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Chapter 454: Ghost Blows Out the Light Series

"Director Li, I am convinced by your pretense."

Wang Jing said this verbally, but in his heart he strongly condemned Li Yu's pretentious behavior.

Because he has never pretended to be so fresh and unworldly.

Unfortunately, the cruel reality told him that he might never have such an opportunity in his lifetime.

His character as the king of bad movies is too deeply rooted in people's minds.

If he said the same words as Li Yu, everyone would treat his words as a joke.

Li Yu glanced at Wang Jing and thought, isn't this guy slandering me?
Where is he pretending?

He just repeated Xu Ke's original words.

Xu Ke really called him and asked him if he could stagger the release time, because he was worried that he would be killed by his "Operation Nujiang River".

Li Yu found that everyone was frightened by what he said just now, so he changed the subject and said seriously: "After my observation for half a day, Director Wang's ability as a veteran director is beyond doubt.

Everyone’s performance was also good and was above the passing line.

If it can continue to maintain this performance, the performance of the first season of Joy of Life will not be a problem and the sequel is guaranteed.”

Li Yu's comments on "Joy of Life" made everyone present, including Wang Jing, feel reassured.

Li Yu has always had a good eye and rarely makes mistakes.

Li Yu said that the performance of the first season of "Joy of Life" and the sequel are guaranteed, and everyone is very happy.

Especially actors like Li Xin who have always been lukewarm.

"Joy of Life" is guaranteed to have a sequel, which means that her chances of becoming popular with this drama have increased.

She wants to progress so much.

"Director Wang, if the first season performs well, don't delay and start the second, third, and fourth seasons immediately..."

Li Yu turned to look at Wang Jing and gave him instructions.

The series shot in China are really disgusting.

The time span is too long, such as "Joy of Life" in the original time and space.

The first season was so successful that it took five or six years for the second season to come out.

Not only "Joy of Life" has this problem, other series also have this problem.

Often during filming, the screenwriter, director, and leading actor are changed, and the end result is that the film gets worse and worse, ruining a good series.

Li Yu's idea is to strike while the iron is hot. If the first season is well received, he will immediately start the second, third, and fourth seasons...

Shoot one or two hundred episodes in a few years to satisfy the audience.

What? Such a high output is beyond the ability of ordinary directors and production teams to cope with it?

So Li Yu used Wang Jing, who was as productive as a sow, and the Hong Kong Island team that Wang Jing brought from Hong Kong Island.

Li Yu believes that Wang Jing and his team will live up to expectations.

Li Yu's words were addressed to both Wang Jing and the actors present.

It implies that they should not take too many acting offers next year because "Joy of Life 2" will be coming soon.

"Director Li, look at what you're saying. You know me, I'm very realistic. As long as I can make money, I can shoot for two years without taking a break 365 days a year."

Wang Jing spread his hands, indicating that as long as he could make money, nothing else mattered.

He made bad movies to give Hong Kong's film industry professionals jobs and to make a little money at the same time.

As long as the "Joy of Life" series can really make money, shooting two seasons a year is not a problem for a quick shooter like him.

As we all know, Hong Kong directors like him often start filming without a proper script. Seriously, if the script can be collected on five pages on the day of the start of filming, it is considered good.

"Joy of Life" has an original novel, so Wang Jing doesn't need to think about the plot. What he needs to consider is how to bring the plot in the novel to TV.

Some plots that cannot be realized on TV need fine-tuning, but most of the time no adjustments are required.

When filming a drama like this, Wang Jing, the quickest of the quickest, can operate at full capacity.

……

After visiting the crew of "Joy of Life", Li Yufei returned to Beijing to arrange a new project for the company, the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" series.

Thanks to Li Yu's forward-looking vision, he acquired the film and television adaptation rights of excellent works such as "Ghost Blows Out the Light" and "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" at a very early stage.

The reason why we didn’t shoot it before was because there are many places in the “Ghost Blows Out the Light” series that require special effects.

In the early years, domestic special effects technology was not advanced enough to produce great effects.

Nowadays, domestic special effects technology has made great progress.

Here is a piece of knowledge that many people don’t know: China’s special effects technology is not as bad as everyone imagines.

Some Indian, Bollywood and Hollywood blockbusters have outsourced part of their special effects work to Chinese special effects companies, and the results are very good.

As time goes by, they invest more and more in outsourcing projects.

The reason why Chinese movies give people the feeling that the special effects are not good is mainly because the pay of Chinese actors is too abnormal.

For a movie with an investment of 3 million yuan, the salary of a leading actor can account for , , , or even , , or million yuan.

Taking into account the salaries of other leading actors, for a work with an investment of 3 million yuan, it would be good enough if 1.5 million yuan is left over from the actual production costs, and the money spent on special effects would be even less.

This is also the reason why Li Yu is not interested in superstars like Li Lianjie and Cheng Long.

They are too expensive, the cost-effectiveness is too low, and countless examples tell us that as long as the movie is good enough, it can be a hit whether there are superstars or not.

Li Yu handed the heavy responsibility of directing the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" series to Cao Qing.

Li Muge is not good enough, he is good at taking pictures of beauties and scenery, and is more suitable for idol dramas.

"Ghost Blows Out the Light" does not need to highlight beauties and scenery; adventure, thrills, and suspense are its selling points.

What the audience wants is excitement, not for the director to make the grave as magnificent as a 5A-level scenic spot.

Regarding the selection of actors for the Iron Triangle, Li Yu did ask the original author Ba Chang for his opinion.

Bachang said that Jiang Wen best fits the character of Hu Bayi.

Li Yu had a black question mark on his face at that time.

Depend on!
Let Jiang Wen play Hu Bayi. Are you sure you won’t get beaten by Jiang Wen?

Letting such a big shot star film a web drama, where the main character is a grave digger, isn't that an insult?

Finally, Li Yu made a personal decision and the Iron Triangle just copied Pan Yueming's version.

Hu Bayi played by Pan Yueming and Shirley Yang played by Zhang Yuqi are both good. They starred in the recognized pinnacle of the "Ghost Blowing Out the Light" series, "Longling Mystery Cave".

Later, the quality of the sequels in the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" series declined. Pan Yueming himself had only one problem, he gained weight. The rest of the problems were basically the fault of the screenwriter and director.

The most thrilling scene in the original novel is "Yunnan Worm Valley", in which a group of villagers actually sneaked in, which made the audience's IQ rub on the ground.

More and more awkward love scenes make the audience's scalp tingle.

The main reason is that the director was changed. He was replaced by a director who came from idol dramas in Hong Kong and Taiwan. He would feel uncomfortable if he didn't add some emotional scenes.

All in all, Pan Yueming's version of the iron triangle is pretty good. The only controversial thing may be that the fat guy does not fit the image of the original work.

There is no way around this. Li Yu couldn't find an actor who perfectly fits the image of the original character.

(End of this chapter)