also wanted to appear on the poster. How could that be possible?

(End of this chapter)