What kind of bad thoughts can the director have?

This is not a surprise to Yang Shu, he had cut off Disney in the first place, and they just released the news step by step.

After negotiating the project with Tianxian two months ago, he immediately notified the media and sent out the news to take a stand first.

At that time, the news was not too hot, but Disney had companies and businesses in mainland China. It was impossible not to know about it, but there was no response.

Two months later, it was suddenly announced that "Mulan" would also be filmed, as if the announcement had been made.

As soon as the news came out, Tianxian called immediately: "This is too coincidental. Seventeen or eighteen years have passed since the Disney animation version, and suddenly I thought of making a live-action version. Are you following behind to fight us?"

Yang Shu took it very lightly: "Mulan's story has no copyright, and no one can stop anyone who wants to shoot it. I will confirm the shooting plan as soon as possible and will not be affected by this news."

It seems that Disney was stimulated and was unwilling to hand over the theme of Mulan to others. After all, they have won the popularity in the international market.

But this does not seem to be the urine of the old beauty. Hollywood is standing on the top of the pyramid, and there is no one who is constantly climbing below.

In fact, based on the timeline that Yang Shu knew, the other party originally announced the live-action movie plan at about this time.

The last fairy starred in Disney's live-action "Mulan", and Yang Shu's "Three-Body Problem" series started filming in 2018 at about the same time. Of course, he remembers it clearly.

And Tianxian told him that the preparation time for this film was very long, and he passed the audition and signed the contract two years in advance.

Then she signed the contract in 2016 at the latest. Disney announced the plan at this time, but it was actually a step-by-step process.

Disney's live-action version of "Mulan" has a lot of special effects, with an investment of more than 3 million US dollars. With the urgency of Hollywood, such a big project must be prepared for at least a few years, and several investors will be brought into battle.

So the project should have been established a long time ago, and now the plan has finally been announced, and it has entered the stage of selecting actors.

So when Yang Shu announced the filming of "Mulan", Disney probably didn't have much impact, or even took it seriously.

After the animated version of "Mulan", a lot of movies and TV shows with related themes have been made in mainland China, and there has been no fuss. What's so great about making another one with another one?

As for Yang Shu having won the Golden Lion Award, it is no big deal to Disney, Hollywood has no shortage of such talents.

Another particularly important point is the distribution of films. This is the result of long-term construction and management, and poplars have no roots.

Personal influence is limited. Hollywood relies on the influence of the United States. In this regard, the mainland is still far behind, and basically has little competitiveness in the international film and television market.

Yang Shuyun calmly said that she would not be affected, but Tianxian sounded a little hard-spoken. She reminded: "Disney's announcement made it very clear that all actors of Asian descent will be cast. This will of course affect our casting."

This is true. When Disney made the live-action version, it invited more than half of the influential Chinese actors, except Tianxian played Mulan, Jet Li played the emperor, Gong Li played the wizard of the enemy country, and Donnie Yen played the general who fought side by side with Hua Mulan. .

There are not many Chinese actors with international reputation, and Jackie Chan, Zhang Ziyi, Michelle Yeoh, etc., only three or five did not play.

Yang Shu originally planned to invite all the actors in Disney's live-action version. As long as these people are used, the other party will not have much choice. This is also a trick to strike first.

However, after careful consideration, he changed his mind. Destroying others may not necessarily make him successful.

This is not entirely due to the improvement of the ideological realm, but mainly due to the consideration of the plot. He does not intend to follow the routine of Disney's princess story.

That's an American-style narrative, where values ​​always come first, which is obviously different from the Eastern tradition, and imitating others is not a good idea.

It is said that nine out of ten of the first group of European immigrants who first arrived in America on the Mayflower were priests. Engaging in values ​​is one of the most primitive genes of this country.

If the story changes and the setting of the characters changes, whether it is necessary to invite those familiar faces to support the facade depends on the situation.

Disney has a lot of requirements for actors, not only must they be Chinese with a certain reputation in the world, but they also need to be fluent in English.

Because this is a Hollywood movie, the lines are written in English, and the version released in mainland China is dubbed separately.

There are very few people in China who are fluent in English, and this can also be seen from the final lineup, only Donnie Yen is Chinese.

In Yang Shu's view, as long as the celestial beings do not rebel, it will be difficult for Disney to find an actor suitable to play Mulan among the Chinese. It is useless to find a bunch of good supporting roles.

In fact, Disney's live-action version of "Mulan" was a failure on the whole. It only became a fairy and boosted its reputation internationally, and everything else was lackluster.

First of all, the story is limited to the animated version, and the so-called innovations are not changed well.

For example, the most exciting Mushu dragon in the animated version was removed, and the funny role was lost, which disappointed the old movie fans.

Another example is that in order to cater to the political correctness of the new era and avoid harassment in the workplace, the love story between the general and Hua Mulan has also been changed, which is somewhat inexplicable.

If this kind of story is considered in the direction of harassment, it is not certain who is harassing who is counted as a woman who disguises as a barracks.

In addition, in order to demonstrate feminism, Hua Mulan suddenly awakened in the middle of the plot, and refused to appear in men's clothing, but went to the battlefield in a red dress with long wavy hair.

These nonsense plots may please European and American audiences, but unfortunately when the film was released, Europe and the United States were suffering from pneumonia and coughing, and the box office was not expected.

And because this Chinese-themed film only has a Chinese skin, a big banana with yellow skin and white flesh, it is not well received by domestic audiences. It scored 4.2 on Douban and failed.

The box office in the mainland is close to 3 million, which basically depends on the contribution of the gods.

Because when it was released, except for the mainland, other places were coughing, and the box office added up to just over 1 million.

The failure to change the plot is just a complaint in mainland China. In fact, European and American audiences don't care, and they don't understand Chinese history anyway, so it doesn't matter how Disney shoots it.

The failure of the box office has a lot to do with the untimely birth, so let’s make a hypothesis, if there is no impact of the plague, is it wise for Disney to invest more than 20 billion yuan in this theme?

This is of great reference value for Yangshu's investment in "Mulan". In fact, it cannot be said that Disney is overzealous.

There is no need to analyze the situation in the first life. The main market of this drama is the mainland. Before the earth coughed, the relationship between the two sides was not too bad, and the cultural exchanges were very lively.

At that time, the development of the mainland film market was on the same curve as that of the country, leading the world, and Hollywood began to favor the Chinese.

"Mulan" was cast in 2016, and it didn't start shooting until 2018. There is a movie that also played a very important role in promoting it, and that is "Crazy Rich Asians".

This year, the film "Crazy Rich Asians", which depicts Asian Americans, was released, and it delivered a beautiful report card of both box office and word-of-mouth. As a result, Hollywood bigwigs turned their attention to the East without hesitation.

In fact, this is just a Cinderella comedy movie, about the heir of the wealthiest Chinese family in Singapore bringing his Chinese-American girlfriend back to China for a wedding, which unexpectedly caused a farce.

This film is not very nutritious, the plot is exaggerated and out of touch with reality, full of Westerners' curiosity and stereotypes about Easterners: don't look at these Easterners as inconspicuous, in fact, they are super rich in their hometown.

But overseas Chinese like it very much. They are used to watching Hollywood blockbusters with white protagonists. For many Asian-American groups, "Crazy Rich Asians" has a very special meaning for them.

In general: we are finally proud.

Contrary to many people's imagination, this movie turned out to be the first movie produced by a major Hollywood studio in the past 30 years, starring almost all Asian actors, starring Michelle Yeoh.

In other words, Hollywood has not made a movie with a Chinese cast in 30 years, and there are several movies about all-black uncles every year.

Movies like "Crazy Rich Asians" are not interesting to local Chinese audiences. The story is a bit strange, as if it is someone else's business.

But for the Chinese American community, it is enough to touch their hearts, and it is a sign of being accepted by the mainstream society of the old America.

In fact, Yang Shu is very curious about what kind of thinking Disney is thinking. He even thinks that the spring of an oriental story created by Hollywood has come, and such success can be replicated.

Both the animated version and the live-action version of Disney's "Mulan" performed unsatisfactorily in the mainland market, which only shows one problem: Disney worked behind closed doors, and did not even do a good job in basic research and research.

Yang Shu's past and future are clear, is it wise to continue filming "Mulan"?

He thinks it can work. Disney invested [-] million US dollars, and he invested [-] million yuan to produce a work that surpasses the effect, and the market pressure is seven or eight times smaller.

In addition, he knows how to shoot an oriental story for the whole world to read, and he can write and direct, which is also an advantage over Disney, which has a big tail.

He couldn't explain in detail to Tianxian, he only emphasized the advantages of local operations, and finally said: "There is nothing wrong with having a competitor, at least it can urge us to hurry up and start shooting."

When I become my own person, I think about problems from a different perspective. Tianxian is still a little worried: "The investment of hundreds of millions is too big, and if they feel it, I will be even more stressed."

Yang Shu has long stopped worrying about money: "Don't think too much, it's nothing to spend a few hundred million for you, I'm happy."

Not many people are qualified to say this kind of nuclear bomb level talk, not to mention that Yang Shu can really do this, even a fairy can't stand it.

You don't have to worry about money, but Yang Shu is young and energetic, but he doesn't like Disney's arrogance, and even ignores his "Mulan" project.

After filming "Love Letter from Heaven", it will be the end of the year, and the post-production can be completed before the Spring Festival, and it will be released in the middle of the year.

"Warrior" is also in preparation, and these two projects are backfired. They were shot to maintain the box office record of Chinese romance movies and mainland movie box office records, but they have not inspired much fighting spirit.

"So the focus of the next work should be "Mulan". It must hand over a beautiful report card that wins both box office and word of mouth."