director of the millennium

"So, not only is your vacation going to be ruined, but you also have to prepare for two movies at the same time?"

"I've only heard of this level of busyness in Director Zhang Yimou. I never thought you would have such a day."

"But it's good this way. Let's shoot more while we're young. When we're older and both of us retire, it won't be too late to take a good rest."

"You will retire, right? You won't be like Director Yimou, who is almost 70 years old and still making movies every year, right?"

Listening to Liu Yifei's teasing on the other end of the phone, Wu Yuan's face turned black.

"Yes, yes, yes. I will follow the example of Director Zhang Yimou and strive to keep making movies even when I am in my seventies or eighties, even if I am sitting in a wheelchair."

"But when you reach that age, you definitely won't be able to act anymore. I'll find some young and pretty actresses then. Don't be angry."

Wu Yuan just wanted to tease his fiancée, but unexpectedly, Liu Yifei on the other end of the phone just chuckled and said indifferently: "Oh, what's there to be angry about."

"Maybe I'll be dead by then, how can I care about you?"

"Anyway, I can take care of it now."

"The hero's widow Dachunzi in the movie Riding the Wind that you mentioned, let me play her!"

"I have never played a hero's widow before. She is a pregnant mother and a village girl. It is very challenging!"

Hearing this, Wu Yuan used all his strength to resist the urge to complain.

She is a martyr’s widow, a mother, and a village girl.

Hey, she actually acted in it.

The famous "Chinese Widow"!

The BUFF was maxed out, but the result was a complete mess.

By the way, in those years, because they were from the same hometown, she also supported Yu Shaoqun and took this little brother to shoot many movies. Unfortunately, they were all art films and they failed miserably.

But these things are unlikely to happen in this lifetime.

Dachunzi in "Ride the Wind" is countless times stronger than Yingzi in "The Flowers of War".

All we can say is that there are also gaps among the widows of martyrs.

The widow of the Kuomintang party could only have a transnational love affair with the American second-rate guy from the Flying Tigers, but it ended in failure.

But the widows of our party’s martyrs are female warriors who are strong and unyielding, resolute and brave, helpful, selfless, and have firm beliefs and national justice!

Ah, very good!

"You can definitely try to challenge this kind of role." Wu Yuan said with certainty, "It's time for you to play in this kind of mainstream movie."

"To be honest, the fact that you and your mother immigrated when you were a child is more or less a stain. Although you changed your nationality back before you became an adult, you should still pay more attention to this aspect."

"It would be nice to act in a tribute film."

I just hope Liu Yifei doesn’t play Dachunzi like in “The Flowers of War”.

But if you think about it carefully, her acting skills in this life are completely different from that in her previous life, so this situation should not happen.

He was quite confident in the acting skills that Wu Yuan personally trained him with.

"So, after you finish filming X-Men, you should return home as soon as possible."

"I'm busy, and you have to be busy too. Ready Player One is about to start filming, and after finishing Ready Player One, you have to film Riding the Wind right away. In fact, you can't relax either." "Unless you don't plan to act in these two movies."

"In this case, you are actually more tired than me, because you are shooting three movies back-to-back this time!"

With a couple of hums, Wu Yuan ignored Liu Yifei's wailing on the other end of the line and hung up the phone contentedly.

I told you not to tease me!
He wasn't joking, and indeed the next work would be very busy.

The first and most important thing is that the preparations for the movie "Ready Player One" need to be accelerated.

Now Guangying Times is already making early preparations for this film.

It's called preparation, but in fact it just means asking the special effects company to start working on the preliminary special effects immediately according to the storyboards and setting drawings given by Wu Yuan.

"Ready Player One" is a movie that relies entirely on special effects to gain market share, and all preparations are centered around special effects.

As for the actual shooting, almost 70% of the content has to be shot in a green screen studio. This is easy to solve. Just rent a studio covering several thousand square meters.

Of course, the exterior scene also needs to be arranged.

The crew's assistant director has already been building a slum full of "cyberpunk" atmosphere in Chongqing in accordance with Wu Yuan's request.

This will be the real home of the male protagonist in the movie.

I have to say, if you want to have the "cyberpunk" flavor, you have to shoot it in Chongqing.

The city of Chongqing is already magical 3D. It only needs to add some more neon lights and electrode tubes, and combine it with some special effects to directly restore the Night City in "Cyberpunk 2077".

You just need to ask the props team to build a near-future style slum to achieve the full sci-fi effect.

Of course, this city cannot be called Chongqing in the movie. Even in the background of the movie, the story does not take place in China, but in a parallel world that is true and false.

Everything is for the purpose of passing the trial.

After all, no matter what the reality of China is, it is impossible for it to develop into such a cyberpunk society ruled by trust giants.

To be honest, if Wu Yuan had not personally reported the film "Ready Player One" to the General Administration for approval, it would have been unlikely to have been approved and allowed to be filmed.

It’s really the China in the background of this movie, the cyberpunk world ruled by capital is too strong!

Fortunately, the story of this movie mainly takes place in the game world of "Oasis", and the story mainly revolves around the control of the company "Oasis".

In fact, the original intention of the story is just a classic adventure story. The hero and heroine go through untold hardships, finally defeat the BOSS, find the treasure, and then live happily together.

This is very much like a fairy tale. There is no unnecessary description about this world monopolized by the giant trusts, nor is there any discussion of the future development path of society, ideological confrontations, etc.

If Wu Yuan dared to touch on even a little bit of this content, even he would not be able to get this movie approved.

When submitting the film for review, leaders from the General Administration repeatedly reminded Wu Yuan that the story of this film could only stay in the "Oasis", and the real-life plot had to serve the purpose of seizing the "Oasis".

And any words or contradictions related to "government" or "country" must not appear.

Fortunately, the biggest villain in the script is just a technology company and has nothing to do with the government. The leaders of the General Administration also praised Wu Yuan for being sensible and sensible, which reduced their trouble in reviewing the film.

After the script is approved, Wu Yuan can prepare to start filming the movie at any time.

But before that, he has to find a good enough male lead for Ready Player One! (End of this chapter)