Chapter 1398

Faced with Li Ziwei's question, Li Mu replied with a smile: "the original plot setting of Infernal Affairs is very brilliant. Sometimes a good story sells not plot but setting."

"Sell settings?" Li Ziwei is confused by Li Mu again.

"Setting is sometimes more valuable than plot," Li Mu said with a smile

After that, Li Mu asked her, "you should have seen Spielberg's Jurassic Park?"

"Yes, I am very impressed."

"In fact, what this thing sells is a set. If I make a movie casually, there are a lot of dinosaurs in the real world, the audience will ask what the hell's way? Is it unreasonable to kill the dinosaurs? In that case, everyone can make a dinosaur movie without any brain or basis, and the setting of Jurassic Park gives a set of settings that can be self-supporting, such as how did dinosaurs come from? Scientists found a prehistoric mosquito from an amber. Before the mosquito became amber, it just sucked the blood of dinosaurs. So scientists extracted the DNA of dinosaurs from its belly, and then bred dinosaurs. This setting made the audience accept and amaze the audience, so it had a successful foundation. And Hollywood next revolved around this setting, dwarf Rocky park has made a whole series; "

" I probably understand... "

"Did you know last year's biochemical crisis?"

"Yes, I have."

"Biochemical crisis" is a game developed by Japanese game companies. Its core setting is that a company named umbrella has developed a kind of virus that can make people become zombies. Then the virus spreads and the whole world turns into scorched earth. It is this core setting that makes players and spectators feel refreshing. Therefore, I believe that Hollywood will also be able to put biochemical crisis into practice Develop into a series. "

Li Ziwei thought for a moment and asked Li Mu, "President Li, the core setting of Infernal Affairs should be that it pioneered the story mode of black and white both sides inserting undercover in each other's camp, right?"

"That's right!" Li Mu pointed out loudly and said with a smile: "in the past, most of the films with undercover elements were made by the police to undercover in the gangsters' camp, trying to get rid of all the gangsters. But in the setting of Infernal Affairs, the police sent an undercover to the gangsters' camp. What's unexpected is that the gangsters also sent an undercover to the police's camp. If we put the The traditional plot of police undercover to gangsters is called a plot. Under normal circumstances, a type a plot can support a movie. However, in this movie, there is a reverse plot opposite to A. We can call it a type B plot.

in this way, the Infernal Affairs is different from the previous police and bandit films, and it becomes A movie with a plot of a type and B type. In the core setting of Infernal Affairs, there is a very wonderful setting, that is, the undercover of the police and the undercover of the bandits must find out each other while fulfilling their original undercover identity requirements. This is equivalent to adding a AB type to the plot of a type and B type The plot makes Infernal Affairs a wonderful blockbuster with a, B and ab plots. This is the fantastic idea of Hong Kong screenwriters and a very remarkable initiative. Therefore, I believe that the reason why Hollywood wants to buy the copyright of this film is that it focuses on the core setting of this genius, rather than the deep, human nature and Buddhist fatalism behind it. "

Li Ziwei feels that she has been brainwashed by Li Mu successfully. This feeling is that no matter what Li Mu says, she will find it reasonable

At this time, Li Mu stretched out and said: "the original version of Infernal Affairs stands at the end of Chinese culture, but its core setting is actually very close to the front end. This set of setting is not only for us to understand, but also for every normal IQ audience over 10 years old in the world. Therefore, if I want to remake it, I must first set its core setting What's left is to trace it back to the front end of culture and find more commonalities consistent with other nations in the specific plot filling. "

Li Mu said: "for example, we can't let the characters, the plot and the whole story tone be too deep and gloomy. The relationship between the characters should be clear, and the character and contradictions of the characters should be distinct. Good people are good people, bad people are bad people, and bad people don't have to want to be good people at the end;

for example, we should implement simple, rough and direct presentation techniques, show off less skills Less sensationalism and less transmission of personal values;

for example, we can't put any Buddhist things into the remake, and even any religious content should be avoided as much as possible;

for example, although good people can die miserably, we can't let bad people go unpunished... "

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Huanya has received the message from Muye image. They have clearly conveyed Li Mu's attitude to the other side, which means that Huanya doesn't need to bargain with Li Mu any more, because Li Mu doesn't want any more, even for free.

Originally, Huanya wanted to bargain with Li Mu about the copyright, but unexpectedly, Li Mu refused their request directly, even took back the previous offer and terminated the cooperation.Only then did Huanya understand that they thought the whole world wanted the overseas distribution right of Infernal Affairs, and Li Mu must be no exception, but Li Mu's interest in wanting the film was not as strong as they thought.

Why?

Huanya is also pondering this issue.

Li Mu is a God who can sell "Mr. zombie" to more than 100 million dollars. The movie "Infernal Affairs" which has saved the market for many years in Hong Kong is much better than "Mr. zombie" in all aspects. Why is Li Mu so uninterested in it?

However, if Li Mu is not interested in Infernal Affairs, why does he spend $3.5 million to buy the English remake right of Infernal Affairs from Warner? Is this a bit too contradictory?

When Huanya was scratching the scalp for this problem, Li Mu had already held a video conference with several directors of DreamWorks in his office.

Spielberg is shooting "Flying Tigers" in cloud province. He specially arranged the rhythm of the day and took time to attend the video conference.

As for other managers of DreamWorks, in order to accommodate Li Mu's time, they got up at 4:00 a.m. local time, tied ties, dressed in suits and sat in front of the computer.

The video conference uses the pro version of YY group video. The so-called Pro version means professional, that is, the so-called "professional version" in the software field. However, the group video of Pro version does not need users to download YY client additionally. The group video of Pro version uses an extra paid "value-added service". As long as users purchase the upgrade service, they can enjoy faster and more stable service The global video direct connection, such as cross ocean communication, Pro version can achieve the maximum stability and fluency.

As soon as the picture passes, several Hollywood tycoons say hello to Li Mu. Li Mu smiles and nods one by one in response. After greeting several people respectively, Li Mu goes straight to the main point and says, "you guys, the reason why I want to hold this video conference is because I'm planning a video project recently. I think you should know that I've bought" no room "from Warner I'm going to start the project immediately. I wonder if DreamWorks is interested in cooperating with me? "

The CEO of DreamWorks immediately said: "Mr. Li, DreamWorks and you have a strong desire for cooperation, and we also have a foundation for in-depth cooperation in Makino ticketing system, so no matter what film and television project you are going to launch, DreamWorks is willing to participate in it to some extent."

For the management of DreamWorks, they have long regarded Li Mu as the next key to take off in DreamWorks. For such a big man who wants money and resources, the whole Hollywood will do the same thing, that is, firmly hold his thigh.

The management of DreamWorks is eager to be tied up with the image of herds of Li Mu, which also means that they can be deeply tied up with herds technology and even with Li Mu, so this is the key moment of loyalty.

What Li Mu wanted was DreamWorks's attitude of "boss, I'll get mixed up with you later", so he smiled with satisfaction and said: "in this case, let me talk about the cooperation mode first."

"Mr. Li, please say," nodded several DreamWorks bosses

"First of all, I'm going to make a tentative budget of 100 million US dollars for this movie. I can give you a 50% discount on your investment, but you can't account for more than 25% of the total. If you want to account for 25%, you have to pay 12.5% of the actual investment. If you want to account for 20%, you have to pay 10%

In the last life, the investment of "the man without a relationship" was 80 million dollars, but the difference between before and after was two years, and the pay and inflation also had a certain impact. That is to say, if you invest 80 million dollars now, it must be more purchasing power than 80 million dollars two years later, and there is no need to add another 20 million costs. But in this life, Li Mu increased the budget of Tom Hanks, a big brand We need to increase some production funds, so the increase of 20 million yuan should be at a level that is just right.

Leonardo and Tom Hanks cut their own pay when they took on the Flying Tigers. It was the first time they cooperated with Li Mu, and it was also their attitude to Li Mu. But Li Mu had to remember people's feelings. So in remake of Infernal Affairs, Li Mu planned to give them two films at a normal price, and at the same time give them a small proportion of box office credits It's paying off.

At this time, several people in DreamWorks murmured to each other, and then the CEO said: "Mr. Li, let's listen to your orders as much as you say, and we'll pay as much as we like. As for the investment discount, we thank you for your kindness, but in terms of long-term cooperation, DreamWorks can't always get such additional benefits from you, so we hope to follow the normal proportion Contribution. "

When Li Mu pursues a larger goal, he can naturally put the interests in the second place. In this way, in order to ensure the realization of the first goal, he is naturally willing to reduce the expectation value of the second goal, rather than like some greedy capitalists who want to monopolize whatever benefits.

Li Mu did not want to make money, but wanted to use the movie to win several Oscars and come back. He realized the Oscar dream on behalf of Huaxia film and television company and Huaxia capital, so he was willing to give DreamWorks certain interests.However, DreamWorks has its own calculation. They don't want to take advantage of Li Mu once and run, but they want to go further in his boat. The more it is, the less they can take advantage of it. Therefore, they have made their attitude very clear, and they don't want to accept such interest inclination any more. As for the proportion, they also decided to respect Li Mu, because Li Mu may not really want to occupy more, but if he occupies less, Li Mu will probably feel that he is not sincere enough.

Li Mu was also very clear about their thoughts. He nodded and said, "since this is the case, I will not be more polite to you. DreamWorks will contribute 20% of its capital, and we will jointly produce and issue them."

The CEO of DreamWorks immediately made a decision: "OK! We have no opinion! "

Spielberg asked Li Mu, "Mr. Li, do you have any ideas about the director of this play? I've seen Infernal Affairs in Hong Kong. It's a good movie, but to be honest, it may not fit my style very well. "

Li Mu nodded and said, "Steven, about the director, I want to ask Martin Scorsese to direct. What do you think?"