The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 337 Jie Lun, write me a song

Star City at the end of August is still very hot.

The crew of "Extreme Escape" was much more lively than usual.

Many universities were established in Star City, and many college students returned to school. After receiving the news from the crew of "Extreme Escape", they came to watch.

Not to mention Deng Chao and Li Lianhua, even Li Shengyao received gifts from some college students.

That night, there were more college students onlookers on the set of "Extreme Escape", and bursts of cheers broke out from time to time.

In the studio lounge, Li Shengyao sat opposite a boy with long hair and small eyes.

The boy was in his twenties, with short hair cut that was popular nowadays, with small eyes, and a smile on his lips all the time. He was a little shy. He glanced at Li Shengyao, and then turned his head with a smile.

"Director Li, I'm your fan. I like "Reply 1988" very much. Can you sign it for me?"

Jay Chou then winked at his assistant.

The assistant immediately took out a notebook from the bag, turned to the latest page, and handed it to Li Shengyao with both hands.

There are a lot of names written on the front of the notebook, probably one star per page.

Li Shengyao was a little bit emotional, he was a real Jay Chou fan in his previous life, "Sunny Day", "Quiet", "All the Way North" and "Black Sweater" came as soon as he opened his mouth, and he must sing at parties.

Unexpectedly, now Jie Lun actually likes his works.

He then took the pen, carefully wrote down his name, and wrote a word of blessing.

"Jay Lun, I wish you to play more and more fiercely and become more and more handsome."

Last night, I received the news that Jie Lun was going to visit the class and asked if it was okay.

Li Shengyao naturally agreed.

Seeing Jay at this time, Lee Shengyao was also happy, he felt that Jay was more handsome when he was young.

I just don’t know if Jielun has got the true biography of Nash and has been promoted to Yellow Chocolate now.

Seeing Lee Sing Yew's signature, Jay Chou breathed a sigh of relief, he doesn't have much contact with big directors in the mainland film and television industry.

When talking about the performance contract of "The Golden Flower" before, I met Lao Mouzi and Zhang Weiping.

Lao Mouzi is very gentle, but Zhang Weiping speaks loudly and often yells at others.

Jielun was somewhat afraid of these big guys.

He happened to come to Star City to promote this time, and he heard that Li Shengyao was here, so he wanted to visit the class.

He wasn't sure if this side would agree, and he was still a little apprehensive when he made the request.

Unexpectedly, he agreed immediately, and he was very excited.

Seeing Li Shengyao at this time, the first thing he felt was how handsome he was.

He has been in Wanwan, Hong Kong Island, and the mainland for several years, and he has never seen such a handsome director.

Still so young.

He felt a little strange that the director he admired was actually one year younger than himself.

However, after getting in touch with him, I feel that Li Dadao has a strong aura and cannot be judged by his age.

He was actually a little worried that Li Shengyao would look down on his signing. Fortunately, Director Li didn't seem to care, writing very naturally and full of sincerity.

Even know he likes to play.

"Director Li, thank you."

Li Shengyao shook his head, chatted with Jay Lun, and when it came to Jay Lun's music, he spoke clearly and logically, which made Jay Lun even more delighted.

It can be seen that Li Shengyao really likes to listen to his own songs, and he can really sing.

You must know that at this time, Jie Lun's song was ridiculed as "bad articulation" and "a thing that children like".

And someone with the status of Director Li likes his own songs, which makes Jie Lun especially excited.

If it wasn't for the wrong occasion, he really wanted to sing "Nunchuck".

His assistant was also very happy beside him.

The two chatted more and more speculatively. Jay Chou saw that Lee Shengyao was so easy to talk to, and thought of what he had always yearned for, he couldn't help asking: "Director Li, if I want to make a movie, what should I do?"

Li Shengyao paused when he heard that, and looked over with a smile.

"Do you want to be the director yourself, or star yourself?"

"I want them all. I want to write a story that belongs to me, and then shoot it according to my own ideas."

Li Shengyao immediately understood what story Jie Lun was talking about, and that was "The Untold Secret" that moved the peninsula.

"The Untold Secret" is the highest-rated love movie on the peninsula, with a full score of [-] points, which is even higher than "Titanic".

Peninsula has shot so many romance films, but they think "The Untold Secret" is the best.

This is undoubtedly a very successful commercial film.

At that time, because Jay Lun had no contacts in the peninsula, after the film was only screened at the Busan Film Festival, it was screened in more than 1000 theaters on a small scale for a period of time, earning [-] million at the box office.

But later on the video website, a large number of Peninsulars watched it.

Four years later, Peninsula Cinemas replayed "The Unspeakable Secret", this time earning 600 million at the box office.

At this time, many people have already seen it.

All the entertainment stars on the peninsula, who can see the interview video, express that they like "The Unspeakable Secret", and they can find dozens of people.

Its influence in the peninsula deserves to be the No.1 Chinese-language film in the new century.

In Lee Sing Yew's opinion, Jay Lun's level as a director is above the pass line.

Needless to say, "The Untold Secret".

Although the later "Rooftop Love" has a mediocre reputation, the story is actually not bad, and Douban reached [-] points.

Jay Lun's biggest problem as a director is not his technical ability, but he likes to take a group of his younger brothers to act together.

And most of his younger brothers, including Liu Genghong, are not professional actors.

Audiences can tolerate Jay Chou, but that doesn't mean they can tolerate someone they don't know and whose acting skills are bad.

With a group of amateurs, it is easy to give the audience a feeling of not being serious and playing around.

If the previous "Slam Dunk" and "Thorn Tomb" can still attract some passers-by.

When it came to "Rooftop Love", the popularity of passers-by was basically lost.

But even so, "Rooftop Love" still has a box office of over [-] million.

Later, Jie Lun faded out of the film circle due to various reasons, and did not make any more films.

However, there is no doubt that Jielun's movies can be invested.

Whether it's "The Unspeakable Secret" or "Rooftop Love", the cost is very low, and both of them are profitable.

Li Shengyao thought about it, and then said: "You can write the story first. If you want to invest, you can shoot it yourself. If you need other people to invest, you can show others the script first."

"You haven't studied script creation, have you?"

Jay Chou nodded a little embarrassed, "I haven't learned it before."

"Then find a professional and trustworthy film screenwriter and let him work with you so that the script will be more complete."

Jay Chou nodded while listening.

"Director Li, how should I shoot?"

"You can shoot whatever you want, because it is your own story, and other people don't know what effect you want to present, only you know. As a director, you have to remember one sentence."

Jay Chou looked over hastily.

Li Shengyao went on to say: "Every director has his own perspective and view on the problem. The same story, the effect presented is not the same. At this time, you have to insist on yourself, because this is the thought you want to express. , pictures, stories, emotions.”

"I think based on your understanding of music, this story of yours must be very special. Other people can't shoot like that, you can just shoot according to your own ideas."

Hearing this, Jielun nodded firmly.

"Director Li, I know the direction of my movie."

He continued: "Director Li, what do you think is the most important element of a good movie?"

"Well, I personally think it's a sincere emotional expression."

Jie Lun followed it up twice, and then said seriously: "Director Li, I have learned."

"If you want to find investment and issuance, you can find me, I am very optimistic about you, and I will invest any money."

"really?"

Jie Lun then realized that someone like Director Li would not joke.

He didn't have much confidence in his first film as a director.

"Okay, Director Li, thank you very much."

"Needless to say thank you, I like you."

Investing in "The Unspeakable Secret" not only harvests in Hong Kong Island in the Mainland, but also earns money from the peninsula, which is really cool.

Li Shengyao thought for a while, and then asked: "Jie Lun, do you want to read the script of "Extreme Escape" to see if you can write a song, and I will use it as the theme song."

Hearing this, Jie Lun was flattered and nodded immediately.

The general movie theme song has no response.

But the theme song of a movie by a big director is a project that singers want to compete for.

Taking it down can not only make money, but also have a high degree of promotion.

He sang the theme song for "Initial D" before, but "Initial D" was in charge of the director of Hong Kong Island.

Relatively speaking, the directors on Hong Kong Island don't seem to take these things so seriously, and use whoever's song is popular.

Mainland directors are much stricter in this regard.

Jie Lun did not expect that Lee Sing Yew would ask him to sing the theme song, and he was very moved - Director Lee is indeed someone who appreciates me.

Li Shengyao then gave the script of "Extreme Escape" to Jay Lun.

"I'm still busy. You can read the script first, or you can go to the set to see it. Of course, if you have time, you can also go to see the finished film during the internal preview. Don't be nervous, just write what you think."

Jie Lun will soon write the theme song for "Fearless", Lee Sing Yew thinks it is not bad.

He has a lot of fast-paced songs at this time, and "Extreme Escape" with a dynamic song should be very interesting.

Li Shengyao then left and went on to make movies.

It was almost twelve o'clock before Jie Lun bid farewell to Li Shengyao.

"Director Li, this script is very cool. I have some ideas. I will record the song before November."

Li Shengyao nodded, "Okay, I'll wait for your news."

Jay Chou then expressed his gratitude again before leaving.

He also took away a large group of college students, as well as several entertainment reporters.

At this time, a crescent moon was reflected in the sky, and a faint silver light fell down.

It blends with the dim street lamps to create a special light.

Warm and soothing.

In order to avoid noise, the studio is very quiet, and everyone does their own thing silently.

There is a smell of fried rice in the air.

Some people have supper.

Li Shengyao looked at the direction where Jay Lun was leaving, and smiled with satisfaction.

With Jay's enthusiasm, there should be more news mentioning "Extreme Escape".

When this movie is released, with Jay Chou's theme song, maybe it can boost the box office a little bit.

He obviously took advantage of it, but he got Jay Chou's gratitude. This wave is not a loss.

(End of this chapter)