Middle Age: A Leisurely Life in the Entertainment Industry

Chapter 419 It's all about playing literary movies

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"Li Wan treats guests for a purpose." Mingmei said.

Li Wan is an independent producer who is free from the constraints of film and television companies and producers, but needs resources and contacts to raise funds or invest independently, operate independently, distribute independently, and be responsible for his own profits and losses.

It is of course a good thing to know more directors in the industry, especially independent directors.

"In this regard, my senior brother is doing very well. Not only does he have a good relationship with directors, but also with some investors. After all, like brother-in-law, you write and direct yourself, and you don't invest in many directors yourself."

Praise me in disguise?

"Then are you going?" Yu Dongqing asked.

"I'll go if you go, and I won't go if you don't."

"Then go, anyway, there's nothing going on recently."

Li Wan's party was held on the afternoon of the weekend, Yu Dongqing drove to Houhai to pick up Mingmei, and found that she had been well-dressed and put on makeup.

"You are this?"

Bright is always without makeup, usually only put on some makeup cream, BB cream or sunscreen, and put a little lipstick on her lips, but today she used lipstick.

"I heard from Li Wan that there are not only men but also women today, so you can't be too casual, right?" Ming Mei said, she took Yu Dongqing's arm and walked out.

"Mom, let's go."

"come back earlier!"

The place where Li Wan held the party was in Beiluoguxiang, a place called Yixizhidi for afternoon tea, not far from Houhai, so the two drove there.

"Mingmei, will another senior of yours—Wang Dongsheng come? He has a pretty good relationship with Li Wan." Yu Dongqing suddenly thought of someone and asked.

"I don't know about him. I heard that he and Li Wan broke up."

"why?"

"I always make literary films, and the box office loses every time. How can Li Wan dare to cooperate with him?" Mingmei said.

Oh.
Yu Dongqing knew Li Wan and this Wang Dongsheng through Mingmei. A few years ago, she filmed "Hello, Teacher". One of them was the producer and the other was the director. In the end, the crew was so poor that they even hired someone to write the theme song. No money.

Seeking Yu Dongqing through Mingmei.

Yu Dongqing felt that the film was well shot, so she wrote the classic school ballad "Story of Time" for them, and invested nearly 200 million. In the end, it sold well at the box office and made a fortune.

This is the first time he has invested in a movie in this time and space.

But this guy ended up playing literary and artistic films, and the more he played, the more evil he became, and the films he made often couldn't be released, much like Zhang Yuan in the original time and space.

It was expected that Li Wan would break up with him. After all, as a qualified producer, the director can ignore the box office, regardless of profit and loss, but the producer can't.

Those investors will chase you down with a 40-meter-long sword.

But Wang Dongsheng is quite talented.

I don't know if I can meet it?
Yu Dongqing came to No. 19 Beiluoguxiang. This is an antique courtyard house divided into a front yard and a back yard. The front yard is for afternoon tea and health-preserving hot pot, and the back is for accommodation.

The two entered the courtyard, and according to what Li Wan said in WeChat, they entered the west wing room, and there were already more than a dozen people inside.

Both are younger.

Yu Dongqing immediately saw Wang Dongsheng sitting beside him with a coffee cup in his hand.

It's been two or three years since I saw him, and he looks even more slovenly than before.

When he saw Yu Dongqing and Mingmei coming in, he smiled and raised the coffee cup in his hand as a greeting.

Li Wan came up to meet and introduce each other.

In fact, who doesn't know Yu Dongqing?
How can someone who is about to create the box office myth of martial arts movies—no, it may be the box office myth of Chinese movies?
The main reason is that Yu Dongqing doesn't know them.

Li Wan introduced them next to each other.

"This is Liu Xiaoshuai, the film "Red Blue" Berlin International Film Festival Silver Bear Award."

"Lu Ye, filmed "Wusong River", won the Golden Tiger Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, etc., but it was not screened in China"

They're all about art movies.

Yu Dongqing shook hands with a smile, and the other party responded with a smile, but could feel the faint hostility.

But these people are very enthusiastic about Mingmei.

"A top student who graduated from Chinese opera"

"Little Sister"

"Beauty Director"

various titles.

"This beautiful director is Li Fen. She has filmed the campus youth film "Don't Cry at 16". She is also a writer and screenwriter. She is a colleague of you. Dongqing, a graduate of Chinese opera, is a beautiful senior sister." Li Wan pointed to the room. The only woman introduced with a smile.

"Senior Sister, I didn't expect you to come too." Mingmei Tiantian called out, it seemed that the two had known each other before.

"I dare not come to the game of Li Wan's group?" Li Fen said with a smile: "Congratulations, Mingmei, your wishes come true, find a good husband."

"Thank you, sister."

Yu Dongqing also chatted with Li Fenfen politely.

Sitting next to Li Fen was Wang Dongsheng.

"You and I don't need to introduce each other, do we?"

"They are all friends, what are you introducing?" Yu Dongqing smiled and took the coffee handed over by the waiter.

"Hey, brother Yu, don't you drink tea?" Wang Dongsheng asked strangely.

"It's up to the host." Yu Dongqing picked up the coffee and took a sip.

The taste is very ordinary.

This so-called party class basically chats about things related to movies.

Can your film pass the review?

Can you win an award if you take it abroad?
As for box office or something, no one seems to care.

Yu Dongqing was not too interested either.

But Mingmei had a great time chatting with them, especially Li Fenfen, talking about her experience of studying in the UK, French New Wave movies, Italian Neorealism, Hollywood classic film noir period, etc.

On the contrary, Yu Dongqing seemed a bit out of place, sitting on the side drinking coffee silently.

Wang Dongsheng looked at Yu Dongqing, hesitantly walked over, and said in a low voice:

"Brother Yu, I want to talk to you about something."

"Oh, you said?"

"I'm planning to make a film recently, do you want to invest?"

"What movie?"

"I'll send you the script, you can read it first."

"it is good."

Yu Dongqing soon received a document from Wang Dongsheng, and looked at it leisurely while drinking and holding a mobile phone.

It actually wrote the story of workers laid off in the 90s of the last century!

It tells the story of a laid-off worker who accidentally became the father of an abandoned baby in a small northern city.

The more Yu Dongqing watched, the more amazed she became. Why is the plot of this story a bit like the "Anyang Baby" filmed by the original space-time director Wang Chao?
This film has won many awards abroad, but it has not passed the review in China, so it cannot be staged!
This guy, do this again?

Yu Dongqing thought of another movie "The Day I Digged Coal in the Mine" made by Wang Dongsheng a few years ago, which failed to pass the trial, and was later staged in Xiangjiang with the help of Jin Yunfeng.

In order to help him complete the filming smoothly, Yu Dongqing also invested 100 million, but in the end the cost was recovered.

And this script is even worse than his filming.

"Dongsheng, I dare say that your movie will not pass the review." Yu Dongqing was straightforward.

"I know."

"Then you are still filming? Besides, you are filming something that happened more than 20 years ago. People have long forgotten it, and no one will be interested." Yu Dongqing persuaded.

After hearing Yu Dongqing's words, Wang Dongsheng suddenly raised his voice:
"Then why do you still write that song "Kill the Man Who Killed Shijiazhuang"?! Isn't it about the same thing more than 20 years ago? Many fans still like it?! Because this is history!"

The voices of the two startled the rest of the chatter, and everyone looked at them.

Yu Dongqing was silent.

After a while, he looked at Wang Dongsheng and said slowly: "If you really want to film this kind of worker laid-off theme, I will write you a script, and maybe it can pass the review."

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