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Chapter 461: The City-Building Maniac in the Entertainment Circle

"Then may I ask what Director Li Yu said that you regret not listening to?"

"Could it be that Director Li Yu participated in the production of 'The Hero's Descendants'? I didn't see his name in the list of behind-the-scenes workers."

Reporters expressed their doubts one after another.

Li Yu is one of the most famous figures in the Chinese film industry.

If Li Yu participated in the production of "The Heroes" he would have been reported extensively by the media long ago. It is impossible that there would not be any clues left.

Of course, this is not impossible.

Li Yu may have participated in the early planning of "The Heroes of Heaven and Earth".

Then Li Yu found out that the film was terrible, so he quit.

Li Yu is well-known in the circle for his sharp vision. He once predicted that "Red Cliff", "Dreams of Show Business" and "The Crossing" were bad movies.

It is not surprising at all that Li Yu successfully predicted that "The Lion Falls from the Sky" would be a mediocre bad movie. Everyone will think it is reasonable.

Cheng Long smiled bitterly and said: "Director Li was not involved in the production of "Lion Falls from the Sky"."

It would be nice if Li Yu participated in the production of this movie.

With Li Yu around, this movie would definitely not be in the bad situation it is now with no hope of making a profit and poor reputation.

"The script for 'The Hero's Descendants' was ready several years ago, and I brought the script to invite Ms. Jing and Director Li to work together.

Director Li affirmed my idea at the time and said that it was a good idea.

Peaceful trade and common prosperity between ancient China and the countries in the Western Regions is a good theme.

However, it is obviously inappropriate for me to impose the elements of peace, unity, cessation of war, and happiness among the people of the world on the Han Dynasty, where anyone who offends the mighty Han Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away they are.

He said that the Han Dynasty was one of the dynasties with the most martial virtues in Chinese history.

The Han Dynasty was defeated by the Five Barbarians, and the Huns did not dare to go south to graze their horses for twenty years.

When the Han envoy arrives, do not move, otherwise the country will be destroyed... These stories that still make modern Chinese people excited happened during that period.

He also said that if I wanted to make a movie about the Han Dynasty, I could make Jin Pucheng, Geng Gong and the three hundred Han soldiers who were ready to die as the protagonists.

Three hundred Han soldiers were trapped in the isolated city for a year, fighting bloody battles with 26 Xiongnu troops that were dozens of times larger than their own. Finally, the Eastern Han Dynasty decided to send reinforcements to rescue them, and finally welcomed the only remaining warriors back home.

This Eastern Han Dynasty version of "Saving Private Ryan" will definitely not be worse than the one made by foreigners."

Cheng Long really regrets it.

I shouldn't be so stubborn. If I had really listened to Li Yu's advice and made a Han Dynasty version of "Saving Private Ryan", the box office might have reached over ten billion.

However, Cheng Long probably didn't know, even if he listened to Li Yu's advice.

Seeing that Cheng Long had found Li Rengang as the director, Li Yu still had to say that he was not optimistic.

Li Rengang was able to handle a film like "The Climbers" which does not have a large number of actors and is a difficult subject to film badly.

The Han Dynasty version of "Saving Private Ryan" has grand war scenes, lofty ideals, and a spirit of never giving up. It would be a miracle if Li Rengang could handle all of these.

He should be thankful that he didn't add two inexplicable love scenes into the film.

The reporters were instantly excited after hearing Cheng Long's words.

There really is a big melon.

Li Yu pointed out the problems of "The Heroes" a long time ago, and also gave another very good direction, but Jackie Chan didn't listen to it at all.

The next day, the media began their actions.

"Li Yu actually foresaw the current situation of "The Hero's Descendants" long ago."

"Cheng Long: I regret not listening to Li Yu's advice."

Audiences who have watched "The Heroes of Heaven" were even more swearing. "I watched the video of the interview, and I don't know what Director Li and Cheng Long talked about a few years ago.

But just from Cheng Long's few words, I could feel that the story that Director Li gave him was so exciting that it was explosive."

"Director Li is absolutely right. The Han Dynasty was a dynasty full of martial virtues. Why don't you shoot some passionate stories about friendly exchanges? What's the difference between that and Wu Baige talking about peace in Red Cliff? Isn't this nonsense?

It's not that you are not allowed to film about friendly exchanges and the pursuit of peaceful business, but why don't you set the Han Dynasty as the background of the story? Can't you set it to the Song Dynasty?

The GDP of the Song Dynasty was well-known. As long as money could solve a problem, they would never use force, because they would not be able to win even if they used force. "

"Director Li is very far-sighted. I am now eager to find a reliable director to film the story that Director Li told me."

"I looked up the story that Director Li told me. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the imperial court re-established the Western Regions Protectorate and appointed Geng Gong and Guan Chong to guard the Western Regions.

The following year, the Khan of the Northern Xiongnu sent 20,000 elite troops to attack the Cheshi Kingdom in the Western Regions, killed the King of Cheshi, and then turned to attack the Jinpu City where several hundred people were stationed.

Cheng Long told the story that happened afterwards in the interview. The 26 Han soldiers refused to surrender, and when the reinforcements arrived at the city, there were only people left in the city.

When the twenty-six people returned to Yumen Pass after a long journey, only thirteen were left. The guarding commander was so moved that he personally bathed and changed clothes for them.

This story is really exciting. If it can be filmed well, it will definitely be as good as the foreign movie "Saving Private Ryan."

In addition to ordinary audiences and netizens who felt sorry for Cheng Long for not listening to advice.

Wu Jing, who was writing the script for Wolf Warrior 2, was enlightened when he saw the interview with Cheng Long.

The line “Whoever openly offends the mighty Han will be punished, no matter how far away he is” is so inspiring. He must use this line when filming "Wolf Warrior 2" in the future.

After pondering for a while, Wu Jing decided to change it to "Whoever offends China must be punished no matter how far away they are."

Li Yu, who was sitting at home, probably never thought that this time, the inspiration for Wu Jing's most famous line actually came from him.

In addition to Wu Jing, many people in the industry also noticed the content of Cheng Long's interview.

Chen Kaige should be considered the most famous one among these people.

He always felt that there were only two heroes in the Chinese film industry, Yu and Ge'er.

What? Zhang Yingmou? Zhang Yingmou used to be his employee, so of course he was not as good as him and Li Yu.

Whenever he saw news related to Li Yu, he would read it carefully.

This time is no exception.

After listening to the story told by Li Chenglong in the interview video, Chen Kaige cursed: "If Director Li had told me this earlier, why would I build Tang City? Wouldn't it be better for me to build Han City directly?"

As a true architectural design master in the entertainment industry, Chen Kaige's ability in architecture is second to none.

He can really be said to be a city-building maniac. When filming "The Emperor and the Assassin", he spent 12 billion to build the Qin Palace on a one-to-one scale.

An orphanage was built for the filming of "The Orphan of Zhao".

Now he has invested another 16 billion to renovate Tang City. The future "Legend of the Cat Demon" will be filmed in this Tang City.

The architectural design capabilities of True Architect Chen Kaige have been highly recognized by governments around the world.

Even though the cities he built cost hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars, in fact, these projects are very profitable.

These cities can be rented out to film crews for filming and can also boost local tourism.

At this time, Chen Hong said, "Your Tang City is so big, it will take more than two years to repair it before it can be used.

An ancient city that can accommodate hundreds of Han soldiers is nothing compared to the Tang City. Building another one would not cost even one-tenth of the budget of the Tang City.

And Seoul will definitely be completed earlier than Tang City.”

Chen Hong's meaning was very straightforward. Just build it and it's done. Chen Kaige wanted to build a city to shoot a movie, so he was still worried about not being able to get the local government to invest?

She had a feeling that if the story was filmed in Seoul, it would be a big hit at the box office.

(End of this chapter)