The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 74 I Still Refuse

"Fenghua Film and Television Company represents the latest level of film and television production in the mainland. The excellent plots of "Love Hotel" and "Funny Family" reflect the new living standards of ordinary people in modern society."

"Our film and television industry must look forward, reflect the current life of ordinary people, spread the real life of the people in the mainland, spread Chinese culture, and let more friends at home and abroad understand us."

"Our society is developing rapidly. We don't need to study and dig out the dark side. We can still go out with our heads held high." - "Xinhua News Agency".

If Wan Wan spent 400 million yuan to buy "Funny Family", it was a bomb, which shocked many old people in the entertainment industry.

Then the Xinmatai Three Kingdoms, which followed closely behind, bought the rights to broadcast "Funny Family" for 400 million. It was like a flash bomb falling, blinding many people.

Once is luck, twice is strength.

It's not just buying around, but other countries are also buying.

These two broadcasting rights were sold for a full 800 million yuan. Counting imported movies, there are no more than ten movies in the mainland that exceed 800 million yuan a year.

It turns out that TV shows can make so much money.

All of a sudden, more film and television companies wanted to cooperate with Li Shengyao.

This time I was much smarter. I didn’t worry about the overseas copyright and broadcasting rights of "Winter Sonata". Instead, I delivered the scripts myself, and I wanted Lee Shengyao to see them. Those scripts could go overseas and earn foreign exchange.

Li Shengyao was preparing for "Winter Sonata", how could he have time to help others read the script.

He didn't read any of the delivered scripts and rejected them all.

A reporter asked Li Shengyao for his advice on going overseas. This time, Li Shengyao did not hide his clumsiness. "First of all, it must be a high-quality product, a costume drama, a martial arts drama, or a period drama. It must have a solid plot and excellent actors."

"The second point is to be good-looking, stylish, and to reflect a good life. Especially in modern dramas, the male and female protagonists must be handsome and beautiful. If your protagonist is not beautiful or fashionable, who wants to watch it."

If modern dramas are to be popular, to put it bluntly, it is to make movie fans have a longing and longing for life in film and television dramas.

You asked the top directors and production teams of the peninsula to shoot "Country Love", and they couldn't get out of it either.

No one from other countries wants to watch your rural life, and no one from other countries wants to watch a group of middle-aged uncles and aunts fall in love.

The background of the story must be set in the city, and the hero and the heroine must be handsome and beautiful.

Li Shengyao felt that he had told the truth, and whether other film and television drama production companies could understand it was not up to him.

On this day, he was thinking about who would be the right parent to play the leading role in "Winter Sonata", when his assistant came over and said that Cai Yinong was here.

Hearing this, Li Shengyao asked his assistant to invite someone to the reception room to serve tea and fruit plate.

He then passed by, not seeing each other for several months, and Sister Cai was still as beautiful as before.

She definitely exercises regularly, just like a Hong Kong star, she looks energetic no matter what time of day, her skin is not very white, but it is shiny and elastic.

"Hello, Mr. Cai."

"Hello, Director Li."

Looking at Li Shengyao, Cai Yinong was filled with emotion. Who would have thought that he could earn tens of millions just by relying on two dramas?

I bought an office building and a courtyard house in Yanjing.

Needless to say, this man who is younger than her is now much richer than her.

Thinking of my hard work in starting a business, I still stumbled after several years, and I can't help but feel sad.

But she's coming to the top soon, and she believes she's about to succeed.

"Director Li, I came here this time to discuss cooperation with you."

"You said."

Cai Yinong glanced out the window, and then asked, "Who does Director Li think is the number one student in domestic entertainment?"

"Li Yapeng, your man."

Cai Yinong nodded, with a rather proud expression on his face, "He is not only well-known in the Mainland, but also in Hong Kong Island. He is one of the rare artists in the Mainland who is well-known in both sides of the Taiwan Strait."

This is bragging.

It doesn't mean that acting in "Beijing-Hong Kong Love Line" is famous on Hong Kong Island.

It's like "Meteor Garden" became popular in Asia, and then Yan Chengxu played the male lead in a Hong Kong film, Hua Zai assisted him, and the heroine was Zheng Xiuwen. The proud Hong Kong filmmakers all invited people over. That's what makes you famous.

Like Li Yapeng, there are at most a few hundred fans on Hong Kong Island, which is not worth mentioning at all.

"What does Mr. Cai want to say?"

"I can let Li Yapeng play your "Winter Sonata" or the next urban love drama. I only want [-]% of the overseas dividends from this drama."

I want to eat shit.

"Director Li, "Love Hotel" is so well filmed, but the real reason for the ratings rating of seven points is not that the male and female protagonists are not popular enough."

"If you use Li Yapeng, the ratings of your drama will be higher."

Li Shengyao shook his head with a smile, "Mr. Cai, actually I don't really care about the ratings in the mainland, just two or three points is enough."

He really doesn't care much about the ratings in mainland China. The national average rating is more than two points. CCTV has a lot of TV series with high ratings at [-]:[-] every year, but whether it can pay off is a problem.

At this time, high ratings do not mean making money.

The ones that can make money are "Private Interviews of Kangxi Weifu" and "Ji Xiaolan with Iron Teeth and Bronze Teeth". They have high ratings and are very interesting. Many TV stations broadcast them every year.

In the past few years, Zhang Guoli has had so many TV dramas.

Cai Yinong was taken aback, "Don't you want to have a TV series with high ratings like Huanzhu?"

"There will never be a TV series with as high a rating as "My Fair Princess" in the future."

Li Shengyao kept smiling, and his tone was not in a hurry, but Cai Yinong could tell that he was serious.

She didn't expect Li Shengyao to be so unambitious.

Many of the originally prepared reasons were swallowed back.

Thinking of her purpose this time, she took a deep breath, and then said: "Director Li, Li Yapeng is currently the number one student in domestic entertainment. Only by cooperating with him can you set off your identity."

The male and female protagonists of a film and television drama, male and female match, can raise prices for people.

It's like Zhao Yanzi, as the number one actress in domestic entertainment, later assisted Lin Zhiling in "Red Cliff", giving people the feeling that Lin Zhiling is a big celebrity.

But in fact, she was in Wanwan before, and she was just a model.

There is also "The Richest Man in Tomatoes". Shen Teng was almost the number one comedian in domestic entertainment at that time.

Hong Kong and Taiwan like to play this game very much, but in fact they rarely succeed.

But they can't help but love to cook and play.

Li Shengyao is the director, and Li Yapeng acting for him now will indeed increase his popularity.

But he is not a star, if he wants to make quick money, he directs plays slowly, and when good works come out, his fame will naturally rise.

"No need, I'm still young, just take my time."

Cai Yinong was speechless, but she was a smart person, so she quickly continued: "Director Li, then I don't want overseas dividends, and Li Yapeng will play your leading man, how about it?"

As an agent, she really has nothing to say, no wonder the artist calls her Mama Cai.

"Need not."

"Director Li, why did you refuse?"

In her opinion, there is no reason to refuse. The number one student in domestic entertainment is acting in your play, what are you going to do?
"There are three reasons. The first is that his price is too high. The second is that he doesn't necessarily listen to me. The third and most important one is that his temperament is not suitable for my drama."

Li Yapeng has a strong personality of a Northwest man, and his facial features are too rough.

It's okay to be a few years younger, but now it's not suitable to act in idol dramas.

Cai Yinong didn't expect Li Shengyao to refuse so thoroughly, she nodded with a wry smile, realizing that she didn't gain anything today, she couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

Li Shengyao smiled, "Mr. Cai, come to my company, I will bring you all the artists."

(End of this chapter)