The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 365
"Fox Group bought the rights to the "Breaking Bad" remake for $100 million."

""The Raid" is finished, and the movie will be released in August."

""Baby Project" is finished, Cheng Long: This is a very warm and funny movie."

"Elizabeth Hurley joined "Taken". She was once the most beautiful woman in the world."

"The production of "The Banquet" is completed, and Feng Xiaogang is ambitious, aiming at the global box office."

"Zhang Weiping: "The Golden Armor in the City" is about to meet the audience. This will be another "Hero"-level movie."

"Lao Mouzi will form a new team to prepare for the Olympic opening ceremony."

……

At 2006 am on June 6, 6, a group of people gathered in front of an ordinary single-family house in Paris.

Half of these people are East Asian faces and half are white.

Among them was placed a table with some fruits on it, and an altar of incense.

In front of the table, there are also a pair of lion dancers and several people holding traditional Chinese musical instruments.

Li Shengyao was dressed casually, Cheng Long was standing next to him, and his elder brother was still dressed in a Tang suit as before.

At this time, the two of them each held three sticks of incense.

The assistant director raised the microphone and shouted: "Taken is on."

Amid the applause, Li Shengyao and Cheng Long went to offer incense together, and then Li Shengyao gave out red envelopes to the actors and actresses.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

Several musicians started to play, and the pair of lion dancers started to work.

The group of white people were very excited, including Amanda, they all took out their mobile phones and took crazy pictures of the lion dance.

Li Shengyao didn't know much about lion dance, he stepped back after handing out the red envelopes, and watched quietly.

"Jackie, I love you."

"You are the best and I will always support you."

"Cheng Long, I love you very, very much."

"Jackie, come on, I will come to see you often."

Across the street from them, there were three to four hundred fans. They gathered together and shouted at Cheng Long.

These are all fans of Cheng Long, some are white, some are Asian, some are black, some are men, some are women, some use English, some use French, and some use Chinese and Japanese.

Europe and the United States do not have fan organizations like Peninsula. Except for fan clubs or concerts, fans rarely get together on a large scale.

This doesn't seem like a big ostentation in China, and the support clubs of any draft stars are more lively and ostentatious than this one.

But here, this is already a very good influence.

Jing Tian turned around and looked at the fans with envy.

Amanda also had a look of anticipation on her face.

In front of the two girls, there were five strong white men. They clenched their fists and stood outside the actors, looking coldly at the fans on the opposite side.

These people are people from the security company hired by Lee Sheng Yew. They are responsible for the safety of the members of the "Taken" crew during the filming period.

When they pass by, they will look at passers-by with scrutiny.

"Paris is very chaotic, especially there are a lot of thieves. Look at the people here, who dare to play with their mobile phones, because they are afraid that they will be robbed of their mobile phones. The same goes for their backpacks. Unlike in China, they are carried on their backs, but here they are hung on their chests."

Jingtian's assistant is an older sister in her thirties, who whispered to Jingtian about the situation in Paris.

In front of the fans opposite them, stood a row of policemen, they were fully armed, not as nervous as the people from the security company, but they kept watching suspicious people.

Relying on Cheng Long's influence and the supervision of the Chinese embassy, ​​Paris has promised to increase the police force and strengthen patrols to ensure that there will be no safety accidents during the filming of "Taken".

Compared with the mainland, Paris in June is not very hot, and there are still many people wearing long-sleeved trousers on the street.

This kind of dressing is good for concealing weapons, and it is good for thieves.

I don't know if it was intentional. The average height of France is only a little over 1.7 meters, but the policemen who came to maintain law and order are all very tall.

After all, it is a big country, so it still needs face.

At this moment, another group of people rushed to the opposite side. These people were all East Asian faces. Judging from their temperament and height, they should be from the island country.

Li Shengyao couldn't help frowning.

Cheng Long's charm is too great. Those fans are not only from China, but also from France, and some tourists who came to Paris.

The archipelago who just came over should be a tourist in Paris.

With the communication of this era, Cheng Long is filming here, the news will spread out soon, and I am afraid that more and more fans will come to see him in the future.

This is troublesome.

Lee Shing Yew planned to shoot the film in Paris for three months, that is, June, July, August, and September to go to the beautiful country, trying to finish filming at the end of September, so that they can release the film in November or December.

In addition, Fran Xu is different from domestic ones, just find extras and shout casually. Most of the extras here have joined the actors' union.

They have to go to the Screen Actors Union to pick people, this is the system here.

All films shot in France require some degree of Screen Actors Guild membership.

Li Shengyao and the others had already selected actors. If the filming was delayed and the filming could not be completed in time, the cost would naturally be higher.

That's why Li Shengyao valued time very much. He looked at the fans of Cheng Long who were gradually coming, and his brows became more and more wrinkled.

The lion dance was still going on, Cheng Long looked in a good mood, and greeted the fans with a smile on his face.

"Ah, Cheng Long, I love you."

"Jackie, you are my favorite person, marry me."

"Look at me, look at me...please."

Seeing Cheng Long waving his hands, the fans were even more happy and shouted one after another.

The sound is loud, even harsh.

Li Shengyao shook his head and planned to find time to chat with Cheng Long. He felt that the behavior of fans should be controlled. After all, this is not a domestic country, and the requirements for personal living environment are much higher.

At this moment, a police car came and stopped at Li Shengyao's side. A middle-aged man in his forties with all the hair in front of him got out of the car. He then found Cheng Long and asked Cheng Long to sign a photo for him. After the incident, the translator took the man to find Li Shengyao.

"Director, this is Officer Lance, who is responsible for the security of this community. He has something to tell you."

Upon hearing this, Li Shengyao immediately shook hands with Lance.

Lance then raised his head, flicked his tongue back and forth, and said something.

Li Shengyao stepped back a little to avoid being hit by Lance's saliva.

The translator then explained the meaning of Lance's words just now. It turned out that Lance felt that Cheng Long's influence was too great. With so many fans coming, it was a huge challenge to the security of this community.

Li Shengyao fully agreed with this sentence, he was worried about this problem just now.

"Mr. Director, there are four questions in total."

"First, there are too many fans, and it will become very noisy here, but there are still many people living here in this area. They need a quiet living environment. If your crew is complained, it will be very troublesome."

"Second, fans gather here. Some drive, some walk, and some ride bicycles, which greatly increases the traffic pressure in this area. Our roads are relatively narrow, which is very dangerous."

"Thirdly, there are a lot of thieves in Paris. Now this is the time when thieves are active. These fans are so close, they are easy targets for thieves. If someone has their money stolen, I believe it will have a bad impact on you."

"Fourth, the police force in this area has been arranged long ago. I don't have the right to send more people over. In fact, all my subordinates have come over. But as you can see, there are too many fans and we are short of manpower. If there is an emergency, it will be difficult for us to deal with it."

The translator told Li Shengyao what Lance said, and he nodded while listening, and then asked, "Officer Lance, do you have any suggestions?"

In his opinion, since Officer Lance knew the seriousness of the problem, he should have some suggestions.

"I don't know, this is not something I want to consider, this is your problem, I just want to tell you the seriousness of the matter, you need to deal with it seriously."

Lance spoke plausibly, then nodded, and strode away.

Fans are still shouting loudly, in any language.

The pair of lion dancers became more excited after hearing what the fans said, and performed several difficult movements in a row.

The shouts were louder.

Some fans jumped up, as if they wanted to run to the studio.

Li Shengyao looked at Lance's bright head, feeling a little speechless.

But he knew very well that this police officer could be bad, but he couldn't.

This matter needs to be discussed carefully with Cheng Long.

Soon after, the lion dance ended, and the couple of young lion dancers and several old men who played traditional musical instruments left.

However, a middle-aged man in a suit held Jackie Chan's hand and talked endlessly, seemingly endlessly.

This is a member of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

Tonight Li Shengyao and Cheng Long are going to attend the banquet of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

Li Shengyao didn't really want to go, he still had to think about the filming, but obviously such a social event couldn't be turned away.

The people from the Chinese Chamber of Commerce chatted with Cheng Long for about half an hour before leaving reluctantly.

Li Shengyao had already arranged for the crew and assistant directors to prepare, and he planned to start filming today.

The makeup artist has already put on Amanda's makeup, just waiting for Cheng Long.

At this moment, a small car came and stopped outside the studio, and two men got out of the car, one of whom Li Shengyao knew was the famous Jean Renault.

This French national treasure actor is cool most of the time in movies, whether it is Hollywood or French movies.

He was indeed smiling at this moment, like a happy child.

There is no doubt that this is Cheng Long's fan, and he is here to visit the class.

When Cheng Long saw Jean Renault, he naturally went to greet him.

Li Shengyao also went over to chat for a few words, and then he left, seeing how busy Cheng Long was.

He estimated that some big names might come over later, if he really had to wait for Cheng Long to finish his work, he wouldn't even think about taking pictures this morning.

He thought about it, and planned to shoot the scenes of Amanda and Jing Tian first.

"Adjust the shooting sequence, we mainly shoot our daughter and her girlfriends these days, or her personal scenes."

The assistant directors all understood what Li Shengyao meant, no one said anything more, and the crew immediately re-prepared.

……

The later development was exactly as predicted by Li Shengyao. Cheng Long was so famous in France that celebrities came to visit the class from time to time.

There are actors, hosts, directors, and some luxury bosses.

I have to say that this row of noodles is definitely the first among Chinese, no wonder Cheng Long often goes to see foreign countries.

This row of noodles is really too much.

After the filming of the first afternoon of the first day, Cheng Long only had time here.

Li Shengyao announced that he was off work today, and then asked the actors and actresses to go back to the hotel first. He, Cheng Long, Jing Tian, ​​and the three assistants went to the hotel where the Chinese Chamber of Commerce held a banquet.

At this time, there were about [-] fans on the opposite side of their studio, and they shouted excitedly when they saw Cheng Long going out.

Cheng Long waved, and the fans became even more excited.

"I'm going to sign them."

Many people stood there for almost a day, and Cheng Long went over to sign, as he should.

Half an hour later, Cheng Long waved goodbye to the fans before entering the car.

Jing Tian sat in the co-pilot's seat.

Li Shengyao and Cheng Long sat in the back row.

Cheng Long apologized, "Director Li, I'm really sorry today, I didn't expect them to be so enthusiastic."

Li Shengyao shook his head, "This is what it should be. If it were me, I would do it like you."

Jing Tian immediately followed up and said: "Yes, brother, you are really popular, and the fans here are also enthusiastic."

Li Shengyao waited for Jing Tian to finish speaking, and then seriously repeated the words of Officer Lance. He finally said: "Brother, the police here will not help us solve the problem, we need to find a way by ourselves."

Cheng Long heard the words and nodded, "Director Li, you are right. This matter cannot be sloppy, especially the safety issue. If something bad happens because my fans affect the traffic, it will be very bad for us."

He went on to say, "Do you have any ideas?"

As it was about filming, Li Shengyao naturally thought of a solution for a long time.

"Brother, I have three ideas here, you can see if it works."

"You said."

Li Shengyao cleared his throat, and then said: "The first point is that we find a local media to do an interview. Later, I need you to say something about the safety of the fans after the reporter asks, and then guide them to follow the stars in a civilized manner."

"The second point is that I think the fans' intentions are good, and you can't chill the hearts of the fans. Why don't we pick a few times and choose a relatively spacious and safe place, so that you can get in close contact with the fans."

"The third point is that we also need to promote the humanistic spirit of our crew. Find a time and let everyone go to a nearby orphanage to do charity."

Regarding the first point, it is natural to do it.

Lee Sung Yew hoped that fewer fans would come to watch the studio every day, preferably less than 100 people, so that the traffic should not be affected.

The second point is that blocking is worse than sparse. If you don’t let fans meet idols, they will naturally be dissatisfied, and they will still go to the set to watch.

Cheng Long holds a few fan meetings, which can satisfy some fans to some extent.

The third point is to set up a character for yourself in advance, showing that the crew of "Taken" is full of love and is a positive, peaceful and kind-hearted group.

Let the reporters play it up and let the French see their sincerity.

In this way, if something bad happens in the future, ordinary people or reporters will have preconceived ideas.

It shouldn't be too harsh on their crew, maybe they can be lenient.

Hearing this, Cheng Long nodded, and then gave a thumbs up, "Director Li, I have filmed outside, and I know that it is really difficult to film abroad."

"You are so thoughtful when you are filming abroad for the first time, you are really amazing."

He then added: "There is no problem, but the charity is not just once, but once a month, the more the better, foreign people like to watch this."

"you're right."

……

Ten days later, on the filming set in Paris, across the road from the crew of "Taken", there were about 100 fans standing, and sometimes they would shout excitedly.

However, compared to the 400 people on the first day, the momentum was much smaller.

The security of the security company, as well as the patrolling police, ensured the smooth filming of the crew.

In order to prevent these fans from being stolen, Li Shengyao also asked people to set up a few cards on the opposite side.

Watch out for strangers and watch out for thieves on the card.

Such a move made Lance very satisfied. He brought his son to the set specially, firstly to take a photo with Cheng Long, and secondly to express his recognition for Lee Shengyao.

"You handled it very well and saved us a lot of trouble. If everyone can be as smart as you, then we can save a lot of time to do more meaningful things."

……

Time flies and half a month has passed, and the filming of "Taken" crew is getting smoother and smoother.

Especially Amanda and Jing Tian, ​​most of them are literary and play, and they are progressing very quickly.

On a beautiful evening, Jing Tian's play ended, and Li Shengyao held a small celebration ceremony.

But Jing Tian was very indifferent to him.

Little Miss probably feels like her idols are shattered right now.

Li Shengyao took Amanda back to the room several times, and Jing Tian saw them all.

Naturally, Li Shengyao didn't care, he wasn't from the same road, and he didn't have any thoughts about Jing Tian.

"Director, Jing Tian said that she will not go back, she will stay on the set to study filming."

"You can learn the same thing in China. Paris is in chaos. You can persuade her to return to China as soon as possible."

The assistant director took the order to leave, and came back shortly after, "Director, she said that Amanda is good at acting, and she wants to learn from Amanda."

Li Shengyao didn't bother to care whether Jing Tian's words were true or not, he waved his hand and continued to work.

That night, at 12:30 in the morning, in the hotel suite, Li Shengyao was discussing physical fitness with Amanda. At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Li Shengyao thought it was a waiter, but he ignored it. At this moment, Cheng Long's voice faintly sounded outside.

What's going on at this time?
Li Shengyao tidied up, then put on his pajamas, opened the door, and saw Cheng Long with a strange expression.

"Director Li, something happened, let's find a place to chat."

After a while, Li Shengyao and Cheng Long came to Cheng Long's room, and he found that besides Cheng Long, there were three martial artists from the family-making class.

"Taken" has a lot of action scenes, not only need to design actions for Cheng Long, but also design actions for those villains.

One or two action directors are naturally too busy, and this time there are a total of eight action directors in the family class.

These three martial artists are in their early forties, and they all have a Hong Kong style. They look thin, their faces are tight, and they are full of energy and look very energetic.

Hong Kong Islanders are like that.

Li Shengyao was not surprised, but at this moment the three of them lowered their heads, like children who made mistakes.

People in their forties, what will happen?
"Brother, what's the matter?"

"Director Li, these three bastards have completely embarrassed the family-making class."

Li Shengyao was still puzzled.

Cheng Long then sighed and explained the matter.

It turned out that after get off work today, the three of them ate and drank enough, feeling full of energy and having nowhere to vent, so the three of them went to the red light district in Paris.

After some dredging, the three of them were refreshed and very happy.

But he didn't expect that he met a reporter and slapped all three of them.

The reporter directly identified himself and said that he would be published in the newspaper tomorrow, then left with a smile on his face.

These three martial artists are not celebrities. They used to film with Cheng Long, and they would also go out to play. They were fine before.

But he didn't expect to meet a troublesome reporter this time.

The three felt that this matter was difficult to handle, so they came back in a hurry and told Cheng Long about it.

People who practice martial arts are strong and strong, so it is normal to need to vent. These three people have often played like this before, and they did not get sick. It seems that they have rich experience and are veterans.

After listening to Cheng Long's words, Li Shengyao thought for a while and asked, "Do you know what newspaper that reporter is from?"

At this time, online self-media is not popular, mainly paper media.

If you know what newspaper it belongs to, maybe you can discuss it.

After all, they are people from the showbiz. They came to make a movie, but the staff went out to prostitute|prostitute. If they were in the mainland, this incident would definitely affect the reputation of the crew.

Li Shengyao was not sure what the common people in France would think, but he still hoped that it would not be revealed, so as not to spread back to the mainland.

The three martial artists looked at each other, then shook their heads in embarrassment.

Obviously, when the three people were photographed, they were still in a dazed state, and they didn't react at all.

Li Shengyao shook his head speechlessly, "Brother, this is difficult. There should be many newspaper offices in Paris. We can't ask one by one. This will have a greater impact."

Cheng Long shook his head, "We can't expand this matter, let's wait and see if there is a call."

Li Shengyao thought for a while, "If there is no call, ask our people to buy a copy of all the newspapers in Paris tomorrow, and we will see if there is any report."

He then went back to his room to sleep.

Amanda was waiting for Li Shengyao, when she saw him coming in, she rushed over immediately.

Li Shengyao was a little bit less interested, after all, what happened to the crew.

"Lee, what's the matter?"

Li Shengyao explained the matter again.

Amanda laughed after hearing this, "Honey, isn't this a good thing? Why bother?"

"Good thing?"

"Yes, there are so many women in Paris doing this job. The three of them helped three poor women in Paris and let them complete a business."

Li Shengyao paused for a moment, then came back to his senses.

Just because the Chinese can't stand it doesn't mean the French can't stand it.

You think it is an insult to the law, but in fact, people don't care at all.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was possible, and then he got up to tell Cheng Long. When he came to the door of the room, he stopped, turned and hugged Amanda, "Come on, weren't you unconvinced just now, let's fight again."

"No, it's two games."

……

In the early morning of the next day, Li Shengyao was refreshed and took Amanda downstairs to have breakfast together. He then met Cheng Long and his assistant holding a stack of newspapers.

Cheng Long probably didn't sleep well last night, his eyes were bloodshot, his dark circles were a little heavier, and his hair was weakly attached to his scalp.

But at this time, he had a smile on his face and seemed to be in a good mood.

"Director Li, we don't have to worry, they haven't revealed their identities at all."

Cheng Long then handed a newspaper to Li Shengyao.

"The reporter of this newspaper took pictures of the three of them, but the reporter didn't know the identities of the three of them. The reporter used the photos of the three of them to write a news article, saying that tourists from East Asia liked beautiful French women very much. They promoted the development of the tertiary industry. Paris can carry out targeted publicity for foreign tourists, making it easier for them to find those red light districts."

This……

It's really French.

Chinese people think completely differently from them.

Not only did they not feel humiliated, they were also very proud.

Li Shengyao thought for a while, and then said: "Brother, you probably didn't sleep well last night, you should rest in the morning, and the show will start in the afternoon."

"No, it's a trivial matter."

Li Shengyao nodded, "Brother, let those three people go back to Hong Kong Island. France doesn't care about this kind of thing, but the mainland and Hong Kong Island should care about it. There can't be a second time, or maybe the mainland media will know about it."

When Cheng Long heard the words, he didn't answer for a while.

Li Shengyao continued: "Let's change to three people."

The person in the family-making class is actually Cheng Long's younger brother.

As a role model for men in the world, Cheng Long certainly would not think that it is a bad thing for the three younger brothers to support the tertiary industry.

The bad thing is that the three of them didn't wear masks when they went out. If they wore masks, then nothing happened.

Li Shengyao also did not mean to blame the three martial artists, but during the filming, he still hoped that they would be smarter.

At least don't let the reporter take a picture of the face.

Letting the three martial artists return to Hong Kong Island is also a reminder to others.

Not to let you play, but be careful.

"Okay, I'll buy them air tickets and let them go in the afternoon."

Li Shengyao then chatted with Cheng Long for a while before taking Amanda away.

There is a Chinese restaurant next to their hotel, Lee Shengyao eats noodles, and Amanda goes to the bakery next door to buy bread, and then comes back to sit and eat with him.

Lee Shing Yew did not push Amanda to promote Chinese food.

Many people think that Chinese food is invincible in taste and is the most delicious food in the world.

Similarly, many Ralphs continue to praise. In fact, most Europeans and Americans go to the mainland, and most of the time they eat hamburgers, or bread, and go to KFC or McDonald's.

Not that many people like Chinese food at all.

Of course, this does not mean that Chinese food is not good, it can only be said that each has its own preferences.

Different cultures have their favorite things.

Just like what happened last night, it will definitely be fried in the mainland, but the French are still very happy.

Li Shengyao found such cultural differences very interesting, which taught him a lot.

After breakfast, Li Shengyao took Amanda to the filming set. The filming will continue, and they will finish the scene in France before September.

(End of this chapter)