Millennium director

Chapter 198 The recent development of the light and shadow era, signing the sweet girl Jinsha!

Wu Yuan is not Boss Jia. He said he would return to China in two days, and he really did return in two days.

While Hollywood was still scrambling to cover this year's Oscars ceremony, analyzing award-winning movies and award-winning guests, and constantly stimulating newspaper sales, Wu Yuan had already embarked on a flight back to China.

The director is always a behind-the-scenes worker, different from the star in front of the stage.

Unlike the Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor who had a lot of announcements after attending the Oscars, after Wu Yuan won the Best Foreign Language Film Award, apart from being praised in newspapers, his life was not too big. Impact.

On March 8, he flew back to China with the three leading actors from the "Love" crew.

Liu Yifei was not traveling with her.

She and her mother took another flight to Tokyo alone.

Her first solo Chinese/Japanese album has entered the recording stage. In the next few months, she will be recording songs and filming the MV at the same time, which will also keep her busy for a while.

It just so happened that the two of them had been together in Los Angeles for a month, so it was time for some distance to create beauty.

In the early morning of the 9th, Beijing time, the crew of "Love" landed at Beijing International Airport.

You Benchang and Wu Yanshu naturally went home to rest.

But the miserable Gong Li had to rush to the crew's hotel to prepare for tomorrow's filming.

"A City of Golden Armor" has started shooting at Beijing Film Studio No. 2 Studio.

If "Love" hadn't been shortlisted for the Best Foreign Language Film Award, Gong Li wouldn't have even asked for leave to attend the Oscars if "Memoirs of a Geisha" had been the only one.

In fact, Zhang Yimou's filming task for "A City Full of Golden Armor" was very heavy.

Studio No. 2 of the Beijing Film Studio is actually the interior of the splendid palace. Chow Yunmao, Gong Li, Liu Ye, and Jay Chou have a large number of rival scenes here, and it is not an exaggeration to call them dramas.

"I summarized this play. For my role, I play a queen who is sick, sarcastic, not nice to talk to, and not nice to people."

"This is my basic state."

On the way, Gong Li couldn't help but complain to Wu Yuan.

Wu Yuan smiled and did not answer.

Is "The City of Gold" a good movie?

If you look at the box office performance and influence, it definitely counts.

The domestic box office was 290 million, setting a new box office record for Chinese-language movies.

The foreign box office gross of more than 40 million US dollars is not bad either.

And basically the mainstream media in Hollywood mainly praise this movie.

American film critics and media people generally praised the film as "an epic work", "a grand dramatic spectacle", and "visually brilliant".

However, in the eyes of mainland audiences, this movie is obviously not a classic. It is based on the plot of "Thunderstorm", which is obviously not understandable and acceptable to most ordinary movie fans.

Wu Yuan didn't comment much on this, but he was quite curious about another thing.

"How was Jay Chou's performance on the set?" he asked Gong Li curiously.

Wu Yuan has only seen the completed films in which Jay Chou has acted, and he really doesn't know much about his performance on the set.

"Um" Gong Li, who has always been straightforward, was also asked. She was stunned for a moment and said with some embarrassment: "His songs are still very nice."

Okay, got it.

Wu Yuan also changed the subject: "Director Zhang called me before and said that he wanted to talk to me in person about something related to the Olympics."

"I've been abroad and have no time. Now I'm back in China. I'll go visit the crew of "The Golden Armor" in a while."

"Then you have to be early." Gong Li reminded: "In a few days, the crew will transfer to Hengdian for filming. Most of the main scenes of this movie will be shot in Hengdian."

"Beijing Film Studio only shoots some indoor scenes."

"It's okay." Wu Yuan said nonchalantly, "It doesn't matter if I go to Hengdian."

He really wanted to see the filming of "The Golden Armor" live, especially the big scenes shot in Hengdian.

For example, there is a scene where a square covering an area of ​​more than 10,000 square meters is covered with yellow flowers, and tens of thousands of soldiers fight bravely in this dazzling sea of ​​flowers.

He was super curious about how Zhang Yimou arranged this scene and perfectly combined the sea of ​​flowers and the crowds.

Needless to say, there is indeed much that Wu Yuan can learn from the lens aesthetics of fifth-generation directors.

"Okay, I'll go back to the set first." Gong Li stood outside the airport and waved, then he and his assistant got into the nanny car that came to pick her up.

After Wu Yuan also watched Gong Li leave, he got into his assistant Xiao Zhang's car and went back to his courtyard to catch up on some sleep.

At around ten o'clock in the morning on the 9th, Wu Yuan woke up in the master bedroom of his courtyard house.

After a good night's sleep, his schedule was almost back to normal.

Staring at the ceiling with dull eyes, Wu Yuan was wondering in his mind what he would have to deal with when he returned to China this time.

Well, I have to go and see the conditions of the two new properties I bought in Beijing.

The company's young director support program is already moving forward, and he has to personally select a few good directors to support him.

The preliminary preparations for "Gravity" have begun. Some props, space station models, and more sci-fi space suits all need to be customized.

Not much, but the latter two are very important.

He rubbed his cheeks, got up from the bed, washed himself briefly, walked out to buy some breakfast on the street, and then drove to the company by himself.

Carrying two meat buns and a tea egg, Wu Yuan walked into a CBD building in Chaoyang District with his hands behind his back, and strolled onto the elevator to the 12th floor.

The headquarters of Light and Shadow Times is here, with the film and television company on the 12th floor and the special effects company on the 13th floor.

Compared with the newly established special effects company with only 15 employees, Light and Shadow Times Film and Television Media is much more formal.

There are now more than 200 employees in the film and television company, and the department with the most employees is the TV drama department.

The TV drama department led by Li Jichang currently has nearly 80 employees, 50 of whom are crew members contracted by the company, and half of the remaining 30 people are clerks and administrators, while the other half are in the screenwriting department.

Wu Yuan left the outlines of several TV series to the screenwriting department, including "Sheep Star", which is already being filmed, as well as "Princess Little Sister" and "Bubble Summer"

The company's screenwriting department is improving the script based on the outline and some key plot details given by Wu Yuan, and then starts shooting.

When Wu Yuan walked into the company under the admiring eyes of the company front desk, he did not go to Li Xiaoping immediately. Instead, he wandered to the TV drama department and met Li Jichang.

"Director Li, how is the TV drama department operating recently? Has "Destined to Love You" been scheduled?"

"Director Wu, have you returned to China?" Li Jichang looked at Wu Yuan standing in front of him in surprise, and quickly stood up from the office chair, "You sit down first, and I will pour you a cup of tea."

While he took out his treasured tea from the cabinet and brewed it for Wu Yuan, he replied: "The Mango Channel has already decided on the schedule. "Destined to Love You" will succeed "The Golden Branch" and will be broadcast exclusively on Golden Eagle. Played in theaters.”

"Mango Channel has had a good start this year. The average ratings of the first solo drama "Golden Branch Desire" at the beginning of the year have exceeded 2%, and the highest ratings are close to 4%."

"The deputy director of Mango Channel in charge of TV dramas wants to make another breakthrough with "Destined to Love You" to establish the influence of Mango Channel's independent dramas."

Wu Yuan nodded: "Don't make the tea, I have to go to Mr. Li later."

He waved his hand and asked: "What about "Sheep Star"? When will it be launched?"

The script of "Sheep-Herding Star" has been completed. Actor Wu Yuan also gave instructions to find Lin Zhiying to film, and Jinsha was chosen as the heroine.

Before those sweet actresses in China came to prominence, Jinsha was indeed the most suitable actress to star in this kind of idol drama.

She looks sweet, has a sweet voice, and has a sweet personality. She is the chosen sweet girl.

She was born in the wrong era, in an era before mainland idol dramas had developed.

If she had been born ten years later, she might not have had anything to do with a sweet girl like Zhao Silu.

However, the emergence of Wu Yuan this time has changed her acting career. In the era of light and shadow, the idol drama market is being laid out and competing with Taiwanese idol dramas for the market. Jinsha has become the mainland actress who has benefited the most.

Speaking of her, Li Jichang also had something to say.

He first reported: "The crew of Sheep Herding Star has completed preparations and will start shooting on Ludao before the end of April."

Then, he hesitated and asked cautiously: "Director Wu, does our company sign artists?"

"I think Jin Sha is very suitable for starring in idol dramas. After "Destined to Love You" is aired, she is likely to become popular overnight like Li Xiaolu."

"Should we sign her first?"

"After all, "Destined to Love You" is produced by the company, and she will also be the heroine of "Sheep Star". We can't let her play the company's drama in vain."

These days, in the mainland entertainment industry, basically every film and television company produces its own TV series to promote its own artists.

For example, Sugar Man, Zhou Yi, and Rong Xinda all digest their own projects internally, and only the remaining roles will be auditioned publicly, and actors from the single-player gang will be found to co-star.

On the one hand, this can control the cost of actors' remuneration and minimize this cost, and on the other hand, it can also maximize profits.

Your own TV series makes your own actors famous, and the actors receive various announcements and endorsements, and can earn another amount of money for the company.

You may even be able to earn back the salary you paid for the company by running a one or two month announcement.

This time and again, it is equivalent to finding an actor to film a TV series for nothing without giving him a dime from the company. After that, the actor has to continue to make money for the company.

As an employer, who doesn’t like this kind of good thing?

It’s no wonder that after 2012, a large number of actors filed lawsuits with companies, and even if they lost money, they had to end the cooperative relationship, set up their own business, and open their own studios.

However, it is still too early for actors to open their own studios. Nowadays, it is the mainstream for film and television companies in the industry to produce and sell their own films.

Wu Yuan pondered for a while and asked doubtfully: "Didn't Jinsha sign a brokerage company?"

"She only signed a recording contract with Haidie Music, and did not sign with any company for her actor management business." Li Jichang said with certainty.

"Okay." Wu Yuan nodded: "You can go and talk to her. If she is willing to sign with our company, in future TV series produced by the company, as long as the image is suitable, she will be given priority to play the heroine."

"But it's only for TV series. Movies produced by the company require normal auditions and casting. She can't use the back door."

There is a barrier between TV dramas and movies. Wu Yuan doesn't play Huayi's way of giving roles after signing, regardless of whether the image or acting skills are suitable.

In his eyes, movie casting is a very important matter. He would rather choose suitable actors from other companies than unsuitable actors from his own company.

This is a penny gain but a big loss, picking sesame seeds and losing the watermelon!

How much does an actor get paid for a film? Does it matter if it achieves final box office results?

"Okay!" Li Jichang agreed and promised repeatedly: "Don't worry, Director Wu. Jinsha has taken the initiative to reveal to me before that he wants to sign with our company and become a contracted actor in the Light and Shadow Era."

"It's just that I'm not sure whether the company does artist management business, so I didn't give her an accurate answer."

"With your words, I can sign Jinsha into the company tomorrow!"

"Well, the contract is drawn up according to the average standard in the industry." Wu Yuan's tone was full of confidence, "As for the agent and artist team, just let Li Xiaoping recruit people. There are many agents in China who want to join the ship of our light and shadow era."