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Chapter 675 I'm Just an Ordinary Director

After a while, Li Yu's "Thief" officially started filming.

At the launch conference, reporters asked many interesting questions.

"Director Li, may I ask, are you confident that you can regain the top spot in the domestic box office this time?"

Everyone is very concerned about this. Before Wu Jing's Wolf Warrior came out, Li Yu monopolized the top spot in the domestic box office for a long time.

Li Yu quipped humorously, "What a joke! I'm just an ordinary director. How can I compare with a man of luck like Wu Jing?

In the current Chinese-language film market, if you want to achieve the box office success of "Wolf Warrior 2", you have to have the right time, place, and people.

I am not the one who faints from anger. I am just an ordinary director. I don't want to compare myself with others. I just want to break my own record.

By the way, let me complain here that experiences like Wu Jing’s would be criticized for being outrageous even in novels.

The protagonist of a novel has only made his third movie, and it has already created a box office record of over 5 billion. Readers will definitely criticize this as a brainless YY novel. "

After hearing what Li Yu said, everyone present laughed at the same time.

That’s right, Wu Jing is indeed a man of luck.

This kind of luck is not something that ordinary people can compare to.

People also noticed that Li Yu said he was just an ordinary director.

This made people laugh and cry.

If other directors in the Chinese film industry heard what Li Yu said, I wonder if they would curse him.

If you are an ordinary director, then what are we? Aren’t we not even ordinary?
Who are you scolding? Who are you insulting?

"Mr. Li, aren't you being too modest? You are just an ordinary director, then who is a good director?" someone asked again.

"Of course there will be more and more good directors. I don't know who is a good director. What I say doesn't count. It depends on the audience's words. I only know that there will be more and more good directors in the future." Li Yu said without any flaws.

He is not stupid, and he doesn't want to judge who is a good director.

If not handled properly, it can easily cause controversy.

Soon the topic was directed back to the movie itself. After all, this was the launch conference of the movie, and the movie was the top priority.

"Director Li, can you reveal the specific content of the movie in advance? We just noticed that you said you wanted to break your own record. I think Director Li must be very confident in his movie to say that."

“Let’s keep the movie secret for now and leave some suspense. I can only tell you that this is a movie with many veteran actors and actresses.

I will try my best to make a work that will not disappoint everyone, but there is no guarantee of success. There are many examples of using a table full of good ingredients to make pig food.

Maybe I will fail this time. If I do fail, I hope you will be gentle and not too harsh. "

Li Yu said very modestly.

Li Yu has always been cautious in this regard because he has seen too many examples of being slapped in the face.

He hyped up his movie to great heights in the early stages, but ended up frustrating it after it was released.

The harder you brag, the harder you will be slapped in the face.

It is better to be cautious. He has said that there is a possibility of failure. Even if it really fails, there is a disclaimer and people will be lenient with it.

Many times, bad movies are ridiculed by the public, and then dragged out and criticized five or ten years later. It’s not because the movies themselves are so bad, but because the directors are too stubborn.

If the director is willing to admit that he made a mistake, no one will care. Just like Wang Jing, he made so many bad movies, but people didn't pull him out and lash out at him every day.

Because he never said how many years it would take for people to understand his movies.

He said generously that his purpose of making movies was to make money.

Even if the audience criticizes his movies for being bad, he never refutes them.

At most, he would secretly make a good movie every three or two years to prove that he could also make good movies.

But Li Yu's modesty and low-keyness does not mean that others will be as low-key as him.

When the reporters moved the microphone in front of Li Xuejian and asked him whether he thought the movie "Thief" could surpass "Man Jiang Hong" or whether it could be comparable to "Man Jiang Hong".

Li Xuejian's answer was very serious: "From the script alone, I think "Thief" has surpassed "Red River" in many aspects. Director Zhang of "Red River" is a very capable director, and Director Li is also a very outstanding director in my mind, so I am very confident in the movie "Thief"."

The reason why the reporters asked Li Xuejian this question is because Li Xuejian is also one of the leading actors in "Man Jiang Hong".

As the leading actor of "Man Jiang Hong" and "Zi", Li Xuejian must know a lot.

They hoped to get something out of Li Xuejian's mouth.

As a result, they were able to extract important intelligence.

According to what Li Xuejian said, "Thief" is going to surpass the rhythm of "Man Jiang Hong".

You know, "Man Jiang Hong" is a blockbuster with a super high rating, and it still has a rating of more than 9, which is not easy to surpass.

However, as Li Xuejian is an old artist with both virtue and talent, there is no need for him to flatter Li Yu.

Since Li Xuejian said so, it means it is very likely true. Li Yu really has a big move this time.

This possibility is very high, and the more you think about it, the more reasonable it seems.

Li Yu has been hanging out in Hollywood for the past one or two years, but has had almost no new works released.

Although Li Yu's "Aquaman" shot in Hollywood also achieved very good results in China, the main market for movies like "Aquaman" is abroad, and it is impossible to serve the Chinese audience wholeheartedly, so its influence in China cannot compare with excellent domestic films such as "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to Yumen".

Now that Li Yu has returned to the Chinese film industry, it is normal for him to come up with a big move to assert his status in the industry.

Yang Yang, who plays the role of the Emperor of Daxia, also said: "Director Li is one of the most capable directors I have ever met. Some time ago, I filmed Hotel Del Luna produced by Director Li's company.

Director Li was the producer. He gave me a lecture and woke me up, making me realize my shortcomings.

So I agree with what Mr. Li said just now, Director Li’s new film will definitely be great.”

Yangyang sincerely believes so.

Li Yu's movies are among the top movie resources in the industry, otherwise why would he play a supporting role? And a villain at that?

His idea was to let Li Yu see his serious attitude towards work and his potential through the movie "Thief".

As long as Li Yu has high hopes for him and lets him play the leading male role, based on Li Yu's past record of promoting talented people, he can easily help him gain a foothold in the film industry.

As long as he is not like Liu Yifei, whose vision for choosing scripts remains stable for ten years, his film career will surely be prosperous.

Therefore, he hoped that the film would be a great success more than Li Yu.

(End of this chapter)