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Chapter 617 Director Li should be thanked the most
The national teacher was a little envious after watching this movie.

After Chen Kaige and Li Yu’s collaboration, they are really going to return to the top.

This script is really great, impeccable.

With an excellent script, coupled with Chen Kaige's staging and use of color, there is no doubt that this is an excellent historical war blockbuster.

In terms of quality alone, the national teacher believes that this movie is better than Li Yu’s "Guan Du" Part 1 and Part 2.

Because Li Yu has been improving all the time, he did not have the ability to be a big director on his first day of debut.

When filming "Guan Du", Li Yu had just entered the film industry not long ago. Before that, Li Yu had been filming TV series most of the time.

There is another reason. During the Guandu period, Li Yu did not have the influence he has now, and the investment he could get was limited.

"It's so shocking. The plot and story are really great." The national teacher commented from the bottom of his heart.

The national teacher even felt that this was the historical blockbuster he wanted.

Isn't his "Curse of the Golden Flower" also of this type? But it was criticized as a bad movie.

If Li Yu knew what the Imperial Master was thinking at this moment, he would definitely say in his heart that it was not unfair for you to be scolded.

Such a good subject as Yue Fei's "Man Jiang Hong" was forcibly changed into a meeting to whitewash Qin Hui.

It is acceptable to highlight the tragic heroism of Yue Fei, but the method is too outrageous, forcing a fake Qin Hui to recite "Man Jiang Hong" in front of the entire army.

Let everyone in the world know that Yue Fei was killed by Qin Hui, and then that's it, under the pretext of making Qin Hui live in pain for the rest of his life.

This is totally off the mark.

At that time, everyone knew that Yue Fei was killed by Qin Hui.

Is it still necessary for Qin Hui to tell everyone the truth through Man Jiang Hong?

Many officials in charge of interrogating Yue Fei knew that Yue Fei was innocent. Qin Hui forced them to find charges against Yue Fei, and they refused even if they were dismissed from office.

In the end, Qin Hui was forced to personally preside over the sentencing of Yue Fei.

Han Shizhong questioned Qin Hui in person about how he was going to convict Yue Fei.

Qin Hui shamelessly replied that it was a false accusation.

For such a shameless person, will he feel guilty and suffer for the rest of his life? It's not unfair for him to be scolded.

Sometimes Li Yu feels that the national master is amazing. It is understandable that he chooses a bad subject and has a bad plot.

He clearly chose a very good topic, and everyone knew the correct answer, but he had to go through great lengths to avoid the correct answer.

Wouldn't it be better to just honestly film the story of Yue Fei's unfulfilled ambition in fighting against the Jin army, and get both good reputation and box office success?

Maybe he feels uncomfortable if he doesn't make some micro-management in the areas he is not good at. This is a common problem among major domestic directors.

Today's protagonist Chen Kaige knew that his movie was a sure success just by observing the audience's expressions.

He said to the reporter with high spirits: "This time, my goal is a box office of 2 billion. I made this movie very attentively, and the actors also made great efforts..."

Chen Kaige said so much, which can be summed up in one sentence: this time he used his ultimate move.

The previous "Gone Girl" was already the box office ceiling for domestic art films.

But compared with commercial films, the box office is still too low.

As a top domestic director, he cannot just boast about art films, but also has to prove his market appeal with commercial films. Chen Kaige plans to make a great comeback with "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to Yumen".

He wants to tell people that when he gets serious, not only can he make great movies, but he can also make them very commercially successful.

When asked whose performance in "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to Yumen" he most recognized, reporters thought Chen Kaige would praise actors such as Huang Xiaoming.

Unexpectedly, Chen Kaige did not follow the routine and directly praised the screenwriter Li Yu: "Of course it is Director Li, the screenwriter of our film. The script is the foundation of a play, and Director Li really spent a lot of thought on the script.

During the process, I contacted Director Li several times and asked him to revise the script, and he always took the trouble to come up with a new version.

You can probably tell from the premiere just now that the best part of this movie is the script.

Of course, the efforts of actors like Xiao Ming and the staff behind the scenes are also very important.

In short, this film is the result of everyone’s concerted efforts.”

In the end, Chen Kaige went back and praised everyone who participated in the work, ensuring that everyone benefited equally.

When Huang Xiaoming was asked about his improvement in acting skills, he gave a very high EQ answer: "It's all thanks to the director's good teaching."

Li Yu and the national teacher certainly couldn't hide from the reporters.

"Director Li, Director Chen just praised your important contribution to the film. What do you think?"

“The script is important, but the director is equally important. A script is like an excellent architectural design. No matter how good it is, it only remains on paper.

Someone has to turn what's on paper into reality, and Director Chen is that person. Every detail of this film shows the great director's profound skills."

Li Yu, with very high emotional intelligence, had a business exchange with Chen Kaige.

In the movie "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to Yumen", Chen Kaige's performance is worth praising.

This is his best commercial film in recent years.

The emergence of this movie will further dispel the rumor that "Farewell My Concubine" was filmed by his father.

Someone else asked: "Director Li, did you refer to the foreign film "Saving Private Ryan" when you wrote this script? I feel that the core of this movie has something in common with "Saving Private Ryan"."

“First of all, Saving Private Ryan is a great film. To avoid controversy, this needs to be confirmed in advance. The Thirteen Soldiers Returning to Yumen that I wrote did refer to Saving Private Ryan to a certain extent.

My original intention was to tell everyone that our China has a long history and there are many moving heroic stories in history.

We dig out those wonderful stories and make them into movies, which will not be worse than foreign masterpieces, provided that the director shoots them well and does not change a good story into a bad one. "

Li Yu answered seriously.

For a moment, the national teacher felt that he was being called out by Li Yu.

The premise is that the director has to shoot it well and not turn a good story into a bad one. Why does this sound like him?

When he had previously collaborated with Li Yu on "Man Jiang Hong", he proposed to shoot a story that was different from historical facts, but was criticized by Li Yu.

In fact, the national master thought too much. Li Yu was not just targeting him, but all directors who liked to play around, including Chen Kaige.

The media are aware of the delicate relationship between the national teacher and Chen Kaige.

The national master is here today, and we must let him talk about his thoughts on this movie.

The national teacher is a man of integrity. He would not lie with his eyes open. He commented truthfully: "The Return of the Thirteen Soldiers to Yumen is a great historical blockbuster. I think this movie is as good as the Guandu series and Man Jiang Hong. They are both very good."

(End of this chapter)