China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 508: I am afraid that my brother will suffer, and I am also afraid that my brother will drive a Land Rover
"Director Li, should we renegotiate the script? I want to strive for perfection. I want to do my best."

After the call was connected, Chen Kaige said very seriously.

In order to avoid Li Yu misunderstanding his meaning, he added: "How to write the script is still up to you as the screenwriter."

Chen Kaige has collaborated with Li Yu more than once.

He knew that Li Yu hated others arbitrarily modifying the script, so he added an extra sentence.

It was up to Li Yu to decide how to revise the script. He had only one request, which was to make the script into a god-level script and suppress the first part of "Fengshen" written by the national master.

"Director Chen, you were not inspired by the national master, were you? The national master's "Investiture of the Gods" is really powerful, with a record-breaking performance of 27 billion."

Li Yu's unintentional words further irritated Chen Kaige.

"He was just lucky. Wasn't it because of you that he was able to succeed this time? Without your film The Great Wall as a proof, would he have been able to make The Investiture of the Gods?"

Chen Kaige was a little unconvinced.

He felt from the bottom of his heart that the imperial teacher was nothing special.

The reason why the national master was able to surpass him and win the title of national master back then was not because he was too extravagant, too extravagant?
If he had been steady and not reckless, it is not certain whether the national teacher could have been deified!

This time, the national master returned to the top, but he was just following the path that Li Yu had taken.

"..."

Listening to Chen Kaige's stubbornness, Li Yu chose to see through it without making any fuss.

The national teacher is really better than Chen Kaige. I believe most people in China hold this view.

However, Li Yu could understand Chen Kaige's feelings.

The photographer who used to work for him has now climbed onto his head. The contrast is so great, who can stand it?

“Ahem!” Li Yu cleared his throat and changed the subject: “Okay, I understand your needs. When I finish Ready Player One, I’ll discuss with you how to improve the script.”

There is no rush for the script of "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to Yumen". Chen Kaige has only started work for a few months and is still a long way from completing the construction of an ancient frontier city.

After the call, Li Yu couldn't help laughing when he thought about the relationships between these big domestic directors.

"Director, what makes you so happy?"

As soon as Hu Ge arrived, he saw Li Yu laughing.

"It's not a big deal. I just wonder why the relationship between those big directors in China is so weird."

Li Yu took a bottle of soda from Hu Ge's hand and replied to him.

"What's so weird about it?"

A voice came from behind.

Fat Fan also came from behind with a bottle of water in each hand.

Obviously, she also came to show her courtesy to Li Yu, but she was a step slower than Hu Ge.

Li Yu took a quick glance and saw that the crew members were setting up the scenes needed for filming.

I'm free anyway, so it would be nice to kill time chatting with Fan Xiaopang and Hu Ge.

He first asked the two a question: "Who do you think is more powerful, the national teacher or Chen Kaige?"

"National Division."

"Of course it's the Imperial Master."

Neither of them needed to think before giving their answers.

This is the view of most people in the country and is also the general view of people in the industry.

Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine" received extremely high praise and awards. The Palme d'Or he won was the only one in China in the past ten or twenty years.

This situation was not resolved until Li Yu won the second Golden Palm Award in China with "Parasite". In terms of individual awards, the achievements of the national teacher are not as high as Chen Kaige.

But the national master has won more major awards, produced more classic works, and is also stronger at the box office.

Before “The Promise” came out, it was unclear who was better between the two of them.

After The Promise came out, it was a common consensus that the National Master was better than Chen Kaige.

Of course, Chen Kaige is an exception. He will not admit that he is worse than the national master.

"Director, why do you ask such a strange question? The national teacher is better than Chen Kaige, this is the consensus of most people in the circle.

Isn't there a rumor that Chen Kaige's best work, Farewell My Concubine, was shot by his father? "

Fat Fan looked around and found that the staff were quite far away from here, so he said these words.

After hearing these words, Li Yu couldn't help but burst out laughing.

There is a lot of true news among these so-called rumors, but there is even more false news.

The gossip that Fan Xiaopang heard was somewhat insulting to Chen Kaige.

“You said it was just gossip, how much of the gossip is reliable?

You can tell at first glance that the movie "Farewell My Concubine" is in Chen Kaige's style, which is completely different from his father's style.

It’s a bit too much to say that the movie wasn’t made by someone else, but his father did give him a lot of help.”

Li Yu commented objectively.

Chen Kaige's father was the third generation director in China and a famous director at that time.

In the movie "Farewell My Concubine", his father served as the art director and provided advice to Chen Kaige in all areas including background, composition, camera usage, costumes, props, etc.

But the work of director is definitely done by Chen Kaige himself.

But with his father around, it was almost impossible for him to do the same confusing things that others couldn't understand as he did later.

Since Li Yu said so, Fan Xiaopang and Hu Ge certainly wouldn't argue.

Because in this area, neither of these two actors really understands it as well as Li Yu.

“Back to the point, didn’t you just ask me how the big directors in China are so weird?
Chen Kaige sincerely believes that he is much better than the national master, while Feng Xiaogang looks down on Chen Kaige and thinks that only the national master can compare with him.

Li Yu shook his head and said speechlessly.

This one looks down on that one, and that one looks down on the other one. It's really funny.

After listening to this, Hu Ge and Fan Xiaopang also felt that these people were somewhat weird.

Chen Kaige’s mentality is understandable. It is understandable that the worker has counterattacked and is doing better than the boss, and the boss is unwilling to admit the fact.

Feng Xiaogang looked down on Chen Kaige and thought that only the national master could compare with him. What the hell? Isn't he too confident? He is a little too confident.

……

A few days later, the first film in the Ghost Blows Out the Light series, "The Mysterious City", began to warm up.

Fans of the original novel are looking forward to it but also afraid of being disappointed.

"It's finally here. It's finally confirmed to premiere next Monday. I don't know why, but when I saw the news I was actually a little scared. I'm afraid the TV version won't be well made and will ruin the Ghost Blows Out the Light in my mind, and ruin Shirley Yang, Hu Bayi, and Fatty Wang in my mind."

This is the contradictory mentality of most fans of the original novel. They are afraid that no one will make their good works into film or television works, and they are also afraid that the film or television works will ruin the original novel.

It's similar to being afraid that your brother is having a hard life, but also being afraid that your brother is driving a Land Rover.

"Don't worry, Director Cao's level is online. He is the director, so there is no need to worry about the quality."

"Even famous directors can fail, not to mention Director Cao is not a famous director. I only believe in the films I can see, I only believe in my own eyes, I don't believe in the producers' propaganda."

(End of this chapter)