Li Mu took it and saw that it was actually a script.

Almost a quarter of an hour later, Li Mucai closed the script and smiled at Director Yang: "Are you planning to make a movie?"

Director Yang nodded solemnly.

Speaking of which, although the film and television industry looks like a circle, it is actually completely two systems, film and TV are also completely two carriers, to put it simply, TV series do not need to be charged after all, the most is to fill a membership when watching online dramas, and movies not only have to pay for tickets, but also undertake very important social tasks.

Therefore, whether it is a film director or a movie actor, psychologically it has a certain advantage over the TV drama circle.

Li Mu once heard a joke in the industry, which said that two actors met to say hello, and actor A asked actor B: "What have you been doing lately?"

"Hey, eat with a mouthful. ”

"Oh, acting in a TV series. ”

"What about you?"

"I'm an artist. "It's about acting in movies.

Speaking of which, this joke was only after the development of the mainland film and television industry, after all, before Xiangjiang, the salary of movie actors was far more than that of TV drama actors, which can be described as fame and fortune, otherwise Fa Ge would not have sharpened his head to develop as a movie actor in the name of box office poison at that time.

But in the mainland, it is different, the land is vast, the long-term impact of TV dramas is higher than that of movies, and TV series earn no less than movies, often some TV drama actors can get tens of millions of salaries, and it is rare for movie actors to get such a high salary.

Due to the different media, the small screen of TV dramas does limit the play of creators, and it is normal for Director Yang to want to cross this threshold to shoot movies.

Speaking of which, from TV series to movies, there are really not many people who can really cross this threshold, such as the famous director Zhao Baogang, who is definitely a big name in the TV drama industry, and the director's film debut "Untouchable" was also full of confidence at the beginning, shouting the slogan of 500 million box office, but the total box office was only 50 million, and the loss was a miserable, and then he could only return to his familiar field to continue filming TV series.

"The script is not bad, but it's a little too dark, Director Yang, to be honest, children of our generation who have grown up rarely have similar tragic experiences, is your movie a little too artistic?" Li Mu actually said very vaguely, this script gave Li Mu the feeling of moaning without illness.

Some so-called art films are completely abused for the sake of abuse, in fact, neither the director nor the screenwriter has a similar experience, nor does they go deep into life to visit, how can something imaginary out of thin air move the audience?

In the end, the things filmed were not recognized by the audience, so they began to say that art films have no box office, theaters do not schedule films, and this year's audience is not good.

In fact, to be reasonable, most of the current audience is the post-80s and post-90s wave, and they are tolerant enough of various art forms, and the box office of the movie is not good, either you are the art of filming, and you are rushing to win the award, then don't pay attention to the box office.

Director Yang hesitated, in fact, this script is quite good in her opinion, but Li Mu's previous success cases are there, since he said that there is a problem, it should not be wrong.

Li Mu thought for a while: "Director Yang, otherwise, this script will be placed here with me first, I will make some revisions in the past few days, and then take it to the screenwriting team for evaluation, if it passes, you can set up the project and go through the procedure." ”

As soon as she heard that Li Mu was going to change her script, Director Yang was really a little reluctant, but there was no way to let Li Mu be her boss, so she could only bear the pain of her head, of course, she also knew that her first play was going to the box office, and it was actually great to have Li Mu to help her check it.

After Director Yang left, Li Mu had some difficulties, Director Yang's script is a campus youth movie, but it is full of all kinds of bloody polyamorous love, as well as various abortions and green hat plots, which is really miserable, and people can't help but wonder, did I study in a fake high school? Why don't I have these exciting plots?

When it comes to campus youth movies, the first thing that comes to mind must be [The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years], this movie is also an autobiographical type from the director [Nine Knives], and even the protagonist [Ke Jingteng] is his real name.

Of course, the background of this movie is set on Treasure Island, and Li Mu needs to carry out a comprehensive background transformation, otherwise it is easy to give people an inexplicable feeling.

And Ke Jingteng was bare-ass at home, and he was beating in class............ These episodes should not be tried in the mainland at all.

..............

After dinner, Li Mu sat at the dining table and continued to revise the script, Wang Ziwen came over curiously to look at it and found that he was not writing.

So he moved the stool softly and sat obediently to the side to peek.

Li Mu didn't care either, and it wasn't until ten o'clock in the evening that the script was changed by less than a third.

As soon as she stopped, Wang Ziwen's head leaned over, and she asked with a smile: "Say, is this Shen Jiayi set according to Miss Ben's prototype, did you covet Miss Ben's beauty when you were in high school?"

"Sample, it's not beautiful, but it's pretty beautiful. Li Mu scolded with a smile, and then was "beaten" by Wang Ziwen.

After the frolic, Wang Ziwen hugged Li Mu's arm and pouted: "No matter, Shen Jiayi is me anyway, so I changed all the buckles and WeChat signatures." ”

Okay, Li Mu couldn't cry or laugh a little, didn't this girl know that after the movie was released, changing the signature to Shen Jiayi would become a trend?

It took Li Mu three days to revise this script, and changed the scene in the plot where Ke Jingteng held a free fighting match for Shen Jiayi to confess to her at the school's college entrance examination oath meeting, and then before Shen Jiayi could react, Ke Jingteng was taken away by the teacher, Ke Jingteng thought that Shen Jiayi didn't like him, and Shen Jiayi also felt that Ke Jingteng's approach was very naïve, and finally the two drifted apart.

got Li Mu's script, and Director Yang spent almost half an hour reading it, watching it almost word by word.

"Mr. Li, isn't this script a little too bland?"

Li Mu really can't refute Director Yang's suspicions, of course, it is much more bland than the previous plot, but isn't the theme of campus youth movies bland and nostalgic?

"Director Yang, you can submit this script to the marketing department for evaluation, don't say that the script was modified by me, according to the evaluation report given by the marketing department, let's shoot it, if not, shoot your original one, how about it?"

Director Yang thought for a while: "Okay, this method is good." ”

Not surprisingly, the final evaluation report given by the marketing department was that the script modified by Li Mu is very marketable in the current mainstream movie-watching age group.

"Okay, then I'll leave it to the screenwriting team to perfect the details, by the way, boss, what about the protagonist of this movie?

Li Mu thought for a while and shook his head and said: "The male protagonist will use Chen Xuan, he hasn't taken on the drama recently, the female protagonist ........... Jiang Yinyue and Li Miaomiao's temperament are not very consistent, so let's recruit externally. ”

Shi Ran on the side proposed: "I have a candidate." ”

"Who?"

"How is Shen Meng?"

Director Yang didn't have much impression of the company's three newly debuted girls, but after seeing Shen Meng's photos, he immediately made a decision: "This girl is good, she has the taste of the girl next door." ”

"The image is quite consistent, but Shen Meng has no experience in filming at all, is she really competent?" Li Mu was a little worried.

Suddenly let Shen Meng be the heroine of a movie, not because she was worried that she would affect the box office, but because she was worried that if she didn't meet the audience's expectations, the audience didn't care whether it was your first time filming, and the pressure of public opinion might crush her at that time.

The reason why Li Mu didn't think of Shen Meng for the first time was actually subconsciously felt that the time was not ripe enough.

Director Yang patted his chest and said: "Boss, don't worry, training actors, that's my profession, and her temperament is too similar to Shen Jiayi, she is completely acting in her true colors, so there's nothing to worry about." ”

Li Mu was persuaded, nodded and said, "Okay, since that's the case, let's hand over the role of Shen Jiayi's best friend to Huang Zilan, one goose is to rush, and two geese are also released." ”

"Haha~~~~ you. Director Yang was so angry and funny by Li Mu's words, and left the office with the script satisfied.

Shi Ran looked at Li Mu with some doubts: "You have arranged these two girls, what should Liu Qinmei do?

Li Mu waved his hand: "There's no need, I just prepared a song for her to leave the country at the end of the film, Sister Ran, let's let Xia Yu keep an eye on it, Director Yang is the first time to make a movie after all." ”

"Are you going to give up completely?" Shi Ran said with a smile.

Li Mu stretched his waist: "There was really no way before, but now that the company is formalized, we must also leave room for them to display their talents." ”

Soon, the script was finalized, submitted for review, and the news of casting was soon exposed in the circle, this time it was even crazier than the previous [Journey to the West], although it was still that the male and female protagonists were not in the ranks of casting, which has also become a tradition of Muzi Studio.

However, the enthusiasm of various entertainment companies in the circle has never diminished, and the explosion of [Journey to the West] before has also led to the popularity of a large number of supporting roles in the play, such as Chun Thirteen Niang, Erdangjia, Bodhi............ What's more interesting is that the actor of the role of the Bull Demon King is still the role of fire, and he is not popular, after all, when he turns into that virtue, no one can remember his appearance.

Of course, a campus youth film with an investment of 20 million yuan is naturally impossible to let some big-name stars play supporting roles, in order to save costs, Director Yang also tried to use newcomers as much as possible, so the biggest name in this drama became Chen Xuan, and Shen Meng and Huang Zilan actually became the second and third characters.

"Don't we still accept external investment in this drama?" Shi Ran is also anxious now, every time a project is approved with Li Mu's participation, countless related investment companies come to the door.

Li Mu thought for a while: "If you have theater resources, you might as well give up 20% of the share." ”

"That's Huayi's side. ”

"We can't hang ourselves on a tree, we can let Huayi participate in the investment together, and the share is within 20 percent, and this drama will not be a big hit, so it shouldn't have much impact. ”