Huayu: Director started with art films

Chapter 323 334 [Jade Maiden Sword Chen Hong, "Fireworks" starts filming]

After leaving the company, Li Yishu took Jiang Qinqin and others to Wangfujing for a stroll.

It is November now, and although the first snow has not fallen yet, the wind is howling in Yanjing, and the weather is freezing cold. There is not much to see, so the main focus is on eating.

After having a hotpot at a newly opened hotpot restaurant, I went shopping in a nearby department store.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Li Yishu drove the group back to school. Before leaving, she put the gifts her mother Zhao Xue bought from the United States in the trunk.

Perhaps feeling a little sorry for the person she dreamed of as her future daughter-in-law, Zhao Xue, the mother, bought a lot of things for her, including clothes, jewelry, and some gifts and food that are not commonly seen in China.

Upon learning that it was a gift from her godmother, Jiang Qinqin left with a large suitcase, smiling happily.

After watching Jiang Qinqin and her group enter the Beijing Film Academy campus, Li Yishu drove away.

After half an hour.

South Second Ring Road, Fangguyuan Community.

At this time, Chen Hong, who had already prepared a table of dishes, was waiting for Li Yishu to arrive happily.

dong dong——

"coming!"

Hearing the knock on the door, Chen Hong hurried to the door and looked through the peephole. After confirming that it was Li Yishu outside, she quickly opened the door: "Yishu, you're here."

Li Yishu walked in with a smile on her face. Seeing the delicious food on the table, she asked in surprise, "I didn't expect you could cook?"

"No, I packed it and brought it back."

Chen Hong was a little embarrassed, afraid that the other party would think she was a woman who couldn't cook, so she quickly said, "It was mainly because I came back a little late and didn't have time to cook, so I asked someone to go to the restaurant to pack it up and bring it back."

"Hasn't your scene in Huairou already been filmed?"

After Li Yishu sat down, she looked at the other person curiously.

The only TV series the company is currently filming is "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo", and the filming location is at the Huairou Film and Television Base.

This film and television base was jointly established by Li Yishu and local authorities, with a total investment of RMB 3.8 million. Many Ming and Qing dynasty buildings were built, and a small Forbidden City was also replicated.

Construction started last year, and the first phase was completed in August this year. The remaining two phases will be completed next year and the year after, respectively, for a total of three years.

Also because of the completion of the Huairou Film and Television Base, the screenwriter of "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" recommended by Zhang Guoli also successfully prepared the crew and officially started filming last month.

Chen Hong went there to play a cameo role and just came back yesterday.

Chen Hong opened the wine cap and poured the wine: "Yes, the filming is finished, but Sister He called me to meet in the afternoon."

"He Xiuqiong?"

"is her."

"What are you looking for?"

Li Yishu looked curious. He Xiuqiong was Qiong Yao's daughter-in-law. She came to Yanjing to find Chen Hong at this time. No one knew why.

Chen Hong said, "Didn't I play a cameo role in Taiwan in September? Sister He called me a few days ago and said that their company was planning a new production and asked if I was interested in playing the second female lead."

He knew that after filming "Legend of the Han Palace", Chen Hong went on to make a guest appearance in Qiong Yao's "Smoke Locks the Tower".

In fact, at the beginning, Qiong Yao wanted to invite Chen Hong to play the role of the second female lead "Zeng Jingxuan".

Although the agency contract has been transferred to Li Yishu's Wen Yi Shi Dai Company, Qiong Yao still wanted to do Li Yishu a favor, so she wanted to let her play the second female lead with a lot of scenes.

It’s just that Chen Hong was filming "Legend of the Han Palace" at the time and didn’t have time, so she just played a cameo role.

"What crew?"

Could it be "My Fair Princess"?

No, My Fair Princess seemed to be filmed in 97 and broadcast in 98.

"It's the TV series adapted from the movie New Dragon Inn, which starred Ching Hsia and Leung Ka Fai."

Chen Hong sat down, picked up a large roast duck leg with chopsticks and gave it to Li Yishu, saying with a smile: "Eat it first, otherwise it won't taste good if it gets cold later."

"It's okay. The heating in the house is on high enough. It won't be cold."

Li Yishu smiled. He was not very hungry. He had a hotpot meal at noon and hadn't digested it yet.

What Chen Hong said reminded Li Yishu of the TV version of "New Dragon Inn" that he had watched before. He remembered that the male lead should be Ma Paohou, and Jin Xiangyu was played by Xia Wenxi.

Speaking of which, this drama is quite exciting. Li Yishu also got to know Xia Wenxi through this drama, but she was already older at that time, and the focus was still mainly on Qiu Moyan, played by Chen Hong.

By chance, he saw the uncut version of "The Wild Girl of Tang Dynasty" and was immediately struck by the beauty of Xia Wenxi.

Yu Xuanji is so charming!
It’s a pity that beauty fades quickly.

Li Yishu picked up a peanut with chopsticks and asked while chewing, "Do you want to act?"

"I have this idea." Chen Hong said with a smile: "Sister He wants me to play Qiu Moyan. I have never played a female knight, so I want to give it a try."

"Then let's give it a try. Where will the crew be filming?"

Li Yishu has watched this drama. Different from Qingxia's chivalrous heroine, Qiu Moyan played by Chen Hong is more like a gentle Jiangnan chivalrous woman, with a bit of the flavor of the Jade Girl Swordsman Ning Zhongze.

"It's said that it was filmed at the original location, so it must be the Zhenbeibao Western Film Studio."

"Zhenbeibao..."

Speaking of this place, Li Yishu was reminded of Zhou Xingchi's "A Chinese Odyssey". It should be almost finished filming by now, right?

He didn’t know how Lan Jieying was doing. He hadn’t seen her for several months since the last incident.

"Yes, from what Sister He said, we will go there to shoot next spring."

Chen Hong paused and asked tentatively: "Yishu, do you have time after the beginning of spring next year?"

Seeing the other person's eyes moving, how could Li Yishu not understand what she was thinking? She smiled and said, "If you are filming, I will take a few days to visit you on set later."

"Yeah, I took the photo. I told Sister He about it."

Chen Hong nodded repeatedly.

She really hopes that Li Yishu will visit her on set.

Seeing the other person's happy look, Li Yishu smiled and said, "Okay, let's eat."

The two chatted while eating, and Li Yishu also gave Chen Hong some advice on how to play the role of a female knight.

Chen Hong’s acting skills are actually quite good, and if she is not considered to play a role with depth, she is definitely more than enough.

Especially in "The Legend of the White Snake", the Chang'e played by Chen Hong is different from the cold and noble image in traditional concepts. She becomes a selfish fairy Chang'e who only cares about her appearance, which is a bit like the vicious queen in Snow White.

There is a saying: Don't go out in the first two days of the month; walk on ice in the third and fourth days of the month. Although it is not yet the coldest month of winter, the nights in the city are still very cold. Fortunately, Fanggu Garden has installed pipes in advance since its construction, and collective heating is carried out, so the house is full of heat.

In addition, after drinking a little wine, a few blushes gradually climbed up Chen Hong's beautiful face. Her face was like a peach blossom, and she looked like a red apple at the moment. The hint of spring in the corners of her eyes made Li Yishu's appetite increase.

He coughed lightly: "Your face is so red, is the heater a little too hot?"

"Yes."

Chen Hong looked at Li Yishu with seductive eyes, bit her lip and said, "It's a bit hot, how about I take off my sweater?"

She was wearing a black wool sweater today, which was tightly fitted to her body.

"Just take it off if it's hot."

"it is good!"

Chen Hong smiled, put down her chopsticks, and prepared to take off her sweater, but she was wearing a high collar, so it was not very convenient to take it off. She grabbed a corner of the clothes with both hands and was about to take it off, but she remembered something and put her hands down again, smiling and saying, "I'd better go back to my room and change clothes."

After saying that, without waiting for Li Yishu to reply, he stood up and walked back to his room.

While Li Yishu was still confused, less than two minutes later, Chen Hong walked out of the bedroom.

She took off her sweater and thick jeans and put on a black suspender dress. Her rosy face, two arms as white as lotus roots, and a pair of white and smooth legs made her look extremely sexy!

Chen Hong raised her right hand, gestured at the black suspender dress on her body, and asked, "How about my nightgown? I just bought it and have never worn it before."

The room was already hot, and Li Yishu had drunk a little wine. Seeing Chen Hong dressed so sexy, he felt very hot. He said through a dry voice, "This nightgown is pretty good."

"Hehe, I think it looks good too."

Chen Hong came over, picked up the small wine glass on the table, and said with a smile: "Would you like to drink some more?"

"Well, drink some more."

Li Yishu picked up the wine glass and started drinking with Chen Hong.

With a beauty by his side and fine wine in his hands, Li Yishu gradually became a little tipsy as they toasted each other, and when he felt it was about time, he stepped forward and hugged her around the waist.

Amid Chen Hong's exclamation, he ran into the bedroom.

After shaking for more than an hour, the battle in the house finally stopped.

The next afternoon, Li Yishu took a plane to Hong Kong Island.

After arriving, he went straight to meet Yang Shoucheng.

Since acquiring Feitu Entertainment, Yang Shoucheng changed the name of the company to Eagle Emperor Entertainment. He spent a huge amount of money to attract many filmmakers in the circle and prepared the Eagle Emperor Entertainment Film Department.

In order to make the company's first success, he not only found someone to buy a good script, but also specially invited Wong Pak-Ming to be the producer and Xu Ke to be the director.

"Golden House?" Looking at the title of the script in his hand, Li Yishu raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect it to be this movie.

Speaking of which, this movie is quite classic. As one of the very few Hong Kong films with food as its theme, "Golden House" can be regarded as a leader in food-themed movies in terms of both plot and dishes.

In this respect, the later "God of Cookery" directed by Zhou Xingchi was actually not as good as this.

Fried beef noodles, sweet and sour pork with crystal sauce, monkey brains...

Anyway, when Li Yishu watched the movie, she really wanted to try these dishes.

Yang Shoucheng saw Li Yishu put down the script after reading it, and asked quickly, "How is it, Director Li? Is the script okay?"

"It's OK. It's quite interesting. By the way, my teacher, Situ Zhaodun, the director of the directing department of Beijing Film Academy, is currently filming a food documentary. If Mr. Yang is ready to shoot this drama, I will give you my teacher's contact information later."

Li Yishu said with a smile: "Teacher has been preparing for a food documentary since the end of last year. In the first half of the year, we finished filming some famous dishes in the north. Recently, we have been filming in the south. We can be said to have tasted food from all over the world."

"That's great, I'll contact Director Situ later!"

Yang Shoucheng agreed immediately and said enviously, "I really envy Director Situ for being able to taste delicacies from all over the country. Although I have tried almost all of the eight major cuisines in China, it is never as good as tasting the original flavors in their birthplaces."

"Haha, Mr. Yang, if you are interested, you can follow my teacher later. I can't say anything else, but the local delicacies and specialties here are guaranteed to make you linger."

When Li Yishu said this, she suddenly thought of TVB. She could try to broadcast "A Bite of China" in Hong Kong Island, Macau and Formosa Boulevard in the future.

This kind of documentary, which uses food as the surface and mainland culture as the core, is very helpful in promoting relations between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macau.

Who knows, the leaders above might even see this and give the teacher a documentary award.

"I will definitely visit Director Situ when I have time." Yang Shoucheng was indeed a little tempted, but Eagle King Entertainment was just established recently and many things depended on him, so he was afraid that he would not have the chance in the short term.

This opportunity to taste delicacies from all over the country is rare.

No matter how rich you are, you don’t have the opportunity to try all the delicacies from the north and south of the country.

The eight major cuisines are actually not rare. What is rare is the local specialties that are born out of the environment and humanities of each region.

The two chatted while drinking tea. Seeing that the atmosphere was almost ready, Yang Shoucheng couldn't help but ask, "Director Li, can't Rush Hour really be filmed in advance?"

"Mr. Yang, making a movie is actually the same as doing business. You have to advertise well first to let more people know about the product before you can sell it."

Li Yishu smiled faintly and said, "Aaron has very few fans in North America now. After Rumble in the Bronx is released in North America this month, I believe that many American audiences will know him. Then when he shoots Rush Hour, the box office will be guaranteed to be a hit."

"Director Li is right. I was too impatient."

Yang Shoucheng nodded in agreement. He was not really in that hurry. He just wanted to become famous overnight and make Eagle King Entertainment famous through cooperation with Li Yishu.

Among the film companies in Hong Kong today, the top ones are Golden Harvest Films and Innocent Films, followed by some unknown small film companies.

Before that, there were Sammo Hung's D&B Films and Cityvision Films, but they both closed down in the past two years and no longer invested in film production.

Yang Shoucheng is an ambitious man. If he wants to do something, he naturally wants to be the first in the schedule. If he wants to become an overnight success, the best way is naturally to cooperate with Li Yishu and achieve high box office overseas.

Lee Ye-su said, "Rush Hour will still be filmed as planned in 1996 and will be released at the end of the year, which is good."

Li Yishu holds 30% of Eagle King Entertainment's shares. In addition, he also has Yang Shoucheng, the future Hong Kong entertainment mogul. He still attaches great importance to it. After all, he has a lot of shares.
After the collaboration with "Rush Hour", Eagle King Entertainment should have completely established its foothold in Hong Kong Island.

After having afternoon tea with Yang Shoucheng, Li Yishu took a car to Li Jiaxin's place.

Since the release of "Drunken Master 3" in July, Li Jiaxin has not taken any other roles, so when she learned that Li Yishu was going to Japan to film, she insisted on going with her.

The small head determines the big head.

After Li Jiaxin agreed to try a road she had never traveled before, Li Yishu readily took her to Japan.

The filming of "Fireworks" officially started on the afternoon of the day we arrived in Japan.

at the same time.

In the United States, "Scream", which was released during the Halloween season, was a box office hit.

(End of this chapter)