1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 134 Famous Director Li Heizi? !

The previous chapter said: In summer, ghost markets do not touch funeral objects, and strangers try to find out who Xia Tian is.

On the third day, the two met again.

It's a rare occasion for Old Palo to come over, so I'll take him for a walk in the summer.

We visited all the historical sites last time, so this time we decided to visit some unique ones.

Now that you're here, don't go back empty-handed.

Buy two paintings and calligraphy and take them home to wait for them to appreciate in value.

No matter how you do in twenty or thirty years, these two or three pieces of calligraphy and paintings will allow you to enjoy your old age.

Even little Palo's future has been secured.

After all, in the future these famous paintings and calligraphy will easily be worth millions or even tens of millions.

It was in Rongbaozhai that I met this man again in the summer.

This time I was closer and could see more clearly. He had thick eyebrows, big eyes, a big mouth, and a dark complexion. He looked to be in his fifties, but his tall and strong figure was indeed a typical northerner.

This time when the man saw Xia Tian, ​​he took the initiative to say hello: "Hello, hello!"

Come up and shake hands with Xia Tian!

Xia Tian is completely confused? Who is this?
On the side, Lao Pai Luo and Xia Tian exchanged a glance: An acquaintance? !

"I saw you on Xianglai Street. Comrade, what do you want?"

The word "comrade" in the summer made this guy laugh!
"Hello, comrade. Indeed, we have met once in the Antique Street. My name is Li Hanxiang, and I would like to meet you!"

"Li Hanxiang?!" Xia Tian couldn't help but look at the man carefully.

Li Heizi also took off his sunglasses and said, "It's me!" His attitude was very humble!

"Hong Kong director, Li Hanxiang?" Xia Tian was surprised and asked again.

"Oh, you know my story?"

Xia Tian wanted to say: Your story is written on your face. But in the end, he didn't say that!
"I know. After all, I am an actor!"

This time it was Li Hanxiang's turn to be surprised, "Actor? Mr. Xia is an actor?!"

Xia Tian nodded: "It was shown in Hong Kong a few months ago, "The Transformation", I wonder if Director Li has seen it?"

"Oh?" Li Hanxiang couldn't help but look at Xia Tian's face carefully. This face is handsome indeed, but he usually doesn't like to use handsome people when making movies, so he didn't look at it from a professional perspective.

And now seeing this, "You are the leading actor of "The Transformation"! The best actor in the mainland! The one who plays the fool?!"

Xia Tian: Director Li, there’s no need to mention the last sentence…

"Oh my! It's fate, what a fate! Let's talk, now we have to have a good chat!" Li Hanxiang held Xia Tian's hand and wouldn't let go.

If there hadn't been any bad rumors about him, Xia Tian would have been itching to do something stupid by now.

Originally, Li Heizi - Li Hanxiang was a very evil person and was given this nickname by people in the Hong Kong industry. He wanted to meet Xia Tian because of antiques.

This guy is a serious antique lover.

In the original time and space, he needed surgery for a heart disease, but he was reluctant to sell a few antiques to pay for the surgery. It can be said that he loves antiques like his life!

So when he first met Xia Tian and Ma Dudu and heard others talk about Xia Tian's deeds, he became interested and always wanted to get to know them.

Unexpectedly, in addition to antiques, both of them are also filmmakers!
This is just great!

When it comes to antiques, I can only be considered half an insider, but when it comes to movies, I’m Director Li!
He treated Xia Tian and——Hey, when did this foreigner show up? !
It turns out that he had never noticed Old Pailuo before.

Anyway, Xia Tian and Lao Pai Luo had a meal of roast duck at Bian Yi Fang.

What do you think of Li Heizi's style?

He is wearing a big gold chain and a small watch, a black suit and big sunglasses. He is tall and strong, and looks more like a member of the gang than a director.

Although he had a face full of flesh and wore glasses, looking like a harsh boss or a gangster, his voice was surprisingly gentle and soft.

Very contrasting~
Xia Tian also taught him a lesson. He ate four roast ducks, several plates of thin biscuits, and drank six bottles of Arctic Ocean by himself!
Li Heizi was stunned!
He didn't lack the money, but the carefree summer weather and elegant dining manners, coupled with his horrible appetite, were really hard to accept!
In the next few days, Li Heizi went to see Xia Tian almost every day, either asking him to take a look or telling him what he had found - usually not very good.

Li Heizi knows a bit about antiques, but not much!
Fortunately, there are no counterfeits nowadays, otherwise I would have lost a lot of money!

Or he would follow Xia Tian to other places to broaden his horizons - someone would ask Xia Tian to take a look, or someone would want to sell something.

Anyway, he was happy! Every day he was as happy as if he had eaten bee poop.

But he is a famous director from Hong Kong, and can be said to be one of the top directors in the Chinese film industry. There must be something wrong if he comes to the mainland!
Yes, he is here to make a movie!

That’s the crew of the drama “The Last Emperor” that we’re going to visit in the summer at the Mountain Resort!
……

I must introduce Li Heizi here.

Director Li went to Beijing many years ago~
Yes, that's right, I was drifting in Beijing~
He originally studied painting under the master Xu Beihong at the Painting Department of the "Peking National Art College"!

Director Li not only had outstanding painting achievements, but also served as the head of the school's drama troupe. However, the good times did not last long, as he was expelled from school for participating in student mobilization.

Later, I was recommended to go south to Shanghai and entered the Municipal Drama School. Then I met many movie stars of that time with my own eyes - which is equivalent to nodding and greeting Gong Li, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and others at close range today.

Later, because of the war, he was displaced to Hong Kong, where he made great achievements.

He was born in 26, but in the 50s, his Huangmei Opera films were already popular in Southeast Asia and became the mainstay of the rise of Hong Kong's film industry!
In the 60s, he broke up with Shaw Brothers and went to Formosa to establish a company, pioneering Formosa Films. He was regarded as "the first person in the Hong Kong and Taiwan film industry"!
Then there are the erotic films of the 70s and the Qing Dynasty palace dramas of the 80s...

It can be said that Director Li led the trend of Chinese-language films in every decade at that time.

At this time in the summer, I met many celebrities, some of whom I had only seen in news reports in my previous life.

But I was still surprised to see Director Li, because his status and influence in the film industry are really very high!

Director Li participated in the creation of more than 180 works in his lifetime, which can be regarded as a miracle in the history of film.

Moreover, he has excellent quantity and quality, and has taken various types of films to the extreme. He has created many classics in films of different themes, and can be called a master.

The most representative of these are three types: erotic films, palace films and Huangmei Opera.

Director Li's erotic films are mostly based on romantic affairs and are extremely humorous. Apart from the laughter and scolding in the streets, they also carry a distinct core of traditional moral exhortations.

In the summer, he was able to shoot erotic films that were appealing to both the elite and the masses, and were erotic without being obscene. Director Li has a deep understanding of traditional culture.
There are also Huangmei Opera movies. The story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai became so well-known later, and Director Li deserves credit for it!
Not to mention palace films, Director Li is responsible and passionate, he is patriotic!

Just this, is enough!
Some people just can't figure out who he is, the one starring the first generation comedy king Xu Guanwen, "Your name is Ji Bochang, but it's a pity that you won't live long!"

"If the Dragon King doesn't rain, we'll bombard him with cannons" from "The Great Warlord"!
He was the one who guided me!

This movie ranked third in Hong Kong's box office that year, ahead of Bruce Lee's "Fist of Fury" and "Way of the Dragon".

Director Li has always wanted to cooperate with the inland side to make a movie and bring the history of the late Qing Dynasty to the screen.

This time I came here for the cooperative project "Behind the Curtain".

I had been planning to stay in the hotel and write the script, but ended up coming out to “hang out” – haha, there’s no going back!
Antiques are so interesting, and summer is so fun! It doesn’t matter if I write the script tomorrow!

The delays almost made the staff cry!
Finally, someone found Xia Tian and said, "Comrade Xia Tian, ​​you can't interfere with Director Li's creation!"

Xia Tian: Huh?! Why do I feel like I'm asking a poor boy not to delay a rich girl's fortune when I hear you say this?! How much do you give~
When Xia Tian learned about this, he naturally couldn't delay his business.

So, using a pair of Qing Dynasty vases, we started a topic about the late Qing Dynasty...

He eventually ended up talking about script writing, and also talked about his popular novel "Four Strange Cases of the Late Qing Dynasty".

Director Li also filmed "Yang Naiwu and Xiao Baicai", which is one of the four major strange cases.

So the two of them got more and more excited as they talked, and in the end Xia Tian was pointing at the vase and talking, while Director Li nodded, patted his thigh, and wrote down his inspiration on paper.

The next day, Xia Tian brought the historical materials prepared by the staff, and the two of them had another conversation while drinking Arctic Ocean, from morning to dinner.

Then Director Li began to close the door to visitors and write the script in seclusion!
That's really a divine writing!
And the more he wrote, the more he created the sister work of "The Last Emperor", "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace".

He finished writing the scripts for the two movies, totaling 100,000 words in total, in just seven days!

I wrote that I was dishevelled, my eyes were bloodshot, and I looked dazed...

Xia Tian gritted his teeth when he saw this: Where are you rolling your horse? I hate people like you who struggle the most!!!

The script was passed quickly and got the green light all the way!

Not to mention anything else, even the Forbidden City is open for filming!
The Mountain Resort is the early stage, and in the middle stage we will go to the Forbidden City to shoot a movie! It’s exciting just thinking about it!

Follow up, you must follow up!
If I didn't want to film a pigtail scene, I would have to get a role at least!
……

The crew was discussing the next shooting plan when Li Hanxiang suddenly raised his hand and looked at his watch!
"Hey! It's time!"

"Um... Xiao Li, you drive to the train station to pick someone up..."

When I got off the train in the summer, I saw someone holding a sign with my name on it before I even left the station!
I was so scared, I thought there were some star-chasers!

It turned out that Director Li sent someone to pick him up, and the salary was quite high~
(End of this chapter)