China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 767: Praise is more terrible than negative writing

"What project? Could it be that the professionals in your company found it for you?" Li Yu was very curious.

"How could that be? Their vision is not as good as mine. I found this project myself. Wasn't there a movie called "Shock Wave" some time ago? It looked pretty good.

I heard they were planning to make a second part, so I decided to invest some money and get a female lead. What do you think of the prospects of this project? "

Da Tiantian asked.

"Shock Wave" was directed by Li Yuzhi, starring Andy Lau and directed by Qiu Litao.

This movie is just average, not too good, but not too bad either.

In the declining Hong Kong films, he is considered a tall guy picked out from a bunch of short guys.

In Li Yu's impression, in addition to Andy Lau, Ching Wan Liu will also join the second part, with the two movie kings co-starring.

The second part had better quality and reputation than the first, and also won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Editing.

There is also the box office. The first film only had over 400 million, while the second film had over 1 billion.

If Da Tiantian wants to invest, Li Yu thinks it is feasible.

By the way, “Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back”, written by Stephen Chow and directed by Xu Ke, was released a few months before “Shock Wave”.

This is another film that exploits A Chinese Odyssey.

I can only say that the brand of Westward Journey Online is really useful and has worked every time. This time, its reputation has been ruined but it has made money.

"Qiu Litao's ability is good, you can invest in him." Li Yu gave his advice.

Qiu Litao is indeed capable and has participated in the production of more than 100 films.

There are many excellent films among these more than 100 films.

The most famous of these are many people’s childhood memories, or childhood shadows.

"Ebola Virus" and "Human Meat Barbecued Pork Buns" are both films directed by this guy.

Especially the human meat barbecued pork buns, although the scale is too large, but in the 1990s and 2000s, DVDs were popular and all kinds of pirated discs flowed into the market.

Many people saw the human meat barbecued pork buns through pirated discs.

After watching this film, many children were afraid to eat meat buns for a long time, thinking that they were made of human flesh.

Da Tiantian is lucky enough to have come across Qiu Litao's best movie in the past decade.

"Shock Wave 2" is considered a relatively good movie in Qiu Litao's career.

With Li Yu's help, Da Tiantian can invest with confidence.

However, if Da Tiantian brought money into the group, she would take away the luck of some female stars.

There is no point in taking care of Li Yu.

No matter which circle you are in, there are always more wolves than meat.

It's very unfair, but very realistic. Isn't it uncommon for celebrities in the circle to rack their brains for resources?
In order to play Yang Guo, Nie Yuan had his chin sharpened.

He also signed the artist to China Wenlian Audio and Video Publishing House, one of the investors of The Return of the Condor Heroes.

Even though Nie Yuan had done so much, he was still defeated by Huang Xiaoming.

Even Mr. Cha, the author of The Return of the Condor Heroes, complained that Huang Xiaoming's Yang Guo was too exaggerated and seemed like he was seducing his master.

What's the use? In the end, Huang Xiaoming was chosen.

This is the entertainment industry, where the strong prey on the weak and whoever has the energy gets to take over.

As long as it’s not illegal, you can use any means, as long as you get the role, that’s your true nature.

Of all the means, money is the most powerful.

Once Da Tiantian’s financial ability was revealed, most directors, except for those such as Guo Shi and Chen Kaige who were already successful and had no shortage of investment, would fall.

Not to mention directors like Qiu Litao, whose upper limit is not very high.

He has no artistic pursuits, and his abilities do not support him in pursuing art. He just wants to find investment to make movies and make money.

Someone held up a note and said that they would invest tens of millions to 100 million yuan, with only one requirement, that she play the female lead. Qiu Litao wished there were more actresses like this, and it would be best if he could meet such actresses in every movie he made.

In this way, he will never have to worry about investment again.

After dealing with Da Tiantian, Li Yu still has to deal with other investors.

There's nothing you can do about it. Being too famous isn't always a good thing.

As soon as the news that he was going to make a new movie came out, there was already some movement outside.

Sometimes Li Yu would think about whether he should make two bad movies to ruin his reputation.

If directors in the industry heard this, they would probably yell at Li Yu: Damn it.

Making good films is everyone's goal. What are you talking about? Are you going to deliberately make bad films? You will have no friends if you act so pretentiously.

There was constant speculation from the outside world, and some people were praising and hyping him up, saying that Li Yu had achieved great success in Hollywood and would make a big splash when he returned to China.

Hearing such a voice, Li Yu frowned.

This is not a good thing.

"The Richest Man in Xihong City" is a comedy. Li Yu added a lot of satirical elements, but Li Yu himself did not dare to brag that this is a great film. At most, it is a relatively good film.

Now these people are praising him too much.

When the movie is released, it’s not good if the audience feels it’s not as good as they imagined.

So, after Liu Yifei signed the contract with the company.

Li Yu immediately brought Shen Teng and Liu Yifei to hold a press conference.

He wanted to use official announcement to suppress all the news that was unfavorable to him.

Both overpraising and criticizing others are dangerous, and sometimes overpraising others is even scarier than criticizing others.

Because negative articles are visible, some people see them and become intoxicated by them, which eventually leads to even bigger troubles.

At the press conference.

“Yes, I am indeed preparing a new movie recently. But it is different from what many people guess.

My new work is a very pure commercial comedy, the goal is to make everyone happy.
Of course, it would be even better if the movie could give everyone some new thoughts.

The overall style of the film is a bit like "Dream Chaser Movie Circle."

Li Yu replied calmly.

"Excuse me, why did Director Li want to make a comedy?"

“Because I shot a very depressing and dark film in the United States some time ago.

Making a comedy film makes everyone happy and makes me happy too.

Another thing is that comedy films are easier to get at the box office. Alas, when it comes to the box office, I shed a tear.

Looking back, I occupied the top spot in the domestic box office for many years.

Then I lost it and never went back. I definitely can’t go back this time either.

I'm just putting this out there, and I hope you won't make fun of me when the time comes."

Li Yu explained the reason for making a comedy film and also made some self-deprecating remarks.

Everybody laughed, but no one took it seriously, and nobody really laughed at Li Yu for losing the number one spot at the box office and never getting it back.

Everyone knows that the current box office champion "Wolf Warrior 2" is a bug player.

Moreover, Li Yu's career focus in the past two years has been on overseas, so it is normal that his achievements in China are not very impressive.

He is so awesome abroad! He succeeded in Hollywood, established himself there, and got the treatment of a top Hollywood director.

Among Chinese directors, Li Yu is the only one who can produce two films with box office revenue exceeding 1 billion US dollars.

This is much more valuable than Wu Jing's number one domestic box office.

(End of this chapter)