China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 587 Director Li’s future is more than just superheroes

“That was a deliberate hype to create sensational news. In fact, I didn’t get the final editing rights completely, I only got half.

Hua Na thought that publicity would be more attractive and would help the event spread quickly, so she did it that way, and I just cooperated with them, it was that simple. ”

Li Yu smiled and said.

The national teacher still had a confused look on his face. What does half mean?
Li Yu spent some time explaining it to him, and he finally understood.

It turns out that half of it refers to the fact that the first two edits had nothing to do with Li Yu.

Li Yu can raise objections.

The two negotiations failed, and it was not until the third time that Li Yu participated in the editing work.

Moreover, the other party would not meet all of Li Yu’s requests for the third time.

To put it simply, Li Yu has the authority to change the final released version, but he cannot change it completely, only part of it.

"I think I understand. Your final editing rights are different from others." The national teacher muttered.

If both parties are satisfied with the first version of the edit, it means that Li Yu did not participate in the editing at all.

The national teacher is already quite envious, even though it's only half, but it's better than not even letting him touch the script, right?

If the other party is not satisfied with the haircut, Li Yu can at least object and actually change some of it.

His opposition is just a protest, whether he listens to it or not depends on other people's mood.

"The director absolutely cannot be without the right to edit. As a director, Director Zhang, you should understand what I mean, right?" Li Yu asked.

The national master must understand that it is ideal that the final editing rights belong to the director.

Producers and supervisors only consider their own interests.

The director controls every shooting or production link during the shooting process.

Including guiding actors' performances, monitoring picture composition, light and shadow effects, etc.

Movies are the director’s children, and the director puts the most effort into them.

Do producers and supervisors understand the director’s children better than the director himself?

In Hollywood, there are many examples of films being cut into bad pieces under the direction of producers and supervisors.

Some directors release director's cuts, and audiences agree that the director's cuts are much better than the released version.

Unfortunately, it was too late by then.

It is extremely rare for a movie to be released twice.

Most of the time, the winner is determined after one screening.

The released version only scored 4 points, which was a huge loss.

The director's cut that was later released by the director raised the score to 9 points. Even though it is a masterpiece, it cannot change the fact that it lost money. At most, it can restore its reputation.

"Then how did you get half of the editing rights?" The national master did not forget the purpose of his visit. He came to ask Li Yu for some experience.

"Because I can bring them huge benefits, and they really need the benefits I bring them. It's that simple." Li Yu took some time to repeat the truth to the national teacher.

After hearing this, the Imperial Master smiled bitterly and shook his head.

I thought Li Yu really mastered some secret of negotiation.

Society is indeed very realistic, and everything is determined by strength.

The reason why the other party was willing to make concessions to Li Yu was simply because Li Yu had super high appeal and influence in the Chinese film market.

Li Yu's recent three or four films, except for the art films, all had box office revenues of over one billion yuan, and one of them even had a box office revenue of over two billion yuan.

As long as Li Yu is the director, it means that the probability of Aquaman getting more than 1 billion yuan in box office in China is very high. The national teacher can only say that he can't learn it, this really can't be learned.

This is the good reputation that Li Yu has earned by producing a large number of good works over the years.

He had a period of slump in the middle, but has only recently returned to his peak form.

Now his box office appeal is not as great as Li Yu's.

If he wants to catch up with Li Yu in this regard, he needs to produce a few more works with good reputation and box office.

Moreover, the types of these works need to be changed. Just like Li Yu, people will buy his mythological works and science fiction works.

This is very difficult to do.

Li Yu could see that the Imperial Master looked a little disappointed, so he asked, "Director Zhang, do you also want to make a movie in Hollywood?"

The national teacher did not speak, but silence was more powerful than words.

"I've said it before, there's no point in trying to please someone who doesn't like you.

Once we become strong and show them our value, they will come to us on their own initiative.

This time, I am ahead of you. I can help you explore the way ahead and prove to you that the big prizes in the United States are not that grand. They still have a dark and dirty side. "

Li Yu said again.

The national teacher was a little surprised.

Li Yu's "Aquaman" hasn't even started filming yet, and he's already thinking about winning awards in the United States?
Isn’t Aquaman a superhero movie?

Superheroes are very popular among ordinary audiences, but in the United States, they are also not favored by the judges of authoritative awards.

Because the judges of those authoritative awards feel that superheroes are too commercialized, and are just a tool for film companies to make money, and have nothing to do with art.

The status of superheroes is somewhat similar to that of idol dramas in the domestic television circle.

If the male lead of an idol drama can win the Feitian Award for Best Actor, what kind of talk is that? How can those veteran actors and artists who have won the Best Actor award in the past put their faces?

The same goes for superheroes. If an actor who plays a superhero wins the Best Actor Award, wouldn't those veteran leading actors in world-famous art films be furious?
What's your rank? Get the same award as me.

Even in a Batman trilogy of such high quality, only the actor who played the Joker won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, and the rest were just nominated.

"Isn't it difficult for a superhero to win an award?" The national teacher didn't say it was almost impossible, as he had already taken Li Yu's face into consideration.

He didn't expect Li Yu to be so arrogant.

"I didn't say I want to win a big award by making superhero movies. I won't just make superhero movies in Hollywood. In the future, I will make movies with more depth," said Li Yu.

Warner is one of the eight major film studios in Hollywood, and DC is just one of their subsidiaries.

They will make DC movies, and they will also make other types of movies, such as "The Matrix".

It is impossible for Li Yu to fight alone in Hollywood, so cooperating with one of the Badali companies is the most convenient and worry-free option.

As long as Li Yu can prove with his works that he has appeal in Hollywood, he can put forward his ideas.

As long as he can bring benefits, there is no reason for Huana not to cooperate with him.

The premise of all this is that Li Yu has to make the movie "Aquaman" a huge success.

Moreover, the success of one "Aquaman" is not enough. He has to prove his value and potential with the success of the second and third "Aquaman".

Looking at the ambitious Li Yu, the national teacher said with emotion: "Sometimes I really envy you young people, you are so energetic and confident."

Before the first superhero movie was even released, he was already planning for the future. If he were 20 or 30 years younger, the national master would have dared to make such lofty ambitions.

Now, he felt that he was really old and he could no longer say such bold and confident words.

(End of this chapter)