There were a total of four people at the dinner table, all of whom were shocked except for Li Mu.

The shock that Li Mu's words brought to the three of them is really indescribable, Li Mu is willing to take out the Muying ticketing system, give 20% of the shares for nothing, give investment, guarantee that the other party will not lose money, and keep all the risks to himself, and all of this is just to let the partner come to Huaxia to make a movie!

Not to mention that the two guests from the United States were stunned, even Senior Brother Liu was speechless in surprise.

He knows Li Mu, he knows that Li Mu has an extraordinary sense of mission to the country and the nation, which can be seen from his performance in holding the national flag at Harvard and from his impassioned speech, but he did not expect that Li Mu would be willing to sacrifice the most fundamental goal of a businessman for the image and influence of Huaxia in the world and the rapid development of the Chinese film and television industry: profit.

It seems that there is only 3321 in the matter that can make Li Mu completely sacrifice profits, but what Li Mu just said is not only sacrificing profits, but even investing more costs to do this while giving up profits, it can be seen from this point that Li Mu attaches great importance to the fact that Hollywood comes to China to make movies.

Spielberg couldn't help but ask Li Mu: "Mr. Li, do you want Hollywood to pull the entire Chinese film industry? If this is the case, we can work with Makino Imaging to make some movies in the future, and this is no problem at all." ”

Li Mu nodded: "Pulling is a must, there are too many problems in the film and television industry in Huaxia, and it will take at least ten years to rely on internal adjustment and improvement alone, but if they are promoted by outstanding people in the same industry, they will inevitably catch up, otherwise they will be eliminated by the rapidly developing industry and the rapidly developing audience." ”

Speaking, Li Mu said: "Of course, the other aspect I just said is also very important, because unlike Western ideology, the Western media have demonized and propagandized us, I myself don't understand politics, and I don't want to touch politics, but as a Chinese, I very much hope that the world can take off the colored glasses imposed on them by the media, and really see the real appearance of this country, this nation, and these people, or understand this country, The ancient culture that this people have nurtured on this land for thousands of years, and the best solution I can think of is movies. ”

Spielberg was also particularly touched, although he was an American, he was more of a Jew, and he understood Li Mu's sense of national belonging, which went beyond the limitations of territory and country, and could not be simply summarized by a sentence of patriotism.

Spielberg once made a film related to the Nazi massacre of Jews, this movie is called "Schindler's List", which tells the true story of a German businessman named Schindler, who helped more than a thousand Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust in World War II.

Whether it is out of a Jew's deep identification with the sense of belonging to the nation, or out of a businessman's pursuit of profits, Spielberg could not refuse Li Mu's cooperation plan, he nodded lightly, and said seriously: "Mr. Li, I am willing to accept your cooperation plan, and in the next ten years, I will personally or let my team deeply participate in a film related to China every year, and even let me and my team lead it." ”

Speaking of this, Spielberg paused and asked Li Mu: "Mr. Li, regarding the cooperation of Muying ticketing system in North America, we also hope to increase some shares by investing in shares, do you think it is feasible?"

Li Mu said: "It is feasible, but the range is not more than 10%, that is, we set up a company together in North America, if you don't contribute, I account for 80%, you account for 20%, if you want to contribute, I give you 10% of the room to increase your holdings, but when you increase your holdings, the company's valuation is $200 million." ”

The valuation of 200 million US dollars, 10% of the shares is 20 million US dollars, which is not a huge amount of money for Spielberg and his company, but it is also a large expenditure, although this company has nothing, the valuation of 200 million US dollars sounds incredible, but only with the Muying ticketing system, and its influence in the YY ecology, and market space, these 200 million US dollars are worth it.

This is like Tengxun suddenly announcing that one day he will make a new product under the framework of WeChat, even if he does not invest a penny, just relying on the WeChat ecology, its valuation will be sky-high.

Spielberg only thought about it for a moment, and then said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, I accept your conditions and am willing to increase my stake by 10%. ”

"Good. Li Mu nodded: "I don't have any other requirements here, my requirements are all on the movie, a few simple points: first, the movie you shoot in Huaxia according to the agreement, I have a veto power over the script, casting and budget, if I don't like your story, I can directly pass this movie; if I don't like an actor in it, I can directly remove him from this movie; if I have an opinion on the budget, I will moderately increase or decrease it on the original basis." ”

Spielberg said without hesitation: "This is very reasonable, I have no opinion." ”

Li Mu also put his mind at ease, what he was most worried about was that Spielberg and his team would fool themselves when the time came, so the script of each movie must be controlled by himself, and he can only shoot it after he nods his head.

In fact, Li Mu has always had a lot of dissatisfaction with the film and television industry in China, even if the Hollywood film and television industry is no longer Vanity Fair, no matter how degenerate and rotten it is, the professionalism of the entire circle of making movies has always been maintained and implemented, a Hollywood actor may be a scumbag, an addict or a junior, or a broken shoe, but as long as he or she walks in front of the camera, he is a professional actor, and the performance presented is also a professional performance.

But on the other hand, in the Chinese film and television industry, the difference in the acting skills of a large number of actors from professional classes is overwhelming, and the rough production level of the entire industry, the urgency of the pursuit of money, fame and fortune, and the low requirements for art itself cannot be described in words.

Many times when Li Mu watches domestic film and television dramas, he will be extremely embarrassed to find that even the protagonist can't act, let alone those group performances.

Sometimes, it is not easy for a film and television drama to have several movies with online acting skills, but the group performances are outrageous, and the scenes are played and danced every minute, and the viewing experience is extremely poor;

Sometimes, for the sake of traffic and income, film and television dramas invite a lot of so-called popular little fresh meat, and every frame of the whole drama is screenshotted separately, which is as beautiful as a magazine blockbuster, just strung together, and after matching the plot, people want to vomit;

Sometimes, the props and special effects in a movie are fake so that three-year-old children can't bear to look at them directly.

Moreover, Li Mu's film and television dramas that should be recorded in the later stage are unbearable as long as the lip shape is not right, but most of the domestic film and television drama directors and actors, in order to save time and effort in shooting, all use the method of post-dubbing, so that they will appear on the set to count the numbers of the "Miss Digital......

Some old actors are also unenterprising, and their acting skills have not broken through for more than ten years, and they have played the same role for more than ten years, but each one of them makes people feel embarrassed;

Counting the erosion of the Chinese film and television industry, Li Mu, an outsider, can scold for three days and three nights word for word, not that he admires foreign flattery, purely from the perspective of an audience, Chinese film and television dramas and American film and television dramas cannot be compared at all, the simplest example: it is rare to find group performances in American dramas whose acting skills are not online, sometimes the acting skills of group performances are amazing, even if most American dramas are not good-looking, they will not make people play because of the poor acting skills of the actors, but on the other hand, in China, group performances are really group performances that can't act at all, and I don't see a few directors who can stick to their own artistic pursuits and really invite a group of supporting actors who can act to come in, making the whole drama more plump.

It is precisely because of these original sins that make people feel that hatred of iron does not make steel, that Li Mucai is full of pessimism about the self-development of the Chinese film and television industry.

In the last life, although Hollywood penetrated into the Chinese film and television market in the later period, and even cooperated with actors, directors, and screenwriters in the Chinese film and television industry, the Chinese market at that time had risen, the industry had gone astray, and the audience was also led astray, so that Hollywood's content had to bow its head in China, and the so-called actors with no acting skills in China had to be used for the box office.

Yes, if the Huaxia film and television industry still embarks on such a path in this life, then Li Mu will definitely disband Makino Imaging and never touch film and television again, because he doesn't want to mix with so many lo coffees, even if it's just in one industry, he can't afford to lose that person.

Spielberg took the initiative to ask Li Mu: "Mr. Li, if we sign a successful contract, what kind of theme do you want us to make in 2003 that is related to China?"

Li Mu thought for a moment and said: "War theme! Whether it is "Saving Private Ryan" or "Band of Brothers", they are all war-themed film and television dramas that I like very much. You have made great contributions to the people of the world, but Hollywood has never had a film about China's resistance to the Japanese invaders in World War II, you made a movie about almost all the battles in World War II in which Americans participated, and you yourself made a film about the German army's massacre of Jews in World War II, if you personally directed a film about China during World War II, I think it will be very meaningful. ”

Spielberg can understand Li Mu's sense of national belonging, even if Li Mu promised him to invest or even give a guaranteed box office, but out of professionalism, he still reminded Li Mu in friendship: " Mr. Li, the real war film costs a lot of money, the cost is very high, the rescue of Private Ryan invested 70 million US dollars four years ago, and the brothers also invested 120 million US dollars, the cost is very high, and you want to make a film that reflects China in World War II, this kind of movie, in North America and other parts of the world, I am afraid it will not have too high box office performance, so the possibility of recovering the cost is not very ......"

Li Mu said categorically: "It doesn't matter, I will vote if you want the theme, I personally can't afford to invest in my company, my company can't afford to vote, my shareholders can't vote, money is not a problem, the problem is to have good works, China has a population of 1.3 billion, I don't believe that a good movie will be watched by no one!"

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