At the end of August 09, Lee Shengyao's work intensity suddenly weakened a lot, and in recent days, he mainly arranged for film crews to go to Laos/Laos one after another, as well as attend the premieres of various films, and meet all kinds of people.

The August movie was not distinctive, and at this time, the Hong Kong Island film and television circle had the intention of pushing Fang Lishen, and the "Cyborg" starring him got a good film schedule at this time.

However, the effect is mediocre.

In addition, there are several main theme movies, these movies have no stars, and at first glance, you can see that they are very didactic movies, which are equivalent to cannon fodder in the film market.

It can be said that the vast majority of August relies on movies at the end of July to make money at the box office.

Not to mention Wu Whale's "The Fall of Hong Kong Island" and Li Shengyao's unsightly "Ouchi Secret Agent Zero Zero Dog", this movie has won more than 100 million box office.

It was during this period of time that Li Shengyao and Wang Zhonglei met, Wang Zhonglei meant that Huayi would be listed in September, thanks to Li Dadao's previous cooperation, if Fenghua and Huayi can continue to cooperate, they will be very willing.

In addition, there are Wu Whale and Hong Jinbao, Li Shengyao mainly gave the script of the next movie, "The Fall of Bangkok", to Wu Whale and Hong Jinbao, so that they can prepare well.

The other is to meet with the senior management of some cinema companies.

Due to the obvious growth of the mainland film market, many film producers hope that the cinema chain can give more share.

And the theater chain is naturally reluctant.

Li Shengyao is both a film producer and a theater owner, and his identity is a little embarrassing.

In the face of such problems, he is sloppy.

This incident caused a lot of trouble in his previous life, and later the theater gave in slightly.

What they mean is to let the filmmakers talk about it one by one.

In other words, there is no specific distribution ratio, and the sharing ratio of each film is flexibly arranged.

For movies with big directors like Zhang Yi and Feng Xiaogang, the producer's share can be higher, but if it is a movie by an ordinary director, it is still the old rule.

Li Shengyao is also a big director, and he seems to be able to do good in the way the theater plays.

In addition to these things, Lee Shengyao is basically preparing for "Border Killer".

On the morning of this day, Li Dadao drove to the International Trade Building with his assistant, and soon after, he met Han Sanping.

Director Han was dressed in a suit, slightly shy on his stomach, his face was flushed, and he knew that his complexion was excellent at a glance.

The production of "The Great Cause of Jianguo" has come to an end, and the production is about to be completed.

In other words, "The Great Cause of the Country" is basically completed.

This super movie that brings together hundreds of stars is about to be released, and Director Han, as one of the film directors, is bound to leave a mark in film history.

In addition to Han Sanping, there is also Huang Jianxin.

Lao Huang looked very tired before, but now he is full of vitality and his face is excited.

"Director Li, please come in, please come in."

Han Sanping was very enthusiastic, he stood at the door and waited, saw Li Shengyao, immediately walked out a few quick steps, and then pulled Li Shengyao into the box.

Li Shengyao was a little surprised by this, he wasn't sure what would happen to Han Sanping's enthusiasm at this time?

However, he didn't show it, but sat down with a smile, and then chatted with Han Sanping and Huang Jianxin.

After a while, good wine and food came up, and the three of them continued to eat and chat.

Han Sanping's face turned even redder, Huang Jianxin's eyes were a little confused, and Han Sanping said, "Director Li, this time I am looking for you, I actually want to ask you for help." ”

"You say."

""The Great Cause of the Nation" is about to be produced, and we have an internal viewing party tomorrow night, I hope you will go over and see if there is anything that needs to be corrected."

It turned out to be this matter, this is a trivial matter, and it doesn't take much energy to mention a few words.

"No problem."

Han Sanping was overjoyed when she heard this, and her little eyes were about to smile into a slit.

He continued: "There is one more thing, that is, "The Great Cause of the Nation" will be released at the end of next month, and I would like to hear your opinion on how this movie should be promoted. ”

"The Great Cause of Jianguo" is a special situation, although there are many stars, but the vast majority of people are soy sauce, and it is not suitable for national publicity like ordinary movies.

And this movie is a tribute film, so it's not suitable for the leading actors to go to variety shows to make funny games.

Li Shengyao thought for a while, "There are so many stars in this movie, there shouldn't be too much publicity, the highlights of the movie are enough, just let the audience know when it will be released." ”

Han Sanping clapped her hands and nodded again and again, "You're right, I mean the same thing, just arrange the premiere poster at the subway and bus station next month, and other publicity is unnecessary." ”

"That's the reason, so many celebrities don't need to promote hot spots like ordinary movies, so that the audience can know when it will premiere."

Han Sanping poured herself a glass of wine, and then poured a cup of tea for Li Shengyao, "Come, Director Li, I respect you." ”

The two men clinked glasses.

Han Sanping continued: "Director Li, there must be no problem with the scheduling of this movie, when the time comes, it will depend on the reputation of the movie, how much box office do you think the movie can get?"

"I think it's at least 300 million."

Last year, there were two domestic films that exceeded 300 million, namely "On the Red Cliff" and "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb".

However, there are no more than 300 million domestic films this year, but there are imported films, which are "Transformers 2".

There are so many stars in "The Great Cause of Jianguo", Han Sanping and Huang Jianxin are indeed looking forward to more than 300 million, but they actually have little confidence.

Huang Jianxin was dazed, and when he heard Li Shengyao's words, he immediately said: "Director Li has a good eye, and I also think there are 300 million." ”

Huang Jianxin doesn't know Li Shengyao very well.

Han Sanping knew that Li Dadao's business vision was very good, he heard Li Shengyao's words, his heart was a little excited, and then he couldn't help but say: "Director Li, are you so optimistic about "The Great Cause of Jianguo"? ”

"Well, I'm very optimistic, after the Olympics, our country's cohesion will be stronger, and the people will be more proud, so many star blockbusters with the main theme, the people should like it, "The Great Cause of the Country" may be able to exceed 300 million, and eventually break 400 million."

"Good, good, good, lend you good words."

Han Sanping almost laughed out loud, he drank two glasses of wine in a row, picked up a chicken head, and bit hard for a while, so that he calmed down, and then said: "Director Li, your new movie will definitely exceed 300 million." ”

Director Han drank a lot of wine, and he already had a big tongue.

His words at this time were completely polite.

Except for Lee Shengyao, no one else knows where the selling point of "Border Killer" is, how can they be optimistic about this movie?

However, Li Shengyao is still very happy, not only Han Sanping hopes that the movie will break 300 million, he also has this expectation.

Especially now that Xiaogang Cannon and Wu Yusen's movies have broken 300 million, and "The Great Cause of Jianguo" will break 400 million in the near future.

If Li Shengyao doesn't catch up, the momentum will be much weaker.

……

At 9 a.m. on September 1, 2009, Liangmahe Building Fenghua Film and Television Company.

In the boss's office, Li Shengyao sat on one side, Zhang Ziyi and Duan Yihong sat on the side, and there was a glass coffee table in the middle, and the three of them were discussing matters related to the script.

is about to go south to Laos/Laos, and today is the last time Lee Shengyao and the two leading actors will study the script before the movie starts.

Zhang Ziyi and Duan Yihong have a lot of opinions, both of them are people who like to think.

Among them, Zhang Ziyi prefers to use Hollywood thinking to consider whether this movie can be accepted by the audience and whether there is a point to attract the audience.

Duan Yihong will focus more on the artistry and ideological realm of the film.

Zhang Ziyi has spoken a lot today, and she has her own views on many places.

She even faintly revealed the idea of overhauling the script.

To be honest, the story of "Border Killer" is very ordinary, in Li Shengyao's previous life, he was able to gain a high reputation, which was three tense and exciting battles.

Now Lee has added four such battle scenes.

However, in terms of the interest of the movie, you can't see it by reading the script, and the actors just get the script and think that the movie is very ordinary.

Zhang Ziyi has been mixed in Hollywood, and she has some constructive ideas about the script, which is completely understandable.

Li Shengyao sat next to him, smiling and listening.

Most of Zhang Ziyi's suggestions were vetoed by Li Shengyao.

Most of her suggestions are to clarify the functionality of the male and female protagonists, and hope that these two characters will have a lot of handsome plots.

And Lee Shengyao didn't like this arrangement.

The male and female protagonists of "Border Killer" are actually not very charming, and the wonderful scenes are team battles.

Faced with such a situation, Zhang Ziyi looked like he was about to have a seizure several times, but finally endured it.

Duan Yihong's suggestion had a similar effect, and most of them were rejected by Li Shengyao.

Duan Yihong is somewhat literate, and he advocates focusing more lenses on petty drug dealers to dig out more of the dark side of human nature.

How did the people at the bottom embark on the illegal and criminal road of drug trafficking?

It's actually not impossible to think like this, but the movie is very taboo about wanting everything, and it turns out that everything is ordered.

Lee has already decided on the theme of the film, which is to tell about the cruelty of drug control.

Now that the theme is determined, he focuses the camera on the hero and heroine, rather than the other characters.

Duan Yihong and Zhang Ziyi saw that their ideas and suggestions were rejected by Li Shengyao, and both of them felt like they were stuck in their throats.

wanted to speak, but thinking of Director Li's usual style and status, the two of them had to suppress what they were talking about.

At the end of the script seminar, Duan Yihong and Zhang Ziyi left Fenghua Film and Television Company together, and after entering the elevator, there were only two of them.

Duan Yihong couldn't help but say: "Everyone used to say that Director Li's script was good, but the script of this movie can only be said to be average. ”

"It's not comparable to "Punch, Dad", "Extreme Escape", and from the perspective of commercial films, it is not comparable to "Hurricane Rescue".

Zhang Ziyi tilted his head slightly, glanced at the monitoring in the upper right corner of the elevator, and nodded without a trace, "That's right, the script this time is much worse, and I don't know if the box office of this movie can have 200 million." ”

She regrets it a little now, and she finally won the role of the movie, and she still wanted to reverse her reputation, but the movie story was not exciting.

Lee Shengyao, Asia's most successful commercial film director, may be capsizing in the gutter.

(End of chapter)