Huayu 2007, Cultivation Superstar

Chapter 221 Picking up the big director, two at a time

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"You are my little star."

"Hang it in the sky and let it shine."

"I have decided to love you."

“I won’t give up easily.”

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In less than 5 minutes, Lu Feng copied down the lyrics, music and melody of the song "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".

After copying, Lu Feng put the paper into his pocket as usual.

"Lu Feng, what song did you write? Let me see."

However, Reba was quick-eyed and quick-handed and snatched it over to take a look.

When she saw the lyrics, such as "You Are My Little Star" and "I Have Decided to Love You", she couldn't help laughing.

Who is Lu Feng’s little star?

it's me!

Just now, Lu Feng said it himself, there are stars in my eyes.

As for [I have decided to love you], is there any need to say it?
Lu Feng, this damn guy, wants to be the sixth boat.

However, Lu Feng still has a bottom line. Although he is a scumbag in terms of feelings, he is still very serious about himself and does not want to hurt himself.

If it were any other girl, he would have taken action long ago.

But when facing herself, he must be very conflicted inside. He obviously likes her, but he still has to suppress that scumbag heart.

Anyway, it's impossible for me to take the initiative.

Unless Lu Feng cleans up all the messy peach blossoms around him.

Otherwise... humph!

However, there is no rush.

I have plenty of time, so I'll play with you slowly!

"Lu Feng, this song is well written and quite sweet."

Reba looked at the lyrics and music above and hummed a few lines.

Although her singing is not very good, she has learned piano for many years and has some understanding of music.

"Thanks for the compliment."

Lu Feng smiled, put the paper into his pocket, and said casually: "When we get back to Hengdian, I will sing this song to Liu Haha, I think it will make her happy."

this morning.

Liu Shishi suddenly called.

At that time, Lu Feng was still sleeping. When he received the call, he was so scared that he almost jumped out of bed.

Fortunately, Li Xiaoqin was sleeping soundly and was not awakened.

Lu Feng tiptoed to the balcony to answer the phone, but Liu Shishi didn't say anything. She just cried on the phone, heartbroken.

I guess I know something.

Lu Feng could guess with his toes that it must be that damn girl Reba who was behind him.

This song "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" is a relatively sweet song. I hope Liu Shishi will feel better after listening to it.

"What did you say? You want to sing this song to Master Liu?"

Reba’s head was full of question marks, and her little fists were clenched so hard that they made a crackling sound. Isn’t this a song sung for me?
So what did you say, there are stars in my eyes?
You teased me and gave the song to someone else?

I think you want to die!

"It's just an ordinary little sweet song, nothing interesting."

Lu Feng could feel the murderous aura coming from Reba. After all, he had just said something rude and said that there were stars in Reba's eyes.

This is the starting move of the scumbag's combo.

——There are stars in your eyes. You are the most special girl I know. I want to take you back to my hometown. I have something urgent to do and have to go home. The child is the best gift I leave for you.

Fortunately, although Lu Feng does not remember the complete lyrics and music, as a former student of the music college, he still remembers the climax of some songs.

At this moment, Lu Feng whispered in Reba's ear: "My sweetheart, I'm waiting for you in Keketuohai."

What song is this?

How eye-opening!
When she heard this tune, Reba was stunned and her eyes widened.

Because Reba's name, translated into Chinese, means "beloved beauty".

Lu Feng’s words, “sweetheart”, really suit Reba’s taste.

Moreover, how did Lu Feng know that her hometown was in Altay region?

She never told Lu Feng.

"Lu Feng, what's next? Sing it for me quickly..."

The song "The Shepherd of Keketuohai" directly resonated with Reba's brain waves, making her impatient and wanting Lu Feng to sing the whole song.

"There's nothing more to it. I just remembered one sentence."

Perhaps because of the time travel, memories began to overlap. Lu Feng only remembered some general outlines of many things from another time and space.

Once it becomes specific to something, the memory becomes vague.

In order to trigger all the memories of this song, Lu Feng had to fly to Keketuohai now and experience the life of a shepherd in person.

Otherwise, you'll probably have to take your chances.

"Lu Feng, what would you like to eat tonight? How about roasted whole lamb? I'll let you experience life in Altay and give you some inspiration."

Reba knows Lu Feng quite well.

She knew that Lu Feng's way of getting inspiration would be randomly triggered by certain things, people, or even some conversations he heard.

Every time at this time, Lu Feng’s inspiration was like the Yellow River water coming from the sky, and it could not be stopped at all.

Unfortunately, Lu Feng had just had a burst of inspiration and wrote the song "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". It would probably be impossible for him to finish writing this song about Keketuohai in a short period of time.

But it's okay.

Reba believes in Lu Feng, and that sooner or later, inspiration will reappear.

She has enough patience.

Reba suddenly became gentle and considerate, which made Lu Feng feel relieved.

However, he still declined: "The roasted whole lamb is a bit greasy. I don't mind it, but Xiaoqin doesn't seem to like eating greasy food."

Reba didn't take it seriously and said casually, "How about Huldak? Sister Xiaoqin had it last time and liked it very much."

Huldak is a Kazakh delicacy made by dicing lamb legs, shredding onions, dicing potatoes and carrots, stir-frying them and then stewing them.

It is a Plus version of braised lamb.

The restaurant opened by Reba herself specializes in delicacies from her hometown, which suits her taste, and Lu Feng likes it too.

Li Xiaoqin has eaten there several times and thinks the taste is good.

Anyway, it tastes better than the cafeteria.

Moreover, Reba was very enthusiastic towards Li Xiaoqin and often took her out to dinner, under the pretext of building a good relationship with her in advance.

Li Xiaoqin was shy and too embarrassed to refuse, so gradually, she was corrupted by Reba's sugar-coated advice.

……

So dinner was set.

The two chatted and laughed, went upstairs and found a private room.

Xu Zheng came with two friends, director Yang Daqing came with two pretty girls, and Mr. Wang from Shanghai Film Group was also there, accompanied by a little fat man wearing glasses.

Lu Feng didn’t know any of these new friends.

"Sister Shan..."

After Lu Feng came in, he greeted Mr. Wang first.

After all, this is his biggest support.

As for Xu Zheng and director Yang Daqing, Lu Feng was quite familiar with them and there was not much he could ask for help from them, so his attitude was more casual.

"Lu Feng, come on, there's room here."

Mr. Wang gestured for Lu Feng to sit next to him.

Lu Feng had nothing to be embarrassed about.

Although the other people present didn't show any expression, they probably had the wrong idea in their minds.

A beautiful lady in a high position, and a handsome new actor. The former unconditionally supports the latter. Is it possible that there is no secret between these two people?
However, Lu Feng is a really brave guy.

Come here to have dinner with Mr. Wang, and bring a pretty little sister with you?

Aren’t you afraid that Mr. Wang will be jealous?
Xu Zheng and director Yang Daqing remained silent at this moment, looking at Lu Feng with shifty eyes, wanting to take the opportunity to study what the relationship between Mr. Wang and Lu Feng was.
At this moment, Mr. Wang chatted with Lu Feng for a few words, then turned to look at Reba who was standing next to Lu Feng and said with a smile: "Lu Feng, this is your sister, right? She is prettier than many female stars."

"That's for sure."

Lu Feng wasn't the least bit modest. He boasted, "Our Reba is naturally beautiful. If she debuted as a star, she would definitely be able to beat 99% of the female stars in the industry." Boss Wang thought for a moment and made the final decision, "Then let her debut. Sign with our agency. In the future, any film and television resources within the group will be given priority to Reba!"

When Lu Feng heard this, he was stunned and turned to look at President Wang: "Sister Shan, something is wrong with you. You agreed so readily? Moreover, your tone of voice is also very domineering. Did you get a promotion?"

"Haha, I just said he's smart."

Upon hearing Lu Feng's words, Mr. Wang burst into laughter. He looked around and said, "We were just making a bet on how long it would take you to guess my promotion."

"Lu Feng, you are really amazing. From the time you walked in till now, it's only been a minute, and I only said two sentences, and you discovered it."

"Alright, I'll admit defeat. Director Yang will treat you today."

After Mr. Wang finished speaking, Xu Zheng smiled and bowed to Yang Daqing to express his gratitude.

Originally, he was treating everyone today, and Director Yang Daqing insisted on making a bet with everyone and acted like a money-giving boy.

Restraining his smile, President Wang whispered to Lu Feng, "My immediate superior, the director of the external affairs department, was transferred to a branch of the group a few days ago to become the general manager. As the deputy director, I'm here to take over. From now on, I have the final say on the group's external investments in film and television dramas."

"Congratulations, Sister Shan."

Lu Feng sincerely congratulated Mr. Wang.

Although there is only one letter difference between deputy director and director, their powers are worlds apart.

After all, the director can make the decisions, but the deputy director has to look at other people's faces.

If there is any credit, the director can take it all, and the deputy director has to share part of it with the director above him.

Lu Feng had wanted to shoot Ling Yiyao's movie before, so he asked Mr. Wang to help him find several assistant directors, but they all declined.

One reason may be that the other party does not want to work under a young man like Lu Feng, so as to avoid having to bear all the responsibility if the movie fails.

Secondly, the original director of the external affairs department had some conflicts with General Manager Wang. The two of them were fighting openly and secretly within the group, which led to the staff below not daring to take sides.

When people outside see this situation, how could they possibly come to help Lu Feng do the dirty work?
If the movie flopped, Lu Feng wouldn't care. At worst, he would continue to make idol dramas with Tangren. However, the assistant director who came to help would have to take the blame.

Maybe it will ruin your career.

Therefore, no one who sees the situation clearly dares to easily wade into this muddy water.

Now it's better, the situation is clear.

After being a daughter-in-law for many years, Ms. Wang finally became a mother-in-law and can finally be the head of the family.

After Mr. Wang took office, Lu Feng's situation naturally improved.

"Lu Feng, I've found three backup assistant directors for you. Take a look at their resumes."

President Wang knew Lu Feng's personality and that he didn't like beating around the bush. Lu Feng also had some credit for her becoming the director of the External Affairs Department.

At this moment, three resumes were taken out and Lu Feng was allowed to choose from.

"Thank you, Sister Shan."

Lu Feng took the list and took a look at it.

I have never heard of two of the directors.

However, the last director named Han Yan caught Lu Feng's attention.

In another time and space, "Go Away Tumor", "Send You a Little Red Flower", and "Let's Rock the Sun Together", a trilogy of domestic anti-cancer films, were all filmed by a director named Han Yan.

At this stage, Han Yan has already filmed several movies, but none of these movies have made any waves.

One reason is that the subject matter of the movie is not good.

Of course, the main reason is that there are no stars joining and it is not a big production, so the market will certainly not buy it.

Nowadays, audiences buy tickets to the cinema mainly to see the stars.

There are no big stars and it’s not a big production, so what are the audiences watching?
In this age of rampant piracy, a movie can be released today and a high-definition version will be available tomorrow. People's money doesn't come from the wind.

Apart from supporting their favorite stars, few people would buy tickets to the cinema.

"It's him, Han Yan."

Do I still need to choose this?

Lu Feng only knew this person, and he was a future big director.

Choose Han Yan with your eyes closed.

"Okay, I'll have my secretary make an appointment with him so you can chat. However, he's busy with a project in the Northeast right now, so he won't be able to get here for a while."

At this time, Han Yan was in Northeast China, filming a love movie "Let Me Rely on You".

Lu Feng had never heard of the name of this movie.

I guess it was a terrible failure.

"Sister Shan, we've found an assistant director, but we're still short of a producer. Could you please introduce one to me?"

The producer is the most important.

As long as he has a reliable producer, Lu Feng can start work immediately.

Mr. Wang smiled and introduced the fat man with glasses next to him to Lu Feng.

"Meet Ye Weiming, Director Ye, the executive director of 'The Warlords' and also one of the producers."

what?
Is he the executive director or one of the producers of "The Warlords"?

A big boss like this is going to be my producer?
Lu Feng was so overjoyed that he quickly stood up and excitedly went over to shake hands with Ye Weiming: "Director Ye, I've heard a lot about you."

"you are welcome."

Ye Weiming didn’t know where Lu Feng came from, but his previous movie “A Fei” was a complete flop.

For the time being, he wanted to make a movie, but he probably wouldn't be able to find any investors.

For the project of "The Siege of the City in October", we hope that he can be the assistant director.

But being an assistant director for someone else was just a temporary solution. Ye Weiming still wanted to make his own movie.

As an assistant director, with his qualifications and level, he could have joined any crew, but if he wanted to move up to become a real big director, for some reason, he just lacked a little luck.

When Mr. Wang called him to be Lu Feng's producer, he was a little reluctant.

Because he felt that Lu Feng, a young man under 20 years old, wanted to make a movie just for fun.

This movie is likely to be a complete flop.

Producing this kind of movie would damage his reputation and affect his chances of becoming a big director in the future.

But Mr. Wang told him that Lu Feng had plenty of money.

As long as he serves this young master well, he can make any movie he wants in the future by asking Lu Feng to pay for it.

For the sake of his dream and to become a legitimate director again, Ye Weiming had no choice but to accept it.

"Director Ye, I'm relying on you for this project."

Lu Feng deliberately changed seats with Mr. Wang and sat next to Ye Weiming, toasting with this old man, as if to say, "I am going to entrust the country to the Prime Minister."

"Don't worry, Lusheng, it's nothing, just some watering."

No, Ye Weiming wants to take on too much responsibility, mainly because he is the only reliable person in this crew.

Lu Feng is a young man and is definitely unreliable.

Didn’t President Wang call him over just to help Lu Feng build a team and coordinate the entire project?

As an old hand, isn't it easy for him to be in charge of such a small crew?
As for assistant director Han Yan, there was no sign of him at all, so we definitely couldn't rely on him in the early stages.

As long as Lu Feng, the young master, doesn't mess around in the crew, Ye Weiming feels that he can have no problem taking on both the producer and director jobs.

He has been in the business for many years, doing some behind-the-scenes work. How could he possibly fail in the gutter?
As for whether Lu Feng’s movie can be a big hit...who knows about this kind of thing?
Anyway, as long as the project is completed successfully, the rest of the matter has nothing to do with him.

He just came here to do the work, get a salary, and give Mr. Wang some face.

"Director Ye, if you enjoy working together on this project, I have another novel, 'The Accidental Murder', which we can also work on together."

Ling Yiyao's film is a relatively small project, so Lu Feng plans to be the director himself to practice his skills.

It is better to teach people how to fish than to teach people how to fish.

As long as he is familiar with the director's work flow and has the ability to carry out projects, he doesn't really care whose name is written in the director column.

Anyway, his main goal is to star in wonderful film and television dramas and get positive reviews from the audience.

If possible, he actually doesn't want to be the director and the leading actor. After all, it is very energy-consuming for one person to do two jobs.

He would rather sign a few obedient directors.

But the problem is that he doesn't have such talent under his command. He has written the novel and can revise the script at any time, but no one is willing to help him shoot it.

This is what makes him most uncomfortable.

Ye Weiming's willingness to come and be his producer is a good start.

If, he could rely on Ling Yiyao's project to trick Ye Weiming into working with him to set up a director's studio.

That couldn't be better.

At that time, let Ye Weiming be the master, and then find a few cheap, easy-to-use and promising new directors to let Ye Weiming train them.

Doesn't that mean Lu Feng has a steady supply of reserve directors working for him like slaves, helping him shoot movies and TV series to earn points?

This is his purpose.

However, everything is difficult at the beginning.

Ling Yiyao must ensure that this project will be a hit!

(End of this chapter)