Millennium director

Chapter 165 Wu Baige’s hostility, “Pirates of the Caribbean 2” is finished!

After another ten hours of night flight, on May 23, North American time, Wu Yuan, Liu Yifei, mother and daughter arrived at Los Angeles International Airport.

"Aunt Liu, Sissi, I will transfer to the Dominican Republic first. The crew is still waiting for me there."

After getting off the plane, Wu Yuan spoke politely to Liu Yifei, mother and daughter.

Wu Yuan didn't expect that they really came to visit his aunt.

Since returning to China, mother and daughter have basically insisted on returning to Los Angeles to visit relatives once every one to two years.

The Spring Festival was supposed to come this year, but Liu Yifei was still filming "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" during the Spring Festival, so it was delayed until now.

"Director Wu, there's no need to trouble you. I'll just take Sissi to find her aunt." Liu Xiaoli said politely.

Wu Yuan nodded and was about to go to the transfer area to wait for the next flight. Suddenly he remembered something and asked again: "Aunt Liu, has Sissi's nationality been settled?"

I will be an adult in August this year, and it is not easy to withdraw my citizenship after I become an adult.

In the 1980s and 1990s, many petty bourgeoisie who yearned for the lighthouse of Mingzhu and sold their courtyard houses in Beijing and came to the United States now want their sons and daughters to change their nationality, but there is no way to do so.

Liu Yifei is only a minor and her father is Chinese, so she can take a roundabout route.

Upon hearing Wu Yuan talk about this matter again, Liu Xiaoli quickly said: "The procedures for denaturalization and re-naturalization have been completed."

"Sissi hasn't made much money in the entertainment industry in the past two years. The tax aspect is easy to deal with. She will definitely be able to register before August."

Compared with those celebrities who frequently make tens of millions or hundreds of millions of yuan in annual income by deregistering and changing their nationality, Liu Yifei does not need to worry too much about tax losses.

She filmed four TV series and one movie in China, but she didn't earn two million in total. Although she had some endorsements, she only earned four to five million in total.

"Well, the tax aspect must be dealt with thoroughly." Wu Yuan said with relief.

Finally bidding farewell to the two of them, Wu Yuan and his assistant Xiao Zhang picked up their luggage and merged into the crowd of rushing passengers.

Watching his retreating back, Liu Yifei pouted and felt unhappy.

"Stop looking, there's no one in sight." Liu Xiaoli reached out and flicked Liu Yifei's forehead angrily, "Sissi, women should be reserved in love."

"Even if you like him no matter how much you like him, you can't show too much enthusiasm. Men won't know how to cherish things that are easy to get."

"Love does not mean that the more you invest, the more you will gain."

"You have to learn to be reserved!"

Liu Yifei was not happy anymore, she muttered, "Mom, if you keep saying this, you still haven't settled on your love."

"Senior brother is not the kind of person who doesn't know how to cherish.

"I finally figured it out. Senior brother is the kind of person who is relatively passive emotionally and doesn't know how to actively pursue girls. That's why he has been single for so many years."

"Think about it, since senior brother entered Nortel, everything has gone smoothly. No matter what he does, he succeeds easily. In the eyes of outsiders, it seems extremely difficult to obtain, and he can't catch up with the honors and awards that he pursues hard. , but they are all within easy reach for him.”

"Perhaps in Senior Brother's eyes, there is nothing in this world that requires him to pursue hard to obtain, let alone pursue anything on his own initiative."

"It's probably the same emotionally."

"He will just stand there stupidly waiting for love to come to him."

"If I don't take the initiative, one day if a bold and fiery actress appears, takes the initiative and entangles the senior brother passionately, she might be the first to take down the senior brother!"

"They say that good girls are afraid of stalking men. I think good men are also afraid of stalking girls!"

Not to mention, how else would Liu Xiaoli praise Liu Yifei in front of reporters for being independent and mature since she was a child? This truth is indeed one after another.

Liu Xiaoli was stunned, and she really felt a sense of urgency from the bottom of her heart.

After Liu Yifei talked about Wu Yuan in front of her every day for the past two or three years, Liu Xiaoli began to feel more and more that the two were indeed a good match.

The son-in-law who is chasing me can't fly!

"That won't work!" Liu Xiaoli said subconsciously.

Liu Yifei hugged her mother's arm with a smile on her face: "So I have to take the initiative, and I don't have to worry about being reserved!"

"Little slippery boy!" Liu Xiaoli shook her head and laughed, "You almost got me in."

"Okay, now that you are more capable, your analysis seems to be quite similar. I was almost convinced by you."

The mother and daughter walked out of the airport chatting and laughing, and the topic gradually turned away from Wu Yuan.

On the other hand, Wu Yuan, who was transferring to the Dominican Republic, was warmly welcomed by the crew as soon as he got off the plane.

Although he failed to win the Palme d'Or, the 23-year-old won the Jury Prize. This is an unprecedented honor that will be rare in the future.

"Daniel, congratulations, you are the youngest winner of the Cannes Grand Jury Prize in history!"

"Daniel, you set a new record!"

"Will "Love" be released in North America? We will definitely go to the cinema to support it then!"

Flowers, applause, and the indispensable champagne and party constitute Wu Yuan’s first night back in the Dominican Republic.

Rather than celebrating Wu Yuan, it is better to say that the crew was exhausted in the Dominican Republic and needed a party to relax and unwind.

After all, even if the crew stops production, except for a few big-name actors who can fly back to the United States to enjoy the colorful world, the other crew members have to wait in the Dominican Republic for Wu Yuan to come back.

What fun place can there be in such a semi-primitive country? It's boring to watch crocodiles baring their teeth or watch chameleons fighting tree snakes.

Finally there is a reasonable reason and opportunity to have a party, which is really happy for the old Americans who simply can't live without parties.

But while he was having fun, while the crew was having fun, Jerry, who was more mature and steady and had passed the fun-loving stage, found Wu Yuan, who was also not very adaptable to this party culture.

The two of them stayed away from the large group and walked under the shade of a tree, chatting under the dim moonlight.

"Daniel, do you have any conflict with John?" As soon as Jerry came up, he asked a question that made Wu Yuan confused.

"John? I had a great time cooperating with him?" Wu Yuan was very surprised. Could it be that Jerry wanted to switch jobs to the Light Times and took a fancy to John's position?

It shouldn’t be!

Sure enough, Jerry was stunned for a moment, and quickly explained with a smile: "No, no, it's not John from your company, it's John Wu, the director from Hong Kong Island in your country."

"The one who filmed "Windtalker" and lost Skyrim."

Damn it, Wu Baige!

But Wu Yuan was still confused, "I don't have any conflicts with him, right? I haven't had any interactions with him."

"The first time we met was at the Cannes Film Festival a few days ago. He was one of the jury members."

"What's wrong?"

Wu Yuan felt something was wrong.

"Daniel, I think you should pay attention." Jerry frowned, hesitated, and said, "You know, Hollywood is actually a very realistic vanity fair."

"People here are brought together because of their interests and fame."

"Sometimes you may not have any interaction with a person, but because you block his way, you will be resented by him."

"Jerry, did you hear something?" Wu Yuan frowned and said dissatisfied: "If you want to remind me of something, it's best to be direct."

"I don't like this vague hint, which will create some unnecessary suspicion."

"Okay." Jerry spread his hands: "I just thought you Orientals like such implicit expressions."

"Well, the Cannes Film Festival is over, and some things about the jury are no longer secrets."

"You know, I have a pretty good network."

"I learned the news that when the Cannes jury was judging the award, they had a huge quarrel about your jury award."

"John Wu is very reluctant to award this award to you, and strongly requests that this award be given to Jarmusch's "Broken Flower"."

“He convinced Benoit Jacques and Salma Hayek and Faith Akin to support him.”

"He's just one vote away from knocking you off this award."

"Fortunately, in the end, it was the chairman of the jury, Emil, who personally made the decision to give you the grand jury award, and only gave Jarmusch the jury award to console him."

"It is said that after the quarrel that day, John Wu left the scene angrily, causing an embarrassment."

As Jerry spoke, Wu Yuan's face became increasingly ugly.

Damn it, I can only say that Wu Baige is worthy of being given to Japan and South Korea rather than the mainland. Wu Baige is worthy of being on the same level as Cixi Lafayette.

In an occasion like Cannes, he actually turned his elbows outward and refused to vote for Wu Yuan, who was also born in China. He also instigated other judges to oppose it.

This is really something only Wu Baige can do!

After thinking about it, Wu Yuan understood why Wu Baige did this.

He's blocking someone's way.

Before Wu Yuan made his fortune in Hollywood, among Chinese filmmakers, only Wu Baige was able to make it in Hollywood.

When Wu Yuan was still filming "The Night the Comet Came", Wu Baige's "Mission: Impossible 2" had a global box office of US$546 million, establishing his reputation as a top-tier commercial film director in Hollywood.

As a result, less than two years have passed and Wu Yuan has made a name for himself in North America with "Juno", but he has starred in two Hollywood movies, "Windtalkers" and "Memory Crack".

Hollywood capital's love for him transferred very quickly, and it immediately transferred to Wu Yuan.

The "Pirates of the Caribbean" series single-handedly pushed Wu Yuan to the status of a top Hollywood director, completely replacing Wu Baige.

He could only return to China in despair and seek cooperation with China Film Group on a film project, hoping to avenge his shame and return to Hollywood.

It is impossible for Wu Baige, who has gone through all this, not to hold a grudge against Wu Yuan in his heart.

Of course Wu Yuan himself knows that whether he has made his mark in Hollywood or not, it is an established fact that Wu Baige was abandoned by Hollywood.

But Wu Baige doesn’t think so!

In his opinion, it was the emergence of Wu Yuan that interrupted his upward path and made Hollywood Capital lose patience with him.

Without Wu Yuan, even if he failed once or twice in Hollywood, he would not have been abandoned so quickly.

So at the Cannes Film Festival, I learned that Wu Yuan's new film will also compete for the main competition awards. If Wu Baige doesn't do something about public revenge, then he is not Wu Baige!

Wu Baige was causing trouble in the jury, which made Wu Yuan feel that yes, this was the Wu Baige in his impression.

"I understand." Wu Yuan thanked Jerry calmly: "Thank you for telling me the news."

"I'll pay attention."

Even if he is disgusted with Wu Baige and wants to fight back, Wu Yuan's first goal now is to complete the follow-up filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" first.

However, Wu Yuan, who didn't like Wu Baige very much, had already labeled Wu Baige with a reprieve in his heart.

Wu Yuan, who was originally not interested in the "Battle of Red Cliff" in which he caused great turmoil in China and occasionally took out Yunfa, Chaowei, Gong Huang, Jiuji Zhang and others for a walk, has now changed his mind.

We must disrupt Wu Baige’s “Battle of Red Cliff” project!

He couldn't breathe, and he felt uncomfortable all over!

If you, Wu Baige, dare to block my award, then I will cut off your next big production!

In the entire Chinese director circle, we can count on one hand all the directors who can handle Hu Wu Baige's "Battle of Red Cliff" project.

It just so happened that Wu Yuan was among them.

In terms of relationship, his relationship with Director Han is better than that of Wu Baige.

In terms of status, the current front-line commercial film directors in Hollywood are better than Wu Baige, a front-line director.

In terms of popularity, Wu Yuan, who currently holds the box office record for Chinese-language films in Japan, would be a father-in-law if he could be invited to "Battle of the Red Cliffs", which focuses on the Japanese and Korean markets!

In terms of experience, Wu Baige’s war film “Wind Whisperer” has not been watched by any dog. Although Wu Yuan’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” has small war scenes, there is no shortage of big scenes, which proves his ability to manage big scenes!

Isn't it "Red Cliff"?

After much thought, Wu Yuan felt that no matter how he changed this movie, it would definitely turn out better than Wu Baige's "Red Cliff" which emphasized love and peace during war!

When China Film Academy was preparing for "Battle of Red Cliff" (in 2002), they had no choice. In addition, Wu Baige, who had become famous in Hollywood, took the initiative to get closer, and Dong Han cooperated with him.

Now if Wu Yuan takes the initiative to say that he wants to take over this project, then Director Han will definitely welcome it with both hands!

Even Chengtian, another investor, would not have any objections.

The project "Battle of Red Cliff" was aimed at making money and was not originally a film project used by Hong Kong investors to launder money. Orange Sky's boss Wu Kebo also hoped that this project would become a hit.

Having a top Hollywood director at the helm is better than Wu Baige, a director who has already failed in Hollywood.

Before, Wu Yuan didn't want to, or was not interested, so he didn't bother to care about "Battle of Red Cliff".

Now Wu Baige is unkind, so don't blame him for being unjust.

Holding his breath in his heart, Wu Yuan threw himself into the busy shooting work the next day.

All the staff on the crew clearly felt that the director was not in a good mood, and they became cautious in their work.

The actors were even more honest, obedient and acted according to Wu Yuan's arrangements.

In order to make up for the ten-day shutdown, Wu Yuan indeed accelerated the pace of shooting and arranged the daily shooting schedule much more compactly.

In this way, under Wu Yuan's meticulous arrangements, the filming progress of the crew was accelerating every day.

In less than two and a half months, on August 12th, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" was successfully completed on a small island in the Bahamas!

I will still write three chapters today, but I will post them early in the morning.