director of the millennium

"Have you heard? A big director is coming to visit the set today!"

"Big director? Who?" Chen Muchi, who played Yin Jiao in "Fengshen Trilogy", looked at his companions with curiosity.

Yu Shi, who was shirtless and showing off his muscular body, chuckled and said excitedly, "A super famous director, who is well-known in Hollywood!"

There are many great directors in China, but there is only one who is famous in Hollywood.

Chen Muchi reacted immediately and raised his head excitedly: "Director Wu is coming?!"

"Well, I heard that he came to discuss something with Coach Sang, and also visited us at the same time." Yu Shi, who was extremely well-informed, explained.

Although "Fengshen Trilogy" is currently in the reshoot stage, most of the actors who have come to the filming base for the reshoot are young actors in the crew.

Even though this movie was promoted with the participation of many big stars, including Huang Bo, Chen Kun, and Xia Yu, their roles are not actually that important. The main characters of this movie are a group of young people.

Young actors are easy to train and are willing to endure hardships. Wu Ershan conducted a complex audition comparable to that of "Creation Camp" for casting. The actors who were finally selected underwent martial arts and equestrian training for half a year before joining the crew for formal filming.

This group of young actors selected by Wu Ershanhai are the main force in the filming of "The Investiture of the Gods Trilogy", and they are also the ones who come for reshoots. After all, they have a lot of fighting scenes in the play, while the roles of Sanqing, Jiang Ziya, etc. played by Chen Kun and others are mainly literary dramas.

As soon as Yu Shi's message came out, the "Fengshen Men's Group" who were originally waiting in groups of three or four for filming immediately gathered around and started asking questions at once.

"When will Director Wu come?"

"Will he come to watch us filming?"

"Do we have a chance to speak to Director Wu?"

"It would be great if Director Wu would like us and invite us to star in his new movie."

"Does Director Wu still know Director Wu?"

"Of course I know him! Director Wu's Painted Skin 2 was produced in collaboration with Illuminating Media!"

This group of actors, who were born in 96 or 97 on average, can be said to have truly grown up watching Wu Yuan's movies.

Over the past decade, Wu Yuan's films have grown up with the post-95 generation. His influence on them is just like Zhang Yimou's influence on the older generation. They are undoubtedly No. 95!
Not to mention anything else, just the movie "Gravity" has influenced the future of countless young people and made them truly feel the power of the rise of a great power.

Now, this famous director who is elusive to most people in the industry is coming to visit the set, so the actors are naturally very excited.

Before they could get any results from Yu Shi, a crowd suddenly came into the entrance of the filming base.

Wu Ershan led Wu Yuan and a large group of crew members walked in together.

Okay, no need to ask now.

Yu Shi, Chen Muchi, Ci Sha, Hou Wenyuan, Huang Xiyan, Li Yunrui and other young actors all looked over with shining eyes. When they saw Wu Ershan waving at them, they immediately surrounded him nervously and excitedly.

"Director Wu, these are the young actors in our Investiture of the Gods Trilogy."

"Every one of them is a good talent, very hardworking, and has been training with us for more than half a year. After joining the crew, they are also very diligent and have completed the filming work very well."

"I can see it." Wu Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, and was surprised. I don't know what scenes they are going to reshoot today, but they are all shirtless, showing off their good eight-pack abs.

Apart from anything else, Wu Yuan believes that just the sight of these handsome guys, with an average height of over 180cm, "selling their bodies" in the movie will be enough to attract a bunch of crazy women into the cinema.

This thing is really pleasing to the eyes!

Over the next ten minutes, Wu Yuan chatted cordially with the young actors, answered many of their curious questions, and also asked them about their feelings during the filming, especially regarding the fighting scenes.

After all, Wu Yuan did not forget that his main target for visiting the set this time was the martial arts instructor Sang Lin.

Although these young actors cannot tell the quality of the martial arts instructor, they can also learn about Sang Lin's personality in daily interactions with the crew from them. After all, personality is very important when choosing a partner.

Fortunately, Sang Lin is quite good in the eyes of these young actors. After all, they have been together for more than two years. From closed training to filming, Sang Lin has been with the crew throughout the whole process. It can be said that these actors were taught by him and his team hand in hand.

After carefully understanding the situation and satisfying his curiosity, Wu Yuan and Wu Ershan walked to the storage room where the filming equipment was stored and started a private chat between the two directors.

"Brother, is everything going well with the crew?"

"Now everyone in and outside the industry is paying close attention to your Investiture of the Gods Trilogy. Everyone hopes that a super IP can emerge in the domestic film industry!"

Wu Ershan is Wu Yuan's direct senior, so he has no psychological burden in calling him senior brother.

"Director Wu, it's hard to put it into words!" Wu Ershan was embarrassed to call this junior brother who had achieved more than him, so he could only use a polite title.

Although the name was polite, his words were not polite at all. He complained to Wu Yuan, "Everything was actually going quite smoothly."

"We have filmed all three parts in one go, and now we are almost done with reshoots, which are all finishing touches."

"Originally, we planned to release three films in 2020, 2021 and 2022."

"But the plan can't keep up with the changes. The mask destroyed everything."

"Now the release plan has been postponed indefinitely. Due to force majeure, the economic downturn and the sluggish film industry, investors have withdrawn their investment in "Investiture of the Gods" one after another."

"Originally, the first film had already entered the post-production stage, but now several investors are withdrawing their capital or transferring their investment shares, which has cut off the project's cash flow. We have no choice but to bite the bullet and find new investors."

"I am so worried that I can't sleep every day, and my hair is falling out in clumps."

"The only thing I can be thankful for is that I still have money for the post-production of the first film. I managed to finish it by looking for money here and there, but I have no money for the post-production of the last two films. I have to see if I can make a profit from the first film before I have a chance to continue looking for investment."

"But given the current situation, there is no good time to release it!"

The bitter water was truly bitter water, and it was the kind of bitter water that Wu Yuan had never known in his entire life.

He really didn't know that the investors of "Fengshen Trilogy" had withdrawn their investment, and that they withdrew their investment when the filming had been completed and post-production was about to begin.

But this situation is indeed reasonable. After all, when a black swan event occurs, the capital behind it is tight and the industry is viewed as pessimistic. It is normal to withdraw investment and stop losses in time.
All I can say is that Wu Ershan was really unlucky. If this black swan event hadn't happened, although the investors would not have been likely to give him money at once to complete the post-production of all three films, at least they would not have withdrawn their investment so early. They would have to wait until the first film was released before deciding whether to continue investing in the next two films.

Now, the first part hasn’t even finished post-production yet, and the investor has already walked away (end of this chapter)