China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 665 Listening to advice is more important than working hard

Selecting talented veteran actors is to ensure the quality of the film.

Selecting some famous and talented young and middle-aged actors is to ensure popularity.

Both things are very important. We cannot say that quality is important while popularity is unimportant.

A typical example is Kunqu Opera, isn’t it elegant? It was because it was too elegant that most people couldn’t understand it and it once faced the dilemma of being lost.

That's why it is said to appeal to both the elite and the masses.

It is not feasible to have both elegance and vulgarity alone. If it is too elegant, no one will be interested in it, while if it is too vulgar, it will not be accepted by the upper class. It is best to find a balance between the two.

After Li Yu extended invitations to those middle-aged and young actors, basically all of them accepted the invitation as long as they had schedules.

Li Yu couldn't help but sigh: "Not to mention Wei Zongwan's wife, even I don't understand why a director would kneel down to an actor. Can't he just send him an offer if he wants to invite any actor? It's such a simple thing."

"I don't quite understand this kind of thing. Can't it be solved by just spending money? If spending money can't solve the problem, then you have to reflect on whether you haven't spent enough money." Da Tiantian was deeply moved.

In her previous life, as a wealthy contestant who had invited superstars from home and abroad to act with her, Da Tiantian was fully qualified to say this.

She has proved with her actions that, whether in the domestic or foreign entertainment circles, as long as you have money, you can do whatever you want.

But these words changed the meaning when they reached the ears of Li Muge, who is also a director. He complained: "You two are really just eating meat porridge. You don't understand the difficulties of weak directors."

It is said that directors are creatures at the top of the food chain in the Chinese entertainment industry.

At first glance, don’t you think that the profession of director is very glamorous?
In fact, there is a gap between directors. The difference between a big director and a low-level director is as big as the difference between a person and a dog.

A director of Li Yu's level can certainly invite whomever he wants.

Many times, Li Yu doesn't need to invite the actors, they will come to him on their own initiative, and some of them even come through connections.

Typical examples are Zhang Yi, Huang Xiaoming and Fan Xiaopang; these three are the fastest.

Li Yu hadn't even started the project yet, but they had already heard the news and contacted him.

Li Muge has met many young directors in the television industry at the photography base. When he sees the investor, it's like seeing his father. His smiling face is so bright.

Even if the investors are not on the crew, they cannot have the final say.

The financial backers of those young actors and actresses are investors, and they bring money into the group.

The work attitude of those young actors and actresses is extremely bad. They can't even memorize any longer lines.

Sometimes when filming a palace drama in the hot summer, a large group of extras would wear thick court robes to film indoors. It was an extremely painful experience.

What’s even more outrageous is that everyone is ready and just waiting for the young handsome guys and pretty girls to enter.

As a result, the young actors and actresses said that they encountered some problems and might take a while to arrive.

In fact, they just felt too hot and hid in the RV and didn't want to come down.

When faced with this situation, the director was so angry.

But what can he do? He is still angry, but at most he will scold the innocent punching bag, the assistant director, or scold those young actors and actresses in private.

Once someone shows up, you still have to greet them with a smile.

Even though they have failed several times, they still dare not get angry and have to comfort others that the next take will definitely pass. This is actually the state of most directors.

When Li Muge was filming at the photography base, other crews would occasionally come to visit him.

Over time, he got to know many directors in the television industry.

After getting to know each other, those directors complained to him about their troubles.

So sometimes, Li Muge feels that he is particularly lucky.

He is obviously just an amateur photography enthusiast who entered this circle with passion.

If Li Yu had not supported him, taken him by his side as assistant director, taught him, and given him the opportunity to gain experience on his own, how much suffering would he have to endure to get the opportunity to direct a TV series independently?
If he had not met Li Yu back then, he might have been the director who was trying his best to please young actors and actresses in major photography bases.

This is still a relatively ideal situation.

If things are not ideal, he might become an assistant director who gets scolded even after doing his job.

Li Muge told Li Yu and Da Tiantian, two people who didn't want to eat meat, about the young director's situation.

Li Yu said calmly, "Do you know why I advised you last time? When you take jobs outside in the future, don't touch any work where the male and female leading actors bring in money to the production?
He is the sponsor, and you are just an employee. You think his acting is not good, but he thinks his acting is very good. It is the same situation faced by those directors you mentioned. What do you do?
Not every sponsor has the same ideological awareness as Tiantian. Tiantian is a vegetable, she really listens to advice and has a good attitude. She doesn’t say that she is the boss just because she paid. "

At the beginning, Da Tiantian was quite satisfied with Li Yu’s praise.

But gradually, she felt something was wrong. Was this really a compliment? Why did it sound like a complaint?

It sounds like she is incompetent in every other aspect except her ability to listen to advice and having a good work attitude.

"Li Yu, I'm very dissatisfied. Are you saying I'm a bad player?" Da Tiantian was unhappy.

She obviously works so hard at acting, how can Li Yu say she sucks?
"Tiantian, sometimes listening to advice and respecting others are much more important than ability. Isn't Liu Bang like this? He was not as good as his subordinates in fighting wars and domestic affairs, but he succeeded because he could listen to opinions that were beneficial to him." Li Yu said very seriously.

I swear to God, he was really praising Da Tiantian just now and had no intention of complaining about Da Tiantian at all.

With a sponsor like this who makes a lot of money, does little work, has a good work attitude and is willing to listen to advice, do you still need a capable sponsor?
I believe that such a sponsor, even if he is as stupid as a pig, will be loved by everyone.

Da Tiantian nodded with satisfaction. Okay, she believed it. Li Yu was really praising her just now, without any sarcasm.

Of course, it is difficult to succeed just by listening to advice and knowing how to respect others. At this time, it depends on the team around you.

An excellent team can give reliable advice, and it will definitely work if you listen to their advice at this time.

If the team around you is full of jerkish people and the advice they give is terrible, the outcome will definitely be tragic.

In the previous life, Da Tiantian’s team was comparable to Liu Yifei’s biological mother.

No, she should be even more deceiving than Liu Yifei’s biological mother.

Liu Yifei's biological mother could only play badly with the good cards of four, two, two and one.

Da Tiantian's team is very powerful. They can still defeat the opponent with two ghost cards, four, two, four and one.

Later, the resources were downgraded and the team lineup was not as good as before. Da Tiantian took the lead herself, posted a video of herself washing her face, and chose a movie "Sito" by herself, and she became an instant star.

I can only say that reality is really magical.

(End of this chapter)