Huayu: Director started with art films

Chapter 71 [Focus on publicity, get the glory] Please read
A family office in Taiwan.

"what?"

"There's a wave of veterans watching movies in Formosa?"

A leader looked at the secretary in surprise.

"Yes, leader. Our mainland young director Li Yishu's film "The Mountain, the Man, the Dog"..."

At this point, fearing that the boss didn't know who it was, the secretary quickly said, "It's the young director who won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival in Europe."

"I know. I saw relevant news in the newspaper. A very young guy won the European Film Award for his first film. He set a good example for young directors in our country."

The leader nodded and motioned for the secretary to continue.

"His film was released in Taiwan in mid-November. The box office was not very ideal at the beginning, but it is said that the film distributor invited the Sichuan fruit veteran to watch it. After watching it, he was deeply moved and said that he must return to his hometown in Sichuan again in this life..."

"In this way, a wave of veterans watching the movie was set off in Taiwan. Many veterans brought their families to watch the movie. Our comrades said that although the movie was set in Sichuan, it felt like their hometown to veterans from different provinces."

The secretary recounted the whole story in detail.

This made the leader very happy: "Great, we are negotiating with Taiwan recently, and they are very sincere this time. Now there is a movie from our hometown that has touched the hearts of those people!"

"In 1987, they allowed veterans to return to the mainland to visit their families, but it was still not enough. In this negotiation, they showed good sincerity."

"It's 1992 now, and nearly five years have passed since the last visit. Taking advantage of this wave of veterans watching movies, I think it's entirely possible to organize another large-scale visit of veterans to the mainland to visit their relatives."

"This will better show our goodwill and make the other side feel our urgency."

The secretary nodded while taking notes: "Okay, leader, I'll arrange it right away."

"and many more!"

The leader thought for a moment and said, "Let CCTV go to Taiwan to film the veterans' enthusiasm for watching the movie."

“Then…would you like to interview Lee Ye-seo as well?”

The secretary said: "He is the director of this movie, and he is from Sichuan. A considerable number of the veterans who went to Taiwan were from Sichuan..."

"Okay, let the comrades at CCTV take charge."

"Yes!"

1 month 15 number.

Beijing Film Academy has started its holiday.

There are only about twenty days left until the New Year.

Yu Feihong originally wanted to stay with Li Yishu for a few more days, but Yu's mother contacted her and said that her grandmother was not feeling well and asked Yu Feihong to return home early.

The old lady was in poor health, and Yu Feihong had lived with his grandmother since he was a child and had a deep affection for her, so he went back early before the official holiday.

Li Yishu also bought some gifts for the elderly and asked Yu Feihong to take them back.

After the holiday started, Li Yishu also stayed in Yanjing for a few days. He first went to the Peking Opera Theater to ask Zhang Manling, the Peking Opera instructor of the crew. After confirming that Zhang Guorong and Zhang Fengyi were learning well, he agreed with the two that they would officially start filming after the Chinese New Year.

Xu Lu naturally agreed immediately. She had been waiting for the filming of this movie for several years. Now that it was about to start after the New Year, she was naturally very excited. She also contacted all the main creative staff of the crew again and agreed to find a time to start filming after the New Year.

The preparatory work was basically completed, and they were just waiting for the filming to start after the New Year. Li Yishu began to pack her luggage and prepare to fly back to Sichuan.

But before he could leave, he received a call from Director Situ, saying that CCTV wanted to conduct an exclusive interview with him.

Li Yishu was surprised at first, but when he got there, he realized that the other party came for the veterans' movie-watching craze in Taiwan.

People from the CCTV camera crew got out of the car one after another.

Seeing the person in the lead, Li Yishu didn't expect it to be her. After a second of hesitation, she smiled and walked forward: "Ms. Yang Lan, I didn't expect you to be the one doing the interview. I really like the Zhengda Variety Show you host, especially after the revision this year. I think it's better than last year."

"Thank you."

Yang Lan smiled brightly, "I didn't expect Director Li is also a loyal viewer of our show."

"Yes!"

Li Yishu looked at Yang Lan, who was still very young and did not have the image of a strong woman in the future, and nodded:
"Zhengda Variety Show is well filmed. Both the game question-and-answer session and the interactive session are very interesting. It provides many life tips for the TV audience. My mother is also a loyal viewer of your Zhengda Variety Show."

It’s different from the Zhengda variety show more than ten years later.

Today, Zhengda Variety Show mainly consists of two parts: tourism and cultural experience and on-site guessing games, aiming to showcase the natural scenery and cultural customs from all over the world to domestic audiences.

In a country where tourism has not yet become popular and most people have never even left their own city, you can imagine how attractive a TV program that allows you to see scenery from all over the world would be.

To paraphrase a familiar line from Zhengda Variety Show: "You won't know how wonderful the world is until you see it!"

After exchanging pleasantries, Li Yishu returned to his courtyard with the photography crew.

The courtyard house with two entrances that they bought later is still under renovation, and Li Yishu didn't have to spend any money on it. It was just because the courtyard was quite nice that it was chosen by the crew for location selection, so they brought people to repair and maintain it before the New Year.

"Director Li, your courtyard is quite nice. Did you design it yourself?"

After taking a look at the environment inside the hospital, Yang Lan started a conversation with Li Yishu on this topic in order to have a better interview.

"No, it was designed by the previous resident, but I later asked someone to modify it myself."

"..."

After chatting for a while, Li Yishu briefly talked about his personal situation, including his first film and several projects he is currently working on, and also discussed some topics for the upcoming interview.

The photography crew was also ready. They originally wanted to shoot in the courtyard, but it was a bit cold today. After staying outside for too long, their noses were frozen and they simply went back to the house.

After the photographer made an OK gesture, Yang Lan said to the camera with a smile:

"The person we are going to interview today is the outstanding young director Li Yishu..."

The content of the interview was actually quite simple. Yang Lan first discussed with Li Yishu about the movie, then talked about the excellent results achieved in Japan, and then mentioned the wave of veteran movie-watching that has been set off in Taiwan.

CCTV attached great importance to this interview. Li Yishu was secondary, and the main focus was on the Taiwan Affairs Office.

Although most people don’t know what they are talking about with Taiwan now, many people know it, and CCTV, as the throat of the country, is naturally quite familiar with this matter.

The fact that "That Mountain" was a hit in Taiwan is an indirect reflection of Taiwan's recognition of the mainland and its desire to return to the embrace of the motherland.

This is naturally something that needs to be written about and is worth publicizing.

Li Yishu also benefited from it.

This time, Li Yishu's exclusive interview + Bao Bei's exclusive interview will be edited into one. As the focus of this year's publicity, not only will the news be announced in advance during the joint broadcast, but all major official media will also place advertisements in newspapers early on.

Wait till it's aired and attracts thousands of people!

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