The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 543: Prioritize completing the later stages of "Parasite"

The wind whistled and the rain dropped.

It rained in Yanjing in December, which is really rare.

Many sentimental young people took out their mobile phones to take selfies, and then posted this important event on their WeChat Moments.

In the cafeteria at the headquarters of Fenghua Film and Television Company, there were also young people looking at the rain outside the window, scratching their heads, trying to hold back a few words that hurt the spring and autumn.

At a table by the window, two men and a woman sat opposite each other.

The woman is in her early forties, mature and bright, and she still cannot conceal her brilliance even though she is wearing a heavy down jacket.

She was very confident and had a firm gaze. Many employees of Fenghua Film and Television Company peeked at her, but she met their gazes with a smile, without shying away or hiding.

This woman is the famous CCTV host Zhou Tao.

She looked at the young people taking pictures of Dong Yu, with the corners of her mouth raised, and a look of envy in her eyes, "Young people are like that, they can do anything, and do whatever they want."

"Yeah, if it were me, I would be very embarrassed and feel embarrassed. They don't have such a burden."

Zhu Jun sat opposite Zhou Tao and echoed his friend's words.

Zhu Jun was dressed more formally. Even though the weather was cold, he still wore a suit and sat very straight, like a primary school student.

Next to Zhu Jun sat a middle-aged man. This man was about 50 years old, with an average appearance. He wore a pair of glasses and also wore a suit. However, he was slightly hunched over and not as straight as Zhu Jun.

This man's name is Liu Zhichun, a leader of CCTV and one of the people in charge of the 2012 Spring Festival Gala.

This time Liu Zhichun brought Zhu Jun and Zhou Tao here because he wanted to invite Li Shengyao to join the 2012 Spring Festival Gala.

Zhou Tao spoke, Zhu Jun echoed, and Liu Zhichun immediately followed: "That's because they are ignorant. When they learn more and grow up, they won't do such childish things.

Nothing to envy, just some very boring behavior. "

Zhou Tao withdrew his gaze and then said, "Should we get a meal? If we chat while eating, it would be easier to get closer."

Zhu Jun immediately agreed, "This is a good proposal. We and Director Li will not be negotiating, but talking about things."

Liu Zhichun nodded, "Then when Director Li comes over, we will cook together."

Generally speaking, CCTV starts preparing for the Spring Festival Gala in July every year. By December, the program has been basically determined, and rehearsals for each performance have begun.

The Spring Festival Gala program team will be very busy at this time.

Liu Zhichun, Zhu Jun, and Zhou Tao were very busy.

They even had to eat in a hurry. They heard that Lee Sheng Yew was very busy recently, busy editing "Parasite", so they did not make another appointment, but went directly to Fenghua Film and Television Company, planning to wait for Lee Sheng Yew at noon to meet with others. Discuss in detail.

It's almost twelve o'clock, and many employees of Fenghua Film and Television Company have already come to the company canteen to start eating.

Zhu Jun and the others were busy during this period and did not have a good meal. At this time, bursts of fragrance wafted out of the window in front. Zhu Jun couldn't help but swallow his saliva. "It smells so good. It's better than the CCTV canteen."

"Then eat more later."

Liu Zhichun chuckled.

As a leader, he is much calmer. Even if he is a little hungry, he is still very calm.

He felt that only by acting like this could he give Zhu Jun and Zhou Tao confidence.

At the same time, he was confident to persuade Li Shengyao to join the 2012 CCTV Spring Festival Gala production team.

"You will act according to my eyes later, and you must persuade Li Shengyao to serve the Spring Festival Gala."

A moment later, Li Shengyao appeared at the door of the cafeteria, and Zhu Jun and three others immediately greeted him.

"Director Li, your canteen is really delicious."

In the early years when Fenghua Film and Television Company was first established, the company did not have a canteen. Later, as Fenghua grew bigger and bigger, it had its own canteen.

The overall taste of this canteen is relatively strong. After all, the King of Chu has a slim waist and many people in the palace starved to death.

Li Shengyao is from the south and has strong tastes. The dishes in this cafeteria tend to be Sichuan and Hunan cuisine.

"Director Liu, you three don't have to be polite. Just treat this as a cafeteria and eat whatever you want."

After a while, Li Shengyao, Liu Zhichun, Zhou Tao, and Zhu Jun all prepared meals. Li Shengyao sat down next to Zhou Tao, and Liu Zhichun and Zhu Jun sat opposite them.

Li Shengyao had always liked Zhou Tao very much. Looking at Zhou Tao's smiling eyes, he felt happy and had a better appetite.

"The fish you caught is fried fish. The whole fish is completely fried in the pot. There are still bones in it, but the bones are crispy and can be broken in one bite. It is very fragrant. I have been eating it for several days. It’s easy to get angry. After returning home, drink some Bupleurum to reduce the anger.”

Li Shengyao introduced the fried fish in the canteen to Zhou Tao.

Zhou Tao nodded, "I like to eat crispy and fragrant fried dishes like this. I'm not afraid of getting angry. I haven't gotten angry easily since I was a child."

"Then you have a good physique, so you can eat whatever you want."

Zhu Jun was a little jealous when he saw the lively chat between Li Shengyao and Zhou Tao.

It's not that he likes Zhou Tao, it's mainly because there are a few men together with a beautiful woman, which is always a bit competitive.

But he was hungry, so he concentrated on the meal in front of him.

I have to say that Fenghua is really generous and the staff meals are very good, including not only chicken, duck and fish, but also ribs and corn soup.

There is no such kind of food in buffets outside.

Liu Zhichun was also dissatisfied that Zhou Tao and Li Shengyao were chatting alone, and the two of them chatted very well, just like lovers. He and Zhu Jun seemed to have become light bulbs.

But the delicious food in front of him was so fragrant that he planned to eliminate the food in front of him first and then discuss things with Li Shengyao.

After taking a few bites, he felt that it was a bit spicy, but he could bear it, and the spicy taste was very comfortable, so he no longer hesitated and started eating in big gulps.

By the time he finished eating half of it, he couldn't stand it anymore.

It was so spicy, it felt like I had eaten several hot peppers.

His face quickly turned red, sweat began to form on his forehead, and he looked up at the others.

Zhu Jun was about the same as him, but Zhou Tao and Li Shengyao didn't react at all. They continued to chat while eating, and Zhou Tao chuckled from time to time.

Liu Zhichun was very speechless.

He stood up and found a disposable water cup, and then started drinking water. After drinking several glasses, he felt better, but his throat was still burning.

I was still careless and underestimated the strength of this pepper.

When Liu Zhichun returned to the table, he found that Li Shengyao was almost finished eating. Thinking of this mission, he hurriedly coughed a few times and said, "Director Li, this time we...cough cough cough cough cough..."

When the spicy smell came, Liu Zhichun immediately coughed, his body became hot, and his forehead sweated.

He was very embarrassed and wanted to stop, but soon realized that this was not good. After all, Li Shengyao was not his subordinate, so why should he wait for him?

He winked at Zhu Jun and Zhou Tao, asking them to persuade him first.

Zhu Jun also couldn't eat spicy food. At this time, he was bursting into tears. People who didn't know it thought he was hosting "Artistic Life".

Zhou Tao saw this in his eyes, covered his mouth and chuckled, "Director Li, we are here mainly to discuss something with you. We hope you will become the co-director of the Spring Festival Gala."

Li Shengyao was already prepared and asked in confusion: "Has the director of the Spring Festival Gala been confirmed a long time ago?"

"It's confirmed, it was Ha Wen before. The leader wants you to become the co-director of the Spring Festival Gala together with Ha Wen."

It is not unusual for the Spring Festival Gala to be directed by several people.

Ha Wen is the wife of host Li Yong and has been the general director of the Spring Festival Gala for several times.

Lee Sing-yew is currently editing "Parasite". After the editing is completed, he still has to focus on the work of dubbing and scoring, and then he has to finish editing, submit it for review, apply for the Cannes Film Festival, etc.

He hopes to complete it before the end of the year, rather than take a break before the end of the year and continue working after the end of the year.

He wanted to complete all the post-production of "Parasite" before the year, so naturally he didn't have time to be the director of the Spring Festival Gala.

Moreover, even if he had time, he was too lazy to go.

With the improvement of the Internet, young people receive more and more information, and the ratings of the Spring Festival Gala are getting lower and lower. This is irreversible.

Being the chief director requires low wages, hard work, and even being scolded after the show is broadcast, so only a fool would do it.

The Spring Festival Gala actually invited Lao Mouzi and Brother Kaizi, but they both declined. Later, Xiaogangpao felt itchy and agreed to become the director of the 2014 Spring Festival Gala.

This led him to spend half a year preparing carefully, but after the Spring Festival Gala came out, netizens scolded him for his low level.

"I don't have time, I have to finish the post-production of 'Parasite'."

Of course, CCTV had already investigated Li Shengyao's recent busy schedule. Zhou Tao looked at Li Shengyao and said in a softer tone, "Director Li, the production of "Parasite" has reached the final stage. It's still possible to leave it until after the Lunar New Year."

Li Shengyao likes Zhou Tao's tone very much. Such an independent and confident woman is more charming when she speaks softly. However, when he has made a decision, he will not change it easily because of others.

"No, I really don't have time."

Seeing that Li Shengyao disagreed, Liu Zhichun immediately followed up and said: "Director Li, this Spring Festival Gala is very important. People across the country are eagerly waiting for it, and Chinese people all over the world will watch it. It is a huge task."

That's your mission, what does it have to do with me?
Li Shengyao looked at Liu Zhichun with a half-smile but not a smile, "Director Liu, I really can't leave here. Besides, Director Ha Wen is very good. The Spring Festival Gala she directed before was very exciting. She has been preparing for so long. I can't go there." Suitable.

Let’s work together again if we have the opportunity in the future, let’s forget it this year. "

"Director Li, you can't say that. We have difficulties and we must face them. We must carry forward the spirit of the Long March and not be afraid of hardship or fatigue.

We completed a wonderful Spring Festival Gala together, which is a very remarkable thing, and the people will remember our contribution. "

In Lee Sheng-yew's previous life, there were often some outrageous expert remarks.

For example, if ordinary people have no money, experts suggest renting out their houses. If they no longer have jobs, they can drive and work as online ride-hailing drivers.

Such experts are not bad people, they are just out of touch with the public and they do not know the lives of the people at the bottom.

Liu Zhichun is an official who is out of touch with the masses. He is used to talking big words like this on CCTV. He is completely unaware that Lee Sheng Yew is not a member of the system. How can such clichés and nonsense fool Lee Sheng Yew.Director Li still had a smile on his face. He shook his head, "No, I'm not very sure about "Parasite". I want to complete the post-production as soon as possible and check for any gaps. If there are any areas that are not good enough, we may even need to re-shoot." , this will take a lot of time.”

When Liu Zhichun heard this, he was stunned. He did not expect that Li Shengyao would refuse.

Doesn’t everyone yearn for the Spring Festival Gala? Super celebrities like Cheng Long, Liu Dehua and Ling Fei work hard without complaining?
Why doesn't Li Shengyao care?

Zhou Tao saw that the atmosphere was a little awkward, so he continued: "Director Li, can you give me some pointers on the various programs of the Spring Festival Gala? You will be the artistic consultant of the Spring Festival Gala."

The programs of the Spring Festival Gala have to go through heavy review and cannot be easily modified.

Li Shengyao became an art consultant, which was a false name.

What's more important is that he has to work at CCTV during the Chinese New Year. He is mentally ill. Wouldn't it be good to go home for the New Year's Eve dinner?
He shook his head, "It's really not possible. I have other plans for the Lunar New Year. I can't stay in Yanjing."

Li Shengyao then nodded towards the three of them, "You three, I'm going to continue my work, you can do as you please."

When Li Shengyao's back completely disappeared to the end of the corridor, Liu Zhichun finally realized, "Li Shengyao has no consciousness at all, no dedication, and is not even willing to be an art consultant. Forget it, don't look for him anymore, go back."

Another reason why CCTV executives want to invite Li Shengyao to be a co-director this time is that Li Shengyao has a lot of traffic and can attract young people. CCTV wants Li Shengyao to help attract traffic.

Li Shengyao was unwilling, and Liu Zhichun felt helpless. He wanted to pull Li Shengyao away, give him a good ideological lesson, but thinking about Li Shengyao's status, he realized that he was not qualified to teach Li Shengyao a lesson, so he had to leave.

Soon after, Liu Zhichun left the Liangmahe Building and whispered: "Lee Shengyao will definitely regret it, but not everyone has the opportunity to be the director of the Spring Festival Gala.

From now on, we will never invite him. Even if he wants to be the director of the Spring Festival Gala, I will not agree. "

……

Li Shengyao did not know what Liu Zhichun was thinking. If he knew, he would definitely applaud.

Unless China hosts the Olympics again, Lee Sheng-yew is interested in being the chief director of the opening ceremony.

He is not interested in other programs, whether it is the Spring Festival Gala, the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala, or the New Year's Eve Party.

After meeting Liu Zhichun and the other three, Lee Sheng-yew continued to devote himself to editing.

Although the editing of "Parasite" is not as complicated as "1937", in order to achieve the best effect, Lee Sheng-yew is still very focused and considers a lot.

Not only does he immerse himself in the editing room during the day, but when he comes home at night, he will also think carefully about it.

That night, when Li Shengyao got off work and was about to go home, he received a call from Gusu TV's Jiang Chunming, hoping that Li Shengyao would give him face and meet someone.

Soon after, Li Shengyao and two assistants rushed to the Shangri-La Hotel, but they saw not one person, but a group of people.

Guo Xiaosi, Wang Jing, Er Dongsheng, Chen Kexin, and a strange middle-aged man.

This middle-aged man has an ordinary appearance, an ordinary figure, and an ordinary aura. But standing among the four directors, it is obvious that he is the one invited this time.

According to Jiang Chunming's words, the person who invited him was named Tian Ming, and he should be this person.

"Director Li, I have long admired you, I am Tian Ming."

"It turns out to be Mr. Tian. Thank you for meeting me."

Even though you don’t know each other, you should say good things without any cost.

Li Shengyao then greeted Guo Xiaosi and others.

Guo Xiaosi was wearing a suit with the hem reaching his knees.

He has not started directing movies yet and will only start next year. He is still very humble towards other directors or big-name actors.

"Hello teacher, I am your student Guo Xiaosi."

"teacher?"

"Yes, I want to make a movie. The few articles you published before have been very inspiring to me. In my heart, you are my teacher. I ask you to give me more guidance as a newcomer in the future."

Li Shengyao was speechless.

When "Tiny Times" comes out in the future, people can't say that Guo Xiaosi is his apprentice and he can't afford to disgrace this person.

Wang Jing, a fat man, had collaborated with Lee Sheung-Yao on several TV series before. After the box office surged in the Mainland, he couldn't help but make movies.

However, the movies made in the last two or three years have been very bad, and the output is still very high.

In 2010 and 2011, four movies were made in these two years.

"Ghost Love Story", "Macho Death Squadron", "God of Wealth Inn", "Priceless Treasure", all scored below six points.

He also served as a producer on two movies, and this guy really doesn’t care about the quality of his movies at all.

When Wang Jing was in Hong Kong Island, he said he was responsible for investors, but among the movies he made in the mainland, including the bad movie "Future Police", which one has paid back?

At this time, Fatty Wang was chatting with Li Shengyao with a smile. He was thick-skinned and didn't care at all that "Priceless Treasure" had just lost tens of millions.

Relatively speaking, Er Dongsheng and Chen Kexin are more normal.

After a while, a group of people came to the private room. Tian Ming waved his hand and introduced various expensive dishes, as well as famous tea and wine.

Guo Xiaosi, Wang Jing, and Chen Kexin were responsible for praising Lee Sheng Yew.

Li Shengyao knew very well that these people must have something to ask for, so he listened quietly while enjoying the food.

When the meal was almost done, Tian Ming put down his chopsticks, then raised his glass and touched it with Li Shengyao, "Director Li, I haven't introduced myself in detail yet. I opened a company in Shanghai called Canxing Culture. Everyone in Triangle has acquaintances, and has good relations with Shanghai TV, Gusu TV, and Zhejiang TV.

I don’t know much about movies and TV dramas, but I think variety shows are a huge market.

I like Fenghua's variety shows very much, such as "The Voice of China", "Running Man", and "Extreme Challenge". We came to you this time because we want to invite you to record a brand new variety show together.

This variety show is called "I Am an Actor", and a group of directors serve as judges. Today's young actors' acting skills are too bad, and the people are very resentful. I think it is very interesting for us to criticize and educate young actors. "

Hearing this, Li Shengyao couldn't help but look at Tian Ming a few more times.

Hearing what Tian Ming said, he finally knew. It turned out that Tian Ming was the boss of Canxing Culture, and Canxing Culture was the company that introduced "The Voice of China" in his previous life. The Naying sisters all worked for this person and provided services to others. Taking the blame.

Seeing Li Shengyao's sideways glance, Tian Ming thought that Li Shengyao was interested, and then said: "Director Li, we need a heavyweight director. Now you are the only one in China who is important enough."

He lowered his voice, "Of course as long as you are willing to cooperate, we will use talented young actors and give them more opportunities.

Plus you can promote Parasite on the show.

Even if you like that good idea, you can take it away.

The rest of us will fully cooperate with you. "

Guo Xiaosi, Wang Jing and others have obviously known for a long time what this variety show is about, which is to scold young actors with no background and praise those actors with fans, traffic, or background.

Although Lee Sheung Yew dislikes Can Xing's style, there is one thing he can say: this variety show can praise the talented young artist and promote the movie.

After he finishes "Parasite" and he has time, it might be a good idea to participate.

Tian Ming continued: "Director Li, we want to produce it as soon as possible and try to broadcast it after the Lunar New Year. At that time, there are no great variety shows that are suitable for our new programs."

Li Shengyao frowned slightly when he heard this, "I don't have time now. "Parasite" is still being edited. After editing, we still have to do post-production."

Tian Ming nodded, "Director Li, your high demands for movies are known to the whole world. We understand your plan, but during the New Year period, there are very few variety shows, which are really suitable for our new show. Can you change one?" Time, come back in the next year for post-production of the film.”

He then said slowly: "Director Li, if you can participate, our salary will be 6000 million yuan."

As soon as Tian Ming's words came out, the entire box became quiet.

Guo Xiaosi’s is 500 million, Chen Kexin, Wang Jing and others are 1000 million.

This gap is too big.

However, a few people then thought that Lee Sheng-yew's net worth of tens of billions might not necessarily be worth 6000 million.

Tian Ming looked at Li Shengyao nervously.

After he came up with the idea for this new variety show, he started looking for sponsors. Advertisers also recognized that this variety show was promising, but they had requirements for the guests invited to the variety show.

If we can invite Lao Mouzi or Li Shengyao, the title sponsorship fee can directly reach [-] million.

If we can't invite these two big guys, the sponsorship fee will only be [-] million.

Don't think about it, Lao Mouzi, he's never been on variety shows.

Tian Ming could only invite Li Shengyao. At this time, he looked calm, but in fact he was very nervous and his palms were sweating.

Li Shengyao was also a little surprised when he heard this.

In the Mainland, variety shows are really profitable.

In his previous life, Deng Chao and others participated in "Running Man". It is said that one season was 8000 million, and one season only had twelve episodes. They could run five or six episodes, and the other half sat and chatted. It was so easy to make money.

Now it is easy to get 6000 million, but Lee Sheng-yew's plan remains unchanged. He has to finish "Parasite" first and quickly see the effect of the finished film.

If the results are good, he will have some free time after the year and can participate in some variety shows.

But if the effect is not good, or there are areas that need improvement, he will actually pull the actors over and reshoot some scenes.

"Mr. Tian, ​​I don't have time. If it is produced next year, I may have time, but not now. I have to focus on the post-production of "Parasite"."

"Director Li, 8000 million, 8000 million salary."

Tian Ming gritted his teeth and raised his offer again.

Lee Sheung-yew smiled. If he wanted to pursue money, he would have filmed "Wolf Warrior".

Now that he has decided to leave a name in the world of film, he will go all out. There is absolutely no way that he will forget his long-term plan just because of 8000 million.

"Mr. Tian, ​​let's talk about it next year."

(End of this chapter)