Chapter 155 [Apply for the Central Academy of Drama or the Beijing Film Academy? ]

Hong Kong.

Kai Tak Airport.

Looking down from the plane, the building seemed very close.

“This is Hong Kong. Why not find a more spacious place to build the airport?”

It was also the first time that Jiang Qinqin saw this magical scene. In the past, when she flew between Yanjing and Sichuan Airport, the surroundings were empty. She had never seen such a building so close, as if she might hit it in the next second.

Gong Li, who was standing next to him, smiled and said, “I heard that they seem to be building a new airport. This Kai Tak Airport has been here for many years. Don’t worry, we won’t run into it.”

Jiang Qinqin shook her head: “I’m not worried about that, but I just felt that the building over there didn’t seem to be that tall.”

Gong Li said: “Not all buildings in Hong Kong are high-rise. On the Kowloon Peninsula, there are many low-rise tenement buildings and residential buildings.”

“I thought it was just like in the movies, with all high-rise buildings.”

Jiang Qinqin’s impression of Hong Kong has always remained in Hong Kong films. In most of these films, even those cheap public housing units can be described as high-rise buildings compared to the mainland at that time.

“There are still many slums in Hong Kong. This is a real capitalist society.”

Gong Li sighed, saying that when she first came to Hong Kong to shoot a movie, she had always longed for this place.

But only when I really came here did I understand that Hong Kong is not perfect. Instead, it shows the capitalist side of society to the fullest.

Jiang Qinqin turned around and looked at another intellectual elder sister: “Sister Yongmei, you used to work in Shenzhen. Have you ever been to Hong Kong?”

Yongmei smiled faintly: “I have been here twice, but both times I came here with the company to discuss business.”

The reason Yongmei came to Hong Kong this time was mainly because Amy arranged for her to study in Hong Kong for a period of time.

Yongmei had never been involved in the film industry before. Mainland art film companies are more like a finance department, mainly responsible for the distribution of the mainland box office, including receiving film studios that want to cooperate with Li Yishu.

Amy knew that as her boss’s business grew, a lot of management talent would be needed in the future. She started training new people now, as they would definitely be more loyal than those hired temporarily in the future.

Yongmei had basically no opportunity to learn while staying in the Yanjing branch.

Therefore, taking advantage of the opportunity of Li Yishu coming to Hong Kong to participate in the Academy Awards, Yongmei was arranged to come over to study for a few months. After that, she will follow the boss to the crew and get familiar with the crew’s shooting process, so that she can better serve as the general manager of the mainland branch in the future.

After a while, when the plane landed completely.

Several people also followed the “Sword Rain” crew out of the cabin.

This time, there were four people from the crew attending the Hong Kong Film Awards. In addition to the lead actress Gong Li, there were also Jiang Qinqin who won the Best Newcomer Award, Yu Chenghui who won the Best Action Director Award, and Zhao Fei who won the Best Cinematography Award. (I forgot to mention that Qinqin won the Best Newcomer Award before)

At the airport pick-up area, Li Yishu, Xu Lu, Huo Wenxi and others had been waiting there for a long time.

When she saw a group of people coming out, Li Yishu quickly waved and called out, “Qinqin, this way!”

“Yeshu-ge!”

I haven’t seen Li Yishu for several months, so naturally I missed him. As soon as I saw him, I immediately pounced on him.

“Be good.”

Li Yishu touched Jiang Qinqin’s head and said with a smile, “How was it? How were the art exams for the Central Academy of Drama and the Beijing Film Academy?”

In mid-March, Jiang Qinqin took part in the art exams of the Central Academy of Drama and the Beijing Film Academy. With Yu Feihong accompanying this girl throughout the whole process, it seems that her art exam results should not be a problem.

“I’ve passed.” Jiang Qinqin raised her chin proudly and said, “I got first place in both the Central Academy of Drama and the Beijing Film Academy!”

“Both of them are first? Of course!”

Li Yishu’s eyes lit up and he said, “Have you decided whether to apply to the Central Academy of Drama or the Beijing Film Academy?”

“I…”

Jiang Qinqin was in a dilemma. On the one hand, she wanted to go to Beijing Film Academy so that she could go to the same university as Li Yishu.

But now Li Yishu basically doesn’t go to school, and you may not be able to see Li Yishu even if you go to Beijing Film Academy.

“Of course I went to the Central Academy of Drama.”

Gong Li came over pushing a suitcase and said with a smile: “I just talked to Qinqin on the plane. It is best for her to come to the Central Academy of Drama. This is the only way to train her to be an excellent and qualified actor. Can she be a good actor if she goes to Beijing Film Academy?”

Li Yishu laughed: “Sister Gong Li, if our teachers in the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy knew what you said, I’m afraid they would be so angry that they would die.”

“That’s the truth.”

Gong Li said very frankly: “The acting department of Beijing Film Academy is quite bad. I wanted to apply to Beijing Film Academy at first, but later I heard that the acting department of the Central Academy of Drama is better, and Qinqin studied Peking Opera, so it is best for her to go to the Central Academy of Drama.”

Li Yishu smiled and said, “Beijing Film Academy’s acting department isn’t that bad actually.”

Xu Lu looked at the few people with a smile. She understood what she had just heard. Qinqin was going to take the college entrance examination. Li Yishu and Gong Li were from different colleges, so naturally they would support their own schools.

Then Li Yishu looked at another woman.
She looks to be about 23 or 24 years old, with a slightly round oval face and long fluffy black hair.

She wore a white ladies’ shirt on the upper body and black trousers on the lower body. Her appearance was not outstanding, but she was dressed neatly and refreshingly, giving people a kind of literary and intellectual beauty.

The first time she saw this person, Li Yishu felt like she had seen him before. After thinking carefully, she realized that this was Yongmei!

The movie “So Long, My Son” that she starred in is a rare work in which the male and female protagonists won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the same time.

(A more famous character in recent years may be the mother of Little Joy Ji Yangyang) Amy stepped forward and introduced: “Boss, this is Yongmei, the newly recruited manager of the Yanjing branch.”

Yongmei extended her hand politely: “Hello Director Li, I’m Yongmei, and I’m very happy to join your art film company.”

Xu Suo next to him said, “Director Li, Yongmei is quite good. When you were filming before, I gave her the responsibility for matters in Yanjing. She did a great job, and Amy also recognized her.”

“Hello, Manager Yong. Now that you have joined the company, we are all family. Just call me boss.”

Li Yishu smiled cheerfully and said, “Okay, okay, we’ve picked up everyone, let’s go.”

After Li Yishu asked Huo Wenxi to go out and arrange a car, he also walked to Yu Chenghui’s side and said with a smile: “Master Yu, thank you for your hard work.”

“Haha, it doesn’t matter whether it’s hard or not. I’m here to win the award.”

Yu Chenghui said with a smile: “Speaking of which, I have to thank Director Li for letting me play the role of the Chakravartin. Now many crews have come to me to film, and the schedule has been scheduled until next year.”

Since filming “Sword Rain”, Yu Chenghui’s acting career, which had been gradually fading, has regained its vitality. Some time ago, he took on the role of “Once Upon a Time in China 4: The King’s Wind”, with Zhao Wenzhuo as the male lead.

Originally, Jet Li wanted to continue playing the role of Wong Fei-hung, but his new film “Fong Sai-yuk” sold nearly 30 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, and his business must be more popular than others, so how much is his pay?

So he refused to play in the fourth part of Huang Feihong and recommended Zhao Wenzhuo instead.

Xu Ke still admires Zhao Wenzhuo very much. His roles as Jiang Asheng in “Sword Rain” and the villain Nine Gates Admiral Ordo in “Fang Shiyu” have made Xu Ke see the rise of a new generation of martial arts superstar.

So since Jet Li refused to act, Zhao Wenzhuo naturally took over and became the second generation Huang Feihong. Perhaps because the male lead had been replaced, Xu Ke no longer had any plans to continue directing and instead became the producer, handing over the responsibilities of director to Won Bin, who had never acted in a movie before.

To put it bluntly, the reason for finding Won Bin was to find someone to take the blame.

The film was a success, thanks to producer Xu Ke.

After all, this movie has long been marked with a strong Xu style.

If the box office is not high, then it will be Won Bin’s fault. He is the director and Xu Ke is just the producer.

“Haha, this is not my credit.”

Li Yishu smiled and said, “Master Yu’s swordsmanship is first-rate. He is a contemporary swordsman. The public has sharp eyes.”

“Director Li, you’re too polite. From now on, as long as Director Li invites me, no matter where I am, I will definitely come to your crew!”

Although Yu Chenghui is not a person who is greedy for fame and fortune, who wouldn’t be happy to make money and satisfy his own desire for the underworld?

In addition, most people who practice martial arts know how to be grateful, so they are naturally grateful to Li Yishu for making him famous across the country because of his role.

In response to Yu Chenghui’s politeness, Li Yishu smiled and said nothing more.

He still respected this old martial arts veteran who was one of the few with a real record of fighting.

After arranging Yu Chenghui and Zhao Fei to stay in a luxury hotel, Li Yishu also took Gong Li and Jiang Qinqin to a villa halfway up the mountain.

Huo Wenxi has already cleaned up this house.

As for Yongmei, she was taken away by Amy. She came here to study, and Amy had already prepared a house for her.
Of course, that was also a house bought by Li Yishu. It was not far from the company and was originally intended to be rented out.

But because I heard that Yongmei was coming here to study for a few months, I didn’t rent it out.

“Wow!”

Jiang Qinqin was shocked when she saw the car driving into a luxurious villa that only appeared in movies: “Brother Yishu, is this the house you bought?”

Li Yishu smiled and said, “Yeah, how is it?”

“What a big house!” Jiang Qinqin pushed open the car door and walked down. She was also shocked by the three-story mansion in front of her.

“Yishu, this house cost you a lot of money, right?”

Gong Li has been to Hong Kong several times. Although she doesn’t know the price of this house, the price of a villa in the Mid-Levels basically starts from tens of millions.

“Fortunately, all in all, it cost about 5200 million yuan.”

After Li Yishu bought the house, she asked Huo Wenxi to help renovate the interior and re-equip it with many furniture and electrical appliances, including taking care of the yard flower lawn, cleaning the backyard swimming pool, replacing tiles, etc.

“5200 million… ten thousand~”

Jiang Qinqin was dumbfounded and speechless.

Gong Li was also shocked by this number. She thought that she was already very rich with a net worth of several million, but compared with Li Yishu’s behavior of buying a luxury house for half a hundred million, it was simply incomparable.

Jiang Qinqin stammered: “Brother Yishu, you…you are so rich?”

Seeing the little girl’s shocked expression, Li Yishu laughed: “Not bad, how about it, do you like your brother Yishu more now?”

Jiang Qinqin said seriously: “No, whether Brother Yishu has money or not, I like him!”

“hey-hey…”

Sensing Gong Li’s amused expression, Li Yishu smiled and changed the subject, “Come on, I’ll take you upstairs to have a look around, and pick a room. You can stay here for the next two days.”

Gong Li didn’t care where she stayed, she just went into any guest room.

Jiang Qinqin deliberately chose a room closest to Li Yishu’s master bedroom.

(End of this chapter)