Millennium director

"The results are good. As the first work in the movie universe, it is already very good."

"With a box office of 300 to 400 million, it should be no problem. Although it can only barely maintain capital, the accounts cannot be calculated that way."

In Los Angeles, Wu Yuan, who was in the late stages of filming "The Martian," took time out of his busy schedule to call back home to congratulate Li Xiaoping.

Yes, although the cost of "Soul Ferry: Huangquan" is a full 200 million yuan, if you look at the estimated box office of 300 to 400 million yuan, it is not enough to recover the cost.

With the addition of other benefits such as subsequent overseas releases and copyright sales, it is possible to barely recoup the cost, or even make a small profit.

But everything is difficult at the beginning.

Wu Yuan did not direct it himself, and there are no big-name actors involved. It is also the first film in the movie universe, so it is already very good to have such box office results.

In fact, most blockbusters rely on a long profit-making period to make money.

Even in Hollywood, there are only a few blockbusters that really make a lot of money at the box office.

The influence of "Soul Ferry: Huangquan" mainly paved the way for the subsequent "The Legend of Shushan Xiaxia".

"The Legend of Shushan Immortal" is scheduled to be released during the National Day, which has a full seven-day holiday. Coupled with the good reviews and expectations of "Soul Ferry: Huangquan", this movie is very likely to hit the box office of 1 billion.

It's just that the difficulty is definitely higher than "囧囧" and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

After all, "The Legend of Shushan Immortal" does not have the phenomenal comedy of "囧囧", and it does not have the star blessing of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

Wu Yuan has a bottom line in his heart: as long as the box office can reach 800 million yuan, it will be considered a big success.

Because of the influence of the Light and Shadow Era in Asia, these two movies will continue to be released in many Asian countries. The box office may not be as good as "囧" in the mainland, but compared with the total box office, they will definitely be ahead.

This is the difference between a single market and an entire continental market.

Light and Shadow Era has been exploring the Asian market for ten years, and it will always have some advantages in this regard.

"The next step is to watch "The Legend of Shushan Immortal". I should be able to return to China to attend the premiere and wave my support."

The post-production of "The Martian" should be completed before October, and the film's schedule is basically confirmed and will be released in December.

Movies in the age of light and shadow need to avoid "囧" in China, but Wu Yuan's science fiction blockbusters don't need to avoid anyone in Hollywood.

According to the acquisition deal he negotiated with Disney, after "The Martian" is released, he will start to divest himself from Light Times. By August next year, when the box office accounts of this movie are almost settled, he will completely divest the company. Transferred to Disney to operate.

Time waits for no one!

"If Yawen knows that you can come to the premiere, he will definitely be very happy." Li Xiaoping said with a smile on the other end of the phone.

The director of "The Legend of Shushan Fairy Tales" is Zhang Guorong, the male lead is Zhu Yawen, and the female lead is divided into two people, the senior sister Wang Likun and the junior sister Jin Sha, plus the second male lead, the villain Yuan Hong , this movie mainly relies on these people.

In terms of fame and influence, it is definitely higher than that of "Soul Ferry: Huangquan", but it is not much higher. Except for Zhu Yawen, who has developed well in the past few years, he can be regarded as one of the new generation of domestic film actors. Leader, the others can only be regarded as golden supporting roles that the audience is familiar with.

It would indeed be a good thing if Wu Yuan could be there to support and cheer for the movie.

"Then remember to ask Yawen to prepare a big meal to reward me." Wu Yuan said with a smile.

Zhu Yawen is a bit chauvinistic, but he is good at cooking. He can cook many southern home-cooked dishes, and he also likes cooking. From buying vegetables, cleaning to cooking, Zhu Yawen enjoys this process very much, even washing You also have to do the dishes yourself.

Wu Yuan had tasted the food cooked by Zhu Yawen himself before, and it was really delicious, and the southern cuisine was quite novel for him, a man from the capital.

If he had the chance, he would always go to Ya Wen's place to have a meal.

But later, after Zhu Yawen and Shen Jiani became affectionate, Wu Yuan was too embarrassed to come to disturb others. Maybe he hadn't eaten the food he cooked for a long time.

"No problem, I'll let Ya Wen cook a table of dishes when the time comes!" Li Xiaoping promised.

After that, the two chatted a few more words about the company's current situation and the follow-up ending of "Soul Ferry: Huangquan", and Wu Yuan hung up the phone.

In the foreseeable future, this will become increasingly rare.

After "The Martian", Wu Yuan's future development focus will be returned to China. By then, he will also focus more on the company and no longer be the boss like this.

However, Hollywood's business is not something that can be easily put down.

On the Disney side, when Wu Yuan was busy working on the post-production of "The Martian", he held many small meetings with Marvel.

It has to be said that Wu Yuan, currently one of the top science fiction directors in Hollywood, is still very attractive to Marvel and Disney.

After all, today's Marvel is not the same Marvel that flies into the air every second.

Although "Avengers 1" achieved a global box office of 1.5188 billion U.S. dollars, including Marvel itself, everyone thought that this should be the pinnacle of Marvel movies. No one could guess that this was just the starting point.

After all, "Avengers 1" is a big event movie, and it achieved box office results after gathering all the superheroes from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Regarding Marvel's single-player movies, especially new single-player superhero movies, Marvel executives are still quite nervous, fearing that the launch of new superheroes will cause trouble.

Originally, they planned to invite Wu Yuan to escort "Guardians of the Galaxy". This is a brand new Marvel superhero IP. Although it is also part of the Marvel universe, the story is relatively independent and does not take place on earth. , is a brand new space adventure story.

If you can find a professional science fiction director to shoot, it is undoubtedly the best choice.

But Wu Yuan refused and chose the IP of "Doctor Strange" himself.

"Doctor Strange" is indeed in the plans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the Sorcerer Supreme will not be introduced until at least the end of Phase 2 or the beginning of Phase 3.

It's too early to talk about this project now.

But who said it was Wu Yuan who made this request? Top directors always have privileges.

After a long meeting and discussion between Marvel executives and Disney, they decided to agree to Wu Yuan's request, invite him to direct the "Doctor Strange" movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and promised to give Wu Yuan the greatest possible power.

From the selection of actors to filming to post-production, Wu Yuan, the chief director, can make all decisions with a single word. Even on the script, Wu Yuan has the right to make comments. If he is not satisfied with any aspect of the script, he can communicate directly with Marvel Negotiate.

It can be said that this is the most powerful director in the Marvel series of movies.

When such generous conditions, plus a remuneration of US$25 million + 5% of the box office split, were handed to Wu Yuan, even as harsh as he was, he had to admit that this was a good job and he could indeed take it! (End of chapter)