China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 792 I'd Rather Play the Villain

However, the fact that Li Yu received so many nominations must be related to the operation of Huana.

The money spent on lobbying firms is not wasted.

It's great to be nominated for the most prestigious Best Picture.

It's no surprise that Wen Muye's "Dying to Survive" and Lin Chaoxian's "Operation Red Sea" were nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.

The Best Foreign Language Film award went to a film from Chile.

The movie is called "Ordinary Women" and it is another LGBT movie.

"A Normal Woman" not only won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, but also won the Silver Bear Award for Best Screenplay at the 67th Berlin Film Festival.

The 90th Academy Awards has come to an end.

When Li Yu set out to return to China, domestic media were already praising Li Yu, Lin Chaoxian and Wen Muye.

The three of them returned home on the same plane.

"Director Li, what are your plans after returning to China? Are you going to continue making movies in China or continue to venture into Hollywood?" Lin Chaoxian envied Li Yu for having so much room to display his talents.

If you can make it in China, you can also make it in Hollywood.

The key is that both sides are box office hits, which is pretty awesome.

Li An is quite capable, he is doing well in Hollywood and his movies have received good reviews in Hollywood, but his commercial success is obviously not good.

As the most accomplished Chinese director in Hollywood, Li An is almost becoming box office poison.

The box office of "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" was terrible and the investors lost all their money.

Li An has encountered a bottleneck of losses in recent years.

If he cannot break through this bottleneck, he may face the dilemma of no one investing in Hollywood.

Investors don’t care whether you have made a bad movie before, they only care whether you can help them make money.

No matter how good a film is, it will be useless if there are no audiences who buy it.

Investors' money doesn't come from the wind. When people invest in a movie, they definitely hope to get a return.

"I probably won't make any movies for now. I want to make a TV series." Li Yu thought for a moment and replied.

He currently has two films yet to be released.

At the moment he doesn’t have any good inspiration to make a new movie, so he might as well make a TV series and take a break.

The quality of domestic TV dramas is also declining. The good news is that the number of dramas with pigtails has decreased significantly in recent years.

This is a good thing. China has a history of 5,000 years, and there are plenty of stories to film. Why were the past ten years or so focused on filming dramas about people with pigtails?

The yin-yang hairstyle with braids is not pleasant to look at, and it must have been beautified.

If the authentic pigtail hairstyle in history is really restored, it will only be more eye-catching.

However, when filming movies from other dynasties, some screenwriters will still make random stories.

For example, in "The Glory of the Tang Dynasty", Sun Ruowei was a witch queen with a bad reputation in history.

Historical records show that she was narrow-minded and was willing to hurt other women for her own selfish interests.

Also, Zhu Zhanji’s empress was Hu, the same Hu Shanxiang played by my aunt.

It was Sun Ruowei who used various means and her own scheming to seize the position of queen.

In official history, Hu Shanxiang was considered a virtuous queen.

The screenwriter turned black into white and changed Sun Ruowei from a witch queen into a good person, and a good person into a bad person.

There are also countless complaints about Zhu Qiyu being born to Hu Shanxiang, Hu Shanxiang suspected of having an affair with the King of Han, and Hu Shanxiang suspected of cheating on Zhu Zhanji.

However, the funny scenes of the Zhu family of five were filmed very well, and they are quite entertaining and funny.

After Zhu Di's death, the happy family plot was gone and the show became unwatchable.

Adaptation is not random editing. Teacher Du Liu would shake his head when he saw the random editing of these historical dramas. In fact, it does not mean that adaptation is not allowed. It is normal for artistic works to be processed artistically.

It’s okay to make up anything as long as it’s good. The stories in “The Ming Dynasty” were also made up by the screenwriter. They never existed in history, but that doesn’t prevent “The Ming Dynasty” from becoming a historical drama.

But now that it’s written, we can’t fool people by calling it a historical drama.

It's a fabricated story, but it's claimed to be a historical drama, so it's not unfair that it's criticized.

Li Yu plans to shoot a TV series set in the early Ming Dynasty after he returns.

Audiences have hated pigtail dramas for a long time. It’s time for a historical drama that can refresh their eyes.

"Director Li is going to shoot a TV series?" Lin Chaoxian was surprised.

Wen Muye also had a surprised expression on his face.

But on second thought, this is a normal operation for Li Yu.

Li Yu had the experience of running back to film TV series while filming a movie several times before.

Li Yu started out by making TV dramas.

Maybe making TV series is Li Yu’s personal hobby.

There are all kinds of people in the circle. Some have to make a good movie after making a few bad movies, some have to play a few CEO roles after starring in a good drama, and there is another who has to make a few TV series after making a few movies. It is reasonable for the director to reward himself.

After getting off the plane in Beijing, Liu Yifei asked Li Yu: "Are you really going to film a TV series?"

Just now on the plane, three directors, Li Yu, Wen Muye and Lin Chaoxian, were communicating together. As she was not an expert in this field, she did not interrupt.

Now that I'm off the plane, I can try to find out what Li Yu has to say.

She tasted the sweetness of success with Dreams of the Red Chamber, and after starring in The Return of the Condor Heroes, her health bar became very thick, but she has been in a state of continuous blood loss over the years.

It was not until "Dream of Hualu" and "The Richest Man in Xihong City" that she recovered after losing a lot of money for many years.

Especially "Dream of Red Mansions", which helped her attract a wave of new fans.

Now she is not as resistant to acting in TV dramas as before.

Especially since the director of this drama is Li Yu, if she has the opportunity to act in it, she will definitely not miss it.

Maybe this new drama can be like Xiao Long Nu, giving her another boost so that she can live off her past achievements until she is fifty years old.

Li Yu glanced at her and replied, "I just said that. It's just an idea. It's still a long way from being implemented. At least we have to wait until the script is out before we can talk about casting. I don't have the ability to announce the start of filming with a play title and a list of actors."

That is the style of Hong Kong directors. Li Yu is not from this school. He likes to do his homework before starting.

"A TV series must have a female lead, right? I'm definitely suitable." Liu Yifei didn't want to listen and wanted to reserve a position in advance.

Li Yu sneered and said, "Really? If it was a drama like "Name", would you also play the leading role?"

Liu Yifei: "..."

If it was the heroine in "In the Name", forget it.

As someone who likes to call herself a female loser on the Internet, she definitely knows how popular the drama "In the Name" is.

There are still many video clips and video commentaries of "In the Name".

The positive female characters in the play, such as Lin Huahua, Zhong Xiaoai, and Lu Yike, have not received very good reviews.

Especially Zhong Xiaoai and Lu Yike, they can be said to be in very bad condition.

However, the female villain Gao Xiaoqin received very good reviews.

Of course, the best reviews come from foreign scholars who come to Shanshui Manor to exchange and learn, and there are absolutely no negative reviews.

Dean Chen said it was good after using it.

"You're not going to shoot another drama like "In the Name", are you? Forget it, I don't want to be scolded, I'd rather play the female villain." Liu Yifei said.

(End of this chapter)