China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 395: The Great Wall premiere, locked in the Lunar New Year holiday
Wang Jing understands art.

As a veteran who has been making movies for decades and is also a screenwriter, he was able to discover the great potential of this script after only reading it once.

If this was a script written by a local director from Hong Kong Island, as long as it was filmed well, it would 100% win the Best Screenplay Award at the Academy Awards, and it would also shine at the Golden Horse Awards.

Even if it wins the world-famous three major European film festivals, there is a chance to win a major award.

“Director Li, if you had not offended the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Golden Horse Awards, with your ability and the quality of this script.

I am not exaggerating when I say that you can become the most dazzling person in the Golden Rooster and Golden Horse Awards.”

Wang Jing gave a very high evaluation very seriously.

In fact, Wang Jing’s vision is still a bit narrow.

The original version of "Parasite" not only won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

At the 92nd Academy Awards, the film won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best International Film and other awards that made Zhang Yingmou drool.

In addition to the grand prize, there were also several nominations.

In addition, this film has won many awards and nominations in many countries.

The awards and nominations received from different countries may add up to dozens.

Compared with these achievements, what are the self-produced Golden Horse and Golden Statue awards?
Li Yu now really despises these two awards which have increasingly low value and are annoying.

Li Yu was well aware of the potential of "Parasite", so Wang Jing's high evaluation did not cause any ripples in his heart.

He asked Wang Jing to read the script, not to hear Wang Jing's good words, but to hear what Wang Jing, a veteran Hong Kong artist, thought of his adaptation of the Hong Kong version of "Parasite", and whether there were any parts that were not realistic enough and needed to be modified.

"Director Wang, are you sure there are really no bugs? For example, there are places that are different from the real Hong Kong Island."

Li Yu is very serious about this movie.

"Absolutely not. At least I personally can't find any fault with it. The logic and rationality of this script are much higher than that of Detective Chinatown."

Wang Jing promised.

Li Yu nodded. He felt relieved after hearing Wang Jing's words.

Before writing the script for "Parasite", he consulted a lot of information about Hong Kong Island, and there were definitely no major bugs.

He asked that just now because he wanted Wang Jing to help him check if there were any minor bugs.

Since he wants to make a big splash with this movie, he hopes to do better and will not miss any details that can be improved.

"Director Li, how much money do you plan to invest to make Parasite?"

Wang Jing was very curious about this.

There are many high society scenes in the script.

If you want to make those scenes look realistic and good-looking, and to give them an upper-class vibe, you have to spend a lot of money.

"Like the first film of Detective Chinatown, the estimated investment is around 80 million yuan."

Li Yu gave his answer without much hesitation.

During the days of preparation, he took many things into consideration, including the most important investment.

"Isn't it too risky? 80 million. Even if it wins the grand prize, it will be difficult to recover the cost through overseas copyright if the box office performance is not good."

Wang Jing was obviously shocked by this number.

The investment amount was much larger than he had imagined, and it would be much more difficult to recoup the investment.

“Didn’t you just say that if this script was written by a director from Hong Kong, and he asked you for help, you would be willing to sell everything you had to help him raise the money?

Eighty million is not a huge number for me. I'll take the loss if I lose it. I can afford it.

I think it was worth it to make this movie.”

Li Yu said calmly.

"..."

What else can Wang Jing say when facing such a rich player?

He could only smile bitterly and say that being rich is really great. In fact, there was one thing Li Yu did not say directly.

He really doesn't think Parasite will lose money!

……

Time flies, and the Lunar New Year holiday is getting closer and closer.

Li Yu discussed with China Film Group and decided to set the release date as November 11th.

A premiere will be held in an auditorium in Beijing on November 11, inviting celebrities in the circle and some audiences to watch the film in advance.

The much-anticipated day has finally arrived.

There were two to three thousand people at the premiere of "The Great Wall", which was quite a grand occasion.

It is worth mentioning that Feng Xiaogang from Huayi was also here.

He came with Mr. Wang, intending to investigate the truth of "The Great Wall".

Don’t be fooled by Feng Xiaogang’s loud voice within Huayi, clamoring to compete head-on with “1942” against “The Great Wall”.

When it comes to tactics, Feng Xiaogang is still relatively cautious.

The Lunar New Year period is very long. Broadly speaking, the period from the end of November to the beginning of March next year can be called the Lunar New Year period.

If The Great Wall was really strong, he could release Nineteen Forty-Two a month later.

No matter how good a movie is, it will eventually run out of steam after a month of release.

If "The Great Wall" fails in its first battle, Feng Xiaogang will strike back and take back the throne of the third director.

Feng Xiaogang appeared at the premiere of "The Great Wall" wearing a pair of sunglasses, attracting many people's attention.

Many reporters from Hong Kong Island took the initiative to stir up trouble and asked some particularly tricky and irritating questions.

Feng Xiaogang kept a cold face and ignored them.

Because he knew that he couldn't say anything until he finished reading "The Great Wall".

Two famous directors, Zhang Yingmou and Chen Kaige, also came to the scene to show their support.

Many people lamented that there were not many people who could get face from both Zhang Yingmou and Chen Kaige, and Li Yu happened to be one of them.

The high expectations of everyone sometimes also mean tremendous pressure.

The heroine of the movie and the biggest sponsor of the movie, Da Tiantian, is now feeling this invisible pressure that is suffocating her.

That's the downside of being successful too many times.

If it were Da Tiantian in the original time and space, she would definitely not be nervous because of such things.

Because when you fail too many times, you will naturally become numb and it won’t matter anymore.

Another person who is under the same pressure as Da Tiantian is the movie's leading male actor, Fu Dalong.

In just one year, he has experienced so much, from a mediocre actor to a first-line actor who became famous overnight with "The Northern Dynasties", and then to "The Great Wall" with an investment of 500 million yuan.

He made more progress in one year than he had in the previous decades of his life.

To this day, he feels that everything is a little too dreamy.

He really wanted "The Great Wall" to be a success, and he also hoped that his Qin Shi Huang would be recognized by the audience. Only in this way could he live up to Li Yu's respect for him.

Li Yu noticed that the two looked a little overly nervous, so he lowered his voice and said to comfort them, "Calm down, an ugly daughter-in-law has to meet her parents-in-law eventually, and it's useless to be nervous and anxious.

We did the best we could.”

Li Yu is confident in the quality of his "The Great Wall".

Now it's up to the audience to vote.

On the big screen, the familiar dragon logo and the logos of the production company and the production company appeared one after another, and the movie began.

(End of this chapter)