The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 279

In late June [-], the temperature in Shanghai became even higher, and there were almost no people on the streets during the day.

But at night, it is crowded with people.

People who have been suffocating for a whole day go out to play at this time, as if they want to make up for the daytime.

Li Shengyao was too lazy to go out during the day and night, he stayed in the hotel to write the script, but tonight was a bit special, he brought Dong Xuan to the Ume Cinema.

Just the day before yesterday, Li Shengyao received an invitation from Brother Cheng Long to attend the Shanghai premiere of "Around the World in Eighty Days" at Ume Cinemas.

Since Li Shengyao wanted to enter the film industry, he naturally wanted to keep in touch with a big guy like Cheng Long.

You can't say flattering, this kind of thing comes and goes.

Today I'm at your premiere, next time you're at my premiere.

So Li Shengyao came over, Cheng Long's face was naturally very big, not only Feng Xiaogang, directors like Jiang Wen came, Han Sanping also came.

And there are many Hong Kong stars, Liu Dehua, Nicholas Tse, Liu Qingyun, Zheng Xiuwen and so on.

Generally, the premieres of movies are held in Yanjing, but Chenglong's movies have been held in Shanghai in recent years. His two most popular series in Hollywood - "Shanghai Noon" and "Rush Hour", this Both films have elements of Shanghai, so they have been holding premieres in Shanghai.

"Around the World in Eighty Days" naturally does not need to change locations, and Cheng Long also hopes that this movie will do well in the Mainland.

The film has been released in North America, but word-of-mouth box office is not good.

The investment is 2000 million knives, and the North American side is about [-] million.

A loss is definitely a loss.

In fact, after this movie, Cheng Long was basically abandoned by Hollywood capital and remained silent for three years. "Rush Hour 3" was launched with an investment of 800 million. The North American box office was 5000 million, and the global box office was [-] million. Plus DVD barely break even.

Later, Cheng Long mainly made movies in the mainland.

Neither "The King of Kung Fu" nor "Kung Fu Dream" can be considered as the leading actor.

Li Shengyao is very aware of Cheng Long's upcoming film performance. At this time, it cannot be said that Cheng Long will not be able to move. It can only be said that the audience's demand for watching movies in the beautiful country is increasing. They have no interest in ordinary kung fu comedies.

In addition, Cheng Long is an Asian, so he was naturally rejected by a group of people.

Li Lianjie is similar, and even came back earlier than Cheng Long.

After all, they are not white black brothers. If these two people are white black brothers, with their skills, even if the plot is old-fashioned, they will definitely be able to hang out for seven or eight years.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Li Shengyao, he will not persuade Cheng Long, just watch the movie honestly.

He led Dong Xuan to sit in the first row. Dong Xuan had never watched "Around the World in Eighty Days" and watched it with great interest.

But Li Shengyao was staring at the big screen, actually in a daze.

He liked kung fu comedy when he was a child, but he didn't like it much when he grew up.

He also doesn't like Feng Xiaogang's comedies, he rarely laughs watching Feng's comedies.

As far as his personal aesthetic is concerned, he likes that kind of nonsensical comedy.

There is a scene in "The Hangover", one of the protagonists, a fat man, is sitting in a car, and an old man comes out pushing a shopping cart, and then the fat man raises his middle finger and shouts arrogantly, "Hey, do you want to have a fight with me? "

The old man was dumbfounded.

Li Shengyao couldn't help laughing when he watched it, he likes to watch such unexpectedly funny things.

At this moment, he was in a daze, but he was not the only one. In fact, Xiao Gangpao and Han Sanping were all in a daze.

The plot of "Around the World in Eighty Days" is too scattered. Stay here and there, it's a bit of a road comedy.

But other people's road comedy is just a long way. It won't take such a long time to meet so many strange people.

If the plot is too scattered and there are too many things, the audience will be easily distracted.

Road comedies like "The Hangover" and "People on the Journey" are much better, and they are generally stories that happen in one area.

Li Shengyao was inspired after watching "On the Journey" in his previous life, and then wrote a script.

The protagonists are still Baoqiang and Xu Zheng. Baoqiang has a bluffing personality, and Xu Zheng is a failed urban middle-aged man. The plot is that two people won the lottery and participated in a global trip with only the two of them.

The first stop was the peninsula, other people had plastic surgery, those who saw the sights saw the sights, and those who were looking for Obama looked for Obama, but the two of them stayed, and were mistaken for Gai by other tourists.

Later, I went to Tyrande, France, the beautiful country, and the pharaoh country in turn.

However, unlike "Around the World in Eighty Days", the two male protagonists in the script written by Lee Sheng Yew did not want to experience the customs of Guo Jia, on the contrary, what they experienced were all domestic customs.

On the peninsula, they went to a Chinese community where they saw a group of Chinese children who went out early and returned late. They were still doing their homework in the middle of the night, and they got up at six in the morning to read early.

In Tyrande, they were received by local people, but this person had studied in Shonan, spoke Shonan dialect, and took them to eat the hottest Shonan dishes.

In France, they were greeted by a beautiful girl who had studied in the Northeast, spoke Northeastern dialect, and took them to a museum to see a lot of ancient Chinese collections.

The beautiful country and the Pharaoh country have similar plots, highlighting a sense of contrast.

The response is that there are too many domestic tourists traveling abroad, and many places lack exotic customs in order to echo Chinese tourists.

The two protagonists obviously traveled around the world, but they seem to have traveled around the country. (I actually wrote this script, and Hua Yideng sent it over and over to the mailboxes of a film and television company, and a small company replied, saying that the script is very interesting, and then asked me what I wanted to express, and then asked how much it cost, I said 1000, and then there will be no more, back to that node, I will say [-] yuan)

After watching for half an hour, people went out to smoke one after another.

Li Shengyao felt bored, so he went out too.

These insiders naturally have a different resting place than ordinary audiences.

Li Shengyao came to the tea room and poured himself a cup of warm water.

He had just sat down when a beautiful girl walked in.

She was dressed in a blue dress, with long fluttering hair, bright eyes and white teeth. When she smiled, she would show two rows of big white teeth.

At first glance, it looks like someone who has stayed in the beautiful country, and everyone there laughs like this.

"Hi Director Li, my name is Chen Fa. I like your TV series very much. "My Uncle" is really good. This drama will definitely break the ratings of ten points."

"My Uncle" has already premiered. With Director Li's reputation, even though it was broadcast on Zhejiang Satellite TV, the first broadcast still had a ratings of [-]. By the end of the second episode, it had risen to [-].

There is no doubt that the ratings of this drama will continue to rise.

Zhejiang Satellite TV bought the right to broadcast the first round of this show for 500 million, and it will definitely not lose money.

When Gu Huaiqiu called that night, his tone was very excited, and then he booked the exclusive rights to broadcast the second and third rounds of "My Uncle", saying that he would go to Yanjing to sign the contract the next day.

TV series like "My Uncle" are indeed suitable for repeated viewing.

If Zhejiang Satellite TV wants to buy the exclusive rights to broadcast the second round and the third round, the price will be higher, but there will definitely be some profit.

On the second night, Li Shengyao received calls from Zhou Yuzhong and the others, wanting to buy the right to broadcast the second and third rounds of "My Uncle". He heard that Zhejiang Satellite TV would broadcast exclusively and had already signed a contract. The loss of the two of them Feelings can be heard across the phone.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Lee Sheng Yew, he gave them a chance, but they didn't want it themselves.

Chen Fala immigrated to Beautiful Country when she was a teenager, and her Mandarin is very standard.

The length is not bad, in line with Lee Seung Yew's aesthetics, the acting skills are not bad, it's no problem to act in an idol drama.

She must be inferior in TVB.

But this has nothing to do with Lee Shengyao, he doesn't necessarily want to bring all the actresses to Fenghua Film and Television Company.

Unless it's like Sun Li, even if she doesn't act in the company's drama, she can still make money.

"Borrowing auspicious words."

Seeing that Li Shengyao didn't speak, Chen Fala felt a little disappointed. She won the Miss Beautiful Country Asian title the year before last, and an entertainment company was looking for her at that time.

She has been thinking about going to that company, and TVB approached her two months ago and promised her that she would be favored.

She went to Hong Kong Island, and she found out that mainland dramas were very well received in Hong Kong Island, and they seemed to be more interesting than TVB dramas, and these mainland dramas were all from Fenghua Film and Television Company.

She then paid attention to Li Shengyao.

This time, she came here and wanted to have a relationship with Lee Shengyao. She felt that it would be better to be in Fenghua than in TVB.

But Li Shengyao didn't seem to have much interest in her.

"Director Li, I have studied acting in the beautiful country. I like acting very much. Can I join Fenghua?"

Chen Fala put on a smile and asked sweetly.

Li Shengyao chuckled and shook his head, "If you want to join Fenghua, go to Fenghua headquarters in Yanjing. There is a more professional evaluation there. If they think you are good, they will naturally invite you."

Chen Fala paused for a while, then nodded in disappointment, and left quickly when he heard footsteps approaching.

Another person came over, it turned out to be Liu Dehua.

When he saw Li Shengyao, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

The two then chatted.

Liu Dehua has been very busy recently and is very popular at the same time.

"House of Flying Daggers" will be released soon, and there will be "A World Without Thieves" at the end of the year. This year, he is the leading actor in two of the top three box office films in the mainland.

"Director Li, "My Uncle" is really good. I've been watching it for the past few days. I told my assistant that the two episodes tonight will be recorded. I want to watch it when I get back. Will Li Xiaoan go to jail?"

"Yes, a few months."

A distressed look appeared on Liu Dehua's face, "She is too miserable, what will happen after she goes to jail?"

"She found her confidence and lived happily standing in the sun."

"Okay, this is a good ending."

Old Liu paused, and then joked, "Why didn't you look for me back then, why did you look for Liang Jiahui?"

"You are too busy, and you are so handsome, that woman will divorce you?"

The two then laughed lightly.

After sitting for a few more minutes, Li Shengyao went back. He met Liu Qingyun and Zheng Xiuwen on the way, and they all said that "My Uncle" was good.

Li Shengyao was also very happy when he heard that, his finale TV series still had high ratings.

(End of this chapter)