"You want to come to me?"

Zhao Liying nodded.

Li Mu smiled.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Liying blushed a little.

Li Mu shook his head with a smile and said, "I don't feel very smart. ”

"Huh?" Zhao Liying looked up at Li Mu.

Li Mu continued to laugh: "Your contract with the Huayi brothers expires next year, and before the end of this year, you have a "33 Days of Broken Love" to be released, and you are the heroine. This year, you also played Qing'er in "New Huanzhu Gege", this drama is estimated to be released next year, and other than that, your roles are all tricks. ”

Zhao Liying listened quietly.

Li Mu continued: "Although the investment in "33 Days of Broken Love" is not large, it is also a key project of Huashang, and I am very optimistic about it. "New Huanzhu Gege" is a remake of the phenomenal TV series "Huanzhu Gege", with the attention of the previous work, this drama is likely to be popular. If you come to me now to talk about changing jobs, you will be just a trickster actor who has played a few small roles. If you wait until next year's contract officially expires to talk to me, you have a good chance of successfully becoming a second- or third-tier actress by then, and the conditions you can ask for by then will not be comparable to what you need now. ”

Zhao Liying wanted to speak and stopped.

Li Mu continued: "You are now negotiating terms with me as a dragon, if you are already in the second or third tier when the contract expires next year, and your identity has changed, I am afraid that you will feel that the conditions you talked about today are actually a loss." If you feel that you are losing, you will inevitably have the intention of repenting, but regret may offend me, do you say that you are not smart enough to come to me in such a hurry? ”

Zhao Liying saw that Li Mu finally finished speaking, and then she said: "Maybe I will really have a little fame next year, maybe I am really qualified to ask for some conditions, but what is the use of these for Huashang?" Yang Mi and Tong Liya are much more famous than me, and they are both signed artists of Huashang, but neither of them can star in Huashang's movies, but it was I, a little dragon from other companies, who starred in the company's "33 Days of Broken Love" first. ”

"It can be seen that the most important thing in Huashang's casting is that the role should be suitable, and when I become famous, what commitment will I ask the signing company to give me? I think I must be assigned a certain number of good roles in a few years, and I believe that in the future, the roles that suit me will be given to me, so I have no other requirements to mention. ”

Li Mu was a little surprised when he heard this, he stared at Zhao Liying twice, and he didn't know if she was just telling the truth or complimenting Hua Shang.

"Okay, let's settle this matter first, don't say it, there are really a few IPs suitable for you in the company's copyright library."

"Thank you, Director Li."

"No, let's have a win-win situation, I'm still very optimistic about your business value."

After the finale banquet, when he returned to his residence, Li Mu was still thinking that in fact, Zhao Liying was really suitable for signing in to Huashang.

Li Mu has attached great importance to the work of hoarding potential copyrights in advance since the crossing, and so far, Huashang Media has hoarded as many as four IPs originally starring Zhao Liying - "Shanshan to Eat", "Flower Thousand Bone", "The Legend of Chu Qiao", and "Know or Not".

If you don't sign Zhao Liying and give her all these dramas to act, I'm afraid that other female artists in Huashang will inevitably have some ideas.

If you can sign in, you must try to sign in.

Then Li Mu thought of another artist who should also sign in to Huashang.

Dili is hot!

The current hot bar should have been admitted to the Modu Drama Academy, and in the original timeline, she will sign a contract with Yang Mi's studio the year after tomorrow.

Now that Yang Mi has signed in to her own Huashang, the fate of the hot bar will inevitably change drastically, since this is the case, simply sign her into Huashang.

The next morning, Li Mu dialed Liu Siying's phone.

"There is a freshman named Di Li Reba in the Modu Drama Academy, you pay attention to it and find a way to sign her into the company."

"Okay, what roles has she played before?"

"No, it's just a pure newcomer."

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away."

In fact, Liu Siying was very curious, a pure newcomer without any role, who was still in the magic capital, why did he suddenly fall into the eyes of the boss?

But no matter how curious she is, she won't ask, because it has nothing to do with her job.

Since the boss wants to sign her, then she will find a way to sign her, it's okay to gossip, it's a pure lack of heart.

When Liu Siying sent people to the magic capital to find someone, Di Li Rebar was full of ambition to participate in an audition.

At this time, the new movie "The King's Feast" directed by Lu Chuan was about to start, but the role of Yu Ji has never been able to decide on a candidate.

In the end, director Lu Chuan simply organized a huge national audition "Yu Ji" activity.

Di Li Hot Bar also signed up with the mentality of trying it out, she also wanted to take her classmate Yuan Bingyan with her, but unfortunately Yuan Bingyan felt that this kind of audition gimmick was greater than the reality, and the chance of being selected was too small, so she was too lazy to waste time.

As a result, the audition has not yet participated, and the staff of Huashang Media came to the door first.

"Huashang Media? Which Huashang? It can't be that Huashang, right? ”

"That's that Huashang!"

It took a lot of effort from the staff to finally make her believe that it was really Huashang Media who came to her, but she was still very puzzled - how did this Huashang know about her?

"Then if I sign a contract, can I continue to participate in the audition?"

"Absolutely."

In fact, the audition organized by director Lu Chuan is quite magical, the champion is unknown in the end, and several big stars have been eliminated.

For example, Di Li Hot Bar, Guli Naza, Xu Lu, etc.

In the next period of time, Li Mu seized the time to sort out the third part of "The Hunger Games", this book has been delayed for too long now, and now even the "Hunger Games" movie is about to be released, and it will really be unreasonable to drag it out.

It is estimated that when the movie "The Hunger Games" is officially released, the sales will usher in a wave of explosion.

After the post-production work of "The Hunger Games" was completed, Li Mu organized an internal film viewing activity, and in hindsight, the word-of-mouth polarization of the movie was serious, those who liked it felt that "The Hunger Games" was a rare boutique, and those who didn't like it felt that this movie might not be suitable for the Chinese film market.

Li Mu also watched his version of "The Hunger Games" carefully with everyone, and finally he felt that the overall feeling was okay, if the plot was alone, it should be a little better than the original, Li Mu's version has the original version as a reference after all, and he can also make some targeted improvements to the shortcomings of the original version.

If you want to say that it may not be as good as the original, it is probably that the heroine has become Chinese, and I don't know how much impact this change will have on the European and American markets in the end.

The good news is that Liu Yifei already has a considerable popularity base in Europe and the United States, and the consequences of changing the heroine to other Chinese actresses may be very bad, but it is very likely that she will be fine if she changes to Liu Yifei.

Anyway, Liu Yifei at this time is much more famous than his eldest cousin before the release of "The Hunger Games" in the original time and space.

Half a month later.

Li Mu discussed with Liu Siying in the office about the arrangement of the follow-up film schedule.

In the second half of the year, Huashang Media has three movies to be released, and the arrangement of the movie schedule is destined to be a little nerve-wracking.

"The later stage of "33 Days of Broken Love" can be completed in a month at most, and "Beijing Meets Seattle" will be completed in about half a month, and if needed, it will also be released before the year."

Li Mu said: "In this way, our company has three movies to be released in the second half of the year, how do you think the schedule should be arranged?" ”

Liu Siying said: "According to our practice, the company's most significant projects will generally be scheduled to be released at the end of the year, "The Hunger Games" is directed by Mr. Li himself, or not starring, with a total investment of nearly 70 million US dollars, this film is undoubtedly the most significant project of our company in the second half of the year, it stands to reason that it should be released at the end of the year, but ......"

"But what?"

But judging from the fact that in the first half of the year, "People in Embarrassment: Thailand" won a national box office of 1.5 billion at a cost of less than 30 million, and excellent domestic comedies can undoubtedly win the hearts of domestic audiences. Among the three movies in the second half of the year, "33 Days of Broken Love" has the strongest comedy effect, and it is also the most suitable for the holiday atmosphere of the New Year, so I think we should arrange "33 Days of Broken Love" to be released at the end of the year this time, and this schedule is the most suitable for this movie. ”

Li Mu nodded and said, "What else?" ”

Liu Siying said: "The two months before the Chinese New Year are still one of the strongest schedules in China, and the company will also arrange a movie to be released." ”

Li Mu said: "This schedule will arrange "Beijing City Meets Seattle". ”

Liu Siying nodded, and then said: "The box office of "The Hunger Games" must be abroad, so the schedule of this film mainly has to listen to the opinions of the distribution companies in the United States. ”

Li Mu nodded and said: "Disney just told me about this today, and they suggested that "The Hunger Games" be released worldwide on November 26. ”

Liu Siying nodded: "The schedule in November is good, there are no other important movies released in China in November, which can be regarded as taking into account both domestic and foreign markets." ”

Li Mu asked again: "There seem to be a few important movies released in China in December, so try to avoid them if you can!" ”

Liu Siying said: "On December 4, Zhao Benshan's "Laughing Jianghu" and Chen Kaige's "Zhao's Orphan" were released, on December 16, Jiang Wen's "Let the Bullets Fly" was released, and on December 22, Feng Xiaogang's "If You Are Honest Do Not Disturb 2" was released. ”

Li Mu said: "Let the Bullets Fly" we have also invested, we must not be able to fight ourselves, "If You Are the Truth, Do Not Disturb 2" has the popularity of the previous work, I heard that director Feng Xiaogang invited Wang Shuo out again this time, the box office performance should not be bad, we can avoid it, we must still avoid it, "Laughing Jianghu" and "Zhao's Orphan" in early December should not be a big threat, but it is too close to the schedule of "The Hunger Games". ”

Liu Siying thought about it and said: "Then arrange for the release of "Beijing Meets Seattle" in January." ”

Li Mu nodded.

At present, no key movies have been announced to be released in January, but Li Mu searched the film library in his mind and found that the release time of "New Shaolin Temple" and "Wulin Gaiden" in the original time and space happened to be in January.

It's not a big problem, though.

In this way, the schedule of the three movies to be released by Huashang Media in the second half of the year has been roughly determined.

The first is "The Hunger Games", which is scheduled for November 26.

The second is "Beijing Meets Seattle", the schedule is tentatively set in January, and the specific date is to be determined.

Finally, "33 Days of Broken Love" is preliminarily confirmed to be officially released during the Spring Festival.

At the beginning of October, "Beijing Meets Seattle" was officially announced, and Li Mu specially went to participate in the finale banquet of the movie.

At the banquet, Gao Yuanyuan walked to Li Mu's side with a wine glass.

"Director Li."

"How?"

"Thank you for inviting me to star in this movie."

"Why are you still polite to me? We're friends, and I'll definitely think of you if I have the right role. ”

"I mean, the role of Wen Jiajia is really very suitable for me, I have always heard that such and such an actor has been too deep into the play and even can't get out for a long time, I couldn't understand it before, but this time I understand it a little."

Li Mu was a little curious, and he looked Gao Yuanyuan up and down for a while.

"Well, the temperament is a little different, congratulations, your acting skills have improved."

The two clinked glasses, and Gao Yuanyuan said with a smile: "It's hard to say whether the acting skills have improved or not, but I can really empathize with the role of Wen Jiajia this time." ”

After participating in the finale banquet of "Beijing Meets Seattle", Li Mu flew to France to visit Ban Liu Yifei, and I really missed her after not seeing her for more than a month.

When I arrived, I found that the crew arranged Liu Yifei and his mother Liu Xiaoli in a suite, and the environment of the suite was of course very good, but the daughters were all adults and lived in a suite with their mothers, didn't their mother and daughter feel awkward?

"How did you live with your aunt? The crew won't have no money to open two rooms, right? ”

After the crew saw Liu Yifei, Li Mu pulled her into the corner and complained in a low voice.

Liu Yifei felt funny: "It's what I requested, I feel bored in the room alone at night when I'm out of the house, what's wrong?" ”

Li Mu said: "It's nothing, it's just that as soon as I come, I'm going to open a new room and call you over, doesn't this mean that in the eyes of others, I came all the way to sleep with you?" ”

Liu Yifei said angrily and funny: "You originally came to sleep with me, and you are afraid that people will say it, do you dare to say it?" ”

Li Mu said: "Yes, there is indeed this item in the plan, but is it just piggybacking?" The most important thing is that I haven't seen you for a month, and I want to talk to you more. ”

Liu Yifei suddenly realized: "Hmm...... I see! So you just came to talk to me this time...... That's right, I happened to have relatives here these days, and just now I was worried about how to satisfy you, and now it seems that I think too much. ”

Li Mu's eyes glared when he heard this: "Relatives?" It's really fake! Isn't it right? ”。

At this time, I heard Liu Yifei say again: "Didn't you just say that you want to chat with me?" Well, let's have a good chat tonight, I haven't seen you in more than a month, and to be honest, I have a lot to say to you. ”

"Huh? Does Light Speak?! Li Mu asked.

Liu Yifei said: "Otherwise? ”

Well, what she just said meant by speaking with her mouth.

After a while, Li Mu saw Liu Xiaoli again.

"Aunt Liu!"

"Li Mu."

"By the way, I heard that the film called "The Hunger Games" starring Yifei is about to be released, what do you think will be the market performance of this movie after its release?"

Li Mu really thought about it carefully when he heard this.

In the previous life, the global box office of "The Hunger Games" was nearly 700 million US dollars, and the "Hunger Games" series in this life sold much more than in the previous life.

Speaking of which, how can the original author of "The Hunger Games" in his previous life be as famous as Li Mu in this life? Cameron-level director, author of more than a dozen best-selling books such as "The Hunger Games", "Divergent", "Moving Maze", "Inception" and so on - by the way, he is also the author of "Frozen" and other super best-selling comics.

All of these fame stacks on top of each other to create a huge advertising effect, which makes the sales of The Hunger Games even more terrifying in this timeline.

Overall, the sales in this life are about 1.5 times that of the previous life, and theoretically, there is a certain chance that your version of "The Hunger Games" will sell better than the previous life.

After all, the fan base is much stronger than in previous lives.

In addition, because of Liu Yifei's starring relationship, at least the domestic box office in this life can be better than in the previous life, and all things considered, there is probably hope for a global box office of 800 million US dollars?

But of course he doesn't overdo it.

"Ideally, there should be a box office of about $700 million, of course, this is the most optimistic estimate." Li Mu said.