The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 545

""A New Couple" is released, Zhou Yumin plays the role of an innocent uncle."

""Love at High Altitude" is released, Gu Tianle, Zheng Xiuwen's Love in the Snow Mountain."

"The 2012 Spring Festival Gala was the worst Spring Festival Gala since the millennium."

"CCTV should look for changes. Why not find a real great director to direct the Spring Festival Gala."

"Lao Mouzi: Director Li's new movie is very exciting and will shock the film and television industry."

"2012 is a very important year. People's living standards are higher and their spiritual civilization needs to be higher."

"The China Neon Film Exchange Conference will be held in Beijing, and filmmakers from both places will have a symposium."

……

The 2012 Spring Festival season was very poor, with films such as "The Magician" and "Reverse" performing unsatisfactorily. There was not a single high-grossing movie in this Spring Festival season.

There were several romance movies released in the next year, but they all failed at the box office.

"Love at High Altitude" stars Raku Koo. This should be Principal Koo's sixth film starring last year. He is definitely very prolific.

But times are different. In the 90s, it was common for Hong Kong stars to star in seven or eight movies a year. At this time, mainland audiences were not so fond of them.

There are so many acting roles, all of which are bad, and no one will support them.

2012 is the [-]th anniversary of Huaxia and Neon, and there are many cultural exchange activities between the two places.

On the morning of February 2012, 2, there was a film symposium between the two places at Yanjing Shangri-La Hotel.

Li Shengyao also passed by. He is the representative director of China.

At this time, Tong Gang, the leader of the China Film Administration, was delivering a speech above.

Participants on the Chinese side include Lee Sheng-yao, Leslie Cheung, Huang Xiaoming, etc., while on the island side there are Kore-eda Hirokazu, Maeda Atsuko, Kurihara Komaki, etc.

Kore-eda Hirokazu can be said to be the only great director to take action after the neon millennium.

Kurihara Komaki is not very popular in the mainland, but he is considered a front-line celebrity in the island country.

Atsuko Maeda is the most popular member of akb48. She has begun to leave the team and officially enter the big screen.

Although there are not many people arranged by Neon, they are definitely well prepared.

Neon also attaches great importance to the [-]th anniversary of China and Neon.

However, he was not used to holding meetings yet. At this time, Tong Gang was speaking at length on the stage, reading the manuscript page after page. The people on Neon's side were drowsy after listening to it.

Sitting aside, Li Shengyao saw Kore-eda Yukazu dragging his chin with one hand, barely opening his eyes, staring blankly at Tong Gang, and secretly laughing in his heart.

After the internal screening of "Parasite" was over, it was determined that there was nothing major wrong with the film and that it did not require reshoots or too many changes.

Li Shengyao submitted the film for review. After passing the review, he arranged for someone to apply for the Cannes Film Festival.

He then took Chen Hao and his children back to his hometown to celebrate the New Year.

At the age of 31, he finally had his own child, and the elderly in his family were very happy.

Li Shengyao had finally completed his task, and he felt happy when he saw the happy smiles of his family members.

On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, they left their hometown and rushed to Yanjing.

Then there was a dinner party with Fenghua employees, a start-up speech, red envelopes, etc.

Just the day before yesterday, Neon decided to arrange for Kore-eda Hirokazu to come to the mainland. In accordance with our traditional principle of reciprocity, the superiors arranged for the best young directors, so they invited Lee Sheng-yew.

After being busy for a while, Director Li finally had time.

So here we go.

Tong Gang was reading the manuscript. Of course he knew that if he did this, the people in the audience would be bored.

But it doesn't matter, he's not reading the script for the people in the Chinese and neon entertainment circles in the audience, he's reading the script for the people all over the country.

CCTV cameramen were filming his speech.

Soon the major news media will spread this picture. It is enough for everyone to know that he is the keynote speaker of the China Neon Film Exchange Symposium.

As for the people in the audience, he doesn't care whether they want to hear it or not.

This is a manuscript that several secretaries of the Film Administration worked together and spent three days putting together. If you don’t listen, it will be your loss.

Tong Gang didn't pay attention to the people in the audience, but he occasionally raised his eyes and saw that everyone in the audience was absent-minded, and he felt somewhat embarrassed.

Fortunately, he was always confident and quickly came to his senses and comforted himself with the above words.

My audience is not you insiders, my audience is the common people across the country.

It's just that I'm an adult after all, and I still feel a little unhappy after having done so many times of Ah Q-style self-comfort.

The several secretaries of the Film Administration Bureau are still very dedicated to their duties. After the neon millennium, the film market has become a mess. Apart from animated films, there are only a handful of excellent live-action films. Even so, they still picked out A handful of great neon movies, and analyzed.

Tong Gang is thinking about "The Embalmer", which is Neon's best movie after the millennium.

He noticed that several neon actors in the audience were still distracted and did not listen at all, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry.

He took deep breaths, comforted himself, calmed down again, and continued reading the manuscript.

After a long time, Tong Gang finally finished reading a thick manuscript in his hand.

Everyone in the audience applauded, the applause was warm and full of recognition.

Tong Gang walked down the stage with a speechless expression. After he sat down, he asked his secretary in a low voice, "Is this manuscript not well written?"

"The leader is very good. The data and movies inside can all stand up to inspection."

"Does that mean I mean no emotion?"

"Leader, the way you read is full of emotions."

"Then why don't everyone listen carefully?"

"Leader, this is what people in the entertainment industry are like. They are engaged in art and can't calm down. It's like they have hemorrhoids and they can't sit still for five minutes."

Hearing this, Tong Gang nodded with deep understanding.

The secretary was right. It wasn't that the manuscript he read wasn't good, it wasn't that he didn't have emotions, or that the audience in the audience wasn't good enough.

At this time, a neon official was also reading a manuscript. The people in the audience were also listless, and no one listened carefully.

Tong Gang saw it and smiled secretly in his heart.

However, the official Neon read the words very quickly and bowed down in less than 3 minutes.

"Now, I would like to invite Director Li Shengyao to tell us about the exchange experience of Chinese neon movies."

A burst of warm applause sounded, louder than the applause that Tong Gang had just finished his speech.

Hearing this, Tong Gang couldn't help but look at the people on the other side of Neon.

He noticed that all the people in the neon entertainment industry who seemed to be dozing off just now straightened their backs and looked at Li Shengyao expectantly.

"These guys still depend on their reputation. If Li Shengyao is famous, he will be more serious. If I don't have a reputation, I feel like I'm going to die just now."

At this moment, Li Shengyao's voice sounded.

"After entering the 90s, neon movies went astray and became lifeless..."

Tong Gang was stunned when he heard this. Is it allowed to say such a thing?

Aren’t we complimenting each other today?
How did Lee Sung-yao harm Neon Movies?Even if it's true, I can't say it.

Will those little dwarfs in Neon be angry?
Tong Gang glanced at the people on the neon side with his peripheral vision, and found that these people seemed to agree with Li Shengyao's words, nodding seriously.

"Although there are occasional good works in neon movies, they are not worth learning from..."

Lee Sheng Yew did not praise Neon Movie at all, he was completely criticizing it.

Tong Gang couldn't help but worry a little. Will those guys from Neon get up and leave?
However, it didn't happen. The neon performers represented by Kore-eda Hirokazu nodded after hearing Li Shengyao's words.

"The Chinese film market has surpassed Neon, and the prospects of the Chinese film market are much greater than Neon."

In 2011, Neon's total box office for the year was 200 billion yuan, and about 110 billion people lost money.

The total box office in mainland China for the whole year was 120 billion yuan.

In 2010, the mainland's economic aggregate exceeded that of Neon.

In 2011, the mainland's total box office surpassed Neon, becoming the world's second largest movie market after the United States.

These are all well-documented. Tong Gang did not say anything just now. He felt that there was no need to talk about such comparisons at this time.

And Li Shengyao spoke out and said that the Chinese film market has greater prospects.

Even if it's true, there's no need to expose people's scars.

Tong Gang was really worried. He was worried that these neon signs would slap the table to refute.

But no, Kore-eda Yu and the others nodded in approval.

"Currently, there is very little cooperation in films between the two places, and the conditions for comprehensive exchanges are not yet available..."

The above is a good intention, hoping that the mainland and neon cultural exchanges will be more in-depth, but such conditions are indeed not met.

Now is not 30 years ago.

"I hope that filmmakers from both places will work hard to explore their own development paths and contribute to Asian films."

Finally, he said something better, but Li Shengyao's speech was not optimistic about the film cooperation between China and Neon. Tong Gang felt that this was contrary to the purpose of the exchange symposium.

After Li Shengyao finished speaking, the audience once again gave him warm applause.

After a while, Kore-eda Hirokazu took the stage to give a speech. The content of what this big shot said was similar to that of Lee Sing-yao. He first criticized Neon Film for going astray, then recognized the future of Chinese films, and finally called for filmmakers from both places to seriously explore.

The speeches of Lee Sheng-yew and Hirokazu Kore-eda were not very long, and the contents echoed each other. They received far more applause than Tong Gang and the neon official.

Tong Gang was speechless. He felt that Xiaoben was cheap.

Lee Sheng-yew belittled the movie, but they still applauded it. He praised it seriously, but these people still slept.

"These guys are so mean."

……

The symposium finally ended and it was time for mutual exchanges.

Kore-eda Hirokazu, Kurihara Komaki, and Maeda Atsuko came to Li Shengyao together, and then Qiqi bowed and saluted, "Director Li, it is an honor to meet you. Please give me your advice."

Kore-eda Hirokazu is dressed casually, wearing a gray suit and a pair of wide-leg trousers. He looks like an office worker from Dongjing.

Kurihara Komaki and Maeda Atsuko are relatively more formal.

Kurihara Komaki is a formal suit, but the proportions are not good and the legs look very short.

Maeda Atsuko is 21 years old this year, but she is a senior in akb48, but she still has a youthful look and looks quite cute.

Li Shengyao smiled and nodded, and then chatted with Kore-eda Yu and the three others in English.

Mainly chatting with Hirokazu Eda, Maeda Atsuko and Kurihara Komaki didn't have enough seats, so they stood by and listened.

"Director Li, I'm a little confused about the path I've been following. Do you think I can succeed in making movies like this?"

The more they talked, the more Kore-eda felt that Li Shengyao knew more, so he said what he wanted to ask.

"Mr. Kore-eda, I like your style very much. If you stick to it, you will definitely succeed."

Many people don't know that Hirokazu Kore-eda's idols are Yang Deshang and Hou Yuxian. His film style is also learned from these two masters.

So it seems like it's all about daily life, and there doesn't seem to be any serious conflicts.

Many people will find Kore-eda's films to be bland.

But this is his style, depicting the lives of the people at the bottom from an objective perspective and ordinary life.

In Lee Sheng-yew's previous life, Kore-eda Hirokazu always insisted on this style and later won the Cannes Palme d'Or.

Hirokazu Kore-eda heard Li Shengyao's words and nodded excitedly, "Director Li, I understand what you mean."

……

Li Shengyao and Kore-eda Yu chatted with them for a while, and then it was lunch time, and they all went to eat together.

Li Shengyao was about to chat with Kore-eda Hirokazu again. At this time, a middle-aged man about 50 years old came to Li Shengyao. Kore-eda Hirokazu and Kurihara Komaki saw this man and left voluntarily.

"Hello, Director Li, I am Nose Shitani from Toho Co., Ltd., please give me your advice."

Li Shengyao nodded. He had never heard of this name. He must have been a financier in the neon film and television industry.

Shimatani Nose then sat down and looked at Li Shengyao eagerly, "Director Li, we hope to cooperate with you."

"Cooperation?"

Li Shengyao paused slightly. Neon Mainland film and television circles were actually very close for a period of time in the last century, but then they gradually separated. Each of them guarded their own territory and rarely communicated with each other.

For example, Lao Mouzi approached Takakura Ken to star in "Ride Alone, Thousands of Miles", and Toho invested in "Red Cliff". This happened only once every few years, and there was very little communication.

He didn't expect Nosei Shitani to want to cooperate with him.

"Yes, Director Li, we already have a very excellent script called "1905". This script will invite Maeda Atsuko, Matsuda Shota, and Liang Chaowei to perform it together. It tells the story of a Chinese and neon man with lofty ideals who resisted the European and American powers. story."

China, neon people with lofty ideals, fight against the European and American powers together?
What Gouba script?
Li Shengyao frowned and thought for a while, and then he remembered that in his previous life, there was indeed such a movie. Dongbao did invite Liang Chaowei and almost made it.

Shimatani Nosei was very excited and continued: "Director Li, we will produce in four places: Neon, Hong Kong Island, Wanwan, and the Mainland, with a total investment of [-] million people and [-] million yuan. It is absolutely a big production.

We know your style, this movie, Dongbao and Fenghua invested [-] million each.

Toho only wants the box office and copyright of Neon, and all the box office and copyright in other regions around the world will be yours, how about that?"

This……

It seems to have taken a lot of advantage.

But with an investment of [-] million, can it really be welcomed by mainland audiences by telling the story of China and Neon working together sincerely to resist European and American powers?

Maybe the Wanwan area can be a box office hit, but in the mainland, I'm afraid it will be scolded to death.

What's more important is that Neon can't make the decision himself, his father is causing trouble behind the scenes.

In Lee Sheung Yew's previous life, during the 2012th anniversary of China and Neon in [-], both sides were interested in deepening ties, but the United States was unwilling.

The reason why this movie was aborted was that the relationship between the two parties was no longer working.

Li Shengyao thought of this and smiled, "Mr. Shiatani, don't get excited, let's talk slowly."

He is preparing for "Parasite" to participate in Cannes, and he will also be promoting the release of "Parasite" later. Where does he have time to cooperate with Neon at the moment?

What's more important is that he has a good reputation, why would he go with Neon?

(End of this chapter)