The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 659

January in Yanjing is in the coldest time of the year. On an unexpected morning, when you open the doors and windows, you can see the snow-capped and silver-covered land.

Most people will feel tired at this time. After working for almost a year, they want to go home to celebrate the New Year, travel abroad during the annual vacation, stay in the capital, and then order takeout every day to reward themselves.

Li Shengyao was also very tired.

Chen Hao was pregnant with his second child, and his other women suddenly had ideas. Those who didn't have children wanted to have children, and those who had children wanted to have a second child.

These days, he eats beef and mutton every day and drinks a lot of traditional Chinese medicine. However, when he gets up every day, he still feels weak, as if he has no feeling below his chest. Although his legs, waist and abdomen are still there, his whole body seems to be floating.

Several other women often prepare seafood for him, saying it is to replenish his body.

However, Li Shengyao didn't like seafood, so he ate more beef and mutton.

He was not sure whether he could get pregnant immediately, but he promised several women that they would definitely have a second child.

He will work for another two years before retiring. Then he will have plenty of time to recruit people, so he is not in a hurry.

However, Dong Xuanyan, Danchen and the others didn't believe it, so they still prepared old chicken soup for him and kept asking for it.

Ugh!
The time traveler has never practiced magic skills, so it would be difficult to open a harem.

In the afternoon of this day, Li Shengyao brought Dong Xuan to Fenghua Headquarters. He had to deal with some things, and in the evening he took Dong Xuan to attend the premiere of "Mermaid".

Still in the old office, Li Shengyao was sitting behind the desk, and Dong Xuan was sitting on the sofa opposite the desk reading a magazine. The snowflakes falling outside were falling on the glass window.

Dong Xuan saw Xue Hua, her eyes were blurred, and she looked at Li Shengyao with a bit more ambiguity.

Li Shengyao avoided Dong Xuan's gaze and listened to his assistant's report.

"Boss, Netflix and Viutv have reached a cooperation intention. Netflix will enter the Chinese market. They announced that they will produce TV series together. Now many popular artists have received their invitations, all of which are idol dramas and sweet dramas.

According to our analysis, Netflix’s real target is the Southeast Asian market, not the so-called Chinese-speaking market. "

Netflix cannot enter the mainland, and the only remaining Chinese-speaking markets are Hong Kong Island, Wanwan, and a small number of Chinese in Singapore and Malaysia. How can these people support a TV series?

Netflix values ​​the appeal of Chinese-speaking actors in Southeast Asia and wants to rely on these actors to enter Southeast Asia.

Li Shengyao nodded, "That's the truth."

"The vast majority of artists did not accept it. We received a lot of calls and they all said they would not cooperate with Netflix. However, there are still a few artists who plan to accept Netflix's invitation.

The company responded by not disclosing the sanctions. "

The so-called non-disclosure of sanctions means that there is no direct sanction, and in fact, resources are used to block it indirectly.

Li Shengyao's journey has been relatively smooth. He offended some people, but it was resolved quickly.

Mainly because he was promoted too quickly and soon he was no longer on the same level as them.

Under such circumstances, Li Shengyao almost never targeted anyone specifically.

There are only Li Zekai and Fatty Li. He hinted that TVB would try to ridicule these two as much as possible.

He didn't pay much attention to other people, and he never sanctioned or banned the celebrity artist.

Hearing the assistant's words at this time, he was a little dazed, and then nodded slightly, which was regarded as approval of the matter.

People who live in the world must have a temper.

Now that we know that Netflix wants to compete with Fenghua and accept Netflix's invitation, we have to bear the counterattack here.

The assistant continued: "We will further collect dirt on them and prevent them from eating in the mainland."

"Row."

The assistant continued: "Fenghua Live Broadcast has started. Now it is a relatively large live broadcast website with Douyu and Huya. However, Douyu's game live broadcast is more popular, and so is Huya's. There are also some marginal live broadcasts. Should we follow up?"

"No need, just keep it."

When Lee Sheng Yew proposed building a live streaming website, he did not intend to become the industry leader, he just wanted to get involved.

He really doesn't like the profit from sideline live streaming of games now.

"Douyu Huya's rewards are crazy. We analyzed that they have money laundering operations. Should we report them?"

"report."

Li Shengyao couldn't help but laugh. He suddenly remembered that something would happen to these two families later, and a group of anchors would be banned.

"The marketing department suggested that we buy the live broadcast rights of a gaming team, a football team, the NBA, or the Premier League."

"You don't need to buy it. There is no profit in the first place. Why buy it?"

There is really no profit from live broadcasts like this now. The real profits will come from live broadcasts in the future.

Li Shengyao nodded on the table, and then took out a document, "When the next high-level meeting is held, take out this document and let Wu Wenhui and others discuss it and implement it as soon as possible."

His information is about the establishment of Douyin short videos. It introduces in detail the relevant features of Douyin, such as big data search, and the separate implementation of international and domestic versions, as well as the live broadcast reward function for likes, etc.

Lee Sheng-yew looks down on sideline live streaming of games, but he is very clear about the importance of short video platforms in the future.

The emergence of Douyin is the first time that Chinese civilization has expanded its modern cultural influence on a large scale around the world.

Before Douyin, world-class communication platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook were all controlled by the United States, and any good news about China would be restricted.

So much so that by 2020, China has become the world's second largest economy, and many people still think that China is a barren, conservative, and closed country.

Not only developed countries in Europe and the United States, but even Asan believe that they are more developed than China. Small African countries are full of superiority and feel that their lives are better.

It wasn't until the emergence of Douyin that China's modern pictures and videos were transmitted to the outside world on a large scale.

Before Li Shengyao traveled through the world, the international version of Douyin searched for island men, with a search volume of 200 million, and Chinese men with a search volume of 2.6 billion. This data is second only to Peninsula men in the world.

This data does not mean that women all over the world want to marry in the mainland, but there is no doubt that relying on Douyin, more foreigners are aware of the modern life in the mainland, and more girls are interested in Chinese men.

As for why there are so many men in the Peninsula, one is that they founded the country culturally and the Korean group has a great influence, and the other is that they collect data.

In addition, beautiful countries have launched so many wars in the past, but they have not been widely condemned internationally.

By the end of 2023, Judah, the father of the beautiful country, launched a war and was condemned by the whole world, relying on the spread of Douyin.

TikTok is the only global media in the world that is not controlled by Judah and Anglo-Saxons.

Although many netizens ridicule Douyin for being weak in the knees and planning to move its headquarters out of the mainland in the future, it is undeniable that Douyin plays a key role in promoting Chinese civilization and breaking through Judah's media control.

In 2023, there will be popular videos from the mainland on Douyin almost every month. Such videos always influence foreign netizens and make them aware of the rise of a great Eastern country.

Li Shengyao planned to steal this honor from Lao Zhang. He took it and believed that he could do better.

The assistant then left.

It's still snowing outside the windows, and snowflakes are beating rhythmically against the glass windows.

Li Shengyao came to the window and couldn't help but smile as he imagined that Douyin under the Fenghua Group would show off internationally in the future.

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There are many blockbusters in the 2015 Spring Festival. The main movies include "The Mermaid", "Monkey King: Monkey King and the White Bone Demon", "Macau", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Sword of the Underworld", and "Kung Fu Panda 3".

According to Lee Sing-yew's movie-watching hobby, he actually has no interest in these movies.

"Mermaid" doesn't have Zhou Xingxing, and it still doesn't have that flavor. "Journey to the West: Part Three" is a clichéd co-production and not very interesting.

As for "Macau 3" being a movie written and produced by Wang Jing, it is even more vulgar. It is said to be a comedy, but it is not funny at all and the whole process is extremely embarrassing.

The plot of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Sword of the Underworld" is not very good. Yuan Heping has no problem as an action director, but he is always less interesting as a director.

Just watch one movie in the "Kung Fu Panda" series, there is no need to watch it all the time.

With this mentality, Lee Sung-yew was invited to many movie premieres, but he did not agree. He only agreed to the invitation for "Mermaid".

The reason why he agreed to "Mermaid" was not because of Zhou Xingxing's idol aura, but mainly because Li Shengyao planned to make a deal with Zhou Xingying.

This time he went over to support him, and after Fenghua’s people came up with Douyin, Zhou Xingxing opened an account on Douyin.

Since it is a transaction, he will naturally do what he should do.

At 6:30 in the afternoon, Li Shengyao and Dong Xuan appeared on the red carpet.

Dong Xuan wore a purple dress, scarf and high heels.

Li Shengyao wore a suit with a pair of black leather shoes. Both of them were very formal and gave them plenty of face.

When Zhou Xingxing, Deng Chao and Lin Yun saw him, they immediately stepped forward to greet him and then led him into the cinema.

"Director Li, thank you very much. We are very happy for your arrival."

Zhou Xingxing's Mandarin is not very standard, so he probably needs to change his thinking and speak slower.

Li Shengyao didn't mind, "You guys are busy, I'll watch a movie."

Then they watched the movie. Dong Xuan covered her mouth and laughed many times, and Li Shengyao followed with fake smiles several times.

He actually doesn't like to watch a movie repeatedly. There are very few movies that he can watch repeatedly. They are usually classic movies, such as "The Godfather", "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​and "Titanic".

There are really few Chinese-language feature films, mainly films by several directors such as "Yi Yi", "Kuling Street Youth Murder Incident" and so on.

But for comedy movies starring Zhou Xingxing, Lee Sing-yew would watch them with a smile as long as the TV turned on, or when the phone checked the movie while eating.

It's amazing that he won't take the initiative to look for it, but once he encounters it, he can read it all.

For other movies, he doesn't have this patience.

However, movies that are not starring Zhou Xingxing do not have this charm. For example, "Journey to the West" and "The Mermaid", Lee Sheng-yew can't even watch them.

Fortunately, the movie theater was relatively dark, so even if someone was filming secretly, they wouldn't be able to see through Lee Sheng-yew's thoughts.

He accompanied Dong Xuan, and overall he seemed quite satisfied with watching the movie.

After the movie screening ended, Li Shengyao went on stage to praise a few words, and then he took Dong Xuan to the celebration banquet.

At the celebration banquet, Dong Xuan was quickly escorted away by other actresses, while Li Shengyao dealt with the director, producer, and actors.

It can be seen that Deng Chao has been very popular recently, his status has improved a lot, and he hangs out with several bosses.

In recent years, Deng Chao has a good image, has acting skills, and the movies he stars in can make money, so his bosses support him.

But later on, Deng Chao wanted to prove his ability, tried to be a director, and filmed the comedy in his heart, which exhausted the audience.

Li Shengyao knew Deng Chao's future direction very well, but he did not remind Deng Chao.

Celebrities all wear a dazzling halo and are praised by others all day long. It is difficult to recognize their own strength.

Only when several movies in a row fail will they seriously think about whether they have taken the wrong path.

Now even if he told Deng Chao, he might not appreciate it.

Li Shengyao just smiled and chatted with others, and did not give any advice, whether it was to Deng Chao or Zhou Xingxing.

Bona's boss Yu Dong was also there. This guy also wanted to invite Lee Sheng Yew to make a movie for Bona, but Lee Sheng Yew didn't agree.

"Director Li, I'd like to toast you. Thank you for coming to support "Mermaid"."

After the big guys dispersed, Lin Yun came over, holding the wine glass in both hands, and respectfully toasted Li Shengyao.

Lin Yun looks thin in the movie, and his face seems a bit mean, but in reality, he is very small, with a particularly small face. He looks very young, full of collagen, and has an appearance that older men will like.

And she has a great attitude.

Li Shengyao raised his glass and touched it.

"Director Li, I have been to Beautiful Country before. At that time, I wanted to visit New York, but I thought you were so busy and I was embarrassed to disturb you, so I didn't go there."

Wearing a yellow backless dress, she took two steps forward, and her low neckline was right in front of Li Shengyao. Looking down a little, she could see some scenes that could only be seen with money.

Li Shengyao didn't squint, smiled and nodded, "It was really busy at that time. If you came over, I wouldn't even have time to receive you."

Although he smiled, he didn't say anything further.

Hearing this, a trace of disappointment flashed in Lin Yun's eyes, "Director Li, what theme do you plan to shoot in your next movie? If there is a role suitable for me, you can tell me at any time. No matter what the situation is, I will definitely make time. .”

She moved closer and her chest touched Li Shengyao's hand.

Not very big, soft.

Li Shengyao glanced at Lin Yun and nodded lightly, "Okay, I'll take a look then."

He really doesn't have the energy to hook up with other women recently. He was still communicating with Dong Xuan in the office in the afternoon. Now he is the reincarnation of Liu Xiahui. Even if Monica Bellucci comes over, he won't react.

At six o'clock, Da Mi Mi sent him a message saying that he had returned to the capital, but Li Shengyao ignored it.

My waist can't bear it.

At this moment, Dong Xuan walked over quickly on high heels, "What are you talking about? You are so happy."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yun immediately praised Dong Xuan's beauty, and the two women then left seemingly intimately.

"Director Li, let me toast you."

Zhou Xingxing came over.

"Director Li, thank you for coming to support us. If you need anything in the future, please say hello and I will definitely take care of it."

Although he was not sure whether Zhou Xingxing had credibility, Li Shengyao was still very happy, "Master Xing, I remember it."

Zhou Xingxing is not sociable, but he is still very eloquent when talking about movies. The two of them then chatted about movies from the Mainland and Hollywood, and the topics became more numerous.

"Director Li, I heard that the "Joker" you shot was a feature film, not a superhero one?"

"It's not a superhero movie, it's a movie that reflects the lives of people at the bottom of society."

"Okay, there are fewer and fewer movies that reflect the people at the bottom. Only such movies can express a true social form."

Most of Zhou Xingxing's modern comedies have small characters as protagonists, and his sympathy and compassion for the people at the bottom is very real.

Li Shengyao smiled and said, "It is a tragedy. You will see when the time comes."

"Okay, I will definitely support it then."

(End of this chapter)