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Chapter 179 Attacking Cannes!

"That old guy is clearly setting up obstacles and restrictions, deliberately ostracizing and suppressing Director Li."

Li Muge was filled with indignation.

Wu Baige obviously has such a huge advantage, but he still threatens and intimidates the actors in the industry by saying such words. It is really shameless!
  Wu Baige's words will definitely have a serious impact on Li Yu's film.

Li Yu cannot hire most actors who are on the rise and are currently popular.

They will never offend the famous director Wu Baige because of Li Yu.

Take Fan Xiaopang for example, if Li Yu invited her to star in "Guandu", she would probably have to struggle for a few days, let alone others.

Fan Xiaopang, Li Muge and others all felt tremendous pressure and realized how influential Wu Baige was in the circle.

Li Yu laughed out loud: "Haha! I never thought of inviting popular actors in "Guandu". Wu Baige's suppression of me has no meaning."

The main actors of "Guandu" had already been selected for Li Yu by Yang Ma's version of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" more than ten years ago.

For example, Cao Cao from the Old Three Kingdoms, the audience commented that if the Cao Cao in history does not look like Bao Guoan, then it must be Cao Cao himself.

After Bao Guoan played the role of Cao Cao, he could never play another role.

He was playing other roles in other plays. When reporters interviewed him, they did not ask him how he should play that role, but asked him how he should play Cao Cao. This shows how classic his Cao Cao is.

There is also Yuan Benchu ​​in Lao Sanguo, who looks aristocratic and has the demeanor and magnanimity of the Fourth Generation and Three Dukes. The words "My sword is not bad" to Dong Zhuo when he drew his sword in the court can be called one of the most handsome and famous scenes in the Three Kingdoms.

These old actors don't need Li Yu's training, because the production team of Lao Sanguo already helped him train them more than ten years ago.

In order to film the Old Three Kingdoms well, the production team specially invited experts on the history of the Three Kingdoms in the late Han Dynasty to give lectures to the actors for several months.

Actors not only have to read and understand the Three Kingdoms intensively, but they also have to learn the etiquette of the Three Kingdoms period.

As for Wu Baige's "Red Cliff".

Not only the plot and layout are flaws, but the choice of actors is a complete failure among failures.

There is nothing to say about Zhang Fengyi's acting skills, but his image and temperament are very different from the traitor Cao Cao.

His Cao Cao couldn't see the city at all, because a woman started a war like a black boss, which was really not good.

Liang Chaowei's Zhou Yu is also very bad.

Liang Chaowei's temperament is naturally reserved, and his melancholy eyes are his signature.

It is obviously inappropriate for him to play the role of Zhou Gongjin, who has a majestic appearance, a feather fan and a turban, chatting and laughing, and the oars and oars are reduced to ashes.

Jin Chengwu, who played Zhuge Liang, completely failed to express Zhuge Liang's great wisdom and calmness. The audience could only see that he was trying to be cool.

The combination of the three sworn brothers in Taoyuan is even more hilarious!

The only character in "Red Cliff" who doesn't stretch his hips is Sun Quan, played by Zhang Zhen.

Except for Zhang Zhen, the rest of the actors can be rated as rubbish.

This comment was not made by Li Yu, but by Gao Qinshu, the director of "Gattaca" later.

In addition, many bright-eyed people also think so.

The cast of "Red Cliff" looks very strong.

Upon closer inspection, it feels like a superstar is trying to make up the numbers regardless of the original image of the character.

History has proven that audiences will not buy into this kind of wishful thinking.

Strictly speaking, Li Yu had to say thank you to Wu Baige.

Thanks to Wu Baige, he will no longer have any obstacles when using a group of unpopular veteran actors.

Hualiu Company is not the only investor in "Guandu".

After returning from Cannes, Director Han will collect the remaining investment for Li Yu.

If Li Yu assigns the main roles to unpopular veteran actors, China Film may raise questions, thinking that the actor is not popular enough and may not be able to carry the box office. Wu Baige's words helped Li Yu easily solve this problem.

Look! It's not that I don't want to hire popular actors, it's just that Wu Baige is not the right person.

The popular actors were afraid of offending Wu Baige, so they didn't even dare to accept my acting appointment.

"Director Li, are you really that confident in yourself?"

Fan Xiaopang didn't think Li Yu was completely bluffing.

She is someone who has filmed "Secret of the Sun", and she knows very well that Li Yu can perform at a very high level when he is serious.

In the face of Wu Baige's suppression, Li Yu was able to talk and laugh happily, which shows that Li Yu must have confidence in his heart.

As for where Li Yu's confidence comes from, Fan Xiaopang is really unpredictable.

"Get on the plane and go to Europe."

Li Yu changed the topic and did not answer Fan Xiaopang directly.

He can't tell Fan Xiaopang that he has seen the answer to the future. He knows that Wu Baige's "Red Cliff" is a big bad movie, right?
  What can and cannot be said? Li Yu has a clear mind.

The most important thing for Li Yu right now is his trip to Cannes.

"Secret of the Sun" has been submitted in advance.

Li Yu is very confident in this movie.

The original version of this film was nominated for the Palme d'Or and successfully won a Cannes Best Actress.

At present, there is only one domestic actress who has won the Best Actress at Cannes - Hong Kong's Man God.

If this movie can intercept Silla's luck and allow Fan Xiaopang to win a Cannes Best Actress, this trip to Cannes will be considered a worthwhile trip.

Li Yu, the director who won a Cannes Film Festival winner, will be promoted to a domestically recognized director.

At present, Chinese people still attach great importance to international awards.

The main creative members of "The Sun" headed by Li Yu take this trip to Cannes very seriously.

Mainland media also attaches great importance to Li Yu's trip to Cannes.

"The Sun, which Li Yu has been working on for nearly a year, will be unveiled at Cannes. Let's wait and see."

"Mainland's new star director aims at Cannes!"

"According to a senior executive of China Film Group, one of the investors, the film is of very high quality and is expected to win the grand prize."

The mainland media is quite friendly to Li Yu.

When it comes to the public opinion field in Hong Kong Island and Taiwan Province, it seems a bit strange.

"A director with a background in idol dramas actually wants to take his work to an international film festival like Cannes for awards. It's as ridiculous as a basketball fan on the street who wants to win the championship in a world-class professional basketball game."

"A young director who only makes youth films for children, does he know what the art of film is?"

"I can only see arrogance and ignorance from him! Wu Baige, the great director of Pengci International, is clamoring to go to Cannes to judge awards. Did he pass by?"

"The birth of an international joke!"

"If he can win the award, then at least a thousand directors from our Taiwan province can go to Cannes to win the award."

The two major public opinion fields that originally had objections to Li Yu regarded Li Yu's trip to Cannes as a joke.

No matter what they say, Li Yu's trip to Cannes will not be stopped because of their comments.

Because Li Yu's plane had landed at Nice-Crete Airport in France.

The car Li Yu and his group were riding in was heading to the center of Cannes, which is only more than 30 kilometers away from the airport.

(End of this chapter)