Chapter 618: God-level Director
They acted right away. Ji Qi was busy signing contracts with hotels, and Lu Yiming was also busy. He immediately started to personally set up the staff for this variety show.
This travel show is more of a reality show than a variety show. In China these days, Lu Yiming has never seen a reality show. In a few years, Mango TV will release a show called "Where Are We Going, Dad?", which will set rules and gameplay for this type of reality show.
But now it all belongs to Lu Yiming, and he can also combine the strengths of all the other companies to refine the various fancy reality shows of the future. This requires a very efficient and professional team.
The first person that Lu Yiming thought of was King Liu. After all, when it comes to connections in the entertainment industry, even if he is the richest man, he can't compare to King Liu. After all, different industries have different connections.
When he heard Lu Yiming's voice on the phone, King Liu was almost moved to tears. He said excitedly through the microphone: "Boss Lu, have you finally remembered that you have a company called Minghua Entertainment?"
At first, Lu Yiming invited King Liu to come and shoot commercials, and then established Minghua Entertainment with the goal of entering the domestic entertainment industry. However, two years have passed, and although there has been no progress, there have been few results. Apart from King Liu trying out Hollywood and filming a TV series, there has been no other achievements to brag about.
Naturally, King Liu was very resentful about this.
Lu Yiming laughed and immediately said soothingly: "Well, I came to you just to find you. Do you have a professional variety show team? I want to shoot a travel TV show. The program aims to show the beautiful mountains and rivers of our motherland, and it will include some content about the guests touring from a first-person perspective."
After hearing this, King Liu couldn't help scratching his head, with a slightly embarrassed expression: "There are directors for variety shows in Hong Kong, but it's hard to find one that meets your requirements. I think it's better to ask Lin Yuzhen for help. She is a student of Communication University of China. She must know some directors from Communication University of China. Maybe we can find a suitable candidate. To be honest, Hong Kong is okay for comedy variety shows, but not so good for serious ones."
Nowadays, all variety shows in Hong Kong are stage performances and family-friendly content, which is obviously far from Lu Yiming's needs.
After listening to King Liu's analysis, Lu Yiming also agreed with it: "That makes sense, then you go and do your thing, I'll go find Lin Yuzhen."
Seeing that Lu Yiming was about to hang up, King Liu quickly said, "Um, Mr. Lu..."
"Ah? Anything else?"
King Liu hesitated and said, "Well, about the matter we discussed before about entering the mainland entertainment market..."
Lu Yiming asked, "You haven't filmed any movies recently?"
King Liu said: "That's not the case. I just finished filming "Ah Hu" last year. It was my 100th film."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "You are really a hard worker. You sing and act in TV series. Now you have made 100 movies."
King Liu sighed and said, "There's nothing I can do. I'm so heavily in debt. What can I do if I don't work harder?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "What about you now? Are you filming?"
King Liu said: "Yes, I am currently filming "Full Time Killer". I am the lead actor and producer. A few days ago, Andrew Lau found me and said he had a script called "Infernal Affairs". I am wondering if I should take it. The movie is scheduled to be released next year and I am afraid I won't have enough time."
Lu Yiming immediately said, "Take it, how can you not take it? Infernal Affairs is a good movie!"
Before his rebirth, Lu Yiming was much more familiar with King Liu's songs than his films, and it just so happened that "Infernal Affairs" was the film of King Liu that Lu Yiming was most familiar with.
If King Liu doesn't even take this movie, then it's all over, right?
King Liu asked in confusion: "A good movie? How do you know?"
"hiss……"
Lu Yiming couldn't help but take a breath.
Damn, I just said it smoothly.
"You know, I'm very business-savvy. Otherwise, how could I have built such a big business in just a few years? 'Infernal Affairs', this name sounds very pleasant, so I have a feeling that it will be a big hit after it is released."
Every incident leading to Lu Yiming's rise could not be explained by common sense, so even though Lu Yiming's words were outrageous, King Liu actually thought it was very reasonable and said immediately, "Since Mr. Lu said so, I'll take it."
Lu Yiming said affirmatively: "Yes, not only should we accept it, can we, Minghua Entertainment, also be an investor or something, and bring in money to the group, which can also enhance the sense of participation!"
Liu Tianwang had no doubts and said, "Okay."
Communication University of China.
Since filming "Live and Work in Peace", Lin Yuzhen has become a star in the school.
At this time in the country, many people are full of yearning and curiosity about the life of the rich.
The TV series starring Lin Yuzhen is specifically about the buying and selling of luxury houses, and is considered the most realistic restoration of the lives of the wealthy.
Although Communication University of China has produced many celebrities, it is still rare for someone like Lin Yuzhen to be able to act in a TV series while still a freshman. Not to mention that the drama "Home and Work" has a luxurious cast, with top stars like King Liu.
Logically speaking, let alone the second female lead, even as a minor role, it would be impossible for a freshman in the broadcasting department like Lin Yuzhen to join the crew of "An Ju Le Ye".
This led many people to speculate whether Lin Yuzhen had a strong backing, so that her status in the school had risen to a higher level, and school leaders at all levels were very polite to her.
On this day, after school, Lin Yuzhen returned to the dormitory and found a bouquet of beautiful roses on her bed.
Recently, there have been so many boys sending her flowers that she has become immune to them. When she saw the roses in front of her, she had no expression on her face and just picked them up and threw them into the trash can at the door.
After a while, the dormitory manager appeared at the door of Lin Yuzhen's dormitory. Looking at the red roses in the trash can, she immediately smiled.
"Sure enough, there is one again."
At this moment, her face was filled with a completely happy expression.
There is no doubt that by selling these roses to a flower shop for recycling, I can make a small profit and then have a good meal.
Now, just the money she earns from waiting outside Lin Yuzhen's dormitory every day to pick up flowers and sell them is enough for her to live a very comfortable life.
Jiang Yuxiang, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed and saw Lin Yuzhen's "ruthless destruction of flowers", was full of envy: "Zhenzhen, if you don't want them, you can give them to me. Oh, it would be great if boys could give me flowers too. This is really a case of one dying of drought or flooding of water."
Lin Yuzhen frowned, and was obviously in a bad mood: "I am so annoyed, these flies are really impossible to drive away."
Before she became famous, she received many love letters and confessions from boys. Now after filming the TV series, the situation has become even worse.
Even some rich second-generations outside the school began to hear the news and pursue her fiercely.
Jiang Yuxiang joked: "You are a full man, you don't know the hunger of a hungry man."
At this moment, Lin Yuzhen's cell phone rang. She took out her pager, opened the cover, put it close to her ear, and said in a bad tone, "Hello?"
Xue Shan's voice came from the phone: "Did you receive the roses I sent you?"
Lin Yuzhen, who had expected this, was neither surprised nor surprised. She just felt a little annoyed: "So it was you who gave it to me. I don't like roses. Don't give me roses in the future."
Xue Shan thought that he had offended Lin Yuzhen because of his wrong flattery posture. Instead of being persuaded to give up, he thought that Lin Yuzhen was giving him some advice. He immediately said with great interest: "What kind of flowers do you like? No matter how difficult it is, as long as you like them, I will buy them for you."
Lin Yuzhen said coldly: "I don't like anything you send me. Don't call me again!"
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Jiang Yuxiang laughed and said, "It's that Xue Shan again?"
Lin Yuzhen nodded slightly.
Jiang Yuxiang teased, "This Xue Shan is still pursuing you? Even our famous playboy from Communication University of China is so devoted to you, so persistent, don't you think about it for a moment?"
Lin Yuzhen rolled her eyes at her and said, "You want it? Then I'll give it to you. Take it, no thanks."
Jiang Yuxiang then smiled and waved her hands: "I don't want it."
Then she looked curious again: "Among the people pursuing you, apart from Xue Shan, there are indeed some very outstanding ones. Do you really not like any of them? You are not still thinking about the richest man Lu, are you? Doesn't he have a girlfriend?"
Just as Lin Yuzhen was about to speak, her cell phone rang again. She thought it was Xue Shan calling again, so she opened the cover and cursed, "Didn't I tell you to stop calling? Are you annoying?"
On the other end of the phone, Lu Yiming looked confused: "How did I offend you again?"
Hearing the familiar voice, Lin Yuzhen's expression suddenly changed, and then she pouted a little angrily: "Oh, it's you, I thought it was someone else calling."
Although it wasn't Xue Shan who called, Lin Yuzhen somehow still felt a little uncomfortable when she heard Lu Yiming's voice.
Maybe it’s because Xue Shan always calls, and Lu Yiming hasn’t called for a long time.
"Busy Mr. Lu, how come you have time to call me today? Are you reminding me to drink more hot water again?"
Lu Yiming could tell that something was wrong with Lin Yuzhen's condition, and he immediately said, "It seems like you've been having some troubles in your life recently. If there's anything that makes you unhappy, tell me about it and I'll cheer you up."
Lin Yuzhen said bluntly: "Get lost. If you have something to say, just say it. If not, I'm hanging up now."
Lu Yiming quickly said, "Hey, don't, I really have something to talk to you about."
Lin Yuzhen said angrily: "I knew that you would only look for me when you have something to do, but you never call me when you have nothing to do."
Lu Yiming: “…”
Although there is nothing wrong with this logic, why does it always seem like something is weird?
"No, are you having your period or not?"
After hearing what Lu Yiming said, Lin Yuzhen was even more furious: "Do you know how to talk? I don't even have a boyfriend, how can I not have my period?"
"Okay, okay, I was wrong."
Facing Lin Yuzhen, who was very likely to have her period, Lu Yiming certainly didn't dare to argue, and cautiously reminded her: "Then drink more hot water."
Lin Yuzhen almost lost her temper: "Lu Yiming! If you have nothing to say, you don't have to say it!"
Lu Yiming couldn't help but take a breath. How can it be wrong for me to care about you?
Helpless, Lu Yiming did not dare to continue chatting and went straight to the point: "It's like this, I want to make a travel experience reality TV show, but I haven't found a satisfactory team yet. I require the team to have a good grasp of the natural scenery and be able to shoot the beauty of the scenery. It should be similar to the texture of a landscape documentary. Can you help me find it? There should be someone who does this among you who has been spread out? Then I will invite you to be the experience guest."
When Lin Yuzhen heard that Lu Yiming came to ask her for help, she snorted and said, "I knew that you would never come to me for no reason."
However, she also thought in her heart, at least Lu Yiming was willing to drag her along when he had something to do, so being a guest of experience should be paid, right? It seemed not bad, right?
Thinking of this, he felt much better, and said in a muffled voice, "Let me ask for you."
After hanging up the phone, Lin Yuzhen seemed to feel a lot more cheerful. Jiang Yuxiang saw this and immediately teased, "Why are you so happy that Lu Yiming called you? I noticed that your expression was the most different when Lu Yiming called you. What's wrong? Are you still thinking about being the wife of the richest man?"
Lin Yuzhen seemed to have been touched by what she said, and blushed slightly. Then she rushed forward with a grin and threw Jiang Yuxiang onto the bed: "You little girl, you are itching for trouble again, right?"
After playing around for a while, Lin Yuzhen went straight out of the dormitory and went to help Lu Yiming find a filming team.
In Office 207, Lin Yuzhen knocked on the door of the department director Sun Guoneng's office and asked softly, "Is Director Sun here?"
Sun Guoneng could hear Lin Yuzhen's voice and quickly said, "I'm here, come in."
Now there are various voices in the school about Lin Yuzhen's identity. Although Sun Guoneng is the head of the department, he does not dare to treat Lin Yuzhen as an ordinary student.
After all, in a place like Communication University of China, there are many second-generation rich people, second-generation official officials, and capital darlings. He doesn't want to offend anyone because of his mistakes.
"Student Lin Yuzhen, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Lin Yuzhen immediately explained her purpose: "Lu Yiming called me just now and said that he wants to make a travel TV program and needs a team that is good at landscape design. He asked if our school has anyone suitable to recommend."
"Lu Yiming? The richest man in Lu?"
Sun Guoneng's body trembled.
The identity of Lin Yuzhen in front of him became three times more prestigious in Sun Guoneng's heart.
The richest man in China called me for help? What kind of person is he?
Anyway, Sun Guoneng never thought that he would receive a call from Lu Yiming, the richest man in Xia Country, one day. He wouldn't even dare to dream of such a beautiful thing.
Before, when Lin Yuzhen participated in the TV series invested by Lu Yiming, everyone would only think that Lin Yuzhen had some connection with some capital and was forced into the drama to become famous. No one would have thought that she and Lu Yiming were actually high school classmates.
Now Lin Yuzhen directly said that Lu Yiming called her, and Sun Guoneng was actually almost scared to death.
Why didn’t you tell me earlier that you had this relationship with the richest man?
Lin Yuzhen's feelings towards Lu Yiming were completely different from others. She watched Lu Yiming start his own business from Microsoft, so the aura of the richest man did not exist in her eyes, and there was no unattainable mystery.
In her eyes, Lu Yiming will always be the high school classmate who wears a T-shirt and sits in the utility room typing away on the keyboard.
When Sun Guoneng heard that Lu Yiming wanted to find someone for help, he immediately perked up and obviously took it very seriously.
After careful consideration, he recommended : "I think Chen Xiaoqing should meet the requirements of Mr. Lu. He is an old senior who graduated from our school. Recently, he has been making documentaries on landscapes and humanities. This is his business card. You can ask him."
Although Lin Yuzhen was not familiar with the name Chen Xiaoqing, after hearing what Sun Guoneng said, she felt that it should be okay. After all, Sun Guoneng would not lie to her, right?
"Okay, then I'll go talk to Lu Yiming. Director Sun, I'll go back first."
Sun Guoneng said politely: "Okay, okay, take care. You can come to me anytime if you need anything."
Although she felt strange about Sun Guoneng's sudden excessive enthusiasm, Lin Yuzhen didn't think much about it. After returning to the dormitory, she called Lu Yiming and said, "I just went to ask my department head, and he said you can go to see an old senior in our school named Chen Xiaoqing, who should meet your requirements."
On the other end of the phone, when Lu Yiming heard Chen Xiaoqing's name, he was shocked.
He was very familiar with this name.
"Summer Country on the Tip of the Tongue".
"Flavorful Origins".
These two are documentaries that Lu Yiming has watched repeatedly, and in Lu Yiming's mind they are absolutely ranked in the top tier of documentaries.
How awesome is this guy?
Let’s put it this way, basically you win a prize as soon as you make a move.
In 1991, he served as the director and editor of the humanities documentary "Notes from an Isolated Island", which won the second prize of the TV "Starlight Award".
In 1993, he served as the director and editor of the social documentary "Home Far Away in Beijing", which won the Documentary Award at the Sichuan International Television Festival.
In 1994, he served as the director and editor of the natural documentary "Dragon's Back", which won the Special Award for Women and Children at the Sichuan International Television Festival.
In 1996, he began to produce documentary films and served as the chief editor and director of a documentary about historical figures. The film won the first prize in the national social education program competition.
In 1998, the work won the "National Five One Project Award".
Lu Yiming never expected that just by asking with hope, he would actually get such an industry leader to answer his question.
It’s amazing!
At this moment, Chen Xiaoqing had just finished filming "A Century of Xia Kingdom", a tribute film to welcome the 21st century, which reflects the modernization history of a nation through a review of Xia Kingdom in the 20th century.
Of course Lu Yiming had seen it.
On social media during Lu Yiming's time, this film was hailed as the most comprehensive and complete documentary reflecting a century of history to date.
One commentator said: "It reflects the century-long history of the nation in a three-dimensional way from the perspective of big history. It finds poetry in history and pursues tangible history. Its grandeur, richness of information and unique perspective are unprecedented in the television industry."
Lu Yiming took the contact number given by Lin Yuzhen and called Chen Xiaoqing directly.
