Millennium director

A few days later, Treasure Island.

The Mayday band is doing a signing event for their greatest hits album "We Are Mayday" in Ximending, Taipei.

The current Mayday is definitely a first-line singer in Baodao. It is just a best selection album. Even if there are no new songs, the signing site attracted thousands of fans.

The five members of the band signed from the morning until around three o'clock in the afternoon. Their hands were sore and numb, and the autograph session finally came to an end.

Dragging their tired bodies, they got into the nanny car and left the scene under the warm greetings of fans.

"Huh, is this the last signing today?" Bassist Martha shook his long flowing hair, as if he was relieved.

In the passenger seat, Mayday's manager JOE rolled his eyes: "The more signings you have, the more records you can buy. How many artists want to come to Ximending to sign and no one supports them, and you still complain."

A singer who can hold an album signing event in Ximending and attract hundreds or even thousands of fans is considered to be on the top or near the top in Baodao. This is something that many artists are envious of.

Martha opened her mouth, a little aggrieved and wanted to defend herself, but he really didn't mean to complain.

But before he could say anything, JOE's phone rang first.

"Hello."

".What?"

"Are you sure you're looking for us, Mayday?"

The short call ended quickly.

JOE turned his head excitedly, looked at the five members of the Mayday band, and said excitedly: "That great director from China, who won the Best Director in Berlin and who filmed "Juno" in Hollywood, wants to invite You write songs for his new movie!”

"Best director in Berlin?" Ashin was stunned and asked uncertainly: "You mean Director Wu Yuan?"

"That genius director from China, the one who won the Berlin Prize at the age of 20?"

"Yes!" JOE nodded excitedly.

"The Embalmer" has not yet been released in Baodao, because the policy does not allow it.

Compared with Hollywood and other foreign films that can enter the Taiwanese market without restrictions, mainland films must go through a quota system if they want to enter the Taiwanese market.

Only 10 mainland films can apply to be released in Taiwan every year. Before 2013, this application was all based on hand speed. Last year, "The Executioner" was released relatively late in the mainland and did not apply.

I applied for it this year, but it is still scheduled and has not been released yet.

If "The Embalmer" is a movie released after 2013, you don't have to worry about this.

After 2013, Baodao’s quota was relaxed.

As long as mainland films win any competitive awards at the Oscars, Cannes, Venice, and Berlin Film Festivals, they can apply for direct screening in Baodao without being restricted by the release quota.

But at the same time, the original "first come, first served" quota was changed to a lottery system. Among the mainland films that Baodao applied for, ten were chosen by lottery to be released in Baodao.

However, this lottery is not open to the public, and everyone knows what happens to the movie that is finally selected.

In short, although "The Embalmer" was not released in Baodao, Wu Yuan is still quite famous in Baodao.

Because "Juno" is a Hollywood movie and is not subject to quota restrictions, it was not only released in Taiwan, but also achieved good box office results. It has been watched more than one million times, and even more people have watched pirated copies on the Internet. too much.

In addition, the Oscars are broadcast in Treasure Island, and news about the Berlin Film Festival is also promoted in Treasure Island.

Although Wu Yuan has never been to Treasure Island, he is already famous here.

The public may still be a little unfamiliar with him.

But everyone in the entertainment industry knows that such a talented director came out of the Mainland, and he also worked in Hollywood and won the Best Director in Berlin. It is really amazing.

"He invited us to write songs for his new movie?" Monster, who is responsible for composing and arranging music in the band, looked eager to try.

"Yeah." JOE opened Mayday's schedule and crossed out next Monday's schedule without much hesitation.

"Next Monday we will fly to the capital to meet Director Wu."

Mayday moved very quickly, or it could be said that their company attached great importance to Wu Yuan's invitation.

China Film Group contacted Rolling Stone Music through connections on April 22. On April 25, Mayday got the pass and flew to the capital.

Wu Yuan didn't need to rehearse the play that day. After receiving the news, he received the group of people from afar at a private recording studio in Beijing in advance.

"Hey, Director Wu, hello, hello!"

Under the leadership of JOE, several people from Mayday bowed respectfully to say hello when they saw Wu Yuan.

JOE also had a smile on his face and stepped forward to shake hands with Wu Yuan.

Wu Yuan, who usually treats actors as equals whether in North America or Mainland China, this was the first time he was treated with such respect.

As soon as the five young men entered, they kept bending down and shouting "Hello, Director Wu", which gave him the feeling of a gangster meeting his boss.

Nodding somewhat uncomfortable, Wu Yuan held the hand of Mayday's manager: "Sister JOE, right?"

"Director Wu, just call me JOE." JOE shook her head repeatedly. Although she was indeed older than Wu Yuan, she couldn't accept the word "sister".

Wu Yuan's Berlin Best Director award is nothing. The Baodao side does not value the three major European awards as much as the Mainland.

But Wu Yuan's status in Hollywood is a bit scary, because due to some historical factors, the influence of American emperors in Baodao is very high.

A director like Wu Yuan who can make a name for himself in Hollywood in the United States is truly a great figure in the Baodao entertainment industry.

JOE spoke with a waxy Baodao accent and said with a smile: "As soon as I received the news, I brought them to see you immediately."

"It is an honor for our Mayday band to participate in the soundtrack production of Director Wu's new film."

As she spoke, she waved back, and two young people in the band came forward and looked at Wu Yuan with a somewhat uneasy smile.

JOE also followed the conversation and introduced: "This is Ashin, the lead singer of our band, and the other is the leader of our band, whose stage name is Monster."

"The two of them are usually responsible for music creation. Ashin writes lyrics and Monster composes and arranges music."

Wu Yuan nodded with a smile and briefly greeted the two souls of Mayday.

Of course he had admired the names of these two people for a long time, but it was only in his dreams that he had admired them for a long time.

By the way, it is rumored that Ashin's father is still a big boss on the road in Baodao, but he himself looks very shy.

Although they were both older than Wu Yuan, they were very shy in front of him, and they only smiled silly after saying hello.

Seeing this, Wu Yuan had no choice but to take the initiative and say: "I know you guys. Your songs are very nice. I've heard them in the mainland too."

"Otherwise, why would I ask you to write songs for my new movie?"

After boasting, he turned to look at JOE, "Has the contract been signed?"

"Signed." JOE replied quickly.

The price given by Wu Yuan was quite good. He needed three songs, four pieces of pure music, and seven soundtracks for a package price of 1.2 million yuan, which is a price that is in line with Mayday's current worth.

There is no overpayment, nor is the price deliberately lowered.

JOE is very satisfied with this. Writing songs for Wu Yuan's new movie is different from writing songs for other movies.

With such an additional resume, if JOE works well, it can increase Mayday's popularity a lot and even improve its quality.

"Then let's start as soon as possible?"

Wu Yuan stretched out his hand to signal Mayday to follow him, and led them into the studio of this recording studio.

After everyone sat down, Wu Yuan handed the script of "Your Name" to Mayday, who had signed a confidentiality agreement.

After waiting patiently for half an hour, after Ashin and Monster read the script briefly, Wu Yuan said:

"I actually already have some ideas about the soundtrack for this movie."

"When I was writing the script, I had a few scattered melodies in my mind, and I felt they were very suitable for this movie."

Pouting his lips, a whistle sounded from Wu Yuan's mouth, which was the climax of the chorus of the song "Previous Lives".

Wu Yuan doesn't know any musical instrument at all, so he only learned to whistle when he was young, and his grandfather always scolded him for being a hooligan.

Now Wu Yuan was only happy that he could whistle at least and would not sing the melody like "ah oh oh", which would make a fool of himself.

After humming the melody of "Previous Lives" in his memory as much as possible, he then hummed "Dream Lantern" and "Fireworks" to Mayday.

All three songs only had partial melodies, and that was all he could remember.

He doesn't necessarily want to reproduce the soundtrack of the original "Your Name", but he just feels that it is a good thing to imitate such an excellent example of the soundtrack.

It's a pity that Wu Yuan only remembers the chorus well.

After listening to the scattered melody hummed by Wu Yuan, both Ashin and the monster looked at Wu Yuan with a mysterious expression.

I didn’t expect this great director to write songs?

Although these melodies are too fragmentary, the two people with rich music theory knowledge can feel that these melodies are very good.

Is this really what Wu Yuan thought of when he was writing the script?

That's awesome!

"The melody is very nice. Director Wu, can you hum it again? We will record it with a recorder and then take it back and try to perfect it to see if we can write a complete song." Ashin said with admiration.

Wu Yuan nodded with satisfaction: "No problem!"

I would like to recommend a book about the age of rebirth to everyone.

"Rebirth 83 Hunting in the Mountains"

Before his rebirth, Ji Chang's neighbors, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, mother-in-law, and his wife's best friend all tried to persuade his wife to divorce him as soon as possible because he was a loser and idle all day long.

After his rebirth, everything changed after he picked up a shotgun and went up the mountain. His life became increasingly prosperous, and he soon became the richest man in his hometown.

Neighbor: "What are the conditions of the Ji family? It doesn't matter if they have fish and meat every meal, but it still smells so delicious. The whole village has to eat with the smell of the Ji family's food. What a sin!"

Sister-in-law: "Brother-in-law, you know too many things. My sister is so happy. Fortunately, she didn't divorce you."