Chapter 439: Everyone is copying the United Nations
In Li Mu's heart, although "Crazy Stone" is a film with the small people in the market as the core, it does not mean that it must follow the role of the previous grass stage actor team. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
In Li Mu's eyes, there are four very outstanding characters in "Crazy Stone", Huang Bo who plays the black skin first, Guo Tao who plays the security captain second, Wang Xun who plays the four-eyed assistant of the real estate developer, and Liu Hua who plays the thief boss fourth.
These four people were all grassroots at the beginning, but after "Crazy Stone" became popular, these four people's acting careers have created new heights, especially Huang Bo, who started from this drama and reached the peak step by step.
Therefore, for Li Mu, he hopes that Ning Hao can use these four actors to shoot "Crazy Stone" this year, and it would be great if he could invite Xu Zheng over, although he does not have many roles in "Crazy Stone", but it is also this cooperation that makes him and Huang Bo and Ning Hao become an iron triangle, and he is also quite talented and a potential stock.
In addition, Li Mu has another idea in his heart, that is, to sign these actors to Makino Imaging as much as possible through this movie, these people are all powerful actors without exception, which is very rare.
Ning Hao's brain still couldn't react, after all, he came with a wish of five million, a minimum of three million, but as soon as Li Mu opened his mouth, it became twenty or thirty million, and he even asked Liu Dehua and Liu Tianwang to star, this action was too big, just like Bai Jingjing in the Journey to the West, she just went to apprentice, but it turned out that a man wanted to marry her on the spot, basically in a state of confusion.
Li Mu understands Ning Hao's mentality, and it is estimated that it will be the same if he were himself, in fact, Ning Hao was quite stumbling a few years ago, take "Crazy Stone" as an example, an idea has been there since 2000, and it can be done with three million, and after waiting for six years, after "Crazy Stone" became famous, he has always been grateful to Liu Dehua who invested in his filming, which shows his desire for this opportunity.
Now, Li Mu helped him advance this dream by four years and increased his bargaining chips, and he was not only excited, but also a little panicked.
He said: "An investment of 20 million or 30 million, and the box office can only return to the cost of 100 million, in case I lose ......."
Li Mu spread his hands with an indifferent face and said, "If you lose it, you will lose it, can I still let you pay me?"
Ning Hao said embarrassedly: "I didn't mean that...... I mean, I don't want to go, you treat me so well, if I lose money to you again, it's ......"
Li Mu continued to enlighten him: "Don't think that 30 million is a lot, 30 million a movie can actually only be regarded as ordinary, as for the box office, you don't have pressure, although we don't have too many resources in the film and television industry, but don't forget, our ability to put on the Internet is very strong, you just need to shoot the movie well, and I will solve the box office matter." ”
Ning Hao was slightly stunned, he was also a smart person, as soon as he heard Li Mu talk about the Internet, he immediately understood Li Mu's intentions.
With the strong delivery ability of Makino Technology, he can directly put a movie to tens of millions of people in minutes, and tens of millions of people will have a community effect, and the number of people who will finally deliver information will definitely be more, this delivery ability is not available in the traditional film and television industry, if you shoot the movie well, Li Mu will take out this resource at that time, and then help the film to win enough film scheduling, and the box office of the movie will not have to worry.
Thinking about this, Ning Hao finally had some confidence, and he said to Li Mu: "Boss, then I'll go back and think about the script carefully, and strive to be more detailed, and then I'll show it to you." ”
Li Mu nodded: "If you want to shoot, when do you want to turn it on?"
Ning Hao thought for a while and said, "June or July." ”
Li Mu asked again: "How long is it expected to shoot?"
Ning Hao said: "The previous plan was to shoot within two months, after all, the cost is small, but now, I have to go back and calculate it carefully, the cost is high, the production is fine, and the time cycle is a little longer." ”
Li Mu nodded: "Don't worry, let's lock in the end of the year and release the New Year's file at the end of December, or the beginning of next year." ”
Ning Hao said: "This time should be no problem. ”
Li Mu said with a smile: "You have to shoot it well then, this movie is the first big-screen movie of our Makino Image, we must be famous, this movie is filmed, and our development will be smooth in the future." ”
Ning Hao grinned: "Boss, don't worry, as long as you can trust me, I will do my best." ”
Li Mu scolded with a smile: ", 30 million is allowed to you, how can I trust you?"
Hearing this, Ning Hao held the script of the thief among thieves, and was stupid for a long time.
Li Mu asked him: "What is your own salary expectation for this movie, tell me about it." ”
Ning Hao said: "Boss, it's enough for me to pay 50,000 yuan for the director." ”
"50,000?" Li Mu frowned: "What kind of calf are you talking to me? Give you 50,000 director fees, do I want to mix it up?"
Ning Hao said happily: "If you are too little, I have no problem with giving 50,000 more." ”
"Roll the calves. Li Mu said impatiently: "The minimum of 500,000 director fees, plus 10% of the box office account, how much you can earn depends on your ability." ”
When Ning Hao heard this, he was shocked for a long time and didn't react at all, not to mention that the amount of 500,000 yuan was ten times what he expected, what does 10% of the box office share mean alone, he knew very well in his heart that Li Mu's words promised him 10% of the net profit of this movie......
Ning Hao still wanted to shirk it, but Li Mu just waved his hand and said: "Okay, let's take care of our own affairs, I am responsible for the money, you are responsible for the work, how to pay is my business, I will decide it myself, you don't say more, just do your own work." ”
Ning Hao nodded, did not speak, and only sighed in his heart that his life was really good, he met Li Mu, a powerful gold master, and the other party trusted him so much, that he suddenly had the idea of smearing his liver and brain.
Li Mu suddenly thought of Du Wei, he always felt that Du Wei had such good conditions, and it was a loss not to go through the comprehensive development of film and television songs, but after thinking about it, "Crazy Stone" was really not suitable for her to star, and after thinking about it for a long time, he suddenly thought of a movie - "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years"
"Those Years" is a phenomenal movie, and this film is also a high-quality youth film, which once led a big trend of youth films in China, if it weren't for its success, there would not have been so many youth films full of vulgar elements such as juniors, pregnancy, abortion, car accidents, and terminal illnesses.
In later generations, the three youth films "To Youth", "You at the Same Table", and "The Year in a Hurry" were released one after another, and netizens once ridiculed that the abortion rate of these three films reached an astonishing 100%, and even summarized a sentence for this: Youth films have three treasures, abortion, car accidents, and difficulty in getting old, which is enough to see the flood of youth films at that time, and it is enough to see the great success of the movie "Those Years".
Du Wei's temperament is too suitable for Shen Jiayi in those years, plus Du Wei showed her youthful atmosphere in "Old Boy", she is probably the most suitable girl for filming campus youth dramas in Li Mu's mind, and she is also the best choice to play Shen Jiayi.
However, if he filmed for those years, he didn't have a suitable director at hand, and he really didn't have the time and energy to make a cameo director to make a movie, a "Old Boy" would toss himself enough, Ning Hao has "Crazy Stone" to prepare, and he is not suitable for this style, so Li Mu feels that if he wants to shoot for those years, he still has to find a director.
He asked Ning Hao: "Do you know a director who is suitable for making campus romance films?"
Ning Hao asked, "What kind of campus love?"
Li Mu said: "It's a campus love story in which the male and female protagonists liked each other at the beginning, and after a crush, being so strong and duplicitous, they finally came together and separated because of a little, and finally the girl married someone else's campus love story." ”
Ning Hao laughed after hearing this: "When you say that, I really know a suitable director." ”
Li Mu asked, "Who, introduce me to me?"
Ning Haole said: "It's you, boss, isn't "Old Boy" this kind of tune, you are very good at it!"
Li Mu glared at him and said, "I'm about a million a day, how do I have time to make movies, to be serious, you look for one for me, you have to be reliable." ”
Seeing Li Mu's serious expression, Ning Hao immediately nodded and said, "I'll look for it when I go back and see if there's a suitable one." ”
Li Mu said: "Take it seriously, if it is reliable, this movie can be launched together with "Crazy Stone", and it will be on the New Year file together at the end of the year." ”
Ning Hao nodded: "OK, I'll do it as soon as possible!"
After eating and chatting about the movie, Li Mu drove Ning Hao back, and when he saw the domineering G55 that Li Mu had newly bought, Ning Hao was shocked by Li Mu again, from the time he saw this car to the time he got out of the car, his eyes were almost stuck in the various details of the G55 and couldn't pull it out.
Li Mu saw his unconscious performance in his eyes, and when he was leaving, he told him that if the box office of "Crazy Stone" could reach 300 million after its release, he would give him an additional G55.
Ning Hao was so frightened that he waved his hand again and again, saying that he didn't dare to imagine a box office of 300 million, and he couldn't afford such an expensive car, Li Mu gave him a sentence: "Dare to think and dare to be a hero." Then he drove away.
On the way back, Kong Lingyu called Li Mu and said to Li Mu: "Boss, Tengxun removed all commercial advertisements today, and their membership services are also on sale, one penny a month, equivalent to 0.1% off." ”
Li Mu asked him: "For a penny a month, can users customize how many months to buy? For example, buy for half a year or a year at a time." ”
"Wait a minute, I'll take a look. Kong Lingyu paused for a moment, tested it and said to Li Mu, "No, you can only buy a single month." ”
Li Mu smiled: "Then don't worry about it, they don't have the determination to break the kettle themselves." ”
Kong Lingyu asked: "They must be doing this to maintain user viscosity, shouldn't we deal with it?"
Li Mu said without hesitation: "Don't deal with it for the time being, when they are out of the way, buy members for a penny and can buy them for a year or even two years at a time, let's deal with it, we don't fight a price war, it's too low." ”
Kong Lingyu was stunned for a moment: "Uh, then okay......"
Li Mu noticed that Kong Lingyu was still a little worried, so he smiled and said with relief: "You don't mess up your own inch because of the other party's price war, its products are outdated in many functions compared to YY, and many of our core functions can not be enjoyed by even QQ members, which means that in terms of these needs, QQ members cannot replace ordinary YY users, this is our core means of competition, if we blindly follow them to engage in price wars, but mess up our own steps." ”
Kong Lingyu said: "I understand the boss. ”
As he spoke, he said: "By the way, when YY was doing strategic deployment before, the architecture of the YY game lobby you proposed, we have now done almost it, and the design team has also designed the interfaces of several popular games, you send it to your mailbox, if you have time, take a look." ”
Li Mu asked curiously: "So fast, from the strategic deployment to now, it will only take about a month, right?"
Kong Lingyu said: "We mainly focus on the development of the game architecture and lobby system, as for the game itself, in order to save time, I bought the source code from other board game development companies, and then redeveloped it on the basis of the source code, plus our new visual design, the speed is much faster." ”
Li Mu said in surprise: "Okay, Lao Kong, my brain is getting more and more active, how many game codes have I bought?"
Kong Lingyu said: "There are thirteen kinds of poker, poker categories: three-person landlord, four-person landlord, upgrade, run fast; chess category: chess, military flag, checkers and backgammon; mahjong category: Cantonese mahjong, Taiwanese mahjong, Sichuan Shu mahjong, in addition, there is a Tetris and billiards. ”
Li Mu was dumbfounded when he heard this: "So many types?!"
"yes. Kong Lingyu said: "That company originally imitated Lianzhong to make a chess and card online platform, but the follow-up capital chain did not keep up, and the game platform could not be pushed after it was launched. ”
Saying that, Kong Lingyu added: "Tetris, billiards and Sichuan Shu mahjong have not been developed, I have dug up all their technical development teams, and now they are working here to continue development, their team is only thirteen people, the salary is not high, the amount of funds is not large, I didn't report to you in time." ”
"Great! Well done!" Li Mu was very surprised after hearing this, Kong Lingyu really dug up a treasure for himself! Delegating power to him and other core members by himself still has a great effect, an online game development team, and more than a dozen game programs are packaged, this kind of good thing is simply an opportunity that cannot be missed, and it will not come again.
Li Mu asked him: "Will they sell the game program to other companies again?"
Kong Lingyu said: "No, I bought it out at a price of 3 million, the copyright is all here, if they resell it, they will be criminally responsible, and the core members of the team are in our company, they are still very satisfied with being able to work in our company." ”
After speaking, Kong Lingyu said again: "Boss, this price is a little expensive, but there were other companies with the intention of acquiring at that time, so I was afraid that I would have a long night, so I bought it directly." ”
Li Mu smiled: "It's okay, spending so much more money is nothing, for us, the time saved is much more cost-effective than the money spent, not to mention that we have also gained a mature team, this alone is worth it!"
This is the benefit of delegating power to a certain extent, the development of Makino technology is getting bigger and bigger, Li Mu tosses a lot of things, in most cases, he can't preside over the daily operation of the company, so he can't control everything himself, divide the power, let the capable and trustworthy subordinates make decisions for themselves, and the effect is often better.
Take Kong Lingyu's acquisition of the game source code and the development team, as an example, if Kong Lingyu reports the matter to himself, and then understands the various details of the other party, and then considers whether the price is appropriate, it is easy to miss such a good opportunity.
Li Mu was relieved, and asked him again: "Then when do you think the YY game hall will be able to integrate these dozen games and release them to the public?"
Kong Lingyu thought for a while and said, "It should be no problem in about twenty days." ”
Li Mu said with satisfaction: "It's okay at this time node, you have to ensure quality and quantity, don't be greedy for speed." ”
Kong Lingyu said: "Don't worry, Boss, we all know it in our hearts." ”
Li Mu asked him again: "I mentioned to you before that every mini-game must design some cute and interesting dialogue templates, and find male and female dubbing separately, has this been done?"
Kong Lingyu said: "It's done, a total of six people were found, three men and three women, each game has recorded six different versions, and it has not yet been decided which version to use, Boss, do you want to listen to it yourself and make a choice?"
Li Mu said with a smile: "I won't mix this kind of thing, you are the developer of the product, you decide by yourself what style is more suitable for your own product, and it is more acceptable to your users." ”
Kong Lingyu said: "Okay, I will call everyone to vote together tomorrow, and the minority obeys the majority." ”
"OK!" Li Mu said with satisfaction, and said: "By the way, the design team must package the visual effects of the game, and the company's future UI, plane, elements and other aspects of the design force must be continuously strengthened, you and Qingya keep communicating with this, if you feel that the manpower is insufficient, don't hesitate to add people immediately." ”
"Okay. Kong Lingyu said: "I'll call Qingya later." ”
Just when Li Mu was pleased with Kong Lingyu's progress in his heart, he didn't know that Mr. Ma, who was far away in Shenzhen, also came up with the idea of copying Lianzhong Games.
Sadly, Mr. Ma didn't know that Li Mu was also doing this, and even started earlier than him, he has just started to lead the team to sort out the product framework, and Li Mu's YY game hall is almost complete, and there are more than a dozen games at once... (To be continued.) )