The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 390 The Threat From Sony Pictures

At 2007 am on April 4, 29, the weather in Las Vegas was still excellent.

There are a few clouds hanging in the sky, and the spring breeze is blowing.

In a small building on the outskirts of the city, the crew of "The Hangover" is preparing.

In this scene, one of the protagonists, the glasses brother, gets drunk and marries a stripper in a daze.

At this point they find the dancer and ask for news of her missing groom.

In Lee Seung Yew's previous life, the beautiful, hot dancer was played by Heather Graham.

She can also be regarded as a small star in the beautiful country. When she was the hottest, she once acted in a movie with Depp.

However, he quickly fell behind and became a sixth-tier starlet.

At this time, the role is still played by Heather Graham.

This was not decided by Li Shengyao, but the person chosen by the assistant director and the others.

Her play is actually very simple, that is, having fun with the four leading men on the craziest night, and then meeting the three leading men the next day. In the movie, there are five or six minutes of play.

However, the scenes of Crazy Night are not easy to shoot. It takes seven or eight days to shoot for five or six minutes.

Today is her first day on the set, and she will shoot simple scenes first, that is, the scene where she meets the three male leads during the day.

At this time, the makeup artist was applying makeup to Heather. She was wearing a white cropped short sleeve on her upper body and a pair of ultra-short hot pants on her lower body.

Although she is 37 years old this year, she does exercise a lot, and at 1.7 meters tall, she is still very hot.

Several actors on the other side looked at Heather from time to time.

Li Shengyao was idle and bored, so he would cast his eyes over it.

When I was young, I didn't know my sister's goodness, and mistakenly regarded the girl as a treasure.

Soon after the actors finished their make-up, Li Shengyao went to his seat, gave a lecture to the actors, and then asked several actors to rehearse, while he himself stood aside and watched.

After several rehearsals, the actors were finally ready.

Lee Sing Yew then arranged for them to officially shoot.

These people are all veteran actors, and there is absolutely no problem with their acting skills and professionalism. They have done very well.

However, in the plot, the dancer has a baby, and Heather needs to hold the baby to act at this time.

The crew has found a cute child, but the child's play is the most difficult.

He didn't cooperate at all, and started crying since his mother handed it over to Heather.

There was no other way but to let Heather develop a relationship with this child first.

Several other actors sat and rested.

Li Shengyao stood aside, frowning as he watched Heather holding the child. He felt a little awkward. Although he didn't have a child, he had a friend in his previous life, and he had hugged it many times.

A friend told him to hold the baby with one hand supporting the baby's PP and the other hand around the baby's waist, trying to keep the baby in his arms so that the baby is safe and does not cry.

Now Heather is holding the child's armpit with both hands, the child must be uncomfortable.

The child's mother stood aside and did not step forward to teach Heather.

This woman is not here to earn more money.

He walked over with a frown, and then said to Heather, "Your posture for holding the child is wrong, give it to me."

Heather looked at Li Shengyao in surprise, and handed the baby to him.

Director Li held the child in his arms according to the method in his previous life, and then shook it gently. The child stopped crying soon, and even reached out to touch Director Li's face.

"So nice."

Director Li then taught Heather how to hold the child. Heather studied hard, and soon learned how to hold the child, and successfully made the child not afraid of life.

Li Shengyao was overjoyed, "Very good, let's continue filming."

This time the child stopped crying, and An Jing was held by Heather. After only three times, the filming was successfully completed.

Li Shengyao was very happy, "Let's go, let's switch to an indoor scene."

Their next step is to film the crazy night after the four male protagonists took the drug.

According to the plot, it was at night, but Lee Sung Yew and the others naturally didn't need to wait until night to shoot.

So a group of people rushed to the Four Seasons Hotel in a mighty way.

When we arrived at the Four Seasons Hotel, the staff, lighting, and photography were sitting and preparing. Several actors put on makeup, and at the same time, a group of hot girls came. In the plot, they were all dancers called by the four men to play together.

Li Shengyao watched quietly.

After they finished their makeup, he began to walk around and give a lecture, and then asked them to rehearse...

The golden crow is falling to the west, and the sky is full of colorful clouds.

The crew of "The Hangover" ended their day of filming.

The actors ate and then broke up.

Apart from the four leading actors, Heather is a starlet after all, so she is also eligible to order meals.

She actually ordered a Chinese meal.

Li Shengyao sat down in the restaurant first, followed by Heather.

"Lee, don't you mind?"

"of course."

The two of them opened the lunch box, and Li Shengyao made a fried chicken with chili, a hot and sour Chinese cabbage, and mapo tofu.

Heather ate ordinary scrambled eggs with tomatoes and fried pork with pumpkin.

Li Shengyao smelled a sweet smell. Heather's Chinese food should be an improved Chinese food, with more sugar and spices added.

In the eyes of Chinese people, such dishes are quite unpalatable.

But beautiful Chinese people like this kind of Chinese food.

Heather soon discovered that the two people's dishes were different, "Your food is so spicy, mine is sweeter."

Li Shengyao nodded, "Mine is authentic Chinese food, yours is improved Chinese food."

"Wow, I heard the saying that only you can eat authentic Chinese food."

She continued the meal, looked at Li Shengyao with drawn eyes, and said softly: "Actually, I really want to try authentic Chinese food."

Hearing this, Li Shengyao met Heather's eyes and said with deep meaning, "It's a bit spicy."

Heather nodded, "It's okay, I can try."

"Okay, I'll take you to see it when I have time."

After a while, the two finished their meal, they left the restaurant together, and then entered the elevator together under the envious eyes of many people.

There was no one in the elevator, Li Shengyao was standing inside, Heather was standing outside, she had already changed into a blue bag\hip\skirt.

With the blessing of stiletto heels, the legs are long and straight.

Li Shengyao put his hands in his pockets and remained motionless.

Heather turned around and stared into his eyes, "Can I have Chinese food now?"

"can."

She chuckled lightly, then took a step forward and leaned over.

After a while, the two of them got out of the elevator door one after the other, and then they entered Director Li's room, and then started the food journey.

Heather had never eaten authentic Chinese food before, she had only heard of it, and after tasting it for the first time, she was very satisfied and pleasantly surprised.

It is better to meet people than to be famous, Chinese food is really delicious.

Naturally, Li Shengyao couldn't let Heather down, let Heather try all kinds of cuisines, let her know the long heritage of Chinese food.

……

Heather Graham, 1.7 meters tall, pure blonde beauty.

In the next few days, the male protagonists of "The Hangover" played crazy with Heather, while Lee Sung Yew and Heather went on a real wild journey.

Seven days later in the morning, when this part of the filming was over, Li Shengyao was still a little bit reluctant, but his assistant hurriedly knocked on his door.

"Boss, it's not good. Someone reported that our crew discriminated against Brother Hei."

Li Shengyao finally grabbed a few handfuls, then put on his clothes and left quickly.

After leaving the room, he ate noodles while listening to his assistant's report.

It turned out that the people from the Las Vegas Film Bureau received a report saying that there was no black brother in their movie.

Brother Hei has already integrated into every aspect of the beautiful country, whether it is university or movies, they must have a certain proportion.

Li Shengyao is not an outsider, of course he knows this rule.

Furthermore, in his previous life, an important role in "The Hangover" was played by a black brother, and he continued this setting.

"There are several black characters in our movie, what are you worried about?"

The assistant shook his head, "Boss, the Film Bureau requires us to immediately arrange black actors who have not joined the crew to join the crew and give them a chance to learn."

Li Shengyao rolled his eyes, he didn't know who reported them.

But this matter is really boring. The Las Vegas Film Bureau has reviewed their script a long time ago, so they naturally know that there are black characters in it.

Tyson, who has completed the performance, and his bodyguard is Brother Hei.

Now it should be dealt with in a coping manner, so as not to give people trouble.

"You immediately arrange other black actors to join the crew, and prepare rooms for them. As for the food, just eat like ordinary actors."

"Boss, won't this be called discrimination?"

"Don't worry, if this is discrimination, then all Hollywood movies are discrimination."

There are some unspoken rules in Hollywood studios. For example, only leading actors or starlets are eligible to order food, and everyone else eats ordinary fast food.

For example, only big-name stars are eligible to smoke on the set, and everyone else is not.

For example, only big-name celebrities are eligible to wear loud shoes, and everyone else is not allowed.

They are very strange, some things, they feel is discrimination.

But for such unspoken rules, they do not consider it discrimination.

Of course, Li Shengyao would not give some ordinary black brothers the right to order food, he didn't want to stand alone.

Not long after, the black actors from the crew of "The Hangover" came over.

One of them has a more important role, and this person will work with the protagonist to find the missing groom.

When Li Shengyao saw a few black brothers, he went up to shake hands with them and chatted for a while, then left and got ready for work again.

This morning, after work was over, Li Shengyao had a meal, and then planned to rest for half an hour.

There is no lunch break here. It takes one hour to eat and rest at noon, and then continue to work.

In fact, compared to other industries, Hollywood is the most oppressive place in the beautiful country.

Other industries work a few hours a day and then get off work, but Hollywood has at least eight hours a day, and if it works twelve hours, it is not impossible.

Some crews rushed to the schedule and even worked sixteen hours.

Labor laws do not exist in Hollywood.

Regarding this point, Li Shengyao also did not understand.

At this moment, Li Shengyao was planning to take a rest. At this moment, the assistant rushed over, saying that someone wanted to see Director Li.

Not long after, Lee Shengyao saw someone in a coffee shop next to the studio, a middle-aged white man in his thirties.

He has almost no hair. He is tall and thin, about 1.9 meters, with a hooked nose, and a pair of thin and long eyes, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.

"Lee, let me introduce myself, my name is Moravsky, and I'm the Head of Film Production at Sony Pictures."

It turned out to be someone from Sony Pictures.

Li Shengyao has been in the beautiful country for a long time, and has contacted four of the six major Hollywood companies. Twentieth Century Fox and Sony Pictures have not yet contacted.

"Hi, nice to meet you."

Moravsky pushed a cup of coffee to Li Shengyao, "Lee, I ordered a cup of coffee for you."

Li Shengyao thanked him and put the coffee aside.

"Don't you like to drink?"

"I don't like it. I always drink tea or water."

"Li, when you come to the beautiful country, you should abide by the rules of the beautiful country."

Li Shengyao was noncommittal, he raised his hand and said to the waiter, "Give me a glass of water."

Seeing this, Moravsky had a gloomy look in his eyes, and he continued, "Lee, why didn't you find Sony Pictures for The Hangover?"

"I originally wanted to find Sony Pictures, but later I invested enough in the film, so I didn't bother you."

Movraski smiled, "Lee, we are very optimistic about "The Hangover". We want to invest $800 million."

Li Shengyao frowned, "It's too late now, we don't need to invest."

"I don't think so yet, "The Hangover" still has a lot of room for investment."

Movraski looked out the window and said slowly, "Li, are you going to be an enemy of Sony Pictures?"

Li Shengyao laughed, "Can you represent Sony Pictures?"

"Of course, on behalf of Sony Pictures, I can also tell you that you have shown sincerity and let us work together to produce "The Hangover", that is your chance to survive in Hollywood, if you don't cherish it, you will be depressed Leave the beautiful country."

Movraski spoke very domineeringly, he still looked out of the window and didn't even look at Li Shengyao.

There are not many cars outside the window, but the cars that can be seen occasionally are all luxury cars.

The roar of the adrenaline rush roared past.

Li Shengyao nodded the table, "Report to the Film Bureau, is it you who did it?"

Movraski nodded, "You can take it as a warning. The meals of your crew members are different, and the accommodation conditions of your crew members are different. It is full of unfairness. I can put you in the whirlpool of public opinion anytime and anywhere."

Li Shengyao pouted, "You can remove this layer of cloth, I don't care."

He stood up and was about to leave.

Those unspoken rules in Hollywood saved the crew a lot of trouble.

Li Shengyao is not afraid, Movraski really wants to report that Director Li's crew has different meal standards.

He is the enemy of the entire Hollywood, and Sony Pictures will also increase a lot of expenses.

Movraski did not expect that Li Shengyao was not afraid of his threat at all.

He used this method to scare several foreign crews before, and all of them succeeded.

But he didn't expect Li Shengyao to be so stubborn.

This is knowing the unspoken rules of Hollywood.

In other words, the character is rigid, but he just refuses to accept softness.

Movraski withdrew his gaze, "Li, don't want 800 million, 500 million dollars share, [-]% copyright share, I won't trouble you."

Li Shengyao didn't reply at all, he waved his hands and strode away.

If you want to eat farts, copyright is Li Dao's lifeblood, and it is absolutely impossible for him to split it.

As for those threats, Li Shengyao didn't care.

All kinds of shooting permits have been issued, so he is not afraid.

This movie was originally an R-rated movie, and he didn't have to worry about Sony Pictures' people tampering with the final review and rating.

Of course, it hasn't finished yet, so we still have to be careful during shooting.

(End of this chapter)