China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 693 If They Can Shoot, So Can We
"Don't get excited, I just said that. Whether to shoot or not, we need to study it carefully before making a decision.

Even if I really want to shoot it, I won’t be the director. I still have to go to Hollywood to make a movie.”

Li Yu explained.

In order to let Li Yu shoot "Aquaman 2" earlier, Warner Bros. tried its best to speed up the post-production progress of "Barbie".

The top management of Warner Entertainment probably hopes that "Barbie" can be released earlier than Li Yu.

At best, "Barbie" would suffer a small loss of about 18 million.

For them, such a small loss is not even a scratch.

They can use this reason to urge Li Yu to quickly shoot "Aquaman 2" and once again let them experience the thrill of a box office of over one billion.

What they are most worried about now is that "Barbie" will make a small profit.

I only made a little money, and Li Yu was unwilling to shoot "Aquaman 2", so they felt very uncomfortable.

There is no way, director Li Yu is not under their control.

Li Yu signed a cooperation agreement with them and was not a contracted director under them.

They couldn't be tough with Li Yu, and if they pushed Li Yu into a corner, the worst that could happen was that Li Yu would look for another Hollywood company to cooperate with, and they would be the ones who suffered the loss.

Thanks to "Aquaman 2", Li Yu has already made a name for himself in Hollywood, and other Hollywood film and television giants are happy to extend an olive branch to Li Yu.

Huana has informed Li Yu that "Barbie" will be released soon.

Li Yu’s idea is that after the results of “Barbie” come out, his ability will once again be verified by the Hollywood market.

Warner had nothing to say, so he just went to Hollywood to make a few more films.

So even if it really goes to film, he will not be the director of the Chinese version of "Mulan".

He can be the producer, and he can also take on some of the guidance work.

Just like when Chen Kaige filmed "Farewell My Concubine", his father served as the art director.

Everyone on earth knows that Chen Kaige's father gave some guidance on the set.

This is normal and there is nothing to say. How can a father not want the best for his son?

If "Mulan" is really going to be filmed, the director can only be Cao Qing.

Li Yu has always wanted to train a director who can stand on his own.

He is not Cao Qing's father, but he is Cao Qing's boss.

In terms of mentality, he doesn't want Cao Qing to fail.

If Cao Qing fails, he as the boss will lose money.

If Li Yu hadn't been the director himself, Da Tiantian would definitely have been a little disappointed.

However, when she heard that Li Yu would serve as the producer and would give Cao Qing some guidance on the set, Da Tiantian didn't care.

With Li Yu personally supervising it, the movie will definitely be good.

The next day, Da Tiantian, Li Yu and Cao Qing gathered in the office of Hualiu Company for a meeting.

When Cao Qing heard Li Yu and Da Tiantian say that they wanted to make a movie about Mulan, he was stunned.

He felt that the three words "Hua Mulan" sounded familiar, as if he had heard these three words often recently.

After thinking carefully, he remembered that some time ago, Deshini announced the plan to launch a live-action version of Mulan movie.

No wonder it sounds familiar, it turns out that the live-action version of Mulan produced by Des Moines is on the agenda. That is Des Moines, which is recognized as the most powerful film studio in Hollywood.

Deshini's dominance in the film industry is very strong.

Compare it with Warner Bros., which is also a Hollywood film giant.

As of today, there are only five Warner Bros. films with global box office revenue exceeding 1 billion US dollars, one of which is Aquaman directed by Li Yu.

It’s different with Deshini, which has more than a dozen films with global box office of over 1 billion US dollars.

A few years later, with the addition of a bunch of slow-movie superhero movies, this number will rise to an outrageous twenty-five.

It is more than the combined total of several film giants behind it, including Warner Bros., Universal Studios, and Paramount.

That's why Cao Qing was frightened.

That's Deshiney, the most powerful film studio in Hollywood.

They want to film Mulan, and Li Yu and Da Tiantian also want to film Mulan. Isn't this just trying to extort money from others?

The animated version of Mulan by Deshini has laid a very good audience base for the live-action version.

With the strong production capabilities of the Deshini team, it seems a foregone conclusion that the live-action version will be a big hit at the box office and receive explosive word of mouth.

How can I try to scam someone in a situation where I am bound to lose?
As long as they announced their plan to film Mulan to the public, they would inevitably be accused of being a scam.

If the quality of the film is not as good as that of Deshini, it will become a real clown, showing its buttocks as a foil to others.

As for surpassing Dishini, Cao Qing was timid and he couldn't imagine such a thing happening.

Cao Qing expressed his disagreement: "That's not good. Disini has officially announced the launch of the live-action version of Mulan. If we make a Mulan movie here, it will look like we are trying to take advantage of Disini and their popularity. Usually, those who do this are those small companies that make online movies. We are a big company..."

"Director Cao, that's a little wrong. Mulan is a classic in Chinese history, just like Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin, anyone can make a movie about it. If those foreigners from Deshini can make a movie about it, why can't we Chinese make a movie about it?"

Li Yu refuted Cao Qing's point of view.

As for the rumors of fraud, after both the live-action version of Mulan produced by Deshini and the Hualiu Company's version of Mulan are released, the rumors of fraud will disappear without a trace.

By then, people will just say that the Mulan produced by Deshini is rubbish, and that the Mulan produced by Hualiu Company is much better than theirs.

They are the real clowns.

Why is Li Yu so confident?
Because Dishini’s Mulan is really bad and the opponent is too weak.

Again, the plot of the movie is a complete copy of the most popular version of the story and can easily beat the Deshini version.

In addition, Li Yu's version of Mulan produced by Hualiu Company is a bit of a slap in the face to Deshini and is meant to mock them.

They have made so much money in the Chinese market, but they have always been arrogant and do not treat customers as gods at all.

Their theme park discriminates against Chinese people and designs unfair terms for Chinese people. They refuse to correct their mistakes even after being criticized.

The movies they shot also had emulsification scenes.

A company that makes money in the Chinese market but does not respect Chinese customers.

They are so arrogant even when filming stories about China. They are not willing to learn about China's history and culture. They only film the China in their imagination and do not even understand such a simple principle as "when in Rome, do as the Romans do".

There is a kind of arrogance and pride in him, as if he feeds people shit, hopes people will spend money to buy his shit, and even wants people to praise his shit for smelling good.

They are so arrogant, there's nothing wrong with Li Yu making a movie to satirize and humiliate them, right?

Da Tiantian stood on Li Yu's side. She echoed, "Yes, why can foreigners film the stories passed down by our Chinese ancestors but we can't? How can we say that we are taking advantage of foreign countries by filming our ancestors' stories? We haven't even said that they are using our stories to make money in our country and they don't respect our history and culture."

(End of this chapter)