Huayu: Director started with art films

Chapter 39 [The ever-changing actor Zhang Guorong makes a guest appearance at a wealthy family banquet] Please read
"Brother Yishu, congratulations on winning the award. My godmother is so happy. She even said she would bring me to Yanjing to see you in the near future."

"Okay, I'll wait for you then."

Even through the phone, Li Yishu could feel Jiang Qinqin's joy.

After some joking, Jiang Qinqin suddenly asked, "By the way, Brother Yishu, the people from Shancheng TV want to invite me to star in a movie called "Charming Guanyin" and let me play the leading female role. Do you think I should take this role?"

Jiang Qinqin is one of the leading actors in the movie "That Mountain" after all. Now that the movie has won a big award abroad, it is naturally of great help to her.

Ever since the news of her winning the award reached Shancheng, their school has put up a banner in celebration of her success, not only making Jiang Qinqin a campus celebrity, but also making the front-page news in Shancheng Daily.

After Shancheng TV learned about this situation, they took the initiative to extend an invitation two days ago, wanting to invite Jiang Qinqin to star in a promotional film "Charming Guanyin" shot by their Shancheng TV station.

"Charming Guanyin? What story is it telling?"

Upon hearing the name of the movie, Li Yishu raised his eyebrows. He had heard of Guanyin with Fish Basket, Guanyin who delivers children, and Guanyin who sprinkles water, but he had never heard of Guanyin with Charming Appearance.

"It tells the story of Guanyin. There is a Dazu Rock Carvings in the DZ area of ​​the mountain city. It contains large-scale stone carvings from the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing dynasties, among which there is a stone carving of the charming Guanyin. I heard from the TV station that this movie is a film to promote our Dazu Rock Carvings in the mountain city."

"To promote a movie, that's something I can take."

When Li Yishu heard that it was a movie promoting tourist attractions, she didn't stop Jiang Qinqin from acting.

She is now quite famous in the mountain city, and she is also the leading actress, so there is no reason for her to refuse the offer. As a mountain city native, she supports her hometown's movies, which will also help Jiang Qinqin gain good reviews locally.

This is just like Liu Tao who later starred in "Mazu". We don't know what other audiences think of her, but people in Chaoshan definitely like her very much.

"Yeah, then I'll ask my mom to talk to the TV station later."

Jiang Qinqin agreed with a smile, and suddenly asked, "By the way, Brother Yishu, when will our movie be released?"

Li Yishu said, “Maybe we have to wait until the end of October.”

My father Li Jian called me earlier and said that Emei Film Studio wanted to show the film in theaters, but Yanjing Film Studio also wanted the distribution rights.

In the end, Li Yishu asked the two parties to negotiate on their own. No matter who distributed the film or whether it was a joint distributor, he would not collect any money from the domestic theater box office. Instead, he would donate all of it to charity for this year's East China floods.

However, in order to facilitate operations, he used Qiu Fusheng's relationship to set up a shell film company in Hong Kong when he was in Venice, and sold the film copyright of "That Mountain" to the company for 100 million.

Li Yishu also asked someone to inquire about tax matters.

At present, there is no taxation in China for independent production and overseas copyright sales, so if there is no law, there is no taxation, but personal income tax still needs to be paid. (I didn't find out, but it is probably not necessary at this stage.)
However, before the transaction, he had already sold the copyright to Art Film Company (Hong Kong).

The actual amount that needs to be paid in personal income tax is only that 100 million. According to the current maximum rate of 30%, it is only 30, which is a drop in the bucket.

After chatting with Jiang Qinqin for a few more sentences and agreeing to take her out for a good time after she came to Yanjing, Li Yishu hung up the phone.

I thought that if my mother and Jiang Qinqin came to Yanjing to visit, it would definitely be convenient for them to stay in a hotel, but it would be better to buy a house for myself.

However, housing transactions these days are not so fair, and if Li Yishu wants to buy a house, he must buy a courtyard house. There is not much point in buying a tube-shaped building, and the price of courtyard houses in the early 1990s was still very cheap.

Going abroad is still popular now. Many residents in Yanjing who own courtyard houses are thinking of selling their old courtyard houses early and using the money to live in a big mansion in the United States. However, when they sell their houses, they will definitely find someone they are familiar with to make the transaction.

Perhaps the only person who can help find the seller is Gong Li, who has lived in Yanjing for many years.

Li Yishu was also very decisive. He called and explained the situation. Gong Li naturally agreed and said that she would use her connections to help him ask.

Two days later.

Xu Suo and Li Bihua came with Zhang Guorong and his agent Chen Shufen.

Li Yishu also went to Yanjing Hotel with Gong Li.

Zhang Guorong was very enthusiastic and took the initiative to extend his hand as soon as they met: "Director Li, thank you for giving me this audition opportunity. I like the role of Cheng Dieyi so much. I believe I can play a good role."

"Mr. Zhang, you're too polite. Let's wait until we have the makeup and audition to tell you the details." Although Li Yishu has decided on the other party in her heart, Zun Long, who was recommended by Xu Lu, will arrive tonight, so she naturally can't be too partial to him. She thinks that after the two of them have their makeup done, she will know why she chose Zhang Guorong.

Moreover, Li Yishu still has a good impression of Zhang Guorong.

The other party not only sings well, but is also a first-rate actor. He can be regarded as the most versatile artist in Hong Kong in the three areas of film, television and music.

If he hadn’t died young, the Hong Kong industry’s main actor, Leung Chiu Wai, would be a joke, and Cheung Kwok Yung would be the real versatile actor;

The cold-blooded gun king, the forbidden love of Cheng Dieyi, the elegant gentleman Twelve Young Master, the elegant scholar Ning Caichen, the affectionate Huang Yaoshi...

Which of the roles you have played is not vivid and familiar to you?

After getting to know the director, Zhang Guorong looked at Gong Li and said, "Long time no see, Ms. Gong Li."

Gong Li smiled and shook hands with the other party: "Yes, Mr. Zhang, long time no see."

"Do you know?"

"When Ms. Gong Li was filming The Gambler, I happened to be in a nearby crew and had the honor of meeting Ms. Gong Li."

"Mr. Zhang, you're joking. Actually, I'm still a fan of yours. I really like listening to your song "The Wind Continues to Blow."

"..."

Everyone exchanged greetings for a while before sitting down and starting to chat.

Because Zun Long and Zhang Fengyi haven't arrived yet, the audition will have to wait until tomorrow.

However, a Peking Opera makeup teacher has already been found, and after everyone puts on their makeup tomorrow, they will go straight to the audition.

Acting skills are not a big problem actually. Zhang Guorong and John Lone are both veteran actors. Who is suitable and who is not will be determined by the audition results.

When the conversation got to a happy point, Zhang Guorong suddenly said, "Director Li, Ms. Gong Li, are you interested in making a cameo appearance?"

"Guest appearance?" Li Yishu was slightly stunned, and Gong Li also looked curious.

"It's like this. Because of the East China flood, the Hong Kong Actors Association and the Directors Association are discussing making a charity movie that brings together artists from all over Hong Kong. All the box office proceeds will be donated to the East China flood relief efforts..."

"no problem!"

Upon hearing this, Li Yishu knew it must be the movie "The Banquet" which was specially designed to raise funds for flood disasters.

Naturally, Lee Yi-su would not refuse such a good thing as charity. He had already donated the domestic copyright of "That Mountain" and retained other copyrights such as the videotape. Now it was nothing for him to make a cameo appearance in a charity movie.

Gong Li also nodded and agreed: "That's fine with me too. When will the filming start?"

“I’m not sure about the exact filming time yet, but if it’s just a cameo, I think it should be done in half a day.”

Zhang Guorong shook his head. He just received the news yesterday and the Actors Association was still in the process of preparation.

Because this idea is very bold and needs to include popular artists from Hong Kong Island, we have to greet them in advance so that we can concentrate on one time point and shoot together.

Li Yishu smiled and said, "No matter what time, if you need me and Gong Lijie, it's no problem."

"Thank you, Director Li. I'll have to report this to the association later."

This matter was not initiated by Zhang Guorong. He must go back and ask the people in the association.

Xu Xu next to him suddenly said, "How about making it a co-production?"

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