China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 604 Aoe Damage
There are almost no directors in the country who dare to confront Li Yu head-on.

Apart from being art films made for award-winning purposes, Li Yu's films have always been very successful at the box office.

Before Wu Jing, a chosen one with good fortune and luck, came out of nowhere, Li Yu occupied the top spot in the domestic box office for a long time.

So Chen Kaige didn't want to meet Li Yu at all.

"It's my fault. I've been a little busy lately and I forgot to tell you." Li Yu said apologetically.

Li Yu recently decided to spend more money to speed up post-production so that the movie can be released earlier.

Except for the day when Wang Jing came to the mainland to arrange the release of "Chasing the Dragon" and talked to him about this matter, he never mentioned it to anyone else.

But there are no secrets in the entertainment industry. Even if he doesn't say it, things like this that are done in public can easily get out.

Chen Kaige is one of the top directors in China. He has a strong network of contacts and can obtain the latest information very quickly.

He heard from others that the production schedule of Aquaman has been accelerated, and it is not surprising that it is expected to be released during the summer vacation.

"I understand. You do have a lot of things to do," said Chen Kaige.

He knew that Li Yu was not only a director, but also the owner of a film and television company.

Li Yu's workload is heavier than that of ordinary directors, and even if he is not making movies, he will have other work arrangements.

"Let me change the release date. After your Aquaman is off the screen, my Thirteen Soldiers Return to Yumen will be released." Chen Kaige said again.

"Then I would like to thank Director Chen for not killing me." Li Yu joked.

"Director Li, you don't have to thank me. I don't have the ability to kill you. I am clear-headed and I just don't want to commit suicide." Chen Kaige replied seriously.

He has absolutely no confidence in crushing Li Yu at the box office.

Unless the top team his father left him is still by his side and he gets a very good script.

Otherwise, he didn't want to confront Li Yu head-on.

Over the years, all the directors who had head-on confrontations with Li Yu have ended up in trouble, and those who didn't have also lost face.

He and Li Yu have always had a good relationship. Why would he risk losing face by competing with Li Yu?
"Once your movie Aquaman is officially released in China, I will definitely go to the cinema to support it as soon as possible." Chen Kaige changed the subject.

“Then you might be disappointed, the story of Aquaman is really old-fashioned, it’s a classic Hollywood superhero story.

This movie has all the plots that were seen in those excellent superhero movies before. Let me put it this way, this movie is an underwater version of "Avatar", the plot is very ordinary, but the special effects are perfect. "

Li Yu cannot praise "Aquaman" to the sky just because he directed the movie.

This can only be considered a nice movie, not a good movie.

Li Yu actually destroyed his own prestige, but Chen Kaige was in a dilemma: "If your name is not written as the director of Aquaman, I really doubt that this movie was not shot by you.

Who would criticize their own movies? Your own children are still your own children, no matter how bad they are.”

"Just stick to the facts. You clearly have shortcomings, but you insist on saying you don't have any. It's even more embarrassing to say that your shortcomings are strengths. It's better to be frank and admit your shortcomings from the beginning." Li Yu replied.

"..."Chen Kaige suddenly thought of his own "The Promise".

Li Yu was clearly talking about "Aquaman", so why could he feel AOE damage?
In order to avoid continuous AOE damage from Li Yu, he found a reason to cut off the call. His goal had been achieved.

He made this call to ask Li Yu whether the news that "Aquaman" would be released during the summer vacation was accurate.

On June 6, one month before the summer vacation, another new DC Universe film "Wonder Woman" produced by Warner Bros. was released simultaneously in the United States and China.

Li Yu feels that the movie "Wonder Woman" is actually similar to "Aquaman". Both of them have average plots, perfect special effects, and good-looking female leads.

But the same thing goes, for this kind of commercial special effects blockbuster, as long as the plot can be guaranteed to be smooth and can clearly tell a qualified story, and it is coupled with good-looking special effects and a good-looking protagonist, the results will not be bad.

Because such a movie may not necessarily be a good movie, but it is definitely a good-looking movie.

Many people are already very tired after work, and they watch movies purely to relax. This kind of movie with great special effects and beautiful heroines is undoubtedly a good remedy for relaxation.

In the film market, audiences have proven this by voting with their feet.

"Wonder Woman" grossed more than 77 million yuan on its first day in mainland China.

On the other side of the ocean, in the United States, the movie's first-day box office reached more than 38 million Euros, and the first-week box office is expected to reach between 90 million and 100 million Euros.

DC's superhero movies finally gained some momentum, which gave Warner Bros. a lot of confidence.

Li Yu could see a lot of promotional press releases purchased by Warner Bros. in China, saying that DC's superhero movies were no worse than Manwei.

Now that you have finally achieved something impressive, shouldn't you brag about it?

Li Yu, Da Tiantian and others took the time to go to the cinema to watch "Wonder Woman" and contributed several movie tickets.

"The movie is quite good, but there are too many flaws in the plot. Isn't this a super high-end version of a special female forces troop tearing apart the Japanese with their bare hands?" Da Tiantian complained.

After watching the movie, she felt that this movie was a personal show of the heroine, showing the heroine's beauty from all angles.

"Tiantian, your ability to complain has improved. Now your words are quite sharp. Come on, it really sounds like a female special forces soldier tearing apart the Japanese with her bare hands." Li Yu gave Tiantian a rare compliment.

Another movie that also stars a man who tears the Japanese apart with bare hands is Captain America.

These two movies are really similar. I can only say that the directors have accurately identified the needs of the target audience. The protagonists are handsome men with perky butts and beautiful women with long legs. They are so handsome that men are jealous and so beautiful that women envy them.

The various action moves in the fighting scenes are very beautifully designed, with a little bit of the spirit of saving the world and defeating the Nazis.

Even though the war scenes were shot in a childish way, Captain America and Wonder Woman are indeed handsome and beautiful enough, and their looks alone can make a group of people climax.

"In the United States, many industry insiders criticize superhero movies, saying that these movies that rely on action, special effects, and big scenes to win, and have no core, will become cartoons for children in 20 or 30 years," Li Yu added.

There is really such a saying in the United States, and it is not something he made up.

The reason why a movie becomes a classic must be because of the plot and the actors' performances, not the special effects and grand scenes.

Because with the development of the times, special effects technology will become more and more powerful. In the future, people who have watched movies produced with the latest special effects technology will feel that the special effects are too fake to bear when they watch old special effects movies again.

If you don't believe it, you can go back and watch the special effects blockbusters from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. At that time, huge amounts of money were spent on the production of special effects blockbusters that were all the rage. After being spoiled by the latest special effects films, people will find all kinds of distracting things when they watch them again.

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