Millennium director

After all, the domestic release arrangement of "Bruce Lee" has nothing to do with Wu Yuan. The main concerns are Disney and China Film Group.

Although the starring actors must cooperate with the publicity and do some pre-release publicity work and road shows during the release, these things have nothing to do with Wu Yuan.

If he had more free time, he might still show up, but he is currently filming "Mulan" and has no interest in worrying about the mainland release of "Bruce Lee".

Again, he is pessimistic about the movie's box office in the Mainland. He doesn't think fans will go to the cinema and spend money to watch it if high-definition resources can be found online.

Then this salary is too high, and it requires a person with a brain-dead fan level and a very high moral standard to be willing to do this.

Although Wu Yuan feels that his influence in the country is indeed top-notch, it is unlikely that movie fans will be willing to spend money to go to the cinema to watch the movie without spending money, so he is not optimistic about the domestic box office. Expect too much.

Anyway, this movie has already won the Oscar for Best Director. Even if the domestic box office is mediocre in the end, no one will jump out and say that this movie is bad. They will only blame the general environment and the fact that the film has already been released abroad. , it would not have any impact on Wu Yuan's reputation, so he was very calm and continued to shoot "Mulan" slowly.

As the days go by, the weather on the Hulunbuir grassland is getting colder and colder.

This made him fully understand what the history teacher said about the Prairie White Disaster in his previous history class at school.

In this damn weather, the vast expanse of white is so clean. Those ancient nomadic peoples did not farm and had no food reserves. In this environment, they must have only gone south to plunder.

It’s no wonder that China’s thousands of years of ancient history have almost always been at war with the northern nomads. From the perspective of these northern nomads, it would be equivalent to committing suicide if they did not fight the southern farming dynasties.

This is the 21st century. Wu Yuan feels that he can't bear it when all kinds of supply and demand can be ensured. The entire crew is in great "pain". Even the herdsmen who do animal husbandry on the Hulunbuir grassland are not here in winter. Instead of staying, go back to the city.

It's hard to imagine how the nomadic peoples hundreds of thousands of years ago lived in this environment.

"Cold, so cold!"

"My impression of the grassland has always been the endless green beauty. I didn't expect the grassland in winter to be so scary!"

"I'm a little dizzy from the snow. No matter where I look, it's completely white."

"Just keep persevering, the filming will be completed in less than a month!"

Listening to the crew's complaints during the break, Wu Yuan couldn't bear to criticize anything. In fact, he himself never thought that this filming would be so difficult.

This should be the worst shooting environment he has ever experienced in the 20 years he has been making movies, and it will probably be remembered for a lifetime.

"If we continue filming like this, it is estimated that many people on the crew will suffer work-related injuries."

The night on the Hulunbuir grassland is even more cruel, but fortunately there are warm modern yurts that can dispel the cold for everyone.

Liu Yifei took the newly heated hot water and soaked Wu Yuan's feet while saying distressedly: "You have frostbite all over your body. I'm afraid no one can bear it if you keep going."

To be fair, Wu Yuan should be the person who enjoys the best treatment in the entire crew. After all, he is the director, and he does not need to sleep in the open air during filming. He only needs to sit behind the monitor, even if he needs to direct and dispatch the staff, most of the time It's all done with words, not hands-on.

But the crew and actors are different. They have a lot of work every day. The staff have to do all kinds of labor, while the actors have to be demeanor and not warm during filming.

In this case, Wu Yuan, who was the best protected, suffered frostbite, which shows how difficult the situation of other crew members was.

"You're not young anymore, so you still have to take care of your health." Liu Yifei gently massaged Wu Yuan's calf to relax and warm her while saying with some distress.

She didn't care much about filming in the cold wind and snow, that's what an actor's job is, and she also liked the character of Mulan very much and was willing to experience Mulan's life, so that she could empathize with this strong woman even more.

But she still feels bad for her husband.

Wu Yuan is five years older than her, and is almost 40 years old this year. For any normal human being, the body has already entered a period of decline after the age of 35, and the various indicators of the body after the age of 40 are even worse than when they were young.

Even if Wu Yuan takes good care of himself and the years have only added a few wrinkles to the corners of his eyes, his physical condition is definitely not as good as when he was young. Even he has to admit this.

Under this situation, Liu Yifei didn't want her husband to suffer in this ice and snow anymore.

"Why don't we stop shooting for a while and wait until the weather gets warmer before shooting again?"

"Anyway, the most important scenes have almost been filmed, and there are also winter plots. There is no need to insist on continuing filming at this time, right?"

Regarding Liu Yifei's suggestion, Wu Yuan fell into deep thought.

In the script, there is actually no distinction between the four seasons of the year. There is no special requirement for which plot is set in summer and which plot is set in winter.

The crew of "Mulan" decided to shoot here for 2 months, mainly for continuity. Since they have to shoot here anyway, they might as well shoot for a longer time at a time. After all, it costs money to go back and forth, and the budget must be controlled.

But if reality does not allow, it is not impossible to stop shooting immediately and move the next scenes to be shot in spring and summer.

It is only necessary to shoot the ending of some scenes that need to be performed in a coherent manner.

After all, some scenes have been shot partially. It is impossible that when the film is completed, it is still winter one second and spring and summer the next second.

After thinking about it, Wu Yuan decided: "It's really hard for everyone to hold on."

"Let's do this. The assistant director and I will sort out the materials that have been shot so far, and concentrate on shooting some of the unfinished shots in the next few days. Then the crew will stop working and rest. We will start shooting again when the spring comes next year."

"It just so happens that winter and summer alone are not enough. We can add some spring shots. The grasslands in spring are also very beautiful."

In this way, Wu Yuan adopted Liu Yifei's suggestion, mainly because he felt sorry for his wife's pain in shooting in this icy and snowy place. After all, she, the heroine, had the heaviest role.

So, after another week of shooting, before the end of December, the crew of "Mulan" finished work in Hulunbuir, and the shooting came to an end temporarily. They will return when the spring comes next year. (End of this chapter)