Yanjing in July is very hot, unless you are in an air-conditioned room, otherwise, even if you are under a big tree, you will be sweating for a few minutes.

At this time, there were fewer tourists in Yanjing than in the past.

In addition to filming on the set, Li Shengyao has lived in Yanjing most of the time over the years, and he still hasn't fully adapted to this weather.

Although he has a yard at home, he rarely stays in the yard and writes the script of "Joker" in the study.

During this period of time to write a script, he turned down many invitations and rejected many requests for a meeting.

Now that the mainland entertainment media have reported on Emmerich's arrival in China, many people know that he is about to go to the beautiful country to shoot his next movie, or to cooperate with Warner.

Compared with a few years ago, Lee Shengyao's identity is completely different now.

A few years ago, he was an excellent commercial film director.

And now he can be said to be a distinctive international director.

The media don't know the specific theme of Lee Shengyao and Warner's cooperation, they all write in the general direction, saying that they are investing more than 100 million, saying that they are going to hit the Oscars, and saying that they are going to invite Xiao Li Zi and Brad Pitt.

Mr. Lee never responded to those questions, and mainland audiences apparently believed them.

This has led to a lot of people wanting to work with Lee Shengyao.

There are more than when preparing a new movie before, and there are directors on the set who want to be Lee Shengyao's assistant director.

There are well-known screenwriters who want to write scripts with Lee Shengyao.

There are actors who want to go to Hollywood to act, and there are singers who want to sing the theme song.

There are also rich people who want to spend money and write their names on the writer, assistant director, producer, or executive producer.

A million dollars is a name.

They don't interfere with anything, they just want to sign their names.

It didn't sound like there was anything to lose to Lee Shengyao, but of course he refused.

He is now worth tens of billions of dollars, and of course he will not cheat for a million cooperating with scammers.

In such a situation, it even caused some complaints, and many news said that Lee Shengyao is too arrogant now to see talents.

Li Shengyao has no opinion in the accident world, whether it is praise or belittlement, he does not pay attention.

He devoted himself to writing scripts.

Until the morning of this day, Li Shengyao put on a white shirt, black trousers and black leather shoes, and then took three assistants to the Yanjing branch of Ahri Baba and met Ma Yun and Cai Chongxin.

Ma Yun is thin and thin, there is no flesh on his body, and the only commendable thing about his appearance is a pair of eyes, which are always in good spirits.

At this time, he was dressed very casually, with short sleeves and pants, and a pair of sneakers.

Cai Chongxin and Ma Yun are completely different, although he is a bent person, he grew up in a beautiful country, and it is the ABC way of life.

Likes sports and likes to socialize.

I usually go to work in a suit and leather shoes, but this is the case at this time, and I am dressed in the same style as Li Shengyao.

Cai is not tall, but the whole person is very strong, and his muscles can support his shirt.

He likes to play basketball, among the billionaires, Mr. Cai's basketball level should be the top, and it is no problem to beat Boss Xu.

Li Shengyao also likes Mr. Cai, he was a basketball fan for a while in his previous life.

Cai is always willing to spend money, and the only mistake is to hire Nash as the head coach.

At this time, the reason why he led his assistants to come over in person was that he contacted Mr. Cai's law firm in the beautiful country a few days ago.

He thought that if Warner fell in love with the "Joker" script, the two sides would have to sign a contract at that time.

In order to prevent himself from being cheated by Warner, Li Shengyao planned to find the top law firm to help him keep an eye on it.

Mr. Cai's law firm is one of the best in the beautiful country, and Ahri Baba hired them to take charge of legal issues in the beautiful country.

Li Shengyao didn't expect to meet Ma Yun and Caizong, after all, there should be no need to trouble the boss to come out in person.

However, these two people found out about this and took the initiative to invite Li Shengyao to meet.

And he came.

"Director Li, please take a seat, please take a seat."

Ma Yun greeted Li Shengyao, and then poured him tea in person.

Mr. Cai sat next to him at this time, smiling and watching.

This is a person with high emotional intelligence, with a person like Ma Yun who is very active and has a strong desire to perform, he has always been very low-key.

After greeting for a while, when it came to Li Shengyao's matter, Mr. Cai answered, and he said affirmatively: "Director Li, there is absolutely no problem on my side, I will instruct them, when you go to the beautiful country, you send me a message, and I will arrange for them to go over immediately." ”

"Okay, Boss Cai, thank you."

Mr. Cai smiled and waved his hand, "Everyone is a family, you're welcome." ”

Ma Yun said at this time: "Director Li, I want to make a movie, do you have time?"

Li Shengyao was stunned when he heard this, Ma Yun likes to be in the limelight, sing, act, take classes, and come to everything.

If it weren't for the collapse of the character in the later stage, Ma Yun's live broadcast would be normal every day.

In Li Shengyao's previous life, Ma Yun invited a group of kung fu stars to perform a "Gong Shou Dao" together.

Now Lao Ma wants to enter the film and television industry in advance?

However, a short film like "Gong Shoudao", where does Li Shengyao need to take action.

And Ma Yun's main short film, the core must be Ma Yun, and everyone else is just marionettes.

How could Lee Shengyao be a supporting role.

So will this matter affect the cooperation with Caizong Law Firm?

Li Shengyao turned his head to look at Mr. Cai.

Cai Chongxin smiled and shook his head, "Director Li, he wants to act in a movie, it has nothing to do with me, whether you refuse or not, it will not affect our cooperation." ”

When Li Shengyao heard this, he gave a thumbs up, and then said to Ma Yun: "Boss Ma, I don't have time." ”

Ma Yun was not discouraged, smiled, raised the teacup, drank it all, and then said: "Director Li, let me talk about the content of this movie first, and then you can decide whether it will be okay?"

"Okay, you say."

"This movie is first and foremost to promote Chinese culture and tell the story of a master of Chinese martial arts, who defeated various masters of martial arts with our Chinese kung fu.

Secondly, investment is not a problem, there is no upper limit on the budget, Li Lianjie, Donnie Yen, Wu Jing and other kung fu stars have no problem.

Once again, we used the box office of the movie for public welfare. ”

Ma Yun spoke and stood up, "I have always practiced Tai Chi, and I have been very fond of our unique Chinese martial arts culture since I was a child.

Nowadays, young people are very corrupted by money, and many people have forgotten the meaning of life and the original intention of struggle.

Director Li, to be honest, I think my happiest time is to get a salary of a few hundred yuan, and the days when I was a teacher were the most fulfilling and happiest during that time.

I hope to invest in such a film that embodies Chinese kung fu and Chinese culture, to help more lost young people, so that everyone can have a clearer plan for their future, can better understand things, and find their own positioning and meaning of life from the excellent traditional culture. ”

Boss Ma's speech was subdued and frustrated, and it was still very inflammatory.

If Li Shengyao was only eighteen years old, he might have been fooled.

At this time, he just felt funny, "Boss Ma, who are you going to invite to be the leading actor in this kung fu movie?"

"Me."

Ma Yun did not hesitate, and said with a grin under the surprised eyes of Li Shengyao and Cai Chongxin.

"I'm still very well-known.

And I'm in good health, I've been exercising, and there's absolutely no problem with playing.

In addition, I am not a professional, I will be the leading actor, and the audience will be more fresh, maybe I can attract more people to the cinema. ”

Li Shengyao picked up the teacup, glanced at Mr. Cai, and saw that he was holding back a smile, knowing that everyone else thought Ma Yun's idea was unreliable.

He smiled and said, "Boss Ma, I really don't have time here, you better find someone else."

The king of sunglasses, the old mouzi can be.

The king of sunglasses is invincible, and in his "The Grandmaster", Liang Chaowei played very handsomely.

Lao Mouzi's color is the best in the world, he comes to shoot kung fu movies, the fights must be very beautiful, and several fight scenes in "Hero" have a sense of epic.

I'm not good at making kung fu movies, so I'm not as suitable as them. ”

Ma Yun didn't know where Li Shengyao was going to reject him, and then said: "Director Li, aren't you from a martial arts background?" Don't you want to have it yourself?

You can also arrange an important fight scene, and we can work together to make a splash. ”

Li Shengyao still shook his head, "Boss Ma, I can't do it now, I can't fight." ”

Seeing this, Ma Yun was a little discouraged, but he quickly adjusted, "Okay, since that's the case, then forget it, I'll talk about this later, I welcome you at any time here, and I will leave a place for you." ”

Cai Chongxin said at this time: "Director Li, there is a major event on Double 11, can you help us shoot a promotional video, we don't ask for it, you can spend two or three days and shoot a three-minute short film for us."

We will use what you give us.

We will give you a director's fee of 5 million US dollars according to the market price. ”

In business, talk about things.

In just two or three days, you can earn five million dollars.

Li Shengyao will naturally give Mr. Cai this face.

"That's fine, I'm done with this, and I just have a few days off."

"Okay, Director Li is refreshing enough, we can sign the contract now."

Lee then contacted a lawyer, and then signed a contract with Ahri Baba to make a three-minute promotional video for Singles' Day before October.

After signing the contract, Ma Yun and Mr. Cai invited Li Shengyao to lunch together.

They didn't go to the restaurant outside, but ordered a few dishes at the company Xiaozao of the Yenching branch of Ahri Baba.

Ma Yun smiled proudly: "The chef of our small stove is very high, more powerful than the chef of the five-star hotel outside, every time I come to Yanjing, I have to eat his fried dishes." ”

Mr. Cai nodded, "That's right, Chef Liu's Hunan cuisine is very authentic, I eat it relatively lightly, and I have never been used to eating spicy dishes, but I can eat a lot of Chef Liu's dishes." ”

Soon after, a few good dishes came up, and they were really delicious.

Ma Yun asked at this time: "Director Li, are you going to Hollywood to make a movie next?" ”

"Well, if nothing else, it will be available in September."

"Then look at me, can I go over and act."

If this guy is not the founder of Ahri Baba, he must be a conspicuous bag, and if he plays short videos, he will definitely be popular.

Li Shengyao smiled, "If you have time, then Warner will definitely welcome you, but the movie I will make next is relatively dark."

The rich people in it are all bad guys, the poor are oppressed, do you really want to act? ”

Ma Yun was stunned when he heard this, and he reacted very quickly, "Can the beautiful country pass the trial?" ”

"The fictional world should be able to pass the trial."

"As long as I can pass the trial, I'm not afraid, I can act."

Li Shengyao didn't take Ma Yun's words seriously, just nodded.

Mr. Cai continued at this time: "The gap between the rich and the poor in the beautiful country is getting bigger and bigger, and the authorities are actually very sensitive.

Director Li, you'd better be careful. ”

"Okay, I'll take care of that."

……

After eating, Li Shengyao added the contact information of Ma Yun and Cai Chongxin, and went home.

Boss Cai's reminder can't be said to be impossible.

Even in his previous life, "Joker" was successfully released.

But now that he is filming, with his status in China, it is difficult to say whether people in the beautiful country will think that he is mocking, whether they will think that he has other intentions.

Caution is indeed needed.

Thinking of this, Li Shengyao thought carefully for a moment and immediately gave Toby. Emmerich sent an email saying that his film would be at the Venice Film Festival next year.

In his previous life, "Joker" participated in the Venice Film Festival and was a great success, winning the Golden Lion for Best Film.

After participating in the Venice Film Festival, it was released in the beautiful country.

Li Shengyao can naturally be like this now, as long as the movie is well-known, then in order to show his open-mindedness, the beautiful country will not stumble during the release period.

After sending the email, Li Shengyao closed the door and continued to write the script.

The script of "Joker" is very good, there is no clown like the "Batman" series of movies, the clowns in those movies, the characters are very classic, and the bad ones are impressive.

However, these clowns, in the final analysis, are supporting roles, and they are not depicted.

On why he did it? What events led him to become this person, what happened to him in the past.

These situations are not described in detail.

After watching those movies, the audience thinks the clown is bad, scary, and smart.

But other than that, the character is actually very thin.

Later, "Joker" was released, and the main reason why it could cause such a big reaction in Europe and the United States was that the script was solid, depicting the clown's transformation in detail.

It can be said that the movie "Joker" has enriched this character, convinced the audience, and made everyone realize that he is qualified to fight against Batman.

After the release of "Joker", the global box office was 878 million US dollars.

This is the evidence that the audience agrees with this character.

Li Shengyao liked this movie very much in his previous life, he watched it several times, there were a few small flaws that needed to be changed, and there was no problem with the plot of ninety out of five.

He writes the script at this time, very quickly.

He told Emmerich that it would take a month, but he actually gave him ten days and he could copy the script.

Talking about a little more time is just a reflection of his attention.

(End of chapter)