China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 741 If the enemy can go, I can go too
Li Yu was asked questions about "Under the Prosperous Era".

Li Yu's answer was very emotionally intelligent. He first said in a joking tone: "Come on, I wrote the script, how can it be bad?"

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and Li Yu regained his serious expression: "The above are all jokes. The script is only one aspect. The success of a movie is certainly not just about a good script.

The director, actors, and the production team behind the scenes are all very important.

It is everyone's concerted efforts that make a good movie.

Even though the script of "Under the Golden Age" was not written by me, I am willing to contribute a movie ticket for this movie.

Because Director Chen shot this movie really well, and the actors’ acting skills are also on point.”

"So what does Director Li think is good about this movie? What do you appreciate most?" someone asked.

"I won't say much about the plot, firstly to avoid spoilers, and secondly, I wrote the script. If I were to exaggerate the plot, it would sound like Huang Po boasting about her own melons.

Let me talk about the characters in the movie. At the beginning, like many people, I thought that the historical Yang Yuhuan was from the Hongnong Yang clan, a legitimate Han family.

I wonder if having a mixed-race actress would subvert everyone's perception, but I didn't expect that after watching the film, I found it surprisingly good.

And Li Bai, I think the casting for this role is the best. Xin Baiqing plays Li Bai exactly like the Li Bai I imagined him to be. "

Xin Baiqing really brought the character of Li Bai to life.

Xin Baiqing is a first-class actor of the National Theatre. As expected, for an actor who comes from a drama background to enter the entertainment industry is a dimensionality reduction attack.

Films starring Xin Baiqing were shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Berlin Film Festival and won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor.

He has won a lot of awards such as the Plum Blossom Award for Comedy and the Magnolia Award for Best Actor in Drama Performance Art. He is definitely a great actor.

"Will you work with Director Chen again in the future?"

"We will definitely work together if there is a chance. Director Chen and I are very good friends. But I have been very busy recently. I may have to go to the United States to shoot a new movie in a few months."

Li Yu’s answer was very official.

“Can you tell us what the new movie is about?”

"I think we should still retain some sense of mystery. I can only tell you that the new movie will be very exciting and large-scale, and it probably won't be released in China." Li Yu did not reveal too much about "Joker."

There is no need. Today is the premiere of Chen Kaige's movie. If he keeps revealing information about his new movie, it would be like stealing the show.

Besides, Li Yu knew that the movie "Joker" would definitely not be released in China, so there was no need to promote it.

As for "Mulan", there is no need for Li Yu to promote it deliberately.

The presence of him, Cao Qing and Liu Yifei here is already a promotion for the movie.

With all three of them appearing, naturally people will discuss "Mulan".

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A few days later, Chen Kaige's "Under the Golden Age" was officially released, with a box office of over 100 million on the first day.

This result is pretty good, the most important thing is that the word of mouth was very high when it first opened, and many people who had seen it gave it four or five-star reviews.

After seeing this result, Chen Kaige’s confidence surged unprecedentedly.

He felt that at this moment, he had returned to the time when "Farewell My Concubine" had just finished its battle at Cannes, and the scene of thriving vitality and flourishing everything was right before his eyes.

"Old Chen, are you really not going to work with Director Li on your next movie?" Chen Hong looked at Chen Kaige who was a little bit proud. For some reason, she had a bad premonition deep in her heart.

Chen Kaige is so arrogant. Based on her experience, the probability of him falling down next time is very high.

In recent years, Chen Kaige's reputation has been on the rise, not because of how great the scripts Li Yu wrote were, but mainly because Li Yu did not allow Chen Kaige to play around.

Only Chen Kaige can display his full potential if he doesn't perform recklessly.

Even without working with Li Yu, Chen Kaige can still make good works, provided that he does not touch the script.

However, it is extremely difficult to prevent Chen Kaige from touching the script.

He doesn't want to work with Li Yu next time, which means he wants to re-read the script.

"I think you should think about it carefully. Director Li's script is very good. You are working with him on his script and you are directing it. The cooperation is seamless and the probability of producing a good work is very high. It is not necessarily a good thing to suddenly change the screenwriter when you are obviously working together well." Chen Hong said again.

She didn't dare to say directly that there was a high probability that Chen Kaige's change of screenwriter would result in a failure of the script, so she could only hint that changing the screenwriter for no reason was not a good thing.

It's not like there was a conflict during the cooperation.

If there is a conflict and the two parties cannot get along, it is understandable to change partners.

The key point is that we have cooperated several times. Although there were some minor frictions in the process, it was very pleasant overall. Why should we create trouble for ourselves?
"Why can't I change? It's true that Director Li is a very good screenwriter, but I can still make good movies without him. Even without Director Li, I would have won countless awards." The more others said this, the more Chen Kaige wanted to stay away from Li Yu and prove himself.

They are both talented directors, Li Yuxing is also good.

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Even the national master, whose former photographer had shot the "Investiture of the Gods" series, could he be worse than the national master? Impossible, absolutely impossible.

He had already made up his mind to give it a try, and no one could dissuade him.

People around him don't dare to advise him because his status is too high.

Whoever dares to tell him the truth, the truth is like a sharp knife that hurts people.

It would be fine if the person listens to advice, but if he doesn't, you might offend him.

Are you teaching me how to do things? Who are you and who am I? Are you qualified to teach me how to do things?
Chen Kaige, who is stubborn, doesn't look like a person who would listen to advice.

There was another reason why he left Li Yu and wanted to start his own business.

He wanted to make a real super commercial blockbuster, the kind that would do huge box office.

Except for "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to Yumen", the other scripts Li Yu wrote for him all have a literary flavor.

Except for "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to Yumen" which broke the 2 billion box office, the box office of other movies were not very high.

Chen Kaige predicted that the box office of the movie "Under the Golden Age" would not be very high, at most a few billion.

This could not satisfy him.

How can it be possible that the top 100 million is only 200 million? The highest-grossing movies in China now have a box office of over 5 billion.

Even though Li Yu lost the top spot in the domestic box office a long time ago, he made two movies in Hollywood with global box office exceeding 1 billion US dollars.

This level is no worse than the domestic box office of over 5 billion.

That's the real overseas box office, making money from foreigners. Which Chinese director's film can be as popular as Li Yu's film overseas?

In recent years, many middle-aged directors have emerged in China, and their box office results have surpassed those of veteran directors, which he can no longer tolerate.

Kou can go, so can I.

As one of the top directors in the country, he would be unworthy of his status if he didn't make a blockbuster movie with a box office of billions.

They can do it, so there's no reason why he can't.

(End of this chapter)