Chapter 438: Ning Hao's Script

Li Mu himself knew that it was not so easy to kill a competitor, because no one would sit still in the competition.

In the first few days, QQ, which has been smooth sailing and monopolizing the domestic instant messaging market, has not slowed down. Once they recover, they will definitely try their best to fight back. What's more, they have capital behind them. , In order to ensure that their money is not wasted, the capital will definitely come out to act as a firefighter at a critical moment. Sure enough, in just a week, the mIh group will bring food, ammunition and a big knife to cut meat from Teng Xun in the future. .

The interference of mIh made Mr. Ma suddenly think of the idea that he had a flash of light a few months ago.

At that time, he was in the upper position in the competition with Muye Technology and took the lead, so he only thought at that time, first to settle Muye Technology, take over its two core products, and then slowly expand the products of the QQ game hall Concept, but I didn’t expect that the battle between QQ Fishing Farm and Happy Farm had consumed a lot of manpower, material resources and energy. He was beaten by Muye Technology, so he never thought of this idea.

Being reminded by Guo Haiming, Mr. Ma immediately realized that the original idea of ​​imitating the Lianzhong game hall was likely to become the key point for QQ to reverse the situation.

Immediately, Mr. Ma, who was a little excited, swept away the haze, and excitedly told Dean about his idea of ​​the game hall.

Dean was also very excited after listening to it. He was very familiar with the development trend of Lianzhong in China. He knew that chess and card games were very popular in China and had a very strong user stickiness. He also knew that there were great business opportunities. After all, he also realized how awesome it would be if a game hall could be integrated in QQ.

Lianzhong's biggest problem is that the platform is single, but QQ is different, it is also a large platform with over 100 million users, with a large number of users and a wide network of users. Elements: Social.

Dean is a big investor of his own and has a deep understanding of the Internet. After thinking about it carefully, he feels that this platform is very promising. He couldn't help but give a thumbs up to Mr. Ma and said, "Mr. Ma, the idea of ​​this product is really great. I think even if you can't beat yy with it, you can at least guarantee QQ's place with it!"

President Ma also thinks so. He said to Guo Haiming: "Notify all the technical staff to have a brainstorm tonight. We must sort out the product logic and requirements of the game hall in the shortest possible time!"

Guo Haiming was also very excited, he nodded immediately, stood up and said, "I'll inform them now!"

Guo Haiming left, and President Ma sat back in his chair and said to Dean, "I will transfer most of the technical development team to speed up the opening of the game hall. At the same time, our group function and cartoon show imitating yy will continue to open. At that time, our QQ group will allow all users to build a large group of 5oo people for free! The cartoon show is also promoted at the lowest discount, and combined with the game hall, QQ will be able to regain the initiative!"

Dean nodded again and again, and said solemnly, "I believe you, President Ma, under your leadership, QQ will definitely be able to turn defeat into victory!"

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Ning Hao, who had not been in contact for a few days, suddenly called Li Mu. He said that he had written a script and was going to show it to Li Mu.

Li Mu readily agreed, and invited him out for dinner by the way.

At the dinner table, Li Mu got Ning Hao's bound script, and when he saw the three characters "A Thief Among Thieves" printed in black on the cover.

Li Mu curiously looked at the first page, and was surprised to find that this thief among thieves was Ning Hao's famous work in the future, and also the pinnacle of domestic comedy movies - "Crazy Stone".

Li Mu's expression remained silent, but the more he turned back, the more surprised he felt. The story structure of the entire script was almost indistinguishable from "Crazy Stone", which was released in 2oo6.

The only difference is that some of the storyboards are different from the "Crazy Stone" movie.

It took Li Mu half an hour to read the script. Ning Hao looked at Li Mu nervously at this moment and led him to close the script. Then he couldn't wait to ask, "Boss, what do you think?"

Li Mu didn't answer directly, but asked him, "When did you have this idea?"

Ning Hao said: "The idea for this story has actually been around since 2000. To be honest, I was influenced by Guy Ritchie's "Two Smoking Guns" and "Stealing and Kidnapping". I have decided on the structure of this story, but I just kept it in my head and didn’t have time to write it, didn’t you promise me to invest in making a movie this year, so I wrote this book recently.”

Li Mu nodded, admiring Ning Hao more in his heart.

In the future, there will be countless directors with a fever, and they dare to make a movie immediately if they come up with any bullshit idea. The final film is so messy that it can't be called a one-step movie work at all. A really good director, a story, a story. The scene has even been conceived in my mind for many years, and it is only after everything is fully cooked that I can make it with my heart. The film made by this kind of director is naturally called a masterpiece.

Li Mu asked again, "Why is it called "Thief of Thieves"?"

Ning Hao scratched his head: "Isn't this trying to borrow some light from "Mission Impossible"..."

Li Mu nodded and smiled, but he was thinking in his heart. In fact, he had imagined Ning Hao and his "Crazy Stone" before. From Li Mu's previous psychology, he didn't want Ning Hao to make "Crazy Stone" so early because he I am worried that Ning Hao is not mature enough now, and I am also worried that Huang Bo, the future five billion actor, is not mature enough, but from the script, Ning Hao is now very familiar with the overall context of "Crazy Stone", so he should have been prepared long ago Now, as for Huang Bo, if his acting skills are not yet in place, he can be trained. This is not very important.

So, Li Mu finally expressed his views on the script: "The script is very good, the handling of black humor is very Gay Richie's style, and you have successfully localized this style, I think this movie can be made. ."

"Really?" Ning Hao asked excitedly, "Is it really possible to shoot?"

Li Mu nodded and said, "It's definitely okay to shoot, you can talk about your budget first."

Ning Hao instinctively wanted to say two or three million, but considering that his boss was a tyrant, he mustered up the courage to stretch out five fingers and stammered, "Five...five million..."

Li Mu waved his hand: "Such a good book, five million is enough, tentatively set 20 million!"

"Two... Ten thousand..." Ning Hao's hand trembled and knocked over the beer mug in front of him. He didn't care if the beer spilled on him, stared at Li Mu and asked, "Boss, aren't you kidding me? "

Li Mu smiled and said, "Of course I'm not kidding you. With a budget of 20 million, there is room for an increase to 30 million."

Ning Hao said with some trepidation: "Boss, the idea of ​​this movie doesn't need such a high budget at all... It's enough to make it at a small cost..."

Li Mu smiled slightly, and said in a full-fledged voice, "Out of the 20 million yuan, 10 million yuan is the salary of a king-level actor."

Ning Hao waved his hands again and again in fright: "No need, no need for such a low-cost black comedy film, which requires a heavenly king-level actor to join..."

Li Mu waved his hand: "You must have first-line actors to participate in order to have box office appeal. This is a market demand, unless you don't want to make money."

Although "Crazy Stone" was a dark horse at the box office in 2oo6, it was only 2300,000. In the same year, the box office of "Golden Armor" in the same year was close to 300 million, "Night Banquet" was 130 million, and "Huo Yuanjia" box office was 130 million. 100 million. Compared with them, "Crazy Stone" can only rank in the 20th box office of that year.

If Li Mu remembered correctly, the media praised "Crazy Stone" at that time, and even CCTV news named this small-budget comedy film by name, but even so, its box office was only 23oo. The reason is actually very simple: the director and actors are not famous.

The box office of domestic movies is closely related to the director and cast. If the director and actor are not well-known, no matter how good a movie is, such as "Crazy Stone", no matter how bad the film is made by a well-known director and actor, there is a market guarantee. , this is the fan effect.

If "Crazy Stone" is placed in 2o15 or 2o16, it is still the same lineup that year, I am afraid that the box office will not be less than 200 million, but in 2oo6, it will only be 2300 million, and it is still on the premise of adding many tap water fans. At this height, Li Mu didn't want him to repeat the same mistakes.

Instead, Ning Hao felt a little insecure because of Li Mu's 20 to 30 million funding promise, he said, "To be honest, I don't think any of the characters in this movie are suitable for first-line stars, because they are all very special. A down-to-earth character, so..."

Li Mu said with a smile: "I think the international robber from Hong Kong is very suitable for you to find a first-line actor from Hong Kong to play, such as Liu Dehua, if he comes to play, he doesn't even need dubbing, just use his Hong Kong actor. The Mandarin accent perfectly fits the needs of the characters in the script.”

Ning Hao wiped his sweat and said, "Actually, I'm planning to arrange a Hong Kong actor to play this role, but I think it's enough to find a Hong Kong actor who is outdated..."

Li Mu waved his hand and said solemnly, "You can't think about it like this. From the character itself, it is true that every character does not have to introduce a superstar, but if we consider the market, we must have enough eye-catching points. "

After speaking, Li Mu said again: "In addition, I see the role of the thief boss's girlfriend in you, you can consider Tang Wei, she is also our contract actor now, you can let her try to appear, and Zhang Kexuan , he is also a first-line star now, so he also has a cameo role, there is not much drama, but at least we can use him to make a fuss when we publicize it. As for Du Wei, there is really no suitable role for her. ." (To be continued.)