China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 622 A new and more exciting movie
In addition to the themes of sentimentality and feminism, the marketing of this film is also top-notch.

Many people who have seen the movie said that the movie itself is not bad, but it is not as good as advertised.

However, this did not prevent the film from achieving excellent ratings and a global box office of 14.54 billion US dollars.

This is the power of sentiment + feminism themes. European and American women under the age of 50 are all potential audiences of this movie. This audience group is too large.

Moreover, this audience group has the strongest consumption power.

The most rare thing is that the production cost of this movie is very low, only 1.45 million US dollars, which is lower than "Aquaman 1".

This is a classic Hollywood example of low cost and high return.

So, Li Yu replied to Cao Qing: "Soon, I will go to the United States to discuss cooperation with Hua Na again."

Li Yu is very confident.

Li Yu wanted to shoot "Oppenheimer", but Hua Na felt that Li Yu was taking a big step and it would be easy to lose money by shooting such a film.

If he wants to make a purely commercial movie like "Barbie", Warner will definitely not refuse.

They know how much influence Barbie has on white women in Europe and America.

Generations, even generations, of white women have had Barbie dolls as children.

Their Barbie dolls are equivalent to Ultraman to countless children in China.

"Did they agree to let you shoot "Oppenheimer"? " Cao Qing was surprised.

"No, I plan to make another commercial film. One "Aquaman" is not enough. Once I make another box office hit movie to prove myself again, the initiative will be in my hands." Li Yu said.

"I guess this new movie is definitely not Aquaman 2? In fact, I think if you want to make a commercial film, it is safest to make Aquaman 2.

It is difficult to make a film better than the first one, but it is safe, after all, this is a successful IP.”

Cao Qing expressed his opinion.

Cao Qing also knew that he had his own opinions and Li Yu had his own ideas.

He gave prudent advice, but perhaps Li Yu didn't really think so.

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As time flies, the box office performance of "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to Yumen" exceeded 10 billion... 20 billion... 30 billion... and finally settled at 30.8 billion.

The moment the box office exceeded 30 billion, Chen Kaige felt comfortable all over.

Because his "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to Yumen" surpassed Guoshi's "Fengshen 1" in terms of box office.

After many years, he finally regained the feeling of being superior to the national teacher.

A photographer is a photographer, and he admitted that the national teacher was a very good photographer.

The national teacher's photography skills are among the best in the world.

But when it comes to the profession of director, how can a photographer like Guo Shi compare with a talented director like him?
The complete success of "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to Yumen" made Chen Kaige determined to ask Li Yu for help with the script of his Tang Dynasty movie.

It felt so good to work with Li Yu, which gave him the experience of returning to being China's top director.

He also saw the comments on the Internet, and this time he did not say that the audience would not be able to understand his movies within ten years.

Because this time, most of the comments from netizens were positive.

"I want to apologize to Chen Kaige here. I admit that I spoke a little loudly before. I said that Farewell My Concubine was not filmed by you at all."

"Isn't that nonsense? You can tell at first glance that Farewell My Concubine is Chen Kaige's style, but he just let himself go.

Facts have proved that his biggest shortcoming is the script. As long as the script is filled, he can take off immediately. "Director Chen, you have to listen to advice. A famous screenwriter's evaluation of you is correct. You must not touch the script and just do your job as a director well. "

"The filming of 'Thirteen Soldiers Returning to Yumen' is really awesome. The colors, composition, and camera movements are not inferior to those of the national masters."

"I'm looking forward to Director Chen's next movie. I heard that Director Chen built a Tang City for this new movie many years ago. I checked the information and found that Tang City has been completed, so the new movie can be put on the agenda."

"Ten thousand people have signed a petition in blood. We must find a good and reliable screenwriter and must not interfere with the script."

Chen Kaige was very happy to receive praise from netizens.

If he had to find fault, he felt that the only drawback was that people kept telling him not to touch the script.

Are his scripts really as bad as people say? They are just far inferior to Li Yu's. I personally think they are still pretty good.

At the celebration banquet for "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to Yumen", Chen Kaige wore a pair of sunglasses and looked very proud.

He hasn't fought such a good battle in many years.

Standing in front of the reporters for an interview, Chen Kaige revealed: "To be honest, after the release of 'Thirteen Soldiers Return to Yumen', the total time that Director Li and I talked on the phone was no less than fifteen hours.

We talked about the idea of ​​the next movie. Although I haven't seen the official draft of the script yet, after more than ten hours of discussion, I can already draw a conclusion.

My new film will definitely be more exciting and better looking than The Thirteen Soldiers Return to Yumen, and it will also have more depth and connotation.”

Everyone can guess that Chen Kaige will reveal some information about the new movie.

It's normal to use this good opportunity to promote your new movie.

No one expected that Chen Kaige would reveal such big news.

Many years ago, Chen Kaige said that he wanted to make a movie about the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, Chen Kaige and Li Yu had little contact.

People naturally thought that the script for Chen Kaige's film had been decided long ago.

I didn’t expect that the screenwriter was Li Yu again.

A reporter asked this question: "Director Chen, excuse me, didn't you prepare for this movie many years ago? Why was Director Li the screenwriter?"

“Because the script I wrote is not at the same level as Director Li’s, I’m not exaggerating.

At that time, I told him the theme of the film and what I wanted to convey through the film. The script idea that Director Li casually mentioned was of higher quality than the script I had been writing for a long time. "

At the end, Chen Kaige's smile was a little bitter.

This more explosive revelation made everyone even more excited.

"The Thirteen Soldiers Return to Yumen" is already explosive enough, but Chen Kaige and Li Yu actually want to carry the excitement to the end and come up with something even more explosive.

It is a pity that the national teacher did not come today.

If the national master was present, everyone would really like to see what expression he would have on his face.

After this news spread on the Internet, netizens began to celebrate again.

"He finally listened to the advice. Director Li will still be the screenwriter for the new movie. This is likely to be a sure thing."

"That's right, this is the correct way to open it. If I had done it this way more than ten years ago, I might still be the number one director in China now."

"It's more exciting than 'The Thirteen Soldiers Return to Yumen'. Looks like I'll have to save a few dozen bucks."

(End of this chapter)