Middle Age: A Leisurely Life in the Entertainment Industry

Chapter 394 Invitation to shoot a martial arts movie

Yu Dongqing stepped into the courtyard gate deep in Houhaiyanzi Hutong, and heard a cheerful singing from under the grape arbor in the courtyard. It was the song "Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss"

The two girls wore T-shirts and denim shorts, and imitated the H.Dgirls dancing to the rhythm.

Mingmei and Yu Tongtong.

Crossing hands and butterfly steps are decent.

Seeing Yu Dongqing come in, Mingmei danced and asked, "Brother-in-law, how did we dance?"

"Not bad, not bad, better than H.Dgirls!" Yu Dongqing laughed.

Mingmei felt sweet after hearing this.

In fact, she knew that her brother-in-law was praising her.

I have also trained in dancing, but it is amateurish at best. How can I compare with girls who are specially trained by others?
After the song finished, Ming Mei said again: "Brother-in-law, I didn't expect you to be able to write such an enchanting song, and I heard that this choreography was made by you?"

"I'm just raising my own ideas, as long as I rely on other dance teachers." Yu Dongqing didn't want to take the credit for this.

Unexpectedly, her daughter Yu Tongtong immediately exposed: "Auntie, my father lied, I met sister Xiao Qi, she said that my father danced by himself!"

Ah?
This little padded jacket?

It's just getting more and more leaky.

Seeing my aunt, I don't even want my father anymore?

Mingmei laughed when she heard this, she really wanted to see her brother-in-law dancing in the Pure Land of Bliss, but since her parents were there, her brother-in-law would definitely not be able to save face.

Let him dance when no one is around!
Yu Dongqing didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, she greeted her mother-in-law when she entered the living room, and Mingmei and Yu Tongtong followed her in.

After chatting for a while, Yu Dongqing asked Mingmei again with concern: "Mingmei, are you going to continue making movies after you come back?"

"Yeah, just after I came back, someone gave me a script and hoped that I could direct it." Mingmei said.

"Oh? Who?"

"Li Wan, brother-in-law, you and so on."

Mingmei left the living room and entered her boudoir as she spoke, and within 2 minutes she brought a script to Yu Dongqing.

It turned out to be a martial arts drama!

Yu Dongqing flipped through it casually, and the plot was roughly as follows: The Mu family is the emperor's qin master, Mu Wanqing, who is only 19 years old, played a good qin, and became famous far and wide at a young age.

It happened that the world was in chaos, eunuchs were rampant, the country was in conflict, and the emperor fled overnight in a car. Mu Wanqing was a girl who could only talk and sing, so Xin survived and the eunuchs did not kill her.
But how do you know that Mu Wanqing is the closed female disciple of the world's first master Fenglin swordsman.
Yu Dongqing flipped through it, but was not interested.

To be honest, in this time and space, what he is least interested in are martial arts movies and TV dramas, maybe because he watched too many wonderful martial arts novels and movies in the original time and space?

He returned the script to Mingmei: "How could Li Wan think of you asking you to make a martial arts movie?"

"Maybe this is a heroine martial arts drama?" Mingmei explained, "But I'm not very interested in martial arts movies, and I know I'm not good at it."

"How about, brother-in-law, why don't you come and shoot? I still remember that a few years ago you made temporary martial arts for Director Lu, and you also played a set of Dugu Nine Swords for Tongtong and me."

Yu Dongqing remembered that there was indeed such a thing. Under the grape trellis in this small courtyard, Yu Dongqing performed a highlight of the movie "Swordsman: Undefeated in the East" in that time and space with a twig.

Now hearing Mingmei's words, Yu Dongqing said with a smile: "Making a martial arts film is not as simple as making a low-budget film like "The Tuner". It also requires a lot of investment, a lot of special effects, and high requirements for actors. It's very troublesome."

"Dad, why don't you just shoot? I like martial arts movies the most!" Yu Tongtong also interjected.

"Tongtong, girls, don't look at things about fighting and killing!" Grandma Liu Huiyan hurriedly stopped after hearing this, Yu Tongtong curled her mouth and said nothing.

That's all for the matter, and Yu Dongqing didn't take it to heart.

Time soon came to the beginning of September, when her daughter started school, Yu Dongqing started picking her up every day again. This morning, Yu Dongqing was on the way back after sending her daughter off, when her phone rang, and it was Jin Yunfeng calling.

Jin Yunfeng is now a director of the board of directors of Huangdu Holding Group. He used to be the deputy director of Huangdu TV Station, and now he is the chairman of Huangdu Film and Television Group.

She has a good relationship with Yu Dongqing, but the two don't have much contact with each other, so they suddenly called at this time?

Yu Dongqing answered the phone with Bluetooth and Jin Yunfeng's voice came from inside: "Dongqing, what have you been up to lately?"

"Hehe, I'm not busy, I'm an idler."

"Then do you want to make a film?"

"Filming?"

"I have a script here. I think it's good. I can't find a suitable director for a while, so I think of you. If you want, we can meet and discuss in detail."

"Which aspect?"

"action movie."

Whoops, why have you been having trouble with martial arts lately?
If someone else, Yu Dongqing, was too lazy to go, but the other party was Jin Yunfeng, even if he didn't want to take pictures, he had to go and have a look. If he declined in person, it would also give the other party a face.

"Well, Chairman Jin, how about I come over later?"

"Okay, I'll wait for you."

Yu Dongqing hung up the phone, turned the car into a fork in the road, and drove towards the Huangdu Film and Television Building.

In Jin Yunfeng's office, there is also a man over sixty years old, who is the director Lu Yongru.

Lu Yongru is the director of Huangdu Film and Television, but he has a very good personal relationship with Jin Yunfeng.

Seeing Jin Yunfeng hang up the phone, he asked, "Yu Dongqing agreed?"

"He just said to come and have a look first."

"Hehe, let me tell you, this guy is hard to hire. You call him personally and he just said to come and see. If it's someone else, he probably refuses on the spot." Lu Yongru laughed.

"It's rather proud." Jin Yunfeng shook his head.

If it wasn't for Lu Yongru's strong recommendation, he and Yu Dongqing were also friends, otherwise he would never have made this call.

The chairman of the dignified film and television group made a phone call to make a movie?

Can't afford to lose this man!

Jin Yunfeng looked at Lu Yongru who was sitting on the sofa again: "To be honest, Lao Lu, I think you are the most suitable for shooting. You have made more than ten martial arts movies and TV series, and you have the most experience."

"It's because I took too many shots, so I feel tired." Lu Yongru said with a smile: "I don't want to shoot anymore, I want to change to a different type of shoot."

Seeing that his old friend was so stubborn, Jin Yunfeng didn't want to say much, and asked again: "Then you say, Yu Dongqing will definitely be able to shoot well?"

"Do you still remember the "Heroes of the Martial Arts" filmed five years ago? It sold well at the box office, mainly due to the excellent martial arts action design, and these were designed by Yu Dongqing as a temporary cameo! This shows that Yu Dongqing is very good at handling martial arts."

"The "Tuner" filmed by Yu Dongqing during the Spring Festival this year is very popular at the box office, and he also wrote the script, which shows that he is very good at filming both literary and martial arts. How could he fail to make a martial arts film?"

After listening to Lu Yongru's analysis, Jin Yunfeng nodded.

That "Martial Arts Heroes" was not only a big hit at the box office, but also made a man famous - the number one male, Li Yunjie, who became a popular martial arts star in China.

Of course Jin Yunfeng knew about these situations, but he was not completely confident in his heart.

It's not just Yu Dongqing's credit that "Martial Arts Heroes" didn't sell well at the box office.

Shao Wenqiu's script, Lu Yongru's filming, and actors like Li Yunjie who have martial arts skills performed hard, multiple factors constituted a hot box office.

Yu Dongqing has only made one movie in the real sense.

And it's a low-budget movie!
Although the box office is a big hit, martial arts films are a special type of film. The audience is very picky, and the investment cost is not low.

If the shot is smashed, it will be a blood loss!
But Lu Yongru strongly recommended it, and couldn't find a more suitable director for a while, so he decided to give it a try.

Four or ten minutes later, Yu Dongqing drove to the Huangdu Film and Television Group building near the Kunlun Hotel, and knocked on the chairman's office on the 10th floor.

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