China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 583 I'm in the United States, just got off the plane

"Director Li, when you become successful in Hollywood in the future, can you take us Chinese actors to Hollywood for a tour? And let us be the protagonists in a Hollywood blockbuster." Zhang Yi said excitedly.

“First of all, it’s not certain whether I will cooperate with DC, I am only going there to discuss some details of the cooperation.

Even if we reach an agreement, and I cooperate with them, and I really make it in Hollywood, you can forget about playing the leading role in a Hollywood blockbuster. "

Li Yu shook his head and said.

Hollywood can accept the rise of Chinese directors. Even if these Chinese directors are not completely in line with them, they will still support them as long as they can make money.

As for capitalism, everything is based on profit.

Moreover, the director works behind the scenes and does not appear on the big screen.

Actors need to show their faces on the big screen, and Hollywood will not allow handsome Chinese actors to appear in their movies.

Even if he appears, he will not be the protagonist. This character must be a very bad and evil villain.

A typical example is "Shang-Chi", in which the handsome Liang Chaowei played the villain.

The casting of the male and female protagonists is hard to describe.

Obviously, they don't meet people's aesthetic standards, and there's nothing wrong with that. I can tell you that they were chosen based on their abilities.

After all, there are talented actors everywhere who are ugly but have great acting skills.

The reality is that they deliberately chose disgusting male and female protagonists, and then told you that it was a high-end face. It’s your problem if you don’t know how to appreciate it.

The character setting is even better.

The Chinese father is an evil demon, so he must kill his biological father and prove his faith in order to become a superhero.

This is the image of Chinese characters in Hollywood.

It’s really better not to play these roles that will only tarnish the image of the Chinese people.

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After arranging some matters in China, Li Yu took his assistant and flew to the United States.

Interestingly, this is the first time Li Yu has set foot on American soil in all his years.

When the plane landed at Los Angeles International Airport, Li Yu was finally able to tell people on the Chinese Internet that he was in the United States and had just got off the plane.

However, Li Yu discovered that what those people said were all lies.

It was said that he would be able to smell the sweet air of freedom as soon as he got off the plane? Why didn't he smell it?

Moreover, Los Angeles International Airport is not that grand. It is already old and the experience is not as good as the major airports in China.

Before he could feel disappointed, the assistant told Li Yu that he saw the head of Hualiu Company's US branch and the person sent by DC to pick him up at the airport.

Hualiu Company has a small branch in the United States. Its main job is to help Li Yu purchase some high-quality foreign copyrights that are worthy of adaptation, and to register scripts in Hollywood first.

This is how "Ready Player One" and "Gone Girl" came about.

"Hello, Li. I finally meet you in person. I have also heard of your name in the United States."

The person who spoke was a middle-aged foreigner named Ross Archer.

He was the one sent by DC to meet Li Yu.

Li Yu's father, Lao Li, was not well educated and suffered a lot from his lack of education after entering the society. Therefore, Lao Li attached great importance to the training of his son.

When Li Yu was young, his father spent a lot of time and effort to cultivate Li Yu's artistic talent.

The subject of English is definitely within the scope of Lao Li's training.

After all, his son may win a big award for making a movie abroad in the future. It's impossible that he won't understand when someone calls his name in English, right?
So Li Yu’s English level is pretty good, not exceptionally good, but definitely enough to communicate with foreigners.

So Li Yu didn't need any translator to communicate with this foreigner named Ross Archer.

"Li, your Ready Player One has a great influence in the United States. You must know how much the movie has earned in the United States, but I still want to emphasize to you that Ready Player One has a box office of more than 60 million US dollars, which has surpassed Zhang Yingmou's Hero and is the second highest-grossing Chinese film in the United States after Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

Ross emphasized to Li Yu how great the performance of Ready Player One was in the U.S. and North American markets.

For a Hollywood director, this result is very good, and for a Chinese director, it is really amazing.

Especially since this movie was not shot in Hollywood, nor was it a collaboration with Hollywood.

Li Yu and his team are not very concerned about overseas markets.

When "Ready Player One" was released in the United States and North America, there was very little advertising investment. It was relying on word of mouth from the audience that the box office slowly increased. This is even more amazing.

When they arrived at the city where DC's headquarters was located, Ross arranged a very upscale hotel for Li Yu so that Li Yu, who had come from afar, could rest for a night and then discuss cooperation tomorrow.

After Ross left, Li Yu had a chat with the person in charge of Hualiu Company's US branch.

“DC holds the copyrights of so many superheroes, and their foundation is much stronger than that of Slowdown.

Over the years, they have witnessed the rise of Man Wei, bringing superheroes to the big screen, building a movie universe, and making a lot of money.

They were all envious, and they also thought about bringing heroes other than Batman and Superman to the screen, but the results were not very ideal.

Moreover, the dark style is what made them successful, and also what made them fail. After the Batman trilogy reached its peak, their subsequent films were also unable to escape the dark style.

The problem is, not every director is named Nolan, and the quality of their dark-style movies has plummeted in recent years.

Not to mention comparable to his peak period works, he can't even beat Slow Power.

As far as I know, they want to make a new attempt with the movie "Aquaman", breaking the dark style and making the movie brighter and more vibrant to attract more audiences to the theaters. "

The person in charge of the US branch was very professional and gave Li Yu a detailed analysis of the situation here.

Li Yu nodded seriously. He agreed with this statement. "Aquaman" is indeed a new attempt by DC.

They are very cautious about this attempt. The production cost of the original "Aquaman" was only about 1.6 million, which is one of their relatively small investments in recent years.

As mentioned before, the biggest reason they chose Wen Ziren is that he is a director who is very good at controlling costs and can accomplish great things with little money.

In front of Li Yu, Wen Ziren's advantage became less obvious.

Wen Ziren can only control costs, while Li Yu can bring benefits to the stable Chinese market.

With Li Yu's box office of 1 billion or 2 billion in the Chinese film market, even if the performance in other overseas regions is not ideal, it will not lose money and may even make a small profit.

The person in charge analyzed to Li Yu the reasons why DC chose him and asked him to consider it carefully.

"Director Li, I suggest you learn more about Aquaman before making a decision. If the quality of the script is too poor, it may ruin the reputation you have accumulated in China over the years."

This is very conscientious advice.

(End of this chapter)