China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 694: It's funny no matter how you look at it
“Outsiders may think we are just trying to ride on the popularity, but as long as we can shoot well, better than them, no one will say we are just trying to ride on the popularity.

It is very difficult for foreigners to film a good story about China because they are too arrogant and conceited, and they are prejudiced against us in their bones.

The Mulan they made is probably similar to the much-criticized The Mummy 3 from more than a decade ago.”

Li Yu said again.

In front of Liu Yifei, he would not say anything about his opinion of Dishini Mulan.

Because for someone who is eager to play the role of Deshini Mulan, it is difficult for her to listen to anything you say to her.

It is possible to say something in front of Da Tiantian and Cao Qing, but they basically have no intersection with Deshini's Mulan.

Of course, if Da Tiantian is willing to spend a lot of money like she did in her previous life, then she will be the candidate with the greatest advantage and can almost suppress all the candidates who participate in the interview.

Cao Qing thought what Li Yu said made sense.

Foreigners do have a lot of stereotypes about Chinese people.

Many of their film and television works are also constantly reinforcing this stereotype.

He has seen "The Mummy 3". As a director, he has watched far more films than ordinary people.

It is no exaggeration to say that he has seen all the slightly famous movies.

He may not finish watching some movies that are not to his taste, but he must have watched a little bit of them.

The movie "The Mummy 3" is a bad movie for Chinese people.

The ambitious and resourceful Emperor Qin Shi Huang was almost as black as charcoal.

The First Emperor actually became the Western dragon representing evil in the Western world, and he would stop at nothing to achieve his goals.

In short, the First Emperor in the movie is a big villain.

Then several foreigners came to China, defeated the evil First Emperor, and saved the world once again.

In the process of saving the world, the white male protagonist inexplicably picked up a Chinese girl.

There is no emotional preparation, it's pure abandon, which is very much to the taste of white male audiences.

In the previous life, the national master helped Da Tiantian shoot "The Great Wall".

That was a collaboration between the national master and the Hollywood team. The Hollywood team was very powerful and they didn't even give the national master face when he wanted to modify the plot.

They planned to use the same old trick again, arranging for the white male protagonist to pick up a Chinese girl while saving the world, and wanted to arrange a window scene with Da Tiantian.

The national master was very angry about this, and under his strong opposition, the Hollywood team finally gave up the idea of ​​arranging a window scene for Da Tiantian.

If the actress was not Da Tiantian, the window scene might have been arranged, and the movie would have been criticized even more.

These examples all show that the Hollywood team has no respect for China's history and culture, nor does they care much about the feelings of Chinese audiences.

With their condescending attitude, there's no chance they can produce a Mulan that Chinese audiences would like.

Cao Qing analyzed what Li Yu said.

If the Deshini team has the same attitude towards filming "Mulan" as they did towards filming "The Mummy 3", the chances of it being a bad film are indeed quite high.

After much discussion, Cao Qing finally agreed to be the director of Mulan.

It has been confirmed that Mulan is going to be filmed, so the only thing left is to finalize the script and attract investment.

These problems are not serious. Li Yu is responsible for the script, and Datiantian and Hualiu Company can bear a large part of the investment.

Even if the outside world is not optimistic, Mulan can be easily filmed with the financial resources of Hualiu Company and Starlight.

This is the benefit of being capital yourself.

I have money in my pocket, so I don't need to go around asking people to be someone's grandson for a little investment. What's worse is that after being a grandson, the other party may not invest money. "Since I have decided to make this movie, I must have a more thorough arrangement. We all learned the text of Mulan Ci when we were young.

The characters in Hua Mulan's story are very fixed, and I think even without a script, we can choose actors."

Cao Qing said.

This already has the flavor of the old Hong Kong film industry. Wang Jing held up a piece of paper with "Tricky Brains" written on it, Stephen Chow and Andy Lau, just ten words in total, and then filming began.

Now they only have the three words "Mulan" to choose actors.

"You are the director, and I give you the right to choose the actors. I only have one requirement, that the main actors must be of Chinese nationality." Li Yu emphasized this point.

It was clearly a film about a classic Chinese story, but they invited a bunch of foreign actors. Li Yu thought it was really funny.

Li Yu couldn't do anything if others did this, but for him, such things would not be allowed to happen.

Especially movies like this one that tell stories about Chinese heroes, even if they are well-made, can make the audience in the cinema excited and filled with a passion to defend their country.

Then the end credits appeared. In the cast list, the names of the actors who played Chinese heroes were followed by a parenthesis with their nationalities written down. Isn't that awkward?

Especially a movie called xx Great Cause, which is the most difficult to hold back.

The main actors include Americans, English, French, Germans, Australians, Malaysians, Siamese, and Sakura people.

People who don’t know would think they were performing the Eight Fruit Alliance.

When this film was released, many netizens expressed their dissatisfaction.

A bunch of foreign celebrities starred in a gift film and came to China to promote China's history and culture. It was so funny and awkward no matter how you looked at it.

Cao Qing has followed Li Yu for so many years, and he knows why Li Yu made such a request.

In this regard, he absolutely supports Li Yu.

He also thought it was inappropriate for foreigners to play Chinese heroes.

It’s not like there are no good actors in China. There are plenty of them, and there are also many good actors who are buried.

……

During the time when Li Yu, Da Tiantian and Cao Qing were planning Mulan, "Hotel Del Luna" officially ushered in its finale.

The ending of "Hotel Del Luna" is a sad one.

All the staff in the hotel, including Zhang Manyue, left, leaving Yang Xingcai alone to live his life alone with his memories.

The setting from the beginning was destined to have such an ending.

Because Zhang Manyue was supposed to be sent away originally, and the person who sent her away was Yang Xingcai, whom she chose herself. This is an ending with imperfect beauty.

However, director Li Muge was in a bit of a pity as he was condemned by fans of "Hotel Del Luna".

Those who watch idol dramas all hope that the male and female protagonists can have a sweet ending in the end.

Even if the process is tortuous, so tortuous that it makes the audience cry, the final ending must be good.

In the Silla dramas of more than ten or twenty years ago, if a character got cancer or was hit by a car and lost his memory, the last episode would explain that it was a misdiagnosis and the memory was restored.

When it comes to "Hotel Del Luna", it becomes a tragic ending. The heroine is reincarnated and disappears.

The heroine lost her memory after reincarnation. Even if the hero appeared in front of her twenty years later, she would not recognize him.

For this reason, Li Muge complained to Li Yu: "Director Li, this is the worst time I've ever been scolded. Can't you write a good ending for me?"

(End of this chapter)