Burbank, California.

Walt Disney Studios.

The first meeting on the live-action movie of "Mulan" was finally held.

At this time, a whole month has passed since Li Zhifan first proposed the project and came up with the script.

In the past month, because of the follow-up problem of many film and television companies in Chinese mainland, the senior management of Disney Film and Television has been hesitant about this project, but finally decided to launch it under Rick's filming.

However, the production cycle will not be too short, and it will be at least a year and a half before it can be released worldwide.

The first is the early casting and location selection work, as an oriental cultural film, the casting must be Chinese actors, and the scene selection must be in Chinese mainland.

The Hollywood team was particularly serious about the location selection, and it took a long time to find a location in the United States that they were familiar with, not to mention China, which they were completely unfamiliar with.

As for actors, Hollywood commercial films have always had low requirements for foreign actors in this area.

Anyway, you have to dub, even if the lines are blunt, it doesn't matter, in addition to the leading actor and decency, the villain character should all look the same indifferent face, even if it is facial paralysis.

The second is the production aspect.

The long production cycle of American films is not because of how serious and professional they are, but because the vacation during filming is also very long, and it is normal for most American actors to shoot one or two movies a year, and more than three will be disliked by the audience and film critics.

Because they shoot exactly according to the time set by the guild, the weekly weekends are even more necessary.

And there are also quarterly holidays, annual leave, etc., especially for the behind-the-scenes production staff.

So in general, half of the time spent making a movie is actually spent in rest.

In this way, if the shooting cycle is calculated according to the way of domestic film production, it will take seven months, and in Hollywood, it will have to be more than a year.

For this prediction, Li Zhifan didn't force anything too much, after all, no one can shake the regulations of the American Film Guild, and when he was an actor, he was also very envious of the actors filming in the United States under the protection of the American Film Guild.

Of course, Li Zhifan has another same reason for the fact that "Mulan" will be released in a year at the latest, that is, by the time it is released, those domestic copycats have already been broadcast, and the popularity has long gone down.

The meeting lasted three hours.

Most of the time it's Rick on top and the people below listening and taking notes.

Li Zhifan, as a producer and screenwriter, actually did not have a requirement to speak at this meeting, but there were some details that he must know, and this feeling was like returning to the classroom when he was a student, listening carefully and taking notes.

……

Just when everything was going smoothly, an unexpected surprise suddenly appeared, breaking the hustle and bustle.

This surprise comes from Li Zhifan's family - Zhou Ke is pregnant again!

When he learned the news, Li Zhifan was in a meeting with the painters in the Dream Factory, and as soon as he received the call, he immediately stopped what he was doing and hurried home.

Being pregnant at this time is good news for the family, but for Zhou Ke, she is likely to lose the role of "Mulan", because Li Zhifan has said hello to Rick, and the heroine of "Mulan" has been determined to be played by Zhou Ke, and she will also play Mulan's lover Li Xiang in the play.

Li Xiang's identity is a general, Mulan's boss, and later married with Mulan.

is different from ordinary movies in that in terms of roles, Li Xiang can't form the protagonist, and the roles are not as many as a dragon named Mushu.

According to Disney, such a role is called the main and supporting role, except for the protagonist, all other roles are produced to set off and shape the protagonist, not only Li Xiang is the main and supporting role, but Mulan's father, Xiongnu Shan Yu, main comrades-in-arms, etc., are all main and supporting roles.

Movies aside, this pregnancy can be said to have enough experience.

In China, since Li Zhifan and Zhou Ke got married, when the two of them hold a child will be brought up by netizens from time to time to chat, and they have been on the hot search for no reason several times.

Li Zhifan had a plan to reveal the existence of Xiao Cherry, but because he had other worries and concerns, then the appearance of this second child could justifiably let Li Zhifan po a few Zhou Ke's pregnancy photos on Kuaibo to break those rumors and unfavorable rumors.

I thought a lot along the way, and with a flash of effort, I stepped into the house.

"Wife!"

Li Zhifan rushed into the house and asked directly, "Really?

"Hmm!" Zhou Ke took out the inspection report with a happy face, "It's been five weeks!"

"Oh my God!"

Li Zhifan looked at the report and felt like a dream.

This mood is not the same as when he was just pregnant with Little Cherry, at that time he was not ready to be a father, it can be said that the news was a little sudden, and now he is a father, although he has not had much time to take care of Little Cherry, but he has also witnessed her growth, and he has more experience and experience, for this upcoming new member of the family, he is not at all as helpless as he was at the beginning.

"Did you tell your parents?"

Li Zhifan put down the inspection report, touched Zhou Ke's stomach and asked.

At this time, the stomach was still flat, and he couldn't see anything at all, but the more Li Zhifan touched it, the more he felt as if it had become bigger.

"Not yet!"

Zhou Ke smiled happily, "I'm so worried! If you say that my parents know, will I be taken care of like captivity?"

"Needless to say!"

Li Zhifan smiled and said, "This time you will gain more than ten pounds, and you won't be able to lose it back after giving birth!"

"Nonsense!"

Zhou Ke patted Li Zhifan's shoulder mercilessly, and he was a thief, thinking that she would not be like this back then.

This is what happens after the days have gone on.

"I'm going to call my parents!"

Li Zhifan picked up the landline and started making calls.

The mother-in-law took Xiao Cherry to class, and she was the first in the family to know about it except for Li Zhifan, so she would definitely buy a lot of nutritious food on the way back later.

After that, Li Zhifan successively told his father-in-law and his parents the news.

As soon as the three old men in the capital heard about this, they immediately prepared to buy air tickets to come back.

However, Li Zhifan advised them not to worry, he would take good care of them here, and besides, there was a mother-in-law, so the three of them would stay in their hometown for a while and come back.

After the phone call, Zhou Ke came up and asked, "Zhifan, my current situation, what about filming......"

"What do you think?"

Li Zhifan asked, "If you don't want to participate, then we'll push it, and I'll go to Rick and say." ”

"No! I want to act!"

Zhou Ke immediately grabbed Li Zhifan's hand and said, "I have been reading the script during this time, and I have studied a lot of relevant knowledge very carefully, I ...... I want to give it a try!"

"That'...... Alright!"

Li Zhifan said, "I'll go to Rick to discuss and see if I can postpone the time, put it on hold until next year, and wait for you to recover after giving birth." ”

"Can't you just shoot some of it now, and then continue to shoot it after you're done?" Zhou Ke asked.

"This probably won't work!"

Li Zhifan said helplessly, "They have a set of rules, and they all follow the process, but don't worry, it will take more than half a year to select the scene and cast in the early stage, and it is even very likely that after you give birth, their preliminary work has not been completed." ”

Of course, saying this is to comfort Zhou Ke, with Li Zhifan here, even the slow workflow of Hollywood movies will be accelerated.

But since this problem arose on the scene, Li Zhifan simply handed it over to Disney Film and Television and let them prepare for the early stage by themselves, so that when shooting, the executive director can also play by himself, and there is no need for the director and the entire production team to be constrained because Li Zhifan intervened too much in the early stage.

"Zhifan!"

Zhou Ke looked apprehensive and excited, "Thank you!"

"Thank me for what, I should thank you!"

Li Zhifan took her into his arms and said softly, "I've worked hard for you, and I have to prepare for a new life." ”

"After having Little Cherry, I've gotten used to this kind of life, in fact, I've thought about it before, if I have the opportunity, I must have another one!" Zhou Ke muttered, "I didn't expect it to come true now, hey, do you guess, will we have a boy or a girl this time?"

"Don't you, do you?"

Li Zhifan smiled bitterly, "I don't have too many thoughts about this, it's all the same for me." ”

"I hope it's a boy so I can protect Little Cherry in the future!"

"What if it's a girl?"

"Girl, then let Cherry take care of her!"

“……”

Eleven o'clock.

The mother-in-law came back with the little cherry from class.

"Daddy!"

Little Cherry stretched out her hand and ran over, "Are you back? Why are you at home today?" Grandma bought a lot of delicious food, did she know that you were back, so she bought it?"

"Haha!"

Li Zhifan picked up the little cherry, hesitating to tell her too, but after thinking about it, let's wait for a while before explaining, she is too young after all, and now her family is revolving around her, treating her as a treasure, I don't know if she will be emotional with a child younger than her.

"yes, but grandma bought it for you!"

Li Zhifan smiled, "Did you ask your grandmother for snacks?"

"Giggles, no!"

Little Cherry smiled from ear to ear, but that was exactly how she disguised herself.

"Well, good boy!"

Li Zhifan saw through it and asked, "Little cherry, how does it feel to go to class today?"

"Okay!

Little Cherry immediately began to show Li Zhifan everything she saw in the early education center.

"What about the kids, did you play with them?"

"Yes!"

"But there's a little brother who is too young to even speak!" and we can only tease him. ”

"Oh?"

When Li Zhifan heard this, he immediately felt that there was a play, so he asked, "Then do you think he is cute?"

"Cute!"

"But I just can't communicate with the other children, but he's fair-skinned and curly-haired, and he's very cute." ”

It seems to be a white child.

Li Zhifan then asked again: "He can talk when he grows to your age, and he is still a little baby." Now, little cherry, do you want to have a little baby in our family in the future?"

"Yes!" said Cherry innocently, "Daddy, if only you could give me a little baby who looks exactly like Tony!"

"Ugh!"

Li Zhifan spread his hands and said helplessly: "No, my father and mother are both Chinese, and our family is all, so we can't help such a mixed-race little baby." ”

"Hmm!"

Little Cherry didn't understand these things very well, but she already knew that there were many children in the early education center who looked different from her.

However, after all, this is the largest Chinese community in California, most of them are Asian children, and the teachers at the early education center will teach them to speak Chinese and English at the same time, and there is even a Brazilian women's classroom, and occasionally teach children to speak some simple Portuguese, which is not systematic, but very interesting.

Li Zhifan asked for two days off from Dream Factory, and stayed at home with Zhou Ke and the children.

After all, I just learned the news, and the freshness was still there, but it frightened Little Cherry and thought that her father was unemployed.

"Okay!

Little Cherry immediately began to show Li Zhifan everything she saw in the early education center.

"What about the kids, did you play with them?"

"Yes!"

"But there's a little brother who is too young to even speak!" and we can only tease him. ”

"Oh?"

When Li Zhifan heard this, he immediately felt that there was a play, so he asked, "Then do you think he is cute?"

"Cute!"

"But I just can't communicate with the other children, but he's fair-skinned and curly-haired, and he's very cute." ”

It seems to be a white child.

Li Zhifan then asked again: "He can talk when he grows to your age, and he is still a little baby." Now, little cherry, do you want to have a little baby in our family in the future?"

"Yes!" said Cherry innocently, "Daddy, if only you could give me a little baby who looks exactly like Tony!"

"Ugh!"

Li Zhifan spread his hands and said helplessly: "No, my father and mother are both Chinese, and our family is all, so we can't help such a mixed-race little baby." ”

"Hmm!"

Little Cherry didn't understand these things very well, but she already knew that there were many children in the early education center who looked different from her.

However, after all, this is the largest Chinese community in California, most of them are Asian children, and the teachers at the early education center will teach them to speak Chinese and English at the same time, and there is even a Brazilian women's classroom, and occasionally teach children to speak some simple Portuguese, which is not systematic, but very interesting.

Li Zhifan asked for two days off from Dream Factory, and stayed at home with Zhou Ke and the children.

After all, I just learned the news, and the freshness was still there, but it frightened Little Cherry and thought that her father was unemployed.