Huayu: Director started with art films

Chapter 51 [Ms. Sakai, you don’t want your new friends…] Please read
On the screen, "That Mountain" is still playing.

Because Toho Co., Ltd. had prepared a Japanese version in advance, the guests and the audience were fascinated by it.

Izumi Sakai was also staring at the screen intently at this moment. This was the first time she had watched the entire movie.

The plot of the movie is very simple. It's about a son who is going to take over his father's job as a postman. It's his first time to take the country mail route, and his father follows him worriedly, which triggers a series of stories about father-son affection.

When the plot progresses to the point where the son and the girl live under the same roof, the background music starts playing.

"Baby won't you tell me why..."

Izumi Sakai narrowed her eyes slightly and watched the interaction between the young man and woman on the screen. Their shy and innocent smiles touched her at once, and she couldn't help but immerse herself in this brief and innocent emotion, unable to extricate herself for a long time.

"That's great."

Izumi Sakai clenched her hands tightly together and glanced at Li Yishu beside her. It was hard to imagine that such a young director could shoot such a plain yet warm film.

When she came to her senses, the movie had already ended.

Amidst the fierce applause, the host Kitano Takeshi once again took the stage. With red eyes, he said excitedly: "Director Li has brought us an excellent family film. I was very excited after watching it. I have always longed to shoot such a warm film..."

"What is he talking about?" Li Yishu looked at the extremely excited Takeshi Kitano and couldn't help but ask Izumi Sakai beside him.

Izumi Sakai translated subconsciously, "He said this is a very good work, and he is eager to shoot such a warm and sincere film, and he also said that he will definitely shoot such a work in the future..."

Hearing this, Li Yishu nodded slightly. He remembered that Takeshi Kitano later filmed a movie with a similar literary atmosphere, "Kikujiro's Summer".

The movie is very interesting and heartwarming, and the song of the same name, Li Suhua still remembers the cheerful tune at the beginning. It is really fresh in her memory.

Izumi Sakai, who was standing next to her, heard Li Yishu suddenly humming some cheerful tune, which seemed very nice, making her unable to help but put her ear close to listen.

Feeling the slight sound of breathing beside her ears, Li Yishu turned her head and happened to meet Sakai Izumi's eyes.

At this moment, Izumi Sakai's heart tightened, and her usually gentle eyes gradually became flustered. She began to make excuses for herself: "I... Supervisor Li, I just wanted to... want to hear clearly what you were humming. I'm really sorry."

"It's okay, you don't have to be nervous."

Seeing the other person's flustered look, Li Yishu was afraid that the girl would make him nervous, so he smiled and said, "Ms. Sakai, I have been listening to your EP album carefully these past two days. You sing very well and your voice is very infectious."

After taking a few deep breaths and calming down a little, Izumi Sakai thanked him, "Thank you for the compliment, Director Li. I will keep working hard."

"Ms. Sakai, you don't have to be like this. We are all the same age, so you can be more casual when talking."

Li Yishu paused and said, "I heard from Kuroda's agent that Ms. Sakai's introverted personality makes you have almost no friends. Maybe you can be more outgoing, so that more people will like you."

"I'm sorry, I...I also want to be cheerful, but..."

Izumi Sakai hesitated.

Her agent, Mr. Kuroda, has been whispering in her ear for a long time, but it is of no use. It is really difficult to change her character.

"Then you can treat me as your friend. This way it will be easier for us to communicate, and you won't feel so nervous and restrained."

Li Yishu suddenly stretched out her hand and said with a smile on her face, "Ms. Sakai, since we are friends, I think we should have a proper handshake."

Looking at the hand extended to her, Izumi Sakai hesitated for a second, then slowly extended her right hand, and the five fingers that were tightly clenched together also slowly opened at this moment.

Without waiting for her to react, Li Yishu grabbed her hand and said, "Nice to meet you, Ms. Sakai."

Perhaps it was Lee Yi-seo's words, or maybe it was the other person's smile that was exactly the same as in the movie, that made Sakai Izumi feel like she was in the movie and she mustered up the courage to say, "I'm glad to meet you, too..."

"now it's right."

Li Yishu took the initiative to let go of the other person's hand and said, "Are you free tomorrow? I've been in Japan for a few days now, and I haven't really visited Tokyo. I wonder if I can invite you to be my personal tour guide and take me around Tokyo."

"what?"

Izumi Sakai was still immersed in the tenderness just now. She was caught off guard by the sudden change. "Is it not possible?"

Li Yishu said, "Ms. Sakai, let's go shopping together. You don't want your new friend to go back without even visiting Tokyo, right?"

After being stunned for two seconds, Izumi Sakai nodded and said, "No, it's not impossible. It's okay... It just so happens that I don't have work these days."

"Then trouble you."

Seeing that the other party agreed, Li Yishu smiled and made an appointment to meet at the hotel tomorrow morning.

Inside the hotel.

Li Yishu took a shower and looked at her watch. It was already eleven thirty, and there was still half an hour until the end of the day.

Wearing a bathrobe, Li Yishu sat at the table and began to write the script of "Love Letter" with a pen.

He plans to return to Hong Kong the day after tomorrow, and will work on the manuscript today and tomorrow nights, and then hand the first draft to the people at Toho Film Company to translate it into Japanese as soon as possible.

For this kind of pure love movie, the script is important, but it also tests the actors' acting skills and the director's directing skills more.

The acting skills of the actors and the level of the director are crucial and indispensable.

Otherwise it would turn into "Micro Love" directed by Gu Changwei. His directing ability must be very good, but he was paired with Yang Tianbao, who has dead eyes.

The score of 4.5 on Douban is enough to explain everything.

So be careful when choosing a cast!

Even if we don’t use the original version of “Love Letter”, we should at least pick an actor who is spiritual enough.

Before I knew it, half an hour had passed.

"Jingle Bell--"

The phone on the table rang, and Li Yishu subconsciously picked it up and put it to her ear.

"Li Jun, that's awesome! Si Guoyi!"

It was too noisy, so Li Yishu moved the microphone away and then asked, "What's wrong, Mr. Tanaka?"

"Siguoyi, 30! Mr. Li, your movie had 30 viewers on the first day!"

"so much?"

Li Yishu was also surprised after hearing this. Even though there were more than 20 pre-orders, it did not mean that all these people went to the cinema to watch the movie on the day of the premiere. Many of them were viewers who bought movie tickets for the next few days.

So of the 30 people who purchased on the first day, at most half of them pre-ordered.

"Yes, it is indeed 30 moviegoers!"

Ichiro Tanaka calmed down his excitement and said, "I am in the company now. Since the last movie of the day started half an hour ago, we have received reports from cinemas in various regions about the results. The total number of visitors is 302154."

"Moreover, tickets for the early morning shows have already been sold out in many busy movie theaters."

"I heard from the distribution department that starting from the 18th, there may be another peak in movie-watching for two consecutive days, Friday and Saturday."

"They have now revised their previous estimate of 150 million viewers, and believe there is at least an 200% chance of breaking through to million viewers!"

Big loss!

Not only was Li Yishu not happy, but her heart was bleeding.

　I beg everyone to follow the reading process. Now everyone on Qidian only reads follow-up articles. I beg you all to do this!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)