The day before Christmas, other senior executives of DreamWorks arrived in China with a planned contract and prepared to hold a formal signing ceremony with Li Mu. The cooperation between DreamWorks and Makino Imaging officially opened the precedent for in-depth cooperation between the Chinese film industry and Hollywood.

The entire DreamWorks attach great importance to this cooperation. They and Li Mu each need it. They want to use the Mu Film ticketing system to enhance their influence in the North American film industry. Li Mu hopes that DreamWorks and Spielberg can promote their ancestors well for China while also improving the overall level of Chinese films.

In order to sign this time, Li Mu summoned Ning Hao, Teng Huatao, Tang Wei, Huang Bo, Zhang Kexuan and Du Wei to Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Before signing the contract, he had a detailed discussion with several bigwigs from DreamWorks, including Spielberg.

This time, we will discuss in detail that the banquet hall of a five-star hotel in Shenzhen will be arranged. Although the signing ceremony will be held here tomorrow, today's meeting will not be open to the outside world and the media.

For Ning Hao and Teng Huatao, both are new directors. Although the box office of "Those Years" has reached 400 million and has continuously created the history of Chinese movie box office, Teng Huatao is still very humble because he knows very well that the reason why the box office of this movie is so high is that 40% comes from the story itself, 30% comes from the promotion, and 20% comes from the cast. It is already very good that he can occupy 10% of the influence.

Ning Hao's "Crazy Stone" has not been released yet. He is now a new director who is even newer than Teng Huatao, so he is also more humble and cautious.

These big shots at DreamWorks, especially Spielberg, may not be much money, but their influence in the film and television industry is definitely world-class. For Ning Hao and Teng Huatao, they feel that they are second-rate domestic club players who meet Ronaldo and Ronaldinho, just like big shots like these, excited and humble.

During this interview, Li Mu put forward relatively specific requirements for DreamWorks: "First of all, in the future, the films that both parties jointly invest in China, must be used for actors who use Makino Image, and the proportion of important Chinese and Western actors must be around 5:5;"

The big guys of DreamWorks immediately stated: "There is no problem, just follow 5:5. For special themes, you can give Chinese actors more tilt."

Li Mu made other requests: "In exchange, Movies that DreamWorks invested in the United States and other parts of the world, from crew to cast, must give Makino Yingxiang a certain guaranteed place. Makino Yingxiang has the right to provide no more than two Chinese actors and no more than two crew members in every live-action movie of DreamWorks in the future."

This requirement is, on the one hand, to allow Makino Yingxiang's production team and actor team to learn from Hollywood experience, and on the other hand, to help Makino Yingxiang's actors enter Hollywood. Li Mu knows the awesomeness of exports to domestic sales in the Chinese film and television industry. The actors go to Hollywood to participate in a movie with zero pay, and after returning to China, they can become a first-tier or even a first-tier line. He doesn't want to let go of such an opportunity.

DreamWorks bargained for Li Mu's requests and accepted them all. The only goal was the Muying ticketing system. As long as Li Mu did not propose to reduce their shareholding share, they would never give any comments on Li Mu's request. After all, Li Mu's 20% of the shares were not given for free. Even if he didn't have money, he would have to exchange resources for it.

Seeing that DreamWorks had a very good attitude, Li Mu was also very satisfied and said to Spielberg and other DreamWorks bosses: "In the future, if our director of Makino Image has no drama to shoot, I will send them to DreamWorks to study and see how Hollywood films are made. From scripts to preparations to casting, to filming, editing and post-production, these are all places they need to learn."

Spielberg smiled and said, "Mr. Li, don't worry, every crew of DreamWorks will be open to you in the future. During the observation process, our staff will definitely speak out and say everything."

Li Mu nodded, looked at Ning Hao and Teng Huatao with excitement, and smiled: "If you go to Hollywood to study in the future, you must calm down and learn the most advanced production experience in Hollywood. This will have a great effect on our Muye image and the development of the domestic film and television industry."

Both of them nodded, so excited that they could not add.

At this time, Spielberg said, "Mr. Li, during the past few days in China, I deliberately looked for some Chinese film DVDs and saw that there was a very serious problem, that is, the quality of the actors was uneven. I watched every movie, most of the actors gave me the feeling that I didn't understand performance at all. It seemed that most people seemed very fake in front of the camera, either they were not strong enough or they used too much force. Not only extras, but also many starring actors had such problems. If this problem cannot be solved in the future, it will definitely affect the quality of our cooperative films to a great extent in the future."

Li Mu smacked his lips and sighed: "To be honest with you, Steven, this is also something I have always been very helpless. The biggest problem in China is the overall lack of quality of practitioners. There are only a few authoritative film and television colleges in China, and most of the remaining ones are art schools that mainly make money. In this case, let alone these money-making art schools, even authoritative film and television colleges are all unspoken rules and secret operations. People who are truly capable cannot get in and cannot make a fortune even after entering. This is the biggest crux of the problem!"

As a veteran angry young man, Ning Hao immediately agreed when he heard Li Mu talk about this issue: "Before he entered the film and television industry, he thought this was the palace of the film and television industry. After coming in, he realized that this cradle was too filthy. Even the students in the performance department of the Film and Television Academy did not really understand performance. How big can they expect this industry to develop?"

As he said that, he pointed to Huang Bo, who was slightly restrained and said without saying a word, "Don't look at Huang Bo never received any real professional performance training, but his acting skills are enough to instantly kill more than 90% of the so-called academic actors in China."

Huang Bo hurriedly waved his hand: "I can't stand what Director Ning said..."

Before Ning Hao could speak, Li Mu had already spoken: "I think Ning Hao is right. Huang Bo's acting skills are indeed better than most academic actors. This is not only a compliment to Huang Bo, but also a question of the industry. Why does this happen? Why do people from first-class film and television academies become less and less able to act? In my opinion, everyone no longer has the craftsmanship to do things to the extreme."

Speaking of this, Li Mu sighed: "Why are the ancients so skilled in making ceramics? Why are many classic works so advanced and modern technology so unresolved? To put it bluntly, our current generation has lost the craftsmanship of the ancients. Although the film and television industry is an industry that was only found in modern times, it still requires a craftsmanship to do things well. The success of Hollywood is not only the success of business, but also the promotion of craftsmanship of countless masters. What our film and television industry lacks is this spirit. Everyone is pursuing fame and fortune, and they are not skilled in their business, so they dare to come out to film and make money. After all, the industry environment is not healthy enough. If the industry is healthy enough, such people will not have the opportunity to make a comeback."

Spielberg nodded and sighed: "From my personal perspective, the quality of many Chinese practitioners is indeed not enough. None of the movies I have watched in the past few days can reach superb level. The most intuitive problem is the level of actors. So I think we must pay more attention to this aspect in the future. If possible, I hope that Makino Ying can cultivate a group of extras who have passed the acting skills."

Li Mu frowned slightly, then his eyes lit up: "Yes! It is important to cultivate a group of extras who have passed the acting skills! Not to mention anything else, at least one hundred extras who have passed the acting skills. In this way, no matter what team we use, who directs, who writes, and who starred in the future, there will be such a group of extras who have passed the performance, which will not lower the production level of the entire drama and will not affect the audience's sense of substitution. This is a huge wealth."

Thinking of this, Li Mu slapped his thigh: "That's right! He just wants to use the user to be used to go to heaven! He needs to use exquisite production and excellent products to improve the user's aesthetics and enhance the user's horizons. In this way, if those bad movies that are just a mess in the future dare to fool the audience, then they will definitely lose all their money. As long as they can't fool the money, they will definitely be forced by the market to turn back, either change or die!"

Spielberg looked at Li Mu and said seriously: "Mr. Li, I think your theory is very correct. The reason why the industry is turbid and has stopped moving forward is that the competition pressure in professional skills is small. If someone pays for the leading actors' acting or not, the industry will naturally not develop in the future. However, if the taste of market demand is improved, it will definitely force practitioners to adapt to market demand, otherwise they will inevitably be eliminated by the market."

As he said that, Spielberg said again: "Actually, with your strength, I think it is possible to set up a film and television training school in China. At that time, I can help you hire the best talents from Hollywood to be professors, and cultivate a group of new talents for Chinese films that have been separated from the influence of the current Vanity Fair and are completely Hollywood-style education, especially actors. If dozens or hundreds of extras with excellent acting skills are trained, then such an extra team will have a great impact on the overall movie!"

Spielberg's words gave Li Mu a huge reminder.

He had never thought about opening a film and television training school before, but now if you think about it carefully, China's film and television industry is really bad.

Now that the box office is in a downturn, the director only wants to win the award, and does not hesitate to sell dog meat with the title of sheep, and does not hesitate to use gray operations in order to win the award;

Actors only want to become famous, and accept various unspoken rules in order to become famous, and even conduct undercover transactions in order to enter the film academy;

Film and television companies only want to reduce their budgets and increase their revenue, so that the movie's set props can be saved as much as possible; extras do not need to have good acting skills, but only use the cheapest ones; if they can fool the later effect...
Chapter completed!