China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 610 The God of Wealth Must Be Coaxed
"Aquaman" has achieved very good results in China, North America, Europe, Sakura Silla and other regions.

This movie with the lowest investment cost in recent years has become the best-performing movie. Of course, Warner Bros. wants to strike while the iron is hot and make a sequel as soon as possible.

They couldn't wait to find Li Yu and said, "Mr. Li, we think we can start the plan for Aquaman 2, and you will still be the director.

This time, we will raise your director's salary to 10 million Euros. If the box office exceeds billion Euros, we will also give you % of the box office dividends."

In order to get Li Yu to shoot the sequel, Hua Na spent a lot of money.

A director's salary of 20 million euros is a salary that only famous Hollywood directors can get.

in the country, there are the 500 million box office club and the 1 billion box office club.

In Hollywood, there is also the 20 million dollar club.

The 10% box office dividend is also very attractive.

If the global box office of "Aquaman 2" can really exceed billion Euros, after deducting the portion taken by the theaters and miscellaneous expenses such as taxes, Li Yu can probably get around million Euros.

Add to that the director's salary of 20 million Euros, the total is 70 million Euros.

For ordinary directors, this is definitely a huge temptation.

In fact, Li Yu can make a lot of money from "Aquaman 1".

The global box office of "Aquaman 1" has now exceeded million US dollars, and it is only a matter of time before it reaches billion US dollars.

According to the 5% box office dividend plus million yuan in film remuneration that Huana had promised to give Li Yu, Li Yu could earn to million yuan.

By the way, the profit from his investment of 30 million mi was not calculated.

If the income from the 30 million investment is taken into account, Li Yu will eventually get even more money.

It is really more profitable to make movies in Hollywood than in the country.

And Li Yu doesn't need to take any risks, as the bulk of the funds for making the film are provided by Huana.

Theoretically speaking, Li Yuying was already frustrated by Aquaman 1, so he should just rush to shoot Aquaman 2 and make a fortune.

However, Li Yu is not an ordinary director, his thinking is different from that of ordinary directors.

What's more, Aquaman's story has actually been almost told in the first episode.

At the end of Aquaman 1, Aquaman unified the seven kingdoms under the sea and became the recognized king of the ocean.

If we want to make Aquaman 2, how should we write the script? We can only make up a story out of nothing.

This is what happened with Aquaman 2 in the original time and space. In 2, there were underwater black markets and lost kingdoms, but in the end, the audience didn’t buy it.

The reason is simple, the story of Aquaman 1 is average and very clichéd.

Fortunately, the script of Aquaman 1 can tell a satisfactory story completely and smoothly, and coupled with perfect special effects, the result is of course a great success.

If we make a second part, we will face the risk of unsatisfactory scripts and people's aesthetic fatigue, so it will be difficult to achieve great results.

Li Yu carefully analyzed the pros and cons to the people at Huana and told them not to shoot Aquaman 2 and to focus on something else.

Huana often rises up for a while, and then falls down again, because they like to surf when the wind is favorable. Once they catch a series, they will pull it to death. When they fail to pull it out, they will switch to another one.

To put it bluntly, it is short-sighted and can only see the immediate benefits.

Many die-hard fans of DC movies would complain that Warner had a good hand but played it badly, and that Warner was the biggest rival of DC movies.

"Aquaman 1's performance is so good, and you want to do something else? You are serious?" The other party was very surprised after hearing Li Yu's idea.

“I have already analyzed it very clearly for you just now. The plot of Aquaman 1 can only be considered acceptable. The personal story of this superhero has basically been told.

It is difficult to dig out interesting stories from this hero. I think the sequel to Aquaman 1 will never be able to replicate today's success. Anyway, I personally will not be the director of the Aquaman series again. If you really want to make a sequel, you can find another director. "

Li Yu expressed his attitude firmly.

If Warner finds another director to direct Aquaman 2, he won't have any objection.

He never thought about making Aquaman 2 from the beginning, he didn't want to step on this landmine.

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The other party was stunned for several seconds before reacting.

Why didn't they know they could find another director to direct Aquaman 2?
However, Li Yu is the biggest contributor to the success of Aquaman 1, and Li Yu is the soul of Aquaman 1.

When a movie is going to make a sequel, the worst thing to do is to change the cast at the last minute.

Changing the director for each movie disrupts the style of the series. How can the audience buy into it?

In addition, Li Yugang has led the DC film industry to a strong start. They announced that the director of Aquaman 2 will be replaced. How will the outside world view them? They will say that they are killing the donkey after it has done its job.

Even fans of DC movies will probably criticize them harshly.

In conclusion, it’s okay to change actors, but the future of Aquaman 2 is bleak with changed actors.

They have to persuade Li Yu to continue to be the director of Aquaman 2.

However, they also knew that Li Yu seemed determined not to film Aquaman again, so this matter could not be rushed and had to be done slowly.

Li Yu is no longer the "new director" who was just invited to Hollywood by them.

At that time, Li Yu had not proved himself with any works, and they were betting on Li Yu's ability and potential.

Under the circumstances at that time, if Li Yu was too willful, they could choose to give up cooperation and replace him with someone else.

It’s no longer possible now. They still count on Li Yu to help them make money. They must coax and obey the God of Wealth and never go against him.

"Mr. Li, we know that you are not only the best director in China, but also the best screenwriter. We can give you the script of Aquaman 2, but it will have to go through our review in the end. We can also give you the final editing rights that you want most."

The other party stepped up their efforts to try to lure Li Yu into agreeing to film Aquaman 2.

But Li Yu had made up his mind: "Let's talk about this later. The sequel doesn't have to be filmed right away. It can be filmed in two years. Didn't your Batman trilogy take seven or eight years to complete?"

Li Yu didn't want to say it too decisively, so he left some room.

Just like what the top executives of Huana had told him in Maple Leaf Country before, they would discuss it later.

As to whether it will be discussed in the future, it is unknown.

When the other party saw Li Yu practicing Tai Chi, he took a step back and said that they would talk about this matter later.

Li Yu's attitude was very firm at the beginning. He said that there would be no sequel and that they could replace the actors.

Now Li Yu says we can talk about it later, isn’t this a concession?

Every time they talk they can get Li Yu to make concessions a little bit, and finally they can convince Li Yu step by step.

This is a long-term battle and we can't be impatient.

The other party pondered for a moment and asked, "Mr. Li, you just said that you don't want to make a sequel to Aquaman. Do you have any other ideas?"

The other party was also curious about what Li Yu wanted to shoot if he didn't shoot Aquaman.

Li Yu was waiting for the other party to ask this question. He did not answer it immediately, but took out a biography of the father of the atomic bomb.

(End of this chapter)