The King of Directors 2000

"Cheung Manyu defeated the mother of 007 and won the Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival."

"Cheung Manyu - the second best actress in the world, won the best actress at three major European film festivals."

"Manyu Cheung: I would like to thank Director Li. Without his efforts, I would not have been able to act in such an outstanding movie."

"Three Billboards is a great movie and I hope everyone will enjoy it."

"Asia's number one actress, Maggie Cheung's transformation journey."

"Lee Sing-yew wins Best Director at Venice Film Festival."

"Berutucci: China is a magical place with a long history and rich culture. I believe that outstanding directors will continue to emerge there."

"Barbara: Lee's legend in Venice has just begun. He will definitely become even greater. The Venice Film Festival welcomes him."

"Cahiers du Cinema calls Lee Sung-yew the best director of the new generation."

""Sight and Sound": Lee Sheng-yew's new movie is very good, the plot design is full of tension, and it is a movie worth learning from all screenwriters."

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With "Three Billboards", Lee Sung-yew helped Maggie Cheung win the Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival, and then won the Best Director himself.

This incident caused huge discussion in the country.

Because of his previous remarks about preparing three movies at the same time, many media and netizens thought that Lee Sheng-yew was distracted and had forgotten his original intention of making movies.

When Lee Sheng-yew threatened to help actors win Best Actor and Best Actress, they mostly mocked him.

But "Three Billboards" really did it.

With this film, Maggie Cheung successfully gathered the best actresses from three major European film festivals, becoming the second person after Juliette Binoche.

Maggie Cheung is one of the top actresses in the world, and it is not surprising that she won the Best Actress Award. This fact does not actually make Lee Sung-Yew great.

But then Lee Sheng Yew won the Best Director, and I have to say that Lee Sheng Yew has two skills.

As soon as the news came out, domestic public opinion suddenly changed.

Before, it was [-]% media touting, now it is [-]% media.

There is still one percent of the media who don’t tout it, they just want to be unique and gain traffic.

Regardless of whether it is the official media, self-media, or netizens surfing on their mobile phones, they are all praising at this time, and they are free of charge.

In addition, there is another group that praises them very seriously. This group is students from the directing and directing departments of major domestic art schools.

Not only Li Shengyao’s “alma mater”, Zhongxi University, but also Nortel, Communication University, and Shangxi University were praised.

Of course, the most serious school, which requires students to boast about their talents, is naturally still in the drama.

In the past, there were no big-name directors in Chinese dramas, especially Nortel's Lao Mouzi, Brother Kaizi, and Section Chief Jia.

Now that Lee Sing-yao has appeared, we finally have a director who can show off his talents.

The Chinese Theater Academy is very serious. The principal organized a meeting and announced that he would study Lee Sheng Yew's creative spirit and organize a seminar on Lee Sheng Yew's films.

Then students from the directing department and the editing and directing department received a task, requiring them to write a thesis on Lee Sheng-yew's films of no less than [-] words, which was due next Wednesday.

"The main thing is to study Lee Sing-yew's films. Don't think that this is bureaucracy or formalism. If you learn it well, you will benefit from it for life."

Amid the lamentations of the students, the dean personally issued the task.

Ring Ring Ring!
  get out of class is over, autumn has entered, and the weather in Yanjing is cooler than usual.

There are more fallen leaves on the road than usual.

Facing the swaying autumn wind, Wu Lizhi slowly walked out of the classroom.

The classmates were all discussing how to write a paper about Li Shengyao. Wu Lizhi curled his lips and ran out quickly.

A moment later, Wu Lizhi came to the teaching building of the Performance Department. He took out his mobile phone, turned on the selfie mode, arranged his clothes, touched his hair, and then showed the most handsome smile.

"Old Wu, are you waiting for Bai Fumei again?"

"Old Wu, do you still want to eat soft rice?"

Two classmates passed by and saw Wu Lizhi looking so sexy, and immediately laughed and joked.

Wu Lizhi waved his hands in disgust, "Get out of here, this is my true love, and you are just eating soft food."

The two classmates glanced at Wu Lizhi contemptuously and turned to leave.

"Toad wants to eat."

"It's so funny that you're so ugly and you still want to date a rich woman."

The classmates' voices were loud. Wu Lizhi heard their words and stared in embarrassment.

After waiting for about half an hour, Wu Lizhi was a little tired of standing, and the acting class was finally over.

I saw a group of handsome men and beauties walking out of the performance class.

These people are indeed very good-looking, much better than Wu Lizhi.

Wu Lizhi is [-] meters tall, with average appearance and average build. The only thing that is special is his bright eyes, which look a bit like starry eyes.

Originally, her appearance was only [-] points, but with those eyes, it could be [-] points.

It was these eyes that gave Wu Lizhi confidence. He felt that his appearance could be rated as a nine.

Wu Lizhi craned his neck and looked over, and soon saw the person he liked.

It was a girl with a height of [-] meters, long hair, and a very demure look. Her name was Qiao Xin.

Just like what other students are talking about, Qiao Xin is a real Bai Fumei. She drives a sports car to school, and her family has a big villa in Yanjing. She usually uses luxury goods. To put it bluntly, she can just carry a bag. It is the living expenses of other people for a year.

But Wu Lizhi didn't pursue Qiao Xin just to get a soft meal. He just wanted her body.

A manly man can be lustful, but he must not be a soft-boiled man.

"Qiao Xin, let's go have dinner together."

Qiao Xin noticed Wu Lizhi and shook her head, "Forget it, I have an appointment with my classmate."

"Come together, I can tell you about the directing class."

Qiao Xin likes pretty boys, but she doesn't like boys like Wu Lizhi. However, she has recently become interested in directing classes. Wu Lizhi relies on this to have more opportunities to chat with Qiao Xin.

Sure enough, after hearing Wu Lizhi's words, Qiao Xin nodded.

Soon after, a group of students came to the school cafeteria.

Qiao Xin randomly ordered two vegetables, one hand-shredded cabbage and one carrot.

Wu Lizhi ordered a lot of dishes, including fried chicken with green peppers, spicy shredded potatoes, and a piece of fried fish.

After sitting down, Wu Lizhi ate and talked about interesting things about today's director class.

Qiao Xin's family is rich, so learning acting is really her hobby, and she definitely doesn't want to make money.

She has already acted, but her performance is still not outstanding enough. It can only be said that her talent is average and her upper limit is limited.

Her teacher suggested that she read the teaching materials of the directing class when she had time and try to see the actors' performances from the director's perspective.

So Qiao Xin began to pay attention to the situation of the director class.

After eating a piece of fish and all the chicken, Wu Lizhi finished talking about today's affairs.

At the end of the day, I have to write a thesis about Lee Sheung Yew.

Wu Lizhi curled his lips again and said to Qiao Xin: "The teachers in our school are really shameless. Li Shengyao is obviously not a student of the Chinese Opera, but he insists on getting involved in the Chinese Opera.

He was really lucky. He only made a few movies that were average or even [-]%, and he became a god all of a sudden.

It is true that there are no tigers in the mountains and monkeys rule the roost.

The older directors have retired, and there are no outstanding people in the new generation. Lee Sheng-yew has become the leader. "

Wu Lizhi has always been dissatisfied with Li Shengyao kneeling down and licking him in the Chinese drama. He felt that the school had no bottom line.

As for Li Shengyao, he also didn't think highly of him. He feels that Li Shengyao's films are too commercial, not artistic enough, and have almost zero role in promoting film art.

Qiao Xin eats less food and eats less. She eats slowly and chews carefully. She wants to stay in shape.

At this time, she still hadn't finished eating. When she heard Wu Lizhi's words, her face became a little ugly, and then she put down her chopsticks and said, "Wu Lizhi, you are really interesting."

"What...what's going on?"

Noticing that Qiao Xin's tone was wrong, Wu Lizhi asked in confusion.

"Who are you? You look down on this, look down on that. What achievements do you have? Do you deserve to be compared with Lee Sheung Yew? At your age, someone has already started filming a TV series, and it is still a TV series with a national rating of [-] points. What qualifications do you have to ridicule Are there no tigers in the mountains?"

Qiao Xin doesn't really like the movies made by Lee Sheung-yew, especially those in recent years, such as "1937" and "Parasite". She thinks they are too serious.

But she really likes the TV series produced by Lee Sheng-yew, especially those idol dramas.

It can be said that the reason why she is interested in acting is because she wants to act in an idol drama.

Now that Wu Lizhi is talking nonsense about a director she approves of, she naturally can't stand it.

As a rich woman who has no pressure to survive, she will not hold it in her heart.

When Wu Lizhi heard this, he was immediately unconvinced and said: "I had no platform and no funds. If I had start-up funds, then I would be better than him, and the dramas I would make would be better."

"You are really hopeless, and you still think you are excellent..."

Qiao Xin was too lazy to listen to Wu Lizhi beeping. She planned not to chat with Wu Lizhi in the future, "You should take a good look in the mirror. You keep saying that if you work hard, you will be awesome."

You are just wishful thinking, you are obviously mediocre, but you still want to make excuses for your incompetence.

Don't take classes well, don't have self-discipline, don't reflect on yourself.

You have a tough mouth all over your body. Chatting with people like you is a waste of time. Don't talk to me again. "

After saying that, Qiao Xin took the rice bowl and strode away.

She spoke quite loudly and was heard by a circle of classmates. No one spoke for Wu Lizhi. Everyone was watching the joke. Obviously they all agreed with Qiao Xin's words.

Wu Lizhi wanted to refute, but saw that Qiao Xin had already left.

He tidied away the rice bowl irritably, and then went to wash the rice bowl. Just when he came to the sink, the ground was slippery, and he accidentally fell, and most of his clothes were wet.

Wu Lizhi didn't expect that he would be so embarrassed. He threw away his rice bowl and strode away.

The sky was much darker at this time, and the cool autumn wind was blowing faintly.

The yellow leaves fell, clattering to the ground, and then were rolled up again and blown everywhere, making it very messy.

Wu Lizhi felt even more upset when he saw this.

He couldn't help but think of the words of the goddess Qiao Xin. He had never doubted himself in the past, but this time he hesitated.

"Am I average in talent?"

"Am I not a genius?"

"Am I really not as good as Li Shengyao?"

Because he didn't like the school's bureaucracy and formalistic style, and was very fond of the school leader Li Shengyao, Wu Lizhi was disgusted by it.

He had never seriously read Lee Sheng Yew's works. When he saw Lee Sheng Yew's movies and TV series, he dismissed them and even ridiculed them.

So is this really what Director Li did this time?

Do you want to put aside your prejudices and seriously study Lee Sheng Yew?
  Wu Lizhi thought about it and decided to take a good look at Li Shengyao's works.

It can be regarded as an explanation to Qiao Xin to see if he is ignorant or if Qiao Xin's words are wrong.

He then came to the rental house outside the school.

This rental house was rented by his brother Wu Liren, and he asked for a room.

Wu Liren is five years older than him and is already working. He is now an editor for a magazine in Yanjing.

Wu Lizhi returned to the rental house and saw Wu Liren sitting on the sofa, watching videos at Station B and taking notes.

"Brother, what are you writing?"

"Write a manuscript."

Wu Lizhi walked over and found that Wu Liren was watching Li Shengyao's introduction video.

"You want to write about Li Shengyao?"

Wu Liren's face was slightly stiff. He had never liked Lee Shengyao very much and had written many negative articles about Lee Shengyao before.

But now that the editor wants to read articles praising Lee Sheng-yew, he has to open Station B, look for some videos praising Lee Sheng-yew, and then copy a few paragraphs to piece them together into a new article.

It's a bit embarrassing to talk about such things in front of my younger brother.

Seeing his brother's expression, Wu Lizhi immediately knew that his guess was correct.

He had read an article written by Wu Liren that criticized Li Shengyao before, but he did not expect that public opinion would now turn around and Sunspot would become a dogleg.

Wu Lizhi felt a little strange. He shook his head and then returned to the room.

After closing the door, Wu Lizhi immediately turned on the computer and searched Li Shengyao's collection of works, and soon found a series of TV series and movies.

Wu Lizhi thought for a while, clicked on "Reply 1988" which had the highest score, and then started to read it carefully.

It was incredible to watch, from seven o'clock to three o'clock in the morning.

It wasn't until his eyes hurt and his stomach growled that he came back to his senses. He was stunned. Thinking of the touching and funny plot of the TV series, he couldn't help but search for information related to "Reply 1988".

He quickly saw that Li Shengyao was the director and screenwriter of this TV series.

"Are you so awesome? The script of this TV series is not simple."

For the first time, Wu Lizhi felt that Li Shengyao was not simple.

He has not been good at writing compositions since he was a child. If you ask him to write scripts, he can only write idol dramas. Period dramas like "Reply 1988" are really not good for him.

"Am I really wrong?"

Wu Lizhi sighed and then went to bed.

The following weekend, he watched dramas at home, including "Reply 1988", "My Uncle" and "The Signal".

A period drama, an urban drama, and a criminal investigation drama.

The scripts of these three dramas are all very awesome.

Wu Lizhi was really convinced at this time. Not to mention his directing skills, his ability to write scripts would not be matched by him in eight lifetimes.

By Sunday night, I thought about the paper due next week.

He was anxious and found that his brother was still copying the views of Station B. He couldn't help but walked over and said, "Brother, you can't copy like this. Can't netizens see it?"

"You can see a hammer."

Wu Liren was somewhat proud, "Brother, Lee Sheng Yew is an all-rounder. He writes all the scripts of his works himself. His movies and TV series are all perfect in terms of concept, story structure, shooting, editing, and post-production soundtrack."

There is no need to study it at all, just praise it directly. You can praise all the contents and aspects.

If you praise others, someone may criticize you, just like Lao Mouzi. Some people say he can't tell stories.

There is absolutely no way to praise Lee Sheng Yew. This guy is so awesome and has almost no shortcomings. "

Is it so awesome?

Wu Lizhi turned his head and thought for a while, and found that this was really the case.

So Li Shengyao is indeed very powerful, but he is not as good as Director Li.

Alas, the goddess was right.

Alas, since Yu is born, how can Liang be born?

(End of this chapter)