Huayu: Director started with art films

Chapter 97 [Register for Tokyo Film Festival, earn 097 million US dollars a year]

After staying in Dongbao for less than half an hour, Li Yishu left. He had something else to do in the afternoon and had to accompany Izumi Sakai to look at houses.

Yesterday Amy contacted a large agency in Tokyo.

With the Japanese real estate market now basically in a state of collapse, there are far more customers selling houses than buying them.

As for the clients who buy houses now, Japanese real estate agencies would like to treat them like emperors.

Not to mention that Li Yishu is a big customer, and what she wants to buy is a detached house in Tokyo.

The phone calls started early in the morning.

In the car.

The real estate agent Jiang Guzecheng, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned around and said, "Mr. Li, Ms. Sakai, this time we are showing you six houses in total, in Minato-ku, Chuo-ku, Meguro-ku, and Bunkyo-ku on Tokyo Bay."

After Izumi Sakai, who was standing next to her, helped translate, Li Yishu said directly: "We won't go to Tokyo Bay."

Although there is no problem with Tokyo Bay now, he still refused it directly when he thought about the nuclear radiation in the future.

Jiang Guze Chengdao: "Okay Mr. Li, then we will go to Chuo District, Meguro District and Bunkyo District."

"Izumi, what do you like?" Li Yishu turned and looked at Izumi Sakai.

"Ah?" Izumi Sakai was slightly startled and shook her head, "I don't know, just buy whatever you like."

"I bought it, but I don't live here often, so you must move in."

Before Izumi Sakai could speak, Li Yishu continued, "Don't refuse. Someone has to live in the house after you buy it. I will try to make time to come to Japan more often in the future."

"Ok."

Izumi Sakai hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and agreed.

Although she is a rock singer, she still has the characteristics of the traditional Japanese women's three obediences and four virtues in her bones.

At a time when magical feminism has not yet fully emerged, there are still many traditional women in Japan, not to mention that Japan has been deeply influenced by Chinese culture for thousands of years.

So in Izumi Sakai's opinion, since she has become Li Yishu's girlfriend, she naturally has to listen to her.

"Which area do you want to buy in?"

Li Yishu smiled. If he didn't know that Izumi Sakai was not a greedy person, he wouldn't mind learning from Fan Liu.

Izumi Sakai also began to think seriously, after all, this would be the house where the two of them would live in the future.

She said: "If I want to live there, I think Meguro is the best. There is a special cherry blossom viewing area there. In spring, there will be a lot of cherry blossoms in full bloom. It is very beautiful. The transportation is also quite convenient. The most important thing is that there are many schools, from elementary school to university."

There are also school district houses in Japan. Li Yishu smiled and said, "Then let's go directly to Meguro District. Tell the agent and we will go directly to Meguro District."

The agent will naturally listen to the client.

Seeing that Mr. Li wanted to go to Meguro District, the driver drove directly to Meguro District.

Li Yishu, who is now not short of money but is eager to spend some, asked Izumi Sakai after seeing a two-story independent house with a large courtyard. Seeing that she was also very satisfied, he immediately decided on the house.

Because this house is not located in the prosperous Meguro Ward, it only costs US$87, including the entire land.

This price is still quite expensive. If you wait until after 1995 to buy it, it would probably cost two or three hundred thousand dollars.

Although Japanese housing prices have plummeted from their peak in the first half of the year, and are now almost halved by one-third in many areas, this is not yet the maximum drop in Japanese housing prices.

But considering that Izumi Sakai was still living in that small single apartment and that investing in Japan could offset part of the taxes, Li Yishu decisively signed a contract with the other party on the spot.

Jiangkou Zecheng said excitedly: "Don't worry, Mr. Li, I will arrange for someone to clean your house inside and out tomorrow."

"sorry to bother you."

Li Yishu shook hands with the other party and then let him go first. He then took Sakai Izumi to have a good tour of the house and gave some advice on how to renovate the interior.

It was not until the evening that the two took a taxi back to Izumi Sakai's apartment.

Since she had to leave tomorrow, Li Yishu tried to spend as much time as possible with Izumi Sakai.

the next morning.

Tokyo International Airport.

Ichiro Tanaka said: "Mr. Li, your works "That Mountain" and "Love Letter" have been registered for this year's Tokyo International Film Festival. I believe they will definitely win the grand prize."

"Can I sign up for "That Mountain"?"

Li Yishu frowned. Ever since he talked with Gong Li, he also started to pay attention to these fake awards.

Not to mention that the Tokyo Film Festival is also an international A-class film festival. Zhang Yimou won the Best Actor award at the Tokyo Film Festival. However, "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" has participated in Venice. Doesn't it mean that the same film cannot participate in two A-class film festivals?
Ichiro Tanaka smiled and said, "Yes, Mr. Li. The Tokyo Film Festival does not exclude non-premiere films from participating in the exhibition, but generally speaking, non-premiere works are rejected, but Mr. Li's work is not included in this list."

His words clearly show the privilege of being a big director.

Li Yishu nodded with satisfaction: "Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Tanaka. I will definitely come to the Tokyo Film Festival in November. I just hope there will be a good result."

Ichiro Tanaka was full of confidence: "There will definitely be a good result, Mr. Li."

After chatting with him for a few more sentences, Li Yishu looked at Izumi Sakai, and Ichiro Tanaka also left tactfully.

The two of them stayed together for a while and agreed to continue writing letters and talking on the phone a few times a week. After the broadcast announced the start of flights to Hong Kong Island, Li Yishu reluctantly said goodbye to Izumi Sakai and walked into the ticket gate with Amy.

Tanaka Ichiro licked his face and said, "Ms. Sakai, do you need me to take you home?" "No need, Mr. Tanaka."

Izumi Sakai politely declined, "I drove here myself."

"Then I'll take you out."

Feeling Ichiro Tanaka's enthusiasm, Izumi Sakai didn't know what to say, as she knew it was all because of Li Jun.

Hong Kong Island.

Art Film Company.

A separate office area was set up next door, with a company sign hanging on it - Xiangjiang Tiancheng Technology Co., Ltd.

This company was established by Huo Wenxi when Li Yishu returned to Hong Kong before she went to Japan. The contract with Jiang Wanmeng was just signed the day before yesterday.

Huo Wenxi, who was busy with documents, heard footsteps and looked up to see Li Yishu standing at the door. He immediately showed joy: "Boss, you're back!"

"Well, has the contract been signed?"

Li Yishu nodded and walked in. The room was not big and could only accommodate two desks. After all, it was separated from the film company next door.

Huo Wenxi nodded: "Yes, it has been signed. The lawyer said there is no problem with the contract."

"Have you purchased the MPEG chip technology?"

"We are still communicating, but it shouldn't be a big problem."

"Well, as long as the price is right, just buy it."

MPEG chip technology is one of the core technologies of VCD, and Li Yishu must have purchased this technology in advance.

Seeing Huo Wenxi's haggard face, Li Yishu said, "I've been a bit busy lately. Why don't you find two assistants to help you share the work?"

"Good boss."

Huo Wenxi nodded and did not reject the proposal.

She has been very busy these days. Not only does she have to deal with many things she has never dealt with before, but she also has to take lawyers back and forth between Hong Kong Island and the Mainland. She needs two assistants to help share the responsibility.

After chatting with Huo Wenxi for a few words, when Li Yishu was about to go to the film company next door, she heard Huo Wenxi say, "By the way, boss, someone wants to film with Gong Li."

Li Yishu raised an eyebrow: "Who?"

"It's Director Qian Yongqiang..."

At this point, perhaps because he was afraid that Li Yishu didn't recognize him, Huo Wenxi continued: "Director Qian has made several movies, such as "It's Not Easy to Be a Godmother" and "Night with Fatty"..."

This~~
Li Yishu said with a strange look on his face, "What kind of movie does he want to film with Gong Li?"

"The other party said it was adapted from Call Girls."

"Is it Zhang Manyu who plays the role?"

"Yes."

Huo Wenxi nodded and said, "Not long ago, Zhou Huimin, Liu Jialing and others also filmed a movie called "Modern Call Girls". I guess they wanted to follow suit and film one because the movie was so popular. It is said that Zhang Min has been invited."

"Have you told Sister Gong Li?"

"I didn't have time to tell you. I just received the call this morning."

"Then don't say anything. I will tell Sister Gong Li later."

Although the names of several "Call Girls" films are full of ambiguity, they are not Category III films. After Li Yishu bought the discs and watched them secretly, she cursed for a long time, saying that the thieves were really inhuman!
But putting aside the title, the movie is very well made overall, focusing on a group of call girls and targeting the special profession that was born in this special era and environment. Each of them does this job, often not for themselves, and each has her own difficulties.

But again, this is a director Qian Yongqiang has never heard of, and the film is shot just to follow the trend. You can tell with your ass that it is either a terrible movie or a pornographic film.

So there is no need to tell Gong Li at all.

"Wenxi, if you want to get a role for Sister Gong Li, it will either be directed by a big name or they will have a script in advance."

"Okay boss, I understand."

After talking to Huo Wenxi for a few words, Li Yishu went to the next room and started to settle accounts with Amy and the finance department.

The box office revenue of "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and the fees for licensing the videotapes.

The box office share of "Love Letter" in Japan is shared with the corresponding videotape copyright share.

Including the release of the "Love Letter" book in Japan.

After a rough calculation, the finance department looked up and said, "Boss, the current amount is about 3600 million US dollars. We still have a sum of money in Formosa that we haven't recovered yet, so it's probably about 3700 million US dollars. The specific detailed data can only be calculated after all taxes are deducted and received."

Hearing this, Li Yishu was also deeply moved. This is if the copyright of "The Mountain" sold at the Venice Film Festival is taken into account.

He has earned nearly 5000 million US dollars in the past year.

Of course, the actual amount received is definitely not that much, as the taxes for the two films have not been deducted, but it is at least about 3 to 4000 million US dollars.

　Thanks for the reward from Shengwusuolian! Thanks, big guy!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)