It's no wonder that Liang Hongfei is so eager now, in recent years, the company has come to many new directors, and the box office results are very good, and he has not had any works for four years, in fact, this is understandable, after all, not every director can always remain at the peak of creation, even Feng Xiaogang, known as the king of the mainland box office, once suffered a double failure at the box office for a period of time.

Of course, if this was changed before, Liang Hongfei probably wouldn't have taken it to heart, but now he is dragging his family with him, and a man's economic status also determines the status of the family, seeing Yu Peipei's career rising step by step over the years, but he has been eating his old book, even if Yu Peipei doesn't say anything, Liang Hongfei also feels the pressure.

Li Mu smiled secretly in his heart, there is a more interesting phenomenon in management, what should we do if we want to keep high-income people motivated at all times? This is a problem that plagues many companies, in fact, there are already solutions in foreign countries, and many foreign-funded enterprises will guide company executives to carry out all kinds of high consumption, luxury cars, luxury houses, what should I do if I don't have enough money? Credit card advances, because they find that only when people are poor, will they always maintain an enterprising spirit.

"My new film plan is to combine comedy and suspense............ "Liang Hongfei Balabala spoke for nearly half an hour, and then looked at Li Mu with blazing eyes.

However, what disappointed him was that he didn't see any surprise in Li Mu's expression at all, and it was even a little weird.

Of course, Li Mu feels weird, although the plot told by Liang Hongfei is slightly different, but isn't this a weakened version of "Detective Chinatown"?

"So, you want to set up the image of two police officers in the play to tease the detective?"

Liang Hongfei nodded mumbly, and soon he understood the problem, first of all, the Huaxia judicial system does not have the position of inspector, that is to say, this background must not be set as a real background, and even if it is a virtual background, if you want to pass the trial, it must not be set in Huaxia.

"In other words, the background of this drama is best set abroad, or let's set the background in Thailand, and this idea is also quite good, maybe it can be made into a series of films, why not set in Chinatown?" Li Mu listed them one by one.

Liang Hongfei was directly dumbfounded, originally he thought that it would take a lot of effort to convince Li Mu of his seemingly whimsical idea, who would have thought that Li Mu not only did not have any impatience, but also supplemented the loopholes in his plot, and even extended it to the point of a series.

"Huh?"

Li Mu looked at Liang Hongfei strangely: "What's the matter?"

"No, no, how could it be?" Liang Hongfei sneered.

"Then, you can touch the idea with the screenwriting team and save the script as soon as possible. Li Mu nodded with satisfaction, a good series can even support a film and television company, this is definitely not an exaggeration, the 007 series is the best example, a total of 25 films were filmed, the time span is more than 50 years, the total box office exceeds 2.1 billion US dollars, and even in the case that MGM made a decision to sell a patent for the 007 movie, it caused a scramble among the five major Hollywood companies, and they were willing to buy the distribution rights at a loss, which shows the influence of the series.

Although Muzi Studio has produced a lot of blockbuster movies over the years, it has really not produced any decent series, and Li Mu did not pay attention to it before, so Liang Hongfei put forward the idea of "Detective Chinatown", which also made Li Mu happy to make this movie the first successful series of Muzi Studio.

There is a big boss to speak, and the screenwriting team is also very powerful, and it took only two weeks to come up with a first-draft script, at the meeting, Li Mu also saw this script, the plot is very similar to the original version, but some details are still not mellow enough, after all, it is a first-draft script, Li Mu has no intention of picking bones in eggs, just let the production team calculate the budget.

In fact, this can already show Li Mu's attitude, and in the next half a month, the production team and the screenwriting team have come up with the final report.

The production cost is as high as 120 million, this production cost is definitely a well-deserved A-level production, in the current market environment, in the entire film and television industry within a year, such an A-level production can be counted with both hands.

Whether it is Liang Hongfei or the production team, they are very nervous, this is already the lowest budget they can give, and they are even ready to be criticized, after all, such a film that combines comedy and detective suspense has no precedent in Chinese movies, and no one can guarantee whether it can gain the audience's love in the end, to put it mildly, such a budget, if you can't even pass the first layer of review in the general company, after all, everyone likes low-cost comedies, the same comedy, why are you so much higher than other people's budgetsIs it really the company's money blown by the wind?

However, just when the atmosphere in the conference room became more and more solemn, Li Mu closed the script and budget plan, and just said lightly: "Is 120 million enough?"

Liang Hongfei was a little dumbfounded, should he say enough? The production team had a bitter face, thinking that Li Mu was sarcastically making the budget too high, and the production crew was about to cry, the conscience of heaven and earth, they had already stuck the budget to death, but Liang Hongfei was stunned and didn't give in at all, it was a play, and it was special effects, and the baby was bitter.

"That's it, the budget of 120 million remains the same, but I can give you an additional 30 million publicity expenses, and this part of the money is not allowed to be misappropriated, Lao Liang, it's up to you next. Li Mu thought about it and knocked on the table.

Liang Hongfei was overjoyed, almost didn't jump up, and hurriedly stood up and made a military order.

The next thing is relatively simple, the script review was quickly passed, and the crew was in place as soon as possible, and the record of this "Chinatown Detective" film was quickly noticed by some film and television companies, but the investment of 120 million yuan made many small companies daunting, and many companies that had cooperated with Muzi Studio did not make up their minds for a while, whether to invest or not, after all, judging from the title, this is a suspenseful detective film, and this kind of film has no achievements in Huaxia.

Of course, a film and television company like Huayi, which has always cooperated with Muzi Studio, still obtained first-hand information for the first time, and the investment risk is a bit large, so Huayi only invested 10 million, while a film and television company like Light and Shadow Media only invested 5 million, it is estimated that it is to hang his name on the subtitles of the investor, what if it becomes popular?

Li Mu doesn't care, now the company's capital chain is very sufficient, enough to support an investment of 150 million, even if there is no third-party investment, it will not hinder the filming of the crew.

Of course, this is only for investors, after the filing of "Detective Chinatown" was exposed, some brokerage companies began to think about it and began to frantically promote their artists, after all, this is not an investment, there is no cost, but it can earn a salary, why not, or that sentence, what if it becomes popular?

After four years of silence, Liang Hongfei finally directed an A-level production again, and he was also full of ambition, so he was extremely strict in the selection of actors.

Of course, there are also those who are not rigorous, that is, the heroine Ah Xiang, this role Liang Hongfei actually did not plan to leave to his daughter-in-law Yu Peipei, but unfortunately, in the company, the information of this film is not a secret at all, and it was quickly captured by Yu Peipei.

Regarding Yu Peipei's request, Liang Hongfei could only say with a bitter face: "Daughter-in-law, isn't this good?

Yu Peipei glanced at him: "Is it the old lady's acting skills that are not worthy of this role? Or is the figure and appearance not worthy of this Ah Xiang? Or is it that someone wants to do something unsightly with this role?"

In the second half of the sentence, Yu Peipei basically said it with gritted back molars, Liang Hongfei opened his mouth and could only give in, but he still cautiously mentioned: "What if Mr. Li asks?"

Yu Peipei didn't pay attention to him at all, turned around and entered Li Mu's office, Li Mu didn't say anything about Yu Peipei's request, just asked her to prepare for the audition, although he also felt that Yu Peipei's role as Ah Xiang was very suitable in terms of image, temperament, and figure, but considering the company's rules and regulations, the cutscene that should be taken must be left, otherwise it will be really difficult to manage in the future.

Yu Peipei also left happily, in her opinion, there is no female artist under the company who is more suitable for this role than her, according to Li Mu's style of doing things that does not flow to outsiders, she should not hand over such an easy role to others.

The audition process was very smooth, they were all their own people, even if Liang Hongfei took the initiative to avoid it, Yu Peipei still passed the audition assessment unanimously.

The female number one is confirmed, the roles of the two male protagonists, but for the first time, they are paid empty, and there are really no actors in the company who are suitable to play these two.

First of all, Qin Feng is a little fresh meat, and he also requires a certain amount of acting skills, Chen Xuan and Li Mu are not very suitable, especially the role of Tang Ren, who requires a high level of funny talent, such an actor is difficult to find in the entire entertainment industry.

The scripts of these two characters soon began to go viral in the entertainment industry, and the outside world also jokingly called this time Muzi Studio "great compassion", after all, the previous A-level productions of Muzi Studio were all fertile and did not flow into the fields of outsiders.

Happiness came too suddenly, and the entire entertainment industry was crazy for a while, especially Qin Feng's entire role, Xiao Xianrou, there is not much in the entertainment industry at the moment, but there are many small fresh meat, as for acting? Many brokerage companies directly ignored this one, so Qin Feng's entire role gained a high degree of attention.

The media reports every day that a certain little fresh meat has officially decided to fight for the role of Qin Feng, and those who don't know think that they all got the role contract.

Compared with Qin Feng's popularity, the role of Tang Ren is a little cold, of course, it is just a look, and there are not a few actors who send audition videos, but most people can't meet Tang Ren's requirements for being vulgar and earthy, and he also has funny talent.

The casting progress is actually not fast, Qin Feng needs to screen too much, and Tang Ren is that there are few who meet the requirements at all, and Liang Hongfei is really a little unwilling.

So Li Mu gave Liang Hongfei a suggestion: "Instead of looking for a needle in a haystack, you should directly ask people to collect the video materials of all comedians, whether it is acting in sketches, cross talk, or acting in a small comedy theater, don't stick to one pattern." ”

Liang Hongfei thought about it, and hurriedly asked people to start collecting information, and after three consecutive days of fighting, an actor who played a burlesque entered Liang Hongfei's sight.

Burlesque is actually a very old industry in China, similar to foreign clowns, specializing in playing ugly and making people happy, but this kind of drama has almost disappeared in China.

"Old Tang, someone is looking for you outside, you hurry up. The small theater was a little dilapidated and empty, with few spectators, and on the stage a short man with a funny face was working hard to finish the last act.

The few remaining spectators left, and Old Tang was so tired that he sat on the ground, and he did everything he could to keep customers.

Hearing this shout, Old Tang sneered at the man under the stage with a spirit in his heart: "What, boss, it's really not a coincidence today..........."

The boss waved at him angrily: "When did you kid happen to have a chance? Hurry down, I won't urge you to rent today." ”

As soon as he heard that he didn't urge the rent, Old Tang breathed a sigh of relief and climbed down from the stage.

The boss was angry, pointed at Old Tang and scolded with a smile: "Hey, as soon as you kid says that you won't urge the rent, you will live?"

Old Tang accompanied the smiling face, with a touch of peasant-like cunning in his eyes, and a dialect of Mandarin in his mouth that he didn't know where: "What good things do you think about me when you are old?"

The owner of the small theater smiled and patted Old Tang on the shoulder: "Why don't you say that you kid is lucky, a director took a fancy to you and gave him a business card, saying that you kid would have to seize the opportunity, that's a movie, maybe you play a supporting role and it will become popular?"

Old Tang didn't take the business card, but stared at the owner of the small theater with unkind eyes: "Aren't you? How can I have this kung fu acting? If I break off for a day, I can't get a few old customers to run away, are you honest, do you want to rent the small theater to others?"

The boss couldn't help but point to his nose and scolded: "You kid is really a dog biting Lu Dongbin and doesn't know the hearts of good people, am I not good for you? How many years have this been? Are you still dead? No one has watched the burlesque, you better change your career as soon as possible, and I'm not afraid to tell you, this place is about to be demolished, and after three months, you can't help if you can't move!"

On the way back, Lao Tang bought a pound of bulk liquor, and rarely bought a fried duck rack, and soon the old Tang was drunk to death, and the business card was also forgotten by him in a corner of the dinner table.

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