The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 393

"The editing was completed in ten days, and the director of "The Hangover" was an eye-opener."

"This is a messy movie, and we may witness the birth of the biggest bad movie in history."

"It's unbelievable that the editor doesn't know what movie he's finished."

"Haha I was totally shocked by Lee, he seemed like a smart guy, but it turns out we don't judge people by their cover."

"Guess how much box office it will end up with, I think it's $1000 million at most."

"He doesn't understand the comedies of the beautiful country, or the meaning of movies. He can't play the same way in China."

""Taken" relies on Cheng Long to sell well, without Cheng Long, he is nothing."

"It's not that you can shoot a comedy movie after making a sitcom. The gap between this is very large."

……

Lee Shengyao edited "The Hangover" in ten days, which once again aroused some discussions in the beautiful country, and naturally most of them were ridiculed.

He didn't care, and arranged for several subordinates to stare at the film, and then he returned to China.

At 2007 pm on June 6, 20, Li Shengyao took Dong Xuan on the red carpet. Tonight is the final awards ceremony of the Shanghai Film Festival. He will present a trophy to this year's best actor.

Not long after, Li Shengyao sat down. Naturally, he still sat in the first row, with a group of bigwigs beside him.

Han Sanping, Zhang Weiping, and Xiaogangpao, as well as Wang Changtian and others.

Zhang Yimou has formed a team for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. It is impossible for him to make movies until the end of the Olympic Games next year.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Weiping has a lot of leisure time, but this person is used to being arrogant, so naturally he doesn't want to be idle.

At this moment, Zhang Weiping was sitting there with blank eyes, staring straight ahead, not knowing whether he was looking at the stage or in a daze.

Feng Xiaogang was very energetic, he squinted his eyes very proudly.

After his careful polishing and Li Shengyao's corrections, "Assembly Number" has reached an extremely high quality.

Although the movie has not yet been released, Xiaogangpao is full of confidence. He believes that he will create his best results this year.

Han Sanping was also in a good mood. "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" was released in May. According to their agreement with Disney, China Film and Fenghua will share the proceeds from Mainland China equally, easily earning tens of millions.

Moreover, "Red Cliff", which he strongly advocates investing in, is already filming, and it is said that it is progressing well.

At this time, Han Sanping's face was rosy, and she was in high spirits.

From the corner of his eye, he saw the tired Dao Li, and felt a little distressed.

Of course, he has heard of what happened to Li Shengyao in the beautiful country.

In his opinion, Lee Sheng Yew doesn't need to suffer this anger at all. With Director Lee's status and energy in the mainland, even if he can't make a lot of money like "Taken", it is definitely not a problem to make a small amount of money.

Going to the beautiful country like this now, "The Hangover" is ridiculed by others, and I don't know if I can get it back.

"Director Li, "The Hangover" will be imported by China Film Group, right?"

Han Sanping has always owed Li Shengyao favors, and he planned to help Director Li. He introduced "The Hangover" and promoted it seriously in the later stage, so as to contribute more to the film's box office.

Hearing this, Li Shengyao smiled slightly, "No need."

"Don't you need it?"

"The Hangover" was established in a beautiful country, and it can be regarded as a beautiful country movie.

Now that foreign films enter the mainland, they can only be imported by China Film.

Lee Shing Yew said no, meaning that it will not be screened in the mainland.

Han Sanping stared at Li Shengyao in puzzlement.

Although the box office in the mainland is not very high, after the final split, there should be two or three million US dollars.

Li Shengyao nodded, "Director Han, I understand what you mean, there is really no need."

In his previous life, "The Hangover" had some lines that insulted Asians, but now Lee Sung Yew has changed that Chinese-American character to a Mexican.

However, there is a high probability that this movie will not pass the review, because there are too many explicit lines.

Most Hollywood movies in other countries get one-third of the box office.

The only exception is in the mainland, where taxes have to be paid. In the end, Hollywood movies can only get about 25% of the share, which is a quarter.

"The Hangover" in his previous life only had a box office of HK$300 million on Hong Kong Island.

This westernized city does not like such comedies.

Not to mention the mainland.

Li Shengyao estimated that "The Hangover" was really going to be introduced to the mainland, even if Fenghua and China Film Group worked hard on the film arrangement, the final box office would not exceed 3000 million, and it was very rare to get it in his hands.

However, there are a lot of excrement and fart lines in it, which were screened in the mainland, which actually affected his image as Director Li.

In addition, the review must be modified.

Instead of this, it is better not to introduce the mainland.

Li Shengyao can relax a lot here, anyway, he has already made preparations, and this movie has no hope of box office in Asia.

Han Sanping came back to his senses, and after thinking about it carefully, he understood Li Shengyao's choice. He still felt sorry for Li Dao.

He felt that "The Hangover" might become Director Li's Waterloo this time.

"Okay, you can tell me anything, China Film will definitely help."

"it is good."

Soon after, it was Lee Sung Yew's turn to present the Best Actor award for this International Film Festival.

Li Shengyao, in a suit and leather shoes, came to the stage first.

He took the envelope from the host, and then said, "Best Actor——Juan Jose Ballesta."

This is a middle-aged actor from Spain who won the honor by starring in "Crazy Samuel."

Juan looked to be in his forties, bald, with only a little hair left on the back of his head, and the front of his forehead was very prominent, big and bright.

He wasn't handsome, but he had big eyes and a round face, and he looked like a kinder person.

Li Shengyao handed the trophy to Juan, who accepted it happily, and then gave his acceptance speech. He said in Spanish duck language, but Li Shengyao and the others couldn't understand it.

After talking a lot, Juan suddenly switched to English, and he turned around and nodded to Li Shengyao.

"Li, I like your "Taken" very much, don't worry about those who mock you, I think "The Hangover" must be an excellent movie with your talent."

Li Shengyao was a little surprised, did Spanish ducks know that "The Hangover" was being ridiculed?
He then nodded with a smile and thanked him.

A moment later, amidst applause, Li Shengyao returned to the auditorium.

Han Sanping asked, "Director Li, what did that guy just say?"

"He said 'The Hangover' would be a good movie."

"Really, then...then we have to introduce," Han Sanping still thinks that "The Hangover" can be introduced, and he wants to help Li Shengyao to increase the global box office a bit. "In August, there will be Cheng Long's "Rush Hour 3", you "The Hangover" will be introduced in September."

"No need, I'm fine here."

……

Cheng Long's "Rush Hour 3" has already confirmed its schedule, which is August [-]th. Naturally, this schedule is very good, a summer schedule.

But the competition is fierce.

Cheng Long did not return to Shanghai from the beautiful country this time because he had already started promoting in the beautiful country.

Cheng Long is well-known, and there are TV stations, radio stations, or paper media interviews everywhere in the beautiful country.

Li Shengyao is not as famous as Cheng Long, if he wants to appear on some programs, people will ignore him.

As for asking Disney to help promote "The Hangover", Lee Sing Yew was reluctant to spend money.

He arranged for people to make a batch of promotional cards and posters, which were displayed in movie theaters in the beautiful country.

In addition, he also contacted a group of international students, and hired them as sailors at a price of [-] dollars a month to promote "The Hangover" on major forums across the United States or under popular posts.

At 2007:6 am on June 25, 9, in a conference room at the Bell Lagio Hotel in Los Angeles, Li Shengyao met Toby Emmerich again.

This time Toby also took a little girl who looked fifteen or sixteen years old.

"Li, this is Carly Rae Jipson. She hasn't made her debut yet, but she has already signed with a record company. She is a very capable female singer."

White people are generally precocious, and they seem to be adults at the age of twelve or thirteen.

Carly is one of the very few people who look younger than they really are.

She was born in 22 and is 1.5 years old this year. She is only [-] meters seven, with fair skin, plus a pair of big eyes. She is still a student, and she looks very young.

Toby continued: "I heard that your new movie doesn't have a theme song yet. Let Carly sing it for you. Although she is not famous, she has absolutely no problem with her strength."

Li Shengyao looked over.

Carly waved her hand immediately, "Lee, I like your movie very much."

Li Shengyao naturally knew her. In his previous life, Carly was well-known in the beautiful elementary school, and domestic fans called her squat sister.

There is no problem with the strength of the squatting girl.

She will go to "Canada Idol" in late July and win the third place.

Now that no one has offered to offer a song, Carly is willing to sing, so let her sing.

"Yes, but I need you to create and complete a song within a month, preferably a fast-paced and dynamic song. If you can't do it, then we can only break the contract."

If Carly can't do it, Lee Sung Yew will find an old song.

Carly smiled confidently, "No problem."

The two parties then signed a contract, Toby then left, and Carly followed her agent to leave.

A few minutes later, Li Shengyao took out his notebook and was about to consider how to strengthen his publicity when there was a knock on the door.

He opened the door and found Carly.

She was wearing a blue short T-shirt on the upper body and a pair of ultra-short jeans on the lower body.

The legs are white and straight.

With a smile on the corner of his mouth, he looked really young.

"Lee, I want to talk to you about your movie."

"boom!"

Li Shengyao closed the door.

"What do you want to know?"

"You look more like an actor than a director. I saw some Asians back home, but none of them were as handsome as you."

No answer.

But such a sincere answer sounds very comfortable.

Li Shengyao smiled, "Did you just come here to praise me?"

"Of course not. I need to understand the content of your movie to know my creative direction."

Li Shengyao nodded, then poured himself a glass of water, and asked the waiter to pour Carly a cup of coffee.

Then he told the story of "The Hangover" in detail.

In the agreement that Carly just signed, there is a confidentiality clause, and she cannot reveal the plot of "The Hangover".

At this time, I heard Li Shengyao's narration.

Carly nodded.

What Li Shengyao said is quite interesting, "The Hangover" is slightly different from ordinary comedy movies.

While other comedy movies are just hilarious, The Hangover is Groom's Gone After a Night of Craziness.

The other three male protagonists have to find the groom officer within the specified time.

This movie also has a little reasoning suspense.

In Li Shengyao's previous life, "The Hangover 2" followed the setting of the first film, which is also suspenseful and funny. One person disappeared, and the other three looked for it. As a result, the global box office exploded.

When it came to the third part, the production company and the director drifted away and changed a setting.

One of their friends was caught, and the other three needed to find enough gold to exchange.

This setting is obviously not that exciting, and the box office is not as high as the previous two films.

At this time, Carly was listening, and her big eyes fell on Li Shengyao, shining brightly, "Li, this movie is very interesting. The outside world doesn't know you. After the movie is released, they will definitely admire you."

"I adore you so much now."

Li Shengyao smiled, "I hope."

Carly raised the coffee cup in her hand, took a sip, and then looked at Director Li with a half-smile.

She hasn't made her debut yet, but she has already signed a brokerage company, and her brokerage company will arrange for her to participate in "Canada Idol".

She sang since she was a child and determined to enter the entertainment industry.

I have heard about some things in the entertainment industry a long time ago, and today is actually her first invitation to sing after becoming a singer.

Just now her agent said that Director Li's "The Hangover" might overturn, but it might also become popular.

Because Toby Emmerich is a well-known producer in Hollywood, the director he is optimistic about will not be bad.

After Carly separated from her agent, she returned to the Bellagio Hotel. She wanted to take the initiative to get in touch with those unspoken rules.

Although Director Li is not a member of the singing circle, he is a director who can call the shots.

If the movie becomes popular, maybe we can cooperate in the future.

However, she was still a little nervous. Of course, she had a boyfriend before, but this was the first time she had done such a thing.

Li Shengyao noticed Carly's smile, and turned his eyes away with a smile.

The little beauty thought that this would make him go hungry, she underestimated his concentration.

Seeing this, Carly was stunned. This man is quite handsome, why didn't he take the initiative?

She thought about it, got up and walked to Li Shengyao, "Li, do you have anything else to say about "The Hangover?"

"Nothing."

"Oh."

Carly was a little disappointed. It was rumored that the directors were very sad.

She stood for a while, and then found that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, and she couldn't help being a little embarrassed, and then couldn't help reaching out to hold Li Shengyao's hand, "Li, I want some inspiration."

"What kind of inspiration?"

Carly blushed, then leaned over, "A lot of inspiration."

Before today, Director Li had always looked down on those old men who liked small girls. He thought these people were boring and dared not challenge athletic girls with good physical strength.

But Carly let him understand that it turns out that being small also has advantages.

Especially the poses in some action movies, which he couldn't do before, but this time he can.

Really a surprise.

Carly is a singer, she has a good voice, she sings well, and she speaks well.

Two hours later, the two left the meeting room.

Carly was full of tenderness, "Li, have you been busy recently?"

"Not busy, I'm very free."

The production of "The Hangover" is almost finished, but Director Li doesn't have much publicity resources, and he is really free. He plans to use this time to write the script of "Taken 23".

(End of this chapter)