The King of Directors 2000

After the awards night, as usual, there was still a celebration banquet.

This Cannes Film Festival was no exception. Soon the directors, actors, singers, and producers moved collectively to a nearby chain hotel, and then everyone started socializing in the entertainment industry.

Li Lianhua is naturally no stranger to such scenes.

Whether at home or in Hollywood, she has attended a large number of drinking parties.

She has high emotional intelligence, can speak well, and is at ease participating in such a banquet.

Now that she had won the Queen's Award at the Cannes Film Festival, she was in a better mood and more confident. She noticed several producers she had met in Hollywood and immediately had an idea.

When she was in Hollywood, she went over to chat with someone, but the other person ignored her.

I don't care at all about her, a so-called mainland actress.

These people are not outsiders. Although they live in a beautiful country, they know very well that there are no female stars in the Chinese film industry who can support the box office.

Neither Zhang Ziyi nor Pi Bingbing can make the movie more money.

Not to mention Li Lianhua.

Under such circumstances, Li Lianhua was not taken seriously.

So now that she is the Queen of the Cannes Film Festival, is it different?

"Good evening, Mr. Wilson."

"Oh, good evening."

Wilson is a fat man in his forties. He stands up straight and cannot see his little Kunkun.

At this time, he was holding a wine glass and looking at Li Shengyao on the other side with a smile.

Li Lianhua looked at it with a little envy, and then said: "Mr. Wilson, your style is still the same tonight. It is almost the same as when I saw you before. It must be that your recent development has been very good. I am very happy to join your team." , do you have any new movie projects at Paramount recently? Are there any characters suitable for Asians?"

Upon hearing this, Wilson looked at Li Lianhua with his small eyes, lingering on her waist for a moment, and then immediately shook his head, "There are no roles suitable for you in recent movies. You should ask other people. There is no need to waste time with me."

The other person spoke so directly that Li Lianhua could only smile awkwardly and prepared to turn around and leave.

"and many more."

When Li Lianhua heard this, she thought there was a project on the opposite side, and immediately stopped in her tracks with joy.

"Well, how is your relationship with Li? Can you let him come to Paramount to be a film director?

If you have the skills, we can get you a role. "

If you can decide Lee Sheng Yew's choice, you will immediately lock in Lee Sheng Yew and act in his movies all the time. Why do you need to come over to flatter you?

Li Lianhua was speechless, "No, Director Li is a very independent person and he will not follow my suggestions."

"Okay, go ahead."

The dignified best actress at the Cannes Film Festival has no reputation at this time.

This is the reality of the entertainment industry.

Unless they have box office appeal, even if their acting skills are superb, they will still not be taken seriously.

After all, no matter how good your acting skills are, you can't make money in vain.

Li Lianhua left miserably. Many unfamiliar actors and directors smiled and greeted her, and some asked her to take photos and sign autographs, but no producer took the initiative to talk to her about projects.

Li Lianhua felt very helpless.

She quickly noticed a Disney producer. This producer's name was Mark Jerrel. He was almost sixty years old. He was about 1.6 meters tall, had white hair, a red face, and a round face. He looked like a little old man. Several animated films were produced.

When Li Lianhua was in Hollywood, she had drinks with Mark several times.

She remembered that this guy often looked at her lustfully, and she tried it a few times, but this guy just wanted to have sex and had no intention of providing resources.

Li Lianhua was too lazy to pay attention to this person.

A little old man who is almost sixty would have a lot of fun dying in bed.

Seeing Mark at this time, she immediately took the initiative to lean over.

"Hi Mark, nice to meet you."

Mark turned around and glanced at Li Lianhua, "Oh, nice to see you, you are so beautiful tonight."

The little old man spoke without sincerity. Before he finished speaking, he turned away.

Li Lianhua was a little surprised. Two years ago, the little old man was obviously very greedy for her.

She followed the little old man's gaze and saw several actresses with great figures, and knew that she had become a thing of the past.

The little old man couldn't stand it.

However, she still managed to smile and looked very friendly, "Mark, I heard that Disney is preparing "Mulan", is it true?"

Hua Mulan is a Chinese heroine and the only Chinese princess in Disney.

Disney has decided to make a live-action version of "Mulan" and they claim to be casting the film globally.

This made actresses throughout the Chinese-speaking world excited.

A big shot like Zhang Ziyi bought so much news that she announced that she had become the heroine of "Mulan".

However, everyone in the industry knows that if Zhang Ziyi really were the heroine of "Mulan", then there would be news everywhere in the beautiful country, why is it only news in China?

The reason is simple. She bought news in China.

She didn't dare to buy it in the beautiful country for fear of offending people.

This shows Zhang Ziyi's desire.

Everyone believes that this "Mulan" will definitely make a lot of money, and as a Hollywood princess movie, it will be distributed globally. If you are lucky, it may become popular all over the world.

This is why Mark's attitude is perfunctory and Li Lianhua is still unwilling to leave.

"Mulan" is too tempting.

Mark heard Li Lianhua's words and laughed, "Just save yourself, it's impossible to choose you, you are too old."

Li Lianhua is already in her forties. If you choose her, she will be the oldest Disney princess.

At this time, Disney didn't have so many "rights" and didn't want to cast the Catfish Princess or the Charcoal Princess.

Li Lianhua couldn't help but be disappointed when she heard this.

Although she won the Queen's Award at the Cannes Film Festival, it seemed of little use. Those resources that she could not access before were still out of her reach now.

She has always been ambitious, and this fact is so shocking.

Li Lianhua turned around and left.

At this time, Mark suddenly said, "If you can persuade Li to direct "Mulan", I will decide for you to play the second female lead."

Lee Sheung-Yao has won the Best Director Award three times in a row. Needless to say, his reputation in the country has reached its peak. When he directs "Mulan", it will definitely be the most popular. It may have a box office of 2 billion in the mainland market.

It's Li Shengyao again. In the eyes of others, her greatest role is to know Li Shengyao.

It was not certain before, but now it is certain.

Li Lianhua smiled bitterly. Isn't this embarrassing?

But for the sake of her future, she still wants to fight for it. So Li Lianhua raised her glass and clinked it with Mark, "Wait for my good news."

After saying this, Li Lianhua held up the wine glass and walked towards Li Shengyao.

Since Chen Hao followed Li Shengyao, she had an excuse to just follow Chen Hao.

At this time, Li Shengyao was chatting with Warner executives. He had a relatively good relationship with Warner, and the two of them talked more.

"Li, you have been away from Hollywood for several years. You see Quentin is looking forward to your return. I think you should really consider it. Your stage can be in Hollywood, and you can let the whole world know, even if the competition is fierce In Hollywood, you are still the top director, whether it is winning awards or box office, nothing can stop you."

When Li Lianhua heard this, she was surprised. She didn't expect that not only Paramount, but also Disney and Warner also wanted Lee Sheng-yew to return to Hollywood.

Obviously everyone thinks that if Lee Sung-yew returns to commercial films, he can make money.

It is so easy for talented people to receive preferential treatment.

Li Lianhua and Chen Hao talked in a low voice, but they were actually envious of Li Shengyao.

At this moment, Quentin came over. Naturally, he was either looking for Chen Hao Li Lianhua or Li Shengyao.

"Lee, I really look forward to you returning to Hollywood to make movies. Nowadays, Hollywood movies are all about superheroes. I hope you can give Hollywood some different ideas."

Although Quentin is not an academic director but comes from a wild background, he still despises superhero movies.

He feels that superhero movies are too cliche and lack any artistic ideas. They are all straightforward and boring.

Quentin chatted for a few words and then left.

Li Lianhua was secretly envious in her heart, when someone came to see Li Shengyao again, and it was Jacob himself who led the person, "Li, this is the producer of Raymond Pictures, his name is Kessatt."

Kessatt immediately introduced himself enthusiastically, and then said that Raymond Pictures and Lee Sheng Yew had a long-standing cooperative relationship. Lee Sheng Yew had previously sold the rights to the African continent to Raymond Pictures.

The two parties cooperate smoothly and develop together.

Kessart recalled the past, and then said: "Li, we at Raymond Pictures have been preparing to shoot a blockbuster. Are you interested? We can guarantee that although it is not a Hollywood blockbuster, it can be distributed globally and will never be released to the public." Your new film Buried can allow European audiences to get to know you again.”

This guy can talk, he speaks English, Li Lianhua can understand roughly.

She looked at Li Shengyao with even more envy in her eyes.

Not only major companies in Hollywood, but also major companies in Europe want to cooperate with Lee Sheng Yew.

On the other hand, as a new movie queen, she won a grand prize, but she is still transparent. No one actively approached her to star in a movie.

Just as Li Lianhua was sighing in her heart, a man in his thirties with East Asian appearance walked over and said, "Hello, I am the producer of Peninsula Samsung Pictures. My name is Park Jiduo. Nice to meet you."

Everyone in the peninsula wears makeup, regardless of gender or age.

Under such circumstances, looking at their photos, they all feel pretty good-looking.

At this time, this producer from Samsung Pictures looked a bit like a handsome Oppa.

Li Lianhua was in a slightly better mood. After all, who doesn't like to communicate with handsome young men?

"We are working on a new movie, are you interested?"

Even though it's not Hollywood, at least someone thought of inviting her.

Li Lianhua felt that the world was a little more colorful, she was in a better mood, her tone of English was soft, and she stopped in her tracks, "Really, what kind of movie is it?"

"A disaster movie has a very grand setting, which not only shows the cruelty and ruthlessness of the disaster, but also strongly reflects the corrupt social phenomenon."

This answer is quite satisfactory.

Peninsula’s movies are indeed like this, with a huge subject matter, and I really like Hei Zhengfu.

Li Lianhua felt better after hearing this. She felt that the producer was more sincere.

"The funds for film production are relatively high, and our head office will not allocate that much money to us. We are still accepting large-scale investment. Are you interested?

If you have connections, you can arrange for the movie to be released in the mainland, and we can also give you a few percentage points of the share. "

It turned out that we were looking for investment, and we also needed to find connections to introduce people to the mainland.

Li Lianhua has a black hair. She feels that this guy is very disgusting. He is in his thirties and still pretends to be young and handsome.

"I have something else to do, let's talk about it later."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Lianhua quickened his pace and caught up with Chen Hao again.

At this time, Lee Sheng Yew had already been replaced by someone else. It was a producer from Sony Pictures who invited Lee Sheng Yew to make a movie.

This producer is a Japanese in his forties.

He is short and thin, with very small feet. He must be wearing 37 cm shoes.

"Li, we don't ask you to go to the beautiful country to shoot a movie. We actually hope that you can shoot a movie in the mainland. Li, are you interested in shooting a historical blockbuster about the Three Kingdoms? Sony is willing to bear all the investment. How about it?"

Li Lianhua thought of the popularity of "Red Cliff 12" in the island country, and it is said to have set many box office records for Chinese films.

I have to admit that the Japanese really like the Three Kingdoms theme.

Li Weiguo did not agree and just nodded, indicating that he could consider it.

Seeing this, Li Lianhua knew that Li Shengyao must have received many invitations tonight.

If she had Kunkun, she would be really envious of Kunkun.

She couldn't help but ask: "Director, are all the top six companies in Hollywood looking for you?"

"Well, I've found them all, like Paramount. They want me to collaborate with Tom Cruise."

Lee Sheng-yao paused and then said: "Both Disney and Warner want me to make superhero movies.

Sony wants me to make a movie about the Three Kingdoms.

Universal and 20th Century Fox both follow me. As long as I like it, no matter what the subject matter, they are willing to invest. "

Li Lianhua is really going to jump up. Such resources are so awesome.

"Are you going to Hollywood this time?"

"Not sure yet, I'll think about it."

After saying that, several Hollywood stars came over and asked Lee Shengyao to sign a photo contract. Then they invited Lee Shengyao to Hollywood to film, and threatened that as long as Lee Shengyao was willing, they would definitely make time to join.

After the Hollywood stars, some star directors from other countries came forward to take photos and sign autographs with Lee Sheng Yew.

To put it bluntly, in the entire celebration banquet hall, Li Shengyao was the most dazzling person.

The Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylon, who won the Palme d'Or, and the Italian female director Alice Lovach, who won the Grand Jury Prize, did not receive as much attention as Lee Seng-yew.

Li Lianhua saw that wherever Lee Sheng Yao went, he would rush forward and crowd behind him, and there would always be a group of people lining up waiting to communicate with Lee Sheng Yao. She was truly envious.

This is the supreme pursuit of filmmakers.

She feels that Lee Sheng Yew has even become a cultural phenomenon. With his fans, he will have greater appeal in the future.

(End of this chapter)