Magic Modified Huayu

Even amid the pandemic, the appeal of Marvel IP remains unwavering.

Marvel's years of planning have indeed cultivated a group of die-hard fans around the world, and now it is time to reap the rewards.

Director Wei wants to mess with Marvel, but his intention is only to ban Marvel in the country.

But it is almost impossible to kill Marvel all over the world.

Because it represents part of American national culture.

Unless the United States' national strength declines.

Otherwise, this cultural invasion cannot be stopped.

You cannot expect other countries in the world to be as bold as China in confronting the United States.

The fact is that most countries in the world automatically kneel down when they hear the name of the United States.

And it will actively lie down.

The reason why Hollywood blockbusters are so awesome is not only because of their good quality, but the main reason is the strong national strength of the United States.

What's more, in the past decade, there have not been many truly excellent American blockbusters.

"Since Marvel is so difficult to deal with, why did you sign a long-term cooperation agreement with DC?" Gal Gadot asked curiously.

Director Wei looked at Gal Gadot in surprise and asked, "How did you know?"

Gal Gadot shrugged: "There are no secrets in Hollywood."

"This spread too quickly, but DC must have deliberately spread the rumor to completely tie me down and prevent Marvel from trying to seduce me again."

Director Wei figured out this logic.

It's like a title.

"Wei, what do you think? Are you optimistic about the future of DC?" Gal Gadot asked with concern.

The future of DC depends on her future.

She couldn't help but pay attention.

Director Wei calmly said, "Actually, I'm not very optimistic about DC's future."

After all, DC has never been very successful.

Director Wei couldn't be optimistic either.

Gal Gadot frowned and said, "Then Wei, are you still so deeply bound to DC?"

"This has nothing to do with my optimism for DC. It's simply because the conditions offered by DC are too good. I would be a fool not to agree. Marvel would never offer me such conditions."

Director Wei speaks the truth.

If Marvel is willing to let him shoot whatever he says and honestly flatter China, then Director Wei would definitely rather make less money and cooperate with Marvel.

After all, Marvel has also cultivated a large number of loyal fans in the country.

The kind who would betray their country for Marvel.

It is certainly a good thing to be able to unify the positions of these people.

Unfortunately, Marvel will not agree to Director Wei’s request.

Because even though Marvel makes money from the Chinese market, it still has to disgust or even provoke China from time to time. This is arrogance that comes from deep in its consciousness.

It’s not something that Director Wei can change just because he has money.

Only when the other party is not doing well will they take the initiative to bow their heads.

For example, DC now.

Marvel is just doing too well.

If Director Wei wants to control Marvel, he has to wait more than ten years in advance and buy at the bottom when Marvel is about to go bankrupt, so that he can have the right to make decisions.

It's too late now.

So Director Wei can only try his best to kill Marvel in the country.

At least don't let Marvel pick up the bowl to eat, and put down the bowl of Shark Mom.

"And DC isn't completely hopeless."

"Hmm? Wei, where do you think DC's future lies?" Gal Gadot asked in surprise.

Director Wei calmly said, "I don't know why, but DC's superhero movies always like to play with depth, reflection, literary youth, and trolley problems. Typical examples are Batman and Superman. One is obviously a capitalist and the other is invincible, but they insist on being as cruel as possible."

Gal Gadot said helplessly: "I don't really understand it, but it seems to be American culture.

In the United States, DC superheroes are more popular than Marvel superheroes."

"From a comics perspective, that might be true, but from a movie perspective, it's clear that DC is being outclassed by Marvel."

Director Wei said, "Besides, aside from the United States, moviegoers around the world don't care about your American culture. They watch movies very simply - if the plot is good and the protagonist is awesome, they'll watch it. If the plot is bad and the protagonist isn't awesome, they won't watch it.

In this regard, Marvel has done a great job, but DC has to go against the audience."

Simply put, Marvel movies are super amateurish writing.

I won’t tell you anything else, it’s just a simple and crude way of pretending to be cool and saving the world.

DC movies are different. DC movies pursue depth and insist on targeting the elderly audience.

Then you must abuse the master, reflect, increase value, and improve the level.

As a result, many DC movie series with good reputations cannot increase their box office.

Some even have a bad reputation.

In Director Wei's opinion, it is the difference between simple and simple writing.

The former has a very bad reputation, Marvel is one of them.

Marvel's superhero movies have always been looked down upon by the mainstream system in the industry, and the same is true in Hollywood.

But they make money.

The box office is high.

The audience also feels that the reputation is bad and the quality is average, but they are willing to spend money.

Lao Bai's movies have gained a good reputation and achieved high artistic level.

But you put a bunch of special effects and investment there, and then you explore human nature... this won't make money.

"Marvel's superhero movies are shot according to simple commercial film concepts, but DC's superhero movies insist on being shot according to art film concepts. I don't quite understand the insistence of DC executives."

Director Wei said: "Actually, if you don't want to think too much, just keep it simple and rough. It's all about fighting, special effects, special effects, and spending money. The protagonist doesn't play with human nature, so it's not difficult to shoot no matter how awesome it is." Director Wei planned to shoot "Aquaman" in this way.

The protagonist, who was originally poor, had a fortuitous encounter and got a golden finger.

A standard adventure beginning for a simple novel.

Then he beat the tall, rich and handsome guy.

A standard plot for amateur writers to show off and then get slapped in the face.

Won the heart of the white, rich and beautiful girl.

It is also a standard cool plot in amateur writing.

In the end, the protagonist saved the world.

The standard ending for a simple novel.

The original "Aquaman" was actually shot in the same way.

There's no depth.

As a result, it became the highest-grossing DC superhero movie.

The audience proved with their actions that they love this kind of simple and crude drama for beginners.

But there are always many stubborn people in the industry.

Gal Gadot warned: "If you do that, DC superhero fans and Hollywood critics might say you're destroying their culture."

Director Wei nodded and said, "It's very possible, but who cares about them?"

Making mindless and satisfying movies is looked down upon not only in the United States but also in the Chinese-language film industry.

The industry has always believed that the most impressive thing is to have both depth and quality in the shots.

So even though Jiang Wen has failed so many times, many people still worship him as a god.

Wong Kar-wai is a director with a bad reputation and is sought after by many people.

Xiao Gangpao is a good commercial film director, but after achieving success, he still insisted on pursuing artistic heights.

This is a mainstream trend in the film industry around the world.

But Director Wei feels that many people just have too much money to burn.

Jiang Wen, Wong Kar-wai, Xiao Gangpao, and later Xu Guangtou, all made enough money and then turned to art.

When I had no money, I just went ahead and made commercial films.

DC movies are flopping so badly now, why do you still care?

Let’s make money first.

"If the opposition is so strong that many Americans feel it undermines their image of superheroes, then we can try a different approach—shooting a super villain."

Director Wei said calmly, "For example, the clown. Wouldn't it be better to make the clown the protagonist?"

Director Wei made this proposal to the DC executives.

"DC's superhero movies are all dark in nature, so why don't you just make the villain the protagonist?

Isn't it more satisfying for the audience to see the Joker bullying Batman than Batman being constantly controlled?" Director Wei asked.

DC executives looked at each other in surprise.

This idea...

"Can the villain carry a movie?"

Director Wei laughed, "You'll know if you try it. Let's test the waters with the Joker first! The Joker's popularity is no less than some superheroes, right? He's a psychopath, and yet he always succeeds."

This kind of protagonist makes the audience feel fully involved in the film and they won’t feel abused by the protagonist.”

If you put yourself in Batman's shoes, it would be really frustrating to be beaten by the Joker all the time.

How could such a wealthy capitalist be so frustrated as Batman? Director Wei had never seen such a cruel novel when he was reading it.

It's quite reasonable that the movie didn't do well at the box office.

This kind of Batman itself is difficult for the audience to empathize with, but wouldn’t it be cool to empathize with the Joker, beat up Batman, and toy with the people of Gotham City?

Director Wei felt there was no problem.

DC executives changed their perspective and felt that there seemed to be no problem.

It’s just… “This requires grading.”

"Then let's split it up, it's no big deal.

You've already failed miserably, and instead of trying various things, you're still afraid of everything. Aren't you just waiting for death?"

Director Wei's questioning left DC executives unable to refute.

They could only worry about one other thing: "What about the Chinese market? The people in charge of importing to the Chinese market attach great importance to values. If the protagonist is not on the side of justice, it will be almost impossible to be introduced in China."

Director Wei complained: "You guys know the feeling too."

"Of course, if you want to make money, you have to first find out the standards there."

DC senior management said.

Director Wei nodded.

No problem.

So it is confirmed once again that Marvel is deliberately trying to disgust China.

We all worship the God of Wealth, so we must know what his bottom line is.

If someone deliberately touches someone's reverse scale, it definitely means he is not unknowing.