The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 532 Li Zekai gives money
Hong Kong Island is very cool in October, with sunshine and low temperatures. You can run laps outdoors without sweating. This is the right time to work hard.

It was at this time that Li Shengyao led the film crew and the main actors to Hong Kong Island.

Just after the script of "Parasite" was reviewed, he arranged for people to go south to inspect the scenes and prepare.

Now a group of them are heading south, and they only need a little preparation before they can officially start shooting.

In fact, they could go south in September, but Li Shengyao stayed in Yanjing for a while.

In the past month, Chen Hao, Yan Danchen, and Dong Xuan gave birth one after another. Chen Hao gave birth to a son, while Yan Danchen and Dong Xuan gave birth to daughters.

Li Shengyao accompanied them for a while, named the three children, bought a villa for each of the three women, and transferred [-] million.

After traveling through eleven years, I finally have a queen.

Director Li now has money, property, a woman, and an heir. He feels that he can pursue his career with more peace of mind.

Lao Mouzi's six top films have won a total of two Golden Lion Awards, one Golden Bear Award, one Silver Lion Award, one Silver Bear Award, and one Grand Jury Award.

Lee Sheung-yew hopes that when he retires from fame and success, he can be like Lao Mouzi and gain honors and become the world's top director.

"1937" is just the beginning, and "Parasite" will take over.

On this night, Hong Kong Island was brightly lit, just like daylight. Pillars of light streaked across the night sky, and the crescent moon passed from time to time.

Li Shengyao discussed the shooting plan with several assistant directors in the conference room of Victoria Hotel.

At almost eleven o'clock, when the work was over, Li Shengyao announced that he would treat the guests to a supper, and several assistant directors cheered.

"ah!"

The assistant opened the door. Zhang Mo and Bi Gan were about to leave, but they saw two foreigners, one black and one white, standing at the door. Both of them were in suits and ties, very formal. Behind them, there were a group of waiters.

"Director Li, excuse me, these two are important guests of our hotel. They are both fans of your movie. I heard that you came to the hotel and wanted to come over to meet you. We are very sorry. We originally wanted to refuse, but their status is relatively high. It's special, I have to disturb you, please forgive me.

We are willing to waive all your personal expenses at the hotel. Please forgive us for our abrupt behavior this time. "

A man in his thirties who looked like a lobby manager stood up first and explained the situation to Li Shengyao in Mandarin.

Li Shengyao glanced at the man and nodded indifferently.

He would naturally be unhappy if he brought someone here without permission.

But there is no benefit in turning away at this time.

Just express your attitude with an indifferent expression.

"Lee, you are so young. I can't believe it. You look so young. Compared with Hollywood directors, you are like a star. "1937" is great. My grandfather participated in World War II. He was in the Philippines." The fight with the islanders was very intense. He watched the movie and was very excited. He told me that the islanders were very bad. Unfortunately, no one publicized these things later, but you let more people know about the situation in the Far East during World War II.

He admires you very much. The islanders look like kittens now, but they are very dangerous guys and we need to be wary of them. "

The white man looked excited, stepped forward and started talking non-stop.

Li Shengyao was a little surprised to meet the descendant of a World War II veteran.

In fact, the war losses between the beautiful country and the island country were very heavy, but in order to support the island country, the beautiful country officials did not publicize that period of history, and there were very few Hollywood-related movies.

"Lee, my name is Jack, and my grandfather's name is Cross."

The black man followed.

"Lee, my name is Stephen. I am a fan of Jackie. I like him very much. He accompanied me in my childhood. When I was a teenager, I used to be timid and introverted. It was Jackie who made me see the hope of life and the relationship with destiny. The confidence to fight.

"Taken" is great. This movie saved Jackie's Hollywood career. Although his movies now are all rescue routines, I really enjoy watching them.

You are a very important person in Jackie's life and I respect you. "

Li Shengyao smiled and nodded and said a few modest words.

"Li, can you sign an autograph and take a photo with us?"

"can."

Li Shengyao paid attention to the group of hotel service staff following Jack and Stephen. Seeing that the two people were so close to Li Shengyao, he looked at Li Shengyao with a lot of respect.

"Li, I have some shares in Victoria Hotel. If you have any questions here, you can contact me and I can help you solve it.

The service industry here on Hong Kong Island is getting worse and worse. I know they are very unruly.

It doesn't matter, if you have any questions, you can contact me and I will definitely solve it. "

After chatting for a while, the two people were about to leave. When parting, Jack handed his business card to Li Shengyao.

Li Shengyao took the business card and stuffed it into his trouser pocket without looking at it. He didn't take Jack's words to heart.

The attitude of the service staff at the bottom of Hong Kong Island is indeed bad, but the professionalism of the big hotels is still acceptable.

In fact, when they came to the Victoria Hotel, some people asked them to sign autographs and take photos, and their attitude was pretty good.

The gap between the rich and the poor on Hong Kong Island is huge, and the social divisions are very serious. It may be even more terrifying than the peninsula.

In such a divided society, there are all kinds of people.

When many people talk about Hong Kong Island, they think that the people here are hopeless and have no feelings for the motherland. In fact, this is not the case.

After the return of Hong Kong Island, almost every time the Olympic Games ends, the national diving team and the national women's volleyball team will go to Hong Kong Island to play exhibition games, and tickets are in short supply.

When he traveled through, the ports between the two places were open. Every weekend, Saturday and Sunday, 40 people from Hong Kong Island went north to Shenzhen to spend money.

You must know that there are only over 700 million people on Hong Kong Island, which means that at least one out of every [-] people travels to the mainland frequently.

"Duguo Daily" slanders the mainland without any bottom line. People who grew up reading such newspapers will naturally have misunderstandings.

Ban this damn newspaper, let those colonists go to Great Britain, and then communicate more, and slowly they will build relationships.

Li Shengyao did not go to have supper with the assistant directors. He took his assistant back to the room.

"Boss, there are eight newspaper interview invitations in total. How many do you want to accept?"

Strangely enough, with the popularity of smartphones and the increasing development of the Internet, the sales of mainland paper media are getting worse and worse, but the Hong Kong Island paper media seems to be doing well.

Not only are the sensational and bottomless print media like "Duguo Daily" selling very high sales, but even some newspapers that are more left-leaning and pro-mainland are still very prosperous.

In addition to Duguo Daily, there are many major newspapers on Hong Kong Island, such as Ta Kung Pao, Wen Wei Po, Ming Pao, Sing Pao, Oriental Daily, Hong Kong Economic Times and other paper media.

Among them, Sing Pao is considered a very pro-China media, Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po are relatively pro-China media.

Oriental Daily and Sing Tao Daily are neutral media, while Ming Pao and Duguo Daily are more reactionary media.

Li Shengyao took the notebook from his assistant, saw the names of several newspapers, and thought for a moment, "Let's take three, Ta Kung Pao, Wen Wei Po, and Oriental Daily."

Sing Pao is very pro-China, but its influence on Hong Kong Island is slightly lower.

Relatively speaking, Ta Kung Pao, Wen Wei Po, and Oriental Daily have better sales.

In fact, the influence of these three is not as good as "Poison Fruit Daily", and Lee Sheng Yew certainly will not promote "Poison Fruit Daily".

……

The next afternoon, still at the Victoria Hotel, someone from Oriental Daily booked a room, made some arrangements, and then invited Lee Sheng-yew for an interview.

When Li Shengyao passed by, he found that the room was very spacious. All the places where tables, chairs, and vases were originally placed were cleared, and a coffee table and two soft chairs were placed.

This room is suddenly much more transparent, and the air feels much smoother.

"Director Li, nice to meet you. I am Guo Tianqi, the editor of Oriental Daily. I will interview you this time."

Guo Tianqi is in his forties, tall and thin, with a gentle appearance. He wears a pair of eyes and looks like a cultural man.

When he was talking to Li Shengyao, he glanced at a female employee behind Li Shengyao.

Only then did Li Shengyao notice that except for Guo Tianqi, there were five employees working in the room. There was only one boy and the other four were girls.

Probably because he was handsome, all four girls secretly looked at him.

"Good afternoon Mr. Guo."

Li Shengyao then sat down with Guo Tianqi.

A female employee came forward to serve them tea.

"Director Li, how about we chat like friends, drink tea and do the interview at the same time?"

The tea is very fragrant, and the perfume worn by the female staff is also very fragrant.

Oriental Daily is the second largest newspaper in Hong Kong after "Poisonous Fruit Daily", and the boss behind it has a British and American background.

Li Shengyao originally thought that this report would not be very friendly, but he did not expect that the people at Oriental Daily News were more friendly than he imagined.

He accepted interviews with Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po in the morning. These two newspapers are similar to mainland newspapers. The editor of Wen Wei Po knew that Lee Sheng Yao would also be interviewed by Oriental Daily in the afternoon, and reminded Lee Sheng Yao to be careful and not to be fooled.

Li Shengyao glanced at the tea cup.

White mist rises, slightly misty.

He remained alert, smiled and nodded, "Okay."

Guo Tianqi then took out a piece of information and handed it to Li Shengyao, "Director Li, please see if there are any questions that cannot be asked."

Li Shengyao took the information, took the pen, and drew while reading, crossing out all the questions he didn't want to answer.

There are some sensitive questions about Mainland Hong Kong Island that Lee Sheng-yao does not want to answer.

In fact, the advantage lies with us. Saying something outrageous now will only cause conflicts and will do no good.

Quietly wait for the locusts to jump out and the colonists to leave, allowing more neutral Hong Kong Island people to see clearly who is behind it, and the two places will naturally gradually get closer.

He does not want to ridicule or criticize Hong Kong Island at this time.

Guo Tianqi then said: "Director Li, do you still need makeup? We have brought a makeup artist."

During the interview later, I will most likely take a few photos.

But Li Shengyao was too lazy to put on makeup. He shook his head, "No need."

"The makeup artist we brought is very good. It won't waste your time at all, and it's very easy to wash off your makeup."

Guo Tianqi's tone was very sincere.

Li Shengyao smiled and shook his head, "No, just leave it like that. I'm not a celebrity, so I don't need to care about whether the photos look good or not."

Guo Tianqi nodded and went through the observation just now.

He felt that Li Shengyao was more approachable than the legend said. Thinking of his son who majored in film and television, he couldn't help but feel a little closer to him. "Okay, Director Li, let's get started."

Oriental Daily is currently enjoying a good momentum in Hong Kong Island, with its sales volume second only to "Poisonous Fruit Daily".

Newspaper executives predict that "Poisonous Fruit Daily", which has no bottom line in belittling the mainland, will be punished by the mainland sooner or later. By then, Oriental Daily will take over and become the most influential newspaper on Hong Kong Island. By then, the Oriental Daily in the Hong Kong Island branch will be worth at least With more than one billion, they will become the most popular media in Hong Kong Island.

This is the ambition of the top management of Oriental Daily.

They do not want to offend the mainland and are very friendly to Lee Sheng-yao.

Guo Tianqi and several employees are very gentle and try their best to show their respect.

Two hours passed like this, and the interview ended.

Several female employees stepped forward cautiously and then asked for autographs and photos, to which Lee Sheng-yao readily agreed.

Guo Tianqi also received an autographed photo from Lee Sheng-yew. When leaving, he asked in a low voice: "Director Li, my son is currently studying film and television. Do you think he will have a future in Hong Kong Island in the future?"

"It's more difficult in Hong Kong Island. You can go to the mainland. In the future, the film and television industry in the mainland will usher in explosive growth and require a lot of professional talents. As long as you have the skills, you can earn a good salary."

The explosive growth that Li Shengyao mentioned does not refer to the traditional TV drama and film industry, but the rapid development of short dramas after the development of Douhe Kuaishou.

By the time Lee Sheng-yao traveled through time, a large number of short drama production companies had emerged in the Mainland. In terms of the short drama industry, the Mainland ranked first in the world.

Many excellent short plays have become popular not only in the mainland, but also in the international version of Douhe.

Later, not only the Douhe Kuaishou team produced short dramas, but also traditional film and television companies began to get involved.

Hearing this, Guo Tianqi nodded seriously, "Director Li, I understand."

He paused and then said: "You came to Hong Kong Island and attracted a lot of attention. Not only TVB, but newspapers and magazines in Hong Kong Island also arranged for paparazzi to come over. These paparazzi have no bottom line and will even deliberately provoke you. , don’t be fooled.”

Li Shengyao was stunned when he heard this, "Are so many people paying attention to me?"

“Yes, there are really a lot of people paying attention to you.

You won the Palme d'Or before. Although "1937" did not do well at the box office on Hong Kong Island, it received high ratings in Gordon.

The new movie invites Andy Lau, and it tells the story of the poor, the rich, and the classes. Many people say that you want to tell the story of Hong Kong Island in your heart, and they are very curious about your new movie. "

Gordon is the largest forum on Hong Kong Island.

Hong Kong Island is the most international city in China. It is very divided, with a lot of colonists and a lot of shepherd dogs. These people still admire Cannes very much.

"1937" won the Palme d'Or, and these people all thought highly of Lee Sung-yew.

As for Andy Lau's influence in Hong Kong Island, it is even higher. He should be considered the highest among Hong Kong Island artists now.

There is a serious divide between the rich and the poor in Hong Kong Island. Everyone wants to see the poor, rich and class issues in Hong Kong Island in the eyes of the great director Lee Sheng Yew.

Li Shengyao understood what Guo Tianqi meant, smiled and nodded, "Okay, I understand."

……

The weather is gloomy today, it's raining lightly on Hong Kong Island, and it's chilly.

Raindrops fell on the window glass. Li Zekai rolled his eyes, sighed, and shook his head speechlessly.

He had just climbed out of bed and drove to the Victoria Hotel before he had had enough sleep.

The reason why he was in such a hurry was because he received a call from Li Jiacheng.

What made him even more unhappy was that Li Jiacheng not only asked him to meet Li Shengyao, but also asked him to send money to Li Shengyao. This was something he could not accept.

Li Shengyao is in his early thirties, and Li Zekai is already in his forties. In terms of age, he is one generation older than Li Shengyao.

Moreover, he had met with Lee Sheng Yew before and expressed goodwill many times and wanted to cooperate with Lee Sheng Yew, but he was rejected by Lee Sheng Yew.

Now that he wants to send money to Li Shengyao, he naturally has a confused idea.

Soon after, the car arrived outside the door of Victoria Hotel. Li Zekai was about to open the door, but quickly stepped back.

He saw several paparazzi squatting outside the hotel. Although these paparazzi looked like passers-by, Li Zekai had been dealing with Hong Kong paparazzi for decades and naturally understood the style of these people. He was 100% sure that these people were paparazzi.

Is it to block him?

Or do you want to follow Li Shengyao?
Li Zekai is getting older, but he doesn't like to exercise, and his body shape is getting worse and worse.

The paparazzi secretly took photos of him and said that he had no mandible, that he had the appearance of a money-loser, that his eyes were dull, and that he was going to be bald soon.

He considers himself a proud man of heaven, so naturally he doesn't like others talking about him like this.

Recently I have become more and more sensitive to paparazzi.

"Hey, there is a group of paparazzi in front of the Victoria Hotel. What are they doing?"

Li Zekai then took out his cell phone, called his secretary, and asked him to find out why the paparazzi at the Victoria Hotel were there.

The secretary responded quickly.

Hearing this, Li Zekai couldn't help but frown.

According to the secretary, these paparazzi were all trying to secretly photograph Lee Sheng-Yao.

Recently, there was a rumor in the Gordon Forum on Hong Kong Island that Lee Sheng Yew's new movie will explain why Hong Kong Island is in its current state, with such a huge gap between the rich and the poor.

Many people in Hong Kong are very curious.

In fact, this is not only an issue about Hong Kong Island, but also related to the mainland.

On Hong Kong Island, the ordinary people are exposed to European and American brainwashing media, which all day long say that the mainland is going to collapse and the economy will suffer a major setback.

But the situation is just the opposite. The mainland is getting stronger and stronger, and now it has become the second largest economy after the beautiful country.

On Hong Kong Island, the ordinary people are confused and doubtful.

They also want to know how Lee Sheng-yew, who won the Palme d'Or, views the divide between rich and poor.

Therefore, Lee Sheng-yew has been attracting a lot of traffic on Hong Kong Island recently, so the paparazzi naturally came over after smelling his scent.

Li Zekai recalled his secretary's words and realized that Lee Sheng Yew's new movie was likely to cause reflection on the people of Hong Kong Island. No wonder his father asked him to send money to Lee Sheng Yew. It turned out to be because of this.

This guy Li Shengyao has always been unwilling to cooperate with me.

Will he have a problem with me, and will he slander the Li family in the movie?
While Li Zekai was thinking about something, he directed the driver to stop at the entrance of Victoria Hotel.

Five minutes later, Li Zeju met Li Shengyao.

We haven’t seen each other for several months, but Director Li is still so handsome.

Thinking of his increasingly rounded face, his neck was getting a bit thicker and shorter.

Li Zekai felt unhappy, but he still managed to smile, "Director Li, long time no see. Congratulations on winning the grand prize in Cannes."

Li Shengyao greeted him with a smile. He was a little surprised that Li Zekai came to visit.

He felt that Li Zekai wanted to ask him for something, and he planned to listen to it carefully later, and then rip it off if he had the chance.

After a while, the two people sat down and the waiter served two cups of tea.

Li Zekai's face really couldn't hold the flesh anymore. When he spoke, the flesh fell down and trembled.

He exchanged a few pleasantries and then expressed his thoughts.

"Director Li, I heard that your new movie will be produced in Hong Kong Island. It is also a movie that reflects the poor, rich and class. We very much welcome you to Hong Kong Island. We sincerely hope that your new movie will be a big hit and win awards." Big prize.”

Li Shengyao understood that Li Zeju still had something to say, so he smiled and nodded, waiting for Li Zekai's next words.

"My Hong Kong Island Telecom wants to invest 2000 million to advertise your new movie."

2000 million yuan in advertising sponsorship is considered very high.

After the "Parasite" project was approved this time, I learned that it was a modern movie. Many advertisers found Fenghua and wanted to embed advertisements in the movie, with prices ranging from 300 million to 1000 million.

Li Zekai continued: "When Director Li is making movies in Hong Kong Island, there will be no gangs or social organizations to trouble you."

He rolled his little eyes and then said: "We will cover all your expenses at the Victoria Hotel."

Li Shengyao smiled and said, "Victoria Hotel has exempted all my personal expenses."

Li Zekai was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses, and continued: "Then all transportation expenses for your crew in Hong Kong Island will be covered by our Hong Kong Island Telecommunications."

The crew mainly has a few buses to bring the actors and crew, and the money for this part is not very large.

Li Shengyao picked up the teacup and blew in the hot mist, "Mr. Li, what do I need to do?"

Li Zekai clapped his hands and said, "Director Li is very cheerful. In addition to advertising placement, I also want to read the script. If there are some scenes and lines that may easily cause the audience to misunderstand, we hope that Director Li can correct it."

This is the real mission Li Jiacheng gave Li Zekai, asking him to send money to Li Shengyao and then read the script.

Li Shengyao glanced at Li Zekai, pretended to be silent, and did not answer immediately.

I have to say that Li Jiacheng is very cautious. No wonder Lao Xu later turned to sewing machines. Lao Wang's empire was in pieces, but Li Jiacheng was able to escape unscathed.

Li Jiacheng was worried that the movie would have a bad influence on him, but Lee Sheng Yew actually did not criticize Li Jiacheng.

Of course, now that Li Zekai has arrived, Li Shengyao naturally wants to make more money.

Seeing this, Li Zekai cursed in his heart, gritted his teeth and continued: "Director Li, our Hong Kong Island Telecom will pay for the meals for your crew."

Li Shengyao smiled and said, "Okay, Mr. Li, we will sign the contract, and then I will show you the script."

Li Zekai felt that Li Shengyao's asking price was too high, but this was something Li Jiacheng had told him. After thinking about it, he didn't say anything more and asked Li Shengyao to prepare the contract.

Four hours later, Li Zekai finished reading the script of "Parasite" and looked at Li Shengyao blankly.

The script does not criticize the Li family, which means that the Li family is worrying too much.

But this script is really exciting, and it may really win awards. If it can shine in Cannes next year, 2000 million in advertising is not a big loss.

It is indeed remarkable that Lee Sung-yew wrote such a script. He is a truly talented person.

Li Zekai thought of his previous TV station plan and couldn't help but said: "Director Li, we can really cooperate. I will pay for it, and you Fenghua will produce the content, and the copyright will be [-]/[-]. How about it?"

Li Shengyao was delighted to receive a sponsorship of 2000 million yuan. He smiled and said, "Mr. Li, I will go all out to produce "Parasite" recently. I will consider this matter again."

Li Zekai smiled helplessly, "Okay, Director Li, my door will always be open to you."

(End of this chapter)