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As for the award-winning thing, Wu Yuan was very interested in it when he just returned to this era.

After all, the film market in mainland China was too small at that time, and there was no room for commercial films to develop. Everyone was making art films and striving for awards in the three major European cinemas.

In that era, it was nothing if your movie had a high box office. Instead, you would be despised and looked down upon, and thought to be a vulgar person, a money-grubbing director with no artistic pursuits. For example, Feng Xiaogang has always been looked down upon by the so-called predecessors in the circle, and they don't play with him.

In that era, only directors who can win awards and make good art films have status in the circle and influence in the hearts of the "people".

So at that time, Wu Yuan mainly made art films in the field of Chinese films, and won many awards in the three major European cinemas.

It was not until 2008 with "Gravity" that Wu Yuan's Chinese films officially and completely transformed into commercial films. At that time, the Chinese mainland film market had begun to take off, and art films were gradually no longer paid attention to by the general public, and the three major European cinemas also slipped from the altar.

Since then, Wu Yuan has not made any art films, including no awards in the mainland or overseas. Even though his commercial films are often nominated for the Golden Horse and Golden Rooster Awards, he doesn't care much. Except for the first few years, he simply didn't participate later, and the crew accepted the awards on his behalf.

To be honest, even the audience and fans in China don't care much about these awards. Whether it is the Golden Horse across the strait or the Golden Rooster in the mainland, the ratings of the live broadcasts are getting lower and lower every year, and the discussion on the Internet is also declining year by year.

In recent years, mainland movies have been hot. Everyone is concerned about the box office and stars. People in the industry are concerned about how much money they make, and ordinary audiences and fans are concerned about whether the movie is good and fun.

As for whether it is artistic or whether it can win awards, it is almost not in the sight of people inside and outside the circle.

Especially for actors who debuted after 2010, none of them will care about awards. Whether they are the best actor or the best actress does not hinder their salary from getting higher and higher, and the market situation is getting better and better.

That is to say, filmmakers who have experienced the 20 years from the 1990s to the early 2000s will still have a deep obsession with awards and honors.

Coincidentally, Liu Yifei is a person who has experienced this era. Her industry idol has always been Gong Li. The reason why Gong Li is her idol is because Gong Huang met in Europe, won many heavyweight awards in Europe, and was even invited to be a judge by the three major European awards.

Although Liu Yifei has been in the industry for more than ten years, she still has no heavyweight awards. The only one that is more impressive is the Golden Rooster Best Actress, and she is a double-yolk egg best actress.

Such an achievement is undoubtedly far from Gong Huang. Liu Yifei, who aspires to become an actor like Gong Huang, is of course very dissatisfied with her career achievements.

What makes her even more depressed is that since she met Wu Yuan in school, she has always had a dream, that is, to become the heroine of Wu Yuan's art film and stand on the podium of the three major European awards with him.

However, so many years have passed, and her senior brother has become a love brother, but she has never been able to become the heroine of Wu Yuan's art film.

In the early years, because her acting skills were not up to par and she was too young, she could not be competent for Wu Yuan's art films, and could only play minor supporting roles such as granddaughter and the heroine's student days.

Later, after more than ten years of Wu Yuan's training and Hollywood's influence, her acting skills were almost honed, and she could also win the Best Actress Award in China, but Wu Yuan stopped making art films.

It would be a lie to say that she had no regrets.

So Liu Yifei tried Wu Yuan.

Facing her expectant, watery eyes, Wu Yuan was indeed shaken for a moment.

"Art film." He pondered and fell silent.

Wu Yuan did have a plan for an art film in his heart, which was the "Bruce Lee" biography that he had always wanted to make, a movie prepared for the Oscars.

But this plan has always remained in the planning stage, and the implementation time is far away.

He had planned to shoot it in 2016, but he forgot about Doctor Strange and was busy with Doctor Strange. After finishing this movie, Wu Yuan really felt like he was sick of shooting movies and had to take a break, so Bruce Lee was put aside again.

More importantly, this movie is not a female lead movie, and there is no role for Liu Yifei to show her skills.

Apart from Bruce Lee, Wu Yuan really has no plans for art films.

It has to be admitted that in the world film industry, art films have lost their original glory, and the era of art films has passed.

This is just like classical music being replaced by modern pop music.

The film industry is also facing such changes.

When these "arts" are brought down to products that the general public can appreciate and watch, they will inevitably become popular and popular, and no longer be high and mighty.

Although art films will not disappear completely, they will indeed withdraw from the mainstream market and become a niche hobby.

This is caused by the inevitability of the development of the times, and it is not something that one or two directors can influence the transformation.

The "biographical film" chosen by Wu Yuan is one of the few themes that will remain strong in the field of literary and artistic films in the future. After all, humans have always had a fine tradition of remembering outstanding great men. It is a great choice to make these people's lives into movies and pass them down through the ages.

The Oscars also clearly have such a trend. In recent years, the proportion of biopics in the movies that can win the Oscar for Best Picture has become higher and higher.

If Wu Yuan were to choose, he would definitely make a biographical film to win the award, and it would be best to make a biographical film about Chinese people, which would also have the significance of promoting Chinese great men and remembering the ancestors.

But if Liu Yifei were to play the role.

Wu Yuan turned his head and looked at the beautiful face just a few feet away. Is there a person in Chinese history who is like her, who is both extremely beautiful and has a very special life experience, enough to be made into a biographical film?

The four talented women of the underworld?

Or those talented women and beauties in ancient history?

Li Qingzhao, the most talented woman in the history of the ages?

Or Cai Wenji, who had a rough life?

Or maybe Zhuo Wenjun, who wanted to find a true lover and stay together till old age?

Or Xie Daoyun, who was not as beautiful as the willow catkins that were blown by the wind?

Or Ban Zhao, who was as virtuous as you, with all the virtues of both writing and conduct, and assisted in the writing of the "Book of Han"?

Or Shangguan Wan'er, who was a female prime minister and was as capable as any man?

Thinking about it this way, there are indeed countless outstanding women in Chinese history who have left behind magnificent achievements!

It's not impossible to choose one for Liu Yifei to try? (End of this chapter)