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Chapter 481: Ready Player One Plan

The estimated filming time for "Wolf Warrior 2" is four months.

After coming to Africa and observing for a while, Li Yu felt that Wu Jing would not be able to accomplish the task in four months. It would definitely take longer than that, and by a lot.

Because we encountered many difficulties while filming in Africa.

Some people couldn’t get their visas, so everyone had to wait for that person to shoot that scene.

Sometimes because of rain, I can’t get the desired effect and have to wait for the weather to clear up.

For a crew of this size to go to Africa to film, the cost of one day's delay is much higher than in China.

Soon after filming began, the producer told Wu Jing that some parts had begun to exceed the budget.

Fortunately, there is a beautiful and wealthy woman in the crew, otherwise director Wu Jing would probably go crazy every day.

When talking about the filming, Li Yu heard Wu Jing complain a lot.

"Being a director is difficult. Being an actor is easier. You just need to figure out how to play your role well. There are so many things a director needs to think about."

Wu Jing sighed.

As a director, Li Yu can empathize with Wu Jing.

He used to film idol dramas, and a reporter asked him why he didn't direct and act in the dramas himself, since he was obviously more handsome than the leading male actors in many idol dramas.

In addition to the fact that Li Yu did not want to be a director and only wanted to be an actor, another reason was that the profession of director consumed too much time and energy.

“Brother Jing, just shoot well. After you finish filming Wolf Warrior 2, even if you don’t become a director in the future, many directors will still support you.”

Li Yu patted Wu Jing on the shoulder and gave him a bowl of chicken soup.

After staying in Africa for a few days, Li Yu set off for home.

Li Yu's purpose of going to Africa this time was just to visit the set.

When he found that everything was on track with the filming, he returned home with peace of mind.

He didn't want to play there for a few more days.

The environment there is much worse than in China.

During filming, local security personnel had to be hired to protect the actors’ safety.

In addition to guarding against people, you also have to guard against various wild animals.

During the days that Li Yu stayed in Africa, several black people in the crew were bitten by poisonous spiders and they are probably still lying in the hospital now.

After Li Yu returned to the capital, he continued to discuss the second season of Game of Thrones with Liu Heping, Cao Qing and others.

The story of the second season connects with the first season. Except for the clothes of important characters which need to be re-customized, the clothes of supporting characters, extras, soldiers, and civilians can be used from the first season.

That’s the benefit of a series, a lot of props are universal.

Despite this, the second season still needs some time to prepare before it can officially start filming.

During this period, Li Yu wrote "Ready Player One" with the idea that he had nothing to do.

Having kept Fan Xiaopang off the show for so long, it’s time to fulfill his promise.

Li Yu might delay for a while, but he has never broken his promise, and Fan Xiaopang certainly cannot be an exception.

The original time and space "Ready Player One" is a film and television work adapted from Stern Cline's novel "Ready Player One".

In addition to purchasing the copyright of the novel from abroad to make this movie, we also had to purchase the rights to use images such as the High-Speed ​​Rail Giant, King Kong, and Gundam.

Li Yu spent several million yuan just to purchase the copyrights and write the script.

As one of the most financially powerful film and television companies in China, Li Yu had arranged for Hualiu Company to set up a branch in the United States across the ocean.

The role of that branch is to help Li Yu purchase the copyrights of some foreign novels, or directly acquire scripts.

Ready Player One is just one of the copyrights stored by that branch.

The reason for filming "Ready Player One", an adaptation of "Ready Player One", is that this science fiction movie has a big market in China. The original "Ready Player One" has achieved a total box office of 4.7 million yuan.

It should be pointed out in particular that 4.7 million euros out of the 1.9 million euros were contributed by the Chinese market.

This movie didn't sell as well in its home country of North America as it did in China.

This is what happens when the director prioritizes the perception of North American audiences.

It can be said that if this movie is localized, it will definitely achieve more brilliant results in China.

In addition to its eye-catching box office, the word of mouth of this movie is also not to be underestimated. When it was first released, its score on DouMiao remained above 9 points, which is definitely a science fiction masterpiece.

Even though it gradually dropped to 8.6 points over time, it is still considered a rare science fiction masterpiece.

Li Yu asked Cao Qing to film "The Night the Comet Came" for Fan Xiaopang.

Li Yu made it very clear at the time that it was a trial work in the field of domestic science fiction films.

Ready Player One is Li Yu's ambitious work to open up the field of domestic science fiction blockbusters.

As for "Little Broken Ball"?
Li Yu thought it would be a good idea to leave it to Guo Fan.

Li Yu just plagiarized a purely commercial film like "Detective Chinatown" which has little ideological depth and no significant significance.

Works like "Little Broken Ball", which are of great significance to Chinese films, should be left to their original directors.

Again, even if Li Yu monopolizes all the good films in the country, it will not make Chinese films strong.

A group of excellent directors have emerged in China, continuously producing high-quality works. This is the real rise of Chinese-language films.

When Li Yu showed his localized adapted script to Fan Xiaopang and told her that this was the science fiction film he promised to make for her, Fan Xiaopang was so excited that she wanted to hug Li Yu and take a few bites of it.

"I really didn't misjudge you. I knew you were a man who kept his promises."

Fat Fan said ecstatically.

Her film resources are good compared to those young actresses, but in the combination of the Four Dan Shuang Bin, her film resources can only be considered average and not very outstanding.

The best film resources she has ever received were given by Li Yu, and she basically couldn't get good resources from other film directors.

So you can't blame her for being so excited.

"That's not what you said before. Every time you saw me, you complained about me and I stood you up."

Li Yu laughed.

"I wasn't complaining about you. I was just reminding you. I'm afraid you're too busy and forget about my business."

Fat Fan flatly denied it.

Li Yu was too lazy to expose her, and continued: "Next time, don't say that I postponed your TV series again.

I put two multiple-choice questions in front of you. The filming of "Ready Player One" will probably start after the second season of Game of Thrones is completed.

At that time, the third season of Game of Thrones and Ready Player One, in which you star, can both start filming.

Would you choose Game of Thrones Season 3 or Ready Player One? "

“Of course I’d choose Ready Player One.”

Fat Fan said firmly.

Although Game of Thrones Season 3 is also an excellent resource, it depends on what it is compared with. If compared with Ready Player One, Ready Player One is definitely more attractive to Fan Xiaopang.

Fan Xiaopang's answer was within Li Yu's expectations.

He knew that Fat Fan would make this choice.

"Okay, then let's shoot Ready Player One first. It's your own choice. Don't blame me for delaying your show."

(End of this chapter)