The release of "Small Times 1" kicked off the summer of 2013, and this movie quickly broke several screening records with the appeal of Guo Xiaosi and Da Mi Mi, as well as fans of the original work.

The highest box office on the first day, the highest box office in a single theater on the first day, the fastest movie to break 20 million, the highest box office in Shanghai on the first day, etc.

Then the movie was released, and the producer bought a lot of hot searches, attracting many young audiences to enter the theater, and finally "Small Times 1" got more than 400 million box office.

There are no big scenes in this movie, no special effects, and there are no big names, except for Da Mi Mi, it's hard to say whether the other people's salaries are two million.

With a box office of more than 400 million, the producer must have made money.

This made Guo Xiaosi and Chai Zhiping very excited, and they held a celebration banquet continuously.

However, after watching it, fans were disappointed, and many people scolded, thinking that this movie was a long-form MV, without any interest or emotion.

Although several women were crying and laughing there, the audience felt that they were playing at home.

There are still many people who think that this is Guo Xiaosi's imaginary women's friendship and life.

The movie has a score of 4.7 on Douban.

The situation of "Small Times 1" is not an isolated case, and many movies with high box office and bad reputation will be released in the next summer season, especially the variety show movies that Fenghua has sold, which are very eye-catching.

"The Voice of China", "Extreme Challenge", "Where Are You Going, Dad", "Happy Comedian" and other variety movies have been released.

They all want to harvest the students' money.

These variety shows have no storyline, and they actually shoot variety shows in the movie, which can be said to be rotten.

Douban scores are all below five points, and none of the movies are worth studying, and they are all rotten and featureless.

In the entire summer file, the only two movies with a good reputation are probably Lu Yang's "Embroidered Spring Knife 1" and Xu Zheng's "Hong Kong Embarrassment".

is different from Li Shengyao's previous life, with Li Shengyao pressing, Xu Zheng did not use Bao Beier, "Hong Kong Embarrassment" Xu Zheng cooperated with Baoqiang and got a box office of 1.7 billion.

As a martial arts movie, "Embroidered Spring Knife 1" shows the story of Shen Lian, a small banner of Jinyiwei, which is a rare costume action movie that can be watched after the millennium, and has won more than 100 million box office.

Since the copyrights of those variety show movies are all from Fenghua, these variety shows have a bad reputation, and there are a lot of black Fenghua news on the Internet.

At the same time, "Embroidered Spring Knife" and "Hong Kong Embarrassment" are also invested by Fenghua, and many people feel that Fenghua's vision is poisonous, and Li Shengyao's record of never losing money still continues.

In general, there are praises and disparages.

Lee Shengyao didn't know much about the situation outside, and he was busy with the post-production of "Three Billboards" during this time.

Fortunately, he was lucky, and after quickly editing, he handed it over to Chen Guangrong for the soundtrack, and Chen Guangrong had been preparing for this for a long time, and he completed the soundtrack work in only twenty days after taking over.

In this case, Lee Shengyao took over faster and completed the final fine cut at an earlier point in time.

Originally, Lee Shengyao expected it to take two months, but it was completed in a month and a half.

Li Shengyao then organized several assistant directors to watch the finished film, and after watching the movie, the big guys were very satisfied and felt that there was no need to revise it.

"Master, Zhang Manyu and Ren Dahua's performances are very good, and they will definitely win the award."

Dapeng expressed his thoughts for the first time.

Li Shengyao was very satisfied with the effect shown by the movie, and nodded with a smile when he heard this, "It's too early to say that I won the award, and I will talk about it after I go to the Venice Film Festival." ”

……

At 10 a.m. on August 17, 2013, the weather in Yanjing was very good, with the sun shining slowly, the white clouds fluttering, and the summer wind blowing gently.

In the conference room of the headquarters of Fenghua Film and Television Company, Li Shengyao met Yu Dong, Xu Zheng, and Baoqiang.

Yu Dong is still the same, he is wearing an ordinary short-sleeved shirt with a pair of jeans, smiling all the time, and looking very easy-going.

Xu Zheng still has a bald head, he has gained a lot of weight compared to the last time they met, and at this time, his face is bulging, full of fat, and his neck is also thick.

"Thai Embarrassment" previously created a Chinese film box office champion.

"Hong Kong Embarrassment" has set a new box office record for Chinese-language films this time.

These two movies allowed Xu Zheng to quickly gain a foothold in the film industry, and Xu Zheng is now a bigwig-level actor.

He is an ambitious person who wants to start his own company, invest in movies on his own, and become a capitalist in Vanity Fair.

However, although his status in the entertainment industry has improved a lot, he still has no cards in front of Li Shengyao.

This time, he followed Yu Dong to find Li Shengyao, wanting to buy the copyright of the "Embarrassment Series".

In the next movie, Xu Zheng plans to cooperate with Bona.

Why don't you cooperate with Fenghua, naturally Bo Na gives more shares, and no one will have trouble with money.

Xu Zheng believed that Li Shengyao could understand his choice, but despite this, he was still very worried, and sat down and looked left and right at this time, his heart still hanging.

He was afraid that Lee would call him a traitor.

Baoqiang and Xu Zheng are in a similar situation, Baoqiang has an idea, he wants to make a series of movies about traveling in Asan.

He doesn't plan to rely on Fenghua investment, he has already discussed with Yu Dong that Bo Na will invest in his first film.

However, if you want to use the name "Yinyi", you still have to buy the copyright from Fenghua.

Unlike Xu Zheng, Baoqiang is very relaxed, with a simple smile, very frank and natural.

Yu Dong consciously dug up Li Shengyao's two "talents", so he took the initiative to come over, hoping that Li Shengyao would not embarrass Xu Zheng and Baoqiang.

Li Shengyao sat on the other side, face to face with Yu Dong, and the two sides seemed to be negotiating.

Yu Dong picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and then talked about these two things, and finally said: "Director Li, you let Xu Zheng and Baoqiang make a film for us, and Bo Na is 30 million alone, which is our sincerity."

In addition, the exclusive online rights of these two movies will definitely be sold to Fenghua.

If you want to invest, you can put it forward and we will discuss.

In the end, I hope that this incident will not destroy our friendship, and that business will not be benevolent, and I hope that we can develop together. ”

Xu Zheng immediately continued: "Director, I have always remembered your kindness to us.

As long as you need us, no matter what problems you encounter, no matter what time it is, we will come back quickly and make a movie for you, this sentence is valid for us for a lifetime. ”

Baoqiang followed and said: "Director, what Xu Zheng said is right, I also mean this." ”

When the words fell, the three of them all looked at Li Shengyao, and there was a little nervousness in their eyes.

However, Yu Dong looked more natural, and the other two looked even more nervous.

Li Shengyao noticed the expressions of the three people and smiled slightly, "Whether it is Xu Zheng or Baoqiang, they are not Fenghua artists, you and I are in a cooperative relationship, if we want to make money together, then cooperate, if anyone has a better way, then they will naturally choose another way." ”

"It's too domineering to talk about money, there's no need to say that, whether it's Xu Zheng or Baoqiang, where to go is your freedom, I sincerely wish you more and more success and can make more exciting movies."

"As for the other conditions, there is no need either, there is no need to tell me these conditions, I am not a self-respecting overlord, we are an equal relationship."

Li Shengyao was not angry at Xu Zhengbaoqiang's choice.

These two people are not his entertainers.

And after Xu Zheng's "Thai Embarrassment", only one "I Am Not the God of Medicine" can do well at the box office, and the box office of other movies is not good.

Now that Wen Muye is following Li Shengyao, he will let Wen Muye shoot "I Am Not the God of Medicine" next year at the latest.

Xu Zheng is useless.

As for Baoqiang, the first film won the Golden Broom Award, and Li Shengyao was too lazy to invest in such a movie.

When Yu Dong heard this, he looked at Li Shengyao in surprise, he could save 60 million, and he was also happy in his heart.

Then I thought that Li Shengyao's worth of tens of billions of dollars far exceeded him.

I can't help but feel a little sad, people don't want the 60 million, it's because they have money, he doesn't have such courage, and all his assets now add up to less than 100 million US dollars.

Of course, the scene still has to be said, he gave a thumbs up, "Director Li, atmospheric, I just said that we don't need to worry, you are a person who does big things, you are broad-minded, and you won't care about us at all." ”

When Xu Zheng heard Li Shengyao's words, he was moved and said some good things.

Baoqiang continued at this time: "Director, I'm going to shoot my first movie, can you help me refer to it?"

"Long story short, I've been busy in the last few days and don't have time to read the script."

Li Shengyao responded, of course he would not really give Baoqiang advice.

Baoqiang nodded, "I also want to make a road movie, the movie tells the story of the male protagonist in Ah San, my male protagonist will encounter a series of strange customs of Ah San, the process is very funny, and finally human nature is sublimated." ”

Li Shengyao smiled, "It's a good idea, as long as the plot is interesting, maybe it can be a big hit." ”

When Bao Qiang heard this, his heart was excited, and he almost jumped up, "Director, you didn't lie to me, did you?"

"Of course I didn't lie to you, polish the script well, and it will be much easier to shoot later."

"Uh-huh, director, I'll listen to you."

Xu Zheng sat next to him, looking at Baoqiang quietly, smiling in his heart.

"Thai Embarrassment" and "Hong Kong Embarrassment" were great successes, and Xu Zheng felt that he had a high talent in film creation.

It's not that his creative prowess surpasses Lee's, but he feels that he knows his own acting style better than Lee.

The sequences he designed were more in line with his style.

He didn't feel the need to ask Lee Shengyao, after all, the scenes he designed were more funny and more in line with his interests.

Yu Dong sat beside Xu Zheng, and when he saw that Xu Zheng didn't react, he couldn't help coughing lightly.

Everyone knows that Lee Shengyao is a commercial film master, and the films he has invested in have never lost money.

This time, Xu Zheng and Baoqiang will not follow Li Shengyao, but Yu Dong still hopes that Li Shengyao can give some suggestions for the movie of the two people.

Baoqiang asked just now.

But Xu Zheng didn't ask, what was this guy thinking, why didn't he ask?

Xu Zheng noticed that Yu Dong was coughing, smiled, and gave Yu Dong a reassuring look.

Yu Dong was speechless, but he didn't take the initiative to say it, he was still willing to believe Xu Zheng.

He thought about it and planned to change the topic, otherwise he would talk about Xu Zheng's new movie sooner or later.

"Director Li, I heard that in early September, you are going to participate in the Venice Film Festival?"

Li Shengyao nodded, "Yes, we will go to Venice then." ”

"Director Li, are you confident?"

"There must be."

When Yu Dong heard this, he was envious, Bo Na did not have such a talent.

Although the Venice Film Festival has not yet started, no one knows whether Lee Shengyao can win the award, but he has an inexplicable trust in Lee Shengyao.

He couldn't help but continue, "Director Li, my previous words are still valid, as long as you are willing to cooperate with us Bona, the salary of 20 million US dollars, box office share, and copyright share can be negotiated." ”

Baoqiang and Xu Zheng couldn't help but be envious when they heard Bo Na's condition for Li Shengyao.

Xu Zheng thought that when he made another high-grossing movie, he would become a capitalist and have more shares.

And Baoqiang thinks that he can be like Li Shengyao, Virgo can become famous in one fell swoop, become an international director, and then go to Hollywood to make movies.

Baoqiang is from the countryside, and he actually has an obsession in his heart, hoping that he can be more successful, more famous, and more international.

When Li Shengyao heard this, he nodded with a chuckle, "If you have the opportunity, you can cooperate." ”

Yu Dong knew that what Li Shengyao said was polite words, with a smile on his face, and he felt a sense of loss in his heart.

Xu Zheng listened to Li Shengyao's words, thought about it, and still planned to ask Li Shengyao what he thought of his new movie, "Director, my new movie is also an embarrassing series, I plan to make a road movie to Da Mao, do you think it's interesting?" ”

Isn't this "Embarrassing Mother".

Xu Zheng's several embarrassing movies are all about the plight of middle-aged men, and it was okay at the beginning, the audience watched the novelty, but when it came to "Embarrassing Mother", it was obvious that they couldn't sell tickets.

But what do these things have to do with Lee Shengyao?

It's like Baoqiang's bad movie.

It's not a movie he's going to invest in.

Li Shengyao continued: "Da Mao has a lot of points that can be written, and the audience also understands Da Mao's related stalks, as long as your script is good, I think you can continue the brilliant achievements of "Thai Embarrassment" and "Hong Kong Embarrassment". ”

When Xu Zheng heard this, he nodded happily.

He felt that there was nothing wrong with his choice of theme, and it seems that there is no difference between him and Lee Shengyao in the choice of theme.

Thinking of this, Xu Zheng became more confident.

But then he thought that Lee Shengyao was about to participate in the Venice Film Festival, and the momentum in his heart weakened a lot.

A person like him, who changed careers to become a director halfway, at most makes commercial films and literary films, and really doesn't have that ability.

He put away the idea of comparing himself with Li Shengyao, and then asked: "Director, did you go to Venice this time to get a movie queen for Zhang Manyu?"

Li Shengyao made three movies to compete for the best actress, this is public news.

"Dalian by the Sea" has already been produced, and it will not participate in the Venice Film Festival, but will be kept for next year's Berlin Film Festival.

is to arrange "Three Billboards" to participate in the Venice Film Festival, hoping that Zhang Manyu can finally fight to see if he can get the queen of the three major European film festivals.

This is something that many people know.

Lee Shengyao ordered the movie, "That's right, I hope she can win the Venice Film Festival actress." ”

This is the reason why Lee Shengyao invited Zhang Manyu to star in the first place, he hopes that his dream can come true and make Zhang Manyu a top actress in the history of world cinema.

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