Millennium director

Magic City.

Outside Xuhui Xinyinglian Cinema, a large group of viewers gathered to watch the movie.

Most of them are young people. At first glance, there are few over 30 years old, and most of their faces reveal a bit of childishness.

"I heard that Director Wu will bring Hu Ge and the others to the theater for a meeting today?"

"Yes, that's why I bought today's movie ticket. I bought it from someone else. It's 100 yuan a piece!"

"I watched it on the day of the premiere, and I watched it again today just to see them!"

"Will Liu Yifei come? She is so beautiful. I like her very much!"

"Hu Ge is more handsome. I have never heard of such an actor before. He is so handsome!"

"Don't you think Director Wu is more handsome? Although he is not an actor, he is more handsome than the male actors in the movie!"

As for young people, the topics they gather to discuss are definitely relatively relaxed.

While chatting, they checked in one after another with movie tickets and prepared to watch the movie.

After three days of release, there have been many spoilers on the Internet who couldn't help but share the story after watching the movie.

Many movie fans already knew the general plot of the movie before coming.

But when they actually sat in the cinema and watched the more than 100 minutes of the movie, they were still moved to tears by the beautiful and romantic story of the movie.

In 2004, movies like "Your Name" were really destructive.

It needs special effects, a story, a novel editing technique, a picture full of beauty, and the leading actors are all very good-looking.

It's really hard to find faults.

Most of the girls watching the movie burst into tears while singing "Want to See You".

The male companion who came with them graciously gave them tissues that they had prepared in advance.

Of course, there are also some boys who cry so much that the girls comfort them and hand them tissues.

Yuan Duo, 21 years old, burst into tears after watching the movie.

Although he is a boy, he is naturally more emotional. He usually sheds tears when reading some sad literary works, let alone watching tear-jerking movies like "Your Name".

The girlfriend sitting next to him was in a very stable mood. Although her eyes were a little red, she did not shed tears.

Not surprised, she took out a pack of tissues from her pocket, took one out and handed it to Yuan Duo, "Look, I told you to bring tissues."

While sobbing, Yuan Duo nodded and took the tissue to wipe his tears, "It's really touching. The love between Lin Wenjie and Sanye is very pure, and this rescue that spans time and space is also very touching."

"Fortunately, they met again in the end, and it was a happy ending."

Her girlfriend also nodded happily. Just as she was about to chime in, the door to the screening room suddenly opened and the lights came on.

Wu Yuan filed in from the door with Hu Ge, Liu Yifei and other leading actors.

Wow————

The audience sitting in the screening hall immediately stood up from their chairs and looked at Wu Yuan and his group excitedly.

"Hello everyone!"

"I am Wu Yuan, the director of "Your Name."

Holding the microphone, Wu Yuan smiled and asked the audience: "Do you like this movie?"

Without any hesitation, a chorus of responses rang out in the small screening room: "I like it!"

Yuan Duo yelled the loudest, even shouting loudly.

"As long as you like it." Wu Yuan nodded with a smile and handed the microphone to Hu Ge and others.

They introduced themselves to the audience one by one, and each received warm cheers and applause.

After the main creators took turns to introduce themselves, the microphone returned to Wu Yuan's hand.

"Thank you very much for coming to support our film."

"Then let's talk about this movie."

"After reading it, are you dissatisfied with anything?"

Most of the audience shook their heads, but some looked hesitant.

Wu Yuan immediately motioned to the staff to hand over the microphone to the hesitant audience.

"Well, Director Wu, why did Sanye and Lin Wenjie forget each other?" A girl who looked weak and wore glasses asked: "If they hadn't forgotten each other, they wouldn't have to wait until eight years later to see each other again." Reunion."

"Because for Sanye and Lin Wenjie, their experience of exchanging bodies was just a dream." Wu Yuan took over the conversation and replied seriously:

"Dreams are always forgotten after you wake up."

"Actually, at the beginning, I envisioned the ending for both of them to return to a peaceful life. Sanye finally realized his dream and came to work and live in the capital, and Lin Wenjie also started a new relationship."

"The two of them missed it after all."

"But I rejected this ending in the end, because after thinking about it carefully, the audience may prefer to see a happy ending, although missing out and regretting may be more beautiful."

Many voices of relief came from the audience.

If Wu Yuan really shoots like this, they will definitely be dissatisfied!

"Director Wu, so this is a sister-sister relationship, right? Sanye entered high school three years ago. She is three years older than Lin Wenjie, right?" Another girl stood up and asked again with a smile.

Wu Yuan was also happy: "Yes, it is indeed a sister-brother relationship."

He blinked: "But in reality, Liu Yifei is younger than Hu Ge."

Liu Yifei covered her mouth and chuckled, her eyes narrowed as she smiled, making all the male compatriots in the audience elated.

A boy who was watching the movie alone stood up and asked: "Liu Yifei, I am your fan!"

"I would like to ask, was the scene in the movie where you stepped on the wine song real? Was it really you who stepped on it?"

Unexpectedly, someone would ask this question, so Liu Yifei replied with some embarrassment: "It was a real shot."

"Did you really make the wine after stamping it?" The boy's eyes lit up: "Did you really make the wine that Lin Wenjie drank later?"

Liu Yifei was stunned. What's the problem?

Wu Yuan answered for her with some humor: "Of course not, the wine we drank later was prepared by the props team and bought from the local specialty wine.

"It tasted so good that we drank it all the same night after filming."

"Uu~~~" A disappointed voice came from the mouths of many male compatriots. They also wanted to ask Hu Ge how the wine Liu Yifei tasted.

Wu Yuan shook his head and laughed.

Sure enough, no matter what age, men are like this.

After joking around for a while, the main creators answered a few questions one after another.

It was the first time to interact with fans at close range. The excitement on each actor's face was no less than that of the audience. No matter how strange the questions they were asked, they all tried their best to respond.

This year's road shows are like this. There are no games, selfies, or gifts. It's just a 10 to 20-minute Q\u0026A session between the creators and the audience.

But both the leading actors and the audience are very satisfied with this.

Nowadays, it is really difficult to meet a celebrity once.

There is no social software like Weibo that can shorten the distance between celebrities and their fans.

In the eyes of most ordinary people, celebrities are people who are aloof and far away from the general public. It is satisfying enough to be able to chat with such people face to face.

At the end of the roadshow meeting, Wu Yuan took the microphone and said to the audience: "Thank you again for your support."

"After the movie was released, I actually received a lot of criticism."

"There are some professors, experts, and so-called seniors in the film industry who say that the values ​​of our film are incorrect, that it encourages premature love, and that it is a bad work."

"They said that this movie has no cinematic art at all. It is a movie that promotes petty bourgeoisie and has extremely unhealthy views."

"They said that movies like "Your Name" should be banned immediately. It is a movie that will teach bad young people and destroy the next generation of China."

"There are many more ugly and naked words, but I won't say them here."

"What I want to say is that they cannot represent young people and they cannot represent the audience and movie fans."

"Now that you've seen this movie, can you tell me, just one movie, can it really teach you bad things?"

The movie fans sitting in the auditorium looked at each other with confused expressions.

Young people are all rebellious and disobedient.

They don’t agree with the opinions of those so-called seniors and professors.

Those old-fashioned concepts have long been outdated!

"Won't!"

"This is a good movie!"

"I like!"

"Good shot!"

Various voices of support rang out from the audience.

There were more and more echoing voices, and the mixed voices of support gradually merged into the same sentence.

“We love watching!”

Wu Yuan showed a happy smile on his face, and several leading actors also had red eyes.

"As long as you like to watch it, that's enough."

Wu Yuan and all the main creators solemnly bowed to the audience.

"thank you all!"

Sitting on the bus to Suzhou, Wu Yuan looked absently at the passing scenery outside the window.

"Your Name" performed very well at the box office after its release.

12 million on the first day, 32 million in the three days of release, and 45 million in the first week. It is no longer a problem that the final box office will exceed 100 million, and it is even possible to expect a box office of 200 million.

But as the box office continues to rise, "Your Name" has also fallen into the center of public opinion.

After all, this movie is a "love" story about two 17-year-old boys.

Even though Wu Yuan did not expose this incident from beginning to end, anyone who has watched the movie will treat it as a romance movie.

Now in 2004, "puppy love" is definitely as scary as a tiger in the eyes of older people.

This era is a good era for mainland movies.

The current standards of film review by the General Administration are much wider than those of later generations. Many films that would have been impossible to be released in 10 years can now pass the review.

But just because it can pass the review does not mean that the group of old scholars and so-called seniors in the film industry will approve it.

Coming from the 1960s and 1970s, they absolutely sneered at teen love movies like "Your Name" and even regarded them as snake bites.

Many old professors in universities and some old directors have publicly called in newspapers to stop the screening of "Your Name" and ban the film.

They believe that the value orientation of this film is too incorrect, affects the physical and mental health of minors, gives wrong guidance, and instigates premature love.

And the momentum of this public opinion is not small.

Before the release of "Your Name", the print media published all the praises of the film from various guests who attended the premiere. The reviews were very good, and they wanted to praise the film to the sky.

However, after the movie was officially released, the group of old professors and experts who had been in charge of newspaper "editorial reviews" for many years immediately took back the right to speak and criticized "Your Name"!

I wish this movie would be a hit immediately!

The speed at which the trend of print media is changing is so fast.

Maybe this is public opinion. Just like the weather in June, it can change at any time.

Miraculously, despite the condemnation in the newspapers, the box office of "Your Name" is rising steadily and getting better and better.

Young people who have experienced the changes of the new century and are in line with international standards do not care at all what these old academics think.

Even the more they criticize and criticize "Your Name", the more young people want to see what this movie is about.

All the rebellious psychology was aroused.

After watching it, young people could not support Wu Yuan in newspapers, but they supported and praised "Your Name" vigorously on the Internet, and called on more people to go to the cinema to watch it.

So, in the early spring of 2004, a very strange phenomenon appeared in mainland China.

Major newspapers and media in the mainland have published criticisms of "Your Name" from various scholars, professors, and directors, as if this movie is some kind of scourge that will destroy Chinese youth.

But on the Internet, there are all reviews that praise and praise "Your Name". It seems that this movie is the pinnacle of Chinese love movies, comparable to "Titanic". If you have not seen this movie , then you are not worthy of saying that you are Chinese.

It's just magical.

It also made Wu Yuan quite worried. He was really afraid that the Ministry of Culture would actually stop the screening of "Your Name" under pressure.

Fortunately, Director Han soon gave him a reassurance.

"Don't be afraid. The higher-ups have no objections to your movie. It was very well done."

"The hero and heroine are not really in love, and they don't even confess their love. This is not a problem."

"The Ministry of Culture only hopes that this movie will sell better at the box office and expand the mainland's movie market!"

"Director Wu, just don't worry about the road show."

After receiving clear support, Wu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that the top management is really focusing on developing and expanding the Chinese film industry!

He confidently led the leading actors to visit nine major cities in China within half a month and held 1-3 roadshow meetings in each city.

Stimulated by his active road show, the subsequent box office growth of "Your Name" has also remained very stable, with a box office of about 10 million every day, even better than when it first started showing!

Until the end of the national road show of "Your Name" on March 16, the cumulative box office of this movie has reached 146 million!

This result not only made it the highest-grossing movie this year, but also successfully became the third movie in mainland China to have a box office of over 100 million!

Wu Yuan, a Chinese director who has set many box-office records in Hollywood, has finally become a dominant force in the field of Chinese-language films, proving his appeal among Chinese-language film fans!

Although the results in Hong Kong Island, which was released simultaneously, were not as impressive, Wu Yuan relied on his reputation as a "Hollywood director". "Your Name" was released in Hong Kong Island for half a month and also received a box office of 8 million Hong Kong dollars.

Before "House of Flying Daggers" is released, "Your Name" is destined to become the most dazzling and popular mainland movie in the first half of the year!

And Wu Yuan, who had achieved such good results, was not complacent.

The box office of 150 million is just barely enough to get back the money!

The journey of "Your Name" has just begun!

On March 21, while the mainland audience was still immersed in the tearful love story of "Your Name", Wu Yuan had already taken Hu Ge and Liu Yifei on a flight to Tokyo.

Shameless director Wu took "Your Name" from export to domestic sales and counterattacked the Japanese film market!

"Kung Fu", released in December of the same year, has grown rapidly with a box office of 15 million per day. I really didn't write the 10 million randomly, I wrote it conservatively.

The General Administration is strict about youth love movies mainly after "To Youth". During that time, many romance movies were approved. As long as they involve high school, the General Administration requires that the male and female protagonists cannot have a happy ending, but must break up, miss something, etc. The ending is that they are afraid of causing teenagers to have problems with premature love.

This has really been mentioned online by Shangzhang.