Chapter 167: Let the licking dog live!
Of course, there is another most important reason why Li Mu chose [Journey to the West], [Journey to the West] itself is a vital part of Chinese Xianxia culture, and its influence is extremely far-reaching.
Even many island country comics have been influenced by [Journey to the West], [Dragon Ball] needless to say, the protagonist is Sun Wukong, and the golden and silver horns in [Naruto] are not mentioned, the protagonist Naruto's shadow clone technique, isn't it just Goku's big doppelganger Puhui Shenfa copied?
After writing down the outline of the script on paper, Li Mu opened his laptop to create a new document, and then began to polish the script against the outline.
Unconsciously sat from morning to afternoon, Li Mu glanced at the time, stretched for a long time, and then packed up his things and got off work.
"Hey, you're leaving so early today?" Shi Ran said a little sourly.
Li Mu shrugged: "Go home, there are people at home waiting for me to feed!"
Shi Ran said that he had received 10,000 critical damage, and scolded with a smile: "Get out!"
Ten minutes away from the studio to drive home, Li Mu also went to the supermarket to buy groceries, but unfortunately met the aunt next door in the corridor.
The aunt said to Li Mu mysteriously: "Hey, young man, do you know, there have been strangers hanging outside our building recently, you should be careful at home, and lock the door when you go out." β
Li Mu was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly realized that needless to say, it must have been the paparazzi who found it, and he had to admire their vast magical powers.
"Okay, thank you, Auntie!"
"I don't look like a good person when I wear sunglasses all day long............" the aunt muttered and closed the door.
Wang Ziwen heard the sound of the door opening and immediately turned her eyes away from the TV, and saw that it was Li Mutian and smiled: "I'm back." β
Li Mu lowered his head and kissed her on the forehead and asked, "Are you tired of going out for a day today?"
"Hey, don't mention it, I'm tired, you don't know how difficult it is to find a job now, I originally planned to find a professional counterpart in foreign trade or translation, but it turned out that several companies need work experience, not to mention, but also at least a master's degree, is a master's degree so worthless these days?" Wang Ziwen said indignantly.
"So what?" Li Mu asked directly.
Wang Ziwen said proudly: "Hehe, then I went directly to another job fair, there happened to be an animation company recruiting painters, I showed them my previous works, and then I was admitted in minutes." β
Li Mu was also very good, and praised: "Yes, I really deserve to be a beautiful painter of CUHK." β
Wang Ziwen smiled and offered a fragrant kiss: "For the sake of your sweet mouth today, I will reward you!"
"How do I feel like you're taking advantage of me?"
"Phew, shameless!"
There was a burst of laughter, a meal was almost half an hour, and it was not ready until half past six, Wang Ziwen naturally didn't know how to cook anything, and the kung fu of making trouble was first-class, but Li Mu also enjoyed it.
"Come, celebrate your job today, cheers!" Li Mu opened a glass of wine, in fact, he didn't have much research on this thing, most of it was sent by some customers, and it just happened to be used to support the faΓ§ade.
Wang Ziwen is even worse, let alone the product, she blushes when she drinks a little.
After being full of wine and food, Li Mu took out his laptop and continued to write the script, while Wang Ziwen had already started cleaning pots and pans in the kitchen, which was also their tacit understanding these days.
Li Mu is in charge of cooking, she is in charge of washing dishes and mopping the floor, and she really looks like a hostess.
Unconsciously, Wang Ziwen had already washed the dishes, and when she saw Li Mu typing on the keyboard, she couldn't help but be curious: "Are you writing?"
"It's a script, the company is about to start a project, I first get the general storyline out, and then hand it over to the screenwriting team to polish. Li Mu explained.
"Oh. Wang Ziwen didn't continue to bother him, but moved a chair and sat next to Li Mu.
There was only the sound of Li Mu tapping on the keyboard in the room, but after a while, Li Mu heard a burst of sobbing, and when he turned his head to look, he found that Wang Ziwen's eyes were red from crying.
"What, what's wrong?"
Wang Ziwen calmed down for a long time before glaring at him faintly: "Why do you want to write the Zixia Fairy to death? It's so annoying! Can't you just let the licking dog live?"
"Lick, lick the dog?" Li Mu thought he had misheard.
"Isn't it? Zixia has only loved the Supreme Treasure from beginning to end, what about the Supreme Treasure? has been lying to her, but Zixia has never doubted it, and finally sacrificed herself to die for Sun Wukong, isn't this licking a dog?" Wang Ziwen said in a heartfelt manner.
When she said this, Li Mu was really a little surprised, it turned out that Zixia Fairy was actually the biggest licking dog in [Journey to the West], is it true that men and women look at things from different angles?
"Do you men particularly look down on licking dogs?" Wang Ziwen said faintly.
Li Mudu was happy: "What are you thinking about this little head? This is just a script, don't think about it." β
Seeing that Wang Ziwen still looked very disappointed, Li Mu had no choice but to say, "I haven't finished writing it later, do you still want to read it?"
"Yes!"
Well, the law of true incense works everywhere.
When Li Mu finished writing the last plot, the girl burst into tears and laughed: "That's right, Zixia likes the Supreme Treasure, and it's not the long-haired monkey, so I want them to be together!"
Well, this girl directly made Li Mudu start to wonder if he understood [Journey to the West].
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The next day, Li Mu summoned Liang Hongfei and the screenwriter team to a meeting, and the plot of [Journey to the West] was also printed as a paper document, one for each person.
"This is the next project of the company, you can see first, what questions can be raised. β
Liang Hongfei looked very seriously, grinning from time to time, and frowning from time to time.
Shi Ran gradually became fascinated, and there was silence in the conference room, except for the occasional sound of turning pages.
"I think this script is good, polish it well, it's promising!" Liang Hongfei also felt his own problems after making two movies, but he has been suffering from not having a good script, and the appearance of [Journey to the West] at this time undoubtedly ignited the flame of hope for him again.
The screenwriting team raised a question: "This play looks like a comedy at first glance, but the core is still a tragedy, how do we grasp the scale of writing the script?"
This is indeed a problem, just like Stephen Chow said, he has acted in a lifetime of tragedy, but people say that he is the king of comedy, in fact, the "comedy part" of [Journey to the West] has two purposes, one is to retain the audience, and the other is to set off the final tragedy, this degree is indeed difficult to grasp!
"In this way, I will list the lives and personalities of some of the main characters for you, and you will write them accordingly. β
Li Mu asked again: "Is there any more problem? If not, then it will be decided!"
Shi Ran raised his hand and said, "How do you arrange the actors of this play?"
This is indeed a problem, not to mention anything else, Zhu Yin's peak appearance has haunted generations of people, and there will be no Zixia after Zhu Yin.
"Is Jiang Yinyue's schedule appropriate? If it is suitable for the role of Zixia Fairy, give it to her. Li Mu seems to have the impression that only Jiang Yinyue's appearance is enough to control this role, not to mention that when she came to the studio, she also promised a role of female number one.
Although since Jiang Ye, she has also taken on two roles in a row for the role of female number one, which is not very rare.
"What about the Supreme Treasure?" Shi Ran asked again.
"Is Chen Xuan's schedule appropriate?"
Shi Ran spread his hands: "He won the male number three of a CCTV drama some time ago, and it is said that filming will start in three months, I'm afraid he won't be able to catch up." β
"Okay, then I'll do it!" Li Mu sighed.
As soon as these words came out, Shi Ran's face became a little strange, and he looked like he wanted to speak and stopped.
Li Mu took a look: "If there is no problem, let's go and prepare first!"
After sending everyone away, Shi Ran said, "You have nothing to do with Jiang Yinyue, right?"
"What can it be?" Li Mu was stunned for a moment.
"Hey, didn't you have an affair with her before, and a few days ago she was secretly photographed by the paparazzi in a relationship, and an entertainment reporter went to stir up trouble, and Jiang Yinyue also smashed the reporter's microphone!" Shi Ran said.
In this way, Li Mu was a little weak-hearted, when he was filming [Jiang Ye] before, he himself couldn't tell whether it was in the play or outside the play, and he had the most interaction with Jiang Yinyue outside the play.
Acting itself is a difficult process to control, in order to achieve the best performance state, many actors will choose to substitute into the role, if they are not adjusted well afterwards, there are many people who fall into it.
One of the most regrettable is Weng Meiling and Tang Zhenye, the two fell in love with each other because of the drama, but Weng Meiling died young, and Tang Zhenye was once hidden and finally disappeared from the public eye.
Shi Ran just reminded him, and seeing that Li Mu had a number in his heart, he changed the topic and said, "Then the role of Bai Jingjing is handed over to Li Miaomiao?"
Speaking of Bai Jingjing, Li Mu remembered the slim Mok Wenwei back then, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, they all said that the eighteen changes in the female college are honest and not deceitful, but unfortunately Mok Wenwei has not changed in the direction of a pure jade girl.
More than ten years later, it even makes people wonder if the current Mok Wenwei is the same person as Bai Jingjing at the beginning?
"Okay, let's arrange it like this!" Li Mu nodded.
It will take some time for the script to be polished, but the studio has already gotten the news, and the employees are excited, you must know that the last time "Jiang Ye" became popular, everyone got a generous bonus, and the salary of the last few dramas has not made much money, so naturally there is no oil and water.
Now I heard that Li Mu personally decided on the project, and they are all gearing up, scrambling to enter the new project team and prepare to do a big job.
There are no secrets in the entertainment industry, and soon the outside world also received rumors, Liang Hongfei gained huge attention with [Crazy Stone] before, but the last two movies are just average, and after [Jiang Ye], Director Yang has not made any more profitable TV series, what does the comprehensive total mean? The key to success is not in them.