Chapter 137: The words startled everyone and shocked the whole audience
Director Xiangjiang is a literary director at heart.
Ye Weixin has also made several romantic and artistic films, but the response was mediocre and the box office vomited blood.
The recent small affairs in the big city gathered together Li Ming and the princess. They have over 10 million in the mainland and only over 800 in Xiangjiang.
Just when he thought that literary films had no money.
As a mainland literary film, "Flower Bouquet" actually achieved a terrifying result of more than 17 million in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong audiences are very picky about mainland works.
A movie with only Liu Yifei as a star made such a box office hit, which made him unhappy for almost more than a month.
After dealing with Boss Huang, Li Mingyang greeted Ye Weixin.
Ye Weixin adjusted his glasses with his fingers, gave a faint hum, and left, followed by the others.
This unwelcoming attitude is obvious!
"Brother Dan, this..." Li Mingyang said awkwardly.
“The Hong Kong industry is like this, just get used to it, don’t worry about them, if someone bullies you, don’t tell me, you are a director, not an actor, just call them back, and come back to me after the fight. "Zhen Zhidan said with a bad smile.
Li Mingyang smiled, Zhen Zhidan has a very fiery personality.
Not only have I been mocking Jet Li overtly and covertly for many years, but not long ago at the opening ceremony of Ip Man 2, I also went crazy on "Ip Man" which the sunglasses king has repeatedly delayed
He also insinuated that Wong Kar Wai would follow the trend, "Ip Man" was a success, and many people wanted to take advantage of our breeze to make "Ip Man".
For two years, we have been involved with Wong Kar-wai.
But in fact we are already filming "Ip Man 2" now.
There is no movement from him yet.
If there is pressure, it should be him. How many awards has our "Ip Man" won? The most important thing is that it won the Academy Award for Best Film, and that alone is enough.
As for the role, he can choose whoever he wants to play it. Please stop comparing us to each other.
The actor stepped on the director, and it was Wong Kar-Wai who stepped on him. Only action superstars can do it...
In the cast of Ip Man 2, there is not only an action superstar named Yan Zhidan; Another action star, Hung Jing-po.
Li Mingyang came in the morning, and Zhen Zhidan and the other leading actors behind the scenes arrived after nine o'clock.
The scenery on the scene has basically been completed, and the drama begins as soon as it starts. In Zhen Zhidan’s words, it is just a warm-up.
It was not until noon that Hong Jingbao arrived at the scene. It was not that he was showing off, but that he was feeling unwell and had just returned from the hospital.
"Brother Hong, this is Li Mingyang, my friend, you won't mind if you come to visit the crew."
Hong Jingbao glanced at Li Mingyang, "You are that Li Mingyang. "
"Hello, Brother Hong, new director." As a junior, Li Mingyang clasped his hands and said hello to Hong Jingbao.
Hong Jingbao nodded expressionlessly and left.
"This one doesn't seem to welcome me very much..." Li Mingyang said awkwardly.
“It’s the same in Hong Kong circles. By the way, it’s not just actors who are out of work in Hong Kong circles, but directors as well. There is a twenty-year-old director from the Mainland who has made a name for himself with art films. He must be very unhappy. Yes, you are not mistaken. Director Ye is very upset because of this. The last literary film he made in the two places combined was less than 20 million."
"This...I'm talking about you. Why are you so happy to let me come? It turns out you are just kidding me.”
“If you want to make an action movie, you can’t find a better crew than mine in the world. Just bear with it.” Don’t fight! The Hong family’s class beats everyone up in one fell swoop. After the beating, you don’t even know who did it..."
"..."
"You don't have to worry too much. Mr. Wang is still very intimidating in Hong Kong circles. As long as you don't act or act as a substitute, they can't do anything to you. Okay, I'm going to eat."
After Zhen Zhidan finished speaking, he went to the place where the lunch boxes were distributed, received the box lunch, and ate together with the Zhen family class on the roadside, talking and laughing.
“This food is pretty average.” Li Mingyang said while eating his lunch box.
Zhen Zhidan was stunned. Not everyone on the crew can eat the lunch boxes, especially Wang Ma, who is responsible for distributing the lunch boxes. She is not generally biased against mainlanders!
"How did you get the lunch box..."
"Go and ask for it. The eldest sister said that there is not enough food, so you can go and get more."
Li Mingyang said, came to Zhen Zhidan, and squatted on the road with him to eat the lunch box.
"You are quite adaptable." Zhen Zhidan said with a smile.
“It’s not as delicious as the lunch boxes in Xiangjiang…” Li Mingyang said.
Xiangjiang's lunch boxes are not cheap, they are very expensive. Sixty-seven or seventy-one servings are normal. The ingredients used are very particular, including various braised and barbecued pork, which smells very fragrant.
The mainland is very rough.
"Haha, let's eat together. After you finish eating, take a rest and then start working." Li Mingyang nodded, while eating, he poked his head to observe the crew.
I just saw Huang Xiaoming showing courtesy to Hong Jingbao and peeling apples for Hong Jingbao, with a flattering smile on his face.
“Brother Dan, what kind of person is Brother Hong?”
"If you ask me, we have a cooperative relationship...he! He is very good. If you want to make action movies, you can ask him for more advice. He has many martial arts routines, which are very suitable for a novice like you."
Li Mingyang looked at Hong Jingbao and recalled his life in his mind. How should I say, old Hong Kong circle, high status, winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Academy Awards...
Suddenly, Li Mingyang thought of a breakthrough.
Winners and presenters are very particular.
Especially the Lifetime Achievement Award.
The person who presented Hong Jingbao with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Academy Awards was Sylvia Chang, the heroine of the only literary film "Eight Liangs of Gold" made by Hong Jingbao.
Thinking of this, Li Mingyang quickly picked up the lunch. After eating the lunch, he threw the lunch into the box, took out two bottles of ice-cold mineral water from the foam box, drank one bottle, and carried it Holding a bottle, he walked straight towards Hong Jingbao.
Zhen Zhidan was shocked, "I asked you to ask for advice, but you really go... He has a bad temper!"
Huang Xiaoming handed the peeled apple to Hong Jingbao.
Hong Jingbao did not take it with his hands, but motioned to Huang Xiaoming to put it on the table.
Huang Xiaoming smiled, took out a piece of paper, put it on the table, and then put the apple down. After doing all this, he looked up and saw Li Mingyang coming.
“Brother Xiao Ming, you are peeling an apple.” Li Mingyang smiled.
"Yeah." Huang Xiaoming said lightly.
"Brother Hong, I have ice water here, which is better than apples to quench your thirst." Li Mingyang handed the mineral water to Hong Jingbao.
Just when Hong Jingbao was about to refuse, Huang Xiaoming spoke first: "Brother Hong, you have a stomachache, so you can't drink anything cold."
"It's not wine. It won't matter if you take a few sips. The most important thing is to quench your thirst!"
"Your body is the most important thing. You should take it back..."
Halfway through his words, Huang Xiaoming listened. Hong Jingbao behind him said, "Bring it here, you'll be fine after a few sips."
Sure enough, if you can follow the doctor's instructions, you won't be in a wheelchair for so long.
Li Mingyang handed the water to Hong Jingbao, then moved a small stool, sat next to Hong Jingbao, and said with a smile: "Brother Hong, I like a director very much. I want to get to know him. Can you help me set one up?" Line? ”
"Who?"
"Teacher Sylvia Chang."
Hong Jingbao glanced at Li Mingyang thoughtfully, "She doesn't seem to have directed many plays."
"It's true that there aren't many. I prefer the dramas she acted, especially the movie "Eight Liang Gold". Her acting was really good. It's a sign of the times. It's hard to see such profound literary and artistic films nowadays."
Hong Jingbao smiled, knowing that Li Mingyang was here to please him.
He doesn't care about other movies, but this artistic film is very important in his heart and cannot be replaced.
“I am the protagonist of this drama.”
“Yes, Brother Hong’s acting skills in this drama are really amazing. He deserves an Academy Award for Best Actor.”
"It's all just a false reputation, but this drama is really good. It was nominated for eight awards that year, and finally won a soundtrack. It's really..." Hong Jingbao said a little unhappy.
It is said that false names are all empty words, but in fact I really care about them.
Li Mingyang snickered in his heart, but he talked seriously about the details of the movie and some foreshadowing, which made Hong Jingbao nod his head and laugh heartily.
Huang Xiaoming on the side was dumbfounded. He had known Hong Jingbao for half a year. Every time he met, he worked hard and never complained. He humbly slapped Hong Jingbao on his ass, and Hong Jingbao treated him like nothing.
It is obviously the first time for Li Mingyang to meet him today!
It actually made Hong Jingbao laugh heartily, and every sentence he said spoke to his heart!
Holy shit! I can say that a movie can deal with Hong Jingbao, is this fake?
The way the two were chatting and laughing shocked a large group of people on the Ip Man 2 crew. In their acquaintance, Hong Jingbao didn't smile very much on the set... He had a straight face and felt like everyone in the world owed him money.
Zhen Zhidan smiled, this Li Mingyang is not an ordinary eloquent person, even Hong Jingbao can be so devoted in talking, he has a bright future, a bright future!
Not long ago, Ye Weixin was thinking about how to deal with this kid Li Mingyang. Now that he saw how happily he was chatting with Hong Jingbao, he immediately gave up the idea of giving Li Mingyang power.
Since becoming familiar with Hong Jingbao, Li Mingyang has shown his money-making ability and improved the food for the crew in different ways every day, making the crew acquiesce in Li Mingyang's existence and no longer treat him as an outsider.
And Li Mingyang gradually started working as a spectator and a stage manager, and gradually became an assistant photographer. When there were script meetings, he would be called to join him.
The eyes of Huang Xiaoming, Shi Xiaolong and others turned green with envy...
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(End of this chapter)