Huayu: Director started with art films

“As long as I can make money.”

After Li Yishu's in-depth analysis, from the Chinese market to the global film market, Han Sanping finally put aside his concerns.

Whether "Red Cliff" makes money or not is very important to Han Sanping.

Because of the domestic blockbuster plan, it was Han Sanping who strongly promoted it, which prompted the Film Bureau to offer great policy benefits, and also contacted the Bayi Film Studio.

Now that Han Sanping is the film's executive producer, as long as the film achieves certain success worldwide, for Li Yishu, it is just an expansion of its commercial value.

But for Han Sanping, it is the qualification for future promotion.

"It's more than just making money, Uncle San, don't forget that we are two parts."

Li Yishu smiled and said, "Even if the box office of the two films is split in half, according to my previous estimate, I think the global box office will be at least 3 million US dollars."

He didn't remember exactly how much the global box office of "Red Cliff" directed by Wu Yusen was, but he did recover his costs thanks to the Japanese film market.

Otherwise, Wu Yusen would not have directed the even more disappointing "The Crossing". Anyway, this movie really let Han Sanping down.

Thinking of this, Li Yishu glanced at Han Sanping, wondering if he would be fooled again in the future.

He has already handed over the script of "Face/Off" to Wu Yusen. If nothing unexpected happens, the crew will start preparing for the film by the end of this year, and there is a high probability that it will be a success at the box office.

In this way, Wu Yusen, who originally failed miserably in North America, may be able to make a comeback with this "Face/Off", thereby harming more investors~~
"I am completely relieved this time."

Han Sanping smiled. He didn't want anything to go wrong with the movie.

Li Yishu said: "It's not that we can breathe a sigh of relief. The movie hasn't been released yet and everything is still unknown. We can only say that the market prospects are here and there is an ideal situation."

"That's right." Han Sanping nodded and asked, "How much do you think Brother Chen Kai's movie will earn at the box office?"

"It's hard to say this."

Li Yishu is not sure about the overseas box office of "The Emperor and the Assassin". Anyway, he remembers that when it was released in China, it seemed to have only made around 10 million?
With a production cost of nearly 300 million RMB, the box office will most likely be higher. After all, it has been hyped for a year or two, and if the publicity is in place, it can still trick a wave of audiences into coming to the theaters.

"I hope it can achieve good results." Han Sanping pondered: "If his movie fails, it will have a great impact on us."

I dare not say that we all prosper together and suffer together, but Brother Chen Kai did not film it well, which caused the audience to dislike historical films, and it will indeed affect the release of "Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms".

"I hope so." Li Yishu didn't have much conflict with Brother Chen Kai, nor did he say that he would be happy if the other party failed at the box office. He could only say that it was the other party's ability to get a high box office, and it was also his ability if he couldn't get a high box office.

After they chatted for a while, Zhao Fei came over.

Seeing that it was almost time to rest, Li Yishu said goodbye to Han Sanping and went into the palace to continue filming Wu Guotai's scenes.

Time went by and it was July 7th.

Zhao Xue's scenes were finished, and as her son, Li Yishu naturally gave her a fairly large farewell party.

Jiang Qinqin still had a few scenes to film, so Zhao Xue was not in a hurry to leave. She accompanied her to film during the day and went to Jinhua to visit her eldest grandson at night.

Just when Lee Yi-su was busy filming the indoor scenes, Asia Television began to show its power.

The Miss Asia audition has officially kicked off and will last for one month. The auditions will end on August 8th. All the shortlisted contestants will come to Hong Kong on September 25st. The Miss Asia selection will be held on September 9th. It will take 1 days to select the champion, runner-up and third place!

Different from previous Miss Asia pageants, which were mostly selected within the East Asian Chinese community, it has now expanded to the entire Asian region.

It is a very difficult task to do well. Although Florence Hui attaches great importance to it, she has no way to cover everything. Moreover, from the time she took over ATV to the time she finalized the Miss Asia competition, there is really no way to send people to these countries to participate in the auditions.

So after discussion, the right to audition was finally delegated to the cooperating TV stations in various regions and countries, and the advertisers were left to them to negotiate themselves. These TV stations only needed to pay 1% of the advertising fees to ATV and they could use the name of the "Miss Asia Beauty Pageant".

As for whether there is any inside story, this is not something that Florence Hui should consider. Although the Miss Asia pageant has been held for many years, it has always been centered around the Chinese community in East Asia.

This time the business has expanded to the entire Asia region. It is unrealistic to become fat all at once, so whether it is an inside story or not, Florence Hui no longer considers it.

As long as the cooperating TV station selects beauties in the conventional sense and meets the requirements of the Miss Asia beauty pageant, they will be allowed to participate.

Of course, Florence Hui doesn’t just pick any TV station to collaborate with. Almost all of the collaborations she has with are with the largest TV stations in the region or the country.

There is definitely no problem with formality.

After this year ends.

Next year, ATV will be able to send people to its cooperating TV stations to truly implement the rules and regulations of the auditions, and then ordinary women will be able to have a chance to show themselves.

The domestic auditions were only held in Hong Kong, without any cooperation with mainland TV stations or Taiwan TV stations.

They were just given the broadcasting rights.

The Miss Asia selected this year is named Kristy Yang.

"Hong Kong Island Daily": "Asia Television launches a new Miss Asia pageant. Who will become the first Miss Asia?"

Asahi Shimbun: "The Miss Asia pageant will officially begin on July 7. Who will represent Japan?!"

The Korea Times: "Women of the Great Korean Universe, show your charm, go to Hong Kong and win the Miss Asia title!"

"..."

The wind blowing from ATV blew across the sea and all over Asia.

Even Li Yishu in Hengdian saw news about the Miss Asia beauty pageant in the newspaper.

Jiang Qinqin said excitedly: "Brother Yishu, your TV station is going to select Miss Asia, do you think I can go?"

Miss Hong Kong is now very famous in mainland China, and the scale of this year's Miss Asia pageant is even bigger. If one can win the championship, it can be said that she will be famous all over Asia!
"You?" Li Yishu looked Jiang Qinqin up and down, shook his head and said, "You are not suitable."

"why?"

"You're going to walk around on TV in a bikini."

"Ah? Let's forget it then."

When she heard that she had to walk around in a bikini on TV, Jiang Qinqin immediately shook her head and refused. She had strict parents and she was a conservative person, so she naturally didn't have the courage to appear in a bikini on TV.

"Okay, don't think too much. I'll take you to watch the finals in person."

Li Yishu rubbed Jiang Qinqin's hair.

Jiang Qinqin nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, when does the finals start?"

"It will probably be mid-September." Li Yishu thought for a moment and said, "This year's Miss Asia event was a little rushed. Next year, it will be more formal. The auditions will begin in June, the Miss Asia contestants will be selected in July, and the finals will be held in August."

In order to open up TV channels in various Asian countries, Florence Hui spent a lot of effort and gave up a lot of profits, and only then was this cooperation project finalized in three months.

This also forced "The Voice of Asia" to be postponed.

But the plan has already come out. "The Voice of Asia" will be split into sub-programs, such as "The Voice of China", "The Voice of Japan", "The Voice of Korea", etc.

In other words, Florence Hui cooperates with TV stations in various countries, shares profits, and selects the voice champions from various countries, who then go to Hong Kong to participate in the finals of "The Voice of Asia".

Taking into account the need for a PK, "The Voice of China" will cooperate with CCTV in the future. After all, the mainland is vast and rich in resources, and there are many talents. The probability of selecting truly good voices is much higher than in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

"I have to go back to school in mid-September, but it doesn't matter."

Jiang Qinqin said with a smile: "I will take a leave to watch the finals then."

"Well, I'll take you there then."

Li Yishu glanced at her watch and asked, "When will you start school this year?"

"School starts at the end of August, what's up, Yishu?" "Do you want to go to Switzerland for some fun?"

"Go to Switzerland! Okay, okay, Yishu, shall we go together? But you still have to shoot a movie, do you have time?"

Jiang Qinqin would definitely be happy to go abroad with Li Yishu alone, but she was thinking that he still had to make a movie, so how would he have the time?
Li Yishu said, "Didn't you and your sister Feihong shoot a movie last year? We will be attending the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland in early August. I will be there for a few days to attend the festival."

"We're not going alone."

Jiang Qinqin was a little disappointed, but soon became happy again: "I haven't been to Switzerland yet. I went to Cannes with you, Brother Yishu, before. Now I have the opportunity to go to Europe again!"

Hearing this, Li Yishu thought of her and Gong Li's black and white duo, and couldn't help but smile, saying, "You have to walk the red carpet with me this year. After your scenes are finished tomorrow, I'll have someone take you to the airport. You go to Yanjing to find your sister Feihong, and she will help you arrange a dress."

"I want to wear a cheongsam!"

Jiang Qinqin said with a burning gaze: "Sister Gong Li told me that every time she wears a cheongsam, she can bring good luck to you and the crew. I also want to wear a cheongsam to bring good luck to Brother Yishu!"

"Haha, that's fine. Go find Sister Feihong. She's also worried about what to wear lately."

This was Yu Feihong's first time to go to Europe to attend a film festival, and she was very confused about what to wear on the red carpet.

Women all like to be beautiful, not to mention that this is her first time participating in the European Film Festival. She cannot say whether there will be more opportunities in the future, but it is sure that there will not be many opportunities. Naturally, Yu Feihong wants to leave the most beautiful red carpet shot.

"Yeah." Jiang Qinqin nodded repeatedly.

That afternoon, after her scenes were finished, Li Yishu bought a plane ticket for 8 p.m. and asked the crew to drive her to Yiwu Airport. She then took a flight to Yanjing to discuss her red carpet look with Yu Feihong.

It's around 7pm.

In a small courtyard in Jinhua.

Li Yishu held her almost one-year-old son in her arms and played with him with a smile.

Now Tuantuan's facial features have fully developed. She has a pair of big eyes inherited from Qingxia. Her skin is very fair and she looks very cute.

These days, Zhao Xue simply wanted to hold her eldest grandson in her arms and not let go.

Zhao Xue came over and asked curiously, "Why did Qinqin leave in such a hurry? She only called me and said she was going back to Yanjing. Isn't it still early for her to start school?"

"I'm going to choose clothes."

"Choosing clothes?"

"I have a movie that will be participating in a European film festival in early August. I'll take her there to have some fun. She'll have to walk the red carpet, so naturally she'll have to choose a dress."

Hearing this, Zhao Xue nodded: "No wonder you are in such a hurry to go there. The film festival should be only a few days away. Is it the Venice Film Festival?"

"No, it's the Locarno Film Festival. Brother Chen Kai won a Silver Leopard Award before. This year I'm going to see if I can win a Golden Leopard Award."

Li Yishu smiled and said, "If we get this, it will be a precedent for our domestic directors."

Zhao Xue was surprised and asked, "No one has ever won this Leopard Award?"

"Well, if I win it, it will be the first one, just like the Palme d'Or at Cannes."

"My son will definitely be able to do it!"

Zhao Xue encouraged him a few times, then looked back inside the house. Seeing that no one came out, she whispered, "Go to Europe to attend the film festival and take good care of Qinqin."

"I know, mom." Li Yishu said with a playful smile: "You can rest assured about this."

"They are all your sons of bitches!"

Zhao Xue rolled her eyes. She was happy that her son was outstanding and popular with the opposite sex, but she would be unhappy if he was having multiple relationships.

But now that things have come to this, Zhao Xue can't just say she doesn't want a grandson, right?

What's more, Zhao Xue also talked to Qingxia privately and knew that the other party didn't care about the so-called status. While she was relieved for Jiang Qinqin, she also felt a lot of guilt towards Qingxia.

This is also the reason why Zhao Xue treats Qingxia better.

After staying in the yard for a while, Li Yishu carried the child back into the house. It was hot today and there were more mosquitoes.

Although Huang Ma lights mosquito repellent incense in the yard every day, she cannot guarantee that no mosquitoes will slip through the net.

Around ten o'clock in the evening.

Qingxia was lying on the bed, hugging Li Yishu's arm and started chatting.

As we chatted, we ended up talking about Qingxia.

It has been a year and a half since Qingxia retired from the entertainment industry, and her life is still quite fulfilling. Apart from taking care of her children, she spends her days reading and listening to music.

But as time goes by, it's bound to feel boring.

Hearing this, Li Yishu remembered that in her previous life, Qingxia entered the writing industry, so she suggested that she try writing a book.

Qingxia asked curiously, "Write a book? What to write?"

"Write about your experience in the film industry, your feelings about actors, and your thoughts."

Li Yishu smiled and said, "Writing a book is not that difficult. I don't expect to make money, so it's good to kill time."

Hearing this, Qingxia pondered: "Can I really write a book?"

“Why can’t I write a book?”

Li Yishu said, "Didn't you tell me before that when you were pregnant, you worked hard to overcome your reading difficulties, and now you can even finish reading an article."

"Then let me try it?" Qingxia was a little tempted by what he said.

"Try it, I believe you can do it."

Li Yishu encouraged her, "Didn't you say before that you liked painting? Now that Tuantuan has grown up and Huang Ma and Lin Ma are here, you can pick up your paintbrush and maybe you can become a great painter in the future."

Qingxia grinned and said, "Forget about being a great painter, but it can be used to kill time."

The two were chatting happily, and suddenly Qingxia said, "By the way, Lijun's mother contacted me a few days ago, hoping that I could help her manage the cultural and educational foundation. Do you think I should agree?"

The cultural and educational foundation she mentioned was an idea that came up with by Deng's mother after her daughter's death. It was also supported by Deng Lijun's record company PolyGram and Japan's Taurus Records.

"Forget it."

Li Yishu refused without a second thought. This kind of charity organization would always end up in a mess, and he didn't want Qingxia to be involved.

After hearing his analysis, Qingxia also felt that it was not a good idea, so she nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. I will turn around and politely refuse Mother Deng."

"You want to get involved in charity activities. I just want to set up a charity foundation."

Li Yishu recalled some of the things he talked about charity and public welfare after meeting Liming last time. He said, "It's not easy to register in the mainland at the moment. I'll set up a charity foundation in Hong Kong in your name. It won't solicit donations from the public. My company will be the largest financial support for this foundation."

"Okay!" Qingxia agreed readily.

Li Yishu said, "From now on, this foundation will be called Qingxia Charity Foundation. When Tuantuan grows up a little, you can go around and participate in some charity events to kill time."

In fact, he could understand Qingxia's boredom now. In the past, she was busy between crews every day and wanted to take a break, but after a long break, she felt very empty.

With this Qingxia Charity Foundation, it can bring her some spiritual satisfaction. (End of this chapter)