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Chapter 831: Accepting and dividing tasks

"It's so urgent, we have to go."

After hanging up the phone, Li Mu muttered something, but he couldn't figure out what it was for a moment.

Li Mu didn't think much about it afterwards. He had some time anyway and it didn't disrupt any plans, so he put it aside, picked up some documents handed to him by his secretary in the morning, took a look at them, and signed his name.

The explosive power of "The Wandering Earth" has indeed weakened as it enters its third week, with an average daily box office of less than 200 million yuan, which is still continuing. However, at this point in time, there are not many movies released in the industry, and some have been rescheduled or are low-budget movies.

Instead, there were two movies released from Hollywood, the re-release of "The Lion King" and "The Secret Life of Pets 2".

The former did have some box office influence, earning over 9600 million on the first day, while the latter was directly abandoned by the audience, and after just a few days of release, it still grossed tens of millions.

Early in the morning on Friday, Li Mu packed up simply and went to the Film Bureau.

As soon as I got off the car, I found a slightly fat man in front of me who was talking on the phone and seemed to be sighing.

Li Mu felt that the person in front of him should be Yu Dong. After all, his figure was very suitable. After the other party hung up the phone, Li Mu also walked forward quickly and shouted, "Mr. Yu."

The latter also turned around quickly and shook hands with Li Mu, "Hey, Director Li!"

"I guessed it was you!"

"Haha, Director Li, you probably saw that from my figure."

Yu Dong smiled indifferently. If other people said so, he might not plan when he was happy, but when he was unhappy, he would have to give the other person a little displeasure.

But if Li Mu said that, then everyone was just joking.

"No, it's about temperament. It must be a unique temperament."

Li Mu naturally wouldn't say to your face, "You look fat," so he recognized the words. After all, there is no need to joke like that sometimes.

"Why, Mr. Yu seems to be troubled. Is it because of Ruihua's incident?"

Li Mu had more or less guessed the reason for Yu Dong's troubles. It was most likely caused by Ruihua Accounting Firm, which was known as the "largest local accounting firm".

After all, Bona chose it as its auditing agency. However, the fact that Ruihua Accounting Firm was investigated by the China Securities Regulatory Commission a few days ago for Kangdexin's inflated profits and other incidents caused an uproar in the entire financial field.

After all, the amount of fraud committed by Kangdexin was as high as 119 billion yuan, an amount that really blinded countless domestic financial and financial professionals, as well as shareholders who were deeply harmed.

As Ruihua Accounting Firm is under investigation, Bona Film Group, which naturally chose Ruihua as its auditing agency, will also be affected by its IPO, and there is a high probability that there will be problems with the audit.

"That's right. This is really unlucky. The news came back that Bona's listing review will be suspended."

Yu Dong also sighed, "This back and forth has wasted another year or two. It will take another year to resubmit and start over. Where can I find so much time to wait?"

After hearing what Yu Dong said, Li Mu could only say that Yu Dong indeed had bad luck in this regard.

"Hey, let's not talk about this anymore. Director Li, do you know why the bureau called us here? I asked around, but there's no sign of them. It's pretty urgent."

Yu Dong then asked Li Mu in a low voice.

"I don't know either!" Li Mu also shook his head.

"Then this time it's quite mysterious."

"Hey, President Yu, is that Director Ming in front?" Li Mu looked forward and suddenly felt that the figure coming from the left was very familiar, and looked very much like Ming Zhenjiang from the August 1st Film Studio.

"Hey, you know what, it seems to be true." Yu Dong looked forward following Li Mu's gaze and confirmed it.

"Hey, Director Li, President Yu!" Ming Zhenjiang seemed to have noticed the two of them and quickly greeted them.

"Director Ming, long time no see, long time no see!"

The three of them exchanged a few words of greeting and prepared to enter the bureau together.

"Director Ming, do you know why the bureau called us here this time?" Yu Dong also asked about Ming Zhenjiang.

Li Mu also looked over curiously.

"Mr. Yu, Director Liu, don't be anxious. You will know soon. It can only be said that it is a good thing." Ming Zhenjiang smiled and did not reveal it. He just told the two that it was a good thing.

This made the two even more curious.

Then the three of them came to the designated meeting room. In the meeting room, Huang Jianxin was on the phone and seemed very busy.

When Huang Jianxin saw the three people coming, he hurriedly made arrangements on the phone and then hung up.

"Director Ming, Director Li, and General Manager Yu."

"Director Huang, aren't you still busy with "My Motherland and Me"? Why were you called here?" "Who said I wasn't called here? The bureau didn't say anything, but they just called me here." Huang Jianxin was obviously unaware of the situation.

Ming Zhenjiang sat down happily.

The next person who came in made Yu Dong have some guesses in his mind, and Li Mu roughly guessed something.

Because the person who came in was screenwriter Lan Xiaolong, the screenwriter of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" in 03, and the screenwriter of "Soldier Assault" and "My Captain, My Regiment"
"Teacher Lan Xiaolong!" Several people also greeted him.

Soon after, Film Bureau Director Wang Xiaohui, Deputy Director Zhang Hongsen and other people from the Film Bureau arrived.

Li Mu was a little surprised. After all, now that the Film Bureau was under the management of the Central Propaganda Department, the director position was held by the deputy of the Central Propaganda Department, so many things were usually handled by Zhang Hongsen.

"I am very happy to invite you all here. As you all know, next year will be the 70th anniversary of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. This is not only to pay tribute, but also to let the people recall this true event.

And as far as I know, the United States is also preparing to shoot a film based on the background of Changjin Lake, so we must get ahead of them and let everyone know what real history is."

Wang Xiaohui first explained the background, and Li Mu immediately understood. His guess just now was exactly right. After all, Lan Xiaolong was the screenwriter of "Changjin Lake".

Then Zhang Hongsen began to assign specific matters.

"Our idea was to have Bayi, Mengying and Bona jointly produce this tribute film. Since time was tight and the task was urgent, we directly assigned them.

Director Li Mu will be the chief director and Director Huang Jianxin will be the chief producer. The film must start shooting before the beginning of next year and be completed before the middle of the year.

The script written by Lan Xiaolong is about 130,000 words. After our preliminary assessment, we found that it would be too late for one director to direct it, so the shooting method was similar to "My Motherland and Me", with three directors directing. However, unlike "My Motherland and Me", what we need is a movie that truly restores the history of that year."

The meeting was not long, and according to the Film Bureau, as long as there was a need, even if Li Mu and his colleagues could not handle it, the Film Bureau would coordinate it, which could be said to have given the green light.

Even before leaving, Zhang Hongsen told Li Mu to "find a suitable director"

When Li Mu heard this, he understood that this was a hint for him to find a heavyweight director to direct the film. After all, the level of this mission was not low.

After Wang Xiaohui, Zhang Hongsen and others left, Li Mu and his friends were not in a hurry to leave.

"Director Li, President Yu, right? I told you it's a good thing!" Ming Zhenjiang said with a smile, "This mission depends on you, Director Li."

Obviously, by directly appointing Li Mu as the chief director, the Film Bureau has determined that Li Mu can make this film well.

Of course, this premise is also due to the support of many movies such as "Operation Red Sea" and "The Wandering Earth", otherwise it would not have been formulated in this way.

"Director Li, then we will listen to you." Huang Jianxin also said with a smile.

Yu Dong also nodded in agreement, because according to what Zhang Hongsen said just now, Mengying Media was the leading one this time, and Bayi and Bona were only supporting.

"This time the time is really tight and the task is urgent." Li Mu smiled, "Teacher Lan, can you send me the script?"

"Sure, Director Li, I'll bring it now." Lan Xiaolong immediately took out the script, a thick stack of papers, after all, it had 130,000 words.

"Director Huang, I may need your help with the scriptwriting. You are a professional in this area."

Li Mu flipped through it and immediately thought that Huang Jianxin was indeed very suitable to be the screenwriter on this subject.

"Director Li, you are asking me to be both a donkey and a horse." Huang Jianxin couldn't help but smile bitterly, but he didn't refuse, "Okay!"

"Director Ming, President Yu, the three of us will work together on the preliminary preparations, but I'd like to trouble you two to pay more attention. I'll go talk to the other two directors."

Li Mu thought about it and took on the most troublesome task. After all, the remaining two directors were the ones who took on the bulk of the work.

"That's fine!" Ming Zhenjiang and Yu Dong also nodded.

This was basically the preliminary decision, and Li Mu also felt a lot of pressure, as this specially assigned movie was not easy to make.

After returning home, Li Mu carefully studied the script of "Changjin Lake" which Lan Xiaolong had polished for five years. There were many parts that needed to be changed. Obviously, it was not perfect enough, at least not enough for the movie "Changjin Lake".

Li Mu was just confused by the content and finally understood why the filming of the original version was so difficult. Although there were other force majeure factors, the most important one was that the plot was too complicated.

If we don't find three directors to shoot the film, it would not be finished in one winter. It would take three winters, and there would be no time limit for its release. What kind of gift is this?

"It's such a big job." Liu Yifei sat next to Li Mu and couldn't help but sigh as she looked at such a thick stack of scripts.

"Yes, we still need three people to do it. Although it can shorten the time, communication and connection are also a problem, and the script is not yet fully perfect."

Li Mu couldn't help but rub his forehead. For a moment, he felt that the fact that "The Wandering Earth" swept the schedule was not so attractive anymore. He didn't even have the heart to look at the latest data.

The preliminary work for "Changjin Lake" must be completed. Even if it is delayed due to force majeure, the bureau needs to give an explanation.

Seeing this, Liu Yifei gently pushed Li Mu's hands away with her delicate little hands and rubbed both sides of Li Mu's forehead.

I have to say that compared to kneading by myself, Liu Yifei's strength seems just right
(End of this chapter)