Huayu: Director started with art films

10 month 25 number.

Li Yishu set off for Shanghai.

In three days, the second Shanghai International Film Festival will open. He has to come early to have a meeting with the organizers and also receive the invited foreign filmmakers.

Around 12 noon.

At the gate of Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, Li Yishu walked out of the airport hall carrying a small suitcase and came to the waiting area outside. She looked around and saw a black Mercedes-Benz car, so she strode over.

The car window was already rolled down. Li Yishu lowered her head slightly and saw Qingxia sitting in the driver's seat. She smiled and said, "Why don't you get in the car!"

"I'll put the luggage in the trunk."

Li Yishu raised the luggage in her hand, then put it into the trunk, then turned around and sat in the passenger seat.

Qingxia stepped on the accelerator and rushed towards the villa on Wukang Road.

Li Yishu thought of her older son and asked with a smile, "Can Tuantuan walk now?"

Qingxia chuckled and said, "He can barely stand and walk a few steps, but he still needs someone to support him."

Li Yishu said, "Sister Qingxia, please find someone to make a pair of overalls to secure him at the crotch. Put two ropes on his hands and let him walk on his own."

"That's a good idea! I'll ask Huang to make it later. Her handicrafts are pretty good."

Qingxia's eyes lit up. The biggest problem her son had with walking now was that he couldn't walk steadily. If she could get a prop shaped like overalls to help him, and catch him before he fell, he would probably be able to balance himself over time.

"Well, Huang Ma's craftsmanship is very good. The straw hat she made for me is very useful."

When Qingxia, Lin's mother, Huang's mother and others went to Hengdian in July, it was hot there. Huang's mother had nothing to do, so she made a straw hat for Li Yishu.

Qingxia smiled and said, "That's right. Huang Ma is very talented. Not only can she cook and take care of children, she can also make clothes, knit sweaters and scarves, etc...."

"Why don't you learn from Huang Ma?"

"I'm already learning how to knit a sweater. I'm halfway through. When I finish, it will be just right for you to wear during the winter."

"Haha, then I'm looking forward to Sister Qingxia's sweater."

The two of them were chatting and laughing as the car drove along the road, speeding all the way and soon arrived at Lane 100, Wukang Road.

It was already autumn, and when Qingxia drove through the iron gate, Li Yishu noticed that the leaves of the surrounding sycamore trees were gradually turning yellow.

After Qingxia parked the car, Li Yishu opened the door and got out.

In the garden in front of the villa, the various flowers are still beautiful after careful care. There are also two rest areas in the open space in front of the door. With huge parasols, it looks particularly warm and comfortable.

"Not bad, Sister Qingxia!"

Li Yishu's eyes lit up and she said, "You made this courtyard very beautiful."

Qingxia smiled and said, "I have nothing to do at home, so I'll just tinker with the garden in front of the door."

"When spring comes next year, this place should be even more beautiful."

As Li Yishu was talking, she took out her luggage from the trunk. Suddenly, she saw a house in front of her and asked, "Have you packed up over there?"

The two villas that were bought were connected to each other. Now Qingxia, Mother Lin and others are temporarily living in one of them.

"When we moved in, we hired someone to clean it, but I haven't been in there for a while, so there should be a lot of dust in there."

Qingxia turned around and asked curiously, "Where are you going to live?"

Li Yishu shook her head and said, "No, it's Amy and the others who are coming to Shanghai, and I want them to move here."

"Okay, I'll call the housekeeping company this afternoon and ask them to arrange for someone to come and clean it."

"There are housekeeping companies in Shanghai?"

"Yes, I didn't know about it before. I was thinking about coming with Huang Ma to clean the house. Later, I saw the contact information of the housekeeping company in the hotel newspaper."

While the two were talking, someone in the house heard the noise.

I saw Mother Huang coming out holding Tuantuan, followed by Mother Lin.

Huang Ma smiled and said, "Tuantuan, Dad is back!"

"Ahhh!!"

Xiao Tuantuan seemed to have seen the man as well and danced with joy.

"Haha, eldest son!"

Li Yishu walked over with a big smile, put the suitcase on the ground, hugged Tuan Tuan with both hands, looked at his gradually growing face, and kissed him directly: "Son, do you miss your daddy?"

Tuantuan laughed and uttered incoherent words.

Mother Lin smiled and said, "Okay, Yishu, you must be tired from the flight, go back to your room and sit down."

"Okay mom."

As Li Yishu spoke, she held Haodaer in one hand and picked up the suitcase on the ground. Qingxia behind her wanted to help: "No need, come into the house."

After a while, a group of people came into the house.

Huang Ma went into the kitchen to make lunch.
"Yishu, you and Qingxia sit for a while, the food will be ready soon."

"Okay mom."

After saying this, Mother Lin followed in to help.

The interior of the house was decorated in a retro Republic of China style. Li Yishu took a quick look. This was his first time living here. Since he bought the house that year, he had given it to someone else to decorate.

I haven't been here much since then.

Looking at it now, the decoration is quite stylish.

He put the suitcase on the ground, sat on the sofa with his son in his arms, and started chatting with Qingxia.

"You really aren't going to attend?"

Li Yishu smiled and said, "I am the chairman of the jury of this year's Shanghai Film Festival!"

"This one……"

Qingxia hesitated for a moment, thought about it, shook her head and said, "Forget it, I really don't want to show up in public now."

"Okay, then you can watch the live broadcast at home." Li Yishu didn't force her. He asked because he was afraid that Qingxia would feel bored staying at home.

Seeing that they were talking about the Shanghai Film Festival, Qingxia asked curiously, "I read in the local newspapers in Shanghai these days that many foreign filmmakers will come to the Shanghai Film Festival, even Sophie Marceau will come?"

"Well, she will come. She will probably arrive tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

"It seems that the scale of the Shanghai International Film Festival is quite large. I saw the list in the newspaper and saw many European filmmakers coming. Even many popular Hollywood filmmakers from North America are coming."

Li Yishu smiled smugly and said, "That's right, don't you see who is the jury chairman of the Shanghai Film Festival this year?!"

"Yes, yes, it's Chairman Li!" Qingxia found it funny when she saw Li Yishu's proud look. Then, when she saw her son imitating his father and raising his little chin, her smile became even bigger.

"You two, father and son, are really of the same character!"

"Of course, my son is the same as me, right, Tuantuan?"

"Dad, Dad..."

In the kitchen, Mother Lin came out with a plate of food. Seeing the family of three talking and laughing, she also showed a relieved smile. It would be a lie to say that her daughter followed Li Yishu without any resentment in her heart.

Although she is old now, it’s not like her daughter is unwanted.

However, over the past year or so, Qingxia has retired from the entertainment industry and has been at home taking care of her children. As a mother, she has been following behind to help. She has seen how good Li Yishu and his mother are to Qingxia, and although she cannot be with them for a long time, she can understand it because of the special nature of her job.

What made Mother Lin feel most gratified was that Li Yishu had tried his best to compensate Qingxia materially. Not to mention the large mansion in the United States worth nearly 20 million US dollars, there were these two villas in a prosperous area of ​​Shanghai, and a commercial office building in Pudong across the Yangtze River. Qingxia had a share of all of these.

Mother Lin shouted, “It’s time to eat!”

"Here I am, Mom. Let me do it." Qingxia quickly stood up and walked over, taking the dish from her mother's hand and putting it on the table. She looked at Li Yishu and said, "Yishu, just put the child in the walker."

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"Has your son eaten yet?"

"Yeah, he's already eaten. I just fed him some food."

Tuantuan, who is now one year and one month old, is able to eat. Li Yishu put the older boy into the walker and saw him starting to walk around the house with his short legs. Although he seemed a little shaky, the walker provided support.

Qingxia, who was about to go into the kitchen to serve the dishes, turned around and saw this scene and said, "Don't worry about him. I have already packed up the things at home, so he won't bump into anything."

"Row."

Li Yishu glanced at her son who suddenly ran to the restaurant behind his mother, and also walked into the restaurant with a smile.

A few minutes later.

Li Yishu started eating with Qingxia and Lin's mother, while Huang's mother followed behind Tuantuan with the bowl and chopsticks.

Li Yishu was used to Huang Ma not eating at the table. She glanced at her and didn't pay attention. Instead, she said to Lin Ma, "Mom, Qingxia said you like noodles. I went to Wuhan to film this time and bought some hot dry noodles there."

"Hot dry noodles!" Mother Lin's eyes lit up. "I've eaten it once before, the sesame sauce flavor. I wonder if the ones you bring back won't go bad?"

"I didn't ask that person to cook it. I just brought back raw noodles and the sauce they made."

Li Yishu said this, stood up, took the suitcase, opened it, and took out two large boxes from it.

One box contains handmade noodles and the other contains local special sauces.

To put it simply, hot dry noodles are mixed noodles, and the main seasoning is sesame paste.

Li Yishu said, "Sister Qingxia, ask Aunt Huang to cook noodles tomorrow morning and take out a portion of the sauce from this box. I asked that person to prepare it in advance."

"Okay, I'll put it in the refrigerator now." Qingxia nodded, took the two boxes and walked straight into the kitchen.

Mother Lin said with relief: "You are thoughtful, Yishu."

The noodles are not worth much, the main thing is that the other party has this heart.

Li Yishu smiled and said, "This is what I should do as a mother. I have to thank you very much for helping me take care of Tuantuan."

Qingxia came out of the kitchen and saw her mother-in-law and son-in-law talking and laughing, and she was very happy.

Had lunch.

Mother Lin was a little tired, so she went upstairs and lay down.

Huang Ma also took Tuantuan back to the house for a nap.

Li Yishu and Qingxia went to the chairs under the parasol outside the house and started chatting while drinking tea.

Li Yishu asked, "Since Dad has retired, why not let him come over and live here for a while? Transportation is convenient here in Shanghai now."

Qingxia said, "I've told him, but he can't come until next month. He has some other things to deal with right now."

"Well, you went to Sichuan to see the pandas before. How was it?"

"It's quite interesting. I've seen pandas in the Taipei Zoo before, but I feel that the pandas in Sichuan are more lively."

"Haha, we're at home after all, so it must be more lively."

The two chatted and laughed, and suddenly Qingxia's cell phone rang. She took it out and answered it, and immediately said in surprise: "Aijia, you are in Shanghai? Yes, good, come over, the address is No. 100, Wukang Road, just tell the driver."

Seeing Qingxia hang up the phone, Li Yishu asked, "Is Zhang Aijia in Shanghai?"

"Yes!"

Qingxia nodded: "She recently shot a new film, and the director was going to attend the Shanghai Film Festival, so she followed me here. When she knew I was in Shanghai, she called me."

In a blink of an eye, more than half an hour passed.

Zhang Aijia looked at the two houses and said in amazement: "Qingxia, are these all yours?"

"Yes!" Qingxia nodded and said with a smile: "We are currently living in this building. The other building has also been renovated, but we haven't moved in yet."

"Can I move in?!" Zhang Aijia said excitedly, "I have always wanted to live in this kind of old house in Shanghai. It feels very romantic."

Qingxia subconsciously turned around to look at Li Yishu, and when she saw him nod, she smiled and said, "Okay, then you can move in, but we need to find someone to clean that building, so you can live in ours first."

Zhang Aijia smiled and asked, "Is it going to disturb you and Director Li?"

"No, there are plenty of rooms."

"That's good. I'm expected to stay for ten days or half a month this time. Please don't reject my welcome."

Qingxia smiled and said, "Why are you not welcome? Are you going to stay until the end of the film festival?"

Zhang Aijia nodded: "Yes, this year's Shanghai Film Festival is so large that not only European and American filmmakers, but also Hong Kong and Taiwan, have flocked to bring their films to participate in the exhibition, just to see if they can sell the copyright overseas."

The scale of the Shanghai International Film Festival this year is absolutely unprecedented in Asia. A large number of European and American filmmakers have come, many of whom are familiar actors and directors. In addition, many international film producers have also come.

Anyone with a bit of an idea will come to the Shanghai Film Festival, regardless of whether they can sell the rights to their own films, at least it is good to gain some experience.

Li Yishu, who had been following behind and had been silent, asked, "Are there many people coming from Taiwan as well?"

Zhang Aijia nodded: "Yes, many actors and filmmakers from Taiwan are here, even director Hou Xiaoxian brought his new film this year to the exhibition."

"It seems that the scale of this film festival is a bit beyond our expectations."

Li Yishu touched his chin. He didn't expect the film festival to be so sensational, but when he thought about it, it was normal. As the chairman of the jury, he spent nearly a year inviting overseas filmmakers.

The organizers of the Shanghai Film Festival were also busy, reporting in the newspapers every day who had been invited.
In addition, this is an international A-class film festival officially organized by the mainland. Many current filmmakers in Hong Kong and Taiwan are still thinking about coming to the mainland to screen their films and get a piece of the pie, so they are naturally happy to come here on their own initiative.

Zhang Aijia laughed and said, "It is said that Director Li is now the godfather of Asian films. Now that you are the chairman of the jury, I heard that there are almost a thousand films registered for the competition. Is that true?"

"That's about right." Li Yishu nodded. Although he was just a figurehead, the organizers also faxed him the basic relevant information so that he would not be interviewed without knowing the names of the films nominated this year. (End of this chapter)