China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 15 Preparations for the Crew
Before writing "The Hunger Games", Li Mu first thought about a question, that is, whether the identities of the hero and heroine should be written as Chinese or white.

In fact, it doesn’t matter who you write. In the world of the Hunger Games, the world is divided into twelve districts. Each district must select two contestants, one male and one female, to participate in the Hunger Games every year. Only one person in each district can come back alive. .

It is completely reasonable for anyone to exist in the twelve districts. Li Mu has a good sense of this series of movies. If possible, he may come to film this series in person in the future. It seems that it is more beneficial to write the hero and heroine as Chinese. .

But Li Mu thought about it, his top priority now is to make a name for himself in the United States, and it is obviously more guaranteed to write completely according to the original work, and the novel and the movie are two different things, even if today he writes the hero and heroine of the novel as white, in the future When making a movie, he can also change it to a Chinese at any time.

If you own the copyright, how can you change it if you don’t want to?
After figuring this out, Li Mu immediately started to write, and both the setting and the plot were completely written according to the original work of the previous life.

After getting busy, time passed quickly, and soon came the day of the [-]th Hundred Flowers Awards.

On the evening of September [-], [-], the [-]th Hundred Flowers Awards Ceremony for Popular Films was officially held. The ceremony was hosted by Pu Cunxin and Zhang Yan, and the whole process was broadcast live on CCTV Movie Channel.

At this ceremony, Fan Binbin won the Best Actress Award for his performance in the movie "Mobile Phone".

Amid all the attention, Fan Binbin walked slowly onto the podium in a long white dress. The host invited guests Lu Yan and You Yong to present awards to Fan Binbin.

"Thank you very much to Huayi Brothers Media Group, thank you to my manager Wang Jinghua, thank you to my parents, once again thank you to all the audiences in the motherland, it is really not easy to support our young actors, thank you, thank you .”

During the process of accepting the award, Fan Binbin's eyes were full of tears, and this scene was spread to thousands of households through CCTV, a national media.

"Li Mu, do you think there is something in Fan Binbin's award acceptance speech?" In the evening, the old uncle Liu Xiaowu came to the house for dinner. After the meal, everyone sat in the living room to watch the award ceremony. After seeing Fan Binbin accepting the award, Liu Xiaowu said suddenly.

"Ah? Is there?" Li Mu asked after being taken aback.

"Look, she said thank you for everyone's support for the 'young' actors. I don't know if you noticed. When she said the word 'young', the tears in her eyes almost didn't fall."

"I didn't pay attention, but even if it is, it's nothing. After the [-]-year-old Baihuafeng, it's normal to be touched when I think of the difficult journey along the way."

Liu Xiaowu said: "You're right, it's very normal to be touched, especially when someone said you were old a few days ago."

Liu Xiaohui asked: "Some people say that Fan Binbin is old? Does this person have normal eyesight? Tonight's Fan Binbin is really... like a fairy in the sky."

"Haha...haha...Sister, you are right, this person really has abnormal eyesight."

"Is it really related to what I said?" Li Mu couldn't help muttering, and then immediately vetoed the idea. This is a typical overthinking, as if everything is related to him, but in fact, he didn't take it to heart at all. go.

"By the way, Huang Jianxin came to Xiying today and stayed in Director Yan's office for a long time. I guess Director Yan might want him to be the producer of "Taken"." Liu Xiaowu said suddenly at this moment.

Li Mu went through it quickly in his mind, nodded and said: "This is a great director with a high level, and he has a good relationship with the filmmakers in Xiangjiang. He is indeed a good candidate."

……

After the "Hurricane Rescue" crew was set up, the official casting work was quickly put on the agenda. The casting was carried out in Beijing, and Xiying had already sent people to Beijing to play an outpost in advance. In a few days, Li Mu, his uncle Liu Xiaowu, and the producer Huang Jianxin and others are also leaving for Beijing.

The day before departure.

Xijing City, at the gate of a kindergarten.

A woman who was waiting to pick up her child suddenly saw her ex-husband Liu Xiaowu walking towards her.

"Why are you here? You shouldn't pick up the child today."

"I'm going on a long trip, and I may not have time to see my children in the next few months." As he spoke, Liu Xiaowu took out an envelope from his pocket and handed it to his ex-wife.

Ex-wife Xie Lin took the envelope and put it in her bag. She didn't want to ask at first, but in the end she couldn't help asking: "Are you going on a long trip?"

"There was a film cast in the factory, and I was the editor."

"The editing is the post-production, and the pre-shooting also follows?"

"This movie is very important, the investment is huge, I need to follow."

At this moment, the door of the kindergarten opened, and a familiar voice called out not far from the two of them: "Mom——Dad..."

The little girl was pleasantly surprised to see her father suddenly.

"Let's go out to eat tonight." Liu Xiaowu picked up his daughter and suggested to his ex-wife.

The ex-wife hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

In the evening, when she got home, Xie Lin couldn't hold back her curiosity, so she called her sister who worked in Xiying Film Studio.

"Wenwen."

"Sister Lin."

"Wenwen, let me ask you something. I heard that the factory recently cast a movie, and Liu Xiaowu is the editor. Do you know about this?"

"Sister Lin doesn't even know about this? It's true that Liu Xiaowu is hiding such a big matter from you."

"The two of us are divorced. It's normal for him not to tell me. Besides, it's just an edit. He's been doing this for almost [-] years. There's nothing to make a fuss about."

The voice on the other end of the phone immediately became higher.

"What is there to make a fuss about? Sister Lin, Xiying and Cheng Long jointly invested. It seems that China Film has also participated. The investment amount is [-] million, and Cheng Long will play the leading role in person. Sister, do you think there should be a lot of fuss?"

"Hearing what you said, this movie is really important, but it doesn't have much to do with Liu Xiaowu, does it? He's just doing the post-production, just beating people up."

"Do you want to start the post-production? Sister Lin, it seems that you really don't know. This time Liu Xiaowu is the editor who has the final editing rights. Sister Lin, you are also from Xiying Studio. I don't need to say how important the final editing rights are." Right? This time the situation is a bit special, so let’s just say that the final cutting right this time has been decided to belong to Liu Xiaowu, and Director Yan of Xiying Studio may not be able to change it easily.”

"What are you talking about? How is it possible?"

"How is it impossible? This matter has long been an open secret in Xiying Studio. You can find out if you just ask around."

After hanging up the phone, Xie Lin sat on the sofa, her mind already in a mess.

……

The next day, Li Mu, Liu Xiaowu, and Huang Jianxin flew to Beijing together. The crew had already arranged a hotel in advance. When the three arrived, Xiangjiang director Chen Musheng's team had already arrived a day earlier.That night, everyone got together and began to discuss some details of the shooting.

From the third day, the film audition work officially started.

Starring Cheng Long, with an investment of [-] million yuan, and directed by Chen Musheng, the combination of these elements is enough to cause a small-scale shock in the Beijing film circle.

Artists from various media companies, students from film schools, and actors from the gang, everyone wants to try their luck.

At 50 o'clock in the morning, there were no.

When the crew sent out the audition invitation, they made it very clear that there are no important roles in the audition today.

The role of Cheng Long's daughter has been confirmed to Liu Yifei, but she will come to meet with director Chen Musheng today, and go through a scene.

(End of this chapter)