Millennium director

After four major domestic directors gathered together to chat for a while, director Zhang Yimou, who had met a circle of other guests, also came to the circle.

As soon as he saw Zhang Yimou, Director Kege showed a complicated expression on his face.

"Yimou, with such a high investment in a movie, is there a lot of pressure?" Director Kege said with a bit of envy in his tone, but also a bit worried for his friends.

Zhang Yimou is definitely a friend to Director Kege.

Although the two parted ways after "Yellow Earth" due to different film concepts, they still regarded each other as friends.

Director Kego's mentality, to put it in one sentence: He is afraid that his friends will have a hard time, and he is also afraid that his friends will drive a Land Rover.

I don’t want director Yimou to fail too much, and I don’t want him to be too successful.

Director Yimou still looked introverted and smiled shyly: "There must be pressure, so I will fully cooperate with the promotion this time. I will do whatever Wei Ping asks me to do."

"For me, a boss is willing to pay so much money and bring so many stars together to give me such an opportunity. I shouldn't be too selfish. I should fully cooperate with them to recover the cost."

"This will bring great comfort to my conscience personally."

"Of course, speaking more utilitarianally, if the investment is recovered, more people will come to me to make movies, and more bosses will pay attention to the film industry, which will also be good for the development of our mainland films."

Wu Yuan on the side nodded in admiration and gave a thumbs up: "Director Yimou, your courage to be the first in the world is indeed admirable!"

Last year, in 2001, the total box office of mainland movies was only 890 million.

When the market is only so big, Zhang Yimou dares to make a super blockbuster with an investment of 30 million US dollars, equivalent to 240 million yuan. This is definitely an unprecedented gamble for mainland movies!

Wu Yuan, who knew the result, knew that the gamble was successful, but others did not know, and Zhang Yimou was even less sure!

But he still accepted the challenge bravely.

This is indeed commendable, and Wu Yuan will not think that director Yimou is not great just because he knows the future.

"What about the next film? Do you have any ideas?" Jiang Wen also came up and asked curiously.

Everyone knows that director Yimou is a famous workaholic. He often comes up with ideas before the movie is finished. Jiang Wen is also curious about the next movie directed by Yimou.

This "Hero" has already cost 30 million US dollars, so the style of the next movie will definitely not be lower!

"It's still martial arts!" Sure enough, director Yimou said confidently: "In fact, before "Hero" was started, I wrote the script for the next movie at the same time."

"I plan to make a martial arts movie next time!"

"'Hero' is my first time making a martial arts movie and my first time making an action movie."

"Although we have a very good action director, action is so unfamiliar to me and I am very passive."

"So the combination of my own ideas and movements was very rough, and the shooting was actually not that perfect."

"Now I feel that I have accumulated experience in this area. If I make another martial arts film, I will do better!"

"Of course, the story of the next film will be different. I want to create a different feeling."

Wu Yuan nodded understandingly.

"House of Flying Daggers"!

The handsome guy Jin + Brother Hua + International Chapter, this lineup looks really good, and the box office is also pretty good.

"Then I wish "Hero" can be a big hit and revitalize our mainland film market!" Feng Xiaogang also said his blessing with a smile on his face.

He really hopes that "Hero" can be a big seller. After all, he attaches great importance to the commercial film market. If "Hero" can awaken the public's desire to go to movie theaters, that will also be good news for Feng Xiaogang.

He has already thought in his mind that he also wants to make a commercial blockbuster, and he can no longer just make comedy movies on a small scale.

Director Kege and Jiang Wen also nodded thoughtfully.

They are also thinking about transitioning into commercial films.

It can be said that the success or failure of the movie "Hero" will affect the career plans of several top mainland directors!

Once "Hero" becomes a hit and proves that there is a market for commercial blockbusters in the mainland, they will immediately try to shoot their own commercial blockbusters!

Who wouldn’t want to make money if they could?

Only Wu Yuan sat firmly on the Diaoyutai without any change in his expression.

Commercial blockbuster?

He has a "Pirates of the Caribbean" film to be released globally next year

Several major directors have to consider the risks of transitioning to commercial films, whether they can make commercial films, and whether the consequences will be serious if the transition fails.

Wu Yuan doesn't have to think about this.

My buddy originally made his debut as a commercial film director!

Don't forget about his films "The Night the Comet Came" and "Juno" just because "The Embalmer" won the Berlin International Film Festival award.

Currently Wu Yuan still holds the box office record for mainland directors!

Juno's global box office of 220 million US dollars, even "Heroes" can't beat it!

It's just that "Juno" has not been released in the mainland, which often makes most mainland audiences and filmmakers subconsciously ignore this matter!

It doesn't matter, "Pirates of the Caribbean" will be released globally next year, and if nothing else, it will also be released in the mainland.

By then, the "box office record for mainland directors" held by "Juno" should be broken, and it can reach more than 600 million US dollars in one fell swoop.

It is estimated that this mainland director's box office record will not be broken until the mainland movie box office enters the era of 5 billion.

However, when calculating the box office records of mainland movies, "Juno" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" definitely cannot be counted.

"Hero" can still win the title of No. 1 box office among mainland movies.

Wu Yuan is the top-grossing director in the Mainland, and "Hero" will be the top-grossing movie in the Mainland. Everyone wins!

With a sincere smile on his face, Wu Yuan held director Yimou's hand and said in a sincere tone: "I have a hunch that "Hero" will set a new box office record for mainland movies!"

"I hope so." Director Yimou said with deep expectation in his tone.

"Hey, Director Wu! Are you free? Let's chat!" Not far away, Director Han, who had just finished chatting with some other guests, waved to Wu Yuan.

"Excuse me." Wu Yuan smiled apologetically to Director Yimou, temporarily left the director's circle, and walked next to Director Han, "Director Han, do you have anything to do with me?"

"I can't talk to you if I have nothing to do?" Director Han smiled and glared at Wu Yuan.

"But there is indeed something wrong. Director Wu, look at this "Hero" directed by Yimou. With an investment of 30 million US dollars, the domestic promotion fee is estimated to be 20 million!"

"There will be a grand premiere next. What kind of 0 o'clock premiere will Zhang Weiping have?"

"You are not moved after seeing it?"

"What makes my heart beat?" Wu Yuan was a little surprised.

"Let's make a blockbuster movie!" Han Dong patted Wu Yuan's shoulder hard and said with anger.

When it comes to which domestic director he is most optimistic about now, it is no longer director Yimou, but Wu Yuan!

Director Han now only wants to expand the domestic film market, and wants to make an Oriental Hollywood movie!

In this regard, domestic art film directors really don’t have much effort.

Even Zhang Yimou's "Hero" is still on the edge of the cliff.

Even if it premieres soon, no one dares to say that the investment of 30 million US dollars can be repaid!

But Wu Yuan can!

In North America, where the commercial film market is so mature, Wu Yuan's films can all be hits!

North American audiences who are used to watching all kinds of commercial movies are willing to enter the cinema to contribute to Wu Yuan's box office!

His commercial value no longer needs to be proven!

If he makes a commercial blockbuster in the mainland, it will definitely be a hit!

Even if it is not a hit, with his reputation as a Hollywood director, his movie rights are sold more expensively than others, and people in Japan, South Korea and even North America are willing to buy his movies.

If you invest in him to make a commercial blockbuster, the loss rate is definitely the lowest among all mainland directors!

Now China Film Group wants to send money to Wu Yuan!

Wu Yuan also understood what Director Han was thinking. He shook his head: "Next year, I'm still filming "Pirates of the Caribbean"."

"However, even if I want to make a commercial film in the mainland next year, I plan to invest my own money."

"No problem, just leave the distribution to China Film Group Corporation! I'll help you with the rest!" Director Han assured, patting his chest.

As long as Wu Yuan is willing to make commercial films in the mainland instead of focusing on literary films, Director Han will be satisfied.

China Film Academy didn't invest a dime in "Hero", but Director Han was still very active!

What China Film Group wants now is to expand the mainland's commercial film market!

As long as Wu Yuan is willing to make commercial films in the mainland, he will definitely drive the development of the commercial film market in the mainland!

The market has developed and the pie has grown bigger. Is China Film still afraid that it will not make any profit?