China Entertainment Mythology 2004

When discussing with China Film Group some time ago, Director Han suggested that another mature director should be selected this time. As compensation, Li Mu could write a relatively important role for himself in the script. Now that the script is finished, Li Mu has not written a relatively important role for himself.

To arrange such a role, he would have to fight for the director of "Assassin".

So he immediately started writing the storyboard script.

With his directing skills in his previous life and the footage from the original movie as reference, the split-shot script he wrote was naturally top-notch.

He plans to use this storyboard to prove that he is fully capable of being a director. If anyone disagrees, he might as well write a storyboard, and then everyone will put the two scripts together for comparison.

While creating the storyboard script, he also took time to deal with "The Master of Hypnosis".

Now that I have decided to direct this "Assassin", I naturally don't have the energy to shoot "The Master of Hypnosis" myself. Fortunately, it is a small-budget movie, and the script is quite solid. No matter who is hired to film it, it will be good.

There will be no problem of losing money or making more or less.

There are actually a lot of tool directors in the industry who have this kind of ability but have little chance. Li Mu has no worries about not being able to find a high-level one.

In addition, he also preliminarily decided on the starring candidates for "The Hypnotist".

He decided to cast Shen Teng as the male lead, Mary as his wife, and Song Qie as the female lead. The ex-husband of the female lead could just go to Nortel or China Theater and pick a junior or senior student. Anyway, the role was

not much.

The reason why the male protagonist did not choose Xu Zheng was actually to avoid copyright disputes similar to those in "Journey to the Road" and "囧囧".

On the third day after writing the script, Li Mu received a call from Cheng Long.

"I've already read the script."

"What do you think, Uncle Long?"

"How was it? What did you say when we were filming "Taken"?"

Li Mu was confused by what he said about Monk Zhang Er.

"While filming Taken?"

Cheng Long said: "At that time, you said that Cheng Long's movies had gone astray. The later they were, the more emphasis was placed on action and the less on character creation. You also said that the audience would be excited at first when watching Cheng Long jump from the second floor, but later on

I had to jump from the fifth floor, then the 27th floor, and finally I had to jump from space. You said it yourself at the time. As I get older, it will be impossible to satisfy the audience's increasing excitement.

It’s worth it, what’s the result now?”

"Your "Assassin" is so exaggerated that it explodes! I have never made such an exaggerated movie. A building with dozens of floors, jumping directly from here to there, driving a car until it takes off and spinning a thousand times in the air.

Erbaidu, and then simply drove the car onto a speeding train, and even bullets could turn corners - you can tell yourself, are you constantly pushing up the audience's excitement this time?"

Li Mu: "Uh..."

Cheng Long burst out laughing and said, "But I think this movie is really enjoyable. The scene with Li Lianlian in the train carriage was very exciting. The only drawback is that there are many more gun fight scenes than kung fu fight scenes. I have a suggestion here."

Ah, just to add a little more bare-handed duel between me and Li Lianlian here, of course this is my personal opinion."

Li Mu directly agreed: "Okay, the selling point of this movie is the duel between the two Kung Fu superstars Cheng Long and Li Lianlian. Naturally, the fight between you two is the top priority. We will discuss everything after the official start of filming.

We will listen to whoever says something reasonable."

"Okay, ok."

…

After hanging up the phone, Li Mu shook his head and smiled.

Then half a day later, Li Mu suddenly received another call from an unknown number, but as soon as the number was connected, he immediately recognized the other party's voice.

"Are you Teacher Li Lianlian?"

"I'm Li Lianlian."

"Hello, Mr. Li, you called me this time. Have you read the script I wrote?"

"Yes, I have already read the script, and I read it three times."

"What do you think of this script, Mr. Li?"

"It's very good, very shocking. This is the script I imagined."

"That's good, that's good." Li Mu said with a long breath.

Li Lianjie added: "After reading the script, I have an idea that I would like to discuss with you."

"Teacher Li, tell me, I'll listen," Li Mu said.

Li Lianlian organized his language and said: "In the script, the scenes between me and Cheng Long include more gunfights than kung fu duels, so can we add a little more fighting scenes? Just like the scene on the train, in fact, it can be arranged as a two-parter.

Close combat between people in a small space.”

"So that's what happened!" Li Mu couldn't help but sigh.

"Is there any difficulty?" Li Lianjie asked.

Li Mu said: "There is no difficulty, but Cheng Long just called me today and happened to talk about the same thing. This time you two kung fu superstars really want to get together."

"So that's what happened. Okay, let's meet and talk about it then. I'll go to Beijing in a few days."

"Well."

…

Three days later.

Li Mu, Li Lianjie, Cheng Long, Yan Yiyun, Yu Dong, Wang Zhonglei and others appeared again at China Film, but this time they met in a conference room of China Film.

There were more people coming this time, and it would be a bit crowded to meet in Director Han's office again.

As usual, they greeted each other and soon started chatting about the new script.

The first person to speak this time was Cheng Long.

"I think this script is very good. Compared with "Taken", this one is undoubtedly bigger in scene and more exciting in plot. Just reading the script makes me feel very satisfied. This is the kind of movie I have always wanted to make."

Next is Li Lianjie.

"I feel the same as Brother Cheng Long. This script is of a very high level and must be very in line with the tastes of international audiences. Domestic audiences should also like to watch it. It seems that my previous intuition was not wrong at all. I asked Li Mu to come here this time.

As a screenwriter, I really found the right person."

Seeing that the two Kung Fu superstars all expressed their approval of the script, the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became relaxed, which meant that the project was basically completed, so everyone expressed their opinions with a smile.

Han Sanping smiled and said: "Li Mu, Li Mu, you said that when I asked you to write a script, you went through all kinds of difficulties. You danced with shackles and tied up. What happened? Ten days! Just ten days! You

So I wrote the script. Not only was it written, but it was also immediately recognized by the two Kung Fu superstars! I asked you, why did you look so similar at the time? Hahaha, I have met so many people over the years, but I didn’t expect this time

I was almost blinded by you, you are playing with me here and hiding yourself, hahaha."

Yu Dong also laughed and said: "Director Han is absolutely right, let me just talk about it. At that time, I heard that Li Mu was going through all kinds of difficulties, so I felt that this project must be dead. But he was lucky and wrote the script in only ten days.

The level of the key script is so high! Where do you want people to reason?"

Wang Zhonglei laughed and said, "From now on, when everyone asks Director Li to write a script, you don't have to worry about what he says. In short, you just have to believe that he can write it."

Yan Yiyun joked: "That's too much. According to what Mr. Wang said, if you ask Li Mu tomorrow to write a script that can win the Palme d'Or for Best Picture and the Oscar for Best Picture, you have to insist on him regardless of what he says.

Can the designation be written out?"

Wang Zhonglei smiled and said: "Oh, Director Yan, you are really right this time. I really believe that he can write this kind of script."

After saying that, everyone laughed together.

Then Wang Zhonglei turned to look at Li Mu and said with a smile: "How about it, Director Li? Now that we have reached this point, how about Director Li write two scripts that can win the Palme d'Or and Oscar in a while?"

Seeing that the atmosphere was so lively, Li Mu didn't hesitate at all. She immediately patted her chest and promised, "It's just the Palme d'Or and the Oscar. Everyone, just wait. I have to compete for these two awards in a while."

As soon as this statement came out, the conference room burst into laughter.

"Hahaha……"

"Yes, young people must be ambitious!"

"Hahaha, Director Li is so full of energy!"

Li Mu also laughed and said: "Hahaha, all the bosses are laughing at you, big talk, big talk..."

After saying this, everyone laughed again.