Chapter 1136 Sense of National Belonging

There were four people at the dinner table, all except Li Mu were shocked.

The shock that Li Mu's remarks brought to the three of them is really indescribable. Li Mu is willing to take out the Muying ticketing system, give 20% of the shares, give investment, guarantee the other party will not lose money, and leave all the risks to himself. , and all of this, just to let the partner come to Huaxia to make a movie!

Not to mention that the two guests from the United States were stunned, even Senior Brother Liu was speechless.

He knew Li Mu. He knew that Li Mu had an extraordinary sense of mission for the country and the nation. This can be seen from his performance of holding the national flag at Harvard and his impassioned speech. However, he did not expect Li Mu is willing to sacrifice the most fundamental goal of a businessman: profit for the sake of Huaxia's image and influence in the world, and for the long-term development of Huaxia's film and television industry.

It seems that the only thing that can make Li Mu completely sacrifice profits is 3321. However, what Li Mu said just now is not only sacrificing profits, but even giving up profits while investing more costs. In doing this, it can be seen from this point that Li Mu attaches great importance to the fact that Hollywood came to China to make movies.

Spielberg couldn't help but ask Li Mu: "Mr. Li, do you hope Hollywood can pull the entire Chinese film industry? If this is the case, we can cooperate with Makino Imaging to make some movies in the future. This is absolutely no problem. of."

Li Mu nodded: "Pull is a must. There are too many problems in China's film and television industry. It will take at least ten years to rely on internal adjustment and improvement, but if they are promoted by outstanding peers, they will definitely catch up. Otherwise, it will be eliminated by the fast-growing industry and eliminated by the fast-growing audience.”

After speaking, Li Mu added: "Of course, the other aspect I just mentioned is also very important, because different from the Western ideology, the Western media has a lot of demonized propaganda for us, I don't understand politics, and I don't want to touch it. , but as a Chinese, I very much hope that the whole world can take off the colored glasses imposed on them by the media, and truly see this country, this nation, and these people as they really are, or understand this country and this nation for thousands of years. The ancient culture that has been nurtured in this land, and the best solution I can think of is the movie.”

Spielberg is also particularly touched. Although he is an American, he is also a Jew. He understands Li Mu's sense of national belonging, which transcends the limitations of territory and country. Summary.

Spielberg once made a movie related to the massacre of Jews by the Nazis. This movie is called "Schindler's List", which tells the story of a German businessman named Schindler who helped more than a thousand people in World War II. The true story of Jews who escaped the Holocaust. As a Jew, Spielberg was reluctant to shake hands with German actors during the whole filming process. Although it seemed impolite, this was the deepest part of his heart. A sense of national belonging.

Whether it was out of a Jew's deep identification with a sense of national belonging or out of a businessman's pursuit of interests, Spielberg couldn't refuse Li Mu's cooperation plan, he nodded lightly and said seriously: "Mr. Li, I am willing to accept your cooperation plan, and in the next ten years, I will personally or let my team deeply participate in a film related to China, or even lead by my team and me."

Speaking of which, Spielberg paused and asked Li Mu: "Mr. Li, regarding the cooperation of the Muying Ticketing System in North America, we also hope to increase our shareholding in the form of shares. Do you think it is feasible?"

Li Mu said: "It is feasible, but the range is not more than 10%. That is to say, we will set up a company in North America together. If you don't invest, I will take 80% and you will take 20%. If you want to invest, I will give Your 10% holding space,

But when the holdings were added, the company was valued at $200 million. "

At a valuation of $200 million, 10% of the shares are $20 million. Although this is not a huge sum of money for Spielberg and his company, it is also a lot of money. A company with nothing at all, a valuation of $200 million sounds unbelievable, but just based on the Muying ticketing system, its influence in the YY ecosystem, and the market space, these two hundred million dollars are already worth it.

It’s as if Tengxun suddenly announced that one day it will make a new product under the framework of WeChat. Even if it does not invest a penny, its valuation will be sky-high just by relying on the WeChat ecosystem.

Spielberg just thought about it for a while, and then said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, I accept your conditions, and I am also willing to increase my shareholding by 10%."

"Okay." Li Mu nodded: "I don't have any other requirements here. My requirements are all about the movie. I will briefly mention a few points: First, the movie you cast in Huaxia as agreed, the script, casting and budget. I have a veto, if I don't like your story, I can just pass the movie; if I don't like an actor in it, I can just drop him from the movie; if I have a budget Opinions, I will increase or decrease moderately on the basis of the original."

Spielberg said without hesitation: "It's reasonable, I have no problem."

Li Mu was also relieved. What he was most worried about was that Spielberg and his team would fool him when the time came, so the script of each movie must be controlled by himself.

In fact, Li Mu has always had a lot of dissatisfaction with China's film and television industry. Even if the Hollywood film and television industry is in Vanity Fair, and the interior is degenerate and rotten, the professionalism of making movies in the whole circle can always be maintained and implemented. A Hollywood actor It may be a scumbag, a drug addict, a mistress, or a broken shoe, but as long as he or she walks in front of the camera, he or she is a professional actor, and he or she presents a professional performance.

However, looking at the Chinese film and television industry, the difference in acting skills of a large number of actors from academic backgrounds is shattering. The production level of the entire industry, the urgent pursuit of money and fame, and the low requirements for art itself, can hardly be described in words.

Many times, when Li Mu watched domestic film and television dramas, he would be extremely embarrassed to find that even the protagonist couldn't act, let alone those group actors.

Sometimes, it is difficult for a film and television drama to have several movies with online acting skills, but the group performances are outrageous, and they play and dance every minute, and the viewing experience is extremely poor;

Sometimes, for the sake of traffic and income, film and television dramas invite a lot of so-called popular little fresh meat. The whole drama takes a screenshot of each frame alone, and it is as beautiful as a magazine blockbuster. look nauseous;

Sometimes, the props and special effects in a movie are so fake that three-year-olds can't bear to look directly at them.

In addition, Li Mu is most reluctant to post-record the film and television drama, as long as the mouth shape is not correct, it is unbearable to fake it, but most domestic film and television drama directors and actors, in order to save time and effort, all use the method of post-dubbing, so that only There will be "Miss Numbers" who count numbers on the set...

Some old actors are also reluctant to make progress. They have not made breakthroughs in their acting skills for more than ten years. They have played the same roles for more than ten years, but each one is embarrassing to watch;

Counting down the corruption of the Chinese film and television industry, Li Mu, an outsider in the circle, can scold him for three days and three nights without repeating the word. On a par, the simplest example: in American dramas, it is rare to find group performances with offline acting skills. Sometimes the acting skills of group actors are amazing. Even if most American dramas are not good-looking, it will not be because of the actors. Poor acting skills make people appear in plays, but in China, group performances are really group performances who can't act at all, and I haven't seen a few directors who can insist on their artistic pursuits. The show has become fuller.

It is because of these original sins that people feel that iron is not steel, Li Mucai is full of pessimism about the self-development of China's film and television industry.

In the last life, although Hollywood has penetrated into the Huaxia film and television market in large quantities, and even cooperated with actors, directors, and screenwriters in the Huaxia film and television industry, but at that time, the Huaxia market had already risen, the industry had gone astray, and the audience was led astray. , so that Hollywood content has to bow its heads when it comes to China, and so-called domestic actors who have no acting skills must be used for the box office, which has not brought any improvement to domestic movies at all, but has been brought by the domestic movie market.

If the Huaxia film and television industry is still on such a path in this life, then Li Mu will definitely disband Muye Imaging and never touch film and television again, because he doesn't want to mix with so many low-level celebrities, even if it's only in one industry, He couldn't afford to lose that person either.

Spielberg took the initiative to ask Li Mu: "Mr. Li, if our contract is successful, what kind of film do you want us to make that is related to China in 2003?"

Li Mu thought for a while and said, "War-themed! Whether it's "Saving Private Ryan" or "Band of Brothers", they are both war-themed film and television dramas that I like very much. During World War II, Huaxia defended against Japanese invaders and for the world Peace has paid a huge price and has made great contributions to the people of the world, but Hollywood has never had a film about China's resistance to the Japanese invaders during World War II. You have made films of almost all the World War II battles that Americans participated in. You yourself I also made a movie about the slaughter of Jews by the Germans during World War II, if you personally direct a movie about the Second World War in China, I think it will be very meaningful.”

Spielberg can understand Li Mu's sense of national belonging. Even though Li Mu promised him to invest and even give a guaranteed box office, out of professionalism, he reminded Li Mu friendly: "Mr. Li, a real war movie costs money. It's huge and the cost is very high. Saving Private Ryan invested $70 million four years ago, and the company of brothers also invested $120 million. The cost is very high, and you want to make a movie that reflects China in World War II. Movies with this theme will probably not have a very high box office performance in North America and other parts of the world, so the possibility of recovering the cost is not high..."

Li Mu said decisively: "It doesn't matter, I will vote for the subject you want. I personally can't vote for my company, my company can't vote, my shareholders vote, money is not the problem, the problem is to have good works. China has a population of 1.3 billion, I don't believe that a good movie will not be watched!"