January 16, 2012, Hilton Hollywood Beverly Hills.

The 69th Golden Globe Awards for American Film and Television were held here.

There were no big surprises.

The film "The Revenant" won three awards: Best Feature Film, Best Actor in a Feature Film and Best Director.

Li Mu and Liu Yifei, who were on the scene, behaved very calmly, after all, Li Mu has won a series of awards such as Best Director, Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Actress at the Oscar, and there is no need to be too excited.

But when the news came back to China, netizens were not calm at all.

Because the Golden Globe Awards have always been regarded as a sentinel to the Oscars.

"My grass, "The Revenant" really won the Golden Globe?! I think there is definitely a drama at this year's Oscars!! ”

"Awesome!! At first, I thought that "The Revenant" was an Olympic film, but it was estimated that it was not a big deal, eighty percent was similar to "Manchester by the Sea", with a high evaluation, but the box office was very average (not to mention that the bleakness was to give Director Li face). Who would have thought that after the movie was released? I grass! The global box office is about to be $620 million!! Do you call this an Olympic literary film?! ”

"The Revenant" is really good-looking, and the key box office is really awesome, what is the concept of an Olympic film with 620 million US dollars? Let's just say that the pioneering work of the menacing Marvel series, the famous "Iron Man 1", has a global box office of $585 million! ”

"So, as soon as I looked at the box office, I felt that "The Revenant" might not be going for the Oscars at all, Director Li just made a commercial blockbuster, but if you look at the situation today, I have already won the Golden Globe Award, so is the Oscar still far away? It turned out to be an Olympic movie! ”

"What do you mean by? It's that you obviously made a literary film that flattered the Oscar judges, but the global box office directly surpassed that it was a commercial blockbuster that went to the box office! ”

……

Hilton Hotel.

Li Mu originally planned to leave for China immediately after taking a short break after attending the award ceremony, but even with his current status, many times he still can't help himself.

For example, the president-level figures of the six major Hollywood film companies came to visit in person, do you want Li Mu to meet them?

So if you meet the president of a certain company today, and then the president of another company will also arrive tomorrow, do you want to meet you at this time?

I'm sure I'll see you!

Therefore, the plan set before coming to go and return quickly could not be realized at all.

The first thing Li Mu met this time was Robert Iger, the president of Disney.

As soon as the two met, Li Mu first praised Disney and its subsidiary Marvel Studios for the Marvel Cinematic Universe plan, and bluntly said that the next ten years of the film industry will be the decade of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and all other film companies and all movies will live in the shadow of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The so-called sedan chair is carried by everyone, Li Mu is never stingy with compliments to others, and he will not lose a dime of himself anyway.

Unexpectedly, the corners of Robert Egger's mouth couldn't help twitching after listening to Li Mu's sycophancy.

"All other studios, all movies, have to live in the shadow of the Marvel Universe? NO NO NO, AT LEAST FOR NOW, IT'S DISNEY LIVING IN THE SHADOW OF YOUR DIRECTOR LI. ”

Li Mu raised his eyebrows, a little unclear.

That's right, he did make some blockbuster movies, but it didn't make the dignified Disney company feel that he was living in the shadow of Li Mu, right?

Where did he get so much influence?

It is said that foreigners like to speak straight, and they are not very good at slapping horses, so it seems that this is not necessarily the case!

But Robert Iger couldn't say anything in his heart, he said that Disney was not lying in the shadow of Li Mu, he was in pain about it.

Take "The Avengers", the biggest project that its subsidiary Marvel Studios is preparing to shoot recently, right? The team has lamented more than once that the best ideas have been used by Pacific Rim.

As mentioned earlier, Li Mu's "Manwu Comics" was specially created to occupy the pit in advance, among which the "Pacific Rim" series After Li Mu copied the plot of the original world's first part, he originally thought that he would completely hand it over to his screenwriter department in the later stage, but the screenwriting department opened its brains, and was stunned to combine the heroes in Li Mu's previous works with Chinese mythology, and also play a movie universe.

Li Mu originally felt that there was little hope of success, but it did not prevent him from letting his gang try.

And since all his subordinates are so uneasy, it doesn't seem appropriate for Li Mu to completely let go and be the shopkeeper, so he simply modified many plots in the original Marvel Cinematic Universe, and then added them to his own cinematic universe.

Take "Avengers 1" as an example, which is the most classic shot in this film?

It must be a "gathering of heroes"!

On the streets of New York, Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Hawkeye - several heroes formed a circle, and the camera focused on the heroes to shoot around for a week, but I didn't expect it to become a classic shot in film history, and I didn't expect it to become the main theme of global movies in the next decade.

But now, before the official preparation of "The Avengers", this scene was already there, in the comic book "Pacific Rim", which is being serialized.

Because it is a comic serialized work, Li Mu here not only "borrowed" the plot of "Heroes Assembled", but he even "borrowed" the composition and camera movement of "Heroes Assembled"!!

The most important thing is that "Pacific Rim" is still being serialized, how many original-time Marvel Cinematic Universe ideas are borrowed here?

Is it just borrowing from "Avengers 1"?

So Robert Iger said that Disney lives in the shadow of Li Mu, how can he be nonsense?!

Li Mu also didn't expect that his own cinematic universe project, which he started with the mentality of playing three poles with dates and no dates, would bring so much trouble to Marvel and Disney.

Even Marvel and Disney already have the feeling of living in the shadow of Li Mu.

Of course, Robert Iger came to see Li Mu today and is by no means here to complain, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe will never die because of this, the "Avengers" series is definitely not the "Avengers" of the original world, but the "Avengers" series will definitely not disappear.

Robert Egger came to see Li Mu in fact, but it was still for cooperation.

It's not to cooperate in making Marvel superhero movies together, the "Avengers" project is in some trouble, but they can solve it, he came to see Li Mu this time, and the real purpose is actually to work with Li Mu to make animated movies.

When it comes to animated movies, we have to mention those classic works that have been occupied in advance by "Manga Comics" over the years:

Frozen!

"Dream Travel"!

Zootopia!

"Despicable Me"!

"Mind Squad"!

"The Voice"!

"Pet Secrets"!

"Your Name"!

……

How many of these productions should have belonged to The Disney Company?

So is it possible that the Disney company in this time and space, only the strategic project of the Marvel Universe is living in the shadow of Li Mu?

Walt Disney Studios and Peaks Animation Studios, why don't they live in the shadow of Li Mu?

Li Mu and Robert Iger talked for a long time, and of course the two would not immediately reach a certain cooperation, but the initial intention of cooperation was established.

In the future, the two companies will cooperate more deeply in the production of films and animated films.

Disney needs Li Mu, and Li Mu also needs Disney. The simplest reason, relying on Li Mu and his Huashang Media alone, it is impossible for the "Frozen" series to create a crazy peripheral income of more than 10 billion US dollars in just 5 years like in the previous life.

In terms of the development of movie peripherals, Disney is well-deserved to be the first in the world!

Therefore, there is no problem with cooperating with Disney, and this is almost the only way for Li Mu to maximize benefits.

Sent away Robert Iger, the president of the Disney Company, and the president of Paramount.

The Hunger Games 1 grossed more than $900 million at the global box office, which is a big stimulus for these Hollywood companies.

The film industry is a very risky industry, and you don't know which company spends a lot of money to build a key project that is inexplicably not liked by the audience. It is not uncommon for a film to send away a large film company in the circle, and in this case, it seems that the "Oriental Miracle Director Li Mu", who has never missed, has inevitably become a sweet spot in the eyes of major Hollywood companies.

The reason why Paramount's president came to see Li Mu was actually because he took a fancy to Li Mu's work "Interstellar", Paramount was very optimistic about the market potential of this IP, and they also wanted to get a piece of the "Interstellar" project, and it seemed to be a very good choice to establish a closer cooperative relationship with Li Mu.

"Interstellar" may be the most influential live-action film that Li Mu can copy in the future, and it is also a rare film that can be killed in both domestic and foreign markets.

The domestic box office of "Interstellar" in the original time and space was 755 million yuan, ranking fourth in the annual box office ranking in the domestic market. The global box office was $701 million, ranking 9th in the global box office in 2014.

And the film evaluation is off the charts.

For such a major project, Li Mu must be cautious and cautious, how could he agree to cooperate with Paramount so easily?

However, he didn't let Paramount's president come in vain, and finally proposed an alternative to cooperate with Paramount.

That is, the "Shocking Demon Thieves" project.

"Shocking Demon Thieves" is definitely not too classic a film, especially the reversal at the end, it really doesn't deserve its stunning and dazzling first half, but as a commercial blockbuster, this film is definitely qualified.

What is especially rare is that this movie has performed well at the box office, both domestically and internationally.

The North American box office of "Amazing Thieves 1" is even better, the domestic box office of "Amazing Thieves 2" is even better, and the domestic box office of Thieves 2 is second only to "Detective Chinatown" and "Cold War 2", which is already very good.

By the way, the box office of Magic Thief 2 in China has exceeded its box office in the North American market, and Huaxia is the largest market for Thief 2.

Like this kind of movie, which has the opportunity to kill both domestic and foreign movies, of course Li Mu will not let it go.

It is precisely because the box office of the original time and space "Shocking Demon Thieves 2" in the domestic market even exceeded its box office in the North American market, so Li Mucai finally decided to replace most of the roles in this film with Chinese people.

Of course, it doesn't mean that a Hollywood actor is not needed, such as the roles of Morgan Freeman and Michael Kane, Li Mu still tends to continue to look for them, but the Four Horsemen in the film and the role of the Interpol Li Mu must be replaced by Chinese actors.

The president of Paramount certainly had some doubts about this.

He originally came for "Interstellar", but for the time being, he only agreed to cooperate with "Shocking Demon Thieves", and the cooperation is far less than the amazing "Shocking Demon Thieves" of "Interstellar", at least it can deepen the connection between Paramount and Li Mu's Huashang, but Li Mu even wants to replace most of the actors with Chinese actors?!

Most of the actors use Chinese words, so do you want the North American market?

The most outstanding role in the film is undoubtedly the Four Horsemen, so the so-called Four Horsemen must have at least two Hollywood actors to ensure its box office in North America to the greatest extent.

What influence do Chinese have in Hollywood?

"I wonder if Mr. Li already has a suitable candidate in mind?"

The president of Paramount wanted to hear the candidate in Li Mu's heart first, and then think about how to persuade him.

Li Mu nodded and said, "There are a few preliminary candidates, among which the only female knight among the four knights, I am going to use ...... Li Lianhua or Liu Yifei will act. ”

"Li Lianhua or Liu Yifei?" The president of Paramount nodded slightly, "These two candidates are very good, especially Miss Liu, there is definitely no problem with her playing the heroine." ”

Since "The Hunger Games 1" exploded at the global box office of more than 900 million US dollars, Liu Yifei is now a genuine sweetheart in the eyes of Hollywood companies.

Of course, it's no problem for her to play the heroine! Not only is it okay, but it can't be sought!

In fact, Li Lianhua is not bad, from "Assassin" to "Super Body", Li Lianhua is the most internationally influential Chinese actress besides Gong Li and Liu Yifei.

It's not bad, but she still seems a little inadequate compared to Liu Yifei, who has starred in a series of blockbuster films such as the "Hurricane Rescue" series, "Inception", "Doomsday Collapse", and "The Hunger Games".

"As for the candidates for the leading actors, I haven't thought about them all yet, but I already have a preliminary candidate for the role of Interpol in it."

"I know this person too?" Paramount President asked.

Li Mu nodded: "Cheng Long has played a lot of classic police images, I want to invite him to try it this time." ”

“Jackie Chan is great.”

“good！”

When he heard that Li Mu planned to use most of the Chinese actors, Mr. Paramount felt that something was wrong, but when he heard that Li Mu's candidates included Liu Yifei and Cheng Long, he immediately felt that there was no problem.

After that, even Hollywood veteran Harvey Weinstein came to visit Li Mu, accompanied by his eldest cousin Jennifer Lawrence.

Among Li Mu's many pits, there is a "Happiness Line Behind the Dark Clouds", Harvey Weinstein wants to buy the copyright of this work, although this person's character is not very good, he has infiltrated countless Hollywood actresses, and it seems that it also includes Little Pepper in Iron Man, but this person's vision must not be said.

Otherwise, it would not have gained overwhelming influence in Hollywood.

It's worth mentioning that two of this year's biggest Oscar hits — "The Revenant" and "The Artist," of which "The Artist" is the Harvey Weinstein — so in a way, the two should be incompatible.

But Harvey still came to Li Mu, and his posture was still very low.

The so-called reaching out and not hitting the smiling person, Li Mu was naturally polite to the other party throughout the whole process.

But just sell the adaptation rights of "Behind the Clouds" to the Hollywood veteran in front of you?

How is this possible!

At most, when you make this film yourself, you can accept a certain percentage of the other party's investment.

The form is not good, and the supplement is postponed until tomorrow

(End of chapter)