China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 349 Tips and being flattered

"Da Liu doesn't want to go to the World Science Fiction Convention?"

In the evening, Guo Fan called to communicate with Li Mu about some problems exposed during the filming of "The Wandering Earth". During the period, Guo Fan casually talked to Li Mu.

Liu is the screenwriter and consultant of "The Wandering Earth", and he happened to be on the set of "The Wandering Earth" recently.

"Liu just went to the United States to attend the Nebula Awards ceremony three months ago, but failed to gain anything. Now he comes to the Hugo Awards ceremony again. He may feel that he still has no hope this time." Guo Fan said.

Li Mu heard this and said: "I think there is still hope for Liu this time. OK, I know. I will call him later."

Guo Fan said with a smile: "It would be great if Liu really wins the award this time. He is the second Hugo Award winner in Asia and the Nobel Prize in the field of science fiction. The gimmick is still very good. With this wave of popularity, we will wait until next year "The Wandering Earth" is released, it will at least sell tens of millions more box office, but it's a pity, it's a bit of a fly in the ointment..."

"What's the fly in the ointment?" Li Mu asked curiously.

Guo Fan laughed and said: "The only drawback is that even if Liu really wins the award this time, he will be the second Hugo Award winner in Asia. If he is the first Hugo Award winner in Asia, then this stunt will be even more That’s enough.”

Hearing this, Li Mu couldn't help laughing and scolding: "Go, go, I said, you kid, don't you know who is the first Hugo Award winner in Asia? It's me! Your boss! I hope that Liu will be the first in Asia, I said you Does the boy have a boss in his heart?"

Guo Fan said with a smile: "Yes, yes, of course, but boss, isn't it like chopping melons and slicing vegetables? You even won several Oscars. Isn't this more exciting than the Hugo Award? A mere Hugo Award, but for others, isn't it? Words are of course very valuable, but for you, boss, if the drizzle is gone, it’s gone!”

"What a great Guo Fan!" Li Mu smiled and then said, "By the way Guo Fan, I praised you a lot at the company meeting recently, saying that as long as you, Guo Fan, are here, the domestic box office of "The Wandering Earth" will be the best." The starting price is 40 billion, and he also said that among the directors of the Huashang Department, I am actually the most optimistic about you. Now many contracted directors in the company are not convinced, so don’t let me down."

"Four billion? Still starting?" Guo Fan shouted as soon as he heard this, and he was thinking very quickly and immediately thought that the boss was digging a hole for him. He just said that the boss won the Hugo Award was a piece of cake, but the boss turned around and said His "The Wandering Earth" has a starting price of 40 billion. Is there any connection between this?
I couldn't help but lament in my heart, thinking how could you, such a big boss, be so small-minded?
"Boss, I was wrong. The Hugo Award is nothing to you. Can you please stop giving me a high hat? The target of 40 billion is really too high, a bit ridiculously high."

"I accept your apology." Li Mu smiled upon hearing this, "But I am serious when I say that "The Wandering Earth" will earn 40 billion at the box office. Don't let me down!"

……

At this moment, Liu Yifei was reading a book on the sofa. Seeing Li Mu hang up the phone, he asked, "Director Guo Fan?"

Li Mu nodded.

Liu Yifei said: "I feel like you appreciate him very much."

Li Mu said: "If I retire one day, he will be the only one in China who can and is willing to make science fiction."

"Retire?" Liu Yifei put down the book in his hand and said, "You have been thinking about retirement since you were old. Why are you going to retire?"

Li Mu said seriously: "To create a human being, it is best to have a son and a daughter. After 30 or [-] years, the son and daughter can coax the children and become grandfathers and grandpas with peace of mind."

When Liu Yifei heard this, he raised his hand and hit Li Mu with a book.

This guy's words became more and more out of tune. He started to say that it was normal to create humans, and he also said that he wanted to have a son and a daughter. She felt a little pressure. She originally wanted to have one child, no matter how male or female, and not have a second child, but he If she really wanted to, she would have given birth to a second child, but—the two of them didn’t even have a son or a daughter yet, and this person was starting to think about becoming a grandpa and grandpa?Isn't this too fast? !
And when the two of them really become grandparents, what will they look like?I don’t dare to think about it, it’s scary to think about it.

After chatting with Liu Yifei for a while, Li Mu picked up the phone and dialed Da Liu.

"I heard Director Guo Fan said you don't want to attend the Hugo Awards ceremony?"

Da Liu replied: "It's such a long way away, you still have to spend money, and you probably won't win, so I won't go."

Li Mu asked him: "How do you know you can't win?"

Liu said: "Some time ago, I asked the organizer in a roundabout way if I had to be there. The organizer replied that I didn't have to go. If I really win the prize this time, the organizer will definitely hint that I have to be there!"

Li Muxin said: "Is this the reason why Liu didn't go to receive the award in his previous life? He asked the organizer privately if he could not go. The organizer said yes, so he decided that he couldn't win the award and stopped going?"

"Then you should think clearly. If you win the award this time, but you don't go, and then the organizer organizes a particularly memorable award ceremony, don't feel regretful about it then." Li Mu advised. road.

After that, the two chatted for a few more words, and then Li Mu hung up the phone. He also reminded what he should have reminded. As for whether Liu Cixin can still win the award in this time and space, and whether he will go to receive the award, it is not Li Mu. Time to worry more.

A week later, the 73rd World Science Fiction Convention was officially announced in Spokane, Washington.

Chinese writer Liu Cixin won the Hugo Award for Best Long Story for "The Three-Body Problem". The astronauts announced the winners via video link from the International Space Station. The process seemed quite impressive.

……

At the end of August, "Edge of Tomorrow" was officially announced to be finished. After returning to Beijing, Li Mu and Liu Yifei took a good rest for a few days. During this period, Li Mu asked Liu Yifei where he wanted to go. Liu Yifei said that he suddenly wanted to ride a horse, and Li Mu immediately arranged it from his mobile phone. I found Uncle Yu's number and made a call.

"It's not like you suddenly want to ride a horse. Do you have anyone with a gentler temper? Please make arrangements. We will go there in a few days."

After a brief communication, Li Mu explained his intention.

"Yes, don't worry. The horses here are all trained by me. They are guaranteed to be docile and will never fall. You can come over at any time. There are no performances these days and everyone is at the racecourse."

"Then I'll trouble you, Brother Yu."

"Look, you're still being polite to me!"

over the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Yu Qian began to think deeply. After a while, he picked up the phone and dialed another number.

When the call was connected, Yu Qian said directly:

"Da Linzi, if you have nothing important to do these days, come to my horse farm."

"There are performances these days. Master, what do you want? If anything happens, my father and I will take a day off."

"Something happened. In a few days, Li Mu and his wife will come to Master's horse farm to ride horses. I am thinking about letting you show your face in front of Li Mu. Then I will take the opportunity to recommend you to let Li Mu see if you can be in the film and television. The circle is also developing, and multiple choices mean multiple paths."

"Director Li Mu? It's better to say goodbye. He is such a great director. I haven't even graduated from junior high school. I'm still short and fat. How could he like me?" Guo Qilin said with true feelings, "Master, thank you. , everyone can think of me, but I still don’t need to go, my conditions..."

Yu Qiang sighed after hearing this, Dalinzi is good in everything, but his character is a bit - he has very low self-esteem. Lao Guo is not too concerned about this son. As Dalinzi's master, he will not help Dalinzi anymore. Who can help him?

"I'll go and tell your father that you can come over today, and it's settled!" At the end of August, Liu Cixin accepted an interview with Yang Ma after returning to China. During the interview, Liu Cixin also specifically mentioned Li Mu .

"When I first met Li Mu ten years ago, Li Mu told me that if anyone in China can win the Hugo Award, it can only be him and me. At that time, I thought the person in front of me was crazy, because at that time everyone No writer in Asia has ever won a Hugo Award.

"As a result, Li Mu won the Hugo Award the next year. I was extremely shocked. After the shock, I thought again. Li Mu said that if anyone in Asia can win the award, it can only be him and me. Now he has I got the award, so I should be next, right? Then I waited, and waited, and ten years passed in the blink of an eye.

"Until this year, I almost had no expectations for this award. I didn't even think about going to receive the award, thinking that I wouldn't win anyway. But Li Mu called me and said he would let me go, so So I went, and to my surprise, I actually won the award.

"I have always been a staunch materialist and have never believed in anything like ghosts and ghosts. But when I learned that I really won the award this time, I was suddenly shaken."

Host: "It sounds like having a friend like Li Mu is a very fortunate thing."

Liu Cixin nodded: "It's also very distressing sometimes."

Host: "Troubled?"

Liu Cixin: "It's just that you are obviously good at something and you are very proud of it. But when it comes to Li Mu, you understand."

The host smiled: "I understand, Li Mu is like... what her mother said when she was a child..."

……

In early September, "The Secret of the Dragon" was officially released after a month's delay, with a total domestic box office of 24.15 billion.

Other film and television companies are extremely jealous.

How can it be that just such a movie can get such a high box office, and "Jingjue Ancient City" is still so popular?What a gold mine this is!

You want to know how much of the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series was filmed in "The Secret of the Dragon"?From now on, Huashang Media will release one film step by step every year. In a few years, it will not accumulate tens of billions in box office?
Incredible!

Why did Li Mu start so quickly?Most of the series with the highest IP value in China are owned by Li Mu.

……

In early September, Li Mu and Liu Yifei came to Uncle Yu's racecourse, and Guo Qilin was also there. At this time, Guo Qilin had not yet succeeded in losing weight. He was about 1.7 meters tall and weighed about even less than 200 kilograms. He looked like a chubby little guy. , not even thinner than Yue Yunpeng.

Yu Qian introduced Guo Qilin to Li Mu and his wife. Guo Qilin was a little inferior in front of Li Mu, but he was extremely decent in etiquette and speech. Liu Yifei had a good impression of Dalinzi, but she came here on horseback today, and she had to change into her riding clothes. , came to the stables, Liu Yifei took a fancy to one of the black horses at a glance.

"Is this horse docile?" Li Mu asked Uncle Yu next to him.

Yu Qian spread his hands: "This horse is the naughtiest here. It turns out that I didn't fall in love with this horse at first sight, but I'm sure it'll be fine as long as I'm here."

When Li Mu heard this, he pulled Liu Yifei to look at the white horse next to him, which made Liu Yifei look confused.

"What happened to the horse?"

"Is this horse a little crazy?" Li Mu said casually.

"Crazy? Is the horse still mentally ill?"

"Of course, horses can get any disease that humans can get."

It didn't matter if he didn't mention it. Liu Yifei became more curious when he mentioned it, and he wanted to see what kind of crazy tricks this horse had.

She leaned over and reached out to touch the horse's head, but the horse snorted and turned around and walked away. Liu was so frightened that he immediately took a few steps back and said at the same time: "What does it want to do? It's not thinking about you." Are you kicking your ass?"

"I told you this horse is mentally ill." Li Mu said.

Liu Yifei was still unwilling to give in. This was the horse that she fell in love with at first sight today, so she walked around in front of the horse and wanted to touch it again. As a result, this time the horse shook its head and refused to touch it, but it did not continue to turn around and walk away. In the end, Liu Yifei just Being able to give up, he even complained to Li Mu and Uncle Yu Qiang: "Isn't this horse really mentally ill?"

Then several people went to the white horse recommended by Yu Qian, which was said to be the docile. Liu Yifei reached out to touch it again. The white horse did not hide and even seemed to enjoy it.

After riding a few laps, we went to Yu Qian's teahouse to drink tea. During this period, Yu Qian mentioned Dalinzi, who he had taken with him.

"This kid Dalin has a good character, is willing to endure hardships, and has a good understanding. Please give him a look and see if he might have a good prospect if he goes to the film and television industry."

Li Mu remembered that Guo Qilin, who came from the original time and space, was very successful in the film and television industry, and his popularity with the audience was really good. Although he was not handsome, sometimes the audience really liked ordinary people like this. Judging by his looks, even if Yu Qiang doesn't recommend him, Li Mu will probably look for him in the future. After all, he also holds the film and television rights to "The Son-in-Law".

That's not to say that "The Son-in-Law" will definitely look for him, but at least it's one of the options.

So he laughed and said, "You're about to enter the entertainment industry, why are you talking about playing a small role? It's not easy for actors who don't want to be a starring role to talk about cross talk. If you really want to develop in the film and television industry, I really have a role that is quite suitable for him."

As he spoke, Li Mu turned to Guo Qilin: "Maybe I can really arrange some leading roles for you by then."

Hearing this, Guo Qilin and Yu Qiang were both stunned. Guo Qilin never expected that Li Mu would say such words. In the original time and space, Guo Qilin once said that he no longer had expectations for anything. He also said that as long as you are not right If you have expectations for anything, you will never be disappointed. From these words, it can be seen that Guo Qilin has had low self-esteem for at least some time.

How could a person who had no expectations for anything think that Li Mu would actually say that he would be given a leading role?

While Yu Qian was surprised, he immediately began to think about whether Li Mu said this casually or if it was true. If he said it casually, then it would be fine. If he was serious, it is impossible to say that Dalin's child's fate will be changed from today on. .

"I'm telling you, Director Li, we don't want to tease the children like this. Dalin is an honest man, so he just believes it when you say that."

Li Mu looked at Dalin and said, "I'm really optimistic about Dalinzi. What I just said will be valid at any time, but there is a precondition."

This time, Dalin and Yu Qian's hearts tightened.

When people don't know that there is hope, people generally won't be too nervous, but once they know that they have hope, nervousness will ensue.

"What's the premise?" Yu Qiang asked on Dalin's behalf.

Li Mu smiled and said: "Let's lose weight first and then talk about it."

(End of this chapter)