Huayu: Director started with art films

Chapter 207 Chapter 217 [Scandal caused a sensation in Hong Kong and Taiwan, CCTV's No. bid winner]

On Monday, Next Weekly came out with a "See you on Monday".

They published the latest issue of their weekly magazine in Hong Kong and Taiwan respectively.

The headlines in both places are very explosive. The Hong Kong version is [The great director pierces the red wall with a gun late at night]; the Taiwan version is [Beauty is a disaster in the family, and they rush to serve the king].

Just these two titles immediately attracted countless old perverts to buy.

The editor-in-chief of Next Weekly had long known that this would be a big selling point, so he specially printed a lot of weekly magazines in advance to stock up, 10 copies for Hong Kong and 30 copies for Formosa. However, he did not expect that most of them would be sold out in just one morning.

This also led to the weekly magazine's owner Fat Lai immediately ordering the printing of another 10 copies each to meet the needs of readers in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

The crew of "The Reader".

Li Yishu sat in the director's chair and watched Qingxia acting in the tram carefully through the monitor.

Today's scene mainly focuses on Qingxia, and there is no role for him for the time being, so he didn't even put on makeup.

"Director Li..."

At this moment, the stagehand came over, got close to the director, and whispered, "There are a group of reporters outside."

"Why are you here again?" Li Yishu frowned and asked, "Didn't we just interview them a few days ago?"

"this…"

The stagehand stammered, looking at Li Yishu with eyes that were sometimes flickering and sometimes envious.

In the morning, when the stage manager was chatting with the crew members, he learned about the report in "Next Weekly" magazine. He even went to find someone to get a copy, and was surprised to find that it was true.

There are not only text descriptions, but also photos. These are two actresses who are known as the most beautiful women in mainland China and Taiwan!

I don't know how many people's dream lover she is, but now, Director Li has put them together.

It’s so cool to be a director!
I also want to be a successful director in the future!

Qian Wenqi was determined to become a director on par with Li Yishu, so that he could experience the endless joy of being a director.

Li Yishu frowned slightly: "What's going on?"

"Yes, it's a report in Next Weekly."

"Report?"

"I'll get it for Director Li."

Qian Wenqi hurried to get the weekly magazine.

Soon, he came with the latest issue of Next Weekly.

Li Yishu took the weekly magazine and glanced at it. He was immediately speechless by the title and cover photo. He didn't expect that there were reporters sneaking into the hotel where he was staying and they happened to take pictures of Chen Hong and Xiao Qiang entering their room.

To be honest, if Lee Yi-su himself didn't know that he didn't do anything, just based on the cover photo and the title, he would probably think that he was drunk and forgot.

Beauty brings disaster within the family... Is he comparing himself to a tyrant?
Li Yishu said solemnly, "Go call Director Lai."

"Okay Director Li."

Qian Wenqi left in a hurry and prepared to find Lai Shengchuan who was communicating with the props team.

Not long after, Lai Shengchuan rushed over and asked, "What's wrong, Director Li?"

Li Yishu didn't say anything, but handed the magazine to the other party: "Change to a better hotel, and by the way, go and deal with those reporters outside."

"I'll do it right away." Lai Shengchuan also just took a look at the weekly magazine and immediately knew what was going on. Although he didn't know whether it was true or not, the director had spoken, so he had to do it.

Soon after he left, Zhang Aijia came over and said, "Director Li, what happened?"

"Nothing much. How was the filming just now?"

Li Yishu was just busy with the weekly magazine and didn't pay much attention to how Qingxia performed.

"It's fine, no problem."

"Then pack up and shoot the outdoor scenes in a few days."

Li Yishu shook his head slightly. He knew how powerful the paparazzi in Hong Kong and Taiwan were. If the scandal report from Next Weekly was released, it would definitely cause an uproar, and the crew would inevitably be harassed by the paparazzi.

It’s better to retreat early to avoid being blocked by a bunch of paparazzi.

"Crack!"

Zhang Aijia also shouted, "That's it for today."

Qingxia, who was filming in the tram, couldn't help but look out the window in confusion. How come the crew finished filming so quickly today?
noon.

Inside a suite at a new hotel.

Li Yishu stood by the window, looking at the groups of reporters downstairs, and she was also having a headache: "Director Lai, didn't I ask you to issue a statement?"

"Director Li, I did post it, and I also told those reporters that there were other crew members in the room at the time. It's just that you may not be familiar with the gossip magazines in Hong Kong and Taiwan..."

Lai Shengchuan himself is also helpless. Many newspapers in Hong Kong and Taiwan have some community background, and they dare to report on scandals and gossips about many celebrities.

Although Li Yishu has never made a movie in Hong Kong or Taiwan as the top Chinese director, his fame is there. Now he is involved in a secret meeting with two new generation actresses in a hotel. Who doesn't want to continue to follow up and shoot exclusive news?
"Can we shoot somewhere else?"

Although Li Yishu had never dealt with reporters from Hong Kong and Taiwan, he had personally witnessed the abilities of the paparazzi in mainland China in the millennium, such as Zhuo, the number one paparazzi in mainland China.

As the ancestors of gossip paparazzi, the paparazzi from Hong Kong and Taiwan are no less capable than Zhuo, and may even be better.

Lai Shengchuan pondered, "I'm afraid it's not easy to change. It's easy for indoor scenes, but many outdoor scenes have to be shot on the streets of Taipei."

"Then let's shoot the interior scenes first."

Li Yishu thought for a while and said, "Contact Liang Jiahui and ask him to join the crew next week. Then you and Zhao Fei can film his scenes together."

Liang Jiahui plays the "male lead" 20 years later. After all, no matter how much makeup Lee Yi-su puts on to look older, it is unlikely that he can play the image of a middle-aged man in his forties. This is not just about temperament, but mainly about appearance.

"Okay, Director Li." Lai Shengchuan nodded, "Then I'll arrange it now."

"Well, go ahead. And call Qingxia and Director Zhang over as well."

"Yes."

Not long after he left, Qingxia and Zhang Aijia arrived.

At this time, this floor of the hotel has been booked to avoid paparazzi from taking secret photos under the pretext of staying in the hotel.

Li Yishu asked, "Director Zhang, we will start with the indoor scene between me and Sister Qingxia. Are you ready?"

Hearing this, Qingxia's face was slightly moved. She didn't expect that the filming would start so soon. She had been thinking of shooting some early outdoor scenes with Li Yishu during this period to build up their emotions.

"Everything is ready."

Zhang Aijia's eyes twinkled as she said, "I have already had people prepare the lighting, props, and set-up in advance. We can start filming anytime."

"Yeah." Li Yishu nodded, then looked at Qingxia beside her: "Sister Qingxia, is everything okay?"

Qingxia took a deep breath, smiled and said, "No problem, I can do anything."

"That's good."

Looking at Qingxia's mature and beautiful face, Li Yishu felt a little nervous and expectant.

Although there are fewer explicit shots compared to the original film starring Kate Winslet, the intimate scenes still need to be shot realistically, but they will be shot in a glamorous but not revealing Chinese aesthetic style.

"Director Li."

"what happened?"

Zhang Aijia blinked and asked, "Why did Chen Hong and Xiao Qiang come to see you?"

What can we do? Make AI?
Li Yishu didn't expect that an artistic female director like Sylvia Chang would be so gossipy. She glanced at Qingxia and saw that she also looked curious. She sighed that women really like to listen to these gossips.

"They both came to apologize..."

Li Yishu thought about it and decided that she still had to explain a little. Otherwise, if she didn't say anything, wouldn't that be tacit consent?
If he really did it, then he would just keep silent, but Li Yishu would not admit to something he didn't do.

After listening to Li Yishu's explanation, Zhang Aijia raised her eyebrows and seemed a little unconvinced. But then she thought, if it happened one after another, maybe it was possible, but if these two were put together, it would be hard to tell whether it was true or not.

"Alright, let's end this matter here. Director Zhang, please tell the crew to stop gossiping behind their backs."

"I understand, Director Li."

After seeing the two off, Li Yishu shook her head with a wry smile. It seemed that there would be no shortage of such gossips on the Internet in the future.

But he really did nothing!
Chen Hong was not sure what to say, but Xiao Qiang was really not his type. She was pretty, but when he thought about her future plastic surgery face, he instantly lost interest.

"Jingle Bell……"

Just at this moment, Li Yishu's cell phone rang. She picked it up and saw that it was Huo Wenxi calling.

After he answered the phone, he heard Huo Wenxi on the other end of the line excitedly saying, "Boss, we have already communicated with department stores in Yanjing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places. We will give them priority in providing a batch of goods. When we carry out large-scale advertising, they will start supporting sales."

"How's your VCD stockpile going?"

"We've almost stocked up. Do you think we should contact TV stations and newspapers to start advertising?"

After three months, the factory in Hefei was fully operational and had stockpiled nearly 10 VCDs. For this purpose, Li Yishu invested several million US dollars to purchase related electronic parts factories.

"can!"

Li Yishu's eyes flickered as he said, "Just make a detailed advertising plan and fax it to me so I can take a look."

"Good boss."

Huo Wenxi suddenly remembered something and asked quickly, "By the way, Boss, I have also contacted several large shopping malls in Hong Kong, but their entry fees are a bit high."

"It doesn't matter. The money will be returned later."

Li Yishu raised the corner of his mouth and said, "As long as our VCDs sell well and there is a market, distributors will naturally come to us with money."

Compared with current VCRs, VCD can be described as crushing the competition. First of all, the picture quality of VCD is much higher, and secondly, the cost of producing the disc is very low.

It is difficult for ordinary people to imitate VCDs, but it is different for optical discs. Once the market was flooded with pirated discs, the era of VCRs naturally passed.

"Yes, I understand. I will communicate with Xiangjiang..."

"correct!"

Suddenly Li Yishu remembered something and said quickly, "I have an idea for an advertising plan that will make VCD a big hit in mainland China."

"what way?"

"It's hard to tell over the phone, so come to Taiwan in the next two days."

"I'll book a flight now."

For Huo Wenxi, VCD is not only an investment by Li Yishu, but also the start of her personal career.

Now that the boss said there was a way to make VCD a huge hit, Huo Wenxi naturally wished he could grow two wings and fly directly from the mainland to Taiwan.

After hanging up the phone, Li Yishu began to silently think about the CCTV bid winner.

He had a deep impression of the first generation of CCTV bid winners. The name Kongfu Liquor is basically hard for people who have heard of it to forget.

CCTV has not yet implemented advertising bidding, so Li Yishu can push it forward in advance.

In this era of exploding CCTV ratings, once a VCD advertisement is played at the top of the hour, the publicity effect it brings will surely be astonishing.

(End of this chapter)