Huayu: Director started with art films

Chapter 351 362 [Tonight, the big scale is unguarded, Cai Lan’s famous saying: The ugly ones will be killed! ]

After returning to Los Angeles from New York, Li Yishu stayed for another day before setting off to return home.

He did not return to the mainland directly, but went to Taiwan to visit his eldest son.

Li Bangguo, who is over half a year old, is chubby and a bit heavy when he is held in the arms.

Qingshu Jingshe.

It was spring and the weather in Taipei was very nice. Li Yishu was sitting in the garden holding his big son. Looking at his chubby son, he smiled and said, "Tuan Tuan, call me daddy, call me daddy, I am daddy..."

Children, especially babies under one year old, can only shout one word at a time. Their mouths simply touch their upper lip to their lower lip, but they cannot utter a word.

"I'm Dad, call me Dad."

After teasing him for a while, little Bangguo still couldn't speak, but started crying loudly.

Qingxia, who was watching the tender affection between father and son, said, "Give it to me. Maybe she's hungry."

Li Yishu had no choice but to hand her son to Qingxia.
As soon as he was picked up, the little kid immediately shouted, "Mom! Mom!"

Hearing this, Li Yishu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and Qingxia even burst out laughing.

Li Yishu said helplessly: "As the old saying goes, whoever gives you milk is your mother."

"Of course, the one I gave birth to will definitely call me mom."

Qingxia smiled and called Huang Ma over. She handed the child to her and asked Huang Ma to make milk powder for the child.

After Huang's mother took the child away, Li Yishu said, "I have a film crew next and it will take a long time to shoot. I'm afraid I won't be able to come to Taiwan this year."

"Is it the Red Cliff crew?"

"you know?"

"Of course I know. You shot a 500 million RMB production, and it was reported in the newspapers recently!"

The news that the crew of "Red Cliff of Three Kingdoms" is about to start filming has long spread throughout the circle. Because many actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan have joined the crew, they are more concerned about this crew. Newspaper and weekly reporters have sent people to the mainland to interview and report early on.

Wang Fulin has already gathered the main actors and started closed training.

However, although it is closed, the paparazzi from Hong Kong and Taiwan don't care about you and will take pictures secretly whenever they get a chance, so some blurry photos often circulate.

In addition, Director Shen Haofang also brought several experts in ancient formation research to the army, to prepare to rehearse ancient formations and train an army of a thousand people. At that time, these thousand people will be used as the foundation to expand to the entire army participating in the filming of the movie.

"How about you take Bangguo with me to Hengdian?"

Li Yishu looked at Qingxia and said, "After I finish filming in Inner Mongolia, I will be in Hengdian for a long time."

"This... won't bother you, right?"

Qingxia hesitated. She also wanted her son to spend more time with Li Yishu, but due to work reasons, Li Yishu could not stay in Taiwan forever. But this time was different. She had to shoot in Hengdian for at least half a year, so she could stay there for a while.

"No, if you go, I'll have someone build a house with a yard in advance, and then you can take Huang Ma and the others with you. The environment in Hengdian is pretty good, and now there's a film and television city, so the supporting facilities are pretty complete."

Seeing that Li Yishu had made up her mind, Qingxia nodded and said, "Then you arrange it. When I take Tuantuan over, I will contact you in advance."

"No problem." Li Yishu smiled and hugged Qingxia's waist, saying with a smile: "Sister Qingxia, you seem to have lost weight."

"That's right. I've lost ten pounds, and I only need five pounds to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight."

Qingxia smiled. She has been working really hard to lose weight during this period.

Fortunately, Qingxia started feeding the child with formula since birth, otherwise, for the sake of the child, I'm afraid she would have been lucky not to gain weight, let alone lose weight.

"That's good."

Li Yishu touched Qingxia's waist and said with a smile, "It's a little fleshy, it feels very comfortable to touch."

"Don't sway me from losing weight."

Qingxia shook her head: "I don't want to slack off. In a few years, I'll get fat again, and then you won't even look at me."

"Haha, how could that be, Sister Qingxia?"

Li Yishu said with a blazing gaze: "In my heart, you will always be the most beautiful woman I'll ever meet in fifty years!"

Hearing this, Qingxia was very happy. She was almost 40 years old, and her figure was a little out of shape after giving birth. Naturally, she began to care about her age and appearance.

Although she knew that her current condition was not comparable to that of ten years ago, she was very happy that Li Yishu had this intention.

Qingxia said, "By the way, Cai Lan called me last week. He knew that I had worked with you on The Reader, so he asked me if he could contact you!"

Cai Lan?

Li Yishu was very curious about what Cai Lan, one of the four great talents in Hong Kong, wanted to talk to her about.

"What does he want from me?"

"It seems to be because of the documentary "A Bite of China". On April 4, this documentary was broadcast on ATV and caused a huge sensation. I saw in the newspaper that when "A Bite of China" was broadcast, the ratings almost crushed TVB."

"The tip of the tongue!"

Upon hearing that it was for "A Bite of China", Li Yishu suddenly understood. He knew that Cai Lan was not only a screenwriter, producer, and writer, but also a very famous gourmet who had published many books related to food.

Nowadays, there is a documentary like "A Bite of China" that brings together delicacies from all over the world. I believe that many of them are local delicacies that Cai Lan has never eaten or even heard of.

For a gourmet, this is definitely a torture, but also a kind of expectation and motivation.

How about letting Cai Lan host a food program exploring mainland China?

As the idea came to mind, Li Yishu felt that it was feasible. ATV was already listed on the TV channel, so it would be a good idea to launch a program about exploring mainland delicacies, hosted by Cai Lan, one of the four most famous talents in Hong Kong, and adding some humanistic elements.

I believe this program will definitely cause a sensation in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and even in mainland China.

In her previous life, Li Yishu watched a Japanese food show called "The Solitary Gourmet", which was very interesting.

However, this type is not suitable for someone like Cai Lan who is good at speaking. His personality should be the same as the real store exploration bloggers in the era of short videos.

The combination of humanities and food, when expressed by a famous cultural figure in Hong Kong like him, will greatly increase the Hong Kong citizens' recognition of the mainland's culture, which shares the same roots with them.

Except for a very small number of aboriginals, most of the people in Hong Kong migrated here in the past hundred years. They come from all over the world, but they all know their ancestral home to some extent. After all, Hong Kong is a place that emphasizes tradition and clan values. "Call Cai Lan back and tell him that I'm in Taipei and will stay here for a few days."

"Okay, I'll call him later."

Qingxia nodded, without asking why, and continued with other topics: "Zhang Aijia is already preparing to leave for Cannes."

"So early?" Li Yishu asked in surprise, "Doesn't Cannes open in mid-May this year? Why is she leaving for Cannes so early?"

Because of Gong Li, he had consulted someone before. This year, Cannes will not officially open until May 5 and will last until the 17th. Even if the crews of the shortlisted and participating films go there in advance, they can just go there in early May.

It's not even mid-April now, why is Sylvia Chang in such a hurry to go to Cannes?
Qingxia smiled and said, "She said she wanted to go over there to get familiar with the environment in Cannes in advance, and treat it as a vacation at her own expense."

"Haha, it's good to go ahead and have fun. It's a pity that you couldn't go to Venice last year, otherwise I would have helped you get a movie star."

Li Yishu looked at Qingxia with a bit of regret. Last year, "The Reader" was registered for the Venice Film Festival. If Qingxia had not been unable to attend the event, he would definitely have tried his best to publicize a Best Actress award for Qingxia.

Li Yishu's relationship with Venice is much closer than that with Berlin and Cannes. Qingxia's performance in "The Reader" is good. As long as she is willing to spend money on public relations, I believe it will not be a problem for her to win the Best Actress award.

Being nominated for Best Actress means that the jury recognizes Qingxia's acting skills.

After all, theoretically speaking, all nominees can win awards as long as they work hard.

"It doesn't matter. There will be opportunities in the future."

If Qingxia said it was not a pity, she would definitely be lying. She has been an actress for most of her life and has won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress, but she has never won an international award. If she won one, she would be able to brag to her son in the future.

Li Yishu said, “Well, wait two years, and I’ll see if I can write an award-winning script for you!”

Qingxia was a little tempted, but remembering that she had retired from the film industry, she shook her head and said, "Let's talk about it later. I haven't filmed for a long time. I don't know how to act anymore."

After staying in the garden for a while, the two returned to the house. Li Yishu held her big son who had just finished drinking milk and started playing in the living room.

Qingxia picked up the phone book and called Cai Lan. After informing her of Li Yishu's situation, the other party said that he would fly to Taipei immediately!
That afternoon.

Cai Lan came to Taipei in a hurry.

In a tea room.

As soon as they met, Cai Lan extended his hand enthusiastically: "Director Li, I've heard a lot about you! I've seen all your movies, and my favorite is "That Mountain" you shot. Although it's not my hometown, it gives me the same feeling."

"A lot of people have told me this, I guess this is homesickness?"

Li Yishu smiled and said, "Yu Guangzhong's "Homesickness" is very well written. I have always liked it. "That Mountain" seems to be a story about a postman, but it is actually a story about a father and his son and his hometown."

Cai Lan nodded in agreement and said, "Director Li is right. When I watched this movie, it brought me a sense of homesickness."

The two started chatting.

Qingxia poured tea for the two of them.

Cai Lan is a very interesting person and has traveled to many countries. When he was a teenager, he visited more than a dozen countries. He also wrote the "Overseas Love" trilogy, which includes Spain, India, Thailand and Yugoslavia.

Although Li Yishu has not traveled as much as he has, thanks to the development of the Internet era, she is also well-informed.

One has experience and talent, the other has insight and knowledge, so when they chat, they naturally have no conventions.

"Director Li, you really should go to Malaysia. Not only is the scenery there beautiful, but the people are also nice."

Perhaps because the conversation started, Cai Lan couldn’t help but say, “When I was 14 years old in Malaysia, I saw a teenage girl wearing a tulle and washing her hair. At that time, I thought, she was really beautiful…”

"Ahem!" Li Yishu glanced at Qingxia beside her awkwardly, only to see that she was smiling and seemed unaffected.

"Of course, it's definitely not comparable to Qingxia."

Cai Lan responded and said with a smile: "I have never seen a woman more beautiful than Qingxia in my life. I have lived for more than 50 years. It is hard to say what happened in the first 10 years, but in the next 40 years, Qingxia is definitely the most beautiful woman I have ever seen!"

"Thank you."

Qingxia laughed, "I now understand why Huang Zhan said that you were the one who suggested "Tonight Without Defense"."

"Ha ha!"

Cai Lan laughed and said, "That's right. It was indeed me who proposed "Tonight Without Defense" and invited him to co-host it with Ni Kuang."

Li Yishu asked curiously, "I've watched this show, it's quite interesting. Why was it stopped? The ratings are not good?"

"No, the ratings are very good." Cai Lan said: "It's mainly because the scale is too large and it doesn't quite fit the public's perception."

"Too big?"

"Yeah, I remember once I interviewed Guan Zhilin, and she admitted on the show that she had been a mistress..."

Hearing this, Li Yishu nodded slightly, with a distorted outlook.

Although Hong Kong TV stations often use gimmicks to attract attention, when it comes to having no bottom line, they cannot compare with Taiwan's TV programs.

Big S and Little S openly talked about eating shit to each other on the show, and there were all kinds of hot midnight shows...it was really an eye-opener.

"What a pity! If we had collected a little more, the show should have been able to continue airing."

"If I were to be more restrained, it wouldn't fit in with my positioning of this program."

Cai Lan shook his head and said, "TVB told me at the beginning to change the scale of the program, but I disagreed. I think the positioning of tonight is to not have any defenses or scales for what happens tonight. After it's said and done, the matter is over."

Hearing this, Li Yishu said nothing more. Cai Lan was a very casual person. Although he had never met him before, through the conversation just now and the programs he watched later, he had a general idea of ​​what kind of person Cai Lan was.

To put it nicely, he acted on impulse; to put it bluntly, he is a scumbag.

Li Yixi remembered that Cai Lan later participated in a talk show, where she revealed that she had dated many people and said a wise saying about picking up girls: "Ugly ones will be killed!"

The two chatted for a long time, Qingxia said a few words from time to time. Seeing that the atmosphere was almost the same, Li Yishu asked the other party about the purpose of looking for her.

Cai Lan said, "Director Li, I came to you to ask you if you can invite me to be the host of your documentary "A Bite of China". Besides beautiful women, I love food the most in my life."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Cai. A Bite of China is a documentary and doesn't have a host. But if you're interested in food shows, I'm planning to start a new show on ATV that's also focused on food. If you're interested, Mr. Cai, I can recommend you to be the host of this show."

(End of this chapter)