director of the millennium

"Why did China's Qin Shihuang become the three-headed dragon of the West?"

"This is too nonsense."

"And that Ziyuan, she's just guarding the Immortality Pond like this, and China is about to be destroyed outside, and she's still worrying about things that happened 2000 years ago?"

"No wonder Rachel Weisz was dissatisfied with the script and refused to continue playing the role of Evelyn. I wouldn't play the role if it were me!"

Walking out of the cinema, listening to the complaints from his little girlfriend next to him, Wu Yuan sneered: "I just said it was a bad movie."

"It's just a Hollywood story with a layer of Chinese skin. It's still a simple adventure story that was badly filmed."

"It's very misleading. It's just a Chinese gimmick in the hope of luring global audiences into the cinema."

The two of them had just finished watching "The Mummy 3" which was released in China. To be honest, compared with the previous two films, this one was terrible.

Or maybe it's because "The Mummy 3" tells a Chinese story this time, and it's no longer Egypt, which is mysterious and unknown to Chinese audiences.

Once the sense of mystery and unknown in the adventure story is gone, if you just look at the plot, then this kind of adventure movie can be said to be full of loopholes, grinding people's IQ to the ground.

Perhaps, when the Egyptians watched the first two parts of "The Mummy", their mentality was similar to the Chinese people's mentality when watching "The Mummy 3".

When the scene of Qin Shihuang turning into a three-headed dragon appeared on the big screen, Wu Yuan clearly heard the low-pitched curses from many spectators around him.

Qin Shihuang is indeed the ancestral dragon, but he is a Chinese dragon, which symbolizes a mythical beast and the emperor, not an evil four-legged reptile like the West!
Everyone enjoyed watching the plot in the first two movies, such as the Egyptian mummy being resurrected and turning into the Scorpion King, but this time seeing Qin Shihuang's terracotta warriors being resurrected and turning into a dragon was a bit unacceptable.

"Universal probably didn't do this script for the Chinese market." Wu Yuan continued to say while taking his girlfriend home: "The reason why the background of the third part is set in China is because China is, in the eyes of Westerners, Like Egypt, it is also a mysterious ancient country with a long history.”

"Mysterious Orientals. In the eyes of Europeans, Qin Shihuang's underground palace is about as mysterious as the Egyptian pyramids."

"After making two previous films with Egyptian backgrounds, Universal set the background in China, trying to use the mysterious Chinese colors to set off another wave of mummy craze around the world."

In fact it is.

"The Mummy 3" has a domestic box office of more than 1 million yuan, which is already a good result, and its performance in the global market is even better, with a global box office of more than 4 million US dollars.

However, after the third film, the potential of this series has almost reached its end.

This is another series that can only be made into a trilogy, and Hollywood’s trilogy curse still works very well.

After briefly commenting on the movie, Wu Yuan put it behind him.

After sitting in the nanny car opened by assistant Xiao Zhang outside the cinema, Wu Yuan and Liu Yifei chatted about another matter: "I heard that the crew of "Sword and Sword III" invited you to make a guest appearance?"

While Light and Shadow Times is busy making "The Heirs" and "Let's Get Married", Sugar Man, who has a cooperation agreement with Light and Shadow Times, is also working on their most important project this year, "Sword and Sword III".

This TV series is the last one under the contract between Light and Shadow Times and Sugar Man. Wu Yuan will not be able to split the money for the subsequent "Bu Bu Jing Xin".

However, he himself has no interest in this kind of Qing palace whipping drama. Even if he can complete "The Palace" before the main film, he has no intention of doing so.

To be honest, Wu Yuan felt that the money for the Qing palace drama was very easy to earn.

What’s so beautiful about the shape of the money rat tail?

From "Step by Step" to "The Palace" and then to "The Legend of Zhen Huan", the Qing Dynasty palace braid drama became popular in China. At one time, all costume films had to film braid drama. He was really unhappy watching it.

He didn't have the chance before, but now that he has the chance, he will definitely make some changes.

There are so many dynasties in China for 5000 years. Anyway, they are all filming costume idol dramas. Which dynasty should you choose to be less fragrant than the Qing Dynasty?
Even Tang Ren's "The Legend of the Female Doctor: Ming Fei", which cleanses the Mingbao sect, is better than the Qing palace braid drama!
Focusing on Liu Yifei, Wu Yuan sighed sadly.

My girlfriend is too young now.

Before he woke up from the dream, the last TV series he watched happened to be "Menghualu" starring Liu Yifei. Leaving aside the plot, the drama's background in the Song Dynasty was quite well done, and it brought the prosperity of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" The taste of Bianjing in the Northern Song Dynasty was captured.

It's just that Liu Yifei is still too young now, so she probably won't be able to perform the same feeling as when she filmed "Meng Hua Lu" later, so she will have to wait a little longer.

Not paying attention to Wu Yuan's strange look, Liu Yifei said in a seductive tone: "Tangren wants me to play a guest role as Nuwa. After all, I played a descendant of Nuwa in the first film."

"But I declined."

"I'm not stupid. I know that Sugar Man wants to hype up the news of my return to the "Sword and Sword" series and gain attention for "Sword and Sword III"."

"This time, Hu Ge will play the male lead in "Sword and Sword III" again. Many netizens are calling on me to return and star in the sequel with him."

"The ending of the first part was so tragic that the audience is still upset and looks forward to our cooperation again."

Speaking of this, Liu Yifei's mood also dropped. "Legend of Sword and Fairy" was the movie with the worst ending she had ever filmed. Except for the male lead Li Xiaoyao, all the members died. When it was first broadcast, the audience cried with heartbreak.

"Hey, Hu Ge is a pity." Liu Yifei held her chin in her hands and said with emotion: "Five years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Hu Ge is still acting in the Candy Man's Fairy Sword series. He obviously started so well, but now he has fallen behind."

Wu Yuan was also a little helpless.

Hu Ge had a perfect start in his life. "Your Name" became a hit in Asia, and then he won national popularity with "Sword and Sword III".

To say that he has been limited by the role of "Li Xiaoyao" in his life is nonsense.

At least the male protagonist Lin Wenjie in "Your Name" has left a deep impression on movie fans across Asia. His modern drama will not make the audience feel out of place.

But who told him to set up a sugar man with no ability?

Cai Yinong said it was because she was backed by the Hong Kong and Taiwan circles, but in fact she just had a few connections in Hong Kong and Taiwan, so she could only put in some TV dramas despite her best efforts.

Because of Cai Yinong's kindness, Hu Ge is determined to stay in Sugar Man, so there is no way to obtain any high-end film and television resources from Sugar Man. Even if the movie hero starts, he can still only hang out in the TV series circle.

It may be a bit excessive to say that Sugar Man is lying on Hu Ge's body to suck blood, but Cai Yinong has indeed made a lot of money from Hu Ge in the past few years.

"I have actually contacted Hu Ge before and invited him to come to Light and Shadow Era for development." Wu Yuan spread his hands: "It's just that Tangren's method of running the company into a big family is really good at winning over the hearts of artists."

"Hu Ge is an honest man."

"Just because it was Cai Yinong who resolutely brought him to audition when he heard about the casting of "Your Name", and also arranged for him to be the leading actor in "Sword" before "Your Name" was released, this is It was caught by Cai Yinong."

"Although he was very moved by the olive branch I extended, he still declined."

"Of course, part of the reason is that Yuan Hong is also in our company. He and Yuan Hong have similar acting careers. He is probably afraid that he will switch jobs and come to the Light and Shadow Era, squeezing the resources of our old brother."

"Hey, Hu Ge is a good friend, just like Brother Xiao Ming."

"If there is a suitable role in the future, I can ask him to play it."

Although Wu Yuan said this, he knew in his heart that it would be difficult to cooperate with Hu Ge again in the light and shadow era.

The company has so many artists of its own, and Yuan Hong, Jia Nailiang, Zhu Yawen and others can easily cover them, so how can any suitable roles leak out?

After a few slaps, Wu Yuan put his arms around his girlfriend and said, "Okay, I've finished watching "The Mummy 3" now."

"Can we leave for Venice tomorrow?"

"The Venice Film Festival will officially open the day after tomorrow. Mark Muller is afraid that I will be absent. He has been busy in the past two days!"

2008年威尼斯电影节定于2008年9月3号到9月13号举行！
As early as August 8, the organizing committee of the Venice Film Festival announced the list of films shortlisted for the main competition in Venice.

Among them, "A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die" directed by Wu Yuan is impressively listed.

As a director directly invited by Chairman Mark Muller, as long as Wu Yuan makes the film and submits it to Venice, it is impossible for Venice to turn it away. Even if the film is of poor quality, it will at least be shortlisted for the main competition. of.

What's more, the quality of "A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die" is not bad at all. During the audition stage, it was unanimously recognized by all the audition judges.

It's just that when this news was announced, China was at the height of its Olympic competition, so it didn't attract much attention.

There is no way. Throughout August, all Chinese people had no time to pay attention to anything except the Olympics.

However, after the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, everyone had time to browse through all the major and minor events that happened in the past half month. The news that Wu Yuan's new film was shortlisted for Venice was quickly picked up and hyped by the media.

"Director Wu is very energetic. Just after the release of "Gravity", his new film was shortlisted for the Venice International Film Festival!"

"Following the Berlin International Film Festival and the Cannes International Film Festival, the Venice International Film Festival, the last of the world's three major film festivals, also opened its arms to director Wu Yuan!"

"This is the first time he has been shortlisted for the main competition of the Venice International Film Festival. Can Director Wu win the award?"

"Exclusive reveal of Wu Yuan's new film "A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die", Li Xuejian and Wu Yuan collaborate again!"

After the Olympics, the domestic media, which had been slow to respond, finally remembered the Venice Film Festival nomination news announced half a month ago.

Less than a month after Wu Yuan's name disappeared from the public eye across the country, it once again occupied the front pages of major entertainment newspapers.

Under the continuous reports of these news media, Wu Yuan led the crew of "A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die" and boarded a flight to Venice.

Originally, this year was not a big year for the Venice Film Festival. Because of Wu Yuan's nomination, countless pairs of eyes from around the world were attracted to this small city known as the Pearl of the Adriatic. (End of chapter)