director of the millennium

After meeting up with friends and playing mahjong for most of the day, during which he also learned about the current situation of the domestic entertainment actor circle, Wu Yuan quickly returned to work.

It is already April 2015, and there are less than 4 months left until the release date of "Riding the Wind". Although it is not urgent, Wu Yuan cannot be carefree.

And so, under his rather urgent command, on June 2015, 6, the post-production of Riding the Wind was successfully completed and sent for review.

To be honest, Wu Yuan thinks that this movie is pretty good. Although it is an expanded version of a unit story in "My Fathers and Me" and is not as popular as the tribute films in the series, it is indeed a mainstream movie that is more in line with the commercial film market.

In the movie, he did not exaggerate any ideological things, nor did he talk about any great justice or truth. In fact, he just told a story about the Jinzhong Cavalry Regiment shedding tears and blood during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

In order to rescue and transfer the cadres, the people, the elderly, the weak, women and children who were trapped in the Japanese encirclement, the Jinzhong Cavalry Regiment, which had originally successfully escaped from the enemy's encirclement, took a short breath and was ordered to return to the heart of the base area to continue the struggle in order to contain the enemy.

For more than 60 days, the Ji Zhong Cavalry Regiment fought desperately in the "iron wall encirclement" of tens of thousands of enemies, used traditional cavalry shock tactics to tear a bloody gap in the Japanese blockade line, and heroically completed the mission.

However, the price paid was that the team suffered heavy casualties. The cavalry regiment of 1200 people was reduced to less than 400 people. From the regiment commander Ma Renxing's son Ma Chengfeng to Zheng Wei and the deputy regiment commander, all died heroically.

There are many sensational parts in the movie. For example, Ma Renxing is usually very strict with his son, but when the Japanese army attacks, seeing countless villagers about to suffer misfortune, he tearfully released a signal flare to lead the Japanese soldiers to the hill where his son was.

The villagers were saved, but the son died at the hands of the Japanese.

Wang Nairong, the chief military officer of the cavalry regiment, was surrounded by the enemy while seriously injured. In order to avoid being captured, he decisively shot himself.

At the end of the film, Wu Yuan made parallel edits between Chengfeng's sacrifice and the scene of Dachunzi giving birth on the boat.

Through the contrasting montage method, the metaphorical meaning of "death-rebirth" is highlighted to confirm the significance of Chengfeng's sacrifice.

At the end of the film, three years later, the war of resistance against Japan was won, and Ma Renxing met the orphan of the martyr. When he asked the child what his name was, Dachunzi said it was "Chengfeng".

At that moment, Ma Renxing felt mixed emotions and was very relieved.

The endless vitality, inheritance and promotion of the Chinese national spirit and patriotism are sublimated at the end of the film.

Although the life of the young Chengfeng came to an abrupt end, another Chengfeng was born at the same time, and the torch of revolution continued to be passed on.

There is no doubt that such an ending is the main theme enough and is enough for the audience to feel the greatness of the revolutionary martyrs and the difficulty of establishing the country.

Wu Yuan believes that such a movie is definitely qualified as a tribute film, and may even achieve good box office results.

After all, the original version of "My Fathers and Me" actually received mixed reviews, because four unit stories were crammed into one movie, and the quality of the four unit stories was uneven, which lowered the overall evaluation of the movie.

Wu Yuan only selected the best-reviewed unit to remake the full version, which will make this movie gain better reputation and reviews than "My Fathers and Me", and naturally perform well at the box office. It is definitely impossible to break the domestic box office record, but there is hope to break the box office record of domestic mainstream movies.

After all, the enthusiasm of domestic movie fans for watching movies this year is really crazy, and the box office record of more than one billion was broken as easy as pie.

However, the current box office record for main-theme movies is still held by films that start with "Jian". There is a high probability that "Sisters Who Make Waves" will create a new record.

With this thought in mind, Wu Yuan waited for a few days.

Very soon!
Just after he submitted it for review, the General Administration quickly approved it in just one week, giving "Riding the Wind" the Dragon Mark without even any guidance requirements and without making any cuts!

Even the leaders from the General Administration took the initiative to convey a message, saying that Wu Yuan's filming was very good, and that this was the main theme movie of the new era, a good movie that was both commercial and main-theme!
In this era of explosive growth in the domestic film industry, new main-theme movies like "Riding the Wind" can definitely serve as a benchmark and model for future new main-theme movies produced by China Film Group Corporation!
Wu Yuan was caught off guard by this compliment.

After hanging up the phone, he thought about it carefully and realized it was true!
At present, mainstream films in China have indeed reached a dead end.

Early main-theme movies like "Railway Guerrilla Warfare" are already outdated, and Han Sanping's series of main-theme movies only have three tricks, one or two but not three.

While seeing the domestic film industry getting better and better, the General Administration is indeed worried about the future of main-theme movies in the new era.

Don't think that mainstream melody movies are only available in China.

In fact, the "main melody" was first born in Hollywood. Movies like "Top Gun" and later popular movies that promoted the "American Dream" are all American main melody blockbusters!

Hollywood uses these movies to spread its ideology and political ideas to the world, as well as to promote America's nobility, truth, goodness and beauty.

Regardless of whether the "America" ​​in movies is the same as the real America, most ordinary people around the world rely on movies to understand America. The America in Hollywood movies is the America in their hearts.

This is the main theme of Hollywood.

The General Administration does not expect to be able to produce Chinese-language films to promote and popularize its ideology globally, but the domestic base must still be protected.

However, after the commercialization of mainland films in recent years, there are indeed few directors who can make "main melody" movies. The last movie that was regarded as a Chinese business card and boosted the self-confidence and pride of the Chinese people was "Gravity".

Hey, what a coincidence, it was taken by Wu Yuan!
Now Wu Yuan has come up with "Riding the Wind", a new type of "main theme blockbuster" that took ten years to develop after "Founding of a Republic". It has undoubtedly paved a broad way for the General Administration and China Film Group, which are currently confused and don't know what to do!

"Speaking of which, if a main-theme movie is well made, it can also do well at the box office." Wu Yuan stroked his chin in thought.

Should we bring out movies like "Operation Red Sea" and "Operation Mekong"? (End of this chapter)