director of the millennium

Chapter 45

"Daniel, are you kidding me?"

John's expression was exaggerated, and he pointed at Wu Yuan in shock: "Hey, the box office of "Juno" in North America has already exceeded [-] million US dollars, and its release in other countries around the world will begin one after another."

"Now you tell me that you don't plan to continue making movies in Hollywood, and you want to go back to China to make a literary film?"

"Are you crazy?"

John really couldn't understand Wu Yuan's thoughts.

Originally, he came to him today to represent the company and offer some better conditions to Wu Yuan, so as to persuade him to accept Fox Searchlight's investment in Wu Yuan's new movie.

In fact, Fox Searchlight also knows this.

If Wu Yuan is just a director who can make movies with tens of millions of dollars in box office, then Fox Searchlight can still win over Wu Yuan.

But now that the North American box office of "Juno" is expected to exceed [-] million U.S. dollars, Wu Yuan, the director who created this movie, is no longer a company that focuses on small and medium-budget film production.

Hollywood is really big when you say it is big, but it is really small when you say it is small. All the major production companies are in the same circle.

The parent company [-]th Century Fox, Universal, Warner and other Hollywood six have privately contacted Wu Yuan, Fox Searchlight is also very clear.

John originally thought that Wu Yuan would climb to the top of 20th Century Fox or Warner Bros. Then, like Wu Baige in Hong Kong Island, he would cooperate with the six Hollywood majors and launch a charge in the field of international first-line directors.

As Bole who single-handedly brought Wu Yuan to Hollywood, John is still very happy for Wu Yuan and hopes that he can shine brightly in Hollywood.

He just didn't expect that he would hear such words from Wu Yuan.

Wu Yuan's next movie is actually going to be shot in China, and it will be a literary film with an all-Chinese cast.

It's just crazy.

"Daniel, what you should do now is to continue to expand your influence in Hollywood. The popularity of a "Juno" doesn't mean anything. You need at least 2-3 consecutive films to succeed in Hollywood. Wu Wu became a real first-line director!"

"Look at John Woo from Hong Kong Island. After his "Mission: Impossible 2" became a hit, he immediately took over "Windtalkers". This is a war blockbuster with an investment of US$1.1 million!"

"Do you think he has thought about returning to Hong Kong Island to develop?"

John's words were very euphemistic, but the meaning was already very clear.

A Chinese director who has achieved success in Hollywood doesn't even look down on the Hong Kong Island market, and chooses to continue working hard in Hollywood. Wu Yuan actually plans to return to China to make movies. Isn't this sick or what?
"Hey, John, listen to me first." Wu Yuan rubbed the root of his nose helplessly, asked John to sit down, and patiently explained to him: "I didn't say I wouldn't come to Hollywood to make movies in the future. .”

"The script of "The Embalmer" is very important to me. I plan to use this movie to compete for awards, so I must go back and make this movie well."

"No, that's not a reason." John shook his head: ""Juno" is now on the way to win awards, and the company plans to do its best to publicize "Juno" for this year's Oscars."

"And even if you want to win awards, isn't it good to shoot in Hollywood?"

"There are many outstanding actors in Hollywood, and there are countless actors who have won the top three awards in Europe or Oscar winners and queens."

"And I'm sure they'd be happy to accept your play too!"

"You don't understand!" Wu Yuan also shook his head: "I am a Chinese. Even if I am competing for awards, I should make Chinese-language films to compete for awards, not foreign-language films."

"And Huaxia also has a lot of excellent actors, I believe they can also perform well in this movie."

Wu Yuan's thoughts were not shaken by John at all. From the beginning to the end, he never planned to be a director in Hollywood for a long time and work as a tool for others.

However, Hollywood's current global influence is indeed second to none, and he does not want to completely give up Hollywood's olive branch.

Now the domestic film market is developing very mediocrely, to be precise, it has not yet started market-oriented development, so Wu Yuan will indeed continue to hang out in Hollywood for a while in the next few years.

But this does not mean that he has to give up his domestic work.

Wu Yuan has thought about it. At least before 2008, he will try his best to take care of both ends, shooting one in Hollywood and one in China, and so on.

The films shot in Hollywood are mainly commercial films that make money.

I have to admit that commercial films are still easier to gain popularity and influence than literary films.

Whether it's Spielberg or Nolan, they are truly famous all over the world because of commercial blockbusters, not literary films.

As for Chinese-language films, he will maintain the pace of making one every two years, but for the time being, he will mainly make Chinese-language films for the sake of winning awards.

On the one hand, he is a Chinese director. It is really unreasonable to compete for awards with foreign language films that are all foreigners. His teachers and professors who have taught him, Director Han of China Film Group and others will be disappointed.

On the other hand, the domestic film market was indeed not big 10 years ago, and this was not something he could change.

It will take at least until after 2008 for the domestic film market to support real commercial blockbusters. At that time, he will completely shift his focus back to China and make his own commercial blockbusters.

In this way, he can earn fame and fortune, and his status can be improved. Awards and box office can go hand in hand, which is extremely stable!
Wu Yuan told John all his thoughts, except that he would shift his focus back to China and abroad after 08.

Listening to his clear career plan, John's face no longer looked so ugly, and he gradually understood Wu Yuan's thoughts.

Not to mention, after calming down and thinking about it carefully, John also thought that Wu Yuan's idea was good.

Chinese films are still excellent in the field of literary and artistic films, at least the three major European films often see Chinese films winning awards.

Wu Yuan chose to shoot literary films in China and commercial films in Hollywood. It cannot be said that this choice was wrong.

Of course, Wu Yuan was willing to talk about this with John, not because of the good relationship between the two, but because he had other ulterior motives.

After explaining his own affairs, Wu Yuan turned his attention to John, "John, "Juno" has sold well at the box office, have you won a lot of bonuses?"

As soon as this matter was mentioned, John's face became joyful, "Haha, thanks to you, the company gave me a bonus of 50 US dollars!"

For a movie with a box office of over 50 million US dollars, it is already very good to give the producer a bonus of [-] US dollars, at least John is still very satisfied.

But upon hearing this number, the corners of Wu Yuan's mouth immediately turned up.

"John, working for others is like this. We worked together to create a movie with a box office of over 50 million, but you only got a bonus of [-] US dollars. Don't you think this money is too little?"

"Did it ever occur to you that we could do it alone?"

Putting down the teacup in his hand, Wu Yuan danced and said, "I will write the script and you will produce the film. With your relationship in Hollywood, we can completely produce the film independently and then find a distribution company to cooperate with."

"For such a movie, we can get more than 40% of the profit, which is much more than just being a producer or director!"

John's expression froze, he stared blankly at Wu Yuan who was drawing the blueprint, "Are you serious?"

(End of this chapter)