The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 327 Director Zhang Is My Role Model

"Hollywood invited Lee Sung Yew, he will go to Hollywood to develop."

"Crazy decision, Director Li rejected Disney."

"He is not only the most outstanding young film director in the three regions, but also the most outstanding film director among the young generation in the whole world."

"Lee Sing Yew: Hollywood is not important at all, internal entertainment is the most important thing."

"Extreme Escape is about to start, and it's going to be an incredible movie."

"Rejecting Hollywood, Lee Sheng Yao is even better than Zhang Yimou, he is now the No.1 Chinese director."

"The box office of "Extreme Escape" is stable, and it is just around the corner to surpass "Hero"."

"Lee Sheng Yew: "Hero" is not good, I will surpass him."

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Li Shengyao rejected Disney's invitation, and it was soon revealed to the media.

There are all kinds of comments, the vast majority are positive comments, a few are negative, and some fish in troubled waters, deliberately exaggerating.

Li Shengyao never said that he surpassed Zhang Yimou, and he never said that the box office of "Extreme Escape" surpassed that of "Hero".

In the past two years, it has been really difficult to surpass "Hero" at the box office.

He has always been low-key, and he doesn't like to talk about uncertain things. How could he say that the box office surpassed "Hero"?
He arranged media interviews, gave some explanations, and at the same time asked the studio's water army to correct this wrong statement.

After some explanations, the public basically knew that Lee Sheng Yew did not say such a thing.

That night, Yanjing was star-studded, and celebrities from the entertainment industry came to the CCTV No. [-] live broadcast hall, where this year's Huabiao Awards Gala will be held.

There are three important film awards in the Mainland, Huabiao, Hundred Flowers, and Golden Rooster.

Huabiao represents the top, Baihua represents the audience, and Golden Rooster represents the professional jury.

In terms of authority, the order from high to low is Golden Rooster, Huabiao, and Hundred Flowers.

Lee Sung Yew will be the guest of honor to present awards to the outstanding female rookies this time.

Before the awards were presented, Li Shengyao naturally sat in the first row, next to him were Xiao Gang Pao and Lao Mou Zi.

Xiaogangpao should have gone home to sleep last night, and he is much more energetic today.

Instead, Lao Mouzi yawned again and again when he sat down, as if he lacked sleep.

Lao Mouzi's "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles" has finished filming, and he is preparing for "The Golden Armor in the City".

At this time, the higher-ups should have notified Lao Mouzi to prepare him to be the director of the Yanjing Olympic Games, and he will officially work in [-] at the latest.

Lao Mouzi is also hurrying up and wants to make as many movies as possible before becoming an Olympic director.

Under such circumstances, his work intensity is naturally high, and as he gets older, his energy cannot keep up.

Li Shengyao smiled, instead of chatting with Lao Mouzi, he chatted with Feng Xiaogang next to him.

Xiao Gangpao glanced at Lao Mouzi next to him, and curled his lips when he thought of the conversation with Lao Mouzi before.

If Lee Shengyao really surpassed him, sooner or later he would threaten Lao Mouzi's status, and now there is a press release so soon.

He intentionally wanted to disgust Zhang Yimou, so he smiled and said: "Director Li, you are really good now, even Hollywood invites you to come over, this is really the only one in the mainland."

"Where, didn't Director Chen go there before?"

"That's different. He went there by himself. You are invited by someone else. Hehe, no one else has this kind of treatment, really awesome."

As he spoke, he sneaked a few glances at Lao Mouzi.

The result made him a little disappointed, and Lao Mouzi didn't show any expression.

Feng Xiaogang decided to add more firewood, "Director Zhang, you should say yes."

Hearing this, Zhang Yi had a faint understanding of Xiaogangpao's thoughts, he braced himself up, and said with a smile, "That's right, Director Li, it's really amazing."

Li Shengyao shook his head, "It's just a job offer. There's nothing to brag about. Didn't Hollywood ask Director Zhang before? Director Zhang didn't."

Lao Mouzi's status and strength lie there. In fact, after "My Father and Mother", a Hollywood company invited him to make a movie, which is said to be a comedy called "Happy Time".

Later, another Hollywood company asked him to shoot the Hollywood version of "Romeo Point".

A comedy, a Korean anti-war drama.

"Happy Time" is a complete nonsense, Lao Mouzi is a big director after all, and let him make a low-budget comedy.

"Romeo Point" is not bad, but Lao Mouzi had promised Takakura Ken to make a movie belonging to them, so he rejected "Romeo Point" and made "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles".

Zhang Yi smiled and didn't answer.

Seeing that he couldn't disgust Lao Mouzi, Feng Xiaogang was a little depressed.

He rolled his small eyes, and then said: "Director Li, I heard that your next movie will be very popular, do you have any ideas in the box office market?"

"Of course, at least you can't lose money, right?"

"Hey, you're too modest. Don't talk about losing money. It's rumored that it's going to break [-]-[-] million?"

The media can at most say that it exceeds "Hero", and no one thinks it will break three or four billion.

Little steel cannon, this is complete nonsense.

Li Shengyao saw Xiao Gangpao sneaking glances at Lao Mouzi from time to time, and knew that he was using him as a topic to disgust Lao Mouzi.

"Director Feng, how did your "Night Banquet" go?"

He directly changed the subject, telling Feng Xiaogang, stop it, don't make trouble with me.

Hearing this, Feng Xiaogang raised his head and saw Li Shengyao's calm face, he paused for a moment, thinking that Director Li is the owner of a theater, and he also has the most popular video website nowadays.

He was shocked, and came back to his senses, knowing that he had just gone too far.

"Director Li, the filming hasn't finished yet. It will take some time, and there are a lot of special effects in post-production. I heard that your company has newly established a special effects department. When the time comes, you need your company's help. Don't refuse."

This is the attitude of giving money to be soft.

Li Shengyao nodded with a smile, "Small things, although the Fenghua Special Effects Department has not been established recently, they are all old people in this field, and they will definitely help you."

Feng Xiaogang heaved a sigh of relief, knowing that this matter was over like this.

He glanced at Li Shengyao and Lao Mouzi.

One is a bigwig in theaters, and he can't afford to offend him.

One is a big domestic director, no matter it is the awards or the box office, he has stabilized him.

Li Shengyao is a chicken thief, he can't provoke these two people to fight.

This made him lose interest in the conversation, and then hiccupped deliberately, pretending to be sleepy.

Li Shengyao secretly laughed in his heart, but didn't say much.

After a while, Feng Xiaogang got up and went to the bathroom. Lao Mouzi glanced at Feng Xiaogang, and then said to Li Shengyao in a low voice: "Director Li, I read the news outside, you and I should not take it to heart."

Some media are hyping that Lee Sing Yew surpasses Lao Mouzi, and hyping that "Extreme Escape" will surpass "Hero" at the box office.

Hearing this, Li Shengyao smiled and nodded, "I know."

Lao Mouzi smiled gratifiedly. Although Li Shengyao was young, he had a good personality. Even if he made achievements, he was still very humble.

He likes young people like this.

Lee Sheng Yew will really surpass him in box office awards in the future, and he will not be disgusted.

He thought of Yang Dechang's words.

With the talent shown by Lee Seung Yew, if Lee Seung Yew doesn't make commercial films, maybe he can really make a difference in the literary film market.

Of course, he will not try to persuade, a person must know how to follow the trend.

If the higher-ups want to make blockbuster movies and want the mainland film market to be more prosperous, then don't fight against it and just focus on making blockbuster movies.

Not long after, the awards ceremony officially began. Both Feng Xiaogang and Li Shengyao were guests of the awards. They sat for a while and then left, going directly to the backstage to prepare.

Feng Xiaogang presented an award for an excellent documentary, and Li Shengyao was an outstanding female newcomer.

Feng Xiaogang said with a smile when he left: "Director Li, I'm leaving first, I'll wait for you in the audience."

"OK."

After a while, it was Lee Sheng Yew's turn to present the award. There was no partner, and he was alone.

The host said his name, and he strode out.

Li Shengyao came to the center of the stage.

When the bright lights were turned on, the auditorium on the opposite side was much darker.

The stage was quite far from the auditorium. Li Shengyao had good eyesight, and he could barely see the people in the front rows clearly, but he couldn't see the people in the back very clearly.

Round black heads.

There was applause first, and then everyone fell silent.

There was a smell of perfume in the air, and the honor recipients just now should have been wearing perfume.

Li Shengyao felt his chest throbbing, obviously speeding up.

He stood on the stage, facing thousands of spectators.

He had the illusion that he was sitting on a dragon chair, as if the audience opposite him were all Muggles.

He couldn't help thinking of some news.

He is the best director of the younger generation.

His new film will top Hero at the box office.

He will surpass Lao Mouzi.

He will be king of the world...

So good, shouldn't you sing and enjoy it wantonly?

"Welcome Director Li to present the award to the outstanding new actress."

After the host's words fell, Li Shengyao came back to his senses and saw the young and beautiful Zhang Jingchu.

Zhang Jingchu is the heroine of "The Bride with a Flowery Waist" and the winner of this year's Huabiao Outstanding Female Newcomer Award.

At this time, the aura is overwhelming, and it is at the peak of appearance.

She has very bright eyes and a good figure. She is wearing a long purple dress, which is very charming.

Jiang Wenli is almost forty now, any man would choose Zhang Jingchu.

Li Shengyao understood Director Gu's choice.

He then picked up the trophy and handed it to Zhang Jingchu, then picked up the certificate and handed it to her.

"Thank you director, I like your movie very much."

The last three words have a very small voice, which sounds like "I like you very much".

Li Shengyao glanced at her bright eyes, and was a little moved for a moment, but now the applause was pounding.

He then left the stage and returned to his seat in the auditorium sideways, he became an audience member, and the new presenter went up, he became a Muggle.

Li Shengyao laughed at himself.

Everyone wants to be the core of Vanity Fair, but after so many years, how many have succeeded?

Lao Mouzi's current status is the result of more than ten years of hard work.

He is still young and not in a hurry. Now he should calm down instead of thinking about something.

He then calmed down and watched quietly.

In the following awards ceremony, the young director Lu Chuan won the Outstanding Director Award for "Kekexil", which attracted quite a lot of attention.

An hour later, the awards show ended, and a reporter found Li Shengyao.

"Director Li, it's rumored that your new movie will surpass "Hero" at the box office, and you will surpass director Zhang Yimou. What do you think?"

Li Shengyao smiled, "It's fine for the new movie to exceed [-] million yuan, and the box office is unlikely to surpass "Hero"."

"As for Director Zhang and I, there is still a big gap. He is a role model for me to learn from, and I will continue to improve."

(End of this chapter)