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Chapter 496: Ghost Blows Out the Light Movie
After Li Yu came back from Zhejiang Province, Cao Qing reported to Li Yu about the situation of "Ghost Blows Out the Light".

The first part of Ghost Blows Out the Light, "The Lost Tomb", began preparations at the end of last year and was completed in the first half of this year. As of today, the post-production work has been completed and it is in the publicity and distribution period, and the premiere will be scheduled soon.

Cao Qing said: "I have finished my work on The Mystical City. Should I join your crew to help Director Li later?"

The help that Cao Qing referred to was naturally assisting in the filming of "Ready Player One".

There is no director who doesn't want to make a movie. Making a TV series is not as exciting as making a movie.

Especially this "Ready Player One", which is a science fiction film.

China's science fiction films have always been at a disadvantage.

The Night the Comet Came, a low-budget small production, can be regarded as the best science fiction film in China in recent years.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the current Chinese-language film industry is a desert of science fiction films.

If "Ready Player One" can achieve significant success, it will be of great significance.

As an idealistic director, Cao Qing wants to participate in some meaningful work.

But he has his own ideas, and Li Yu has his own considerations.

Cao Qing is a gold medal support.

In the past, whether Li Yu was filming a TV series or a movie, he would most of the time bring Cao Qing with him as his assistant.

This time in "Ready Player One", Li Yu does not plan to bring Cao Qing.

To be more precise, Li Yu does not plan to bring Cao Qing with him for a long time in the future.

“You don’t have to join me in the crew, just take a break and wait for the premiere of The Lost Tomb.

If "The Lost Tomb" performs well, you can immediately let Zhang Yuqi sign the contract and finish filming the next seven volumes of the story.

The speed of shooting a series must be fast, otherwise changes will occur. Wang Jing shot "Celebrating Yu Nian" quickly enough, but he still faced the risk of replacing the leading actor. "

Li Yu's expression was somewhat serious.

Li Yu has already watched the final edited version of the first ten episodes of "The Lost Tomb".

He thinks the quality is quite good, and if the full score is 10, he could give it 8.5 points, or even higher.

If there weren't problems with the actor's contract, Li Yu would have let Cao Qing shoot the second volume of "Longling Mystery Cave" by now.

Zhang Yuqi is far less obscure than Pan Yueming. She is more cautious and only signed one film to test the waters.

She will not choose to renew the contract before seeing the broadcast performance of "The Lost Tomb".

She is currently able to get some good resources, for example, she will be in Stephen Chow's new movie "The Mermaid" which is scheduled to be released early next year.

She is also one of the few people who, after terminating her contract with Stephen Chow, still received invitations from him for new movies.

From this point, we can also see that her way of dealing with people is much better than that of another star girl named Huang.

The star girl named Huang had a great start, but she confused herself step by step.

Even if you want to terminate the contract with Stephen Chow, you can take some more gentle approaches.

But she chose the worst way and ruined her career and reputation. I really don't know what to say.

"But……"

Cao Qing really wants to say that he still wants to make movies more.

Li Yu waved his hand and said, "No buts, I know what you want to say. I promise you, after you finish filming the first four volumes of Ghost Blows Out the Light, I will give you a chance to direct a movie independently. It won't be a low-budget movie, but a real big production."

Cao Qing's eyes lit up. Big production? Seriously?

He is a student with a serious imbalance in his performance in certain subjects. He is only suitable to be a tool director, so most of the time he follows Li Yu as his assistant.

When he directed independently, he could only complete the task successfully with the help of Li Yu who arranged everything for him.

Li Yu actually asked him to direct a blockbuster independently, and he felt the pressure all of a sudden.

Along with the pressure, he also felt excited. Which director doesn't want to make a movie? Which filmmaker doesn't want to make a blockbuster?

He knew that he was a student with only one subject in mind, and he never thought that one day he would have the opportunity to direct a blockbuster film independently.

Today the opportunity really came, and he was so excited that he couldn't express it in words.

"Just do it the same way you directed A Little Thing Called First Love for Tiantian. I'll help you get the script ready, and I'll get you the storyboards for the important plots. Just follow the instructions, and I believe in your ability."

Without waiting for Cao Qing to speak, Li Yu spoke again.

"No... I wonder what kind of blockbuster Director Li plans to let me direct independently?"

Cao Qing originally wanted to be humble, but since Li Yu said he believed in him, he stopped being humble.

All he wanted now was to know what type of movie Li Yu asked him to direct and whether he could handle it.

"Ghost Blows Out the Light."

Li Yu smiled and said.

"what?"

Cao Qing was stunned.

What? The movie Li Yu asked him to direct was Ghost Blows Out the Light?
“Haven’t you heard that you have made The Mystical City, even though it’s Ghost Blows Out the Light?

You must have read the original novel more than once or twice. You should have discovered that there are many parts of the novel "Ghost Blows Out the Light" that are suitable for adaptation into a movie, right?

The novel itself is imaginative, coupled with the thriller and adventure elements of tomb robbing.

As long as you shoot with your heart, there will definitely be a market, and it will be a big market.

There are many similar successful cases abroad, the most famous of which is the "Mummy" series. "

Li Yu said seriously.

He personally thinks that the plot of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is much better than that of "The Mummy".

The two are very similar in subject matter. "The Mummy" is an adventure story centered around ancient Egyptian culture and mummies.

"Ghost Blows Out the Light" can also be made into a thriller adventure story.

“I know The Mummy, but didn’t The Forbidden Kingdom make a film called The Mummy 3 seven or eight years ago?

I watched it in the cinema at that time. To be honest, the plot was a piece of shit and it was very ugly.

I am speechless that such a crappy movie could have grossed 4 million USD worldwide. "

Cao Qing gave his comments sharply.

Although Cao Qing's comments were a bit extreme, Li Yu agreed with this evaluation.

"The Mummy 3" is also known as "The Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor". Foreign screenwriters portrayed China's first emperor, the Dragon Emperor, as black as charcoal.

For Chinese people, this is definitely an extremely bad movie.

In fact, the movie did not do very well at the domestic box office, but it did very well abroad.

Many foreigners don’t understand Chinese culture, and they just like this tune.

Several foreigners ran to the war-torn China and stopped the Chinese villain from realizing his "dream" of reviving the First Emperor and ruling the world. The white male protagonist also picked up a Chinese girl in the process of stopping Qin Shihuang.

Such movies can be said to be the foreign version of "Shuangwen".

Cao Qing really believes that any wonderful story from Ghost Blows Out the Light adapted into a movie can easily beat that shabby Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

At least Chinese audiences won’t feel uncomfortable watching it.

"Director Li, I understand. I will wait for the premiere of The Lost Tomb and then start filming the second part without stopping."

With the promise of a big production, Cao Qing was filled with energy.

(End of this chapter)