This man knows how to hype

Chapter 240 My Talent is Like the Bright Moon

Chairman Hua Qing’s office is very large. In addition to the office area, there is a door on the right side of the bookshelf. Behind the door is a living room with a bed and a bathroom.

This living room is said to be used for resting when working overtime too late or during lunch break.

But only the original Qin Weiwu himself knows what it does specifically.

Of course, now except for the hard decoration, everything else in this office has been replaced with new ones. It is impossible for Xu Xiyu to do his work on the bed where Qin Weiwu had slept... um, no, he was resting.

"Sit down." In the office, Xu Xiyu sat down on the sofa, started to tidy up the tea set, and casually asked Ji Libo to sit down.

After Ji Libo sat down, Xu Xiyu spoke again: "Tell me, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Upon hearing this, Ji Libo immediately said, "Boss Xu, I heard that you are going to film a story about the fraud in Beibei?"

Xu Xiyu nodded while thinking: "Yes, why, do you want to direct?"

"That's not the case." Ji Libo quickly waved his hands.

Then, without waiting for a reply, he continued, "Boss Xu, I received news yesterday that Donghai is also going to make a movie with the same theme. It's obvious that they are trying to challenge you."

Xu Xiyu was a little surprised when he heard this, but he remained calm and asked, "Where did you hear this news?"

"The director they decided on is Guan Jinfeng. I overheard this news by accident."

"Are you still dealing with Guan Jinfeng?" Xu Xiyu replied while thinking about Guan Jinfeng's information in his mind.

Director Guan can be considered one of the famous directors in the 40 to 50-year-old age group, and he has produced some good films.

When Ji Libo heard this question, he showed a hesitant expression.

After a long while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Not many people know about this. He is actually my brother-in-law. Yesterday was New Year's Day. My wife and I happened to go to his house and heard about this by chance."

"Since he is your brother-in-law, then why do you..." Xu Xiyu hadn't finished asking, "Then why don't you go to the East China Sea with him?"

Ji Libo responded immediately, "Boss Xu, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but he has always looked down on me. His whole family looks down on me."

"Oh, I see." Xu Xiyu nodded without comment. He couldn't tell whether Ji Libo's words were true or not, let alone whether he believed them or not.

But this is not important, he just continued: "Director Ji, you came to me just to tell me this?"

"Mr. Xu, to be honest, I just wanted to advise you." Ji Libo responded quickly.

"Advise me?"

"Everyone knows that the "All or Nothing" you filed is your first project at Huaqing, and it is very important to you. But now Donghai wants to compete with you head-on.

We can't compete with them in terms of funding or creative team. I mean, why don't you change your project?" Time was limited, so Ji Libo didn't beat around the bush.

Of course, he is not one to beat around the bush.

When Xu Xiyu heard this, his brain started working quickly, but his expression did not change.

He deliberately said, "Change the project. Do you mean that you want me to go to Huaqing's script library and pick a new script?"

"That's not necessary. In fact, I have a script here that I have been polishing for three years." Ji Libo said as he quickly took out a thick A4 paper printed script from his bag.

In addition to the script, he took out a stack of other documents and placed them in front of Xu Xiyu.

This is the "Project Analysis Report" he made, which details the advantages and feasibility of his project.

Seeing this, Xu Xiyu did not take the script, but picked up the "Project Analysis Report" and started to look through it.

This went on for about ten minutes, and with Ji Libo constantly muttering beside him, Xu Xiyu finally understood what he wanted to do.

Simply put, Ji Libo wants to imitate "Marvel" and create a "superhero" movie series for the Chinese entertainment market.

This is not surprising. Many directors in mainland China have thought this way, so Xu Xiyu was not too surprised.

But Ji Libo thinks his idea is very creative.

He said, "Mr. Xu, as long as we can make this IP a success, Huaqing won't have to worry about the next ten or even twenty years. After all, there is a cultural gap between us and those foreign superheroes.

Mine is different. It is an organic combination of our traditional mythology and modern cities. The abilities of our protagonist all come from traditional mythological characters.

For example, the protagonist of the first film in my series, Sun Bo, inherited his abilities from Sun Wukong. Now imagine a scene.

The whole city was reduced to ruins by the villains, and there were injured and terrified people everywhere. At this moment, Sun Bo, covered in blood, slowly glanced up into the air from the ruins.

Then he picked up the Ruyi Jingu Bang that he had obtained by accident and blocked the crowd, with the thirty-meter-long red cape behind him fluttering in the wind..."

Ji Libo became more and more excited as he spoke, his face flushed red, and it was obvious that he had been having a brain orgasm from the scenes he had imagined.

Seeing that he was about to jump onto the table, Xu Xiyu couldn't help but interrupt him and said, "Director Ji, Director Ji, don't get excited, let's sit down and talk."

Ji Libo felt a little embarrassed by being interrupted.

After sitting down, he adjusted his mood and said with a flattering smile: "Mr. Xu, if you don't read the script, you may not be able to appreciate the wonderful things in it if you only listen to me."

Xu Xiyu didn't refuse, but actually picked up the script and started reading it. It wouldn't matter if he didn't read it, but when he saw the name of the movie, the corners of his mouth twitched again, because the name of the movie was "New Mythology Wukong".

After flipping through the script, Xu Xiyu raised his head and said to Ji Libo, "Director Ji, I will study your project carefully. I do have other plans. How about we stop here today?"

"No, Mr. Xu, please take a look at it again. I will explain it to you while you read the script." Ji Libo didn't want to leave at all. He felt that Xu Xiyu had not yet felt the charm of his story.

But Xu Xiyu had already rejected Ji Libo's project in his mind.

Maybe Ji Libo’s story is really good, but film is, after all, the art of light and shadow.

In other words, no matter how wonderful the story is, or how grand the scene is in your mind, it is still a question whether it can be presented on the screen in the end.

The most important thing is that the director I fear the most when making a movie is a director like Ji Libo, who will come up and create a big IP for you that will last for 10 or 20 years.

This is likely to lead to a result.

That is, he is unwilling to tell a good independent story in a film, and he will instinctively cram a lot of foreshadowing for sequels into this film.

In this way, this film will most likely be made into a "puzzle" movie, the kind of movie that, except for the director and screenwriter, the audience will remain silent after watching it.

Because the audience simply couldn’t understand it.

In layman's terms, this is called "self-entertainment".

Xu Xiyu thinks that 10% of Ji Libo will entertain himself. Let’s not talk about anything else. Just look at the name he gave to the protagonist?
His name is Sun Bo.

Is this really a movie?

Is this a photo of yourself?

Once the director has this idea, it's all over.

Because in this way, he would most likely instinctively stuff jokes that only he understood into the story, and might even include Guan Jinfeng's family, who looked down on him, as villains.

He may be happy to shoot it this way, but the audience will just feel confused.

But then again, Ji Libo also gave himself a reminder.

Some people are consciously blocking their own projects, and some people just want to trip them up.

"All or Nothing" has just been filed, and Donghai is already making a movie with the same theme. This action is too fast.

Aren’t they afraid of losing money?

wrong.

With Dong Hai's background, a movie of this theme should not lose money as long as it is produced and released; it is just a matter of how much profit it will make.

All of a sudden, Xu Xiyu suddenly felt that he really needed to keep a low profile on his main projects during the production phase in the past two years.

God knows how many people are staring at me?

The collapse of Huaqing will not only benefit Donghai. The loss of a competitor like Huaqing in the film market is a good thing for many film companies.

Now is the best opportunity to bring down Hua Qing, how could they let it go?
If your project is being watched like this, who knows what will happen to you. For example, halfway through the filming of the movie, a trap is set to ruin the reputation of the main actor.

This has happened before in the domestic entertainment industry. Many projects have failed because of this, so we have to be on guard.

Thinking of this, his gaze returned to Ji Libo's face. This fellow's "New Mythology: Wukong" was a good target for him to take the blame.

If all opponents feel that they are betting on this guy.

Aren’t other projects much safer?

Moreover, this guy's movie requires a lot of special effects production, so I can take this opportunity to investigate the domestic special effects production team, and even hire the right one if I find one.

In this way, after a year or two of preparation, maybe we can start filming "The Wandering Earth" directly.

With a plan in mind, Xu Xiyu smiled again and said, "Okay, tell me about your script in detail. I suddenly think your idea is very interesting."

"Okay!" Ji Libo's face burst into surprise when he heard this.

Just as I was about to start talking, I heard Xu Xiyu continue, "Oh, by the way, wait for me."

After saying that, Xu Xiyu took out his phone and called Shan Xinbao in front of Ji Libo, saying that the meeting was moved to the afternoon and that he would discuss the project with Ji Libo this morning.

This attitude made Ji Libo even more surprised, and he kept shouting in his heart.

I know, I know that my talent is like the bright moon in the sky, which cannot be hidden. As long as I take action, Xu Xiyu will definitely be impressed by me.

With this mentality, he began to talk about the script with gestures.

The news that Xu Xiyu delayed the meeting to discuss the project with him soon spread throughout the company.

Not long after, this matter reached Qi Xiangyang's ears.

(End of this chapter)