Millennium director

"First get the golden rooster, then get the golden horse!"

"The best movie of the year, "Love," wins awards frequently!"

"Winning the Best Feature Film Award twice, "Love" became the biggest winner of the Golden Rooster and Golden Horse!"

"Having won the second of the three gold medals, Director Wu Yuan is only missing the gold statue!"

The next day, all the major entertainment media and newspapers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three places unanimously used the photo of Wu Yuan holding the trophy at the Golden Horse Awards as the headline of the day's news.

On the Internet, there are endless reports about Wu Yuan and the movie "Love".

In two consecutive days, it first won the Best Feature Film and Best Actress awards at the Golden Rooster, and then won the Best Feature Film and Best Actor awards at the Golden Horse Bag.

"Love" won two gold medals and four awards. It has undoubtedly become the film with the highest honors and awards among mainland films this year!

Wu Yuan, who directed this film, has naturally once again become the focus of media coverage.

To be honest, there are really not many domestic audiences who have watched the movie "Love".

The movie was released in the mainland on October 1st, and the final box office revenue was less than 30 million. Perhaps it was a very good result five years ago, but now it is boring.

But when "Love" won the Golden Rooster and Golden Horse Best Film awards, the movie was touted as a miracle movie on the Internet.

Regardless of whether they have seen this movie or not, netizens from all walks of life are praising this movie on the Internet. There is quite a feeling that they are too embarrassed to chat online if they have never seen this movie.

As for director Wu Yuan, of course, he is also a myth in the mouths of netizens.

Some netizens who do not understand the Hong Kong Island Film Awards' judging criteria are still wondering why "Love" was not shortlisted for the Hong Kong Island Film Awards at the end of October. They have criticized the Hong Kong Film Awards on the Internet, feeling that this award discriminates against mainland films.

A few netizens who knew the selection criteria for the Academy Awards explained the selection criteria for the Academy Awards on the Internet.

Now, mainland netizens know that films made by non-Hong Kong investors or directors from Hong Kong cannot be shortlisted for the Academy Awards.

All of a sudden, the Hong Kong Island Film Awards, which was still quite influential and prestigious among mainland movie fans, suddenly lost its status.

"No wonder it's also called the Academy Awards. It turns out it's the same as the Academy Awards in the United States. It's just a local award!"

"Shit, the American Film Awards are more generous than the Hong Kong Film Awards. At least as long as films are released in the United States, they can normally participate in the selection. But it doesn't say that they have to be made by American directors and Hollywood companies to participate in the selection.

"The Hong Kong Film Awards are too petty, isn't it? Can they be ranked alongside the Golden Rooster and Golden Horse?"

"In the 1980s and 1990s, Hong Kong films were brilliant, and the Hong Kong Film Awards were very valuable. But now that Hong Kong films are declining, it would be boring to insist on forming such a small circle."

"Although I like "Kung Fu" very much, without the competition of "Love", "Kung Fu" won so many awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards, which is indeed a bit self-deceiving."

Wu Yuan, who met up with Cheng Long and boarded the flight back to Los Angeles, never thought that he just returned to China to participate in the Golden Rooster and Golden Horse, and won a few awards. He clearly did not do anything against the Hong Kong Island Film Awards.

However, at the Hong Kong Island Film Awards, because "Love" won the other two gold medals, its own credibility was greatly reduced in the hearts of mainland movie fans.

This is really true that I did not kill Boren, but Boren died because of me.

After landing at Los Angeles International Airport, it didn't take long for Cheng Long to receive several calls in succession and learn about the wave of public opinion in the country.

After hanging up the phone, Cheng Long smiled helplessly, "Director Wu, in fact, the Hong Kong Film Awards is also very professional. If you have the opportunity, I hope you can also bring your work to participate."

"Chairman Wenjun is looking forward to seeing your work at the Academy Awards."

Wen Jun is the current chairman of the Academy Awards. If nothing else happens, next year will be his last year as chairman of the Academy Awards.

Now Wu Yuan, a great Chinese director, has been to the Golden Rooster and Golden Horse, but has never participated in the Academy Awards. He is indeed a little anxious as some netizens on the Internet said.

When a director achieves Wu Yuan's level, his absence from the Academy Awards and his non-participation in the Academy Awards will definitely not be Wu Yuan's loss, only the Academy Awards' loss.

So after Wen Jun knew that mainland public opinion looked down on the Academy Awards and lowered its authority, Wen Jun immediately called Cheng Long, hoping that he could be an intermediary and help convey the goodwill of the Academy Awards to Wu Yuan. .

It's a pity that Wu Yuan doesn't care about this at all.

"Brother Cheng Long, it's not that I don't want to participate in the Academy Awards, it's just that the requirements for participating in the Academy Awards are so strict, I really can't do it."

"Firstly, I am not from Hong Kong, and secondly, I have my own film company to make movies. The only thing I can do is to hire more actors from Hong Kong."

"If nothing else happens, I should never be eligible to run for the Academy Awards in my life. 6⃞ 9⃞ s⃞ h⃞ u⃞ x⃞ .⃞ ⃞ c⃞ o⃞ ⃞ m⃞"

He spread his hands in a joking manner.

There was nothing wrong with what he said. Cheng Long opened his mouth but couldn't say anything to refute.

If it were a mainland director, even Zhang Yimou, Cheng Long could confidently persuade him to find several Hong Kong-funded film companies to make movies together to share the risks.

But Wu Yuan has never lost money on any of his movies since his debut. He has no shortage of investors. There are many investors in the mainland who want to invest in Wu Yuan's movies.

Even China Film Group was completely giving Wu Yuan whatever he wanted. As long as Wu Yuan asked for money, Director Han would transfer the money without a second thought.

Wu Yuan really couldn't go to Hong Kong-funded film companies to cooperate. There was no need at all.

It’s even less likely that he would get a Hong Kong Island household registration, so what’s the point?

"Well" Cheng Long was stunned for a moment, and could only say sarcastically: "That's such a pity."

"It will definitely be a big regret for the Hong Kong Film Awards not to have Director Wu participate in it."

This is not necessarily true. Wu Yuan gave Cheng Long a meaningful look.

Not to mention him, all the directors in the mainland film industry combined may not be favored by the Academy Awards organizing committee. After all, they only want to praise local Hong Kong filmmakers and don't care about mainland filmmakers at all.

It was just this time that the inexplicable Hong Kong Film Awards was pushed to the forefront on the mainland Internet, which made Wen Jun anxious.

After a while, after the wave of public opinion passes, he probably won't care anymore.

"Okay, brother, don't worry about the Academy Awards." Wu Yuan sighed, "Let's take care of the things in front of us first."

"Go back to the hotel and rest for the night. We have to continue shooting tomorrow."

The "Rush Hour 3" crew, which had been on hiatus for four days, resumed work immediately after the actor and director returned.

The filming of this movie was a completely new experience for Wu Yuan.

Although the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series also has some action scenes, they pale in comparison to "Rush Hour".

In all his past and present lives, Wu Yuan has never made a serious action movie like this.

There was no way. In his dream, when he became an assistant director, Chinese action movies and kung fu movies had basically come to an end.

Except for "Xiu Chun Knife", domestic entertainment has almost no action movies.

Hong Kong Island will still continue to make some crime-themed action movies, but the fight scenes in them are generally not as brilliant as those in the 1990s.

Movies such as Wu Jing's "Slaying the Wolf" can be regarded as the last glory of Hong Kong action movies.

It's a pity that Wu Yuan didn't participate in the filming of these movies.

During the filming of "Rush Hour 3", everything was very new to him.

Especially watching Cheng Long's fighting scene live is really enjoyable.

The family class is even more professional. The action instructor has trained a group of foreigners who don't know anything about Chinese action movies very professionally.

If you want to film a fighting scene opposite Cheng Long, you must have rich fighting experience.

In the days of making movies, cooperative fighting was like a choreographed dance, and the action director had to lead a group of foreigners to rehearse for a long time every day.

When filming, they must remember to cooperate with each other. Sometimes there are as many as a dozen consecutive actions, which need to be completed in one go, and the impacts and kicks performed must be realistic.

Moreover, the martial arts instruction team of the family class not only teaches the movements, but also teaches these foreigners how to use facial expressions and body movements to perform.

Just like Cheng Long's classic scene, after knocking someone unconscious with a wave of his hand, his hands hurt so much that he grinned and jumped on his feet.

This kind of use of breaks in fighting scenes to create laughter is the essence of the action design of the family class.

This is completely different from the style of top Hong Kong action directors such as Yuan Heping and Cheng Xiaodong. It is a unique adult-style comedy fight.

Precisely because of the addition of these funny elements, Cheng-style action movies have a very good response in the North American market and are more suitable for the North American film business environment.

Who doesn’t like to watch a movie that is light-hearted, funny, and has cool and exciting action?

In this way, the filming of "Rush Hour 3" was going smoothly. At the end of November, the filming in Los Angeles was completed and the scene was transferred to Mexico.

The investment in this film was US$120 million. In addition to the high salaries of the two leading actors and one director, the remaining money was of course not just used to shoot in one place in Los Angeles.

In fact, most of the film's plot was shot in Mexico, with a small amount of it shot in Los Angeles and Washington.

The really intense and exciting fight scenes mostly take place in Mexico.

This place in Mexico is somewhat dangerous.

When the crew arrived in Mexico City, Cheng Long became obviously more honest. He stopped having any parties after work in the evening and only spent time in the hotel and on the set every day.

If you run around here, you might run into something bad and get shot.

It is best to follow the large forces at all times to ensure personal safety.

The filming schedule in Mexico is also relatively tight. Mads Mikkelsen, the number one villain and the Mexican drug lord, has finally officially joined the set for filming.

However, after filming in Mexico for more than half a month, Wu Yuan once again asked for leave from the crew and wanted to return to China.

"Painted Skin" is about to be released.

On December 28, Painted Skin will be released simultaneously in six Asian countries!

The domestic premiere is scheduled for the 27th, and there will be a Tokyo premiere on the 28th.

Wu Yuan could not miss these two premieres no matter what.

And he has to lead the team for at least a week of promotion.

He couldn't avoid this kind of publicity. Before the filming of "Rush Hour 3" started, Wu Yuan also told producer Roald about this situation.

Normally, during the filming process, it is definitely not okay for the director to take leave and be absent from work for so long.

But who says Wu Yuan is not an ordinary director?

Rather than delaying the production for two months before starting the production, Roald would rather start the production normally and then give Wu Yuan half a month's leave.

If the crew stops production for half a month, it will lose hundreds of thousands of dollars at most, which New Line can still afford.

At the boarding gate of Mexico City International Airport, Roald reluctantly held Wu Yuan's hand tightly.

"Daniel, I wish your new movie will be a success at the Asian box office."

"But don't forget everyone waiting for you in Mexico City!"

Standing next to him, Cheng Long, who also came to see him off, said goodbye reluctantly: "Director Wu, go early and come back early!"

"Over in Korea, I have already said hello to you. Kim Hee Sun and her friends in the entertainment industry will help you promote "Painted Skin"!"

"I wish "Painted Skin" a box office performance in Asia that far exceeds "The Myth"!"

The box office performance of "The Myth" was not very good. It earned 97 million yuan in the mainland and 17.06 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong. The total global box office was only 174 million yuan, which can be said to be a big loss.

Cheng Long sincerely wishes Wu Yuan the best and does not want his new movie to repeat the mistakes of "Myth".

"Thank you." Wu Yuan and the two people who came to see him off each hugged each other, waved goodbye, and walked into the airport.

Next, there is a tough battle waiting for him!

This battle can only be won, not defeated!