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Chapter 430: Elite? We are fighting against the elite

“It’s well-written, just reading the script is exciting and satisfying.

With Director Li's talent, I believe the audience will like this script if it is made into a movie."

The other party gave affirmation.

What the other party didn't expect was that Li Yu actually said something that he had never expected.

Li Yu said that this script is only a first draft and is far from perfect.

Especially the details of the protagonists' actions abroad.

Li Yu did not have the professional knowledge in this area and his performance was not good enough.

After hearing what Li Yu said, the other party's eyes were full of admiration: "No wonder you can make so many popular and well-received movies. Director Li, you are really meticulous. Your pursuit of details is really admirable."

"I have worked with Li Yu in depth for so many times, and he is indeed a very meticulous person."

Da Tiantian echoed.

Especially when filming a movie, Li Yu's pursuit of details was to the point of nitpicking, and her financial sponsor was often criticized by Li Yu.

"..."

Li Yu was silent for a few seconds.

He knew that Da Tiantian was praising him in front of the boss, but those words always gave people a weird feeling.

He has never had any in-depth cooperation with Da Tiantian, isn't this slander?

“Of course, we should strive to move closer to the truth within our capabilities.

The reason why Hollywood blockbusters can dominate the world has a lot to do with their excellent production.

Some of their movies don't use props at all, but real military equipment.

No matter how good the props and special effects are, they are certainly not as shocking as the real thing.

We should learn from their strengths and make up for our weaknesses, and learn from their approach of restoring the truth.”

Li Yu said seriously.

Hollywood was really powerful during its heyday, but they are also gradually declining.

Especially the various crazy xx correctness that followed made many movies become terrible.

For example, let a black woman play Snow White and a beautiful white woman play the evil stepmother queen.

Let the magic mirror say that the queen is obviously not as beautiful as Kuroyukihime? Isn't this making things difficult for the magic mirror? Isn't this rubbing the audience's aesthetic sense to the ground?

Li Yu is not sure whether this kind of movie that is correct just for the sake of being correct is good or not.

Anyway, it hasn’t even been released yet, but it has already attracted ridicule from the audience.

“Well said, we should try to restore the truth as much as possible while taking into account the story. I will provide you with all the help you need.

When you officially start filming, we will send someone to your crew to serve as a consultant."

The other party appreciated Li Yu's serious attitude very much.

He was more looking forward to seeing how many points Li Yu would eventually hand in on the test paper.

Anyway, he was sure that the score of this test paper would not be low.

The general direction has been decided, and all that remains is to polish the details of the script.

Li Yu has plenty of time to create an excellent script.

On the way back, Da Tiantian complained to Li Yu: "It's so boring recently. I don't have any movies to shoot."

Da Tiantian is in pain.

Most of the celebrities in the circle are working people.

Moreover, most stars can only remain popular for a few years. Even if they want to take a break, the company will not let them and would like to fill their schedules 24 hours a day.

Others can't even rest if they want to, but Da Tiantian is eager to work.

I can only say that work and hobbies are really different.

"You saw it too? I'm so busy now that I don't have time to write a script for you.

You can search for it yourself like you did with "Startling by Each Step" last time, and I will check it for you."

Li Yu glanced at Da Tiantian and said, "Forget it, I'm tired. I found that "Startling by Each Step" is already the best. It's hard to find a better ancient idol drama script than "Startling by Each Step".

Also, I filmed "Startling by Each Step" before because, as you said, its popularity among the public was too low, and I needed to shoot a few TV series to make up for the shortcomings.

Now that my shortcomings have been made up, I don’t want to film ancient puppet dramas anymore.”

Da Tiantian said proudly.

Having acted in a bunch of good films here at Li Yu, her vision is already very high.

She doesn't think highly of ordinary scripts.

She is already very famous and has a very high status, so she doesn't need to film costume dramas anymore.

She is the actress with the highest total box office in the Chinese film industry, and it would be difficult for her to lose her status if she were to film a costume drama.

"How's Brother Jing's Wolf Warrior going?"

Da Tiantian blinked her big eyes full of curiosity.

She is very concerned about Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior".

Li Yu told him that Wu Jing could take her flying in the future.

"Wu Jing is working hard on the post-production every day. He wants this movie to be a success more than anyone else. The movie will definitely be good."

Li Yu replied.

There was really no one willing to spend money to support Wu Jing, so he could only spend money to support himself.

The failure of "Wolf Tooth" has left a deep impression on him. If "Wolf Warrior" fails again, his heart will really collapse.

In order to avoid failure, Li Yu doesn't need to urge him, he will work hard to make the movie "Wolf Warrior" well.

……

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, several months have passed.

A lot has happened in the past few months.

For example, Li Yu's "Parasite" broke the box office of 4 million in mainland China, breaking the box office record of mainland art films.

Since "Parasite" successfully won the Best Film Award at Cannes, which is the famous Palme d'Or, the film has gained considerable popularity around the world.

Film producers in many countries want to purchase the broadcasting rights of "Parasite".

Hualiu Company made a lot of money from selling copyrights.

In addition, Li Yu spent several months working with professionals to carefully polish the script of "Operation Nujiang Red", and the quality of the script is better than the first draft.

Wu Jing, who had just finished the post-production of "Wolf Warrior" and came to discuss the release date with Li Yu, was amazed when he saw the final version of the script of "Operation Nujiang Red".

"Operation Nujiang" has many similarities with his "Wolf Warrior".

But any discerning person can see that the quality of the former is far superior to the latter.

"Director Li, your script is really well written. Compared with Operation Nujiang River, my Wolf Warrior is just like a popcorn movie without any substance."

Wu Jing said with some self-mockery.

He was embarrassed to tell others that he had been polishing the script of "Wolf Warrior" for a long time.

Li Yu's "Operation Nujiang" only took a few months to polish, but it's better than his, which took him several years to polish.

There are indeed differences between people.

Wu Jing felt relieved when he thought that Li Yu had the title of China's number one screenwriter.

It is reasonable that he and three other screenwriters together cannot compare to China's number one screenwriter.

Li Yu did not respond to Wu Jing's compliment: "The release date of Wolf Warrior will remain unchanged. Let's set it on October 1st."

"But Feng Xiaogang's If You Are the One 3 has just been announced to be released on October st! He and I are like a new recruit against an elite soldier. Don't I need to avoid the sharp edge?"

This is also the reason why Wu Jing came to discuss with Li Yu today.

He was just a new director who had just come out of the novice village. How could he dare to compete with a big director like Feng Xiaogang?

Li Yu chuckled twice and said, "Elite? We are fighting against the elite, there is no need to avoid them at all."

(End of this chapter)