Huayu is here for you

Chapter 125 Get the hell out of here!

After the wrap party for "The Witch," Lin Yu threw himself into the film's post-production. Because he was editing as he filmed, by the time "Twilight" finished its theatrical run, he had already finished editing "The Witch."

And while he was editing the film, watching the fight scenes, he somehow got inspired by "The Witch."

Thinking of the movie "Ip Man," if "The Witch" is a film of natural reactions and no choreographed moves, then "Ip Man" is a film of proper martial arts duels.

Moreover, the film's box office performance and its ability to promote its stars were quite acceptable, so—Director Ye! I'm sorry!

Just as Lin Yu was blindly plagiarizing—well, writing the script, the final box office figures for "Twilight" were freshly released, just over 40 million, with a total box office of 4.001 million RMB. Lin Yu was already wondering if Lao Han had rigged the ticket sales! Otherwise—the box office numbers were just too perfect!

The screening of "The Martian" in North America has also officially come to an end. However, it seems that the screening time was more than a month longer than in the previous life. The global box office was about the same as Lin Yu expected, at 5.63 million US dollars.

However, he doesn't have time to care about that now, because Warner Bros. is already urging him. Everything is ready there, except for the director, Lin Yu.

So after submitting "The Witch" for review, Lin Yu rushed abroad without stopping.

As for the domestic publicity, Lin Yu handed it over to Xiao Ou. Before leaving, Lin Yu even gave Xiao Ou the script for "Ip Man" and asked her to register it and talk to Ip Man's descendants about filming the movie. After all, she had to get their consent first! Lin Yu isn't anyone special. She can't just film someone's ancestor without even asking them how she's doing it.

In addition, two trailers for "The Witch" were also included for Xiao Ou, which will be released in stages once the film is approved.

Lin Yu's impression of the movie "Aquaman" is that the visuals and the scenes are amazing.

Compared to the $1.6 million investment cost in his previous life, Lin Yu now quoted Warner Bros. $1.8 million, because he felt that he probably couldn't achieve the same effect with $1.6 million. So—it has to be said that James Wan is quite capable. At least Lin Yu's control over funds is now inferior to his!

Moreover, although the salaries of Jason Momoa and Amber Heard, the stars of Aquaman, are not as high as in the previous life, and the $1.8 million at this time is much more valuable than the $1.6 million in the previous life, at least equivalent to $2 million in the previous life, Lin Yu still made the offer, and Warner Bros. agreed. Can you believe it?

Moreover, Warner Bros. paid Lin Yu a salary of 15 million US dollars, plus 5% of the global box office revenue. Can you imagine?

So Lin Yu couldn't help but sigh: In North America, making movies is damn profitable! But the premise is that you have to let the production company make money first!

Otherwise, who would bother with you? You could ask for a million in salary and no one would hire you!

When Lin Yu arrived at Warner, Warner sent a high-ranking executive to meet with him, in order to show how much they valued him.

After exchanging pleasantries, Lin Yu decided to start filming the next day. In addition, filming here follows an industrialized process, so there are not as many worries as in China. Therefore, Lin Yu felt that it could be completed in about three months, which would be about twenty days less than the filming time taken by James Wan in his previous life. After all, he did not need to calculate the budget as precisely as James Wan, which is the advantage of having sufficient funds.

Moreover, this way, he can return to China sooner to prepare for the release of "The Witch". After all, this is the first female-led film he has made for Miss Liu, so it's better to put more effort into it.

As for the release date of "The Witch", Lin Yu plans to release it during the Spring Festival. After all, people do not yet have a full understanding of the potential of the Spring Festival period. So once Lin Yu announces that "The Witch" will be released during the Spring Festival, other films will undoubtedly make way for Lin Yu.

But then again, even if Lin Yu releases the movie during the Lunar New Year holiday season, so what? Huayi Brothers? Feng Xiaogang's "Assembly"? What are those?

Not to mention that the earlier version of "Assembly" was still somewhat controversial—

Although it does not explicitly satirize any particular person or group, it offers a profound reflection on war and the sacrifices of soldiers through its storyline.

However, "Assembly" does depict a storyline where a superior deceives a subordinate, which at the time sparked considerable controversy and criticism from viewers and critics. Some even argued that the storyline insulted the trust relationship between superiors and subordinates in the People's Liberation Army and other armies.

In the military, obeying orders is a soldier's duty, and mutual trust between superiors and subordinates is the foundation for carrying out tasks and fulfilling missions.

In the movie "Assembly," the regimental commander deceives Gu Zidi to keep fighting the enemy, an act that is seen as a breach of trust and an insult to soldiers.

Although film, as an art form, often expresses the author's views and emotions through exaggeration, fiction, and reconstruction of the real world.

Moreover, Feng Xiaogang's "Assembly," as a war film, may also be an attempt to explore the cruelty of war, the complexity of human nature, and the contradictions and conflicts between soldiers' duties and moral dilemmas.

However, Lin Yu disagreed, because China is different from other countries, and our soldiers are different from those of other countries.

To be honest, Lin Yu was somewhat dismissive of Feng Xiaogang's film. If Feng hadn't offended Lin Yu, Lin Yu would have really wanted to teach him how to make war films in China!

Because some things cannot be smeared!

At this point, Huayi Brothers has already started promoting Feng Xiaogang's "Assembly," but since the release date is still far off, the promotional efforts aren't very strong.

However, Lin Yu still received a call from Xiao Ou, who said that Huayi wanted to ask Xingguang to help out as well, and to promote the company along the way.

Lin Yu almost ended up with something filthy!

He could help with other films, since although Lin Yu didn't like Huayi Brothers, Huayi hadn't offended him so far, and their relationship seemed to be on the surface. But this "Assembly"—to hell with it! Lin Yu was already being kind by not causing him trouble; he wanted Lin Yu to help promote it? Forget about it!

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