director of the millennium

Sang Lin is a man of action and he is resolute and decisive. The actors in the Mulan crew are not delicate young men. Even the youngest, Zhu Yilong, is an actor from the era of light and shadow, so he is very hardworking.

After everyone got to know each other, Wu Yuan treated everyone to dinner in the evening, and then the actors left to prepare to go to the Huairou Film and Television Base for closed training three days later.

Sang Lin also took his team directly to the training shed rented by the crew to carry out some pre-training preparations, such as purchasing weapons.

Things are different now than before. In the past, weapons used in costume dramas like this had to be customized by the crew themselves. When Zhang Yimou was filming "Hero", all the weapons in the play were newly built.

Now, although some big-budget movies still have their own studios to customize props, large film and television bases like Huairou Film and Television Base have all kinds of standardized weapons available to the crew, including swords, guns, sticks, and clubs, even the less popular maces, maces, and borings.

If you just want training, there is no need for customization. Just rent a batch from the film and television base.

The various weapons that the crew will use in future filming are still being customized and are under the responsibility of the props team. Wu Yuan also invited a historical consultant to choose appropriate weapons with the Southern and Northern Dynasties as the background. At the same time, the costume team also has a female consultant to help design costumes that are in line with the times.

All these things can be completed before the official start of filming so as not to delay the crew's official filming.

As for Wu Yuan, after making arrangements for the training, he came to the company alone the next day.

Although the company did not have much business during the epidemic and even had few employees, there were still some things that needed Wu Yuan to deal with.

Like some piled up documents, they all need his final signature, and some important work requires his nod before it can move forward.

For example, today, Li Xiaoping called Wu Yuan because she wanted to discuss two things with him.

"Director Wu, can your Bruce Lee movie still be released in China?" As soon as they met, Li Xiaoping asked straight to the point with some anticipation in her eyes.

Although "Bruce Lee" is a Hollywood movie, it won the Oscar for Best Director after all, and it tells the story of Bruce Lee, who is well-known to everyone in China. Logically speaking, it should still have a large market in China.

But who could blame the fact that this movie was released at a time when the domestic epidemic broke out? So this movie was not released in China at that time, but only overseas.

If there is any pity, Li Xiaoping would definitely feel it is a pity.

"Released in China?" Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows and said without any interest, "If you search online now, you will definitely find a lot of Bruce Lee resources, and there are even Blu-ray versions."

"Under these circumstances, how could anyone go to the cinema to watch the film when it is released in the country?"

It’s not that Wu Yuan has a problem with the audience’s “authentic awareness”. In fact, the younger generation nowadays still cares a lot about copyright protection, unlike the older generation.

But some things are missed once they are missed.

When "Bruce Lee" was originally scheduled for a global release, it was not scheduled for a domestic release. At the time, domestic audiences were in home quarantine and had a lot of free time, so they naturally went online to look for resources about "Bruce Lee" to watch.

Anyway, it's not released in China, so there's no chance to watch it even if you want to. It's just like how everyone likes to look for pirated Japanese anime resources on the Internet. It's not that people don't support the original version, it's just that there are no channels to watch it in China.

Now, most of the audiences who are interested in "Bruce Lee" have already watched this movie on the Internet. If they think about releasing it in theaters, it really won't get much box office.

There wouldn't be many people who would go to the cinema to buy a new ticket for such a small matter. To be honest, even Wu Yuan, an industry insider, couldn't go to such great lengths.

"Don't even think about it." He said speechlessly, "We didn't invest any money in Bruce Lee, so why should you be so concerned about it? Even if it's released in China, Guangying Times won't make any money."

"It can expand your influence." Li Xiaoping muttered softly.

In the final analysis, Guangying Times is still relying on Wu Yuan's influence to survive in the circle. It can be said that Wu Yuan is the company's biggest spokesperson. This is why he does not usually manage the company's daily affairs, but is still not sidelined. The company cannot do without him.

"Everyone who should see this movie has already seen it. Even if it is released in China, it won't have much influence." Wu Yuan shook his head, looking indifferent.

Seeing this, Li Xiaoping had no choice but to end the topic and talk to Wu Yuan about another matter.

"There's one more thing." She pulled out a document from the cabinet and handed it to Wu Yuan. "The crew of 'Life Events' is already preparing for the show, and it should start filming at the end of this year or early next year."

"But there's a small problem. Director Liu Jiangjiang has taken a liking to Zhu Yilong and wants him to play the leading male role."

"But Zhu Yilong is going to film your movie next, and you definitely don't want him to overlap with yours, so maybe you need to coordinate the schedule, or ask Director Liu Jiangjiang to choose someone else?"

After hearing this, Wu Yuan did not respond immediately, but fell into deep thought.

"Life Events" was the last movie with a box office of over 10 billion that he witnessed in the life he experienced in his dream. He woke up from that life in September 2022 at the opening ceremony of his first independent directorial role.

At that time, "Life Events" had already been taken off the screen. It was the fourth film in 2022 to break 10 billion yuan in box office, and it was also one of the few high-quality films in 2022, locking in the Golden Rooster Award.

He was still very impressed by Zhu Yilong's performance in the movie.

After all, in this era, it is really not easy to have such a young actor who has good acting skills and does not care about his image.

Oh, strictly speaking, Zhu Yilong cannot be considered an actor of this era.

After all, although he became famous late, only becoming famous in 2018 with the BL drama, he actually debuted very early, in 2009. He was born in 1988 and is considered to be one of the last batch of real actors who truly regard acting as a job rather than a means of making money.

Wu Yuan has a good impression of this actor and doesn't want him to miss "Life Events", a movie that is very important to him.

After thinking for a while, Wu Yuan said, "How about this, let's try to postpone the filming of "Life Events"."

"Zhu Yilong has a very important role in Mulan. He can be considered the leading actor. It is estimated that the filming will last until February next year."

“‘Life Events’ can be scheduled to start filming in April or May.”

Wu Yuan remembered that the film was originally scheduled to start shooting in May 2021. Why is it that it is now scheduled to start shooting much earlier? Is it because the efficiency of the Light and Shadow Era is higher? (End of this chapter)