director of the millennium

Chapter 126 Finished, looking for a new director!
Night, "Your Name" crew dormitory building.

Wu Yuan's coordinator and assistant director rented a small three-story building in the small town as a dormitory for the crew and actors.

As for the environment, it is indeed a bit tough, and it cannot be compared with hotels, but it also has advantages.

These days, most hotels have not yet offered family suites, which are suites with a kitchen where you can cook your own meals.

Therefore, if you live in a hotel these days, you don’t want to cook for yourself. If you want to do it yourself, you can only borrow the hotel’s back kitchen.

But it's different in this kind of rural houses. They all have their own kitchens, so you can cook by yourself.

During the day, Liu Xiaoli went to the morning market in the town and bought a lot of fresh vegetables and meat produced by the farmers. After the meeting was over, she sat down and prepared a table of dishes.

Braised carp, braised tofu with meat, stir-fried vegetables, stir-fried bacon with garlic sprouts, plus a pot of lotus root stew.

Although there is no such thing as a 16-year-old girl dieting to lose weight in order to maintain a good figure, this age is the time when nutrition is needed.

But just for the two of them, the mother and daughter, there must be more than one meal for this table.

"Qiqian, go ask Yawen and Yangyang to come down for dinner." Liu Xiaoli urged with a rice bowl.

Liu Yifei, who had long been salivating over a table of delicacies, trotted upstairs.

"Tap Tap"

"Yawen, Yangyang, it's time to eat!"

After a while of footsteps upstairs, Zhu Yawen and Zhou Yang went downstairs together.

"Thank you, auntie."

"It's really embarrassing to trouble my aunt to cook for us every day."

Both of them were a little embarrassed, but their eyes couldn't stop looking at the dishes on the table.

The dishes made by Liu Xiaoli are really delicious. Since they came to Yunnan Province for filming, they often ate the meals made by Liu Xiaoli.

"Oh, you are all classmates and you are making a movie together, what is there to be embarrassed about?"

Liu Xiaoli set out bowls and chopsticks for them and called everyone to sit down.

"Come on, come on, let's all sit down and eat. Eat while it's hot."

But when she was seated, Liu Xiaoli deliberately sat between Liu Yifei and Zhu Yawen, separating them.

Zhou Yang sat on Liu Yifei's right hand, covering his mouth and snickering.

With Aunt Liu as the "flower protector", Zhu Yawen has no chance to get close to Liu Yifei.

"Eat, eat."

Everyone picked up the chopsticks and rushed to start.

They were all young people, and their appetites were better than the other's. A table of dishes was eaten up in a short time. Neither Zhu Yawen nor Zhou Yang had the intention of controlling their appetite, so they ate until they were full.

It can only be said that there is still a lot of gap between them and a real "star".

"Hiccup~" After burping, Zhu Yawen complimented and said, "Auntie's rice is so delicious. I won't get tired of it even if I eat it every day."

"Yeah." Liu Xiaoli glanced at him, showing an intriguing smile: "Xiao Zhu, you think so beautifully."

"Except for Cici, even my future son-in-law will not be able to eat the meals I cook every day."

Zhu Yawen smiled awkwardly, and wanted to change the subject, but unexpectedly Liu Xiaoli said, "Hey, Xiao Zhu."

"After you acted in Director Wu's movie, no agency will sign you?"

"Yangyang has a brokerage company looking for her, and we are in talks now."

Zhu Yawen was stunned, not knowing why Aunt Liu was concerned about this matter, but he still took the initiative to explain: "Yes."

"One of Huayi's agents contacted me and wanted to sign me to Huayi."

"Also, Li Xiaowan from Rongxinda, and Chang Jihong's manager from Beijing, have all contacted me, but I haven't decided who to sign yet."

In 2003, the mainland artist brokerage companies hadn't developed very maturely.

At the beginning of the millennium, the scale of brokerage companies was extremely small, and many of them were bosses with two or three employees working in a narrow office room of more than ten square meters.

In the eyes of the crew, the agent is also "death for money", which is extremely unpopular.

At that time, the mainland brokerage environment was still dominated by the four major brokers in Beijing.

Compared with the Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment circles, mainland actor management started late, but just as the mainland's film and television industry is booming, several senior agents also have strong backgrounds.

The four major agents, headed by Wang Jinhua, Li Xiaowan, Chang Jihong and Hao, hold half of the agency contracts for mainland actors.

However, this model of brokers leading artists to run single gangs is about to be replaced by emerging formal brokerage companies.

Wang Jinhua brought the artists under her banner to merge with Huayi and supported Huayi's brokerage department.

Li Xiaowan and the famous film director Li Shaohong cooperated to establish Rongxinda.

In the next few years, artist management companies such as Hairun, Xingmei, Xitian, Junwei, and Chengtian were established one after another.

Zhu Yawen, a young man who is still in college, just stepped into the actor's profession, just happened to encounter a period of great changes in the mainland brokerage industry, and he was indeed a little confused, not knowing how to sign a broker.

"It would be great if Director Wu's company signed actors." Zhu Yawen said with some regret.

Liu Xiaoli glared at Zhu Yawen amusedly, this kid really thought very well, he was already very lucky to be able to act in Wu Yuan's movie, and if he wanted to hug Wu Yuan's thigh, that would be fantastic up.

"Xiao Zhu, you still have to decide on the matter of the agency as soon as possible." Liu Xiaoli shook her head and said earnestly, "For an actor, it is very important to have an agent."

"Agents can help you contact drama appointments, help you accept dramas, accept commercial performances, and appear on TV shows. You can say whether an actor is developing well, half depends on his own hard work, and half depends on the ability of the agent."

"You have taken the first step very well now. You have acted in Director Wu's movie since your debut. If you have a good agent to help you, I believe you will not be short of filming in the future."

"Maybe in three to five years, you will become a big star like Chen Kun, a big actor."

"Yes." Zhu Yawen nodded submissively, but it was clear from his expression that he didn't really listen to Liu Xiaoli's words.

Seeing this, Liu Xiaoli had no choice but to emphasize her tone and said: "Xiao Zhu, don't blame Auntie for talking too much."

"This man still has to put his career first."

"You are so young, you should work harder in your career now to make yourself better."

"Look at Director Wu, he's only two years older than you, right?"

"He made his first film in 2000, and it has only been three years since he has become an international director."

"I read the news and found that "Pirates of the Caribbean" he filmed in Hollywood has grossed more than 4 million US dollars at the global box office, setting a new box office record for himself."

"Look at him, his grades are so good. I have never seen any scandals about him. He is still very serious in filming in the film crew. Every day, all his thoughts are devoted to work."

"You should learn more from Director Wu, and don't put your mind on meaningless things."

Listening to Liu Xiaoli's words, and seeing Liu Yifei's bright eyes and smiling expression when she heard her mother praise Wu Yuan, Zhu Yawen nodded silently.

Career requires hard work.
It would be great if he could be as successful as Director Wu.

So, during the filming for the next few days, Wu Yuan was pleasantly surprised to find that Zhu Yawen's performance was really good!
Not only has the number of NGs been significantly reduced, but the state has entered very quickly. Every time Wu Yuan says what emotion he wants, Zhu Yawen can perform it within a few seconds.

This surprised Wu Yuan to the point of suspicion. Could this kid be reborn as well?
20 years later, Zhu Yawen, who played "Daming Fenghua", woke up to find that he was back to the youthful years of 19 years old, and started his own parallel world actor's road?
Fortunately, this is just Wu Yuan's divergent thinking.

After observing for a few days, Wu Yuan was sure that this kid must have been stimulated by something, and suddenly started to work hard.

He was actually practicing every night for the scene he was going to shoot the next day, every time he practiced until two or three o'clock in the night, and then got up at six or seven o'clock the next morning to continue practicing.

Just this professional behavior of going through the film dozens of times before each filming, can the acting be bad after the filming starts?

Although he didn't know what stimulated him, Wu Yuan was still happy to see this, and praised him many times without hesitation.

Zhu Yawen's diligence seems to have also driven the efficiency of other actors in the crew. The filming of "Your Name" in Yunnan Province was extremely smooth and fast.

Three days earlier than originally planned, on September 9, the crew of "Your Name" successfully wrapped filming in Yunnan Province.

"Come on, come on, everyone stand up!"

"Squat down in the middle of the first row!"

"The banner is crooked, Xiao Li lifts it up!"

"Three, two, one!"

"eggplant!"

More than 60 crew members, surrounded by Wu Yuan, Liu Yifei, Zhu Yawen, Zhou Yang in the middle, and Hu Ge who came to shoot the ending scene, left a final photo together.

In the photo, Liu Yifei, holding flowers, tilted her head and held up her scissors hands, smiling brightly.

And beside her with her head turned, standing there was Wu Yuan who was also looking at the camera with a smile on his face.

"Happy ending!"

So far, the shooting of "Your Name" has been completely completed, and it has entered the long post-production process.

On the night of wrapping up, all the members of the crew took the bus to Dali Airport and flew back to the capital.

Most of the staff and all the actors disbanded on the spot after returning to the capital.

But Wu Yuan's busy work did not end.

The post-production of "Your Name" this time is more complicated than his previous films.

Not only does it have to be edited into a film, but after the film is edited, it also has to be done with the Industrial Light and Magic team for post-production special effects.

Wu Yuan spent a month editing the film and then flew to the United States with the film himself.

Unlike the hands-off shopkeeper in "Pirates of the Caribbean", this time he had to personally watch the post-production special effects synthesis of the film.

After staying in the United States for another month, inspecting the finished special effects shots rendered by Industrial Light & Magic in advance, and communicating with them on the specific details of special effects synthesis, Wu Yuan finally handed over the rest of the post-production work of special effects to him. I gave it to Industrial Light & Magic, and flew back to China in a hurry.

I can't come back!

He still has a lot of things waiting to be dealt with in the country.

Lying in the first-class cabin of the transoceanic flight, Wu Yuan gritted his teeth and swore in his heart.

"Next year, we must not be so busy again!"

But to not be so busy, first of all, Wu Yuan needs to find a professional manager who is responsible for the daily work of the Light and Shadow Era.

Then, he still needs to find a director who can take over the filming of "The Butterfly Effect"!

This person, Wu Yuan already has a clue in his heart!

After sleeping on the plane and landing at the Beijing International Airport after flying for more than ten hours, Wu Yuan didn't return home, so he took a taxi and went straight to a film and television studio in Beijing called [523studio]!
The director he was looking for was here!
　I am not feeling well today, I feel dizzy all the time, and I still want to vomit. I really can’t write, so I wrote 7000 words. Let’s continue tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)