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Next, at noon, He Mu called Li Wenhua, Lan Mingzhu, and Dewey Cook to have a meal together. Of course, it was not just a simple meal.

Li Wenhua adapted the "Peng Yu Case" which has had a great influence in recent years into "A Little Thing". The mobilized resources are quite considerable, much better than many young directors in their 40s and 20s who have been in the industry for more than ten or twenty years.

Therefore, the quality of Li Wenhua's movie "Virgo" is quite good. Even his postgraduate tutor Tian Zhuangzhuang gave a very high evaluation, and actively helped him operate, bringing this ultra-low-cost movie with an investment of only about one million to the Tokyo International Film Festival. The film festival has now been successfully shortlisted. This film He Mu has the name of a producer, and he has watched Li Wenhua film a few scenes. This meal can be regarded as congratulations to him. At such a young age he can bring His first work entered the main competition unit of the East Film Festival, which is quite an achievement, which shows that Li Wenhua is still very talented as a director. He Mu proudly said to Li Wenhua, "Not bad, very good. The style of the year."

You must know that He Mu was also shortlisted for the Tokyo International Film Festival for his directorial debut, and he also made the nine-year-old Xiao Xiang the youngest actress of the East Film Festival, and the youngest actress in China, even though she was never there. She does not have her own publicity platform for activities in front of the public, but she is the actress with the most box office appeal and international influence in China.

Li Wenhua belonged to unintentional planting of willows, but it was just a work of practice, but it was loved by the judges of the East Film Festival, while Lan Mingzhu and Dewey Cook deliberately arranged flowers, but unfortunately the flowers did not bloom. The "Panda Burning Incense" co-directed by the two of them "is adapted from the 07 Internet-sensation panda burning incense virus transmission incident, it tells the story of a small person with outstanding talent, whose whole life has undergone earth-shaking changes after he first came into contact with the Internet and wrote a program.

He Mu really had nothing to say to these two brothers. He didn't send a producer to restrict their creations, and he even acted as a middleman. He invited Liu Ye, a big-name actor.Although Liu Ye's development in recent years has not kept up with Chen Kun and Huang Xiaoming's pace, even He Mu, a newcomer who debuted in 05, is far behind, but after all, he has two heavyweight actor trophies, the Golden Horse and the Golden Rooster, and his background is still very strong. , Not everyone can be hired, let alone two new directors, if they are not He Mu's assistant director.If He Muju hadn't been the broker, this cooperation would not have been possible.

"Panda Burning Incense" was filmed almost at the same time as "A Little Thing". As a new director, participating in the East Film Festival is a good choice, but Lan Mingzhu and Dewey did not have the luck of Li Wenhua, and their film was blocked in the main competition outside the unit.Zhuzi and Dewey are quite depressed because they can only participate in the film festival. One of the purposes of this meal is that He Mu wants to untie them.

"I've seen both of your films. "A Little Thing" cast Fu Dalong as the leading actor. Obviously, he didn't have any hope for the box office, but Fu Dalong acted very well. The cultural handling is very sophisticated, and the shooting techniques are very realistic. Yes. Discussions on social hot topics are very in-depth and have warning significance, such movies are easy to win awards, so don't feel unbalanced, Zhuzi."

"Let's talk about your "Panda Burning Incense". After watching it, I think it is much better than I expected. The production cost of the film itself is not high. Except for the salaries of a few big names, the funds left for you to play are not very abundant, but you The film has the texture of a large film, it looks very compact and dizzying, it can be said to be a high-quality commercial film with no urine point, the important thing is. This film has both commercial and artistic qualities. Although the artistic quality is not so outstanding, but Word-of-mouth is not bad, and Liu Ye’s appeal is also good. I suggest that he open Sina Weibo, this second product is estimated to attract a lot of viewers, the box office should not be bad, anyway, it will definitely not lose money."

He Mu knew that Lan Mingzhu and Dewey Cook were not so obsessed with awards. They both wanted to make achievements in commercial films. It can be seen from the "Panda Burning Incense" with a small investment that they have a good grasp of the rhythm of commercial films. They are quite in place, and they are a pair of directors with great potential, so he said again, "Let me put it this way, if your movie's box office exceeds [-] million, I will invest in a big production for you."

"Is it one for one person, or two people?" Dewey, a Sino-US joint venture, asked.

"Of course it's two people. The two of you are almost ready to go out alone now. If you want to make a movie alone, the investment will be halved."

Lan Mingzhu bumped into Dewey, "Boss, it's not so easy to cut watermelon to break 1.2 million. Look at those blockbusters a while ago, including Fa Ge and Liu Yifei's "Tongque Terrace" which was difficult to exceed 1.4 million, and the super classic "White Deer Plain". "It's only 4000 million now, and the first "Start from Zero" of the so-hot Tai Chi series hyped by Huayi Brothers is only [-] million now. It's a joke to say that it surpasses the "Zibuyu" series, and Zhang Ziyi, Cecilia Cheung "Dangerous Liaisons", the three Asian superstars' "Dangerous Liaisons", now has a box office of more than [-] million, and it is going to die. The production cost of any of these films is several times that of our "Panda Burning Incense". How do you make us compare? ah."

"It's not as good as the top, but it's more than the bottom. Fan Bingbing and Shao Feng's "Second Exposure" has already grossed close to [-] million at the box office, and your production costs seem to be similar. I'll leave it to you." He Mu smiled, the movies that Lan Mingzhu mentioned were all popular Chinese movies competing for the National Day schedule a few days ago, but unfortunately the reputation is not good, and the box office is not very satisfactory. For the time being, it has not exceeded [-] million of.

Li Wenhua also interjected, "The performance of Chinese-language films this year is generally unsatisfactory. The quality is not good. Another reason is that so many Hollywood films have flooded in at once, and Chinese-language films have been crowded out. A lot of living space, like "Zi Bu Yu 2" is a movie with a good schedule and high quality. I heard that the special fund for national film development gave you a bonus because the box office of "Zibuyu 2" was too high, right?"

He Mu nodded, "The special fund has released four subsidy policies for film studios and theaters, one of which is to subsidize domestic 3D and giant-screen movies. The box office is between 5000 million and 1 million yuan, and the reward is 100 million; From 1 million to 3 million yuan, the reward is 200 million yuan; from 3 million to 5 million yuan, the reward is 500 million yuan; if it is more than 5 million yuan, the reward is 1000 million yuan. Now only "Zibuyu 1000" and "Painted Skin 2" have won the 2 million prize. A giant screen, a 3D."

Speaking of this, He Mu is still a little proud, not only "Zi Bu Yu 2" has achieved a new height in the box office of Chinese films, but also because driven by "Zi 2", the Chinese giant screen has now been accepted by many theaters, Except for Wanda, which is the general agent of imax in Asia and did not install it, the other top ten theaters have at least 5 Chinese giant screens. Now the Chinese giant screens can compete with imax in the mainland, because the effect is good, and the price is affordable. Not much higher than ordinary 2D, it has become the first choice for many viewers to watch movies.