China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 431 Action Director? He's obviously the assistant director.
Wu Jing didn't dare to say a word.

Who is Li Yu?

One of the top directors in the country, winner of the Palme d'Or, and someone who has broken the box office records for Chinese-language films many times.

Since his opponent is Feng Xiaogang, Li Yu is certainly qualified to say that he is fighting against the elite.

But this time, the one who went into battle to fight with the elite troops was not Li Yu, but him, the rookie recruit.

He has been working as a director for less than two and a half years. Are you sure he is not asking for trouble by asking a guy who has just graduated from the novice village to challenge the former king of Lunar New Year films?

"What? Is there a problem?"

Li Yu noticed that Wu Jing had a constipated expression.

"That's a big problem, Director Li. Are you overestimating me?

I am just a new director who started out halfway through my career. My previous film, Wolf Tooth, was a flop. How can I compare to Feng Xiaogang? "

Wu Jing smiled bitterly.

It's normal for him to have such thoughts.

Chinese people have a very heavy filter for great directors.

Take Wu Baige as an example. He had failed miserably in Hollywood and even seriously damaged one of the seven major film moguls in Hollywood.

At that time, Wu Baige had already become notorious in the United States, and no film company in Hollywood was willing to pay attention to him.

He is an abandoned loser.

Once he returned to China, he relied on his historical achievements to transform himself from an ignored flop director into a top domestic director, and the scale of the film projects he directed exceeded that of Zhang Yingmou and Chen Kaige at the time.

“There’s no need to put on a filter when watching domestic directors, especially those who are of a certain age.

It is undeniable that they once achieved very brilliant results, but that was in the past.

The world will always belong to young people, and in the future there will be more and more Mesozoic directors who will achieve better results than them.

Isn’t Lost in Thailand a clear example? If Lost in Thailand had not been withdrawn from last year’s Lunar New Year film, Xu Zheng would have already defeated Feng Xiaogang.”

Li Yu encouraged.

It is a fact that in the future, more and more middle-aged directors will achieve much more commercial success than veteran famous directors.

Part of the reason is that directors like Chen Kaige like to mess around after they become successful.

Part of the reason is that they can't keep up with the pace of the market.

Mesozoic directors are younger, more receptive to new things, and better know what kind of movies the younger generation of audiences like to watch.

"That's true, but I still don't have the confidence. After all, I'm not Director Li."

Wu Jing has a serious lack of confidence.

If he had Li Yu's talent and ability, he would have been promoted to A long ago, but the problem is that he doesn't.

He also didn't think he could become a dark horse like Xu Zheng.

It’s hard to find a dark horse like this in a few years.

"You have to show the courage you showed in the movie when you beat up the foreign mercenaries. Don't be a coward. It's settled. Wolf Warriors will be released on October 1."

Li Yu forcefully helped the hesitant Wu Jing make a decision.

To reassure Wu Jing, he added, "I know what you are worried about, but your worries are unnecessary.

No matter how good a movie is, it is impossible for it to take up the entire market.

Unless the rivals of this film at the same time are all weak and useless, the audience really has no choice. "

"Director Li, what you said makes sense."

Wu Jing felt much more relieved.

Li Yu added: “So, as long as we do a good job of publicity and achieve our goal, that’s all.

The purpose of "Wolf Warrior" is to make a profit and lay a solid foundation for your subsequent films.

As long as you achieve this goal, it doesn't matter if you lose to Feng Xiaogang? No one will say anything to you. Everyone will think it is reasonable.

If you win, you are awesome, and it is no exaggeration to say that you become famous overnight."

Wu Jing found that he couldn't find any reason to refute.

There's nothing wrong with that. As a new director, he is not afraid of those wearing shoes when he is barefoot. From this perspective, he really has nothing to be afraid of.

In fact, this time Li Yu is not sure which one of "If You Are the One 3" and "Wolf Warrior" is stronger in terms of business.

He doesn't know whether this "If You Are the One 3" is similar to the one in the original time and space.

After all, the original version of "If You Are the One 3" was not filmed until ten years later.

Assuming that "If You Are the One 3" is as good as the version ten years later, the performance will definitely not be worse than ten years later.

Because "If You Are the One 3" follows the style of Feng's comedy films.

The film market changes very quickly. Ten years later, Feng's comedy, which has not changed according to the market, really has no market. It is like using the S5 version of equipment to force it into the S10 season. It would be strange if you are not beaten by the opponent.

It’s hard to say at this point in time whether Feng’s comedy still has a market.

Because in Li Yu's impression, Feng Xiaogang has a comedy called "Private Customization" which was released at about the same time.

The word of mouth was poor, but the box office was good, with 7 million yuan.

"By the way, Director Li, when is the filming of Operation Nujiang River scheduled to start? I can be responsible for the action direction."

The matter of "Wolf Warrior" has been finalized, and Wu Jing suddenly changed the topic to Li Yu's "Operation Nujiang River".

When filming "Wolf Warrior", he found that the quality of directors who changed their careers were much worse than those who were professionally trained, and they had a lot of professional knowledge to catch up.

It would be great if I could learn from Li Yu.

Wu Jing's words served as a reminder to Li Yu.

That makes sense. Isn't there a ready-made action director standing right in front of him?
And Wu Jing really has experience in military service.

In order to film "G.I. Joe: Blades Out of the Sheath", I trained in the military camp for more than a year.

Having someone like him with military training as action director saves a lot of trouble.

"How about this, I'll let you be the assistant director of Operation Nujiang River, and you will definitely be responsible for the action direction.

But I want to give you more work, I want you to direct the action scenes."

Li Yu generously delegated his power.

Not only was Wu Jing given the job of action director, he was also given the title of assistant director, which allowed him to even indulge in the director's addiction when filming action scenes.

"Director Li, you are giving me a surprise, right?"

Wu Jing was ecstatic.

"Don't be happy too soon. I am very strict when making movies. Don't blame me for getting mad on the spot if your directing is not up to standard."

Li Yu joked.

"Absolutely not. For Director Li's movies, I have to do my best to direct the action scenes well."

Wu Jing said very seriously.

Li Yu trusted him so much that he gave him the important action scenes to direct. If he couldn't direct them well, he would jump into the Nujiang River without Li Yu asking him to do so.

"Don't be so serious. I must have confidence in your ability to entrust you with such an important task."

Li Yu had no doubt about Wu Jing's professional level.

Wu Jing followed Li Lianjie's path when he made his debut. He has won a martial arts championship and has been filming action movies for many years.

He knows very well what kind of action scenes the audience likes to watch.

He is a true professional in this field.

(End of this chapter)