China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 574 Difficulties of Film Adaptation
Li Yu has advertised the Ghost Blows Out the Light movie on many occasions in public.

Because he felt that the performance of the first four parts of Ghost Blows Out the Light would meet expectations.

Except for "Yunnan Worm Valley", which was difficult to shoot and had a slightly lower score, the remaining three films all scored above 8 points thanks to the script written by Li Yu and Cao Qing's ability.

It may not be called a masterpiece, but it is certainly an excellent work.

With four such web dramas as a foundation, Li Yu has reason to believe that as long as the movie is well made, there will definitely be a market for it.

The audience in the live broadcast room was stunned by Li Yu's reversal.

The previous second, everyone thought you were undermining your employees.

The next second, you start making promises for everyone again?
No one is interested in the third part of Ghost Blows Out the Light. How can you tell everyone that there is a big movie with an investment of hundreds of millions?

"Director Li, didn't you say earlier that we should see the performance of the first four Ghost Blows Out the Light movies? Only if the performance is up to standard will there be a movie version?

The third part hasn't even been officially aired yet, and you're already discussing how to make the movie version. Isn't it a bit too early? "

The host keenly sensed that this was a good topic and immediately followed suit to act as a supporting actor.

“I said that before just to encourage Director Cao and the actors to work hard.

Director Cao has been filming with me for so many years, how could I not know how outstanding his abilities are?
There is no doubt that the results will meet expectations, but the suspense is how much they can exceed expectations.”

Li Yu glanced at Cao Qing and praised him generously.

“Just now I said that Yunnan Worm Valley was slightly inferior, do you think I was blaming Director Cao and the actors for their declining level?
No, that’s not the case. There was nothing wrong with the performance of Director Cao and the actors. The problem was that this film was too difficult to shoot.

Also, I just said that "Yunnan Worm Valley" would be a little bit worse, and this little bit is the difference between 80 points and 75 points.

There is no doubt that "Yunnan Worm Valley" is better than similar film and television works on the market. I am responsible for this statement. "

Isn’t the only series of this type on the market?

In the Tomb Robbers' Chronicles series, only "Ultimate Notes" is excellent, "Restart of The Lost Tomb" is pretty good, and the rest are mediocre. These two works have not been released yet.

So of course Li Yu can speak like this.

"Director Li, you're too kind. I'm not as good as you say."

Cao Qing felt a little embarrassed by the praise.

Goodness, he thought at first that Li Yu was stabbing him in the back.

After going around in circle, she started to praise him madly again. Is this what is called "first suppressing and then praising"?

However, Li Yu clearly stated in front of so many people in the live broadcast room that there would be a Ghost Blows Out the Light movie, and Cao Qing was personally very happy.

This shows that Li Yu really didn't fool him and the actors.

And listen to what Li Yu just said.

Li Yu seems to be launching the movie version of Ghost Blows Out the Light ahead of time.

After smelling this information, Cao Qing became even more excited.

He has been directing multi-billion dollar productions for more than 20 years, and it's finally his turn to make a big one.

The iron triangle of Pan Yueming, Zhang Yuqi and Jiang Chao were all delighted.

They made a fortune. They originally thought it was just a web series, but they never expected it to turn into a real movie.

Zhang Yuqi is okay. After all, she had a high starting point when she debuted. She debuted as a star girl and had good resources.

Pan Yueming and Jiang Chao are different.

Because of the dirty tricks thrown by their bedmates, they went from being promising TV actors to being obscure actors who can only act in urban romance dramas.

The other one is even more miserable, he can't even be considered an unknown star.

Because only people who were once popular but are not as popular as before are called obscure. Jiang Chao has never been popular, so how can he be called obscure? Two years ago, neither of them dared to dream that they would one day be able to star in a blockbuster movie with an investment of several hundred million yuan.

After Li Yu's 180-degree reversal made the audience in the live broadcast room react, the audience also started to get excited.

A large number of viewers left comments asking Li Yu how the Ghost Blows Out the Light movie should be filmed and which volume of the story should be filmed.

"This will be kept secret for now, so everyone can look forward to it. I can only tell you that the style of the Ghost Blows Out the Light movie will be closer to Indiana Jones and The Mummy," said Li Yu.

To put it bluntly, it is taking the route of a heavy industrial commercial film.

Special effects, technology, pictures, and art must all be done to the extreme to bring a shocking audio-visual feast to the audience, making them feel excited and enjoyable.

If you work towards this direction, you will most likely succeed in business, but the depth and content will be lacking.

Li Yu aroused the curiosity of the audience in the live broadcast room.

Li Yu refused to reveal the plot and gave up the plot, which made them feel uncomfortable for a while.

The effect of the live broadcast was very good, and its popularity was much higher than the last live broadcast of "Longling Mystery Cave".

After the live broadcast ended, Li Yu, Cao Qing and the three members of the Iron Triangle had a midnight snack together.

"Director Li, what you said in the live broadcast room really scared me. You didn't tell me privately that the movie version of Ghost Blows Out the Light would be filmed in advance." Cao Qing was caught off guard.

“Development is faster than change, and plans cannot keep up with change. The development of the domestic special effects industry is faster than I thought.

I originally thought that I would have to wait another two years until the time was right to make Ghost Blows Out the Light into a commercial adventure thriller like Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Because of the appearance of films like my The Great Wall and Guoshi's Investiture of the Gods, which place great emphasis on special effects, the development of the special effects field has been stimulated."

Li Yu is not a god, and there are times when his predictions are inaccurate.

It has been several years since "The Great Wall" was made. It was a movie with a huge investment, and a considerable portion of the funds were allocated to domestic special effects companies to produce the special effects.

At that time, the level of special effects in China was still a bit backward, so Li Yu asked top foreign special effects companies to do some complex special effects scenes.

Now, except for some particularly complicated ones, domestic companies can basically do it.

If things continue to develop in a positive direction, the special effects technology in the industry will become increasingly powerful in the future.

"There is another problem. The content of each volume in the novel is quite long. The movie version is not long enough to include the story of a volume. If part of the story is cut out, it will definitely have to be adapted. If it is adapted, the fans of the book may not be satisfied."

Cao Qing looked thoughtful and expressed his concerns.

Li Yu could understand what Cao Qing meant.

Cao Qing's concerns are not without reason.

For example, if you want to shoot the Nine-story Demon Tower.

In the novel, Hu Bayi entered the Nine-story Demon Tower just by passing through. His purpose was to go to the Sea City of the Demon Kingdom to lift the red spot curse.

The movie is not long enough, and the title is Nine-story Demon Tower, so the highlight must be in the Nine-story Demon Tower.

Therefore, the purpose of the Iron Triangle's trip to the Nine-story Demon Tower had to be changed.

If the purpose is still the same as in the novel, and it is to lift the red spot curse, book fans all know that the place to lift the red spot curse is not in the Nine-story Demon Tower, it will become very twisted and the main line will become unclear.

If we want to change it, as Cao Qing said, it will be quite troublesome.

If the revision is not good, the book fans will definitely curse.

Even if the changes are good, some fans who are loyal to the original will still be dissatisfied.

Sometimes, fans of classic novels can be really hard to please.

But this does not pose a problem for Li Yu, as he has a way to solve it.

(End of this chapter)