The King of Directors 2000

2013年10月18日上午9点38分，重庆JB区的一处酒店前。

Firecrackers crackled, and faint black smoke rose.

The crew of "La La Land" has officially started filming.

Li Shengyao led several assistant directors to distribute red envelopes to the actors and crew.

Yesterday, Li Lianhua sprained his ankle, but he did not plan to change actors. Since he wanted to participate in next year's Cannes Film Festival, he did not delay the start of filming too much.

It was only delayed by one day.

The weather was great yesterday, which was actually perfect for booting up.

Fortunately, the weather today is also good. The sun is shining brightly and the weather forecast also shows that it will be sunny for 24 hours today.

After Li Shengyao handed out the red envelope, he waved to Mandy Moore and asked her to arrange rehearsals for the actors.

The first scene rehearsed was about the male protagonist’s job search.

The male protagonist in the story is quite talented, but he is arrogant. He always insists on his musical ideas and is unwilling to perform music he doesn't like for money.

As a result, he got together with the heroine. In order to give the heroine a decent life, he began to succumb to life and perform music that he felt was vulgar and intolerable.

This scene tells the story of the male protagonist who started to apply for a job, but the results were not satisfactory. He shook his head helplessly and looked around at a loss.

There was a small dance performance.

This scene is not difficult. Li Shengyao just stood aside and watched the overall effect. Mandy Moore led the actors in rehearsal.

Mandy Moore clapped her hands, and just as she was taking the actors out to rehearse on the street, the sky suddenly became much darker.

I don't know when, a dark cloud appeared in the sky, blocking the sun.

Someone muttered, "It won't rain."

This scene is an outdoor scene. If it rains, it will be really troublesome.

Li Shengyao had already asked Dapeng to read the weather forecast, and he also confirmed that it would not rain today.

He looked up at the sky, but didn't see the sun, and felt a bad feeling in his heart.

Sure enough, the clouds were like a virus, spreading continuously. In less than half an hour, the entire sky seemed to be covered with clouds.

Immediately afterwards, big raindrops fell on the ground, and the dry ground became soaked in an instant.

The actors hurried back to the hotel.

Dapeng stood at the door of the hotel and frowned.

They wanted to film this outdoor scene on the road, so naturally they had to apply for road closure.

But they are just making movies, and it is not a major event for the country or the people, so naturally they cannot block the road for a long time.

Whether it is him or the rest of the crew, they all know that the sooner this scene ends, the better.

It's raining now, which will undoubtedly delay things further.

"The weather forecast is not accurate, it's so unlucky."

Dapeng couldn't help but complain.

I don’t know if it’s bad luck or God’s will.

Li Shengyao asked Dapeng to appease the actors and workers, telling them not to worry and wait first.

The rain came and went quickly. As expected, it only lasted ten minutes.

The clouds that had previously covered the sun also drifted away.

The sun reappeared, and in its warm rays the ground dried rapidly.

Li Shengyao clapped his hands and said, "Okay, everyone, get ready and let's get on with the work."

Even though it is a rehearsal, lighting engineers, stylists, and photographers still have to work. They have to prepare in advance and record all aspects of data. With experience, they will be more efficient and faster when it comes to official shooting.

So Mandy Moore started rehearsing with the actors. In order to make the actors more rhythmic, she also brought an excellent speaker to play dynamic music.

"Da da da!"

There was a sound of an earth drilling machine.

The sound was simple, harsh, repetitive, and dusty.

The dust is so dense that you can be covered in gray even if you stand for a while.

Mandy Moore waved her hand and asked the actors to wait.

She comes from a beautiful country, and when she was in Hollywood, she required extreme tranquility.

No additional sounds are allowed near the set.

"Director, what's going on?"

Li Shengyao winked at Dapeng and then asked him to go see what was going on.

Dapeng came back soon. There was a crack in the underground water pipe in front. It was being repaired. They said they had to dig out the water pipe first, so the ground drill came over to break the cement floor.

"When will it be better?"

"It'll be done very quickly. It will be ready by twelve o'clock."

At twelve o'clock, the crew all got off work and had dinner.

Li Shengyao thought for a while and said, "Let everyone rest. We will continue in the afternoon."

He then went to explain the incident to Mandy Moore himself.

Mandy Moore nodded, "Lee, I understand your suggestion, damn luck, I hope it will be better this afternoon."

Li Shengyao didn't think too much. He thought this was a normal thing and didn't think too deeply about it.

Three hours later, the "La La Land" crew resumed work.

At this time, the water company had repaired the water pipes, the ground drilling machine had driven away, and several construction workers were working on the ground. There was no dust.

The sky is also pretty good, with a big sun in the sky.

I can finally have a good rehearsal in the afternoon.

That was the first thing that came to mind among the cast members of "La La Land."

Mandy Moore was also very happy, clapping her hands and twisting her waist to direct the actors to rehearse.

The actors all walked out.

Xu Yueming followed him out.

After almost a year of hard training, he can now dance like a decent dancer.

Li Shengyao sat aside and nodded with satisfaction.

At this moment, Dapeng trotted up behind Li Shengyao and said, "Master, this position will be secretly photographed."

"Being secretly photographed?"

"Well, the footage from the rehearsal just now and the footage from the rehearsal this morning have been uploaded to the Internet."

Fenghua has its own hype team, and they have plans for how many Reuters photos they leak.

Now that it has been leaked to others, the hype team has one less point to hype.

Li Shengyao paused for a moment, then asked: "Is it clear?"

If it is not very clear, then there is no need to pay attention to it.

If it's very clear, then of course it won't work. Too many Reuters will make the movie lose its sense of mystery.

Dapeng looked up and looked around, and found that this area looked empty, but there were many tall buildings. As long as there were windows facing here, the filming studio could be seen.

From this point of view, the ban cannot be banned.

He immediately went on to say: "Not very clear."

"It doesn't matter."

Chongqing is a mountain city with strange terrain. It looks like it is on the first floor, maybe the twentieth floor.

This is not the case on the set of "La La Land" now, but there are many tall buildings near the set, and paparazzi or tourists can see the production set from high places.

Under such circumstances, there is no way to stop it.

Since you don't know clearly, let them take photos secretly. Thinking about it from another angle, maybe this can be a propaganda method.

Dapeng heard Li Shengyao's words, nodded and went about other things.

Mandy Moore directs the cast to continue rehearsing.

Judging from Yu Yueming's situation, they should have practiced it many times.

But it was probably the first day of rehearsal on the set, and the rehearsal effect of these actors was terrible.

It's like a group of complete strangers working together, with no tacit understanding and no wholeness.

Mandy Moore was a patient person, so she clapped her hands and continued to train.

It can be seen that Mandy Moore is a very patient person. She personally adjusted the dance moves of the actors very carefully.

When Li Shengyao saw this, he watched with relief.

But two hours later, this simple dance was still in trouble. Either someone messed up the rhythm, someone danced wrongly, or someone had a bad facial expression.

Mandy Moore always had a sunny smile, like a close sister.

At this time, his face was gloomy and his eyes were full of disbelief.

She didn't understand very much. She had been teaching these actors for so long, but why they still couldn't show it.

Obviously, everyone did a good job during the rehearsal before.

Is it because of the cameras or because there are too many people paying attention and I feel nervous.

But no matter what the reason was, it didn't work and it delayed the crew's time.

Thinking of this, Mandy Moore looked a little ugly.

I made a vow with Lee Sheng Yew before, but now it has turned into this situation. Isn't this a slap in the face?

"Mandy, it's okay, let's take our time."

This is because the group performers selected this time pay more attention to their dancing ability. Some of them are first time group performers, so they cannot show off their abilities when everyone is watching.

Although Li Shengyao was speechless, he knew that getting angry at this time was useless, so he might as well give these actors more trust.

……

Despite everything, La La Land turned on.

Li Lianhua needed to recuperate from illness, so they first filmed scenes focusing on Cantonese and Ming Dynasties.

Li Shengyao still maintains an excellent mentality, and he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the production of "La La Land".

This morning, the crew got off work, and the actors and crew went to have dinner together.

Lee Seung-yew, Mandan Moore, and a group of assistant directors gathered together to discuss the details of the morning's shooting to see if there was anything that could be improved.

Although there are not many people, you can count them with two hands, but everyone has their own aesthetics, and it is quite noisy at this time.

Li Shengyao sometimes felt like he was in a vegetable market. He was surrounded by a group of ladies haggling, and his ears were buzzing.

At this moment, Li Shengyao's cell phone rang. He picked up the phone and found that it was Emmerich's call again.

"Dude, what's the matter?"

"Li, do you still remember the phone call I gave you before?"

The last time Emmerich called Lee Sheng-yew to talk about public opinion in the beautiful country.

Because Lee Sheng Yew rejected the Oscar, many media in beautiful countries slandered Lee Sheng Yew.

"I remember, what's the matter?"

"Li, the situation is even worse now. More media are criticizing you, thinking that you underestimated the Oscars and refused to embrace beautiful Chinese culture."

Li Shengyao curled his lips.

How can we embrace the zero-yuan shopping culture?

However, his movies can always be screened in beautiful countries and he can cut leeks in beautiful countries. Naturally, the better his reputation, the more beneficial it is.

"Is all public opinion one-sided now?"

"Yeah, almost ninety-nine percent of the media is bashing you."

The beautiful country has always been divided into two factions. No matter what the matter is, the two factions can fight.

Li Shengyao did not expect that the beautiful country would become so united because of him this time.

"Well, that's a really bad thing."

Emmerich was silent for a moment, and then said: "There is one more thing I think I should tell you."

"You said."

"When Spielberg was being interviewed by reporters, he specifically mentioned you and said that he was very disappointed in you. Although you are very talented, your mind is not on movies. He said that you are too keen on power and have now become a politician. A capitalist said that the reason why you did not participate in the Oscars was because you did not dare to compete with the best filmmakers on the planet, and that it would be difficult for you to make progress in the future."

Li Shengyao is a deputy to the National People's Congress and can barely be regarded as a politician.

He is also very rich, owns a huge group, and can be said to be a capitalist.

It’s not entirely wrong to say what Spielberg said.

However, almost all mainland filmmakers know that Li Shengyao is in a state of "freezing" both as a deputy to the National People's Congress and in company management. He rarely spends too much energy on these two tasks.

Ninety-nine percent of his energy is spent on film production, and his most important identity is definitely a director.

As for not wanting to go to the Oscars, it’s because I don’t dare to compete.

Such words are naturally wrong.

Cannes and Venice are much more competitive than the Oscars.

But the right to speak in the world today lies in the United States and in the hands of the Jews.

Even if Li Shengyao defends himself, there won't be much feedback.

He knew it was useless to yell at him now, "Man, thank you for telling me this news, I understand."

Emmerich smiled and said, "Lee, we are friends, and I want to tell you this news in case you don't know Spielberg's hostility towards you."

"Okay, I know."

After hanging up the phone, Lee Sheng-yao did not return to the conference room. He turned on his mobile phone and searched for Spielberg. He soon saw news that Spielberg criticized him.

Although the traffic of these news is not high, it seems to be quite a lot, a full three pages.

Li Shengyao put down his mobile phone, turned his head, and looked at the sky in the distance.

The weather is still very good today, with golden crows hanging high and white clouds floating in the air.

However, there seems to be a layer of dark clouds in the west, wandering left and right, constantly changing shapes, as if preparing to hit the sun.

He frowned slightly.

As he won more and more awards in the three major European competitions, his reputation became more and more popular and his skills became higher and higher.

He will even be regarded as a banner figure of China, and will naturally receive more and more attention, and there will be more and more negative news.

He could actually understand the situation.

This is what a beautiful country is like, it has to strive for first place in everything.

Especially when the east rises and the west falls, in order to highlight their own strength, the beautiful country is more cautious.

Lao Mouzi and Brother Kaizi used to be very enthusiastic about Oscar.

Now that Li Shengyao has risen up, he shows his disdain for Oscar.

The Jews who control world public opinion are naturally unhappy. Spielberg is the most dazzling Jewish director, with the strongest appeal and widest influence.

However, I understand, but Li Shengyao was still very unhappy to be said like this.

Whether it's Spielberg or Bill McNichol, it doesn't matter whether you are a great director or the chief seal of the Academy of Sciences.

He didn't offend them, but they came to blackmail him. Li Shengyao was naturally not happy.

Of course, now that we don’t have the right to speak, there’s no point in scolding each other from a distance. We can only do our own thing well. Making good movies is the strongest counterattack against the enemy.

(End of this chapter)