Millennium director

"The one standing in front of us right now!"

"Two-time winner of the Most Popular Male Singer Award at the Top Ten Golden Songs Awards, winner of the Golden Needle Award, the highest honor of the Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs Awards, winner of the Best Actor Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards, winner of the Best Foreign Language Film Actor Award at the Japan Film Critics Awards, and winner of the 100 Foreign Actor of the 20th Century by the Japan Film Junpo!"

"One of the 25 Greatest Actors in Asia by CNN, the first Cantonese singer to enter the Korean music market, Best Actor at the Venice International Film Festival, jury member of the Berlin International Film Festival, the pride of the Chinese people——"

"Mr. Zhang Guorong!"

"Everyone applaud!"

"As Wu Yuan made funny remarks, a burst of applause mixed with laughter rang out.

And standing next to Wu Yuan, Zhang Guorong, who had seen a lot of storms, had a face like a monkey's butt at this moment.

Don't get me wrong, this is not a grand award ceremony, but just the editing center of the light and shadow era.

The reason for the above monologue is mainly because Wu Yuan gave Zhang Guorong verbal encouragement after facing his "lack of confidence"!

Yes, it was really encouragement!

"Leslie, to be honest, can you find another male star in China who is better than you?"

"Whether it is movies or music, you are the best of your time, and now you are a director, you are not bad."

"How can you not have confidence in yourself?"

"You have to believe in yourself. There are not many people in the circle who are better than you. You have made a movie, so what are you afraid of not editing it well?"

Yes, the reason why Wu Yuan "encouraged" Zhang Guorong so much is because Zhang Guorong held on to him and hoped that he could participate in the post-editing of "Glass Love".

In fact, it can be said that Zhang Guorong still has no confidence in himself, or he is too worried about the gains and losses of this movie, so he really needs a "god" to give him confidence.

He didn't really need Wu Yuan to help him edit, but if Wu Yuan could stand by while he was editing, even if he didn't say anything, he would feel much more at ease.

At least there is a "great god" to check for him!

Unfortunately, Wu Yuan has no interest in this.

The main reason is that he has never seen the movie "Glass Love" in his two lifetimes, and he doesn't know how to edit this movie in the most appropriate way.

It's not that Wu Yuan's directing skills are not good without "foresight".

In fact, after these years of practical training, Wu Yuan's current directing skills can be confidently said to have reached the first-class level in the industry. This first-class is not only domestic first-class, but also first-class internationally.

Maybe it can't be compared with the top art film directors, but it is definitely better than most directors. He can also shoot the original "Bruce Lee" with ease.

But "Glass Love" is a movie with a deep personal style of Zhang Guorong. From the plot to the shooting techniques, they are all derived from Zhang Guorong's personal ideas. It can be said that it is a completely personal film.

In this case, Wu Yuan can't take over the editing work halfway, even giving suggestions is not very good.

Because once he gave advice, or "guided" Zhang Guorong, the style of the film would begin to deviate, and his personal style would be mixed in, which would change the taste.

This is not a good thing for Zhang Guorong's award-winning, but it would be a good intention but a bad thing.

Wu Yuan also told him this, but you can't expect a person who is worried about gains and losses to listen to the truth.

At this time, what Zhang Guorong needs is not a big truth, but confidence and encouragement.

This is why Wu Yuan had the above conversation.

After listing the various honors that Zhang Guorong has won in his life in a slightly funny way, not to mention Zhang Guorong himself, even Wu Yuan himself was secretly shocked.

I didn't know it clearly if I didn't understand it carefully on weekdays. Now that these honors are listed one by one, I find that Zhang Guorong is really awesome.

He is different from Huang Jiaju, who ascended to the "altar" after his accidental death.

Even without the leap in 2004, Zhang Guorong's achievements in the Chinese music and film circles are enough to be included in the hall of the Chinese entertainment circle.

In the field of singers, he can be said to be invincible in the world. He was one of the first idol singers to become popular in Hong Kong Island. When the two Zhangs competed for supremacy, he won half of the Hong Kong Island music scene. Later, he even developed to South Korea and became the first singer to enter the Korean market.

In terms of film achievements, the movies he starred in are also classics for several generations in Asia.

"A Chinese Ghost Story" not only achieved box office success in Hong Kong Island, South Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia, but also made costume ghost movies become the trend of Hong Kong films again.

"A Better Tomorrow" made a sensation throughout Asia and is still regarded by South Korea as the enlightenment of Korean action and crime movies.

"Days of Being Wild" has become one of the representative works of Hong Kong art films, and the clip of Xu Zai dancing alone in front of the mirror is also one of the classic clips in Hong Kong film history.

"Farewell My Concubine" and "Happy Together" are not to mention, BBC's 100 best movies in film history!

Zhang Guorong's talent is beyond doubt, and after he turned into a director, he still showed great talent, being able to handle both commercial and artistic works.

It's just that he was too confused, or he took "Glass Love" too seriously, so after some setbacks and hardships during the filming, he began to doubt himself.

"Leslie, be more confident." Wu Yuan patted Zhang Guorong on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Look at them, everyone thinks you are the best."

Looking at the pairs of eyes around him looking at him with admiration, Zhang Guorong took a deep breath, "Yes, I am the best."

"That's right." Wu Yuan smiled and said happily: "So you just edit the film, feel free to edit it boldly, what you think in your heart, what kind of shots you want, just edit it according to your thoughts, you don't need to listen to anyone's advice."

"The film edited in this way can best express your artistic ideas."

"I won't get involved, I have to fly to North America in two days to do a road show for the new movie."

Seeing that Zhang Guorong seemed to have regained his confidence, Wu Yuan didn't plan to stay in the editing center any longer.

His time was indeed very tight. He had just finished the post-editing of "Bruce Lee" and immediately flew to the United States with the finished film. On the one hand, he wanted to show the film to Disney, and on the other hand, he was about to start the promotion road show for the film.

Because it is an art film, Wu Yuan cannot completely ignore the promotion of the film this time. At least when it is released in art theaters in the early stage, he has to cooperate with the promotion, and he also has to build relationships with various film critics and academy judges, and carry out a series of public relations activities.

Since it is going to win awards, you have to show your attitude and shoulder some responsibilities that belong to the director.

These things are complicated, Wu Yuan has a lot to do! (End of this chapter)