Huayu: Director started with art films

Chapter 77 [Love Letter is a big hit at the box office, Zhang Manyu guest starred] Please read
Yanjing.

Inside Prince Gong’s Mansion.

The east side of the invitation platform.

The weather is good today, with bright sunshine. We are going to shoot the plot of "young Cheng Dieyi Xiaodouzi" being spotted by the old eunuch and sent to the room.

At this time, the camera was focused on the two young actors.

"Hiss, ouch!" The sturdy young actor took a breath.

Xiaodouzi beside him immediately asked with concern: "What's the matter?"

"It hurts when my eyebrows are stung by sweat~"

The camera turns to the back.

Master Guan said to an old man wearing a mandarin jacket and a round-crowned hat beside him with a smile, "Let the two children go together?"

The old man raised his chin and said, "It's an old rule. It's been an old rule for many years!"

"Master Guan, it doesn't make sense if you don't understand this. How do you think Yu Ji should act? She...she has to die, right?"

"..."

Li Yishu, who was sitting on a chair not far away, narrowed her eyes slightly and watched this long shot seriously.

Be a bald servant and run away with little bean on your back.

This segment has been filmed.

"Ka! This part is good, save one more!"

After Li Yishu finished speaking, he asked someone to rearrange the scene. Then he said to Li Shaohong beside him, "Director Li, go talk to Yizhi in person later. Don't get too involved."

Yizhi, who plays the young Cheng Dieyi and Xiaodouzi, is only sixteen years old this year, which is the age when people are most curious about both sexes.

Li Yishu doesn't want the other party to get too deeply into the role and unable to come out.

Because he remembered that there was a report in the newspaper in his previous life that this young actor later wanted to become a monk and even went to Mount Wutai to experience life there. Although Li Yishu was not sure whether it was because he was too immersed in the role, he still had to take precautions.

"I understand Director Li. I will talk to him in person after we finish filming."

Li Shaohong nodded. She understood what Li Yishu meant. She was afraid that the little actor Yizhi really thought of herself as a kid and thus had some changes in his sexual orientation.

During the training at the end of last year, he spent more than two months with Xiao Shitou (Duan Xiaolou). Now he is filming such a sensitive scene again, so who can guarantee it?
There is a Brokeback Mountain in everyone's heart.

If this were discovered, it would be a serious crime.

"Okay, this one's done. Let's shoot the next one while the weather is good."

It is still very cold in Yanjing in February, but fortunately the sun is shining brightly today and there is not much wind, which is perfect for shooting some outdoor scenes.

Just as everyone was changing scenes, assistant Huo Wenxi ran over, panting, "Director Li, there's a call from Japan. The box office results for Love Letter are out!"

"How much?" Li Yishu was also very concerned about her share of the box office.

"Yesterday, the 13th, there were 180 million moviegoers. Today is Valentine's Day. Toho estimates that the number of viewers must be at least 300 million. The final number should be around 800 million, which is similar to their previous estimate."

"good."

Li Yishu nodded and said, "Let Amy continue to pay attention to Japan."

"Okay, Director Li, I will communicate with Sister Amy." Huo Wenxi kept it in mind.

"What's up Director Li?"

At this time, Zhang Guorong came over. Although today's filming was the story of the young Cheng Dieyi, he and Zhang Fengyi were not idle either. They still had to come to the crew every day to wait.

It's just because the crew's filming depends on the weather. If the weather is suitable for the two of them to act, they will naturally organize the filming.

"Nothing much, the number of moviegoers in Japan has come out."

"How many?"

"Yesterday it was 180 million." "180 million?"

Zhang Guorong was surprised and said, "Director Li, at this rate, your film will sell much better in Japan than Jackie Chan's film."

He also has quite a few fans in Japan, and he had held a concert there before. He is quite familiar with the Japanese film industry and knows very well that with 180 million on the first day, the box office will definitely exceed 500 million or even higher.

"It coincides with Valentine's Day in the West, and with a popular Japanese idol male artist starring in the show, it's normal for the box office to be a big hit."

Li Yishu smiled and said that the timing of the movie's release and the choice of actors were very good, and the plot itself was very solid, so it would be hard for it not to be a big hit at the box office.

Zhang Guorong shook his head: "No matter how popular an artist is, if the movie doesn't have a good plot, it won't be a big hit."

He has seen too many artists who became famous overnight, but ended up starring in movies with mediocre box office results. After all, the number of fans is limited.

“That’s true.” Li Yishu nodded. Not to mention the young and handsome actors who came later, even Aaron Kwok, who is now very popular in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, the box office of his movies is barely on the edge of profitability.

Zhang Guorong smiled and said, "So, in the final analysis, it's your directing ability that's great, Director Li!"

"Okay, Brother Guorong, stop complimenting me here."

Seeing that the other party was waiting for her, Li Yishu smiled and shook her head, "Didn't you say that Zhang Manyu would come over this afternoon? Where is she?"

"I just got on the phone and he said he's on the way."

"Why don't you go pick her up?"

"It's not because they were afraid that I would be required to film at any time and it would be difficult for me to leave the crew, so they arranged for Sister Shufen to pick me up."

Chen Shufen has been Zhang Guorong's agent for many years and also came to the mainland for this filming.

"Wenxi, go and make some arrangements to welcome Miss Zhang tonight."

Li Yishu turned around and said something to Huo Wenxi who was following behind her.

Huo Wenxi nodded and agreed: "Okay, Director Li."

That night.

Li Yishu brought several main creators of the crew, as well as producer Xu Suo and screenwriter Li Bihua, to Donglaishun to warmly entertain Zhang Manyu.

Zhang Manyu came all the way from Hong Kong Island, and although she only had a few minutes of cameo role, she is a popular Hong Kong and Taiwan actress after all, and she was acting for free, so she must be treated well.

The next morning.

Seeing Zhang Manyu's slightly red face, Li Yishu asked Huo Wenxi and found out that Zhang Manyu might have caught a cold while sleeping in the hotel last night and felt a little dizzy when she woke up in the morning.

Hong Kong Island is not as cold as Yanjing.

Moreover, the temperature difference between day and night is quite large at night, and Zhang Manyu didn't stay there for long. She probably had a fever.

"Ms. Zhang, why don't you go to the hospital and take pictures later when you feel better?"

Li Yishu walked over and he could clearly feel that Zhang Manyu must have a fever, otherwise there would be a faint blush on her fair face before she even put on makeup.

Zhang Manyu smiled and said, "No need, Director Li. It's just a minor cold. I took medicine this morning and I feel much better now."

"Then try taking two shots. If that doesn't work, go to the hospital."

Hearing the other party say this, Li Yishu nodded and arranged for someone to quickly change her clothes and prepare.

Ten minutes later.

Inside the hall.

"It's not that I can't afford to support him, it's just that the boy has grown up and I can't keep him anymore, so I came to you for help."

Zhang Manyu wiped her running nose with her hand and said, "Please accept him!"

At this point, her originally tough voice softened immediately, her eyebrows turned upward, her eyes, which contained tears, became more charming, and she said in a tender tone: "As long as you accept him, anything is fine~ Don't look down on us."

Having said that, Zhang Manyu knelt down from the stool, her charming eyes still fixed straight ahead.

(End of this chapter)