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Chapter 592: The performance is really stable

Zhang Songwen agreed with Li Yu's statement.

He also feels that having a prototype in real life will make the audience feel more connected when watching the movie.

If there is no prototype, the screenwriter will create an original character of a street gangster who has been a bad student since childhood.

It would be unreal for the audience to write that this character relied on his own brain to eventually successfully extort 16 billion and became a famous thief king.

Especially the plot about the female classmate who kidnapped Hao Ge’s wife. Her husband spent 116.8 million to redeem her.

Without a prototype, there will definitely be people who question whether the screenwriter is completely making up stories and has no idea about the world of rich people.

Which rich man would be so stupid as to spend more than 100 million in ransom to redeem a woman?
With more than 100 million, he could be a bridegroom every night.

As long as there is a prototype, the audience will not question the rationality of this plot.

Because once the audience searches for information, they will find that the screenwriter has written it very conservatively, and the prototype is more exaggerated than what is filmed in the TV series.

"This script is really good." Da Tiantian couldn't tell whether it was good or bad.

But Zhang Songwen, who has been an assistant teacher at Beijing Film Academy for eight years and is a good actor who makes a living by acting, said that the script was good. How could she say it was not good?
If she doesn't say it's good, wouldn't it seem that she has no taste and bad vision?
She also wants to save face.

"You don't need to flatter me too much. I just made some optimizations based on the version from more than ten years ago." Li Yu said modestly.

Li Yu bought the remake rights of "Escape from the Past" more than ten years ago.

The original production was very crude, but it won by relying on an excellent script and outstanding performances by the actors.

In terms of the script, Li Yu really didn't make many adjustments to the main framework because the original version was good enough.

"Which director should we look for? You're going to Hollywood soon and you're not free. Director Cao has been concentrating on the Ghost Blows Out the Light movie recently and he's not free either. Director Mu is not suitable for this kind of crime drama." Da Tiantian screened the three directors of Hualiu Company and finally found that she could only look for external help.

It is true that Li Muge has free time, but his specialty is taking pictures of scenery and beautiful women.

A crime film that relies on the plot to win, there is no need to highlight the beautiful scenery and beautiful women.

More attention should be paid to the plot, which is not Li Muge's strong point.

“You can ask Wang Jing if he is free. His movie ‘Australia 3’ will be released in mainland China soon, and he will come to the mainland to promote it.

But you have to be mentally prepared. Even if Wang Jing agrees, you will still have to wait for a few months.

Wang Jing is serious this time, and his film Chasing the Dragon may take quite a while to shoot.”

Li Yu reminded.

Good works need time to be polished. If time is too tight, it is possible to produce good works when inspiration overflows.

But not every time I can maintain my full state of inspiration.

Even though Wang Jing usually shoots movies very quickly, most of the ones he shoots quickly are bad movies that are not made with much care.

He was really determined to make a good film, and he was very steady.

For a more serious work like "Chasing the Dragon", it took him five full months to finish shooting.

In sharp contrast to "Chasing the Dragon" is "Macao Grand Island 3", which took five months and a few days from the start of filming to its release.

It is easy to tell at a glance which work was truly made with care and which was a careless rehash of old stuff.

"Director Wang was able to shoot three consecutive films in the 'Australia Storm' series, which are such bad movies. I really admire him." Da Tiantian was speechless.

"Do you think he doesn't know that his "Macau Wind and Moon" is bad? Society is very realistic. Good movies don't necessarily make money, and bad movies don't necessarily lose money. The cast of "Macau Wind and Moon 3" is larger than the previous two films. Chow Yun-fat, Andy Lau, Zha Zha Hui, Zhang Xueyou, Yu Wenle, Liu Jialing... these famous actors from the golden age of Hong Kong movies have participated.

In addition to them, there are a bunch of veteran actors from Hong Kong. This lineup alone is enough to trick a bunch of people into buying movie tickets.”

Li Yu smiled and said.

It can be said that the movies made by Wang Jing are bad, but it cannot be said that he does not know how to make money.

He knew that his "Ocean Island 3" was too bad, so he invited all the big names he could.

So many veteran movie stars and old actors collaborated just to make a huge bad movie that is unrivaled in the world.

Hong Kong films have really declined, to the point of being in decline.

This is the tragedy of Hong Kong films.

After hearing what Li Yu said, Da Tiantian stopped complaining about Wang Jing and said with regret: "It's a pity that this script doesn't have a role suitable for me. I also want to compete with the veteran actors."

Li Yu didn't want to hit Da Tiantian.

If you want to compete with veteran actors, the prerequisite is that you must have acting skills to show off.

What Da Tiantian does is not called competing with veteran actors, but asking for humiliation.

……

Things developed in the direction Li Yu predicted.

Wang Jing's "Australia Storm 3" is released.

On the Internet, this movie was widely criticized.

Many people have criticized this movie for being so bad that it can be regarded as the worst work in the Australia series.

The first two films were bad enough, but at least there were some jokes and fighting scenes to embellish them.

This film has the most luxurious cast, but uses a lot of cheap special effects, with less fighting scenes and awkward laughs. It not only insults people's IQ but also their EQ.

"No matter how many stars there are, they can't save the essence of a bad movie. Wang Jing is indeed the king of bad movies. I can only say that he is stable and his performance is really stable."

"Wang Jing, do you find it interesting to use so many movie stars to make a childish and bad movie? And those actors dare to take any stupid role just to make money. No wonder Hong Kong movies are declining. With such a gameplay, my evaluation of the decline is not unfair at all."

"It's just rotten. Director Wang, you should work with Director Li instead of rehashing your old stuff. Although fried rice tastes better when it's cooked with leftover rice, you can't use rotten leftover rice. It's really disgusting."

Wang Jing was severely criticized by netizens, and even the big names who participated in "Ocean Island 3" were also severely criticized.

Except for Zhang Xueyou who was acting seriously, other actors didn't show any signs of taking their acting seriously.

It can be said that this is a perfunctory movie from the screenwriter to the director to the actors.

"Director Li, I'm so miserable. I feel like I've been scolded more in the past few days than I have in the first half of my life." Wang Jing complained.

"Scold you? If hitting people is not illegal, they would have hit you long ago. Not to mention them, even I want to hit you. They found a bunch of movie stars and veteran actors, but in the end they made such a bad movie. It's really disappointing." Li Yu did not sympathize with Wang Jing at all. This guy deserved to be scolded.

Li Yu added: "To get scolded for a while and make a lot of money, isn't that what you are planning? To be honest, you have made so many bad movies and been scolded for so many years, your face has become thicker than the old city wall of Beijing, and the verbal attacks from netizens can no longer break your defense."

Wang Jing couldn't refute it, he had to admit that on the day the project was launched, he was prepared to be scolded.

He knew in his heart how bad his movie was, so Li Yu's complaints and sarcasm were considered mild.

(End of this chapter)