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Chapter 784: He is talented in comedy
Wu Jing is a veteran who has been in the film industry for many years.

He went to help out on the set of "19th Generations of Ancestors," and as soon as he saw the operations of amateurs like Guo Degang and Yue Yunpeng, he knew the movie wasn't very reliable.

Telling crosstalk and making movies are two completely different things.

Lao Guo is indeed a master of crosstalk and he performs all kinds of gags very well on the spot.

A movie is not as simple as mixing jokes and gags together.

Movies tell stories through images, which requires a very strong script structure, but Lao Guo obviously does not have such ability.

Maybe it’s because there are more people crossing over to become directors these days, so Lao Guo also has a feeling that if he can do it, he can do it too.

After Wu Jing got a clear answer from Li Yu, he passed it on to Guo Degang.

"Lao Guo, I have sounded out Director Li for you. It is not fake news that his new film will be released during the Spring Festival. But you don't need to feel too much pressure. Director Li said that he is just making this movie for fun. He made a very depressing movie in Hollywood, so he plans to make a comedy to adjust his mood. During the filming, many scenes were not directed by Director Li himself. Rounding it off, you can understand that this is a movie with Director Li's name attached."

Wu Jing has a very high emotional intelligence and fully considers how panicked Guo Degang, a newcomer in the director industry, would be when he meets a big shot in the director industry like Li Yu.

Li Yu did say in public that people should not have too high expectations for this new film. He just wanted to make a comedy to make everyone happy and relax.

In Wu Jing's understanding, Li Yu's words meant that Li Yu was not serious in making this movie and just made it for fun.

So he thought there was nothing wrong with saying this to Guo Degang.

Otherwise, could he have conveyed Li Yu's words verbatim? Wouldn't that have scared Guo Degang into withdrawing the film on the spot?

There is no need to withdraw the file!

"The Richest Man in Xihong City" and "Monster Hunt 2" are unable to snatch away all the screenings and audiences.

A blacksmith must be strong himself. If "19th Generations of Ancestors" is really strong, it can still make a comeback in the cracks.

"Since Director Li is credited in the film and he doesn't take it seriously, we have nothing to be afraid of." Guo Degang is still very confident about his "19th Generations of Ancestors."

It’s just…when he sees how powerful “The Richest Man in Xihong City” is in the future, he will probably want to beat Wu Jing up.

You call this a movie with Li Yu as a credit? How can a movie with a credit as a credit be so powerful?
Outside the circle, there are many fans paying attention to "The Richest Man in Xihong City".

"Shen Teng and Liu Yifei, one is a skit actor, the other is a box office poison. Although the director is Director Li, this combination is unreliable no matter how you look at it. Director Li will not be dragged down by these two people, right? As we all know, if there are two unreliable teammates in a team, no matter how strong the main C is, it will be difficult to turn the tide."

"That's not the case. Shen Teng is a skit actor, but he has acted in movies before. Didn't he play Xia Luo well in "Dreaming in the Movie Circle"? As for Liu Yifei, well, he is indeed a box office poison."

The negative effects of Liu Yifei acting in too many bad movies have emerged.

People's trust in her is not as high as Shen Teng's.

It is certainly not the case that all the movies she made over the years lost money; many of them even made a small profit.

For example, there are several films in the "Four Famous Detectives" series.

If you think about it, you will know that if you really lose money, can you make several films?

But it is true that the movie did not receive very good reviews.

Moreover, in those movies, including "Dreaming of Movie Circle", Liu Yifei was not the one who carried the box office.

It is hard not to question her. Shen Teng's Charlotte is the soul of "Dream Chaser Movie Circle", and most of the brilliant plots are focused on Charlotte.

So when having to choose between Shen Teng and Liu Yifei, people are more willing to believe Shen Teng.

This made Liu Yifei very embarrassed.

In the group of "The Richest Man in Xihong City", Liu Yifei complained: "Those people on the Internet are too much. They actually said that I am a box office poison. I have acted in many bad movies, but I am not a box office poison, right?"

Li Yu: "Box office poison is a bit exaggerated."

If Liu Yifei had acted in "Mulan" like he did in his previous life, he would have become a real box office poison, the kind that would have been unable to recover.

Because the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment.

Many people, including herself, felt that she would be able to make a comeback after being chosen by Deshini to become the heroine of a Hollywood blockbuster.

As a result, the film was a complete failure and couldn't get rid of the label of box office poison.

There is still hope now. Li Yu feels that once "The Richest Man in Xihong City" is released, she can get rid of the label of box office poison.

Li Yu: "Let's wait for The Richest Man in Xihong City to be released. An actor's performance ultimately depends on his works. Look at Wang Chuanjun, who played in Dying to Survive. Who says he has no acting skills? Someone immediately approached him to make a movie."

Before the movie was released, Liu Yifei and Shen Teng's team actively cooperated with the crew to promote the film on social platforms such as Weibo.

Although some people were skeptical and wait-and-see about the film because they were the two leading actors, overall, the publicity effect was very good.

Finally, on February 2, the Spring Festival season arrived and "The Richest Man in Xihong City" was officially released.

Li Yu's family came to Beijing to spend the New Year with Li Yu. Li Yu bought some movie tickets and took his family to the cinema to watch the movie "The Richest Man in Xihong City".

Although the company has a very professional screening room, Li Yu also watched the final edited version of the film in the company.

But how can watching movies in the office be as satisfying as watching them in the cinema? Sitting in the cinema and listening to everyone's laughter is the atmosphere.

After the logos of the production companies such as Longbiao and Hualiu Company flashed, the plot of the movie officially began.

The protagonist Wang Duoyu is a goalkeeper with many years of experience and has been playing in Class C teams for many years.

He was banned for two years for biting someone during a game, worked as a nude model, made a human tray for Japanese food, and played women's football.

The beginning of the movie tells everyone directly that this is a somewhat absurd movie.

With Shen Teng's current figure and appearance, how could he be a human tray? How good of an appetite would he need to eat? If he was the school idol of the military art school, it would make sense that he was at the peak of his appearance.

However, some people with low sense of humor started laughing when they saw this beginning.

When he used a tennis ball to demonstrate his strong basic skills as a goalkeeper in front of Mr. Jin, he seemed to be doing it quite well a second ago, but when he jumped together, his trick was exposed and the ball hit him in the face, which made many people in the theater laugh.

Especially after Wang Duoyu landed, he pretended to do a few kicking movements, but in the end he couldn't get up at all.

After Mr. Jin took out two hundred thousand yuan and wanted to discuss business with Wang Duoyu, Wang Duoyu stood up sleekly when he saw the money, and laughed so hard that some people sprayed out the popcorn in their mouths.

Shen Teng is indeed talented in comedy.

(End of this chapter)