The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 124 "Signal" is on
""Winter Sonata" premiered in Zhongdong District, creating a new history of Chinese dramas."

"Winter Sonata sold thousands of miles, and it turns out we can be really good."

"All film and television drama producers should learn from Fenghua Film and Television Company."

"Lee Sing Yew made history, he forged a new path for others."

"Too strong, "Winter Sonata" made Zhao Yang popular in Asia."

"Yan Danchen earns millions every day, and she won a heavyweight endorsement."

"The desert thousands of miles away is broadcasting Chinese dramas, and the Chinese dramas are number one in Asia."

With the news of the purchase of "Winter Sonata" and "Love Hotel" by the big oil country, the entire Chinese entertainment circle was shocked.

There has never been a TV series that can break down cultural barriers and sell that piece.

In the past when Hong Kong Island movies were the most brilliant, it was Brother Cheng Long, Bruce Lee, and Li Lianjie who relied on kung fu to open up that market.

But now Lee Seung Yew can do it with just two idol dramas.

This opened the eyes of many people, and many people realized that in fact, China Entertainment is not that bad, and entertainment in many places is even worse, but you need to take the initiative to go out, and of course the work must be good enough.

And Li Shengyao, as the first person to rely on TV dramas to eat crabs, naturally received a lot of praise from the media.

Even his parents know that this time he made a great TV series.

Yenching Academy of Drama once again wanted to commend Li Shengyao and give him a certificate.

But Li Shengyao didn't go this time, and let Chen Xun take it on his behalf. He has already gone south to Shanghai to prepare for the opening ceremony of "Signal".

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At nine o'clock in the morning on November 2001, 11, in the SJ district of Shanghai, the crew of "Signal" was filming.

Accompanied by the sound of firecrackers, "Signal" officially started.

In addition to the actors and field workers, there are also three retired police officers and a retired forensic doctor.

They are all acting as plot consultants, here to help Li Shengyao correct some common-sense mistakes.

Such as 80s clothing, tools, architectural style, and speech habits.

"Signal is on."

The assistant director yelled.

Afterwards, Li Shengyao distributed red envelopes to everyone, not only the field workers and actors, but also outside reporters, as well as people from Suzhou Satellite TV and Shanghai Satellite TV.

This time, the total budget of the signal was 500 million. Suzhou Satellite TV and Shanghai City Satellite TV each invested 100 million. Lee Shengyao followed the old practice and gave them 15.00% of the domestic broadcasting rights as a dividend.

After distributing the red envelopes, Li Shengyao asked people to bring stools and heating fans to several retired old consultants, and then asked everyone to prepare. The shooting will start in 10 minutes.

"Signal" has two male protagonists, a young policeman and an old policeman.

Single heroine, the heroine is seven or eight years younger than the old policeman, and about ten years older than the later young policeman.

The young policeman and the old policeman spanned 15 years, relying on an old-fashioned walkie-talkie to communicate intermittently.

The first case in this play is the kidnapping and murder of a girl.

Part of it is the story of the young policeman recalling his childhood. A group of young actors are needed here, and these people are more difficult to deal with.

Prioritize shooting this part of the scene.

At this time, the crew was set up on the playground of an elementary school in Songjiang. This elementary school was relatively old and was established 20 years ago, so it could just be used as a filming location.

However, the walls of the elementary school were painted later, and they looked much whiter.

In order to restore the feeling of the 80s, Lee Seng Yew discussed with the school to find a wall near the filming side, they need to use paint to paint some yellow, and after the filming is over, they will paint it white.

Of course, they will also give the school some compensation, and the school readily agreed.

At this time, the wall on the side of the shooting looks yellow and yellow, as if it has been built for more than ten years and has experienced wind and rain.

The little actors are all eleven or twelve years old, and they all put on 80s clothes.

At that time, there was no unified school uniform in the mainland, and most of the clothes were gray or black.

The little girl who was killed is very cute and kind in the plot.

When the young policeman was young, he had just transferred from another school, had no friends, and was playing alone in the playground. At this time, the little girl went over and wanted to play with him, but the little boy refused.

Then one day it rained, and the little classmates left one after another.

The little girl didn't bring an umbrella and stood alone under the eaves.

The little boy brought an umbrella and wanted to give it away, but he found that his umbrella was broken, so he was embarrassed to take it back, and ran away quickly to cover up his embarrassment.

The little girl was ignored.

When leaving the school, he noticed a woman in high heels, holding a red umbrella, leading the little girl away.

The next day, news broke that the little girl had been kidnapped and died. The little boy was stunned as if struck by lightning.

The Korean drama is set in 2000, and the woman who kidnaps a little girl wears stiletto heels.

Li Shengyao naturally has to change here. In the 80s, few women in mainland China would wear stilettos, so he changed it to small high heels.

On the whole, the plot here is actually very simple, it depends on the performance of the young actors.

Li Shengyao and other field workers finished the arrangement, then stood up and checked carefully to see if there was anything wrong. The four plot consultants also stood up and checked carefully.

After confirming that there is no problem, this will start.

The two important young actors have already memorized their lines. They are very curious and are still very happy to film. They are well prepared, but after all, it is their first time acting, and they don't know how to face the camera.

There was originally a shot of the little girl smiling at the boy, and the actor smiled in the other direction.

Seeing this, Li Shengyao clapped his hands, then praised the two young actors, and then told them how to shoot. After repeated teaching, he started again.

In the second pass, the two young actors obviously had a much higher level of completion, but it was not yet to the level that Lee Shengyao was satisfied with.

"Very well, let's take a few more shots."

While directing the shooting, he would also ask several plot consultants if there were any mistakes.

Yan Bingyan didn't have a movie this morning, and it was very cold in Shanghai, but she didn't leave the set, she wanted to see Li Shengyao's filming style.

At this time, seeing Li Shengyao patiently guiding the two young actors and being polite to the four plot consultants, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

She had asked Guo Xiaodong and Zhang Zhijian before whether Li Shengyao was strict in filming.

The answers I get are generally not swearing, but the requirements are very high.

She didn't understand what this meant at first, but only now did she know.

Li Shengyao may not be able to curse, but the requirements for filming are high, and if the acting is not good, then he has to reshoot over and over again.

Yan Bingyan is not worried about this, she still has confidence in her acting skills.

And this should be one of the reasons for the high quality of Li Shengyao's dramas.

At this time, she was even more excited, she felt that she was filming a good drama.

She wasn't sure about the rejected "Extraordinary Case", but she thought it should be inferior to "Signal".

(End of this chapter)