Millennium director

The filming of "Love" went very smoothly.

In early August, Liu Yifei and Gong Li joined the team to film their scenes.

In less than five days, Liu Yifei finished filming

She didn't expect that filming the movie would be so easy.

She thought it would be very difficult to act in a literary film, after all, they were all award-winning films.

But I didn't expect that after joining the group, she just played the role of the little granddaughter. She filmed a few dialogue scenes with teacher Wu Yanshu, and had a few crying scenes next to her bed, and the filming was completed.

No way, she is really familiar with teacher Wu Yanshu. She originally played her grandmother in "Your Name". She didn't even need to develop a relationship, and she could just film it right away.

"Is it wrapped now?" Liu Yifei, who was lying on Wu Yanshu's bedside wiping away tears, was shocked when she heard Wu Yuan's voice "Congratulations on wrapping up" in her ears.

"Yes." Wu Yuan smiled very happily: "Qian Qian, you are already very comfortable playing the role of the granddaughter for Teacher Wu Yanshu."

Wu Yanshu, who was lying on the bed, straightened up and touched Liu Yifei's face lovingly: "You did a good job."

She likes the little girl Liu Yifei very much.

Simple, pure, dedicated and serious about her work, and sincere and kind to others, she is completely different from many long-established actresses in the industry.

As a relatively old-school performer, Teacher Wu Yanshu is very dissatisfied with some of the chaos in the industry and the conduct of some actors.

But she was very satisfied with Liu Yifei. This little girl was so lovable.

"Grandma, I'm leaving now, come on!" Liu Yifei shook her fist, cheered for Teacher Wu Yanshu, and followed Wu Yuan out of the set with her hands behind her back.

Her mother was waiting at the door of the room.

"Thank you for your hard work." Wu Yuan was polite again and prepared to watch the mother and daughter leave.

There has always been no formalism on his set. The actors only have to say congratulations and send a bouquet of flowers when they finish filming, and they have to continue filming other people's scenes.

Liu Yifei also knew this habit of his, but this time she did not leave directly, but stopped beside Wu Yuan.

"Brother." After hesitating, Liu Yifei lowered her head and said in a low voice: "Well, my birthday is coming soon."

"Brother, do you have time to come to my birthday party?"

Perhaps because she was afraid that Wu Yuan would misunderstand, she quickly explained: "I'm not just inviting you, but also many friends and classmates I met on the set."

Lowering his head and looking at Liu Yifei's side face which was still a little fat and pouty, Wu Yuan wanted to agree in his heart, but still refused:

"I won't go. Those of your friends and classmates won't get used to seeing me, so I won't disturb the situation for you."

For him, a great international director, to go to a gathering of new actors aged 18 or 19 was like putting a shark into a small pond, scaring the small fish and shrimps in the small pond to death.

Wu Yuan still has a clear understanding of his status, unlike Xiao Ma who thinks his family is an "ordinary family" even after becoming the richest man.

For him, staying away from Liu Yifei's circle of friends is a good thing, both for himself and for Liu Yifei's friends.

But this little girl Liu Yifei can think so much. She muttered in disappointment: "Brother will not disturb the situation."

At this time, it was Liu Xiaoli's turn to come to the rescue.

She patted her daughter on the shoulder and said, "Okay, Director Wu is still busy making a movie, so don't bother him anymore."

"Mom still has something to talk to Director Wu. You go outside and wait."

"What are you hiding from me?" Liu Yifei pouted and said dissatisfiedly.

However, under Liu Xiaoli's calm gaze, she quickly lost her battle and weakly dragged her feet out first.

After watching her daughter walk away, Liu Xiaoli withdrew her gaze and looked at Wu Yuan.

She indeed had something to discuss with Wu Yuan.

"Director Wu, there is something I want to ask you."

Liu Xiaoli's attitude was relatively low, "You are Sissi's noble person. Without you asking her to play "Your Name", Sissi would not be what she is now."

"So I want to hear your opinion on Sissi's choice of acting career."

"What's the matter?" Wu Yuan asked doubtfully. He didn't remember any major setbacks Liu Yifei encountered in her acting career?

The matter of being banned by Huayi will have to wait until "The King of Kung Fu", but it's hard to say whether there will be "The King of Kung Fu" in this life.

Anyway, Cheng Long probably doesn't have time to film "King of Kung Fu" anymore. He wants to make the "Kings Agent" series.

"That's right." Liu Xiaoli organized her words and said thoughtfully: "Sissi is now the second highest-grossing actress in the country. This is a good thing."

"But, as a new actress, she has reached such a high level all of a sudden, and she is a bit priceless."

"In terms of movies, there really are no suitable movie scripts. Big-budget movies by big directors can't be adapted, and small-budget movies are not worthy of Sissi's current net worth."

"So I discussed it with her godfather and wanted to enter the singer market after Sissi finished filming "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"."

"Sissi's godfather knows people from Sony Records. They want to sign Sissi to become a singer under Sony Records and simultaneously produce albums in China and Japan."

"I think Sissi is also very popular in Japan because of "Your Name". If no new movies are released in Japan for a long time, these fans will soon forget Sissi."

"Then why not make a record first and work as a singer in Japan."

"Director Wu, what do you think?"

Hey, Wu Yuan remembered that Liu Yifei actually went to sign with Sony as a singer for a while.

Liu Xiaoli is not to blame for this decision.

In the current mainland entertainment industry, film and television songs are not yet clearly differentiated, and there is no saying that singers are inferior to actors.

On the contrary, because singers' records sell well, they now make more money as singers than as actors.

Especially singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan can earn 9 figures a year. This figure is something that mainland actors can't even imagine.

Influenced by the entertainment circles of Hong Kong and Taiwan, domestic entertainment now also advocates stars from movies, TV shows, songs and music.

Therefore, mainland actors nowadays basically act and sing if they are good at it, which is completely the opposite of singing and acting when they are good at singing later.

Zhou Xun and Chen Kun have both released albums, and Wang Jingwen has also tried to act in movies. She was included in Sunglasses King's "2046".

Judging from the current era, it is not wrong for Liu Xiaoli to want Liu Yifei to take the route of film, television, singing and singing.

And later on, her album did very well. The Chinese version sold hundreds of thousands of copies, and the Japanese album also sold hundreds of thousands of copies.

You know, she was originally not well-known in Japan. She debuted as a pure new singer and was able to sell hundreds of thousands of records. This shows that she is indeed very suitable for the Japanese entertainment market!

From the perspective of later generations, of course Liu Yifei's behavior is considered meaningless and a wrong move.

However, specific matters should be viewed in light of the specific circumstances.

The current Liu Yifei is no longer the same as before.

She is in Japan now. Not to mention she is the national goddess, but she cannot escape the title of "the nation's first love".

This is not Wu Yuan's nonsense, it was the media in Japan that blocked her.

The character "Luo Sanye" is really so popular. With the box office of "Your Name" exceeding 15 billion yen in Japan, she has become the most perfect "first love" in the eyes of young Japanese men!

At this time, without receiving a good movie script, it was indeed a good decision to let Liu Yifei release a Japanese album.

Not only can it consolidate her Japanese fan base, but it may also reach a new high!

"Qianxi will graduate next year, right?" Wu Yuan touched his chin and thought: "She will have more time after graduation. She can also release a few albums across borders."

"Anyway, there really aren't any movies suitable for her now. She's still too young."

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"After graduation next year, Sissi will only be 18 years old, right?"

When mentioning age, Wu Yuan suddenly felt a little confused.

In the blink of an eye, Liu Yifei is about to become an adult.

When she was 14 and a half years old, she met on the set of "The Golden Family". In Wu Yuan's mind, it seemed like it happened yesterday.

"Time flies so fast." Wu Yuan sighed.

Liu Xiaoli also had the same feeling, "Yes, Sissi has grown up in the blink of an eye."

After saying that, she suddenly glanced at Wu Yuan warily, then quickly withdrew her gaze, changing the topic and said: "Well, Director Wu, what do you mean, you can give it a try, right?"

"Okay." Wu Yuan had no objection.

Anyway, it seems that he will not be able to use Liu Yifei, the first-generation Yuan girl, in the next one or two years. No matter whether it is "Painted Skin" or "Pirates of the Caribbean" or the follow-up "Rush Hour 3", there is no suitable role for her.

So instead of letting Liu Yifei take on some bad movies, it would be better to go to the music world and have some fun.

To put it bluntly, even if the album she releases does not perform well and makes no splash, it will not affect her fame.

After all, she has a lot of inventory. One "Sword" will be released at the end of the year, followed by another "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

The dividends from these two TV series alone are enough to maintain her popularity for ten years.

It's not a good thing to have a few bad movies that have eroded your reputation.

What?

Why do you think Wu Yuan was so sure that Liu Yifei would only get bad movies even if she took on roles?

From 2004 to 2006, were there any movies with female protagonists that had good reputations and box office success?

Let alone movies with big female protagonists, there are not even movies with female protagonists!

Is it possible to squeeze big breasts to act in "The Golden Armor"?

She doesn’t have the physical condition either!

It's better to go to the Japanese music scene and attract a wave of otaku fans.

I remember that Liu Yifei at that time was really good-looking, could dance and sing, and was cuter than many Korean actresses. She attracted a wave of Japanese fans and even had a Japanese fan support club.

After this, Wu Yuan can also use Liu Yifei to go to the Japanese market to earn box office.

In this way, Liu Yifei's development plan for the next two years was decided by Wu Yuan and Liu Xiaoli.

Liu Xiaoli, who received recognition from Wu Yuan, immediately confidently began planning Liu Yifei's career as a singer.

Wu Yuan also returned to the filming work of the crew.

August 22nd, Chinese Valentine’s Day.

Wu Yuan took half a day to attend the premiere of "If Love" in Beijing, which was considered as fulfilling his promise to Zhang Guorong.

However, Wu Yuan does not have high expectations for this movie at the box office, as long as it does not lose money.

What he wants is the Academy Award!

But "If Love" gave him a surprise.

Thanks to Zhou Xun and Chen Kun, the most famous movie duo in the Mainland, they earned 14 million at the box office in three days and exceeded 30 million in one week!

Coupled with the Hong Kong box office of 8 million Hong Kong dollars, this movie will not only recoup its costs, but also probably make a small profit and break into the top ten of the mainland box office list this year!

It can only be said that Zhang Guorong's reputation is indeed greater than that of Chen Kexin, and it is easier to sell tickets.

On August 26, after 50 days of filming, "Love" was successfully completed in Beijing.

From beginning to end, this movie was shot only in a dormitory of a staff building and around the community. It was the most relaxing movie ever shot by Wu Yuan, second only to "The Night the Comet Came".

It is also very economical. Except for Gong Li who received 500,000 yuan for the whole movie, the total salary of all the remaining actors, including the extras, was only 500,000 yuan.

Coupled with the crew's daily expenses, wages, rented venues, film, etc., the entire movie was shot for less than 8 million.

This is because prices in Beijing have risen rapidly in the past few years, otherwise it would not be possible to spend so much money.

In the current general environment, the funding for the production of literary and artistic films is decreasing. Capital is more willing to invest money in commercial films and is less willing to spend money on directors of literary and artistic films.

There's no way around it. It's getting harder and harder to make money from artistic films now. The prices offered by European film producers are still the same, but domestic prices and market prices for actors are rising again and again.

Making art films is no longer a matter of making a lot of money by winning awards.

Even Wu Yuan, who invested money for himself, saved as much as he could when filming "Love".

Even if he had confidence in the film and thought it would win an award in Cannes, he wouldn't dare to spend it lavishly.

On the night of August 26, after the entire crew happily had a finals banquet, the crew of "Love" was disbanded on the spot.

Wu Yuan was working on the post-editing work of "Love" between home and work.

The release results of "If Love" are still gratifying, with a cumulative box office of 42 million yuan, and the final box office is likely to reach around 50 million yuan.

However, no one is

I am concerned about the movie "If Love".

All Chinese people are paying attention to one thing now.

Closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics.

At the closing ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympics, there will be "Eight Minutes in Beijing" created by director Zhang Yimou.

This is a reserved program of the Olympic Games.

There is a tradition at the closing ceremony of every year that 8 minutes will be left for the city that will host the next Olympic Games to showcase the city's culture and the country's understanding of the Olympics.

Since China's successful bid to host the Olympic Games in 2001, the Olympic Games has become a national event that has attracted national attention!

The capital has also been preparing to host the Olympic Games. The entire capital has become a large construction site, with various sports halls, Olympic villages, and supporting facilities under construction.

It can be said that everyone regards the Olympic Games as the most important thing.

But, sometimes the higher the expectations, the greater the backlash after disappointment.

At two o'clock in the morning on August 30, 2004, Wu Yuan also stayed up late and turned on the TV to watch the live broadcast of the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics.

Finally, with much anticipation, the Eight Minutes in Beijing began.

Short skirt cheongsam, erhu, pipa, Tai Chi, Peking opera performance, red lanterns, these are the eight minutes of Beijing presented by director Zhang Yimou to the global audience.

After watching the eight-minute performance, Wu Yuan mourned in his heart for director Zhang Yimou.

It was really difficult for him.

It is really not easy to put on such a performance when Athens refuses to cooperate, disagrees with this plan, and cannot implement that plan.

However, the domestic audience gathered in front of the TV to watch the closing ceremony did not know the inside story.

"Too vulgar!"

"The format is old-fashioned!"

"nondescript!"

"It's so ugly!"

"The content of the performance is old-fashioned, the form of the performance is old-fashioned, mechanical, a hodgepodge, and it does not show Chinese culture..."

Countless negative comments immediately appeared on the Internet, scolding Director Zhang Yimou for embarrassing China in front of the world's audience, scolding him for failing to live up to the expectations of 1.2 billion Chinese people, and for being a sinner of the nation and country!

The widely circulated news that Zhang Yimou would take over as the chief director of the Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony was also strongly resisted by the general public.

Originally, Wu Yuan thought that all this had nothing to do with him. He was just a fun-loving person watching the excitement on the shore.

Unexpectedly, on the third day after the closing of the Athens Olympics, Wu Yuan received a call from Director Han.

"Director Wu, come to China Film Headquarters."

"There is a leader from the Ministry of Culture who wants to see you."

Guess what the Olympics has to do with Wu Yuan.

It is definitely not to replace Zhang Yimou. As for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, no one can replace Zhang Yimou, not even the reborn.