China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 437: The mission of both Chinese and American
It turned out that Li Yu's strategy was very effective.

In the next few days, Zhang Yi and Huang Xiaoming started a healthy competition.

Neither of them wanted to lose to the other, so both of them were running at full capacity.

When the competition intensified, both of them even began to work overtime.

In order to play the role well, Zhang Yi only slept five or six hours a day, and the rest of the time was either spent filming or studying the role.

Huang Xiaoming was not willing to be outdone after seeing this and immediately followed suit.

Assistant directors Wu Jing, Cao Qing, Zhang Yi and Huang Xiaoming all felt emotional after the competition.

When it comes to training actors, Li Yu is not inferior to the King of Sunglasses.

Moreover, Li Yu's approach is more gentle and will not make the actors resentful.

Zhang Yi and Huang Xiaoming rolled up spontaneously in order to avoid being pressed by the opponent.

Li Yu accurately grasped the competitive psychology of the two of them.

Now even if Li Yu asked them to stop, they would not stop their involution.

Because for Huang Xiaoming, if he was suppressed by an unpopular actor, it would be very embarrassing for him, the top young actor in mainland China.

For Zhang Yi, he is a talented actor, but Huang Xiaoming is not a recognized actor.

If he was beaten by Huang Xiaoming, he would be so embarrassed that he would be thrown into disgrace.

Wu Jing, the assistant director and action director, felt his scalp tingling when he saw the performance of Huang Xiaoming and Zhang Yi these days.

He is also an actor.

He felt that Zhang Yi and Huang Xiaoming were both too strong.

If he were to act opposite these two people, wouldn't he be hung up and beaten by them?
You can’t blame Wu Jing for not having much confidence in his acting skills.

It is a common problem for most martial arts actors that they are not good at acting.

Li Lianjie's acting skills are at the top among martial arts actors, but there is still a gap compared with truly outstanding actors.

What's more, his literary drama is not as good as Li Lianjie's Wu Jing.

Originally, Wu Jing was thinking about inviting Zhang Yi or Huang Xiaoming to play a role in "Wolf Warrior 2".

He wanted to copy Li Yu's answer.

Now it seems that it is better to forget it. There should not be such an awesome person in his crew. Leng Feng alone is the soul and core of "Wolf Warrior".

In early December, Li Yu returned to China.

Of course it’s not because the filming of “Operation Nujiang River” has been completed.

"Operation Nujiang" has only been in production for about a month, and only about 25% of the progress has been completed, so there is still a long way to go before it is finished.

The reason why Li Yu returned to China was that "The Great Wall: Part Two" was about to be released.

It is unacceptable for the director to be absent from the release of a blockbuster that is likely to break box office records.

As "The Great Wall: Part Two" is ready to be released, audiences on the Internet have begun to get excited.

"Grandpa, the movie you've been waiting for, 'The Great Wall: Part Two', is finally coming out. This super special effects blockbuster has been polished for more than a year, and I can't even imagine how good the movie will be."

"This time, Director Li should be able to regain the top spot in the domestic box office, right?"

"As long as the second part can maintain the production level of the first part, breaking the record is a must. In addition, Director Li's previous movie with two parts tells us that the big thing is usually in the second part."

Before it was released, the popularity of the movie had already reached a level that was envied by countless domestic filmmakers.

This is Li Yu’s current appeal in the Chinese film industry.

The female lead of The Great Wall: Part II said with some admiration: "Li Yu, you are so strong, and you are getting stronger and stronger.

In terms of appeal, no other director in China can compare with you. Now, as long as your movie is released, you will be the king for one or two months. "

Li Yu readily accepted Da Tiantian's flattery: "This is the market appeal of a director who has never failed."

This is also the reason why he is a director instead of an actor.

In the Chinese entertainment industry, directors are at the top of the food chain.

As an actor, even if you become the pride of Chinese actors and the most influential Chinese superstar in the world, you will not have such market appeal.

Da Tiantian personally feels that what Li Yu said today was a bit crazy.

But she thought Li Yu had the capital to be arrogant.

Li Yu has been a director for so many years and his films have never failed.

Whether it is the idol dramas of the early years or the current commercial blockbusters, Li Yu's works have basically not damaged his reputation.

The snowball has been rolling for ten years and has now become a giant.

"Li Yu, I heard from my uncle that a giant film company in Hollywood wants to invite you to make a movie for them.

However, this matter is still in the internal discussion stage at the company, and they have not made a decision yet.”

Da Tiantian said again.

Da Tiantian's uncle was very successful in the United States in his early years. When he was in the United States, he was already a billionaire. Later, he returned to China to invest and made a fortune.

Da Tiantian’s uncle has power in the United States.

Otherwise, how could Da Tiantian in the original time and space spend money to get the Oscars to specially customize an award for her?
Although this award has no gold content, people will even laugh at you if you get it.

But since he was able to use his money power to make Oscar bend over, one can imagine how much money and energy Da Tiantian has.

So what Da Tiantian said should not be groundless.

It's not surprising that there are giant companies over there that want to cooperate with Li Yu.

China's film market is expanding rapidly, and many Hollywood blockbusters have made huge profits in the Chinese market in recent years.

Not to mention the distant past, just this year, "Iron Man 3" earned 7.5 million yuan at the mainland box office, which is equivalent to more than million US dollars.

"Pacific Rim" grossed 6.5 million yuan. The box office revenue of this movie in China exceeded that in the United States, and China became the largest box office base for this movie.

China's film market has become increasingly important.

As the director with the greatest box office appeal in China, Li Yu's domestic box office can reach at least 800 million if his movies are good enough.

Li Yu recently won the Palme d'Or in Cannes, and his fame has also expanded overseas.

Li Yulai will direct this Sino-American co-production. As long as the quality of the film is good, the box office in China is basically guaranteed. If the overseas performance is also good, it will be a global blockbuster.

However, Li Yu is not interested in working with Hollywood movie moguls.

The national master was cheated by Hollywood. The reason why the national master's version of "The Great Wall" was so bad was partly because the editing rights were not in the hands of the national master.

The national master of the original time and space always felt wronged. He was not allowed to touch the editing, and when the movie flopped, everyone blamed him as the director.

If he had been in charge of editing the film, the reputation of "The Great Wall" might have been a little better.

It is not an isolated case that the director's cut from Hollywood has a better reputation than the studio cut.

All I can say is that there are both pros and cons to not having editing rights in the hands of the director. The good side is that it prevents the director from being self-satisfied, and the bad side is that the post-production team responsible for editing may not be as good as the director.

Anyway, Li Yu will not give up the editing rights.

He also didn't believe that Hollywood's film moguls would make an exception for him, a Chinese director.

Therefore, the task of achieving success in both China and the U.S. should be handed over to Teacher Liu. After all, Teacher Liu has been calling for this task for so many years.

(End of this chapter)