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Chapter 1267 The Big Devil Finally Went to Hollywood to Disaster
Dean Films finally compromised on the project "The Love of Ghosts".

On the one hand, it is because Li Yi's inclination is somewhat ambiguous, and several other film and television giants will naturally not let go of such an opportunity.

For this reason, it is impossible for Dean Films to eat alone!

Another reason is because of the problem of the script.

Yes, although they are very confident in Li Yi's new film on the surface, the subject matter of "Human and Ghost Love" still makes them a little worried.

Although love is an eternal theme, it can be said that almost all movies on the big screen will contain this element.

But there is one thing to say, romance movies, after the new century, there are really no movies that perform well at the box office.

Many movies, despite the love, are more embellishment than theme.

It is a well-known fact that it is difficult for a pure romance film to have a high box office in this era.

Therefore, even if it is the script of Li Yi, a director who has just created a miracle at the box office, there are still many people who are skeptical.

Of course, doubts are doubts, and "Ghost Love" is also not a big production that requires a large investment. Therefore, if it is not forced to, Dean Pictures is of course unwilling to give up its share.

But I can't stand it anymore. Among these giants in Hollywood, people didn't pay much attention to "The Sixth Sense" before, and they didn't say anything if you ate alone, but this time it was different.

After all, cooperation and competition between several giants have always coexisted.

Therefore, the intention of the four companies to work together was finally reached.

Of course, although "The Love of Ghosts" is not a super big production, the investment is actually not low, mainly because the salary of a big director Li Yi is high enough.

So the investment budget for this movie is $[-] million.

Hollywood has a mature operating mechanism. Like in China, many film investment budget plans are unclear. It is difficult to see here. Generally, only some independent films or low-cost films will appear like this. Condition.

Naturally, a movie like "Human Ghost Love Is Unbroken" that has joint investment from several giants cannot be so informal.

So, the budget is set at $[-] million.

This budget is relatively loose, because for Li Yi, he doesn't actually need to find too expensive actors to act in this movie.

Soon "Human and Ghost Love" entered the formal preparation stage.

The funds in the early stage have been deposited into a special account, and this account will be monitored by the insurance company that guarantees the completion of the film.

The completion guarantee system is very mature in Hollywood.

In fact, this completion guarantee system is a big constraint for directors, because they will strictly follow the schedule to supervise the filming progress and so on.

Once the plan is postponed, the shooting task is not completed according to the planned schedule, etc., the personnel dispatched by the completion guarantee company will intervene.

However, it also depends on the person. A movie like King of Sunglasses can last for a few years. I am afraid that there will be basically no insurance company willing to guarantee it.

Because the completion guarantee is not only to ensure that the filming is completed, but also to ensure the completion time.

As for Li Yi, he thinks this system is quite good, mainly because he is really "saving" in making movies. There is no way, other directors may shoot a lot of redundant shots, but his movies have always been Since then, there have been very few extra shots.

The "Human and Ghost Love" project was launched, and the news was released quickly.

The outside world who heard the news was not as optimistic and expectant as everyone imagined.

Especially when it was learned that it was a romance film, the controversy became even greater.

"Why is it a romance movie? It seems that since the new century, the box office potential of romance-themed movies has been limited!"

"And Li is from Huaguo. Huaguo people's view of love is very restrained, which is completely different from our free and unrestrained love. Although "The Sixth Sense" is very good, I don't think Huaguo director can make a good Hollywood love movie!"

"Although love is the eternal theme of human beings, romance movies have been shot badly in recent years. It is too difficult to catch people's eyes like "The Sixth Sense"!"

"Could it be another ending reversal? How do cute romances reverse?"

Not only some movie fans and netizens are skeptical about Li Yi's choice, in fact, many people think so.

Many people may think that since love is the eternal theme of human beings, should it be regardless of nationality, race, age or gender?

But in fact, their suspicions were not unreasonable.

To give a simple example, people in different countries have completely different attitudes towards love.

The difference between the East and the West is particularly large. Take the most simple marriage as an example. In China, and even in Asia, it is absolutely abnormal, or extremely rare, for a man or woman to divorce more than twice.

But in western countries, things like divorce are really commonplace.

Even if you don't get divorced a few times, you are embarrassed to say that you are mature.

In China, you can find many cases of marriage only once in a lifetime, but in European and American countries, there are only a few of them.

To put it simply, everyone in Huaguo yearns to grow old together and hold the same eyebrows!

While European and American countries yearn for carpe diem, free and unrestrained.

In fact, the plot of "Warmth Containing Light" that Li Yi filmed at the beginning had a lot of changes, because of the cultural differences between the East and the West, especially the differences in love views.

When the news spread to China, the reaction of movie fans was different.

They didn't care whether Li Yi could make a good Hollywood romance movie, and they didn't care about it at all.

The point is that this news made many movie fans very uncomfortable.

"Although it is said that Director Dog is doing well in Hollywood, as a movie fan, he should be happy for him, but Director Dog, you should come back quickly. I haven't seen your new movie released for a long time. I always feel like watching other movies. I feel a little less!"

"Who says it's not, this time it's another movie that can't be released in China, so it's very depressing!"

"I really hope that Director Dog can break his halberd once, and then hurry back and make Chinese-language movies!"

"Yes, yes, let's rush to the street, haha! I don't have that sense of anticipation when watching movies recently."

"Although there are many good films in China recently, compared with the films directed by Dog, I always feel that something is missing. Director Dog, come back soon!"

In fact, people like Zhao Guangming were quite surprised. They didn't expect Li Yi to be so efficient even in Hollywood. The key is that Li Yi is making movies in Hollywood. If it is other types of movies, everyone can still They tried to intervene, but it was really difficult to intervene in a movie like "The Love of Ghosts", there was no way, and they couldn't be released in China, so how could they have a reason to intervene?
For other domestic directors, many people suddenly became uncharacteristically, and expressed their confidence in Li Yi.

"It's been a long time since Chinese directors have been as successful in Hollywood. I hope Director Li Yi can continue to work hard!"

"Director Li's talent cannot be limited to Chinese films, his talent should belong to the whole world!"

"Director Li's talent is obvious to all. Some types of movies cannot be shot in China due to objective reasons, so they go to Hollywood to shoot. Everyone understands. I hope he can reproduce the glory of the Chinese film industry in Hollywood!"

To put it simply, at first glance, it seems that these domestic directors are very supportive of Li Yi, but in fact, they are almost cheering.

After all, for the Chinese film industry, Director Dog, the big devil, has suppressed them for too long.

Every time a movie is released, they have to avoid this big devil first, so they really hope that Li Yi can make more movies like "The Sixth Sense" and "The Love Between Humans and Ghosts". No matter how successful your movie is, it won't be able to be released in China. In that case, you can tie Li Yi to Hollywood, how good?
At that time, when everyone's movie is released, the opponents who need to guard against will be on the same level.

On Hong Kong Island, many people have great expectations. After all, whether "The Sixth Sense" or "The Love of Ghosts" can be screened on Hong Kong Island.

Li Yi, as the light of Hong Kong Island, was at most the top in Asia before, but now, they seem to see the shadow of Li Yi becoming the real top in the world.

Naturally, they all looked proud.

After all, no matter what, the decline of Hong Kong Island movies is an inescapable reality, but the glory of Hong Kong Island movies still needs the support of a big director like Li Yi. If Li Yi can continue to achieve great success in Hollywood, then naturally alright.

There is another very interesting thing.

During the year when Li Yi went to Hollywood, there were actually many more movies released in China than in the past. This refers to those big productions.

But many people understand that these companies and these directors are also very helpless.

It's rare for Li Yi to go to Hollywood, why don't they take advantage of this opportunity to release the movie quickly?
God knows when this dog will come back, and it will be too difficult to face the big devil again.

However, Li Yi didn't care about the hustle and bustle of the outside world at all.

The movie "The Love of Ghosts" has quite special requirements for actors.

In the original version, it can be said that the supporting roles are really outstanding, especially the black psychic aunt, who steals the show.

This is good for movies, but also bad.

The advantage is to make people remember this role, but the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, it will reduce the sense of existence of the hero and heroine.

Therefore, in terms of casting, you need to think carefully.

In fact, there is no way to do this. When Li Yi himself selected actors according to the script, after the casting director gave Li Yi the suitable candidate information, Li Yi discovered that the casting of this movie was really good. very difficult.

Why do you say that?

Because to be honest, the setting of the male and female protagonists of this movie is actually a bit not eye-catching enough. Of course, this is also a must choice for romance movies.

Romance movies, don’t watch those TV dramas, they often have domineering presidents and the like, but in movies, if you really want to set it like this, it’s 100% hit the street.

Because of the sense of substitution!
Unlike TV dramas, TV dramas often do not need to be too rigorous and logical, but to let the audience into it, you can slowly hook the audience through a long plot, but movies are completely different.

The total time is about two hours. In such a short time, the audience must be brought into the role of the plot as soon as possible.

Romance movies are different from other types of movies. Viewers of romance movies must have a more obvious sense of substitution, which leads to the hero and heroine not being too divorced from the public.

Some relatively high-end character settings, such as billionaires and the like, are obviously not grounded.

Therefore, it is not difficult to find that in many romance films, the male and female protagonists must have one side's setting, which is relatively grounded.

Of course, this refers to the movie.

Looking at the entire history of movies, it is inevitable that the male and female protagonists in romance movies are some high-ranking chaebol sons, or top rich people.

Like the more famous romance film "Roman Holiday", although the heroine in it is a princess, but the profession of the hero is a relatively down-to-earth reporter. Here, the movie does not consider allowing female audiences to substitute the identity of the heroine. After all, how many princesses are there in the world?

But on the other hand, the hero's identity and his experience will be the object of envy and hatred for countless men. The reason why they are envious and jealous is because, in the eyes of the audience, he is actually not much better than himself.

This is a subconscious perception.

This is actually very important for a commercial film.

It is because of this premise that the film gives people the feeling that this story is more engaging and has a deeper sense of reality.

And the plot of "The Love of Ghosts" is doomed, the role setting of the hero and heroine in it cannot be set like "Roman Holiday".

Therefore, the two protagonists and heroines must be ordinary people, members of the general public.

But such a setting has advantages, but of course it also has limitations, that is, it will make the role simpler and the room for the actors to play is relatively limited.

The reason why the psychic black aunt in the original version is more brilliant is, on the one hand, because of the outstanding acting skills of the actors, and on the other hand, it is also because the character itself has a lot of room to play.

Although psychic mediums are not uncommon in countries like North America, in fact, this profession itself is full of "magical" colors. You may have seen it before, but you can't say that you must know what kind of person such a person is. .

Therefore, this gives this role a lot of room to play.

For this reason, Li Yi can only try his best to make the male and female protagonists more brilliant when casting roles. As for suppressing the performance of supporting actors, it is really unnecessary.

However, Li Yi's criteria for choosing a hero and heroine are very strange. He wants a feeling.

And this kind of feeling, simply looking at the information, definitely can't tell the reason, so he wants to make a unique double-casting audition.

(End of this chapter)