The superstar starts from the creation camp

Chapter 127 The Essence of Comedy!
The College Student Film Festival has a total of six projects, the opening ceremony - film collection and awards - film tour at the university branch venue - college students' creative night - the main venue screening of the shortlisted films, the crew meeting and the closing award ceremony on the last day!
The few items in the early stage basically have nothing to do with the crew, and the highlight is the screening, crew meeting, and closing award ceremony!
Therefore, Liang Hongfei was basically responsible for the interviews in the early stage, and Li Mu didn't arrive in the capital until the May Day holiday.

Because "Crazy Stone" was shortlisted for best director and best screenwriter, Guo Tao and Liu Hua were the only two leading actors from the crew to participate in the film festival.

"Mr. Guo, Mr. Liu, thank you for your hard work." Li Mu actually felt sorry for Guo Tao, because his performance is actually capable of being nominated for best actor, but "Crazy Stone" is a comedy!
Comedies are "unpopular" in any awards in the world, because in the subconscious of most people, comedy is funny, just like clowns. Comedy scoffed.

Even Xing Ye, who is known as the king of comedy, has only won the throne of Best Actor at the Academy Award!as for other comedians
Guo Tao and Liu Hua didn't care about it. They had experienced this kind of situation not once or twice. Little actors, nothing else, just a good attitude, I was lucky to lose my life!
The meeting with the crew during the film tour is a good means of publicity, and it attracts quite a lot of media.

In just a few days, Li Mu and the others accepted interviews from more than 30 media, including several foreign media, which was considered a hit.

Of course, the happiest thing is that during the tour, the good word-of-mouth of "Crazy Stone" has been continued, the screening hall is almost full, and Guo Tao and Liu Hua are so happy.

"Teachers, that's where it's at. The actual income from our screenings has already earned back the investment in the film!" Liang Hongfei laughed.

Guo Tao and Liu Hua were both stunned: "Really, really?"

"That's still fake, if you don't believe me, just ask him!"

Seeing Li Mu nodding with a smile, the two were also very happy, and joked: "Then you have to give us a big red envelope then!"

"Of course, I'm still afraid that the two teachers won't accept it!" Li Mu agreed, reasoning that the salaries of Guo Tao and Liu Hua are really pitifully low.

The sum did not exceed 20. According to the box office practice in the industry, it is reasonable to pack a red envelope.

"Haha, this kid thinks pretty well, no one thinks he has too much money!" Guo Tao scolded with a smile!
The closing award ceremony on the last day is the highlight. The college student film festival has a very high status in the mainland film industry. It can be regarded as a springboard. Many excellent film directors and actors have emerged from it, and there are not many international famous ones. few.

That night was also a gathering of stars, Li Mu glanced at it, not to mention all the top ten film and television companies present, there were nearly a hundred film and television production and distribution companies present, compared with them, "Muzi Studio" is a small workshop.

"Teacher Guo, what are you looking at?" Li Mu couldn't help joking when he saw Guo Tao's dull expression.

Only then did Guo Tao come back to his senses and smile wryly: "It's just you, the first time you're on such a high-profile occasion, can you not be nervous!"

Naturally, their positions are very far back, basically reaching the farthest corner that the camera can capture.

"Hey, aren't those people from Huayi? What are they doing here?"

"I don't know, could it be that I went wrong?"

"Fuck, that's not right, it looks like there is still Director Feng!"

This group of people almost attracted the attention of most of the audience, which shows the status of the group in the film and television industry.

"Hello, Mr. Li, I'm Lu Cheng, the director of Huayi Publicity Department. It's the first time we meet. I didn't expect it to be such an occasion."

Lu Cheng's tone was quite polite, which made the small companies around him puzzled. Looking at this young man's age, people would believe that he was a college student. Could it be that he has a deep background?

Li Mu also politely shook hands with Lu Cheng and his party, and the people sitting next to him didn't want to get in the way, so hurry up and give up their seats!
"Feng Dao." Li Mugang wanted to say hello.

But Director Feng waved his hand: "Talk about yours first, and I'll talk to Teacher Guo. After you finish talking, let's talk!"

This made the people around even more puzzled. Director Feng is notoriously unruly in the circle, when was he ever so polite?

However, it was reported that Li Mu's background was not impressive at all. How can I say that Li Mu has a certain status in the music scene, but after all, he has crossed the border, and he has never seen Director Feng be so polite to any singer!
To put it bluntly, now singers don't make any money from their records, and many of them can only come to the film and television industry to make a living, and some well-known actors are even ahead of the first-line singers in their positions!

What Lu Cheng wanted to chat with Li Mu was nothing more than distribution matters. After all, the distribution companies that have come into contact with "Muzi Studio" these days are not the only ones. Although Huayi's resources are here, he is also afraid that Li Mu's eyesight I was fooled by others!
So I thought about trying to find out Li Mu's tone of voice, who knew that this guy looked like a sheep, but he was actually an old fox, and every time he did Tai Chi, people would hold back the words that came out of his mouth!
Only then did Lu Cheng realize that maybe the actual leader of this small company is the one in front of him, not Shi Ran as they had guessed before!

"That's fine, then I'll wait for you!" Lu Cheng gave up persuading him, knowing that this man is the one who doesn't see the rabbit and doesn't cast the eagle. It seems that everything will have to wait until the end of the awards ceremony. If "Crazy Stone" really wins Best director and best screenwriter, so it is not impossible for Hua Yi to make appropriate concessions on some conditions!

"Yo, you're done chatting, then it's our turn." Director Feng couldn't wait to change places with Lu Cheng.

According to the conversation with Guo Tao and Liang Hongfei just now, he also roughly understood that the script inspiration for this play came from Li Mu.

No wonder why Li Mu ranked ahead of Liang Hongfei in the screenwriter column!
"You kid can do it, this script is really wonderful"

Li Mu didn't have any other skills, but he still had a way of bragging and telling stories. He made Director Feng stunned by what he said, and nodded repeatedly.

After chatting for about 10 minutes, Director Feng said emotionally and happily: "This comedy is not easy to make. Before, people called me the king of New Year's films and the king of mainland comedy. It was not until the past two years that I made a successful transition. Now someone has finally taken over from me! You have to be careful of those entertainment reporters, if the next play can't reach the height of this play, then it will be [Jiang Lang's talent is exhausted]!"

Li Mu couldn't help shaking his head. Among the domestic comedy movies, which one can dare to say that it surpasses "Crazy Stone"?To put it bluntly, Ning Hao didn't even beat himself in the field of comedy!

As for the "囧" series, except for a higher box office, from the actor's performance to the sophistication of the plot, it can't be compared with "Crazy Stone" at all.

"Okay, the awards ceremony has started, let's talk again when we have a chance!" Director Feng glanced at the time, then patted his butt and led others away.

Li Mu's side is very lively.

"Hey, buddy, what are you doing?"

"Yeah, you guys are going to reach the sky in one step. You can get into Director Feng's eyes. Seeing that you have such a good appearance, our company recently has a [big play], why don't you come and try it?"

It's not good for Li Mu to offend everyone, so he can only agree noncommittally, and then accept a lot of business cards!At first glance, hey, it's either the general manager or the director, and the titles of each one are so scary!

"Let's give the most popular actor Dong Chengcheng a round of applause on stage to accept the award!"

Li Mu obviously felt that Guo Tao was a little depressed, so he patted him on the shoulder: "Mr. Guo, with your acting skills, you will definitely have a chance in the future!"

Guo Tao smiled wryly and shook his head: "I don't dare to think about winning an award. It would be nice to have a nomination sometime!"

The atmosphere was a little heavy for a while.

Liang Hongfei suddenly pulled the corner of Li Mu's clothes in a subtle way. Just as he was comforting Guo Tao, the shortlist for the Best Screenplay Award was announced on the stage.

"Then, the winner of the Best Screenplay Award is—Crazy Stone, Li Mu."

The camera has locked on his position, and his handsome figure also appeared on the background screen of the stage.

"Wow, is he really the screenwriter of Crazy Stone? I thought he was an actor, so handsome!"

"Yeah, really handsome, even more handsome than Dong Chengcheng who just won the most popular actor!"

"Tch, you don't know Li Mu? He is not only a screenwriter, but also a singer and musician. Especially the songs he composed are simply too good to listen to!"

Li Mu was pushed down excitedly by Guo Tao to the aisle, walked all the way to the center of the stage, and his tall and straight figure immediately attracted the attention of the audience!
The host also introduced Li Mu before presenting the awards.

"As far as I know, Li Mu is actually a student at CUHK, right?"

This is also a gimmick arranged by the organizers. Is there anything more dramatic than a college student winning an award at the College Film Festival?
"Really, I checked the past of this great god, he is so powerful, he could write a novel!"

"Too strong, is he really a college student? Why do you feel like I went to a fake university?"

Li Mu also cooperated to promote his alma mater in front of the TV. The moment he received the trophy, he wanted to give his acceptance speech.

All eyes and cameras were focused on Li Mu. He put the trophy on the awarding platform, put his hands on it, and said slowly.

"Actually, before filming this movie, I was thinking the same as many people. Comedies are meant to make people laugh. I can get some jokes on the Internet and put them together to make a comedy!"

Director Feng was stunned for a moment, then clapped his hands and applauded: "This kid really dares to talk! He has a personality and fits my temper!"

Lu Cheng couldn't help but smile wryly all over again, this fearless person was already enough to give him a headache, unexpectedly, this one didn't show any weakness!
The expected acceptance speech thanking XX TV did not appear, and the organizers were stunned.

But Li Mu continued to say: "Later, when I was revising the script of this play with Liang Hongfei, I was thinking about what the essence of comedy is!"

(End of this chapter)