Faced with Cameron's challenge, Yi Feiyang finally chose to put it aside. Since he couldn't choose a film to challenge, he would play it first. In fact, Yi Feiyang knew deeply that he was afraid of failure and faced the challenge.

Cameron's "Avatar" is a behemoth.

He understands this. His pride, his own honor, and the myth of his own god cannot allow him to have the slightest flaw.

However, Anne Hathaway's words reminded him. Anne said: "Yi, you are a human being, not a god! You must keep this in mind!"

Yes, I am a human being, not a god!

So why should we hold ourselves to God’s standards?

Learn to let go!

Learn to try and fail!

In this case, what else do you have to fear?

After understanding this, Yi Feiyang, who was plagued by troubles in China and Japan, finally came out of the dead end. He began to think about what to film next?

Of course you have to make movies that you really like!

Don’t care about outside opinions!

Don't care about reputation!

Don’t care about the box office!

Don’t care about the challenge of Avatar!

Movies such as "The Pursuit of Happiness" and "Lust, Caution" have achieved very good reputations; movies such as "Iron Man" and "I Am Legend" have brought in countless dollars.

But in the final analysis, Yi Feiyang really doesn't have a movie that he really likes and whose style is closer to his own.

No word of mouth.

No box office required.

As long as you like it, have fun shooting!

Yi Feiyang really didn't have a clue for a while.

After all, generally speaking, movies with a good reputation are those with a literary and artistic bent, such as "A Beautiful Mind", "Forrest Gump" and other movies.

The ones that do well at the box office are generally action, science fiction and other super blockbusters with hot and exciting scenes. For example, "Iron Man", "Lord of the Rings" and so on.

Now, instead of considering these factors and shooting a movie that he likes, the great director Yi Feiyang is a little confused. He has always considered the audience or film critics when making movies, and has never considered his own

Feel.

So what kind of movies do you like?

Suddenly, a movie appeared in my mind.

That is "Infernal Affairs".

It's a very good movie with a great reputation. It can even be said to have saved the sluggish Hong Kong movies at that time.

Although the box office was not very good.

But if Yi Feiyang wanted to, he could also make this movie very popular.

We have worked hard to create the atmosphere and gun battle scenes of this movie, but the exquisite foreshadowing, ideas, rhythm, etc. have not changed.

Then "Infernal Affairs" will definitely become a very popular and well-known movie.

It's a pity that "Infernal Affairs" has already been filmed.

Are we going to learn from our previous lives and make remakes? Make a Hollywood version of "The Departed"? Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon will be the leading actors? And then try to win the Oscars?!

It seems like it’s really tiring to do this!

Yi Feiyang no longer wants to be bound by word of mouth and box office. He just wants to make a movie he likes, a familiar story, and heart-warming memories!

Thinking of this, Yi Feiyang has more movies in his mind and his thinking has broadened.

Many people have a film history, and so does Yi Feiyang. Yi Feiyang grew up watching Hong Kong movies. He likes watching "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "Once Upon a Time in China", all of Stephen Chow's comedies, "Five Lucky Stars", etc., etc.

It's a series of good movies.

However, these good movies are mostly memories of Hong Kong movies, and there are no such works anymore. This makes Yi Feiyang lose a lot of aftertaste and give him a lot of regrets.

So what do you think is the best movie?

Yi Feiyang was smoking a cigarette and thinking.

Suddenly, a very good movie flashed in his mind. To be precise, it is a magic movie adapted from four famous Chinese works. It is also one of the few big magic productions in China, that is--"The Big Brother".

"Havoc in Heaven"!

Yes, this is the show!

This movie is also a Chinese magic blockbuster that Yi Feiyang deeply regretted after watching it.

Although there are many shortcomings in this drama, it cannot be denied that this drama is definitely a milestone in Chinese magic production, otherwise it would not have created the myth of a box office of 1.2 billion!

The reason why Yi Feiyang likes this drama is that it comes from childhood memories. Who doesn't like "Journey to the West"? Who doesn't like the monkey in this drama?!

It's magical enough, vivid enough, and interesting enough, and it contains almost all the blockbuster elements in the movie.

It's just a pity that the filming of this drama in the previous life was very poor, especially the tampering of the content was annoying. The original fierce battle between the Monkey King and the Heavenly Palace was tampered with into a confrontation between gods and demons. The Bull Demon King was pulled out and became...

The villain, Sun Houhou, also fell in love with the fox, which is just fucking nonsense!

Yi Feiyang likes the story of "Havoc in Heaven" very much, so he is very disappointed with the adaptation of this drama. In his opinion, if the original story is followed and Hollywood special effects are added, the story will be great!

Yes, what would happen if this drama was adapted into an international version, or a Hollywood version?!

Yi Feiyang was excited all of a sudden. This movie was really in line with his taste. He didn't need to worry too much about the box office and reputation. It was just a movie between himself and Cameron.

To put it more bluntly, Yi Feiyang filmed this drama purely because he likes it. He likes this quintessence of Chinese culture. He wants to compete with "Avatar" in "Havoc in Heaven"!

No need to pay attention to word of mouth!

No need to force box office!

All I want is the freedom to shoot as I please!

All I want is to have fun shooting!

In the past, filming was a hard pursuit of box office, but now I have to enjoy the filming process!

That's all!

Thinking of this, Yi Feiyang began to close his eyes and slowly recalled the plot of "Havoc in Heaven".

Of course, the plot here is not the brain-dead plot of the movie version of the previous life, but the plot of the enduring cartoon "Havoc in Heaven" that Yi Feiyang remembers.

It is said that the Monkey King, who led a group of monkeys to practice martial arts in Huaguo Mountain, went to the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea to borrow a treasure because he did not have the weapon he wanted. The Dragon King promised that if the Monkey King could take the Dinghai Divine Needle of the Dragon Palace - the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, he would give it to him.

But when the Monkey King took away the treasure, the Dragon King regretted it and went to the Heavenly Palace to complain.

The Jade Emperor adopted Taibai Jinxing's suggestion, tricked the Monkey King into heaven, named him Bima Wen, and put him under house arrest. After the Monkey King found out that he had been deceived, he returned to Huaguo Mountain in anger and erected the "Monkey King".

The Jade Emperor was angry and ordered Li Tianwang to lead the heavenly soldiers and generals to capture the Monkey King. However, he was defeated by the Monkey King and returned. The Jade Emperor accepted Jin Xing's advice and pretended to call the Monkey King the "Great King of Heaven".

"Holy", ordered him to take charge of the Peach Garden in the Heavenly Palace.

One day, the Monkey King learned that the Queen Mother had hosted a peach banquet. All kinds of gods were invited, but he was not invited. The Monkey King was so angry that he made a big fuss in the Yaochi and left the dishes in a mess. He drank to his heart's content alone and ate the Nine Turns of Taishang Laojun.

Jin Dan collected all the food, drinks, melons and fruits, and returned to Huaguo Mountain to have a fairy cocktail party with the monkeys. The Jade Emperor was furious, and the soldiers of the Qingtian Palace captured the Monkey King. During the battle, the Monkey King fell into the plot of the Supreme Lord.

Unfortunately, he was captured. Laojun sent him to the alchemy furnace. Not only was he not burned to death, but it made the Monkey King even more powerful. So the Monkey King fought back. He beat the Heavenly Palace to pieces and scared the Jade Emperor to run away in panic...

It can be said that this is a story about Sun Wukong causing trouble in the Dragon Palace and rebelling against Heaven. It shows Sun Wukong’s fearless spirit and fighting character in a relatively concentrated and prominent manner as he dares to act, is witty and optimistic, and boldly resists the power of God. At the same time, it also exposes and satirizes the Jade Emperor.

, the Dragon King, the gods and generals are domineering, tyrannical, cruel and incompetent.

Therefore, in Yi Feiyang's opinion, this is how the real Uprising in Heaven should be, rather than some mindless battle between gods and demons, blind flattery and imitation of Western legends of gods and demons that kill people without paying for their lives.

The actors must have superb acting skills, the special effects must be wonderful, and the story adaptation must follow the original work!

Since we are going to cause a stir in the Heavenly Palace, we must turn it upside down!

Yi Feiyang thought.

But the point is, I want to film it myself, who will play the lead role of the Monkey King in this movie?!

Full of challenging spirit!

Full of combat effectiveness!

You must also be famous!

The most important thing is that the image in the performance must look like a monkey!

First of all, Yi Feiyang considered the mainland actor Liuxiaolingtong, but he quickly posted it. First of all, he was a bit too old, so he probably wouldn't be able to do many action scenes. Secondly, his reputation was not bad in China, but internationally

It's a lot worse.

Then Yi Feiyang thought of Li Lianjie, who had starred in "The King of Kung Fu" and played the role of Sun Wukong in it. First of all, he had real kung fu and had great skills. Secondly, his reputation was reasonable in Hollywood. But... he didn't look like a monkey. Especially

The Monkey King he played didn't look like a monkey at all.

Finally, Yi Feiyang thought of Zhen Zidan and Stephen Chow. Both of them are good in terms of both physical and acting skills, but their international influence was checked. Especially among them, Stephen Chow is known as the King of Comedy. He is famous for his comedies. Suddenly he appeared in this
To be continued...