China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 331 Unable to transcend one’s own loneliness

One week after the marketing campaign for "I owe Cheng Long a movie ticket" started, the box office of "Man Jiang Hong" finally passed the 10 billion mark.

This achievement originally belonged to "囧囧" but was won by Li Yu two years in advance.

On the day the movie's box office exceeded 10 billion, media outlets across the country became agitated.

Even the official media affirmed the positive significance of this film to the Chinese film industry.

Renren Daily: "The first Chinese-language film in history to have a box office of over 10 billion yuan has appeared. This is definitely a feat."

"As of today, "Man Jiang Hong" has been screened more than 40 times nationwide and has been watched by more than 3900 million people. There is no doubt that this movie has set a new record for Chinese-language movies in all aspects."

"The box office data of 10 billion is exciting, and a new benchmark has emerged in the film market."

The media was having a carnival, and Li Yu, Zhang Yingmou and others also held a grand celebration banquet to toast the film's excellent results.

Zhang Yingmou is now suffering and happy.

The 10 billion box office directly pushed him back to the top.

What worries him is also the 10 billion box office.

He is under a lot of pressure now. He feels that without Li Yu, he may not have the chance to touch this number again in the next two or three years without Li Yu.

His cooperation with Li Yu is tantamount to setting an insurmountable mountain for himself in the next few years.

In fact, Zhang Yingmou is not the only one who is troubled by this. Li Yu has the same troubles as him.

Why did Li Yu choose this time to fulfill his promise to film "Nirvana in Fire 2"?

The box office of 10 billion has exceeded the limit of the market.

This is the result of the cooperation between him and Zhang Yingmou, two major directors, as well as the movie tickets of the audience who grew up watching Cheng Long's movies and other factors.

If Li Yu were to make another movie, it would be difficult for him to collect so many positive buffs again.

Therefore, in the next one or two years, even Li Yu himself will not dare to say that his new movie can break 10 billion.

Instead of hitting a bottleneck that is temporarily difficult to break through, it is better to change the track and relax your body and mind.

This is the main reason why Li Yu returned to the TV industry briefly, and fulfilling his promise is also one of the reasons.

When Director Han and other big bosses learned that Li Yu planned to leave the film industry temporarily and go back to filming TV series, they were shocked!
"Director Li, the movie is so good, why do you want to go back to your old career and make TV series? Is it really just to fulfill the original promise?"

It's a little hard for everyone to understand.

Is commitment really so important?

Even if Li Yu keeps pretending to be stupid and doesn't fulfill that promise, it won't actually have much impact.

Later, every once in a while, there would be news that Zhang Yingmou had raised hundreds of millions of funds and planned to film the online novel "Zha Tian", which made fans of "Zha Tian" and a large number of netizens excited.

As a result, many years have passed and there has been no movement from Zhang Yingmou. Didn’t netizens say nothing?

These big guys in the film industry really don't want Li Yu to return to the TV industry to make TV series.

It is not easy for China to have a director who can make commercial blockbusters and make money.

They also plan to continue investing in Li Yu's new movies and let Li Yu continue to make money for them.

Looking at the bosses urging him to be cautious, Li Yu had already thought of his words and replied calmly: "Actually, I am already very productive. In the past few years, I have almost made one movie a year, all of which are big productions.

The series of movies "Guandu", "Dream Circle" and "Man Jiang Hong" really made me a little tired. I was filming a TV series and actually wanted to take a break for a while. "

Director Han and other big bosses recalled it and found that the situation was similar to what Li Yu said.

The first part of "Guandu" was released in 2008. In recent years, Li Yu has made more than one movie a year.

This kind of ultra-high-intensity work is really tiring and puts a lot of mental pressure on people.

Zhang Yingmou's pace in recent years is generally one movie every two years, while Director Chen's output is even lower.

You can't catch a sheep when gathering wool, as this can easily make the sheep bald.

Although they are a little reluctant, the big guys know that they can't catch all the benefits. Li Yu wants to take a vacation, so give Li Yu a vacation and let Li Yu take a good rest.

After the celebration banquet, Da Tiantian looked at Li Yu with concern, and asked with some distress: "Li Yu, are you really drained?"

With Da Tiantian's past style, of course she would not drive with Li Yu.

She took what Li Yu just said to the big guys seriously.

She really thought that Li Yu would stop making movies for the time being because he was exhausted mentally and physically from filming several big productions in the past few years.

In front of Da Tiantian, Li Yu couldn't pretend, so he expressed his true thoughts: "Tiantian, you don't understand how lonely you are when you can't transcend yourself.

The box office of the movie I supervised exceeded 10 billion, and it accidentally set a record that even I can't break in the short term.

It is no longer a challenge for me to make commercial films in the short term. Before the film market does not expand further, what is the point of making commercial films?

It's just a repeat of the previous success, with the box office jumping between 5.678 billion and 5.678 billion, which is really not challenging at all. "

"..."

Da Tiantian was speechless.

She found that Li Yu was even more pretentious than her.

Listen, is this human language?
If this word gets out, there will definitely be a lot of directors in the industry who want to beat him up.

It's extremely difficult for people to reach that number. How about putting it here with Li Yu without any challenge?
The most amazing thing is that after thinking about it, Da Tiantian found out that what Li Yu said was true.

The second part of "Guandu" exceeded 5 million, and "Dream Movie Circle" exceeded 6 million. Li Yu really has the ability to pretend to be this cool.

Looking at Da Tiantian who was stunned, Li Yu sighed and continued: "It's not that I won't make movies in the next year or two, movies will definitely be made.

After finishing "Nirvana in Fire 2", I will restart my film project.

However, the films I make should be more literary and artistic, and my goal is to win awards. I don’t care much about the box office, as long as I don’t lose money, I will accept it. "

It is important to make money by making commercial films, but it is equally important to win awards by making literary films.

Compared with major domestic directors such as Zhang Yingmou and Director Chen, Li Yu's achievements in terms of awards are slightly weak.

Especially among the three world awards, he only won one Best Screenplay Award in Berlin.

It was true that he had chosen Fan Xiaopang as the Best Actress at Cannes, but he was not the one who won the award after all.

Da Tiantian's big eyes were shining with light: "Artistic film? Can I act in it?"

Li Yu was speechless: "Tiantian, have you often listened to Liang Cuiping's songs recently?"

Da Tiantian looked confused: "No."

"Then who gave you the courage? With your acting skills, you actually want to make a literary film? I can only tell you this, this industry is too deep and you can't grasp it."

Li Yu said seriously.

When Da Tiantian makes a literary film, she really can’t even take Li Yu with her.

Da Tiantian is similar to Liu Yifei in terms of acting, they are both hard-working people.

Don't ask how their acting skills are, the only question is that compared to the new generation of actors, they are already very dedicated and hardworking.

Da Tiantian was a little angry, but there was nothing she could do.

She still knows the level of her acting skills.

A few days later, "Man Jiang Hong" was released, and the final box office was fixed at 10.12 billion.

No one can beat this number within a year.

At the same time, Li Yu was waiting at Hualiu Company for Liu Heping, a national first-level screenwriter and historian who was invited by him and the screenwriter of "Ming Dynasty 1566".

(End of this chapter)