director of the millennium

Chapter 68 In the United States (read more!)
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Wu Yuan stared blankly at Xie Xiaojing, and subconsciously spoke the truth: "Can I not read it?"

He really doesn't want to study this Ph.D., it's meaningless!
Educational background doesn't have much impact on Wu Yuan now. Even if he doesn't have a Ph.D. in directing, it won't affect his fame and status in the world film industry at all.

So why bother with this PhD?

But Xie Xiaojing didn't think so. To be precise, her superiors didn't think so.

"Xiao Wu, you must get a doctorate." Xie Xiaojing shook her head slightly: "This is what the higher-ups want."

"You won the best director in Berlin at the age of 20. It is indeed an unprecedented achievement, and it may be unprecedented."

"But just because you are so good at such a young age, we should avoid hurting Zhongyong from happening to you."

"The leaders in charge of cultural work are very optimistic about you, and hope that you will make more outstanding achievements for China's film industry in the future and make more excellent movies."

"As the saying goes, to build a building, the most important thing is to lay a good foundation. We old men still have something to teach you and help you a little further."

"You have to learn this, and you have to study hard!"

What Xie Xiaojing said was true. Although Wu Yuan was the best director in Berlin, it was not enough in the eyes of the five doctoral supervisors in this office.

As the highest directing institution in China, the Film Academy specializes in training directors who have won the three best films in Europe. They are indeed qualified to continue teaching Wu Yuan, the best director in Berlin.

"The schooling period is four years. After four years, you will get a master's degree and a doctor's degree together, but you have to shoot a graduation project that satisfies your instructor!"

Xie Xiaojing said unhurriedly: "Of course, you also have advantages. You don't have to shoot the graduation short film after graduation. Being able to make "The Undertaker" has proved that your director level has exceeded the undergraduate academic standards."

When it came to this job, all the leaders above him had been moved out, and it was absolutely impossible for Wu Yuan to refuse this direct post.

After digesting the news, Wu Yuan shrugged: "Then read it."

It is said that it is the leader's meaning, so what else can he say, anyway, with his popularity, the Ph.D. school tries to accommodate his schedule as much as possible, instead of him to accommodate the school.

Wu Yuan looked around at all the supervisors and said without much hesitation: "Can I thank the director for his doctoral students?"

When it comes to which instructor is the most powerful, it must be Professor Xie Fei. This is a great director who has won the Golden Bear. However, Wu Yuan is not familiar with him, so Wu Yuan still chose Xie Xiaojing.

As soon as she heard that Wu Yuan wanted to choose him as her mentor, Xie Xiaojing burst into a smile on her old face.

"Wise choice!"

After returning to school to meet the teacher, Wu Yuan didn't have much time to relax.

Director Han returned to China two days later than him. The first thing he did after returning home was to find Wu Yuan.

"Director Wu, the copyright and distribution rights of "The Undertaker" are almost sold out. The distribution rights of more than 100 countries around the world are sold out directly."

"A total of $682 million was sold!"

As soon as we met, Director Han sent the good news first!
The release of "The Undertaker" sold very well, and the film of the best director in Berlin is not worried about selling at all. Otherwise, why are mainland directors so sought after by the top three in Europe?

Of the US$682 million, New Line in North America spent US$300 million to buy out the North American distribution rights of "The Embalmer", including the DVD distribution rights.

The remaining 382 million US dollars was sold to dozens of European and South American countries. A family with tens of thousands of dollars to put together is not a small figure.

As the world's three major film trading markets, there are still many more filmmakers coming to Berlin than those going to Sitges, and they are also richer.

The smart Director Han also kept a secret. Instead of buying out the distribution in several Asian countries, he negotiated for cooperative distribution, especially Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Malaysia!
Director Han felt that "The Undertaker" would make a lot of money in these countries, so he didn't plan to sell it for tens of thousands of dollars, and wanted to give it a go for distribution!
However, these things have nothing to do with Wu Yuan. He has never been involved in distribution and screening work. This is the case in the Mainland and in Hollywood.

In the final analysis, he is still just a director now, and he only does well in his own one-third of an acre of land.

After getting a general understanding of the sales situation of "The Undertaker", and confirming with Director Han that the film will be released in the mainland in early March this year, Wu Yuan is busy flying to the United States again.

The affairs in China have come to an end for the time being, Wu Yuan still has a lot of things to deal with in the United States!
Almost without any rest, Wu Yuan took another ten-hour long-distance flight to the United States just after returning to China.

On March 2002, 3, Wu Yuan landed at Los Angeles International Airport.

The person who came to pick him up at the airport was still the familiar John.

"Hey, the youngest and best director in Berlin ever is back."

As soon as we met, John gave Wu Yuan a bear hug: "Daniel, I recently learned a saying in your Chinese saying, "One day is like three autumns!"

"I miss you so much!"

"You just left a lot of things in the Light Times to me. It's so abominable!"

Wu Yuan smiled and patted John on the back with his backhand, and said with a smile, "I'm just a director, and you are a professional producer when it comes to the crew."

"John, how is the preparation for "The Hangover" crew going?"

"Of course it went very well." John helped Wu Yuan lift the suitcase, and while leading him to the parking lot, reported: "The crew has completed preparations, and the actors have also been confirmed, with Ryan Reynolds leading the lead. "

"Director, I also found a guy named Todd Phillips."

"Todd Phillips?!" Wu Yuan looked at John in surprise, "How did you find him?"

If he remembered correctly, this Todd Phillips was the original director of "The Hangover"!
John smiled and explained: "Todd is a very young director, oh, not as young as you."

"In 2000, he wrote and directed an adventure comedy "Hara on the Road". This movie was quite funny. Although the box office didn't sell very well, the DVD market made a lot of money."

"The "Hangover" script you gave me can be regarded as a road comedy. After getting the script, I think he is quite suitable to direct this drama."

"Coincidentally, a friend of mine knew him and heard that he was looking for investment for his next film recently, but he was rejected by the six big ones. He was worried about this and planned to find a few independent film companies to try. "

"So I took the initiative to approach him and invited him to direct the movie "The Hangover."

"And I also promised him that if "The Hangover" can be a big hit, then our company will vote for his next movie!"

"Daniel, I remember I emailed you specifically about this."

Wu Yuan recalled it carefully, it seems that some time ago he read an email from John, mentioning an excellent director, saying that the company could pitch his script.

"You are more professional than me in the field of film production." Wu Yuan shrugged: "Since you are optimistic about him, of course I believe in your vision."

Todd Phillips is certainly a very good director.

Although he is not well-known now, he has not lost money in the films he wrote and directed in the future, and he even directed "Joker" later!

John's vision is fine!

Wu Yuan is even more satisfied with the partner he chose!

(End of this chapter)