Any motivated nation or group is eager to be recognized by the world's authorities.
Academics from all over the world hope to win the Nobel Prize. Athletes from all over the world hope to win Olympic champions or World Cup champions. The same goes for the literary and art industries.
Not only Chinese films have had Oscar sentiments for many years, but also countries around the world, including Hollywood in the United States, have deep Oscar sentiments. Film workers in any country hope to win an Oscar award, and so do Chinese film workers.
Li Mu is not an actor, director, or screenwriter, but he is the boss of a film and television company. If the Chinese film industry cannot produce a film that can win an Oscar at this stage, then as the boss of the Chinese film company and a capitalist, It’s always okay to invest in a film that’s going to win an Oscar, right
With the size of DreamWorks and DreamWorks' current intention to fully cooperate with him, Li Mu can easily get DreamWorks to work for him. After all, a big director like Spielberg and China specialize in filming for the movie channel. Like third-rate directors of low-cost digital films, they are all workers in the industry. Since they are workers, in the eyes of capitalists, the core difference is who is worth more.
If you can't afford the money, the casual workers squatting on the bridge waiting for work will not contribute to you; if you can afford the money, not to mention Spielberg, the entire Hollywood will become your wage earners. Li Mu wants money and resources. With resources, influence, and the Makino ticketing system, which is an iron chain that strangles the film industry from the audience level, it will be too late for DreamWorks to stick to itself wholeheartedly in the future, and it is impossible to refuse its request for cooperation.
On the way to the inspection, Li Mu had already made up his mind. As soon as he obtained the copyright for the American version of "Infernal Affairs", he would immediately find DreamWorks to land it with him, and Makino Imaging would not only invest in it, but also hold shares in it. , the proportion of voting rights must exceed 60% or even higher. By then, although the film will be jointly produced by China and the United States, it will essentially be dominated by Chinese bosses.
The impact of Chinese capital on the Oscars is not just to gain fame. More importantly, the new capital from the East is impacting and replacing the old capital from the West. If Chinese capital begins to pour into Hollywood on a large scale, it means that Hollywood must move towards The Chinese film market has bowed its head. This is why after 2008, a large number of Hollywood blockbusters began to incorporate Chinese elements, Chinese actors and Chinese corporate advertising placements. In the final analysis, this is all because of the entry of Chinese capital.
As for "Flying Tigers", which is currently being co-operated with DreamWorks, Li Mu's hope for it is to hit high box office and high influence, so as to realize the worldwide popularization of China and the United States' joint anti-Japanese history. He has no intention of taking it. To hit the Oscar hopes.
In the final analysis, this movie is a commercial war movie, and it also exports certain mainstream values. Oscar itself does not like war themes, and will definitely be cautious, cautious, and cautious about such a movie, so I want to rely on it to be in the It is basically impossible for a film to win big at the Oscars. Not to mention "Flying Tigers," which embodies the joint resistance of China and the United States against Japan, even "Pearl Harbor," in which the Americans fought against the Japanese, only won the Oscar for Best Sound Editing. Award, this kind of award is quite rare in the Oscars.
But the American version of "Infernal Affairs" is different. As long as this movie is tied to Martin Scorsese, it will definitely win an Oscar. After all, for a great director like Lao Ma, an Oscar must be given to him no matter what. Explain, and the American version of "Infernal Affairs" is Lao Ma's best-known film since "Goodfellas" in 1990. If the Oscars decide to give Lao Ma a best director award, then there is no doubt that the American version of "Infernal Affairs" 》 is the most suitable carrier.
From this point of view, Li Mu needs the copyright of the US version of "Infernal Affairs" for China Capital to successfully enter the Oscars, and Martin Scorsese needs the US version of "Infernal Affairs" to achieve the highest honor as a director at the Oscars. Even if done correctly, Leonardo can achieve his highest honor as an actor with this film, so Li Mu is determined to win this project.
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The site selection inspection of the film and television base has not been made public. Li Mu, Wei Lan, Chen Ze, and Song Liang made a rough inspection at the junction of Yanjing, Jinshi, and Langfang. The main contents of the inspection were It is an inspection of the terrain and the use of the land.
If you want to build a large-scale film and television base, you will definitely need a development area of nearly 100 square kilometers. Li Mu's goal is not to copy Hengdian, but to create a "New Hengdian" that is much stronger than Hengdian. Not only must it combine film and television bases with tourism, It also needs to be combined with various supports for film and television production, as well as post-production and other related industries, so it is necessary to first determine whether the target address has such a large area of plain land, and then examine the land cost.
The southeast of Yanjing is actually a geomantic treasure land. Different from the large fan shape of Yanjing that is nearly 300 degrees counterclockwise from the northeast to the southwest, there are very few hills in the southeast. It is a flat plain area that extends all the way to the Bohai Bay.
After an overall inspection, the first thing that can be determined is the topography. The land of more than 10,000 square kilometers is basically plain, so it fully meets the requirements for building a very large film and television base. The remaining question is where to choose the lower land cost.
When calculating the land cost, the main consideration is the local government's land quotation, as well as the compensation standards for the land itself for farmland, residential buildings and corporate land. The more densely populated the area is, the less suitable it is for the development of non-residential projects, because the relocation cost is too high. , the resettlement fee alone is a huge cost.
Wei Lan is much more sensitive and professional about land, and is more authoritative than Song Liang in this regard. When Song Liang was still staring at the Haizhou map to study the land, Wei Lan was already controlling large-scale real estate projects in Shanghai, so In this regard, everyone fully trusts Weilan’s ideas and suggestions.
After a rough inspection, Wei Lan put forward his own suggestions on the spot. First, he would come up with a budget and hire a professional aerial survey company to conduct aerial photography and aerial survey of the area, and then draw a detailed topographic map. Clearly reflect the distribution and density of cultivated land, wasteland, homesteads and corporate land. In this way, Wanying can avoid the most important and minimize the light when planning the film and television city project.
Even if one hundred square kilometers of land is needed, it is not necessary to have a square or regular centralized shape. In order to reduce costs, it can be designed to be distributed in blocks. On the basis of ensuring overall connectivity, it can avoid areas with higher land costs to the greatest extent. area, and for such large-scale real estate project planning, aerial photography and aerial survey are the best solution. The only disadvantage is that the cost is too high. The cost of such a large aerial survey area is at least several million, and it may be even higher, but For such a huge project, Wei Lan feels that the cost is worth paying.
In 2003, many people may not have heard of the word aerial photography, but Weilan's vision was already ahead of most people's.
Although Chen Ze and Song Liang support the use of aerial photography and aerial surveys to support site selection, neither of them recommends taking action first. Both think that they should talk to the governments of the three places first, and after the talks, they will decide according to the attitudes of the local governments. To develop a rough range, and then ask an aerial survey company to conduct measurements, which can be considered targeted.
But Li Mu didn't want to wait.
He agreed very much with Wei Lan's suggestion and immediately made the decision: "Our film and television base project, if we want to take advantage of Yanjing's capital influence and huge tourism resources, is destined not to be too far away from Yanjing, so whether we follow No matter what the negotiations between the three governments are, it is impossible to leave this area. In this case, there is no need for us to wait for the negotiation with the local government before embarking on aerial survey. Why not seize the time to launch it now? After all, such a large area requires aerial survey and mapping. It also takes a certain amount of time. If we mount the horse too late, we will have to wait for Tu. I would rather spend more money and let Tu wait for others."
Li Mu hit the nail on the head. Anyway, if you want to participate in this project, you cannot live without this place. What else do you have to worry about? Hurry up and figure out the entire terrain and land use situation, and make a map of it. Then you can clearly see on the map which land is the most cost-effective.
The so-called patch distribution, to put it bluntly, is just like urban greening. You have to find every opportunity to avoid roads, buildings and large buildings. Therefore, the green in most urban aerial photos is basically the same as psoriasis. This patch is patchy, but Li Mu’s The film and television base cannot adopt a completely isolated patch distribution. Even if it is divided into multiple "patches" of different shapes and sizes, there must be contact lines to ensure that all patches are a whole from a spatial perspective.
If you want to achieve the lowest land cost on this basis, aerial survey is the most scientific and accurate solution.
After generally inspecting the terrain of the area and determining the rhythm of taking aerial surveys first, everyone took the bus back to Yanjing in the evening.
When the car entered the city of Yanjing, Li Ziwei received a call, and immediately relayed the message to Li Mu happily: "Mr. Li, Warner has accepted your offer and is willing to sell the English remake rights of "Infernal Affairs" for 3.5 million. Resell to Makino Image for US$!”
"That's great." Li Mu snapped his fingers and said excitedly: "Immediately arrange for a dedicated person to handle the contract and complete the contract process as soon as possible!"
Li Mu guessed right. The anxious Warner seemed to have just experienced a comprehensive bombing. Now all their energy was focused on disaster relief. They would not even be able to enter the post-war reconstruction stage in a short time, let alone post-war development. .
Therefore, it was useless for them to hold the English remake copyright of "Infernal Affairs". It was difficult for them to have the energy to initiate the project. Moreover, several Hollywood companies were interested in this copyright. The reason why it was finally taken away by Warner was because 175 The price of US$10,000 is relatively high. If Warner wants to sell it to other Hollywood companies now, no one will give it a price of US$1.75 million.
Moreover, the copyright of movie scripts is time-limited, and it often only takes a few years to buy the film and television adaptation rights of popular novels. Assuming that what Warner bought from UniAsia is the exclusive English remake rights for the next five years, if At the end of the five-year period, Warner has not yet filmed the film, and the authorization has expired. At that time, it will be a waste of water.
In this case, it would be safer and more cost-effective to sell it to Li Mu for double the price!
(End of chapter)