China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 308 The bottom line cannot be broken
"No, absolutely not, "Tai Ping Wheel" is a work that I have poured my heart and soul into.

I will never delete a line, not even a word.

My hope for this film is to create our own Titanic for Easterners.

No plot in the script is superfluous, and every plot is paving the way for the shipwreck that follows. "

Wu Baige verbally rejected suggestions from people around him to streamline the script.

He felt that deleting the plot and condensing it into one film would make "The Wheel" lose its soul.

The people around him were somewhat speechless.

Wu Baige wants to create a big scene, and the investment of 1.4 million to make two movies is definitely not enough.

It is no longer possible to attract further investment.

The mainland's largest film market is generally not optimistic about Wu Baige's "The Wheel", so investors naturally have no confidence in this film.

Wu Baige waved his hand and said: "Stop talking, I have made up my mind, I must film "The Taiping Wheel".

Despite the fact that he has made many money-losing movies over the years, it is common for a movie to lose more than 100 million.

"Director Wu, is it too risky for you to invest your own money?"

Wu Baige thought for a moment and finally made a bold decision that shocked those around him: "Since no one is willing to invest in my "Tai Ping Wheel", then I will invest it myself.

Wu Baige was already deeply stimulated by Li Yu's words.

Wu Baige insisted on dividing the film into two parts, and refused to lower the original standards, so he had to figure out a way for the remaining 2.6 million by himself.

MGM and many investors were deceived by him, but his own pockets were very deep.

Li Yu, a mainlander, can make a movie called "Guandu" by investing his own money. How can he compare to "The Taiping Wheel" that I have been preparing for more than two years? "

I can sell my real estate and stocks in Hong Kong Island, Taiwan, the United States and other places. If it's not enough, I can take out all my savings.

If no investors are willing to invest, I will do it myself.

Li Yu can counterattack in adversity, so there's no reason why he can't.

It is easy for people to have the illusion that I can do what they do.

Otherwise, "Taiping Wheel" would not have been filmed at all.

From the perspective of those around him, his behavior was somewhat irrational.

At that time, Li Yu was suppressed by him. No investor except Da Tiantian was willing to invest in "Guandu". Didn't Li Yu himself invest tens of millions?
It is said that learning from barbarians can lead to defeating barbarians. Wu Baige thought that he could learn from Li Yu, his enemy, in this regard.

Li Yu publicly mocked him for not being able to do it, but he had to prove to everyone that he was capable.

He didn't believe that he couldn't do what Li Yu could do.

The remaining 1.4 million are already Wu Baige's die-hard fans in the investment community, and die-hard fans only have so much power.

I want to use practical actions to prove that my movie will not only not lose money, but also make a lot of money. "

Didn’t that mainland street kid mock that my movie would lose hundreds of millions?

In fact, Wu Baige's stud was a helpless move.

In fact, if you look at the problem from Wu Baige's perspective, you will find that his approach is rational.

As long as he wants to continue to be involved in the film industry, the only way left is to spend money on it.

No one is willing to invest money in him. 1.4 million is already the limit that investors can give him at present.

In this case, either he would simply announce his retirement and stop making movies in the future.

If he wants to continue making movies, he must reprove himself to audiences and investors with a box-office hit and word-of-mouth hit.

As long as his "The Wheel" is a big success, and his next movie will not be about restoring the glory of his peak, at least he won't have to worry about investment.

Wu Baige was aware of these situations in his own mind, but he just didn't tell the staff around him. Wu Baige acted quickly. The next day, he officially announced that the "Taiping Wheel" project would not be suspended due to the withdrawal of investors' capital.

He said that he invested money himself, and "Taiping Wheel" is still a super large production with an investment of 4 million.

Li Yu was very happy when he heard about this.

OK! Wu Baige's "The Taiping Wheel" finally came.

Moreover, most of the funds were invested by Wu Baige himself, and Li Yu was so happy.

Wu Baige has deceived so many people, it's time for him to taste what it feels like to be deceived by himself.

With the quality of "Taiping Wheel" and the disgusting operation of separating the upper and lower parts, if Wu Baige didn't lose more than 200 million this time, Li Yu would dare to take off his own head.

In the crew of "Man Jiang Hong".

Cheng Long noticed that Li Yu was in a particularly good mood today, so he specially picked a time to mention something to Li Yu.

"Director Li, do you know my son?"

Cheng Long started with a smile.

"I know very well. He scolded me when I was filming the second part of "Guandu"."

Li Yu looked down on people like Prince Long at all.

That kind of person is a typical dandy, who is not successful enough and is more than capable of ruining things.

Cheng Long and Prince Long are typical cases of a tiger father and a dog son.

Cheng Long naturally understood what Li Yu was talking about.

Prince Long has been developing into the film industry since his debut. Cheng Long has devoted all his resources to provide maximum support, but the effect is still not ideal.

With the success of the first part of "Guandu", Li Yu's second part of "Guandu" has become one of the top film resources in China at that time and has become a favorite among many stars.

Cheng Long entrusted Da Tiantian as a lobbyist at that time, hoping to insert Prince Long into the crew of the second part of "Guandu", but Li Yu refused.

Prince Long couldn't stand his domineering character at that time, and wrote a short essay angrily complaining about Li Yu's arrogance.

He scolded Li Yu for being just a lucky director who achieved a little success, nothing special.

Li Yu did not respond directly to Prince Long's abuse. Instead, he sent some evidence of Prince Long's smoking to Cheng Long.

Then Prince Long was beaten violently by Cheng Long.

For the sake of his own career and fear of Cheng Long's fist, Prince Long finally chose to apologize publicly.

Cheng Long laughed and said, "It's all in the past. I taught him a lesson last time. I beat him so hard that he couldn't get out of bed for two days. He has realized his mistakes and changed his ways."

So, Director Li, can you give my son a role in the movie "Man Jiang Hong"?
There doesn’t need to be too many scenes, just a few lines and a few appearances are enough. "

Cheng Long lowered his salary to the bare minimum of 1000 million. In addition to the fact that he valued Li Yu's works very much, of course he also had the idea of ​​raising his son.

He thought to himself, he had already reduced his remuneration to cabbage price. If he made such a small request, Li Yu would always give him some face, right?

The director of "Man Jiang Hong", Zhang Yingmou, who didn't know why, felt that this was not a big deal, so he said: "There are indeed some characters that meet your needs, such as the elite general of the Yue family army trained by Yue Fei who kidnapped the real Qin Hui and died heroically. He He doesn’t have many scenes or lines, and his scenes are generally quite exciting and touching.”

Cheng Long thought about it.

Even Zhang Yingmou said it was okay, so Li Yu had to consider Zhang Yingmou's face if he didn't give him face, right?

If Li Yu continues to refuse with a strong attitude this time, it will be a bit of a slap in Zhang Yingmou's face.

Cheng Long has such thoughts, it can only be said that he doesn't understand Li Yu enough.

Let alone Zhang Yingmou's words, even if Cheng Long had the connections to find Han Dong to speak for him, the result would still be the same.

In Li Yu's case, the bottom line must not be exceeded.

(End of this chapter)