In fact, if Zhang Yimou agreed to give up the final editing rights, he would indeed be Yue Guan's first choice.
His popularity and appeal are still at the top of the list among directors. With Yue Guan helping him make up for the flaws in the script, coupled with sufficient investment and special effects production, it shouldn't be difficult for "Fengshen Series" to become a hit.
But Zhang Yimou was unwilling.
Yue Guan doesn't force it either.
Because he has options.
And before the Imperial Master took the initiative to contact him, that person was Yue Guan's first choice.
It was just because the national master was so famous that Yue Guan met the national master first.
But in fact, from the beginning, Yue Guan estimated that it would be difficult for him and the national teacher to cooperate.
Great directors all have their own pride, and it is unrealistic to expect the national master to be as obedient as Wang Jing.
But Yue Guan really couldn't trust the national master's performance in blockbusters, and it was unrealistic for him to hand over control.
Therefore, he didn't have high hopes.
Zhang Min is still a little pity, because Zhang Yimou is the best director at praising actors, especially actresses.
If she acted in Zhang Yimou's movie, she would be the girl named Mou.
Think of Gong Huang and International Chapter.
There are very few domestic actresses who can refuse the call of the National Master Movie.
"Yue Guan, if you let Zhang Yimou take the photo, there is a high chance that he will win the prize." Zhang Min reminded.
Yue Guan smiled: "If I want to win an award, I don't need to rely on Zhang Yimou. And for "Fengshen Series", I don't need the director to have too many personal subjective thoughts. I just film the content written in the script honestly." It’s enough, the more ideas the director has, the uglier it will be when it’s shot.”
In commercial blockbusters, it is most taboo for directors to mix values.
It is enough to have a good story and special effects that amaze the audience.
But the bigger the director, the less satisfied he is with this.
"Yue Guan, this is very contradictory. You hope that the director will have strong ability to control the crew, and you also hope that the director will not have too many personal subjective thoughts. Apart from Wang Jing, are there any such directors in our country?"
"There are still some, but really not many."
Yue Guan is also not sure whether the director he has chosen is good or not.
If it doesn't work, then he can only look for a new director.
Fortunately, it turns out that he was right.
The next day.
It’s still the Miracle Company conference room.
Yue Guan met Wu Ershan.
This name is not particularly popular in the minds of movie fans. It is far behind Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang, and it is not as good as the rising star Ning Hao.
However, in Yue Guanyin's eyes, Wu Ershan's control over special effects commercial blockbusters is the best in the country, especially for fantasy themes.
This is a director whose works are more famous than others. Such directors are very rare in today's era.
"Director Wu, nice to meet you."
Yue Guan was very enthusiastic.
Wu Ershan was a little embarrassed.
There are no secrets in the industry.
It's no secret that Zhang Yimou contacted Miracle Company and wanted to get involved in the director's position of "The Gods Series".
Even though he thinks highly of himself, compared with Zhang Yimou, he will not be so arrogant as to think that he is better than Zhang Yimou.
So Wu Ershan was very worried about someone from Yue Guan saying "Sorry".
To his relief, this worry did not come true.
"I have watched all three of Director Wu's films, "Sword Laughter", "Painted Skin 2", and "The Secret of the Dragon". Step by step, the investment is getting bigger and bigger, the special effects are getting better and better, and Director Wu's skills are also improving. Progress is visible to the naked eye. Especially for "The Secret of the Dragon", with the investment in "The Secret of the Dragon", if we can use that money to achieve the quality of "The Secret of the Dragon", Director Wu should be the first among domestic directors. "
Yue Guan's praise made Wu Ershan feel guilty.
"Mr. Yue is too polite. I have only made three movies, so I can't be called the first."
"Although I have only made three movies, I am very optimistic about Wu Dao's ability. There are many directors in China who can make good police and criminal films, many directors who can make good literary films, and there are also many directors who can make good comedies, but in my case In my eyes, directors who can make heavy industry blockbusters with big investment and big production represent the hope of domestic films, and Director Wu, you are one of the few directors in China who can make heavy industry blockbusters with big investment and big production."
Yue Guan's words not only shocked Wu Ershan, but even Mo Xiangwan and Zhang Min who were listening looked at him in surprise.
No one expected that Yue Guan valued Wu Ershan so much.
Wu Ershan hurriedly said humbly: "Mr. Yue, you are really too praiseworthy."
Yue Guan shook his head: "I'm serious. Police and criminal films, literary films, and comedies, no matter how good these themes are, it will not make domestic films make fundamental progress, nor can they compete with Hollywood commercial blockbusters. Can they compete with heavy industry? The only ones that blockbuster films can compete with are heavy industry blockbusters. Only when heavy industry blockbusters are shot well can domestic films make fundamental progress. Unfortunately, there are too few domestic directors who can make such heavy industry blockbusters well."
Yue Guan is not praising Wu Ershan, he is talking about the current situation.
Comedies, police and gangster films, and other types of films have a ceiling. You can't expect them to compete with Hollywood's special effects blockbusters.
But the rise of science fiction blockbusters like "The Wandering Earth" will give audiences hope.
Because this originally represents hope.
Only magic can defeat magic.
Only blockbusters can compete with blockbusters.
Compared with Ning Hao, who was licked by all the entertainment protagonists, Yue Guan actually valued Wu Ershan more.
Ning Hao is good at limited subject matter and is an excellent genre film director, but he is not good at making big-budget movies. "Crazy Alien", a science fiction movie made by him, was actually quite awkward and did not meet expectations.
Wu Ershan is one of the few directors in China who can restrain his desire for self-expression, spend all his money wisely, and concentrate on creating commercial special effects blockbusters.
If he can succeed, it will actually mean more than Ning Hao's success.
However, Wu Ershan's production was too low. He only had three movies to his name: "Sword Laughter", "Painted Skin 2" and "The Secret of the Dragon", and then he went to plan "Feng Shen".
This happened in a previous life.
How was Wu Ershan's "Feng Shen" going? Yue Guan had not seen the answer in his previous life, but he had no chance to plan it himself in this life.
If Miracle Company launches the "Fengshen" project, other companies will definitely not go against Miracle Company. That would be courting death.
Yue Guan simply pulled Wu Ershan over.
Judging from historical performance, each of Wu Ershan's three films made money. "Painted Skin 2" also set a box office record for domestic films at the time. "The Secret of the Dragon" was also the pinnacle of what domestic heavy industry films could achieve at that time.
So far, at least he hasn't failed yet.
Trustworthy for now.
One of Wu Ershan's problems is that he doesn't tell the story well, and he is very similar to the National Master.
But when he joins Yue Guan's "Fengshen Series" project, he doesn't need to worry about this issue.
"Director Wu, we have already agreed on what we need to discuss before. Do you want to join this project? Let's work together to make a real fairy blockbuster."
Wu Ershan smiled: "This is my honor."