director of the millennium

Chapter 338 The Chen Family Conversation
The movie "The Promise" can be said to be the most painful thing in Chen Kaige's life so far, even more painful than "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin".

Although the box office of "The Promise" was indeed very good that year, it failed to make back its money and its reputation was once again ruined.

Over the years, Chen Kaige has been repeatedly picked up and beaten repeatedly on the Internet. When he is mentioned, movie fans always want to scold "The Promise".

To say that he doesn't have knots in his heart is impossible!
Even with Chen Kaige's arrogant character, he couldn't be more angry. He was thinking about how to avenge his shame every day.

It's just that he is really a little over the top about the subject of "magic".

To this day, he still feels that his filming of "The Promise" was quite good, but the audience didn't know how to appreciate it, and the aesthetic level of this audience was not good enough.

The problem is, he is such a "high-level expressive" director. It is unrealistic for him to cater to a "low-level" audience. He cannot write a script that caters to this audience.

Now this is a coincidence. Wu Yuan is very good at writing scripts that the audience likes. He is a professional in this aspect.

Although Chen Kaige is arrogant, he is not arrogant. He knows that Wu Yuan is very good in commercial films. He is a director who is good at literature and art, and even better at business.

""Painted Skin 2"?" Chen Kaige pondered for a moment, but did not refuse.

His current schedule is quite sufficient. Although the project "The Orphan of Zhao" has been developed, and the script and preliminary preparations are in progress, it is still early for the project to be officially approved, and it will not be officially approved until at least half a year.

It's not too late to change plans now.

However, it was impossible for him to agree based on Wu Yuan's empty words.

"Let's read the script first." After thinking about it for a while, Chen Kaige replied ambiguously.

Wu Yuan didn't expect the conversation to end in one sitting. He smiled and nodded: "I'll have someone send me the script later."

He believes that the script of the second part can impress Chen Kaige.

Although "Painted Skin" is a commercial film, its core is still quite deep.

Different from 1, 2 is not only about love, but also about human nature.

The main theme of "Painted Skin 2" is actually to raise a question to the audience.

"Do you love someone on the inside or on the outside?"

Princess Jing envied Xiao Wei for having a beautiful skin, and Xiao Wei envied that human beings don't have to eat people's hearts and endure the extreme cold.

They all wanted to be each other, so a series of stories happened.

Besides love, this movie also brings up another topic.

After Princess Jing and Xiao Wei successfully changed their skins, they realized how good their original identities were.

After Xiao Wei became Princess Jing and was married to the Sirius Kingdom, she subconsciously used her magic when faced with humiliation. Only then did she realize how powerless she was as a human being when faced with danger.

After Princess Jing became Xiao Wei, after the initial joy, she discovered that her eyebrows were only temporary. In order to maintain her beautiful skin, she could only continue to eat people's hearts. The world seemed to have turned black and white to her, and the only color was The beating hearts in the human chest.

Eventually the story comes back to where it started.

The heart you have eaten must be returned, the heart you have gained is lost, and the skin you have gained is uglier than before.

This story tells another truth to the audience.

"Everyone always envy what others have, but rarely realize that what they have is also beautiful."

Two bodies, one human and one demon, exchange identities, bringing a thought-provoking story.

Wu Yuan personally feels that "Painted Skin 2" is more in-depth than the first one. It can be said that it has delved deeper into the story of "Painted Skin".

Therefore, the box office and reputation of "Painted Skin 2" after its release are not much inferior to those of the first film.It's a pity that this series only made it to the second part. It is clear that if it maintains this reputation, it can continue to produce sequels. I don't know if the actors have not reached an agreement or if there is something wrong with the management.

In this life, Wu Yuan did not find Zhao Junqi, and the biggest conflict between the two heroines should not happen again. Then maybe Light and Shadow Era can continue to make a third part after the second part.

But we have to wait until the second part is successful before considering this.

After finishing the business talk, Wu Yuan was not in a hurry to leave. He chatted with Chen Kaige about the development of the film and television industry and some anecdotes in the industry. By the way, he stayed at Chen Kaige's house for lunch.

It was also during the banquet that Wu Yuan felt what it meant to be an old-school literati.

It turns out that Chen Kaige's appearance in the variety show was really not an act.

Although real life is not as exaggerated and fake as in variety show recordings, Chen Kaige's family does have very strict tutoring.

The older of the two children was only in his early ten years, and the younger was less than ten years old. They were already very sensible when eating. Not only did they sit in an elegant manner, but they also respected their elders. They started eating after Chen Kaige moved his chopsticks.

Eating is in harmony, and "eating does not speak" is vividly expressed. At first glance, he is a member of the family.

This made Wu Yuan, who grew up in a hutong compound, look very strange.

He was curious, had neither of these two little guys experienced a naughty childhood?
He was even more curious, how could a child who was raised under such a strict tutor eventually become a fan?
Is it because Chen Kaige suppressed their personalities when they were underage that made Chen Feiyu immediately let himself go after he entered the industry and became independent?

While thinking wildly, Wu Yuan also imitated Chen Kaige's demeanor and ate his food quietly.

Don't say it, it's delicious.

At first glance, you can tell that Chen Kaige's family has hired a powerful live-in chef.

No, no, no one would think that Chen Hongneng is a beautiful cook.

"Ahem." After a while, Chen Kaige, who had almost eaten, stopped using his chopsticks, wiped his mouth with the restaurant, looked at Wu Yuan, and said, "Director Wu, what do you think of my youngest son, Feiyu?"

Why did you mention this?

Wu Yuan glanced at Chen Feiyu, who was eating quietly with his head down, and said with a smile: "The young master trained by Director Kai Ge is of course very good. He is the best-behaved and well-educated child I have ever seen at this age."

When he heard him praising his child, although he knew it was a bit polite, Chen Kaige still smiled happily.

"Haha, Director Wu was so complimentary."

"It's like this. Even though Feiyu is still very young, he already has his own dreams."

"He also wants to be an actor in the future and enter the entertainment industry."

"As you know, those of us in the industry don't actually have a good opinion of this industry, and we don't want our children to enter this industry. But children have dreams, and as elders, we still have to support them."

"So I'm going to show off my face and ask Director Wu to help me with something."

"If in the future your movie or your company has any projects that require child actors of Feiyu's age, then I hope you can consider our Feiyu."

"Of course, under the right circumstances."

I felt several expectant looks. Whether it was Chen Kaige, Chen Hong, or the child Chen Feiyu who was immersed in eating, they all looked over with expectant eyes.

Wu Yuan thought for a while, since he now had something to ask for.
"No problem. If the company needs young actors of this age, I will definitely choose Raindance's first. I also like this child, he is sensible!"

Wu Yuan raised his head with a bright smile.

　A thousand more words in the next chapter
　　
　
(End of this chapter)