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Chapter 347 An Invitation from Dean Films (Fifth Change)
After the movie was over, Li Yi glanced sideways at Xu Nannan.

"How do you feel?" Li Yi asked.

Xu Nannan shook her head and said, "It's not as good as yours! I can't be moved at all!"

"You are looking at it with colored glasses!" Li Yi said helplessly.

"No, it's really not as good as the short film you made. In fact, I really don't understand why the male protagonist didn't leave his daughter to be taken care of by the second man he met? This is the end of the world. It's good to be alive, right? So the following plots seem to be deliberately creating difficulties for themselves."

"Especially the emergence of primitive tribes. In your short film, Andy prepares carrion and guides himself to take his daughter to a safe area, but it's a bit strange that a girl from a primitive tribe has become here. Enhanced It exaggerates the drama, but dilutes the father's love."

"Tsk tsk, I can't tell, but you are quite researched." Li Yi said in surprise.

"Don't underestimate people, I, I'm also fascinated by this, after all, you are a great director, I can't be ignorant of movies, right?" Xu Nannan said coquettishly.

"I can't believe you think this movie is better than your short film!" Xu Nannan said.

"Short films and feature films are two completely different types, and they cannot be generalized!" Li Yi shook his head.

Although this movie was shot on the basis of short films, in fact, from the moment of adaptation, this movie can no longer be compared with short films.

What the short film emphasizes is that concentration is the essence, there is no need for antecedents, and no consequences are given, and the most essential part is taken.

Li Yi and Xu Nannan stood up and applauded along with other people attending the premiere.

"Let's go, go over and say hello!" Li Yi said to Xu Nannan with a smile.

Together, the two found Alex and Rogers there.

"Congratulations, Alex! A great movie!"

"Rodgers, your acting skills are as superb as ever!"

Li Yi gave him his compliment free of money.

"Thank you! Your idea is great!" Alex said with a smile all over his face.

Obviously, Alex was very happy with the audience's reaction at the premiere.

Li Yi and Xu Nannan bid farewell and left, but were stopped by a middle-aged man within a few steps.

"Hi, Li, I'm James Dean from Dean Films! This is my business card!" The middle-aged man introduced himself with a smile.

"Hello, Mr. Dean, I don't know what you want from me?" Li Yi took the business card, glanced at it, put it in his pocket, and asked with a smile.

James Dean is the CEO of Dean Films, but Li Yi did not expect to meet him here.

"Li, Dean Films has a reception tomorrow night and wants to invite you to attend. I wonder if you are interested?" James Dean invited with a smile.

"Oh, who are the people at the reception?" Li Yi asked curiously.

"They're all partners of Dean Films!" James Dean said.

"So do I need to prepare anything for the reception?" Li Yi asked with a smile.

"You just need to be there! It's just an ordinary social reception." James Dean said with a smile.

"I will send the invitation letter to the hotel later, looking forward to your visit!" James Dean said again.

"I live in the Four Seasons Hotel, so see you tomorrow night!" Li Yi said.

Wait until James Dean is gone.

Xu Nannan said: "It seems that he came here specially for you!"

"Oh?" Li Yi looked at Xu Nannan in surprise.

"He was waiting here just now!" Xu Nannan said.

Li Yi is not surprised, after all, the other party has also cooperated with him, and what Davis Damien can think of, as the president of Dean Films, James Dean, how can he not think of it.

Apparently James Dean was thinking of going with Davis Damien too.

In fact, Hollywood has always been looking for opportunities to enter China. The film quota is limited, and if the film is approved, the payment will be too low. Therefore, they have been trying to use different methods to achieve their goals.

It's just a pity that there are many co-productions, but the real big sellers are rare.

Even over time, co-productions have almost become synonymous with bad movies.

Because it is neither Chinese nor Western, both parties want to please, but in the end neither side pleases them!
The same domestic companies have been trying to go out, but the results are not ideal.

Why did Li Yi's previous movies cause such a big sensation in Peninsula?

In fact, it is also because most of the domestic movies are sold well in China, but they are often not acclimatized abroad.

And Li Yi's movies are not only well-received and well-received in China, but they are also the same in the peninsula, which is very rare.

The previous "A Story Sadder Than Sadness" was Li Yi's first co-production film. Although everyone knew that Li Yi almost became a shopkeeper in that movie, that movie still won very good reviews both at home and on the peninsula. score.

After tasting the sweetness of the Peninsula film, I have been trying my best to invite Li Yi to co-produce another film.

But it's a pity that Li Yi was busy working on "The Garland Under the Mountain" and didn't have time to pay attention to it.

However, the peninsula is also a country in the Greater China Cultural Area, and there are still some domestic films that have achieved good results in the peninsula, especially some films from Hong Kong Island, which are still very popular in the peninsula.

But when it comes to Hollywood and North America, there are too few, too few.

Especially after 2010, the domestic film market began to show explosive growth, and the cooperation between the two parties began to become more and more frequent, but the effect was not as good as before when the domestic film market did not rise.

The reason is actually very simple. To put it bluntly, the domestic audience in the early years actually had very low requirements. In addition, the domestic market is not large, so some directors actually catered more to the tastes of the North American market.

But now, this set is naturally no longer acceptable.

Most of the current directors can't ignore the domestic film market, so they want to find a balance, but the result is not pleasing to both sides.

And Hollywood directors, when making co-productions, often want to add more elements of Huaguo, but they themselves only know what it is about the culture of Huaguo, and they don’t know why. It is difficult for domestic audiences to really like the elements of Huaguo that I think.

In this way, it has led to co-production movies, which have always been produced, but few high-quality co-production films have been produced.

However, Li Yi's "The Story of Hachiko the Faithful Dog" was released in North America on DVD, even though it was not released in theaters, but it was very popular. The same popularity, then this can explain the problem.

It shows that Li Yi can fully grasp the common preferences of audiences on both sides.

And this is exactly what they have been pursuing!

(End of this chapter)