China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 586: Just a Gimmick
In the Chinese film industry, the news that Li Yu was directing "Aquaman" also caused a sensation.

The national master is studying the script for the second part of "Fengshen" with others.

The news that Li Yu was on the other side of the ocean reached his ears from the mouths of people around him.

The Imperial Master and Chen Yu, who were discussing the details of the script, both showed expressions of surprise on their faces.

Two and a half minutes later, he had already eaten several pieces of dried tofu before he spoke: "Xiao Chen, what do you think about this?"

The national teacher used to have the habit of smoking, and he smoked a lot.

It was so serious that people around him began to advise him to smoke less.

Later, he really found a way to quit smoking.

Whenever he felt like smoking, he would eat snacks like dried tofu.

In the end, he succeeded in quitting smoking, but although he quit smoking, he became addicted to eating dried tofu again.

He was very surprised to hear the news that Li Yu was going to make a movie in Hollywood and even got the final editing rights.

He didn't smoke anymore and couldn't find any cigarettes around him for a while, so he had to eat several pieces of dried tofu to calm himself down.

Chen Yu later became the official screenwriter for the imperial court.

Later, he collaborated with the national teacher on three works.

There are relatively good ones like "Sniper", and relatively average ones like "Man Jiang Hong" and "As Solid as a Rock".

The national teacher himself spoke highly of Chen Yu, saying that he was a gold medal partner.

In fact, Chen Yu was a director by profession, and somehow he became the official screenwriter of the imperial master.

“My assessment is that it’s amazing. The director’s salary of 10 million RMB and the percentage of profit sharing are not worth paying attention to.

Director Li is one of the best directors in China, and he is worth the price.

The dividend ratio is that Warna is just making big promises to Director Li. How many years has it been since Warna produced a new work with a box office of 10 billion euros?

What is really worth paying attention to is the final editing rights. It is really amazing that Director Li can get this privilege for his first time in Hollywood to make a movie."

Chen Yu commented pertinently.

As a director, especially a Chinese director, there are very few who can be invited by Hollywood movie giants to make movies.

Moreover, they have all dealt with the people over there and know how arrogant they are.

The national teacher agreed with Chen Yu's statement.

Although he has never actually worked with any of Hollywood's major film companies, more than a year ago, he had contact with Universal Pictures, which is also one of the eight major Hollywood film companies.

Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. have the same idea, which is to make more profits in the rapidly growing Chinese market.

They sent people to contact the imperial teacher at that time.

At first, the national teacher was very excited. Many of the films he had made in China had been submitted for the Oscars, but in the end they didn't even make the shortlist.

If he cooperates with Hollywood and makes a multinational blockbuster, would it be much easier for him to win an Oscar?
He talked to the other party with great enthusiasm, but gradually, the other party's arrogance made him give up.

He was not given the power to modify the script, nor did he have the final editing rights, which was so frustrating.

He stopped talking to the other party and started filming "Fengshen".

Later, "Fengshen" was released and sold well at the box office, proving that his decision was a wise one.

But then again, obsession won't dissipate so easily.

As long as Universal Pictures can take a step back and show a little respect to him as the number one Chinese director, he would still be very willing to cooperate with them.

He had this mentality, so when he saw Li Yu get the privileges he wanted in Hollywood, he was very envious. The national teacher thought that after Li Yu returned to China, he would have to learn from Li Yu and ask Li Yu how he negotiated with the other party.

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The United States, on the other side of the ocean, had no idea that the country had become so lively because of him.

After staying in the United States for a few more days, Li Yu set off for home.

Director Li Yu is only responsible for filming and just needs to do his job as a director well.

Li Yu was not in charge of any of the miscellaneous work such as preparing costumes and props, not even the script.

As a superhero blockbuster, the early preparations for "Aquaman" are quite troublesome and it would definitely not be completed within a few months.

Li Yu only needs to wait until their preliminary preparations are 70 to 80 percent complete, and then come to the United States to meet with the production team to discuss the filming.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that the people from Huana and DC are so busy that Li Yu doesn’t need to do anything in the early stages.

After he returns to China, he must carefully read Aquaman Volumes 1 to 6 and other comics in the DC Comics Universe.

Before Li Yu returned to China, DC gave him a complete set of comics, all of which were hardcover collector's editions.

Even if they didn't send comics to Li Yu, Li Yu would buy a set and bring it back to China to read.

Li Yu has always felt that a director must take his work seriously.

Even if he already has a better version of the answer in his mind, he still needs to continue learning and strive to achieve greater success by standing on the shoulders of giants.

He didn't want to follow the example of some people who almost bankrupted one of the eight major Hollywood companies by their own efforts.

If he really achieved such an epic achievement, he would choose to retire. He would be embarrassed to return to China and brag about how awesome he is in Hollywood.

After Li Yu returned to China, the imperial teacher was the first person to come to him.

He really wanted to learn from Li Yu.

He didn't understand why Li Yu could get the final editing rights but he couldn't.

Could it be that the way he negotiated with the other party was really wrong?

"Director Li, your trip to the United States this time created big news. It has been discussed in the country for several days. I know everything about it." The national teacher said with some envy.

"It's nothing big, actually. They just invited me to make a movie in Hollywood. There are too many restrictions there, and it's really not as comfortable as making movies in China. If the conditions they offered weren't quite sincere, I wouldn't want to go." Li Yu waved his hand and said.

"..." The national master had the feeling that Li Yu was pretending to be cool.

But when he thought about it carefully, he found that Li Yu might really think so.

Previously, Man Wei took the initiative to approach Li Yu to seek cooperation, but Li Yu rejected the other party without even having any actual contact with the other party. It must be that the conditions offered at the beginning made Li Yu very dissatisfied.

This incident also shows that Li Yu is not pretending. If the price offered by the other party is not attractive, Li Yu really will not go.

"Director Zhang came to me in person, is he trying to ask me how I got the final editing rights?" Li Yu didn't even need to think to guess the intention of the national master.

This is something that the national teacher once dreamed of but could not get.

In the original time and space, he suffered a great loss because he could not get such a thing.

His The Great Wall was mocked by netizens as a self-destructive Great Wall and was one of the worst works in his career. Afterwards, even he himself publicly said that he regretted cooperating with Hollywood.

"In fact, the fact that I got the final editing rights was exaggerated. It was just a publicity gimmick," Li Yu explained.

"Gimmick? What does that mean? Could you elaborate on it?" The Imperial Preceptor looked puzzled.

Can this thing still be used as a gimmick?

(End of this chapter)