China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 941 Difficulties abound
On December 2020, 12, 21 screenwriters including Wang Hailin and Song Fangjin jointly voiced their boycott of Yu Zheng and Guo Jingming.

Less than a day later, another 45 screenwriters joined.

However, the names on the second batch of joint signature list of "Film and Television Practitioners Jointly Boycott Yu Zheng and Guo Jingming" were indeed somewhat unbelievable once announced.

After all, there are only a handful of times when several famous directors in the industry can be brought together, and the most recent one was the movie "Changjin Lake".

Everyone also made the connection, because they were filming a movie together, it was very likely that the consensus was reached outside of work.

However, for the screenwriters who were not very optimistic at first, this opinion was like "the sound of nature", and it instantly gave them hope.

"I saw those two acted like idiots before, let's see if they can still make a noise this time, especially Yu Zheng, who said 'Everyone has a past, I don't want to explain my past'. He was so stubborn even after losing the lawsuit, I can't stand it anymore."

"If plagiarism continues without being held accountable, the industry will be doomed sooner or later!"

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People in the industry are talking about it, and the Internet has already exploded.

Because in recent years, news about screenwriters suffering unfair treatment has been frequently exposed, and incidents of screenwriters defending their rights are also common.

However, it is rare to see such a clear-cut boycott of peers, and the list of signatories is extremely luxurious.

"Oh my god, this list is really heavy. I wonder if Guo Jingming and Yu Zheng can handle it!"

"Ning Hao is ranked at the back of the first few names. Wow, this is incredible. It will be difficult for Guo Jingming and the other two to survive this wave."

"What are you afraid of? They both have capital behind them. It depends on whether they want to go to war with Li Mu. I think a good show is about to begin."

"The guy upstairs must be a fool. He's still trying to start a war. There's no time to avoid it."

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There is also heated discussion on the Internet at the moment.

At the same time, Li Mu was not affected at all, and the filming of "Changjin Lake" was still the top priority.

After filming for these days, Li Mu and his colleagues realized the most difficult part of this film.

It’s not about the connection between the three people, nor the shooting in the snowy environment, but the large amount of preparation of costumes and props, as well as a large number of battle and tactical design issues.

There are many variations just in terms of costumes and props.

From entering North Korea to fighting in the coldest snow and wind, the styles of makeup and costumes had to be unified and coherent, which was a huge challenge because the number of people involved in the design was so large.

There were also a large number of equipment and props, such as American tanks and Soviet tank props, because there were only a few that could be driven in China, and most of them had to be remade. Moreover, these tanks had to be transferred back and forth from two or three groups each time, and a large crane was used to lift the tanks, and they were moved there after filming was completed here.

Huang Jianxin, as the chief producer at the moment, was involved in all matters and could not help but sweat profusely:

"Director Li, to be honest, this movie is completely beyond my experience. What should we do? Can we finish it?

This scene is too difficult to film quickly. It often involves hundreds or even thousands of people. Sometimes, including the staff, there are six or seven thousand people working on the set, and there are a lot of night scenes."

“None of us had ever encountered this before, so we could only find ways to coordinate. There were so many invisible and intangible things that must have been very difficult for such a large group.

"Changjin Lake" is the largest project in Chinese film history. We have set a precedent and we just need to keep moving forward."

Li Mu quickly cheered up. As the chief director and producer, he couldn't say anything discouraging at this moment. This movie was indeed a bit grand, with too many people. Any adjustment to the plan would cause a series of problems. It was definitely the most complicated and largest crew he had encountered in the past 20 years.

"Director Huang, all these hardships are worth it!" Li Mu's eyes were extremely firm.

"Okay, then let's work harder. After this, I have to take a break for half a year anyway."

Huang Jianxin couldn't help but sigh, then patted his clothes and prepared to get up, but at this moment, a phone call interrupted their conversation.

"It's a local call," Huang Jianxin said with a frown as he looked at the incoming call on his mobile phone.

"Answer it first." Li Mu had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, it was the local health office that called. Due to the recurrence of the epidemic, an epidemic prevention and control team needed to be quickly established and registration needed to be conducted at a frequency of once every three days.

"It's really like when it rains it pours!" Huang Jianxin said with a wry smile.

There are at least 7000 people staying here permanently, and the work is done once every three days. This workload will take up several days of shooting time.

"There's no other way. Let's set it up quickly as required!"

As soon as Li Mu finished speaking, he received a call from the General Administration, also regarding the epidemic, and specifically called to explain the situation.

Although the filming was difficult, the progress was made steadily.

On the other hand, the Christmas battle in the Lunar New Year period has already begun.

"Shock Wave 2" was released first and earned 24 million on the first day on the 7900th, which is a good result considering it was a Thursday after all.

The 25th is the release day of "Assassination of Novelist" and "The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity".

These three movies are arguably the most anticipated blockbusters in the current schedule.

However, the oriental fantasy film "Assassination of Novelist" led the Lunar New Year box office with over 25 million yuan on the 1.3th. "Shock Wave 2" was second, earning 9000 million yuan. Even "The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity" had a box office of over million yuan.

The three films were extremely popular at the same time.

However, compared to "Assassination of Novelist", which had both explosive box office and good reputation, "The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity", although it had good box office, it fell into a new vortex.

First, a viewer said on Weibo after watching the movie:

"Is it true that the special effects of director Guo's latest masterpiece did not refer to anything?"
He also posted a few pictures for comparison on Weibo.

It can be seen from the picture that Guo Jingming may have no way to defend himself this time, because the picture is almost the same as "Doctor Strange".

But not only that, the shots and plot were also criticized more.

"I just don't understand, is this movie shot taken with a mobile phone? Not only is there no distinction between long shots and close shots, but once a person is filmed, the director likes to capture their body shape 360 ​​degrees without blind spots?"

"No, I am dying of laughter. I can't forget the famous film critic Shi Hang's words 'We need to see the progress of Director Guo Jingming'. Director Guo Jingming has indeed improved. The reputation of his movies has improved from 2.1 to 5.1, which is a huge improvement."

"It is inevitable for a director to make bad movies, but the only director who can consistently make bad movies and still have many fans watching and making good box office returns is Director Guo Jingming. I admire him for this."

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(End of this chapter)