Rebirth: Starting from selling water to become the world’s richest man

Gold medal director, invest in advance

The Venice Film Festival, founded in 1932, is the oldest film festival in the world.

As the world’s first international film festival, it is known as the “Father of International Film Festivals” and one of the international Class A film festivals.

Together with the Cannes International Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival, it is known as the world’s three major international film festivals, with the highest award being the “Golden Lion Award”.

At the award ceremony, Li Shanshan and Li An were chatting animatedly.

At this time, an acquaintance not far away saw Li Xianshan and walked over with a smile.

“Hello, Li, long time no see!”

“Mr. Spielberg, long time no see!”

Li Shanshan turned around and saw that the person coming was the great director Steven Spielberg.

He is a famous director, screenwriter, and producer in the United States, and has produced many excellent works.

Among them, “Jaws”, “Jurassic Park”, “Schindler’s List”, “Saving Private Ryan”, etc. are all well-known movies.

If you want to ask who are the outstanding directors today? A lot of people can name a bunch of names.

But if you were to rank these directors, nine out of ten people would rank Spielberg first.

He has broken world records three times and won the Best Director Award twice.

He also personally founded “DreamWorks”, which was once the highest-quality film production company in the American film industry, with countless master-level disciples.

It can be said that all commercial directors in Hollywood in the United States are imitating him.

“Li, what brought you here?”

Spielberg asked curiously: “Are you finally willing to enter the film industry?”

“Yes, I have been very interested in investing in movies recently.”

Li Shanfang Point He nodded, he and Spielberg were old acquaintances.

As early as a few years ago, the two parties had exchanges in the film field.

It’s a pity that no cooperation was achieved last time, which is a pity for both of them.

But now it’s better. The two sides met again, and Li Shanshan suddenly had an idea.

He thought of a script in his mind, which was a rice drama worthy of becoming a god – “Prison Break”.

In its original world, this drama has won numerous honors and ratings, and is known as Fox’s most successful TV series.

Now, since I have this ability, can I ask Spielberg to shoot?

Although the director of “Prison Break” is not an ordinary person, his qualifications and abilities are obviously not comparable to Spielberg.

“Sir, I want to make a TV series recently. I wonder if I can invite you to be the director.”

At this point, Li Shanshan looked directly at Spielberg.

“Li, you know I only make movies, never TV series.”

Spielberg thought for a while, but still refused.

You must know that in Hollywood, movies are the mainstream, and TV series are only second-rate. Their status and influence cannot be compared with movies.

“I know, but I hope to use movie techniques to shoot this drama.”

Li Shanshan thought for a while, and then added: “Believe me, this drama is really great, and it is a new one for you. Try.”

As a former “Prison Break” fan, he naturally wanted to recreate the classic and make it perfect.

After hearing this, Spielberg’s eyes lit up.

He never doubted Li Xianshan’s credibility. Since the other party said so, should he accept the challenge?

“Since Mr. Li said so, I really want to give it a try.”

After weighing the pros and cons, Spielberg quickly agreed.

But he also added: “It’s just that I want to read the script first, hoping it can surprise me.” ”

No problem, believe me you will be satisfied.”

Li Shanshan smiled: “Then I wish us cooperation Happy, the TV series is a hit!”

“Happy cooperation!”

Spielberg raised his glass and the two of them drank it down.

Li Shanshan was very happy that two cooperations were reached in a short time.

One is to invest in Ang Lee’s new movie “Lust”, and the other is to work with Spielberg on “Prison Break”.

There is no problem with the general policy, and the remaining details will be left to Tang Zexue.

As for the filming of the drama “Prison Break”, the selection of actors is very important.

Li Shanshan did not intend to change actors, so he provided Tang Zexue with a list based on his memory.

At present, these actors are all young and not very famous.

This also reduces creative costs invisibly, and can also sign these stars to your company in advance.

Among them, the male protagonist was played by Wentworth Miller. At this time, he was still a clerk serving tea and water to celebrities in the office.

The heroine Sarah Callis came to New York not long after graduation and started working in front of the screen.

In short, it is not a big problem to get them. Li Shanshan believes that this drama will be successful.

On the other side, the award ceremony exploded.

Many directors and stars no longer pay attention to the awards themselves, but focus on attracting investment.

No one had thought before that Li Shanshan invested in two dramas in a short period of time, and both seemed to have invested heavily.

Everyone is jealous. It would be great if the person Mr. Li invests in is me!

Suddenly, more and more well-known directors and popular stars came together.

They knew their hope was slim, but it would be nice to be looked at by Li Shanshan.

After all, it can keep a good eye, and it will also be convenient for attracting investment in the future.

But they are destined to be disappointed. The projects Li Shanshan invests in are all carefully selected.

As for those bad movies, he won’t do business at a loss.

After dealing with the celebrities who came to get close to him, Li Shanshan suddenly noticed that Spielberg, who had just left, was back.

Next to him, there was a somewhat familiar face.

“Lee, let me introduce you to my friend James Cameron.”

Spielberg raised his glass and introduced with a smile.

Li Shanshan was slightly startled. No wonder he looked familiar. He turned out to be a gold medal director in Hollywood.

This is a director who is known as the God of Cinema, and his works are popular all over the world.

In 1984, he became famous with the science fiction movie “Terminator” that he wrote and directed.

In 1991, he won the 18th Saturn Award for Best Director and Best Screenplay for the movie “Terminator 2”.

In 1997, the movie “Titanic” directed by him achieved a box office of US$1.84 billion, breaking the global box office record.

In December 2009, the science fiction movie “Avatar” directed by him was released.

The film’s global box office total exceeded US$2.8 billion, once again breaking his own global box office record.

“Mr. Li, nice to meet you.”

Cameron was very polite and did not have the weird temper as rumored.

“Mr. Cameron, I have long admired you!”

Li Xianshan greeted warmly: “I am very happy to meet you today.”