The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 441 Two Rejection

For Lee Sing Yew, filming Coca-Cola and Palmer's commercials are small attempts other than directing.

It was not the main job, and many advertisers came to him later, but he rejected them all.

During this period of time, he spent more time on writing scripts.

It's not the script he wants to direct, but the script he prepared for Cheng Long, among them are "Commuter Rescue", "Unidentified", "Dark Night Chasing Vengeance", and "Cold-Blooded Pursuit".

There is also a script prepared for Chai Zhiping, which is "My Girlhood".

In addition to writing the script, I just read the script and watched "No Man's Land" sent by Ning Hao and Xu Zheng.

After he confirmed that there was no sensitive content in it, he agreed to invest and let Ning Hao shoot it.

In addition, Chen Xun brought her parents to Yanjing to play, and Li Shengyao accompanied the old man for two or three days.

In this way, time flies, and before I know it, I came to March.

"Taken 2" has been sold everywhere, and the final global box office is [-] million US dollars, which is higher than previously predicted.

The box office of "Introduction to Architecture" is similar to that of the previous two youth films, with over 4000 million in the Mainland, over 2000 million in Wanwan, and over [-] million in Hong Kong Island.

Director Li made another small fortune.

At 11 o'clock in the morning on this day, Director Li was writing a script at home, received a call from Han Sanping, and then went to the China World Trade Center.

Soon after, Li Shengyao met Han Sanping and his classmate Huang Jianxin.

Han Sanping's complexion is very good, her little face is bright red, her mouth is smiling, her eyes are smiling, and her wrinkles are all smiling.

Relatively speaking, Huang Jianxin was much tired.

He was originally a person with a somewhat bookish temperament, but now his eyes are drooping, and he looks weak.

In Lee Shing Yew's previous life, the two films "Healing the Nation" and "Jian Dang/Wei Ye" were both directed by Han Sanping and Huang Jianxin.

Han Sanping is the boss of China Film Group, so there are naturally many things to deal with, and he has so much time to do things on the set.

It was mainly Huang Jianxin who came to guide the shooting.

These two movies are of great significance. Although the stars dare not put on airs, there are too many stars, and there must be a lot of things to coordinate. Lao Huang is naturally tired.

Li Shengyao saw it, smiled and nodded.

Seeing Li Shengyao, Han Sanping immediately smiled and said, "Director Li, please sit down quickly, please sit down quickly."

"Director Han, you're in a good mood."

"Hey, I'm so busy. One by one, Liu Dehua, Zhou Runfa, Chen Daoming, and Zhang Guoli are all coming to perform. We are really busy, and we don't know how to arrange it."

Although he said he was busy, as if he was complaining, he was full of smiles.

It should be very cool to let so many big-name actors listen to their own acting honestly.

Although Han Sanping was respected everywhere before, she has never experienced the feeling of directing so many stars.

"Director Han, my show is not busy. When the set is not tense, you can call me again."

Huang Jian heard the news and looked up at Li Shengyao.

"Director Li, do you have time recently?"

"what's wrong?"

"Can you help me, I'm too tired recently, I'm too busy to touch the ground?"

Han Sanping looked over with a pair of small eyes, he didn't seem to think that his old classmate was so tired.

"Director Huang, no, I'm writing the script. I'm directing the script, Cheng Long's script, and Wu Jing's next script. I don't have time to work on the set."

If it is a day or two, Lee Shengyao is willing to help.

But it would take three or four months to make a movie, even a big-scene movie like "The Great Achievement of the Nation", how could he have the time.

Huang Jianxin said, nodding with a wry smile, "I'm tired and stupid."

He then poured himself a glass of wine and drank it down, "Director Li, don't mind."

"Small things."

Han Sanping then stood up and poured tea for Li Shengyao, and introduced the good dishes on the table, "Director Li, let's eat first. After we finish eating, I have something nice to tell you."

Half an hour later, the three of Li Shengyao finished their lunch.

Han Sanping poured tea for Li Shengyao and Huang Jianxin, and asked the waiter to serve a plate of fruit, and then said: "Director Li, this time "The Great Achievement of the Nation" is a gift film, and it attaches great importance to it. I believe it will definitely get a good box office."

This is for sure, there are so many stars in this movie, and many units will organize their employees to watch the movie.

In Li Shengyao's previous life, "The Great Achievement of the Nation" won a box office of [-] million, second only to "Avatar".

"When I was chatting with Lao Huang, I suddenly had an idea."

Han Sanping blinked her eyes, and then said: "Since we can make "The Great Achievement of the Nation", we can also film the story of the Jiandang. I think this movie can be called "Jiandang/Weiye"."

Li Shengyao smiled and gave a thumbs up, "Director Han, Director Huang, good idea."

"Director Li, what about you, do you want to direct this movie?"

Han Sanping looked at Li Shengyao with piercing eyes.

"At that time, you will arrange hundreds of stars, and there will be no problems with film scheduling, investment, and schedule. They are all the best."

Han Sanping's words are not bluffing. "The Great Cause of a Nation", "Jian Dang/Weiye", and later "The Great Cause of a Great Army" all have a lot of stars.

There are really hundreds of stars listening to you.

For the director, it is definitely a very refreshing thing.

And for such a special movie, there are no problems with investment, film scheduling, and schedule, and the box office of the movie will not be bad.

Making such a movie is not only fun, but you don't have to worry about the movie's income.

Han Sanping continued: "Director Li, Lao Huang and I were the first to think of you when we thought of this idea. We both think you are suitable."

Li Shengyao glanced at Han Sanping, he probably understood what Han Sanping meant.

In recent years, Fenghua has made a lot of money with China Film, and Han Sanping has always felt that he owes him favors and wants to repay them.

Director Han didn't want to harm Director Li, but wanted to benefit Li Shengyao.

But...

Lee Sing Yew didn't want to direct such a special movie.

It's not that he wants to drag Han Sanping down and not give him a chance to return favors, but mainly because such a movie doesn't mean much to him.

First of all, you can’t make a lot of money. Whether it’s "The Great Ye of the Nation", or the later "Jian Dang/Wei Ye", or "The Great Ye of the Army", the biggest investor must be China Film.

There is no need to run away from this point. Apart from China Film, there must be some other film and television companies, and even special departments to invest.

The amount of investment allocated to Fenghua will be very small.

Under such circumstances, although it can get four to five billion at the box office, for small investors, the profit is pitifully small, which is meaningless.

Fenghua can only drink some soup along with it.

The second is that there are so many stars, and it is very cool to direct them to act, but the schedules of the stars have to be arranged one by one, and there are also a lot of considerations when filming.

It's actually very tiring to gather so many stars together for filming.

Just like Huang Jianxin now, this is a heavy job.

Furthermore, movies like "The Great Work of the Nation" tell the real history, and there is very little room for the creators to develop.

Once the creator has some ideas of his own, he wants to do some artistic processing.

It doesn't matter if the effect is good, but if the effect is not good, it will inevitably be criticized by many people.

Finally, there are movies like "The Great Work of the Nation". The audience is looking for the stars, or because of patriotism, and no one is looking for the director.

In his previous life, Han Sanping and Huang Jianxin directed "Jian Guo Da Ye" and "Jian Dang/Wei Ye", which won high box office.

But in the audience, or in the hearts of professionals, the status of these two has not improved much.

No one thinks that their directing ability is really strong.

Li Shengyao is already Renda's representative, and he doesn't want to be an official, so he doesn't need this honor at all.

To sum up the above points, he didn't want to answer.

"Director Han, Director Huang, thank you for thinking of me, but I haven't directed such a big movie yet, and I don't know much about that period of history."

"Let's forget it. I'm too young. You two are more suitable. Only when you shoot can you shoot with a sense of depth."

Han Sanping heard the words, smiled wryly and said, "Director Li, you still refuse."

Huang Jianxin chuckled, picked up his teacup, and took a sip of tea, "I just said that Director Li doesn't like this type of movie."

The two had talked about it a long time ago, and Han Sanping wanted Li Shengyao to direct.

Huang Jianxin agreed with Han Sanping's decision, but he felt that Director Li would refuse.

Han Sanping rolled her eyes, waved her hand at Huang Jianxin, and then asked, "Director Li, as long as this movie is approved, the higher-ups will definitely pay attention to it. Do you want to consider it?"

Such a movie should be taken seriously.

There is even a chance to listen to the sky.

Crisis and opportunity coexist.

Director Li still had the same idea as before. He didn't want to pursue an official career, so he just made commercial films or art films honestly.

He didn't want to touch such a gift film.

"Director Han, I still made the previous decision, I really can't shoot."

Hearing this, Han Sanping smiled wryly and nodded. He sighed, then stood up and poured tea for Li Shengyao, "I have one more thing here, but you shouldn't be interested."

"You said."

"CCTV is going to prepare for the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala. Do you have any ideas about becoming a director in the past?"

Han Sanping added, "This year's Mid-Autumn Festival falls on October [-]rd, so the situation is a bit special."

This year marks the [-]th anniversary of the founding of the country, and there will be soldiers of the moon in Yanjing at that time. The Mid-Autumn Festival party at this time will naturally reflect the relevant spirit.

This Mid-Autumn Festival party is really not easy to do.

Maybe CCTV will start preparing the program now.

Naturally, Li Shengyao would not do such a thankless job.

"Director Han, you still know me, I'm not interested."

Han Sanping laughed, "Okay, I'll convey your meaning later."

Huang Jianxin said at this time: "Director Li, if you have been idle like this, maybe someone will make irresponsible remarks and say that you don't work hard. You should prepare a new movie by then, right?"

Li Shengyao nodded, "Of course, I will be on set in July at the latest."

In fact, he hasn't decided what movie to shoot yet, but the next itinerary has already been arranged.

The year before last, he agreed to shoot a promotional video for Alinka Province in his hometown.

He should go back to his hometown to shoot short films in April, and start promoting "Taken 3" in May, and when "Taken 3" is finished, he will shoot a new movie at that time.

However, he was a little entangled in what movie to make.

(End of this chapter)