At 7:30 p.m. on July 18, 2009, it was very hot in Yanjing, the sun went down at almost 7:20 p.m., and the temperature was still in the thirties at this time.

Li Shengyao took Yan Danchen to the banquet hall on the 37th floor of the International Trade Building.

Recently, Chen Hao and Dong Xuan have been busy, and it happened that Yan Danchen had time, so he brought her over.

Tonight is the celebration banquet of "Hurricane Rescue 3", organized by China Film.

According to Li Shengyao's idea, he doesn't really want to do this, but if Han Sanping wants to do it, it's casual.

Yan Danchen was wearing a long skirt at this time, holding Li Shengyao's hand, she sprayed perfume, which smelled exceptionally good, and after getting out of the car, she walked all the way, and the return rate was very high.

Li Shengyao didn't care too much, his stomach was protesting at this time, and he could easily solve it if he gave him two catties of beef.

He ate breakfast today, and at noon he was writing a script at home, and he was so focused on writing that he forgot to eat.

It wasn't until Yan Danchen came over in the afternoon and urged him to set off that he felt hungry, and then hurriedly took a shower, drank a bottle of pure milk, and then came over.

He remembered that when he was in school in his previous life, he often skipped breakfast, drank a bottle of pure milk, and passed it with a top.

Now I can't do it, I get in the car, and my stomach growls.

Fortunately, the celebration banquet has begun, and there should be something to eat later.

"Director Li, I'm waiting for you, please come in."

Han Sanping was standing by the door, he was dressed in a suit, his face was full of redness, and his small eyes were full of excitement and happiness.

When he saw Li Shengyao, he immediately greeted him, and then pulled Li Shengyao into the hall and came to the innermost stage, asking Li Shengyao to say a few words.

This small stage is one meter high, and it is quite wide.

There was a small band at the back of the stage.

Li Shengyao and Han Sanping stepped forward, and the musicians immediately stopped and looked at the two of them quietly.

Li Shengyao held the microphone, he only had time to look at it at this time, tonight it can be said that there are many stars and many people coming.

Chen Shiren, Feng Xiaogang, and Jiang Wen, as well as Zhu Bingbing, Xiao Mingge, as well as Wu Jing, Zhou Xun and other stars.

When everyone saw him and Han Sanping on stage, they all looked over.

He paused slightly, and then said: "It's a pleasure to meet everyone, and thank you all for coming and celebrating the ...... of Hurricane Rescue 3 with us."

He said a few words and then stepped down.

He felt really hungry, and it would be embarrassing to stay any longer, and then his stomach would rumble and come out through the loudspeaker.

Lee came to a long table and sat down.

The table was full of drinks, food, wine glasses, mainly pastries, bread, and some beautiful-looking sugar.

Li Shengyao swept his eyes, then grabbed a handful of chocolate, and then ate it.

They are all handmade chocolates with a pure and sweet taste.

He doesn't usually like to eat such sweet things, but when he is hungry, he plans to eat something to replenish his energy first.

At this moment, Huang Jianxin sat next to Li Shengyao with a wine glass and a smile.

"Director Li, it turns out that you not only like to drink tea, but also like to eat chocolate?"

Lao Huang's face was a little weird.

Generally, girls prefer to eat chocolate, and if a man is a man, it seems to be a high admittance.

Other men rarely hear of a penchant for chocolate, especially big directors.

Feng Xiaogang likes to drink, and Zhang Yimou and Kai Zige both like calligraphy.

Li Shengyao smiled, he didn't bother to explain.

Huang Jianxin then picked up his wine glass, touched it with Li Shengyao's glass, and then took a sip of wine to himself.

He put down his wine glass and turned to Li Shengyao, "Director Li, "The Great Cause of Jianguo" has been filmed, but we are still in a hurry for post-production. ”

"Have you finalized the file? National Day?"

"Yes, it is set in the National Day file, and the post-production time is only 70 days, which will take a long time for the dubbing of actors."

There are a lot of war scenes in "The Great Cause of Jianguo", and there is no way to record it on the spot, and it will definitely take a lot of time for the later dubbing, after all, so many stars have been invited, and it will take a lot of effort to find them to finalize the time.

Li Shengyao glanced at Huang Jianxin, he probably understood what Huang Jianxin meant when he said this.

But he didn't ask for trouble, and said with a smile: "Then you have to hurry, this matter is not easy to do." ”

Huang Jianxin nodded, and then said: "Director Li, I've always heard that you edit very quickly, and ordinary movies and TV series can be done in ten days and half a month, can you help us." ”

"The Great Cause of Jianguo" is a movie dominated by China Film, and Han Sanping is embarrassed to say that he probably owes Li Shengyao a favor.

Now Huang Jianxin came over to say.

However, Li Shengyao doesn't have time to help China Film do things, and he still has to prepare for "Border Killer".

In order to write the script today, he forgot to eat lunch, where did he have time to take care of other people's affairs.

"Director Huang, I'm afraid this won't work, I really don't have time here, I'm preparing my new movie, and I'm busy next."

Huang Jianxin paused, then nodded, "It's okay, understand, I just asked you, you don't have to take it to heart." ”

"You can ask other directors for help, or have a few more editors, and it should speed things up."

"Okay, thanks for the suggestion, I see."

Mr. Wong then left.

Li Shengyao put down the chocolate, this thing has eaten too much, it is really too tired.

He then picked up the pastry and ate it.

"Director Li, what have you been busy with lately?"

Feng Xiaogang came over with a wine glass, and his appearance was as good as his condition.

I have to say that with the expansion of the mainland film market, this group of directors can make money as long as they don't mess around.

Xiao Gangcang's "Do Not Disturb" broke 300 million, surpassing the highest box office of Zhang Yi's single film in the mainland.

This guy is now preparing "Sugar Mountain Earthquake", as well as "Do Not Disturb 2", and the whole person can be said to be in high spirits.

And Huayi is preparing to go public, if nothing else, with the shares of Xiaogang Cannon, Huayi is listed, and he will be a billionaire.

"Write a new movie script."

When Xiao Gang Cannon heard this, his eyes lit up, "Director Li, have you decided on the theme of the next play?" ”

"Well, it's confirmed, it's a police drama."

"Border Killer" is most famous for its three battle scenes, which are tense and exciting to film.

This movie has the elite of the Delta, but overall, it is still a police drama.

When Feng Xiaogang heard this, his face was a little surprised, "Director Li, police and bandit play?"

There have never been any big hits in the mainland, and there are so many police and bandit dramas on Hong Kong Island, and the box office in the mainland is at most more than 100 million.

Mainland audiences obviously do not have a very high acceptance of such movies, and they are not comparable to Hong Kong Island compatriots.

The reason for this is not that the movie is bad, but the living environment.

Although there are some gangs in the mainland that fight petty, occasionally you can hear who covers the sky with one hand, which is very powerful.

But the vast majority of ordinary people do not have access.

People don't believe that there are gangsters who are working against the police on the streets.

Therefore, when mainland audiences watch such movies, it is easy to feel fake.

The upper limit of police and bandit drama in the mainland is low.

Li Shengyao understands the reaction of the small steel cannon, and if it is placed in the domestic police and bandit drama, the upper limit is naturally low, but it is different in foreign countries.

"Yes, cop and bandit play."

Li Shengyao then talked about the general plot of "Border Killer".

In his previous life, the "Border Killer" in the beautiful country was very cruel, and the male protagonist turned out to be a member of the Glumbia drug cartel, and he cooperated with the CIA of the beautiful country to solve the big drug lord of Mexico.

They want to restore a stable drug trafficking network in the region.

Yes, they don't want to fight drugs, they want a stable order.

The movie faintly points out that the boss behind Mexigo's drugs is the CIA.

Of course, Li Shengyao can't shoot like this, his adapted version of "Border Killer", the actor is a domestic anti-drug/narcotics/policeman, who was ordered to arrest drug dealers in Myanmar.

In fact, Lee Shengyao mainly borrowed from the three wonderful battles of "Border Killer", and the core of this movie is to be greatly changed.

There is no private hatred, no demand for rules from female policemen, and no arrogant policemen.

There are only unsung heroes who are dedicated to the country and are committed to arresting drug dealers.

Feng Xiaogang nodded while listening, and then gave a thumbs up, "Director Li, your pattern is different, I thought you were going to shoot that kind of kidnapping, bank robbery, that kind of Hong Kong Island police movie." ”

"You're different, you're much better."

"Admire, admire."

He then rolled his eyes, "When are you going to release this movie?"

"At the beginning of next year, I hope it's the New Year."

Feng Xiaogang nodded, the corners of his mouth curled, "Okay, good, good, this schedule is good." ”

"Where's your movie?"

""Sugar Mountain Earthquake" wants to be released in November next year, and the filming of this movie is a trivial matter, just to do special effects, which is time-consuming."

He continued: "If You Are Honest Do Not Disturb 2" will be placed in the Chinese New Year file. ”

These two schedules are staggered with the release time of "Border Killer", no wonder Xiao Gang Cannon just laughed.

Li Shengyao nodded, "Okay, let's do it together." ”

Feng Xiaogang then left, and then many people found Li Shengyao to chat, including Wu Jing and Sammo Hung.

"The Fall of Hong Kong Island" has been filmed, and the movie is about to be released, so they came here this time to promote the movie.

This is a military action movie, Wu Whale is still a little unconfident, and he is apprehensive.

Li Shengyao seriously encouraged Wu Jing.

"Ugh!"

Li Shengyao hiccuped and finally had his fill.

No loss tonight.

He laughed to himself, then picked up his glass and took a sip of water.

At this moment, Chen Shiren came over with a wine glass, compared to Feng Xiaogang and Han Sanping, Chen Shiren's complexion was not so good.

Chen Shiren was wearing a casual suit with a pair of jeans, looking very easy-going.

He looked at Li Shengyao with a smile and envy in his eyes.

"Director Li, your appetite is really good, it's been almost half an hour since you ate."

Li Shengyao laughed, "I wrote the script at noon and forgot to eat, I was really hungry just now." ”

Chen Shiren was stunned when he heard this, "Your new movie has determined the theme?"

"yes, sure."

Chen Shiren sat down next to Li Shengyao, and then said quietly: "Director Li, I want to discuss something with you. ”

"You say."

"That's right, do you have time, to shoot a role?"

"Me, you're going to ask me to act in a movie?"

Chen Shiren nodded, with an excited face, and then said: "I am preparing "The Orphan of the Zhao Family", there is a general role in it, I think it is especially suitable for you. ”

"Who?"

There are two young generals among the orphans of the Zhao family, one is Zhao Shuo and the other is Han Ju.

Both of these men are actually talented and courageous heroes.

Relatively speaking, Zhao Shuo may be sharper, and Han Ju is more calm.

"Zhao Shuo."

This Lao Chen, sure enough, thinks that Lao Tzu is a sharp person.

Director Li has always thought that he is very low-key and usually cautious, but others don't seem to see it that way.

Chen Shiren continued: "According to the script setting, Zhao Shuo is young and heroic, confident and high-spirited. ”

Three black lines appeared on Li Shengyao's forehead, and he looked at Chen Shishi speechlessly.

"Director Li, I'm not saying that you are flamboyant, I think other people are not as high-spirited as you, you are the only one in the mainland entertainment industry who has such a temperament, standing there, like a javelin, dazzling, you don't have to do anything, you can attract attention."

Li Shengyao nodded, "Director Chen, I understand what you mean, but I really don't have time here." ”

Chen Shiren is still relatively serious in filming, don't look at this as a small role, but with Kai Zige's high standards, it can't be completed without ten days and half a month.

Where does Lee Shengyao have so much time.

"Director Li, this drama is a historical masterpiece, we will invite Ge You, Zhu Bingbing, and Hai Qing These excellent actors, you are really very suitable for this role, you are really suitable."

"I think if you act in this play, the overall texture of this play can be improved by a few notches."

Chen Shiren looked at Li Shengyao, his eyes were sincere, and his tone was sincere.

Li Shengyao smiled, "Director Chen, forget it, it's really not good, I'm mainly really too busy, I'm preparing a new movie, I don't have time to film." ”

Hearing this, Chen Shiren nodded with a disappointed face and stood up, "Okay, I know." ”

Li Shengyao continued: "There should be a lot of such people in internal entertainment, right?"

Chen Shiren looked over curiously.

"Zhao Wenbei, doesn't he meet this standard very well?"

Li Shengyao watched "Zhao's Orphan" in his previous life, and he felt that Zhao Wen's performance was okay.

This eldest brother has practiced kung fu and looks upright, he really has that momentum as a general.

I don't know how many times better than seven or eight years later, those messy little fresh meat.

When Chen Shiren heard this, his eyes widened, and he looked like a ghost.

"What's wrong?"

"Zhao Wentable is my preparatory plan, I think if you don't have time, then find Zhao Wentable."

Li Shengyao nodded and smiled, "Then we cherish each other, he is indeed very suitable." ”

Chen Shiren sat down again, "Speaking of this, Director Li, you help me refer to the reference actors, do you think Zhu Bingbing is suitable for playing Zhao Zhuangji?" ”

It depends on the plot setting.

Historically, this woman had an affair with her brother-in-law, and she was not a woman who could keep it.

From the perspective of historical figures, Zhu Bingbing is actually quite suitable.

However, Zhao Zhuangji in Chen Shishi's "Zhao's Orphan" seems to be a good woman.

To be honest, under this setting, Zhu Bingbing is not so suitable.

However, there are other factors to consider in movie casting, such as star effect and news popularity.

Zhu Bingbing is not so suitable for the role, but this role is not very important, that is, a few minutes of play.

And using her can bring great attention, if you look at it this way, it is natural to choose Bingbing.

"It's okay, if she has less drama in this role, it won't have an impact."

The two then chatted, and after chatting for more than ten minutes, Chen Shiren left with a satisfied face.

Li Shengyao always said good things, which made Chen Shiren more confident, and he was naturally satisfied.

Director Li chuckled and looked at Brother Kaizi's back, thinking about "Zhao's Orphan" in his previous life.

"Director Li."

At this moment, a hearty female voice sounded.

Li Shengyao turned his head and saw that it was Bingbing.

This woman who dominates the entire China Entertainment is very low-key tonight, that is, she is wearing an ordinary long-sleeved dress with a pair of loose black slacks, and her long hair is coiled, which looks like an ordinary white-collar worker wears after work.

However, her appearance is still very high, even if she is dressed up so casually, her face is still very beautiful.

"Hello."

The two of them hadn't had a private chat for a while.

Before Zhu Bingbing asked Li Shengyao to talk about cooperation, Li Shengyao refused, and the two of them never talked alone.

At this time, Zhu Bingbing came over, and Li Shengyao was a little surprised.

"Congratulations, "Hurricane Rescue 3" is a big hit and has made a lot of money."

"Meaningless, you will make a lot of money in the future."

"Lend you good words."

"Remember to pay your taxes."

Bingbing was stunned for a moment, then rolled her eyes, "Am I the one who doesn't understand?" ”

Li Shengyao smiled and did not answer.

"Director Li, do you have a good story over there, can you sell it to me?"

After Ji Bingbing left Huayi, she wanted to prove herself, and she was very busy in the past two years.

Just like in 2009, the TV series "Jin Taipan", and then the movie "Guanyin Mountain", "East Wind and Rain", "Rizhao Mountain City", "October Siege", "New Shaolin Temple", "Zhao's Orphan".

In addition to these, there is also a French film called "Riding the Horse".

Among these films, there are not only commercial films, but also literary films.

She should be very busy this year, either filming or on the way to filming.

Li Shengyao glanced at Bingbing, "No." ”

After Ji Bingbing left Huayi, he was actually hacked for a while.

She fought so hard, obviously trying to prove herself, but it was not an easy task.

For several big directors, they don't think much of Zhu Bingbing.

Even if Chen Shiren used her to play "Zhao's Orphan", it was just an inconsequential role, not as important as Haiqing's role.

On the Hong Kong Island, the situation is similar, and the roles given are not very important.

Li Bingbing had "The Wind" last year, Zhao Yanzi and Zhou Xun had "Painted Skin", and Zhang Ziyi had "Mei Lanfang".

Among several more active actresses, Zhu Bingbing's resources are actually the worst.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Li Dadao, and Bingbing's poor resources are not the reason for him to help her.

Ji Bingbing put down the wine glass, then picked up a piece of pastry, took a bite, and suddenly said with a little snort: "Director Li, can you help me?" ”

Li Shengyao looked over with a smile, "This is not your style. ”

"I really need your help, I feel like you must have a script for me on your side."

"What's in it for me?"

"I owe you a favor, in the future, whether it is a movie or a TV series, I will be on call here, and I will act in friendship with zero pay."

"If I want to find someone to play my play, even if it is zero pay, there are still a lot of people who are willing, I don't need it."

Ji Bingbing took another bite of the pastry, "Fenghua doesn't want to buy a building to build a cinema, I have some relationship with Hengda, I can help you get in touch, they have resources in this regard." ”

This is good for Lee Shengyao.

However, helping to contact does not mean that Hengda will really help Fenghua buy a house.

The vast majority of Hengda's real estate projects are in second- and third-tier cities, and they have to keep their own good places.

"Can you be sure they'll sell us the property? I don't want an ordinary building, I want a good building in a good location. ”

Ji Bingbing smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Li Shengyao smiled, "You're so busy, then just keep going and maintain the heat." ”

In Li Shengyao's previous life, Ji Bingbing didn't have any movies in the mainland, so he would go to the peninsula to shoot a war movie.

However, the film was not released in the mainland, and it did poorly in the peninsula island country.

Participating in this kind of movie is said to be international, but in fact, I can't find a suitable drama in the mainland, so I have to go to the peninsula.

Ji Bingbing shook his head, "Director Li, you help me this time, I can promise you anything you do with me in the future." ”

"Anything?"

"Yes, anything."

Li Shengyao thought for a moment, then shook his head, "Forget it, I can't think of anything you can do for me." ”

Ji Bingbing was anxious for a moment, and immediately said, "Didn't you say last time that you were looking for me to give you a baby?" ”

"That was before, now I don't need to, I'm not interested."

This year, Dong Xuan, Yan Danchen, and Chen Hao saw Li Shengyao, and they all thought about having children.

They even calculated the ovulation/ovulation/period, which made Li Shengyao a little nervous.

Ji Bingbing stretched out his hand and patted Li Shengyao's thigh, and said coquettishly: "You don't talk anymore." ”

Li Shengyao's heart moved slightly, but his eyes swept over Yan Danchen, and he collected his thoughts.

He didn't want to provoke other women during this time.

He will fully cooperate with Yan Danchen and the others, he thought for a while, and then said slowly: "Okay, give you a chance, but you need to think about it yourself." ”

"I don't have to think about it, there must be no problem on my side."

"I have a TV series here, which has not been filmed, and the heroine is very suitable for you, but there is no pay, and you owe me a favor."

This TV series is "My Love from the Star".

When Li Shengyao used to make TV series, he wrote an outline of the script, and later cooperated with the three major TV stations, but this TV series has not been released.

The main thing is that there are no suitable candidates.

The role of Qian Songyi is really suitable for Bingbing.

Now that Zhu Bingbing begs to come to the door, then shoot her, of course, there are conditions.

"Remember, you owe me a favor, and whatever I ask you to do, you have to say yes."

Ji Bingbing didn't agree immediately, she looked at Li Shengyao in a daze.

After all, I didn't see the script, Li Shengyao understood her concerns and waited with a smile.

"Really right for me?"

"It's really suitable, the kind that can be your masterpiece."

"Okay, I trust you, zero pay, and owe you a favor."

"Come, cheers."

Ji Bingbing then left, agreeing to pick up the script tomorrow, Li Shengyao lit the table, thinking about the script of "Border Killer" in his heart.

Whether it is Zhu Bingbing or Chen Shiren, whether they cooperate or do their own thing, it can't affect his preparation for a new movie.

(End of chapter)