The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 505 Lao Mouzi comes to visit the class
In mid-November, the Wanwan Golden Horse Awards were held as scheduled.

Just like Li Shengyao's impression, the jury's seal was an unknown associate professor who had written a few papers.

At the awards night, the Best Actor nominees were Qin Hao, Ni Dahong, Wang Xueqi, and Ruan Jingtian. Qin Hao and Ni Dahong did not go, but Wang Xueqi went.

However, the movie Wang Xueqi signed up for was "October Siege". This movie can be said to be a group drama, and Lao Wang's role is not exciting.

Wang Xueqi’s nomination was just a matter of making up the numbers.

Seeing this appearance, everyone basically knows what Wanwan is doing.

After a while, the award-giving guest shouted out the words "Ruan Jingtian", and there was a warm cheer on the scene, as if this guy has now received the award and is a superstar.

People in Hong Kong Island and the Wanwan film and television industry understand that this is to praise the young people of Hong Kong Island Wanwan.

The mainland artists and celebrities present were naturally much cooler.

Lee Sing-yew did not care about the situation at the Golden Horse Awards, but Wang Weizhong fulfilled his promise and gave the best cinematography and best editing to "Sicario".

It was also announced that a film exhibition of Director Lee would be held in Taibei, and there would be a cinema dedicated to showing films directed by Lee Sheung Yew in the past.

When this news came out, there were rumors immediately that Lee Sheng Yew was cooperating with Wanwan Film and Television Industry, and perhaps Ruan Jingtian would be the leading actor in director Lee Sheng Yew's next film.

Li Shengyao asked Fenghua's official website to directly reject the news, saying that he had no idea of ​​cooperation.

He is not worried about offending the Wanwan film and television industry. The Wanwan film market is already small, and the public looks down on mainland films.

As for the Golden Horse Awards, they will be completely rotten in a few years.

In Li Shengyao's previous life, the Golden Horse Awards later became Xiaoying's promotional position. Mainland filmmakers stopped participating in the Golden Horse Awards at all. Even the Hong Kong Island Film Association issued an announcement asking local filmmakers to participate with caution.

This award, which was once open to Chinese-language films around the world, suddenly became an award for self-reliance.

Lee Sheng Yew did not want to be related to Ruan Jingtian, and he did not have time to cooperate with the hype.

He is now concentrating on the production of "1937", and they will start official filming soon.

At that time, there will be not only three to four hundred extras, but four thousand extras pouring into Xiangshan Film and Television City. Lee Shengyao is now under great pressure.

He had been discussing with the assistant directors for a long time, formulated several plans, and dispatched six assistant directors from Fenghua headquarters to assist him in managing more than [-] extras.

These more than 4000 people were mainly used to shoot several large-scale war scenes. He hoped to complete the shooting within a month, otherwise, the budget might exceed the budget.

In addition, for Fenghua Video to go public, it also requires him to spend some energy.

……

At nine o'clock in the morning that day, a car left the Guosheng Hotel in Ningbo and headed for Xiangshan Film and Television City.

In the car, there was a man in his sixties and a young woman.

The man has short hair, a thin build, and a kind face. He is wearing a sports suit and a pair of tennis shoes, looking very casual.

This man is the famous Zhang Yimou.

The young woman next to Lao Mouzi is in her twenties. She has a decent appearance and long hair shawl. She is considered a beautiful girl among ordinary people, but in the entertainment industry, she is not conspicuous.

The woman wore a denim jacket and jeans, paired with a pair of sneakers.

She was chewing gum in her mouth, and she felt a bit like ABC.

Her name is Zhang Mo, the eldest daughter of Lao Mouzi.

Zhang Mo went abroad before finishing high school. Relying on Ang Lee's connections, he entered the New York University Film School, majoring in directing.

She returned to China in [-], and then followed Lao Mouzi. She was the assistant director in "The Legend of Three Guns" and "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree".

Zhang Mo's directorial talent should be pretty good.

Lao Mouzi is a low-key and cautious person. Although Zhang Mo often shouted to make independent films, he did not agree.

This time Lao Mouzi took Zhang Mo to Xiangshan Film and Television City to visit the crew of "1937".

Lao Mouzi has determined the direction of his next film. He will produce a film about the Jinling Massacre. Jiang Zhiqiang and Universal Pictures have shown high interest.

They plan to invite a Hollywood star to play the leading role, targeting global box office.

However, they still need some preparation time and are not expected to start production until next year.

There are still almost two months from this time to next year. Lao Mouzi rolled his eyes and immediately paid attention. He planned to let Zhang Mo go to the "1937" crew to study.

Anyway, Zhang Mo has nothing to do now, so it is better to let him follow Director Li. If he can learn some skills from Li Shengyao, that would be a good thing.

However, Zhang Mo disagreed.

When she was young, she used to like Li Shengyao's TV series, such as "Reply 1988" and "Uncle". She often watched them in the beautiful country.

But later Lee Sheng-yew shot a series of commercial films, and she became an official student of the directing department, studying classic films all day long.

Gradually I became disenchanted with Lee Sung-yew's commercial films.

She feels that Li Shengyao's commercial films have no breakthrough in artistic creation and are not irreplaceable.

She doesn't like it very much.

"You have made two movies with me, don't you understand yet? Commercial movies are not that easy to make. At least half of the directors in China cannot even tell a complete story."

Seeing his daughter's attitude, Lao Mouzi felt a little annoyed and explained seriously.

Zhang Mo curled his lips and was about to retort when Lao Mouzi hit him several times.

After all, he was getting older. Every time he sneezed, his body shook violently. When he finished sneezing, his whole face turned red and he looked a lot thinner.

Seeing this, Zhang Mo was worried about Lao Mouzi's health and said, "I know, I will study hard."

Seeing this, Lao Mouzi nodded happily.

Soon after, they rushed to Xiangshan Film and Television City and came to the filming set of the "1937" crew.

Lee Sing-yew is currently filming the most difficult large-scale war scene and is very busy.

However, when Lao Mouzi came over, Director Li still squeezed out some time, chatted with him for a few words, and then agreed to have a meal together at noon.

Li Shengyao went back to continue his work, while Lao Mouzi and Zhang Mo wandered around the set casually.

At this time, there were almost 500 people on the entire set, including extras and staff. Looking around, there were people everywhere.

This time Director Li took up the loudspeaker.

"Okay, start."

The performers immediately started moving, and the camera mainly focused on Brother Xiao Ming and Zhang Yi, but sometimes the perspective of the two people was used to bring the entire battlefield scene to life, so the cooperation of so many extras was needed.

Whether it was Brother Xiao Ming, Zhang Yi, or other unknown extras, they immediately started performing after hearing Li Shengyao's voice.

Xiao Mingge and Zhang Mo were closely followed by a photographer holding a Steadicam stabilizer. They were the main force in the filming.

As for the other group performances, there are actually no dedicated photographers.

Li Shengyao requires long shots, and it is impossible to randomly give shots to the group of actors.

The extras were photographed because the photographer occasionally panned the camera and took pictures of Xiao Mingge and Zhang Yi.

But even so, the extras are still preparing very seriously.

The extras around Xiao Ming and Zhang Mo have been rehearsing with them for almost five months.As for the [-] new extras, they stood relatively far away and had only rehearsed for three or four days, but the overall performance was still very good.

These extras, who had just arrived at Xiangshan Film and Television City, seemed very natural after the assistant director explained the scenes over and over again.

After a long shot, an assistant director raised a loudspeaker and shouted, "Very good, take a 10-minute break."

The extras immediately dispersed to rest.

With several assistant directors as the core, they returned to the position they had agreed upon before.

I looked at the piles of people, but it wasn’t chaotic at all.

Lao Mouzi has not only filmed large-scale movies such as "Hero", but is also the chief director of the Olympic Games. He naturally knows how difficult it is to keep thousands of people organized.

It was break time now, and the extras were still so well-behaved, so he nodded repeatedly.

"Director Li's ability is beyond words."

Zhang Mo was also a little surprised. She worked as an assistant director for Lao Mouzi and often dealt with extras.

She has encountered all kinds of situations. She remembers that when filming "Hawthorn Tree Love", several extras drank secretly and acted randomly during the filming. She lost her temper at the time, but she still didn't handle it well.

In the end, Zhang Weiping came forward, taught those people a lesson, and fired them.

Li Shengyao is now facing so many people, and he can still manage these group performances calmly, which is indeed quite capable.

Soon after, the crew of "1937" continued filming. This scene showed the male lead and the second male lead traveling across the battlefield to the Shangguan's headquarters.

The two people were discussing along the way while bending down to avoid random bullets.

This part of the scene was still very difficult to shoot. This long shot lasted for 6 minutes.

Brother Xiao Ming and Zhang Yi could not stop, but had to finish the performance in one breath.

Fortunately, the five months of rehearsals were not in vain. The two of them successfully performed this scene despite the uncertain looks of everyone.

When Lao Mouzi saw it, he couldn't help but said: "Long shots are a great test of an actor's acting skills. Huang Xiaoming and Zhang Yi are very good. These are two actors worth cultivating."

"But the main reason is that Director Li arranged for them to rehearse for five months. Now it seems that the rehearsal effect is very good."

"Five months. Who has such courage? Only Director Li arranges actors to rehearse for such a long time."

Except for some extremely talented actors, other actors need to rehearse for a long time before they can perform well in long shots.

Zhang Mo didn't want to refute this time.

If it were her, if she wanted to make some highly artistic films, she would not want the actors to rehearse for five months, which would cost a lot of money.

Li Shengyao asked people to rehearse for five months, which is really awesome.

Lao Mouzi continued to observe, and then sighed again: "Have you seen Director Li's attitude towards details?"

"In terms of details..."

Zhang Mo thought Lao Mouzi was going to talk about five months of rehearsals.

"If you look at the soldiers on the battlefield, their clothes are more shabby and their mental state is not that good. However, the guards at Shangguan Command Post have brighter clothes and better mental states. Director Li can pay attention to such details. arrive."

Zhang Mo was stunned for a moment, then looked carefully and found that this was really the case.

Lee Sing-yew's attitude towards excellence in film production is undeniable.

At least in the Chinese film and television industry, there are really few people like Li Shengyao.

An hour later, Lao Mouzi said: "I noticed that a total of four Steadicam photographers have just been replaced. I now believe that Director Li is going to make a one-shot movie. [-]% of the shots are focused on the male lead. For No. [-], there is really no need to switch cameras.”

"Is it really possible to take a single shot?"

Zhang Mo couldn't help but ask after hearing this.

After "1937" was promoted like this, Zhang Mo discussed it with his classmates. Everyone thought that Li Shengyao was too whimsical and could not possibly last 110 minutes for one shot.

Lao Mouzi shook his head, "I don't know, it should be possible. Director Li is not a big talker."

"If he does it, he can really leave his name in film history."

Zhang Mo showed his approval when he heard this.

Li Shengyao is only three years older than her. If this time it is really a one-shot, it will be really amazing.

In that case, Director Li has made a breakthrough in artistic creation.

Seeing that his daughter followed his words this time, Lao Mouzi smiled and said, "Just follow him and learn hard. If you are half as strong as him, you will be able to gain a foothold in the Chinese film and television industry."

Zhang Mo was a little more curious when she thought about taking a closer look. She originally didn't want to work here.

At this moment, thinking about what I saw and heard today, just like what Lao Mouzi said, Li Shengyao is indeed powerful. If you can steal one or two lessons from his master, you will benefit for life.

"I see."

Lao Mouzi nodded with satisfaction, and then warned: "Don't cause trouble here. Director Li is not only a director, but also a big investor. His video company is going to be listed. What's next is going to be huge."

……

Li Shengyao and Wu Wenhui had already prepared for the listing of Fenghua Video. They reorganized the shares of Fenghua Video Branch and then sent it to the New York Stock Exchange to apply for listing qualifications.

Generally speaking, it is easier to review listings here in Beautiful Country.

What they look at is not current results, but prospects for the future.

In other words, if you can brag and make PPT, there is a high probability that it will be listed in a beautiful country.

According to Li Shengyao and Wu Wenhui's previous estimates, they can pass the review in September and are expected to be officially launched in October.

But after all, two people can't predict the future. The New York Stock Exchange did not complete the review in September. It was not until mid-November that the United States received news that they had passed the review.

Now that it has passed the review, it will naturally be launched on the market.

So Wu Wenhui led a group of people to Beautiful Country to prepare for the listing.

At 2010 am on Tuesday, November 11, 30, Fenghua Video was officially listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

The original stock price was US$1, and the total share price was US$22.5 million. The opening issuance price was US$3. By the time the market closed at 45 pm, the stock price had doubled, and the price of a single share reached US$[-].

In other words, Fenghua Video’s stock price increased 45 times on the first day, and its market value increased from US$2 million to US$90 billion.

Li Shengyao did not go to the beautiful country.

However, he looked at real-time data in China and found that after the market closed on the first day, Fenghua Video's stock price increased 45 times. In theory, Lee Sheng-yao's net worth has skyrocketed, and his total personal net worth exceeds 55 billion U.S. dollars, which is more than 400 billion in adult currency.

In 2010, this net worth was enough to enter the Forbes rich list.

At the same time, the shares held by Fenghua's senior executives increased sharply, and their net worth exceeded [-] million.

The senior executives represented by Wu Wenhui were very excited. In the company's internal group of senior executives, they all shouted to thank Director Li for his attention.

Li Shengyao was also very happy and announced that this year's year-end bonus for everyone in Fenghua Group would be increased by [-].

"The boss is awesome!"

Cheers resounded throughout Fenghua’s subsidiaries, theaters, and production studios across China.

(End of this chapter)