Chapter 131: Nicholas Tse
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The next day, Li Mu met Nicholas Tse at the PO Chaoting Jingcheng Branch in Chaoyang District.
Li Mu couldn't connect the mature and steady man in front of him with the rebellious boy who had the impression of throwing a guitar on stage and getting a tattoo on his arm, you must know that when he came to Kangxi, Cai Kangyong and Xu Xidi didn't dare to ask questions casually.
"Mr. Xie, hello!" Li Mu stretched out his hand to him and said, this is Li Mu completely treats him as an equal collaborator, unlike Deng Chao and Lu Yi, who only call him "brother" because they are older than him.
Obviously, Nicholas Tse didn't expect Li Mu to be so formal, so he was stunned for a moment and still held Li Mu's hand: "Hello Mr. Li, I have been looking up to my name for a long time, I have watched "Love Apartment" and "You from the Star", I am very happy to meet you!"
After a few polite exacts, they sat down.
"I must know my intention, right?" Li Mu said.
"Yu Dong has already said, thank you Mr. Li for believing in our PO company!" Nicholas Tse said.
"This is natural, otherwise I wouldn't be here today, I wonder if you can take me to the company for a tour?" Li Mu said.
"Of course you can!" Nicholas Tse was not surprised by Li Mu's request, many first-time customers didn't know much about making special effects, so they would ask to visit.
Next, Li Mu followed Nicholas Tse to visit the studio, but it was not as tall as he imagined.
The company is roughly divided into several departments, animation special effects, digital special effects, video production, etc., not only all of them are completed on the computer, but some special effects need to be made in advance.
The company doesn't look small, but when you walk in, you'll find it crowded, with dozens of computers, countless devices, and employees coming in and out.
Seeing the boss of the company come in with customers, the staff inside were not surprised and didn't think that Mi had taken care of them, but occasionally glanced at them twice and went back to their own business.
Nicholas Tse knew that Li Mu didn't know much about this industry, so he introduced it as he walked, so that Li Mu had a general understanding of making special effects.
Watching these people inside concentrate on the computer, scenes that could not be filmed on the screen gradually formed on the screen, all kinds of monsters, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and floods, and flying immortals.
Looking at the scenes in front of him, Li Mu couldn't help but look forward to his movie even more.
After a brief stroll, Nicholas Tse led Li Mu to the opinion conference room, and the two began to discuss the details.
"I don't know what specific requirements Mr. Li has, and what effect do you want to achieve?" Nicholas Tse asked.
"My movie hasn't finished filming yet, so I'm here to take a look at it first. Li Mu said.
"It doesn't matter, Mr. Li, your movie should involve a lot of monsters and the like, we can make the model first, and then we can save a lot of effort." Nicholas Tse said, probably he also wants to negotiate the contract as soon as possible, what if Li Mu changes his mind in the future.
Li Mu thought about it, and it was right, this movie would have to leave time for publicity at that time, and it would be best to get the finished film out as soon as possible, so he handed the hand-drawn manuscript of the characters he brought to Nicholas Tse, which has the prototypes of mountain gods, land, mountain demons, snake spirits, fox demons and chaos, all of which were drawn by Li Mu according to his memory, but the paintings are not very good-looking.
Nicholas Tse took the manuscript and looked at it carefully, and said: "There is nothing complicated about these, we can do them here, I will take it and let people make a sample drawing immediately, Mr. Li, wait a moment and see if there is anything that needs to be changed." ”
Li Mu nodded, he also knew that he was not a professional, and his painting was not good, if he did it all according to the above, it would definitely not work.
Then Nicholas Tse called the secretary and asked her to take the manuscript to the staff.
"How is the filming of "October Siege" now?" Li Mu asked about the movie.
"It was already finished at the end of July, and now it should be all done. Nicholas Tse said.
"That's still very fast, it will be filmed in more than four months, and my movie will take two months. Li Mu sighed with emotion and continued.
"Do you have any plans for the future?"
Do you want to find me to film? Although there are some doubts, Nicholas Tse still said that there is still a "Love in the City", and it is estimated that it will be completed in a few months.
"I have a historical war drama at the beginning of next year, I don't know if Mr. Xie is interested?" Li Mu made an invitation, which he only remembered when he saw Nicholas Tse, and the mature Nicholas Tse is also very suitable for which role.
Nicholas Tse hesitated, he hadn't filmed a war scene yet, not to mention that he wasn't necessarily the protagonist, but if he refused Li Mu, it was likely that the business would be ruined, so he had to ask: "Can I ask what role it is?"
"It's a supporting role, a fictional historical figure, but the appearance time may not be too much, maybe more than ten minutes!" Li Mu knew that he was hesitant when he looked at him, so he persuaded him: " Although there are not many scenes, but this is a good opportunity for transformation, you are almost thirty now, and to put it mildly, now your fame is far from being compared with back then, people's impression of you is still stuck in the rebellious youth before, the rebellious youth of thirty years old, now do not change the impression of others on you, then when you are forty years old, you are still the rebellious youth in the eyes of others, is this what you want?"
Hearing Li Mu's words, a hint of gloom flashed in Nicholas Tse's eyes, of course he knew Li Mu's words, and he had been taking on some different roles in the past two years, Ah Si in "October Siege", Tang Fei in "Witness".
However, outsiders have too much impression of him, no matter how hard he tries, in the eyes of others, he is the unruly and rebellious young man.
Especially Zhang Jiahui won seven actor awards in a row with "Witness", and as the male number one, he didn't even have a nomination, and even Liao Qizhi won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
He doesn't feel that he is much worse than Zhang Jiahui, Zhang Jiahui is just a plus point for modeling, and the real performance is only the paragraph at the end.
"Okay, I promise you, just give me a call when the time comes!" Nicholas Tse still decided to agree, now he is not short of money, Xiangjiang's real estate plus the company's market value, now his net worth is nearly one billion, the only thing missing is that he didn't get an actor trophy, which is probably the biggest regret for an actor.
"Congratulations on making the right choice!" Li Mu is also very happy, although Nicholas Tse's acting skills are not as good as those old stars, he is still very good among the younger generation, but people's prejudice against him is too deep.
Then Nicholas Tse's secretary came in with a stack of manuscript paper: "Mr. Xie, the sample drawing has been prepared." ”
Nicholas Xie took it and handed it to Li Mu and said, "Mr. Li, take a look, if you are still satisfied, we will do this." ”
Li Mucha came over and took a look, it was not much different from what he imagined, so he didn't let them modify it again, so he said: "Just follow this, do I need to pay a deposit first?"
Nicholas Tse waved his hand and said, "It's not necessary, it's just a model, I still can't trust you, Mr. Li!"
Through the visit just now, Li Mu knew that Nicholas Tse was just polite, although it was simple to make a model, but it would take a lot of manpower, material resources and time.
In the end, Li Mu still insisted on paying the deposit, but Nicholas Tse shirked it but only symbolically received a little money.
After the business was done, a role was solved by the way, and Li Mu left the PO company in a happy mood.