Huayu: Director started with art films

Chapter 295 306 [I make friends without considering interests, China Li is really great! ]

The entertainment circle is a big circle, and within the big circle there are countless small circles. Among them, the more well-known ones may be the Beijing circle, the Northwest circle and the Shanghai circle.

Li Yishu has basically come into contact with a lot of people from every circle, but she is only hovering in the middle and lower levels. If she can make it to the top, she will not be just an online movie director in the future.

Although I failed to get in, I more or less got to know the core figures of these circles. The core figures of the Beijing circle in the early days were Wang Shuo and his gang, and later were the Wang brothers and Feng Pants of Huayi.

The rise of the Wang brothers largely depended on Feng Kuzi, and the rise of Feng Kuzi also largely depended on Wang Shuo. If it were not for the scripts provided by Wang Shuo, it would probably be quite difficult for Feng Kuzi to achieve success in the domestic film industry.

Feng Kuzi must have talent, otherwise he would not have become a big director in the early 2000s and be able to compete with Zhang Yimou.

But in the 1990s, connections determined everything. Wang Shuo started early and relied on his creative talent to get to know a group of writers, namely the people from the Haima Film and Television Creation Studio. These people were all core figures in the early Beijing circle.

However, with the development of the times and the rapid growth of the market economy, they have gradually parted ways to varying degrees due to their own interests.

But one thing remains unchanged, that is, they are all very talented. In the late 90s and around 2000, a large part of the mainland's high-quality movies and TV series were produced by this group of people.

Although Li Yishu has memories of the future and his mind is full of scripts and creative ideas, he is only one person after all. It is impossible for him to be in both movies and TV series. Moreover, the high-intensity work in recent years has gradually made him a little tired.

In addition, the mainland TV drama market is beginning to rise and the separation of production and broadcasting is about to come. Li Yishu must speed up and seize this undeveloped blue ocean in advance.

The most representative figures in the field of domestic creation today may be Wang Shuo and his group of writer friends. Now that Li Yishu has become friends with them and holds a small stake in them, he can basically stabilize the company's base in the film and television industry.

So Li Yishu was still very polite. After all, many of these people were from wealthy families and would be of use in the future.

Wang Shuo was very happy now. Li Yishu was too polite, which made him feel a little flattered: "Director Li, we have to meet him eventually. After all, this is an investment business, and we can't let Director Li take risks."

"Brother Wang, you're joking. I can afford to lose a little money. The main purpose is to make friends."

Li Yishu said proudly, "I make friends based on feelings, not interests. Ever since I met Brother Wang last time, I felt that I had met Brother Wang too late."

"light and spacious!"

Wang Shuo gave a thumbs up and said, "Since Director Li has said so, I will shamelessly agree. Brother Wang, I am a few years older than you. Although I am not as talented as you, I think I am quite good at literary creation and I also know some friends. If Director Li has anything in the future, please feel free to contact me."

"Haha, no problem, Brother Wang."

Li Yishu smiled brightly. Although he had never dealt with Wang Shuo in his previous life, he had heard about his personality from people in the circle.

It's about saving face, and it's about loyalty.

The mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan and overseas are quite different.

In Hong Kong and Taiwan, he can use his wealth and power, and abroad he can use his high moral character and prestige, but in mainland China, these two are not useful and he still has to rely on his connections.

Han Sanping has not yet become the chairman of China Film Group Corporation. He is only the director of Beijing Film Studio, which is somewhat incompetent.

"By the way, Director Guo and Director Zhao, why don't you two just register under my company's name? If you want to shoot any TV series in the future, just submit the script and budget, and it will be approved in three to five days."

Li Yishu looked at the two of them and said, "The purpose of going through the review process is mainly to deal with the outside world."

Upon hearing such good news, Zhao Baogang and Guo Baochang immediately agreed.

As for how to register it under the company's name, Li Yishu did not say anything and asked Yongmei to arrange it. Since Yongmei is both the boss and a friend, it is naturally not easy for her to ask for it.

After talking about almost everything that needed to be talked about, they started chatting about some things related to movies. Li Yishu talked more about it. Zhao Baogang, Guo Baochang and others were all very curious about Li Yishu's filming in the United States.

There is no way. The United States is really strong these days. It has just brought down Big Brother a few years ago. It is the period of national strength at its peak. How many people in the world want to go to the United States to pursue their so-called dreams?

It really surprised many people that Li Yishu could make a name for herself in Europe and North America at such a young age.

Even CCTV News has reported on Li Yishu's achievements overseas many times. After all, China is now going global and embracing the world. If it can produce an internationally renowned director in the cultural world, then of course it will be necessary to promote him and make him the face of the country.

They chatted until after four o'clock, and then Li Yishu had a meal with Wang Shuo and others at a nearby hotel.

After that, he went to the school to meet Jiang Qinqin. After agreeing to fly back to Sichuan the next afternoon, he took a car to Chen Hong's place.

Last time, Li Yishu was in a hurry to go to the United States, so she only tasted it once. This time, she must enjoy it well. Chen Hong will soon go to the crew of "Legend of the Han Palace" to film, and she doesn't know when they will meet next time.

It was already early morning in Yanjing.

But in Los Angeles, on the other side of the ocean, it was only noon.

Cindy Crawford and Naomi Watts, who are now wearing bright Latin dance costumes, practice dancing in a dance studio surrounded by glass.

Since signing on to the crew of "Chicago", the two female protagonists, Cindy Crawford and Naomi Watts, have been learning theater jazz dance, tango, and Lindy hop from the dance teachers hired by the crew.

There is a large part in the movie that requires singing and dancing on stage, and the most important scene for the actors is also the dance scene, so the crew generously spent a lot of money to invite the famous Broadway choreographer Agnes DeMille to re-arrange the dance style specifically for the movie in line with the popular North American style of the 1920s.

After dancing tango, the two were sweating profusely. Just as they were about to take a break and drink some water to replenish their water, Cindy Crawford suddenly saw a face standing at the door, and her face instantly became gloomy.

After taking a sip of water, she said something to Naomi beside her, took the cup of water and walked out of the dance studio. After closing the door, she stared at the man coldly and asked, "What are you doing here?"

The person who came was her husband Richard Gere, who said apologetically:

"Cindy, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have controlled your choice of roles, but you really can't take this movie. I've already contacted a big crew for you to make Batman, which has an investment of 100 million yuan..."

Cindy angrily said: "It is my freedom to take on any movie or role, you can't control me!"

"I don't want to control you, but you know that I have a relationship with that damn Chinese Li..."

"That's enough, Richard. I've had enough, you damn racist. Lee is a good man. Get out of here. I don't want to hear you say bad things about him anymore."

"Fake!"

Provoked by Cindy's words, Richard got angry and said, "I am your husband. Everything I do is for your own good. How dare you say such things in front of me! Tell me, did you sleep with that Chinese Li just to get this role?"

Hearing this, Cindy Crawford looked at the other person in disbelief. Richard Gere might have felt that he had gone too far and wanted to speak to ease the situation, but he was always a little unwilling in his heart. He had been in Hollywood for many years and naturally knew the rules of the red sofa.

Cindy Crawford is just a model. Even if she is a supermodel, she is not a mainstream model in Hollywood. She has acted in movies in the past, but they were basically just small supporting roles.

This time she got the second female role directly. After Richard Gere learned about the situation, he suddenly felt that his head was green. If the director was someone else, he might not think too much about it, but the director happened to be the Chinese Li who had a grudge against him.

Ask yourself, if Richard Gere were in a different position, he would do the same.

So Richard was very angry during this period. He tried to have a good talk with Cindy, but she never answered the phone. Until these few days, he found out where Cindy Crawford trained dance through his connections, and came to have a good talk with her and ask her not to star in this movie.

The conflict between the two at the Cannes Film Festival had already spread throughout Hollywood.

Now, Richard's wife Cindy has gone to play the second female lead in that Chinese Li's movie. If the news gets out, Richard Gere will definitely become a laughing stock in Hollywood.

Seeing Cindy's face getting worse and worse, Richard Gere was about to speak to ease the atmosphere when he heard something that made his heart skip a beat.

"You're right!"

Cindy said calmly, "I did sleep with Lee."

As soon as these words came out, Richard's eyes suddenly turned red, his breathing became rapid, and his whole body began to flush: "Cindy, don't... don't joke like that."

Cindy narrowed her eyes slightly, looking intoxicated: "I'm not kidding, Li is really great!"

"Fuck, you stinky bitch..."

Richard Gere was about to take action when the noise attracted the staff. Seeing that someone was about to hit someone, they immediately rushed over to stop him.

Cindy sneered and raised her middle finger, then turned and went back to the dance studio.

Seeing Cindy leave, Richard became even angrier. He gritted his teeth, shook off a few people, and turned away.

He wants revenge!

The next morning.

Changan Avenue, Arts and Entertainment Group.

In the office, Yongmei nodded and said, "When Wang Shuo and the others come, I will personally receive them."

"Well, you met Director Zhao and Director Guo yesterday, and they agreed to register the company. You can negotiate terms with them later. I will not interfere in this matter."

Li Yishu thought about it and reminded, "As for the salary, follow the plan of the previous company meeting. Although you haven't signed a contract with the company yet, I believe you will sign a contract sooner or later."

Nowadays, people are still popular within the system. Zhao Baogang is a formal employee of the Yanjing Television Art Center, and Guo Baochang is also an employee of the Guangxi Film Studio. It will definitely not be possible in a short period of time to persuade them to leave the system and join the company.

However, after two years, when the domestic film and television industry is completely privatized, they will probably take unpaid leave or simply resign and go into the industry.

After all, the salary you get in the system is fixed, which is not as much as what you can earn from joining a company, where you are paid based on the film's pay.

After chatting with Yongmei for a while about the situation at CCTV, and confirming that CCTV would purchase the two TV series "Over the Addiction" and "Redder Leaves Than February Flowers", he nodded with satisfaction:

"After these two TV series are broadcast, I believe our company's reputation will be further improved. You can see if you can open a branch in Guangzhou. After all, the southern part of the country is developing faster and has more relaxed review procedures."

The review of TV series is different from that of movies.

In the future, as long as a movie obtains the Dragon Mark, it can be released nationwide. However, it will be different for TV series. In addition to obtaining a provincial radio and television program production and operation license, it must also undergo provincial review before it can be submitted to the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television for approval and public announcement.

Li Yishu's company is located in Yanjing. In the future, television censorship will only need to go through the General Administration, but the subject matter is still conservative. It is different in Guangzhou. Many early TV dramas with sensitive themes were produced by film and television companies in Guangdong, which also shows the difference in censorship standards.

Although it is a bit too early now, it is better to plan early than to act hastily in the future.

"Okay, boss. I'll arrange for someone to go to Guangdong to conduct an investigation later."

Yongmei nodded. She understood what Li Yishu meant. Having been the general manager for so long, she also knew that the auditing procedures in Guangdong were much more relaxed.

"Work hard. Our company is truly on the right track in the field of film and television dramas. We have screenwriters, actors, and directors. The production team is also recruiting people. We are just waiting for the policies from above to come out so that we can produce more TV dramas."

Li Yishu encouraged Yongmei and told her to develop the company boldly without any worries.

If we really talk about ability, among all the people under Li Yishu, Amy is definitely stronger.

Now he no longer needs to worry about management matters in North America, because Amy has a strong learning ability and has worked in Hong Kong for many years. After studying in North America for a period of time, she will quickly understand how to play the capital game in North America.

There is no need to worry about Japan. Ichiro Tanaka has worked in the Japanese film industry for more than ten years. After he became the general manager of the Japanese branch of Art Entertainment Group, he easily took over the previous business and started new cooperation with Toho Co., Ltd.

Relatively speaking, Yongmei's ability is much worse. She has never been involved in this industry before and is considered a newcomer. However, she is hardworking and smart. After more than a year in the job, she has gradually gained an understanding of this industry.

But there is a saying that goes, the world is just a huge makeshift team.

Nowadays, the entertainment industry in the mainland is not even as good as a makeshift team. The hype is not good, the publicity is not good, and the ideas are not good...

It is no wonder that after the Hong Kong circle moved north, they relied on the gimmick of so-called "Hong Kong stars" to suppress mainland actors.

Li Yishu could have easily arranged for an experienced person from Hong Kong to come to the mainland to take over the company, but the reason he chose Yongmei was that he hoped to train mainlanders.

The two chatted for a while, and Yongmei got up and said goodbye.

Li Yishu also packed up, left the company, and drove to the school to find Jiang Qinqin and Yu Feihong.

We agreed last night that the three of us would go to Wangfujing to do some shopping at noon today.

(End of this chapter)