Huayu: Starting from intercepting Duan Yu

Chapter 152 Crazy Xu Yi, he pays for the movie himself!
Every Christmas is definitely one of the most important movie seasons in the United States.

Just like China’s Lunar New Year holiday, many blockbusters are released every year.

This year is certainly no exception.

Among the blockbusters released is the monster special effects blockbuster "King Kong", which cost $2 million to produce.

The fantasy special effects blockbuster "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" cost 1.8 million US dollars to produce.

There is also the fourth film in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which was released a month earlier.

The competition is naturally very fierce.

Major media outlets in the United States are also paying attention to box office changes every day.

Among these media reports, there was a very inconspicuous one.

That is "Iron Man" directed by a Chinese director, which will officially start shooting after New Year's Day.

But although it is inconspicuous.

But Marvel comics and superhero IPs themselves have a certain amount of traffic and popularity.

Therefore, this report quickly attracted the attention of some Marvel fans.

There were also small-scale discussions on some social media.

It’s just that it’s obvious that most Marvel fans are not optimistic about this movie.

"Another superhero movie directed by a Chinese director!"

"It's definitely another terrible movie!"

"Except for a few superheroes like Spider-Man, other superheroes are not suitable for being made into movies!"

"Investing 1.5 million MiK? I guarantee you'll lose a ton of money!"

"Iron Man is just a second-tier superhero with average popularity. This Chinese director is absolutely crazy!"

"The key is that he cast Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, and the worst Oscar-winning actress, Wingness Paltrow, as Pepper Potts. Most importantly, the director himself is only a little over 20 years old. If this isn't a bad movie, what is it?"

"Oh my god, he will definitely ruin Iron Man! Just like that Chinese director ruined the Hulk!"

At the same time, Xu Yi was also personally making the iron suit in the first "Iron Man" movie.

Including the MARK-1 that was hand-rubbed in the cave.

MARK-2 made after returning to the laboratory.

Improved MARK-3.
And the villain Iron Monger created the Iron Monger heavy armor based on the wreckage of MARK-1's iron armor.

For Xu Yi, whose prop making skills have also reached the grandmaster level.

Making these battle suits is naturally not a difficult task.

After all the production was completed, the Christmas and New Year holidays had just passed.

"Iron Man" can now officially start filming.

In addition, Xu Yi also built a set of iron battle suit for himself.

The MARK-3 nano battle suit that just appeared in "Avengers 50" in the previous life.

Afterwards, Xu Yi put on the MARK-50 nano battle suit and filmed a video with other models of iron battle suits.

Unfortunately, today's blog sites do not support video uploading.

But it doesn’t matter, because the video website already exists.

Tudou.com was officially launched in April last year.

So after Xu Yi uploaded the video to Tudou, he posted a blog post.

"Iron Man's iron suit has been completed. Let's take a look at it!"

There is also a video link from Tudou.com below.

And handsome photos are definitely indispensable.

Then when netizens and Xu Yi’s fans clicked on the video.

Everyone was stunned immediately!

"Holy crap, is this Iron Man?"

"This is too cool!"

"Brother Xu Yi is so handsome!"

"Brother Xu Yi's iron suit is so beautiful!"

"It's worthy of being a Hollywood blockbuster with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars. It's just different!"

"Will the movie be released in China? If so, I will definitely go to see it!"

In addition, YouTube is now online.

So Xu Yi also uploaded a copy of the video to YouTube.

In addition, YouTube has just been online for a short time and does not have many users.

There is less high-quality video.

As a result, Xu Yi's video quickly became popular on YouTube.

The foreigners who saw the video were also shocked!

"Oh my god, is this Iron Man? That's so cool!"

"Did the video owner make these iron suits himself?"

"I know the person behind this video. He's the Chinese director who announced at last year's Oscars that he was going to invest $1.5 million to make an 'Iron Man' movie. He also said he wanted to cast Wynn Paltrow as Pepper Potts!"

"Yes, it's this Chinese director. I remember there was news a few days ago saying his film 'Iron Man' is about to start shooting!"

"Really? Then who plays Iron Man?"

"It's Robert Downey Jr.! This Chinese director hired Robert Downey Jr. to play Iron Man!"

"Oh shit, this is an absolute disaster!"

Then soon, this video was also discovered by some Marvel fans.

So these Marvel fans started howling again.

"These Iron Man suits are so cool!"

"These iron suits are really cool and don't look shoddy at all, but why did this director cast Robert Downey Jr. to play Iron Man?"

"And Wingness Paltrow playing Pepper Potts, I can't accept that either!"

"When Wingness Paltrow was young, it was fine. Now that he's older, who else can he attract besides that guy Xavi?"

"Actually, this director is quite handsome. He might as well play Iron Man himself!"

"That's right, even though this director is Chinese, he's definitely more suitable than that guy Robert Downey Jr."...

"Xu, your Iron Man suit is amazing! I can't believe you can even do this!"

After New Year’s Day, the crew of "Iron Man".

Harvey looked at Downey who had just put on the Iron Man suit and couldn't help but praise him.

Then he turned to look at Donnie again, and kept looking at him.

"Now I know why you cast this guy Downey as Iron Man, this looks really good!"

"Harvey, I've already said that Downey is perfect for Iron Man! And don't forget, I invested $1.5 million in this movie. Do you think I'd mess around?"

Xu Yi said this and also looked at Tang Ni.

"Donny, play this role well. This is definitely a great opportunity for you to turn things around, and it might even be your last chance!"

"Don't worry, director, I will act well!"

Donnie immediately said loudly.

At the same time, I have more confidence in this movie.

As for the fact that he had previously signed contracts for 10 films...

Well, now is not the time to think about that...

"Xu, the opening ceremony is about to begin, let's go together!"

At this time, Harvey said again.

He seems to be in a very good mood.

This is not only because the effect of Donnie putting on the iron suit is better than he imagined.

Also because of the video that Xu Yi posted online before, it has become quite popular now.

It also caused quite a stir among Marvel fans.

Today’s film opening ceremony also attracted more reporters!
"OK, then let's introduce our journalist friends to Mr. Tony Stark!"

Xu Yi also said with a smile.

Then along with Harvey, he brought along a group of main actors.

In particular, Robert Downey Jr., wearing an iron armor, came to the opening ceremony prepared in advance by the crew.

At this time, a large number of reporters had already been here and had been waiting for a long time.

When the reporters saw Xu Yi and others appear, they immediately surrounded them.

And they started taking pictures crazily of Robert Downey Jr. wearing the Iron Man suit!
"Xu, are you really planning to invest 1.5 million dollars in this Iron Man movie?"

A reporter first asked Xu Yi.

For example, Robert Downey Jr., someone everyone is familiar with.

These reporters are obviously more interested in Xu Yi, a Chinese director who is not very familiar to everyone.

"The current budget is $1.5 million, and if it's not enough, it will continue to increase!"

Xu Yi replied.

"Xu, can you tell me where these 1.5 million meter swords came from?"

another reporter asked.

"Part of this money is my personal assets, and part is a loan from HSBC. All of this is well documented. In other words, I paid all of the $1.5 million alone!"

Xu Yi answered again.

The reporters at the scene were immediately shocked.

It is not uncommon for directors to pay for the film themselves.

But those were basically low-budget movies.

There are cases like this where the director invests hundreds of millions of dollars himself, even in Hollywood.

I also think it is an extremely crazy thing.

Even the top directors.

For example, Spielberg and James Cameron wouldn’t dare to do this!
And Xu Yi is so young, just in his early 20s.

You can spend 1.5 million dollars to make a movie.

Even if he is a madman, he is a rich madman!

"Xu, since you personally invested in this film, why did you let Robert Downey Jr. play Iron Man? Don't you know that he has a bad past?"

another reporter asked.

All the reporters couldn't help but look at Robert Downey Jr. again.

Robert Downey Jr. also showed a bitter expression.

"Yes, he was once an actor with a bad record, but what I want to ask is, has he paid the price for his bad record?"

Xu Yi asked.

"Of course!"

The reporters nodded immediately.

When Robert Downey Jr. was at the peak of his popularity, he was definitely considered a top Hollywood star.

But a series of scandals that followed not only led to his expulsion from Hollywood, but also resulted in his arrest and imprisonment.

"Since he's already paid the price, why can't he start over? Or is it that in your country, once someone makes a mistake, they can never be forgiven, even if they've paid the price, even been to jail, and received a fair trial by the law? Besides, don't you think Donnie is really suitable for the role of Tony Stark?"

Xu Yi said righteously.

The reporters were all speechless.

Of course they all know the truth.

But truth is truth, and reality is reality.

However, Xu Yi, as the director and the only investor, doesn't mind letting Robert Downey Jr. play Iron Man.

Naturally, they have nothing more to say.

Anyway, if the audience doesn’t accept it, the movie will lose money at the box office.

He will bear the consequences himself.

But as Xu Yi said, judging from the current appearance.

Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man seems to be really good!
(End of this chapter)