China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 515 Give Opportunities to Young People
Half a month later, the first film in the Ghost Blows Out the Light series, "The Lost Tomb: The Mysterious City", successfully concluded with 26 billion views.

This result is far from being the number one online drama.

The ceiling of online dramas is still the Game of Thrones series directed by Li Yu himself, Da Tiantian's "Sito" and "Joy of Life" directed by Wang Jing.

It is normal that "The Lost Tomb" is not as good as these ones.

The audience for suspense genres is relatively small, so it is quite good that "The Lost Tomb" has 26 billion views.

The second part of the Ghost Blows Out the Light series, "Longling Mystery Cave", is not far from starting filming.

With the success of the first film, both director Cao Qing and the leading actors were very motivated.

They all kept in mind the big movie that Li Yu promised.

Without compromising the quality, they are eager to finish the first four films as quickly as possible, and then they can make a big movie.

On Li Yu's side, the filming of "Ready Player One" will soon be wrapped up.

Li Yu's filming speed cannot catch up with that of Wang Jing, a quick shooter, but he is definitely on the fast side in the circle.

Furthermore, the movie "Ready Player One" is a science fiction film, and the work to be done in post-production is much more than shooting.

After filming "Ready Player One", Li Yu found that the positive effects brought by his title of red director were getting stronger and stronger.

As soon as he returned to the capital, he received a task from a certain department.

A major event occurred in the Middle East this year. A war broke out in a certain country. The fleet suspended its escort mission and went to Guojia, where the war broke out, to withdraw Chinese citizens.

This is certainly a major event that will inspire the Chinese people and boost national self-confidence. An excellent film should be adapted based on this action.

Li Yu’s “Operation Nujiang River” is a good example.

Li Yu's stance has remained positive for ten years since his debut.

Due to these two reasons, Li Yu became the best director for this film.

This really troubled Li Yu, because the original versions of "Operation Nujiang" and "Operation Red Sea" were both shot by Lin Chaoxian.

He has already snatched up "Operation Nujiang River", so he can't snatch up other people's "Operation Red Sea" too, right?
Li Yu actually doesn't want to monopolize all the good films in the Chinese film industry.

Again, even if he made all the best films in the Chinese-language film industry by himself, it would not make Chinese-language films truly rise. It might even cause Chinese-language films to decline because he took away the opportunity for other directors to shine.

The last time he took the role in "Operation Nujiang River", he couldn't refuse it.

People say that Li Yu vilified their department in "In the Name".

In fact, except for the Dali Temple, all other departments that appeared in the drama "The Name" were blackened.

So people say that Li Yu’s criticism of them is well-founded and there is nothing wrong with it.

Now that things have come to that, can Li Yu refuse?
This time is different. Li Yuzhen did not criticize the department that supported the production of "Operation Red Sea".

So Li Yu did a favor and recommended Lin Chaoxian as the chief director of this film.

Li Yu's reason for declining the role was the same as what he was thinking: "A movie like this is so popular that it is perfect for a director to reach the pinnacle of his career.

I have filmed Operation Nujiang before. There is an old saying that goes, a single flower does not make spring, but a hundred flowers in full bloom make the whole garden full of spring.

To be a bit arrogant, I have already stood at the top of the pyramid in the domestic director industry.

I have no shortage of exposure or glory. Let me give this exposure and glory to others.

Only when more capable Chinese directors emerge can we truly fight back against Hollywood.”

The other party was a little unhappy when he first heard Li Yuwan refuse and recommend another director.

After listening to Li Yu's explanation, the other party looked at Li Yu with some appreciation.

“Everyone says Director Li has a very positive ideology. After meeting him today, I can see that his reputation is indeed well-deserved.

Director Li is still young, but he has already reached the stage of giving opportunities to young people. This is really admirable. "

"..." Li Yu couldn't respond to this.

The words were all compliments, but they made him laugh and cry.

Give the opportunity to the young people. Can he say that he was not born when Lin Chaoxian entered the circle? In fact, he is the young person.

"We will seriously consider your suggestion, and we will also examine the people you recommend. We have one request, we hope you can serve as the screenwriter of this film."

The other party agreed that Li Yu could decline the position of director, but the position of screenwriter must be retained.

Script The script is the foundation of a play, and its importance is self-evident.

There is a consensus in the film industry that the quality of films written by Li Yu is not bad.

They certainly hope that this movie, which is based on real events, will do well.

Once again, Li Yu didn't know what to say.

In fact, the screenwriters of "Operation Red Sea" wrote the script quite well. It was slightly lacking in the literary drama, but the rest were all exciting and thrilling battle scenes.

But, people have already given in and agreed to let him turn down the director job. If he turns down the screenwriter job as well, it would be a bit disrespectful to them.

So Li Yu could only accept it reluctantly.

Just write the script according to the original time and space. The original version is good enough, and all he can do is add icing on the cake.

Almost at the same time, Li Yu heard a piece of news from the circle that Guo Fan was begging for money and investment everywhere.

This Guo Fan is the director of "Little Broken Ball".

China Film Group acquired the copyright of the novel "The Wandering Earth" from Liu Cixin and announced that it would make science fiction films, with an investment of 5000 million yuan per film.

China Film Group contacted many big directors, but no one was willing to take over.

Because there has always been a saying in the Chinese film industry that even dogs won’t make science fiction movies.

The special effects in science fiction films are too expensive, and they have a small audience and are difficult to serve.

Not only is it troublesome to shoot, there is also a question mark as to whether it can make money.

In recent years, apart from Li Yu who has been seriously making science fiction films, other big directors really have no interest in this genre.

This is also the reason why China Film Group chose Guo Fan.

Since they can’t find a great director, they can only look for a director who is qualified and has a passion for science fiction.

Guo Fan has not yet been successful, so it is already a good evaluation to use the four words "qualified ability" to describe him.

So far, he has only filmed two movies, with a rating of around 6. It is not an exaggeration to say that he has no fame and no experience.

China Film Group announced that it invested 5000 million RMB in each film of "The Wandering Earth", but in fact they only invested 8000 million RMB, and left the rest to Guo Fan himself.

So there was a situation where Guo Fan went around begging for investment.

However, Guo Fan's ability to beg for alms was really strong, and he was actually able to raise more than 5 million yuan in investment.

However, this process is bound to be tortuous and difficult.

After learning about this, Li Yu immediately asked someone to contact Guo Fan.

Li Yu wants to meet with Guo Fan.

How could we not invest in such a good project like The Wandering Earth? We must invest heavily in a business that is sure to make money.

Guo Fan was also very happy when he heard that Li Yu wanted to see him.

Li Yu had previously invested in directors such as Lu Yang and helped those directors succeed.

If he could get Li Yu's support, the subsequent work would become much smoother.

(End of this chapter)