Huayu: Director started with art films

Compared to the timid Wu Minfei, Fan Xiaopang is much braver.

Hearing Li Yishu praising them for being lively, whether it was a polite remark or a sincere one, Fatty Fan responded with a smile: "Thank you, Director Li. We just came to the film and television city. I heard that we can act. Director Li, can you arrange a role with lines for me?"

Wu Minfei lowered her head, fearing that Li Yishu would see her appearance clearly.

Xie Jin also had an embarrassed look on his face. He didn't expect that the freshman in his school was so bold and asked for a role with lines as soon as he opened his mouth.

However, seeing that the other party was only fifteen or sixteen years old, Xie Jin knew that the other party was just a child who was fearless. Just as he was about to say something to ease the tension, he heard Li Yishu smilingly say, "Sure, a role with lines is no problem, but have you ever acted in a play?"

"I haven't acted in it before, but it should be quite easy. When I signed up, the teachers who interviewed me said I had talent."

Fan Xiaopang was very proud. She had signed up at the end of last year and had gone through the interview process. The interviewer saw that she was good-looking and spoke confidently, unlike some girls of the same age who were not keen on talking to strangers because of puberty.

Quite confident.

Li Yishu smiled and said, "Then act one out for me."

Fatty Fan's eyes lit up: "Okay, what role do you want me to play?"

Li Yishu thought for a while and said, "Then you can play a maid."

He remembered that there was a period of time in the millennium when it seemed that Fan Xiaopang's first famous screen role was the maid Jinsuo in "Return of the Condor Heroes", which led many people to say that she was born to be a maid and was only suitable for playing maid-like roles.

This time I came to his crew to play a small role, probably a maid.

So it counts as a sip?
"No problem. If there are any lines, I can improvise freely."

"You are free to play."

"Okay!"

Fatty Fan thought about it, and then performed a show with his hands, as if holding something, and walked to Li Yishu: "Master, have some tea."

"Hmm!" Li Yishu took the teacup, took a sip, and immediately frowned: "What's going on? Didn't I tell you to use nectar to make tea? This water is not right!"

Fatty Fan smiled and said, "Master, it hasn't rained these days, so where does the nectar come from? But this water is also top-quality water. I asked people in our courtyard to fetch spring water from the mountains. The spring is gurgling, and the water quality is very good."

As she spoke, she walked behind Li Yishu and wanted to massage his shoulders, but found that he was too tall, so she had to move closer to his arms and began to gently beat his arms with her two fat little hands.

Li Yishu looked at Fan Xiaopang, who was about 1.6 meters tall, and a funny look appeared on her face. You know what, it really looked like that!

"Not bad, how old are you this year?"

"16!"

Wow, he is really young, 16-year-old Fatty Fan.

"Well, OK, you acted well. I'll have someone contact you about the role."

"Thank you Director Li!"

Fan Xiaopang was overjoyed. She didn't expect that Li Yishu would actually give her a role with lines.

Li Yishu likes to teach others: "Study hard at Director Xie's school. Acting requires hard work."

"Yes, I understand, Director Li. I will definitely study hard in Director Xie's school."

Fat Fan nodded repeatedly, and Wu Minfei beside him also nodded.

"Goodbye Director Li, goodbye Director Xie!"

Watching the two great directors leave, Fatty Fan was very excited: "Fei Fei, that's great!"

"Congratulations, Xiaopang. This is Director Li's movie, and I heard that the investment was several hundred million. You have a role with lines, so you will definitely be famous in the future."

Wu Minfei looked at Fan Xiaopang with envy, but at the same time she was also annoyed at why she didn't have the guts to ask for a role too.

"Haha, it's okay. When I become famous, I will definitely take you with me!"

Just as Fatty Fan showed his smug look, the next second the teacher in front of him shouted, “Fan Xiaopang, Fan Xiaopang!”

"I'm coming!"

Fan Xiaopang hurriedly ran over with Wu Minfei.

Just now, the two of them were chatting with Director Li and Director Xie, and naturally they were seen by other students and teachers, but no one dared to go over.

Now that the two great directors have left, it is natural for me to ask what happened, to make sure that my students did not harass the two great directors.

Director Xie is okay, after all, he is the principal of the school, but Director Li is different. He is now a real big shot and the undisputed number one in the domestic film industry!
A big figure at the level of the godfather of Asian films.

If they offended this person, even with Director Xie's help in mediation, they would probably have a hard time continuing in this industry.

After walking in from the side passage and gradually getting away from the group of students who were looking up to them, Director Xie Jin said awkwardly, "Chief Director, I'm so sorry to have made a fool of myself."

Li Yishu waved her hand and said, "It's okay, Director Xie. I think that girl named Fan Xiaopang is pretty good. She's bold and doesn't mince words. She's a good candidate to be an actress."

Xie Jin knew that Li Yishu was giving him a way out, so he nodded with a smile, "Yes, that does make sense."

"By the way, Director Xie, your film and television academy is quite large. I saw that there were nearly a hundred people there just now?"

"It's just a small event. This is the third class, and there are about 50 to 60 students in each class."

Xie Jin said modestly: "I would like to expand the scale and train more new people, but you also know that I call this a school, but in fact it is just a training class."

Li Yishu asked back, "Then Director Xie, are you interested in making this training class bigger and stronger?"

"Grow bigger and stronger?" Xie Jin was slightly stunned.

"Yes, Director Xie should know that I have a film and television company in Yanjing, and also a special agency. I think it is better to sign my own people than to sign outsiders."

After seeing Fan Xiaopang, Li Yishu came up with an idea, which was to cooperate with Xie Jin to expand his acting training school.

He remembered that in the future this school was incorporated into Shanghai Normal University and had a formal university system.

But the performance training institution is something worth doing.

Xie Jin's school has cultivated many outstanding talents. From the perspective of fame alone, there are two top stars.

Of the four Dan and two Bing of the millennium, two were included!
If we were to say who has the best acting skills among the six, it would definitely be Zhou and Zhang, but if we were to say who is the most popular and talked about, it would definitely be Fan Xiaopang.

The earliest female top star.

Fan Xiaopang has mastered all kinds of red carpet appearances, black-and-red roles, and the heroine persona.

I wouldn’t say her acting is that good, but it’s definitely better than those four little beauties that came later.

If we can produce two good seedlings, we will be able to produce more good seedlings in the future.

And the most important thing is that this school is located in Shanghai!

No one knows better than Li Yishu how big the future scale of the mainland's film and television industry will be.

On the Yanjing side, Li Yishu had already made plans early on. Now, there are more than 20 artists signed by Wen Yi Shidai, many of whom are students from Beijing Film Academy and the Central Academy of Drama.

There are also many talented people coming out of Shanghai Theatre Academy.

It is entirely possible to open another agency and a film and television company in Shanghai.

In this way, we can not only enjoy the dividends of the times, but also put more eggs in more baskets. Xie Jin was naturally happy to hear that Li Yishu wanted to invest in his own acting school, and immediately said happily: "No problem, Director, I welcome you to work with me to make it bigger and stronger!"

Li Yishu smiled and said, "Haha, that's fine, I'll have someone contact Director Xie later."

In the past, the domestic film and television landscape was roughly divided into the Beijing circle, the Northwest circle, and the Shanghai circle. Li Yishu's arrival changed a lot of things, but the structure of these three circles was probably unchangeable.

This is because these three circles are gradually formed due to interests and regional connections, unless Li Yishu has the ability to unify the entire film and television industry.

But obviously that's not possible.

Instead of doing this, it is better to enter the market early and open more companies.

Anyway, whether it succeeds or not, there won’t be much loss.

A few days passed in the blink of an eye.

Next to number 20.

Today's scene is a debate with a group of scholars.

Liu Dekai stood in the main hall, with a not-so-long goatee, a feather fan and a scarf, looking elegant and easy-going.

Li Yishu frowned and shouted, "Liu Dekai, you are not playing the role of a good gentleman. It is true that Zhuge Liang is a scholar, but now you are an ambassador to Sun Quan. You can't be too elegant and easy-going. And in the debate with the scholars, you must not only show Zhuge Kongming's wisdom, but also his courage!"

The scene of the debate with the scholars is quite crucial, and it can be regarded as a very crucial and outstanding scene of Zhuge Liang.

You have to know that in this scene, Zhuge Liang refuted the capitulationists of Jiangdong ministers such as Zhang Zhao, Yu Fan, Bu Zhi, and Lu Ji in front of Sun Quan's palace, which made Sun Quan finally agree to ally with Liu to fight against Cao.

"I understand, Director."

Liu Dekai has been acting for many years, and even though he is not as good as Tang Guoqiang, it is still easy for him to portray the image of a sharp scholar.

After he adjusted his mood and the image he presented, Li Yishu was slightly satisfied. Then he began to give a speech to the group of people who played the ministers of Jiangdong.

Although they are called extras, they are actually all professional actors. Many of them are veteran actors from film studios. They all have first-rate acting skills and you can understand how they are going to act after listening to them just once.

What's more, the scene of "Battle of Debates" does not need too much narration. Who hasn't read Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

not far away.

Fat Fan stood behind Sun Quan's seat, muttering something.

Wu Minfei, who was standing opposite her, looked curious: "Xiao Pang, what are you mumbling about?"

The two of them played maids who served people. Even though they were maids, they still had two seconds of screen time, one pouring wine for Zhuge Liang and the other pouring wine for Sun Quan.

"Of course I'm reciting the lines."

"Lines?!"

Wu Minfei asked in surprise: "You still have lines?"

"Of course!"

Fan Xiaopang was very proud. He had been in the crew for several days and finally got a role with lines.

"What's the line?"

"Mr. Kong Ming, please have some tea."

"what?"

"Ah, just this one line. Do you know how hard it is? I heard from some classmates in my class that I am the only one with a line, and our scene is the best. We don't have to be outside in the cold wind. We can be in this hall with the heater on and the stove burning."

Fan Xiaopang was in a good mood. She had become more and more interested in filming these days. Although she played roles like maids who had no lines or even showed her face, she was an actor after all.

What's more, there is a line today, how can I not be happy?
After hearing what she said, Concubine Wu Min felt that it made sense. Although she was playing a motionless maid, serving as a background board, at least she would not be blown by the wind in this hall, and the salary was quite high, twenty yuan a day.

"All departments prepare!"

Seeing that the speech was almost over, Li Yishu picked up the microphone and asked each department to get ready.

Upon seeing this, Fat Fan and Concubine Wu Min immediately stood obediently behind their lord Sun Quan and acted as a background.

Just as Li Yishu was about to have someone start filming, a crew member suddenly came over and whispered, "Director, Cheng Long is here!!"

Cheng Long?

Li Yishu was confused at first, but then he remembered why the other party came. He thought about it, told Director Xie Jin to come and shoot this scene, and then strode out of the palace.

Got outside.

Then I saw Cheng Long and Yang Shoucheng standing there, dressed warmly.

Li Yishu walked forward with a smile: "Boss Yang, A-Long, I thought you guys wouldn't be here for a few days!"

Yang Shoucheng smiled and said, "I thought Director Li is busy filming, so I came earlier and solved the problem earlier, so as not to delay Director Li's filming."

"Yes, Director Li, we got a call from Manager Amy and rushed here as soon as possible."

There was a hint of excitement in Cheng Long's words.

Because we can finally start filming Rush Hour!

Ever since Li Yishu wrote the script last year and they discussed it, they found that the script was really good.

The setting is a very common duo, but this to a certain extent offsets the discomfort of Jackie Chan, an Asian face, in North America, and the black actor makes it easier for Jackie Chan to steal the limelight from the other party.

Li Yishu laughed and said, "Haha, it's my fault. I shouldn't have written the script so early!"

Yang Shoucheng said: "How can I blame Director Li? It's really because the script is so well written. I can already imagine that this movie will be a big hit in North America!"

"I don't know whether it will be a big hit or not, but I still have some confidence in this movie."

The version of "Rush Hour" written by Li Yishu is a little different from the original version, but the general plot is similar.

But in terms of some punchlines, because of the influence of so many American TV series and American comedy movies,

Even though Li Yishu doesn't understand the foreigners' jokes, the many action-based comedy scenes still add a lot of laughs to the script.

"Come on, let's talk inside!"

The group of three came to the hall next door, which was where the actors temporarily changed clothes and rested.

Cheng Long looked around and said, "Director Li, this palace must have cost a lot of money to build, right?"

"Yes, it cost a lot of money. Just this palace cost this much!"

Li Yishu made the number two gesture.

"Two hundred million?!" Cheng Long was shocked. You know, the RMB is more valuable than the Hong Kong dollar now.

Li Yishu: "Not bad, 200 million."

Yang Shoucheng sighed: "It's no wonder that this movie has such a huge investment, given how much money it costs." (End of this chapter)