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Chapter 462: Diary of the Logistics Captain
What Chen Hong said was true. The Tang City under construction could not be compared with Seoul. Both were not on the same level.

The Tang City covers an area of ​​more than 550 acres, and every blade of grass and every tree must be restored in the style of the Tang Dynasty.

To make it more realistic, more than 5 ancient trees were planted in the ancient city to highlight the imperial atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty.

If you really want to film the story of the Han army in Jinpu City, you only need to build a small city that is many times smaller.

After all, Jinpu City is just a small ancient military fortress that can accommodate only a few hundred soldiers at most.

As a border city with a fortress-like nature, it will definitely not be prosperous and does not need to plant many trees.

For a city-building maniac like Chen Kaige, who spends hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars on city construction, building Jinpu City is just a trivial project.

In the words of a famous real estate businessman, Jinpu City is just a small goal, not even a medium-sized goal.

“Old Chen, why don’t you continue to work with Director Li this time and let him write the script for you.

With Director Li's script and your directing skills, it's hard for the movie not to be a hit."

Chen Hong said seriously.

Last time, on "The Vanishing Lover", it was Chen Hong who persuaded Chen Kaige to seek cooperation with Li Yu.

That collaboration was very successful.

An art film that was not only commercially successful but also won many awards.

I wouldn’t dare to say that Chen Kaige has returned to his peak, but it’s definitely possible to say that he has regained his strength.

With the complete success of the first collaboration, Chen Hong certainly hopes that Chen Kaige and Li Yu can have a second collaboration.

She knew Chen Kaige's situation too well.

Now every time Chen Kaige makes a new movie, she will serve as the producer.

On the set, Chen Kaige got excited and had some bizarre ideas, and she couldn't persuade him to stop.

Others? She couldn't persuade him, and others didn't dare to persuade him.

If no one restricts Chen Kaige's performance, he would be able to make a movie that the audience can't understand at all.

The end result was that he only moved himself, and the box office and reputation were a mess.

In order to deal with this situation, it was a wise choice to invite Li Yu to be the chief screenwriter.

Li Yu's talent is there, and Li Yu is responsible for the script, so the quality of the script is guaranteed.

Moreover, Li Yu is also a very strong person. He will not allow Chen Kaige to modify his script on a whim.

As long as Chen Kaige doesn't touch the script, do we still need to worry about the quality of the movie? It will definitely be good.

"Looking for Director Li? I think it's appropriate. It was Director Li who first proposed the idea of ​​turning this wonderful historical story into a movie. He must have done some research. It would be very appropriate to ask him to help write the script."

Chen Kaige agreed with this and highly recognized Chen Hong’s suggestion.

The story was first proposed by Li Yu, and he had originally planned to discuss the story in depth with Li Yu.

Furthermore, with the experience of "Vanishing Lover", Chen Kaige has a deeper understanding of himself.

He realized that he was really bad at writing scripts.

He doesn't understand what kind of content the audience likes.

Last time when he was filming "Gone Girl", Li Yu didn't let him change the script, so he had a lot of ideas in his head but couldn't put them into action. Before the movie was released, he was nervous and felt that this time he was done.

Because he felt that too many of his ideas were not realized in the movie, and he only used 20% to 30% of his 100% strength, so isn't failure a foregone conclusion?
Li Yu advised him to choose to screen the film on a small scale first to see how it gets received before deciding whether to release it nationwide.

Then his perception was overturned.

Why is it that a movie that he thinks is not perfect in many aspects not only has huge box office sales but also great reputation, while a movie that he thinks is very good has such terrible reputation that it is unbearable to watch?
After learning from his mistakes, Chen Kaige recalled Li Yu's evaluation of his "The Promise" and realized that what he thought was good was different from what the audience thought was good.

However, recognizing one's shortcomings and being able to correct them are two different things.

If he could correct his mistakes upon recognizing them, the transport captain of Kaishen Logistics would not write in his diary every day calling himself a beast and then continue to be a beast tomorrow.

It's the same with letting Chen Kaige go. He knows his problems, but if a screenwriter who is less powerful than him tells him that the audience won't like the change, he still won't listen.

Because he is very proud, he feels that why should someone who is not as good as him teach him how to do things?
Only geniuses he recognizes are qualified to give him advice and he will listen to it.

It just so happened that Li Yu was the person he recognized.

Chen Kaige immediately called Li Yu and expressed his interest in the story Cheng Long told and wanted to talk to Li Yu in person.

Li Yu has been relatively free recently.

Two days later, Chen Kaige met with Li Yu at the appointed time.

Li Yu was personally a little surprised that Chen Kaige asked him to write a script again.

Li Yu originally thought that Chen Kaige would be like the national master and would never work with him a second time after working with him once.

The reason, of course, is that the national master wants to have absolute control, and he wants to have the final say in his movie.

Look, the national master is currently tinkering with "Fengshen" and he has not even sought advice from Li Yu, who has successful experience.

Li Yu was quite curious. The national master was particularly concerned about this. Isn't Chen Kaige afraid that he would lose absolute control by cooperating with him?
But... for the audience, this is a very good thing.

When it comes to movie pictures, Chen Kaige is no less capable than the national master, and "The Promise" and "Legend of the Cat Demon" have both proved this point.

Chen Kaige’s biggest shortcoming is that the script is not good, and he likes to be an amateur directing the professionals to do micro-management.

The final result was that the national master's script was already bad enough, but he could make it even worse than the national master.

What’s so shocking about the national master is the details.

For example, the gold and silver armor in "Curse of the Golden Flower" is so saturated with gold that people complain about being so tacky. The rebellious prince played by Zhou Jielun and his subordinates don't even have shields or siege ladders.

Another example is the iron umbrella in "Shadow" that made the audience's scalp numb with embarrassment.

Anyone with a normal brain can see that the broken iron umbrella is bulky and difficult to use, but he insisted on telling the audience that this thing could restrain a broadsword.

It's like all the audience knows that it is a pile of shit, but he insists on telling you that it is sweet and delicious chocolate. It's really embarrassing.

In the movie, Yang Ping put his ear close to Qingping in order to hear what she said and was stabbed to death.

The national master's self-indulgence is reflected in some small plots and details, but at least after watching the movie, the audience can understand what kind of story the national master is telling.

When Chen Kaige gets into a good mood, he can make it so that the audience has no idea what he is talking about throughout the entire movie.

This is after 2000, when the peak periods of both Guo Shi and Chen Kaige have passed. This is one of the main reasons why Guo Shi’s films are able to surpass Chen Kaige’s most of the time.

Because Chen Kaige is the most wild one, when he has fun, he is much more wild than the national master.

(End of this chapter)