The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 487 Someone snatched up the 5-minute scene

After Crest came to Fenghua to audition, other male artists soon came to Fenghua to audition.

With a serious and responsible attitude, Li Shengyao met all the male artists he didn't like one by one.

The news of large-scale auditions for male leads in the "1937" movie quickly spread on the Internet and was reported by many media.

At 11:30 in the morning that day, Li Shengyao was about to call Chen Hao and ask him to come out for dinner. At this time, he received a long-lost phone call. After chatting for a few words, he hung up the phone.

The caller was Wu Kebo, the boss of Chengtian. He invited Li Shengyao to have a meal together and said he could go to the Liangma River Hotel.

Liangma River Hotel is right next to Lee Sheung Yew's company, and it only takes 5 minutes to walk there.

Li Shengyao thought about it and agreed.

Just like Lee Sheng-yew in his previous life, Cheng Tian had problems with his source of funds. The big bosses in the Mainland were relatively enlightened, and no one in the film industry would play with Wu Kebo, so Cheng Tian could only use his talents in TV dramas.

They also deceived some male and female artists and used their relationship with the island country Aihui to release records for them.

However, the effect is mediocre, and there are no outstanding female singers in Chengtian.

In terms of theater chains, Chengtian has already acquired Golden Harvest on Hong Kong Island, but domestic theaters are still wary of Chengtian.

At present, Chengtian has only acquired one theater chain company in Shenzhen, but it has more than a dozen theaters in Guangdong Province.

Soon after, Li Shengyao brought his assistant to the Liangma River Hotel and saw Wu Kebo and Jiang Yiyan in a private room.

Lao Wu is still the same as before, wearing a pair of glasses, a blue shirt, jeans, and a pair of sneakers. He looks like a science man.

The overall temperament is more like people from the island country.

Jiang Yiyan has long hair shawl, and the front hair is completely combed back, completely exposing his forehead.

She has an average appearance, and her appearance is not outstanding in the entertainment industry. She seems to be a quiet person.

But she is very good at things. Whether she is acting in movies or TV series, there are always scandals.

Just like Song Hye Kyo.

The difference is that Song Hye Kyo is very popular, but Jiang Yiyan is not so good. She has average audience popularity and not many fans.

"Director Li, please come in quickly. It's been a long time since I last saw you. You've already lost weight."

Wu Kebo stood up immediately, and then pulled Li Shengyao to sit down.

"Hello, Director Li."

Jiang Yiyan smiled and said hello without too many gestures.

Li Shengyao nodded and sat down.

A table full of dishes, it can be seen that they must be Hunan cuisine.

"I heard that you like spicy food, so I ordered Hunan cuisine. You don't have to be polite to me, just eat whatever you want."

Wu Kebo poured a cup of tea for Li Shengyao and waved his hand proudly.

Li Shengyao was naturally not polite. He then let go and ate while chatting with Wu Kebo and Jiang Yiyan.

Mainly talking about recent movies.

"Sugar Mountain Earthquake" will be released in June, and Feng Xiaogang has already led people to promote it.

Although the movie has not yet been released, the momentum of the movie has increased, and everyone thinks that the movie may break [-] million and become a super blockbuster like "The Founding of a Country".

Wu Kebo's eyes were full of envy.

The capital behind him is rich, but the big directors in the mainland don't pay much attention to him.

He can only cooperate with Hong Kong directors, but even so, people don't appreciate it, and it's difficult for him to arrange actors to play major roles.

Now that the mainland film market is getting bigger, a lot of hot money is pouring in, and everyone is not short of money.

Half an hour later, we were almost done eating.

Wu Kebo asked the waiter to serve fruits and desserts after the meal, and then poured tea for Li Shengyao again.

"Director Li, the main reason why I'm asking for trouble this time is to recommend an actress to you."

After the news of the "1937" project spread, many actors and actresses came to inquire about the role.

Lee Sung-yew told the truth and said that he needed two outstanding actors.

As for the actress, she only has an insignificant role of 5 minutes.

However, this female role only lasted for 5 minutes, and it still attracted many female stars to compete for it.

After all, if there is a female character in a war scene with flying gunfire, it will be easier to attract attention even if there is less time.

Zhang Ziyi called Li Shengyao and expressed that he could perform as a friendship.

But Li Shengyao refused.

In the movie, this character is just an ordinary woman. On the battlefield, she accidentally saved a child and took the child to hide in the ruins.

She has gentle and kind qualities.

Such a role is very easy to play. As long as she is not a rookie of Lin Chiling's level, other actresses should be able to do it.

For such a role, Lee Sheng-yew would naturally give priority to his own artists.

He plans to leave this role to Sun Li.

He had already said hello to Sun Li, but did not disclose the news to the outside world.

If this character is not exposed for a day, it will be popular for one more day.

Most of the time, it's not the glamorous saboteurs who fire them, but the actresses who take the initiative to arrange for people to be fired for the role.

This is free publicity, and Lee Sheng Yew will naturally not expose the truth.

Now Wu Kebo brought Jiang Yiyan here, probably just for this female character.

To be honest, Jiang Yiyan's appearance and acting skills are completely competent, but Li Shengyao has already decided to give it to Sun Li, so naturally he will not give it to Jiang Yiyan.

Wu Kebo continued: "Director Li, doesn't your new movie need an actress? It requires acting skills, a gentle temperament, and no aggression. Isn't this Jiang Yiyan?"

Previously, Yan Bingbing asked Li Shengyao for a role, but Li Shengyao refused.The reason he gave was that Yan Bingbing was too gorgeous and too modern to appear in a mainland war drama.

Later, the news spread, and the outside world also knew about Li Shengyao's request.

Lin Zhiling also called Li Shengyao and said that she could play the role of a village girl because her appearance was non-offensive.

Lee Sheng Yew refused without hesitation, saying he wanted the original sound.

Later, Gao Yuanyuan's agent contacted Li Shengyao and said that Yuanyuan could play the role. Although she was beautiful, she was very gentle and would not look out of place in 30s clothes, but he still rejected her.

Yuanyuan is really beautiful. As a Hupu brother, Li Shengyao has only voted for Yuanyuan and Liu Tianxian.

He witnessed these two beauties dominating the Tiger Fight Goddess competition.

But he agreed to Sun Li, so naturally he couldn't give up to Yuanyuan.

If nothing else goes wrong, Yuanyuan and Zhao Gou will be together next year when Brother Kaizi is preparing for "Search".

In the dead of night, Lee Sheng-yao actually still considers whether to cut off his beard.

However, considering that he already had four regular partners and a heavy workload, he finally decided to give up.

Gan - Zhao Gou is cheap.

Li Shengyao still has no intention of spreading the news of Sun Li's confirmation. This casting can still create some hype.

He glanced at Jiang Yiyan and met Jiang Yiyan's eyes.

She looks quite gentle. In the Chinese film and television industry, there are very few female stars with a bookish temperament.

Jiang Yiyan counts as one, and Dong Dao counts as one.

But knowing people and their faces but not their hearts, it can only be said that appearance is really deceptive.

"Ms. Jiang only knows this role for a few minutes, right?"

Jiang Yiyan immediately answered, "You know, I can play it. There is no role, big or small, and professional actors should devote themselves to it."

This woman just knows how to talk.

Wu Kebo nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Yiyan is a very serious actor, and very obedient. Director Li, if you use her, we will definitely cooperate with the performance and publicity throughout the whole process, and there will never be any negative news about it." , there will be no behavior that would hinder the crew."

Li Shengyao smiled and said, "This is a war drama, so it is more troublesome to produce. Although the role is short, the filming time is not short, it will take at least half a month."

If Li Shengyao wanted to fake one shot to the end, the actors would need to rehearse for a long time.

The character has a short screen time, but the actors have a long time to prepare.

In his previous life, before the official filming of "1917", the main roles went through six months of rehearsals. Even for some roles that were not very important, he would rehearse whenever he had time.

This includes top British actors like Juan Fu and Uncle Fei.

The situation at the time was that all the top British actors wanted to star in the film.

This is one of the reasons why the film became a big winner at the British Film Academy Awards the following year.

These actors are all fools. After the news of the one-shot came out, everyone immediately realized that this movie might be able to write a major chapter in the history of film. Such an opportunity is rare.

Wu Kebo heard this without any hesitation, "It doesn't matter, we will fully cooperate, let alone half a month, even one month, two months doesn't matter."

Since Wu Kebo said this, Director Li decided to give them some comfort.

"Okay, I will seriously consider Miss Jiang."

Jiang Yiyan nodded excitedly, looking very happy.

Wu Kebo frowned slightly, he wanted a definite answer.

"Director Li, there are no problems with Yiyan's image, temperament, and acting skills. She lacks an opportunity. We Chengtian are willing to fully support her. If you use her, we can invest 1937 million in "500" without any dividends. No need copyright."

This is free money.

Jiang Yiyan looked at Wu Kebo gratefully, his eyes watery.

Wu Kebo puffed up his chest and returned a affirmative look.

There will definitely be a big fight in the afternoon.

Li Shengyao was speechless, "Mr. Wu, thank you for thinking so highly of my movie, but I still have to choose the most suitable one."

"Director Li, when Chengtian is in Shenzhen, the theaters on Hong Kong Island will fully support "1937"."

Chengtian's dozens of theaters in Shenzhen are not worth mentioning.

Chengtian's Golden Harvest Cinema line on Hong Kong Island is somewhat useful.

It’s not that Director Li covets the box office of Hong Kong Island. In fact, Hong Kong Island is currently somewhat resistant to Chinese-language films, especially mainland films, not to mention patriotic war films.

Unless Zhou Xingxing and Huang Zihua come forward, other people's Chinese-language movies can only reach 4000 million, which is not very important compared to the total box office.

The main reason is that it does well at the box office on Hong Kong Island and can be used to promote the film in the Mainland.

"Okay, Mr. Wu, I will seriously consider this matter."

Li Shengyao thought for a while, but still had no intention of letting go. He was sure it was Sun Li, and unless Sun Li didn't act, he didn't want to break his promise.

Wu Kebo was disappointed when he saw this.

He is not a fool. Knowing that Li Shengyao refused such conditions, he should have a confirmed candidate.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Jiang Yiyan and saw a pair of watery eyes.

Wu Kebo breathed a sigh of relief. Although the matter didn't work out, he was sincere enough to get the beauty back without spending any money. Maybe he would also like to thank Director Li.

"Director Li, we are waiting for your good news."

After Wu Kebo figured it out, he relaxed a lot, picked up his tea cup and wanted to clink it with Lee Sheng Yew.

Li Shengyao felt Wu Kebo's mood change, and he was not sure what was going on with this guy.

Maybe after staying in the island country for a long time, I am better able to smile but hide my knives.

He didn't bother to think about it, "Okay, I will consider it."

(End of this chapter)