Chief Planner of "Wolf Warrior":"Wolf Warrior 3" has a story but cannot surpass the second one

At the "Big, Promising-Future Insights on Living Room Entertainment" forum co-organized by Oriental Pearl BesTV, Mr. Li Yang, chief planner of "Wolf Warrior 1 and 2", delivered a keynote speech titled "Research and Development of Military Themes and the Future of the Market".

Li Yang delivered a keynote speech.

On the morning of September 7, the 2017 Shanghai Internet Audiovisual Season, co-organized by the Network Department of the State Administration of Press, Radio, Film and Television and the Shanghai Administration of Culture, Radio, Film and Television, continued to be held in Lujiazui. At the "Big, Promising-Future Insights on Living Room Entertainment" forum co-organized by Oriental Pearl BesTV, Mr. Li Yang, chief planner of "Wolf Warrior 1 and 2", delivered a keynote speech titled "Research and Development of Military Themes and the Future of the Market".

During this period, when talking about "Wolf Warrior 3", Li Yang revealed,"We face the issue of 3 very painfully because this 3 is too difficult. I already have a story, but I feel that I can't go beyond 2. We have indeed faced pressure in many aspects in the past two days, and we need to report. It is really great and difficult. I don't know where 3 is, but I hope that in two years, at least one or two years of precipitation, we can produce a work worthy of such a LOGO."

As one of the creators of the 5.6 billion phenomenal box office myth, Li Yang shared the mental journey of Wu Jing's team. Mr. Li Yang graduated from the Graduate School of China Academy of Social Sciences and was later specially recruited into the army. He has been engaged in military film and television art research and planning and creation practice for many years. His planning and supervision works include "Bright Sword","Happiness is Like a Flower","Soldier Assault","Wolf Warrior 1/2" and other more than a hundred film and television dramas. Mr. Li Yang has compiled many books, such as "Influence-Striking Contemporary Military Film and Television Dramas".

Soldiers, national affairs

Regarding the success of the movie "Wolf Warrior" series, Li Yang believes that the reason is very simple: respect the audience, respect the market, and complete software and hardware, the main theme works can be better spread, and positive energy will have the opportunity to fully release. "For more than ten years, we have been groping in practice to find links between military themes and markets. The People's Liberation Army has created hundreds of works over the past ten years. All the investment in all plays comes from social financing. There is private capital and state-owned assets, and there is not a penny of military expenditure."

Li Yang bluntly said that military themes will definitely have an inevitable connection with the entire nation and the history of the country. The first sentence of China's "The Art of War" is "The soldier is a major event of the country." For another example, historical stories are published almost every two or three years in Europe and the United States, and the themes surrounding Hollywood are basically World War II. This is because they are most proud of World War II, so it will always be World War II. World War II films with China characteristics are definitely anti-Japanese films, but anti-Japanese films have developed excessively and abnormally in previous years. In addition, the history of China's war is attributed to a hot spot in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. The important reason is that foreign policy has blocked out many themes.

Li Yang talked about the review process of "Wolf Warrior". It went through military trials, local trials, and diplomatic reviews. It went through many links, but basically preserved a lot of the original script at the end and reduced a little, which shows that the entire communication environment and review environment are becoming more and more relaxed and more inclusive. Li Yang mentioned that the Korean Peninsula is very lively now. CCTV had filmed a movie about the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea 16 years ago, but it has not been broadcast yet. Last year, the door to the theme that had been closed for more than half a century has been opened, and the TV series "The 38th Parallel" is broadcast., and won President Xi's praise.

Li Yang recalled that a few years ago, the boss of Huayi Brothers asked him to do the "Assembly Number". He believed that the "Assembly Number" should have a market expectation of more than 200 million yuan. Wang Zhongjun did not believe it at the time. The two made a bet and Li Yang won in the end. Li Yang mentioned,"Director Xiao Gang filmed" Assembly "to realize a dream, but he did not do in-depth IP research and development. At present, due to the existence of TV dramas and the promotion of the Internet, there is the concept of IP and the planning of "Wolf Warrior" 123."

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his speech, Li Yang reviewed the development process of China's film and television dramas, from CCTV's opening drama "Overwhelming" in 2000, to "Historical Sky" in 2004, to "Bright Sword" in 2005, and then to "Soldier Assault" in 2007. Li Yang believes that military themes are games for men to take risks and shared many details.

For example, after the play "Breaking Out of the Enemy" was broadcast at that time, none of the military leaders spoke. After it was broadcast for five days, it was silent and the filming team was under great pressure. Is it good or not? The first person to praise was the then Vice Premier of the State Council. Vice Premier Li Lanqing, who was in charge of education, said: "The People's Liberation Army has broken through the encirclement, and China's education must also consider breaking through the encirclement."

For example, the investment in the 2004 episode of "Bright Sword" was about 430,000 yuan, less than 500,000 yuan. Twelve years have passed now, but many TV stations are still broadcasting it, and the price is still close to 100,000 yuan.

For example, in current language,"Soldier Assault" is a work without big data support. Back then, it encountered unprecedented difficulties in the financing and broadcasting links, and it was always said to have no selling points. But thanks to the prosperity of the Internet, when the TV station encountered Waterloo, the communication power of the Internet and word-of-mouth marketing turned the corner and became a work that had been popular for nearly two years.

In the future, when planning to make the future development direction of China's Star Wars

for military themes, Li Yang made a personal judgment,"It must be science fiction. I am also very interested in AI. AI technology is having a tangible impact on war and military affairs. The protagonist of future wars is likely to be AI."

Li Yang said frankly that China films are still a "primary school student" in the field of science fiction. Hollywood almost monopolizes the world's science fiction war films and has used a century to cultivate audiences for science fiction films around the world.

Li Yang revealed that his team is planning to launch Star Wars in China. "The film" Academy for the Future of Interstellar Warfare "we are preparing has Hollywood technology, all stories and capital belong to China. Currently, we have begun to build a science fiction film city in Xinjiang. In the past, we were all successful in cloning, and we weren't very good at science fiction, so we had the opportunity."

Li Yang thought affectionately that the virtual future may be the biggest opportunity for military themes. This is a big adventure and a big challenge. I hope there will be a lot of attention. China actually have unlimited potential in these fields. China has a world-class lineup in the aerospace field and the world's youngest team. We filmmakers hope to make a difference in this field!

Facing the topic of "Wolf Warrior 3" with great pain, I hope to produce decent works by then. Li Yang will mention Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior" series while talking. What is the story of "Wolf Warrior 1/2"? When will "Wolf Warrior 3" be prepared, and when will it meet with the national audience?

Li Yang said frankly that "Wolf Warrior 1" has no big data support. After reading it, all the theater managers said: "It won't be very good. There were a lot of cannon fodder in the past." Although market expectations for "Wolf Warrior 1", which was invested in 50 million yuan, it was only thought that the box office might reach 200 million yuan, and in the end, it sold for 510 million yuan. Therefore, before the filming of "Wolf Warrior 2", the capital will have to be squeezed out and there will be 15 capital parties. After the success of "Wolf Warrior", many companies took out all the project scripts they had in stock for demonstration.

Regarding "Wolf Warrior 3", Li Yang bluntly said,"We face the issue of 3 very painfully because this 3 is too difficult. I already have a story, but I feel that I can't go beyond 2. We have indeed faced pressure in many aspects in the past two days, and we need to report. It is really great and difficult. I don't know where 3 is, but I hope that in two years, at least one or two years of precipitation, we can produce a work worthy of such a LOGO."

At the end of his speech, Teacher Li Yang reviewed the feelings of his producer,"From my own experience with military themes, I hope that in all such cooperation processes in the past, I have not caused any loss in investment to my collaborators. Big wins and small wins are all a little profitable, and everyone is very good. We have maintained a very good friendship to this day. We have not only won a good reputation, but also had box office results and financial revenue."

Editor: Mary