"What do you think of this kid?"

After Li Mu left, Yang Zhicheng asked.

Tang Jili replied: "Judging from the storyboard he painted, the director's basic skills are solid, he seems to have worked hard, he has this foundation at this age, if there is no guidance from a famous teacher, it is really like what he said, just go to Xiying to play, and he has reached this level with his ears and eyes, which can only be said that the background of Xiying Studio is indeed profound." ”

Cheng Long said: "Proud, when facing us, it is also a completely equal posture, which may sometimes make people feel uncomfortable." ”

Yang Zhicheng smiled: "Is this a compliment or a criticism?" ”

Cheng Long said: "When I first came out, the director asked me to imitate Li Xiaolong, and I was always ridiculed for imitating it, I am not Li Xiaolong myself, why should I be Li Xiaolong's second?" If you want to do it, be yourself, be Cheng Long! At that time, some people thought I was too arrogant and waited to see me fall on my heels, and I told myself at that time that it was okay to break my ribs, but not to fall on my heels. ”

"If Cheng Long didn't break into the hall back then, he would have been scolded by others, and if he broke into the hall, many people praised him. He was the same, Cheng Long said the same thing back then, and someone praised him for his hard work of breaking his ribs, and after saying beautiful words, he lay down at home and slept a lot, he deserved to be scolded, whether it was praise or criticism, it was up to him. ”

Yang Zhicheng laughed and said: "Compare him with yourself when you were young, you have a high opinion of him!" ”

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In the next few days, Western Film Group, Cheng Long, Yang Zhicheng, Li Mu and other parties met many times, and everyone conducted rounds of consultations around the specific details of cooperation, and finally reached a basic cooperation intention.

First of all, Li Mu's requirements must have been met, which is one of the basic conditions for cooperation.

Secondly, the amount of film investment will be increased to 60 million, of which Cheng Long's salary alone accounts for a large part, which even gives Li Mu the idea of simply taking 500,000 yuan to withdraw, in this era, it is not easy to recover the cost of 60 million investment.

However, this is just a complaint in his heart about the high salary of Brother Cheng Long, and it is impossible for him to give up the opportunity that he finally won it.

The director naturally has to be appointed by Cheng Long and Emperor Ying, but the candidate must also be recognized by the Western Film Studio; In the same way, there are also producers, and Western Film Studio is out, but it must be recognized by Cheng Long and Emperor Ying.

During the negotiations, Yang Zhicheng regretted more than once that he could not let Liang Luoshi play the role of Cheng Long's daughter. Liang Luoshi was born in 1988, just turned 16 this year, and he has joined Yinghuang in 2000, and Yang Zhicheng attaches great importance to him.

Li Mu knows this woman, just this year, Liang Luoshi has officially debuted, and the scene is unprecedented. Emperor Ying held a press conference for her to hold a banquet for 26 tables, and in front of high-level officials such as Xincheng, Commercial Taiwan, and Cable, Emperor Ying even declared that Liang Luoshi would be "Zhang Bai's successor".

Of course, the prospects of "Hurricane Rescue" are very promising, so Yang Zhicheng very much hopes that his own family is standing up Liang Luoshi to play the role of Cheng Long's daughter, but in the end he has no choice but to give up.

The reason for the waiver is simple, it is to make the film comply with the provisions of the CEPA agreement.

According to the CEPA agreement signed between the Mainland and Hong Kong in June 2003, the annual quota of 20 co-produced films between Hong Kong and the Mainland has been officially abolished.

However, according to the regulations, in order for a co-production film to be treated as a "domestic film", it must meet the condition that the proportion of major actors in the mainland must not be less than one-third of the total number of main actors.

Once the conditions are met, Xiangjiang Films will be able to enjoy the same preferential policies as domestic films, without having to compete for a pitiful quota for imported films, nor will they have to endure the low and scary buyout prices.

You must know that in the past, when Hong Kong films entered the mainland market, they mainly used a one-time payment buyout, and all the income of the film in the mainland after the transaction had nothing to do with Hong Kong.

And this buyout price will naturally not be too high.

This is also the reason why Wang Jing and other Xiangjiang directors have always used Xiangjiang actors to match mainland actresses when they go north to make films.

The male protagonist has set Cheng Long, and of course the female protagonist can no longer use Xiangjiang's actors, but the female supporting role can. Therefore, the emperor proposed that his actress should play the role of the actress at the beginning of the film.

That is, at the beginning of the film, the actress character that the protagonist accepts the protection mission to protect.

This character doesn't have many scenes, but it's important. It appears at the beginning of the movie and again at the end of the movie, and at the end of the movie, the protagonist wants to send his daughter to learn to sing with this character. There are scenes at the beginning and end of the film, and he is already a good character relatively speaking.

What's even more rare is that this role is set to be a popular female singer, so it is tailor-made and suitable for a female singer under Emperor Ying to play it.

At present, Yinghuang has a pair of hot singing groups - Twins, Yang Zhicheng means, this role will be played by one of the Twins.

Neither Xiying nor Li Mu have any opinions on this.

As for the candidate for the heroine, at this time, whether it is Xiying, Cheng Long, or Yang Zhicheng, there is no too suitable candidate for the time being, Li Mu has a suitable candidate in his heart, but he has already got such a big advantage this time, and he is not willing to interfere in everything for his own sake.

And at present, Cheng Long's main focus is still on the movie "Myth", and there is still a period of time before "Hurricane Rescue" is officially launched, and the question of the heroine is not urgent.

After the matter was basically settled, Cheng Long led the crew to the lava cave in Jiuxiang, Tiannan Province to film, Yang Zhicheng returned to Xiangjiang by plane, and the hotel where Cheng Long, who was very lively before, finally calmed down.

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In the evening, Li Mu and his father Li Yuansheng, mother Liu Xiaohui, and uncle Liu Xiaowu discussed the name of the new company.

In the future, Li Mu will participate in various film and television investments, will acquire potential novel copyrights in advance, and will invest in filming movies and TV series by himself, and may even sign a few potential newcomers, all of which make the registration of a company an indispensable part.

"I think it's called 'Emperor Qin', isn't Yang Zhicheng's company called Emperor Ying? Look at how big Boss Yang's business is. Uncle Liu Xiaowu spoke.

"If you want me to say it's called 'Sky Shadow', the six major domestic film groups - Beijing Film, Shangying, Changying, Zhuying, Eying, and Xiying, will add our 'Sky Shadow' in the future, and you can become bigger and stronger when you hear it." Liu Xiaohui said with a smile.

Li Mu said: "If you want me to say it, it's called 'Wake Mu', or 'Mu Guang', or 'Zheng Mu Sun'." ”

After the new company, it will be Li Mu's career, and Li Mu still hopes that the company's name will be more related to himself.

Unexpectedly, his proposal was unanimously opposed by his parents and uncle.

"'Wake up', 'Mu Guang'? No, no, when others heard it, they thought it was selling bathroom products. The old man shook his head first.

Liu Xiaohui nodded in agreement with her younger brother and said: "What Xiao Wu said makes sense, you said that these are 'bathing in the sun', and they don't sell bathrooms." ”

Li Yuansheng nodded in agreement with his wife and brother-in-law's opinion: "It does sound like selling bathrooms." ”

Li Mu was speechless, why did the name he wanted sound like a bathroom seller, didn't these people count it in their hearts?

Who gave him Li Mu's name?

Finally, Li Yuansheng took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to his wife Liu Xiaohui, Li Mu and Liu Xiaowu also leaned over to look at it, only to see the word "Huashang" written on the paper.

At this time, Li Yuansheng said: "At present, the most prosperous entertainment company in China is the 'Huayi Brothers' of the Wang Brothers, one of the world's largest film and TV entertainment production companies has a 'Warner Brothers', and there is also a 'Valentino' among the world's top luxury brands, and your company is called 'Huashang Media' in my opinion." ”

Liu Xiaohui smacked for a moment and said, "'Huashang' sounds okay, but I still think it's good to call it 'Sky Shadow'." ”

Liu Xiaowu continued: "Brother-in-law, Xiao Mu, now I also think that 'Sky Shadow' is a little better. ”

Li Mu followed: "Dad, I think 'Zhengmu Sunshine' and 'Sky Shadow' are very good, especially the rare thing is that the word Tian is a plosive, and it should be read more imposingly." ”

Li Yuansheng said to Liu Xiaohui unhurriedly at this time: "'Huashang' was specially named by someone I specially asked someone to approve Li Mu's life. ”

Then he also said the name of a so-called master, but he didn't expect that as soon as this name came out, Liu Xiaohui immediately changed his position.

"Now that I hear it, it's better to listen to 'Huashang', and the name given by the master is naturally better."

Well, the name of Li Muxin's company has been decided - Huashang Media Co., Ltd.