Chapter 66: Win-win
Jingshi, Mingde Building.
Li Mu and Liu Siying chatted while walking, and the employees they met on the road greeted the two of them.
"Mr. Li is good."
"Hello Manager Liu."
The two nodded slightly.
"Have you done everything about your child's transfer?" After talking about work, Li Mu asked casually.
"It's all done, thanks to the help of Mr. Yu from Berner, otherwise it wouldn't have gone so smoothly." Liu Siying said.
Li Mu nodded, he has participated in the production of a total of three movies so far - "Hurricane Rescue", "Hypnosis Master" and "Assassin", Berner has participated in all three movies, and it is quite profitable, now everyone in the entertainment industry knows that Li Mu is a God of Wealth, and the projects led by him are full of money, so it is not surprising that Berner will take the initiative to show favor.
Now Li Mu has shifted the focus of his work to Beijing, which is the cultural center of the country after all, and many cooperative enterprise headquarters are in Beijing, and it will be more convenient to move the company from Xijing to negotiate cooperation in the future.
After more than half a year of investigation, Liu Siying's work ability has also been recognized by Li Mu, in fact, her ability is objectively not top-notch, her dedication is not particularly strong, and her management style is slightly conservative as a whole.
Li Mu's purpose in setting up the company is to facilitate his own investment and filming of film and television dramas, he didn't think about relying on any complicated financial operations to snowball his company from the beginning, he can handle Li Mu's investment in film and television dramas, maximize the benefits of Li Mu's film and television works as much as possible, all the money that should be collected is recovered, the taxes that should be paid are paid in full, and the relationship that should be maintained is good - it is enough for Li Mu and his Huashang to do these well.
At present, Li Mu's Huashang Company has signed two artists, one is Song Ke signed by Li Mu himself, and the other is Wang Kai signed by Liu Siying.
Wang Kai played the heroine's fiancΓ© in the movie "Master of Hypnosis", with few scenes, but his performance was remarkable. After the movie was released, Liu Siying and Li Mu mentioned that this Wang Kai had great potential, and proposed that the company sign it, Li Mu let Liu Siying make his own decisions, and the company officially signed Wang Kai a month later.
After the company officially signed Song Qi and Wang Kai, Liu Siying recruited senior agents from other companies to be responsible for the economic work of the two.
Especially Song Qi, Li Mu suggested that she fight for the role in "Breaking through the Guandong", after all, the role of Xian'er in her previous life was played by her, this TV series is very important to Song Qi's acting career, many people know her for the first time because of this drama, if she loses this role because she signed a contract with Huashang in this life, Li Mu will inevitably feel a little regretful.
But in the previous life, Song Ji's signing company was Chengtian Entertainment, and the agent behind it was Wang Jinghua, Wang Jinghua's energy in the entertainment industry is extraordinary, and she can help Song Qi get the role, Li Mu is really not sure that she will be able to help get it.
is also in the spirit of giving it a try, Li Mu explained this matter to Liu Siying, and I don't know how Liu Siying operated, anyway, the final result is that Song Ji really succeeded in getting the role of Xian'er in "Breaking through the Guandong".
Song Qi attaches great importance to the drama "Breaking through the Guandong", directed by Zhang Xinjian and Kong Sheng, written by Gao Mantang and Sun Jianye, starring Li Youbin and Sarina, no matter from which point of view, this drama naturally has the atmosphere of fire.
In addition, the role of Xian'er is also very attractive to her - fate is bumpy, affectionate and righteous, forbearance and perseverance, and the role is very open.
When he learned that he had successfully won the corner of Xian'er, Song Qi first hugged Liu Siying and was unhappy with talking and laughing, and then let go of Liu Siying and looked at Li Mu who was standing next to him, and said with red eyes: "Mr. Li, thank you." β
At that time, Li Mu waved his hand and said: "Don't be polite to me, since the company signed you, it is natural to strive for resources for you as much as possible, if you are popular, the company can also make more money." β
Song Qi smiled with red eyes: "I'm going to be moved to make a personal promise, you want to say that you are a cold-blooded capitalist." β
Li Mu and Liu Siying saw Song Ji's serious appearance, and they both smiled.
Li Mu and Liu Siying came to Li Mu's chairman's office, which had just been renovated, and Li Mu hadn't had time to move over, and he was mainly working at home now.
"Looking for a few screenwriters with a higher level, sign directly to the company, the salary adopts the method of basic salary plus commission, I have some interesting ideas in my mind, all of them are written by myself, and I will definitely not be able to cope with it energetically, recruit some screenwriters who are on duty, I will tell the general main line, and the specific script will be written by them." Li Mu said while looking at the furnishings in the office.
Liu Siying asked, "What type of screenwriter does Mr. Li need?" Is it a screenwriter who is good at costume dramas or a screenwriter who is good at modern dramas? Is it a screenwriter who is good at writing movie scripts or a screenwriter who is good at writing TV drama scripts? β
"Let's recruit some of all genres - costumes, modern, movies, TV series, men, women, I have a lot of ideas in my head, and I ask them to write whatever comes to mind." Li Mu said.
Liu Siying nodded: "I'll do it right away." β
"Alright, you're busy, I'll go back first."
"I'll send you."
"No, let's just stop all this red tape."
"Okay, then Mr. Li, you go slowly."
"Gone."
After coming out of the company, Li Mu took the elevator directly to the underground garage, and then got on a white BMW.
The car has been bought for more than half a year, but he has been filming most of the time in the past six months, so he doesn't have much time to drive.
After Li Mu returned home, he first cut half a watermelon and then dug it with a spoon to eat, until he couldn't eat it anymore, then he sat down in front of the computer and continued to write the script.
In fact, there are huge loopholes in the setting of "Super Body", for example, the film says that the human brain only develops 10% of its potential, and this is enough for humans to become the primate of all things.
For example, the movie says that dolphins are amazing creatures, and they have developed their brain power to 20%, so they have a more efficient echolocation system.
For example, after the heroine develops her brain to 28%, she can manipulate her metabolism and even various electromagnetic waves.
In fact, if you really want to study it carefully, these statements in the movie are completely full of loopholes, but these are the core settings of the movie, and Li Mu cannot change them.
And once you accept these claims, these originally flawed claims will become excellent sci-fi settings again.
Li Muyi spent a total of 12 days to create the script, and after the script was registered, he successively took the script to Western Film Group, Bernard, Huayi Brothers, China Film and other companies, and everyone sat down to discuss the investment share of the film.
In fact, strictly speaking, the risks of these movies that Li Mu wants to make are not low, the original male and female protagonists of "Hurricane Rescue" are white, and the screenwriter is the famous French director Luc Besson, Li Mu changed it to Cheng Long starring, Cheng Long does have a large number of fans in the West, but after this degree of change, no one dares to guarantee that the movie will still be a blockbuster, especially in the international market.
In the same way, there is also the movie "Assassin", in this movie Li Mu not only changed the starring role from white to Chinese, but even directly changed the single male protagonist to a double male theme. With such drastic changes, who dares to guarantee that the movie will be a blockbuster before its official release?
This is even more true of the movie "Super Body", removing the original white heroine and removing the widow sister starring, how likely is this movie to continue to be a global blockbuster?
Li Mu actually didn't have any bottom in his heart about this.
The film investment is at least tens of millions of dollars, not to mention that Li Mu can't take out such a large amount of money for a while, even if he takes it, he will not be so desperate to smash all his net worth into a movie.
There are other companies to help share the risk, and there are other companies to help get through all the links up and down to ensure that the movie can be released smoothly, why not do it for Li Mu?
Since the crossing, Li Mu has always adhered to the win-win strategy - movies to be made, money to be made, friends to be made, really put every penny into your family's pocket, so that everyone will be blushing when they see you, it may not be a good thing.