China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 125 The Most Powerful Man in Hollywood
Outreach producer Auror Copa said: "The Paris city management department will come to watch the explosion test the day after tomorrow, and they are still a little worried."

Li Mu turned to look at Tom Hanks and said, "When the explosion effect was demonstrated, everyone went to the scene to have a look. This explosion scene is very close to the actors. Although it is technically safe, it is human nature to be afraid of explosions. It’s good to see the effect on the spot.”

Tom Hanks nodded, "OK."

Li Mu looked at Liu Yifei again, and Liu Yifei also nodded and said, "I'm OK too."

In fact, she was still very scared. She had studied the sub-camera of that scene, and the explosion point was really close to the actors, but others were not afraid, and neither should she. This scene couldn’t fall from her Liu Yifei.

This scene is about the actor Cobb and the gifted female college student (Dream Maker Liu Yifei) borrowed from his father-in-law. The two sit in a Paris street cafe and talk about their dreams.

When Cobb told the female college student that the two were dreaming at this time, everything around them began to explode—the bookstalls on both sides of the street, fruit stands, cafes, grounds, buildings and everything around them.

That's right!

This seemingly shocking explosion scene was actually filmed in real life. How can there be no reason for Director Nolan to claim that he filmed the madman in real life?
The shooting location was on the streets of Paris, and the Eiffel Tower could be seen as soon as you looked up. Given how precious the French are to the Eiffel Tower, someone actually wanted to actually shoot the explosion so close to the Eiffel Tower?

What?You say your technology is absolutely safe?
What?You said it was not chemical explosives, not nitroglycerin, not TNT, but an air cannon?
Don't tell me those useless things, give us a sample first!
Proofing must be proofing. It is one thing to show Paris, and another is to reassure the actors.

【I pray to have a transparent heart, and eyes that can shed tears, and give me the courage to believe again...】

At this time, Li Mu's cell phone rang, and Liu Yifei suddenly felt that Li Mu's cell phone ringtone was very familiar—isn't this the song she sang at the premiere of "The King of Kung Fu"?
Li Mu turned it into the ringtone of his mobile phone.

After reacting, Liu Yifei turned his head to look at Li Mu, and after looking at it for a while, he felt a little embarrassed and turned his head back.

I thought to myself, can the people in the room recognize that Li Mu's cell phone ringtone is actually a song sung by her?
If someone could hear it, would they be thinking about her relationship with Li Mu?
In short, when Liu Yifei was thinking all kinds of things, Li Mu had already pressed the connect button.

The call came from an unknown number with an address in the United States.

Call connected:
"Yes, I am Li Mu."

"Yes, yes, yes, I will direct Manchester by the Sea myself."

"Yes, yes, "The Revenant" will also be directed by me."

"Not sure yet, let's see the work arrangement."

"Give the film to the Weinstein Company for distribution?"

"It depends on the follow-up arrangement, and there is no way to determine it now."

"Hahaha...Of course I know Weinstein...I know...I know I know, I know, you are very capable of operating Oscar."

"The first Best Picture Oscar for an Asian director? I remember director Li Amine...?"

"okay……"

After hanging up the phone, Li Mu found that everyone was staring at him.

Especially Tom Hanks and Marion Cotillard, the way these two looked at Li Mu was particularly unusual.

The worry in Tom Hanks' eyes flashed away, while Marion Cotillard's eyes were full of splendor.

Li Mu explained with a smile: "Harvey Weinstein's phone call, he wants to run two of my scripts - "Manchester by the Sea" and "The Revenant."

"Hahaha……"

Speaking of which, Li Mu couldn't help laughing out loud: "This man is really a top expert in 'painting big cakes', and he's even more bragging—do you guess what he just said?"

Everyone waited quietly for Li Mu to continue.

"He said he was going to help me become the first Asian director to win the Oscar for Best Picture." Li Mu laughed, "I seem to remember that Director Li Amine had already won the Oscar statuette, but this Harvey Weinstein said Director Li Min won the Hauska Award for Best Director, and he has the ability to let me win Hauska's biggest and most important award—the Oscar for Best Picture!"

Li Mu shook his head while talking: "Harvey Weinstein does have a strong ability to manage Oscar statuettes, but he said that he must be sure that both "Manchester by the Sea" and "The Revenant" will win the Oscars. Scar statuette, this must be bragging, after all, the Oscars are not run by the Weinstein family."

"Hahaha……"

After laughing, Li Mu found that the whole room was almost silent except for him laughing. Everyone was watching Li Mu quietly, but no one made a sound.

Of course Li Mu knew that Harvey Weinstein was very powerful.

Isn't it tough to be sentenced to 23 years in prison?

It seems that Iron Man's wife, Pepper, has been slept by him?

The eldest cousin seems to have been rumored, but it has not been confirmed.

Of course, the reason why sleeping with women is so powerful is because their careers are getting better.

How could it be so simple to claim to be the most powerful man in Hollywood, the God of Hollywood, and the God of Hollywood?
Li Mu had seen a list of Harvey Weinstein's brilliant achievements before time travel, but Li Mu hadn't noticed until which year. In short, before Li Mu time travel, the films that Harvey Weinstein participated in producing and distributing had accumulatively earned More than 300 Oscar nominations, more than 70 statuettes, and 5 best picture wins.

Among them, there are as many as 23 performance awards, including 6 for best supporting actor and 10 for best supporting actress.

Just looking at this list of performances is simply eye-catching. In the words of Colin Firth: "Harvey has an intuition beyond ordinary people. I mean his judgment, the movies he selected."

The movies that this product has been operated on are indeed misnamed, such as the best Oscar-winning picture "Ongsa in Love", which is known as the most watery.

But no one can deny Harvey Wayne's ability to discover works and talents. This person has extremely bad morals, but his talent is amazing!

What Li Mu said is absolutely right. Harvey Weinstein said that he is sure that Li Mu's two scripts - "Manchester by the Sea" and "The Revenant" will make all the films made from these two scripts win Oscar statuettes , there is no doubt, he is definitely bragging!
But of all the people in the room today, none of them thought this bragging was funny.

Harvey Weinstein said that Li Mu's two scripts all have the chance to win the Oscar statuette. Maybe he can't guarantee it, but at least it shows that Li Mu's two scripts really have this potential!

Especially Marion Cotillard, who had just won the Oscar, she looked at Li Mu with obvious surprise and disbelief at this moment.

She has really won the Oscar for Best Actress, so she knows better than anyone how difficult it is to win this award, how much she has to give up, and how much sacrifice she has to make.

Hong Jinbao said: "I know this Harvey Weinstein. He is very obsessed with Chinese martial arts films. He is responsible for the distribution of "Hero" directed by Zhang Yimou. There is also "King of Kung Fu" released this year. This movie is even more so. It was entirely facilitated by him. Director Li Min’s sequel development copyright of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” is in his hands. Director Zhang Yimou’s “Ju Dou” and “Raise the Red Lantern” were nominated for Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Wayne Stan also deserves credit."

"Harvey Weinstein has a bad reputation. Many people don't like him, but no one dares to look down on him."

Marion Cotillard, who had just won an Oscar, began to briefly introduce Harvey Weinstein's dazzling record to everyone.

Three Oscars for best film: "The English Patient," "Shakespeare in Love," and "Chicago."

Twice Oscar Winner: 62nd, Daniel Day-Louis "My Left Foot"; 71st, Roberto Bernini "Life is Beautiful"

Three Oscar queens: at the 66th, Holly Hunter's "The Piano Lesson"; at the 71st, Gwyneth Paltrow's "Shakespeare in Love"; at the 75th, Nicole Kidman's "The Hours".

After Marion Cotillard briefly introduced Harvey Weinstein's outstanding achievements, almost everyone in the room looked at Li Mu with a sense of admiration for some reason.

Such a powerful Hollywood mogul, a man who claims to be the most powerful man in Hollywood, a person who has the titles of "Hollywood God" and "Hollywood God", actually values ​​Li Mu's two scripts so much? !How dare you pat your chest and guarantee that two of Li Mu's scripts will win Oscars? !

So Li Mu's two scripts called... what are they called "Manchester by the Sea" and "The Revenant", how awesome should they be? !
Liu Yifei looked at Li Mu in front of him, and became dazed after watching.

How much she admired Hollywood in the past, now she admires Li Mu as much.

"Congratulations, Director Li."

"Director Li is awesome!"

"It feels like all the directors in China, yes, all the directors, have been left far behind by Director Li."

"Whether we want to cooperate with this Harvey Weinstein... We need to discuss it again." Li Mu said and looked at Tom Hanks, ""Manchester by the Sea" has been agreed to star Mr. Hanks, "The Revenant" It has not been decided yet, so at least which company will distribute the movie "Manchester by the Sea" in the future, I will discuss it with Mr. Hanks in private."

At the same time, Li Mu was also thinking that as his fame grew, it was almost inevitable that his works would be watched by others in the future.

Take the two scripts of "Manchester by the Sea" and "The Revenant" as an example. If he is really the original author of the two scripts, then there is no need for him to release the novel version of the script before the filming starts.

Without the novel version, Harvey Weinstein would not have found Li Mu, because he did not know the existence of the two scripts.

But unfortunately he is not the original author.

That's right, he has already written the script, and he has taken copyright protection measures. Even if the author of the original time and space later created the script, it is he who copied Li Mu, not Li Mu who copied him, but... after all, this is a bit unfair. That's it.

Therefore, in order to avoid such embarrassment and troubles when the scripts will officially start shooting, after Li Mu decided to shoot these two works, he must publish the novel version of the two works.

The author of the original time and space could not see Li Mu's script, so he might create it again and collide with Li Mu.

If you see it, you will feel like Jay Chou in "Charlotte Annoyance", living in Li Mu's shadow.

So use the novel version to spread the word, try to make the original author of the original time and space dispel the idea of ​​writing after reading the novel, this has almost become Li Mu's standard action.

But it is also because of this that it is almost inevitable that his two works will be watched before they are shot.

(End of this chapter)