director of the millennium

Chapter 354 Golden Horse Backstage
2008年12月6日晚20:00点。

The 45th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards ceremony was held at Zhongshan Hall.

At five or six o'clock in the afternoon, the red carpet began to walk on the Avenue of Stars outside Zhongshan Hall.

The crew of "Assembly", the crew of "Cape No. [-]", the crew of "Vote", the crew of "Half Sea Water, Half Fire", the crew of "囧Child" and other popular nominated crews all attracted the attention of media reporters when they walked on the red carpet. Excited to chase.

Red carpet host Huang Zijiao also made various gags to liven up the atmosphere.

Of course, when the crew of "A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die" stepped onto the red carpet, the shouts of the media and the sound of camera shutters were the most intense.

It’s not that this movie is so famous in Taiwan, it hasn’t even been released in Taiwan.

The main reason is that director Wu Yuan is too famous.

Although not many of Wu Yuan's Chinese-language films have been released in Taiwan, only "The Embalmer" and "Your Name" have been released in Taiwan.

Other movies such as "The Night the Comet Came", "Painted Skin" and "Love" are pirated resources that Taiwanese audiences watch on the Internet.

But he also has several Hollywood blockbusters!

The "Pirates of the Caribbean" series also performed very well at the box office in Taiwan, and "Rush Hour 3" starring Cheng Long has a strong box office in Taiwan.

Even Wu Yuan's first Hollywood movie "Juno" took the top spot at the box office when it was released in Taiwan.

Taiwan has strict admission requirements for mainland films and only gives ten places a year, but there are no restrictions on Hollywood films.

Wu Yuan has become a well-known director in Taiwan thanks to his many Hollywood blockbusters that have been sold around the world, and he can stand shoulder to shoulder with Li Yu.

And because Li Yu often returns to his hometown to appear on shows, the Taiwanese public is already very familiar with him.

But Wu Yuan has never appeared on a Taiwanese TV show, nor has he ever come to Taiwan to do any promotion.

When have you ever seen the leading actors and directors of Hollywood blockbusters come to Taiwan specifically to promote their movies?

Therefore, in the eyes of the Taiwanese public and media reporters, Wu Yuan is very mysterious. It is only possible to see him when the Golden Horse Awards are held.

It was a rare occasion to see a top director in the Chinese-speaking world. The media reporters at the scene were not allowed to take crazy photos and yelled at Wu Yuan asking various questions.

Some asked him what his impressions of Taiwan were, some asked him what he thought of Taiwanese movies, and some asked him if there were any Taiwanese actors he wanted to work with...

Faced with all these questions, Wu Yuan chose not to answer any of them. He just kept smiling and took pictures of them, and then quickly walked to the signature wall at the end of the red carpet.

"What's coming towards us is the crew of "A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die"!"

"Although the name of this movie seems strange, this movie defeated all the shortlisted films at this year's Venice International Film Festival and won this year's Golden Lion Award for Best Film!"

"And the director of this movie is the light of our Chinese people. Like Director Li Eucalyptus, he is very powerful in Hollywood and is a world-renowned international director Wu Yuan!"

"Director Wu, please stay."

The Taiwanese host Huang Zijiao, who is small but very good at chatting, quickly caught Wu Yuan who was about to run away after signing his name. He interviewed, "This is Director Wu's second time at the Golden Horse Awards."

"Last time Director Wu came to the Golden Horse Awards for the first time, he won the Golden Horse Best Film. This time Director Wu came to the Golden Horse with his work again. How do you feel?"

"My thoughts." Wu Yuan muttered: "Of course I am honored to be nominated for the Golden Horse Award again."

"The Golden Horse is the first important Chinese award I have received. It is very special to me, and I am honored to be recognized by the Golden Horse Award."

Among the three Chinese gold medals, only the Golden Horse has awarded Wu Yuan, and it is still a very heavyweight award.

This is why Wu Yuan still came to participate even though he knew that there would be thunderstorms at the Golden Horse in the future.

People give you face, but Wu Yuan would be embarrassed not to come again when his work was shortlisted.

This way, let alone the opinions of his superiors, he himself felt uncomfortable.The first one took away the Best Picture, but the second one was not present for the six nominations. Isn't this purely offending?

"Then I wish Director Wu can win the grand prize this time." Huang Zijiao said with a smile on his face.

If Wu Yuan can participate in the Golden Horse again, then he must be a good person. With six nominations, he can at least win two or three awards. His congratulations are so heartfelt.

"Thank you." Wu Yuan smiled implicitly and led the crew and creators to bid farewell to the off-site host and walked into the ceremony.

The crowd was full of people.

This was Wu Yuan's first thought when he stepped into the infield.

As an annual Chinese-language film event, the Golden Horse has always been a star-studded event.

Famous and unknown actors, screenwriters, and directors from Hong Kong and Taiwan gathered together, walking back and forth among each other to socialize, with laughter and conversations happening one after another.

Wu Yuan's entrance immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Director Chen Kexin, lead actor Liu Dehua and others from the film crew who were originally chatting with Feng Xiaogang immediately joined Feng Xiaogang and walked quickly to Wu Yuan.

"Director Wu, we meet again." Liu Dehua smiled and held Wu Yuan's hand, and said with emotion: "Among the domestic directors, you are the hardest to see. Every year at major award ceremonies and film festivals, it is difficult to see you. figure."

"As soon as I asked, it turned out that the person was busy working in the United States."

"I finally saw you again today."

"I hope I can have the opportunity to work with you in the future. I really want to play your role!"

None of the domestic actors, especially the top few, would not want to star in Wu Yuan's movies.

Wu Yuan's dramas and Chinese-language films can win awards or set new box office records in the Mainland. Hollywood's foreign-language films are even more amazing and can directly enter the international market!

This is exactly the opportunity that these domestic actors who have reached the ceiling dream of!
Chen Kexin also nodded his head at the side: "I have admired Director Wu's name for a long time. In the past few years since I went north to the mainland, the name of the director I have heard the most is Director Wu."

"This time I finally saw a real person."

Chen Kexin didn't know that Wu Yuan had stolen his "careful work" "If Love".

Chen Kexin, who now wants to develop in the Mainland and make a small amount of money in the Mainland, focuses on integrating into the Mainland circle and building good relationships with Mainland directors and capital.

On the surface, he looked like he was complimenting Wu Yuan, as if seeing Wu Yuan was an honor and surprise.

But it is not clear what he was actually thinking in his heart and how he was scolding Wu Yuan, a mainlander.

Wu Yuan, who could see through phenomena to see the essence, certainly knew that Chen Kexin, an old gangster, was definitely not the same person as he appeared to be. However, he still put a smile on his face and boasted to Chen Kexin in business: "Where, Director Chen is also a well-known person in Hong Kong Island. What a great director."

"I watched your "Sweet Honey" when I was a child. It is one of the most classic romance films in Hong Kong. It is still unforgettable to me."

Being praised by Wu Yuan, a great international director, and the movie he was praised for was "Sweet Honey", which is the most proud film of Chen Kexin's life, Chen Kexin could not help but feel a little erratic. The corners of Le Yuan's mouth stretched to his ears, and he burst out laughing.

The heat was almost over, so Wu Yuan ignored him, turned to look at Andy Lau, and said with some sincerity: "Brother Hua, let's have a chance to work together."

This sentence is true.

Wu Yuan really wants to cooperate with Liu Dehua.

His acting skills are acceptable, he is dedicated to his work, willing to endure hardships, and his character and artistic ethics are very good.

There is no director who would not want to work with such a high-quality film actor who has been popular for 30 years.

He can completely understand that after the success of "The Wandering Earth 1", Guo Fan will collaborate with Andy Lau for a sequel.

When such a high-quality actor comes to you and offers to work with you, who can say no?
(End of this chapter)