China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 419 The edited version of "Parasite" is out
It is no secret that Beijing Film Academy recruits students based on appearance when recruiting acting students.

Huang Xiaoming was injured in a car accident that year. He went to the exam on crutches, but still managed to get into the Beijing Film Academy with just his good looks.

Li Yu is not only as good-looking as Huang Xiaoming, but also taller than Huang Xiaoming. He won't need to wear height-enhancing underwear when he becomes an actor in the future.

Whether it was Wu Jing or Yu Nan, they were all very impressed by Li Yu's pretense.

Li Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head. He swears to God that he was not pretending and everything he said was true.

When he was a freshman, his acting teacher wanted him to transfer to another department.

If he nods, there will be no need for any assessment, just go through the motions with this face.

While chatting, Wu Jing mentioned Xu Zheng's "Lost in Thailand" and his face was full of envy.

"Xu Zheng is really awesome this time. He was more out of fashion than me, but he became famous overnight thanks to the movie Lost in Thailand."

"Be more confident. If you can make Wolf Warrior well, you won't be much worse than him."

Li Yu encouraged.

Xu Zheng escaped from last year's Lunar New Year holiday, and his luck was almost taken away by "The Great Wall: Part 1".

Even if "Wolf Warrior" cannot catch up with "Lost in Thailand" in terms of performance, it will not be too far behind.

But Wu Jing couldn't believe it at all and smiled bitterly: "Director Li, don't joke with me. I'm satisfied if my "Wolf Warrior" can make a small profit. How can it be compared with Xu Zheng's "Lost in Thailand", whose movie is aiming for a big hit."

The failure of "Wolf Tooth" a few years ago dealt a heavy blow to Wu Jing at the time.

He has become more conservative now.

"Director Li, you have become famous because of the movie Lost in Thailand. The things you said at the premiere were so accurate that netizens now call you a prophet."

Wu Jing admired Li Yu's vision.

Li Yu changed the subject and asked, "Do you know why I came to visit you? We can't waste the popularity.

As long as you know how to use it, even a pair of underwear or a piece of toilet paper can have its uses."

Wu Jing had a brainstorm and felt his brain was a little overloaded.

He felt it was strange as to why Li Yu would come to Jinling to visit the set without saying a word. It turned out that he came to give him an assist.

Li Yu became famous for his speech at the premiere of "Lost in Thailand".

Once the news of Li Yu's appearance on the set of "Wolf Warrior" spreads, it will definitely bring considerable exposure to "Wolf Warrior".

"I finally understand why everyone calls you a marketing genius."

Wu Jing admired him even more.

He used to think that Zhang Da Huzi was the best marketing hype person in the country, but he was nothing compared to Li Yu.

Li Yu’s marketing method is more natural and much smarter than Zhang Da Huzi’s.

Zhang Da Huzi's method is called the "touching porcelain marketing method" in order to hype up various popular actors.

The actors didn't dare to offend him and didn't dare to say anything verbally, but they must have felt uncomfortable in their hearts.

Li Yu's approach was very clever. He did not scam anyone, nor did he offend anyone.

"You've done so much for my Wolf Warrior. If the movie flopped, I'd really jump off the roof."

Wu Jing was in pain and happy at the same time.

I am happy because the film has been exposed and it is good for the film.

The pain was because the pressure on his shoulders was greater.

The investor Li Yu continuously provided him with energy behind him, which made him feel the pressure that he could only succeed and not fail.

"The movie is really a flop. Even if you jump off the rooftop, you can't make up for the loss. So you'd better just focus on filming."

Li Yu patted Wu Jing on the shoulder.

Li Yu stayed at the filming site of "Wolf Warrior" for more than half a day and then left.

Wu Jing took the opportunity to ask Li Yu for advice on how to be a good director. Li Yu did not hide anything and told Wu Jing everything he asked.

How much he can learn depends on Wu Jing's understanding.

Li Yu personally feels that the effect is not great, but it is better than nothing.

It is a good thing that Wu Jing is willing to learn, which is better than being conservative and refusing to learn.

As soon as Li Yu returned to Beijing, his visit to the "Wolf Warrior" crew in Jinling was reported by some media.

This time there is absolutely no internet trolls involved, it is entirely the media's behavior.

A man of Li Yu's status and position can hardly avoid being followed by paparazzi wherever he goes or what he does unless he intentionally hides his identity and acts covertly.

This is also a bad thing about being a celebrity.

Wu Jing’s “Wolf Warrior” gained a certain amount of exposure because of Li Yu’s visit to the set.

Some reporters from TV stations rushed to the filming location to interview Wu Jing and the cast and crew.

The TV station’s reports brought even greater exposure to “Wolf Warrior”.

"Wolf Warrior", the movie directed and acted by Wu Jing, has already shown signs of becoming popular before it is released.

However, the popularity of "Wolf Warrior" is definitely not comparable to the recently popular "Lost in Thailand".

Even though Li Yu took away half of the luck of "Lost in Thailand", the title of the biggest dark horse of the year is not undeserved.

The dark horse that has lost some of its luck is still a dark horse, breaking the 300 million yuan mark in just one week.

Xu Zheng instantly became a popular figure in the Chinese film industry.

Not only did he become popular again with "Lost in Thailand", he also became a successful director.

When he was preparing to shoot "Lost in Thailand", he took great pains to raise less than 30 million yuan in investment, one of which was contributed by the leading actor Huang Bo.

"Lost in Thailand" has only been released for a week, and some investors have already contacted him, asking him if he has any plans for a sequel.

This is the reward for success.

Why is it that as long as you are successful, you will meet good people wherever you go?

More than a month later, "Lost in Thailand" was taken off the screen with a box office of over 830 million yuan.

People found that this result was exactly the same as what Li Yu had predicted more than a month ago.

Li Yu's identity as a great prophet has once again been recognized by people.

Even Fan Xiaopang advised Li Yu to really try stock trading. She believed that she would make a lot of money if she followed Li Yu.

Li Yu replied: "The stock market is too deep, you can't control it."

Li Yu never touches areas that he does not understand.

If you want to make money by speculating in stocks, you may fall into a pig-slaughtering scheme accidentally and become the pig that gets slaughtered.

"Let's wait for Mr. Han and the others to arrive and watch the first cut of Parasite together. It should be a surprise for you."

Li Yu brought the topic back on track.

For more than a month, Li Yu basically stayed in the company except for a trip to Jinling to visit the set. He supervised the post-production of "Parasite" throughout the whole process.

In order to speed up the process and catch up with this year's Cannes Film Festival, he even paid more money to speed up the process.

Fan Xiaopang's expression became serious. She knew very well how much effort Li Yu had put into making this movie, and she also knew what Li Yu's goal was.

She is very interested in the finished product of the film.

If this movie can really realize Li Yu's ambition and win the highest award in Cannes, it will also be an important achievement for her as a participant in the film to add to her resume.

After waiting for a while, Mr. Han from China Film Group, Mr. Wang from Fiber Optics and other bigwigs who participated in the investment arrived one after another.

After chatting for a while, Li Yu invited them into the screening room of Hualiu Company.

(End of this chapter)