Millennium director

Zhang Guorong, who is 63 years old this year, has long lost interest in interests.

For him, there is only one pursuit left in this life, that is to win the highest honor in the field of directing - Best Director or Best Film!

And these two honors are obviously not something that commercial films can win.

Even though the current Hundred Flowers Awards are already biased towards commercial films, the films that won the Best Film in recent years are all commercial films, but for Zhang Guorong, an "old-school" filmmaker, art films are definitely art!

"Director Wu, you know." Zhang Guorong smiled faintly: "Being a director is my last dream, and the reason why I have this dream is largely due to the influence of Director Wang and you."

"I admire excellent directors like Director Wang and you very much, who can interpret the art of film very well."

"The art films you shoot are very excellent and have left a very deep impression on me."

"I also want to make such a movie. Although I don't know if I have the ability, I really want to give it a try."

"I am already in my sixties, and there is not much time left for me to try."

"So, in the next few years, I want to focus on art films, and let others shoot the commercial films of the company."

Zhang Guorong has shares in Light and Shadow Times. For him, shooting commercial films for Light and Shadow Times is also making money for himself.

But he still firmly refused to shoot commercial films again, and he was obviously determined.

Looking at Zhang Guorong, whose face was full of smiles but eyes were full of determination, Wu Yuan also smiled, "Leslie, go and shoot whatever you want, the company will fully support you."

Looking at the mottled white hair on Zhang Guorong's head, Wu Yuan felt very emotional.

Time is really a butcher's knife.

In a blink of an eye, Zhang Guorong is already over 60 years old.

Without the leap in 2004, Zhang Guorong is still mentally healthy. It can be said that his life has been completely changed by Wu Yuan.

Now he is free and relaxed, enjoying life and pursuing the dream of being a director.

Wu Yuan has no reason to stop him from realizing this last dream of his life.

He doesn't want to tell Zhang Guorong what he said to Liu Yifei as a reason to stop him.

Even if the next few years are a global film winter, it will not have much impact on art films.

After all, art films do not have much financial pressure, especially with Zhang Guorong backed by the Light and Shadow Era. It is not a big deal for Light and Shadow Era to spend tens of millions to make an art film. It does not matter even if it is not released for three to five years.

Even if it is not released, it does not matter if it is just a participating film.

After all, art films are originally the first priority for winning awards, and there is not much extravagant hope for the box office.

Looking at Zhang Guorong's half-white hair, Wu Yuan really couldn't say that he should wait a few years before filming.

Seventy years of life is rare, and no one can predict the future. While Zhang Guorong is still healthy, he can realize his dream as soon as possible.

Anyway, the company will not lack commercial film directors in the next few years

Wu Yuan has privately instructed Li Xiaoping that the company's film shooting plan will only be arranged until the first half of 2019. From the second half of 2019, the film script will not be approved. The company will temporarily stop filming for one or two years.

When he said this to Li Xiaoping, Li Xiaoping still didn't understand it very much, and for the first time strongly rejected Wu Yuan's "unreasonable" request.

Wu Yuan's argument that the industry is overheated and there may be a bubble burst can fool Liu Yifei, but it can't fool Li Xiaoping.

Even if the industry is a bubble, Guangying Times is the leader among the leaders, and the impact will not be great, so it is impossible to need to stop work completely.

And it is even more impossible to stop work in advance when there is no obvious bubble. This is groundless worry!

But Wu Yuan couldn't give a more reasonable reason, so he and Li Xiaoping didn't actually reach an agreement on this matter. He forced her to do so in the name of the boss.

This made Li Xiaoping have some resentment towards him during this period, and the originally close cooperative relationship also had some cracks.

But it's not a big problem. Wu Yuan believes that by the end of next year, Li Xiaoping will know how wise and powerful his decision is.

As for how to explain "foreknowledge" at that time?

Not everything will have an answer.

At that time, as long as Wu Yuan didn't let go, he would insist that the industry was overheated and there was a possibility that the market bubble would be punctured, so he wanted to step on the brakes to cool down, but he didn't expect that he would encounter the epidemic. Everything was a coincidence.

Li Xiaoping had to believe it even if she didn't want to.

Because there was no better explanation.

You can't say that Wu Yuan really came from the future, right?

Although movies and novels have really used this kind of theme of the protagonist traveling through time, rebirth, and returning from the future, few people really think that this kind of thing will really happen in reality.

And Wu Yuan also agreed to Zhang Guorong to make an art film. No matter how fast he prepared, this movie would definitely hit the epidemic. At that time, there would be a movie being produced and shot by Light and Shadow Times, which also shows that Wu Yuan is not a "prophet". Everything is really just a "coincidence".

Thinking of this, Wu Yuan's smile curled up even more.

"Leslie, do you have a suitable script?" He said to Zhang Guorong with a smile: "Since it is your movie, I can't help you with anything."

"Of course I don't need your help, I will write the script myself!" Zhang Guorong said firmly.

Only the movies written and directed by himself are completely his movies for Zhang Guorong. If he won a movie award based on the script given by Wu Yuan, it would not be a perfect thing for him.

Since he wants to win the award, he will do everything by himself!

"I already have a good script, which I polished for five years before writing it." Zhang Guorong, who was well prepared, took out a script from the small bag he carried with him and handed it to Wu Yuan.

"If possible, I would also like to ask you to correct it and give some suggestions."

Well, this is not considered asking others to help write the script.

Wu Yuan took the script and read it carefully.

"Glass Love?" Wu Yuan felt familiar, as if this was the title of a song Zhang Guorong had once sung.

The script itself was not too thick, and he quickly read through it, then looked up at Zhang Guorong with a complicated expression, "Leslie, is this a script adapted from your own emotional experience?"

"I guess so." Zhang Guorong said with emotion, "I wrote this script after re-examining my life."

"Cannes or Venice should like this movie." Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows and said with certainty. (End of this chapter)