China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 656 Why didn't you publish this script earlier?
"What's more, Operation Red Sea is a realistic film, and the weapons, gunfights, and actions in it must be realistic. If it is shot using the routines of police or gangster films, it will seem very childish.

I don’t really have any experience shooting large-scale modern military films, and I’m not a god, so I can’t handle all themes well.”

Li Yu said modestly.

Dante Lam thought that Li Yu was just exaggerating about the business.

Li Yu has a certain amount of commercial hype, but he is also telling the truth, he really has no experience in this area.

At least his experience in this track is not as rich as Lin Chaoxian's.

Dante Lam filmed a work like "Inverse War" many years ago.

Although it cannot be compared with "Operation Red Sea", the success of "Operation Red Sea" was due to the experience of filming like that and the accumulation of experience.

Because tanks and other heavy firepower equipment already appeared in that movie, and there were many big scenes, but they were just not mature enough.

In his previous life, there was a reason why Lin Chaoxian was chosen to be the director of "Operation Nujiang" and "Operation Red Sea", because he did have rich experience.

After entering the cinema to watch the premiere, Li Yu, like most people at the scene, saw the true face of the movie "Operation Red Sea" for the first time.

The movie "Operation Red Sea" is still fresh to Li Yu.

The actress who played the original female reporter was replaced and some minor plot changes were optimized.

Although the general direction remains consistent with the original, there are still some differences in the details.

Li Yu seemed to think that this movie was much better than the original version, and many of its shortcomings were made up for.

After all, his work on script optimization was not in vain.

After the premiere, Li Yu made a bold statement in front of reporters: "I think Director Lin's film has a chance to hit 4 billion.

Currently, there are domestic markets with a market value of over 2 billion, over 3 billion, and over 5 billion, but there is no market value of over 4 billion.

It’s time for a work to fill this gap.”

Li Yu's bold statement not only stunned the reporters present, but also Lin Chaoxian and Bona's CEO.

They thought they were crazy enough, but they didn't expect there were people crazier than us.

At most, they would brag about Lin Chaoxian's rich experience as a guarantee of box office success, how much investment was made in this film, how much new technology was used, how difficult the filming process was, and how wonderful the finished product was.

They dare to boast about these things, but they don’t dare to boast that the movie can make over 4 billion.

Because four billion is really hard.

Except for films like Wu Jing, there is currently no other domestic film that can gross over 4 billion yuan.

Everyone knows that Wu Jing has gathered countless fortunes in one person, which is unmatched by ordinary people.

However, Li Yu knew that the movie "Operation Red Sea" actually also benefited from this luck.

Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior 2" made military-themed movies popular.

"Operation Red Sea" reaped the benefits.

That’s why the movie became a huge hit as soon as it was released and successfully grossed 36.5 billion yuan at the box office.

Getting bonuses also requires strength.

Opportunity awaits those who are prepared.

If you don’t have enough strength, you won’t be able to seize the opportunities.

The most typical example is that after the release of "The Wandering Earth" in the previous life, China's science fiction fever has risen and people have confidence in domestic science fiction.

As long as someone can make a science fiction movie that is no less good than "The Wandering Earth" and reap the benefits of the science fiction craze, the box office will definitely not be bad.

Unfortunately, people later discovered a cruel reality: it was The Wandering Earth that became popular, not Chinese science fiction films. Apart from The Wandering Earth, other Chinese science fiction films are still as bad as they should be, and there is no difference from before.

"Director Li, it seems you are very confident about this movie." said a reporter.

"You all said that the script I wrote must be a masterpiece. You all said so, so can't you allow me to have some confidence in the script I wrote?"

Li Yu asked back in a joking tone.

After the joke, he returned to a serious look and said, "The above are all jokes, don't take them seriously. I am really confident in this movie because I have just watched the preview.

I think Director Lin shot it very well, so well that it exceeded my expectations.

I think it's not groundless that this movie can hit 4 billion, I have my reasons.

"Wolf Warrior 2" has brought popularity to military movies, and "Operation Red Sea" also belongs to the military genre.

I'm not trying to praise one or criticize the other, but "Operation Red Sea" is really better than "Wolf Warrior 2".

It’s just that “Operation Red Sea” did not encounter the same historical opportunity as “Wolf Warrior 2”.

So it is unlikely to reach 5 billion, but there is still hope of reaching 4 billion.

Don’t be too modest and underestimate the potential of the Chinese-language film market.

The current Chinese-language film market has remained the same every few years and is progressing too fast.

In a few years, we may not even need a historic opportunity to create a movie with a box office of 5 billion.”

Li Yu not only stated his basis, but also predicted the future of the Chinese-language film market, acting as a prophet.

In private, Lin Chaoxian said to Li Yu with a smile on his face: "Director Li, you flatter me too much. If Operation Red Sea can be as successful as Operation Nujiang River, I will be happy. How could I dare to expect 4 billion yuan."

Even if the performance is the same as "Operation Nujiang River", it is still the best-performing film in his career, and he is already very satisfied.

Li Yu said calmly: "I'm really not bragging, people still have to have some confidence in themselves. At that time, Wu Jing also said that he would be satisfied if "Wolf Warrior 2" could make more than or billion.

You know what happened next. Even if he was beaten to death before the movie was released, he wouldn’t have dared to think that he could get 5 billion.”

There was one thing that Li Yu kept in his heart and didn't say.

This version of "Operation Red Sea" is better than the original, and many bugs have been eliminated.

The box office of the original version was 36.5 billion, and the optimized version looks better. Li Yu felt that it was not too much to aim for billion.

……

In the next few days, Li Yu finally finished writing the script for "Thief", and he will take the time to write the script for "Hotel Del Luna" as well.

Li Yu wrote the script for idol dramas like "Hotel Del Luna" very quickly.

After he finished writing it, he sent it to Da Tiantian.

As for the role of Zhang Manyue, if Da Tiantian is interested, she can play it.

After receiving the script, Da Tiantian read it several times and found it to be exactly the same as the script she received for Si Teng.

At that time, she was attracted to Si Teng, and the character of Zhang Manyue has many similarities with Si Teng.

Since Si Teng can attract Da Tiantian, then Zhang Manyue can definitely do it too.

After reading the script several times, Da Tiantian immediately called Li Yu to ask for an explanation: "Li Yu, why didn't you bring out such a good script earlier? Why did you let me shoot "The Glory of Tang Dynasty"?

This "Hotel Del Luna" is not much better than "The Glory of Tang Dynasty". I just like roles like Zhang Manyue. "

Sure enough, Da Tiantian liked this script.

(End of this chapter)