October is a very cool, sunny time for Hong Kong Island, the temperature is not high, and you won't sweat after running a few laps outside, which is the right time to work hard.

It was at this time that Lee Shengyao led the members of the film crew and the main actors south to Hong Kong Island.

Just after the script of "Parasite" was reviewed, he arranged for someone to go south to prepare for the scene.

Now a group of them are heading south, and they only need a little preparation to officially start filming.

In fact, in September, they were able to go south, but Li Shengyao stayed in Yanjing for a while.

In the past month, Chen Hao, Yan Danchen, and Dong Xuan have given birth successively, Chen Hao gave birth to a son, and Yan Danchen and Dong Xuan gave birth to daughters.

Li Shengyao accompanied him a little, named the three children, bought a villa for each of the three women, and transferred 100 million.

After eleven years, there is finally a queen.

Director Li now has money, industry, women, and heirs, and he feels that he can pursue his career with more peace of mind.

Lao Mouzi's six top movies have won a total of two Golden Lion Awards, one Golden Bear Award, and one Silver Lion Award, one Silver Bear Award, and one Jury Award.

Li Shengyao hopes that when he retires after becoming famous, he can be like Lao Mouzi, add honor, and become the world's top director.

"1937" is just the beginning, and "Parasite" has to take over.

On this night, Hong Kong Island was brightly lit up like day, with pillars of light streaking across the night sky and passing the crescent moon from time to time.

Lee was in the conference room of the Victoria Hotel, discussing the shooting plan with several assistant directors.

At almost eleven o'clock, when the work was over, Li Shengyao announced that he was inviting guests to supper, and several assistant directors cheered.

"Yikes!"

The assistant opened the door, Zhang Mo and Bi Gan were about to leave, but they saw two foreigners, one black and one white, standing at the door, both of them in suits and leather shoes, very formal, and behind them, there was a group of waiters.

"Director Li, excuse me, these two are important guests of our hotel, they are all your fans, I heard that you came to the hotel and wanted to come over to meet you, I'm very sorry, we originally wanted to refuse, but their status is more special, I have to disturb you, please forgive me."

We are willing to waive all your personal expenses at the hotel, and we ask your forgiveness for this indiscretion. ”

A man in his thirties, looking like a lobby manager, was the first to stand up and explain the situation to Li Shengyao in Mandarin.

Li Shengyao glanced at the man and nodded indifferently.

Without permission, he was naturally unhappy to bring people over like this.

But at this time, it is no good to throw your face and leave.

It is enough to show your attitude with a cold face.

"Lee, you're so young, I can't believe it, you look so young, compared to Hollywood directors, you're like a star, "1937" is very good, my grandfather participated in World War II, he fought very fiercely with the islanders in the Philippines, he watched the movie, he was very excited, he told me that the islanders are very bad, it's a pity that no one promoted these things later, but you let more people know about the situation in the Far East during World War II.

He admires you very much, the islanders look like kittens now, but they are very dangerous guys, and we need to be wary of them. ”

The white man looked excited, and stepped forward to talk endlessly.

Lee was a little surprised to meet a descendant of a World War II veteran.

In fact, the war losses between the beautiful country and the island country are very large, but in order to support the island country, the official of the beautiful country does not promote that period of history, and there are very few Hollywood-related movies.

"Lee, my name is Jack, and my grandfather's name is Cross."

The black man followed.

"Lee, my name is Stephen, I am a fan of Jackie, I like him very much, he accompanied me in my childhood, when I was a teenager, I used to be very timid and introverted, it was Jackie who made me see the hope of life, and the confidence to fight against fate.

"Hurricane Rescue" is amazing, it saved Jackie's Hollywood career, and although his movies are all rescue routines now, I really enjoyed watching it.

You are a very important person in Jackie's life and I respect you. ”

Li Shengyao smiled and nodded, and said a few modest words.

"Lee, can you give us an autograph and take a picture?"

"Yes."

Li Shengyao paid attention to a group of hotel service staff following Jack and Stephen, and saw that the two of them were so close to Li Shengyao, and Li Shengyao's eyes were much more respectful.

"Lee, I have some shares in the Victoria Hotel, if you have any problems here, you can contact me, and I can help you solve them.

The service industry on Hong Kong Island is getting worse and worse, and I know they are very unruly.

It's okay, you can contact me if you have any questions, and I will definitely solve it. ”

After chatting for a while, the two were leaving, and when they were leaving, Jack also handed his business card to Li Shengyao.

Li Shengyao took the business card, didn't look at it much, and stuffed it into his trouser pocket, he didn't take Jack's words to heart.

The attitude of the service staff at the bottom of Hong Kong Island is indeed poor, but the professionalism of the hotel is still okay.

In fact, they came to the Victoria Hotel, and some people asked them to sign autographs and take photos, and their attitudes were not bad.

The gap between the rich and the poor on Hong Kong Island is huge, and the social division is very serious, perhaps even more terrifying than that of the peninsula.

In such a divided society, there are all kinds of people.

When many people talk about Hong Kong Island, they feel that the people in this place are hopeless and have no feelings for the motherland, but in fact, they really are not.

After the return of Hong Kong Island, almost every time the Olympic Games are over, the national diving team and the women's volleyball national team will go to Hong Kong Island to play exhibition matches, and tickets are in short supply.

At the time of his crossing, the two ports were open, and every weekend, on Saturday and Sunday, 400,000 people from Hong Kong Island went north to Shencheng to spend.

You must know that there are only more than 7 million people on Hong Kong Island, that is, at least one in every 20 people often goes to the mainland.

"Poison Fruit Daily" slanders the mainland without a bottom line, and people who grow up reading such a newspaper will naturally have misunderstandings.

Ban this damn newspaper, let the colonists go to Great Britain, and talk a lot, and slowly a relationship will be built.

Li Shengyao didn't go to supper with the assistant directors, he took his assistant back to the room.

"Boss, there are eight newspaper interview invitations, how many do you want to accept?"

Strange to say, with the popularity of smart phones, the Internet is becoming more and more developed, and the sales of mainland paper media are getting worse and worse, but Hong Kong Island paper media seems to be passable.

Not only is the sales of print media such as "Poison Fruit Daily" sensational, with no bottom line extremely high, but even some relatively left-leaning and pro-mainland newspapers are still alive and well.

In addition to "Poison Fruit Daily", there are many big newspapers on Hong Kong Island, such as Ta Kung Pao, Wen Wei Po, Ming Pao, Cheng Pao, Oriental Daily, Hong Kong Economic Journal and other print media.

Among them, Cheng Pao is a very pro-China media, and Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po are relatively pro-China media.

Oriental Daily and Sing Tao Daily are neutral media, while Ming Pao and Poison Fruit Daily are more reactionary media.

Li Shengyao took the notebook in the assistant's hand, saw the names of several newspapers, and thought for a while, "Take three, Ta Kung Pao, Wen Wei Po, and Oriental Daily." ”

Shing Pao is very pro-China, but its influence on Hong Kong Island is slightly lower.

Relatively speaking, Ta Kung Pao, Wen Wei Po, and Oriental Daily have better sales.

The influence of these three is actually not as good as that of "Poison Fruit Daily", and Li Shengyao will certainly not promote "Poison Fruit Daily".

……

The next afternoon, still at the Victoria Hotel, someone from the Oriental Daily booked a room, made some arrangements, and then invited Lee Shengyao to conduct an interview.

When Li Shengyao went over, he found that the room was very spacious, and some of the original places where tables, chairs, and vases were placed were cleared, so a coffee table and two soft chairs were placed.

This room is much more transparent, and I feel that the air is much smoother.

"Director Li, I'm glad to meet you, I'm Guo Tianqi, the editor of Oriental Daily, and I'll interview you this time."

Guo Tianqi is in his forties, tall and thin, with a gentle appearance, wearing a pair of eyes, and looks like a cultural person.

When he was talking to Li Shengyao, he also glanced at a female employee behind Li Shengyao.

Only then did Li Shengyao notice that in addition to Guo Tianqi, there were a total of five employees in the room, only one was a boy, and the other four were all girls.

Probably because he was handsome, the four girls all secretly looked at him.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Guo."

Mr. Lee then sat down with Mr. Kwok.

A female employee stepped forward to pour them tea.

"Director Li, how about we chat like friends, drinking tea and interviewing at the same time?"

The tea is very fragrant, and the perfume sprayed on the female employees is also very fragrant.

Oriental Daily is the second largest newspaper on Hong Kong Island after "Poison Fruit Daily", and the boss behind it has a British and American background.

Li Shengyao thought that this report would not be very friendly, but he did not expect that the people of Oriental Daily would be more friendly than he imagined.

He was interviewed by Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po in the morning, these two newspapers are similar to mainland newspapers, and the editor of Wen Wei Po knew that Li Shengyao would be interviewed by Oriental Daily in the afternoon, and also reminded Li Shengyao to be careful not to be fooled.

Li Shengyao glanced at the teacup.

The white mist rises, slightly ethereal.

Keeping his eyes on the lookout, he smiled and nodded, "Yes." ”

Guo Tianqi then took a piece of information and handed it to Li Shengyao, "Director Li, see if there are any questions that can't be asked." ”

Li Shengyao took the information, took the pen, and drew while reading, marking all the questions he didn't want to answer.

There are some sensitive questions about Hong Kong Island on the mainland that Lee does not want to answer.

In fact, the advantage lies in our side, and now saying something out of the ordinary will not do any good except to provoke contradictions.

Wait quietly for the locusts to jump out and the colonists leave, so that more neutral people on Hong Kong Island can see clearly who is behind the ghosts, and the two places will naturally gradually get closer.

He didn't want to ridicule or criticize Hong Kong Island at this time.

Guo Tianqi continued: "Director Li, do you still need makeup?" We brought a makeup artist. ”

Later, during the interview, there is a high probability that a few photos will be taken.

However, Li Shengyao was too lazy to put on makeup, he shook his head, "No need." ”

"The makeup artist we brought is amazing, it won't delay your time at all, and it's easy to wash your makeup."

Guo Tianqi's tone was very sincere.

Li Shengyao smiled and shook his head, "No, so be it, I'm not a star, don't care if the photos look good or not." ”

Guo Tianqi nodded, after the observation just now.

He felt that Li Shengyao was better than the legend, and when he thought of his son, who was studying film and television, he couldn't help but be a little affectionate.

"Okay, Director Li, then let's start."

Oriental Daily is currently gaining momentum on Hong Kong Island, and its sales are second only to Poison Fruit Daily.

The top management of the newspaper predicted that the bottomless belittling of the mainland by the "Poison Fruit Daily" would sooner or later be cleaned up by the mainland, and that the Oriental Daily would rise to the top and become the most influential newspaper on Hong Kong Island, and that the Oriental Daily of the Hong Kong Island branch would be worth at least one billion yuan, and they would become the sweethearts of the Hong Kong Island media.

This is the ambition of the top management of the Oriental Daily.

They don't want to offend the mainland, and they are very friendly to Lee Shengyao.

Guo Tianqi and several employees are very gentle and try to show their respect.

Two hours passed like this, and the interview ended.

Several female employees cautiously stepped forward, and then made a request for autographs and group photos, and Li Shengyao readily agreed.

Guo Tianqi also got an autographed photo of Li Shengyao, and when he was leaving, he asked in a low voice: "Director Li, my son is now studying film and television, do you say that he has a future in Hong Kong Island in the future." ”

"It is more difficult to go to the mainland on Hong Kong Island, and the film and television industry in the mainland will usher in explosive growth in the future, and a lot of professionals are needed, as long as they have the ability, they can earn a good salary."

The explosive growth mentioned by Li Shengyao does not refer to the traditional TV drama and film industry, but the rapid development of short dramas after the development of Dou Kuaishou.

By the time Lee Shengyao crossed over, a large number of short drama production companies had emerged in the mainland, and in terms of the short drama industry, the mainland ranked first in the world.

Many excellent short dramas have not only become popular in the mainland, but also in the international version.

Later, not only the Dou Kuaishou team produced short dramas, but even traditional film and television companies began to get involved.

When Guo Tianqi heard this, he nodded emphatically, "Director Li, I understand." ”

He paused for a moment, and then said: "You came to Hong Kong Island, which attracted a lot of attention, not only TVB, but also newspapers and magazines on Hong Kong Island have arranged for paparazzi to come over, these paparazzi have no bottom line, and will even deliberately provoke you, don't be fooled." ”

Li Shengyao was stunned when he heard this, "Do so many people pay attention to me?" ”

"Yes, there are really a lot of people who follow you.

You won the Palme d'Or before, and "1937" didn't do well at the box office on Hong Kong Island, but it scored very well in Gordon.

The new movie invited Lau Dehua, and it is a story about the poor, the rich, and the class, and many people say that you are telling the Hong Kong Island in your heart, and they are very curious about your new movie. ”

Gordon is the largest forum on Hong Kong Island.

Hong Kong Island is the most cosmopolitan city in China, it is very divided, there are many colonists, there are many sheepdogs, and these people still admire Cannes.

"1937" won the Palme d'Or, and these colonists all think highly of Lee Shengyao.

As for Lau Dehua's influence on Hong Kong Island, it is even higher, and now it should be regarded as the highest artist on Hong Kong Island.

The gap between the rich and the poor on Hong Kong Island is serious, and everyone wants to see the poor, rich, and class issues on Hong Kong Island in the eyes of the great director Lee Shengyao.

Li Shengyao understood what Guo Tianqi meant, smiled and nodded, "Okay, I understand." ”

……

Today, the sky is gloomy, and it is raining lightly on Hong Kong Island.

The rain ticked down on the window glass, Li Zekai rolled his eyes, snorted, and shook his head speechlessly.

He had just gotten out of bed, and before he had had enough sleep, he drove to the Victoria Hotel.

The reason why he was in such a hurry was because he received a call from Li Jiacheng.

And what made him even more unhappy was that Li Jiacheng not only asked him to see Li Shengyao, but also asked him to send money to Li Shengyao, which was something he could not accept.

Li Shengyao is in his early thirties, Li Zekai is in his forties, and he is in his fifth, in terms of age, he is a generation older than Li Shengyao.

And he met with Li Shengyao before, expressed goodwill many times, and wanted to cooperate with Li Shengyao, but Li Shengyao refused.

Now that he wants to send money to Li Shengyao, he naturally has no idea.

Soon after, the car came to the gate of the Victoria Hotel, and Li Zekai was about to open the door, but quickly shrank back.

He saw several paparazzi squatting outside the hotel, although these paparazzi seemed to be passers-by, but Li Zekai has been dealing with Hong Kong Island paparazzi for decades, so he naturally understands the style of this group of people, and he is 100% sure that these people are paparazzi.

Is it to block him?

Or do you want to track Lee Shengyao?

Li Zekai is getting older, but he doesn't like sports, and his posture is getting worse and worse.

The paparazzi secretly took pictures of him, saying that he had no jaw bones, that he was a leaky look, that his eyes were blank, and that he was about to go bald.

He thinks he is the pride of the sky, so he naturally doesn't like others to say this about him.

Recently, he has become more and more sensitive to the paparazzi.

"Hey, there's a bunch of paparazzi in front of the Victoria Hotel, what are they doing:"

Li Zekai then took out his mobile phone and called the secretary to ask him to check why the paparazzi at the Victoria Hotel were staying there.

The secretary replied quickly.

When Li Zekai heard this, he couldn't help frowning.

According to the secretary's words, this group of paparazzi was all for secretly filming Li Shengyao.

Recently, at the Gordon Forum on Hong Kong Island, there was a rumor that Lee Shengyao's new film would explain why Hong Kong Island is in the current state, and the gap between the rich and the poor is so large.

Many people on Hong Kong Island are curious.

In fact, this is not only about Hong Kong Island, but also about the mainland.

On Hong Kong Island, the crooked people are exposed to the brainwashing media of Europe and the United States, saying all day long that the mainland is going to collapse and the economy is going to regress.

But on the contrary, the mainland has grown stronger and stronger, and is now the second largest economy after the beautiful country.

On Hong Kong Island, the crooked people are confused and suspicious.

They also want to understand how Lee Shengyao, who won the Palme d'Or, views the problem of wealth disparity.

Therefore, Li Shengyao on Hong Kong Island has recently become a large traffic, and the paparazzi naturally came over when they smelled it.

Li Zekai recalled the words of his secretary, and then he knew that Li Shengyao's new movie was likely to attract reflection from the people of Hong Kong Island, no wonder his father asked him to send money to Li Shengyao, it turned out to be because of this.

Li Shengyao has always been reluctant to cooperate with me.

Will he have an opinion about me, will he hack the Li family in the movie?

While thinking about things, Li Zekai instructed the driver to stop at the door of the Victoria Hotel.

Five minutes later, Li Zeju met Li Shengyao.

I haven't seen him for months, and Director Li is still so handsome.

Thinking of his increasingly rounded face, his neck is a little thicker and shorter.

Li Zekai was unhappy in his heart, but he still squeezed out a smile, "Director Li, long time no see, congratulations on winning the grand prize in Cannes." ”

Li Shengyao greeted him with a smile, and he was a little surprised that Li Zekai came to visit.

He felt that Li Zekai wanted to ask him for something, and planned to listen to it later, and knock off the bamboo when he had the opportunity.

After a few moments, the two men sat down, and the waiter served two cups of tea.

Li Zekai's face really couldn't hold the flesh, and when he spoke, the flesh fell down and shook it.

He exchanged a few pleasantries, then spoke his thoughts.

"Director Li, I heard that your new film will be produced on Hong Kong Island, and it is still a film that reflects the poor, the rich, and the class, we very much welcome you to Hong Kong Island, and sincerely wish your new film can be a big hit and win awards."

Li Shengyao understood that Li Zeju still had unfinished words, so he smiled and nodded, waiting for Li Zekai's next words.

"My Island Telecom, I want to invest 20 million to make an advertisement for your new movie."

20 million advertising sponsorship is very high.

This time, after the "Parasite" project was established, it was learned that this was a modern movie, and many advertisers found Fenghua and wanted to implant advertisements in the movie, with a price of between three million and ten million.

Li Zekai continued: "When Director Li makes movies on Hong Kong Island, there will be no gangs, and there will be no social organizations to trouble you. ”

He rolled his little eyes and continued, "We have all the money you spend at the Victoria Hotel." ”

Li Shengyao smiled, "The Victoria Hotel has waived all my personal expenses. ”

Li Zekai was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses, and then said: "Then all the transportation expenses of your crew on Hong Kong Island, we have covered Hong Kong Island Telecommunications." ”

The crew mainly has several buses, and they have to take the actors and crew, and this part of the money is not very much.

Li Shengyao picked up the teacup and blew the hot mist, "Mr. Li, what do I need to do?"

Li Zekai clapped his hands, "Director Li is refreshing, in addition to advertising placement, I also want to see the script, if there are some scene lines that are easy to misunderstand the audience, we hope Director Li can correct it." ”

This is the real task that Li Jiacheng gave to Li Zekai, asking him to send money to Li Shengyao, and then read the script.

Li Shengyao glanced at Li Zekai, pretended to be silent, and did not answer immediately.

I have to say that Li Jiacheng is very cautious, no wonder Lao Xu stepped on the sewing machine later, Lao Wang's empire was shattered, but Li Jiacheng was able to retreat.

Li Jiacheng was worried that the movie would have a bad impact on him, but Li Shengyao actually did not hack Li Jiacheng.

Of course, now that Li Zekai is sent to the door, Li Shengyao naturally wants to catch a little more.

Seeing this, Li Zekai scolded secretly in his heart, gritted his teeth and continued: "Director Li, the cost of your crew's meals, we will telegraph from Hong Kong Island. ”

Li Shengyao smiled, "Okay, Mr. Li, let's sign the contract, and then I'll show you the script." ”

Li Zekai felt that Li Shengyao's asking price was too high, but this was what Li Jiacheng explained, so after thinking about it, he didn't say anything more and asked Li Shengyao to prepare the contract.

Four hours later, Li Zekai finished reading the script of "Parasite", and he looked at Li Shengyao in a daze.

The script does not hack the Li family, which means that Li Jiacheng is too worried.

But this script is really exciting, maybe it can really win the award, if it can shine in Cannes next year, 20 million advertising is not a loss.

Lee Shengyao wrote such a script, which is indeed remarkable, and he is a truly talented person.

Li Zekai thought of his previous TV station plan, and couldn't help but say: "Director Li, we can really cooperate, I will pay for it, you Fenghua will produce content, and the copyright will be fifty-fifty, how about it?" ”

Li Shengyao was happy to get a sponsorship of 20 million, and smiled when he heard this, "Mr. Li, I am going to make every effort to produce "Parasitic Difference" recently, and I will think about this matter again. ”

Li Zekai smiled helplessly, "Okay, Director Li, my side will always open the door to you." ”

(End of chapter)