The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 106 I will not go to Hollywood

At eight o'clock in the evening, it was the only three-star hotel in the small county town. In their largest suite, the makeup artist was putting on Lee Shengyao's makeup, and the photographer was adjusting the lighting.

As the host, Meng Fei stood aside and watched with a smile.

He had already called his colleagues in the TV station in the afternoon, and only then did he know how great Li Shengyao's role in Gusu Satellite TV was.

Only then did I realize that "Winter Sonata" actually spent nearly 700 million yuan in production costs, no wonder it sold expensively.

And Gusu Satellite TV seems to have spent a lot of money to buy it, but actually earned more.

It's like the second round, the three TV stations split it up, only 3 yuan for one episode, and 90 yuan for [-] episodes.

However, viewers have become accustomed to watching Gusu Satellite TV's "Winter Sonata", and some plan to rewatch it, or those who have never watched it, most of them also choose Gusu Satellite TV and Shanghai City Satellite TV instead of Heishui Satellite TV.

Even if it's the second round, it's okay to maintain a one-point ratings by then, but for a TV series with one-point ratings, the sponsorship fee alone will cost 200 million.

Not to mention there are advertisements during the period.

This is pure profit for Suzhou Satellite TV.

No wonder Jiang Chunming was so polite in front of Li Shengyao. If someone was willing to give Meng Fei millions, his attitude would be lower than that of Jiang Chunming.

But the emotion is the emotion, Meng Fei still prepared some sharp questions, this time it was not jealousy, nor did he want to compete.

After he knew Li Shengyao's role in the afternoon, he stopped thinking about competition, and all the jealousy, dissatisfaction, and envy in his heart were all wiped away.

But as a professional media person, he felt that Lee Seung Yew is so good, it is necessary for more people to understand Lee Seung Yew's thoughts.

After a while, everything was ready and the interview officially started, after exchanging polite greetings.

Meng Fei asked: "Director Li, I carefully studied everything you said before, your interviews, your views on the mainland TV circle, the entertainment circle, and your views on Hong Kong Island."

"I want to ask you, where do you think the entertainment center of the Chinese world will be in the future?"

Li Shengyao smiled, "Of course in the Mainland."

"Is it in the Mainland?"

At this time, the annual box office of movies in the Mainland is only about [-] million, which is a little more than that of Hong Kong Island.

But the music industry is not as good as these two regions.

No one would think that China Entertainment depends on the Mainland, Hong Kong Island for movies, and the music market.

Li Shengyao smiled, "We need to look at problems from the perspective of development. I predict that in ten years, the total economic value of our mainland will surpass that of the island countries and become the second largest economy in the world. Our entertainment industry will naturally improve rapidly. In the next year, the mainland film market will become the second largest in the world after the beautiful country."

The mainland's economy is growing rapidly, and many people think that in the future, the total economic volume will surpass that of the island countries, but most people think that this time will take 20 years.

Unexpectedly, Li Shengyao thought it would only take ten years.

Meng Fei's heart, which was beating steadily, suddenly started beating.

He likes crazy people.

Now he knows why Li Shengyao is so talented, with such a crazy personality, he must be talented.

"Then you were not optimistic about the development of Hong Kong films before, are you sincere?"

"Yes, Hong Kong Island movies are too limited. They like to make kung fu movies and gangster movies, but now Hollywood's action movies and gangster movies have caught up. Hollywood has seized the Hong Kong Island movie market in Southeast Asia before, and they don't have enough funds. , there is no way to make big scenes, big-produced movies, no way to attract audiences, this will be a vicious circle, and it will only get weaker and weaker in the future."

"Then do you think Hong Kong Island movies can still be saved?"

"No."

It's not that Li Shengyao underestimated the filmmakers in Hong Kong Island. Hollywood began to show its power in Southeast Asia, and the Hong Kong Island film market will naturally become more and more sluggish.

But it doesn't mean that it will never recover from a setback. If it is managed well, the local market can still be stabilized.

But the group of filmmakers on Hong Kong Island didn't have such thoughts.

At the end of the 90s, the directors and actors in the Hong Kong film industry looked down on the mainland market at the beginning, and no one went north. They went to the peninsula to make movies, went to Tyrande, and went to Po Village. They thought that relying on their own abilities, they would definitely be able to Dimensionality reduction blow.

But actually not, except Liu Weiqiang's "Daisy" is good, the films directed by other Hong Kong directors are very average.

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Zhong Liti's performance in "The Evening Lady" is very evocative, but it's useless, what's the use if it doesn't sell well.

So this group of people can only return to Hong Kong Island in despair, and then head north collectively.

Generally speaking, whether this group of actors or directors, they don't really love Hong Kong movies as much as they say. Hong Kong movies are just a tool for them to make money.

Didn't want to do business seriously.

The most obvious comparison here is the people in the Peninsula film industry. The Peninsula had no restrictions on imported films in the late 80s. Before the ban was lifted, there was almost no film industry, and it developed from scratch.

Even Wanwan filmmakers have more backbone. Wanwan commercial films have never been very good, but even after more than ten years, when the old masters like Yang Dechang stepped down, they still have a group of young directors who stick to the local market. .

Good movies such as "Big Buddha Plus", "Blood Guanyin", and "Sunshine" have been made.

Hearing this, Meng Fei felt excited, and then asked some questions. He found that Li Shengyao's answers were very bold and direct.

It is obvious that Lee Sheng Yew's attitude can be felt, that is, he is very disdainful of the group of directors and investors who make TV and movies in Hong Kong Island.

Meng Fei couldn't help asking out the doubts in his heart.

"Many mainland children like Hong Kong movies very much, why don't you like them?"

"No, my childhood was also in Hong Kong Island movies. I respect the older generation of filmmakers, Big Brother, Zhou Xingxing, Andy Lau. I like them all very much. What I don't like are those directors who are like homeless people. I think They have no conviction."

"Then will you go to Hollywood in the future?"

"No, Hollywood is actually very closed. They won't accept other people. Unless you are from a beautiful country and promote the culture of a beautiful country, I will not change my nationality."

Whether the filming of "Infernal Affairs" is good, it must be very good, Li Shengyao thinks it is enough to win an Oscar.

Will Hollywood help promote Andy Lau and Tony Leung?of course not.

They bought the copyright, adapted it into the story of the beautiful country, and won four Oscars.

Among them are the heavyweight Best Picture and Best Director.

"Parasite" is also a best picture.

It can be said that if you are not a dog in the beautiful country, even if the movie is successful, they will not praise you.

It is impossible for a director born in the Mainland to make his mark in Hollywood.

Meng Fei was taken aback when he heard the words, and couldn't help admiring him.

Because Li Shengyao is too outstanding, compared with him, he is too ordinary. He has never liked Li Shengyao very much, but at this time, most people in the film and television industry want to go to Hollywood.

Lee Sheng Yew is so young, but he bluntly threatened not to go to Hollywood. This is self-defeating Hollywood.

It's so rare.

He admired it sincerely, then gave a thumbs up, "Director Li, this."

(End of this chapter)