China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 551 Great Success
"Don't say you don't understand, even I don't understand. I have read all eight volumes of the two novels of Ghost Blows Out the Light.

Hu Bayi and Wang Pangzi are similar, and only appear in the other seven volumes except "The Wrath of the West Hunan".

"The Wrath of the West Hunan" tells the story of the past between Partridge Whistle and Chen Yulou, and has basically nothing to do with Hu Bayi.

When I signed the contract, I asked Director Li if he had made a mistake and it shouldn’t be eight films.

Director Li’s answer was that there was no mistake, it was eight.”

Pan Yueming was puzzled.

When such a suspenseful topic was brought up, the barrage of comments in the live broadcast room exploded again.

"Zhang Yuqi's six films, "The Wrath of the West Hunan" and "The Yellow Skin Grave" do not have Xue Liyang. Jiang Chao's seven films are very reasonable, and "The Yellow Skin Grave" has Wang Pangzi and Hu Bayi.

The question is, why does Pan Yueming have one more movie than Jiang Chao? Is Director Li laying the groundwork for a surprise for everyone? "

"Director Li, are you planning to do something big for us secretly?"

"Director Li knows how to create suspense. My curiosity has been piqued."

Pan Yueming and the audience in the live broadcast room could not have imagined that the main reason why Li Yu asked Pan Yueming to sign eight films was to let him play Chen Yulou.

To be honest, Pan Yueming's image and temperament are more suitable for playing the young Chen Yulou.

Pan Yueming has a scholarly air, giving people the feeling of a modest gentleman, gentle as jade.

His temperament is very consistent with Chen Yulou's personality.

Although the Xiangling group gives people the impression that they have no other strengths except that they have a large number of people and can act recklessly, they are just a bunch of uneducated and rough people.

The ancestor of Guanshan Taibao once said that Xiangling were all a group of small minions. As long as they were surrounded and suppressed and not allowed to gather together, they would not be able to accomplish anything.

Among the four tomb-raiding sects, they are the weakest in terms of technology.

But Chen Yulou was the chief of Xiangling, controlling hundreds of thousands of bandits and thieves in more than a dozen provinces.

Not only that, he also secretly supported some warlord forces.

Among the warlord forces he supported, there were elite troops equipped with British and German weapons.

A person who controls so many forces at his peak cannot be a rough man who only knows how to fight and kill.

Some people said that Chen Yulou was too bad, both bad and pretentious, and was almost killed instantly by a raccoon.

In fact, for a person sitting in his position, force is not that important; he is a person who uses his brain.

What's more, Chen Yulou's martial arts skills are not bad either, he's just not as good as top masters like Partridge Whistle.

In that version of the web drama "The Wrath of the West Hunan", Chen Yulou was said by netizens to be a waste.

Because the Chen Yulou in the online drama "The Wrath of the West Hunan" is very different from the original novel.

The changes in the web drama make Chen Yulou seem very incompetent. Even though he is the chief commander, he was plotted against by the warlord and was tied up and taken prisoner.

Because of these changes, Pan Yueming was questioned about his acting skills and was said to have not played the role of Chen Yulou well.

In fact, Pan Yueming was somewhat wronged, and it was mainly the screenwriter's fault.

The Chen Yulou in the novel is not that weak. The warlord Luo Laowai is very respectful to Chen Yulou.

Luo Laowai was not beaten to death by his adjutant, but was hit to death by rocks that fell from the ancient tomb.

Those so-called warlord forces did not have the courage to kidnap Chen Yulou. They did not dare to get close to him, but stayed away from him.

After Chen Yulou and Queqiao Shao returned from robbing the tomb, the warlords and tomb robbers who were watching dared to go to Pingshan to share the leftovers of Chen Yulou.

This is the kind of pomp and circumstance that a chief boss should have.

But overall, that version of "The Wrath of the West Hunan" is still pretty good.

There are some bad things that have been changed, and there are also some good things that have been changed.

For example, in the novel, Chen Yulou and Queqiao Shao had a long-standing rift, and Chen Yulou's inner thoughts were also portrayed. In the web drama, it was changed to a strong relationship between two loyal brothers.

If the Chen Yulou in the novel was really restored completely, he would not be as likable as the online drama.

As they chatted, it was Zhang Yuqi's turn to reveal: "Director Li once promised a few of us that if the performance of the first four Ghost Blows Out the Light movies is good, there will be a movie version of Ghost Blows Out the Light."

Zhang Yuqi's words once again excited the people in the live broadcast room.

Especially those die-hard fans of the Ghost Blows Out the Light novel.

Although the special effects of the web drama are already good, if you want to be more shocked, you definitely have to watch the movie.

It costs much more to make a one and a half to two hour movie than a ten to twenty episode TV series.

Due to the budget, some of the special effects shots in the TV series may not seem impressive enough.

Everything is different when it comes to movies. Movies don’t have that many episodes, the budget is more sufficient, and the special effects can be done very well.

It also depends on the level of the production team. There are many examples of people spending a lot of money and ending up with a terrible movie.

Everyone still has great trust in the works produced by Hualiu Company.

The quality of Hualiu Company's works has always been guaranteed.

In the end, the live broadcast ended with a win-win situation for all parties.

Station A, Cao Qing, and two thousand viewers all made money.

After this live broadcast, the aftereffects began to ferment, making "Longling Mystery Cave" even more popular.

In the last six episodes of "Longling Mystery Cave", Station A officially joined the camp of advanced on-demand viewing.

However, the price of advance on-demand viewing at Station A is lower, only 3 yuan per episode, which is more conscientious compared to platforms such as Kiwi and Pants Video.

In addition, Kiwi has already helped Station A to step on the landmine before.

Netizens have been scolding Kiwi for more than a month and are tired of it. Then, with the addition of platforms such as Pants Video, people have gradually started to pre-order.

When Station A launched advanced on-demand viewing, there was certainly some criticism, but compared to Kiwi at the time, the criticism was more than ten times smaller.

In the end, the number of users of Station A who were willing to pay for advanced on-demand viewing reached six to seven million. The Cave of Dragon Ridge brought in over 100 million yuan in revenue just from advanced on-demand viewing.

Adding in the revenue from ordinary VIP, advertising and other aspects, we can draw a conclusion that "Longling Mystery Cave" is making a lot of money.

When Cao Qing returned to Guangdong Province again, he walked with a breeze and looked quite proud and triumphant.

"Director Cao, you are so awesome this time. 'Longling Mystery Cave' is a huge success," said Li Yu.

"Director Li, it's fine if others praise me, but you don't have to talk down on me. I know better than anyone why "Longling Mystery Cave" was successful. I just filmed it according to your wishes.

If you come to shoot, you can definitely shoot better than me, and the results will be better than mine."

When Cao Qing receives praise from others, he can accept it with pleasure.

Faced with Li Yu's praise, he really didn't dare to accept it all.

He knew very well how crucial Li Yu played to the success of his work.

"Don't be too modest. The glory that is yours is yours. There are many directors who took good scripts and made terrible films.

The most valuable thing about you is that you don’t mess around and don’t meddle in matters outside of your expertise. This quality of yours is rare in China.”

Li Yu praised.

The Chinese director world is truly magical.

It is already a rare achievement for a director to do his job well and not interfere with the script.

(End of this chapter)