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Chapter 355 The conception of the mythical universe

Since the movie is based on the Great Wall, the Great Wall must be the highlight of the movie.

Guarding the Great Wall is a must.

However, Li Yu did not write the enemies as gluttons who appeared out of nowhere like the previous version of "The Great Wall".

Li Yu clearly wrote in the script why the Qin army wanted to guard the Great Wall and where the enemy came from.

The story written by Li Yu goes like this.

King Yingzheng of Qin was a shrewd, capable and capable king. During his reign, he wiped out the world and unified the world.

After Yingzheng destroyed Qi, the last country among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, the whole country rejoiced.

Only Ying Zheng looked solemn, as if facing a formidable enemy, as if the Six Nations were not his enemies at all, the real enemy had just appeared, and the real war had just begun.

Ying Zheng's enemy is the sky above his head. The supreme god in Confucian mythology represents the will of heaven and the absolute master of supreme power - Haotian God.

After Ying Zheng destroyed the six kingdoms, heaven issued an edict and made Ying Zheng the Emperor of Thailand, the Human Emperor.

I know that you are magically changing history and integrating mythological elements such as Haotian God into the story background of the Qin Dynasty.

Teacher Liu once said that adaptation is not random editing.

Da Tiantian was deeply attracted by the grand background setting of "The Great Wall".

Another example is the Ancestral Dragon. In mythology, Qin Shihuang is the reincarnation of the Zhulong.

There is a legend that Ying Zheng is the ancestor of the dragon who came to the world and shouldered a great mission, so he is also called the ancestor dragon.

Your settings are logically logical. For a moment, I had the illusion that I had learned fake history. "

Li Yu quite agrees with Teacher Six's words, and of course he should implement them.

When the ministers headed by Li Si persuaded Ying Zheng to proclaim himself the emperor with an edict from heaven, Ying Zheng directly rejected the ministers' persuasion and created his own title of emperor.

Of course, Ying Zheng, a man of great talent and strategy, would not be willing to bow his head to heaven, nor would he allow the human race to be oppressed forever.

“Because most of the points I adapted can find clues in history.

This is the background of the story of Li Yu's version of "The Great Wall".

He wants to fight against the sky on behalf of the human race. He is not an emperor, he wants to be an emperor, an emperor who is on an equal footing with God Haotian.

She blinked her big eyes and said with admiration: "Li Yu, you are so talented.

There is also such a sentence in "Historical Records: The Chronicles of Qin Shihuang", ancestor is the beginning. Dragon, the king of human beings. "

As long as Ying Zheng accepts the canonization of God Haotian, then he will be the human emperor recognized by God and can represent the herdsmen of Heaven.

For example, Qin Shihuang's title of Tai Huang. Historically, Li Si and other ministers really suggested that Qin Shi Huang should be called Tai Huang.

The big sweet star's eyes twinkled, and Li Yu's gaze was full of admiration.

Because Ying Zheng was the first emperor of ancient China, he was also known as the First Emperor of Qin.

If I hadn't taken a history class, I might have been fooled by you.

The price is that the human race devotes most of its resources to the sky, and the human race will always be trampled under the feet of the immortal clan and become the eternal slaves of the immortal clan.

Li Yu is so talented, she is so impressed.

The general background of the movie has been revealed, and the story of the Great Wall can be smoothly introduced.

If Qin Shihuang wants to fight against heaven and lead the human race to rise, he will naturally be 'punished' by God Haotian and heaven.

The energy of God Haotian and the immortal clan in heaven is certainly countless times greater than that of Qin Shihuang and the State of Qin.

However, heaven and earth are divided into three realms, and the Haotian God and the immortals cannot directly intervene in the affairs of the mortal world and the human race.

Qin Shihuang's achievements were greater than those of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, and with the luck of the human race, no matter how powerful their divine power was, they could not harm Qin Shihuang himself.

This setting is somewhat similar to the Human Emperor Way in fantasy novels. As long as people's hearts are what they want, and they gain the support of everyone in the world, they can gain infinite power.

Heaven, represented by the Haotian God, can only rely on indirect means to defeat Qin Shihuang, the 'Human Emperor' who led the human race to break through the slavery of the immortal race. Here comes the wonderful part.

The Haotian God made the sky not rain for the Qin State, hoping that the human farmers in the world would have no harvest, and then overthrow the rule of Qin Shihuang and replace him with an obedient human emperor.

The talented and strategic Qin Shihuang ordered the construction of Zhengguo Canal and Ling Canal to dredge the water network and irrigate farmland.

God Haotian asked Taoist priests and scholars to spread ideas that were in line with heaven and opposed to Qin Shihuang, hoping to break Qin Shihuang's human-emperor ways by changing his thinking.

Qin Shihuang burned books to trap Confucians, and killed all the two devils in heaven who disturbed their thoughts.

There are countless wonderful fighting techniques.

The most important thing is the Great Wall. After God Haotian found that all his strategies were resolved by Qin Shihuang one by one, he decided to use force to solve the problem and overthrow the Qin State by force.

So hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu went south to herd horses.

The daughter of the ancestral dragon who is most like Qin Shihuang, the princess played by Da Tiantian goes north to the border to guard the Great Wall with Qin General Meng Tian.

The story of the Great Wall War begins here.

After reading the script of "The Great Wall", Da Tiantian was full of praise. She thought the script was so wonderfully written.

She was already aroused just by reading the text.

She couldn't even imagine how popular the real video would be.

However, Da Tiantian also had her own doubts: "Li Yu, your script is really great.

Just by reading the text, I can feel the great charm of Qin Shihuang. But you have boldly integrated into the mythological system. Will the audience accept it? "

"Tiantian, I know what you want to express, your worries are completely unnecessary.

Although "The Great Wall" is positioned as a historical myth blockbuster, in fact, this movie is a special effects blockbuster.

For special effects blockbusters, it is enough that the special effects are good enough and the plot is enjoyable enough.

The audience doesn't dig into the mythology system at all. They only know that the plot of Qin Shihuang and the Haotian God is very exciting.

If you don’t believe it, you can refer to Hollywood special effects blockbusters.

In addition to the special effects, I can describe the plot of "Avatar" in two words. Does it mean that it is the highest-grossing movie in the history of world cinema?
Li Yu said seriously.

The main focus of special effects blockbusters is special effects and excitement. It is enough to make the audience feel happy in all aspects from visual to auditory to psychological.

Just like Marvel's superhero movies, no one will delve into whether Iron Man's Ark Reactor is reasonable or not. The audience only thinks that Iron Man's suit is very cool, and it feels good to beat the enemy violently.

The same is naturally true for Li Yu's "The Great Wall". This is a purely commercial special effects blockbuster with strong Chinese elements.

Da Tiantian nodded in understanding. She thought what Li Yu said made sense.

"Okay, then we will shoot "The Great Wall". Just feel free to shoot it. Don't be afraid of losing money. It's only a few hundred million, and we can't afford to lose."

Da Tiantian made the final decision that the movie "The Great Wall" must be made.

Da Tiantian read the script again, and while praising Li Yu, she asked again: "Li Yu, I feel like there is a sequel to your "The Great Wall"? I feel like you buried a lot of foreshadowing in the script."

"Smart, you guessed it right. I plan to test the waters with "The Great Wall" to see how popular special effects blockbusters with Chinese mythology, fairy tales and other elements are.

If the response is good, we can consider a sequel, or even build a mythological universe or a fairy tale universe, and create a series of mythical fairy tale movies. "

This has always been Li Yu's idea.

As before, it is difficult to go abroad to make historical blockbusters. Foreigners are not interested in the history of China at all.

Science fiction films must be made, but the originator of science fiction films was also a foreigner.

Li Yu felt that it would be impossible without his own original series, and his direction was to focus on myths and immortals with a strong Chinese style.

The structure and conception of these two directions are many times higher than that of martial arts, and they are also mysterious.

In the early years, martial arts films and kung fu films had markets abroad, and there should also be markets for enhanced versions of mythological films and fairy tales.

(End of this chapter)