China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 416: Three hundred million is too little, let's start with five hundred million

After watching "Lost in Thailand", Li Yu personally thinks it is quite good.

At present, Xu Zheng has not yet achieved success. He does not dare to be arrogant and can film with a calm attitude.

Some of the plots in the movie are very narcissistic, but they are restrained enough and do not completely let go of the self.

That’s right, in the Chinese film industry, being able to remain restrained and suppress that restless heart to make a good movie can be considered an advantage.

Because it is too easy for Chinese directors to let themselves go after becoming successful.

Back to the movie "Lost in Thailand", the director is not arrogant and the acting skills of actors such as Wang Baoqiang and Huang Bo are all on point.

In addition, compared with its predecessor "Lost on Journey", it is better produced, has better rhythm control, and has more laughs.

A high-quality commercial comedy was born.

Such a film would perform just as well even if it was released at a normal time.

After the movie ended, the applause continued for a while.

There must be some people in the audience who were arranged by the crew to set the pace, but most of the applause came from the real feelings of the real audience.

The successful premiere has already made the movie "Lost in Thailand" half successful.

Then, actors including Xu Zheng, Wang Baoqiang and Huang Bo took the stage to express their thoughts and experiences.

Mr. Wang also took the stage and delivered a positive speech.

In the end, Xu Zheng and the reporters reached a tacit understanding and shifted their focus to Li Yu.

Both of them hope to find some topics to talk about with Li Yu.

Xu Zheng wanted to use Li Yu's fame to increase the popularity of "Lost in Thailand".

The reporter wanted to use Li Yu to attract people's attention.

Xu Zheng and the reporters have reached a two-way agreement.

So, at the joint invitation of Xu Zheng and Mr. Wang, Li Yu came on stage.

"Don't look at me like that. I almost thought this was my movie premiere."

Li Yu observed that most people at the scene turned their eyes to him, so he made a little joke.

"Director Li, you're joking. If today was your movie premiere, it wouldn't be so shabby."

Xu Zheng, with a shiny forehead, said politely.

He had seen how grand the premiere of Li Yu was, which was almost on the same level as that of Zhang Yingmou and Chen Kaige.

As a newcomer in the field of directors, he often saw Li Yu's glorious life through the Internet, television, newspapers and other media, and often sighed that a real man should be like this.

"Lost in Thailand is Director Xu's directorial debut. The premiere of my debut was not as grand as Director Xu's. Director Xu, don't belittle yourself."

Li Yu responded politely.

After a few rounds of pleasantries, a reporter holding a microphone asked Li Yu: "I wonder what Director Li thinks of Director Xu's first film?"

Xu Zheng continued, "I am also very curious about what the level of my debut film is in the eyes of Director Li, a very high-level film master.

You don't need to be polite to me. I have a strong enough psychological endurance.

No matter how sharp the comments are, I can accept them calmly.

I feel honored to receive guidance from a film master like Director Li."

“Since everyone wants to hear my opinion on Lost in Thailand, let me share it.

I think "Lost in Thailand" is a successful commercial comedy. It is full of interesting moments and can make the audience laugh.

If I have to find fault, I think it's a pity that this movie didn't get released during the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival."

Li Yu gave a very objective comment.

Xu Zheng thought to himself, I really want to release it during the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival, but you won't let me. With your "The Great Wall: Part 1" and Wang Jing's "Detective Chinatown" here, I dare to release it during the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival.

Although he was muttering in his mind, Xu Zheng was particularly satisfied with Li Yu's comments.

He truly felt that Li Yu was giving him face.

A successful commercial comedy, with no boring moments throughout and able to make the audience laugh, such comments coming from Li Yu are already very high praise.

The gap between Li Yu's rank and his is so huge.

He couldn't expect someone of Li Yu's status to praise his Lost in Thailand to the skies.

What's more, he positioned "Lost in Thailand" as a commercial comedy. It would be a success if it could make the audience laugh. How much connotation is needed?

If you really want to have connotation, why not make art films?

The corners of Xu Zheng's mouth began to rise.

Because he knew that once Li Yu's words spread, they would definitely attract a group of audiences to the cinema to watch his "Lost in Thailand".

He sincerely thanked: "I really appreciate Director Li's high evaluation. I didn't have much confidence at first, but Director Li's words helped me regain a lot of confidence."

When answering the reporter's question about his box office expectations, Xu Zheng hesitated for a moment and replied: "If the box office of Lost in Thailand can reach 200-300 million, I will be very satisfied."

Xu Zheng's expectation was 200 million, and 300 million was a temporary change.

Because Li Yu gave his movie a very high evaluation, it really made him more confident.

As he became more confident, his expectations naturally became higher. He hoped that the box office of "Lost in Thailand" could reach 300 million yuan.

After he said that, even he felt a little crazy.

The investment in "Lost in Thailand" was less than 30 million, and if the box office reached 300 million, it would be ten times the investment.

According to the calculation method that the investment can be recovered three times, the box office is 300 million, so he, as a director, has won.

There was a reporter who felt that Xu Zheng's expectations were too high, so he stood up and prepared to raise his own questions.

Before he could speak, Li Yu continued, "300 million is too low. The movie Lost in Thailand should start with at least 500 million, and 800 million is a good bet.

A billion depends on the right time and place. If it is released during the hot period of the Lunar New Year, and it happens not to encounter strong competitors or opponents with poor performance, it is not impossible to hit a billion. "

Xu Zheng: “…”

Mr. Wang: “…”

Everyone at the scene: "..."

Everyone was collectively stunned.

I thought Xu Zheng was crazy enough, but I didn't expect Li Yu to be even crazier than Xu Zheng.

With an investment of less than 30 million, there is hope for 800 million, and with the right time and place, 1 billion is possible. Are you serious?
From the scale of investment in "Lost in Thailand", it can be seen that this is a completely small crew.

If Wang Baoqiang hadn’t become famous thanks to “Detective Chinatown”, all the leading actors of “Lost in Thailand” would have had little fame in the film industry.

Can such a combination really achieve the results that Li Yu said?

If these words had not come from Li Yu, everyone would really have laughed it off as a joke.

It is normal that people cannot believe it. Before Wolf Warrior 2 was released, let alone outsiders, even if you beat Wu Jing to death, he would not believe that he could earn more than billion at the box office.

Li Yu’s idea was very simple. Since they had already decided to show their support, he would give them face to the fullest extent.

Let Xu Zheng, Mr. Wang, Wang Baoqiang and others owe him a favor.

If he needs their help later, it would be difficult for them to refuse.

Besides, Li Yu did not deliberately praise "Lost in Thailand".

The movie "Lost in Thailand" is really strong in terms of commercial performance. The 1.2 billion box office in the original time and space was not picked up.

(End of this chapter)