The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 363

March passed by in a hurry, and April came quickly.

April in Shanghai is still a bit cold, but the weather is just right for going out for exercise. It will be very comfortable to run and sweat.

In the New Jinjiang Hotel next to the International Cinema, Li Shengyao stood up and toasted with several middle-aged men.

Just now, a group of them decided on one thing.

That is, starting from this year, Shanghai City Film Festival will set up a special award called "Asian Film Awards".

In Lee Shing Yew's previous life, this "Asian Film Awards" would be pre-registered for those on Hong Kong Island in 2007.

However, Hong Kong Island filmmakers have a narrow vision, and they are all "Asian movies", and they still stare at their own three-acre land.

After Li Shengyao traveled, he was thinking about this matter, and he always wanted to snatch this award.

At first he was a TV drama director, and later he entered the film industry. He has just been active and is not suitable for forming a game.

Now that he has two movies worth over [-] million yuan and is about to cooperate with Cheng Long, he feels that he has enough face.

So Li Shengyao contacted the organizer of the Shanghai Film Festival and the relevant leaders of the radio and television through Han Sanping, and expressed his thoughts.

When the leaders heard this, they naturally felt very good, one more award, one more chance to be a referee.

And the "Asian Film Awards" does sound domineering, this award can be had.

So there is today's meeting.

Then the big guys raised their glasses and clinked a few times, and then they sat down with satisfaction.

Li Shengyao and Han Sanping are going together, and they will return to Yanjing together.

"Director Li, your vision is really good. This award is great. We are the largest country in Asia, so it is only natural that we should host the Asian Film Awards."

Li Shengyao smiled, "I was just lucky. I went abroad a while ago and saw a European film award by accident. I thought at the time, European films have awards, how can Asia not have them?"

Europe does have a European Film Awards, held every year in Berlin.

But after all, it is a European award, not an award for world films, and its prestige is far inferior to the three major European film festivals.

Han Sanping gave a thumbs up, full of admiration, "There are so many filmmakers in our country who go to Europe every year, and many people often go to the Berlin Film Festival. They didn't think of this award, and they still don't have the awareness. Unlike you, they have ideas and action."

He paused, and then said: "Director Li, this time the Asian Film Awards, you will be the chairman of the jury."

Li Shengyao paused when he heard the words, and saw Han Sanping's expression was natural, and then he reacted.

I'm afraid not only Han Sanping, but also the leaders of Radio, Television and Shanghai City think that he is so active because he wants to reap the benefits of the Asian Film Awards.

Now they reciprocate and benefit Li Shengyao.

But he was probably filming or preparing to film "Taken" at that time, and he didn't have time to be a judge.

"Director Han, no need, I don't have time, I was busy at that time."

Han Sanping stopped in her tracks, with a look of surprise on her face, "Director Li, do you really have no time?"

"There's really no time and I'll be very busy when June starts."

"Then...then I'll talk to the organizers again. "Let's Punch, Dad" and "Extreme Escape" are all films made after June last year, so they can be judged for awards."

Han Sanping meant to give awards to "Let's Punch, Dad" and "Extreme Escape".

Even if it is the benefit that the organizer gave Lee Shengyao.

Li Shengyao hesitated for a moment.

He also despised Zhao Yanzi's ability to win the Best Actress of the Shanghai International Film Festival last year, lowering the grade of the Shanghai Film Festival.

So now his two films are enough to win the Asian Film Awards?
Is this not good?
Li Shengyao thought again.

If he doesn't take it here, will the Asian Film Awards be fair and just?
Given the urgency of mainland awards, won't they become water awards sooner or later?

That being the case, why can't he win the award?

Thinking of this, Li Shengyao nodded, "Director Han, thank you very much."

Han Sanping chuckled, "Small."

At this time, a small car came, which was a special car to pick up the two of them.

Li Shengyao sat in the back row with Han Sanping.

After closing the car door, it became much quieter. Han Sanping looked out the window, and then asked in a low voice, "Director Li, how are the preparations for "Taken" going?"

"It's not bad. The main actors have been confirmed. When Big Brother's "Baby Project" is finished in May, we can start it in June."

"Are there any important characters in the movie?"

After Han Sanping finished speaking, she looked out the window again.

Li Shengyao was a little surprised. He didn't expect that someone could find Han Sanping and ask him to ask for a role.

"Director Han, is this important?"

Han Sanping nodded, and said in a low voice, "It's very important, and I'm also in a dilemma, but if you are willing to help, there will be absolutely no problem in arranging and reviewing films in the Mainland."

"Who is it?"

"It's a girl who just came of age this year and likes acting in movies."

Li Shengyao smiled and immediately understood who it was, "Okay, there is another character in the movie, a best friend of the heroine, who doesn't appear much, I can change her to be the heroine's niece, and she has a good relationship with the heroine since childhood."

When Han Sanping heard the words, she was surprised and clapped her hands happily, "Thank you, Director Li."

"However, this character will be beaten severely later, and the end will be miserable."

"It's okay, it's okay, that girl said that she can endure hardships in filming."

……

Yanjing was colder than Shanghai at this time. Li Shengyao and Han Sanping got off the plane. The two made an appointment to meet the mysterious little girl tomorrow, and then he took the company car back to the big courtyard in the DC area.

Chen Xun, Dong Xuan and the others all went out to film.

Li Shengyao will be alone in the vacant room for a while.

Before he got out of the car, he saw a person standing outside the big yard, looking around furtively.

He frowned slightly, and said to the driver: "Go ask that person, who is he? Why are you standing there?"

The driver got out of the car immediately, "Who are you and what are you doing? Don't you know this is a private house?"

The man was in his twenties, wearing a thick padded coat, but he was still a little cold at this moment, shrunk his body, saw the driver, tilted his head, and peeked at Li Shengyao in the car.

When he saw Li Shengyao, he jumped up excitedly.

"Director Li, Director Li, you are back."

"Oh, what are you doing?"

"Director Li, will you be at home tonight? Our boss wants to see you, can you save face? We are sincere..."

The young man was a little anxious and said a lot. Only then did Li Shengyao and the driver understand that this young man was an employee of Gionee Mobile.

He followed the orders of his boss to guard Li Shengyao.

This matter has to start with the establishment of the "Taken" project.

News about "Taken" keeps coming. Although the outside world doesn't know what the story is, they basically know that it is a modern action movie.

So many manufacturers found relevant contacts of Fenghua and expressed their willingness to sponsor.

Now "Taken" has been sponsored by Baleno clothing, Mazda cars, and Erkang leather shoes.

Among them, Baleno and Yierkang are both 200 million, and Mazda is 300 million.

Before the movie started shooting, it had already been recorded.

Li Shengyao was naturally happy.

But this is not the big head, the big head is the sponsorship of several mobile phone brands.

Among them are Gionee, Bird, Samsung and Lenovo.

It is said that the asking price has reached 1000 million, and Fenghua has not yet decided which brand to cooperate with.

Li Shengyao smiled, then shook his head, "I'm not in charge of this matter, you don't need to look for me."

Naturally, he can decide who to cooperate with, but there is no need to be so tired, just leave it to his subordinates.

After that, Li Shengyao ignored the young man and strode into the compound. He even gave the driver a wink and asked the driver to look at the young man.

After returning home, Li Shengyao took a shower and then lay down. At this moment, he received a call from the person in charge of product sponsorship.

"Boss, there are four companies in total now. Samsung, Lenovo, and Bird are all offering 1000 million yuan, and Gionee is asking 1000 to [-] million yuan. However, Gionee's reputation is not that good."

This guy should have heard the news and took the initiative to call to find out.

Li Shengyao curled his lips, "You decide."

"Boss, I think Gionee is very good. They offer the highest price, but I don't know if they can match your movie or not, and whether it will affect the quality of your movie."

Li Shengyao smiled, the hero of "Taken" is a poor man, where can he use a good mobile phone.

It's not bad to use Jinli.

"It will not affect."

Then he thought of the overlord of the mobile phone at this time, and the compelling machine in the mobile phone.

"Nokia, and Blackberry didn't say it?"

"Yes, both Nokia and BlackBerry have offers, and their sponsorship fee is 500 million. We have already rejected them."

"Okay, you decide."

Two hours later, the sky darkened, and Li Shengyao felt a little hungry, so he went out. The driver was waiting for him, and the young man from Gionee was also there.

The cold wind was blowing, the driver was sitting in the car, and the young man was standing by the wall. He was trying to keep his eyes open, but he kept snoring.

Li Shengyao shook his head, "Don't ask me for this matter, look for the person in charge of Fenghua."

He then got in the car and left.

Chen Xun and Dong Xuan were not in Yanjing, Li Shengyao felt bored all of a sudden.

He thought for a while, and was about to find a restaurant to eat at random.

At this time the phone rang, but it was Cheng Long who called, "Director Li, do you have time now? Someone asked me to find you and want to meet you."

Cheng Long is a guy who knows a lot of people and loves him a lot.

Li Shengyao just didn't eat, he chuckled, "I haven't eaten yet, let that person prepare a table of good food, I'll go over now."

"Okay, just wait, I'll send you a message."

Twenty minutes later, Li Shengyao arrived at the Four Seasons Hotel. For safety, he asked the driver to go in with him.

Not long after, Li Shengyao met the person Cheng Long mentioned.

"Hi Director Li, my name is Huang Cheng, and I'm the marketing manager of Samsung Mobile Huaxia Branch. We have prepared a table of good wine and food. Please come with me."

Li Shengyao followed Huang Cheng to the door of a large box. Huang Cheng pushed open the door, and a burst of fragrance rushed in.

I saw a row of young girls standing at the door of the box, all around 20 years old, with long hair fluttering, wearing short one-piece skirts, revealing a pair of white thighs.

Judging by their height, appearance and temperament, they should not be mainlanders, but Peninsulars.

"Hi Director Li, welcome."

This group of people in the peninsula like to play like this.

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, they presented beauties.

Later, the beautiful country stationed troops on the peninsula. In order to earn foreign exchange, the peninsula shouted "compensated dating women are national heroes".

At that time, prostitutes earned one-third of the foreign exchange for the peninsula, billions of dollars a year.

Later, when the peninsula became rich, not only the soldiers of the beautiful country started to consume, but ordinary people also followed suit.

Men on the peninsula rank first in the world in terms of prostitution and capital per year, surpassing the island countries.

And [-]% of Peninsular women have cooked chickens, that is to say, one out of ten.

It is reflected in the corporate culture, that is, when discussing business, you will definitely go to whoring together, and if you don't do whoring, you will not be able to negotiate.

Li Shengyao frowned slightly, do these guys think he is a lustful person?

He shook his head, then walked in.

After a while, Li Shengyao sat down, Huang Cheng sat opposite him, and there were three beauties on his left and four beauties on his right.

Just as he guessed, these girls are all from the peninsula and from the entertainment industry, but they haven't made their debut yet.

Huang Cheng said good things while introducing the food and wine.

After drinking and eating, Huang Cheng said: "Director Li, although our Samsung is a Peninsula brand, we have already planted our roots in China. Our Samsung China is a mobile phone brand in the mainland."

"We all love your movies so much, please do us a favor and give us a chance to work with you."

Li Shengyao smiled, "This matter is out of my control."

He picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, "Just now I met someone from Jinli, but it's out of my control, so don't look for me."

"Well, that's because we were abrupt. We opened a room upstairs. Would you like to go up and take a rest?"

Huang Cheng then glanced at the seven young girls sitting aside.

Li Shengyao was a little bit moved, Wei Xiaobao, that turtle man, could pick seven, so he should be able to do it too.

But people in the peninsula like to play dirty, what if they secretly take pictures?
Director Li's brain turned sharply, then he shook his head, "Forget it, it's too late, I'm going home."

"Then let them see you off."

Go to my house?
Then you don't have to worry about sneak shots.

Seven fairies...

Li Shengyao felt his heart thumping, and then he noticed that the corners of Huang Cheng's mouth were slightly raised.

This guy doesn't think I'm really moved, does he?

None of these people became famous, Jun Ji-hyun, Son Ye-jin, do you think I have never seen a beautiful woman?
Li Shengyao frowned, then strode away.

"no need."

Not long after, Li Shengyao got into the car and left in a hurry.

The driver looked admiring and peeked at Li Shengyao from time to time.

"What are you looking at?"

"Boss, you are the person who is written in the book to do great things, and money and beauty can't corrupt you."

Li Shengyao laughed, "Of course, money and beauty are like dung to me, a good man, naturally his career is the most important thing."

Then he thought of Chen Xun, Dong Xuan, and Amanda Seyfried. He really wanted "Taken" to start early so that he would have something to do.

(End of this chapter)