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Chapter 506: A Project That Can Really Make Hundreds of Millions

The outstanding performance of "Fengshen" has attracted great attention from people inside and outside the circle.

Some talented directors began to try their hand after seeing that films such as "The Great Wall" and "Fengshen" were very popular in the domestic film market.

They plan to enter this track to get a piece of the pie.

Xu Ke was one of them.

His "New Shushan Swordsman", "Shushan Legend", "The Great Wall" and "Fengshen" have many similarities, but the results are very different.

The performance of "The Great Wall" and "Fengshen" was so good that he was envious.

His "New Shushan Swordsman" and "Shushan Legend" plunged into the Pacific Ocean, which is so tragic that it cannot be described by just one word.

Obviously, "New Shushan Swordsman" had already failed once. Many years later, Xu Ke, who was not giving up, spent another 8000 million to make "Shushan Legend", which also failed again.

From this we can see how deeply Xu Ke loves this genre.

If it's not true love, who can take such a huge risk and fail twice?

Seeing the success of "Fengshen" and "The Great Wall", Xu Ke was eager to make his own move.

He wants to test the waters by making another fantasy film.

He specifically asked Li Yu for his opinion.

Li Yu supported Xu Ke's idea.

He felt that Xu Ke was capable of handling a fantasy film.

But if you want him to invest money, he has to think about it seriously.

Like many famous directors, Xu Ke's peak period has passed, and the quality of his scripts in recent years has not been high.

In addition, Xu Ke has failed twice in this field, so investing in him is very risky.

Hualiu Company has plenty of stable money-making projects, such as Joy of Life and Ghost Blows Out the Light, so there is no need for Li Yu to take risks with Xu Ke.

In addition to Xu Ke, Wang Jing also envied the success of "Fengshen". He also mentioned to Li Yu that he wanted to make a mythological blockbuster based on historical adaptation.

"Director Wang, forget it, this track is too complicated, you can't control it.

You are a Hong Konger, you don’t know much about history, and you have no experience in big scenes and big special effects.

I’m afraid that if you enter this track, you will lose your reputation as the King of Breakeven, which rarely loses money.”

Li Yu directly poured cold water on Wang Jing.

Wang Jing had just seen how popular the Imperial Master had been recently and on a whim told Li Yu about it.

In his case, he was just talking nonsense for the sake of showing off.

Even if Li Yu hadn't poured cold water on him, if he had calmed down and thought about it seriously, he would still have put aside the idea of ​​making a mythological film and continued to shoot his "Ocean Island 3".

It is not what a mature businessman would do to not make the ready-made money and instead go for a gamble where the chances of winning or losing are uncertain.

"I have already finished 2% of the post-production of Detective Chinatown , so I will schedule it for the Spring Festival. I just don't know if Stephen Chow will change the release date."

The main reason why Wang Jing called Li Yu was that he wanted to talk to Li Yu about his "Detective Chinatown 2" and Stephen Chow.

By the way, I would like to inform Li Yu that the preheating for "Detective Chinatown 2" can be gradually launched.

"What is the specific reaction from Master Xing?"

Li Yu asked.

"According to my sources, Master Xing is a little panicked. He is not as calm and composed as before."

Wang Jing's tone of voice was somewhat gloating.

He has worked with Stephen Chow many times, but they eventually fell out, so there is some grudge between them.

Seeing Stephen Chow being humiliated, and at his hands, he felt very happy.

Li Yu nodded when he heard this. He could understand what Wang Jing said.

When the project of "Detective Chinatown 1" was first launched, Wang Jing specifically mentioned that he was targeting Stephen Chow's "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

Stephen Chow was very confident at that time. Although he ignored Wang Jing, he responded to Li Yu and said that he was looking forward to a gentlemanly contest with Li Yu.

This is equivalent to not considering Wang Jing as an opponent at all. This time, Wang Jing's "Detective Chinatown 2" is clearly aimed at "The Mermaid", and Stephen Chow remained silent.

I believe that Stephen Chow really wants to beat up that fat guy Wang Jing.

Is it really that bullying? "Detective Chinatown 1" gave "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" a good beating.

"Detective Chinatown 2" is eyeing his "The Mermaid" again.

If his "The Mermaid" is beaten by "Detective Chinatown 2" again, can he continue on his career as a director?
Anyway, Wang Jing learned through his network of contacts in Hong Kong that Stephen Chow was not very happy.

But Master Xing had no way to deal with him.

The Spring Festival period is not exclusive to Stephen Chow. If Stephen Chow can be on the show, he can be on the show too.

"So is it possible for him to postpone the release or release it earlier?"

Li Yu could understand Stephen Chow's feelings.

In Stephen Chow's eyes at this time, Wang Jing might be like a toad, a toad with iron bones and poisonous skin.

If you don't hit him, he'll just stand there and annoy people.

You can't beat it even if you fight it, and the toad's poison will make you suffer a lot.

What can we do in this hopeless situation? Normal people would choose to hide.

"It's hard to say. Some people speculate that he might avoid us. Based on the information I have learned so far, he has no plans to change the schedule for the time being."

Wang Jing wasn't sure Stephen Chow wouldn't change the release date.

At the end of the conversation, Li Yu said that he would gradually arrange the pre-production warm-up work for "Detective Chinatown 2".

Wang Jing ended the call after achieving his goal.

"Our Director Li is so busy. He directs for half a day and when he finally gets a ten-minute break, he has to answer a work call."

Fat Fan muttered to himself.

"Yeah, Director Li, you're working too hard, aren't you? You're already the boss of such a big company, you don't have to work so hard."

Hugo also said.

They both felt very sympathetic towards Li Yu. The director was really too tired.

"How can I not pay attention to a project that can earn hundreds of millions?"

Li Yu replied indifferently.

"What?"

Fan Xiaopang and Hu Ge suddenly realized that they were the clowns.

They are two workers who actually sympathize with Li Yu, a boss who earns hundreds of millions from a single project? It's a bit of black humor.

"Director Wang called and said that 2% of the post-production of Detective Chinatown has been completed and we can gradually start the promotion and preheating.

The total box office of "Detective Chinatown 1" has exceeded 10 billion, and "Detective Chinatown 2" has taken a step further in terms of commercialization. I'll set a small goal. Is it not too much to set a box office target of 20 billion?"

Li Yu looked at Fan Xiaopang and Hu Ge with a smile.

《唐探1》是13年2月上映的，《唐探2》要在明年的春节档上映，就是16年的年初了。

After three years, the number of screens and cinemas in China has doubled. It is not excessive to double the box office target of "Detective Chinatown 2" based on "Detective Chinatown 1".

Li Yu is the largest investor in "Detective Chinatown 2", with a share of more than %.

Assuming that "Detective Chinatown 2" really has a box office of 20 billion, the final profit will be more than 6 million, close to 7 million.

The piece of cake that Li Yu got was worth more than 2 million yuan. It was a project that could really make hundreds of millions of yuan.

Li Yu made so much money from one project. All he paid was to write a script for Wang Jing, invest some money, and then wait for a doubling of the return.

With this rate of return, Fan Xiaopang and Hu Ge shed tears of envy after just a quick calculation.

Sure enough, workers can never catch up with their bosses.

Li Yu earns much more money than them without even having to do any of the fighting himself.

(End of this chapter)