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Chapter 687: Today’s Financial Boss Is Hard to Serve

As someone who has seen how "My Human Fireworks" flopped, Li Yu certainly knows that Li Muge's analysis is correct.

This also verifies what many netizens said was correct, Li Muge was really cheated.

In his previous life, he made "The East Palace" and "Sito" before filming this earth-shattering masterpiece, and he was a reliable director with a good reputation.

As a result, he took over "My Human Fireworks" and put it directly into his trouser pocket.

Those who have dropped in level are either betrayed by stupid teammates or possessed by others.

Anyone who has watched the drama knows that he was simply held back and it is impossible that he was possessed by another spirit.

Because it was rumored that he tried to rescue her during the filming.

He hinted that it was not okay for the hero and heroine to act like that.

I don’t know whether the hero and heroine didn’t understand his hints, or they understood but just didn’t care.

He is an investor and the one who spent the money is the financial sponsor. Even if he is the director and even if he is very anxious, he has no way to change the status quo.

In the end, it flopped and "My Human Fireworks" became the worst work in his directorial career.

This is probably the work he regrets the most in his life.

“Although I haven’t read this novel, after listening to the shortcomings you just listed, I agree with your final conclusion.

If this novel wants to be adapted into a movie, it must be substantially revised, otherwise it will be criticized to death just based on the flaws you just mentioned.

But if you want to make major changes to fix all the problems, why not start from scratch and rewrite a new script? The workload is not much different anyway."

Li Yu agreed with Li Muge's comments.

"Since Director Li thinks so, I will reject Yang Yang." Li Muge said.

The project was too unreliable, and the lead actor was also an investor. How could he do it? There was no way.

Not every sponsor is as receptive as Da Tiantian.

After all, the era of coal bosses is over, and now there are very few financiers who listen to advice.

These days, having a lot of money is the norm.

Especially for those who made their fortunes through the Internet, they have so many things to do. They have to consider popularity, popularity, commercial value, and various network data...

Where can you find financial backers as easy to serve as the coal boss and Da Tiantian?

The coal boss only cares about whether the actress is good-looking or not, and doesn't care about anything else.

Da Tiantian just needs to tell her that the script is good and she will definitely be popular after she finishes the performance.

Li Muge thought for a moment and asked again: "Then we have to remind Yang Yang again that his team is too amateurish. If they want to cross-border invest in TV series, the probability of failure is very high."

Li Yu replied: "It depends on the situation. If he asks, tell him. If he is very confident in himself, then don't tell him. When people are overconfident, they will not listen to advice.

He thinks he will succeed soon, and if you try to persuade him, he will think you are deliberately sabotaging him and don't want to see him succeed.

There's no need to offend someone for no reason, right? "

Li Muge deeply agreed with this.

To save someone, the other person must have the desire to survive and can be rescued.

The other party wanted to die, and thought that he could ascend to heaven after death. How could he be rescued? There was no way to rescue him.

After discussing with Li Yu, Li Muge quickly gave Yang Yang a reply. "Yang Yang, we may not be able to cooperate this time. The company may arrange for me to film a new drama soon. I am just an employee and do not have much autonomy. Next time, if there is a chance, we can cooperate again." Li Muge found a very official reason to reject Yang Yang's invitation.

When Yang Yang heard Li Muge’s refusal, he immediately felt like the sky was falling.

Li Muge has withdrawn, so how can he shoot this TV series?

Many reliable directors are signed to companies, and they may have other work on hand, so they may not be willing to take on his job.

Even if I accepted it, it would definitely not be as pleasant as working with Li Muge.

He and Li Muge had already worked together once and had a certain understanding between them.

There is another reason.

He is an outsider and he doesn't understand. What if another director tries to trick him by selling a straw hat for a thousand dollars?

I have worked with Li Muge before and he is a trustworthy person.

For an outsider like him, it is necessary to find someone who knows the details to cooperate with, which can avoid risks to a certain extent.

Yang Yang asked doubtfully, "Aren't there other directors in Director Li's company?"

Li Muge understood what Yang Yang meant, and he had a way to deal with it: "I understand what you mean, let me tell you this, I can turn down the company's arrangement for me, and I can let other directors accept my work.

But in this case, I still can't help you. Shooting a TV series is not something that can be done with just a director, money and a leading actor.

As the saying goes, three minutes on stage is the result of a thousand days of hard work off stage. The work behind the scenes that the audience cannot see is the most important.

I'm quitting for the time being, but the professional team in the company has to follow other directors into the crew.

I am the only one left alone, who will be responsible for lighting, photography and on-site sound recording?

It takes time to build a new team, and it takes time for the new team to get used to each other. No one dares to make a final judgment on whether it is useful or not. "

By saying this, Li Muge was both politely rejecting Yang Yang and telling him that filming a TV series was not as simple as they, as laymen, thought.

Do you really think that a TV series can be made by just investing some money, finding a director, and hiring a few actors?

In the early years, those production teams from Hong Kong went north to make money. They clearly looked down on mainlanders. After taking the money from the mainland, they still let Hong Kong and Taiwan artists play the leading roles and mainland artists play supporting roles.

Why are there so many investors rushing to invest in them despite their arrogant attitude?

Isn't it because their production team has rich experience, and their production concepts and technology are much more advanced than those of the mainland teams, so the films they shoot are more reliable?
Now that the production level in the mainland has improved, will investors still care about them? They can only entertain themselves.

So the team is very important.

After hearing Li Muge's heartfelt words, Yang Yang finally gave up: "Okay, let's work together again next time we have a chance."

Li Muge hesitated for a long time, and said hesitantly: "Uh...that..."

Yang Yang asked curiously: "Director Mu, what do you want to tell me?"

"No...nothing. Finding a good professional producer in the industry can help you a lot. The most taboo thing when doing things across industries is to let unprofessional people do professional things."

Li Muge thought about it again and again, but never said anything to persuade Yang Yang to give up.

Because he felt that what Li Yu said made sense, and people were full of confidence and might not necessarily listen to his advice.

No one asked him, so there was no need for him to say anything.

It’s just a pity for Yang Yang, who had just redeemed himself and reached the peak of his career through "Hotel Del Luna", but he might fall again because of this cross-industry operation.

But he couldn't do anything about it. Yang Yang wasn't from Hualiu Company, so how could he do anything about it?
(End of this chapter)