The script was approved, Cheng Long and Li Lian confirmed their appearances, the film was officially approved, and the preparatory work for "Assassin" began immediately.

Hiring actors and crew, deciding on a shooting location, determining a budget, signing a special effects company, and everything is carried out in an orderly manner.

Director: Han Sanping.

Producers: Han Sanping, Yu Dong, Wang Zhongjun, Yan Yiyun, Kaxi Sihua, Kathy Silver.

Director: Li Mu.

Screenwriter: Li Mu.

Producers: Huang Jianxin, Tsui Hark.

Action Direction: Yuan Heping.

Editor: Liu Xiaowu.

Assistant Director (Assistant): Yuan Heping, Matthew Fetchant......

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The daily communication and meeting place of the film's main creative staff is set in a conference room of China Film, and everyone has a small meeting every three days and a general meeting every five days.

Li Mu usually spends most of his time at home continuing to create storyboard scripts, and sometimes he also discusses with the main creators in the China Film conference room until his face is red.

For the foreign actors in "Assassin", Li Mu advocates using the actors in the original movie in his previous life as much as possible, the original movie has proved that these people are not bad, and it is not impossible to choose another actor by himself, but at the same time, there is also the possibility that the actors he chooses are not as good as the actors in the original movie, so Li Mu does not want to worry more about this matter.

So for the villain candidate, Li Mu recommends inviting Morgan Freeman, if the invitation does not come, it is not too late to choose another actor.

As for the female lead actors, the actresses in the entertainment industry who got the news and thought they had a chance have already begun to cross the sea, showing their magical powers, and being in the center of the storm, even if Li Mu, who usually works and lives a little homely, has heard too many interesting rumors.

Cheng Long and Li Lian cooperated for the first time on the big screen, with a preliminary investment of 55 million US dollars, coupled with the excitement of the great achievements of "Hurricane Rescue", it is understandable what kind of tricks the actresses use to compete for the role, and at the same time, like this kind of movie that is destined to have a huge impact, the selection of the main actors is by no means as simple as inviting whoever is suitable to play.

Zhang Ziyi, Fan Binbin, Li Lianhua, Shu Qi......

In fact, when Li Mu was writing the script, the first actress candidate that came to mind was Shu Qi, her lips were too similar to Angelina Jolie, and when she thought of Angelina Jolie, she naturally thought of her, and both of them took the sexy route.

Shu Qi's acting skills are actually okay, so in Li Mu's opinion, Shu Qi is very suitable in all aspects, but on the other hand, he thinks that Li Lianhua is actually not bad, and everyone just had dinner together some time ago, so in terms of psychological distance, it is still closer to Li Lianhua.

As for Fan Binbin, she is too young.

This time, the heroine is playing a couple with Cheng Long and Li Lian, and Fan Binbin playing her daughter is almost the same, so it feels inappropriate to play a couple.

There is also Zhang Ziyi, Li Mu thought that the heroine was going to lean out of the front windshield of the sports car and shoot backwards, to wear high heels and short skirts to control the steering wheel with her feet, and to wear a skirt and then lean her body on the hood to connect with Li, Li Mu felt that she was really inappropriate.

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On October 17, 2005, the 16th winning works of the Huaxia Science Fiction Galaxy Award were announced - Liu Cixin's work "Mirror", Li Mu's work "Moon", and Xia Ji's work "Guan Fairy's Bottle" won this year's Galaxy Award.

Usually there is a one-year delay in the Galaxy Award, and the works awarded in 05 are all in 04.

In addition, this year's Galaxy Awards also set up a special award, which was awarded to Qian Lifang's "Providence", and then the most popular foreign science fiction writer award, reader nomination award and other awards.

Li Mu specially rushed to the city to accept the award, and during the period, he also took the stage to deliver a speech on Chinese science fiction novels, science fiction movies, and the future of science fiction, which caused a lot of sensation in the science fiction circle.

After the awards, Alai, president of Science Fiction World Magazine, Qin Li, Yao Haijun, Yang Feng of the editorial department, science fiction writers Liu Cixin, Luo Longxiang, Li Mu, Xia Ji, Qian Lifang and others had a dinner together, during which everyone imagined the future of Chinese science fiction.

According to statistics, the total sales of this book have exceeded 9 million copies, and if there is no big accident, it will definitely break the 10 million mark next month.

Even the Chinese edition, which has not received a strong response, has sold more than 600,000 copies in China, which is an insurmountable mountain for Liu Cixin, whose best book so far has sold only 50,000.

"Li Mu, how is your new science fiction work?" During the banquet, editor Qin Li asked.

"I'm still writing, and I've been busy with new movies for a while and I've lost some time."

"Going to make a new movie again?"

"Well, it should be able to be turned on a year ago." Li Mu explained. At present, the news of the new movie is only circulating within the circle, and the editorial department does not know about it.

"This time the starring role is still Cheng Long?"

"Almost, this time it's Cheng Long and Li Lian." Li Mu didn't hide it from everyone.

After Li Mu finished speaking, the whole banquet instantly quieted down, and after a while, it was lively again, and the wine table was full of toasts, celebrations, discussions, and coaxing.

Editor Qin Li leaned into Li Mu's ear and whispered: "I originally wanted to persuade you to take the time to continue writing "The Hunger Games 3", but the editor in the United States told me that there is a new book of the same type that has a very strong momentum recently, and you may not know that your 9-month journey to dominate the "New York Times" bestseller list will be over." ”

Li Mu counted the time and whispered, "It should be the book "Twilight" about vampires, right?" This book is very fierce, the end should not be enough, I am selling two books together, she only has one book now, for the time being, I should still have the advantage, but it is a matter of time before it is terminated, this book is very in line with the market over there. ”

"You know the book?"

"Of course, it's impossible to write a book that sells well in the U.S. without paying attention to the U.S. book market." Li Mu said nonsense.

Unexpectedly, the whispered conversation between the two of them was listened to by others, and then everyone felt that Li Mu's books were selling so well, and it was really not for nothing.

People are so busy, and they have to make movies and write books, but when the editor casually mentions the recent new bestsellers in the United States, people immediately know that they are talking about vampires.

Didn't you?

How else would they be able to sell 9 million copies?

In fact, how could Li Mu not know "Twilight"? If it weren't for the fact that he crossed a little late, if he wasn't afraid of overturning, his magic hand would have reached out to "Twilight" a long time ago.

If you let him wear it until the 80s, with Li Mu's discipline, he dares to do it to "A Song of Ice and Fire".

The banquet ended, Li Mu drank too much, Liu Cixin also drank too much, the two hooked their shoulders and returned to the hotel together, Li Mu wanted to fall asleep when he had a splitting headache, Liu Cixin belonged to the more drunk he was, the more broken he became, and he had to lie in Li Mu's room to tell him about the starry sky, about civilization, and about competition.

The more Li Mu listened, the more familiar he felt, and then suddenly a flash of inspiration -, I'm afraid this is the prototype of the idea of "The Three-Body Problem", right?

Then he pinched his fingers and calculated, and sure enough, it was already the eve of the birth of "The Three-Body Problem" - where would Li Mu, who had watched the full version of "The Three-Body Problem", want to listen to Liu Ci's new grinding about his immature ideas?

"Brother Liu...... Brother Liu...... Brother Liu! ”

Li Mu suddenly shouted, and finally stopped chattering about Liu Cixin, who was half-drunk and unconscious.

"Brother Liu...... Four big wives! You have the idea to win the Hugo Award, and if you talk in front of me again, don't blame me for copying your idea! ”

Liu Cixin instantly quieted down.

Belch......

And suddenly had a wine burp.

"You say, this idea can win the Hugo Award?"

Li Mu: "Look at the chance, if the opportunity is good, it is possible." ”

"Are you sure?" Liu Cixin said again.

Li Mu nodded: "Not sure, intuition." ”

Liu Cixin: "Actually, I think there are still some loopholes in what I just said, or the two of us will study and study ......."

Li Mu was speechless, Bai threatened, right?

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On October 19, Li Mu returned to Beijing to continue writing storyboard scripts and participating in the crew preparation meeting.

On November 7, Li Mutong and the crew of "Hurricane Rescue" flew to Sandu City and were invited to participate in the 14th Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival and the Centennial Celebration of Chinese Films.

"Qiang ...... Boom! ”

"Stepping on the gong and drum, an ancient military general wearing a mustache and holding a big knife flashed out behind the curtain, he shook the mustache, put the knife horizontally, and appeared in the ......"

The above is a scene that happened in 1905 in the Fengtai photo studio of Liulichang in Beijing.

None of them may have thought that this "new thing", which was originally a birthday celebration of the famous Peking Opera veteran Tan Xinpei, would become a groundbreaking event——— and Chinese national films were born.

In 2005, it was the 100th anniversary of the birth of Chinese films.