Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

Li Wan was surprised to receive a call from Yu Dongqing.

"You want to make a martial arts movie? You really know that there are tigers in the mountains, so you prefer to go to the tiger mountains."

Yu Dongqing smiled slightly.

He understood what Li Wan meant.

Martial arts movies are one of the genres with the largest audience in this time and space. With a large number of moviegoers and a large box office base, competition is naturally the fiercest.

Some people make a lot of money, and some people lose all their pants.

However, Yu Dongqing didn't want to argue with him on this issue, and just said: "I'll send you the script. Take a look and see if you're interested."

"Okay, send it to me and I'll take a look."

Just two days later, Li Wan called.

"Holly, you wrote well. I'll take this job! How about we talk about the specifics in person?"

"when?"

"This afternoon, around two o'clock."

"No, I have something to do in the afternoon and I will go shopping with my daughter." Yu Dongqing immediately refused after hearing this.

Now that my daughter is older, she spends less and less time hanging out with her classmates or her aunt. She finally caught this opportunity today, how could she let it go?

"Okay, okay. I envy you for having a daughter. How about going to the Minghui Tea Garden at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon to drink tea and chat?"

"Go that far?" Yu Dongqing was surprised.

Minghui Tea House is also located in Dajue Temple, Sujiatuo Town, outside the Sixth Ring Road in the west of Beijing, some distance from the city.

Li Wan laughed after hearing this: "I heard that there is a Dragon Well that you like to drink in the tea garden."

"Huh? Okay, let's go tomorrow!"

At noon the next day, after dinner, Yu Dongqing sent her daughter to her grandmother's house in Houhai, and then drove straight to Dajue Temple.

Minghui Tea House consists of six independent teahouses, including Mingzhixuan, Mingsixuan and Hehui Pavilion. The overall layout is very neat in the north and south.

Yu Dongqing saw Li Wan in Ming Sixuan, sitting at a tea table waiting for him.

"This place is nice and quiet." Yu Dongqing looked out the window at the towering pines and cypresses and said with a smile.

"Come, come, try their tea." Li Wan made Yu Dongqing a cup of tea.

Yu Dongqing sat on a wooden chair, picked up the teacup, took a sip, and praised:

"Well, yes, it's West Lake Longjing, and it's Mingqian tea near Hupao Spring!"

"Sure enough, people in the industry say you are someone who understands tea." Li Wan explained:

"I heard that in early March every year, Minghui Tea House sends special personnel to the Jiangnan tea area to pick and produce West Lake Hupao Longjing and Dongting Xishan Biluochun new teas. They specially cooperate with the Tea Museum to carry out picking and supervision to ensure the quality of the tea."

"You know a lot, don't you like tea very much?"

"I loved drinking coffee when I was young, but now I like the taste of tea." Li Wan sighed: "I'm old."

"According to what you say, then I am already seventy or eighty years old?"

Li Wan laughed after hearing this.

The two chatted for a few words and then got to the point.

"I've read the script, and it's quite good. Leave the job of producer to me, and I'll make sure you have a comfortable and enjoyable filming experience!"

Yu Dongqing came to Li Wan with this in mind.

The two have collaborated several times, and Yu Dongqing is very satisfied with the fact that the other party does not interfere with the specific shooting of the film, let alone tamper with the content of the script.

Nowadays, the "producer-centered system" is emerging in the industry. The producer has more and more power. From selecting film projects to financing, organizing the creative team (including the right to select actors), and even the final editing and distribution of the film, all are controlled by the producer. People have the final say, and the director’s power has been greatly reduced.

Any system has advantages and disadvantages, but Yu Dongqing doesn't like it very much.

"What do you think about being an actor?" Li Wan asked as he picked up the tea cup and took a sip.

"I am going to let Meili play the role of Dongfang Bubai as the female lead." Yu Dongqing told the truth.

"Meiliang?" Li Wan raised his eyebrows: "Don't tell me, Meimei's image and temperament are quite suitable for this role. But with Meili's arrogant character, she only wants to be a director, how can she be willing to film, I guess you can only do this. Brother-in-law is right."

"What about the leading male character Linghu Chong?" Li Wan asked again.

"I'm considering letting Li Yunjie star in the role, but I don't know if he has the schedule and whether he is willing to come." Yu Dongqing thought for a while and said.

"Li Yunjie is a popular martial arts boy in China right now. It would be a good idea to find him. As for whether you are willing or not, let me try to contact you."

"Okay, I'll leave this to you."

In fact, Yu Dongqing and Li Yunjie also know each other.

When Lu Yongru was filming "Martial Arts Heroes", Yu Dongqing temporarily served as a martial arts instructor, and the male lead was Li Yunjie!

Li Yunjie admired his martial arts design very much. Through this drama, he became an instant hit and became a popular martial arts actor in China.

It's just that Yu Dongqing later went to play music and never got involved in martial arts scenes again, and the two rarely contacted each other again.

The two discussed the specific matters, crew preparation, shooting location selection, etc. As for investment and other budgets, they will discuss it in detail.

Hengdian, Spring and Autumn Tangyuan Photography Base.

Li Yunjie had just finished shooting a costume martial arts film and returned to the hotel to rest.

Once he returned to the room, he took a shower and then lay motionless on the bed.

Tired, very tired.

This is the biggest feeling after filming.

After the movie "Martial Arts Heroes" became an instant hit, he continued to receive film offers. Within five years, he made no less than ten martial arts films of various types!

There are hits, and of course there are bad movies.

My body can still tolerate it for the time being, but I am already tired, and my heart is tired.

There will never be the same excitement and enthusiasm as when I filmed "Martial Arts Heroes" for the first time.

Of course, the martial arts moves designed for him by the temporary martial arts instructor Yu Dongqing also left a deep impression on him.

Otherwise, how could you become popular so easily?

It's a pity that Yu Dongqing only did a temporary job, and he went to play music, which became popular both in China and in Hong Kong.

Last year, he made a comedy suspense film on a whim. Martial arts films have long been forgotten, which made him very regretful.

The latter martial arts directors more or less borrowed the martial arts moves from that movie when making their films, but in Li Yunjie's view, they were just imitating them.

Li Yunjie was lying on the bed and thinking wildly when the door was knocked open and a man in his thirties came in who was his manager Zhang Dongming.

Although the relationship between the two was employer and employee, their personal relationship was quite good and relatively casual, and Li Yunjie was too lazy to get up.

"Yunjie, I just received a call from Li Wan. I hope you can star in a martial arts film." Zhang Dongming sat down on the sofa and said.

Li Yunjie has heard of Li Wan, a well-known independent producer in the industry, but he has no such intention now.

"Brother Ming, you also know that I am very tired now." Li Yunjie said with a wry smile: "Didn't you just politely reject Director Lu not long ago? To be honest, I really don't want to make any martial arts movies."

"I know, I also told Li Wan on the phone, but this guy is shameless and insists on asking for your opinion." Zhang Dongming said with a smile:

"He said that Yu Dongqing wrote the script and directed it himself. He insisted that you be the male lead."

"Who cares about the director?" Li Yunjie said casually, suddenly thought of something, and got up: "Wait, who are you talking about? Yu Dongqing?"

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