The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 594 Everyone is shouting
The banquet hall was brightly lit, and fine wine and food were placed on long tables.

Celebrities and entertainers are all looking glamorous in crisp suits or slim-fitting long skirts.

The guys were holding their wine glasses, smiling, and looking harmonious.

Lee Sing-yew and several directors gathered together to chat at first, but then the directors dispersed.

On such occasions, great directors naturally attract much attention. Some people want to climb into their beds, some want to cooperate with them. Their time is very precious.

When Lee Sung-yao separated from several major directors, celebrities and entertainers immediately swarmed in, one after another.

Li Shengyao even misses the time when he first became a TV drama director. He didn't need so much social interaction and could sit quietly in the corner.

Just as he was sighing with emotion, Guo Xiaosi and Chai Zhiping came over with the four female leads.

"Hello, Director Li."

Before Guo Xiaosi could speak, the four female leads and Chai Zhiping said hello to Li Shengyao.

They were both women, and they sounded like they were rehearsed.

Guo Xiaosi's greeting came last, his voice a little lonely and awkward.

But others obviously didn't care about this. Da Mi Mi, Xie Yilin, and Chai Zhiping started chattering.

"Hello Director Guo."

Guo Xiaosi is actually quite pitiable sometimes. It can be seen from various gatherings that female celebrities don't care about him. When he is with Guo Xiaosi, many people have obvious contempt for him.

Almost everyone dared to make fun of his height, and he also dared to steal the conversation during interviews.

No other director, including Han Han and Lee Sheng-yao, have ever seen such a situation.

However, in the eyes of the actor, Xiaosi is still quite scary, after all, Xiaosi is 1.

Li Shengyao greeted Guo Xiaosi, and then chatted with Da Mi Mi and several others.

When Guo Xiaosi saw Li Shengyao greeting him, he nodded excitedly.

"Tiny Times" is a collaboration between Guo Xiaosi and Chai Zhiping. Among the four female leads, only Da Mi Mi is a mainland actor, and the other three are all from the mainland.

Xie Yilin should be the ugliest among the four female leads. She was a clown in Wanwan. She was originally an ordinary college student. She became famous by changing her makeup into a grandma with one trick. She was a variety show star at first, and her style was similar to that of Little S. Among these four people, she had the lowest starting point.

At this time, she was the most enthusiastic and excited.

"Director Li, I really like the TV series and movies you have made. I have watched every one of them."

“Can I take a picture with you, can you give me an autograph?”

"Director Li, "Dalian by the Sea" and "Three Billboards" must both be good movies and they will definitely become popular."

"I heard that you are going to participate in Venice, come on."

Xie Yilin kept saying nice things and turned into a flatterer at this time.

Chai Zhiping was stunned. She seemed to have seen herself a few years ago. This made her very nervous for a time, fearing that Xie Yilin would threaten her status. Then she came to her senses. Xie Yilin was just a new actor, not worth mentioning. This Only then did he put away his worries, and then looked at this junior with a kind face.

As for the big power, Guo Biting and others feel that flattery like Xie Yilin is too low and a bit embarrassing.

Li Shengyao naturally understood that Xie Yilin was either telling the truth or simply flattering.

He didn't have many thoughts. He listened quietly to Xie Yilin's words, and suddenly felt that this girl was very anxious, her eyes were eager, and she seemed to have a lot to say.

"What do you want to say to me? No need to hide it, just say it if you have something to say."

Xie Yilin was stunned when he heard this and looked at Li Shengyao blankly.

Da Mi Mi reached out and patted her, and she came back to her senses.

She then said excitedly: "Director Li, can I talk to you about work now?"

Xie Yilin has no experience in attending banquets. She used to be a super little girl in Wanwan.

Tonight, she met many big-name directors. She knew very well that if she had not followed Guo Xiaosi and in the name of the "Tiny Times" crew, she would not be qualified to chat with such big directors as Li Shengyao, Lao Mouzi, and Xiaogangpao.

There were many things in her heart that she wanted to say to Li Shengyao, but she never dared to say them out. She could only keep saying superficial and superficial things.

Li Shengyao smiled slightly, "Okay."

Xie Yilin almost jumped up with excitement, and then said: "Director Li, I am not actually an actor. I don't have enough acting experience and my strength is not good enough. Being an actor is not my dream.

In Wanwan, I mostly participate in variety shows, as a flying guest, and as a host. "

Li Shengyao doesn't know much about Wanwan variety show stars, he only knows a few of the more famous ones.

He heard Xie Yilin's words, smiled and nodded, and then his eyes encouraged him to continue.

Xie Yilin then said: "Director Li, when I go on a variety show, I can be free and open. I can play a clown. I am very effective in variety shows. The audience calls me Sister Hold."

She paused and then said: "I already have a lot of experience in hosting variety shows or being a guest in Wanwan. Whether it's a talk show or an outdoor competition show, I can do it. I'm very funny and I'm very outgoing. "

This is Xie Yilin's real purpose.

She doesn't think she can continue to be an actor. She is not a professional acting actor, and she has never acted in Wanwan.

She has always been clear that her future is not in the film industry, but in the variety show industry.

To participate in a variety show in Wanwan, her fee for one period is 200, which is [-] yuan per person.

The price is really too little. Twenty variety shows a month are only four thousand, which is not as good as Wanwan office worker.

In order to make money to support their families, Wanwan variety show stars can only work hard on variety shows. Many people receive forty or fifty orders a month, and their monthly salary is barely over ten thousand.

The mainland is different. Variety shows in the mainland earned less than a few million dollars in the first quarter.

Now all the popular variety shows in the Mainland are from Fenghua Film and Television Company. Therefore, Xie Yilin has to recommend himself, hoping to get a share of the Mainland variety show market.

Li Shengyao knew Xie Yilin's purpose very well. He smiled and nodded, "I can see that you are very outgoing."

Xie Yilin didn't expect Li Shengyao to be so easy to talk to.

She knew that if she didn't say it here, she was afraid that it would be difficult to have a chance to talk to Li Shengyao face to face in the future. She completely ignored Chai Zhiping's gaze that wanted to kill someone, and then said: "Director Li, I have been improving myself. I have recently learned to sing. For dancing, I believe that I will achieve results within two and a half years at the latest.”

"I have carefully studied Fenghua. I feel that Fenghua does not have comedians like me. I am really suitable for Fenghua."

"In addition, my salary is very low, and I can sign a long-term contract. My price-performance ratio is definitely very high."

"Director Li, I want to join Fenghua. Please consider me. I can definitely bring a different chemical reaction to Fenghua."

Hearing this, Li Shengyao looked at Xie Yilin with a smile, "Is this what you want to say to me?"

"Yes, Director Li, I can definitely help the company make money."

Xie Yilin worked hard to look more confident and sure.

Hearing this, Li Shengyao chuckled and shook his head, "Your current contract should be with Wanwan Company. When your contract ends, if you still want to come to Fenghua, you can go to the artist department and ask."

Xie Yilin did not expect that after listening to her words, Li Shengyao was not interested in hiring her.

The reason why she took the risk of offending Chai Zhiping was because she hoped to find a true path of interpretation for herself.

"Director Li, I still have two years of contract. I will definitely continue to work hard and strive to become better."

Li Shengyao smiled, but did not answer.

Xie Yilin is not an actress, she is just a variety show star. When she acts in movies, she has neither acting skills nor box office appeal.

The only advantage is that he is ugly and can play the role of the heroine's best friend to set off the heroine.

As for variety shows, there is no need for Xie Yilin.She may have done well in the Wanwan variety show, but she obviously has no place in the Mainland.

The vast majority of variety shows in the Mainland focus on the entertainment system and games, and few variety shows focus on a specific person.

As for that person supporting a variety show, that's even more of a joke.

Only in "Ace vs. Ace", the soul of this variety show is Shen Teng and Jia Ling. Without these two, it is basically worthless.

As for other variety shows... everyone can change.

Under such circumstances, on the one hand, there are really few variety show stars, and on the other hand, variety show stars are really unimportant.

Xie Yilin is a good variety star, but not to the extent that Li Shengyao took the initiative to recruit.

Since there is review by the artist department, why do you have to do it yourself?

Xie Yilin felt disappointed when he saw Li Shengyao didn't answer, and at the same time felt the almost cannibalistic gaze around him.

Chai Zhiping was looking at her with burning eyes.

Xie Yilin is an outsider to Chai Zhiping's company. Now that she wants to join another company in front of Chai Zhiping, Chai Zhiping is naturally angry.

Li Shengyao smiled and said, "Mr. Chai, you filmed two seasons at once, right?"

Everyone else was waiting to see Xie Yilin's joke, and there was an eerie silence.

Li Shengyao naturally didn't care about this and mainly found an excuse.

It wasn't that he valued Xie Yilin, but more that he felt there was no need to be so embarrassed.

Xie Yilin heard Li Shengyao's words and breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at Li Shengyao with eyes filled with gratitude.

Chai Zhiping glared at Xie Yilin, and then said: "Don't worry, stinky girl, I won't argue with you.

Director Li, you are right. We filmed "Tiny Times 12" at the same time. The first part was released in June and the second part was released in August. "

"Tiny Times" filmed two movies in three months. It was not necessarily in a hurry. It was probably because Guo Xiaosi had low requirements and the filming work was very fast.

With this topic, they immediately restored the previous atmosphere, and several women said good things together.

Soon after, Guo Xiaosi and Chai Zhiping left with the four female leads.

Li Shengyao has returned to his previous situation, and there is an endless stream of people coming to visit him. Most of them say good things or propose some cooperation projects.

When others say nice things, Li Shengyao smiles and nods.

Others talked about cooperation, but Li Shengyao refused all of them.

Just after he rejected many people, three middle-aged men walked over holding wine glasses.

Yu Dong is still the same as before, with a chubby face and figure. He always seems to be smiling. He looks like a chef who has a good life.

Lu Jinbo is relatively handsome. He is 38 years old and a man who is running for four years. However, he is obviously exercising and can still show some fat on his face. He can be regarded as handsome.

Fang Li is the oldest. He looks about 50 years old. He always squints his eyes when looking at people and crosses his chest with his hands, looking like a master.

Yu Dong is the boss of Bona.

Lu Jinbo is the CEO of Gomai Culture.

Fang Li is the boss of Yanjing Meng Lei Pictures.

Fang Li has worked as a producer and screenwriter. He has been arranging art films very early, such as "Apple", "Guanyin Mountain", "Summer Palace", and "Day and Night", all of which were invested by his company.

Without exception, these films all flopped, unable to recoup their costs.

But even so, as a producer who supports literary and artistic films, Fang Li is a big name in mainland literary and artistic films, with connections, status, and style.

He attends various banquets outside with the same attitude.

"Director Li, our three companies have a film project, are you interested?"

Yu Dong was the first to express his intention.

Upon hearing this, Li Shengyao asked, "What project is it?"

"Nowadays, pop art is crossing over into other fields, just like Guo Xiaosi, who is obviously a writer, but ends up making a movie. They already have a lot of fans. With the attention of these fans, they save a lot of energy in promoting the movie.

Director Li, we have this idea now. We plan to invite Han Han to make a movie and adapt one of the novels he has written, just like "Little Times". "

Yu Dong looked at Li Shengyao with sincere eyes.

Bona still can't raise the company's valuation, which makes Bona's senior executives very angry. Now many company executives believe that it should not stick to the beautiful country and should withdraw from the market and return to the country to re-list, which may make money.

Yu Dong invited Li Shengyao many times before, but he declined them all.

He was somewhat angry in his heart, feeling that Li Shengyao looked down on people.

However, I saw that Lee Sheng-yew successively produced "Dalian by the Sea" and "Three Billboards", and made movies in Dalian, which was very cold, and Tyrande, which was very hot.

I heard that many things happened while filming in Tyrande.

Yu Dong finally understood that Lee Sheng Yew was a real filmmaker, and movies came first in his heart. Money may not necessarily impress Lee Sheng Yew.

He has no resentment towards Lee Sheng Yew's repeated rejections.

But it's just like the movies that Lee Sung-yao invests in can make money.

This time, Bona, Guomai Culture, and Meng Lei Pictures are cooperating on a film project. Yu Dong hopes that Lee Sheng Yew can participate, so that he will be more confident.

Lu Jinbo started talking. He was very eloquent and kept talking.

He was originally a physical novelist, but later with the rise of online writing, he also wrote online writing.

Compared with ordinary people, he is definitely a capable person. He has attracted investment, established an entertainment company, and attracted a group of outstanding writers, and Han Han is one of them.

Guo Xiaosi wanted to make a movie, and Lu Jinbo immediately realized that this was an opportunity. If Xiaosi could do it, Han Han could do it.

Maybe their Guomai culture can rise.

When Lu Jinbo finished speaking, Li Shengyao was still calm and showed no reaction.

Fang Li felt dissatisfied when he saw this, snorted coldly, and then said: "Director Li, many of the films I made in the past have been at the Venice Film Festival. Maybe we can have a chat."

Li Shengyao shook his head when he heard this, "You three, I understand what you mean, but I'm really not interested. I don't want to invest."

The movie Han Han is going to shoot is "Unexpectedly", which seems to have a box office of [-] million and has a good reputation.

However, with a box office of [-] million, after deducting costs after sharing, the income is not high. This is shared by several companies, which is not interesting.

So Li Shengyao has no interest.

After hearing what Li Shengyao said, Yu Dong, Lu Jinbo, and Fang Li all looked bad.

Lee Sheng-yao smiled nonchalantly and said: "I'm very optimistic about Han Han, but the profit of the movie is low and it's not interesting. I'm too lazy to invest."

Da Mi Mi, who was nearby, had been paying attention to the situation here. She thought that Li Shengyao had been very kind to Xie Yilin just now, and she thought Li Shengyao was in a good mood.

But he didn't expect that Li Shengyao would not cooperate when facing the three people from Dong.

From this point of view, Director Li is not in a good mood, nor does he put interests first, but simply has high quality, is kind to the weak, and is neither humble nor arrogant to the strong.

She glanced at Li Shengyao with her fox eyes and raised the corners of her mouth.

(End of this chapter)