director of the millennium

Chapter 27 What's the next movie?
In the capital city, in Wu Yuan's courtyard.

It has been a week since Wu Yuan returned to China, and the box office momentum of "The Night the Comet Came" is almost over.

Indeed, as Han Sanye and Wu Yuan speculated, the stamina of this movie is very average.

After the box office broke 1500 million, it didn't move much. The box office is only tens of thousands a day. It is estimated that the final box office will break 2000 million.

But Wu Yuan was already very satisfied with this result.

It's 2000 now.

Being able to direct a movie with a box office of more than [-] million in the Mainland is enough to be promoted to a first-line director.

That is, the old men in China who have the right to speak about movies look down on commercial movies, and they don't have a high evaluation of Wu Yuan.

For example, Director Feng has made movies with a box office of more than 3000 million for three consecutive years, but he is still not accepted by the old guys, and he is criticized every day. Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers did not give him an award.

It is still an era when film art is paramount, and those who can win awards abroad are powerful directors.

The light will sell at the box office, this is a speculator who smells of copper all over his body, and he doesn't understand the art of film at all!

Wu Yuan didn't care about comments like this.

He knows the national conditions of China, and he also knows the nature of the old men who now have the right to speak in Chinese movies.

But why is he short of money now? For the time being, he has no way to pursue art awards. Those old men who don't like him now just don't like him.

After waiting for two years, after this difficult start-up period, he will also launch a charge to the top three in Europe!
Not to cater to the group of old men who can't keep up with the times but still have the right to speak in the industry, but to satisfy their own pursuit of honor!
As long as you are a director, there is no one who does not want to get the Palme d'Or, the Golden Bear and the Golden Lion!
Of course Wu Yuan also hoped that he could win the three gold medals in China, the top three in Europe!
It’s just a matter of priorities!
Doesn’t Director Feng not want to win the top three in Europe, but doesn’t like the three gold medals in Chinese?
Director Feng, who just criticized the Golden Rooster for not giving him an award this year, doesn't seem like he doesn't like winning awards at all!
In the main house, an old-fashioned tape recorder was leaning against the corner, humming and reading the tape.

The title song "Still" from the Huaer Band's first album was playing clearly on the two large speakers of the tape recorder.

"Loneliness surrounds the TV, insists on dying, disappears at 02:30."

"How I wish someone could accompany me through the end of the world..."

It is indeed 02:30 late at night.

Wu Yuan was humming along with the music vaguely, while worrying at the computer screen with a sad face.

"The song is pretty good." Wu Yuan muttered to himself.

The lead singer of Hua'er is one year younger than him. He made his debut in 1999. His debut album swept the rock scene in Beijing and was praised as the future of Chinese punk rock.

Thinking of this, Wu Yuan cheered up again and started fighting against the computer.

He is writing the script.

Script written for Fox Searchlight!
Professor Xie talked about "winning the country", and Wu Yuan also had to pay attention to the matter of going to Hollywood to make money. Heck, winning glory for the country.

Since you want to win glory for the country, some scripts that are just for making quick money are not suitable.

For example, the "Chain Saw" series is indeed very popular, and it is indeed enough to counterattack at a small cost.

But this series is really not worth it. It's a full-fledged cult movie, and its selling points have no other value except blood and horror.

Making this movie or even turning it into a series will indeed make money, but it will also mark Wu Yuan's debut in Hollywood as a "cult" movie.

Hollywood directors also have a chain of contempt!

It just so happens that directors of cult films are at the bottom of the chain of contempt. They are better than directors who make movies with a DV and can't even get them in theaters, and release DVDs directly.

Originally, he was not easy to get along with in Hollywood as a Chinese director, so he was labeled as a "cult film director" after his debut, which was simply too low-end.

Although Wu Yuan doesn't plan to develop in Hollywood for a long time, he still has to face it!
Not to mention winning an Oscar for Best Director before returning to China, then at least you have to make a good name in Hollywood and come back with momentum, right?
Otherwise, when people ask you what movie you went to Hollywood to film after you come back, how do you answer?
It’s better to save this “Saw” for future opportunities to directly invest in and produce it, instead of directing it yourself.

Wu Yuan set his sights on the movie Fox Searchlight produced and invested in that he had seen in his dream.

Since Fox Searchlight in the dream would choose these movies, if he now puts out the scripts for these movies, there is no reason why Fox Searchlight would reject them!
And although Fox Searchlight is a company that specializes in the production and distribution of low-cost films, it has also produced many dark horse movies.

Even movies with a global box office of over [-] million have been done!

The first movie Wu Yuan thought of was "Little Miss Sunshine"!
The birth of this film was extremely difficult.

No one was willing to invest when the filming was underway, and the investment was finally secured. Halfway through the filming, the production company felt that the script was too mediocre and could not be sold at a price, so they withdrew their investment.

After going back and forth for almost five years, a production company finally made the movie, but no distribution company was willing to take it over, and no one was optimistic that the movie would be a hit.

In the end, Fox Searchlight bought out the distribution rights of the film for US$1000 million, setting a record high for independent film rights.

The movie then made $[-] million at the box office for Fox Searchlight!

And this movie was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar for Best Picture!

It can be said that both word-of-mouth and box office have a good harvest, which is both popular and a hit!

This is undoubtedly a very suitable movie for Wu Yuan.

It's a pity that the script for this movie should have been written by now.

The movie "Dream" was shot in 2005 and released in 2006. Before filming, the script of this movie was stashed away for five years due to lack of investment, which means it was written around 2000.

Wu Yuan does not want to fight a plagiarism lawsuit in Hollywood. Regardless of whether he can win the lawsuit in the end, his reputation is already ruined.

"Little Miss Sunshine" has been excluded, and there are only three movies produced by Fox Searchlight that have grossed over [-] million.

They are "Black Swan", "Juno" and "Slumdog Millionaire".

"Black Swan" tells the story of a ballet dancer. To make this movie, it would take half a year or even a year just to train the actors. It would be a waste of time for Wu Yuan.

"Slumdog Millionaire" is a story with an Indian background, and Wu Yuan, a Chinese director, is really at odds with each other, and it has to be filmed in India, which is too troublesome.

Then, there is only one choice left for Wu Yuan.

"Juno"!
Produced and distributed by Fox Searchlight.

2007年9月8日上映，北美票房1亿4349万美元，全球总计票房收入2亿3141万美元！
Nominated for a lot of awards in the Oscar Outpost Awards, and nominated for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, and finally won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay!

There is no doubt that this is a better movie than "Little Miss Sunshine", both in terms of reputation and box office!
Is there a better option than this?
　Why mention the movie "Little Miss Sunshine"?

　　Smart readers should have already figured it out.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)