The negotiation with SBS TV is not an overnight thing, and many details need to be finalized little by little in the follow-up contact, and the basic cooperation intention can be determined by the first meeting between the two parties.

SBS TV expressed interest in Huashang Media's introduction of "Running Man", but they also proposed that the Chinese version of "Running Man" should be co-produced by both parties, and Huashang proposed that the Korean version of "You from the Stars" Huashang should be deeply involved, and the determination of the main role should be nodded by Huashang.

In fact, Li Mu is not very interested in who will play the Korean version of "You from the Star", but since the other party insists that "Running Man" should be co-produced, Li Mu has no choice but to ask for the casting right of the Korean version of "Star You", not only the other party has a request but his own side does not ask for it.

But what Li Mu didn't expect was that SBS was a little excited when he heard that Hua Shang was going to be deeply involved in the Korean version of "Star You", and asked Li Mu excitedly if he wanted to cast it himself.

Li Mu thought about it, the original Korean version is very classic, and the list of actors is in his mind, what role do you choose? Just make a list and ask for someone, so answer the other party yes.

As a result, the people at SBS TV were even more excited when they heard it.

They like the Huashang classic drama "You from the Stars" very much, but at the same time, they are not confident that they can remake this classic, but if Director Li Mu can cast it himself, the selected actors will definitely be suitable!

Who is Li Mu?

The world's second and Asia's No. 1 director, Koreans never dreamed that South Korea would be able to produce such a director.

With Li Mu personally casting, it must not be wrong!

And when the time comes, Li Mu can be pulled out to promote: the great director Li Mu personally participated in the production!

Koreans really eat this set, and the ratings will definitely not be wrong when the time comes.

In the past, the most influential Asian actor in South Korea must have been Brother Cheng Long, and now Li Mu is coming from behind.

In terms of strength and status in the film industry, Li Mu has already surpassed Cheng Long's big brother, and Li Mu is younger, more handsome, and more in line with the tastes of young Koreans, so he has naturally become the most trendy idol among young Koreans.

Li Mu handed over the list of her favorite Korean actors to Liu Siying, and she was specifically responsible for the subsequent contact, so Li Mu continued not to participate.

Liu Siying got the list and took a look:

Actor Do Min-joon - Actor: Kim so-hyun.

Actress Cheon Song-yi - Actor: Jun Ji-hyun.

Supporting actress Liu Shimei - Actor: Liu Renna.

……

The details of the negotiation with SBS are still continuing, and there are already rumors within Huashang, the agent of the hot bar is surnamed Gong, in his thirties, and the hot bar is usually called by his sister. The agent is also very interested in the hot bar, this time I heard that the company is going to make a reality show, and intends to use the hot bar as the only female resident guest of the show, the agent Xiao Gong went to watch the original Korean show as soon as possible.

As a result, before I watched the two issues, my brows furrowed.

The only resident female guest of this show is a down-and-out "female man" and "female neurosis" character, what kind of character is hot? "Goddess"! How does this work? She is looking forward to making the hot bar the sixth flower of Huashang after Liu Shishi, if she really gets on this kind of show, it won't be completely ruined?

Just ask, can you imagine Liu Yifei, Tong Liya, and Liu Shishi rolling in the pit, screaming like madmen? Can't you? If you really act in this show, will you still be able to get on the top of Xiaohua in the future?

The agent was in a hurry, but she couldn't do anything about it, I heard that this was Li Dong's arrangement, how could she make Li Dong change her mind with a little agent!

"It's hot, why don't you go to Mr. Li in person and talk about it, your development momentum has been so good in the past two years, if you are labeled as a female neuropath, the road will be narrow."

"Okay!" The hot bar didn't look like she was in a hurry at all, but she was still giggling, but when she heard that she was asked to find Dong Li, she agreed to come down.

A few days later, I went to the office to find Li Mu.

"What do melon seeds taste like?"

Reba saw the melon seeds on Li Mu's desk at a glance.

Li Mu pushed the melon seeds outward: "Original big melon seeds, taste them?" ”

The hot bar smiled a little brightly, and the person took two steps forward and grabbed it with a big grin: "Then I'll try it, I also like the original melon seeds the most, caramel and salty ones are not used to eating." ”

Li Mu also grabbed a handful: "The more you chew the original flavor, the more fragrant it is." ”

The two of them, a big boss and a subordinate artist, didn't mention business when they met, they first took melon seeds. After a minute or two, the hot bar seemed to suddenly remember that something was going on, so he put the melon seeds in the back pocket of the back of the butt of his jeans.

"I'll pretend to go home first, and then knock, the main reason why I came here today is that my agent, Sister Gong, heard that the company was going to arrange for me to be on a variety show, so I was anxious, so I asked me to come over and beg the chairman, don't go to that variety show that needs female neuropathy."

Li Mu pointed to the melon seeds on the table: "I like to eat and decorate more." ”

"Then I'll decorate it again." Let's do it without saying a word.

Li Mu asked, "What do you mean?" Do you want the only female MC in this legend to be a variety show set by the 'female neuropath'? ”

"Yes, the variety show that my brother chose for me must not be wrong." After the hot bar blurted out, he immediately corrected, "It's a variety show that the chairman personally chose for me." ”

Li Mu smiled: "Call brother, it sounds kind." ”

The hot bar grinned: "Brother! ”

Li Mu said with a smile: "Now the popular female stars are indeed popular by relying on film and television works, and variety shows are still difficult to get into the elegant hall for the time being, but this situation will definitely change in the future, with the rise of globalization and the Internet, variety shows, which allow stars to unload the burden of idols, keep up with hot spots, and strong interaction, will burst out with unprecedented vitality, if I talk about it now, there will be a variety show with a production cost of hundreds of millions and a guest salary of tens of millions, you may think that I am talking nonsense, and I think this is a fantasy, But I believe that the future will definitely go in this direction. ”

Reba nodded without hesitation: "Brother, I believe in you, and I also believe that I will become the first person in the country who has no masterpiece and will become popular just by relying on variety shows." ”

Li Muyu smiled: "What do you think, how can I, a person from Huashang, rely on variety shows without masterpieces." ”

The hot bar scratched his head and smiled.

……

Next, Li Mu's focus is still on the promotion of "Demon Thieves", as the first film in the series, if the word-of-mouth and box office performance are not good, the impact will not be limited to the first part, so Li Mu can still feel the pressure on his shoulders.

In recent years, the "marriage" of movie promotion and variety shows has become more and more common, such as "Happy Camp", "Happy Boy", "Lu Yu has an appointment", "Very Quiet Distance" and other variety shows are almost all necessary for movie promotion, and if all the above variety shows are on the ground, then there is no need to ask, there is no doubt that they are proper blockbusters.

"The Thieves" is a genuine top-level blockbuster, and the above blockbuster processes naturally have to go through all of them, especially the "Happy Camp" program, the crew of "The Thieves" has carefully prepared an extremely dazzling magic show.

Liu Yifei, Li Mu, Cheng Long, Lei Jiayin, Guo A, Zhang Songwen and others show off their magic skills in Kuaiben?

The interactivity of this kind of show is still quite strong, and the popularity of the crowd performing at home.

The current issue of Kuaiben exploded, and there is no doubt that it has set a program ratings record in the past two or three years.

The magic performed by several people is carefully designed and trained by top magicians from all over the world, including China, and the level of magic itself is definitely top-notch, so there is definitely no problem with ornamentation. Several people were a little rusty, especially Liu Yifei, who made a small mistake during the performance, but the atmosphere was unexpectedly even better than successful.

In fact, the audience didn't come to see the star omnipotently, Liu Yifei, who was a little scrambling after a mistake in performing a magic trick, was more intimate and cute in the eyes of the audience.

A similar process is not just followed by "Demon Thieves", such as "Shendu Dragon King" directed by Xu Jiao is basically the same route, but the promotion of "Shendu Dragon King" is willing to be affected by "Demon Thieves".

In his previous life, Xu Ke has always been known as a technical maniac, and when he publicizes it to the outside world, he often binds director James Cameron, the so-called Cameron is the pioneer of 3D movies in the world, and director Xu Ke is the pioneer of Chinese 3D movies.

Cameron World 3D Cinema Pioneer?

This is definitely true, but you must know that "Gravity" was released earlier than "Avatar", and Li Mu's global total box office has already officially surpassed Director Cameron.

So Xu Ke Huaxia 3D pioneer must not be able to play, playing is to play a big knife in front of Guan Gongmen, and although the self-positioning in the previous life is lower than Cameron, it is already very good in Huaxia, but now it is said that Cameron is not as good as Li Muniu and has no problems, so Xu Ke thinks that he is not as good as Cameron, so what is the competition with "Demon Thieves" made by a better director than Cameron?

In the end, the focus of publicity had to be focused on the word "chivalry", and the technology, investment, and cast lineup were all crushed, so I had to focus on the concept of "chivalry" that Li Mu's movie did not involve much.

The production company of "Shendu Dragon King" is Huayi Brothers, and in the face of Huashang's "Demon Thieves", Huayi Brothers can't help but be under heavy pressure, and at the same time, they have no ambition to kill Huashang.

Although Li Mu's movies have almost never failed, who said that they will definitely succeed after they were successful before?

There's a first time for everything, right?!

Who knows if Li Mu's first Waterloo will just be bumped into by his Huayi brothers?

That's right, the Huayi brothers have made a lot of money from the cooperation with Huashang over the years, but at the same time, the Wang brothers have also been ridiculed by netizens because of Huashang.

It is said that when Li Mu first stepped into the entertainment industry, the Huayi brothers were already the bosses of the industry, but now, what has Huayi developed into after so many years?

If you look at Huashang, they are also Chinese children, why is the gap between companies so big? In the final analysis, there is a problem with the leadership, and the Wang brothers have not run away!

Anyone who is compared to netizens all day long will not feel comfortable, since the movies of the two families happened to meet together this time, how beautiful would it be if they could kill each other?

It may sound unrealistic, but "I can fight back" has always been one of the biggest human delusions.

Speaking of Li Mu's side, the various promotional activities of "Demon Thieves" were carried out in an orderly manner, and two weeks before the official global release of the movie, the screening activities officially kicked off.

The screening is undoubtedly a sharp weapon in the process of film promotion, but this sharp weapon is obviously also a double-edged sword.

If the screening is used and has a good reputation, it will produce a fission-like publicity effect and an unexpected and even inferior blockbuster film scheduling tilt. But if the quality of the film itself is average, similar to "seeing the light and dying", if it is still forcibly screened at this time, it will often backfire, exposing the weakness and shortcomings of the film in advance, which will undoubtedly accelerate the comprehensive collapse of the film.

While Li Mu is confident in the quality of "Demon Thieves", he is inevitably a little less confident in the theme of magic, so holding a screening has become his inevitable choice.

A week before the official global release of the film, the crew held a premiere in advance at Wanda Cinema in Chaoyang CBD, Beijing.

Foreign premieres focus on the word "premiere", and there will definitely be a film screening link at the premiere, and the premiere of Chinese films has gradually developed in the direction of film press conferences and star red carpet shows, and some film premieres have even canceled the film screening link altogether.

The premiere of "Rogue Bandits" will naturally be accompanied by film screenings.

At the premiere scene, when Liu Yifei took off his clothes to reveal the bikini inside, and performed the water tank escape magic, the audience erupted in amazement.

"I'm grass, it's beautiful!"

"Good legs! Director Li is so happy! ”

"The scale is so big!"

Liu Yifei, who was sitting with Li Mu in the front row, heard the discussion behind him, and couldn't help but shake Li Mu's hand, for fear that Li Mu would be careful.

This is also the only time Li Mu is amazed by the audience that the movie is good, but he not only does not feel comfortable, but also feels a little awkward.

"In the future, don't shoot scenes of this scale." Li Mu thought to himself.

Next, the heroine played by Liu Yifei is stuck in the water tank in chains, and at the same time, the countdown to the magic is about to end, and there are hundreds of piranhas above her head.

At this moment, almost all the audience in the theater was holding their breath.

Although I know that the movies are all fake, the audience still can't help but be nervous.

When the piranha above his head fell, there was naturally another burst of exclamation in the theater.

"I'm grass!"

"Dead?"

"I must have escaped, Liu Yifei is the heroine!"

In fact, most of them guessed that the heroine played by Liu Yifei was definitely not dead, but looking at the blood mist that instantly rose in the water tank, everyone still couldn't help but exclaim.

In the end, when the heroine played by Liu Yifei appeared in the crowd wet, many viewers also cheered with the live audience in the movie.

The theft of a bank from thousands of miles away, the rain of banknotes on the screen in the performance hall, the magic trick performed by the protagonist and his party on the top of the building, and finally the rain of banknotes jumping from the building - one visual spectacle after another completely mobilized the emotions of the audience.

At the premiere scene, similar to "awesome", "cool! "Absolutely" and other comments come and go, seeing this, Li Mu knows that "Demon Thieves" is most likely stable.

After the premiere, the film publicity team was divided into two: Lei Jiayin, Guo A, Zhang Songwen and others continued to promote in China; and Li Mu, Liu Yifei, Cheng Long and other three went to the United States to hold the North American premiere.

After the North American premiere, Cheng Long and Liu Yifei stayed in the United States to continue to promote, while Li Mu returned to China to participate in the 29th Chinese Film Golden Rooster Awards ceremony.

After the award ceremony, Li Mu will fly to North America to continue publicity, so there is no need for Liu Yifei to follow suit.

(End of chapter)