At the end of September, "Hurricane Rescue" was released one after another worldwide, with its final box office of 280 million yuan in mainland China, breaking the box office record of 250 million yuan created by the movie "Hero" directed by Zhang Yimou, and becoming the new national box office champion.

In the North American market, "Hurricane Rescue" finally won a box office of US$120 million, and the total overseas box office was as high as US$230 million. In addition to its box office in the mainland, the global box office of "Hurricane Rescue" has reached US$270 million, breaking the highest global box office record of Chinese-language films created by "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

As "Hurricane Rescue" continues to break various records of Chinese-language movies, all participants in the movie have gained fame and fortune.

First of all, Brother Cheng Long's global reputation has soared due to this movie. Friends around the world keep calling to congratulate Brother Cheng Long on the box office miracle created.

The second is Western Film Group, one of the investors in the movie. In the past three months, as the box office of "Hurricane Rescue" has become higher and higher, Director Yan Yiyun of the West Film Studio is full of red every day, and has participated in several film seminars on "Hurricane Rescue" in succession during this period.

Again, the actors who participated in the movie. Liu Yifei not only gained a lot of attention in China, but also gained international influence in one fell swoop and gained a large number of European and American movie fans.

Even Song Jia, who had very few scenes in this film, received multiple film contracts, but she refused them one by one because she had received Li Mu's invitation to a new movie. Song Jia agreed without any hesitation.

Of course, as the screenwriter and deputy director of the movie, Li Mu has also received a lot of attention in the circle as a rumored person who can directly stop Cheng Long from modifying the movie's plan on Cheng Long's crew.

Just as Li Mu was fully preparing for the new movie "Hypnosis Master", he suddenly received an invitation from Wang Zhonglei, Huayi Brothers Group.

At this time, it is really hard to bypass the Huayi Brothers Group when making movies in China. Not to mention anything else, just talking about its many actor resources, it is impossible for Li Mu to completely abandon it in the future when making movies.

At 7 pm, the private room of Grand Hyatt Hotel.

Li Mu went to the appointment alone, and three people came to Huayi. In addition to Huayi Group President Wang Zhonglei, there were also actor Li Lianhua and Li Lianhua's sister Li Xuehua.

In addition to being Li Lianhua's own sister, Li Xuehua is also Li Lianhua's agent. This person has been a top student since childhood, which also made Li Lianhua, a poor student, feel very inferior when facing her own sister. Later, Li Lianhua by chance made a world in the entertainment industry. After Li Xuehua graduated from college, she joined Huayi Group and became the agent of her sister Li Lianhua.

Li Xuehua has a good vision of choosing films. It is reported that whether it is the movies "The World Without Thieves" and "The Sound of the Wind", these two movies that are crucial to Li Lianhua's film career were all decided to star in the movie under the urge of her sister Li Xuehua.

Later, Huayi Brothers broke up with Wang Jinghua, the first agent of domestic entertainment. Li Xuehua took advantage of the opportunity to take the lead with her outstanding work ability and became the top leader of Huayi's agent business. Later, she served as co-general manager of Huayi Brothers, executive of Wanda Film and Television, and chairman of Hesong Media.

Hesong Media was founded by it independently, and its sister Li Lianhua is also a partner of the company. Later, Zhao Liying also joined Hesong and became Hesong's new partner.

After meeting and after some politeness, Wang Zhonglei finally told the reason for inviting Li Mu.

"Hurricane Rescue" sold $270 million worldwide. Lionsgate and Columbia Films in the United States have all seen business opportunities. Both companies want to replicate the success of Cheng Long and Hurricane Rescue, so they joined forces to find Li Lianjie, hoping to invite Li Lianjie to participate in the new kung fu movie."

Li Mu nodded, the reactions of the two companies were not difficult to understand.

At this time, Wang Zhonglei continued: "But Li Lianjie neither agreed to the invitation from the two companies nor refused to reject the party. The two companies found Huayi again, hoping that Huayi could help find out about Li Lianjie's true thoughts. I have seen Li Lianjie these days, and Li Lianjie did not hide it from me. According to him, he mainly has two concerns. First, he is comparable to Cheng Long. Now Cheng Long's new movie "Hurricane Rescue" is a big hit worldwide. If his new kung fu film fails in the future, he will become the person who imitates Dong Shi Pin in the idiom."

Li Mu nodded, Li Lianjie's concerns were not unreasonable.

Wang Zhonglei continued: "Secondly, the scripts given to him by Lionsgate and Colombia are very lackluster. He doesn't believe that such scripts can be sold - not to mention the results of "Hurricane Rescue", I'm afraid that even the qualified results of ordinary movies will be difficult to achieve."

Li Mu said at this time: "But Li Lianjie really wants to make a movie that is comparable to "Hurricane Rescue", so he did not directly refuse to be the party."

Wang Zhonglei nodded: "Yes, actually Li Lianjie's concerns are not unreasonable. If Cheng Long's "Hurricane Rescue" has just achieved outstanding results, Li Lianjie will immediately follow him and make a movie. If the grades are good, it will be overwhelming. If the grades are too bad, it will be really bad in appearance. So the idea I gave Li Lianjie was to strive to co-starring him and Cheng Long in a brand new kung fu movie."

Li Muxin said: "It's coming, it's coming, it's finally coming, is it you? "King Fu King"?"

Wang Zhonglei continued at this time: "Li Lianjie was really interested after listening to my opinion. He believed that "Hurricane Rescue" has already made such a movie to the extreme. No matter how it is filmed, it is difficult to surpass this movie. However, if two kung fu superstars Li Lianjie and Cheng Long can be put into a movie and let the two have a peak showdown, it may be possible to surpass "Hurricane Rescue"."

Li Mu does not agree with this very much. The peak showdown between the two kung fu superstars is enough, but whether they can gain the recognition of the audience depends on the quality of the movie in the end.

"Kung Fu King" in this regard is a living example.

Wang Zhonglei said again: "After I made this opinion, Li Lianjie thought for a while and said he could give it a try, but he hoped that you would write the script."

"I?"

"That's right."

After saying that, Wang Zhonglei looked at Li Mu deeply and continued: "Li Lianjie said that your screenwriter's talent is very powerful, and what's even more rare is that you have a very accurate grasp of the tastes of Westerners. He has lived in a house in Los Angeles for a long time a year. During this period, several American friends have asked him about a book called "The Hunger Games". It is reported that the author of this book is Chinese."

"The author of the English version of "The Hunger Games" is mu. I heard that several film companies have expressed interest in the film and television copyright of this novel at this time, including Lion Gate Pictures. After searching for relevant information, Li Lianjie was very surprised to find that this book "The Hunger Games" was actually released in China, and the name of the author of the Chinese version is Li Mu."

After saying that, Wang Zhonglei looked up at Li Mu, and then said, "So this book took only eight months and sold nearly 8 million copies across the United States. Among them, in just one month in August, the first two novels sold a total of 1.65 million copies, and the novelist who topped the New York Times bestseller ranking for six consecutive months is you, right, Mr. Li Mu?"

At this time, everyone's eyes fell on Li Mu's face, and Li Lianhua and Li Xuehua's eyes were even more dazzling.

The current situation of the Chinese entertainment industry is that the mainland looks up to Xiangjiang Baodao and the Xiangjiang Baodao look up to Hollywood.

Although the Hong Kong movies have declined at this time, mainland filmmakers still can't make up for a moment. They still have to wait until the box office of "Lost in Thailand" is sold well and completely crushing the movies with the Hong Kong directors and stars as the selling point, which allows mainland filmmakers to gradually gain confidence when facing Hong Kong filmmakers.

The filmmakers of Xiangjiang Baodao look up to Hollywood very much. Xiangjiang's great directors and stars are proud to go to Hollywood to develop and make a name for themselves. Li Mu's English version of "The Hunger Games" actually achieved such great results in the United States. In the current domestic entertainment industry, it is simply a dimensional reduction blow.
Chapter completed!