director of the millennium

Chapter 147 The Hong Kong Circle collapsed before it could go north.

Wu Yuan didn't ask too much about the specific preparations for "Fated to Love You".

After he confirmed the candidates for the starring role and director, he handed over the work of follow-up contact and negotiation to Li Jichang and a financial officer of the company.

The two of them will form a partner and discuss specific remuneration with these actors and directors.

Although the remuneration of TV drama actors these days has skyrocketed, it is still very cheap compared to the tens of millions for a drama in later generations.

Even Lu Yi, a top-notch student in the mainland, can spend 30 to 50 yuan for a TV series, and a newcomer like Jinsha can spend tens of thousands of yuan.

Not to mention them, Liu Yifei recently negotiated "The Legend of Condor Heroes", and the film salary is only 1 yuan per episode, which is because she only raised the price after "Your Name" has become popular.

Originally, her salary should be the same as Huang Xiaoming's, and it was only 8000 yuan per episode.

Yes, under the influence of Wu Yuan, the butterfly, when the bearded man was preparing to shoot "The Legend of Condor Heroes", he stopped stealing fans, and announced the male and female lead candidates early on.

The main reason is that the bearded man really doesn't dare to neglect Liu Yifei now.

What kind of celebrity is Liu Yifei now?

The second highest-grossing actress in China!

In terms of box office performance alone, her box office performance is second only to the international chapter!

Even Gong Huang didn't do as well as her at the box office.

No way, who called "Your Name" is a big hit in Asia.

In addition to the international chapter of "Rush Hour 2", Liu Yifei's box office performance can be said to be the best among mainland actresses.

That is to say, she does not have this grade now, and there is no movie that matches her status to make
Otherwise she wouldn't have been able to play "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

She is now facing the same embarrassing situation as the international chapter. A movie was directly sent to the top of the box office, and then she found that her status was directly broken.

It is impossible for the films of other directors to achieve such box office results. If you participate in the film, you feel that you are at a loss.

If you don't act, you won't be able to play again.

The choice of the international chapter is to find a way to break into Hollywood and take Hollywood movies. Unless it is a top director in China, Taiwan, Taiwan, or the three places, it will not take it.

Because Liu Yifei is younger, the dilemma she faces is even more embarrassing.

The drama "The Legend of Condor Heroes" was already discussed before the release of "Your Name". The bearded man has always said that Liu Yifei is the most suitable actor for Little Dragon Girl in his mind. After seeing her photos, Mr. Jin Yong It is also very recognized.

Considering the popularity of this kind of Jin Yong drama is very high, Liu Xiaoli took over the drama for her daughter.

However, she also made up her mind. After "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Liu Yifei will never make a TV series again, and will focus on the film market from now on.

But what kind of movie script can 17-year-old Liu Yifei receive?

There are not many blockbuster films by major domestic directors in a year
The man Liu Xiaoli was relying on was also unable to fight for Liu Yifei's movie from a top director.

The new films of directors such as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Wong Kar-wai all have their own set of actors.

Zhang Yimou's "House of Flying Daggers" will be released this summer, and the heroine is still the international chapter.

Wong Kar-Wai's "2046" was also released this summer. The heroines are Gong Huang and Wang Jingwen, and even the supporting actresses are International Zhang and Liu Jialin!

On the other hand, Chen Kaige reported that he was preparing for a new movie, and it was said that it was a blockbuster movie with an investment of over [-] million yuan.

Liu Xiaoli also wants to compete for her daughter's new movie directed by Ke Ge, but the actress needs to use Hong Kong Island, Japanese and Korean actors.

Because this new movie directed by Kai Ge is jointly funded by South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and China Film Quartet, the choice of actors is rain and dew.

Only one mainland actress can be used, and this spot is obviously reserved for Chen Hong. There is no place for Liu Yifei in this movie.

Director Feng's Lunar New Year movie "A World Without Thieves" has already finished casting.

Looking around, Liu Xiaoli found that although her daughter has become the second highest-grossing actress in the mainland, there are no good movies to make
"The Legend of Condor Heroes" is already the most suitable choice.

So after going around in circles, Liu Yifei finally became the little dragon girl.

This made the bearded man very happy. He didn't have the heart to hype the fans. He quickly announced the news of the fixed angle, which caused a heated discussion on the Internet.

The main reason is that everyone is praising the well-chosen heroine and scolding the poor choice of the hero.

The first Yuan girl who was popularized by Wu Yuan played the role of Little Dragon Girl, and the general public had no objection.

Not to mention how popular she is, but her appearance is very suitable.

But Huang Xiaoming, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, came to play Yang Guo, and everyone couldn't accept it.

What kind of celebrity are you, Huang Xiaoming, and what kind of celebrity is Liu Yifei? How can these two people work together in a TV series?
However, after arguing for a long time, netizens found that at this stage, they really did not deserve Liu Yifei's TV drama actor
This Yang Guo, no matter who plays it, seems to be scolded.
It is really scary that Liu Yifei's identity as "Miss Yuan" is too scary.

The first movie he acted in, the box office of 18 billion yuan in Asia, and this number is still growing
Wu Yuan used two new mainland actors to prove that movies not only starring Hong Kong and Taiwan stars can be successful.

Although "Hero" is also a big hit, the leading actors in this movie are all superstars from Hong Kong Island, and only the international chapter is a mainland actor.

Although the film's huge sales have stimulated the mainland film market, many mainland film practitioners believe that if you want to make a blockbuster movie, if you want to make a big-selling movie, you must use Hong Kong Island's superstar as the leading role.

So there is "A World Without Thieves" starring Hua Tsai.

Even Zhang Yimou himself is seeking stability. The main actors in "House of Flying Daggers" are still mainly Hong Kong actors, and the mainland actors still only have international chapters.

But Wu Yuan used "Your Name" to prove that mainland actors can also carry the box office.

This is critical!

You know, the saying that "only movies starring Hong Kong Island actors can be sold well" was actually formed in 2005-2006.

"Hero" made a start, but because this work was an isolated case, in 2003-2004, the Chinese film circle did not believe in it.

By the end of 2004, the top ten box office in the mainland will be released, and everyone will find that the top ten Chinese movies, whether it is "A World Without Thieves" or "House of Flying Daggers" or "Kung Fu" and "New Police Story", are all from Hong Kong Island. Actor starring!
Only then did the capitalists in the mainland begin to really believe that only with actors from Hong Kong Island as the leading actors can the movie sell well.

There was no way around it. In 2004, many movies starring mainland actors were released. For example, Zhou Xun and Chen Kun made several movies, but they all did poorly at the box office.

The market has proved that only movies starring Hong Kong Island actors can sell well, so the capital naturally tends to use Hong Kong Island actors.

Since then, the era of the land-funded Hong Kong group has begun, and a large number of directors and actors from Hong Kong Island have gone north to make money.

In particular, Chen Kaige's "The Promise" added another wave of fire to this wave.

When "The Promise" was released, it was so badly sprayed, nine out of ten people scolded it badly, and couldn't understand it.

However, the box office of this movie was 1.7 million. Countless movie fans went to the cinema to watch this movie because of those Hong Kong stars.

What does this mean?
It shows that even if it is a bad film made with actors from Hong Kong Island, it will not lose money!

The market has given such feedback, so should investors hesitate?
All mainland actors stand aside for me, from the director to the crew to the actors, all Hong Kong people must be used!

Until "Painted Skin", mainland actors had to be the grandsons of Taiwan and Island actors in the TV drama field, and Hong Kong Island actors in the film field.

On various occasions, countless so-called bigwigs from Hong Kong Island and Taiwan Island have openly ridiculed the mainland actors and crews for not being able to make it to the stage, and can only play some marginal roles.

According to them, International Zhang can only act as a maid who picks up grape skins.

In the face of these ridicules, mainland actors have nothing to do but smash their teeth and swallow them in their mouths.

In fact, Wu Yuan doesn't think Hong Kong Island actors are not good at acting in the north. It is true that many Hong Kong Island actors perform better than mainland actors and are more dedicated.

But there are really only a few actors in Hong Kong, including Andy Lau, Cheng Long, and Goo Jai.

Most of the Hong Kong Island actors who go north to make money are eating the food from the mainland, and they still want to blame the mainland.

I don’t know how many actors from Hong Kong Island returned to Hong Kong Island to belittle the Mainland after finishing their films in the Mainland, saying that the Mainland is not good and that is not good.

If you dislike mainland movie fans and life in the mainland, then don't come!
While you are feeding Mainland movie fans, you still look down on the Mainland film industry, Mainland actors, and even Mainland audiences. You feel that Mainland audiences even watch bad movies with gusto, and their aesthetic standards are 20 years behind those of Hong Kong.

Complacently, he thinks that although the movies he makes in the mainland are considered bad movies in Hong Kong Island, they are more than enough for mainland fans to watch, and even improve the aesthetics of mainland fans.

To fool people to the extreme.

Then this is really shameless.

It's different now.

The emergence of Wu Yuan changed the ecology of the mainland film industry.

He has been using mainland actors since "The Night the Comet Came".

As for the movies he made, each one achieved better results than the last one, and the box office was high.

"Your Name" proves that even a cast from the mainland, even newcomers, can produce a movie that is popular in Asia.

Wu Yuan told the mainland filmmakers the facts.

As long as your script is well done and the director shoots well, actors are definitely not the key point in determining whether a movie can make money!
Although it can't be said that Lu Zi's longing for superstars in Hong Kong Island has changed, but the appearance of Wu Yuan can at least make the waists of mainland actors harder, and he can also support a group of mainland actors to compete with Hong Kong and Taiwan actors!

Everything he is doing now is to accelerate the growth of the mainland film and television industry.

In the field of TV dramas, we will attack Taiwanese capital and actors, and plan to shoot "Your Name" and "Painted Skin", which will further activate the mainland film market and arouse the confidence of mainland actors.

In the few months after the release of "Your Name" alone, the General Administration has received as many as a dozen mainland film project approval applications.

These films are all invested and shot by newly-entrant mainland capital. The director is a mainland director, and the actors are equally divided between the mainland and Hong Kong and Taiwan as far as possible. One of the male and female protagonists must be a mainland actor, and the other must be an actor from Hong Kong Island.

The presence of Wu Yuan, the king of Chinese commercial films Zhuyu, gave many mainland filmmakers the confidence to boldly use mainland actors.

The development of the mainland film industry in this world is at least three years faster than Wu Yuan's dream!

The market also has greater confidence in the mainland film industry, and the newly entered capital is twice as much as his dream!
It can be said that Wu Yuan is now the bright light of commercial films in the mainland.

In this situation, Liu Yifei, the first-generation Yuan girl, really drew her sword and looked around in confusion.

There is no actor at all, especially a TV actor who can match her.

After making a fuss on the Internet, netizens had to hold their noses and admit that Huang Xiaoming's Yang Guo was already very suitable, and began to look forward to this version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

Similarly, not only Liu Yifei is now facing a serious discrepancy between his status and his own strength, but also Hu Ge, the hero of "Your Name".

The Tang people received a lot of invitations to invite Hu Ge to star in movies, but most of them were movies with an investment of 5000 to [-] million yuan.

In the past, Cai Yinong was insane, and his own actors were already pretty good if they could act in a movie.

But now Hugo is Mr. Box Office with 18 billion.
His next movie must at least be a big production with an investment of more than 5000 million yuan, right?
But this kind of big production is a radish and a pit.

Just like Zhou Dongyu couldn't get up and down after he finished "The Hawthorn Tree", Hu Ge was also put on the shelf. The small film felt that it was out of grade, and the big production didn't look for him.

This resulted in him not having any suitable movies to shoot, so he could only wait.

Fortunately, he still has a "Sword" to be broadcast, so he doesn't have to worry about work in a short period of time, and he also has a lot of promotional activities and advertising endorsements in Japan.

It can only be said that the performance of "Your Name" is too good, and it is also a happy trouble for the actors. It is really at a loss to be suddenly mentioned in a position that does not belong to them.

Well, only for actors.

For director Wu Yuan, there is only happiness and no worries.

He has no shortage of movies to shoot.

After finishing "Fate to Love You", Wu Yuan went back to school and took classes seriously for a month. He learned a lot of shooting techniques of literary films from Professor Xie, and even tried it out. In 2004, The semester is coming to an end.

In June, the pace of summer vacation is approaching.

Wu Yuan's doctoral studies can also temporarily come to an end.

But he couldn't rest, but immediately started preparations for the movie "Love".

For "Painted Skin", China Film and Light and Shadow Times have been following up. The intention contracts for the starring roles have been signed, and Wu Yuan is also contacting Hollywood's special effects company to arrange a schedule.

Judging from the speed of preparation, "Painted Skin" is initially scheduled to start production in September-October, and strives to be completed before March next year.

No way, Wu Yuan received the news from Disney that Jerry and Depp have already negotiated, and "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" has already started pre-production, doing various props, scenery, and pre-special effects work.

It is expected that "Pirates of the Caribbean 2005" will start filming in Los Angeles in March 3, and Wu Yuan must rush to the United States before then.

Wu Yuan ushered in the busiest period of his career so far.

From July to September this summer vacation, he has to complete the filming of the literary film "Love", and then join the group of "Painted Skin 7". Before March next year, "Painted Skin 9" will be finished, and then go to the United States to shoot "Pirates of the Caribbean 1".

It is estimated that from July this year to September next year, Wu Yuan will not have any easy day, and will work around the clock throughout the year!
This was a great challenge. Although Wu Yuan complained bitterly, he still had some momentum in his heart, wanting to try his limit!

On June 2004, 6, Wu Yuan personally came to the home of Teacher You Benchang with the script of "Love" and invited him to play the leading role in the film.

Teacher You Benchang was more talkative than Wu Yuan imagined. After meeting him, he not only received him very warmly, but also accepted the play without the slightest hesitation after reading the script.

"I've heard about Director Wu's name for a long time. I've bought a disc and watched your "The Undertaker" several times. It's a very good movie."

Teacher You Benchang, wearing glasses, took Wu Yuan's hand and said sincerely: "This "Love" is very well written, and I like it very much."

"Even if I don't need a paycheck, I'm still willing to act!"

Wu Yuan smiled happily.

If Mr. You Benchang can agree to star, then there will be no more preparation problems for "Love".

Teacher Wu Yanshu and Wu Yuan were old acquaintances. After a phone call from him, Teacher Wu Yanshu agreed to star in the film without even reading the script.

As for the last important role in this movie, the middle-aged daughter of the old couple, Wu Yuan also found an excellent actress with superb acting skills.

The actress's surname is Gong, and her single name has a single word Li, and she was given the nickname, Gonghuang.

(End of this chapter)