The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 378 How about "The Hangover"

""Taken" has a global box office of [-] million US dollars, making it the most profitable movie in China."

""Taken" has a box office of 1000 million in the mainland, second only to "The Golden Flower" and "Hero", ranking third in the box office of mainland movies."

""Rush Hour 3" starts, and Cheng Long will start a series of movies."

"The box office of "Scarred City" in the first week was 500 million, which fell short of expectations."

"The box office of "Big Movie: Tens of Billions" was 300 million in the first week, and the director got drunk on the street."

"Lee Sing Yew: I will take a break before thinking about new movies."

"Crazy January, "007: Casino Royale", "Gemini Thief", "Talented Men and Women", "New Loyalty Picture", "Happy Birthday" will be released soon."

……

At 2007:1 p.m. on January 9, 8, most of the snow in Yanjing had melted, but it was still very cold. There were only a handful of pedestrians on the street, and there were few vehicles.

On the [-]th floor of the China World Trade Center, the lights are bright and the stars are shining.

A group of men and women in suits and long skirts, holding goblets, gracefully showing their best condition.

However, when raising a glass and tasting wine, most of the eyes will turn to the corner of the hall.

Sitting there is the focus of tonight - Li Shengyao.

He was also wearing a suit and was sitting in front of a small table. Cheng Long, Han Sanping, and Wang Changtian were sitting next to him.

The first film of "Taken" has a global box office of 9000 million US dollars, and the money allocated to the producer is about [-] million US dollars.

After deducting the costs, Fenghua accounts for [-]%, China Film Group [-]%, Guangguang [-]%, and Cheng Long [-]%.

The third achievement is 100 million U.S. dollars, which is more than 1 million yuan-RMB.

China Film has invested in so many movies, when will it earn more than 1 million.

This made Han Sanping very excited.

This time the celebration banquet was organized by China Film to show China Film's attitude.

At this time, a group of their bosses were sitting there, and many celebrities nearby were watching eagerly, hoping to show their faces, but most of them dared not go there.

It can be seen that the bosses are having a good time talking, if he passes by and ruins the atmosphere, wouldn't that be a bad thing?
Han Sanping had been secretly observing Li Shengyao, seeing that he was in a good mood, she was also very happy, thinking that she would have a good chat with Li Shengyao next.

Not long after, the big guys seemed to have almost talked, so they dispersed.

This time Li Shengyao brought Chen Xun over, he noticed that Chen Xun was chatting with a group of actresses, he got up and planned to go over to say hello.

At this moment, there was a sound of pattering footsteps.

The sound was the sound of two pairs of high-heeled shoes stepping on the ground, one on the left and the other on the right, very neat, people who didn't know it thought it was military training walking in unison.

The sound of two pairs of high heels, one left and one right.

The person on the left is Li Lianhua, and the person on the right is Jian Bingbing.

Li Lianhua wore a long blue dress, revealing her back and arms, which looked okay.

Yan Bingbing has gradually started to walk the carpet celebrity design at this time. She is wearing a well-tailored red dress with a big peony flower embroidered on the skirt, which has a special charm.

Li Shengyao saw it, chuckled lightly, and didn't speak.

Yan Bingbing was still much younger, with a thinner skin, she was unwilling to tear her face openly, and her steps slowed down.

But Li Lianhua's footsteps were much faster, and she came to Li Shengyao first.

"Director Li, congratulations. This time "Taken" is a box office hit worldwide. You are the most successful director in our mainland."

Li Shengyao and Li Lianhua filmed "Extreme Escape" together, although the two did not communicate deeply.

And Li Lianhua is not the one that Li Shengyao likes.

But she is a good actress and works very hard.

Li Shengyao likes people who are serious about acting.

"I'm sorry, I'm just making commercial films to make a little money."

Li Lianhua giggled and leaned a lot towards Li Shengyao.

But Li Shengyao didn't accept the offer, he is not the kind of person who wants to taste all kinds of wild vegetables.

He only eats food that is tasty enough and attractive enough.

"Director Li, I want to go to Fenghua."

Seeing that Li Shengyao was not approaching, a hint of disappointment flashed in Li Lianhua's eyes.

She then stated her purpose.

Hearing this, Li Shengyao paused for a while, and then understood what was going on.

Li Lianhua was Huayi's first sister for a period of time, but after Jian Bingbing Zhouxun joined Huayi one after another, her status was in jeopardy.

Especially the film and television resources, directly grabbed a lot from Yan Bingbing.

If Li Shengyao hadn't cooperated with her and she acted in "Extreme Escape", then Li Bingbing's resources would have been even uglier.

As for Yan Bingbing, it can be said that blockbusters continue to be produced.

Under such circumstances, it is understandable for Li Bingbing to want to go to Fenghua.

After all, Fenghua now has a lot of actresses, but none of them are good.

Sun Li can stand alone in the TV drama market, but she is also not good in the movie circle.

Other actresses are either not good at acting or not popular enough to play heroines in movies.

If Li Bingbing goes to Fenghua, maybe he can get more movie resources.

However, in Li Shengyao's previous life, Li Lianhua was a famous "party girl" in Hollywood for a while.

This is not derogatory. It can only be said that Li Lianhua really worked hard to become famous. She is a very ambitious person.

And Li Shengyao is very clear that his next films will focus on the international market, and there are not many films that fit Li Bingbing's role.

As for the cooperation with Hong Jinbao, Wu Jing's upcoming "Raid 2" and the preparatory "Fall" series, the highlight is the male lead, and the female lead is not very important.

The youth movie cooperating with Wanwan is not suitable for Li Bingbing.

Under such circumstances, there are many projects on his side, but not many suitable for Li Bingbing.

Li Bingbing came to Fenghua, but also had no role.

As for resource replacement, it is completely unnecessary.

At this time, the traffic economy in the mainland has not yet risen, and the time for artists to make a lot of money has not yet arrived.

How much is the artist's commission worth?

When they return to China, Li Shengyao cuts off the traffic and makes a [-]% or [-]% share, and then he will make a lot of money.

There is no need for him to exchange resources with other film and television companies for an artist under his banner.

"About this matter, you can go to the company's brokerage department, and there will be more detailed consideration."

Li Lianhua knew Li Shengyao's attitude after hearing this, but she was still a little unwilling.

"Director Li, my brokerage share can be divided into fifty and five."

With Li Bingbing's current status, the brokerage contract should be [-]% or [-]%, and she will take the big head.

This is a direct score of five or five, which is a lot of loss and full of sincerity.

However, Li Shengyao didn't want to do useless work. Instead of letting Li Bingbing change jobs in the future, it is better to refuse now.

"I saw a lot of Fenghua projects, but there are actually no movies suitable for you. If you are unhappy in Huayi, you will be equally unhappy in Fenghua."

Li Shengyao continued: "Just wait a moment, maybe Huayi will have a good project for you."

In his previous life, Yan Bingbing would leave Huayi soon.

At this time, the big and small kings have recognized the reality, and Li Bingbing is the most obedient artist.

So he fully praised Li Bingbing.

"The Wind" helped Li Bingbing win the Golden Horse Award, and there must be many deals involved.

In those few years, Huayi was called Taiyi by netizens. Only the big and small kings knew how many interests were involved in it.

Li Lianhua thought it was Li Shengyao's excuse, and was disappointed.

"Director Li, I don't need to play the heroine, just bring me to your movie. I'll find a way to get other resources."

"Forget it, it won't do you any good. You settle down, and there will be a way out later."

Li Shengyao's tone was more serious, "Do you think I need to lie?"

Li Lianhua paused after hearing the words, thinking about the past contact with Li Shengyao, then nodded suspiciously, "Okay, I see, thank you for your words."

"Director Li, if you have any movie, any role, you can find me."

Li Shengyao smiled, "No problem."

Li Lianhua then left, and Yan Bingbing came over after a while.

"Director Li, what are you talking about with her?"

Li Shengyao laughed, Yan Bingbing spoke more casually, this woman has no culture, but she is very confident, "What does it matter to you?"

"Don't be so stingy, tell me and listen."

"Talk about you, talk about your belly getting bigger again, can't you be pregnant?"

Jian Bingbing rolled her eyes.

She then sat down and pulled a chair for Li Shengyao, right next to her.

"Director Li, I have something to talk to you about."

"You said."

Li Shengyao didn't sit in the chair Yan Bingbing pulled over, he pulled another chair and sat opposite Yan Bingbing.

"Hua Yi wants to renew my contract, but I don't want to renew my contract with them, it's boring."

The agents of Jian Bingbing and Hua Yi will expire in June this year.

In Li Shengyao's previous life, after the contract between Yan Bingbing and Hua Yi expired, he would build a studio by himself.

Her resources dropped a lot at once.

Filmed "Contract Lover", "Fine Dance Gate", "Apple" and other movies, which are incomparable to the previous ones.

Someone as smart as her must have thought of this a long time ago.

But she still did it, it should be a little swollen at this time.

She also independently invested in some TV dramas, such as "Golden Taiban", which is completely in order to satisfy her own Mary Su plot.

To sum it up, apart from "Guanyin Mountain" which helped her get the Best Actress of the Dongjing Film Festival, which was a bit of a splash, the roles in other movies and TV series are not important, or they are not very good, and they are not interesting.

In the past few years, Jian Bingbing has mainly relied on walking the red carpet to maintain her popularity.

Li Shengyao still admires her for her courage and strategy.

"What can you do with me?"

"I want to set up my own studio, not only movies, but I will also invest in TV dramas. There are so many good books in Fenghua, can you sell me one?"

Li Shengyao shook his head, "We don't have many books now."

He memorized all the Korean dramas he could copy, but it was obviously not enough.

Now he has asked the people in the TV drama department to go to the starting point, and Jinjiang is looking for some novels that he was famous in his previous life.

For example, "Shanshan is Coming", "A Slight Smile is Alluring", etc.

Taking advantage of the fact that the copyright price has not risen sharply, he wants to buy the copyright and let the company's people shoot it later.

"Then can you let me act in a Fenghua drama, we sign an agreement, and I will act for free."

Yan Bingbing is very clear that setting up a studio independently will definitely annoy Hua Yi.

At this time, she must do it with vigor, otherwise, many people will definitely hate her by then.

She wants to play a good enough production.

Only in this way can we stand on our feet.

A work that is very suitable for Jian Bingbing flashed through Li Shengyao's mind, but he didn't say it immediately, he smiled, then shook his head, "There are many talented artists, if I act for you, the people below will be unhappy."

"Oh, sister Chen Xun and I are fellow villagers, and you and I are also half fellow villagers, so please help."

Jian Bingbing's voice was a little lower, with a coquettish tone, she reached out and patted Li Shengyao's thigh.

She is at the pinnacle of beauty at this time, radiant and radiant, looking forward to brilliance.

The palm of his hand seemed to be electrified, and when he slapped Li Shengyao's leg, he felt a little numb.

On the surface, Li Shengyao was calm and calm, but secretly said "Amitabha Buddha", and found that it still didn't work, so he said "Infinite Heavenly Venerable" again.

After the numbness subsided, Li Shengyao stood up, "Stop talking, come up with something real, or don't talk to me."

"what do you want?"

Seeing that Li Shengyao was about to leave, Jian Bingbing got up immediately to follow.

Li Shengyao turned around and looked over, glanced, and saw white flowers.

He suddenly had an impulse, an idea.

In his previous life, what would this actress who dominated all China Entertainment do for him to be interesting enough?
Let her dance "nobody", or let her sing "Conquer" on her knees, or let her cook him breakfast?

"Not ready yet."

"Then think about it quickly, I'm fine here."

Yan Bingbing answered domineeringly.

Hearing this, Li Shengyao stopped in his tracks, he thought of Cheng Cheng, looked around, then lowered his voice, "Then give me a baby."

Li Shengyao strode away while he was in a daze on the Bing Bing.

……

Li Shengyao went over to greet Chen Xun and her female companion, chatted for a few words, and then left.

What I said to Jian Bingbing just now was fun.

It can be regarded as a response to the previous life.

Fan Ye, who overwhelms Huayu and claims to be a wealthy man, is still deflated in front of him.

As far as Yan Bingbing's current situation is concerned, she is of no help to Lee Shengyao's career.

He really couldn't think of what Yan Bingbing had, which he really wanted.

Li Shengyao soon found out that Yan Bingbing had left, and he didn't care. He was about to sit down and rest when Han Sanping came over with a wine glass.

Han Sanye needs performance in the past two or three years, and his previous investment was very bad, which made his position in China Film Group precarious. Fortunately, "Taken" brought him enough income.

For Li Shengyao, he really admired him.

"Director Li, are you satisfied with this celebration banquet?"

"Very satisfied, Director Han has worked hard."

"Hey, what did you say that it was hard work or not? I still owe you a favor."

Han Sanping paused, and then said: "Let's Punch, Dad, and the final payment of "Extreme Escape", I have urged several times before. Before the Lunar New Year, the major theaters should be able to settle it for you."

The movie box office share is slow to arrive. The theater receives the tickets, but it takes more than a year to pay the production company.

This time Han Sanping came out, the domestic theaters should give him face.

Lee Sheng Yew just needed money, after all, the investment in "Taken 2" must be bigger.

He raised his glass and clinked it with Han Sanping, "Director Han, my side is water, don't take offense."

"Everywhere, I know you don't drink."

Han Sanping raised his glass and took a sip of the wine.

"Director Li, will the "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years" that you collaborated with Wanwan be shown on Valentine's Day?"

Chai Zhiping has already filmed "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years".

The female lead is still Chen Yanxi, and the male lead is Chen Bolin.

She wanted to show it a long time ago, but was suppressed by Li Shengyao.

Lee Sung Yew wanted to show it on Valentine's Day or Qixi Festival.

It was finally decided to screen on February 2007, 2.

There are many movies in February, such as "The Disciple", "A Wonderful Night at the Museum", and "Love Call Transfer" are screened on those days.

"Well, do you still need a lot of help from Director Han?"

"I'll try my best to get 30.00% of the first day of the film, and if the effect is good, I can raise it later."

Compared with the star-studded "Disciples" and "Love Call Transfer", as well as the "Fantastic Night at the Museum" that exploded in the beautiful country.

"The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years" can be said to be all you need, 30.00% of the film schedule on the first day is already a great honor to Lee Shengyao.

Naturally, Li Shengyao was not a person who didn't know what to do. He raised his glass again and had a drink with Han Sanping.

When Han Sanping saw this, a look of relief flashed in his eyes. Director Li became the most successful director of commercial films in China, but he still respected his elders. He then said the purpose of this trip, "Director Li, what is the method of "Taken 2"?" ?”

Hearing this, Li Shengyao thought for a while and said, "It's hard to say now, but this time I'm afraid there won't be so much investment share. The first part made money, and the company in the second part will definitely ask for cooperation from the beautiful country."

Regarding the investment allocation of the second "Taken", Li Shengyao still hopes that Fenghua can take [-]% of the profit and share the profit, and the copyright belongs to Fenghua.

The other [-]% of the profit was distributed, and [-]% of it was given to Cheng Long as a reward for acting in the second part.

[-]% goes to China Film Group, and [-]% goes to Hollywood production companies.

This kind of allocation seems to have given a lot of benefits, but Hollywood is not necessarily willing.

After all, big Hollywood companies are used to eating big heads.

Especially the first one, if the late TV, streaming media, disc income is very high.

Hollywood companies will definitely be greedy, and they will definitely demand copyright sharing.

This is more troublesome.

And if Li Shengyao refused to agree, and no profit was distributed, then it is not certain whether he can pass the trial.

After all, the villain of "Taken" is an immigrant, which is easy to make a fuss about.

"Taken 3" changed the villain, Li Shengyao thinks it should have something to do with the immigrant\Mumu.

That's the downside of being famous.

In the first part of "Taken", it was possible to make a fortune while the big Hollywood companies didn't care.

If you want to continue to make money in the beautiful country in the future, you must at least find a partner with enough weight.

He then spoke out about his plans.

Han Sanping was silent when she heard the words, feeling a little uncomfortable in her heart.

Just like what Li Shengyao said, if you want to make money, you must give up some of the profits, otherwise, they will not let you enter the market at all.

In this case, the space left for China Film Group is much smaller.

It's not that Li Shengyao is stingy, but that he really doesn't have an extra investment share.

Li Shengyao didn't say much, just sat quietly.

He is willing to keep [-]% for China Film Group, because he has the attitude of "keeping a line in life, so that we can meet each other in the future".

But this percentage is actually quite a lot, just like Cheng Long's 700% dividend, 6000 million dollars, nearly [-] million people-RMB.

Except for "Taken", the films invested by China Film Group this year all lost money, so there is no profit.

He believed that Han Sanping could understand him.

After a while, Han Sanping raised his wine glass, "Director Li, I have received your wish. No matter what movie it is, if Fenghua needs it, China Film will definitely cast it, and you can decide how much."

"Okay, nice to work with."

Li Shengyao raised his glass and clinked a glass with Han Sanping.

Han Sanping followed up and said, "Director Li, Hollywood companies are rich and powerful, why are they willing to take only [-]% of the dividend? I'm afraid it will be difficult for you this time."

"Look first, then bargain."

Li Shengyao had some ideas, but there was no need to tell Han Sanping.

Han Sanping sighed, and leaned back on the chair, "Director Li, China Film has money and no place to spend it."

"Don't worry, there will be good projects. In two or three years, the mainland film market will have new developments."

This year's "Crazy Stone" can be regarded as the beginning. Later, Xu Guangtou and Ning Hao got up, and comedy movies in the mainland will explode.

At that time, making comedy will make a lot of money.

Judging from "On the Journey", mainland audiences prefer rambunctious comedies.

Bao Qiang, Xu Guangtou, and Huang Bo are all people who can be wooed.

These few people are ambitious and will not be willing to work for him.

But everyone can cooperate.

When Han Sanping heard this, she shook her head in disappointment, "Movies in the mainland are not very good now, they don't have your skills."

"If there are more directors like you, I won't have any money to spend."

He suddenly paused, "I want to invest in a big project, the director is John Woo, what do you think?"

Big project, John Woo, isn't that "Red Cliff"?

Li Shengyao was not sure if he could invest in this movie.

The first and second parts of this film have a box office of more than 5 million yuan in the mainland, and the overseas box office is included, so the production company should not lose money.

"I haven't read the script, I don't know how they're going to shoot it, and I'm not sure."

"Hey, Director Li, do you want to come and shoot? Isn't Cheng Long going to shoot "Rush Hour 3"? I'll leave this big project to you, let alone [-] million, [-] million will do."

"Red Cliff" is said to have two scripts, one was written by Lu Wei who wrote "Farewell My Concubine", and the other was written by John Woo's people.

Wu Yusen saw Lu Wei's script and lost it on the spot.

Later, the manuscript of Lu Wei's script appeared on the Internet, and it was indeed written in a mess.

As for John Woo's version of "Red Cliff", it's the same.

Lee Shengyao must have a good story when he is filming, he is not Wang Sunglasses, he can play with light and shadow.

Without a good story, he wouldn't even touch it.

"Director Han, I'm too young to shoot big projects."

Han Sanping nodded after hearing the words, but didn't say much.

Li Shengyao was also thinking about what to do next, he stared at the glass, and suddenly had an idea, a movie about alcoholics.

That is whether to copy "The Hangover", if not, Hollywood will shoot it in two years.

This movie has no cost, no big scenes, and it should be done in four months.

Cheng Long filmed "Rush Hour 3", and he filmed "The Hangover", isn't it just right?

Is it really necessary to rest for a few months and wait for Cheng Long to finish filming "Rush Hour 3" before thinking about a new movie?
(End of this chapter)