Millennium director

After Wu Yuan shouted out the box office forecast of 200 million in North America and 500 million in the world, the reporters were like cats that smelled something fishy.

A reporter from New York stood up and deliberately asked: "Mr. Depp, what do you think of the director's box office prediction?"

Depp's expression was awkward for a moment, but he still understood the importance. Even if he had any objections at this time, he had to go against his own people!

"I believe in the director's vision. Since he thinks our movie can achieve this result, I naturally hope that the director's prediction is correct!"

Depp's answer was very smooth. The disappointed look on the face of the reporter who asked the question swept away, and he had no choice but to sit down with a sigh.

Another reporter immediately stood up and asked: "What does Miss Keira Knightley think of Director Wu's box office forecast?"

“Do you think this prediction is too high or too low?”

Keira was stunned for a moment when she was suddenly asked, and said subconsciously: "I don't know either."

However, she quickly reacted and added: "I am still a new actor and don't know much about movie box office. It is the luckiest thing for me that the director can choose me to play the heroine."

"As for the issue of movie box office, let's leave it to the director and producer. I really don't know much about this."

Well, for a 17-year-old girl, 99% of the problems can be solved by saying "I don't understand".

The reporters quickly moved the topic to other people, from producer Jerry to other supporting actors, and were asked many questions.

Generally speaking, most reporters still adopt a gloating attitude and do not think that the box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean" will be very high.

You, Wu Yuan, are the best director in Berlin, and you can't brag like that even if you made "Juno" with a global box office of US$200 million!

Everyone is thinking about the press release in their minds, to publish Wu Yuan's "shameless" remarks, and to nail him to the pillar of shame after "Pirates of the Caribbean" is released.

There are consequences and costs for speaking nonsense!

Wu Yuan had a panoramic view of the excited eyes of these reporters. Of course he could guess what the reporters were thinking.

But he didn't care, there was a topic, it was hot news.

No wonder Director Feng likes to shoot guns everywhere, it can indeed bring a lot of topicality and popularity to the movie.

Especially Wu Yuan, who knows the answer in advance, is more suitable to make a bold move.

"Okay, next reporter."

During the one-hour interview, each of the main creators did not fail. They were asked a variety of questions, and the reporters ended the interview with unfinished content.

After the interview, the reporters were busy sorting out the interview transcripts, and the creators of "Pirates of the Caribbean" also had to move to attend the noon social luncheon.

The so-called social luncheon is actually a vanity fair.

All the big and small figures in the industry who were invited to attend the afternoon premiere will be present.

The luncheon scene, which was arranged as a pure Western-style buffet, was suitable for these people of all sizes to socialize with each other. I don’t know how many cooperations and how many messes were negotiated on such an occasion.

On this occasion, Wu Yuan, the director of "Pirates of the Caribbean", is naturally one of the central figures.

As soon as he arrived at the lunch banquet, a group of middle-aged men with blond hair and blue eyes surrounded Wu Yuan.

Wu Yuan knew one of them, Disney's Vice President Harvey Cotton.

As soon as Harvey Cotton saw Wu Yuan, he pulled him and introduced him to others: "This is Daniel Wu, the youngest best director in Berlin in history, and the most successful and best director under the age of 30!"

"What you guys may not know is that he has an independent film company. The "Hangover" that had a box office of over 200 million in North America in the past few months was produced by his company."

Of course, those who can get together with Harvey Cotton are not "low-end people" in the industry. At worst, they are gold medal producers, and several of them are the bosses of independent film companies.

Originally, they were not very interested in Wu Yuan, but when they heard that Light Times, which produced "The Hangover", was his company, their interest immediately increased.

"Hey, Daniel, why don't you hand over the distribution of "The Hangover" to us at Disney. You know, Disney's distribution is no worse than Fox." Harvey Cotton put a hand on Wu Yuan's shoulder, somewhat said complainingly.

I really can't accept this.

Among the six major Hollywood studios, Disney should be the film and television company with the fewest agents and distributors, because their main business is producing animated films and manufacturing peripheral products.

It is not a very reliable thing to find them as an agent to distribute live-action movies.

"Harvey, you know, I am not involved in the specific management of Light Times. John is mainly responsible for this aspect. He is the professional in the production and distribution. Even I have to listen to him."

Wu Yuan shrugged, picked up a glass of champagne from the waiter walking by, and touched it with Harvey.

"To be honest, we didn't know that the box office of "The Hangover" would be so high." Wu Yuan said with a smile, "It was also good luck."

Harvey Cotton nodded, then his eyes lit up, and he said with some expectation: "Daniel, you have a very good sense, and you can get a box office dark horse like "The Hangover"."

"Then you are so optimistic about our "Pirates of the Caribbean". It seems that this movie may really have a global box office of over 500 million US dollars!"

Wu Yuan's bold words at the press conference have long been known to these invited guests.

There are those who are disdainful, there are those who ridicule, there are those who are sarcastic, but there are indeed very few people who really believe what he said.

However, in the eyes of Harvey Cotton, who knew that Wu Yuan had his own film company and had produced the box office dark horse "The Hangover", Wu Yuan's prediction was not a big lie.

He really has a lot of skills, at least in terms of his vision for film selection, he is unique!

Thinking of this, Harvey Cotton's heart became hot.

However, before he could say a few more words to Wu Yuan, the CEO of New Line Cinema invited Wu Yuan away.

I don’t know why the CEO of New Line Cinema was invited to the premiere of “Pirates of the Caribbean”.

Or maybe he came just for Wu Yuan.

"Daniel, do you mind if I call you this?" Elad Fowler, who was nearly fifty years old, picked up a glass of champagne with Wu Yuan and asked in a very kind manner.

He stretched out his hand to avoid hitting the smiling man. Although he didn't know why the New Line CEO came to him, Wu Yuan still responded cheerfully: "Of course it's no problem."

"That's right." Elad muttered, and did not exchange greetings with Wu Yuan. Instead, he asked directly: "Daniel, are you interested in directing "Rush Hour 3"?"

"What?" Wu Yuan looked at Elad with a surprised face.

Has "Rush Hour 3" been developed so early?

Wasn't the filming of this movie delayed until 2006?

And even if this movie is going to be made, why do we need to change the director?

"Elard, didn't Brett do a great job? The first two films were very successful at the box office. Why did you change the director?" Wu Yuan asked doubtfully.

Elad's mouth curved downwards, and he said bitterly: "I don't want to either."

"To tell you the truth, Jackie and Chris had a falling out."

"In the next "Rush Hour," only one of them will stay, and that's Jackie."

"But Brett didn't accept this. He thought that if the actors were changed, the box office performance of the next "Rush Hour" would not be very good, so he said that if the actors were changed, he would not direct the next one."

"Jackie suggested that I find another director, and I think you might be a better partner with Jackie."

"After all, you are all from China, and you know Chinese action movies very well, don't you?"