Chapter 68: Advancement
Around nine o'clock in the morning the next day, Mingde Building.
Li Mu is sitting in the office drinking tea, the tea is hairy, last time he went to the office of Vice Chairman Han Sanping of China Film, Vice Chairman Han's assistant made Li Mu this tea at that time.
Li Mu casually praised a few words at that time, saying that this tea was very delicious, and it was refreshing to take a sip, and when he was about to leave after talking about business, Han Sanping said that he wanted Li Mu to take a can back and drink it slowly, and said that there was still a lot of it here after drinking him.
Li Mu originally refused to take anything, every time he went to Zhongying, he went empty-handed, and when he came, he took away a pot of tea from Han Dong, which is not like words, but Han Dong's attitude was very resolute, and Li Mu had to accept it in the end.
He used to buy this kind of tea for his father Li Yuansheng, and he remembered that the market price was about thirty or fifty yuan a catty, and there were better ones that sold for hundreds of yuan a catty. Fortunately, the thing is not very expensive, otherwise he would not really bring it back if he said anything, but in line with the principle of courtesy, he will remember to bring a little special gift next time he goes to Zhongying.
He has already told Liu Siying, as for what to bring, Liu Siying will help Li Mu get it when the time comes.
"Mr. Li, Liu Yifei's mother and daughter are almost here, I'll pick them up at the door." At this time, Liu Siying pushed the door and came in.
Li Mu nodded: "I'll wait for you at the door of the company." ”
Liu Siying nodded and turned to leave, Li Mu also stood up immediately, first briefly sorted out the appearance, and then walked to the door of the company and waited for Liu Yifei's mother and daughter to come up.
Ten minutes later, Liu Siying led Liu Yifei's mother and daughter out of the elevator, both mother and daughter were wearing masks and sunglasses today, Liu Yifei was wearing jeans with a white T-shirt, and Liu Xiaoli was wearing a dark skirt with a gray shawl on her upper body.
It seems that the mother's dress is more fashionable and tasteful than the daughter's.
"Aunt Liu, no."
"Mr. Li."
"Director Li."
"Let's talk slowly in the office."
Li Mu led the mother and daughter to the office, and when they passed by the office area, the employees of Huashang cast curious glances.
At this time, Liu Yifei's most important TV series have been released in the mainland, especially the Jin Yong drama "The Condor Heroes" released this year, which made Liu Yifei popular all over the country, and his popularity has reached a very terrifying level. Now that such a big star suddenly appears in their own small company, employees can't help but become extremely excited, which is good material for bragging with friends in the future.
When she came to the office, Liu Siying made tea for Liu Yifei's mother and daughter, while Li Mu chatted with the mother and daughter for a while, and then got to the point. He instructed Liu Siying to take Liu Yifei to another office to read the script, while he accompanied Liu Xiaoli to continue chatting in his office.
"Mr. Li, I haven't had time to officially congratulate you, "Assassin" has been a huge success around the world, and the entire entertainment industry has been talking about Mr. Li's "Assassin" in the past few months, with a global box office of $355 million, the first director in China, and even the movies directed by Zhang Yimou and Director Li Amine are far from being as popular as Mr. Li's movies."
"I'm also lucky, the first script I wrote was taken by Cheng Long's big brother, "Assassin" is co-starred by Cheng Long and Li Lian, two kung fu superstars, "Hurricane Rescue" and "Assassin" The success of Cheng Long and Li Lian is the biggest hero, I just happened to be at the right time."
"I can't say that, Cheng Long and Li Lian also have a lot of not very good works, Mr. Li in addition to these two movies also has "The Hunger Games", I know better than anyone how popular this book is in the United States, Mr. Li is recognized in the circle for his young and promising years, and no one will deny this."
Li Mu smiled: "Aunt Liu has won the award." ”
Liu Xiaoli changed her words at this time and said, "Mr. Li thinks it's not suitable for this role?" ”
The heroine in the script setting is a Chinese who grew up in the United States, and the place where the story begins is also in the United States, and there is no experience of living and studying in the United States, from this point of view, it is still very suitable, and the disadvantage is that her acting skills need to be strengthened, and her popularity among European and American audiences is not very high, "Hurricane Rescue" is a movie by Cheng Long's brother alone, and the daughter played by him is not very brilliant, And there are not many scenes. ”
Liu Xiaoli said after listening carefully: "Yifei's acting skills do need to be strengthened, but fortunately, Yifei has worked very hard in this area, and I have always seen her progress as a mother." I remember that when filming the four famous novels in China, many of the actors I found were not professional actors, and several directors at that time put the appropriate image and temperament of the characters in the most important position, and the character image and temperament were suitable, and the others could be made up for through the director's on-site training. ”
Li Mu nodded slightly, what Liu Xiaoli said was not unreasonable, which was also the reason why Li Mu promised Liu Yifei's mother and daughter to come over today.
"Actually, I don't like you very much." Liu Xiaoli suddenly looked at Li Mu and said, "Every time I talk to Yifei about Director Li, Yifei always shows an expression of admiration, on the contrary, when I talk to her about Brother Hu, Huang Xiaoming, and Lin Zhiying, this girl has a boring expression of what has to do with her." By the way, Mr. Li, you may not know, but you are a loyal book lover, especially Mr. Li's book "The Hunger Games", which is not something you really like. ”
"Really?" Li Mu was in a good mood when he heard this, and he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.
"Of course it's true, you didn't come last time when it wasn't a coming-of-age ceremony, but she was disappointed for a long time."
Li Mu and Liu Xiaoli chatted while drinking tea, the conversation was still very speculative, and 45 minutes passed unconsciously, at which time Liu Yifei finally finished reading the script and came to Li Mu's office from Liu Siying's office.
"Director Li, I like the role of Lucy very much, and I think this role is also very suitable for me, Director Li will give me this opportunity, right?" Liu Yifei said directly after seeing Li Mu again.
Li Mu did not directly agree: "The investor of this film is not only our Huashang, but also Western Film, Bernard, Huayi and China Film, the choice of the heroine can only be determined after we have discussed it with several parties, and it may be necessary to have a formal audition at that time." ”
Liu Yifei nodded: "I will prepare carefully." ”
Liu Yifei's mother and daughter sat in Huashang for about half an hour, during which Liu Yifei also chatted with Li Mu about the plot of "The Hunger Games", and it was clear that the girl really liked the book, and then the mother and daughter said goodbye and left.
As a result, just a few days later, Liu Yifei received another invitation to audition for the heroine of "The King of Kung Fu", which made Liu Yifei extremely entangled all of a sudden.
On the one hand, she really likes the script of "Super Body", on the other hand, "The King of Kung Fu" is starring Cheng Longli and two kung fu superstars, for a girl who is just 18 years old, she can cooperate with these two superstars, and she is also the heroine.
The vanity in my heart was greatly satisfied.
Li Lianhua participated in the movie of Cheng Long and Li Lian, what is she like now? Which domestic actress doesn't want to replicate Li Lianhua's success?
After three full days of struggle, Liu Yifei finally decided to fight for the role of Golden Swallow in "The King of Kung Fu".
At the same time, Li Mu also began to officially invite several main actors for "Super Body".
First of all, the role of Dr. Norman in the original movie, Li Mu is still ready to invite Morgan Freeman to play, the two sides have already cooperated in "Assassin", and the cooperation between them is quite tacit, Morgan will generally not refuse Li Mu's invitation as long as the schedule allows.
followed by the role of Mr. Zhang, the boss of the Korean gangster, Li Mu is ready to invite Sun Honglei to give it a try, and he is still more comfortable playing this kind of role.
is again the role of the French police boss in the original movie, because Li Mu changed the role of France to Xiangjiang, so this time he is going to find a Xiangjiang actor to play this role.
Liang Jiahui is good, Li Mu has already contacted Cheng Long and asked Cheng Long to help pull a line.
The last is the choice of the heroine, after the news that the heroine of Li Mu's new movie was to be determined, many actresses in the circle were trying to fight for this role, among which Zhang Ziyi, Fan Binbin and Li Lianhua were the most active, and Li Mu had already made an appointment with Li Lianhua at this time to have a time and place to eat together.