Huayu: Director started with art films

Chapter 291 302 [If it had been a few years earlier, it would have been a direct hit on the target, and it would have given the Hong Kong circle some poisonous blood]

After finishing the meal, Cheng Long saw that it was still early, so he suggested finding a place to sit for a while. Mr. Yang next to him also strongly supported him. He said yesterday that he would give Li Yishu a good treat, and today just happened to be the day, so naturally he had to find a place to sit for a while.

"No, no, I have to go back to the mainland tomorrow morning. Let's get together next time I come to Hong Kong."

Li Yishu smiled and declined. It was not that he was resisting, but he really didn't have time. He was supposed to return to the mainland today, but because of Zeng Zhiwei's incident, he was delayed for a day.

Mr. Yang nodded: "Okay, since Director Li doesn't have time, let's wait until next time."

"Haha, next time you can make whatever arrangements you want, I'll stick with you till the end!"

"Then it's settled."

"That's a deal."

After chatting for a while downstairs, Li Yishu got into the car arranged by Mr. Yang, as he had been drinking and could not drive.

Don't drink and drive, and don't drive after drinking, Li Yishu always keeps this principle in mind.

"Jingle Bell……"

Just then, Li Yishu's cell phone rang. He took it out and saw that it was Li Jiaxin calling.

"Director Li, I'm off work. Do you want to come over to my place?"

"Forget it. I have to get up early tomorrow morning to go back to the mainland."

"It's okay, Director Li. I can wait for you at home."

"No, I have something else to take care of. I'll talk to you later."

After chatting for a few words, Li Yishu hung up the phone. Although Li Jiaxin was beautiful, Lan Jieying was not bad either, and she was more fresh.

Men tend to get bored easily. Although Lee Yi-su prefers novelty over old things, she also wants to try more new things.

the other side.

The Rich Nightclub in Mong Kok.

Jiang Wen followed Wen Jun and when he arrived at the place, he found that there were already two people sitting in the box.

There is a familiar face, Wang Jing.

There is no need to say much about Wang Jing.

The other Liu Weiqiang is also no ordinary person. He is a famous photographer in Hong Kong and has worked with Wong Kar-wai. They collaborated on "As Tears Go By" in 1988 and "Chungking Express" this year.

However, Jiang Wen was not familiar with Liu Weiqiang and did not know him. After Wen Jun introduced them, he learned that they were the director and photographer, and then he greeted them enthusiastically.

After getting to know each other, Wen Jun said with a smile, "Director Jiang is here for the first time, and you guys don't even make arrangements for him?"

"Haha, there will definitely be arrangements, but let's talk about it after we finish talking about this."

Wang Jing laughed and started talking about business. This time he invited Wen Jun and Jiang Wen to come over.

The main reason was that he had written a new script, and because it involved the mainland, when he learned that Jiang Wen had come to Hong Kong, he took the initiative to invite him over.

Jiang Wen was also very curious about what kind of script made the other party so nervous. After he finished reading the script, he found it quite normal and couldn't help but say:

"It's not a big problem, but Director Wang invited me here, so it shouldn't just be for reading the script, right?"

The script mainly tells the story of mainland special police who are sent to infiltrate a criminal group in Hong Kong to investigate serious crimes such as domestic corruption.

This plot is not worth mentioning in Hong Kong.

After all, Hong Kong has made many movies that discredit the mainland before, so this one is considered a positive topic and it is very good.

Wang Jing said, "I can't hide it from Director Jiang. I was thinking of cooperating with a mainland production company to see if it can be released in mainland China."

"This one……"

Jiang Wen seemed a little hesitant. There would definitely be no problem with showing the film in Hong Kong, as the film has not yet been released here. However, it was not up to him to decide whether to show the film in mainland China.

"Director Jiang, just say whatever you want. We are all just chatting in private."

Wang Jing was smiling. He had cooperated with mainland film studios a long time ago, but they were all martial arts films. For example, "New Shaolin Five Ancestors" released in March this year was a film that Yongsheng cooperated with Beijing Film Studio.

However, Wang Jing felt that the script was a bit sensitive and it was not easy to mention it directly to the production studio, so he wanted to ask Jiang Wen to come and help take a look.

Jiang Wen thought for a moment and said, "The script is not a big problem. It depends on which production studio Director Wang will cooperate with."

"Beijing Film Studio!" Wang Jing blurted out.

"The Beijing Film Studio will be fine."

Jiang Wen smiled and said, "Director Wang can send this script to the Beijing Film Studio. There is a high probability that there will be no problem. At most, some plot points will be deleted or modified."

"That's good!"

Wang Jing breathed a sigh of relief. It was no big deal if some of the plot was just deleted or modified. He was just afraid that not only would it be rejected directly, but it would also cause resentment from the Beijing Film Studio, which would not be good.

Wang Jing will be 97 in three years, and he doesn't want to retire so early.

Seeing that Jiang Wen, a director from the mainland, thought it was okay, Wang Jing also waved his hand and said, "Qiangzi, go out and make some arrangements. I'll treat you today. Tell Fat Ma to remember to arrange the goods."

After a while, a group of beautiful girls came in.

Although it was Jiang Wen's first time to come to Xiangjiang Nightclub, he was not a timid person, and not many people in this place knew him, so he naturally let loose and had fun.

Halfway through the drink, Wang Jing, the big mouth, said mysteriously: "Let me tell you, something big happened last night!"

"Big news? What big news?" Wen Jun was very curious. Is there any big news again?

Wang Jing laughed and said, "Haha, Zeng Donggua was beaten."

When the hostesses around heard this, they immediately became interested and pricked up their ears to eavesdrop.

"What? Who hit me?" Wen Jun was shocked.

"It's the director Li Yishu from the mainland."

As soon as these words came out, Jiang Wen looked at Wang Jing suddenly. He was just listening for fun, but he didn't expect there was such an inside story.

Li Yishu beat Zeng Zhiwei?

Liu Weiqiang was also surprised: "Is it true?"

More than two months ago, Li Yishu went to visit Gong Li on the set of "Chungking Express". Liu Weiqiang also met him and had a meal together.

At that time, he felt that this Grand Slam director was a very kind person, and there was no trace of the arrogance that came from young fame. He didn't expect that it was just an appearance.

"Of course it's true!"

Wang Jing burped, and seeing that everyone was looking at him, he said proudly, "Yesterday, A-Long invited some friends from the industry to his home. At that time... Lan Jieying... and then Director Li beat them up with a bottle of wine..."

well played!
Although Jiang Wen didn't like Li Yishu, after hearing the whole story, he felt that Li Yishu fought well. If this kind of hooligan behavior happened in the mainland, he would have been sent to the execution ground and shot directly in the past few years.

More than an hour later.

Wang Jing was drunk and left the nightclub with the help of Liu Weiqiang.

Jiang Wen went back with Wen Jun. They still had a lot of things to do. After the film was finished, they had to find a way to submit it to the film festival. Jiang Wen didn't cooperate with the mainland film studio, and relied on foreign funds. He couldn't use the name of the film studio, so he could only use his own name.

What they didn't know was that after they left, one of the hostesses also ran to make a phone call and contacted the paparazzi.

The next day, around eight in the morning, Li Yishu was still asleep when he was suddenly awakened by the ringing of his cell phone. He answered the call in a daze, and the next second he became alert.

Li Yishu asked seriously, "Who told that?"

"It's not clear yet, but I've asked someone to check it out."

Mr. Yang on the other end of the phone was also very angry. He had asked Cheng Long and the people who were present at the time to warn them again and again about this matter, but he did not expect that it was still reported by the paparazzi. It seemed that someone did not take him, Mr. Yang, seriously!
Li Yishu was not surprised that the matter would be leaked, but she did not expect it to be leaked so quickly. Only two days had passed and there was already a newspaper report.

He thought for a moment and said, "Boss Yang, what does the newspaper say?"

"The newspaper didn't mention Director Li's name, it just said that you were a hero saving a beautiful girl."

Mr. Yang was sitting in the company, looking at the newspaper headline in his hand. It read: [Mainland boy heroically saves beauty, beats up perverted dwarf]

No name was mentioned in the entire article, but from the description in the article, anyone who is slightly familiar with it would know that it is talking about Li Yishu and Zeng Zhiwei.

After all, it says that Daluzai is a big director and the sex maniac Shorty is a famous actor.

Among the mainland directors who are famous in Hong Kong, there are currently only two, Li Yishu and Zhang Yimou, and Li Yishu is the most famous among them.

It is easier to identify a sex maniac named Shorty. Shorty is a term used to describe a person, and there is only one person in the circle who meets this standard, Zeng Zhiwei.

"Director Li, do you want me to arrange for someone to talk about it in the newspaper?"

"No need, Mr. Yang. I'll contact you after I read the newspaper."

"it is good."

After hanging up the phone, Li Yishu was thinking about whether to use this incident to directly nail Zeng Zhiwei to death?
Invisible ban is ultimately unsafe. There are many people in Hong Kong who do not want to give face to Mr. Yang and Cheng Long.

He just glanced at Lan Jieying, who was worried, and asked, "Aying, do you want Zeng Zhiwei to disappear completely?"

"what?!"

Lan Jieying was dumbfounded and said, "Director Li... Director Li, no, it shouldn't be that serious, right?"

Seeing her frightened look, Li Yishu chuckled: "What are you thinking about? Do you think I'm a big shot? I'm just asking you, do you want Zeng Zhiwei to completely cut himself off from the Hong Kong entertainment industry?"

"Whoosh!"

Lan Jieying patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief. She really thought that Li Yishu wanted to sink the person into the sea.

"Director Li, if this is the case, then of course I am willing to do it."

Lan Jieying said with disgust, "You are not in the Hong Kong entertainment industry so you don't know. Zeng Zhiwei is a disgusting person. I heard that a few years ago, in a movie he filmed in Southeast Asia, he deliberately let local extras... pretend to be in a real movie... The actress then simply retired from the film industry."

Li Yishu seemed to have heard of it somewhere before, "Is that movie called Battlefield?"

"Yes, The Peaceful War!"

"Can you find that actress?"

"As long as it's still in Hong Kong, we'll definitely find it. Hong Kong is only this big."

Hearing this, Li Yishu nodded thoughtfully.

"Okay, don't worry about it. I'll tell Aaron later."

Li Yishu stood up and said, "Aren't you going to the mainland to film? Why not go there early and stay there for a few months to avoid the limelight."

He originally wanted to ban Zeng Donggua secretly, but it was exposed. He could just use this incident to discredit and destroy this guy, just as if he was releasing poison blood to the Hong Kong film industry in advance.

The reason why the Hong Kong circle will be able to run rampant in the future is that they have not been hurt and do not know how to humble themselves. So let this big mainland director set an example first, and if there are anyone who jumps out of line in the future, they will be banned directly.

"Okay, I'll leave for the mainland in the next few days."

Lan Jieying nodded repeatedly. She had just accepted a role in Zhou Xingchi's movie and was going to Gansu in mainland China to film. She would probably stay there for one or two months.

Around one o'clock in the afternoon.

Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport.

After Li Yishu came out of the airport, she got directly into Xu Lu's car.

"Haha, okay, Mr. Yang, thank you for your help. I'll treat you to a drink when I return to Hong Kong!"

As soon as Li Yishu hung up the phone, Xu Xu beside him couldn't help but ask curiously, "Director Li, are you collaborating with someone again?"

He did not hide it and nodded: "Boss Yang, Sister Xu should know him, right?"

"Boss Yang? Boss Yang from the Eagle King Group?"

"It's him."

"He wouldn't want to get you, Director Li, to participate in his project in Shanghai, would he?"

Xu Suo kindly reminded, "Director Li, it's best not to participate in Mr. Yang's Star City project. Although the Yu Garden location is very good, this project has been three years and has not started. There are many problems behind it."

Li Yishu thanked him, "Thank you, Sister Xu, for your reminder, but I don't want to cooperate with Mr. Yang in real estate."

Hearing this, Xu Su frowned, then seemed to think of something and asked in surprise: "Could it be that Mr. Yang also wants to enter the entertainment industry?"

"Sister Xu is worthy of being Sister Xu. She guessed it right!"

Li Yishu said, "Boss Yang bought a company called Feitu Entertainment and wanted to expand its scale, so he invited me to become a shareholder."

This matter was not a secret in the first place. When Mr. Yang acquires Feitu Entertainment, he will probably hold a grand press conference to announce that his Eagle King Group will enter the film, record and other entertainment industries.

Seeing Li Yishu's expression, it was obvious that she agreed. Xu Suo also said sourly: "Director Li, if you want to invest, our Tomson Pictures can also do it."

"Haha, if Sister Xu wants, then I'll invest in Tomson Pictures!"

Li Yishu smiled and said, "It's mainly because I owe Mr. Yang a favor. Joining this time can be regarded as repaying him for this favor."

Favor? Xu Suo suddenly realized that she knew how valuable Li Yishu's favor was.

Qiu Fusheng only provided a little help to Li Yishu at the Venice Film Festival that year, and then helped her release her first film "The Mountain, the Man and the Dog" in Taiwan. Now he has made millions of dollars with the movie "Central Station".

Not to mention that they also obtained the distribution rights of Li Yishu's films in Taiwan.

Although the output is not high, they are all high-quality. In addition, Li Yishu has won more and more awards and her personal fame is growing. Taiwan also has a certain literary and artistic market, so the box office of the film can be said to be selling like crazy there.

Qiu Fusheng made money, and Xu Lu made even more. Not to mention the "Farewell My Concubine" in which she led the investment, she made more than 10 million US dollars just from the "Sword Rain" which later became a global hit.

Thinking of this, Xu Lu felt a pang of regret. Why didn't he think of inviting Li Yishu to invest and become a shareholder of Tang Chen Pictures?

Now that the favor is gone, she can't bring it up again.

"Director Li, don't take it seriously. I was just joking."

Xu smiled and noticed that they were already on the bridge. She pointed to the Oriental Pearl Tower and said, "Director Li, the land we bought is less than three kilometers away from the Oriental Pearl Tower, close to the river."

It is less than three kilometers away and close to the Huangpu River. It will be the prime location of Lujiazui in the future.

(End of this chapter)