Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

"It's him. He just wrote a martial arts script to be filmed and is now in the preparation stage."

"Shoot, I'll shoot!" Li Yunjie immediately changed his tune.

"I haven't read the script yet," Zhang Dongming reminded.

"Will the script written by Teacher Yu be bad? To say the least, even if the script is not good, the martial arts actions he designed will not be bad!" Li Yunjie looked excited.

"By the way, I want to call my Uncle Liu!"

Liu Heping also just returned to the hotel.

He and Li Yunjie are in the same crew, but one is the lead actor and the other is a martial arts instructor. They are often in the same crew and they work well together, so they have a good personal relationship.

Liu Heping was nearly 20 years older than Li Yunjie, so the latter called him Uncle Liu.

A few minutes after he lay down, he received a call from Li Yunjie: "Uncle Liu, Teacher Yu is going to make a martial arts movie!"

"real?!"

"How could I lie to you? You already called me to invite me to be the male lead."

"Oh, master wants to make a martial arts movie, but he didn't even tell me." Liu Heping said with a complaining tone.

"No, I have to call him. I want to join the crew, even if I don't get paid to do odd jobs, I have to learn two more tricks!"

"Uncle Liu, haven't you already signed a contract with Director Wu to be the director of his new film?"

"That's right. How about this?" Liu Heping scratched the top of his head with sparse hair anxiously; "Forget it, I'll go find Director Wu. I won't film this scene anymore, or I'll just have to pay for it!"

Wu Shengli encountered something disturbing.

Everything was ready for the martial arts TV series "Jianwen Jiutian" that I was planning to shoot. I was just waiting to choose an auspicious day to start shooting in Hengdian, but the martial arts director Liu Heping suddenly said that he didn't want to come!

Wu Shengli's tone was naturally not polite, and he held the phone with a serious face:

"Old Liu, our relationship is a relationship. If you really want to break the contract, you will have to pay liquidated damages according to the contract!"

"Director Wu, you don't know what kind of person I, Liu Heping, am? This is not the first time we have cooperated. This time I have no choice, because I want to learn from my master!"

"Learn from your master?" Wu Shengli was confused.

"Yu Dongqing, I told you that he is going to make a martial arts movie!" Liu Heping was very excited on the phone.

oh.

Wu Shengli remembered this incident.

That was when I was filming my last martial arts drama, and I hired Liu Heping to be the martial artist, and after the filming was over, everyone had a breakup dinner together.

While drinking heartily, everyone talked about filming this drama and praised Liu Heping for his good martial arts action choreography.

Unexpectedly, Liu Heping shook his head: "To be honest, I learned this level from my master, and I learned a little on my own."

"Your master? Isn't he already dead?" Wu Shengli was surprised.

Liu Heping shook his head.

"That's the master who taught me martial arts. I'm talking about the master who taught me martial arts choreography: Yu Dongqing!"

"Yu Dongqing? Isn't he a singer? I admit that he is a good singer. Why did he suddenly become a martial arts master again?"

"You don't understand this." Liu Heping was drunk and his tongue was not very good. "Remember Lu Yongru's "Martial Arts Heroes"? It became popular due to its martial arts scenes."

"Brother Liu, isn't that your credit? You are the star of the film."

"No, no" Liu Heping shook his head: "My name is written in the film repertoire, but it was actually directed by Yu Yudongqing. I just learned a few tricks from him."

Wu Shengli saw that Liu Heping was talking nonsense, so he thought he was talking nonsense and didn't take it to heart. Unexpectedly, Liu Heping called today and would rather break the contract and pay compensation than go to Yu Dongqing!

Is it true?

"Hey Director Wu, what's going on? You're not talking?" The voice on the other end of the phone woke Wu Shengli up: "Say, I'm listening."

"Director Wu, I know what I'm doing is not very authentic, but this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that I don't want to miss. Please talk to the producer about the compensation for breach of contract. Do you think it can be reduced?"

This is something.

Wu Shengli originally said that there was nothing to discuss in accordance with the contract, but suddenly he had an idea: "Old Liu, I can help you with the compensation, but you have to promise me one thing."

"What's up?"

"If you really learned something from Yu Dongqing, if I make another martial arts drama, you must come to my set!"

"Don't worry, I'm sure, but Director Wu, do you think we can waive the compensation issue? You know it's not easy for those of us who are martial arts professionals to make some money."

This guy actually hit a snake with a stick?

Really cunning!

Before Yu Dongqing waited for a reply from Li Wan, he received a call from Liu Heping, whom he hadn't contacted for a long time.

One mouthful, one master. I heard that you were going to make a martial arts film, and I strongly requested to join the crew.

"Master, I want to be a martial artist. No, no, I don't dare to mention martial arts in front of you. I can do odd jobs! The kind that doesn't require a salary!"

This is full of sincerity.

Of course Yu Dongqing also understood what Liu Heping meant.

The martial arts design for this drama was definitely done by myself, but it was also very necessary to have an assistant.

Liu Heping is just qualified for this role.

Moreover, this person gave him a better impression, and he was sincere when he was studying in Lu Yongru's crew.

Thinking of this, Yu Dongqing said: "Old Liu, okay, you come to the set and continue to be your martial arts director."

"I know, in name, in name."

Ah?

It's interesting to talk.

"By the way, Master, if you don't mind, I'll recommend another person to you. My junior brother Duan Qingdong is the one who is starring opposite Li Yunjie in "Heroes of the Martial Arts". He has good skills."

After hearing what Liu Heping said, Yu Dongqing remembered it.

Duan Qingdong seems to be a short-fight martial arts student, and his skills are pretty good.

It's very suitable to play Hattori Senjun. In the original time and space, it was played by Li Zixiong.

"Okay, you ask him to contact me, and of course discuss the remuneration with producer Li Wan." Yu Dongqing said.

Since Liu Heping said that he got the news that he was going to make a movie from Li Yunjie, there will soon be news about whether Li Yunjie is willing to play the role of Linghu Chong.

Sure enough, at noon the next day, Yu Dongqing had just finished lunch and took a habitual nap when he received a call from Li Wan.

"Dongqing, I contacted Li Yunjie's agent. He said that Li Yunjie is willing to play the role of Linghu Chong, but the salary is not low."

"How many?"

"Thirty million! He also said that because he saw Li Yunjie and you have a relationship, the other party took the initiative to lower the price. If it is based on the market price, it will be at least 50 million."

Thirty million, this price is not low.

But if you want to make a martial arts film like this, the male lead is very, very important.

Otherwise, Jet Li's salary was as high as 100 million in that time and space?

In this time and space, Li Yunjie is indeed very skilled. More importantly, Yu Dongqing feels that he is very popular with the audience just like Jet Li.

It turns out that Donnie Yen in that time and space could still fight, but why couldn't he become more popular than Jet Li?

"Okay, promise him!" Yu Dongqing said.

"The investment in this film is quite a lot." Li Wan said on the phone, half jokingly and half seriously.

"Don't be afraid, money is really not a problem." Yu Dongqing said lightly.

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