Cheng Long greeted Gong Li excitedly when he saw him.

The relationship between the two is very good, and Cheng Long has been thinking of cooperating with Gong Li for many years, and will even publicly shout that he wants to cooperate with Gong Li to make movies in the future.

There are really few actors in the entertainment industry who can make Cheng Long publicly shout and cooperate in filming.

"If the two of us can make a movie together, it will be 'wow'!"

Cheng Long said with a big grin.

Gong Li showed a charming smile and said: "Big brother's movies are all action movies, jumping off buildings, jumping planes, all kinds of dangerous actions, I'm afraid I really can't shoot them." ”

"You don't have to make action movies, in fact, I've always liked literary films and romance movies." said that Cheng Long became excited, "I can't make literary films, but romance films are completely okay." Of course, a romance like "Tantanic" is not appropriate, but if I play the kind of "Matrix", saving the world and helping someone else finally make her fall in love with me, it is still possible. ”

Gong Li suddenly couldn't help laughing, and Cheng Long immediately reacted at this time, and made up for himself: "Of course, "The Matrix" is not an orthodox romance film, but the love in it is really moving. ”

"Come on, Li Mu, come here!" At this time, Cheng Long happened to see Li Mu, so he stretched out his hand and called Li Mu to his side.

"This Li Mu is very powerful, I have always wanted to cooperate with Li Lian before, but I never had the opportunity, after meeting him, I filmed "Assassin" with Li Lianlian, wow, the results after the release are very good! And Lee Link and I are both satisfied with the characters. ”

After talking to Gong Li, he immediately turned his head to look at Li Mu:

"Come, Li Mu, tell me if I'm suitable for a romance movie?"

"Of course!" Li Mu didn't want to think about it.

Cheng Long asked again: "Then what kind of romance film do you say I am suitable for?" ”

Li Mu said: "Save the world, save the heroine, be a big hero, and the heroine will naturally fall in love." ”

Cheng Long and Gong Li were silent when they heard this, and Gong Li had a smile in her eyes.

Seeing that neither of them spoke, Li Mu continued: "For example, there are super natural disasters - a 10-magnitude earthquake, a 100-meter-high tsunami, a super mudslide, a super high-rise fire, a Hoover Dam collapse, the Golden Gate Bridge collapsed, and the Statue of Liberty turned into ruins, and then Uncle Long incarnated as a superhero, saved lives, rescued the trapped heroine, and finally got love, this is the most suitable romance for Uncle Long in my eyes." ”

"Hahaha......"

Gong Li suddenly laughed back and forth, almost laughing out of tears, causing the surrounding crowd to look sideways, Gong Li realized that she was a little out of shape, so she hurriedly adjusted her emotions, but in the end she couldn't help but ridicule Li Mudao:

"The romance film in the eyes of Brother Cheng Long is "The Matrix", and the romance film suitable for the eldest brother in your eyes is "The End of the World", it seems that it is not easy for the eldest brother to fall in love in the movie."

Cheng Long put his hand on Li Mu's shoulder and said happily: "That's right, this is a love movie suitable for me Cheng Long!" You really understand me. ”

……

In the evening, Cheng Long suddenly came to the hotel where Li Mu was staying.

""Super Body" is also about to be released, how about it, what do you want to make in the next movie?"

"Inception! I had a conversation with director Nolan some time ago, and I gave him some ideas for his Batman series, and he also gave me some ideas for Inception. The two of us discussed a lot of details about making a movie, how to make this movie, and I already had a general idea in my head, so I just made this one. ”

"Is there a role for me?" Cheng Long asked directly.

He knew that Li Mu's novels were super popular in the United States, but he hadn't actually read Li Mu's novels himself, so he didn't know the specific content of "Inception".

Li Mu said: "Whether it is suitable or not depends on the situation, if I use a Chinese to star, then Uncle Long will definitely be the most suitable person, but this time I intend to use Western actors to play "Inception" - this script is still more suitable for Westerners to play." ”

"The idea you mentioned in front of Gong Li today is the 10-magnitude earthquake, the 100-meter tsunami, the mudslide, the fire, the Hoover Dam, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the Statue of Liberty.

It turned out that Cheng Long came for this matter tonight, but Li Mu didn't expect it, he just said it casually at the time.

"Uncle Long, if you want to cooperate with Gong Li, this movie is definitely not suitable."

"It doesn't matter if Gong Li is suitable or not, if Gong Li is not suitable, look for Yang Ziqiong, as long as the script is good, I'm not afraid of not finding a suitable actor."

"I just said it casually at the time, and this idea, to be honest, is actually very old-fashioned and ordinary."

Cheng Long said with a smile: "A very old-fashioned idea comes out of your mouth, and it immediately makes my blood boil, this is the ability." What about the Hurricane Rescue idea? The daughter was kidnapped, and the old father saved his daughter from thousands of miles, and it was still very ordinary and old-fashioned to say it, but you wrote it, 'wow', it's amazing, it sold for 280 million dollars worldwide! ”

"This ......"

"Let's discuss and see if there are any good ideas."

"Okay."

"How do you think the protagonist is set? Do you want to continue the agent setting in "Hurricane Rescue"? ”

Li Mu thought for a moment:

"Why don't you be the captain of the helicopter rescue team? It's the kind of situation where there is a dangerous situation.,The protagonist leads the team to drive a helicopter to rescue.。 ”

Cheng Long's eyes lit up: "Helicopter rescue? This is good, and a lot of wonderful scenes can be arranged. ”

Li Mudao: "As for the identity of the protagonist, I think it's better to use the mid-life crisis template." As the captain of the rescue team, he failed to save his little daughter. The unexpected death of the youngest daughter broke the relationship between the protagonist and his wife, and before the story began, the ex-wife had a new love. Then the disaster happened, the ex-wife and eldest daughter were trapped in two cities respectively, the ex-wife's new love was unreliable, and in the face of the devastating disaster, the critical moment still depends on the protagonist to turn the tide. ”

……

Cheng Long originally planned to stay for an hour or two and leave, but he didn't expect this chat to be a whole night, and finally slept in Li Mu's room.

"It's a very good idea, and if you have time to write it, the movie will definitely be a big hit." Cheng Long said excitedly.

"This kind of movie special effects are the first, and it is too difficult to shoot." Li Mu was a little stunned.

"You've got a lot of special effects in Assassin, I believe you. By the way, what do you think of the name of this movie? ”

"Or it's called "Doomsday Collapse"."

"The end of the world is good, this movie is very suitable for me, the heroine will be played by Yang Ziqiong, as for the eldest daughter, how about using Liu Yifei?"

Li Muhaha laughed and said: "Let Liu Yifei play her daughter again, then she won't be Cheng Long's daughter's professional household?" "Hurricane Rescue" played Uncle Long's daughter, "Assassin" played Uncle Long's daughter, and "Doomsday Collapse" also played Uncle Long's daughter. ”

"Yo, really!"

After saying that, the two laughed at the same time.

……

Now that "Super Body" has not even been released, "Doomsday Collapse" is even far away, and Li Mu's next movie is most likely to make "Inception".

And Li Mu doesn't necessarily have to direct this "Doomsday Collapse" himself, he has a lot of choices but limited time, and his main energy must be used to make his favorite movies, and the rest of the movies that he doesn't like so much but have to make money, he can be a producer and find other directors to shoot.

When it comes to "Inception", even if he knows the potential of this movie, Li Mu still feels a lot of pressure.

The production cost of this movie is probably going to be 1 billion yuan. With such a huge amount of investment, relying on the domestic film market, which is far from mature, it is simply a fool's dream to recover the cost!

Then if the film wants to make money, the performance of the international market becomes especially important.

If you consider the performance of the international market, Li Mu will either use Chinese actors with international influence to act, or simply use Hollywood Western superstars!

And if the Chinese leading actors are used to act, only Cheng Long and Li Lian are qualified in China.

But firstly, the styles of the two are not very compatible with this movie, and secondly, the international influence of the two is mainly focused on kung fu films, so Li Mu finally made up his mind to invite Hollywood Western superstars after careful consideration.

As for who to invite, Li Mu has preliminarily drawn up two candidates in his heart - Xiao Lizi, Tom Hanks, and Christian Bale, who plays Batman. However, Li Mu felt that these people were probably not something he could easily invite.

In his previous life, Xiao Li Ziken starred in "Inception" because the director was Nolan, and today the director was replaced by Li Mu, although Li Mu also made a blockbuster movie like "Assassin", but compared with Nolan, who had already made "The Dark Knight" at that time, it was still not enough to watch at all.

Christian Bale is about to start filming "The Dark Knight", and I am afraid that he has neither the intention to shoot "Inception" nor the schedule to film.

As for Tom Hanks, Li Mu was also completely unsure of what to do.

So what Li Mu meant, first send invitations to several people to try and tempt first, if you can invite the right actors, then the "Inception" project will be launched, if you really don't invite the right actors, then continue to wait.

Maybe after making a few more blockbusters, the actors who don't move now will be able to move in the future.

"Inception" can't use Chinese protagonists, which has to be said to be a pity.

However, in the future, Li Mu's influence in the European and American film markets will become bigger and bigger, and his fame will become higher and higher, so one day he Li Mu will be able to use new actors and actors who are not familiar with European and American audiences, and let European and American audiences enter the theater, just because the director is Li Mu, and then Li Mu will be much more free when choosing people to make movies.

Fortunately, there are many characters in "Inception", and although the leading actors cannot use Chinese, the supporting roles are completely okay.

For example, the role of "Dream Builder" can be played by Liu Yifei.

Originally, this role was played by Ellen Page, a very good little girl, but before Li Mu crossed, his family changed his name to Elliot Page, and his gender became a young man.

"Inception" is a two-heroine movie, and the role of the dream builder is very easy to shine, and because there is another heroine to share the pressure, the requirements for the actor for this role are not too excessive. So on the whole, it is a good choice to let Liu Yifei act.

It can be regarded as a meeting gift for Liu Yifei, after all, people have rejected the invitations of Huayi and William Morris in order to join Huashang.

In addition, this time Li Mu also plans to arrange a role for himself, that is, the role of "Sentinel" played by Joseph Gordon in his previous life, Li Mu feels that he can play this role by himself.

Although due to various considerations, the actor of "Inception" must use Westerners, but Li Mu is a Chinese director after all, Li Mu's "Inception" is not Nolan's "Inception" after all, and Li Mu's "Inception" must have more genes of Chinese movies.

So Li Mu also wanted to arrange a role for Hong Jinbao, that is, the fat character named Joseph played by Dili Pulau in his previous life.

……

On May 27, the 60th Cannes Film Festival officially closed, and Li Mutong and Li Lianhua and other "Super Body" related creators returned to China by plane.

After returning to Beijing, he rested for two days, and then officially started the large-scale publicity work before the release of "Super Body".

"Super Body" has been officially set for June 22, and it is worth mentioning that this schedule is ten days later than the release of "Pirates of the Caribbean: The End of the World" and twenty days earlier than the release of "Transformers".

As the film approached its release, a large-scale publicity campaign began.

There are many means of propaganda for movies, but the essence of each means of publicity is to spend money.

It costs money to put your own movie posters on subway entrances, large shopping malls, national cinemas, airports, bus stops, etc., as much as possible.

It costs money to ask print media, television, online and other platforms to make a big report.

It costs money to pay for the development of the press conference, and it costs money to stuff red envelopes for the editors of Sina, Sohu, Tencent, NetEase and other portals.

It costs money to find online promoters, it costs money to find moderators in major communities to help promote it, it costs money to buy headlines on news websites, to buy pages for major daily newspapers, and so on.

If Li Mu participates in a TV interview, the content of the interview will be pushed to all potential movie audiences as much as possible, which will also cost money.

Your film spends a lot of money on publicity and distribution, your film has a high degree of social discussion, your film business will have a good reputation when watching films, and your film will have a high film schedule after it is released, and a high film schedule is the basis for achieving a good box office result.

However, the good news is that the publicity funds for "Super Body" are very sufficient, and the publicity style can be called "indiscriminate bombardment", after nearly a month of large-scale "bombardment" type of publicity, Li Mu's latest movie "Super Body" finally ushered in the premiere on June 21.