I'm not mentally ill, I'm a master of a thousand faces!

Chapter 520, an early screening of Westworld.

Li Yuxuan felt as if he had misheard.

The phrase "challenge Cameron" sounds so unfamiliar when read together.

Now, Westworld feels like an enemy that has appeared out of nowhere.

Another Cameron?

Number one in the world?

Li Yuxuan's hand trembled as he held the teacup; it was the first time he had heard about his nephew's ambitions.

Ambitious, domineering.

It turns out that his ambition has always been to challenge the world's number one, like Cameron who wanted to make "Avatar".

Cameron, who invested nearly $10 billion to make a movie.

Challenge the world's number one.

To replace it.

"I must be crazy too."

When Li Yuxuan got home, he suddenly wondered if he had gone mad along with everyone else.

When Li Yuxuan learned that Li Yun was going to challenge Cameron, he actually felt that if his goal was Cameron, then now, having the courage to take on Westworld didn't seem so strange.

You actually think it's just so-so?

"He actually has such thoughts. It seems he's caught these arrogant ideas from your son." At this moment, Li Yuxuan muttered to himself, "Your son is really something. He actually said his next step is to challenge Cameron, the world's number one 'legend'."

Cameron.

Even Westworld wasn't the main course.

Instead, it was Cameron—

He not only wanted to climb to the top of the mountain, but also to the very summit.

Climb to one.

Unprecedented and unparalleled, a place where no Chinese person has ever successfully reached the summit.

This is his ambition and domineering nature.

At this moment, Li Mo was very calm. He drank his tea and said...

"The student surpasses the teacher; he has more talent and ability than me, so isn't it only natural that he has aspirations to see further and higher than me? If I can aspire to be number one in China, why can't he aspire to be number one in the world?"

Challenging Cameron.

This wish is quite interesting.

To stand at the absolute pinnacle and attain true freedom.

In the film and television industry, there is an unparalleled freedom that no one can stop.

"Okay. I think I'm probably crazy too."

At this moment, Li Yuxuan was thinking.

If Li Yun can really challenge Cameron.

Let alone succeeding in the challenge, even just being able to make one's own voice and shine a little bit of one's own light under his radiance is unthinkable.

That would be enough to make a mark on the history of Chinese cinema.

To become someone who leaves behind great achievements.

I never even dared to dream of succeeding in this challenge.

The Western world dares not even imagine it.

Even the Eastern world cannot do it.

"Because we were once lackeys, the lowest of the low, once given the opportunity, will dream of the most powerful and supreme position."

At this moment, Li Yun's character is truly admirable.

Even a sense of relief—this is probably one of the things that makes these two people most similar.

They were once the most insignificant ants, ignored and disregarded by people. Even their existence was as insignificant as ants.

Unwilling, unwilling, impossible, incapable.

No, no.

"Then let everyone see," Li Yun grinned at this moment.

I'm quietly waiting at home for the broadcast of "The Three-Body Problem".

However, as things stand at the moment...

Westworld started first and premiered earlier.

It was supposed to be broadcast simultaneously with Wesley and The Three-Body Problem, but at this time they announced that they would premiere it first.

The battle has begun.

Westworld premiered a day early.

This unexpected turn of events, occurring just before the broadcast, stunned everyone.

Even Wang Jinghua, who was on Wang Chen's side, didn't expect him to be so lacking in martial ethics.

They'd even go so far as to acquire such privileges just to boost viewership.

"Even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit. This time, I need a complete victory from all angles." Wang Chen said calmly, completely ignoring the public opinion and the industry's opinions.

When he went back on his word to Li Yun, he lost all credibility.

Within the domestic industry, he is already considered a "dishonest person".

But he doesn't care.

Everywhere, the principle of "the winner takes all" holds true. As long as he makes it to the end, he will still be Wang Chen of Huaying, still wielding such power, and he will not care about his reputation.

Victory is the most important thing.

This time, using resources to release "Westworld" a day earlier than scheduled was a killer move.

A truly lethal move.

When viewers develop a dependence and inertia, they won't choose other works; this dependence on "Westworld" is the first example.

At least this way, viewers' first choice will become Westworld, rather than other works.

At this time.

Westworld has begun airing.

The film opens in a small town with a Western feel, reminiscent of a scene from "A Fistful of Dollars." The elements of the West—sandstorms, cowboys, alcohol, and tumbleweeds—are meticulously portrayed in the film.

The desperately tight budget is burning fiercely and relentlessly here.

This is a scene and image built entirely of money.

Just as Wang Chen had predicted.

The picture quality is cinematic, so detailed that even the tumbleweeds are rendered with exquisite detail.

Wang Jinghua was stunned.

"With picture quality this good, how can any domestically produced drama compete?"

This is incredibly detailed, cinematic-quality visuals.

Domestically produced TV drama.

There is simply no room for resistance.

Where would we get so much funding and technology to burn through all that money?

It's impossible.

At that moment, Li Yun was at home, watching the broadcast of "Westworld".

The movie-quality visuals were so impressive that Jiang Wen found them incredibly satisfying.

Is this really a TV series? What kind of visual standards can it possibly meet?

Only a madman would do that.

But Westworld did just that, a TV series made by a Hollywood team.

One hundred million US dollars.

It's really burning.

And it actually burned the blade.

"No wonder some people think that Western entertainment is invincible. With this kind of burning budget, who can beat it?" Jiang Chenggang complained. For the audience, this may really be a feast for the eyes. Who wouldn't be excited to see such scenes in a TV series?

But for those in the industry, going head-to-head with them is a hopeless situation.

A feeling of despair that is hard to describe.

No wonder those "smart people" rushed to withdraw their projects and put their second- or third-tier works, which were originally scheduled for later release, on the spot, while their own first-tier productions temporarily avoided the limelight. Now, under the fierce competition of "Westworld," it's hard to say who will survive.

"Amazing!"

at this time.

The persona next to Li Yun was also watching the TV series "Westworld" with Li Yun.

He had never seen a TV series with this kind of picture quality before.

The picture quality is absolutely stunning.

An absolute visual feast.

feast.

The plot is also quite good.

A young girl, a blonde, blue-eyed beauty with long, wavy hair, wakes up in bed to the sunlight, radiating youthful energy as she greets the new day.

The story unfolds from the perspective of a girl named Dolores.

As he begins his energetic day, the perspective unfolds from his point of view, revealing a world filled with debauchery, slaughter, and freedom.

Cowboys are always fighting, and what men like is... rape.

Besides freedom.

It also makes people feel the ugliness of human nature being unleashed. It seems that any desire can be satisfied here, and it seems that no one will punish them.

Dolores is a bartender.

She was terrified and, along with another male protagonist named Teddy, was hiding from another group of people who were chasing them.

Once they entered the town, these people unleashed their desires wantonly, in a primitive and evil manner, following their instincts.

Strangely, even when her father was killed, the protagonist Dolores felt sadness, grief, pain, and a desire to escape, but she did not resist.

Even during their escape, Teddy, the male protagonist, brought up the topic of resistance many times, but Dolores, the female protagonist, ignored him, as if he didn't understand what those two words meant.

Until the female protagonist was actually killed.

Got you.

Dolores, with a bullet hole in her head, leaned back, dying in a daze.

This is a small western town filled with bizarre killings and the unleashing of desires.

Is the female lead's role really finished filming?

This innocent and carefree female protagonist, who appears so young, inexplicably dies in this sinful world, tears streaming down her face. Is she willing to accept this fate? Absolutely not, but what can this world do about it?

Until the camera switched again.

The female protagonist wakes up again, in the same scene, with the same innocence and romance. This time, however, the role of her father is played by someone else. But Dolores' love for him has not diminished at all; he is her father, completely unchanged.

Even if that face is completely different from the one at the beginning, it is still her father to Dolores.

There was no intention to keep the script a secret.

Westworld is actually a theme park, a world park themed around the West, providing adults with the desire for killing and all the desires that humans cannot have.

paradise.

The people here are all reusable AI robots.

The same applies to the female lead.

She is not human; she is a robot.

However, during the second reboot, the robot's program malfunctioned, seemingly contemplating the word "rebellion."

End of episode one.

"That's too strong."

At this moment, the three people watching the movie at Bayi Park couldn't help but sigh.

Zhang Da Hu Zi prides himself on being an expert at burning through budgets without ever being stingy with visuals, but even he couldn't help but twitch his eyelids when he saw how shamelessly this Western world was burning through budgets.

The gap in the image is so stark that no amount of blowers could create it.

As for the plot...

A grand vision of the future, presented with a western theme.

The suspenseful parts left unresolved demonstrate a very solid foundation.

Perfect visual effects and excellent storyline.

It excels in all aspects, especially in visual effects, and has received rave reviews on the internet.

The film opened with a Douban rating of 8.6, with most of the comments praising its visual effects.

After all, this sci-fi TV series is based on a source material, so it's a little lacking in suspense. But with the source material, it's reassuring to know that the plot is safe.

But they also knew what was going to happen next.

As the original work from the 80s, it is well known that it tells the story of the awakening and rebellion of AI, and has a similar fantasy to "I, Robot" and "Robot Boy" from the last century.

Although we already knew how the plot would unfold.

But so what?

It still uses visual colors to present you with a colorful world, a vibrant and diverse world.

"This sense of disparity is so overwhelming. If I were a viewer, I probably wouldn't be tempted by other works," Li Liguo said with a wry smile. The visual effects are overwhelmingly powerful, and the plot is also quite good. At least in terms of the character development he is familiar with, Westworld is quite commendable.

At least it immediately drew him into the world of the female protagonist, Dolores, and that was enough.

Judging from the current situation, with this early advantage and high-quality support, Westworld is definitely a potential big hit.

Moreover, the raw (unsubtitled) version of the show has already been updated to the second episode overseas and has become quite popular.

It's already at the level of a phenomenal hit drama.

Even by Western standards, this show is a masterpiece, and that's the most important thing.

In the Western world, even a mediocre work would be enough to satisfy countless domestic audiences, let alone a masterpiece.

"Do you regret it?" Li Liguo asked Zhang Dahuzi and Yu Mingsheng, who seemed to be facing an opponent like this, as if they were destined to become cannon fodder.

If you have a choice.

Will the release date be changed?

How about changing to a later release date?

"What's the point? If the audience's confidence is entirely placed on Western works, then delaying the release is just prolonging the death. The boy might as well die here in a more glorious way." Zhang Da Huzi didn't care at all, and even implied that he didn't particularly regret it this time.

After all, if we really back down here, if we really show weakness here, will we have a way to survive if more "Westworld" groups are brought in in the future?

Will not.

It would be better to have a grand and spectacular battle, a battle that brings forth a glorious spring, so that the trip wouldn't have been in vain.

"I think so too. Even if we lose, we should lose with some dignity, instead of cowardly cowering," Yu Mingsheng joked. Cowardly cowering would make the loss truly ugly and boring.

To lose before the battle is utterly shameful.

The three of us are top-tier directors in China, and we have our own pride and integrity.

Although he said he was a little scared, he didn't feel cowardly enough to retreat before the battle even started.

Even in death, one should die with dignity.

To die with dignity.

(End of this chapter)