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Chapter 758: The Curse of the Movie Circle

Cao Qing did not ask what kind of work Li Yu would arrange for him when he returned to China. He trusted Li Yu 100%.

The project that Li Yu arranged for him must be a good and reliable one.

Recently, Li Yu contacted a sketch actor, Shen Teng.

The movie "Chasing Dreams in the Film Circle" seemed to be under a curse. The male and female lead actors Shen Teng and Liu Yifei only had a brief moment of success in the film circle, but could not last long.

Liu Yifei is a complete rookie. He has poor taste in choosing scripts and only accepts bad ones. No matter how much capital one has, it cannot withstand his squandering.

Shen Teng’s reason is because his popularity among the people is too low.

In his previous life, he performed a skit on the Spring Festival Gala in 2012 and became famous across the country with the role of Hao Jian.

After that, he started to appear on the Spring Festival Gala frequently and gained a high national popularity.

Li Yu pulled him out to play the leading role in a movie when he was still an unknown actor in stage plays, which was somewhat premature.

Before "Dreaming in the Film Circle", there was basically no trace of Shen Teng. He only moved around in the stage play circle and was not very famous in this small circle.

Li Yu invited such a complete newcomer in the film industry to play the leading male role and offered him a huge amount of wealth, but he simply couldn't handle it.

First of all, ordinary movies do not flatter people, and are far less popular than TV dramas.

After starring in "Dreaming in the Movie Circle", Shen Teng became famous, but he doesn't have many fans and his basic base is too poor.

Also, his acting skills aren’t that great, he looks like himself in every role.

After "Dreaming of the Movie Industry", it's not that no one asked him to make a movie, but none of them made any splash. After making a few bad movies, he disappeared without a trace.

This situation is very common in the entertainment industry. They reach the peak as soon as they debut, but then fade away and become unknown after a few years.

However, talented people will eventually come to the fore.

After failing several times in the film industry, Shen Teng returned to acting in sketches and became famous through them.

Relying on television to become popular all over the country, the basic foundation is much better than Li Yu's forced growth.

To be honest, if Li Yu hadn't seen Shen Teng's sketches in his spare time recently, he would have really forgotten about this person.

After all, there are too many people who want to show up in front of Li Yu every day.

Relevant research shows that no matter how capable a person is, he will only have long-term contact with two to three hundred people in his life.

These two or three hundred people include friends, relatives, and people we come into contact with frequently in life.

Human brain capacity and energy are limited.

It was only after Li Yu saw Shen Teng's sketch that he remembered Shen Teng again.

He knew that Shen Teng had starred in many comedy movies that did well at the box office.

The key is that these movies are cheap to make.

As for money, who would dislike having too much of this stuff? So Li Yu came up with the idea of ​​finding Shen Teng again to make those comedy movies.

Of course, the director will no longer be Li Yu.

However, if Li Yu gets a burst of inspiration one day and comes up with a script similar to "Dreaming in the Movie Circle", which is already very different from the original "Charlotte's Troubles", maybe Li Yu would be interested in directing it himself.

It has been a long time since he made a serious movie in China to boost the box office.

Comedy films are best suited for box office success.

Especially during the holidays, good quality comedy films are incredibly popular.

As long as you are a normal person, who doesn't want to be happy with your family during the holidays? Watching a movie can also make you happy. There is a stubborn person who deliberately goes against the audience. This person is Feng Xiaogang. He insisted on releasing "1942" during the Lunar New Year holiday at the end of the year.

This is what happens when audiences who want to relax are forced to cry in the cinema during the festive period.

The result was a miserable death.

In fact, Li Yu thinks that Feng Xiaogang’s movie is really good and shouldn’t have died so tragically.

But there is a saying that goes, when you go out into the world, you choose your own path, and you also choose how to die miserably.

Shen Teng, who was far away in China, had just finished recording a program when he received a call from a number that had been in his mobile phone address book for so long that he almost forgot about it.

The owner of this number is Director Li Yu in his mobile phone.

The moment he received the call, Shen Teng thought he was hallucinating.

Could it be that he had traveled through time like Xia Luo in "Dreaming in the Movie Circle"? He traveled back to the afternoon many years ago when he received Li Yu's call.

He slapped himself, and the pain on his face told him that it was not an illusion.

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The mirror in the dressing room also cruelly told him that he did not travel through time.

If he really traveled back in time, how could he have grown up to be what he is now? He was the school hunk back then, okay?
"Hey, Director Li, how come you can take time out of your busy schedule to call me?" Shen Teng asked cautiously.

"Shen Teng, do you want to return to the film industry?" Li Yu asked directly.

"Go through fire and water, Director Li. How could I not think about it? I think about it day and night." Shen Teng didn't even need to think or hesitate, and gave this answer decisively.

Back then, he was an unknown stage actor, but was called by Li Yu to make a movie, and he played the leading male role.

The starting point was so high, but in the end he failed to catch such huge wealth.

He was young at the time, and how could a stage actor who suddenly became famous in the film industry understand movies?

After he became famous, Li Yu no longer asked him to film new movies. When others asked him to film a movie, he went. But the result was the same as Liu Yifei, with several failures in a row.

The difference between the two is that one has a thick health bar and the other has a thin health bar.

"Just think about it. I will go back to China in a month or so. You'd better leave some time in the next few months and don't find too much work for yourself." Li Yu reminded.

"Director Li, let alone a few months, I can even not take any big jobs for half a year." Shen Teng replied.

As a sketch actor, he usually doesn't have many big jobs to take, so it's relatively easy for him to free up time.

"You agreed so hastily? Without even a contract or anything. Aren't you afraid that I'll stand you up after I return to China?" Li Yu teased Shen Teng when he saw that he agreed too quickly.

"Director Li, stop joking. I just can't trust anyone except you. At that time, I was not famous at all, but you really asked me to play the leading male role in the movie. You never lied to me before, and now you are much more powerful than before, and you will not lie to a small person like me for no reason." Shen Teng has a high EQ.

He praised Li Yu when answering the question.

It is said that a big shot like Li Yu would definitely not lie.

This can also be considered a way of asking for reassurance, but it is very gentle and will not make the other person feel uncomfortable.

"Wait for me to return to China, I will contact you when I get back." Li Yu didn't say much.

Many comedy movies starring Shen Teng have performed well, but "Charlotte's Troubles" has been changed by Li Yu and it definitely cannot be filmed.

But it’s not a big problem, as there are still a lot of box office hits such as "The Richest Man in Xihong City", "Flying Life", and "Crazy Alien".

You won’t lose out if you pick any one of them to shoot.

(End of this chapter)