The King of Directors 2000

It is very hot in Yanjing in July. Unless you are in an air-conditioned room, you will be sweating even if you stand under a big tree for a few minutes.

At this time, there were fewer tourists in Yanjing than before.

In addition to filming on the set, Li Shengyao has lived in Yanjing most of the time in recent years, and he still has not fully adapted to such weather.

Although there is a yard at home, he rarely stays in the yard and writes the script for "Joker" in his study.

During this period of time, he had to write a script, so he turned down many invitations and refused many people's requests for meetings.

Mainland entertainment media have now reported on Emmerich's visit to China. Many people know that he is about to go to the beautiful country to shoot his next movie, and he will still cooperate with Warner.

Compared to when he broke into Hollywood a few years ago, Lee Sung-yao has a completely different identity now.

He was an excellent commercial film director a few years ago.

Now he can be said to be a distinctive international director.

The media didn't know the specific theme of Lee Sheng-yew's cooperation with Warner. They all wrote in a general direction, saying that it would invest over 100 million, that it would compete for Oscars, and that it would invite Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt.

Lee Sheng Yew never responded to these questions, and the mainland audience obviously believed this.

This has led to many people wanting to cooperate with Lee Sheung Yew.

Even more than before when preparing for a new movie, there are studio directors who want to be Lee Sung-yew's assistant director.

There is a well-known screenwriter who wants to write a script with Lee Sung-Yew.

There are actors who want to act in Hollywood, and there are singers who want to sing theme songs.

There are also some wealthy people who want to spend money to write their names as screenwriters, assistant directors, producers, or supervisors.

A million dollars a name.

They don't interfere in anything, they just want to have their names signed.

It sounds like there was no loss for Lee Sing-yew, but of course he still refused.

With his current net worth of tens of billions of dollars, he certainly would not cooperate with scammers for one million dollars.

This situation even caused some complaints. Many news said that Lee Sheng Yew is too arrogant now and cannot see talents.

Lee Sheng Yew did not care about the opinions of the outside world. Whether it was praise or disparagement, he ignored it.

He concentrated on writing scripts.

Until this morning, Li Shengyao put on a white shirt, black trousers and black leather shoes, and then took three assistants to Ali Baba's Yanjing branch and met Ma Yun and Cai Chongxin.

Ma Yun is thin, with no flesh on his body. The only praiseworthy thing about his appearance is his eyes, which are always full of energy.

At this time, he was dressed very casually, with short sleeves, medium pants, and a pair of sneakers.

Cai Chongxin is completely different from Ma Yun. Although he is a crooked person, he grew up in a beautiful country and followed the ABC lifestyle.

I like sports and socializing.

Normally he wears suits and leather shoes when going to work, but this is what he looks like now. He is dressed in the same style as Li Shengyao.

Mr. Cai is not tall, but he is very strong, and his muscles can hold up his shirt.

He likes to play basketball. Among the tens of billions of people, Mr. Cai's basketball level should be the best. He has no problem beating Boss Xu.

Li Shengyao quite likes Mr. Cai. He was a Nets fan for a period of time in his previous life.

Mr. Cai was willing to spend money. His only mistake was to hire Nash as the head coach.

The reason why he brought his assistants here in person at this time was that he contacted Mr. Cai's law firm in Meili Country a few days ago.

He thought that if Warner took a fancy to the "Joker" script, the two parties would sign a contract by then.

In order to prevent himself from being cheated by Warner, Li Shengyao planned to find the top law firm to help him keep an eye on it.

Mr. Cai’s law firm is one of the best in the beautiful country, and Ali Baba hired them to take care of legal issues in the beautiful country.

Li Shengyao didn't expect to meet Ma Yun, Mr. Cai and the others. After all, there was no need to bother the boss to deal with such a matter personally.

However, when these two people found out about this, they took the initiative to invite Li Shengyao to meet.

He came over.

"Director Li, please sit down quickly, please sit down quickly."

Ma Yun greeted Li Shengyao and then poured him tea herself.

Mr. Cai was sitting next to him at this time, watching with a smile.

This is a person with high emotional intelligence. With someone like Ma Yun who is very proactive and has a desire to perform present, Mr. Cai has always been very low-key.

After chatting for a while, when the matter about Li Shengyao came up, Mr. Cai answered and said firmly: "Director Li, there is absolutely no problem on my side. I will instruct them to send me a message when you go to Beautiful Country." , I will arrange for them to go there immediately.”

"Okay, Boss Cai, thank you."

Mr. Cai smiled and waved, "We are all one family, you're welcome."

Ma Yun said at this time: "Director Li, I want to make a movie. Do you have time?"

Li Shengyao was stunned when he heard this. Ma Yun likes to be in the limelight. She sings, acts, takes classes, and does everything.

If it weren't for the collapse of her character in the later stage, Ma Yun's live broadcast would be normal every day.

In Lee Sheng-yew's previous life, Ma Yun invited a group of kung fu stars to perform in "Kung Fu Dao".

Now, does Lao Ma want to enter the film and television industry in advance?

However, there is no need for Lee Sheng-yew to take action in a short film like "The Way".

Moreover, the core of a short film starring Ma Yun must be Ma Yun, and everyone else is just a puppet.

How could Lee Sing-yao play a supporting role?

So will this matter affect the cooperation with Caizong Law Firm?

Li Shengyao turned to look at Mr. Cai.

Cai Chongxin smiled and shook his head, "Director Li, he wants to act in a movie and it has nothing to do with me. Whether you refuse or not will not affect our cooperation."

When Li Shengyao heard this, he gave Mr. Cai a thumbs up, and then said to Ma Yun: "Boss Ma, I don't have time."

Ma Yun was not discouraged. She chuckled, raised her tea cup, drank it all, and then said, "Director Li, let me talk about the content of this movie first, and then you can decide, okay?"

"Okay, you say."

“First of all, this movie is to promote Chinese culture and tells the story of a master of Chinese martial arts who defeated masters of various fighting arts with our Chinese Kung Fu.

Secondly, investment is not a problem, there is no upper limit on the budget, and kung fu stars such as Jet Li, Donnie Yen, and Wu Jing have no problem.

Once again, all of our movie box office this time will be used for charity. "

Ma Yun stood up as she spoke, "I have always practiced Tai Chi. I have been very fond of our unique Chinese martial arts culture since I was a child.

Today's young people are very corrupted by money. Many people have forgotten the meaning of life and the original intention of struggle.

Director Li, to be honest, I think the happiest time for me was when I was getting a few hundred yuan as a teacher. During that time, I was the most fulfilled and happiest.

I hope to invest in a movie like this that embodies Chinese Kung Fu and Chinese culture, to help more lost young people, so that everyone can have a clearer plan for their future, understand the truth better, and learn from the fine traditional culture , find your own position and the meaning of life. "

Boss Ma's words are very inflammatory.

If Li Shengyao was only eighteen years old, he might have been deceived. At this time, he just thought it was funny, "Boss Ma, who are you going to cast as the leading actor in this Kung Fu movie?"

"I."

Ma Yun did not hesitate, and spoke carelessly despite the surprised looks of Li Shengyao and Cai Chongxin.

“I’m still very well-known now.

And I'm in good health, I've been exercising, so there's absolutely no problem in acting.

In addition, I am not a professional. I will be the male lead, which will give the audience more freshness, and maybe it will attract more people to the cinema. "

Li Shengyao picked up the tea cup and glanced at Mr. Cai, seeing that he was suppressing a smile. He knew that everyone else thought Ma Yun's idea was unreliable.

He smiled and said: "Boss Ma, I really don't have time here, you should find someone else.

Both the King of Sunglasses and Lao Mouzi are fine.

The king of sunglasses is invincible. In "The Grandmaster" he filmed, Liang Chaowei was very handsome.

Lao Mouzi is one of the best in the world in terms of color use. If he makes a kung fu movie, the fights will definitely be beautiful. Several fight scenes in "Hero" have an epic feel to them.

I'm not good at making kung fu movies, so I'm not as suitable as them. "

Ma Yun didn't know that Li Shengyao wanted to reject him, so she continued: "Director Li, aren't you a martial artist? Don't you want to do it yourself?

You can also arrange an important fight scene. If we work together, it will definitely create a sensation. "

Li Shengyao still shook his head, "Boss Ma, I can't do it now. I can't fight."

Seeing this, Ma Yun was a little discouraged, but he quickly adjusted, "Okay, if that's the case, forget it. We'll talk about this later. You are welcome here at any time and I will leave a place for you. "

Cai Chongxin said at this time: "Director Li, Ali Baba has a major event for Double Eleven. Can you help us shoot a promotional video? We have no request. You can spend two or three days to shoot a three-minute short film for us." That’s it.

We use whatever you give us.

We will give you a director's fee of US$5 million based on the market price. "

When talking about business, discuss things as they happen.

In just two or three days, you can make five million dollars.

Li Shengyao would naturally give Mr. Cai this face.

"That's okay. I've been busy for a while and I just have a few days to rest."

"Okay, Director Li is so forthcoming, we can sign the contract now."

Lee Sheng Yew then contacted a lawyer and then signed a contract with Ali Baba to make a three-minute Double Eleven promotional short film before October.

After signing the contract, Ma Yun and Mr. Cai invited Li Shengyao to have lunch together.

Instead of going to an outside restaurant, they ordered a few dishes at Ali Baba's Yanjing branch's company Xiaozao.

Ma Yun said with a proud smile: "The chef in our Xiaozao is very high-level, even better than the chefs in five-star hotels outside. Every time I come to Yanjing, I have to eat the dishes he cooks."

Mr. Cai nodded along, "Yes, Chef Liu's Hunan cuisine is very authentic. I eat relatively mild food and have never been used to spicy dishes, but I can eat a lot of Chef Liu's dishes."

Soon after, several delicious dishes arrived, and they were indeed very delicious.

Ma Yun asked at this time: "Director Li, are you going to Hollywood to make a movie next?"

"Well, if nothing else happens, it will be launched in September."

"Then look at me and see if I can go over and act."

If this guy is not the founder of Ali Baba, he must be a prominent figure. He will definitely become popular if he plays short videos.

Li Shengyao smiled and said, "If you have time, Warner will definitely welcome you, but the movie I will make next is relatively dark.

The rich people in it are all bad guys, and the poor are oppressed. Do you really want to act? "

Ma Yun paused after hearing this, and he reacted very quickly, "Can the beautiful country pass the trial?"

"The fictional world should be able to pass the review."

"As long as I can pass the trial, I'm not afraid. I can act."

Li Shengyao didn't take Ma Yun's words seriously, he just nodded.

Mr. Cai continued at this time: "The gap between the rich and the poor in the beautiful country is getting bigger and bigger. The authorities are actually very sensitive. If your movie really depicts this aspect of the story, even if you arrange it in other worlds, maybe it will Give a mouthful during the final review.

Director Li, you better be careful. "

"Okay, I'll pay attention to this."

……

After dinner, Li Shengyao added the contact information of Ma Yun and Cai Chongxin and went home.

Boss Cai’s reminder cannot be said to be impossible.

Even in his previous life, "Joker" was successfully released.

But now that he is filming, given his status in the country, it is difficult to say whether people in the beautiful country will think that he is mocking or that he has ulterior motives.

You do need to be careful.

Li Shengyao thought of this, thought carefully for a moment, and immediately sent an email to Toby Emmerich, saying that his film would participate in the Venice Film Festival next year.

In his previous life, "Joker" participated in the Venice Film Festival and was a great success, winning the Golden Lion Award for Best Film.

After attending the Venice Film Festival, it was released in the beautiful country.

Lee Sing-yew can naturally do this now. As long as the movie is well-known, the beautiful country will not stumble during the release period in order to show its open attitude.

After sending the email, Li Shengyao closed the door and continued writing the script.

The script of "Joker" is very good. It is not like the Joker in the "Batman" series of movies. The clowns in those movies are all classic characters and their bad deeds are impressive.

However, these clowns are, in the final analysis, supporting characters and are not depicted with emphasis.

As to why he would do this? What events led him to become like this, what happened to him in the past.

These situations are not described in detail.

After watching those movies, the audience thought clowns were bad, scary, and smart.

But other than that, the character is actually pretty thin.

Later, "Joker" was released. The main reason why it aroused such a huge response in Europe and the United States was that the script was solid and described the clown's transformation in detail.

It can be said that the movie "Joker" enriched the character, convinced the audience, and made everyone realize that he is qualified to oppose Batman.

After "Joker" was released, the global box office grossed US$878 million.

This is evidence that the audience identifies with the character.

Lee Sheng Yew liked this movie very much in his previous life. He has watched it several times. There are a few small flaws that need to be changed, but 95% of the plot is fine.

He was writing scripts at this time, very quickly.

He told Emmerich it would take a month, but actually gave him ten days and he could copy the script.

Talking a little longer just shows how much he attaches importance to it.

(End of this chapter)