China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 597 I'm talking about one billion Mi Yuan
Wu Jing was embarrassed.

Just for a moment, he felt as if he was suddenly awakened.

He has seen many examples of traffic stars who got into trouble because their personalities were too set up and then they did things that were inconsistent with their personalities.

If Li Yu hadn't reminded him, he really wouldn't have realized that he was sitting on the box of explosives.

All it takes is the appearance of a fire and he will be blown into the sky by the barrel of explosives under his butt.

It is really a fan of the authorities, and a bystander is clear.

"Director Li, after hearing what you said, I realize that my current situation is quite dangerous." Wu Jing was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.

“There are definitely some dangers, but they are not yet at a point where they cannot be reversed. Just stop promoting it in that direction in the future.

Isn't Wolf Warrior 2 a movie adapted from an online novel? You told everyone from the beginning that the story is fictional and that it's a story from a cool novel.

What you want to shoot is a purely exciting movie, which is essentially no different from Hollywood popcorn movies.

If you say this, will anyone still question whether your Leng Feng is not real enough? "

Li Yu said.

People doubt him because of his propaganda.

Just reveal your cards and that's it.

"That makes sense." Wu Jing suddenly realized something.

After a while, Wu Jing asked again, "Wolf Warrior 2 will be released soon. Director Li, how many billions do you think it will make at the box office? 15 billion should be no problem, right?
Don’t tell me like before that 20 billion or 30 billion will be no problem. I really don’t dare to dream such a beautiful dream.

Wolf Warriors 1 only made less than 10 billion yuan, but if Wolf Warriors 2 can make 15 billion yuan, I will be really satisfied. "

“15 billion is no problem. The story of the first film is set in China, and it’s a bit frustrating that the fighting is not allowed because it has crossed the line. The plot of the second film is more exciting. It’s a high-quality film with good fighting scenes, gun battles, and special effects. The box office will not be bad.” Li Yu said confidently.

Even without the help of good timing, the performance of "Wolf Warrior 2" would not be bad, it just could not reach that height.

With Li Yu's words, Wu Jing could rest assured.

As long as the box office can reach 15 billion, he can make a fortune.

Wu Jing, who was in a good mood, asked Li Yu again: "How does it feel to make a movie in Hollywood?"

"It's the same as when you came to Hong Kong Island to develop your career in your early years. People there have a sense of superiority, and they will definitely not be too friendly to you before you achieve anything." Li Yu said calmly.

"I didn't expect that Director Li, who is of such high status, would have to go through the same bullying as me. When I was filming an action movie in Hong Kong Island, the leading actor hit me with four wooden sticks. Four solid wooden sticks. It hurt so much that I gasped. But I couldn't complain. I had to endure it and continue filming."

Wu Jing starts complaining when he mentions the days when he was filming scenes in Hong Kong where he was most likely to get injured and when he was paid the least.

“There is still a big difference between you and me. When someone beat you, they broke four solid wooden sticks, and they didn’t even look at you after that.

I am a director, and they only dare to talk about me in private. In front of me, they have to be polite.

If anyone dares to pick a fight with me, I will beat him 20 times and make him obey me."

Li Yu emphasized it again.

“…” Wu Jing found himself becoming a clown.

Fortunately, he sympathized with Li Yu and felt that Li Yu was of the same type as himself and had experienced the same difficulties.

As a result, he found that he was far inferior to Li Yu.

There is an insurmountable wall between directors, who are at the top of the entertainment industry's food chain, and actors.

Wu Jing, feeling hurt, decided to change the subject to something lighter: "So how much do you think your Aquaman can earn at the box office?"

"One billion." Li Yu thought for a few seconds and finally gave this answer. "One billion is very strong. Although it is a little worse than your previous movies, considering that this is a Hollywood-style superhero movie, it must be a little difficult to adapt to the Chinese market. One billion is really strong." Wu Jing said seriously.

"Brother Jing, can't you expand your imagination a little? Do you think it's possible? The unit I mentioned is rice yuan." Li Yu corrected.

"!!!"

Wu Jing's face was shocked.

Billion dollars? Seriously? So far, there are only about 10 movies that have grossed over billion dollars worldwide.

Did Li Yu set such a big goal for his first trip to Hollywood to make a movie?
"Well, actually I'm just bragging, a global box office of 5 million is good enough.

There are more sources of income for movies in the United States, and the box office just needs to make sure they don't lose money.

We can make a lot of money later by releasing DVDs and Blu-ray discs. There is a market for this.”

Seeing that Wu Jing was frightened, Li Yu changed his tone.

What he said is true that they can make money by releasing DVDs and Blu-ray discs.

There, many movies that could only break even or even make a small loss by relying on box office sales later made a fortune from DVDs and Blu-ray discs.

Last year's Blu-ray sales champion "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" had a revenue of nearly 1.4 million US dollars, not including the revenue from DVDs and some peripherals.

It is said that the Forbidden Kingdom and Jackie Chan used to make action blockbusters in Hollywood. The box office performance of some of their movies seemed average on the surface, but people still asked them to make movies because Blu-ray and DVDs sold well, and even though the box office was not so good, they could make the money back elsewhere.

"This joke is a bit too much. I was shocked." Wu Jing said.

Li Yu said nothing more.

In the near future, after "Aquaman" is released, Wu Jing will think back to what happened today and he will find that it was really because his imagination was not rich enough and Li Yu was not bragging.

……

After a while, "Wolf Warrior 2" was released, and its first-day revenue was close to million.

This result is slightly worse than the original time and space, because Li Yu advised Wu Jing not to carry out propaganda that could easily backfire as before.

Wu Jing listened to the advice and reduced the box office from nearly 100 million to 80 million. There would be a loss in the short term, but it would be worth it in the long run.

Moreover, Da Tiantian and Wu Jing didn’t know that the first-day performance of the original version of “Wolf Warrior 2” was million, so million was already a surprise to them.

"Li Yu, you really didn't fool me. Brother Jing is on the rise again." Da Tiantian praised.

After the "The Great Wall" series ended, Li Yu had a showdown with Da Tiantian, stating that even if Da Tiantian invested money in every movie, he would not choose Da Tiantian to play the leading female role in every movie.

He appears in Li Yu's movies too many times, and the audience will get tired of him.

Moreover, Li Yu's later films "Parasite" and "Operation Nujiang" were not suitable for her to play.

In this context, Li Yu recommended Wu Jing, who had no one to support Da Tiantian's investment and could only make his own movie to promote himself.

Li Yu also told her that Wu Jing would take off in the future.

Da Tiantian didn't believe it at the time. She thought that Wu Jing had been down for more than ten years, so if he wanted to take off, he would have taken off long ago. Why would he wait until now?

However, Li Yu was optimistic about Wu Jing, so she invested money to give it a try.

As a result, Wu Jing really took off, and she also played a female doctor in "Wolf Warrior 2".

"Keep a low profile. Wolf Warrior 2 has just begun. It's a bit too early to talk about taking off now." Wu Jing coughed twice. He felt that he should be more humble.

(End of this chapter)