The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 482 New Movies and New Goals
At 2010 a.m. on April 4, 30, the sun was shining brightly and the spring breeze was warm in the Yanjing area.

There is a building next to the main entrance of Huaxia Communication University. This building is the office building of "Contemporary Film".

At this time, in the conference room of the building, Li Shengyao and Liu Xuezhou, the editor-in-chief of "Contemporary Film", were sitting opposite each other.

Liu Xuezhou is 45 years old. He wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses. He is slightly fat, but has a good overall temperament and looks like a cultured person.

Old Liu stood up and poured tea for Li Shengyao, "Director Li, have a taste. This is the tea from my hometown. It is not as good as those famous teas, but it has a different taste. It is very fresh and sweet."

"Editor Liu, you're welcome. I don't know much about tea. As long as it's new tea, I can do it."

Li Shengyao then picked up the tea cup and took a sip.

As the tea entered my throat, I felt a fresh and sweet feeling, like an electric shock, instantly spreading throughout my body, making my whole body feel more energetic.

"This tea is good, good tea."

Liu Xueyi looked happy, "As long as you like it, I'm afraid you won't like it."

There are naturally film-related magazines in the mainland, such as "World Cinema", "Global Screen", "China Film Market", "Journal of Yanjing Film Academy", etc. are all related paper media.

Among them, the best-selling one is "Watching Movies", while the one with the most genuine roots is "Contemporary Movies".

Other film magazines may have been government-run at first, but later they were branched off, and most of them were privately owned.

"Contemporary Film" is co-sponsored by the China Film Art Research Center and Huaxia Communication University, and is supervised by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.

It can be said that Hongmiao has a very important position in the mainland film industry.

Not only some film analysis, but also the country's film and television development direction policies are often published in "Contemporary Film".

However, despite its special status, sales of "Contemporary Cinema" have been tepid.

Of course there was pressure on the leadership. They wanted to expand their influence, so they turned to Lee Sheng-yew.

This time, almost all of Li Shengyao's paper on the industrialization of Chinese films was published by several mainland film magazines.

Contemporary Cinema did not obtain exclusive distribution rights to this paper.

However, the leadership headed by Liu Xuezhou saw the potential of Li Shengyao's theoretical knowledge.

Lee Sheung Yew can publish a paper on film industrialization today, but will he be able to publish other film professional papers tomorrow?
If Lee Sheng-yew can become a staff writer of "Contemporary Cinema", then "Contemporary Cinema" can be said to have a trump card.

Liu Xuezhou thought for a moment and then said: "Director Li, your past films, whether it's "Punch, Dad", "Rescue", or "Sicario" are all of great research value. We at "Contemporary Films" will do it A series of articles digging into the core spirit of these films.”

These words may sound high-end, but in fact they are just trying to flatter Director Lee and flatter the films directed by Lee Sheng-yew.

"Thank you, Editor Liu, for taking this seriously."

Liu Xuezhou then said: "There is also this argument about the industrialization of Chinese films. We all agree that it is very reasonable. This time "Contemporary Film" is definitely on your side, and we will fully support you 100%."

As the saying goes, there are many people who are popular.

No matter what time it is, there are always some people who disagree.

Just like the paper published by Li Shengyao, some people still think it is impossible to succeed, some think it is unnecessary, and some think it is full of errors.

Although there are few such people, they still exist.

It is naturally a good thing that "Contemporary Films" is willing to side with Lee Sung-yew.

Li Shengyao smiled and nodded, "Okay, thank you Editor Liu for your approval."

"One more thing, we think Sun Li, Hu Ge, Wang Kai and other actors are very good. We will soon publish a series of reports on Fenghua artists to promote these outstanding actors." Liu Xuezhou has always said good things, so there must be some reason.

Li Shengyao listened with a smile, waiting for Liu Xuezhou to reveal his final purpose.

"Director Li, we recognize you and Fenghua very much. We hope to further cooperate with you. The magazine hopes that you can become our special writer."

"Of course you don't need to submit manuscripts frequently. You can submit one every three to five years. We just want to share your film knowledge and experience."

Liu Xuezhou's intention is very obvious, that is, he wants to bind "Contemporary Film" with Lee Shengyao.

Naturally, Li Shengyao would not refuse this matter.

If he has some ideas to promote Chinese movies, he hopes that more media will publish them so that more people can see them.

In particular, "Contemporary Film" has a special status. This magazine often represents the official attitude.

Publishing articles here has more special meaning, and other filmmakers can easily relate to it.

But he thought about it and decided to attach a condition.

"Editor Liu, I am very honored to have a more in-depth cooperation with "Contemporary Film". I am willing to become this special writer."

"Good, good, good."

Liu Xuezhou then arranged for someone to come over and take a photo of Li Shengyao and him. He planned to put it on the official website of "Contemporary Film" to announce that Li Shengyao had become a special writer.

Li Shengyao had been cooperating with Liu Xuezhou until after the group photo was taken, he whispered: "Editor Liu, this time I invited thirty students from China National Theater to the set to record wrong behavior during the filming. I think this matter is very meaningful and can serve as a reminder later. It can make our film production more standardized and avoid detours. Can "Contemporary Film" have a small page to record these mistakes?"

Liu Xuezhou paused for a moment, then smiled, "This is a big thing. Of course we are willing to cooperate. "Contemporary Films" can be made into a series so that more film and television workers can see these mistakes and avoid them, or It’s about righting a wrong.”

"Thank you very much, Editor Liu."

"Director Li, we're out."

Liu Xuezhou thought for a while and then said: "This series needs to be signed by you to let more people know about your contribution."

"There's no need to do that. Just give those students their signatures when the time comes. I believe they will be even more excited when they see their articles published in Contemporary Film."

Liu Xuezhou glanced at Li Shengyao in confusion. Seeing that Director Li really didn't care, he couldn't help but be even more surprised.

He is the editor-in-chief of "Contemporary Film", so he is naturally well-established and can be regarded as an official.

He is still very sensitive to such things.

Director Li doesn't need extra fame, so it doesn't matter.

Liu Xuezhou quickly figured this out and looked at Li Shengyao with a little more appreciation.

"Director Li, I'm looking forward to your new movie."

"Haha, I'm looking forward to it myself too."

"Sicario" won the Grand Jury Prize at the Las Palmas International Film Festival, giving Lee Sung-yew some extra motivation.

For his next film, he hopes to win both box office and word-of-mouth success, as well as awards.

However, before preparing for the new movie, he still needs to spend some time preparing for the launch of Fenghua Video.

(End of this chapter)