A little sunlight slipped through the window panes into the conference hall.

Some people bent down and left lightly, went to the rest room to smoke, and when they returned, they came back with a smell of smoke.

Xu Haofeng was bored, his left ear went in, his right ear went out, and he listened to the speech of the leader on the stage.

Today's conference was organized by Radio and Television and China Film Corporation, attended by young directors in Beijing, and Li Shengyao's Film Seminar.

There were more than 200 people at the scene.

The vast majority of people are similar to Xu Haofeng, unknown filmmakers in the industry.

Radio and Television and China Film have special young director support projects, although the money is not a lot of electricity, it is still very attractive to this group of young directors.

Therefore, Radio and Television and China Film have a meeting, and the big guys will sell face.

This time, Lee Shengyao won the Best Director at Cannes, setting a new record in the world film industry.

Radio and Television and China Film naturally expressed their opinions, so they organized this seminar.

I heard that students from major film and television schools in the mainland also have the task of writing Li Shengyao's film papers.

Xu Haofeng entered the circle in 2010, and he made the movie "The Trail of the Japanese Bandits", which is famous.

He then worked as a screenwriter and action consultant for "The Grandmaster", and his fame became even more famous.

In addition, he writes almost every year, which has accumulated a lot of fame for him.

But the entertainment industry is extremely realistic, when you can't make money, then you are nothing.

Xu Haofeng wanted to prepare his second film, but after looking for a few months, no one was willing to invest.

He is now coming to participate in this seminar just to embarrass himself, hoping to get support funds from young directors of radio and television and China Film.

As a post-70s generation with special hobbies, Xu Haofeng naturally knows Li Shengyao, he doesn't like to watch those idol dramas filmed by Li Shengyao, he likes "1937", and "Parasite".

In the last two years, he didn't like "Three Billboards" very much.

probably advocates rivers and lakes in his bones, and he likes movies with men as the core.

"Three Billboards" is a women's film.

He was still thinking about the script last night, so he went to bed late, and now he is very sleepy.

At this moment, someone next to him was chatting in a low voice.

"Lao Bi, is the master really willing to invest in you?"

"Yes."

"Then you're really shit lucky, your movie, how weird I think it."

"My story is very good, and you don't understand, I want to make a different style of film."

The person who spoke, one with black-rimmed glasses and the other with plain white-rimmed glasses.

The man with black-rimmed glasses has a round face and big eyes, looking simple.

The man with white-rimmed glasses has a big head, small eyes, and looks quite honest, but his eyes are a little cunning.

Next to these two people, there was also a young man with glasses and a very honest look.

Xu Haofeng felt that these three people were a little familiar, he thought about it carefully, and finally remembered that he had seen it when he watched the news, and these three people seemed to be Li Shengyao's apprentices, what are they called Dapeng, Bi Gan, and Wen Muye.

There was a voice again.

"You still say that my script, what kind of pancake man are you, isn't it even more, it's completely a collection of sketches."

"The master said the same thing, and persuaded me to think of another one, but I couldn't think of it."

"So don't talk about me, your script is even more unreliable. Or Lao Wen's script is good, the master said that Lao Wen's book can be a big hit, and if you want to invest more money, we can also follow suit, Lao Wen, have you voted? ”

The man who had not spoken all this time nodded, "I mortgaged my hometown house and invested a million." ”

When Xu Haofeng heard this, he thought of Li Shengyao's business vision, which has long been known in the industry.

Li Shengyao's optimistic movies have no losses.

He couldn't help but be a little envious of these three people, there is a big boss in the circle to protect them, aren't the funds and publicity trivial?

He then thought of the new movie he was preparing, "Can I find Fenghua to invest in this movie?" ”

"The Trail of the Widows" only had a box office of 320,000, and the investors who lost money scolded him for three months.

Now no one wants to invest in his new film.

"Maybe I should try."

Xu Haofeng then took the initiative to talk to Dapeng and them, added a contact number, and talked about Li Shengyao.

Only then did I know that Bi Gan was going to make a literary film next, but Li Shengyao still invested money.

Hearing this, Xu Haofeng had more expectations in his heart.

Not everyone is the king of sunglasses, or Chief Jia, and literary films can make money.

Li Shengyao can invest in Bi Gan's literary films, and maybe he is willing to invest in his action movies.

After the seminar, Xu Haofeng came to the headquarters of Fenghua Film and Television Company with the script and the planning book of the new film and found the film investment department.

However, he was very disappointed, people didn't read the script at all, flipped through the planning book, and inquired about Xu Haofeng's past experience, so he rejected him.

"Mr. Xu, after careful evaluation, we feel that your project does not meet our cooperation requirements for the time being, thank you for coming, and hope to have the opportunity to cooperate again in the future."

Very official refusal.

Xu Haofeng knows that although Fenghua has only risen for about ten years, he has been infected with the problems of large groups, and there are routines for people to do things, and if there is no stepping stone, it will not attract their attention at all.

He nodded in disappointment, packed up his things, and then strode out, and just as he stepped out of the gate of Fenghua headquarters with his right foot, a rush of footsteps sounded behind him.

"Mr. Xu, our boss wants to see you."

Li Shengyao wants to see him.

Xu Haofeng didn't expect Li Shengyao to know about him, he guessed that it should be Dapeng and they talked about him with Li Shengyao.

secretly rejoiced in the morning's decision, and then followed the people, re-entered Fenghua Film and Television Company, and then met Li Shengyao in the conference room.

I saw that Li Shengyao was tall and straight, and between walking, his steps were steady and powerful, and he had a special sense of rhythm.

This is the feeling of perennial sports, especially for people who practice martial arts regularly.

I have long heard that Li Shengyao was a martial artist when he first entered the industry and had a body of kung fu, but now it seems that there is nothing wrong.

Xu Haofeng couldn't help but look forward to it, his new movie is about the story of the rivers and lakes of the country, maybe Li Shengyao is interested.

After the two sat down, they exchanged a few words, and Xu Haofeng then said his purpose, and then handed the script and plan to Li Shengyao to read.

Li Shengyao took the plan and the script, and read it carefully.

Xu Haofeng's story is about the battle of Tianjin martial arts during the period of the Ming Kingdom, which is no different from the "Master" in his memory.

Li Shengyao also likes Xu Haofeng's movies, although this person's movies are not profitable, but he feels that the Chinese film market needs action movies produced by Xu Haofeng.

And Xu Haofeng's film investment is not large, even if he loses money, he will not lose too much.

It's like Bi Gan wants to make a literary film, and he invests money.

There are films that should be supported even though they know they will lose money.

Xu Haofeng waited for Li Shengyao, and when he finally finished reading the script, he asked carefully: "Director Li, what do you think of this story?" ”

"It's good, it's interesting."

Li Shengyao said directly: "Fenghua can be invested, but the copyright must belong to Fenghua 100%. ”

During this time after he returned to China, he was very busy, except for various interviews and official activities.

There are still many people who want to work with him.

He has invested in a lot of movies, such as Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior", as well as Wen Muye's "I Am Not the God of Medicine", as well as Dapeng's "Pancake Man", and Bi Gan's "Roadside Picnic".

Some movies make money, some don't.

As always, Fenghua wants full copyright.

When Xu Haofeng heard this, he had been prepared for a long time without any hesitation, "Definitely, Director Li, you own all the copyrights." ”

Then he tilted his head slightly, and made a gesture of listening, intending to change whatever the owner said.

If it was an ordinary gold owner, he was not happy in his heart.

But Lee's ability to make up stories was there, and he didn't feel there was any need to doubt it.

Li Shengyao said with a smile: "Okay, that's it, I'll let the people from the film department connect with you, and you can just tell them how much money you need at that time." ”

No need to revise, Lee Shengyao is very satisfied with his story?

Xu Haofeng was a little stunned, and after a few seconds, he noticed Li Shengyao's smiling gaze, so he came back to his senses, and hurriedly got up and said gratefully: "Director Li, thank you for your support." ”

"It's okay, I like your style very much, keep up the good work."

Xu Haofeng didn't expect Li Shengyao to watch "The Trail of the Widows", and thought that none of the movies Li Shengyao had invested in in the past had lost money, so he couldn't help but look forward to it a little more, "Director Li, do you think "Master" can be a big hit?" ”

"It can't be a big hit, but your movie genre is very important, and it enriches Chinese action movies, so I think you should support it."

It turned out to be for this reason.

It's a remarkable pattern.

……

Li Shengyao has been really busy lately,

It's June soon, the Shanghai Film Festival is about to start, and he will go to Shanghai at that time.

And "La La Land" will be released in the middle of next month, and there will be some publicity at that time.

The box office of "Dalian by the Sea" has gradually fallen back recently, and the total box office is expected to be around 260 million.

He hopes that the box office of "La La Land" can be three or four billion.

In his previous life, when "La La Land" was released in the mainland in 2017, the box office was only more than 300 million, but it will be re-released in 2023 and won another 270 million.

He thinks that if the publicity is in place, there is no problem with "La La Land" of three or four billion, and at least it can create a domestic song and dance film record.

In addition, the global box office of this movie that year was 440 million US dollars, and the current Chinese version of "La La Land" naturally cannot have so much, but the overseas box office of tens of millions of US dollars may have.

After a period of time, he will also take Li Lianhua and Yue Ming to Europe and the United States, Hong Kong Island, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand to promote.

On the morning of this day, Li Shengyao met Han Sanping and Yu Dong in the company's conference room.

Compared with the past, Han Sanping looks much older, his hair is still black at first glance, but if you look closely, you will find that it is black and white, and white hair accounts for a large area.

There was still a smile on his face, but it was much stiffer, not as hearty as it used to be.

He retired in March of this year.

Yu Dong is full of spirits, although Bona has not made any splash in the stock market of the beautiful country, but he has received a lot of resources in the past two years, made several blockbusters with positive energy, and has been recognized by the above.

"Director Li, we have a big project here, and we want to invite you to direct it."

Yu Dong then handed a plan book to Li Shengyao.

This plan book is very thick and looks very weighty.

"China Film, as well as our Bona will invest, if you come to direct, of course Fenghua can also invest."

Li Shengyao nodded, unfolded his view, and found that it was the planning book of "The Great Cause of the Founding of the Army".

After the successive "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic" and "The Great Cause of the Founding of the Party" in previous years, due to the decline in the box office and the decline in word of mouth, China Film pressed the pause button and planned to shoot it again in a few years.

At that time, Han Sanping asked Li Shengyao to film "The Great Cause of the Army".

But Lee refused.

I didn't expect it to be brought again now.

Regarding the next movie, he already has ideas, so naturally he will not consider "The Great Cause of the Army", such a movie, the director has too many rules, and it is not the working environment that Lee Shengyao wants.

"Director Han, Mr. Yu, I already have a new film plan, and I don't have time to shoot this "The Great Cause of the Army"."

Lee Shengyao was walking in Paris that day, and he thought of two movies and a TV series.

These two movies are the famous "Joker" and "Barbie".

The TV series is "Squid Game".

"Squid Game" is a patchwork TV series, copying the plots of several TV series, and there is no need to worry about the copyright of the original work.

The reason why this TV series can become a big hit has helped Netflix earn more than 5 billion, one is the great influence of Korean dramas, and the other is the promotion of Douyin.

"Squid Game" is the first TV series to explode on TikTok, and various statistics surpass "Rights and Games".

Li Shengyao plans to find someone to start building a short video website starting this summer, and he wants to establish his own Douyin.

He doesn't plan to change his name, the mainland is called Douyin, and the overseas version is called TikTok.

At that time, Chinese TV dramas can be bombarded indiscriminately on Douyin, and he used to make Fenghua Online dominate in Southeast Asia and overpower Netflix.

It is necessary to maintain the cultural influence in the back garden of China.

As for filming "Joker" and "Barbie", it is completely Lee Shengyao's bad taste.

He now wants money and money, fame and fame, and awards and awards.

He has little to do with film accolades, and now that he is retiring on the spot, he is the most successful film director since the turn of the millennium.

In this case, he plans to make two more interesting movies, one is to make money, and the other is to disgust the beautiful country.

"Joker" profoundly depicts the decay and unbearability of capitalism.

And this movie has attracted a deep resonance from the people of the beautiful country, that year, the Oscars, the awards have not yet been revealed, and the vast majority of the people think that the best movie is "Joker".

As a result, the awards revealed that the Oscar for Best Film did not go to "Joker".

At that time, many viewers were very disappointed and thought that the Oscars were unfair.

Now that he is coming to shoot, the Oscar does not give the best film, so he publicizes it, saying that the Oscar suppresses mainland directors, obviously jealous of his talent.

Again, he has a special identity, and it is up to him to shoot the bad social phenomena of the beautiful country, which is even more topical.

As for "Barbie", this women's boxing movie is completely designed to intensify the conflict.

In Li Shengyao's previous life, "Barbie" will only come out in 2023, and at this time, due to the big battle, women's boxing around the world has actually weakened slightly.

If it comes out before the big battle, this movie can attract a bigger discussion.

Li Shengyao is about to shoot in a beautiful country, disgusting and beautiful.

Of course, whether it is "Joker" or "Barbie", he has the copyright of the character, and he needs to go to the beautiful country to fight for it first.

When he finishes this busy period, he will fly to Lao Mei to fight for the filming rights of these two movies.

At that time, even if you make less money, you can do without copyright.

Anyway, he made a movie with the intention of sabotage.

Time is limited, so he naturally has no time to shoot "The Great Cause of the Army".

Han Sanping and Yu Dong heard Li Shengyao's words at this time, and immediately said a few points, all of which were the benefits of filming "The Great Cause of the Founding of the Army".

However, Lee Shengyao has made a decision, and he will not change it easily.

In the end, Han Sanping and Yu Dong had no choice but to leave.

Han Sanping couldn't help but ask, "Director Li, what movie do you plan to make next?" ”

"Go to the beautiful country and make a Hollywood blockbuster."

(End of chapter)