China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 127 The storm is coming

Not only Xiang Nantai is not optimistic about Li Yu's "Signal".

Even the creative members of "Signal" expressed their concerns to Li Yu privately.

"Director Li, I think "Signal" is indeed too risky.

The script is a good one, but there’s nothing to say about the quality.

well! It's a pity that "Signal" was born at the wrong time, as Director Li's transformational film, the investment was too high. "

Zu Feng said worriedly.

Li Yu's "Signal" will not lose money.

With the achievements of the Idol Trilogy as the cornerstone, the first-round sales price of "Signal" directed by Li Yu personally hit a new high, surpassing "Star You".

In addition, modern dramas are too convenient for advertising, and "Signal" has already made a profit before it even started airing.

This is not a good thing, it is the successful reputation accumulated before consuming Li Yu.

There is a certain lag effect in the market.

Once "Signal" encounters a waterloo after it premieres or fails to meet everyone's expectations, it will definitely affect Li Yu's next drama, and the price of the next drama will definitely drop.

Zu Feng has already felt the foreshadowing of the coming storm.

Compared with the failure of "Signal", he was more worried that Li Yu, a young man who had achieved too many successes at a young age, could not withstand failure.

If his painstaking work fails to achieve the expected results, it is likely to destroy Li Yu's confidence in transformation.

Once Li Yu's confidence collapses, he chooses to give up the path of a powerful director, redirects his direction and returns to the comfort zone of idol dramas, and goes to the dark side on the road to idol dramas. It would be a pity.

That was not a situation he wanted to see.

What he signed with Hualiu Company was Li Yu's talent and ambition. He believed that Li Yu could write very good works. As an actor, he was eager to bring more profound works to the audience.

He does not want the ideal and talented Li Yu to die, leaving only a money-making machine that constantly replicates the successful experience of idol dramas.

"Brother Xiao Ming and Teacher Yuanquan both expressed their concerns to me. Teacher Zu, don't you even think highly of our "Signal"?"

Li Yu asked calmly without getting angry.

Zu Feng smiled bitterly: "Of course I have confidence in the quality of "The Signal". I know very well how much effort Director Li put into this drama...how much..."

Li Yu smiled and said: "Since Mr. Ren is very confident in the signal, why should it be shaken by external factors?
  The outside world thinks we are terrible if we are not good enough!
  The really scary thing is that even we ourselves think we can’t do it.

The fall of a fortress often begins from within. "

"..."

Zu Feng was speechless.

What Li Yu said makes sense.

But can reason change disadvantages?

Xiangnan TV's early promotion of "Signal" was not as strong as that of "Goblin" and "Star You". These are facts that can be seen by people with a discerning eye.

However, Li Yu is very confident. It is a good thing that he is not affected by the outside world, which shows that he is very strong inside.

Of course...it cannot be ruled out that Li Yu is pretending to be calm.

Once Li Yu went to the directing department to attend a class. After class, Teacher Gao left Li Yu alone and said that he was very optimistic about Li Yu's "Signal" and told Li Yu that the box office of literary and artistic films is generally not as good as that of commercial films, but no one thinks that literary and artistic films are If the director's level is not good, people will think that the director of the literary film is of higher level.

What Mr. Gao expressed in his words was to tell Li Yu not to pay too much attention to the ratings of "The Signal". The fact that he was able to produce such a high-quality work as "The Signal" is a success in itself.

To put it bluntly, Li Yu is encouraged.

Li Yu understands everyone's good intentions.

But he really has nothing wrong with him. He is really confident in "The Signal".

Right! It’s not surprising that everyone would react this way. TVM, which originally produced "The Signal", obviously lacked confidence in the early stage. They believed that if the ratings could reach 3%, they could pop the champagne.

Li Yu is very confident in his version of "Signal".

He believes that the quality of his version is not inferior to the original version, and the final episodes even surpass the original version.

The usual shortcomings of Silla dramas are also reflected in the drama "Signal".

Silla's screenwriters rarely come up with a complete script before filming begins.

Their country adopts a model of filming and broadcasting at the same time. When a TV series is approved, most of them only write a few episodes.

This model certainly has its advantages. For example, it can arrange the direction of the plot through real-time feedback from the audience, and better interact with the audience.

This model gave birth to the famous eight-episode rule for Silla dramas.

This means that the male and female protagonists must kiss in the eighth episode, and the plot must reach its climax in the eighth episode.

The other side of the eight-episode rule is that eight episodes suck.

After eight episodes, the screenwriter began to burn his brains and downtime. There was no complete plan in advance, so he could only improvise the plot and stretch it to sixteen episodes. This is how many unfinished episodes came about.

"The Signal" suffers from similar problems.

At the beginning, the creative team of "Signal" did not expect that it would be so popular with the audience.

Halfway through the filming of "Signal", they temporarily decided that they would make a second part in the future, so they had to forcibly pave the way for the second part in the following episodes of the first part.

As a result, the plot of only twelve episodes was reduced to sixteen, and a lot of settings were thrown away in the middle to prepare for "Signal 2", resulting in a small mess.

Li Yu has no plans to make a second film at all. His last major case was when Yu Qingfeng and Xu Liangcai fought side by side to bring down the big tiger. The ending was tragic and exciting, and the finale was the biggest climax of the whole drama.

As time goes by, time enters January 2005.

Last month, Xingye's "Kung Fu" was released in the mainland. Li Yu, Liu Shishi and others dressed up and went to the cinema to contribute a few movie tickets.

"Master Xing's "Kung Fu" was really well shot. I heard that Master Xing is retiring and will turn to behind the scenes as a director. It's a pity. Will we not be able to see movies starring Master Xing in the future?"

Ma Wenlong said with emotion.

A few months have passed, "The Best Uniform" has been completed, and the leading actors such as Ma Wenlong have returned to the capital.

"That's inevitable." Li Yu said calmly.

In Fatty Wang's words, every director in Hong Kong who has worked with Star has broken up unhappy.

As an actor, every actor wants to be the leader on the set. He alone has the final say on the entire set. How can a famous and capable director accept this?
  In the end, he was left to be the director and film his own path.

As I got older, I couldn't hold two jobs, so I had to give up starring and become a director behind the scenes.

Not only people like Ma Wenlong and Liu Shishi have regrets, but Li Yu also has some regrets.

He personally thinks that Xingye is obviously better as an actor than as a director.

But everyone has their own ambitions, so just be whatever they want to be, that's their business.

On January 1rd, Monday, "The Signal" officially landed on Xiangnan Channel's evening slot.

Currently occupying the prime time slot of Xiangnan Channel is an idol romance drama "Sad Love Song" produced in Silla Kingdom.

Since the premiere of "Sad Love Song" at the end of December last month, the ratings have gradually increased, from 12 at the beginning to 1.7, and are about to break through the 2.8 mark.

The ratings of "Sad Love Song" have been soaring, and Xiangnan Channel has begun to put more promotional resources into this drama, and invited starring actors such as Kim Hee Sun to appear on their variety shows.

Compared with "Sad Love Song", which is in a great situation, "Signal" seems to have a touch of sadness.

No matter what, "Signal" was ready and had to be released.

Let us wait and see what results "Signal" can achieve.

(End of this chapter)