China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 609 Global Selling
"This is the correct way to attack Oscar. You have attacked him so many times before, but all your methods were wrong. Only magic can defeat magic.

If you make this script, you will definitely have a chance to win an award. If they still don’t give you an award, you don’t need to complain, there are plenty of people who will speak for you.”

Li Yu spoke.

The National Master, Feng Xiaogang, and Chen Kaige have all submitted their works to the Oscars, but without exception, all were only nominated.

A nomination is the highest honor they can receive at the Oscars.

The only one who actually won the award was Li An.

"I have written the script for you. If you want to shoot it, you can shoot it. I will not interfere in anything. But I suggest that if you really want to shoot it, you should find some people in the United States to serve as shooting consultants.

After all, we are Chinese and have not lived in the United States for a long time. We are not as knowledgeable as the professionals there about the southern United States in the 1960s.

If you need investment, I can give you some money. I can also introduce you to Warner and ask them to invest in you, so you can cooperate with them on this film."

Li Yu said again.

"Green Book" is a commercial art film with a plot as the main focus. It has a very low cost, and more than 20 million US dollars is more than enough.

Li Yu is now a big shot in Huana, and their senior executives all have to call Li Yu the God of Wealth.

If they were asked to invest 18 million yuan in the national teacher, they would definitely give face to Li Yu.

Besides, as the number one director in China, he is very prestigious.

In conclusion, as long as the national master wants to shoot it, this movie can be shot at any time.

"We have to shoot it." The national teacher replied seriously.

He had an excellent film script with the hope of winning an Oscar, and Li Yu could also help him with investment, production, and distribution. Why should he hesitate?

Li Yu's kindness even made him feel a little embarrassed: "How about this, I don't want a penny for this movie, I will shoot it for free."

His director's salary is very high, among the highest in the country, and he knows it himself.

If he wanted to get paid for the film, the risk that investor Li Yu would need to bear would increase dramatically.

This is a challenge for him to realize his dream.

Li Yu had done so much to help him realize his dream, he couldn't let Li Yu take all the risks, that would be too unfair.

"Even if you don't tell me, I would let you take less. I estimate that this movie will cost more than 20 million Euros. If you take the market price, the movie won't be made." Li Yu said with a smile.

Li Yu would absolutely support the idea that the national master does not take any remuneration.

……

"Aquaman" continues to perform very strongly in the domestic film market.

As everyone expected, this movie grossed over 16 billion yuan in 20 days and continues to rise.

However, the trend has clearly weakened, so no one knows what the final number will be, and everyone is just guessing.

All in all, "Aquaman" is a big hit in China, which is something everyone recognizes.

Now, the question that people are most concerned about is about to be put on the table: whether "Aquaman" can perform as well in the United States, North America and other parts of the world as in China.

The time to reveal the answer has finally arrived.

Li Yu boarded a plane to the United States and once again achieved the achievement of a person from a domestic forum who had just got off a plane in the United States.

This time, when Li Yu came to the United States again, the situation was different.

The previous times he came, he came as a famous Chinese director and a new Hollywood director.

Huana valued him very much, but not to the extent that the senior management came to pick him up in person. This time, the senior management of Huana came to pick up Li Yu in person.

Li Yu is now their God of Wealth, so shouldn’t they be polite to their God of Wealth? They also want Li Yu to shoot the sequel to Aquaman and more movies that can make money for them.

"Mr. Li, your influence in China is so strong that you have created a surprise that is beyond our expectations." The top management of Huana looked at Li Yu as if he were looking at a moving mountain of gold.

They internally estimated that Li Yu could help Aquaman earn 2 to 2.5 million Euros in the Chinese market.

Before Li Yu boarded the plane to the United States, the number had already exceeded their estimates, reaching 3 million Euros, and was heading towards 3.5 million Euros and 4 million Euros.

The senior executives of Huana treated Li Yu with the highest level of hospitality.

Afterwards, Li Yu and the main creative team of "Aquaman" gathered in Los Angeles to hold the US premiere.

The process of the premiere is similar to that in the country.

"Mr. Li, do you think Aquaman can replicate China's success in the United States?" Someone asked Li Yu this question at the scene.

"This is not something that can be decided by my words. It has to be decided by the American audience."

Li Yu gave a very versatile answer.

Then, Li Yu added in a joking tone: "If my words count, I hope Aquaman can have a global box office of 10 billion US dollars."

The truth is always spoken in a joking tone.

Everyone laughed along with Li Yu.

In the future, if the box office of "Aquaman" really exceeds 10 billion US dollars, people will find out that Li Yu is serious.

If it doesn't exceed 10 billion euros, people will say Li Yu is joking.

In short, Li Yu has left himself some room to maneuver, so that he can advance and retreat freely.

After "Aquaman" was officially released here, when the first day's battle report came out, Huana became even more convinced that Li Yu was their God of Wealth.

"Aquaman" earned 33 million US dollars in the North American box office in the United States and the United States on the first day.

The strong period of "Spider-Man Homecoming" in North America has long passed, so "Aquaman" won the box office championship of the day without any suspense.

Professional film critics here estimate that Aquaman may earn more than 1.4 million euros in its first week.

The media here also began to report on the brilliant achievements made by Li Yu and "Aquaman".

"A director from China, he really saved DC movies, and he made Aquaman a global hit."

"This may be the best-performing superhero movie DC has made since the Batman trilogy."

……

Li Yu's name and photos were on the front pages of various entertainment news in the United States.

Li Yu is now considered a big celebrity in the United States.

When the news of Aquaman's victory in its first battle in North America spread back to China, domestic netizens were even more excited.

"Too strong. I have a feeling that Director Li's film might really earn 1 billion Euros. Aquaman is very popular in various countries. My classmates in England told me that many people went to the cinema to watch this film yesterday."

"I am a die-hard DC fan. I hope Director Li can make more DC movies in the future, and it would be best if he could reboot Batman."

"The above, you want to trick Director Li, right? There is already an amazing masterpiece "Batman" in front, it is difficult to surpass it, okay, you should make another superhero. But with Director Li's ability, if he really makes "Batman", I believe it will definitely not be bad, this is true."

(End of this chapter)