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Chapter 401: Wolf Warrior is coming?

"Are you remembering some happy things again?"

There was a look of confusion on Da Tiantian's face.

She was already very familiar with Li Yu's laughter for no reason.

Li Yu never tells why he laughs.

But Li Yu would respond to her like this every time.

"Those who know me are sweet."

Li Yu first looked at Da Tiantian with appreciation, and then continued.

"We don't need to pay too much attention to Feng Xiaogang. I never considered him as a rival. His era has passed.

The national master and director Chen, whose upper limits are much higher than his, are both on a downward spiral, and so is Feng Xiaogang.

He has indeed produced some good films in recent years, but his Feng-style comedies are really gradually failing to keep up with the times.

His comedies will become less and less popular with the audience, and his status as the king of Lunar New Year films is long gone. "

Ten years later, Feng Xiaogang really hasn't made any good comedy films.

Does he not want to make a good comedy? Definitely not.

Later, he brought Wang Shuo back to work with him again and made a movie called "Private Tailor", which had good box office but average reputation.

He can no longer replicate the glory days when word of mouth and box office went hand in hand.

Have Wang Shuo and Feng Xiaogang changed? No, they are still doing the same thing as before.

It’s just that times have changed, and so have audiences.

Let me give you another example. Are Hong Kong's police and gangster films good? At their peak, Hollywood bought the rights to remake Hong Kong's police and gangster films, and the remakes won a lot of awards at the Oscars.

Why are Hong Kong police and gangster films not popular nowadays?
Part of the reason is brain drain.

A more important reason is that times have changed. Now audiences have more choices, including science fiction blockbusters, historical blockbusters, and all kinds of blockbusters for everyone to choose from.

The routine of police and gangster films is like that, and the audiences are aesthetically fatigued, so naturally, they are getting worse and worse.

When this happens, stepping out of your comfort zone and giving it a try may lead to new breakthroughs.

For example, the art film "Youth" that Feng Xiaogang later made was very good.

It's really amazing to make a billion at the box office for an art film.

Da Tiantian nodded, not quite understanding.

Although she didn't quite understand what he said, she knew that Li Yu's predictions were always accurate.

Li Yu has already said that she doesn't regard Feng Xiaogang as her rival, so she won't mention this person anymore.

“By the way, Li Yu, are you serious about asking me to invest in Wu Jing?
My client has checked and found out that he started from a very high point. Not long after he arrived in Hong Kong Island, he was spotted by Yuan Heping, who planned to make him the second Li Lianjie.

But his development later on was very mediocre. From the protagonist of Hong Kong films in his early years, he has fallen to a supporting role in Hong Kong films, and all of them are characters who get beaten and easily injured.

The response to his TV series in the mainland was mediocre, and I heard that no one wants him to act in a drama now.”

Da Tiantian thought to herself, isn't this person completely obscure? It seems that he is not far from retiring from the entertainment industry.

Life is often so magical.

If you don't push yourself until you are in desperate situation, you won't know how great your potential is.

A big part of the reason why Wu Jing changed his career to become a director and acted in his own films was that no one wanted to ask him to act in a film, so he could only direct himself.

After "The Great Wall", Da Tiantian will probably have few opportunities to act in Li Yu's movies, except for cameo appearances.

Because Li Yu's requirements for actors will only get higher and higher in the future.

Da Tiantian’s acting skills are limited, and “The Great Wall” is really her peak.

She wanted to move up further, and although Li Yu was willing to support her, she had no ability to seize the opportunity, and it would only have the opposite effect in the end.

So Li Yu planned to find someone else to take care of Tiantian.

Anyway, Da Tiantian’s requirements are not high. She doesn’t want to be crowned as the best actress. She just wants to make movies and fulfill her dream of becoming an actress.

Wu Jing can play the role of Da Tiantian in future movies.

For example, the heroine in "Wolf Warrior 2" is a typical vase role.

Da Tiantian was just a pleasing vase at that station, and all she had to do was watch Leng Feng, the Chinese captain's show.

As far as Li Yu knows, the joke about people mocking Wu Jing for his Wolf Warrior has been reversed. At the beginning, people mocked Wu Jing for making the Wolf Warrior film too exaggerated, with Leng Feng beating up the mercenaries in various ways.

Later people discovered that Wu Jing’s Wolf Warrior was too conservative.

Leng Feng only needs to sit in the office, make a phone call, and issue a wanted warrant to bring the mercenaries to justice.

The collapse of certain fraudulent groups in Southeast Asia is a good example of this.

Of course, Wu Jing was ridiculed by many people during that period, which was also partly due to excessive marketing.

In general, Wu Jing doesn't have many black spots except for the house of his second ancestor.

This can be proven by Wu Jing's crazy little gangsters.

If Wu Jing really had a big black spot, those haters wouldn't just mock the Wolf Warrior meme all day long.

So Li Yu saw no problem in letting Da Tiantian invest in Wu Jing.

"Tiantian, are you looking down on me again? I'm telling you, if you keep an eye on Wu Jingtou, I'll make you take off."

Li Yu said without exaggeration.

After "Wolf Warrior", Wu Jing seemed to have opened up his Ren and Du meridians.

In addition to the "Wolf Warrior" series, he also invested in super-hit movies such as the "Little Broken Ball" series. He really made a lot of money.

"Is he really that powerful?"

Da Tiantian said half-believingly.

The gap between Li Yu's words and Wu Jing's career, which started off well but ended badly, is too great.

If it were someone else, they would definitely not believe what Li Yu said.

But this person is Da Tiantian, so the situation is different.

Da Tiantian has suffered too many losses because of not trusting Li Yu.

The most typical examples are Station A and "In the Name", which made her miss hundreds of millions of dollars twice.

Although she doesn't care about money and has no interest in it.

But the experience of having such a great opportunity slip away from her eyes made her feel very uncomfortable.

This time, in line with the idea of ​​rather killing than letting go, Da Tiantian really had Wu Jing invited to the Starry Night.

Wu Jing was a little flattered as his career had not been going well in recent years.

It is said that he was beaten badly while filming "SPL" and several sticks were broken.

Two years ago, he filmed a bad Hong Kong movie "Full Alert" and suffered serious injuries.

Nowadays, he can only play supporting roles in Hong Kong movies that require beatings, are difficult to shoot, and are prone to injury.

He once struggled and wanted to change his destiny.

As early as 08, he directed and filmed a movie called "Wolf Tooth".

This movie is part of the "Wolf Warrior" trilogy, and perhaps not many people have heard of it.

Since it is so unpopular, it is natural that it is a failure. The plot is a bit stiff and there are many shortcomings in the production and other aspects.

Four years have passed, and Wu Jing feels that he still has to be his own director and film his own films.

The script for Wolf Warrior is ready.

He also used his connections to meet many investors, and there was no need to guess the results.

Lu Yang, a director who had made outstanding achievements in making art films, had encountered difficulties in attracting investment for several years when he switched to making commercial films.

What's more, Wu Jing is an actor who had a previous flop "Wolf Tooth", so it was inevitable that investors did not trust him.

In fact, Wu Jing mortgaged his property to raise money to make the movie "Wolf Warrior".

Take a huge risk of losing everything and finally win the reward.

The process of this counterattack is quite inspiring.

Wu Jing has suffered enough setbacks over the years, and the cruel reality is almost wearing away his self-confidence.

He was shocked when he received the invitation from Da Tiantian.

He didn't understand why Da Tiantian, the actress with the highest total box office in the country and a RMB player known as the most beautiful woman in the world, would look for him, an out-of-date actor.

(End of this chapter)