Chapter 159 [Media Asia’s Lin Jianyue, rushes to Cannes, France]

As expected, the next Best Picture award went to “Prisoners of War”.

Li Yishu didn’t think there was anything wrong with this. After all, the movie “Sword Rain” itself could not compare in terms of subject matter.

Moreover, he had also seen “Prisoners in Cages”, in which several veteran Hong Kong actors gave wonderful performances, and the subject matter was a rare realistic subject in Hong Kong, so it would not feel strange that it won an award.

The 12th Hong Kong Film Awards ended with laughter and joy. Li Yishu originally wanted to take Gong Li and Jiang Qinqin home directly, but Cheng Long came to invite him to attend the cocktail party in the evening. For Cheng Long’s face, Li Yishu agreed.

However, Gong Li was not very interested in this, and Jiang Qinqin was not very interested in these cocktail parties either.

After strolling around Hong Kong all day and attending the Academy Awards in the evening, both of them were a little tired.

Li Yishu also asked Huo Wenxi to drive them back to their Mid-Levels mansion, and then come to the cocktail party to find him.

The cultural center where the Academy Awards are held is located in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, and the cocktail party held by ATV is located at the Peninsula Hotel on Salisbury Road, not far away.

In front of the Peninsula Hotel.

Li Yishu had just gotten out of Cheng Long’s car when she saw a man in his 30s with a chubby face and a rather honest look walking towards her.

The man smiled and extended his hand: “Director Li, welcome to the celebration reception hosted by ATV!”

Cheng Long, who got off the car next to him, quickly introduced: “Director Li, this is Mr. Lin Jianyue, the general manager of Media Asia Film Company.”

Hearing this, Li Yishu suddenly realized that this person was the “top rich second generation” who almost destroyed his father’s billions of assets accumulated over decades by his own efforts and entrepreneurship!
Li Yishu smiled and shook hands with the other party: “Hello, Mr. Lin, hello, it’s our first meeting, I’m so sorry!”

“fine.”

Lin Jianyue said with a smile: “It’s normal that Director Li doesn’t know me, but I have heard of your name for a long time. I have always liked watching your movie “Sword Rain” and even gave it to my father. However, he likes your movie “That Mountain, That Man, That Dog” more. He said that this movie reminded him of his childhood days in his hometown Chaoshan. He also said that he must ask you to make an art film about the Chaoshan area if there is a chance.”

Li Yishu said politely, “Thank you for your kindness, Chairman Lin. I am very interested in the different cultures of various regions in the country. I would like to try it if I have the chance.”

“That’s great!”

Lin Jianyue said happily: “Director Li, we must cooperate if there is a chance.”

“That’s easy, Mr. Lin.”

Li Yishu doesn’t mind working with Lin Jianyue. Although this guy is a bit of a spendthrift, he is still very rich.

He also had enough passion for movies, and the Media Asia Films he established later became one of the top film and television companies in Hong Kong after the millennium.

The movies produced are all well-known commercial films, such as “Infernal Affairs”, “The Warlords”, “Initial D” and “Love in a Puff”.

Today, Media Asia Films is mainly engaged in distribution. “Days of Being Wild”, “As Tears Go By”, and “The Heroic Trio” which was released in February this year, were all distributed by this company.

In addition, Lin Jianyue also has the publicity tool of Asia Television, so cooperation is possible.

Cheng Long glanced at the reporters who were following him not far away, and said, “Boss Lin, Director Li, let’s go in. There are quite a few reporters outside.”

Then the group entered the hotel and, led by the doorman, walked towards the banquet hall.

Along the way, Lin Jianyue was trying to get to know Lee Yi-shu. It was obvious that he really wanted to work with Lee Yi-shu just because Lee Yi-shu’s movies were so profitable.

Judging from the current data, the three films released by Lee Yi-su have achieved astonishing returns.

There were a lot of people at the cocktail party, most of them were guests who had just attended the Academy Awards.

As soon as Lin Jianyue showed up, still with Li Yishu and Cheng Long, naturally there were people coming to toast him.

Li Yishu took a few sips of wine and chatted with some acquaintances such as Zhang Guorong and Zhang Manyu for a while, then was pulled aside by Lin Jianyue to have a chat.

“Director Li, do you have any film projects recently? No matter what the project is, we at Media Asia will invest in it!”

When Lin Jianyue said this, he was afraid that Li Yishu didn’t know much about his Media Asia Films, so he took the initiative to talk about the company’s achievements in recent years. In terms of distribution, it has basically reached Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia, and also has some partners in Europe and the United States.

Seeing that Lin Jianyue really wanted to cooperate, Li Yishu shook her head and said, “Boss Lin, it’s not that I don’t want to cooperate with your company. It’s mainly because I really don’t have time this year. I have two movies to shoot next, and I’ve already found investors for both.”

“Is it really impossible to add another one?”

Lin Jianyue said hurriedly: “Director Li, as long as you agree to cooperate, I can invest the full amount, deduct the cost, and 80% of the profit can be given to Director Li!”

so good?
Li Yishu frowned. He didn’t expect Lin Jianyue to be so generous.

This is equivalent to Lin Jianyue investing all the money, but only getting 20% ​​in the end.

Li Yishu hesitated and said, “President Lin…please let me think about it.”

Lin Jianyue nodded and said, “No problem, Director Li, please think about it carefully. I really want to work with Director Li on a commercial film.”

In recent years, Lin Jianyue has been competing with his eldest brother for the position of heir, but because of his previous investment mistakes, his father was very disappointed in him and turned to support his eldest brother Lin Jianming.

Not only did he arrange for his eldest brother to be a director of the Li & Fung Group, but recently there were rumors that he would make his eldest brother the vice chairman. Lin Jianyue saw it and was anxious. He knew very well that his father actually liked him more, but he was not motivated and had lost more than 10 billion in investments before, causing the Li & Fung Group to suffer heavy losses.

Out of desperation, Lin Jianyue resigned from the group and started his own business, Media Asia Films.

However, the film industry is not an industry that anyone can enter. There are many people who make money, but there are also many who lose money.

Lin Jianyue learned from previous lessons, so after founding the film company, he has been engaged in film distribution.

In the past two years, he felt that he had accumulated enough. Coincidentally, he saw Lee Yi-shu, a famous director who became the No. 1 Chinese box office star, and he wanted to have a sincere collaboration with Lee Yi-shu.

Even if he doesn’t make any money, Lin Jianyue is willing to give all the profits to Li Yishu and make back his investment.

Because compared to the little money earned from the movie, the Lin family’s billions of assets are naturally more valuable.

The box office performance of a movie may not determine whether Lin Jianyue is capable or not, but it can definitely restore his image in his father’s mind.

After that, he continued to make steady progress and produced several more movies that performed well at the box office.

Lin Jianyue is confident that he can make his father change his mind and continue to train him to become the successor of the Li & Fung Group.

At this moment, Li Jiaxin ran over, smiling sweetly, and said, “Director Li, President Lin, I thought you had gone back home, but I didn’t expect you to be hiding here chatting.”

Lin Jianyue saw Li Jiaxin approaching Li Yishu, and immediately understood. He said with a smile: “Director Li, let me put it this way first. This is my business card. When you have made up your mind, you are welcome to call me anytime.”

Li Yishu nodded, took the other party’s business card, and said, “Okay, Mr. Lin, I will seriously consider it.”

“Director Li, does Mr. Lin want to discuss film cooperation with you?”

Li Jiaxin’s eyes flickered as she asked, “Look, do I have a chance to play the leading role in your movie? I’ve always wanted to work with you, Director Li, and I wonder if you can fulfill this little wish of mine? I don’t even need to be paid.”

Seeing Li Jiaxin’s seductive eyes and her eagerness to throw herself at him, Li Yishu couldn’t resist. After thinking for a while, he said, “I’m afraid I can’t work with Miss Li for now, but if I have plans for a new film in the future, I can try with Miss Li.”

“Thank you, Director Li.”

Li Jiaxin didn’t have time to feel disappointed when she heard the first half of the sentence, but the second half immediately made her excited and she said, “Director Li, you’d better not call me Miss Li. It sounds so awkward. Why don’t you call me Jiaxin, or Xinxin?”

“Director Li!”

Just when Li Yishu was about to say something, Qingxia suddenly came over and said with a smile: “I didn’t expect you to be here. I just heard from Manyu that you also came to the cocktail party. I just happened to have something to talk to you about.”

Li Yishu nodded: “Okay, Sister Qingxia, let’s find a place.”

Seeing Li Yishu being taken away by Qingxia, Li Jiaxin was so angry that her teeth were itching, but due to Qingxia’s reputation in the Hong Kong film industry, she could only grit her teeth. She was about to take Li Yishu away, but she didn’t expect someone to interfere.

Around ten o’clock in the evening.

Li Yishu was sent back to the Mid-Levels mansion by Huo Wenxi.

At this time, Jiang Qinqin and Gong Li were still awake, sitting on the sofa watching TV. Seeing Li Yishu coming back, Jiang Qinqin ran over and smelled him. After making sure that there was no smell of perfume, she nodded with satisfaction.

Seeing her like this, and Gong Li sitting on the sofa behind her and laughing secretly, Li Yishu was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry. How could she not see that Gong Li had instilled in Jiang Qinqin some tricks of checking up on her.

time flies.

After attending the Academy Awards, Li Yishu returned to Yanjing with Gong Li and Jiang Qinqin, while Huo Wenxi stayed in Hong Kong to register a company, preparing to jointly invest in a DVD player manufacturing factory with Hefei.

After staying in Yanjing for only one day, Li Yishu did not stay idle at home. Instead, she went to ask Yu Feihong. After confirming that the girl would officially stay in school in the second half of the year to serve as a teacher for the freshman class of the acting department, she also let Jiang Qinqin choose to apply for Beijing Film Academy.

The next morning, Li Yishu took Jiang Qinqin and flew back to the mountain city.

The college entrance examination will be held in more than two months. Jiang Qinqin ranked first in both the art exam and the art exam, but she still needs to meet the cultural score requirements to join. She also has to go to Cannes in May, so it is crucial to return to the mountain city early to make up for the lessons.

After returning to the mountain city, Li Yishu also went back to her home and visited Emei Film Studio to check the progress of the crew’s preparations. She also started screening actors and started working on the filming plan for “The Unknown”.

It was not until April 4 that Xu Lu called and said that he hoped to go to the Cannes Film Festival with Li Yishu in advance to set up the exhibition hall.

Li Yishu had no choice but to put down the work at hand and rushed to Hong Kong again, and went to the Cannes Film Festival with Xu Lu to prepare for the event.

France.

Nice Côte d’Azur Airport.

“Is this Cannes?”

This was also Lee Yi-su’s first time at the Cannes Film Festival. She looked left and right but didn’t see anything surprising.

Xu Lu smiled and said, “This is not Cannes, this is Nice. Cannes is in a small town nearby.”

(End of this chapter)