Millennium director

Although the world has become a whole, Wu Yuan's departure will not affect the development of China, or even the entire Asian film industry.

As Wu Yuan was busy preparing for "Interstellar" in the United States, discussing "Interstellar", and holding various online and offline meetings, all domestic discussions and reports about him gradually cooled down.

There is so much news worth reporting in the entertainment industry.

Wang Jingwen and Li Yapeng are suspected of getting divorced?

Zhang Ziyi's belly is slightly convex and she is suspected to be pregnant?

Was Liu Dehua’s hidden marriage exposed?

But in the end, all the news was a false alarm.

One after another "revelations" hyped up by entertainment reporters continue to capture the public's attention, and the trend of "entertaining oneself to death" gradually begins to amplify in China.

TV stations, led by Mango Channel, have also stepped up their efforts to introduce Korean Wave.

Han Geng, the son of the first generation of Hallyu, began to lead the trend of idol worship in the mainland.

Wu Yuan's appearance seemed to have changed something, but it seemed that nothing had changed.

China's entertainment trends are still developing in the direction he is familiar with.

The emergence of an anomaly cannot change the tide of the entire era.

And he himself is actually a part of enjoying the dividends of this entertainment era.

When the time entered November, although Wu Yuan was still not in the country, his name began to appear frequently again in major domestic entertainment news.

"Gravity" is about to be released in Japan.

As Wu Yuan's second largest box office, his movies have always done very well at the box office in Japan.

Starting from "Your Name" which broke numerous box office records in Japan, to the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, and even "Those Years" produced by Light and Shadow Times Company, all achieved very good box office results in Japan.

Light and Shadow Era, a Chinese film production company, is somewhat famous in Japan, at least in the field of campus youth movies.

For example, Li Yang is currently filming "A Little Thing About First Love". Before the movie is finished filming, Japan's Toho is already discussing with Light and Shadow Times about introducing and releasing it.

They have great trust and optimism in the campus youth movies produced by Light and Shadow Times!

"Gravity" filmed by Wu Yuan is also one of the most anticipated foreign films by Japanese movie fans this year.

Of course, since it is one of them, there are other opponents.

The most threatening one is "Red Cliff Part 1" which was released in Japan on the same day.

"Red Cliff Part 1" is also highly anticipated by Japanese movie fans.

The domestic competition between the two films ended with the defeat of "Red Cliff".

However, in the Japanese market, mainland reporters are generally more optimistic about the results of "Red Cliff Part 1".

After all, this is a movie about the Three Kingdoms, and Japanese movie fans are not as picky about the Three Kingdoms story as mainland movie fans.

After all, the Japanese themselves have made many spoofs on the Three Kingdoms theme. There are not too many cartoons about the characters of the Three Kingdoms on the Japanese website.

"Red Cliff Part 1" is just a remake of the epic Battle of Red Cliff into a love story and Zhou Yu's personal charm show. This adaptation just suits the appetite of Japanese movie fans.

You can't expect a country whose Warring States Period was nothing more than armed fighting between villages to experience and experience any epic war blockbuster. Instead, this kind of petty story is in line with the aesthetics of Japanese movie fans.

Wu Yuan sometimes secretly speculates that "Red Cliff" may have been a movie tailor-made by Wu Baige for Japanese movie fans, and what he wanted was this Japanese-style family atmosphere.

Wu Baige, who has not been very active since the mainland box office performance was poor, started to bounce around as time entered November.

After a while, he was interviewed by the media and said that "Red Cliff Part 1" is aiming to be the box office champion of Japanese overseas films this year.

Later, he said categorically on a TV show that "Red Cliff Part 1" is a Chinese film that can be easily accepted and understood by overseas audiences, and is an attempt to make it easier for Chinese culture to go global.

In short, in one sentence, although "Red Cliff Part 1" lost to "Gravity" in China, this was a crime other than war!

The battlefield of this movie is overseas, not this three-acre field in China!

As for "Gravity"?

This is just a box office performance forced by China's official administrative forces. It is not as popular as "Red Cliff Part 1" overseas.

Although he was furious at Wu Yuan's insistence on scheduling "Gravity" and "Red Cliff Part 1" to be released on the same day, Wu Baige didn't have the slightest idea of ​​changing the schedule. He just did it!

If he, a senior, chooses to change the schedule of "Gravity" because it is scheduled to be released at the same time as him, doesn't it mean that he is afraid of Wu Yuan?

This is even more shameful than losing to Wu Yuan at the box office!

It is impossible to change the schedule.

Then we can only fight head-on with the bayonet.

In order to defend his own glory, Wu Baige mobilized all the leading and supporting actors in "Red Cliff Part 1". The entire group flew to Tokyo on November 3 and began a week-long tour. promotional activity.

He led the team to frequently participate in various variety shows on major Japanese TV stations. He also mobilized his connections and found actors such as Takuya Kimura to promote his platform.

This movie from China quickly became famous in Japan with its promotional efforts regardless of the cost. Even ordinary passers-by knew the news that the movie was about to be released.

In comparison, the crew of "Gravity" seems very bland.

Wu Yuanren is in the United States and Gong Li is on vacation in Singapore. Neither the director nor the starring actor has any intention of going to Japan in person to promote.

Although Toho also received publicity funds, it not only played the Japanese trailer of "Gravity" everywhere on TV stations and the Internet, but also posted a large number of posters offline, but the momentum was still not enough to bring all the staff to Japan for promotion. "Red Cliff Part 1" compared.

Not to mention, Kim Seongwu, a handsome guy, is very famous in Japan. He is the new good-looking male god after Kimura Takuya. He promoted "Red Cliff Part 1" with twice the result with half the effort.

Toho was so anxious that they made overseas phone calls to China, hoping that the crew of "Gravity" could also go to Japan in person to promote it.

Gong Li is a top actress who is well-known in Europe and has also served as the chairman of the Tokyo International Film Festival jury.

Not to mention director Wu Yuan, in the eyes of Japanese movie fans, he is the most powerful commercial film director in Asia and a Hollywood director.

If they can go to Japan to promote in person, they can compete with "Red Cliff Part 1".

However, after Wu Yuan received the invitation, he decisively refused.

He is holding brainstorming meetings with Jonathan and others every day to perfect the script of "Interstellar" and study shooting methods. How can he have time to go to Japan?

"Red Cliff Part 1", which was originally expected to get a box office of 310 million yuan in the mainland, was swept by "Gravity" and ended up only getting a box office of 180 million yuan.

After pressing "Red Cliff Part 1" to the ground and hammering it in the mainland market, Wu Yuan was almost done with his anger.

"Gravity" and "Red Cliff Part 1" are scheduled to be released on the same day in Japan, which is enough to disgust Wu Baige, and it will at least make "Red Cliff Part 1" lose one-third of the Japanese box office compared to the original time and space. Once again Hit him hard.

Being able to do this is enough.

It's really unrealistic to really expect "Gravity" to be as popular in Japan as it is in mainland China.

After all, Japanese movie fans do not have the blessing of Chinese national honor, so they will only watch "Gravity" as an ordinary space disaster movie. In terms of influence, it is really not as high as the Three Kingdoms theme.

Wu Yuan has already won too much if he can disgust Wu Baige in the Japanese market.

Anyway, Wu Baige has another film "Sword Rain" produced by Wu Baige next year, and he has prepared a surprise for Wu Baige then!

A surprise that would make Wu Baige jump out of his skin. (End of chapter)