Millennium director

Night, the dormitory building of the "Your Name" crew.

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

The environment is indeed a bit tougher and cannot be compared with a hotel, but it has its advantages.

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

So these days when you stay in a hotel, you don’t want to cook by yourself. If you want to cook by yourself, you can only borrow the hotel’s 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 finishing work, she sat down to 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 argument for a 16-year-old girl to diet and lose weight in order to maintain a good figure, this is the time when she needs nutrition.

But just the two of them, mother and daughter, would definitely be unable to finish this table of food.

"Sissi, go ask Yawen and Yangyang to come down for dinner." Liu Xiaoli urged while holding the rice bowl.

Liu Yifei, who had long been salivating over the delicious food on the table, quickly ran upstairs.

"Tap tap tap"

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

After a burst of footsteps upstairs, Zhu Yawen and Zhou Yang walked downstairs together.

"Thank you for your hard work, auntie."

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

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

Liu Xiaoli's cooking is really delicious. Ever since they came to Yunnan Province to film, they have often enjoyed Liu Xiaoli's cooking.

"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 invited everyone to sit down.

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

However, when sitting down, 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 of getting close to Liu Yifei.

"Eat, eat."

Everyone picked up their chopsticks and rushed to use them.

They were all young people, and each had a better appetite than the other. The whole table of dishes was eaten in no time. Neither Zhu Yawen nor Zhou Yang had any intention of controlling their appetite, and they ate to their fullest.

It can only be said that there is still a long way to go before they are 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 and showed an intriguing smile: "Xiao Zhu, what you have in mind is quite beautiful."

"Except for Sissi, even my future son-in-law will not be able to eat food cooked by me every day."

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

"After you starred in Director Wu's movie, didn't any agency want to 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."

"An agent from Huayi contacted me and wanted to sign me to Huayi."

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

In 2003, mainland artist management companies were not yet very mature.

At the beginning of the millennium, brokerage companies were extremely small. Many of them consisted of the boss working with two or three employees in a narrow office space of more than ten square meters.

In the eyes of the crew, the agent is "a money-hungry guy" and 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 agents started late, but at the time of the great development of the mainland film and television industry, several senior agents also have good backgrounds.

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

However, this model of agents leading artists to work as a single agent is about to be replaced by emerging formal brokerage companies.

Wang Jinhua brought her artists to join forces with Huayi and established Huayi's agency department.

Li Xiaowan cooperated with the famous film director Li Shaohong to establish Rong Xinda.

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

When Zhu Yawen, a young man who was still in college, first entered the acting profession, he happened to encounter a period of great changes in the mainland's agent industry. He was indeed a little confused and didn't know how to sign a suitable agent.

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

Liu Xiaoli glanced at Zhu Yawen in a funny way. This kid really has a beautiful idea. He is very lucky to be able to act in Wu Yuan's movie. He also wants to hug Wu Yuan's lap. That is really whimsical. .

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

"Agents can help you contact drama appointments, help you accept plays, commercial performances, and TV shows. It can be said that whether an actor develops well or not depends partly on his own efforts and partly on the ability of his agent."

"You have taken a very good first step 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 movies in the future."

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

"Yes." Zhu Yawen nodded solemnly, but looking at his expression, you could tell that he didn't quite 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?"

"I made my first movie in 2000, and it's only been three years since I made it, and I've already become a major international director."

"I read the news and found that "Pirates of the Caribbean" he filmed in Hollywood has grossed more than 400 million US dollars at the global box office, setting a new box office record for himself."

"Look at him, his grades are so great. There have never been any scandals about him. He is still very serious about filming on the set. All his thoughts are focused on work every day."

"You should learn more from Director Wu and stop focusing on meaningless things."

Listening to Liu Xiaoli's words and seeing Liu Yifei's eyes shining and the smile on her lips when her mother praised 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 next few days of filming, Wu Yuan was pleasantly surprised to find that Zhu Yawen's performance was so 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 doubting him. Could this kid have been reborn?

20 years later, Zhu Yawen, who starred in "The Ming Dynasty", woke up and found that he was back to his youthful age of 19, and started his own path to become an actor in a parallel world?

Fortunately, this is just Wu Yuan's divergent thinking.

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

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

With this dedicated behavior of walking through the scene more than a dozen times before each filming, is it possible that the performance will not be good after 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 led to 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 28, the crew of "Your Name" successfully wrapped filming in Yunnan Province.

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

"Those in the middle of the first row squat down!"

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

"Three, two, one!"

"eggplant!"

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

In the photo, Liu Yifei is holding flowers, tilting her head and holding scissor hands, smiling brightly.

And standing to the side of her head was Wu Yuan, who was looking at the camera with the same smile on his face.

"Happy filming!"

At this point, the filming of "Your Name" has been completely completed and has entered a long post-production process.

On the night of filming, 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, and everyone went back to their homes to find their own mothers.

But Wu Yuan's busy work is not over.

The post-production of "Your Name" this time was more complicated than the previous movies he made.

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 "Pirates of the Caribbean" where he was the boss, this time he had to personally oversee the film's post-production special effects synthesis.

After staying in the United States for another month, inspecting the finished special effects lenses that Industrial Light and Magic had rendered in advance, and communicating with them about the specific special effects synthesis details, Wu Yuan could safely hand over the remaining special effects post-production work. I gave it to Industrial Light and Magic and hurriedly flew back to China.

It’s impossible not to come back!

He still has a lot of things to deal with at home.

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

“We must not be so busy next year!”

To stop being so busy, Wu Yuan first needs to find a professional manager who will be responsible for the daily work of Light and Shadow Era.

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

Wu Yuan already had an idea of ​​this person!

After sleeping on the plane and landing at Beijing International Airport after flying for more than ten hours, Wu Yuan didn't even return home. He took a taxi and went straight to a film and television studio in Beijing called [523studio]!

The director he is looking for is here!

I don't feel well today, I feel dizzy all the time, and I feel like vomiting. I really can't write, so I just wrote 7,000 words. I'll continue to write 10,000 words tomorrow.