China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 236 Domestic film festivals are losing ground, Director Li, you have to take up the banner

From February to July, Li Yu concentrated on filming the second part of "Guandu".

At the end of June, a big event happened in the domestic film industry.

A Hollywood movie was released in mainland China.

Arguably, this shouldn't be a big deal.

Because there are not a few Hollywood movies that are eligible to be released in the mainland every year.

However, this time is really different, because the title of this movie is "Transformers 2".

There is no need to go into too much detail about how famous this series is. It is a world-famous large-scale mecha-style science fiction blockbuster.

After "Transformers 2" was released in mainland China, it almost became an instant success.

All the new films by major domestic directors have been eclipsed by "Transformers 2".

In the end, "Transformers 2" ended with a box office of 4.55 million, defeating the record holder for the highest box office in the mainland - the first part of "Guandu".

The leaders of the relevant departments are said to be unhappy.

Li Yu defeated Wu Baige and maintained the highest box office record for more than a year. This is considered a surprise to everyone.

If even you lose, it's over. "

This incident caused a huge shock to the domestic film industry.

Director Han met Li Yu the day after "Transformers 2" was released.

Wu Baige took 6 million yuan in investment and made a movie that is recognized as a bad movie.

As a big country, the number one box office movie in China is actually an English-speaking foreign language film.

Under the powerful offensive of Hollywood, the throne of No. 1 domestic box office was taken away.

Mr. Han looked worried.

However, even though Wu Baige was incompetent and embarrassing.

But no matter what, Li Yu, who has grown into a leader in the domestic film industry, must shoulder the task of fighting against Hollywood.

They simply couldn't compete with Hollywood's "Transformers 2," which was a one-sided carnage.

Now that the second part of "Guandu" has been completed, please explain to me.

“The film “Transformers 2” is so strong that it almost swept all domestic films this year.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Li Yu.

Do you have confidence in the second part of "Guandu"?
Now we rely on your "Guandu" part 2, "xx Day" and Zhang Yingmou's "Three Guns to Surprise" to save face.

The director who previously took on the important task of fighting against Hollywood was Wu Baige.

Previous efforts to fight Hollywood have failed.

Director Li, it’s time for you to take up the big game.

What's even more frightening is that after "Transformers 2" crushed many movies, the single-day box office still maintained an upward trend.

If the above three movies are not as good as "Transformers 2", how should the annual work report be written?
Just thinking about it gives Mr. Han a headache.

Li Yu thought for a moment and replied: "I can only say this, the quality of the lower part of "Guandu" is better than the upper part."

Whether it can surpass "Transformers 2", Li Yu has no confidence.

For such uncertain matters, no matter how confident he was, Li Yu could only talk to Da Tiantian, Shi Shi and other people around him in private.

In front of a person of Han Dong's status, Li Yu didn't want to fire cannons. No one would believe him, and he would look frivolous.

After hearing this, Director Han patted Li Yu on the shoulder and sighed: "Director Li, you have to work hard. You must do a good job in the post-production of "Guandu" and try to let me work on "Transformers 2"."

Director Han's words were encouragement to Li Yu and also self-comfort.

It can be seen that he himself is not very confident.

As someone who has read the script, can Li Yu say that in November this year, there will be a foreign language film called "11" that will dominate the Chinese film industry twice?
Li Yu remembers that the box office of this movie called "2012" in the mainland was 4.6 million, several million more than "Transformers 2".

If no one can take the lead, this year can really be said to be a year in which Chinese-language films are losing ground in front of Hollywood films.

And they are losing ground in their own homeland.

To be honest, it was a bit humiliating. Industry bosses like Director Han are almost worried to death because of "Transformers 2".

But Da Tiantian seemed particularly excited. She looked at the problem from a different perspective than everyone else.

After the stunning performance of "Transformers 2" came to an end, Da Tiantian immediately came to Hualiu Company to find Li Yu.

After seeing Li Yu, she opened her mouth and said: "Li Yu, the first part of your "Guandu" was defeated by "Transformers 2", can you bear this?

How about we film "The Great Wall" as soon as possible. Only "The Great Wall" can compete with "Transformers 2". "

Da Tiantian was trying to make someone angry, and her last sentence was very clear, revealing her true purpose.

She had long wanted Li Yu to film "The Great Wall".

Li Yu has been holding her back on the grounds that the domestic film market is not big enough and the special effects technology is not mature enough.

Now she never misses any opportunity to stimulate Li Yu to film "The Great Wall" in advance.

However, Li Yu saw through Da Tiantian's little thoughts.

"Tiantian, you're very good, you already know how to use provocation.

It's a pity that I won't be fooled.

The reason is the same as before, no need for me to repeat it, right? "

Li Yu is very rational and restrained.

He understands that it will take at least another three or two years before the domestic film market can support a super commercial blockbuster with an investment of hundreds of millions.

At this time, even if Li Yu works hard and makes "The Great Wall" into a recognized masterpiece, it will still be a movie that suffers from explosion.

After all, it is really difficult for a pure-blooded Chinese-language film to obtain excellent box office abroad.

Unless Li Yu is willing to add two foreigners.

Let two foreigners travel thousands of kilometers to ancient China.

Help the army of Guhua Kingdom to fight monsters, and finally successfully save Guhua Kingdom.

By the way, the sweet character is arranged to fall in love with the foreign protagonist.

In this case, Li Yu's "The Great Wall" is expected to get some box office abroad.

However, if it were filmed like this, the domestic audience would be scolded.

As a director with normal outlook and aesthetics, Li Yu would never do such a thing.

Da Tiantian couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when her plan failed.

Li Yu then poured cold water on Da Tiantian and said seriously: "Tiantian, my next movie will not be "The Great Wall", and the heroine of my next movie will not be you.

If the heroine in every movie of mine was you, the audience would be tired of it. "

Even though Da Tiantian is Li Yu's sponsor, Li Yu still has to explain the situation to her.

He is not a full-time director of Da Tiantian.

If there is a suitable role, you can choose Da Tiantian first, but you cannot have Da Tiantian as the protagonist in every movie.

Da Tiantian has already appeared in Li Yu's two "Guandu" films.

Li Yu's next movie will definitely have to change to another actress to give the audience a bit of freshness.

Otherwise, Li Yu's movies will become a big sweet movie universe.

Da Tiantian's mood was a little low.

She is a person with a good personality and high emotional intelligence. She can understand that what Li Yu said makes sense.

She couldn't help but ask: "What will your next movie be?"

Li Yu shook his head slightly: "I don't know, I haven't thought about it yet. The most important thing for me right now is to let "The Name" be broadcast and the post-production of the second part of "Guandu".

There will definitely be new movies, and I have to calm down and think carefully about what to make.

By the way, people from Dali Temple made an appointment with me to meet in the afternoon, mainly to talk about "The Name".

Whether "The Name" can be broadcast depends on this meeting. "

(End of this chapter)