China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 655: The same natal character as Si Teng
"I say this because you are not good at filming modern dramas. Isn't the fire-fighting genre a modern drama? It is easier to understand why I don't allow you to take the lead male or female role in a drama where the boss is the boss.

The leading actors are your boss, can you direct them? If they don’t act well, do you dare to criticize them?
Not everyone who brings money into the group is a big shot. Most of them are arrogant. "

Li Yu changed his statement to a more convincing one, hoping that Li Muge would keep it in mind and never fall into the trap again.

Li Muge accepted this statement.

Firefighting is a modern drama, and he is indeed not good at shooting modern dramas, he has to admit that.

Next, Li Muge discussed more details about "The East Palace" with Li Yu.

Li Muge's original idea was to save costs and choose actors who were not so famous as to be more cost-effective.

He is used to playing difficult games.

His several excellent works were all performed by actors who were not very famous, but became popular due to the quality of the works.

On the other hand, after finally getting the chance to partner with a top star, he was scolded badly instead.

This was his original plan, but Li Yu said that he might have to shoot a sister version of "Eastern Palace" in the future, so the choice of actors might have to change.

Since it is a sister film, should the cast of the sister film continue that of "Eastern Palace"? These are all things that need to be considered in advance.

When Li Muge asked these questions, Li Yu knew that he had misunderstood what he meant.

The sister chapter that Li Yu mentioned is different from the sister chapter that Li Muge had in mind.

Li Muge thought that this sister film was a sequel to "The East Palace".

In fact, it is just a derivative work, and it borrows a lot from "Eastern Palace"
The main references include the encounter between the male and female protagonists, ancient scenes, and similar shots.

The main storyline is still different.

So "The East Palace" can use one set of actors, and "Hotel Del Luna" can use another set of actors.

“You don’t need to worry about these things. Although they are sister films, there are actually quite a lot of differences.

A sister film is not necessarily a sequel, and does not need to use the same actors.

I have already decided on the lead role for the sister film, let Da Tiantian play it."

Li Yu said.

Li Yu sincerely thinks that it would be a good idea to let Da Tiantian play Zhang Manyue in "Hotel Del Luna".

Zhang Manyue and Si Teng have many similarities and belong to the same type of characters.

They are all heroines and they change their clothes several times in one episode.

After watching the entire drama, the heroine changed her clothes more than a hundred times, which can be called a cross-dressing show of the heroine.

Also, Zhang Manyue and Si Teng’s characters are very similar, and the relationship between them and the male protagonist is a bit like that of a master and servant.

Both of them have very arrogant personalities.

Si Teng is Da Tiantian’s natal role.

Then I believe that Da Tiantian will be able to play the role of Zhang Manyue, who is highly similar to Si Teng in all aspects, with ease.

And it would be very funny to let Da Tiantian play the role of Zhang Manyue.

Because Zhang Manyue is such a spendthrift, she often spends all her money and is forced by the male protagonist to sell her assets.

It must be very funny if Da Tiantian plays these scenes.

Because her image of a beautiful and wealthy woman is so deeply rooted in people's hearts, the show was maximized when she was asked to play a female boss on the verge of bankruptcy, who was forced by her assistant to downgrade her consumption.

But these are all things in the future.

……

In the days ahead, Li Yu continued to polish the script of Thief. Then he went to the premiere of Lin Chaoxian's Operation Red Sea.

As a veteran director in Hong Kong, Lin Chaoxian still has a strong influence in the Hong Kong and Taiwan circles.

This can be seen from the lineup of Hong Kong and Taiwan actors who attended his premiere.

Zhou Jielun, Zha Zhahui, Xie Tingfeng, Peng Yiyan and other Hong Kong and Taiwan stars used video to speak to Lin Chaoxian.

They also offered each other commercial praise, saying that Lin Chaoxian was a guarantee of box office success, and that with Lin Chaoxian in the movie "Operation Red Sea", the box office would surely continue to rise.

The CEO of Bona also said that this is the largest-scale Chinese film ever shot and also the most difficult film creation process.

They believe that such a sincere, high-quality and well-received film will surely win the recognition of the general audience.

Li Yu felt that this was a bit like Wang Po boasting about her melons.

As the producer of "Operation Red Sea", Bona will definitely strongly recommend this movie.

When director Fujita's "Fortress of Devil City" was released, Huayi also praised it to the utmost, saying that it was the pinnacle of domestic science fiction films.

Of course, blowing and blowing are different.

Even good wine needs no bush, so marketing is a very important thing.

As long as the quality is good, you can brag about it and the audience won't mind.

What the audience really hates is that even though it is obviously a shitty movie, they still hype it up to the sky, sticking everyone's heads into the shit and forcing everyone to say it tastes so good and sweet like chocolate.

For a movie like "Operation Red Sea", Li Yu thinks that the exaggeration by Bona's CEO is not excessive.

"Operation Red Sea" deserves such an evaluation.

As the screenwriter of this movie, Li Yu must make a statement.

“I believe many people have heard that, at the beginning, I was approached to act in the movie Operation Red Sea.

I feel that elements such as gun fights, action scenes, and war scenes are not my forte. I feel that I am not capable of this arduous task and will disappoint the audience.

So I recommended Director Lin, who has rich experience in gun battles and action scenes. Just as Jay Chou and others said just now, Director Lin is a guarantee of box office success.

I did not attend the internal screening of the movie "Operation Red Sea" because I was filming in the United States at the time and did not have time to come back.

But I believe that Director Lin will definitely bring you a great movie, and I am looking forward to the preview just like everyone else."

Li Yu gave Lin Chaoxian a lot of face.

Lin Chaoxian felt a little embarrassed by Li Yu's flattery.

The reason Li Yu recommended him at that time was that if opportunities were given to more people and more good domestic directors emerged, Chinese films would be good.

At that time, Li Yuke did not say that he was not good at shooting gun battles and action scenes.

Isn't there a lot of gunfights and action scenes in Operation Nujiang River? The audience voted with their feet and the box office of more than 2 billion has proved that Li Yu can handle this type of film.

There is only one explanation for what Li Yu said, that is, Li Yu was supporting him and was lifting him up.

"Director Li, you are flattering me. Aren't there a lot of action scenes and gun fights in Operation Nujiang River? You say you can't shoot it well but you are just being modest." Lin Chaoxian said seriously.

"No, gunfight scenes are different from each other, and action scenes are also different from each other. "Operation Nujiang Red" is a police film, the gunfights are small-scale, and the most powerful weapon used is the rocket launcher.

"Operation Red Sea" is different. The villains in it are real rebels and warlords, and rocket launchers are just child's play.

If you use the same method to shoot Operation Red Sea, it won’t work and will definitely turn out badly.”

Li Yu corrected.

(End of this chapter)