Huayu: Director started with art films

Chapter 58 [Cheng Long is also coming to act? Redesign the guest appearance plot] Please read
"Tsk tsk, Yishu, you are so great now. You have become the boss of a film company. When your company makes movies in the future, don't forget me."

Gong Li looked at Li Yishu, who couldn't even afford a suit at the beginning, and saw that in just a few months, he had transformed himself into the boss of a film company and was doing quite well. She couldn't help but sigh that this person's circumstances and fate were truly amazing.

Just like herself, she was still a student at the Central Academy of Drama a few years ago, but after filming the movie "Red Sorghum", she instantly became a nationally famous actress.

"Don't worry, Sister Gong Li, no matter who I forget, I will never forget you."

Li Yishu suddenly remembered something: "By the way, Sister Gong Li, do you have an agent?"

"Me? No." Gong Li shook her head.

Li Yishu said, "Do you want to sign a contract with our company? Don't worry, we won't take your salary, and we won't care whether you take any roles."

"Then why did you sign me? You don't take any commission and you don't care if I take any roles."

Gong Li stared at him curiously. Although agents were not popular in China, most actors negotiated with the film companies about their remuneration themselves.

But agents are very popular in Hong Kong Island. The movie that Gong Li previously collaborated on with Stephen Chow was negotiated by a movie friend of hers in Hong Kong Island.

The other party also asked Gong Li to find an agent so that she could get more roles and negotiate her pay better.

However, Gong Li's base is in the mainland, and finding an agent would require commission and also require her to control which roles she takes. It would be better for her to be alone.

"No, I'm thinking that if there are film companies in Hong Kong, Taiwan or overseas that want to invite you to film, it would be convenient for them to contact you if they have an agent."

At this point, Li Yishu shook her head again: "I haven't thought about signing artists. This company is mainly for my own personal service."

Li Yishu knows best how great the influence of a great director is.

Even though no one except Japan has asked him to film for the time being, as his works win awards or make enough box office revenue, naturally there will be film companies seeking cooperation.

There are many independent film companies in Hollywood that like to work with directors who have won awards in Europe.

"Sure." Gong Li thought for a few seconds and agreed directly. For her, if there were other film companies inviting her, she would see if the script was suitable and whether she had time. If everything was suitable, she would definitely not refuse.

"Okay." Li Yishu turned to look at Huo Wenxi who was following behind Amy, "Wenxi, from now on you will be the agent for me and Gong Li. Write down Gong Li's contact information later."

"Good boss."

Huo Wenxi nodded repeatedly and looked at Gong Li expectantly, "Sister Gong Li, please give me more guidance in the future."

"I don't deserve your advice. I'm counting on you, Wenxi, to help me get roles in the future."

Gong Li smiled and stretched out her hand to shake the other person's hand, then said: "By the way, Wenxi is so beautiful, I thought she was an artist signed by your company, how come she is your agent?"

Amy at the side helped explain: "Ms. Gong Li, Wenxi has acted in movies and worked as a model before, but she felt that she didn't have much acting skills, and modeling is a job that only lasts for a young age, so she thought about becoming an agent or working in a film company."

Hearing this, Gong Li glanced at the pretty girl. She really didn't expect that she would have such an idea. She felt that she had made the right choice for this agent. She smiled and said, "Very good. Wenxi, if you help me get roles in the future, just follow the rules of the agents in Hong Kong and take as much as you should."

"I..." Huo Wenxi was dumbfounded and subconsciously looked at his boss Li Yishu.

"Listen to your sister Gong Li. As her boss, I have no control over her decisions." Li Yishu originally just wanted to make things convenient for Gong Li, but since she said so, she must have her own considerations and ideas. He couldn't say much. Anyway, the company would not take money from them, and it was their business how to negotiate specifically.

"Jingle Bell--"

At this moment, the phone in the office rang. After a female clerk answered it, she hurriedly shouted, "Manager Amy, it's Director Xu Ke calling to ask if the boss has arrived."

"I'll pick it up."

Amy strode over and chatted a few words in Cantonese after the call was connected. Then she hung up the phone and said, "Boss, Director Xu Ke asked you to rush to the crew now. They are going to shoot your guest role tonight."

"Shooting tonight? Didn't they say tomorrow?" Li Yishu frowned.

Amy said, "Director Xu Ke said that Brother Cheng Long had to fly abroad to film a movie early this morning. He was not planning to come, but Director Xu Ke had to persuade him with great difficulty to agree to come and play a guest role in this scene."

"Is that so? Then tell Director Xu that we'll be there soon."

When Li Yishu heard that it was to meet Cheng Long's schedule, she was not surprised.

He remembered that there was no Jackie Chan in the original film. It seemed that because he was promoting the co-production between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, the start time was postponed, so Jackie Chan happened to have not left Hong Kong yet.

at dusk.

The crew of "The Banquet".

After Li Yishu and Gong Li arrived, they found that in addition to the two of them, there were also the well-known villains in Hong Kong movies, Cheng Kuian and Hong Hing's radical brother Li Zhaoji.

Xu Ke quickly stepped forward and said, "Director Li, are you in this scene?"

"Okay, what's the plot?" Li Yishu glanced around and didn't refuse.

"It's very simple. This time, Big Brother Cheng Long plays himself, Big Brother Dasha and Big Brother Ji are bodyguards, and you two are fanatical fans..."

"The Banquet" itself is a nonsensical movie. Apart from the main plot, other side plots are just for the sake of allowing stars to appear, so there is no need to care about why the plot between Jackie Chan and his fans appears.

This plot was not in the original film. It seemed that Xu Ke came up with it on the spur of the moment. However, it was so simple that Li Yishu still frowned subconsciously. He and Gong Li were the only two actors from the mainland. Although it was a public welfare film, wasn't this too sloppy?
If he had not read a special analysis of how many stars appeared in this movie in his previous life, he would not have recognized that the person serving the dishes at the end was Gong Li.

Xu Ke noticed Li Yishu's frown and knew that she might not like it, so he quickly said with a smile: "Director Li, if you have any ideas, please tell me. You are the one directing this scene, so you can change it however you want. Don't worry about the movie script, it's just a nonsense hodgepodge anyway."

Hearing this, Li Yishu asked back, "When will Brother Cheng Long come over?"

Xu Ke said, "It should be about ten minutes. He only has half an hour to shoot. No matter if he has finished shooting or not, he has to catch the plane."

Only half an hour to shoot?
Li Yishu glanced at Dasha Ge and Ji Ge who were smoking not far away, and Gong Li who was graceful beside them, and an idea came to his mind.

"Do you have a pen and paper?"

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