Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

When Yu Dongqing stepped into the courtyard gate deep in Houhai Yanzi Hutong, he heard cheerful singing coming from under the grape trellis in the courtyard. It was the song "Pure Land"

The two girls wore T-shirts and denim shorts and danced to the rhythm imitating H.Dgirls.

Meili and Yu Tongtong.

The cross-waving and butterfly steps are decent.

Seeing Yu Dongqing come in, Mingliang danced and asked, "Brother-in-law, how did we dance?"

"Not bad, not bad, she dances better than H.Dgirls!" Yu Dongqing said with a smile.

Meimei felt sweet after hearing this.

In fact, she knew that her brother-in-law was praising her.

I have also trained in dancing, but I am still an amateur at best. How can I compare with the girls who are specially trained by others?

After the song was finished, Meiliang said again: "Brother-in-law, I didn't expect you to be able to write such a enchanting song. I heard that this choreography was made by you?"

"I'm just mentioning my own ideas, as long as I rely on other people's dance teachers." Yu Dongqing didn't want to take the credit.

Unexpectedly, her daughter Yu Tongtong immediately exposed it: "Auntie, my dad lied. I met Sister Xiaoqi, and she said it was my dad who danced it himself!"

Ah?

This little cotton-padded jacket?

It's simply becoming more and more leaky.

After meeting my aunt, I don’t even want my father anymore?

Mingliang laughed after hearing this. She really wanted to see her brother-in-law dance in the Pure Land of Paradise, but her parents were both there, so her brother-in-law would definitely not be able to save face.

Let him dance when no one is around!

Yu Dongqing didn't want to talk about this topic anymore. When she entered the living room and saw her mother-in-law, she greeted her. Meili and Yu Tongtong also came in.

After chatting for a while, Yu Dongqing asked Meimei with concern: "Meimei, are you going to continue filming movies when you come back?"

"Yes, as soon as I came back, someone gave me a script and hoped that I could direct it." Meiliang said.

"Oh? Who?"

"Li Wan, brother-in-law, wait a minute."

As she spoke, Meili left the living room and entered her boudoir. Within two minutes, she brought a script and handed it to Yu Dongqing.

It’s actually a martial arts drama!

Yu Dongqing flipped through it casually, and the plot was roughly as follows: The Mu family is the emperor's royal harpist. Mu Wanqing, who is only 19 years old, plays a good harp and is famous far and wide at a young age.

It happened that the world was in chaos, eunuchs were everywhere, the country was fighting internally, and the emperor fled in a car all night long. Mu Wanqing was a female prostitute who could only talk and compose music, so Xin survived, and the eunuchs did not kill her.

But who knew that Mu Wanqing was the female disciple of Feng Lin Swordsman, the best master in the world?

Yu Dongqing flipped through it, but was not interested.

To be honest, when he came to this time and space, what he was least interested in were martial arts movies and TV shows. Maybe it was because he had watched too many wonderful martial arts novels and movies in the original time and space?

He returned the script to Meili: "How could Li Wan think of you and let you make a martial arts film?"

"Maybe this is a martial arts drama with a female protagonist?" Meili explained: "But I'm not very interested in martial arts movies, and I also know that I'm not good at it."

"Why don't you, brother-in-law, do the filming? I still remember that a few years ago you made temporary martial arts fingers for Director Lu, and you even played a set of Dugu Nine Swords for me and Tongtong."

Yu Dongqing remembered that this was indeed the case. Under the grape trellis in this small courtyard, Yu Dongqing held a small branch and performed a highlight of the movie "The Swordsman: The Invincible" in that time and space.

Now after listening to Meili's words, Yu Dongqing said with a smile: "Making a martial arts film is not as simple as making a low-budget film like "The Tuner". It also requires a lot of investment, a lot of special effects production, and high requirements for actors. It’s very troublesome.”

"Dad, just shoot. I like watching martial arts movies the most!" Yu Tongtong also chimed in.

"Tongtong, girls don't want to see anything like beatings and killings!" Grandma Liu Huiyan quickly stopped her after hearing this, while Yu Tongtong curled her lips and said nothing.

The matter was just talked about and Yu Dongqing didn't take it to heart.

Time soon came to the beginning of September, when her daughter started school, and Yu Dongqing started picking her up and dropping her off every day again. On the way back from sending her daughter off this morning, Yu Dongqing's cell phone rang, and it turned out to be Jin Yunfeng calling.

Jin Yunfeng is now a director on the board of directors of Huangdu Holding Group. He used to be the deputy director of Huangdu TV Station and is now the chairman of Huangdu Film and Television Group.

I have a good relationship with Yu Dongqing, but they don't have much contact with each other. Why did they suddenly call at this time?

Yu Dongqing answered the phone using Bluetooth, and Jin Yunfeng's voice came from inside: "Dongqing, what have you been busy with recently?"

"Haha, I'm not busy, I'm just an idler."

"Then do you want to make a film?"

"Filming?"

"I have a script here that I think is good. I couldn't find a suitable director, so I thought of you. If you are willing, we can meet and discuss it in detail."

"Which aspect?"

"action movie."

Hey, why are you always having trouble with martial arts lately?

If it's someone else, Yu Dongqing, who is too lazy to go, but the other person is Jin Yunfeng, even if he doesn't want to take pictures, he still has to go and take a look, and politely refuse in person, which is also to give the other person face.

"Okay, Chairman Jin, how about I come over and take a look later?"

"Okay, I'll wait for you."

Yu Dongqing hung up the phone, turned the car into a fork in the road, and drove towards the Huangdu Film and Television Building.

In Jin Yunfeng's office, there is another man who is over sixty years old, and it is director Lu Yongru.

Lu Yongru is a director under Royal Capital Film and Television, but he has a very good personal relationship with Jin Yunfeng.

When he saw Jin Yunfeng hang up the phone, he asked: "Yu Dongqing agreed?"

"He just said to come and take a look first."

"Haha, let me tell you, this guy is hard to hire. If you call him in person, he will only say to come and have a look. If it were someone else, he would probably refuse on the spot." Lu Yongru said with a smile.

"I am rather proud." Jin Yunfeng shook his head.

If it weren't for Lu Yongru's strong recommendation, he and Yu Dongqing were also friends, otherwise he would never have made this call.

The chairman of a dignified film and television group personally called to make a movie?

I can't afford to lose this person!

Jin Yunfeng looked at Lu Yongru who was sitting on the sofa again: "Honestly, Lao Lu, I think you are the most suitable for filming. You have made more than ten martial arts movies and TV series, so you have the most experience."

"It's just because I took too many pictures, so I feel tired." Lu Yongru said with a smile: "I don't want to take pictures, I want to change to different types of pictures."

Seeing that his old friend was so stubborn, Jin Yunfeng couldn't say much, so he asked again: "Then you say, Yu Dongqing will definitely be able to shoot well?"

"Remember the movie "Martial Arts Heroes" filmed five years ago? It was a hit at the box office, mainly because of the wonderful martial arts action design, and these were designed by Yu Dongqing as a temporary guest actor! This shows that Yu Dongqing is very good at handling martial arts scenes."

"The Tuner, filmed by Yu Dongqing during the Spring Festival this year, was a hit at the box office, and he also wrote the script. This also shows that he is very good at filming literary dramas and martial arts dramas. How could he not be able to make a martial arts film?"

After listening to Lu Yongru's analysis, Jin Yunfeng nodded.

The movie "Martial Arts Heroes" was not only a box office hit, but also made one person famous - male lead Li Yunjie, who became a popular martial arts star in China.

Of course Jin Yunfeng knew these situations, but he was not completely confident.

The fact that "Martial Arts Heroes" was not a box office hit was not solely due to Yu Dongqing.

Shao Wenqiu's script, Lu Yongru's filming, and actors with martial arts skills like Li Yunjie's hard-working performances, multiple factors contributed to the hot box office.

Yu Dongqing has only made one movie in the true sense.

And it’s a low-budget movie!

Although it is a big hit at the box office, martial arts movies are a relatively special type of movie. Audiences are very picky, and the investment cost is not low.

If it fails, it will be a blood loss!

But Lu Yongru strongly recommended it, and he couldn't find a more suitable director for a while, so he decided to give it a try.

Forty minutes later, Yu Dongqing drove to the Royal Capital Film and Television Group building near the Kunlun Hotel and knocked on the chairman's office on the 38th floor.

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