China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 324 On the first day of the new year, "Man Jiang Hong" is released

On this day, Li Yu, Zhang Yingmou, and Da Tiantian gathered together to hold a meeting about the release time of "Man Jiang Hong".

The three of them agreed that the film should be released during the Spring Festival, which is the first day of the Lunar New Year.

In order to avoid being overshadowed by Wu Baige's "The Wheel", Li Yu removed this movie and replaced it with "The Predecessor".

This time, the movie is really going to happen.

Although "The Other Side" will also be released during the Spring Festival, no one cares about "The Other Side" this time.

Whether it was Zhang Yingmou or Da Tiantian, they all knew clearly that Wu Baige was dead.

Everything about "The Other Side of the Taiping Wheel" and "The Other Side" are all clowns. A movie that can't even compare to a cheap and bad movie like "The Ex" is not worthy of being compared with "Man Jiang Hong".

Now "Manjianghong" takes a look at "The Taiping Wheel" and it is considered that his status has dropped.

After negotiating the release of "A River of Red", Zhang Yingmou made his request: "Director Li, I would like to ask you to be the screenwriting consultant for my new movie "The Thirteen Beauties of Jinling".

I have brought the script, please don't hesitate to give me some suggestions.

As long as your suggestions are reasonable, I promise to adopt them. "

Zhang Yingmou lowered his attitude.

Li Yu chuckled and said, "Director Zhang, aren't you afraid that I will change your script?"

"Professional people do professional things. When it comes to writing scripts, how many people in China can compare with you?
As long as the script is changed for the better, you can just throw the script into the trash can and let me write a new one. "

After experiencing "Dream Showbiz" and "Peace Wheel", Zhang Yingmou highly recognized Li Yu's appreciation ability.

He also heard Da Tiantian say it.

Da Tiantian and Li Yu collaborated for the first time that year.

Da Tiantian bought a script at a high price from a well-known screenwriter in Hong Kong, hoping to hire Li Yu as the director.

Li Yuzhen threw Da Tiantian's script into the trash can and casually wrote "A Little Thing About First Love", and thus a beautiful and refreshing movie was born.

This time "Man Jiang Hong" is similar. Cheng Long took the script and roped in Li Yu and Da Tiantian to make Bo Da.

Li Yu did not throw Cheng Long's script into the trash can, but pointed out many shortcomings and unreasonable aspects in Cheng Long's script. Cheng Long was very convinced.

When Li Yu came up with the script for "Man Jiang Hong", Cheng Long immediately agreed to lower his salary to star in the film.

To be honest, Zhang Yingmou hopes that Li Yu will throw the script of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" into the trash can and write a better script for him.

But he might be disappointed, because Li Yu didn't do this.

Li Yu read the script that Zhang Yingmou brought and confirmed that it was exactly the same as the "Thirteen Beauties of Jinling" in his memory.

This movie is controversial in China, but it has a good overall reputation. It is Zhang Yingmou's best-reputed work in 10 years.

If you want to find fault, it is Zhang Yingmou's old problem.

"Director Zhang, if I guess correctly, do you plan to use this movie to hit the Oscars and overseas markets again?"

Li Yu asked Zhang Yingmou a question.

Zhang Yingmou nodded, acquiescing.

He has competed for Oscars n times, but failed every time. It has really become an obsession.

He plans to invite Hollywood star Bale to play a great white male protagonist.

The entire film uses Hollywood storytelling methods to tell a very sad and heavy history of China. He hopes to cater to both the domestic and overseas markets.

Judging from the results, Zhang Yingmou's wishful thinking failed.

According to Zhang Yingmou's partner Zhang Weiping, "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" has been in preparation for several years, with a total investment of 6 million.

After its release, the movie had a good reputation in China, but the box office was only about 6 million, which can only be said to be unsatisfactory.

The box office achieved in foreign markets is even worse, only about 2 million. The so-called taking into account both the domestic and overseas markets will end up dissatisfying both sides.

Also, this movie failed again and again in its attempt to win an Oscar, not even getting a nomination.

The New York Times and other authoritative newspapers in North America even criticized the film for its excessive pandering and ostentatious use of commercial film elements. It was divorced from reality, failed to respect history, and failed to think deeply, turning a period of catastrophic history into a sad and sentimental soap opera.

This is really like a licking dog eating instant noodles for three months, saving up money to buy a gift for the goddess, and then being despised by the goddess.

“There is no problem with the story, the problem is Director Zhang’s thoughts and motives.

If you want to hit the Oscars, you have to cater to the tastes of the Oscars and Hollywood, and you may end up with both ends.

Also, if it weren’t for me, it would be almost impossible for you to win an Oscar, and it would be very difficult to even get a nomination.

Because you are not a yellow-skinned, white-hearted banana like Li Yin. "

Li Yu has already said everything that needs to be said.

If you should not listen, you will still not listen.

Da Tiantian puzzled: "I don't understand either. You are obviously the number one director in the country, why do you have to get Oscar recognition? Why do our Chinese films need foreigners to recognize them?"

Zhang Yingmou was silent for a while, then sighed and said: "Sometimes I really envy the confidence of you young people. Unfortunately, people of our generation are far less confident than you."

Obviously, Zhang Yingmou did not listen to what Li Yu and Da Tiantian said.

He still wants to hit the Oscar that he has always been looking forward to.

After Zhang Yingmou left, Da Tiantian asked Li Yu: "What do you think is Director Zhang's success rate in competing for the Oscar this time?"

"0, don't you want to kneel down and be a banana man or win the Oscar? Just go to sleep."

Li Yu shook his head and said.

Oscar's discrimination against all regions except North America and Europe is obvious, and they don't even want to pretend.

Da Tiantian couldn't help but sigh: "Director Zhang is determined to kill someone! Forget it, we don't care about him.

Li Yu, how much box office do you think our "Man Jiang Hong" can have? "

Li Yu replied: "There must be more than 5 million."

Da Tiantian was speechless, there was no difference between saying this and not saying anything at all.

Just put the two famous names Li Yu and Zhang Yingmou there. As long as the movie is decent, the box office cannot be less than 5 million.

Actually, Li Yu really didn't mean to deal with Da Tiantian.

This movie really has too many elements, including Li Yu, Zhang Yingmou, Cheng Long, a bunch of veteran actors, the well-known Yue Fei story, etc.

These elements are combined to achieve the goal of breaking the market limits.

Normal prediction methods no longer apply to this movie.

As time goes by, the Spring Festival is slowly approaching.

Due to various factors, the first part of "The Wheel" could only earn 1.6 million at the box office on the day it was released, not even 1.95 million. It can be said that it went to grandma's house.

When "The Ex" was released, the box office just exceeded 3 million, which was almost twice as high as "The Wheel".

Li Yu's bold words of using "Predecessor" to defeat "Taiping Wheel" have come true.

The above two movies have become a thing of the past, because "Man Jiang Hong" is coming, and this is the real protagonist who will appear in the finale.

It is worth mentioning that this year Li Yu’s family came to the capital to celebrate the New Year with Li Yu.

After a happy New Year's Eve dinner, we watched the Spring Festival Gala together. On the next day, the New Year's Day, Li Yu's family and Li Yu went to the cinema to watch "Man Jiang Hong".

Both Lao Li and Li Yu's mothers knew that this was their son's movie.

(End of this chapter)