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Chapter 489: Five Hundred Million Medium Target

After doing psychological work for Hu Ge, Li Yu immediately called Wang Jing.

“Director Wang, I’ve already helped you get through to Hu Ge. He will continue filming the Joy of Life series. Perhaps in a few days, he will give you a formal reply.”

"Director Li, it has to be you. With your words, I can finally sleep well tonight.

It’s not an exaggeration at all. After I found out that Hu Ge didn’t really want to act in “Joy of Life 2”, I didn’t sleep well for several days. ”

Wang Jing replied.

"Joy of Life 1" was a huge hit, so as long as the original crew gets together, they can strike while the iron is hot to produce the second season.

If the quality can be maintained, it will be hard not to be popular.

Wang Jing was really scared by Hu Ge's desire to quit.

Replacing the lead actor is a big taboo.

The lead actor has been replaced, and a large number of fans will give up watching the second season.

If the new leading actor's performance is not as good as the previous one, there is a high probability that he will die violently.

All in all, the risk of changing the lead actor is too high.

Many series start to go downhill after replacing actors.

So after Wang Jing discovered Hu Ge’s problem, he contacted Li Yu in a hurry.

Li Yu used the novel "Spy War in Magic City" to stabilize Hu Ge.

"Director Wang, please try to shoot faster. After finishing shot 2, try to shoot the following 345 as soon as possible.

It is not a problem for you veteran directors from Hong Kong to strike a balance between speed and quality.

I tell you, if you keep dragging your feet, you won’t be able to finish filming the Joy of Life series in two years. Hu Ge will definitely not be starring in Joy of Life again in two years.

Even if he wanted to act at that time, I wouldn’t let him.”

Li Yu did not forget to remind Wang Jing.

Instead of having the energy to make three or four bad movies a year to torture the audience, it would be better to spend two years to finish filming "Joy of Life".

"why?"

Wang Jing was puzzled.

He was thinking about filming "The Legend of Hao Lan 2" after finishing it.

He felt that although the "Australia Storm" series had a bad reputation, it sold well and could be revamped.

“Because I promised Hu Ge that I would arrange a spy drama for him after he finished filming Joy of Life 2.

I might direct this drama myself, and I plan to use this drama to help him win the Best Actor award.

If I really direct it myself, the probability of Hu Ge winning the Flying Actor Award is at least 70% to 80%.

Having already won the Best Actor Award, it would be inappropriate for him to act in a drama like Joy of Life. He would be destroying his own career.”

Li Yu said to Wang Jing.

Chen Daoming and Hu Ge are different.

The Emperor Qing played by Chen Daoming is a supporting role, and he only made a cameo appearance out of consideration for his daughter's future son-in-law.

Making a guest appearance and starring in a role are two different things.

For example, a movie star is friends with a certain idol drama director.

This movie star played a small supporting role in an idol drama and he performed very well.

The audience will not think there is anything wrong with it, and will even praise him for being worthy of being the best actor and saying that his acting skills surpass those of other actors.

But it is a big problem when an actor plays the leading role in an idol drama.

Wang Jing went to the mainland to shoot a TV series ten years ago. It is impossible for him not to know how valuable the Feitian Award is in the field of television.

The Flying Emperor Award is already the ceiling for male actors on television.

I've reached the ceiling, and it's really not appropriate to come back and play in the mid-range.

Not everyone is like him, treating his profession as a businessman.

Hu Ge really wants to be a talented person who can be recognized by people, but his talent is not that good. After all, geniuses are a minority, and relying on hard work to make progress slowly is the true portrayal of most ordinary people.

"let me consider it."

Wang Jing did not give Li Yu an accurate answer immediately.

Li Yu didn't care either, Wang Jing was a businessman.

"Joy of Life 1" was a huge hit, and it is impossible for Wang Jing not to see how strong this series's ability to make money is.

Wang Jing will make the right choice in the end.

……

After dealing with Hu Ge, Li Yu returned to his daily routine of directing on the set.

Unlike "The Great Deed is in vain", the plot of "The Khan" is much longer.

The title of the drama is Tian Khan, so it must be about the life of Tian Khan Li Er.

From the time Li Yuan started his rebellion in Jinyang to the death of Li Er, the time span was more than 30 years.

Although Li Yu, Liu Heping and others have tried their best to simplify the plot, it still takes sixty or seventy episodes to tell the life story of Li Er.

There is no way, who can blame Li Er for his amazing record?

What about destroying DTZ, destroying Tuyuhun, destroying Xueyantuo...

If any one of these things were picked out and placed in any other dynasty, one could boast that Li Er was a wise and benevolent ruler, but he did all these things by himself.

It really took one generation to accomplish the work of several generations.

Ever since Ma Yue appeared on the stage, there have been many famous scenes on the set.

As a veteran actor, Ma Yue's acting skills are unquestionable, and Li Er is his signature role, and the effect of his performance is really great.

Director Li Yu had the same idea as netizens when watching Ma Yue's performance on the set.

If the historical Li Er did not look like Ma Yue, then it must be Li Er's fault.

"The Reign of Zhenguan" is a very good drama. I heard that when the script was being written, the opinions of many historians were carefully listened to, and the final result was very good.

It was just limited by insufficient funds, so the filming was very rough.

The most typical example is the war scenes. There are almost no war scenes in "The Reign of Zhenguan". They just shoot a few scenes of the two sides fighting each other and then skip them directly.

The audience was unhappy with the show and the actors were unhappy with their performance.

Having just finished filming a scene, during the break, Ma Yue could not help but say to Li Yu: "Director Li, it is so enjoyable to act in your drama. When I was filming "The Reign of Zhenguan", I was thinking about how majestic and heroic Li Shimin was when he defeated 100,000 troops with only 3,000 men.

But at that time, investment was seriously insufficient and there was simply not enough money to burn.

When I was filming the war scenes in your film "The Khan", I really felt the feeling of commanding thousands of troops."

It's really amazing. He sat on his horse, drew his sword and gave an order, and then hundreds or thousands of fully armed extras behind him rushed out, shouting and killing loudly.

Although he knew that this was a movie filming, as the leading actor he still felt excited.

Money can really solve a lot of problems.

This is also an important reason why Li Yu chose to start his career by filming idol dramas.

Idol dramas are not of high quality. The actors who act in idol dramas are of low quality, and the directors who shoot idol dramas are of low quality too.

But this thing really makes money. I spent so much effort to take a movie like "Blind Shaft" to European film festivals, and kept negotiating with foreign film buyers, and finally made about 10 million.

The money Li Yu earned from filming "My Love from the Star" is dozens of times more than 10 million.

If you have money, you can really save a lot of trouble by spending it.

"Perform well. There are many war scenes in the drama "Tian Khan". This is a film and television production with a total investment of 5 million yuan."

Li Yu replied with a chuckle.

This scale of investment has far exceeded the remakes of the four great classics.

Li Yu's dramas have never lacked investment, and the plot of "Tian Khan" is very long, so 5 million is really not a lot for Li Yu.

In the words of a real estate businessman, 500 million is only a medium goal.

(End of this chapter)