China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 588 The small red envelopes are all
"You must always have confidence," said Li Yu.

"Okay, then I'll wait and see. I want to see with my own eyes how you rise in Hollywood." The national master said seriously.

Next, the national teacher talked a lot with Li Yu.

Although he did not get the sutra he wanted from Li Yu this time, what Li Yu revealed to him was still very useful.

At least he has recognized the reality and will no longer have illusions. Even if he wants to cooperate with Hollywood, he must first prove his worth with the historical performance of many works selling well, just like Li Yu, so that he can have the qualifications to bargain.

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After Li Yu returned from a trip to the United States, the broadcast of "Storm" had reached the later stages.

"Kuaishou" also reached its peak, with the highest ratings approaching 5.

This result is so amazing that 10 years later, the only film better than "Storm" is "In the Name".

Both are phenomenally popular dramas, but "In the Name" is still better than "The Storm".

The main reason is that the scale of "In the Name" is really too large. No one has ever seen a TV series or film with such a large scale before.

This is unique, and scarcity makes it valuable, so many young people who don’t watch TV have become viewers.

“Kuang Biao” is different, anti-gang dramas have always existed.

"Kuang Bi" is just a relatively high-quality anti-gang drama, and the shocking effect it brings is not as strong as "In the Name".

Moreover, with "In the Name" coming first and "The Storm" coming later, the audience's threshold has been raised.

Many viewers joked that Gao Qiqiang looked very powerful and had become the underground emperor of Jinghai City.

It seems that there is nothing he can't do as long as he wants to.

But when comparing Gao Qiqiang with Zhao Ruilong, people found that Gao Qiqiang was just a small fry.

When Zhao Ruilong arrived in Jinghai, he only needed to casually say to Qi Lu while playing golf that Jinghai did not allow such an awesome person to exist.

Then Qi Lu called Dudu again.

There was no need to wait until the next day, Gao Qiqiang could be completely subdued.

In short, it is normal that "Kuaishou" cannot surpass "In the Name" in terms of ratings.

Apart from the fact that its performance has steadily increased to its peak, the reputation of "Storm" has not declined significantly.

You know, the original version of "Storm" had a bad ending.

Gao Qiqiang was arrested too casually, An Xin's ending was not explained, the setting of persuading Yang Jian to be free made everyone who watched it feel awkward, and there was no follow-up to An Changlin's case, etc.

These are the points where the production team did not do a good enough job, which made the audience unhappy.

The production team cannot be blamed entirely, as the original version of "Rampage" encountered a lot of trouble during filming due to some force majeure factors.

So they had no choice but, towards the end of filming, many things could no longer be implemented according to the script, and they had to make temporary adjustments.

This can be seen from the time of the shooting.

The whole drama was shot in three units. The first two units had sufficient time and were shot more carefully.

By the third unit, due to various factors, we only shot it for more than 20 days.

With such a time arrangement, it would be hard to avoid a bad ending.

Li Yu doesn't dare to say that he is definitely better than others.

He just didn't encounter so many complicated situations, so he had more time to shoot and had enough time to polish the subsequent plot.

Li Yu optimized the sloppy plots such as persuading Yang Jian to surrender and Tang Xiaolong, a gang boss, personally urging people to sell blood to pay off debts.

So the reputation of his version of "Kuang Biao" was much better. After the first broadcast of "Kuang Biao", Li Yu fulfilled his promise and held a celebration banquet.

At the celebration banquet, Li Yu personally distributed red envelopes to the actors.

"Director Li, do you have any problem with me? Just now I saw that the red envelopes you gave to others were all bulging, why is the red envelope you gave to me so deflated? Could it be empty?" Zhang Yi said half-jokingly.

"Why don't you return your red envelope to me? I'll replace it with a bigger one for you." Li Yu replied.

"That's not necessary. I think this shriveled one suits me very well." Zhang Yi did not hesitate and decisively rejected Li Yu's kindness.

He was not a newbie, so of course he knew that the bulging red envelope contained cash.

If he guessed correctly, the red envelope should contain a check.

Zhang Yi took a quick glance and found that the amount written on the check was three hundred thousand.

He had already received over 10 million yuan in salary, but Li Yu still gave him such a big red envelope. Zhang Yi couldn't help but sigh: "Director Li, I have been filming for so many years and have received red envelopes many times, but you are the most generous one."

If possible, he really wanted to hold Li Yu's thighs tightly like Da Tiantian did back then.

It's so comfortable to work with Li Yu. He is not unfairly paid, the quality of his works is guaranteed, and he is given a big red envelope afterwards.

Where can you find such a conscientious boss these days?

"Director Li, can you guide me like you did to Miss Jing back then?" Zhang Yi asked.

"If you are beautiful and can take out hundreds of millions and throw them in my face at any time, I am willing to take you out to play every time." Li Yu glanced at him and said.

"It hurts." Zhang Yi felt like he had been hit hard.

How could he have such strong financial resources? Even if he was sold, there wouldn't be that much money.

He started making big money only in the past two years. Before that, his situation was similar to Zhang Songwen's, and they could only play supporting roles.

"I may have to go to Hollywood to shoot a few movies, so I can't take you with me even if I want to," Li Yu added.

"By the way, I forgot about this. Director Li, you are so awesome that you are going to enter Hollywood. Can you let me play a supporting role in a Hollywood blockbuster?" Zhang Yi asked excitedly.

“Let’s see what happens in the future. I didn’t write the script for Aquaman. I’m just a director.

I don’t know yet what the final script will be like, and I don’t know if there is a role suitable for you. I guess there isn’t.

"Aquaman" is just my first work in Hollywood, and my say is not particularly high.

When I make a few more movies there and my status is raised, I will write my own scripts in the future. I will write some positive Chinese characters and find Chinese actors with good acting skills to play them.”

Li Yu said.

He is not just talking nonsense, he really means it in his heart.

In Hollywood blockbusters, the screen image of Chinese people is really bad, and many of them are clowns.

When his status is improved, he will definitely change this phenomenon.

After this topic ended, Zhang Yi became interested in Zhang Songwen's red envelope again.

Li Yu had said before that he had received more than 10 million yuan in film remuneration and that he would not be given a red envelope.

He understood that it was just a joke from Li Yu and that the red envelope would definitely be given. It was true that the red envelope was not as big as Zhang Songwen's.

So the question is, there is 300,000 yuan in his red envelope, and Zhang Songwen is the most outstanding person in "Kuangbao", so how big must Zhang Songwen's red envelope be?

"Teacher Zhang, could you tell me how big the red envelope Director Li gave you is, so that I can be envious." Zhang Yi couldn't wait to know the answer.

(End of this chapter)