director of the millennium

"Take my advice, you really can't control it."

"Also, Hollywood now seems to be booming and aggressive around the world, but in fact, Hollywood is already on the decline."

"In recent years, the global box office of Hollywood movies has indeed been increasing year by year, and more and more movies have broken the $10 billion box office."

"But have you noticed that these movies are very homogenous, half are superhero movies, and half are fantasy and magic movies."

"In short, they are all special effects movies that rely on a lot of special effects shots and spend a lot of money on visual effects."

"High-quality films like Titanic, The Godfather, The Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump, Mission Impossible, The Matrix and Gone with the Wind that can truly stand the test of time are becoming increasingly rare."

"It's as if Hollywood won't be able to make movies without special effects."

"There are no more Hollywood films that conquer the world with dramas and moving stories like before."

"The future of world cinema is no longer in Hollywood, in China!"

"Don't underestimate Hollywood's glamorous appearance now. In five to ten years, Hollywood will go downhill. When people get tired of the gorgeous special effects and the same old superhero movies, Hollywood will be completely gone."

To be honest, Wu Jing couldn't quite understand Wu Yuan's lengthy speech.

In his opinion, Hollywood is currently as successful as it can be. Just as Wu Yuan said, there are several new movies that break the $10 billion box office mark every year.

It can be said that Hollywood is creating new highs every year and setting a new record every year.

But Wu Yuan said that this was a sign of decline after peaking, and it was the last carnival before decline.

Wu Jing really couldn't see it, even though he did feel that Hollywood blockbusters were somewhat homogenized, with the same few themes repeated over and over again.

But to say that Hao Laiwu is about to fail, that really doesn’t make sense. Isn’t it a bit alarmist?

Seeing Wu Jing's unconvincing look, Wu Yuan sighed in his heart and he could understand it.

If he hadn't known that there would be an epidemic later and that the zzzq trend would sweep Hollywood, it would be hard to imagine that Hollywood would decline to that extent.

I remember that after 2020, mainland movie fans almost stopped paying attention to Hollywood movies. What everyone discussed and paid attention to every day were China's own Chinese-language films.

It is also difficult for Hollywood's new actors to become internationally renowned actors like Brad Pitt and Robert Downey Jr.'s generation.

Even the most powerful superhero movie can no longer achieve the same good results as Marvel's first and second phases after the new Spider-Man trilogy.

Even movies like "Black Panther 2" and "Captain Marvel 2" had a hard time breaking the 1 million yuan box office in mainland China, and their final box office results were not as high as "Avengers " ten years ago, and they were even lower than "Captain America".

But all this was unpredictable. Before it happened, no one could have imagined this outcome.

So it is normal that Wu Jing cannot imagine such a future.

Reaching out and patting his shoulder, Wu Yuan chose not to dwell on this topic any further. He sighed and said, "Anyway, it's up to you. My advice is to choose carefully. Going to Hollywood may not be a good thing."

"But the final decision is in your hands. This is why I gave you my opinion because you asked me." "Okay, let's continue filming!"

No longer paying attention to Wu Jing who seemed to be in deep thought, Wu Yuan turned around and continued to get busy. They were still on the set.

What he didn't expect was that because of this conversation and Hollywood's sudden actions, Wu Jing was completely absent-minded when filming in the afternoon.

And we were filming a circus in the afternoon!
The protagonists of "Riding the Wind" are the Jinzhong Cavalry Regiment, a cavalry team, so naturally the protagonists have a lot of horse riding scenes.

Moreover, Wu Yuan absolutely does not accept the use of fake horses like in some TV dramas, and completes these circus scenes through close-up shooting and post-production synthesis.

He required the leading actors to learn how to ride horses and to actually run on horses during filming!

This is how filming works. Real scenes in real life will never be completed by cutting corners.

Fortunately, most of the leading actors in "Riding the Wind" can ride horses and have performed horse riding scenes before.

Even Liu Yifei, although she did not have any horse riding scenes in "Riding the Wind", only scenes where others took her on horseback to escape, she also knows how to ride a horse.

When she was filming "The Return of the Condor Heroes" that year, she had a lot of circus scenes, and she was bold enough to ride a real horse to shoot. At the time, she didn't know how to ride a horse at all, so she practiced hard and later she was able to ride a horse at a gallop. She even did a backflip and jumped off the galloping horse while hanging on a wire. The stunt was very difficult!
All I can say is that she was really brave back then, like a newborn calf that is not afraid of a tiger, and she dared to take on any role.

If she were asked to film such a scene now, I'm afraid she would be a little afraid.

Among the main actors in the crew, the only one who had no horse riding experience was the newcomer Chen Xingxu. One month before he officially joined the crew, Wu Yuan specially arranged a circus coach for him to practice horse riding with him every day.

After joining the crew, he practiced every day and managed to keep up with the filming progress. He was able to gallop on horseback with his "father" Wu Jing on the small plain outside Jinzhong City.

But it was during this scene that Wu Jing, who was always skilled in riding horses, was not in good condition and was preoccupied, and he fell off his horse without paying attention.

Wu Yuanke was frightened when he saw this scene, and immediately shouted to stop. A group of staff rushed over and quickly separated the other horses and actors.

Fortunately, although he fell off his horse, there was no stampede. The "cavalry soldiers" behind Wu Jing were all specially hired professionals with superb horsemanship, and they stopped their galloping steps at the first moment.

But Wu Jing was injured after falling off the horse, rolling several times, and being kicked by the horse's legs.

When Wu Yuan rushed to him, he saw Wu Jing lying on the ground groaning with his hands on his waist, with several wounds on his face caused by stones.

"Hurry, hurry, send him to the hospital immediately!"

Wu Yuan, who guessed why Wu Jing had the accident, was angry and worried. Fortunately, there were medical staff on the scene when shooting such a dangerous scene. They immediately lifted Wu Jing onto a stretcher and sent him to the hospital for examination.

"That's good. The male lead is injured. It looks like the injury is serious. He will have to stop working for at least half a month."

Wu Yuan let out a long sigh. Besides feeling scared, he also felt a little indignant.

It’s all Hollywood’s fault!

What a bunch of plague gods!
He has already withdrawn back to his country, but this group of persecutors is still causing trouble for him! (End of this chapter)