Millennium director

After confirming the itinerary to Berlin with Director Han, Wu Yuan said goodbye and left China Film, preparing to go home and pack some luggage.

As soon as he got home, before he could take a breath, Wu Yuan's phone started ringing.

The first person to call was Zhang Guorong.

"Director Wu, is our film really shortlisted for Berlin?"

"How can this be fake?" Wu Yuan responded funny.

"I haven't been to the Berlin Film Festival yet!" Zhang Guorong's tone was full of joy.

Among the three major European film festivals, he has only been to the Cannes Film Festival. That year, "Farewell My Concubine" was nominated for Best Film and Best Actor, and eventually won the Palme d'Or.

"Zhang Sheng, I told you at the time that as long as we make this movie well, I will definitely take you to Europe, and I may even bring you a Best Actor trophy."

Wu Yuan also said with a smile: "I never lie to others."

"Haha, I definitely believe what Director Wu said." Zhang Guorong agreed with it.

"Yes." Wu Yuan nodded: "We will leave for Berlin on February 4th, and the next half month will be free."

"By the way, hurry up and order the dress. As the leading actor of our crew, you have to dress up properly for this Berlin appearance."

"No problem!" Zhang Guorong patted his chest and assured: "I have temporarily stopped the preparations for "Stealing Hearts". I have also contacted LV. They will have a dedicated stylist with a dress by then. Come to Berlin and do my makeup!”

Come on, Wu Yuan was a little envious. He, a "big" director in Hollywood, didn't even provide a dress from a luxury brand, so he had to spend his own money to buy it.

"Okay, let's do this for now and see you in the capital later.

After hanging up the phone, Wu Yuan notified all the other actors in the cast of "The Embalmer" one by one, from Chen Hong, Li Xuejian to Teacher Wu Yanshu, and even Sun Li, who could only be regarded as a minor supporting role, also notified them.

Anyway, Director Han said, bring all the main actors!

Wu Yuan also felt once again how much the domestic film industry attaches great importance to European film festivals these days.

Teacher Wu Yanshu is about to retire in two years. When she heard that she could go to Berlin to participate in the Berlin Film Festival, she agreed without hesitation and was not afraid of the discomfort of long-distance flights.

Sun Li and Li Xuejian were so excited that they couldn't speak at all.

Even Chen Hong, whose husband had won the Palme d'Or, was very happy when she heard that she could go to the Berlin International Film Festival as a heroine. Even Wu Yuan vaguely heard Director Kego's laughter on the phone!

After notifying the actors on the set, Wu Yuan's cell phone still didn't stop. He kept receiving congratulatory calls from friends all afternoon. Chen Kun, Zeng Li, and Qin Hailu all called to congratulate them immediately.

Even the international Zhang, who had only exchanged contact information, called, and Brother Cheng Long also sent a polite text message of congratulations.

Throughout the whole day, he was busy replying and thanking these relatives and friends.

A few days later, February 4th.

Wu Yuan took the assembled crew of "The Embalmer" to the Beijing International Airport and prepared to fly to Berlin.

In addition to the actors and actresses, they were also accompanied by the producer Chen Yuan and two specially hired translators.

Wu Yuan lamented that the treatment was indeed different. As soon as he entered the airport VIP lounge, he saw other Chinese film crews who were also going to Berlin for the screening.

"Oh, Director Wu, I've known you for a long time, now I finally meet you."

Feng Xiaogang, who was smiling like a chrysanthemum, immediately greeted the crew of "The Embalmer" with enthusiasm and hugged Wu Yuan.

While hugging me, he also said: "Director Wu, you don't know, Director Han has been talking about you in my ears every day for the past two years, and he has praised you to the extreme."

"But you are really good. Are you, a director with a professional background, so good at making movies?"

"The rights to make a small-budget film can sell for millions of dollars. One shot in the United States can earn $200 million at the box office. Now I'm making a literary film that was shortlisted for Berlin. What a young genius!"

Feng Pants was really jealous, almost going crazy with jealousy.

Is the difference between those who have gone to college so big?

Among the four major directors in the Mainland, Feng Xiaogang is the only one who has never gone to an art college, or even a university.

This is one of the reasons why many old men disdain Feng Pants.

In the past, he didn't take it seriously that he didn't go to college. He didn't care.

I didn’t study in a professional school, but I still made a movie that topped the box office in the Mainland!

But this trip to Berlin really hit him.

Xu Anhua is not a mainland director. "Man 40" is a Hong Kong film, so it does not start from the capital.

The remaining four directors are all in this lounge now. It turns out that Wu Yuan, Zhang Yimou, and Li Xin all came from film schools, and Feng Xiaogang was the only one who never even went to college.

Moreover, Wu Yuan has not even graduated yet, and he has already surpassed Feng Xiaogang in terms of artistic achievements. Feng Xiaogang has not yet been shortlisted for the top three in Europe.

If you include the box office of "Juno", he can even beat all mainland directors in terms of box office.

He couldn't compare in terms of artistic achievements and couldn't win at the box office. When Feng Xiaogang faced Wu Yuan, he really felt a little inferior. He also began to doubt whether he should enroll in a training class at a film school and then go back to study. .

"No, Director Feng's Lunar New Year movies are also very good, and they all sell well at the box office." Wu Yuan responded with a smile. Naturally, he would not belittle Feng Xiaogang for nothing.

In fact, he does not always look down on Feng Xiaogang like the fifth generation directors.

Without Feng Xiaogang, the commercial era of Chinese-language films might have arrived ten years later.

Without Feng Xiaogang's "Party A and Party B" which ushered in the era of commercial films in the mainland and gave the market confidence, there would not have been director Zhang Yimou's "Hero" which ushered in the era of blockbusters!

You know, in the 1990s, people's enthusiasm for watching movies dropped to a freezing point.

First of all, due to changes in policies from above, main theme movies have become mainstream.

But the main themes of the movies at that time were basically the routines of early red movies. Compared with the foreign movies of the same period, they were simply three eras behind.

At the time, I could only sum it up in one word: ugly.

As for art films, they have also encountered the most stringent period. The sixth-generation directors who have just begun to emerge are testing the verge of censorship and banning every day. They do not care about the mainland market and rely entirely on large-scale overseas distribution to recover costs.

Although when "Titanic" was released in 1998, there was a short-lived movie-watching craze among mainland movie fans, but this was just a flash in the pan. Instead, mainland audiences were even less willing to go to theaters to watch domestic films.

It was the emergence of Feng Xiaogang at this time that changed the mainland film environment.

Although his early commercial films were not much different from sitcoms, they attracted mainland audiences back to the cinema and reignited their enthusiasm for watching movies.

It was he who cultivated the first batch of mainland commercial film audiences, and it was he who brought "movies" from a highbrow artistic level to an entertainment level that ordinary people can accept and love!

More than a hundred years later, Feng Xiaogang is a director who can be written into the history of mainland films!

"Director Feng's "Big Shot" has a different theme than mine. The theme is both funeral, but yours is a comedy."

"Haha, I just make a satirical comedy to make people laugh. I can't compare with you."

"Where, where."

After chatting with Feng Xiaogang for a while and chatting about each other's movies, Wu Yuan turned his attention to director Zhang Yimou, who had been sitting quietly in the corner of the lounge.

"Director Yimou, first meeting. I am Wu Yuan, grade 98 of the Film Academy."

"Hello, hello, I've seen your movie, "The Night the Comet Came". It was very interesting."

Wu Yuan deliberately ignored Zhang Weiping, who was sitting next to Zhang Yimou, and chatted enthusiastically with director Zhang Yimou.

Director Yimou is relatively shy and introverted, and he speaks softly and slowly. He has a very, very simple temperament, and it is very comfortable to chat with him.

Both of them studied in film schools, and although director Yimou is shy, he is also very easy to talk to, especially when talking about movies, his chat box will be opened up.

Wu Yuan, who wanted to have more contact with director Zhang Yimou, quickly chatted with him. Li Xin and Feng Xiaogang also joined in, interjecting a few words from time to time.

Their topic mainly revolves around the movie "Hero". There is no director who is not curious about the first commercial blockbuster in China.

Director Zhang Yimou also took the opportunity to invite Wu Yuan to attend the premiere of "Hero".

How could Wu Yuan miss this opportunity to witness an "epoch-making" event? He readily agreed on the spot.

Directors have a director's circle, and actors naturally have an actor's circle.

The actors from the four film crews all knew or were familiar with each other more or less, and they chatted in the lounge.

Everyone was chatting while waiting for the flight to take off.

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