Chapter 98: How to steal the key
In the next few days, Li Mu first sent the draft of "Moving Labyrinth" to Qin Li's editor, and then began to plan the next stage of the company's tasks.
The production cycle of "Inception" is as long as a year and a half, and if the company does not start other projects, then the company will have no films to release for the whole of '08.
So Li Mu decided to start another film with small and medium-sized investment.
After some thought, he finally set his sights on an RB movie.
said that it was an RB movie, but in fact, a total of three versions were made, and South Korea and Huaxia coincidentally chose to remake this movie, the Korean version is called "Lucky Key", and the Chinese version is called "Crowded", starring Hua Ge, Wan Qian, and Xiao Yang.
However, Li Mu always likes the version of RB the most, the name of the RB version: "The Method of Stealing the Key".
This movie, which was originally not released until 2012, was scored 8.5 by 150,000 people on a certain petal, which is a movie with a very good reputation, and it is also a movie that Li Mu likes very much.
The general plot is about a poor and helpless little actor, not only his career and love were messed up by him, but even he couldn't even commit suicide in despair, so he entered the public bath to take a bath, but by mistake slipped a strange man with a soap, the man fainted and lost his memory, and the key to his locker slipped to the feet of the little actor, and since then the little actor and the amnesiac cold-blooded killer of the famous underworld have swapped identities.
Li Mu's main focus is still on "Inception", as for this "How to Steal the Key", Li Mu decided to hand it over to the company's tool director Shen Junsheng.
He completed the project of "Hypnosis Master" well last time, and the investment of 4 million won the box office of 60 million for the company, which can be regarded as a great contribution to the company, and this person has a keen thinking, solid foundation, and good potential, Li Mu should still use it.
The final box office score of the version starring Brother Hua was 760 million, 760 million in 21 years, the results are not too good, as for why the results are not too good.
The remake is not copy and paste, and the remake version cannot be exactly the same as the original, which requires that the remake must have its own original content, and it is very obvious that the screenwriter level of "The Crowd" is not enough.
And these problems are not a problem at all in Li Mu's case, because it is not that he is a better screenwriter, but that he can really copy it as it is.
Of course, the names and the background of the story still have to be changed.
Because he had the original movie in his mind, and because Li Mu almost didn't have to think about it himself, the script was written very quickly, and it only took less than three days for Li Mu to write the script, and then he called Shen Junsheng to the company.
"I have a low-to-medium budget movie script here, you can take a look, and if it's okay, I'll leave it to you to shoot." Li Mu sat behind his desk and said.
"New script? Mr. Li, you wrote it yourself? ”
"Hmm."
Shen Junsheng suddenly became excited, this is a script written by Li Mu himself!
The entire entertainment industry knows that the script written by Li Mu is synonymous with a hit!
Well, his boss can be kind of reminded of him!
Speaking of this, he is still a little aggrieved in his heart, with an investment of 4 million, he cut a box office of 60 million for the company, this is not a bad result, right? This achievement is a big star in any film company outside, but he is the director of Huashang.
His 60 million box office is very good, but when you look up at your boss, good guy, 367 million! Or dollars!
What's it like to have a really awesome boss?
It's that you're already very good, but you just can't float that kind of experience!
Li Mu handed the script to Shen Junsheng, and after Shen Junsheng took the script, he said stupidly: "Mr. Li, I'll go to the office area to read the script first." ”
"Just watch it here." Li Mu said.
Shen Junsheng said: "It won't bother you, right?" ”
"No, it won't."
"Okay then."
Shen Junsheng immediately sat down on the sofa in the office, and then couldn't wait to open the script.
An hour later, Shen Junsheng closed the script with a grim expression.
"Mr. Li, this script ...... I can't shoot. ”
Li Mu was a little surprised: "Do you think there is a problem with the script?" ”
Shen Junsheng hurriedly shook his head and said, "No...... There is nothing wrong with the script, on the contrary, the plot design is very clever, the plot is interesting and fascinating, and the plot development is unexpected and reasonable, which is the top script. ”
Li Mu said curiously: "Then why do you pay it back?" ”
Shen Junsheng said: "Mr. Li, I have read a lot of scripts, so I know more about how perfect this script is, but such a perfect script, I am afraid that I will mess it up, it can obviously become a classic movie, but it will be destroyed just because it is in my hands, or this script will be filmed by you yourself, Mr. Li." ”
Li Mu said: "I definitely don't have time myself, so even if I don't look for you to shoot the company, I have to find someone else to shoot." And I know your strength, and the script won't be destroyed in your hands. ”
"Mr. Li!" Shen Junsheng said a little excitedly.
Li Mu smiled: "Okay, okay, this matter is settled." ”
"Thank you, Mr. Li."
"Well, let's talk about the specifics, you've read the script, who do you think is the right person to play?"
When it came to specific issues, Shen Junsheng quickly entered the state.
"Little actor Wu Jie, Shen Teng or Duan Yihong, maybe Shen Teng is more suitable, his comedy talent is very outstanding, and Wu Jie, a character who is so wasteful that he can't even succeed in suicide, is born with a sense of joy."
Li Mu listened quietly and did not express an opinion.
Shen Junsheng continued: "The role of Liang Wei is set to be a very gentle, very good and charming woman, and I should find the kind of actor who naturally exudes the aura of a goddess in the eyes of men to play, I personally think I can let Gao Yuanyuan or Yu Feihong try it." ”
"What about the ruthless killer?" Li Mu still did not evaluate Shen Junsheng's candidate.
Shen Junsheng thought about it again, and the actors in the entertainment industry flashed in his mind one by one.
"Huang Bo's acting skills are very good, I am particularly optimistic about this actor, there is a scene in the script where the killer has amnesia and becomes a young actor, and he is still in the middle of the actors, here the killer needs to show his acting skills, I think Huang Bo is enough to complete this role."
Li Mu nodded, and then listened to Shen Junsheng continue:
"But Huang Bo's personal image doesn't seem to match the setting of the cold-blooded killer of the Megatron underworld."
Li Mu didn't speak, but quietly waited for Shen Junsheng to continue thinking.
After a while, Shen Junsheng said: "When it comes to the image of a ruthless killer, the first thing that comes to my mind is the half-human, half-ghost Yan Shuangying, maybe it would be a good choice to let Zhang Zijian play the role of a killer?" ”
Saying that, he shook his head again: "No, it's better to be Huang Bo." ”
"It's still not right, it's better to be Zhang Zijian."
Li Mudao: "If you can't be sure for the time being, you will wait for the audition, and you will send audition invitations to the actors you want." ”
Shen Junsheng nodded: "I'll study it carefully, maybe there is a more suitable candidate." ”
Li Mu nodded.
After Shen Junsheng left, Li Mu began to think again, maybe the company should make some TV series, or maybe it should make a TV series for Liu Yifei.