Millennium director

On the other side, Los Angeles, USA.

Wu Yuan was lazily leaning on the sofa in the living room of his mansion in Los Angeles, looking at the ceiling and muttering.

"Ah"

"In this case, the goal is the 2020 Oscars."

"That means we have to compete with "Parasite."

"We have to compete with the Palme d'Or."

The cooperation with Disney has basically been finalized.

Disney pays the money, Wu Yuan works hard, and they jointly create the "Bruce Lee" biography, and Disney will do its best to publicize the film for the 2020 Oscar Best Picture.

During the negotiation, Wu Yuan didn't think so much, he just wanted to find a sucker.

However, after everything was settled, he had time to think carefully and found this entanglement.

In the original time and space, the movie that won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2020 was the Korean movie "Parasite", and this matter was still on the domestic Internet at that time.

After all, this is the first time that a Korean local film has won the Oscar for Best Picture, and it is also the first Asian film to win the Oscar for Best Picture.

Before this, many Hollywood movies directed by Asian directors have won this honor. Yes, I am talking about Li An.

But it is the first time that a movie produced entirely in Asia and starring all Asian actors has won this honor.

Such a breakthrough must have shocked Asia. It is hard for Wu Yuan not to know.

Of course, it is understandable that this movie won the Oscar for Best Picture.

After all, "Parasite" can be said to have fully portrayed the struggles of the bottom of South Korea, the class confrontation between the poor and the rich, and the satirical criticism of the social system and current situation in South Korea.

It is completely understandable that such a movie about how "rotten" South Korea is can be favored by Hollywood.

Not to mention that it is indeed very well shot. From artistry to humanistic care to the interpretation of lens language, the director is at the top level.

It is easy to simply say "rotten", but it is difficult to say "rotten" well enough, and it is even more difficult to make it "artistic".

So this movie first won this year's Cannes Palme d'Or, and then won next year's Oscar.

It is definitely a very difficult thing to win one of the three best films in Europe at the same time, and then win the Oscar, and be recognized by Europe and North America at the same time. There are only a handful of movies that can achieve this level.

But "Parasite" did it.

It is undoubtedly very stressful to compete with such a movie, and even the hope of winning is very slim.

But although Wu Yuan complained a little, he did not feel much pressure in his heart.

After all, Oscar winning is not just a superficial matter.

"Parasite" is strong, but it also depends on who it is competing against.

As I said, Hollywood is a world of capital, and the Oscars are firmly controlled by the Academy. It is not really transparent, open, and fair.

If Disney is determined to publicize a best picture award for its own movie, then even "Parasite" will only end up with a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

You know, among the major Hollywood film companies, Disney can already be regarded as the first company.

After all, Disney's Marvel has reaped hundreds of billions of dollars in box office revenue worldwide, and its own animated films are invincible. Sony has to cooperate with it, and Universal has to avoid it temporarily.

It would be fine if there is no good opportunity, but if there is an opportunity, it is not difficult for Disney to publicize an Oscar for itself.

Of course, the premise of all this is that "Bruce Lee" is indeed of good quality and has the level to compete for the best picture. It can be worse than "Parasite", but not too much worse, so that Disney can have the confidence to rush for it.

And all this ultimately depends on Wu Yuan, he has to stand up.

For him, such pressure is more accurate than pressure, it is more accurate to say that it is motivation.

After lying down at home for two days, Wu Yuan, led by the producer sent by Disney, began his casting journey in Hollywood.

For the heroine of "Bruce Lee", he finally accepted Disney's opinion and chose Emma Stone to play.

I don't know why Disney put Emma Stone in, and they are determined to use her.

In addition to the heroine, Wu Yuan also had to choose many other roles.

For example, Bruce Lee's agent in North America, who was the first person to discover him at 20th Century Fox.

There were also friends he met while living and working in North America, people in the industry he met when he was in contact with Columbia and Warner, and related actors in several TV series and movies he participated in, etc.

All in all, there were 20 to 30 European and American actors with lines in Wu Yuan's "Bruce Lee" script, and 5-6 of them were important supporting roles.

These roles needed to be played by actors who were well-known in Hollywood, and they had to conduct several small-scale auditions.

Just to be busy with the casting, Wu Yuan stayed in North America for a full month. It was not until the end of March that he almost determined the main actors, signed a letter of intent with them, and confirmed that they would join the group to shoot in September this year.

As for why the start date was chosen in September, it was of course because Liu Yifei's due date was in July.

It is impossible for Wu Yuan to come to the United States to make a movie when his wife is about to give birth or is in confinement after giving birth. No one with a low emotional intelligence can do such a thing.

At the very least, he has to wait until his wife is pregnant before he can start working.

It’s just in time to start filming in September, and it’ll be in time to complete filming and post-production before the end of the year. After all, this movie doesn’t require any special effects.

After completing the casting, Wu Yuan leisurely went to Georgia, the headquarters of Gulfstream Aerospace Company, for a stroll.

Gulfstream is not as famous as Boeing and Airbus, and it even has no market in the field of civil aviation.

But Gulfstream is the world’s largest business jet manufacturer. More than a quarter of the 500 largest companies in the U.S. Fortune magazine use Gulfstream business jets. Most of the private jets purchased by the world’s richest people are Made by Gulfstream.

Perhaps this company is not as professional as Boeing or Airbus in civil aviation, but when it comes to how to serve the wealthy and how to build enjoyable private jets, Gulfstream is the most professional.

Even Wu Yuan, who originally only had the idea of ​​​​coming to take a look first and understand the specific situation, actually arrived at the Gulfstream headquarters, saw the luxury business jets being manufactured, and heard all kinds of things from professional sales staff. After the sales pitch that hit his heart, he was completely tempted, and he ordered two Gulfstream G450s in a daze.

"One is hung under the name of Light and Shadow Times, and the other is hung under the name of Light and Shadow Quick Broadcast, and both rain and dew are stained!" Wu Yuandu couldn't help but muttered when he left the Gulfstream headquarters. (End of chapter)