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Chapter 325: How powerful will Li Yu be if he cooperates with the Imperial Master?

The Spring Festival period is a very important period in the domestic film market. It is also the most popular period and one of the most competitive periods.

However, Li Yu and Zhang Yingmou were lucky this year and caught up with the good times.

Because there is no opponent that can be beaten during the Spring Festival this year.

Like "Man Jiang Hong", movies released on the first day of the Lunar New Year include "Wonderful Heroes", "I Know Women's Hearts", "Long Live Happy", "The Other Side", "Love to the End", etc.

It's not that Li Yu is arrogant. Against an opponent like this, he can really learn from Master Ye and say "I'm going to fight ten" with confidence.

Because these movies cannot be compared with "Man Jiang Hong" in terms of investment scale, director, and cast.

"Man Jiang Hong" is not on the same level as them at all.

"Taiping: The Other Side" can compete with "Riverside" in terms of investment, cast, etc.

But this movie is a joke. It can't even beat the bunch of movies mentioned above. It is not worthy of being a rival to "Man Jiang Hong".

There are no strong players in the same period, and the brands of Li Yu and Zhang Yingmou are too loud, resulting in a situation where they are the best.

This can be seen from the attendance rate.

The theater that Li Yu and his family came to is considered a popular theater in the capital area. After they took their seats, they found that the occupancy rate was at least 85%.

Except for some particularly bad seats that were empty, the rest of the seats were filled with spectators.

Li Yu predicted in advance that the movie's premiere would be very popular, but the audience's enthusiasm still gave him a little shock.

In fact, Li Yu originally planned to book the venue directly, but Lao Li and Li's mother disagreed.

The reason for their refusal was not because Li Yu was too prodigal, but mainly because they, the older generation, liked to join in the fun and crowd into crowded places.

There were really only a few of them left in the huge screening room, but they were unhappy because they felt that there was no sense of atmosphere.

The current lively and bustling event is very popular with the two elders, and they are happy from the bottom of their hearts.

After a while, the movie officially started.

At the beginning, narration and images are used to tell the audience the background of the story.

In 1126 AD, the Jin army went south to surround Bianjing. After a month of siege, the city was broken. Song Qinzong, Song Huizong and three thousand members of the royal family including queens, concubines, princes, and princesses were captured. There were even more casualties among the people whose names were not recorded in the history books.

The following year, the Jin people deposed the Song emperor and the Northern Song Dynasty fell.

This kind of opening is actually a regular opening. The style is very Li Yu, as steady as ever, and basically no mistakes will be made.

But this time with Zhang Yingmou joining, the changes are very big.

Just in the first few minutes of the game, Zhang Yingmou's unparalleled sense of color is reflected.

With exquisite colors and grand scene management that is not inferior to "Hero", a sturdy and oppressive golden army as powerful as a dark cloud is presented to the audience.

The feeling of oppression that hit the face made people unconsciously think of the sentences describing this army in history books. The Jin people were less than ten thousand, and they were invincible.

On the other hand, the Song army, which had been suffering from low combat effectiveness for a long time, almost collapsed in front of the powerful Jin army.

The contrast between the strengths and weaknesses of the two forms a strong contrast.

The script written by Li Yu did not have the Jin Jun that was touted.

The Jin army in history was so strong. The Jin relied on more than 2,000 soldiers and horses to pursue the Liao Kingdom, which had hundreds of thousands of troops. They finally succeeded in destroying the Liao Dynasty, and then went south to destroy the Northern Song Dynasty.

The newly rising Jin Army was indeed the most capable army in Asia at that time.

In particular, their elite force, Tiefutu, had no defeat before encountering Yue Fei.

There is no point in discrediting the opponent. Li Yu feels that taking pictures of the real Jin Army and Tie Fu can better demonstrate the strength and difficulty of the Yue Family Army.

The general background of the story has been told, and the picture begins to show the protagonist of the film, Yue Fei.

When Yue Fei appeared on the scene, he was just an ordinary low-level military attaché in the Song Army, relying on his meager income to support his mother. The turning point in his life began with this humiliating Jingkang Incident.

He saw the Jin army invaded, burning, killing and looting across the land of China, and countless ordinary people died tragically under the soldiers' cavalry.

Under his mother's persuasion, he joined the army to serve his country and followed Zhao Gou south alone.

He won every battle he participated in.

In particular, the plot of Yue Fei personally leading his troops to invade the enemy formation, defeat them, and chase them for dozens of miles made the audience feel too irritated.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, because the next second, Zhao Gou, who had just succeeded to the throne, raised the blood pressure of the audience.

He didn't have the guts to confront the Jin people at all, so he focused on escaping south.

Yue Fei, who persuaded him to personally lead the Sixth Army and confront the Jin people, was directly dismissed from the army.

I have to say that Ni Dahong is indeed an experienced actor who can play Yan Song to perfection.

His appearance is very similar to Zhao Gou in ancient paintings, and he really played Zhao Gou's frightened coward. It can't be overstated to say that Zhao Gou was alive.

Li Yu has never deliberately tortured the audience. He does not have this habit that many major domestic directors have.

So the plot started to ignite again after being depressed for a while.

Yue Fei, who was dismissed from his military post, once again went north alone and calmly, and quickly got promoted back with military merit. Later, he cooperated with Han Shizhong and other famous generals to defeat the Jin army several times, which also made the audience feel very happy.

By the way, there is also such a plot interspersed in the middle of these stories.

There was a time when Yue Fei was short of food. He strictly ordered his troops not to disturb the people. Then, while intercepting the Jin army's food and grass, he spent money to buy food for the soldiers out of his own pocket.

Many viewers were very moved when they saw this plot.

Everyone also discovered the secret of the Yue Family Army's ability to defeat the powerful Jin Army. It is discipline, patriotism, and love for the people.

In history, there are only two armies that can freeze to death without demolishing houses and starve to death without looting. One is the Yue Family Army, and the other is now.

Li Yu observed the audience's attitude towards the movie while watching the movie.

After observing the emotional reaction of the audience, he knew he was sure of it.

The next plot of Yue Fei's Northern Expedition was even more enjoyable for the audience.

The filming of "A River of Red" this time is really a bit like the Hollywood model. Zhang Yingmou is really just a tool director responsible for filming.

Most of the remaining affairs are handled by the producer Li Yu.

For example, in the most heated scene of the battle between Yue Jiajun and Tie Futu, Li Yu hired several Song history experts as consultants.

Whether it is armor or combat mode, we strive to restore history.

A wonderful battle was born.

The Yuejia Army's team that defeated Tiefutu was divided into three teams. The first team took a big ax and shield and rushed into Tiefutu's army to chop off the horse's legs.

The second team held hooks and sickles. As soon as Tiefutu's horse legs were cut off and people fell off their horses, soldiers with hooks and sickles immediately picked off their helmets.

The third team used big swords. After Tiefutu's helmet was picked off, they were responsible for chopping off the head.

The close cooperation between multiple arms is smooth and natural, as smooth as flowing clouds and flowing water, comparable to the Tang army in "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an" in later generations.

However, Li Yu's "Man Jiang Hong" is definitely more popular than the Tang Jun in "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an".

Because one is a movie with an investment of several hundred million, and the other is a TV series. The war scenes in the former are much bigger and more passionate than those in the latter.

In addition, the director responsible for directing this movie is Zhang Yingmou, and the pictures produced are simply not very exciting.

You can always believe that Zhang Yingmou's performance after meeting a good screenwriter is definitely the world's top level.

(End of this chapter)