Huayu: Director started with art films

Chapter 69 [Don’t even think about Cheng Dieyi, just play Yu Zhan’ao more] Please read
Perhaps Li Yishu's words worked.

Jiang Wen also released Zhang Guorong's hand and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, it's better to meet you in person than to hear about your name. I have heard of your great name for a long time. The songs you sing are really beautiful."

"Thank you." Zhang Guorong forced a smile as a polite response to the other party.

However, my good impression of Jiang Wen suddenly became much worse.

It was not only because of the inexplicable pinching of his hand just now, but also because he had announced his retirement from the music industry several years ago and focused entirely on his acting career.

Now when they meet, Jiang Wen doesn't praise him for his good acting skills, but only praises his singing. It is obvious that he does not approve of his acting skills, or he is deliberately embarrassing Zhang Guorong.

How could Li Yishu not hear such sarcastic words? She originally had a good impression of Jiang Wen, but now it was all gone in an instant.

No matter from which angle you look at it, Li Yishu and Zhang Guorong's current relationship is definitely closer than Jiang Wen's, so he was not polite in his next words: "Ms. Liu, you just asked if the role of Cheng Dieyi has been selected?"

"Correct!"

Liu Xiaoqing turned his gaze away from Zhang Guorong's face and looked at Li Yishu: "I heard that this film was directed by Chen Kai. Later, when I found out it was Director Li, I wanted to visit you in person, but I couldn't spare the time because of work."

Ignoring Zhang Guorong's slightly anxious expression, Li Yishu nodded slightly: "Does Miss Liu have any recommended candidates?"

"What do you think of Jiang Wen?"

Liu Xiaoqing quickly pushed the man next to her out. Although she also liked Zhang Guorong, her feelings for Jiang Wen were deeper.

"That's right, Director Li."

Jiang Wen also held his head high and said, "I came here this time to recommend myself for the role of Cheng Dieyi."

"You?"

Li Yishu frowned, looked him up and down deliberately, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid the role of Cheng Dieyi is not suitable for you."

Jiang Wen asked back: "Why am I not suitable?"

Li Yishu said: "Cheng Dieyi, the name is Dieyi, which means he should be smart enough. Mr. Jiang Wen gives people the feeling that he is too strong and not delicate enough. He is not bad to play Yu Zhan'ao."

Jiang Wen's face changed slightly. If he wasn't pointing at his forehead and scolding him, he would just be acting like a reckless man.

Liu Xiaoqing also frowned, then thought of something and glared at Jiang Wen unhappily.

Did Liu Xiaoqing really think that he couldn't hear what the other party had just said, mocking Zhang Guorong?
Liu Xiaoqing has naturally a high EQ as she has been able to rise from an actor to being involved in production. The reason why she didn't say anything just now was mainly because she quite enjoyed Jiang Wen's jealousy.

However, if you offend a big director for this, it would be a loss.

"Okay Jiang Wen, I told you that with your physique, you can play Duan Xiaolou, but how can you play Cheng Dieyi?"

Liu Xiaoqing said with a smile: "I'm really sorry Director Li, Jiang Wen really likes the story of Farewell My Concubine and has always wanted to play Cheng Dieyi, but he doesn't even consider his own conditions."

Rich ladies still love their little puppies.

Li Yishu sighed in her heart, but smiled and said, "It's okay, Miss Liu. Mr. Jiang Wen likes our story so much. When the movie is released, I will definitely invite you two to watch it."

"Okay, okay. Well, I won't disturb Director Li and Mr. Zhang from rehearsing. Jiang Wen and I will go back first."

"Okay, we'll get together sometime later. Take care, Miss Liu."

Li Yishu watched the two of them leave, shook his head slightly, glanced at Zhang Guorong beside him, and said with a smile: "Brother Guorong, don't worry, the role of Cheng Dieyi belongs to you."

"When I heard Miss Liu ask this before, I was a little worried."

Zhang Guorong smiled and said, "But when I just learned that it was Mr. Jiang who wanted to act, I knew that I was worrying for nothing."

Ok?
Li Yishu raised her eyebrows and said, "I didn't realize that Zhang Guorong was so good at playing bothersome people."

Zhang Guorong hesitated and asked, "Director Li, will Jiang Wen's incident affect you?"

"How can it affect me?"

Li Yishu smiled and said, "We are not of the same kind anyway, so there is no need to force ourselves to be together."

In Li Yishu's view, Jiang Wen's incident was just a small episode.

Li Yishu had never thought about inviting Jiang Wen to film in the future. If he offended her, then so be it. Not everyone is like Liu Xiaoqing, who would try to spoil him. Who would write a diary if they were serious?
Jiang Wen is right, he is a serious person, and so is Li Yishu.

Since you are all serious people, it would be boring to get together. Indecent people tend to be of the same kind.

But he remembered that Jiang Wen was not supposed to be with a French woman at this time, and they had a child...

Wow, what a fancy way!

I still need to learn more, otherwise how can I integrate myself into the literary and artistic field?
time flies.

Before we knew it, it was mid-January.

Good news came from Hong Kong.

"The Banquet" was successfully released more than a month after its release, with a total box office of 2700 million Hong Kong dollars.

This number is not low. It just ranked tenth on the 1991 annual box office list released by Hong Kong Film Weekly.

The movie that ranked ahead of this one was "Terminator 2: Judgment Day"

Speaking of which, the number one on this list is Stephen Chow's "Fight Back to School", which earned an astonishing box office of 4389 million and broke the box office record in Hong Kong Island.

It exceeded the box office of "Project Eagle" which took Jackie Chan more than half a year to make by nearly 500 million.

Further down the list, the fifth place is "Tricky Brains" with 3138 million, and the sixth place is "God of Gamblers 2: The Shanghai Knight" with 3116 million.

Last year, "God of Gamblers" won the annual championship, and this year, "Fight Back to School" won the annual box office championship again.

This completely established Stephen Chow as a box office magic potion, and the Hong Kong film market also ushered in the era of "Two Zhous and One Cheng".

In the small courtyard.

Yu Feihong looked through the Hong Kong movie magazines Amy sent him, and after searching around, he saw that Li Yishu's "The Mountain" only had a box office of 3 million, not even a fraction of "Fight Back to School". He couldn't help but said unhappily, "Yishu, your movie is so good, but people in Hong Kong don't know its value."

Hearing this, Li Yishu didn't know whether to laugh or cry and said, "Please, my movie is an art film. It's already a blessing to have a box office of 3 million. Besides, you might as well count on the box office in Taiwan instead of Hong Kong Island."

Although a large number of inland immigrants flocked to Hong Kong in the early years, the geographical environment is different.

Hong Kong Island itself doesn’t have many resources, and the only rural areas that have them are the New Territories.

We expect a bunch of young people in the city to watch rural-themed films and develop empathy.

It would be better to hope that the experts would say less unreliable things like "rent out the house to collect rent to supplement the family income."

"How much is the box office in Taiwan?" Yu Feihong asked quickly.

The box office revenue in mainland China has not yet been fully counted, but the current known amount is almost 10 million.

Of course, these box office revenues have nothing to do with Li Yishu, as he has already donated them.

Even if he didn't donate, not much would have fallen into his hands.

"I'm not sure yet. I'll go to the telephone office tomorrow and call Mr. Qiu and I'll know."

Li Yishu shook his head and handed over the distribution of "That Mountain" in Taiwan to Mr. Qiu's Era Film Company.

But I think it should be possible to exceed 10 million.

After all, people in Taiwan have the habit of watching art films. In the 1960s and 1970s, almost all of the films shot in Taiwan were art films.

Moreover, rural-themed films like "That Mountain" are actually very lethal to the middle-aged and elderly people in Taiwan.

You have to know that the Bald Man took away 60 troops and 70 military dependents, as well as more than 200 million civilians from the mainland.

All together, the number is at least 400 million, not counting those who fled there because of the civil war in the early years.

Qiu Fusheng still has certain abilities in Taiwan. If the publicity is in place, the box office will definitely not be too low.

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