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Chapter 628: China's Epic Science Fiction Blockbuster

It is normal that Kong Dashan does not dare to think in that direction. This is human nature.

If someone had not read the script in advance and told Li Yu that a low-budget science fiction film with an investment of 10 million yuan could beat a science fiction blockbuster with an investment of more than 300 million yuan in terms of quality, Li Yu himself might not have believed it.

So he didn't explain it too clearly to Kong Dashan, but just vaguely said that "Magic City Fortress" and "Space Exploration Editorial Department" were no match.

"Okay, I'll follow Director Li's arrangements." Kong Dashan dispelled his doubts and accepted Li Yuxian's arrangement.

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When the news that "Space Exploration Editorial Department" was scheduled to be released on the 8th of next month reached Huayi, Director Fuji was confused.

Because Li Yu supported this movie and said it was a science fiction film worth watching.

Director Fuji carefully looked up the director, leading actors, and screenwriters of the film and found that everyone from the director to the actors had one thing in common: they were not famous.

The production cost was also pitifully low, only 10 million.

Compared with his "Demon City Fortress", the difference is not just between 600,000 and 800,000, but a difference of one to more than thirty.

After checking the information, Director Fuji laughed out loud on the spot.

"People always say that Li Yu has a great vision, but I think it's all exaggerated. Not only did he look down on my "Fortress of the Magic City", but he actually participated in the investment of a low-budget science fiction film with a cost of only 10 million yuan.

And he said that the sci-fi movie was worth watching. What a joke. What kind of sci-fi movie can be made with 10 million? For a sci-fi blockbuster, 10 million is not even enough for props. "

Director Fuji found it very ridiculous.

"That's not true. Low-budget science fiction films can win with imagination and scripts. Aren't "The Night the Comet Came", "Ex Machina" and "I Am You" all low-budget science fiction masterpieces? The script of "The Night the Comet Came" was written by Li Yu."

Xiao Wang always feels that Director Fuji has been getting a bit arrogant lately.

Since the project of "Magic City Fortress" was officially launched, Director Fuji has become more and more arrogant day by day.

They said they were going to make an epic Chinese science fiction blockbuster, a new peak for Chinese science fiction films, etc.

It seems that as long as "The Fortress" is released, Chinese science fiction films will be brought to a whole new height, and Director Fuji can become a recognized science fiction master.

Confidence is a good thing. If you don’t believe that you can make a good movie, then you will definitely not be able to make a good movie.

However, this level of confidence made Mr. Wang recognize the shadow of Director Bi in the past.

Before the release of "Dreaming of Performing Arts", Director Bi was also so confident that he said he would defeat Li Yu just like Li Yu defeated Wu Baige.

At that time, Director Bi was very influential in the film critic circle. With backgrounds from Beijing Film Academy and Peking University, he recruited a group of authoritative experts in the film industry to support him.

Obviously the movie was terrible to watch, but there were so many authoritative experts praising it that it was easy to doubt life during the early internal screenings.

Because it was clearly a bad movie, but everyone was praising it.

It gives people this feeling. Could it be that they have too few artistic cells and cannot appreciate Director Bi's masterpiece?
Everyone saw what happened after "Dreaming of Show Business" was released.

Director Teng now gives Mr. Wang a sense of déjà vu of Director Bi.

But then again, Xiao Wang is still quite optimistic about the movie "Fortress of Devil City".

The male lead is one of the four returning sons, and currently one of the most popular young actors in China. The male lead has a terrifying number of fans. As long as one tenth of the male lead's fans enter the theater, the box office of the movie will easily exceed 20 to 30 billion.

Xiao Wang is not naive to always think this way. This is the common view of many people in the circle.

During the period when young and popular stars were the most popular among capital, when the young and popular stars appeared on a variety show, their fans would order takeout worth thousands or tens of thousands of yuan, and buy all kinds of coffee, drinks and desserts for the host and program staff.

The fans did this for only one purpose, which was to make the host and the program crew treat their brother well.

Don’t think it’s outrageous. This is what really happened. For a period of time, it even became an unspoken rule.

The fans of the young idols are so willing to spend money on their idols that movie investors have been asking them to play the leading male role or important roles in the movies.

The veteran actors have become the foils for the young actors.

It just so happens that now is the time when young and handsome men are most popular.

Many people believe that the huge traffic possessed by young and handsome actors can be monetized.

Later people all knew that when it comes to movies, fans of young idols would not unconditionally buy movie tickets to support their idols.

Again, most people today cannot see this point. They still believe that the fans of young and handsome idols have very strong spending power and are willing to spend money on their favorite idols.

"'The Night the Comet Came' was written by Li Yu, and 'Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department' was not written by Li Yu. No matter how you look at it, this is a flop lineup. Let's schedule 'The Fortress of the Magic City' for the 7th of next month." Director Fuji said confidently.

Li Yu chose number 8, and he chose number 7, which was a strong provocation.

The target of his provocation was Li Yu, not Kong Dashan and the movie "Space Exploration Editorial Department".

Because this movie is not worthy of being his rival at all. He is aiming to break the record of domestic science fiction films, so how could he take a low-budget science fiction film seriously?

He let "The Fortress of Demon City" be released the day before "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" just to annoy Li Yu and tell Li Yu that he had made a mistake.

His "Magic City Fortress" is a good project. If Li Yu misses this project, he will regret it for a long time.

"Let's go with number 1. Number 7 is too close." Mr. Wang knew what Director Teng was thinking, but he didn't want to make enemies with Li Yu for no reason.

A difference of one week could be considered a coincidence, but a difference of one day was clearly a target.

He didn't want to have a grudge with Li Yu, otherwise Hualiu Company's films would target Huayi in the future. Feng Xiaogang was still pursuing art and making literary films. What could they use to fight against Li Yu?
Director Fuji felt that the one-week gap was a bit too long and not satisfying enough.

But Mr. Xiao Wang had already made his statement, so he had to give him face. After hesitating for a few seconds, he expressed his willingness to accept Mr. Xiao Wang's arrangement.

After "Magic City Fortress" was announced to be released on the first of next month, Li Yu, who was working at Hualiu Company, received an invitation letter for the premiere from Director Fuji.

Not only Li Yu received this letter, but Da Tiantian also received it.

Director Teng wanted to show Da Tiantian how wonderful his "Fortress of the Magic City" was, so that Da Tiantian would not be deceived by Li Yu again. What does Li Yu know about science fiction? Li Yu suggested that if he didn't want to invest in him, then he shouldn't invest in him. What kind of thing is this?

After receiving the invitation, Da Tiantian immediately sent a message to tell Li Yu about it.

Li Yu: "What a coincidence, I received the invitation just like you. On the 1st of next month, we must go and see the true face of this epic Chinese science fiction blockbuster."

(End of this chapter)