China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 390 It’s broken, he fell into the trap

One day after the Shanghai roadshow of "The Blade of the Assassin" ended.

Keywords such as Li Yu, Lu Yang, Beijing Film Academy, and Xiu Chun Dao have caused heated discussions on the Internet.

“I’m so envious of Lu Yang. I finally understand why I have achieved nothing at this age. It turns out that my seniors are not strong enough.

If I could have met a senior who was willing to give me 60 million, I would have succeeded a long time ago."

“Brother above, just go to bed. It’s true that Lu Yang met a good senior.

But Lu Yang himself is also very capable. He used to be good at making art films and has won awards at the Golden Rooster and Silla Awards in China.

If Lu Yang had achieved nothing like you, his seniors wouldn’t have invested in him.”

"If you keep scolding me!!! Can't you give me some time to fantasize? Do you have to point it out to me so cruelly?"

"Director Li is really the best senior at Beijing Film Academy in recent years. He is really willing to spend real money to help his juniors when they are in trouble."

"Director Li's vision is really great, and what he said is absolutely right. The film "Blade of the Assassin" which cost 30 million yuan to make must have many flaws due to insufficient funds.

I believe that what Director Lu said in Shanghai was sincere and heartfelt.

Without Director Li, Blade of the Assassin wouldn’t be as successful as it is now.”

……

Beijing Film Academy is very satisfied with this.

People used to joke that directors who graduated from Beijing Film Academy always liked to use actors from their neighbors and didn’t care about their younger classmates.

This time, Li Yu and Lu Yang finally saved some face for the school.

Let’s see who will dare to say that directors graduating from Beijing Film Academy are undercover agents sent from next door.

Li Yu was a little amused when he found out that Lu Yang had put himself on the front page of the entertainment section with just a few words.

He had already told Lu Yang before and asked him not to say this to others.

In the investment event of "The Blade of the Assassin", the role he played was just that of an investor.

He will invest money only because he can see the potential of Lu Yang and the movie "The Blade Strikes".

But Lu Yang didn’t think so.

Lu Yang really regarded Li Yu as his mentor.

Lu Yang felt that Li Yu had made an indispensable contribution to his current success, and he had to thank Li Yu no matter what.

Another week later, the box office of "The Blade Strikes Back" had reached 350 million.

There is no doubt that the box office will exceed 400 million. The media and netizens are now discussing whether the box office of "The Blade of the Assassin" can reach 500 million.

The 500 million club is definitely a hot topic.

Currently in China, the number of directors whose films have grossed over 500 million yuan can be counted on one hand.

Chen Kaige, who was deified many years ago, has never had a movie with a box office of over 500 million yuan.

However, Chen Kaige is an ancient great god, and he holds the only Palme d'Or award in China.

As long as he has that award in his hands, no one dares to look down on him.

What's more, Chen Kaige just filmed a movie called "The Vanishing Lover" not long ago.

This is the highest-grossing art film in China, and its reputation is also excellent. This achievement is of great significance.

Wang Baoqiang responded and agreed to star in "Detective Chinatown".

The person who told the relevant personnel of Hualiu Company that Wang Baoqiang agreed to perform was the agent who later became notorious and shook the entire entertainment industry - Song Zhe.

Song Zhe is currently an employee of Huayi, and Wang Baoqiang is also an artist under Huayi.

It's no surprise that the two of them can work together.

What makes Li Yu curious is,
In 09, Song Zhe had already started working as Wang Baoqiang's agent.

In 10, Wang Baoqiang and Miss Ma walked into the wedding hall.

It has been a little more than two and a half years now. Could it be that Miss Ma has secretly knitted a hat for Wang Baoqiang?

After Wang Baoqiang joins the group, Li Yu can ask someone to keep an eye on him. If that incident has already happened, he can be a kind person and remind Wang Baoqiang.

It’s not for any other reason, just because even Li Yu admires Wang Baoqiang, a man who can’t find any black spots on his wife who has slept next to him for many years.

Such people are truly a breath of fresh air in the notoriously chaotic entertainment industry.

We can't always let honest actors like this, who are relatively clean and really work diligently and seriously on filming, suffer losses.

Because of the Wang Baoqiang incident, Huayi's General Manager Wang made a special call to Li Yu, stating that Feng Xiaogang could not represent Huayi and that Huayi had no hostility towards Li Yu.

Mr. Wang fully agrees with Li Yu's idea of ​​using Wang Baoqiang as the leading male role in the new movie.

The films produced by Li Yu are of very high quality and are very popular. Wang Baoqiang is an actor with great potential.

After starring in "Detective Chinatown", Wang Baoqiang's film career may be able to go a step further.

Huayi’s control over Feng Xiaogang is not strong enough and it cannot control Feng Xiaogang at all. Li Yu knows this very well.

However, he still pretended to be very unhappy and said, "Isn't Feng Xiaogang a contracted director of your Huayi? To put it bluntly, he is just a senior employee. How can you, as the boss, not even control the words and actions of an employee?"

Faced with Li Yu's accusation, Mr. Wang was clearly in the wrong.

He had no choice but to give Li Yu a rosy answer: "This matter is our fault. To express my apology, if Director Li needs my help in the future, I will definitely help him."

Let’s talk about the future later. When the time comes, whether he helps Li Yu or not, won’t the decision still be in his own hands?
Seeing that the other party had fallen into the trap, Li Yu immediately said: "Thinking about it carefully, I can still understand it.

Huayi is so dependent on the great director Feng Xiaogang that he becomes a little fearless.

Mr. Wang, it's not easy for you either. Let me make one final statement: we, the Chinese culture, actually have nothing to do with Huayi.

Otherwise, I would not have chosen Wang Baoqiang to play the leading role in the Detective Chinatown series."

Mr. Wang breathed a sigh of relief. It would be absolutely irrational to go to war with Li Yu and Hua Liu.

When two tigers fight, there must be one injury.

China's film market is large enough and its potential has not yet been fully developed.

We all have a vast living space, and harmony brings wealth, which is the most important thing.

Wait...Mr. Wang suddenly reacted and discovered something incredible.

"Detective Chinatown" co-produced by Li Yu and Wang Jing is not a movie, but a movie series?
Li Yu and Wang Jing are going to do something big.

It can be seen that Li Yu is very confident in the first part of "Detective Chinatown", otherwise he would not have the idea of ​​making a sequel or a series.

He let his imagination run wild.

If "Detective Chinatown" really becomes a hit movie series, what will happen to the leading actor Wang Baoqiang? He will fly to the sky.

"Director Li, did I hear you correctly? You said Detective Chinatown is a series? The first part is just the beginning?"

In addition to being shocked, Mr. Wang couldn't help but confirm it with Li Yu.

"Yes, you heard it right, it's a series. Please inform Wang Baoqiang to come over when he has time. We want to sign a contract with him for more than just one film, but for the entire Detective Chinatown series."

These things cannot be hidden from Mr. Wang. Even if Li Yu doesn't say it, Wang Baoqiang's good agent will report it to Mr. Wang.

As long as actors like Wang Baoqiang work hard on their films, their careers will become more and more successful and their value will increase.

Signing a whole series of contracts with Wang Baoqiang as soon as possible would be the most profitable option for Hualiu Company.

Mr. Wang has a hundred ideas in mind. His reason and experience tell him that it will be more beneficial for Huayi to sign the films one by one.

If the first part of "Detective Chinatown" is successful, Li Yu can get greater benefits when inviting Wang Baoqiang to star in the second part.

Mr. Wang's brain was working rapidly, thinking about how to trick Li Yu using the same method he used against Stephen Chow.

But Li Yu is not Star Master. He revealed his true intentions and said, "Mr. Wang just said that I can ask you for a favor in the future. So I have a small request.

The requirement is that Wang Baoqiang now wants to sign a film series with Hualiu at a time.

I don't care about Feng Xiaogang's matter, Xiao Wang won't even give me this little face, right?"

Mr. Wang was startled, then he realized that something had happened and he had fallen into a trap.

(End of this chapter)