director of the millennium

Berlin Film Festival?
Without any hesitation, and even before the other party finished speaking, Wu Yuan immediately interrupted firmly: "Sorry, Mr. Chairman."

"I'm really overwhelmed with film work on hand. I'm honored that you thought of me, but my film plans for next year and the year after have already been finalized."

"Yes, it's not an art film, but a science fiction special effects film, a commercial film."

"No, no, no, I haven't given up on art films. It's just that I haven't been inspired in the past two years. You know, good works of art are not easy to create."

"When I have no inspiration, I can only shoot some commercial films to maintain my touch and avoid losing my directing ability."

Listening to the regretful voice on the other end of the phone, Wu Yuan's emotions did not fluctuate at all.

What a joke.

Just adding a tribute film was enough of a headache for him, so how could he possibly add an art film at this time?
Not even the Berlin Film Festival!

Last year it was the Cannes Film Festival that called, didn’t he refuse that too?

To be honest, these days the three major European films are really not the focus of Chinese-language filmmakers. Now is the golden age of bending down to pick up money, and everyone is busy making commercial films!
After apologizing to the chairman several times, the other party hung up the phone regretfully after confirming that his attitude was very firm.

"Why, Berlin wants to make a date with you?"

Because the conversation was in English, Li Xiaoping also heard it. She crossed her arms and said with interest, "Come to think of it, Director Wu, you really haven't put much effort into the art field in recent years."

"It has been a long time since the company has made any breakthroughs in international honors."

"How about you take the trouble to make another art film?"

Li Xiaoping was joking of course, but she was not wrong.

Although the films of Light and Shadow Era have always won domestic awards.

Light and Shadow Times is also a frequent guest at the Golden Horse Awards and the Golden Rooster Awards. The most recent time was when Liu Yifei won the title, although it was also a double yolk egg.

But when it comes to international awards, the films produced by Light and Shadow Era are not good enough.

Of course, what is meant here are large-scale film festivals with extensive international influence, such as the three major European ones, Tokyo, Busan, and Toronto.

At international film festivals with limited influence, such as the Vladivostok International Film Festival in Russia and the Locarno International Film Festival, the company's art film directors such as Bi Gan and Li Ruijun still achieved some success.

But these awards are of little use in increasing the influence of Light and Shadow Times.

After all, few domestic audiences know about these awards.
Not to mention them, even director Wu Yuan hardly pays attention to it.

Therefore, Light and Shadow Era is indeed lacking new awards and honors, especially international awards.

Currently, the only directors in the company who have the ability to win international awards are Wu Yuan and his collaborator Zhang Yimou.

Unfortunately, these two directors have no plans to shoot art films at the moment.

Li Xiaoping could only sigh and make jokes at the same time.

She has no right to tell these two directors what kind of movies to make, they are the bosses.

"After I finish the past two years." In front of Li Xiaoping, Wu Yuan did not use his formulaic approach, but revealed: "After I finish the two commercial films on hand and take a break for a year or so, I do plan to make an art film."

"The biographical film Bruce Lee is a film aimed at the North American market, and it may win an Oscar."

"As the Chinese with the greatest international influence, who has even influenced several generations, and changed the views of white people in Europe and America on the Chinese, and who is still the biggest disseminator of "Kung Fu", he deserves a biographical film."

"And I am the only one who is most suitable to take the photo."

"He represents the glory of Chinese actors in the past, and I represent the glory of Chinese directors now, isn't that right?"

Although there are many contemporary Chinese directors who are better than Wu Yuan, Wu Yuan never thinks that he is the best contemporary Chinese director in making movies. He even thinks that he is barely at the first-tier level and is still far from the top.

But we have to admit that internationally, Wu Yuan is already the most influential, well-known and box office-appealing Chinese director.

It's like the awards Bruce Lee won are completely incomparable to those won by Jackie Chan, but Bruce Lee is the most influential Chinese actor.

The same is true for Wu Yuan.

Wu Yuan feels that it is very meaningful for him to make a biographical film about Bruce Lee, allowing North American movie fans to remember and miss this Chinese actor who changed the history of world cinema.

This idea had come up several years ago, but he had never really put it into his plans.

And now, Wu Yuan felt that the time had come.

"2016, I think. We will try to start shooting this movie in 2016."

"We will finish Ready Player One and Riding the Wind in the next two years. We will take a half-year break in 15, and then do another half-year of preparation. We will start filming in 2016, and should be able to catch up with the 2017 Oscars."

Wu Yuan said seriously.

Seeing how serious he was, Li Xiaoping was stunned by surprise.

Director Wu really has plans to make an art film!

And it is a new field that he has never tried before - biographical film!
This melon is quite big. Even if Li Xiaoping is the helmsman of Light and Shadow Era, it will take some time to digest it.

"Then I wish Director Wu all the best." Li Xiaoping replied, for some reason.

More than half a month later.

In mid-November, Liu Yifei, who had been shooting for nearly 11 days in North America, successfully wrapped up filming on the set of "X-Men: Days of Future Past".

The day after the filming was completed, she immediately boarded a flight back home.

When she landed safely at Beijing International Airport, Wu Yuan was already there to greet her.

"Yo, my heroine is finally back, but I've been waiting for you."

Wu Yuan ignored the flashes of the reporters lurking at the airport and warmly hugged his returning fiancée.

"Heroine?" Liu Yifei, wearing a mask, smiled, but she asked relentlessly, "Is she the heroine of your new movie, or the heroine of your life?"

Wu Yuan replied without hesitation: "Of course it's both."

"You are not only the heroine of my new movie, but also the heroine of my life. I can't live without you in this life."

"Tsk, that's corny." Liu Yifei patted Wu Yuan's shoulder coquettishly, and was obviously happy: "You passed."

"Let's go." As she said that, she held Wu Yuan's hand, and with their fingers interlocked, they left the airport together and got into the car that came to pick them up.

The paparazzi chasing after them immediately uploaded the photos taken at the scene to Weibo, and the first-hand snapshots and the latest Reuters were immediately exposed on the Internet.

[Liu Yifei's new Hollywood drama has finished filming! Director Wu personally picked her up at the airport, and they are still as sweet as ever! ]

[Director Wu picked up his girlfriend at the airport, holding hands and showing off their love! ]

[The relationship is still stable, when will Wu Yuan and Liu Yifei's long-term love end? ]

The two of them immediately topped the trending searches on Weibo. (End of this chapter)