Chapter 250 261 [The Promise was once an epic blockbuster, he really is a father]

early morning.

In a small courtyard in a hutong in Yanjing.

“Hurry up and get up. Qinqin will bring breakfast over soon.”

Yu Feihong pushed Li Yishu who was on top of him and finally managed to push her away.

After getting out of bed, she quickly put on her clothes without caring about her wet body.

“Why are you in such a hurry? It’s only a few minutes now. Isn’t there still more than ten minutes left?”

Li Yishu breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he only stayed in the UK for a few days this time and came back without being squeezed dry by Monica. Otherwise, he would not be able to deliver to Yu Feihong.

“It only takes a few minutes. You have to open the window to let some fresh air in.”

Yu Feihong rolled his eyes at him, stood up and walked over to open the door.

It was almost March, and the weather in Yanjing was still a little chilly. Li Yishu shivered, picked up her clothes and put them on. She shouted to Yu Feihong who was about to go out, “Feihong, make me a cup of wolfberry!”

Yu Feihong said without even turning his head: “I know!”

After everyone left, Li Yishu reluctantly put on his clothes and got out of bed. Just as he put on his shoes, his cell phone suddenly rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Yongmei calling.

He answered casually: “What’s wrong, Yongmei.”

“Boss, have you read today’s newspaper?”

“Newspaper? What happened?”

“It was Director Chen Kai. He…he declared war on you in the newspaper.”

“Declare war on me?”

“Yes, do you want to respond?”

Li Yishu was slightly stunned, but quickly realized that it was probably about the press conference held by Brother Chen Kai yesterday afternoon.

Li Yishu heard about this matter yesterday evening. When Chen Kai threatened to make an epic blockbuster, he was dismissive and even wanted to watch the fun.

The Promise was also an epic blockbuster!!
Before The Promise was released, Chen Kaige publicly announced that he had filmed an “epic fantasy masterpiece” and compared it to The Lord of the Rings.

At that time, Li Yishu walked into the cinema with great anticipation, ready to watch the great director’s fantasy masterpiece.

But after watching the movie, he was completely speechless.

The colors, pictures and composition are all beautiful.

Especially the scene where the male protagonist Kunlun releases “Qingcheng”. Although it looks like flying a kite and is quite funny, the picture is still beautiful.

It can be said that every shot of “The Promise”, taken individually, can be described as perfect, and is no worse than the AR drawings of the future. But when the shots are strung together into a movie, it becomes a big lump.

This is like a chef taking a bunch of expensive ingredients, such as big abalone, big Australian lobster, and other top-quality seafood.

When everyone was expecting a seafood feast, the other party brought out a pot of seafood fried rice, which was totally burnt!

It is edible, but the anticipation before eating it plus the burnt food makes you want to vomit when you put it in your mouth.

Later, “A Murder Caused by a Bun” became an Internet sensation, and Chen Kai, who was so upset, cursed loudly. However, the plot of the movie was indeed very messy. It was only because ghost-animal movies were not popular at that time, otherwise “The Promise” would definitely be the king of ghost-animal movie materials.

Lee Yi-su no longer had any hope for this movie, or maybe he didn’t have any hope at all. He was just curious whether the plot would be a little different from the original 1999 film “The Emperor and the Assassin”.

Thinking of this, he said, “No need to respond or pay attention. His declaration of war will only arouse the public’s interest in watching the movie.”

“Good boss.”

Yongmei on the other end of the phone nodded, and then talked about the company’s TV drama production. Liu Yizhen and Wang Shuo’s TV drama projects “Frosty Leaves Are Red Like February Flowers” and “Getting High” have already started, and at the same time, they have started writing a TV script about “Zhao Feiyan” in the Han Dynasty.

Zhao Feiyan had a younger sister named Zhao Hede, and both of them were famous legendary beauties in Chinese history.

At the same time, the sisters served Emperor Cheng of Han together, but Zhao Hede was the most favored in the harem and enjoyed wealth and glory for more than ten years, while Zhao Feiyan kept a male favorite in the harem.

However, a TV series certainly cannot be filmed like this. After Yongmei collaborated with Qiong Yao’s daughter-in-law He Xiuqiong on “Princess Crescent Moon”, she also had an understanding of Qiong Yao dramas, so she asked the screenwriter to write some stories about the competition for favor in the harem and the period of Emperor Cheng of Han.

“can!”

When hearing Yongmei ask the screenwriter to write the story of Zhao Feiyan and her sister into a palace fight, Li Yishu was very supportive: “Zhao Feiyan and her sister Zhao Hede were not sisters who were united in heart. If it is made into a drama about the harem fighting for favor, it will still have a market for viewers.”

At this point, he paused and said, “Go ahead and talk to Qiong Yao’s daughter-in-law He Xiuqiong and find a way to buy Chen Hong’s agency contract. Then arrange for her to play the role of Zhao Hede together with Zhao Mingming. When the time comes, publicize them as “South Chen and North Zhao”.

“South Chen and North Zhao?”

“Just like the Four Heavenly Kings of Hong Kong.”

“Okay boss, I understand what you mean.”

Yongmei suddenly realized that it would be a good idea to form a group like the Four Heavenly Kings.

She had met Chen Hong and Zhao Mingming. Both of them were very good-looking. If they co-starred in this TV series as sisters, it would better support the name of the group “Chen in the South and Zhao in the North”.

After working for more than a year, Yongmei has become adept at handling the affairs of the film and television company. She also went to Hong Kong to study for a period of time, so she naturally knows how useful it is to give artists nicknames.

The Four Heavenly Kings are now very popular across both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, and even in most of Asia. In the final analysis, the fame of these four people is brought together by the group name “Four Heavenly Kings”.

There is competition among the four of them, but when competing with others, the fans of the Four Heavenly Kings all work together to resist external enemies.

Now promoting the classical beauties Nan Chen and Bei Zhao can be regarded as Yongmei’s first time promoting artistes. She does not seek to be like the Four Heavenly Kings, but at least when filming costume historical dramas, she wants other directors to think of these two as the first female lead candidates.

Two days later in the afternoon.

The Peninsula Hotel.

Li Yishu and Gong Li rushed over and prepared to meet Wang Jiawei.

Originally, he was planning to fly directly to the United States to film “Rumble in the Bronx”, but Gong Li suddenly called yesterday and said that Qingxia recommended her to star in Wang Jiawei’s new movie “Chungking Express”, and asked Li Yishu if she had time, and if so, she would accompany her to Hong Kong.

Li Yishu was very surprised to hear the news. He remembered that the heroine of the movie “Chungking Express” seemed to be Qingxia. Why did they recommend Gong Li to play this role?
This reminded Li Yishu of the time when she and Qingxia visited the set of “The Lute Fan” at the end of last year. They did not wear any safety measures and were in a mess for nearly a week.

Originally, Li Yishu didn’t care too much about it. Pregnancy is not something that can be achieved overnight, not to mention Qingxia’s age, she is already in her thirties.

But they suddenly stopped acting in “Chungking Express”, is it true?
With this idea in mind, Li Yishu took Gong Li to meet the famous King of Sunglasses at the hotel’s afternoon tea area.

However, Wang Jiawei was not wearing sunglasses at this moment, but a pair of large-framed glasses. It seemed that the rumors were true. Wang Jiawei had developed eye diseases due to staying in the dim editing room for many years, and was afraid of strong light. “Director Li, I have heard of your name for a long time, but I have never had the opportunity to meet you. Now I finally meet you.”

Wang Jiawei speaks Mandarin very well, which is reflected in many of his movies. He is often not limited to Cantonese, and occasionally interspersed with some Mandarin lines.

Li Yishu smiled and said, “Director Wang, you are joking. I have heard of you for a long time. I have watched your movie Days of Being Wild many times. It is so well shot and the lines are very classic.”

Li Yishu likes most of Wang Jiawei’s movies, but he is confused by some of them, which seem a bit too experimental.

To sum up, he is a good literary and artistic director, but not a good commercial director.

Even though his later film “The Grandmaster” performed very well at the box office, the shooting period was too long and the funds were greatly accumulated.

Like Jiang Wen, he is never on Li Yishu’s investment list.

Gong Li, who was standing next to them, smiled and said, “You two directors, please stop flattering each other. I have heard of you two for a long time.”

“I’m sorry Miss Gong Li.”

Wang Jiawei quickly extended his hand and said, “I have great respect for Director Li. Winning the European Triple Gold Grand Slam is an honor that many directors dream of.”

“I believe Director Wang will be able to get it in the future.” Gong Li smiled politely and said so, but in her heart she had no hope for Wang Jiawei.

Ever since Li Yishu told Gong Li some inside information and rules at the Berlin Film Festival awards ceremony, she no longer had any hope for Chinese directors to win the three major European awards.

It can be said that Li Yishu was at the right time, or she could be described as lucky, because one of the jury members happened to be Xu Suo, with whom she had worked for many years. This helped Li Yishu to do appropriate public relations in advance before the jury’s selection process.

Wang Jiawei showed a happy expression on his face: “Then I will accept Miss Gong Li’s good words. I also plan to participate in the European Film Festival for this movie.”

After the three of them sat down, Wang Jiawei took out the script and gave it to Gong Li, who read it by herself.

Li Yishu started talking about movies with Wang Jiawei.

“Director Wang, I heard that you wanted Sister Qingxia to play this role?”

“Yes.”

Wang Jiawei nodded, glanced at Gong Li, and explained: “The main reason is that this role was originally designed based on the image of Miss Qingxia, but it’s a pity that she is preparing to retire from the film industry.”

“Retired from the entertainment industry?!”

Gong Li looked up suddenly: “You said Sister Qingxia is going to retire from the film industry?”

Wang Jiawei said, “Well, not many people know about this, so please don’t disclose it to the public. I think Miss Qingxia doesn’t want others to know about it, and she wants to slowly fade out of the entertainment industry.”

“Don’t worry, Director Wang. Miss Gong Li and I are not the talkative type.”

Li Yishu had already made up her mind at this moment. She guessed that Qingxia was really pregnant, otherwise she would not have retired from the film industry in such a hurry.

Wang Jiawei shook his head: “Of course I know that Director Li and Miss Gong Li are not the kind of people who talk nonsense. It’s mainly because Miss Qingxia asked me not to tell outsiders. It’s only because Miss Gong Li and Director Li are here, otherwise I wouldn’t say anything.”

He actually didn’t want to say it, but considering that Gong Li was invited to play this role, and Qingxia was previously chosen, if he didn’t explain it, the other party would think he was a backup.

The script was not very complicated. After Gong Li read it roughly, she nodded and agreed, “No problem. This role is quite challenging. I can take it on. I wonder when Director Wang will be able to finish filming?”

Wang Jiawei has a criminal record!
When Gong Li was filming “New Tianshan Childlike Grandma” with Qingxia, she learned from Qingxia that it took the Wang family one or two years, and sometimes three or four years, to make a movie. Who could stand that?
“Filming will start in mid-March and will definitely be completed before the end of April.”

Wang Jiawei smiled and said, “Don’t worry, Miss Gong Li, the script for this movie is ready, and it will be finished in a month or two at most.”

“Then I’m relieved. But Director Wang, I have to attend the Cannes Film Festival.”

“Don’t worry, if the filming is not finished, Ms. Gong Li can also attend, and it can also help promote my movie.”

“Haha, no problem.”

Gong Li smiled brightly, she was really afraid of filming for one or two years.

In the evening of the same day, Gong Li flew back. Her “Gong Li Cultural Exhibition Center” has now become a must-visit spot for many Germans traveling to Shandong.

Thanks to “Central Station” winning the Golden Bear Award in Germany, it became Lee Yi-su’s final triple gold Grand Slam work. The old Jinan railway station where the film was filmed has become a must-see attraction for many Germans who want to visit China.

The granddaughter of Hermann Fischer, the designer of the old railway station, has confirmed that she will come on March 3, accompanied by staff from the German Embassy.

It is said that they came to inspect the old railway station and establish friendly relations with the local people at the same time, which was regarded as an act of forgiveness to avoid Germany’s invasion of Shandong before World War I.

After Li Yishu’s film “Central Station” sparked heated discussions in Germany, some people were discussing why there was a Germanic-style building in China’s Far East, which brought up the story of Germany’s colonization of Qingdao before World War I.

Reflecting on this, Germany is still quite sincere, which is much better than Japan.

After Gong Li left, Li Yishu did not rush to the United States. Instead, she contacted Qingxia who was still in Hong Kong.

Sham Shui Po.

Qingxia’s luxury residence in Hong Kong.

Looking at Qingxia’s slightly bulging belly, which one would think was fat if not carefully observed, Li Yishu eagerly asked, “How many months?”

“What…what months?”

Qingxia’s eyes were wandering. She actually didn’t want Li Yishu to know.

There is a ten-year age difference between them, so marriage is definitely impossible, otherwise people will just think she is an old cow eating young grass.

Since we can’t get married, it’s the same as not saying anything, so there’s no need to say it.

Anyway, when she made this decision, she didn’t consider getting married.

“You can’t fool me.”

Li Yishu walked up to Qingxia, held her hand, and said with a smile, “I won’t ask you to abort the child. As a father, don’t I know this?”

“Maybe a few months.”

When Qingxia heard the word father, her expression was slightly moved. She touched her belly and smiled like a loving mother: “I went abroad for a check-up a few days ago. I’m almost 12 weeks pregnant.”

It’s almost 12 weeks, which means it’s almost three months.

Li Yishu asked curiously, “Where are you going to give birth?”

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