Just when the crew of "Extreme Escape" was focusing on filming, the Huayu film and television industry was booming.

The hottest news in August was naturally the broadcast of "Bright Sword", Li Yunlong swept the country, and the cry of "open fire" could be heard everywhere.

In the film industry, it is the world of "Seven Swords".

However, for domestic films, the schedule in August is obviously not as good as that in June and July, in addition to "Seven Swords", there are several Hollywood blockbusters entering the mainland, such as "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Fantastic Four", "Wedding Proud".

These movies are actually not high at the box office.

But the blood of "Seven Swords" is not thick.

"Seven Swords" grossed 30 million in the first three days, but only 40 million in the seven days of the next week.

If there is no accident, the Seven Swords will not be able to break 100 million in the end.

In such a situation, Xu Yu took a few leading actors to promote everywhere, but there was little effect.

They also came to Star City and met with Li Shengyao.

The box office of "Seven Swords" was not as expected, and Li Shengyao had no way to persuade him, so he could only accompany him to a meal.

At the same time, Jiang Zhiqiang has successfully operated in beautiful countries and European countries, and "Punch, Dad" will be released in various countries on August 13.

In Li Shengyao's previous life, in addition to Huaxia and Ah San, the box office of this movie was British, and it got more than 10 million pounds at the box office.

Because of the British side of Asando.

Now that Li Shengyao is filming, naturally he can't count on Daying, Jiang Zhiqiang called Li Shengyao, and he analyzed that the place that is most likely to harvest the box office is the beautiful country.

There are many Chinese in beautiful countries, and last year's "Ambush on All Sides" was mainly contributed by Chinese at the box office.

Li Shengyao is filming "Extreme Escape", and he can't take people to the beautiful country to promote it, so he can only wait for Jiang Zhiqiang's call.

On the evening of August 20, Jiang Zhiqiang called again, this time his tone was very excited, "Director Li, the movie performed well in the beautiful country, we only had 300 theaters at the beginning, and then the word of mouth was excellent, spreading to 700 stores, and the box office in the first week was 5 million US dollars. ”

"When it is released, there should be seven or eight million US dollars, which is a little better than the results of "Ambush on All Sides"."

"The results of European countries are also good, I just did a comprehensive calculation, and the first week was almost 200 US dollars."

"This time in Europe and the United States, the final box office should be about 12 million US dollars."

12 million US dollars, almost 100 million, and almost 30 million for Li Shengyao.

Li Shengyao was very happy, "Mr. Jiang, you have worked hard, I will invite you to dinner when you come back." ”

"It's all business, what's not hard."

Jiang Zhiqiang paused slightly, and then said: "Director Li, Disney's senior management is very interested in you, ask me, and ask if you have any ideas to go to Hollywood." ”

"Not at the moment."

"Oh, why?"

"My movie, do I have the editing rights, can I invest, do I have dividends? If not, isn't it just a wage earner? I wouldn't work for anyone else. ”

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""Let's Punch, Dad" raised its eyebrows, and it grossed eight million in the United States."

"You don't need costume blockbusters, modern films can still go out."

"Amazing film, a tribute to director Lee Shengyao."

"Zhang Yi: Director Li is very good, I hope there will be more such excellent directors in the future."

"With a total global box office of 320 million, 'Punch, Dad' is the most profitable mainland film in 2005."

"The production of "Bangkok Trip" has been completed and has been submitted for review and television."

"In the post-production of "Breaking Bad", TVB has booked to broadcast it."

""Punch, Dad" has allowed Europe to see a different kind of Chinese movies."

"King of Sunglasses: It's a pity that this movie has already been released, and if it is at the Cannes Film Festival, it will get more promotion and praise."

"Director Li's second movie, "Extreme Escape" is aimed at 200 million."

"Punch, Dad" has achieved decent results in the beautiful country, and the media is naturally touting it again.

Li Shengyao didn't take such remarks to heart, he still concentrated on filming "Extreme Escape".

Those exaggerated words in the media are naturally not what he said.

He sometimes thinks about whether to sue the media, but then he decides to forget it, and it is a waste of time and no good to sue now.

His energy should still be on "Extreme Escape".

After the initial nervousness and worry, both Deng Chao and Li Lianhua became more accustomed to running and jumping on the rooftop, and their shooting progress was much faster.

And the two actors often contribute very good performances, and the crew runs very smoothly.

Many times, when Li Shengyao sat behind the director's monitor, he couldn't help but get up and applaud.

The same is true of the onlookers, and the big guys are becoming more and more confident in this movie.

At noon on this day, Li Shengyao just got up, washed up, and then took a special car to the China World Summit Wing, and then saw Zhou Yan, as well as a middle-aged man, and a pair of young men and women.

The middle-aged man was about fifty years old, with dark skin and average body lines, but his eyes were very energetic and his voice was loud.

He looks a lot like the kind of person who often does farm work, and although he doesn't look like any muscles, he is in good health.

The young men and women behind the middle-aged man were in their mid-twenties.

The boy is in his early sevens, not tall, thin, handsome, a little shy, when he saw Li Shengyao, he kept smiling, but he didn't dare to look at Li Shengyao.

The girl is 1.65 meters, fair-skinned, and has a good figure, but a face is a little out of shape, a pair of eyes are very small, and they seem to be a little right.

"Director Li, this is Liao Xianfu Liao Zong, he has several coal mines in Jin Province and billions of assets."

"This is Mr. Liao, and this is Miss Liao."

Zhou Yang called Li Shengyao last night, saying that someone invited Li Shengyao to have a meal, and Li Shengyao was present and gave Li Shengyao 1 million.

Zhou Yan asked Li Shengyao if he could admire his face and go over to have a look.

Li Shengyao thought about it, and considering Zhou Yan's face, he agreed to this matter.

However, what is the identity of Li Dadao, of course he will not do anything to accompany him, and it will be embarrassing to spread it.

He told Zhou Yang to let the owner transfer the million to Hope Primary School.

When the time comes, he will naturally go to the feast.

The opposite side was very refreshing, and soon donated money.

In this way, Li Shengyao came over.

"Director Li, long admiration, long admiration."

When Li Shengyao looked at the other party, Liao Xianfu was also looking at Li Shengyao.

Director Li is younger and better looking than he expected.

Liao Xianfu felt that Li Shengyao was more temperamental and charming than the most handsome college graduate in their company.

Of course, having a temperament does not mean that you are better to get along with.

In Liao Xianfu's heart, people in the film and television industry regard money as their fate, if it weren't for his son and daughter who really wanted to act, he would definitely not come over.

He thought to himself, and then stepped forward enthusiastically.

Li Shengyao smiled and nodded, shook hands with Liao Xianfu, and then said hello to Liao Gongzi and Miss Liao, and then took a seat.

"Director Li, this time I owe you a favor."

"Liao is always a friend I met a long time ago, he is a very good person, at that time I didn't have the position I have today, just out of society, Mr. Liao helped me a lot."

Zhou Yan took the lead in explaining his position in this matter in a low voice.

Li Shengyao didn't take it to heart, he smiled and nodded.

Liao Xianfu then beckoned to serve the dishes, and the hot dishes were immediately delivered, chicken, duck and fish meat, the color is bright, the aroma is overflowing, and it is very distinctive, it is the same as a work of art, and it is not cheap at a glance.

"Eat, eat, Director Li, let's eat first."

Li Shengyao was naturally not polite, picked up the chopsticks and ate it in a big gulp.

Half an hour later, a few people were full of wine and food, and then they came to the sofa next to the box and sat down.

After waiting for the waiter to serve tea, Zhou Yan said: "Director Li, this Liao Gongzi and Miss Liao both want to act in a movie, and they like you very much, so Mr. Liao found me." ”

Liao Xianfu followed: "Director Li, I'm a person who speaks directly, don't be surprised, the two of them, just in your current movie, ten minutes of appearance, three million each, how about it?" ”

Trusting people to stuff people, or directly spending money to stuff people, this kind of thing is really too common in the film and television industry.

In the past, naturally some people approached Li Shengyao, but they all refused him.

Li Dadao is not high, but these people's requirements are too difficult, and he can't meet them.

His works, he hopes to be as perfect as possible, important roles, he will not give to those who have no acting skills.

And the important role is not looked down upon.

Liao Xianfu came over this time and said the price, which is actually very generous, this Mr. Liao did not ask for the importance of the role, that is, the role of fishing in troubled waters can also be arranged.

But how to say it.

"Extreme Escape" has now completed about one-third of the plot.

The back is basically the hero and heroine escaping together, watching them show off all kinds of handsome operations, and the other characters have very little time, and there are no roles of more than ten minutes at all.

He shook his head and said the reason.

When Mr. Liao and Miss Liao heard this, they both had a look of disappointment on their faces.

Liao Xianfu glanced at his son and daughter, his eyes were full of pampering, "Director Li, can't you reshoot?" If I add two million, two people will be ten million. ”

The plot in front of "Extreme Escape" is mainly the 70th birthday banquet of the hero's mother, and at this time, it is not impossible to stuff Miss Liao, the son of Liao, into it and let them play the relatives of the hero.

But in that case, it would have to be remade.

Although this part of the scene is very simple, it can be filmed in three or four days.

But the actors are not stupid, they must be able to understand that someone is stuffing money into the group.

Do you want Director Li's reputation?

"Mr. Liao, I've finished the previous shooting, so I won't shoot it again."

"Is there a plot suitable for the two of them to play later?"

Li Shengyao glanced at Liao Gongzi and Miss Liao, "Yes, there is a plot that can appear for about half a minute." ”

What Li Shengyao is talking about is the third time that the Zhengfu rescue helicopter flew over, and the hero and heroine were about to board the helicopter to get out of danger.

As a result, they found a group of young people trapped in cram school, so they gave up their chance to live and left it to that group of young people.

This group of young people is all long shots.

Li Shengyao can ask Miss Liao, the son of Liao, to stand in front of the window of the cram school and shout.

Of course, such a role, if it is played, it is equivalent to not playing, unless it is a sharp-eyed audience, under normal circumstances, it is not clear what that group of young people looks like.

He went on to introduce the character a little bit.

Liao Gongzi and Miss Liao are still very disappointed, they obviously don't want to be such characters.

Zhou Yan didn't speak, he turned his gaze to the other side and sat quietly.

Liao Xianfu looked left and right, and then said in a low voice: "Director Li, can't you create two new characters?" ”

"No, the current script is revised after our long-term thinking in the early days, and we will not change it."

"I'll add money."

"You can't add money."

Liao Xianfu was a little surprised, and took a deep look at Li Shengyao, according to his previous news, people in the film and television industry are all dead asking for money.

As long as you have enough money, you can shoot as much as you want.

How is Lee Shengyao different?

He thought of the recent news, which said that "Punch, Dad" had a box office of 320 million and was the most profitable movie of the year.

Is it because Li Shengyao has a lot of money and doesn't look down on small money.

"Director Li, you give me an accurate word, how much money is enough."

Liao Xianfu is a shrewd person at first glance, such a person must have a bottom line, Li Shengyao estimates that for two roles, Lao Liao is willing to pay fifteen million or 20 million at most.

The investment of 40 million has been divided into 20 million, and now he receives 15 million, which means that he has spent 5 million and has half of the investment in "Extreme Escape".

It's a good deal.

However, such a thing does seem to be profitable in the short term.

But in the long run, the legacy is endless, and doing it will be a stain for a lifetime.

If it breaks out in the future, Director Li's reputation will definitely be damaged.

At this time, without a good partner, the disadvantages come out.

For example, Lao Mouzi and Zhang Weiping directly asked Zhang Weiping to collect the money, and Lao Mouzi arranged it, so that Lao Mouzi had no loss.

The same is true for Xiaogang Cannon and the Wang brothers, the director standing in front can be much cleaner.

And Li Shengyao's films, director, producer, and screenwriter are all him, although he gets a few salaries, but he has no white gloves.

Such money cannot be collected.

Director Li will not do things that only care about immediate interests.

Thinking of this, Li Shengyao planned to pull himself to the top of the mountain, and he said in an affirmative tone: "Mr. Liao, I have my own principles for making movies, whether it is an actor or a shooting venue, there are thousands of choices, and they are all looking for the actor who best fits the plot." If I want to make a quick buck, with my current reputation, get the word out that all the characters are being robbed and my movie doesn't come out, I'll be able to recoup the cost. ”

"But I don't want to make money like this, so it's never a matter of money, if you give me 50 million, give me 100 million, I won't agree."

Liao Xianfu was stunned when he heard this, and an incredible look flashed in his eyes.

He couldn't help but look at Zhou Yan, but saw Zhou Yan looking at Li Shengyao with admiration.

There is no doubt that Li Dadao has not received money before.

Is it so unlucky? Met a saint in the entertainment industry?

Liao Gongzi and Miss Liao looked at Li Shengyao with admiration.

Director Li's words just now made the two of them very impressed.

Li Shengyao saw that the effect had been achieved, and smiled slightly, "That's all for today, I have to go back to work, goodbye." ”

I'm sorry, but the two children in the family are on vacation, and I can't write at night.

Until July 15th, I was scheduled for 6 p.m. update.

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