China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 595: I Can’t Get Used to the Bad Temper of Reporters

During the days in the United States, Li Yu held meetings with the creative team every day to discuss matters related to the filming.

Two months later, "Aquaman" officially started filming in Queensland, Australia.

Similar to what Li Yu had predicted before, the senior management of Huana directly told Li Yu to let Euphor Howard play the role of the Queen of the Sea.

Everyone knew that the other party was a relative, and the senior management of Huana had to give him face, so Li Yu went with the flow and agreed.

On the day of the start of filming, due to the special status of director Li Yuhua, not only reporters from Hollywood and Australia came, but also reporters from China.

It was Li Yu’s first time to go to Hollywood to shoot a blockbuster, and media both at home and abroad paid close attention to it.

People in Hollywood are just watching for fun, wondering whether Li Yu, the famous director from China, will become the second Li An, or the second Wu Baige who fails miserably in Hollywood and has to return home in disgrace.

The majority of people hold the second view.

People in China are more positive. Most of them hope that Li Yu can become famous in Hollywood and bring honor to the Chinese director industry.

Among the many reporters who came to the scene, the domestic reporters were relatively friendly.

The questions they asked most often were whether Li Yu could adapt to directing a Hollywood blockbuster for the first time, how it was different from making movies in China, and whether he had confidence.

“Filming a Hollywood blockbuster is definitely very different from filming a blockbuster in China. It’s a new experience for me.

As for confidence, I definitely have it. I know there are a lot of people who don't think highly of me, and there are also a lot of people who don't think highly of the heroic role of Aquaman.

But sometimes, even though you know there are difficulties ahead, you still have to face them.

Not only should we rise to the challenge, but we should also redouble our efforts to make a good film, so that they can open their eyes and see that they have made a mistake.”

Li Yu said these words to reporters from China, and even more so to reporters from Hollywood and Australia.

Chinese reporters naturally felt encouraged after hearing Li Yu's words.

Those Australian reporters are different from those in Hollywood. Some of them have contempt written all over their faces.

A Chinese director with yellow skin and black eyes is so arrogant.

The movie hasn't even been shot yet, and they're already saying they made a mistake.

Wu Baige was also so crazy back then, but what was the result?
An American reporter raised the question in a provocative tone: "More than a decade ago, a director named Bai Ge Wu from your country came to Hollywood and made a bold statement that he would never make a Chinese-language film again in his lifetime.

What was the result? He spent several years in Hollywood, but no one wanted to talk to him.

Whether he made any more Chinese-language films later, I believe you, a director from China, know better than anyone else.

It’s good to have confidence, but if you are too confident and arrogant, you will easily make a fool of yourself.”

Some people laughed out loud when they heard these words.

"Don't compare me with Wu Baige, I don't have his thick skin. If I lose face in Hollywood, I won't come back to China to put on airs and give orders. I will choose to retire and stop making movies from now on.

Also, I've heard before that some of your Hollywood reporters are really disgusting and they are just dogs who will do anything to make money, and today I finally saw it for myself."

Li Yu hit back fiercely.

The guy was very angry. Who was he calling a dog? Who was he insulting?

Just when he was about to continue being stubborn and say something even more offensive in order to embarrass Li Yu, he found that his microphone had been taken away.

Li Yu had long anticipated that some people would cause trouble to embarrass him, so the microphone for the reporters was provided by the crew. They asked questions from the audience, and Li Yu and the main creative team answered them on the stage.

As for freedom, you can speak, and I have no right to cover your mouth and stop you from speaking.

But in my territory, I have the freedom to take back my microphone, is there anything wrong with that? After the microphone was taken away, the American reporter's face turned black.

After being humiliated by Li Yu, he was about to turn on the microphone to spit back, but found that he was banned from doing so.

Li Yu likes to see others being angry and wanting to mess with them but unable to do so.

In China, Li Yu never indulged journalists. When he went abroad, would he indulge these foreign journalists? What was he thinking? He would treat them all equally.

In addition, some Hollywood reporters are really disgusting, on par with those unscrupulous media in Hong Kong Island, or even more disgusting than those reporters in Hong Kong Island.

There have been cases where Hollywood reporters have been disgusting and beaten up by celebrities on the red carpet.

In Hollywood, many celebrities have criticized unscrupulous reporters.

With the previous experience of this guy, some reporters who originally wanted to make some funny news about Li Yu, the Chinese director, gave up.

Because they knew that Li Yu was a tough guy and would not tolerate their bad temper.

No one wants to be humiliated in public, and they are no exception.

What's more, haven't they found the news they wanted?

A reporter from a Hollywood media provoked Chinese director Li Yu and was humiliated in public.

What a hot topic! How interesting!
When the American reporter found that his colleagues had started taking pictures of him, he got angry and said a few American quintessence words, and then he realized that he was in trouble.

The original intention was to make a joke of Li Yu in the news, but unexpectedly he became the joke in the news.

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Directing Aquaman was a relatively easy job for Li Yu.

Because he only needs to take care of the filming aspects and doesn't need to worry about the rest.

Sometimes, Li Yu feels that it is good to be this type of director.

When making movies in China, you have a lot of power, but having power means being tired, you have to worry about everything and be in charge of everything yourself.

In addition, the news that Li Yu criticized Hollywood reporters spread back to China and the United States.

Naturally, discussions on the Chinese Internet overwhelmingly supported Li Yu.

"It was an obvious provocation. He almost pointed his finger at Director Li and said that Director Li would fail in Hollywood like Wu Baige and then run back to China in disgrace. He humiliated others first, and Director Li called him a dog with no bottom line who was only trying to make money, which was fine."

"I think it's wrong. What did the dog do wrong? Why insult the dog?"

"I strongly support Director Li's fight back, but I don't think it's necessary for him to quit the industry just because he lost face in Hollywood. Director Li is Chinese, so it's normal if the films he made don't suit the tastes of foreigners."

"That's right. Even if the impact on Hollywood fails, it only means that Director Li's film style cannot adapt to the foreign market. It doesn't mean that Director Li is not a good director. If he returns to China to make good movies, Director Li will still be one of the best directors in China. I don't think many people will object to this, right?"

What is a bit surprising is the public opinion in the United States.

Many media outlets have criticized Li Yu for being arrogant and arbitrary. How could he do such a thing as removing the microphone from a reporter and not letting him speak? This is really too much and must be criticized.

However, some Hollywood bigwigs and some netizens in the United States think that what Li Yu did was not wrong.

Haven't those journalists done enough disgusting things? They deserve to be scolded.

Not to mention scolding them, even beating them up wouldn't be unfair to them.

(End of this chapter)