China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 473 It’s broken, and it’s coming for him again

Li Yu was silent for a long time.

He doesn't really care whether Stephen Chow will go back to being an actor.

Three or two years ago, if Stephen Chow was the lead actor, he would definitely have the potential to hit the top of the domestic box office.

Now, Li Yu is not very optimistic.

A movie is not just about the director and actors. Positions such as photography, lighting, sound recording, martial arts coordination, and editing are all very important.

Li Yu has been in the industry for more than ten years, and his behind-the-scenes team has been upgraded several times.

At the beginning, he did not have sufficient financial resources, so he invited a group of senior students who studied photography from the Beijing Film Academy to take charge of the photography.

Later, as the company developed, his vision was no longer limited to Beijing Film Academy. He spent a lot of money to hire top talents in the industry to form a strong production team.

This powerful production team has played an indispensable role in Li Yu’s success today.

The most important thing is that as the son of a coal boss, Li Yu never gives blind orders in areas he is not good at.

For example, if he wants to take a cool shot, Li Yu will not teach the photographer how to take the shot, but will tell him the effect he wants.

Of course, if you have the same profound photography skills as a national master, it is not impossible to teach photographers how to take pictures.

If you are really not satisfied, just fire the photographer and carry the camera yourself.

As for Stephen Chow, his personality determines that he cannot do these things.

Even a martial arts director of Sammo Hung's stature had to follow Stephen Chow's requirements completely, and the final result was naturally an unhappy one.

If we continue like this, the ending will be the same as what Wang Jing said.

Talented and capable people often have high ambitions. They can't stand it and will eventually choose to leave.

There was a massive loss of talent, and Stephen Chow’s level as a director was not top-notch, so the movies he made were getting worse and worse.

Even if he goes back to being an actor and his team remains the same, it would probably be difficult for him to make a good film that meets everyone's expectations.

"I know what you want to say, I don't want Master Xing to go back to being an actor anymore.

It’s good that his glory remains in people’s memories. If he fails to perform amazing works again, many people’s filters will be shattered.”

Li Yu has let it go.

Perhaps this is one of the reasons why Stephen Chow doesn't want to act anymore.

The next second, Li Yu changed the subject and said, "With your speed, if you shoot Detective Chinatown 2, it will most likely collide with Stephen Chow's The Mermaid."

"It's okay, I'm not afraid of him. As a director, would I be afraid of Stephen Chow who is also a director?
What’s more, you wrote the script for Detective Chinatown 2, so there’s not much pressure to make a movie that beats Stephen Chow just like Detective Chinatown 1.”

Wang Jing said with confidence.

The success of "Detective Chinatown 1" made him somewhat complacent.

Li Yu doesn't think so.

"The Mermaid" is Stephen Chow's pinnacle work in the commercial field, and the box office of over 3 billion is no joke.

The more than 3 billion yuan was real money paid by Stephen Chow’s fans.

However, it was also "The Mermaid" that overdrawn people's feelings for Stephen Chow.

After that, the movies he directed became worse and worse, and Stephen Chow's signature brand no longer worked well with the audience.

"Okay, since you said so, and you personally flew to Beijing to ask me for the script, I will take some time to write Detective Chinatown 2 for you."

Li Yu agreed.

He did not tell Wang Jing that Stephen Chow's "The Mermaid" should not be underestimated from a commercial perspective.

Similarly, Wang Jing did not tell Li Yu that he was targeting Stephen Chow's "The Mermaid".

"Detective Chinatown 1" crushes "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" to the ground.

As long as Wang Jing hinted that "Detective Chinatown 2" is aiming for "The Mermaid".

Wang Jing doesn't need to say much. The media that likes to chase hot topics will hype up "Detective Chinatown 2". It's unknown how much advertising fees can be saved.

Wang Jing flew from Hong Kong to Beijing personally just to hear Li Yu say this.

After receiving the affirmative promise, Wang Jing was overjoyed. He thought of another thing: "By the way, Director Li, didn't you shoot a TV series last year that was known as the Chinese version of Game of Thrones?

Your drama was finished earlier than my "Joy of Life", so it's about to be aired, right?"

"It will be soon. If Director Wang is interested, he can come to our company's screening room to take a look."

Li Yu replied.

The later stage has been completed long ago and is now in the stage of being submitted for review.

After the review is passed, you can log on to Station A for the premiere.

The censorship of historical dramas is generally quite loose, so there is basically no need to worry about being blocked.

In the past, some people were blocked and forced to change the Turkic into the Eighteen Tribes of the Steppe.

But others are others, and Li Yu is Li Yu.

Li Yu is a man with cheats.

With Da Tiantian and Yu Feihong around, Li Yu was able to film TV series with ghosts in the past few years. Is he still afraid of this?
Now that he has arrived in Beijing, Li Yu has also promised to write "Detective Chinatown 2" for him during this period. Wang Jing has no plans to rush back to Hong Kong to make another bad movie.

So he did not hesitate and readily accepted Li Yu's invitation and decided to take a look at the Chinese version of "Game of Thrones".

A few hours later, Wang Jing and Li Yu came out of the screening room.

Wang Jing sighed, “After watching a few episodes of ‘The Great Deed is in vain’, I found that the ‘Joy of Life’ I shot was as childish as a child playing house.

In "Joy of Life", Fan Xian did something that the emperor was paying attention to, as were the princes and the crown princes. Is he really just a chess piece?"

"Director Wang, you know that Joy of Life is just a fictional drama.

"The Great Deed is in Evil" is different, it is a serious historical drama.

They are not on the same path, so it is not appropriate to compare the two together.

By the way, you can’t blame “Joy of Life” for the childishness of the historical drama you shot.

The historical dramas you filmed before weren’t necessarily that good.”

Li Yu said nonsense.

"Director Li, could you please not be so direct? Directors in Hong Kong generally have a bad history, so it's normal that they can't make good historical dramas."

It is not good for Wang Jing to use history to save his reputation.

"So everyone has their own expertise. When you finish filming Detective Chinatown 2, Joy of Life will be airing soon.

Let’s see how “Joy of Life” performs. If it’s good, I suggest you start the second season immediately.

It’s not just the domestic audiences who hate it when actors and directors are replaced during the filming of a series. I hate it too.”

Li Yu reminded Wang Jingdao.

Except for Chen Daoming, the other actors in "Joy of Life" are quite transparent.

As long as Wang Jing shoots fast enough, there is no need to worry about replacing actors.

As for Chen Daoming, he was a little reluctant to film the first season because he agreed to star in it because of his daughter.

However, after the first season of "Joy of Life" is broadcast, Chen Daoming will exclaim that it is really good.

No one can escape the law of "true fragrance". Even the international star Zhang Ziyi has to come down to earth to film a web drama, let alone Chen Daoming.

Of course, these are all for later.

Wang Jing stayed in Beijing for two days and then returned to Hong Kong Island to take a vacation and wait for Li Yu's script.

By the way, on the first day back in Hong Kong Island, the fat guy announced in a high-profile manner that he would be filming “Detective Chinatown 2” and said that the film would be released during the Spring Festival next year.

Wang Jing's remarks sparked speculation among various media outlets in Hong Kong.

Stephen Chow, who was also in Hong Kong Island, was also shocked when he heard the news.

Oh no, this fat guy is coming for him again.

(End of this chapter)