Huayu: Director started with art films

Chapter 195 205 [Hidden Reward: Chen Hong, the Most Beautiful Woman in the Continent]

Hong Kong.

Yongsheng Film Company.

In Long Wu’s office.

Qian Yongqiang lowered his head and said, "Mr. Long, this was suggested by Director Li. I think we can give it a try."

"Director Li~~"

Long Wu frowned.

Long Tai, who was standing next to him, smiled and said, "Since it was Director Li who suggested it, let's give it a try. However, for the production fee, I will give you a maximum of another 100 million."

"That's enough, thank you Mrs. Long, thank you Mr. Long." Qian Yongqiang nodded happily. The crew had already shot most of the scenes, and now they just needed to reshoot some shots. The extra 100 million in production fees was more than enough.

Long Tai nodded: "Shoot well, Director Li has a good eye. Since he has given you advice, you must shoot well and don't waste Director Li's advice."

"Don't worry, Ryuta, I will take the photo seriously."

"Well, let's go."

"Okay Ryuta."

After Qian Yongqiang left, Long Wu also looked at Long Tai beside him and said, "We have already invested a lot of money in this film. If we give him another million, I'm afraid we won't make much money."

The movie "The Childlike Fairy of Tianshan" is a film that takes advantage of the popularity of Jin Yong's martial arts films in recent years, and it also specially selected Qingxia, the actress who played Dongfang Bubai.

To put it bluntly, this movie was produced to follow the trend, and the cost was compressed to a level that would ensure 100% profitability.

But now that he has been given an extra one million, Long Wu feels that it is not easy to make money anymore.

"With Qingxia and Gong Li, it won't be a problem to make back the investment."

Long Tai said with a smile: "And don't you think what Qian Yongqiang said is quite interesting? Qingxia and Gong Li had an abnormal love, but because of the secular world, they had to use Wuyazi as a pretext to cover up this relationship that was not recognized by the world."

“This is not an art film.”

Hearing his wife's words, Long Wu shook his head and said, "If it was an art film, I would spend a few million and make a loss, and maybe even win an award. But this is a martial arts film, if I lose money, I won't be able to explain to the investors in Baodao."

Long Tai laughed and said, "I know, but martial arts films are more appealing! When it comes time to promote it, we'll find a gossip newspaper and put up a headline: Qingxia was heartbroken by the two Qin brothers, and fell in love with Gong Li after a fake relationship..."

Long Wu's eyes lit up: "Haha, this is possible! If the scandal is hyped up, the box office in Taiwan will definitely be high!"

The romance between Qin Yilin and Lin Yiqin has been hyped up by the media in various ways over the past decade.

Although there were various rumors, there had never been a rumor that Qingxia fell in love with an actress during filming.

I believe that once the news is leaked, it will definitely attract many audiences to go to the cinema to see what the plot is.

"Besides, isn't Qingxia going to collaborate with Li Yishu on an art film soon? Then let someone leak the news of Li Yishu's visit to the set, and it will become a love triangle... Oh, and include Li Jiaxin as well, and it will be a love quadrangle..."

Long Tai deserves to be known as the helmsman behind the scenes of Yongsheng Film Company.

Relying on her marketing strategies in recent years, Yongsheng Film Company almost dominated the market in the early 1990s, causing the old film company Golden Harvest to decline.

"Well, let's do as you think."

Long Wu agreed with his wife's promotional idea, but when he thought about not being able to win over Li Yishu, he sighed and said, "What a pity! If we could win over Li Yishu, maybe Yongsheng could expand its business to Japan and South Korea."

"It's okay, take your time, there will always be a chance."

Long Tai rolled his eyes and said, "Didn't we say last time that when Li Yishu comes to Hong Kong, we will treat him to a meal and you can arrange a few people. Li Yishu is young and worth a lot of money. Wealth may not be able to impress him, but beauty may not be."

"Okay, I was going to do this last time, but Li Yishu didn't give me face."

"Take your time. When Li Lianjie first came to Hong Kong to film, wasn't he also very resistant to us? I believe that Li Yishu will always need us, not to mention that men are all lustful."

Long Tai looked at Long Wu meaningfully.

The crew of "The Child-like Grandma of Tianshan".

"Do you want to reshoot?"

Gong Li looked at Qian Yongqiang with a little surprise.

Qian Yongqiang apologized: "I'm sorry Ms. Gong Li, I didn't delay too much time, just an extra week, I'm really sorry."

"It's okay, it's only a week. But why do we suddenly need to reshoot so much?"

Gong Li waved her hands. She didn't mind adding an extra week to the filming. She was just a little curious: the film was already 80% done and the final battle was about to be shot, but they suddenly had to reshoot the previous scenes.

Qian Yongqiang hesitated and said, "This... Director Li gave some suggestions when he came to visit the crew before."

Ok?
Gong Li raised her eyebrows. She didn't expect Qian Yongqiang to be so gullible. He changed the plot with just a few words.

But this is also normal. She has worked with many directors, including those from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Mainland directors basically have the final say, and how the film is shot must follow their plans.

In contrast, directors from Hong Kong and Taiwan do not have much autonomy. Not only do they have to rely on big stars to add roles to their films, but they also have to rely on their sponsors to insert people into their films.

"Does Sister Qingxia know?"

"I've already told Miss Qingxia about it, and she agreed."

"Okay, I have no problem with that."

"Thank you, Ms. Gong Li. After we finish this scene, we will start preparing to reshoot the previous ones. This is the newly revised script."

After throwing down the script, Qian Yongqiang left quickly.

After everyone left, Gong Li picked up the script and looked at it for a while, and her expression immediately became strange.

Wow, this is a martial arts film turned into an art film~
It's still this kind of forbidden love.

She immediately took out her cell phone and called Li Yishu to ask him if the film would fail if it was changed like this.

"Dudu-"

Li Yishu's voice soon came from the other end of the phone: "Hello, Sister Gong Li?"

Gong Li got straight to the point: "Yishu, you want Director Qian to have no chance to direct in the future."

"what?!"

The incoherent words confused Li Yishu who was in the editing room. He said something to the editor and walked out of the stuffy room. He felt much better after coming outside and asked, "What happened?"

"What else can I do? You should tell Director Qian Yongqiang..."

After Gong Li talked a lot, Li Yishu finally understood that this was just what she said casually last time, so Qian Yongqiang really had to change the script and reshoot.

Li Yishu said, "Sister Gong Li, I just said it casually after reading the script. I didn't expect Director Qian to really listen to it. But you don't have to worry. As long as the publicity is in place, the box office should not be too bad. And you don't think that changing the script and reshooting was Qian Yongqiang's own idea, right?"

"You mean Yongsheng agreed?"

"Of course. They've probably already thought of using your fame to stir up trouble."

"I don't mind. But Yishu, Director Qian's literary skills are really good."

Gong Li flipped through the script in her hand and said with a smile: "I have seen some of his clips before, and I feel that if he goes the art film route, it might be quite suitable."

Li Yishu smiled and said, "Some people are indeed suitable for making art films, but this is not popular in Hong Kong. Don't give them advice. I regret saying so much at that time."

He has no impression of the Hong Kong director Qian Yongqiang at all. There is a high probability that he will fail in the future. However, if he can take advantage of this opportunity to switch to the field of art films, then he still has a glimmer of hope.

In fact, if you just watch the movie "Tien Shan Tong Lao", if you remove the line between Zhang Min and Xu Zhu, the pictures are still quite beautiful. The plot may be fragmented, but at least it is well-made, and there is a sense of "forbidden love". If you write a good script and shoot a few films, which are not many people shooting female themes these days, it may be possible to make a name for yourself in this field.

"I don't care about that. It's you who's adding to my workload."

"Okay, okay, it's my fault. I'll apologize to you when you come back after filming."

"After the filming, I will go to Shaanxi."

"Filming 'To Live'?"

"Well, the filming will start in early September. I'm going there to try out the makeup."

"..."

Chatted for a while.

Li Yishu also hung up the phone, thinking of the modified "The Fairy of Tianshan". He was actually looking forward to seeing how this movie would turn out. However, it should at least be better than the original movie, as the plot line was confusing.

After putting away her phone, Li Yishu walked into the editing room again.

a few days later.

Sichuan Airport.

Qiong Yao walked out of the airport hall with Chen Hong, her daughter-in-law He Xiuqiong, and several assistants.

After hailing two taxis outside, the group headed to the hotel they had booked previously.

Sitting in the back seat, Qiong Yao looked at the scenery outside the car window and couldn't help but sigh: "It has really changed."

It seemed that the other party had been here before, so Chen Hong couldn't help but ask curiously, "Has Teacher Qiong Yao been to Sichuan?"

He Xiuqiong smiled and said, "My mother-in-law was born in Sichuan and has lived here for four years."

"Yes, but that was during the Republic of China."

Qiong Yao smiled and said, "I have forgotten my childhood memories, but I came to Sichuan once ten years ago. At that time, Sichuan was not like it is now. Now it is developing very fast, and high-rise buildings have been built."

The taxi driver listened to the conversation and realized that these unusual-looking women were probably from Taiwan. He immediately said with a smile in his broken Mandarin, "How many of you are from Taiwan?"

He Xiuqiong was surprised and asked, "How did the driver know? By listening to our accent?"

"I can't make out the accent."

The driver shook his head and said, "From what you said, they should be from Taiwan. In the past two years, many veterans from Taiwan have returned to Sichuan to visit their relatives."

Since the 92 Consensus, there has been another wave of veterans returning to their hometowns.

Qiong Yao asked, "Is it because of the film 'That Mountain, That Man, That Dog' directed by Li Yishu?"

"It should be this movie." The driver smiled and said, "I heard that after this movie was released in Taiwan, many veterans went to watch it, and it was even broadcast on the news."

"Yes, quite a few people went to see it." He Xiuqiong nodded.

"Haha, this shows that the movies made by our Sichuan kids are amazing. I heard from my daughter that Li Yishu made hundreds of millions of dollars overseas with just one movie. Oh my god, this is too much money. If they can make a few more movies, the country will not lack foreign exchange."

"Master also knows English?"

"It's OK. I learned a little by myself."

Although the driver is not well educated, he has been driving a taxi for many years and has seen many people coming and going.

There are not only Hong Kong businessmen and Taiwanese compatriots, but also many people from foreign countries. For this reason, he even taught himself English in order to be able to communicate better with foreigners.

Hearing this, Qiong Yao was filled with admiration. Even a taxi driver started to learn foreign languages ​​by himself. No wonder the mainland has changed so much in the past ten years.

soon.

After arriving at the hotel.

The group completed the check-in procedures.

In the hotel rooms.

He Xiuqiong asked, "Mom, how about we take a rest for a night and contact Director Li tomorrow?"

"No, I'm not tired now."

Qiong Yao shook her head and said, "Just call Director Li and ask the hotel if they can arrange a good private room for you."

"Okay." He Xiuqiong nodded, then went out with her cell phone, preparing to book a private room and contact Li Yishu.

After everyone left, Qiong Yao looked at Chen Hong, who was dressed like an urban beauty. The more she looked at this jade-like person, the happier she became.

After watching the TV series "Love of a Dai Girl" starring her, she felt that Chen Hong was very suitable for starring in her own Qiong Yao drama.

But there was no opportunity until the end of last year, when he successfully signed a contract with the other party and brought Chen Hong to Taiwan.

She filmed "Three Romances of Plum Blossoms: Between Water and Clouds" and played the cheerful and unrestrained beauty of the Republic of China, Wang Zixuan.

In order to promote Chen Hong, Qiong Yao also arranged for someone to give Chen Hong the title of "the most beautiful woman in mainland China".

Thanks to Chen Hong's good looks, this title quickly spread in Taiwan. She also appeared on several shows, which made Chen Hong instantly famous in Taiwan.

After becoming famous, Chen Hong gradually became a little arrogant.

Qiong Yao was an experienced person, so she could naturally see her arrogance, so she reminded her, "Honghong, when you meet Director Li later, you must pay attention to your manners. I asked someone, and Director Li's "The Reader" is set in Taiwan in the 50s. Your image and temperament are very consistent with the beauty of women in that era."

"The teacher I know."

Chen Hong grinned and said, "I know Director Li very well. I especially like his films The Mountain and Farewell My Concubine."

"Yeah." Seeing Chen Hong like this, Qiong Yao nodded slightly.

evening.

In the private room of the hotel restaurant.

After exchanging pleasantries with Li Yishu, Qiong Yao also introduced the two people around her: "Director Li, this is my daughter-in-law He Xiuqiong. I am old now, and she stays by my side to take care of me."

"Hello, Ms. He."

Li Yishu smiled and shook hands with He Xiuqiong, then turned her gaze to Chen Hong beside her.

I have to admit that Chen Hong was really beautiful when she was young, with delicate and soft facial features, a comfortable oval face, curved willow-leaf eyebrows, double eyelids that were neither wide nor narrow, and soft facial lines. She was stunning at first sight.

And her dignified and elegant temperament, who wouldn’t like her?

No wonder Chen Kai had a falling out with Ni Ping because of her.

"This is Chen Hong, an artist under my company and also a very good actress."

Following Qiong Yao's introduction, Chen Hong quickly extended her hand and said:

"Hello Director Li, I'm Chen Hong. I really like your films The Mountain and Farewell My Concubine. I especially like Farewell My Concubine. It's so beautiful. It definitely deserves the Palme d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival."

Hiss~ It really is the hidden reward of the Palme d’Or. Even the words are actively directed towards the Palme d’Or.

"Thank you."

Lee Yi-su smiled and asked, "If Farewell My Concubine didn't win the award, would Ms. Chen still like the movie?"

(End of this chapter)