China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 606 The most successful DC film industry in the Chinese market

Since "Aquaman" is premiering in China, the venue of the premiere will of course be set in China.

On the day of the premiere, director Li Yu led stars such as Jason Momoa and Euphoria Heard to appear in Beijing's 798 Art District.

The premiere of "Aquaman" was held here.

Aquaman is a movie without any Hollywood superstars in the lead role.

Jason Momoa and Euphoria Heard are not well-known in China. They both became famous thanks to the movie "Aquaman".

Even in the United States, neither of them is very famous.

So a very strange situation occurred at the premiere.

Li Yu, the director who works behind the scenes, is actually the most popular person in the main creative team, much more famous than the two leading actors Jason Momoa and Euphoria Heard.

In the United States, Li Yu is much more famous than the two of them.

Because this collaboration between Huana and Li Yu is very high-profile.

When the news was announced to the public, it was said that the final editing rights were given to Li Yu.

Coupled with Li Yuhua's identity as a Chinese, it sparked a discussion in the United States at the time.

Some people over there think that Li Yu is one of the most talented directors in China and may be able to bring a different DC movie.

Some people think that Warner Bros. is desperate. Is there no more directors in Hollywood? Why did he invite a yellow director from China? Can he, a Chinese, understand the core essence of DC movies?
This discussion brought Li Yu very high exposure, making him a Hollywood celebrity in a very short time.

There was also Li Yu who confronted an American reporter at the opening ceremony of "Aquaman".

That incident brought another wave of traffic to Li Yu.

Li Yu’s popularity in both China and the United States overshadows the leading actor, which brings up a problem.

Whether they are reporters from China or from the United States, they are more inclined to dig out topics from Li Yu.

What is there to dig up about the male and female leads? It's nothing more than how much effort they put into playing the role of Aquaman and Aquaman, and how many difficulties they encountered during the filming process.

They have too few fans and passers-by don't care about them at all.

Li Yu is different. Li Yu has a special identity.

The topic of whether the great Chinese director's first Hollywood film will lead to fame or failure is enough to arouse the curiosity of many passers-by at home and abroad.

Li Yu kept leading the topic to Jason Momoa and Euphoria Heard, but the reporters just wouldn't buy it and refused to let him go.

However, his guidance of the topic was useful, and some interesting moments of Jason Momoa and Euphoria Heard were also recorded by reporters.

For example, a Chinese movie fan dressed himself up as Aquaman and even held a golden trident.

Li Yu asked Jason Momoa and Amber Heard to sign autographs for the fans. The two also signed the trident, which excited the domestic DC fans.

Jason Momoa also greeted domestic fans who came to the scene in his native dialect, Xia Weiyi dialect.

When talking about director Li Yu, Jason Momoa and Amber Heard both know how to deal with the world.

The moment the reporter asked about Li Yu, they immediately turned into die-hard fans.

"Mr. Li is the most talented Chinese director I have ever met. His directing skills are so strong. The Aquaman he created broke through the conventional superhero setting and created a brand new underwater world that is imaginative, unrestricted, and has never appeared on the big screen."

The two of them caught Li Yu and praised him wildly without even adding the word "one".

Because they are American movie stars, not Chinese movie stars. Chinese movie stars will definitely add "one of" when praising a Chinese director.

Because I will have to collaborate with other Chinese directors in the future, I have to leave some room for maneuver.

These two foreigners don't need to be shy about this, as they have very few opportunities to work with Chinese directors.

Except for Li Yu, they were not sure whether they would have the opportunity to work with a Chinese director other than Li Yu in their lifetime.

Li Yu also revealed some technical details: "From the previously released trailer, everyone should be able to find that this movie has a lot of underwater plots.

When shooting this film, my team and I used underwater filming technology. If it was a few years ago, the technology was not mature enough and such a film would not have been possible. "

Li Yu praised the film's direction in terms of technology, performance, special effects, and grand scenes.

Li Yu simply went over the plot and story, telling a good story in just one sentence.

Because the plot and story are rather old-fashioned and not much different from previous superhero movies, Li Yu can't brag about this, right?
When it came to the final premiere, Li Yu and the main creative team, as well as some lucky audiences, special guests, and media reporters, went to the cinema to watch the movie's preview in advance.

This is not a complete preview, the total duration is less than forty minutes, and the most exciting and best-looking scenes of "Aquaman" are packed into these forty minutes.

The preview effect was very good.

The same thing applies. This may not be a good movie that can become a classic, but it is definitely a good enough movie.

The cool special effects and shocking underwater battle scenes amazed the audience.

After the premiere, the media reporters and lucky fans who attended the premiere event have already started to make efforts.

"The special effects are definitely worthy of praise. The underwater world created in the movie is very visually impactful, far surpassing some superhero movies."

You can tell at a glance that this comment was made by a die-hard fan of DC superhero movies.

It is not difficult to tell from his words that he must have frequent quarrels with fans of another group.

"If I have to rate the details of the underwater special effects, I can give Director Li a full score. I can only say that it is really amazing. The hair and clothes have a floating feeling underwater, and there is also the echo of the water sound. I would believe it if the director and the photographer carried the camera to the bottom of the sea to shoot it."

"The underwater version of Star Wars, perfect scene arrangement, very imaginative and hardcore."

The movie hasn't been officially released yet, so these early reviews are somewhat watered down.

Those who are able to attend the preview are basically very loyal movie fans and media reporters.

Needless to say, as long as the movie is good, they will definitely praise it to the sky.

The same goes for the latter. If I invite you to a preview and you write something negative about the movie, can I still invite you next time?

In short, this time the momentum for "Aquaman" before its release in China was maxed out.

Huana is paying close attention to this matter and they are very satisfied with this phenomenon.

It was definitely a wise choice for them to spend 10 million yuan to invite Li Yu to be the director of "Aquaman".

The popularity of the movie in China alone is worth 10 million US dollars.

They held an internal meeting to study the matter, and they all agreed that Aquaman would be the most successful superhero movie in the Chinese market.

They made a bold estimate that the movie "Aquaman" might be able to take in 15 billion yuan at the box office in the Chinese market, which is between 2 to 2.5 million euros, which is definitely not a small number.

(End of this chapter)