China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 519: Don’t chase the poor criminals
The most amazing thing is that the voices of Liu Cixin’s fans were actually heard by China Film Corporation.

The current CEO of China Film Group contacted Li Yu by phone and said straight to the point: "Director Li, we have observed public opinion on the Internet, and there is a strong demand for you to be the director of The Wandering Earth.

Look, why don’t we follow public opinion and accept the opinions of the masses, or you just take over The Wandering Earth.”

They are serious. In their opinion, Guo Fan is the tallest one among short ones.

No famous director was willing to take on the job, and finally the burden fell on Guo Fan.

If there were a famous director participating in the competition, Guo Fan would have no competitiveness at all and he would be the one who would lose without a doubt.

As long as Li Yu nodded, they would immediately replace Guo Fan without any hesitation.

Li Yu relayed to Guo Fan exactly what the CEO had said to him.

"..."

Guo Fan was shocked.

Does this young director have no human rights?
He has been running around for "The Wandering Earth". Now that he has really gotten the investment, will he be laid off as a director?
"Director Guo, you can rest assured, he told me so, but I refused.

I have read all the information you sent me. In order to restore the grand narrative of the original novel with pictures, you have worked hard in the art composition and scene design.

You have put so much effort into The Wandering Earth, I will not take away your director position."

Li Yu added one more sentence at the end.

Before the filming even started, Guo Fan had already spent one to eight hundred thousand dollars.

All this money was spent on drawing.

For example, what should 10,000 planetary engines reaching a height of 10,000 meters look like.

What should the frozen magic city, space, dungeons, supply stations, and mine carts look like?

To accomplish all of this requires a lot of time and energy.

Guo Fan had been preparing for so long, he had already mastered it. Even if Li Yu took over Guo Fan's job, he might not be able to do better than Guo Fan.

Furthermore, he hopes that the Chinese film industry will flourish.

He doesn't want to snatch Lin Chaoxian's "Operation Red Sea", so naturally he won't snatch Guo Fan's "The Wandering Earth".

These two films have common characteristics. Not only are they box office hits, they also have positive significance for Chinese films.

Li Yu usually doesn't cut in on this kind of movie.

To reassure Guo Fan, Li Yu posted a Weibo, admitting that it was true that Guo Fan came to him and Da Tiantian to discuss investment.

He announced that his Hualiu Company and Datiantian's Xingguang Cuican Company each invested 100 million yuan in the "The Wandering Earth" project.

Li Yu also called on investors in the circle to support domestic science fiction films and support young directors with ideals and ambitions.

Li Yu’s investment and words do have some influence, and his status in the industry is there.

Investors may not believe in Guo Fan's ability, but they are willing to believe in Li Yu's vision.

Almost all the movies that Li Yu participated in investing in made money.

Not many days later, good news came from Guo Fan.

Some previously wavering investors have paid for their films. Currently, The Wandering Earth has raised nearly 400 million yuan in funding, which is sufficient to start filming in the first half of next year.

"Congratulations, Director Guo. I hope you can live up to everyone's expectations and make a good science fiction film to give the audience an excellent answer."

Li Yu congratulated.

"I'll do my best."

Guo Fan said with great determination.

He is a small director. If he develops along the conventional path, how long will it take for him to have hundreds of millions of dollars in funds to realize his science fiction dream?

A number of famous domestic directors declined the offer and the opportunity fell to him. It was his luck.

He had to go all out to prove himself. The movie "The Wandering Earth" was a success and his future was bright.

If this movie fails, he won't have any science fiction dreams for many years to come.

"No way, Director Li, you're going to go so far this time? Not only did you take the risk of making a science fiction film, you also invested in a small director to make a science fiction film. Aren't you really afraid of losing money?"

The person who said this was Wang Jing, who had just flown to Beijing from Hong Kong Island.

He admired Li Yu's courage.

For "Ready Player One" and "The Wandering Earth", Li Yu personally spent at least two or three hundred million yuan.

If these two films fail, it will be a big loss for Li Yu.

"Director Wang, everyone has to challenge their limits. I have invested in so many movies and tried many themes, but I have never lost money. I really want to taste the taste of failure."

Li Yu’s words can be said to be very Versailles.

Wang Jing knew that Li Yu’s last sentence was a joke, but he still wanted to hit Li Yu out of jealousy.

Too pretentious, too much success, want to taste the taste of failure.

He hated it so much, why couldn't he think of such a showy way to show off?

The main reason why Wang Jing came to Beijing was that Stephen Chow suddenly made an unexpected decision.

Under the tremendous pressure of "Detective Chinatown 2", Stephen Chow actually chose to flee.

"The Mermaid", which was originally scheduled to be released during next year's Spring Festival, was unexpectedly announced to be released on New Year's Day, January 1 next year.

There are only twenty days left until January 1st.

If "Detective Chinatown 2" wants to compete closely with Stephen Chow, it will have to adjust its release date quickly.

Wang Jing personally prefers to change the schedule and continue to compete with Stephen Chow.

As I said, he and Stephen Chow have a little grudge, and now he has a chance to take revenge, how can he not cherish it?
Also, his "Australia 2" was badly beaten by Guo Shi's "Fengshen" last time.

Under the impact of "Fengshen", his "Macau Island 2" had a box office of less than 8 million.

You should know that Wang Jing’s target for this movie is 1 billion yuan.

The national teacher who chooses the right direction is really powerful.

After being beaten up by the Imperial Master, Wang Jing wanted to find someone to vent his anger on.

"Let's change the date, Stephen Chow has already set it for January 1st, so we should also set it for January 1st.

We agreed to compete with him, so we must compete with him and not let him get away."

Wang Jing said in a firm tone.

"Forget it. Don't chase after a desperate enemy. They've already changed their schedule. Why are you still chasing after them?"

Li Yu rejected it.

If someone changes the schedule, it means they have admitted defeat and surrendered, but they just didn't say it verbally.

Li Yu and Stephen Chow have no grudges against each other. Scheduling the same schedule is called PK, and sticking to the other person's schedule when he changes it is called hatred.

Wang Jing has a grudge against Stephen Chow, but he doesn't have a grudge against Stephen Chow, and he doesn't want to make an enemy of Stephen Chow, so let's just forget about it.

Li Yu is the largest investor of "Detective Chinatown 2". Wang Jing couldn't convince Li Yu, so he had to give up the idea of ​​fighting with Stephen Chow in close combat.

Of course, the reason why he personally flew from Hong Kong to Beijing this time was not just to discuss the schedule change with Li Yu.

If it's just a matter of changing the schedule, he can discuss it with Li Yu on the phone.

He came to Beijing for another more important matter: "Director Li, I heard that it was your suggestion that Fan Xiaopang and Huang Xiaoming refused to act in The Legend of Conferred Gods?

This news spread to the Hong Kong entertainment industry, and the two investors of Legend of the Gods were very unhappy about it.”

(End of this chapter)