The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 645 Worry

A scorching sun hangs high in the sky, and the sunshine is so hot that it doesn't take three minutes to stand under the sun and you will break out in a stinky sweat.

Yanjing Dongcheng District Children’s Hospital, coughs kept coming.

The weather outside is hot and the temperature is high, while the air conditioner at home is turned on and the temperature is low.

Under such a contrast, children can easily catch a cold when they come home after exercising outside.

Li Shengyao's son caught a cold. He kept coughing and had a fever, which frightened Chen Hao.

After the blood test, the examination report showed that the throat was inflamed, which was bronchitis. The inflammation was quite severe. In addition to taking medicine, I also needed to undergo nebulization.

At this time, Chen Hao took the child to do atomization. In order to prevent the child from making trouble, he even took out a tablet to watch cartoons for him.

Li Shengyao stood aside with a smile on his face, looking at everything as normal, but in fact he was mentally exhausted.

He went to the beautiful country to sign a contract with Warner Pictures, selected three important actors, and then returned to China.

First, the film crew was arranged to go to the beautiful country to contact people from Warner to discuss how many set workers and actors from the beautiful country to be recruited.

The purpose is to promote the overseas video website Fenghua Online.

Although these are all good things, he is really tired.

In the past, most people agreed that Disney was first and Warner was second.

Even some friends in the Chinese entertainment industry believe that Lee Sheng-yew can postpone his cooperation with Warner, saying that he does not want Warner's bad luck to implicate him.

As a well-known director, he is often asked a variety of questions, not only about the entertainment industry, but sometimes about social events.

In the entertainment industry, Da Mi Mi is definitely the most popular actress this summer.

At this time, he was watching the news on his computer. After watching it for a while, he searched for "Joker" and saw a lot of negative comments. It seemed that the public opinion in the beautiful country had spread to the mainland.

Adhering to the principle that if there is no investigation, he has no right to speak, he usually does not comment, but he will still say a few words about some things.

After two days of nebulization, I felt better and the coughing was not so frequent.

"Gu Jian Qi Tan" became a hit and attracted many fans to her.

Da Mi Mi became the most popular actress.

……

Li Shengyao opened his mailbox and saw several emails, all of which required him to make a decision.

Li Shengyao came to the study. Although it was now his time to spend time with Chen Hao, he still had some things to deal with.

The New York Times counted the five movies that lost the most money in the first half of the year, and also counted the five movies that made the most money in the first half of the year.

Li Shengyao noticed that there were many sick children in the hospital. After his son finished nebulizing, he said to Chen Hao: "Let's buy a nebulizing machine ourselves."

Jiaxing has also been rising steadily and has produced several TV series. Although the word-of-mouth ratings are not good, they can attract fans, are popular and topical.

When he returns to China, there will be many activities in the country.

He then went to the master bedroom and secretly observed Chen Hao's condition. When he saw that he was sleeping, his worries finally disappeared.

Then he went around Southeast Asia, visited seven countries in a row, and held talks with senior officials from various countries.

As a parent, I really hate to see my children in pain.

He read it carefully and then responded one by one.

But in the past two or three years, Warner has seriously fallen behind.

"Okay, buy one yourself, so you don't have to come over and wait."

In addition, Chen Hao was pregnant with her second child. For this reason, Li Shengyao rejected the agreement with Da Mi Mi and stayed with Chen Hao at home, but he did not expect that his son would be sick.

In addition, "The Breakup Master" and "Tiny Times 34" were released. Three movies were released in one summer, with a total box office of over one billion.

He met with the culture ministers of several countries and promised to invest as much money as he wanted to build cultural industries.

The child coughed very frequently. Li Shengyao and Chen Hao couldn't eat when they heard the coughing sound.

When the film crew went to Beautiful Country, there were still some things he needed to make a decision on.

"Edge of Tomorrow" can't make money, and even Tom Cruise can't bring Warner to the side, which makes Warner become the laughing stock of this summer.

The first place is "Guardians of the Galaxy". This movie cost 1.7 billion and had a box office of 300 million in North America.

After he finished replying to the email, he subconsciously checked the time, then left the study, found the child, took his temperature, and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there was no fever.

There was not much to say about the summer of 2014. There were no major events in society or internationally.

Li Shengyao then returned to the study room, and then briefly browsed the recent events.

"Cough! Cough! Cough! Cough!"

Because Warner's poor performance has even affected Lee Sheng-yao to a certain extent, more American audiences are not optimistic about "Joker" because of Warner and want to stop the production of "Joker".

The two people then took the child home. The child was taken by the nanny while Chen Hao went to rest.

Li Shengyao naturally did not believe this.

In particular, Fenghua Online's overseas expansion received high recognition from above, and he participated in several commendation conferences in succession.

As for Hollywood, Warner is taking a beating while Disney enjoys unlimited glory.

Disney relies on superhero movies to reap box office revenue around the world.

Lee Sheng Yew has a rather special schedule today. He is going to participate in a talk show.

The host is not Lu Datou, Li Jing, or Zhu Jun, but Yi Lijing, who has recently become famous.

This woman is now the top star of Southern Weekend, and her interviews are said to be unscripted, and she just wants to get to the core of the guests' issues.

Li Shengyao has no masochistic tendencies. He has never wanted to participate in Yi Lijing's show, but Southern Weekend offered many benefits, so Li Shengyao agreed.

In the morning, he stayed with Chen Hao at home until ten o'clock. The company's car came to pick him up. Then he went to the recording site of "Yijian" and then met Yi Lijing.

This is a fierce-looking woman, wearing a pair of glasses. When she looks at other people, her eyes are wide open, as if she is asking for guilt.

The assistant reminded Li Shengyao not to be angry during the interview and not to argue with Yi Lijing.

When Yi Lijing is in a weird mood, don't follow the weird mood to avoid looking low.

The assistant is still quite nervous.

Li Shengyao is a natural person. Except for emotional issues, he is very open about any other issues.

Yi Lijing saw Li Shengyao and secretly lamented that Li Shengyao was so young and looked like a star.

However, Li Shengyao's mental state was not very good and he could see that he was a little tired.

It is said that Director Li used to participate in various interviews and was able to handle them with ease. Yi Lijing wants to break this record today because she wants to make Li Shengyao lose his temper.

Making celebrities lose their temper has become her biggest hobby.

Sometimes she would lie in bed and think of a certain star who was irritated by her and rendered speechless by her questions. She was very excited, even more excited than sleeping with a handsome guy.

Lee Sung-yew will be the biggest director she has ever interviewed.

She has done a lot of homework on this, and she believes that this time she will make Lee Sheng Yew look bad.

Soon after, the interview officially began.

The makeup artist just applied makeup to Lee Sheng-Yao, and he looks even more handsome. Yi Lijing was in a daze for a moment, then secretly bit his tongue to make himself more energetic, and then calmly greeted Li Shengyao.

After a few words of greeting, Yi Lijing couldn't wait to ask: "Director Li, can I ask you some sensitive questions?"

Li Shengyao smiled and said, "It depends on the situation. If I can answer, I will answer. If I can't, I won't answer."

Yi Lijing nodded, "Is it convenient to answer your new movie? You look very tired. This is a state you have never had before. I saw your news in the past and you were always in high spirits. Your current state is because of the new movie. ?"

Li Shengyao smiled and shook his head, "It's not because of the new movie. I've been running around recently, and I've been to Southeast Asia. I'm very tired from flying around."

Li Shengyao looked very calm and answered very calmly.

Yi Lijing frowned slightly, but she was not in a hurry. She had prepared many questions.

"Oh, then did you hear that "Joker" was boycotted by more than 20,000 people in the beautiful country?"

In the beautiful country, more and more netizens are boycotting "Joker" in real names. Maybe in a while, there will be 30,000 people.

"I heard about it."

"Are you worried then?"

Li Shengyao glanced at Yi Lijing, "I can't say I'm worried. I can understand the thoughts of those clown fans. They are just worried that the character of the clown will be ruined. Thinking about it from another perspective, if I don't understand the theme of the movie "Joker", combined with the recent Warner situation, I would also be worried that this subject matter would not be photographed well."

Yi Lijing was slightly startled when he heard this.

Are you really not worried?

Or do you pretend to be strong in front of me?

She raised her eyebrows, allowed herself to recover a little, and then said: "I heard that you did not invest in this "Joker" movie."

Li Shengyao nodded, "Yes, I have no investment."

"In the past, you were the sponsor of the movies you produced, but you didn't invest this time. Why? Do you not believe in Warner? Or are you not optimistic that "Joker" can make a profit?"

It’s true that I don’t believe Warner, but such things cannot be discussed openly.

Li Shengyao smiled, "It's not that I don't believe in Warner, nor am I not optimistic about "Joker". The main reason is that the Joker is a DC Comics character and a movie character belonging to Warner.

Since we cooperate, someone always has to make sacrifices and compromises.

In the past, I was the sponsor of the films I produced. This time it is different because the partners and projects are special, so I did not ask for a share of the investment. I hope that this adjustment can make our cooperation more intimate. "

The official cliché is so obvious.

Li Shengyao remained very calm.

Yi Lijing felt a little angry. Now it seemed that the questions she prepared were useless.

"Director Li, your new movie this time only occupies 30% of the copyright. Is this also a concession on your part?"

“This is not a concession, this is what should be done.

The copyright of Joker originally belonged to DC Comics, but now it has been transferred to Warner Pictures. I can get 30% of the copyright, which is already a recognition for me. "

"But you own at least 60% of the copyright for your previous movies. Don't you feel dissatisfied when you give in so much this time?"

"No, I am actually very realistic. I know how much I can strive for."

Seeing this, Yi Lijing felt even more unhappy, and continued: "I have noticed the current public opinion. When many netizens talk about your movie, they say it is an art film.

I just thought it was meaningless and just another routine.

Do you yourself agree with this statement? "

"I don't agree, I think it's okay. The movies I make actually have relatively strong commercial attributes, and I think the themes are okay.

If you are a movie lover, you will probably like my movies. "

Li Shengyao still looked calm and calm.

Yi Lijing noticed that other staff members were watching with frowns.

The highlight of their show is for the guests to break their defenses. If the guests don't respond, then their show is meaningless.

"Are you worried about being abandoned by the audience?"

"No, I always believe that you can do great things as much as you are capable.

If my movies can no longer attract young audiences, then I should step down and let a better director take over.

Regarding this matter, I see it clearly and calmly. "

Li Shengyao smiled and replied, he really didn't care about this very much.

After all, when there was nothing left to copy, he disappeared.

At that time, people will only regret that he does not make new movies, and no one will say that he has exhausted his talents.

"Then have you carefully observed the domestic box office rankings in recent years? For previous movies, 200 to 300 million was very impressive, ranking among the top three of the year.

Slowly, the movie box office has increased year by year, reaching 500.6 billion, and now the top three in the year are at least 1 billion. Your movie box office has not grown much. The highest number of your current movies is only 400 million, and the box office is not as good as Deng Chao's. "The Breakup Master", do you feel a sense of crisis?

Now Deng Chao, Xu Zheng, Wu Jing, their box office is so high.

And you are still at the same level as before, will you be worried? "

Li Shengyao thought for a while and said slowly: "I have seriously considered this issue a long time ago.

I was thinking whether I should continue to make hit commercial films, or whether I should make award-winning films that combine both commercialism and art.

In the end I chose the latter, and I won two Palme d'Ors and three Best Director awards.

I don't regret this choice and I won't worry about it.

As for Xu Zheng and Deng Chao, they are currently doing well at the box office. I sincerely wish them all the best and look forward to them making better movies in the future. "

No matter what I asked, Lee Sheng Yew was very calm. Even if he told me that "Joker" would not work in a beautiful country, Lee Sheng Yew didn't care.

Yi Lijing felt a little numb.

She was not sure whether Li Shengyao was such a person. No matter what she said, she could not shake his confidence.

She felt that Li Shengyao had reached another level now. She was a little embarrassed and then asked what she thought was the most damaging question.

"Director Li, you are so confident about "Joker", then do you think "Joker" will have a box office of over 100 million in a beautiful country? Can this movie make money? Can you win an Oscar? Can you shut up those critics? ?"

Hearing this, Li Shengyao shook his head, "I'm not sure whether I can have a breakthrough at the Oscars, and I'm not sure whether the critics will like it.

But I believe it can exceed 100 million and make money. "

"Is this true?"

Li Shengyao glanced at Yi Lijing and said, "Of course I mean it."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm pretty sure, I have faith in 'Joker.'"

Soon after, the interview ended and Li Shengyao left with his assistant.

"Boss, you are so awesome. I don't get angry no matter how much I ask you."

"What's there to be angry about? She's just a talker. Everyone can deal with it if she doesn't take her seriously.

I'm not worried about her, I'm worried about the extreme clown fans in Pretty Country who can cause trouble on set. "

(End of this chapter)