China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 426 Director Li takes me flying

After the conversation, Li Yu and Da Tiantian left together.

"Tiantian, the job you found for me puts me under a lot of pressure."

Li Yu smiled bitterly.

He was actually given the task of directing the film version of "Operation Nujiang River".

How should I put it? Actually, Li Yu thinks that the version starring Lin Chaoxian in the original time and space is pretty good.

Starring tough guys, the actors' acting skills are all on point.

There are all the famous scenes that are standard in action movies, such as close combat, gun fights, car racing, boat racing, explosions, etc.

The movie can be said to be exciting from beginning to end, which can make the audience enjoy it.

This can be seen from the box office results and audience ratings.

The total box office of this version is over 11 billion, and more than 70 people gave it a high score of 8.0 on the Doumiao rating website.

If Li Yu wants to do better than this version, he can only dig deeper into the details, which is difficult and not small.

But it is also an honor to be able to take on this job.

There are so many directors in China, but they chose Li Yu over others.

This is a recognition of Li Yu's ability and position.

And to be honest, director Li Yu felt very happy when shooting this movie and submitting it for review.

Because the other party has made it clear that they have the green light throughout the process and any scale is acceptable.

I'm not afraid of the scale, I'm just afraid that Li Yu won't dare to shoot.

As long as Li Yu dares to shoot it, it will definitely pass the review, and not cutting anything is not a problem.

You know what, it really has a kind of 'imperial authorization' style of executing first and reporting later.

"Li Yu, how are you going to write the script? My elder uncle just said that we can't just copy reality.

Movies are not documentaries. If they are shot too realistically and boringly, audiences will not like to watch them and it will easily fail to achieve the desired effect as advertised.

If it is adapted, it cannot be completely divorced from reality, after all, this is a movie adapted from real events.”

In the words of Teacher Liu, you can adapt it but you can't make it randomly.

It has to be both authentic and commercial at the same time, which is quite difficult.

Da Tiantian is worried about Li Yu.

“I don’t know, I haven’t thought about it yet, this happened too suddenly.

I just flew back from France and got here less than half an hour after getting off the plane.

Without even a little bit of prior preparation, I had to go back and review as much information as possible about the incident.

Finally, we will study how to write the script.”

Although Li Yu had not figured out how to write the movie script, he could clearly see what Da Tiantian was thinking.

"Tiantian, you don't want to be scolded by the audience, do you? If you don't want to be scolded by the audience, then forget it. There is no chance that you will have a role in this movie."

"Okay, you saw it."

Da Tiantian was very unconvinced.

"Do you look down on my acting skills? My acting skills are always improving, okay?"

"There is no essential difference between 20 points and 25 points. They are both equally unqualified."

Li Yu said nonsense.

First of all, this kind of movie about capturing a big boss is based on reality and does not need to add an extra vase to make it more complicated.

If the director forcibly adds a vase and adds more scenes to the vase, the movie can be directly deducted one or two points.

Secondly, Da Tiantian’s acting skills are not that important. The main reason is that the image of a rich and beautiful woman she portrays is too deeply rooted in people’s minds.

Her face is delicate and noble.

Whenever her face appears in such serious movies, it tends to distract from the plot.

"Operation Nujiang" is not "Wolf Warrior 2".

Unlike the fictional story of Wolf Warriors 2, the screenwriter has much more room to play. It is a cool movie in itself, where one man defeats a group of professional foreign mercenaries.

It would be cool and exciting enough, all you need to do is change Da Tiantian into a rich American girl and set her to travel to Africa.

Then let her meet the protagonist Leng Feng, and just act as a beautiful vase and watch Leng Feng act cool the whole time.

It is a fictional thriller, and the audience will not find it unreasonable.

This is like a science fiction film. The audience is told in advance that it is a science fiction film, and the audience will not delve into whether those science fiction weapons are reasonable or not.

As long as the special effects are cool enough, the scene is big enough, and exciting enough, it will be fine.

If they are really the kind of people who take things too seriously, then they were not the audience for the movie from the beginning, and the director and screenwriter did not intend to bring this group into the cinema.

……

In the next few days, Mr. Han talked to Li Yu twice, hoping to arrange the release of "Parasite" as soon as possible.

"Nujiang River", which is in the state of creating a new folder, temporarily presses the pause button.

The main reason is that the leader gave Li Yu enough time.

The leader said that the script will be finalized before the end of this year, filming will start next year, and the film will be released the year after.

After all, the original version was not released until 16, so there is really no rush.

But Li Yu won’t need that long.

He is not a famous quick shooter like Wang Jing, but he is not the king wearing sunglasses who takes several years to shoot a movie.

Therefore, under the joint urging of movie fans and investment tycoons such as Mr. Han, the domestic release date of "Parasite" was set on June 6.

In terms of time, it was a bit tight, and Li Yu, who had just returned to China and hadn't even sat down yet, was extremely busy.

On June 6, Children's Day, Li Yu also had to attend the premiere of "Parasite".

After all, it is the second domestic film to win the Palme d'Or, so a grand ceremony is necessary.

On the day of the premiere, many well-known figures in the entertainment industry were present.

Mr. Han was also present in person. He was in high spirits and from the expression on his face one could tell that he was in a very good mood.

With his support, after a lapse of 20 years, another film won the Palme d'Or in China, which is a great achievement.

Two top directors, Zhang Yingmou and Chen Kaige, also came to support the event.

Xu Zheng, a rising new director, and Wu Jing, a director who is only new but not cutting-edge, were also present.

Fan Xiaopang and Huang Xiaoming used to be colleagues in the same company, and they both had a good relationship with Li Yu.

Huang Xiaoming exchanged seats with someone else and moved next to Fan Xiaopang.

"Director Li's circle of friends is really strong, Zhang Yingmou, Chen Kaige, Cheng Long, Chen Daoming, Chen Baoguo..."

Huang Xiaoming lamented that he couldn’t even count the names of the big guys.

"That's because Director Li is popular."

Fat Fan responded.

The two chatted for a while, and when Huang Xiaoming talked about movies, his tone became a little envious: "Binbin, you are in the spotlight again this time. You are in the movie "Parasite" which won the Palme d'Or."

He was extremely envious.

Once upon a time, he was very popular with Li Yu.

When they met for the first time, Li Yu wanted him to shoot "My Love from the Star" and "Signal" consecutively.

He was short-sighted and did not grasp "The Star", but only grasped "The Signal".

Even so, it still reached the pinnacle of his acting skills.

The later "Nirvana in Fire" successfully helped him get rid of the title of greasy man after "The Return of the Condor Heroes".

After that, it seemed like there was nothing more to do with him.

He has been doing pretty average in the film industry over the years. His resources are not bad, but his results are rather touching.

Seeing that his former colleague Fan Xiaopang has become successful with Li Yu's three high-grossing movies "Sun", "Comet" and "Parasite", while he is still standing still, he feels very worried!

He was wondering when Li Yu would be able to take him on a journey into the film industry.

(End of this chapter)