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Chapter 234 The second part of "Guandu" starts filming, and the turmoil arises again
On February 2009, 2, half a month after the Spring Festival, the second part of Li Yu's "Guandu" finally ushered in the start-up day.

By the way, it is worth mentioning that the second part of Wu Baige's "Red Cliff" was released in January this year.

In the original time and space, without Li Yu's "Guandu", the box office of the second part of Wu Baige's "Red Cliff" would not be as high as that of the upper part.

After being hung up and beaten by Li Yu's "Guandu", the lower part of Wu Baige's "Red Cliff" was even more stretched, and it couldn't even break the 200 million box office.

As a large-scale production with an investment of 600 million, the combined box office of the two films in the mainland is less than 400 million. It is estimated that it will not be able to make back the money if it is released in foreign countries. It can be called a failure among failures.

With Wu Baige as the backdrop, the second part of Li Yu's "Guandu" is even more worthy of people's expectations.

During the release of the second part of "Red Cliff", the most popular thing on the Internet was not the movie "Red Cliff" itself, but the second part of "Guandu" by Li Yu.

"The production of "Red Cliff" with an investment of 600 million yuan was terrible. If the 600 million yuan were given to Director Li, Director Li would definitely be able to make an even better Three Kingdoms blockbuster."

"No, after watching the second part of "Red Cliff", I have to watch Director Li's "Guandu" immediately at Station A to wash my eyes."

"Geneva, refund your money! I thought the first part of "Red Cliff" was bad enough, but I didn't expect the second part to be even worse.

"Master Zhou, listen to my advice and give Xiao Qiao to Cao Cao. Then you marry Kong Ming. Wouldn't it be beautiful?"

In sharp contrast to Wu Baige is Li Yu.

Why do Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang have to be so close when talking at the end of the film? At that time, I thought that the two of them were going to start kissing mode in the next second. "

For foreigners, Wu Baige's "Red Cliff" is more in line with foreigners' tastes.

The investment in the upper part is only a little over 1 million, while the investment in the lower part has reached 1.5 million.

"At the end, Zhou Yu actually released Cao Cao directly, for the sake of peace. Talking about peace in troubled times, Wu Baige, you destroyed the Three Kingdoms and also destroyed Chibi."

Wu Baige really became a clown in the mainland.

If Li Yu opens up his investment, it will not be difficult to get an investment of 2 million or more.

Li Yu never thought of catering to foreigners.

Why does Li Yu want to control the total investment to about 1.5 million? Because Li Yu doesn’t want to lose money!
As we all know, the box office of a general movie must reach three times the investment before the movie can start to make a profit.

Therefore, Li Yu is not optimistic about the foreign box office of "Guandu".

At present, the mainland film market can only support a box office of 5 million.

Foreigners want to see Chinese people who are ugly, greedy, and have many shortcomings in movies.

As for Taiwan and Hong Kong, the market is too small, and Li Yu has offended people there. Even if it can be released, the number of films will be very touching.

The eyes of the crowd were sharp, and Wu Baige's "Red Cliff" finally exited amidst a chorus of curses.

The first part of "Guandu" was a great success, and they have reason to believe that the second part will achieve even better results.

This is the result of Li Yu's strict control over investment.

At the start of the second part of "Guandu", Li Yu was full of enthusiasm and the actors were all full of confidence.

According to rumors, Wu Baige's new movie "The Taiping Wheel" approached China Film for investment, but was rejected ruthlessly.

From investors to the audience, everyone dislikes him.

Li Yu's "Guandu" captures the Three Kingdoms in the minds of Chinese people, and completely caters to the aesthetics and tastes of local Chinese audiences.

For example, Qin Shihuang, the emperor of the ages, became an evil dragon in the West.

The evil-minded Chinese warlord actually helped Qin Shihuang resurrect and wanted Qin Shihuang to rule the world. .

A few kind-hearted and righteous Westerners stopped the warlords and Qin Shihuang's evil intentions, and not only saved the entire country of China, but also saved the entire world.

By the way, when Westerners are saving China and the world, they must not forget to pick up a Chinese girl.

This is the Chinese style movie that foreigners like to watch.

They don't like to watch movies like "Guandu" in which Chinese people are wise, heroic, good at fighting, and full of heroism.

Their officials also don't want their audiences to see such Chinese movies.

Therefore, Li Yu would strictly control the amount of investment from the beginning and try not to lose money.

And to be honest, the scenes in the second part of "Guandu" are not as big as the upper part. The upper part shows the two armies of Yuan and Cao facing each other, fighting a wonderful offensive and defensive battle.

To shoot such a big scene, Li Yu has used every penny of his 1 million investment wisely, but he still seems to be stretched thin.

The second part is different. The real climax is the surprise attack on Wuchao.

The war scene in Wuchao is not as big as the head-on confrontation in the upper part, and the total investment of 1.5 million is enough.

On the second day of filming of "Guandu", Da Tiantian told Li Yu something.

"Li Yu, Cheng Long wants to ask if our crew is short of actors. He wants to insert Prince Long to play a role.

He said you gave him face and helped take care of Prince Long.

In the future, if he makes a movie that you co-operate with, he can star in it for a low salary. "

Da Tiantian told Li Yu this matter very seriously.

Cheng Long was very concerned about Prince Long's career.

The second part of Li Yu's "Guandu" is the most watched and anticipated movie in mainland China in 2009. Of course, Cheng Long wants Prince Long to show his face.

Cheng Long thought that the conditions he offered were quite acceptable.

He does not require Li Yu to have Prince Long arrange the third and fourth male roles, even if they are just a general or a counselor.

As long as the character can show his face for a few minutes and have a few lines that the audience can remember.

In return for his next collaboration with Li Yu, he will lower his salary to a very low level.

To put it bluntly, the conditions offered by Cheng Long were indeed very good.

But Li Yu gave Da Tiantian a firm reply: "No, I will not agree to Prince Long's participation in my "Guandu"."

If others don't know about Prince Long, how can Li Yu not know?

Let Prince Long star in "Guandu", and Li Yu's second part of "Guandu" will be completely scrapped in the future.

Da Tiantian was very surprised. She thought Li Yu would agree because it was not a big deal in itself.

What she didn't expect was that Li Yu would choose to refuse.

"Li Yu, you are not giving Cheng Long face by doing this. After all, he is the number one international superstar in China."

That's the big guy who's known as Big Brother.

Cheng Long's status in the domestic entertainment circle is very high.

In terms of status, Cheng Long's status is much higher than Li Yu.

Da Tiantian thinks Li Yu's approach is a bit irrational.

It is said that Jianghu is not about fighting and killing, but Jianghu is about human relations.

Isn't Li Yu usually quite transparent? Why are you so stubborn all of a sudden? Did you take the wrong medicine?

"Tiantian, I have made up my mind. Tell Cheng Long that there is no chance that Prince Long will participate in my "Guandu"."

Li Yu's expression was very serious.

It was the first time Da Tiantian saw Li Yu's attitude being so serious, to the point of being a little serious, and her words gave her the feeling that this matter was absolutely non-negotiable.

She had a very high emotional intelligence and knew that she could no longer persuade her, so she said, "Okay, I will tell Cheng Long."

That night, Da Tiantian conveyed Li Yu's reply to Cheng Long.

As a veteran Jianghu, although Cheng Long felt unhappy because Li Yu didn't give him face, he was able to keep his composure.

Prince Long, on the other hand, couldn't keep his temper.

Young and energetic, he publicly angrily criticized Li Yu, saying that Li Yu was just lucky enough to have made a successful movie and had no right to be arrogant.

(End of this chapter)