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Chapter 714 Women Are Not Inferior to Men

Although only fifty people were brought over at a time, which is not a large number, these people can be understood as seeds.

After learning more advanced production concepts and techniques, they return to China and continue to collaborate with domestic teams, and will begin to continuously influence the people around them.

As the saying goes, "He who keeps company with ink becomes black, and he who keeps company with red becomes red." This is the principle.

If you are in a circle full of big shots, as long as you stay there for a few years and are willing to spend time learning from them, no matter how bad you are, you won’t be that bad.

A classic example is the Han Liu Bang Entrepreneurship Group.

Many of the meritorious generals were from the same village as Liu Bang. They were either dog killers or hooligans. In short, they did nothing serious.

After starting their own business, they became stronger and stronger, from a dog meat seller to a general who could lead troops into battle.

This is because outstanding talents such as Zhang Liang and Han Xin joined their group and influenced them.

Of course, this also depends on the person. If a person only wants to give up, is unwilling to learn from people who are more capable than himself, cannot accept new things, always thinks that he is the best and everyone else is an idiot, then he is truly hopeless.

"You mean, like when you made movies in China before, I'll be your assistant?" Cao Qing became a little excited.

In his opinion, the script of "Joker" has the potential to become a masterpiece.

If he can devote himself to the production process, the satisfaction and sense of accomplishment he will get in his heart at the moment the masterpiece is born will be incomparable.

He was excited just thinking about going to Hollywood to study and deal with the top team in Hollywood.

"Of course, you will be my assistant as before. I am not very comfortable with the photographers in Hollywood. Art knows no borders, but people do.

The society they grew up in and the education they received are different from ours. Their mother tongue is English, French and German, while our mother tongue is Chinese.

Sometimes, I want to describe to them the effect I want, but it is difficult to translate it into Chinese that they can understand and comprehend.”

Li Yu shook his head and said, it is always easier to use the people who belong to you.

It’s not that Li Yu’s English is bad. In order to communicate better with the Hollywood team, he has a more professional translator on the set.

The translator will translate his words into English which is easier for foreigners to understand.

Take "Thief" as an example. Suppose this movie was shot in the United States. Except for the director Li Yu and a few people who are Chinese, all the others are foreigners.

Li Yu said that the scenes of the uprising must be shot in a way that gave people a sense of "no one is afraid of them".

When the rebel army broke into Chang'an City, we had to capture the strong visual impact of the city covered with golden armor. It had to be solemn, awe-inspiring, shocking, and full of oppression.

How to translate this? Only Chinese people can understand the artistic conception that Li Yu wants.

When filming "Barbie" and "Aquaman", due to communication problems, Li Yu had the experience of snatching the camera from the photographer's hands several times and taking the camera himself.

If Cao Qing was by Li Yu's side to serve as his assistant, this situation would not have occurred.

As someone who has worked with Li Yu for many years, Cao Qing knows Li Yu very well.

Li Yu has a clear idea of ​​his style and what kind of image he wants.

Another point worth mentioning is that Li Yu personally carried the photographer, but the results were not as good as Cao Qing's.

Because Cao Qing worked as an assistant director for many years in his early years, which sounds quite impressive. In some crappy crews, he has to do all kinds of things like photography, explaining the scenes, directing, managing people, handling disputes, etc.

If you don't handle it well, you will be scolded by the director. It can be said that it is a job that requires you to do all the dirty and tiring work, but it is a thankless job when you finish it.

Of course, those were the crews that treated the assistant director like a beast of burden. Li Yu would not be so deceiving, and he treated Cao Qing very well.

Seeing that Li Yu and Cao Qing were having a great time chatting, Da Tiantian quickly realized that something was wrong.

Li Muge is not capable of handling a movie like Mulan, and Li Muge will soon be filming "Sleep Talk Record".

So the question is, Li Yu is going to take Cao Qing to the United States to shoot "Joker", but what about her "Mulan"? Who will help her shoot it?
"You two are not planning to dump me, are you?" Da Tiantian looked at them suspiciously.

Cao Qing didn't reply, thinking that it would be okay to have Ge Datian.

"Joker" has the potential to become a masterpiece, and "Mulan" is at most a good commercial film. If he were asked to choose, he would choose "Joker".

"Tiantian, who do you think I am? Can I ask Director Cao to postpone you? I have just finished writing the script for Joker, how can we start filming so soon? Wait until Director Cao helps you finish filming Mulan, and then I will take him to the United States." Li Yu replied.

Da Tiantian was finally satisfied when she heard this answer.

Then, the three of them talked about some details about Mulan.

Li Yu's advice was: "Tiantian, if you really want to act well in this movie, I suggest you find a reliable master to learn martial arts."

The martial arts here of course refers to the performance routines.

Real martial arts are very ugly. Even Li Lianjie, who is known as the dictionary of Kung Fu, said that there is no such thing as martial arts now. Real martial arts are the art of killing.

Killing your opponent in the shortest possible time is what martial arts is all about.

The idea of ​​stopping at the right time is all lies. Real martial arts is either poking the eyes or attacking the crotch, and the main focus is efficiency.

Those so-called kendo masters in ancient Sakura Country, no matter how awesome they boasted about their swordsmanship, when they really went to the battlefield, each one wore thicker armor and held longer spears than the other.

Li Yu asked Da Tiantian to learn martial arts, of course, to launch a dimensionality reduction attack on Dishini's version of Mulan.

The fighting scenes in that version were extremely bad. Anyway, Mulan was good at using this magical thing and could chop down an entire opposing army with just one sword.

This hybrid product of Eastern and Western cultures is very distracting to the audiences on both sides.

Li Yu hopes that Da Tiantian's version of Mulan can develop in a realistic direction, where she chops down the opponent with one sword, and the opponent's armor becomes useless. This kind of phenomenon is absolutely not allowed to appear in the movie.

However, it is obviously unrealistic for Da Tiantian to play a very brave general on the battlefield with her physique, and it would also be very distracting.

Because Da Tiantian is obviously not a military general.

Li Yu plans to shape the sweet Hua Mulan into a Confucian general.

In the military camp, her skills in archery, physical fitness, fighting, etc. were all inferior to those of the soldiers around her.

This is more reasonable, as most women are not as strong as men.

Hua Mulan's family was actually a military household. Her father had once fought against the Rouran on the grassland and had made great military achievements.

That’s right, during the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was the Rouran who were expected to stay on the grassland, not the Turks as mentioned in Di Shini’s version.

The armor, horses and other equipment that Hua Mulan used when she joined the army were all prepared by her own family. These details also show that Hua Mulan's family background was better than most people.

Since she came from a good family and was born into a military family, it is reasonable for Hua Mulan to have the Art of War in her family, right? It is also reasonable for Hua Mulan to have read the Art of War, right?
Li Yu planned to shape Mulan in this way. She knows the art of war, can stay calm in the chaotic battle, can command soldiers to victory, and ultimately proves that women are not necessarily inferior to men with her wisdom and excellent command ability.

(End of this chapter)