The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 253 Night of the Golden Eagle
2003年12月23日晚上7点30分，星城气温3度。

The sky was dark, and black clouds gathered in the night sky, blocking the stars, the moon, and the Milky Way.

The cold wind blew, and the black cloud remained motionless.

For many, the night was destined to be a dark one.

The Window of the World conference hall was extremely lively tonight, and most of the actors and directors from the domestic entertainment TV drama circle came here.

At this time, everyone has already taken their seats.

Li Shengyao was the same as before, still sitting in the most conspicuous position in the first row.

"Director Li, "Reply 1988" is really well done, and I will definitely win an award next year."

"Director Li, "Please Reply 1988" is great, next time there is such a good drama, you must tell me, I'll just make a guest appearance as a passer-by."

"Director Li, it's really touching. I've never watched such a touching TV series."

From time to time someone came over to express their love for "Reply 1988" to Lee Seung Yew.

Li Shengyao always smiled.

Sitting next to him were Zhang Guoli and Zhang Tielin. It seemed that the seats were no different from the Fei Tian Awards.

The two teachers Zhang were both costume dramas last year, so they are unlikely to win awards.

Li Shengyao sighed secretly when he saw the two old Zhangs.

But he was already prepared, so he quickly let go of his expectations, and sat quietly with a smile on his face. He planned to see an old friend tonight.

Today Li Shengyao came with the crew of "Signal". Besides him, Zhang Zhijian, Yan Bingyan, and Guo Xiaodong sat in the third row behind.

At this time, Li Shengyao was sitting in the first row, and behind him were Yan Bingbing, Su Youpeng, and Brother Xiao Ming.

Behind these three people sat Dong Xuan, Li Xiaolan, Yan Qian, and Qiao Zhenyu.

Li Shengyao sat down, and felt two eyes behind him, it was Dong Xuan and Li Xiaolan.

Dong Xuan has been filming recently, and it is still a joint production of Shanghai Satellite TV and Fenghua Film and Television Company.

She won't have time to rest until the end of the year, and this time she took the time to come to Star City to promote the new drama.

In the afternoon, Li Shengyao received a text message from Dong Xuan, telling him that he had arrived in Star City.

Li Shengyao stayed with Li Xiaolan for the last ten days, so naturally he couldn't favor one person over another, so he told Dong Xuan the room number.

Li Xiaolan was surprised, and she quickly realized that Director Li had an appointment tonight.

Sitting down at this time, a pair of big eyes squinted at the past, and there was a coldness in the eyes.

Li Shengyao curled his lips, too lazy to talk to her.

At this moment, He Jiong came over, he came here specially to say hello to Li Shengyao, and then expressed his love for "Reply 1988", and finally said in a low voice: "Director Li, "Signal" has the hope of being one of the best. Good female match."

The producer of "Signal" gave Yan Bingyan the best female supporting role.

She is actually the heroine in the play, but everyone thinks that the theme of the show is problematic, and with the two male leads being the bright spots, she has little hope of being the heroine.

If you apply for a supporting actress, you might win an award, so I applied for a best supporting actress.

At this time, He Jiong said this, and he should have received some news.

Li Shengyao nodded with a smile, "Okay, I know."

Fenghua Film and Television Company has a good relationship with Shonan Satellite TV. In the second half of this year, not only did they co-produce dramas, Fenghua also helped Shonan Satellite TV make subtitles for two dramas made by itself, and then sold them to the Philippines, India, and Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.

This made Shonan Satellite TV very excited. Apart from the Fenghua drama, apart from "Pink Girl", it is another drama sold overseas.

He Jiong then left.

Zhang Guoli said in a low voice, "Director Li, "Signal" will win an award again tonight."

"Signal" won two awards at the Feitian Awards, and now it is at the Golden Eagle Awards, if it can still win awards, it is considered a good performance.

After all, there are hundreds of feature-length TV dramas in the Mainland every year, and only a dozen of them can win awards.

Li Shengyao adjusted his mood and nodded, "Director Zhang, I would like to lend you a good word."

Zhang Guoli began to try to direct by himself, and now he likes to hear others call him "Director Zhang".

"Director Li, wait until next year, "Da Shang Palace" and "Please Answer 1988" will definitely win more awards, but they won't be able to win the best long-form TV series."

This year Lee Sing Yew released a total of two dramas, both of which are very important.

Maybe next year there will be a real harvest.

Hearing this, Li Shengyao smiled and nodded.

Zhang Tielin sat on the side, smiling and saying nothing. He took out a string of rosary beads from his pocket, and then fiddled with the beads while chanting something in a low voice.

This guy was talking all over the place right now.

Hearing this, Li Shengyao frowned slightly.

How unlucky he is.

Zhang Guoli also showed speechless eyes. He exchanged a glance with Li Shengyao, intending to ignore Zhang Tielin, "Director Li, what are your plans for next year?"

"Let's make another TV series."

"Oh, what subject?"

"Urban themes are not romantic dramas, but dramas that reflect urban life. It is a story about two lonely souls redeeming each other."

Lee Sheng Yew still has no plans to make a movie, now is not the time.

It's not that at the end of last year, "Hero" raked in 5000 million yuan, and the box office of mainland movies exploded.

Facts have proved that "Hero" is just an exception, that is, Lao Mouzi and Li Lianjie teamed up to create this box office legend.

Last year, theater chains were reformed, and at the same time, the co-production system on Hong Kong Island and mainland China was promulgated.

In 2003, the mainland film and television industry was much more lively than before.

"Heaven and Earth Heroes", "Mice Fall in Love with Cats", and "Rebirth of the Dragon" all performed well at the box office.

"Heaven and Earth Heroes" has a box office of 100 million, but this drama has brought together a large group of film and television stars, and the investment cost is said to be as high as 8000 million, no doubt it has lost money.

Director He Ping was scolded by the media and netizens. It can be said that since then, his resources have dropped a lot.

"Rebirth of the Flying Dragon" has a box office of 400 million. It is Cheng Long's big brother's drama. It has box office overseas, so it should not lose money.

And "Mice in Love with Cats" is a co-produced drama with a box office of 100 million. This drama has Liu Dehua, Jian Bingbing, and Zhang Baizhi. The investment is about 2000 million. The mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand can barely maintain their capital.

In 2003, the only mainland film that was sure to make money in the top ten box office was "Mobile". This film had a box office of 500 million, ranking second in the year, second only to "Harry Potter".

Xiaogangpao teamed up with Ge You, Zhang Guoli, and Yan Bingbing. The actors in this show are low-paid, there are no big scenes, and the cost is low. They should have earned several million.

Therefore, Hua Yi tried his best to promote it, as if he had won a big victory.

According to Li Shengyao's memory, the reform of theater chains in 02 was still in a transitional period in 03, and the mainland market was not fully stimulated.

In 04 it was different.

"Kung Fu", "House of Flying Daggers", and "A World Without Thieves" have exceeded [-] million.

But, there are three movies with over [-] million yuan, which doesn't mean it is suitable for Lee Sing Yew to enter.

He is too famous now, once the first film is not made well, it will be very unfavorable for him to enter the film industry.

Ordinary people will think that he is not suitable for making movies, that is, he is a TV director.

Forming such an inherent impression requires more effort to reverse it later.

"Kung Fu" has Zhou Xingxing and China Film Investment.

"House of Flying Daggers" has Lao Mouzi, Liu Dehua, Zhang Ziyi, as well as many big companies investing.

"A World Without Thieves" is Hua Yi's, Xiaogangpao teamed up with Liu Dehua and Ge You.

When these three films were released, the major theaters gave enough film schedules, and each premiere had 50.00% of the films scheduled.

May I ask, can Li Shengyao get such an arrangement?

Moreover, the schedules of these three films are very good, and they all avoided Hollywood blockbusters.

Hollywood blockbusters in 04 include "The Lord of the Rings", "Troy", "Spider-Man 2", "The Day After Tomorrow" and so on.

You don't have a strong enough relationship, so why arrange a good schedule for you.

After these three blockbusters, there are four consecutive Hollywood blockbusters. No.8 is the co-production "New Police Story", with a box office of 300 million. The ninth is another Hollywood movie, and the tenth is "2046". Only 3000 million left.

It can be seen from this that in 04, most of the mainland movies ate meat, and other movies were lucky enough to barely eat soup.

You don't have enough schedules and schedules, so it's hard to get out.

Li Shengyao knew very well that now was not the time.

And with his current momentum, people in the film industry definitely don't want him to come in and get a share of the action.

If his first movie failed, there would be more people scolding him than He Ping.

At the end of 04, the above issued a system for private companies to enter theaters, and Fenghua obtained a license. When Fenghua Cinemas was established, he became the owner of dozens of movie theaters. At that time, other people will look at him highly and will not make things difficult for schedules and film scheduling. he.

05 is a good time for him to enter the game. At that time, scheduling films will not be a problem. He only needs to consider the quality and subject matter of the film.

In the first half of 04, I was still filming TV dramas. "My Uncle" has a good theme, no big scenes, small investment, and can be finished in three months. This drama is very popular among urban white-collar workers.

At this time, urban white-collar workers are the main force of film consumption.

This drama can not only help him win awards, but also help him attract movie audiences.

Depending on the situation in the second half of the year, if everything goes well, he will start filming. He hasn't decided what film to make yet.

But there is a rough idea.

It must be a commercial film, it cannot be a literary film.

Those who want to rely on literary films to win awards and become famous in one fell swoop are laymen and idiots.

All films that can win international awards have a very strong director's personal touch.

For example, in "In the Mood for Love", Sunglass King's use of light and shadow is not something that you can copy after watching it.

For example, "Raise the Red Lantern", the color and structure of Lao Mouzi, if you copy a few, and show you frame by frame, you can't copy it.

Another example is "Yellow Earth", which is Kaizi's, reflecting the changes of the times, and the traveler can copy a piece of cake.

Wang Xizhi's copybooks are everywhere on the Internet, give you a pen, give you paper, can you write it?
Such a film with a strong director's personal characteristics, Lee Sheng Yew knows the story and the advantages of these films, but he doesn't think he can copy, perfectly replicate, or surpass.

That's really awesome, he was already a big star in the film industry before time travel.

The only thing he can copy now is commercial films, and commercial films do not require so much artistic directorship.

He needs to rely on commercial films first, and wait for him to gain a firm foothold in the film industry before thinking about winning awards.

Copying movies at this time, you can't copy movies with extremely strong personal characteristics. If you can copy, it's not Li Shengyao's turn to copy.

If he still wants to copy Korean movies, Park Chan-wook and Kim Ki-duk's movies can't be copied. He can't copy them. His personal style is too strong, and other people can't make that taste.

On the contrary, Feng Junhao's movies are relatively commercial and can be plagiarized.

"Dear Mr. Feng, I'm sorry first."

At this time, the awards ceremony officially began, and several singers came to the stage to sing.

Li Shengyao withdrew the messy thoughts in his mind, smiled and watched the performance.

The Golden Eagle Awards like to invite celebrities from Hong Kong and Taiwan to sing at this time. Andy Lau performed on stage last year.

This year, Kelly Chen was invited. At this time, Kelly Chen was singing "It's Better to Dance".

She has a really good figure and strength. She sings and dances at the same time, crushing domestic entertainment girl groups more than ten years later.

However, such an actress is not in the first rank at this time. I have to say that his music scene is really a disgrace to China Entertainment, and it is getting more and more regressive.

Li Shengyao felt the cold air behind him again, turned his head slightly, and saw the cold light from Li Xiaolan.

Zhao Baogang said that Li Xiaolan has a love brain, and now it seems that it is true.

She wouldn't think that Director Li wanted to spoil her alone, right?

Li Shengyao turned his head, intending to deal with it coldly.

After Kelly Chen, a few more people sang, and then the awards ceremony officially began.

Compared with the Feitian Award, the Golden Eagle Award has relatively more awards, including some documentaries, short stories, and TV program awards.

Naturally, these relatively unimportant awards were awarded in front.

About 10 minutes later, the host Cao Ying said loudly: "The next step is to present the best short TV series, and the famous actor Mr. Sun Haigang will present the award."

Sun Haijian was the most popular actor in the Golden Eagle Awards last year, that is, the Emperor of the Golden Eagle Awards.

He came to present this award, which seemed a little different.

Zhang Tielin was still fiddling with the rosary, Li Shengyao and Zhang Guoli looked at each other, both of them felt that the award might be different.

Sun Hai stepped on the stage, and then read: "The best short TV series is "The Last Caravan in the Army"."

"The Last Horse Gang in the Army" is an excellent short TV series, which reflects the life of soldiers who went to Tibet for supplies.

This TV series was filmed in the Sichuan-Tibet area, where there are both prairie and snow-capped mountains.

The excellent quality and perseverance of the transport soldiers were photographed, as well as the vast and beautiful scenery of Sichuan and Tibet.

The director of this play is Zhang Shaolin, who is also the director of "Water Margin".

He has had many excellent TV series before, and he has already won the Feitian Award and the Golden Eagle Award for Best TV Series.

This time it's time to win the prize again.

Zhang Guoli said in a low voice, "Maybe he is the best director tonight."

Li Shengyao looked at Zhang Shaolin who was walking on the stage with a red face, and nodded, "It's probably close."

Soon after, the Golden Eagle Awards entered the advertising time, which was regarded as an intermission, and the actors and audience went to rest conveniently.

Zhang Tielin rushed out immediately, very fast.

This guy just played with the rosary, not to distract attention, so as not to pee his pants.

Li Shengyao didn't want to urinate, he didn't smoke or drink, and just sat there quietly.

At this point the phone vibrates.

"Scumbag, you must not get an award tonight."

Text message from Li Xiaolan.

Li Shengyao chuckled and put the phone back in his pocket.

The phone vibrates again.

"Scumbag, why don't you talk?"

Li Shengyao turned his head and glanced at Li Xiaolan, seeing Dong Xuan left, he got up and walked over, "What do you want to say?"

Feeling that many people looked over, Li Xiaolan didn't dare to be presumptuous, her pretty face flushed slightly, "It's nothing, you can go back."

Cut, can't it cure you?

Li Shengyao smiled and walked back slowly.

At this time Zhang Tielin came back, this guy had a sullen face, wondering if he peed on his pants.

Li Shengyao felt very unlucky, maybe he really didn't get any prize tonight.

(End of this chapter)