China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 638: Bad movies are also meaningful
That day, a guest from Hong Kong Island came to see Li Yu.

This person was Li Yu’s old acquaintance Wang Jing.

It's been a while since we last met.

Li Yu said with some admiration: "Director Wang, your performance is as stable as ever. After Chasing the Dragon, you have released several excellent works in one go, including Baby Boss, Ace of Kings, My Super Goddess, and Black and White Labyrinth. I admire you very much."

These excellent works with scores ranging between 3 and 4 on the Doumiao website may not all be directed by Wang Jing himself, but he must have participated in the production.

"I'm really touched that you pay attention to me. My fans may not necessarily pay attention to my movies." Wang Jing looked surprised.

His fans have figured out his style. After every good movie, there will always be several bad ones.

So you don't have to watch every one of his movies.

"That's right. How can I not pay attention to you? I have been following all those crappy movies of yours. A dirty rag can be very useful as long as it is used in the right place. I have always regarded your crappy movies as negative examples, which help me avoid various pitfalls and criticisms." Li Yu joked.

This is true. Sometimes Li Yu would deliberately look for some bad movies to watch.

Movies, like novels, have many flaws that audiences don't like.

For example, when writing a novel, if I suddenly make the protagonist cuckolded, how can the readers not curse?

The same goes for movies. For the same genre, as long as the minefields that may upset the audience are avoided as much as possible, then the movie will be one step closer to being a good movie.

"It sounds like a compliment, but when I think about it, it seems a bit weird. Director Li, you are really the most sarcastic person I have ever met." Wang Jing said with a smile.

He wasn't angry at all about the bad movies that Li Yu mocked him for.

Because he knows that his films are bad.

If he were an ordinary audience member, seeing a director making bad movies all the time and with a high output, he wouldn't be able to resist the urge to greet that stupid director.

As I said, he doesn’t care if you complain about him or mock him, as long as you don’t hit him, he can accept it.

After a moment, Wang Jing said with a grin, "You have figured out my rule. Every time I make a good movie, I have to reward myself with a few bad ones.

I have already finished making a few bad movies, it is time to make a good movie, should it be time to make "Detective Chinatown 3"? "

The "Detective Chinatown" series is Wang Jing's best-performing film, and he will never forget this series.

"Let's wait a little longer. There will be Detective Chinatown 3, but not now." Li Yu shook his head and said.

The reason why he rejected Wang Jing was very simple. "Detective Chinatown 3" was also a bad movie, much worse than the second part, and incomparable to the first part.

The box office of "Detective Chinatown 3" will definitely not be bad, but it does not meet Wang Jing's requirements for a good film.

He could definitely write a better script for Wang Jing that would be more suitable for him.

Wang Jing did a pretty good job with the last film "Chasing the Dragon", it was a gangster film with a bit of innovation.

Perhaps it has something to do with the environment I grew up in, Hong Kong directors are very good at making gangster films, and the actors also perform well.

"How about a gangster crime action movie? Let's not make "Detective Chinatown 3" first, and then make a gangster movie." Li Yu asked Wang Jing.

Wang Jing is quite open-minded. He spread his hands and said, "I can do anything as long as the script is good and can make money. Forget gangster movies. You can even let me make 111-rated movies."

It's true, this guy has actually made that type of movie before.

He also shot some excellent works on that track and made many porn stars famous.

Li Yu likes Wang Jing's attitude. It is easy to work with a director like Wang Jing who sees himself as a businessman.

Because he only cares about money, as long as it can make him money, he will shoot whatever he is asked to shoot.

It's actually annoying to work with a director like Guo Shi who has so many ideas.

Even though the script was obviously very good, he had to intervene and do some outrageous things, for fear that his film was too good and the audience would be too satisfied.

"It's enough for you to say this. I'll give you the script in a few days. Anyway, I will finish writing the script before flying to the United States." Li Yu said readily.

The gangster film that Li Yu was talking about was a Silla film called "The Evil Man".

Those people in Silla who live a good life have robbed so many things from China. It’s not excessive for Li Yu to copy some of their film and television works, right?
The movie "The Evil Dead" cannot be called a masterpiece, but it is still dozens or hundreds of times better than the crappy movies shot by Wang Jing.

The general story is as follows.

Multiple homicides occurred in a row in an area, and there were many signs that the murderer was the same person.

The appearance of this murderer caused a lot of headaches for the police officer in charge of security in that area.

One day, the gangster boss was also attacked by a mysterious man. The seriously injured man decided to cooperate with the police to catch the mysterious murderer and restore his reputation in the industry.

A gangster boss was unexpectedly ambushed by a mysterious man who had no moral principles. If he couldn't get back his revenge, where would he put his face? How would his younger brothers view him?

The combination of one good and one evil in solving cases is quite novel and quite interesting.

Veteran directors like Wang Jing who were born in Hong Kong have more or less experience in making gangster films, and Li Yu believes that Wang Jing can make this film well.

It is worth mentioning that the police officer in the original version was played in a rather stereotypical manner, but the actor who played the gangster boss played the role particularly well.

This is also not a problem, as there are a large number of actors in Hong Kong who can play the role of gangster bosses to perfection.

Han Chen in "Infernal Affairs", Ni Yongxiao, Jiang Tiansheng in "Young and Dangerous", Zhou Zhaoxian in "Black Gold"...

There are so many classic gangster bosses in Hong Kong movies.

It’s still the same thing. People who grew up in that place have dealt with the real big guys, and those who haven’t dealt with them have also seen them.

He has a natural advantage in playing the role of a gang boss.

A few days later, Li Yu did not delay Wang Jing. He wrote the script of "The Evil Man" and handed it to Wang Jing.

Wang Jing praised: "Director Li, this gangster script is quite good and innovative. Reading this script reminded me of a famous saying, 'Evil will be punished by evil', and the plot of fighting violence with violence is quite exciting."

Wang Jing is a veteran director with extensive experience in police and gangster films. He saw at first glance that this script was promising.

If it's well made, it will definitely not be worse than "Chasing the Dragon", and may even be a little better.

"You wrote the script, who do you think is suitable to play the role?" When it comes to choosing actors, Wang Jing respects Li Yu's ideas.

"Just decide for yourself. This type of role is your comfort zone. You've been in Hong Kong for so many years. You know better than me which actor is suitable to play the gangster boss." Li Yu gave the right to choose the actor to Wang Jing.

Li Yu only does minor operations in the direction of his own profession.

For example, in the filming of "The Evil Dead", Wang Jing was obviously more professional than him. His micro-control was like an amateur directing professionals, which made him more prone to making mistakes.

(End of this chapter)