China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 4
the next morning.

The crew of "Mythology" continued to shoot in Pit No. [-] of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, and Li Mu also rushed to the scene early. If the crew needed group performances, he would be on top at any time.

When Cheng Long saw Li Mu, his attitude was obviously more enthusiastic than yesterday.

"Li Mu, come here."

"Where's your father?"

"In the office, or should I call him?"

"No, I'll go find him."

"also."

"By the way, you wrote the script?"

"Ah."

"Well written."

Cheng Long immediately went to the office of the deputy curator of the museum. When Li Yuansheng saw Cheng Long, at first he thought it was because the crew encountered some difficulties during the filming, but after asking, he found out that it was Cheng Long who made a special trip for his son Li Mu. From the script.

This made Li Yuansheng very grateful, and his impression of Cheng Long was better than before.

"Director Li, Li Mu's script is very good!"

"Really? We have agreed, you can pick and choose if you have problems, but don't be merciful."

"To be honest, I came here this time just to buy this script. Director Tang Jili also supports my idea. We plan to shoot "Taken" after the filming of "Myth" and I will act in it myself."

"Perform in person?" Li Yuansheng showed a rare expression of surprise.

"Well, I asked Director Tang Jili, and he said that the price of a script of this level on the market is generally around 30. Let's follow this price. What do you think, Director Li?"

"This... I'll discuss it with the child when I go back."

"Okay, then I'll go filming first."

"Okay, walk slowly."

After sending Cheng Long out of the office, Li Yuansheng spent a long time digesting the news.

Cheng Long actually fell in love with his son's script, and he had to buy it for 30 yuan as soon as he sold it, and he had to act it himself, which is simply unbelievable.

He also read the script of "Taken", and he really felt that the script was very good at the time, but he thought it was his protective mentality that affected his judgment, because it was written by his son, so he felt extremely good ?But now it seems that things are not that simple.

Maybe my previous feeling about the script was true, and my son's script is really wonderful.

30, for an ordinary family, is already a huge sum of money, and more importantly, the money was actually earned by the son writing the script.

Li Yuansheng was in a good mood, so he wandered around to find his wife.

"You go home early in the evening, cook a few more dishes, and call your brother over. There is a happy event at home, let's celebrate."

"A happy event? What a happy event?"

"It's about my son's script."

"Cheng Long likes our son's script?"

"Well, it's not generally optimistic."

"Okay, I'll cook a few more dishes tonight, and my younger brother hasn't come for a long time, so I just called."

Li Yuansheng deliberately didn't mention the 30 yuan. He wanted to stay at the dinner table and talk about this great event.

In the evening, when Li Yuansheng, Li Mu and his son returned home, their uncle Liu Xiaowu had already arrived.

"Brother-in-law, Xiao Mu."

"Uncle."

"Xiao Mu, you can do it. I heard from your mother that you wrote a script. Cheng Long was full of praise after reading it. When did you learn to write a script?"

"Hey." Li Mu smiled, but in fact he was very depressed.

He wrote the script to promote the project, but he didn't think he could just give Cheng Long a few good comments.

Does he need to be praised?

"Sister, stop cooking, there are already enough dishes."

"Okay, there is one last dish, you guys eat first, I'll come right away."

"No, it's just these four people who are going back first and last. Let's all eat together."

After a while, all the dishes were served, and just as everyone was about to move their chopsticks, Li Yuansheng cleared his throat.

"Before the formal meal, let me say one thing."

Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Li Yuansheng continued: "Cheng Long went to the office to find me in the morning, it's not as simple as just praising Li Mu."

Seeing the eyes of the whole family on his face, he didn't continue to play tricks.

"Cheng Long said today that he admired Li Mu's script very much, so he wanted to buy the script for 30 yuan. He also wanted to play the protagonist in it himself. After "Mythology" was finished, he would shoot Li Mu's script."

"What do you say?"

"Brother-in-law, are you serious?"

"Father, let me just say, how could brother Cheng Long just praise me for such a simple and good script, it would be too unreasonable for him not to buy it quickly."

Liu Xiaohui, Liu Xiaowu, and Li Mu spoke almost simultaneously.

Li Yuansheng turned his head to look at Li Mu: "You want to go to heaven, boy. I officially call him Mr. Cheng Long, and privately call him Brother Cheng Long. You are also Brother Cheng Long. Let me tell you, what do you think?"

"Hey, isn't this exciting."

Then Li Yuansheng explained in detail about Cheng Long's coming to the office in the morning. After he finished speaking, everyone's eyes on Li Mu changed.

Write a script and show it to Cheng Long. Unexpectedly, Cheng Long would buy the script for 30 yuan, and even act in it himself-this kid is promising!

"Dad, Mom, Uncle, we can't just sell this script so easily." Seeing that his family had finally digested the news, Li Mu said suddenly.

Seeing everyone looking at him in surprise, Li Mu continued: "Yes, Cheng Long will spend 30 yuan to buy this script, and then what? The sale of the script has nothing to do with us. How will the movie be made and who will use it? Filming, we can't control it, don't look at me as a screenwriter, but to be honest, my right to speak will be almost zero at that time."

"What if I want to be a director? Even if it's just a sub, I'm going to make a living. People bought a script for a lot of money. You are a college student who just graduated, and you still study computers. You don't have any directing experience, just because you wrote a script. You are going to be an assistant director when you come up. With an investment of tens of millions, and Cheng Long's wrist, you have to point fingers when you come up, isn't this a dream?"

"But if you don't have any right to speak, you can't grasp the quality of the shooting, so what's the point of selling the script?"

Liu Xiaohui obviously didn't agree with her son's statement. She shook her head and said, "Of course it's interesting. Isn't the script fee worth 30 yuan?"

Liu Xiaowu reached out to touch Li Mu's forehead: "I said nephew, don't you have a fever? You still want to be a director?"

Li Yuansheng looked at Li Mu: "What do you want to do?"

Li Mu turned to look at Liu Xiaowu and said, "What I mean is, my uncle took the script to the West Film Studio and showed it to director Yan Yiyun Yan. Then he said that Cheng Long was very optimistic about the script and wanted to spend 30 yuan on it." I bought it and made it into a movie, and Cheng Long even had to star in it himself, but the Western Film Studio—now it is the Western Film Group—can be regarded as my natal family..."

"Wait, when did Xiying Studio become your mother's home?" Liu Xiaowu couldn't help but interrupted.

Li Mu said without changing his face: "My uncle is an editor at Xiying Studio. When I was young, I often went to Xiying Studio to play. The editing room is like my own warehouse. This is not my mother's house, what is my mother's house? Don't you interrupt."

Li Mu continued: "Xiying Studio is my mother's family, so when I have a good project, I immediately think of Xiying Factory."

"The West Film Studio has been very difficult these years. Those who are capable have either left or are old. Those who have left are okay, and they are considered to be self-sufficient. The old ones need a lot of money every year to support them--brother, don't do this Looking at me, I know that you are different from them, you are capable, and you stayed in Xiying Studio because of true love. Cheng Long is very optimistic about this project, the quality of the script is also obvious, I heard that Director Yan also has vision, do you think Xiying Studio can be tempted?"

"And then? Uncle Liu Xiaowu continued to ask.

Li Mu explained: "Even if the Western Film Group is in decline, there is still some capital to invest in a film with others. I estimate that the investment in this project will be 4000 to 5000 million, and the maximum will not exceed 2000 million. About [-] million and Cheng Long’s company jointly invested, you said that West Film Studio has invested such a large amount of money, and the relationship with the higher-ups is strong, so does West Film Studio have the right to speak about the film?”

"Yes, Xiying Studio has the right to speak, so what does it have to do with you?" asked the uncle.

Li Mu said: "Why doesn't it matter? Have you forgotten what I just said? Xiying Studio is also our mother's family, and the mother's family has the right to speak. What's wrong with us borrowing it?"

"Old man, just go and tell Director Yan that your nephew wrote a very good script, Cheng Long was full of praise after reading it, and decided on the spot to invest in the filming, and he himself will be the protagonist."

"However, your nephew has his own ideas about movies, and he knows that he doesn't have enough weight, so he wants to ask Xiying Studio to check it out. Your nephew will be satisfied as an assistant director. At the same time, he also wants his relatives Old uncle—that is, you will be the editor of the film, and you will have the final editing rights, otherwise, your eldest nephew, I would rather not do the project if it turns out to be a bad one.”

"If Xiying Studio is optimistic about the project and really wants to cooperate, our request is not too much, right? I'm just an assistant director."

"As for letting you, old man, be in charge of editing and have final editing rights, it's not too much, right? You are originally an editor of Xiying Film Studio. For Xiying Film Studio, who should you use?"

"Cheng Longfang is also acceptable, right? Xiying Film Studio invested such a large project and spent so much money. What's wrong with sending an assistant director and editor? Is it too much?"

"If I just sold the script to Cheng Long, then it would be wishful thinking for me to appoint an assistant director and editor, but if we bring Xiying Studio into the business, Xiying Studio will invest money and ask Xiying Studio to appoint an assistant director and editor. It’s completely in the past, you said that if we recruit Xiying to join the team, who do we not use as Xiying’s assistant director and editor?”

Liu Xiaowu's eyes lit up: "That's right."

For such a big project, his nephew asked him to be in charge of editing. The key is to have the final editing rights.

Li Mu continued: "To sum up, for West Film Studio, it is a project with huge potential. When we join West Film Studio, we only require an assistant director and designate a person who is originally our own editor to obtain the right to final cut. , not too much."

"For Cheng Long's side, it is also a great thing for the two companies to jointly invest in a film and share the risks, and the other party has a strong leader, who can provide convenience in reviewing distribution policies and many other aspects, and resolve risks."

"The other party invested half of the money and asked to appoint an assistant director and an editor with final editing rights. Cheng Longfang will appoint it? So for Cheng Longfang, this deal is not a loss either."

Uncle nodded: "No loss, no loss."

Li Mu spread his hands: "So? As long as Xiying Studio is willing to invest money, Cheng Long is willing to accept it, and the two parties intend to cooperate, then whether it is for Xiying or Cheng Long, let me be the assistant director and you. This editing is completely acceptable, so the right to speak of the West Film Studio has been successfully transferred to the two of us?"

The uncle's eyes lit up, and he said, "Continue."

Li Mu continued: "I am an assistant director and screenwriter, and the right to speak can be large or small. You, a behind-the-scenes editor, control the final editing right. The right to speak is very important. The two of us get together. Long put forward an opinion, do you think the director and Cheng Long should seriously consider it? After all, it is obvious that I, the assistant director, can affect the later editing, if you don’t listen to what I say, I will cut what you shoot.”

"Besides, we are also the natal family of the investor Xiying. Do you want to take our opinions seriously?"

The old uncle asked again: "But the premise of all this is that Xiying Studio is very optimistic about the project and is willing to invest, and Cheng Longfang is also willing to accept investment from other parties, but what if the two parties disagree?"

Li Mu spread his hands: "The project is on hold, so I won't sell the script to the head office, will I?"

This remark shocked my uncle a bit——with an income of 30 yuan, you can flip the table as soon as you say it, bold!
"If everything goes well, we will have a certain right to speak. With the right to speak, I can guarantee that the quality of the movie will not be too far from what I have in mind."

"This means that this project will definitely make money. Then my 30 script fee will be invested in the project as an investment and earn dividends. If the box office explodes after the movie is released, then our earning is not as simple as 30."

(End of this chapter)