China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 412 The Most Miserable Brothers in Domestic Entertainment
Wang Jing was very excited when he saw that the popularity of "Detective Chinatown" continued to rise.

He has already flown to the capital.

"Director Li, you are awesome. The scripts you wrote are box office hits. The latest single-day box office was over 70 million. It's ridiculous."

Wang Jing's face was flushed and he seemed to be in a very good mood. He seemed more energetic than before.

It is true that people feel refreshed when good things happen to them.

"Director Wang, the script is only one aspect. Your excellent directing is also the key to the success of the film."

Li Yu raised his eyebrows and smiled.

We have to give Wang Jing some face. The "Detective Chinatown" shot by this guy was really not bad, and it was better than the original in many aspects.

After all, Wang Jing has much more experience than Teacher Chen.

"No, I know it in my heart. I dare say that 80% of the credit for the success of Detective Chinatown is due to you, Director Li."

There was sincerity in Wang Jing's tone.

He is a very rational person who considers businessman as his first profession and director as second.

These are the words he said himself.

This can be seen from the fact that he has made so many bad movies that have been criticized.

He never feels any psychological burden when making bad movies. He is not afraid of the audience scolding him, but he is afraid that the audience is unwilling to spend money to buy movie tickets.

For him, making money is the most important thing.

The movie "Detective Chinatown" has achieved its goal of making money and has far exceeded his expectations.

The first credit must go to Li Yu; his contribution as a director is not that great.

He knew this better than anyone else.

"Director Li, I know you are giving me face, but I still want to say that you are the main contributor to the success of the movie. You don't have to be polite to me anymore.

I am not blind. I can tell at a glance which is better between "Macau Storm" and "Detective Chinatown". There is no comparison between the two."

Wang Jing's eyes were unusually determined.

At that time, he saw that the mainland film market was expanding day by day, and there were even billion-dollar movies appearing.

He planned to enter the mainland market to make money, so he took the script of "Australia Storm" to find Da Tiantian and Li Yu to seek cooperation.

He really didn't dare to have too high expectations for this first movie. He knew the level of "The Island Storm" better than anyone else.

According to his plan, "Macau Island" was just a rehash of his gambling film theme, and all the elements were left over from his previous work.

The characters are quite templated and can be said to be a replica of the version of "God of Gamblers" from more than 20 years ago, but of even worse quality.

In his opinion, if "The Last Airbender" can earn 500 million at the box office, he can open the champagne.

What he didn't expect was that Li Yu actually disliked his "Australia Storm" because it was too bad and was worried that it would bring bad reputation to Da Tiantian, so he wrote a new "Detective Chinatown" for him.

The box office exceeded 200 million in four days after its release.

What is this concept?
The box office of 500 million is basically within our grasp.
Judging from the current box office trends, the box office of "Detective Chinatown" will definitely be more than 500 million when it is released. As for how much more it will exceed, Wang Jing doesn't know. He can only say that the more the better.

If there hadn't been a script written by Li Yu, how could Wang Jing have achieved such fruitful results.

More importantly, Li Yu said that there will be more than one "Detective Chinatown" and Li Yu plans to make it into a series.

He just needs to continue to cooperate with Li Yu and serve as the director of this film series. His film company will also participate in the investment. His future is really like the stars in the sky.

By the way, his “Australia Storm” will not be thrown into the trash.

If he has the chance in the future, he will film it and make money.

As a person, you must not forget your original intention. How can you give up the routine of making bad movies to make money?

"There shouldn't be any mad dogs barking at you this time when you leave Hong Kong Island and head north, right?"

Li Yu said in a teasing tone.

Wang Jing returned to Hong Kong to look for actors for "Detective Chinatown" but was ridiculed by a low-quality artist named Du. Of course, this person has now completely disappeared from the entire Chinese entertainment industry.

“Thanks to Director Li, no one barked at me, but many people barked at Stephen Chow.

Stephen Chow offended a lot of people by being unwilling to help his former employers make money. His "Journey to the West" was beaten by our "Detective Chinatown" and the box office went down.

Many people in the Hong Kong circle are secretly laughing at Stephen Chow's jokes, and some have even spoken out to criticize him directly. "

Wang Jing first talked about Stephen Chow’s situation, and then talked about himself.

"Because Detective Chinatown is a huge hit in the mainland, I get dozens of calls every day to congratulate me.

Including the people who instigated the surname Du to disgust me, a few of them took the initiative to try it with me. "

As long as you succeed, you will be a good person wherever you go.

What a simple truth.

"I don't think there's any pressure for Detective Chinatown to exceed 800 million. I've come up with a way to reach 1 billion these days. I just don't know if Director Wang dares to use it."

Li Yu brought up a new topic that made Wang Jing's eyes light up.

"One billion? As long as it's not against the law, I dare to use any method, no matter how crazy it is."

Wang Jing's eyes were almost glowing green.

The temptation of a billion-dollar box office is too great.

As of today, there is only one movie that has earned 1 billion yuan at the domestic box office: "Man Jiang Hong".

Of course, it is generally believed that Li Yu's "The Great Wall: Part Two" has basically secured a box office of 1 billion yuan.

As the number of billion-dollar movies increases, their value will certainly decline.

But for most directors, one billion is still an unattainable number, including Wang Jing.

If Li Yu hadn't asked him to do so, he wouldn't have dared to think that he could earn 1 billion at the box office within three years.

“Stay calm, this method is not crazy, nor is it harmful to others.

On the contrary, if Director Wang can accomplish this, it will be a great merit.”

Li Yu sold it out.

"There's actually such a good thing? Doing good deeds and making the box office reach 1 billion? I want to do a good deed every day."

Wang Jing was shocked.

Next, Li Yu spent some time describing his method in detail to Wang Jing, and also told a little story from the circle.

"A manager embezzled the artist's property. In order for the artist to focus more time and energy on his career, he even took care of the artist's family. There are such scumbags in the world. I have never seen such a thing before."

Wang Jing felt a little emotional after listening to Li Yu's story.

Isn't this the entertainment industry version of Lu Fengxian? He specializes in killing his master and has no professional ethics at all.

Such people will be despised in every walk of life.

Wang Jing felt a little sympathy for the elder brother who was kept in the dark. It was really too miserable.

The agent and the wife, one is the person you trust most in your career, the other is the person you trust most in the rest of your life.

He was betrayed by the two people he trusted most at once, and these two people were in collusion with each other, which was a double blow.

If a person with poor psychological quality encounters such misfortune, he might really seek suicide.

"I have seen more than one. My senior Ling Xiaosu also met a similar person, but that person is now a nobody."

Li Yu also lamented that Wang Baoqiang and Ling Xiaosu were a pair of brothers in distress in the domestic entertainment industry. They must have been really unlucky to have met such a bad person.

Li Yudu saved Ling Xiaosu, and helping Wang Baoqiang to be freed a few years in advance can be considered a good deed of eliminating harm.

(End of this chapter)