Seeing that the ratings of "Celebrating More Than Years" hit a new high in the ratings of a CCTV channel in the past two years, video sites such as Youku and iQiyi are not calm, and they have come up with more favorable conditions than the pre-broadcast negotiations to buy Internet copyrights, and Li Mu's attitude towards each one can be summed up as a "drag".

Li Mu doesn't plan to run his own video website, this line of money is a bottomless pit, even if it is a big Internet factory like Penguin and Baidu, it is quite difficult to burn, and it can be seen that the profitability of the video website in the future is not strong, Li Mu has little interest in this thankless business, so in the long run, the film and television drama copyright in his hand will be sold sooner or later.

So of course he doesn't want to stiffen the relationship with these potential customers, but knowing that the copyright of one or two hundred thousand episodes this year will rise to one or two million episodes next year, Li Mu can of course delay it.

The excuses are all ready-made.

CCTV's requirements for Party B have always been harsh, and when the contract was signed, it had already been agreed that Huashang would not transfer the second-round broadcast rights and network copyrights within three months of the first broadcast, so if you want to buy the copyright, you must at least wait for the contract between Huashang and CCTV to expire, right?

Anyway, let's talk slowly!

But after three months, these rights will be more than that!

Next, "Celebrating More Than Years" continued to be broadcast on CCTV, although its daily ratings fluctuated, they basically remained above 8%, which is a big miracle, and the hit of "Celebrating More Than Years" also brought fire to many actors in the play.

The male protagonist Wang Kai, the female supporting Song Yi, Li Chun, Xin Zhilei, the male supporting Tian Yu, Zhang Ruoyun, etc., these people have all become popular because of the popularity of this drama.

As for the heroine Liu Yifei, it is not so much that she was brought to fire by "Celebrating More Than Years", but that "Celebrating More Than Years" was brought on fire by her.

In this life, Liu Yifei has been a phenomenal movie since the broadcast of "The Condor Heroes", one after another, especially "Inception", which has given him a very high international influence.

If it weren't for "Gravity" starring Gong Li last year, which set off a 3D movie storm around the world, I am afraid that the title of the first Chinese actress would have fallen on her head long ago.

In August, the crew of "The Martian" returned to China from the United States and soon rushed to Gansu to continue filming movie locations, during which it was just in time for the official start of Huashang's new drama "Step by Step", and Li Mu also took the time to participate in the opening ceremony of the new drama.

"Step by Step" uses a large number of newcomer actors, many of whom Li Mu can't name, but it is obvious that these people very much want to leave an impression in Li Mu's heart, and some people will also use some cautionary tricks during this period, and Li Mu is not very disgusted by this.

How can there be so many White Lotus in this world, it is understandable to want to fight for a little resource for himself, when he first crossed over, he was still jumping repeatedly between the West Film Studio and Brother Cheng Long to fight for the right to speak.

Nie Yuan was basically neither humble nor arrogant in front of Li Mu, both in his behavior and in his speech, but he still inadvertently leaked a little nervousness and apprehension.

"When I saw the young Qianlong you played in "The Granary of the World", I felt that you must be suitable for playing Yongzheng in this drama, but these two roles are a bit similar, I know that actors want to try some roles that have not been played, and I was worried that you would not accept it at that time." Li Mu said with a smile at the start-up scene.

Nie Yuan also smiled: "Qianlong in "The Granary of the World" is indeed very similar to Yongzheng in "Step by Step", especially the outfit is more similar, I put on this dragon robe and stand somewhere else, no one can tell whether this is Yongzheng or Qianlong, but if you do your homework, you will find that Yongzheng and Qianlong are actually completely different, compared to Yongzheng, Qianlong is more like his grandfather Kangxi......"

It can be seen that Nie Yuan has done enough homework in advance, and this also makes Li Mu have a very good impression of Nie Yuan, and the two of them have a very happy conversation that naturally attracts the attention of the people around them, seeing this situation, many people are thinking that Nie Yuan may have a lot of good opportunities in the future.

Almost all the actors at the start-up scene wore ancient costumes, except for the heroine Liu Shishi, who was an exception, I saw her standing in a group of "ancients" in modern clothes, but she didn't feel abrupt at all.

This girl seems to be born with a little classical temperament.

After taking the photo, a group of people gathered around Li Mu, and Li Mu quipped: "Shi Shi will wear modern clothes alone at the launch conference, will it be the other way around when the press conference is launched?" ”

The director immediately smiled and said: "Director Li, you reminded me that Shi Shi wore modern clothes at the start-up press conference, which means that only Shi Shi has crossed alone, and when the press conference is launched, only Shi Shi is allowed to wear ancient costumes, and there is still the meaning that only Shi Shi has crossed, but it can be different from today's press conference and echo it, wonderful!" ”

The people around her also patted her farts when she heard this, and Liu Shishi also patted it, but it was not mellow enough, but it could be seen that she had worked hard.

After the launch conference, Li Mu rushed to Gansu to continue filming "The Martian".

In fact, there are not many scenes that really need to be filmed in Gansu, but the selection of scenes in Gansu is really extremely important, because whether it is a scene in the studio or a scene shot in the United States, a lot of materials shot from Gansu need to be integrated.

And just when Li Mu and others were filming intensively in Gansu, the TV series "Beijing City Love Story" was officially completed, Yang Mi and Tong Liya had just left the crew on the front foot, and they had not rested for a few days, and they were about to start preparing to enter the group "Palace Lock Heart Jade" at any time.

During this period, the TV series "Celebrating More Than Years" officially ushered in the finale, with a finale rating of 8.7%, which is already a hit drama that has not been encountered in several years.

The whole people are hotly discussed, during the popular broadcast, CCTV sold 250 million yuan for advertising alone, only from the perspective of economic benefits, CCTV made a lot of money by buying the copyright of "Celebrating More Than Years" this time.

However, CCTV, especially a set of CCTV channels, is not a simple commercial TV station, it must not only consider the ratings of the broadcast program, but also consider the social and educational significance of the relevant program.

Therefore, although this wave of CCTV has made a lot of money with "Celebrating More Than Years", it has also received some criticism, and Li Mu estimates that it will be difficult for the drama to be broadcast on CCTV in the future.

At least it must be difficult to broadcast on CCTV.

At the end of August, "The Martian" was officially completed, and the crew held a finale banquet in the hotel as usual.

Jiang Wen was the most active in the entire finale banquet, and he was dragging this and that everywhere to drink, and finally drank to the point of retching and then swallowing it back raw, and Liu Yifei, who saw it, frowned.

Li Mu ...... I, Jiang Wen, have never served anyone in my life, but I am very convinced of you, before I made my first movie, I didn't think that the things made by any big directors were actually nothing great, and from day one I knew that I could make better movies, better movies than those big directors! But after meeting you, I was convinced, I can't make a movie that you can make. ”

Li Mu smiled.

"But do you know what I admire most about you?" Jiang Wen drunkenly glanced at everyone in the room, and then listened to him continue, "What I admire most is that you can actually wear the crown of the Oscar actress on Gong Li's head, this is too ...... Mrs. is amazing, she seems to be the first Oscar-winning actress in Asia, right? I'm convinced! Five-body throwing clothes! ”

Hu Jun and Jiang Wen have collaborated on two plays, and it seems that the relationship between the two is good, at this time Hu Jun smiled and joked: "Director Jiang, why did this Oscar-winning actress become a crown?" Shouldn't it be a crown? ”

Jiang Wen staggered and found a cup, poured himself another half glass of liquor, and then raised his glass and said: "That's right, the Oscar-winning actress should wear the crown, I was wrong, I should be punished!" ”

As he spoke, he dried up the wine in his hand, and after he dried, he looked at Li Mu again and asked: "Director Li, you asked Gong Li to act in a play, but the crown of the Oscar actress was put on her head, and now you are also looking for me to act, so the crown of the Oscar actor next year?" ”

Li Mu gave Jiang Wen a punch in the chest, and then scolded with a smile: "What do you want? Do you think the Oscar jury listens to me alone? If I had that ability, I would have worn the actor crown on my head a long time ago. ”

Jiang Wenyan smiled when he heard this: "Also, Oscar's thing depends on strength and luck, and it is not good at all." ”

After chatting with Jiang Wen, Li Mu came to the king of heaven Andy Lau again, and the two naturally chatted about the new movie "Source Code".

The cast of the movie "Source Code" is also quite strong.

The actor Andy Lau, the heroine Song Ji, the female supporting actress Yang Ziqiong, the supporting actor Fan Wei, if you add screenwriter Li Mu and director Lin Chaoxian, it is not easy for this movie not to attract attention.

In fact, when netizens learned that Andy Lau was finally going to be the protagonist of Li Mu's screenwriting movie, countless netizens excitedly ran to tell each other.

To be honest, even with the popularity of Andy Lau now, if he can star in Li Mu's movie, it will be something that can make countless fans extremely excited.

At the beginning of this year, "Gravity" swept the world and Gong Li won the Oscar, and the impact on the psychology of the Chinese people was too great.

The fly in the ointment is that this movie is not directed by Director Li himself, but it doesn't matter, Director Li personally wrote the screenplay or science fiction theme, which is very good.

"Director Li, does every time the actor enters the source code, it means that he has opened up a new parallel universe?"

Li Mu was a little surprised, but he didn't expect Liu Tianwang to understand the concept of "parallel universe".

"What do you say?"

Li Mu asked rhetorically.

The reason why he asked rhetorically was that he wanted to hear how deep Andy Lau knew about this story, and secondly, because he didn't want to give a clear answer to this question as an author and director.

It's like he's often asked if the spinning top at the end of "Inception" has fallen, but he never gave a clear answer.

Sometimes when there is a clear answer, the film has no charm.

Andy Lau smiled: "I think the protagonist has entered a new parallel world. ”

"Why do you say that?"

"I've been studying the script carefully over the past few days, and I've found that every time the protagonist enters the world of the source code, the new world is slightly different from the previous one. For example, there is a passenger who always drips coffee on the hero's shoes, and the first time the heroine doesn't help him wipe it, the second time she takes out a tissue. This shows that the source code world that the actor enters every time is not a simple fixed program, which shows that every code (person) in it is alive, a living person with thoughts, free will, and free will. ”

Li Mu was quite surprised, and when Andy Lau finished speaking, he couldn't help but applaud him.

When the time was almost up, Li Mu came to the stage to speak to the whole crew, and what he said was nothing more than thanking everyone for their dedication to "The Martian", and finally wishing "The Martian" a success and a box office hit with everyone.

After returning to Beijing, Li Mu had a good rest at his home in Ziyu Villa for a while, during which Cheng Long contacted Li Mu several times, of course, for the start of "Hurricane Rescue 3".

After Liu Yifei learned that "Hurricane Rescue 3" was about to start, he also had a few coquettish sessions with Li Mu, the purpose was nothing more than to want Li Mu to simply join the group together. Prospective mother-in-law Liu Xiaoli also means this, saying that the filming of "Hurricane Rescue 3" has director Chen Musheng, and Li Mu doesn't need him to do anything himself even if he joins the group, so he should go to France for a vacation.

Li Mu naturally won't really follow the group with Liu for a long time, he still has a lot of things to do, how can he leave easily?

He has to keep an eye on the post-editing and special effects production of "The Martian", and he has to arrange the schedule of "The Hunger Games".

In addition, the TV series "Palace Lock Heart Jade" is about to start, "33 Days of Broken Love" and "Beijing Meets Seattle" are being filmed, and he will also join the group to take a look.

In short, there are a lot of things to be busy, and it is really not a month or two to enter the group and lose willows.

Liu Yifei was naturally a little unhappy at first, but then Li Mu coaxed him with both his mouth and his heart for a while.

Li Mu asked the special effects company about the time it would take in the later stage, and the reply given by the special effects company was about 26 weeks, and Li Mu was a little surprised when he heard it. "The Martian" has more than 1,100 special effects shots, and the entire post-production only takes half a year, and it seems that the efficiency of these special effects companies is getting higher and higher.

At the beginning of September, "Hurricane Rescue 3" was officially launched, Liu Yifei and his mother Liu Xiaoli both joined the group, and Liu Yi was reluctant to ...... before entering the group entrusted her four dogs and one cat to Li Mu.

Li Mu had a headache when he saw it, he also liked small animals very much, but Liu Yifei seemed to have a little more, in his cognition, isn't it enough to have a pet?

"I'd better ask someone to take care of it!"

Li Mu wanted to say that his assistant Liang Bing was taken care of, but after thinking about it, he didn't have to misunderstand.

When Liu Yifei was on a business trip before, Liu Xiaoli was taking care of her or simply brought to the crew by her, but the trouble this time is that Liu Xiaoli also has to join the group, and the movie location has to run around the world.

"Actually, it's not that difficult, Xiao Mu is so smart, you just let Xiao Mu help you watch the other dogs."

Liu Yifei's dog has a German herd, and the name of this German herd is "Xiao Mu", yes, every time Li Mu asks her, she says conclusively that the name of this German Mu is "Xiao Mu", but the domestic Internet has been widely circulated Liu Yifei raised a German shepherd dog named "Xiao Mu".

In mid-September, the movie "33 Days of Broken Love" was officially completed, and Li Mu also attended the film's finale banquet in person.

During this period, the heroine Zhao Liying watched Li Mu several times and stopped talking, so Li Mu simply called her to the side alone.

"Do you have something to say to me?"

"Hmm."

"Say it."

"Director Li, I'...... Actually......"

"It's okay, just say it, I will definitely help if I can help."

"Okay, in fact, it's like Director Li, my contract with Huayi Brothers will expire next year, about how to go in the future, I want to ask Director Li, I know I may be abrupt, but I really can't think of anyone else who can give me better advice except Director Li."

It can be seen that Zhao Liying is in a very nervous mood at the moment, and she doesn't even dare to look at Li Mu's eyes when she speaks.

Li Mu knew that Zhao Liying must terminate the contract with the Huayi brothers this time.

She signed a contract with Huayi Brothers in 2006, but she has been playing tricks for 4 years, Zhao Liying is a more ambitious girl, and she is naturally dissatisfied with her current situation.

This time, she knows better than anyone how the heroine of "33 Days of Broken Love" came about, in short, the Huayi brothers have little credit for this.

I heard that Director Li directly named her.

In her previous life, Zhao Liying actually did not make much achievements during her time in Huayi, and it was not until she signed a contract with Huayi Brothers that she signed a contract with Hairun Film and Television Career, which ushered in a turning point.

It seems that this girl has already moved the mind of changing jobs at this moment.