After Wu Jing heard about the project "Mekong Operation", he was very moved, and he couldn't wait to call Li Mu eight times a day to ask about the results.

At that time, Huashang Media and Bona were still communicating, and the matter was not settled so quickly, Wu Jing and Li Mu carefully analyzed why they were very suitable for this movie, and Li Mu smiled and told him that if he wanted to act in this movie, he should not only be familiar with all kinds of firearms, but also be able to speak fluent Thai and Burmese.

Unexpectedly, when Wu Jing contacted people on the Berner side, he actually showed a wave of Thai and Burmese directly, and it was quite like that, it turned out that after Li Mu casually said that he needed to understand Thai and Burmese that day, he Wu Jing turned around and asked a professional teacher to train him professionally, regardless of whether he could get the role in the end, and whether these two foreign languages would be learned in vain.

Bernard's Yu Dong saw that Wu Jing was so ambitious, coupled with the recommendation of Li Mu and Lin Chaoxian, he finally nodded and approved Wu Jing as one of the male protagonists, Fang Xinwu, although the first male protagonist in his heart was actually Huang Xiaoming and Huang Sect Master.

At that time, Huang had two film contracts in his hand, in addition to "Operation Mekong", there was also a "Tang Xuanzang", Huang Xiaoming was finally more optimistic about the "Tang Xuanzang", so that later netizens said that they were grateful to Huang for not acting.

If "Tang Xuanzang" and "Mekong Action" are still put in front of Huang Xiaoming, I am afraid that Huang Xiaoming will not choose "Tang Xuanzang" again this time no matter what, and if Huang Xiaoming agrees to star, then it is estimated that there will be nothing wrong with Peng Yuyan.

In addition to "Mekong Action", the most important project of Huashang Media in the second half of the year is probably "The Wandering Earth".

After Li Mu communicated with director Guo Fan several times on the phone, the "Wandering Earth" project was officially launched.

The total investment of the project is 100 million US dollars, of which Huashang Media invested 70 million US dollars, and China Film, Bernard, Wanda, Xiying and other companies are responsible for the remaining 30 million US dollars, of which 90 million US dollars are produced and the publicity and distribution costs are not less than 10 million US dollars.

The script is the script of the original space-time "The Wandering Earth 1" directly picked up by Li Mu, and the screenwriting team of the original space-time "The Wandering Earth 1" has more than ten people, and it is unlikely that Li Mu will invite all of these people in this time and space, and even if they are all invited, the time is different, the company is different, and the atmosphere is different, and the script written may be very different.

Since the original space-time "The Wandering Earth 1" has been a huge success, there is no need for Li Mu to go through the collective creation process again in this time and space, not to mention the waste of time, it is very likely to lead to the failure of the project.

Therefore, this time, Li Mu directly took out the complete text script and storyboard script to Director Guo Fan, and Director Guo Fan can make certain changes according to needs, but there are constraints of detailed scripts, and he himself is the director of the original time and space, so the final effect will not be too different from the original time and space, so as to avoid the risk of the project as much as possible.

Regarding the timing of the start of the project, I remember that the time when the original time and space "Three-Body Problem" won the Hugo Award was August 23, 2015, and I don't know if Liu Cixin can win the Hugo Award with "The Three-Body Problem" in this time and space.

Also, the price of a series of copyright transfer agreements signed by Li Mu and Liu Cixin was very low, of course, the low price was definitely not because Li Mu deliberately lowered the price, but the market price was like this, but hundreds of thousands of hundreds of thousands of high-value adaptation copyrights including "The Three-Body Problem" were sold, and Da Liu still lost money after all.

This time, Li Mu can just take the opportunity of the launch of the "The Wandering Earth" project to compensate a little, this money is harmless to Li Mu, and he can also have a good reputation because of it, Li Mu doesn't need to be too picky.

After the project was confirmed to be officially launched soon, Li Mu, who was far away in the United States, personally called Liu Cixin.

"The Wandering Earth" has been confirmed to be launched." Li Mu went straight to the point.

Liu Cixin's heart on the other end of the phone jumped suddenly.

Over the years, Li Mu's sci-fi movies have conquered cities all over the world, and Li Mu has also become the world's first world's No. 1 sci-fi director with a total box office of more than $10 billion. From "Inception" to "Gravity" to "The Martian", what an honor it is to see that the sci-fi movies made by the Chinese can also conquer the world? It's a pity that these sci-fi films, which have been hugely successful, have not yet been adapted from his works by Liu Cixin.

Although I have long heard that the "Wandering Earth" project is about to start, every time it is rumored that there is a nose and an eye, but every time there is no specific action, Liu Cixin also personally called Li Mu to ask Li Mu, Li Mu is also fast every time, but at the same time, there is no specific start date.

Liu Cixin is also anxious about this.

Until today, Li Mu personally called.

It looks like the wolf has been called countless times, and the wolf is coming, and this time the wolf may really be coming.

Now Liu Cixin's biggest concern is who the director of this project is.

"Aren't you filming in the United States?"

"This time, the director is Guo Fan."

Liu Ci couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

Of course, Guo Fan is not bad, "Space Traveler" was also in the limelight some time ago, but after all, it can't be compared with Li Mu.

If director Guo Fan's ceiling is $3.5 billion at the box office, then Li Mu's ceiling is almost no ceiling.

If there is no Li Mu, then director Guo Fan is of course the best director candidate for the "Wandering Earth" project, but with Li Mu, Liu Cixin, as the author of the original work, naturally hopes that the film can be directed by Li Mu himself.

However, these are obviously not something that Liu Cixin can control, in fact, Li Mu can personally call him, and he is already very grateful.

Next, Li Mu informed Liu Cixin of some basic information about the project, such as the estimated total investment of the project of 100 million US dollars, and Li Mu's official invitation to him to serve as a special consultant for the film. Of course, Liu Cixin knew that this was Li Mu's kindness, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but be even more grateful to Li Mu.

In fact, although "The Three-Body Problem" at this point in time in the original time and space has also become famous in the science fiction circle, the total sales are still only about 300,000 copies, and it can be said that the sales of any romance can beat it, which also reflects from one side why Da Liu sold a series of adaptation copyrights of "The Three-Body Problem" for only 100,000 yuan.

However, the fate of "The Three-Body Problem" and Da Liu in this time and space is completely different from the original time and space.

First of all, since the birth of "The Three-Body Problem", Li Mu has praised a wave of "The Three-Body Problem" from time to time on various occasions, and has repeatedly mentioned that "The Three-Body Problem" is the best science fiction he has read in recent years.

What is Li Mu's influence today? With him, if he has nothing to do, he will find an opportunity to tout a wave, and it is really difficult for "Three-Body Problem" not to break the circle in China.

Even many people who have never watched science fiction, or even not, have tried to watch it because of Li Mu's crazy touting.

Of course, many of these people still can't watch it, but since "The Three-Body Problem" is really very good, it is natural that there will be many people who like "The Three-Body Problem" because of this, and the result is that as of now, the global sales of "The Three-Body Problem" have officially exceeded the 5 million mark.

There are 300,000 copies in the original time and space, and 5 million copies in this time and space, it can be said that most of the current sales of "The Three-Body Problem" are blown out by Li Mu!

As far as Liu Cixin is concerned, before "The Three-Body Problem", his works sold about 50,000 copies, so in his understanding, I am afraid that at least 4.9 million copies of his current sales of 5 million copies were brought by Li Mu, so he was originally very grateful to Li Mu, and now that the "Wandering Earth" project has finally started, Li Mu personally called him to invite him to be a consultant, which can be said to have given him enough face and lining, so he is naturally more grateful to Li Mu in his heart.

After hanging up the phone, Liu Cixin unconsciously hummed a little song, although the director is not Li Mu himself, and this is somewhat regrettable, but the investment of 100 million US dollars, produced by Huashang Media, directed by Guo Fan, and adapted by Li Mu himself, these words are still enough for him to be excited for a while.

And whatever he says this time, he has to be good in front of his wife.

After dinner, Da Liu's wife sat on the sofa and watched "Let's Get Married", and Da Liu sat next to him very unreasonably, which surprised his wife.

Because Da Liu was not so interested in this kind of family emotional drama before, and he didn't know what was going on today.

"I told you a long time ago that this show is very good, but you didn't believe it before." His wife said.

Liu Cixin nodded.

His wife continued: "If you want me to say that Li Mu should shoot more dramas like this, what is this drama becoming now?!" ”

Da Liu opened his mouth this time and said: "Li Mu is a world-class science fiction director, how can he shoot this kind of family drama all day long, if he didn't marry Liu Yifei this time, it is estimated that there will be no such drama." ”

"Didn't the news say some time ago that this drama sold more than 100 million yuan for the copyright fee alone? Why can't you shoot more when it's so profitable? ”

Liu Cixin explained: "More than one billion is indeed a lot, but this is Li Mu, do you know how much box office a movie can sell?" The global box office of "Gravity" and "Frozen" is about $1.7 billion, and I heard that the periphery of "Frozen" is about to sell $6 billion, where is the income of the TV series, didn't Li Mu's total box office break $10 billion some time ago? How many TV series do you have to shoot to have this income. ”

Da Liu's wife was obviously suppressed, she digested it for a while before she sat up straight and asked Liu Cixin with a smile: "Eh, didn't your adaptation copyright be sold to Li Mu very early?" You said that after so many years, why didn't he adapt yours, is it not suitable for us to adapt it into a movie? ”

Liu Cixin waited for his wife to mention this topic, and when he heard this, he tried his best to be very indifferent and said: "How come, Li Mu is not a fool, if ours is not suitable for adaptation into a movie, then he can buy it?" He called me today to mention it. ”

"Li Mu called you?" Hearing this, Da Liu's wife hurriedly picked up the remote control and lowered the volume, and then asked with a look of hope, "What did he say on the phone?" ”

Liu Cixin said quite reservedly: "I didn't say anything, just said that the "Wandering Earth" project was launched immediately, with an investment of 100 million US dollars, and said that I must be invited to serve as a special consultant for the film. ”

"Really?" Da Liu's wife was overjoyed, and then asked, "Eh, you said that when "The Wandering Earth" is released, will you also sell hundreds of thousands of more copies by taking advantage of the popularity?" ”

"It should be possible!"

After speaking, Liu Cixin thought: "Back then, I drank and bragged with Li Mu, Li Mu said that only he and I could win the Hugo Award in Huaxia through the strength of wine, and now Li Mu has won the Hugo Award for several years, but he is still far from the Hugo Award."

"Hey! If I can win a Hugo Award, I will definitely sell hundreds of thousands of more copies! ”

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After the official launch of the "The Wandering Earth" project, the casting work soon began officially, among which Li Mu, the role of Liu Peiqiang, personally recommended Wu Jing, plus the "Mekong Operation" jointly produced by Bernard, China Film, Huashang, etc. was also confirmed to be Fang Xinwu, one of the leading actors, and there was a lot of discussion in the circle for a while.

Wu Jing went south to Xiangjiang for so many years, but his results were lackluster, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he ran back to the mainland, but after joining Huashang, he was able to get such a strong support from Li Mu, and everyone in the circle was surprised by this.

Among the films prepared by Huashang, "Wolf Warrior" and "Fast Pursuit 1" have been released, and both films have achieved very good results. There will be "Fast Pursuit 2" soon, "Operation Mekong" will be launched soon, and there will be "Wolf Warrior 2" and "Fast Pursuit 3" in the future.

What do you want to do? Or what does Li Mu want to do? Want to train Wu Jing into a superstar? But does it really work? Besides, is Wu Jing's age a little older?

With Wu Jing's comprehensive conditions, is it really cost-effective?

With the resources of Huashang Media, if Li Mu wants to find a few small fresh meat with fine skin and tender meat, he may be able to bring out a top class such as Wu Yifan, Li Yifeng, Lu Han, Zhang Yixing, etc., which is not more cost-effective than holding Wu Jing?

The era of kung fu stars has passed, and now the young Cheng Long and Li Lian are coming to work hard in this era, and I am afraid it will be impossible to have the glory of the past.

"Fast Pursuit 1" is good, but the box office performance is not too good, it can only be said that of course it is not bad, "Wolf Warrior 1" is similar, I can't figure out how Li Mu attaches so much importance to Wu Jing.

With Wu Jing's own conditions, the upper limit of praising him is really not high, and no matter how much he praises him, it is impossible to become a top performer, right?

But it's not a loss, it's just not a good deal.

Wu Jing himself also heard some discussions in the circle, to say that the reason why he went south to Xiangjiang back then was to break out of his own kung fu era, but unfortunately after so many years, there was really no achievement.

Now that I have returned to China, I have developed well, but I am still far from my goal, as for whether I can establish my own kung fu movie era?

He himself doesn't know very well, but he knows one thing, that is, if Huashang can't help him achieve his dream, then no other company can either!

So why do you want so much? Just do your job.

During this time, Wu Jing practiced Thai and Burmese hard, insisted on physical exercise, familiarized himself with various firearms, and prepared for the future filming of "Operation Mekong", and on the other hand, he had to participate in various promotional activities of the new movie "Fast Pursuit 2".

That year's "Fast Pursuit 1" won $258 million at the global box office, and I don't know if this year's "Fast Pursuit 2" can still maintain the reputation and results of the first part, if "Fast Pursuit 2" collapses this time, there may be no "Fast Pursuit 3" in the future.

He still likes this series very much, so the film is about to be released, and the pressure in his heart is still not small.

(End of chapter)