Millennium director

Beijing, Wu family.

Liu Yifei, who had grabbed Wu Yuan who had just returned home and exercised vigorously, lay panting on Wu Yuan's chest and listened to him telling him about his next plans.

"So, your next movie is going to be a big production?"

"IMAX 3D special effects blockbuster?"

"The investment is at least 250 million yuan?"

"Is it even possible that the cost could reach 300 million?"

"Doesn't it mean that the box office needs to be at least 800 million to make back the money?"

She looked at Wu Yuan with bright eyes. Although she was surprised that it took 800 million box office to make back the money, she didn't think Wu Yuan couldn't do it.

It is really the success of "囧" and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" that has given so many people the courage to be optimistic about the film market, including industry insiders like Liu Yifei.

Since Xu Zheng and Xingye can do it, she believes that her husband can do it too, and will do it better!

After all, her husband is an international director!

The serious kind!

In this regard, Liu Yifei trusts Wu Yuan unconditionally.

"So, your movie has just been completed, and you haven't even started post-production yet, but you're already preparing for your next movie?"

Liu Yifei grabbed Wu Yuan's arm and asked enthusiastically: "Is there a heroine in this movie? I want to act! I want to act!"

After saying that, she started to act coquettishly towards Wu Yuan.

Wu Yuan, who had not seen her acting coquettishly for a long time, suddenly got goosebumps all over his body and said rather unaccustomedly: "Not yet!"

"I just had this idea and decided that my next movie would be an IMAX 3D special effects blockbuster."

"As for what movie I want to make, I haven't decided yet."

"On the company's side, we should be planning an IMAX 3D special effects blockbuster next year, which is for director Zhang Yimou."

"Director Yimou?" Liu Yifei looked at Wu Yuan doubtfully.

"Yes." Wu Yuan nodded and took the initiative to explain: "Director Yimou has become very interested in IMAX 3D movies recently. He has called me many times to communicate and inquire about IMAX 3D movies."

"I can tell that he wants to try this new film technology."

"To be honest, I admire director Yimou very much. He is over 60 years old. Not only is he full of energy and desire to create, but he is also as daring as a young man to try new things."

"Except for him, both Chen Kaige and Jiang Wen stay in their comfort zones and dare not step outside."

"Jiang Wen is still working on his Republic of China trilogy, and Chen Kaige is currently working on a script about a young Taoist priest, which still favors a colorful and literary style."

"Only director Yimou is thinking about breaking through and trying an IMAX 3D movie that he has never experienced before."

"In this case, I naturally hope to help him."

"So the company is already discussing with him to develop an IMAX 3D blockbuster for him to shoot."

That's right, it's "The Great Wall."

Regarding the "Great Wall" project, Wu Yuan and Li Xiaoping revealed it.

I didn’t say too much, just that I wanted to make an imaginary fantasy IMAX 3D movie with the Han Dynasty as the background.

The plot of the movie is designed around the "Great Wall", a Chinese business card, and it is a comprehensive study of the rhythm and routines of Hollywood blockbusters.

It is China under the magical worldview, relying on the Great Wall to fight against the invasion of monsters. Finally, under the leadership of several heroes, they won victory, defeated the invading enemies, and saved Chinese civilization.

Based on this main line, the company's screenwriting department and director Zhang Yimou just fill in the content and details themselves.

Of course, this is not a movie with much meaning and purpose. To put it bluntly, it is a commercial special effects blockbuster that is very common in Hollywood.

In Hollywood, three or five movies like this appear every year.

Even so, Wu Yuan also believes that the "Great Wall" made by the Chinese themselves will definitely look better than the "Great Wall" produced by Legend's intervention.

Because it will be serious, elegant, and Chinese people can get the Chinese magical worldview!

For such a movie, Wu Yuan believes that the final box office performance will not be any worse than the original "The Great Wall", and it may even be better.

As for word of mouth, you can’t ask for more.

How high a reputation do you expect for this popcorn commercial special effects blockbuster?

It's enough for everyone to enjoy fighting monsters. In the middle, there is a hero saving a beauty, the second male lead risking his own life and sacrificing himself, and ordinary people or political opponents who were originally sinking wake up. Everyone unites to kill the final boss and that's it.

What more bikes do you want?

If you want to watch a movie with depth, OK!

Go watch "Raise the Red Lantern" directed by Yimou. It is absolutely profound and will make you emo for a long time after watching it. It will also generate countless discussions on social dross such as feudal ethics and ethics.

But can such a movie achieve high box office in this era?

Go ahead and eat the shit you want.

Since director Yimou has chosen to embrace the market and make an IMAX 3D special effects blockbuster, he has to make this kind of popcorn commercial movie without thinking about art and depth.

If you use art and depth to explore social and philosophical issues in a popcorn commercial movie, that’s a serious disease.

Zhang Yimou also understands this truth very well. When he was making "Hero", he didn't understand what a commercial film was, but now he knows how to clearly distinguish his commercial films from literary films.

Thinking about it this way, director Zhang Yimou is really scary. He only started to contact commercial films when he was fifty years old, but he can quickly figure out what commercial films are, and he can analyze both business and art very clearly, and he is very good at both.

On the other hand, some fifth-, sixth-, and seventh-generation directors who claim to be the Chinese directors' hope are now unable to even make an art film, let alone a commercial film.

Zhang Yimou's talent is truly terrifying.

No wonder, apart from Wu Yuan, there is only one director in China who can succeed both commercially and artistically.

Wu Yuan did it, but what about Zhang Yimou?

I don’t dare to think about it any more.

Wu Yuan silently hugged Liu Yifei's shoulders and sighed: "Director Yimou is really amazing. He is the Chinese director I admire the most."

"When the time comes to choose the heroine for his new film, I will recommend you to her."

"The heroine of this movie should need a strong swordsman, and you are the most suitable one in China right now."

"The Great Wall" with Wu Yuan's participation will not have any vulgar scenes where the heroine falls in love with a Roman man.

It’s unlikely that Miss Jingtian will get the heroine of this movie, so she’d better let her wife take the role!

"Okay, no more talking, let's go to bed first!"

"I have to go to the company tomorrow!"

The next day, when Wu Yuan slept until he woke up naturally, his wife had already gone out to attend a public event of a certain brand.

Wu Yuan was not in a hurry. He ate brunch on his own, and after reading the latest hot news searches for a while, he put on a suit and set off for the Age of Light and Shadow.

The second phase of the Young Director Support Program here at Light and Shadow Times has been in progress for a long time, and several fast-acting directors have produced finished films.

Wu Yuan, the nominal initiator and supporter of the plan, should also learn about the situation of these second-generation students.

"It's hard work." In the car, he sighed helplessly.

"But thinking that this is for the future of Chinese movies, I don't seem so tired anymore." (End of chapter)