director of the millennium

The Dali International Film Festival will be held in March next year. The reason for choosing this date is mainly to avoid other mainstream film festivals.

In Asia, most film festivals and film awards are held from October to December, with only the Shanghai Film Festival being held in June.

The three major European countries are February, May and late August to early September respectively.

In this case, if they don't want to clash with the release dates, there are not many months left for Guangying Times to choose from, with March and April being the only suitable months. There is no other solution.

Since the Dali International Film Festival is the newest one, this is the only choice I have.

But it's also good to hold it in March. Dali is a place where it's spring all year round. Even in March, the weather is pretty good, not too cold, and the scenery is still beautiful.

Currently, the Dali International Film Festival has begun selecting films and is actively inviting filmmakers from Asia, Africa and Latin America to participate in the exhibition. All invitations are sent by Wu Yuan, the founder and chairman of the film festival.

As for the members of the jury, Wu Yuan has basically finalized them. A famous Japanese director, a Thai national treasure actor, a well-known Korean director/screenwriter, and the specially invited director Chen Kaige, plus Wu Yuan as the chairman, form a five-member jury.

Although the number of people is not large, the level is still very high. The Japanese director invited is the famous director Hirokazu Koreeda, who is the winner of the Cannes Palme d'Or in 2018!
The Thai national treasure actor invited is Sorapong. In the 54 years since he entered the industry, Sorapong has acted in nearly 600 movies and more than 50 TV series. He was a professional male lead in Thailand in the s and s, and is also the most awarded male actor in the Thai film industry.

In 2008, Sorapong was awarded the title of National Artist in the field of performing arts.

Anyone who has watched a little Thai film and television drama will find his face familiar, because he will appear in most of the Thai film and television works with a certain degree of fame. He is a leading actor in Thailand.

The Korean director invited by Wu Yuan was the famous Bong Joon-ho. "Memories of Murder", "The Host", "Snowpiercer" and "Parasite", which later won the Oscar for Best Picture and the Cannes Palme d'Or, are all his directorial works.

This is also a famous Asian director who is already well-known in Asia but has not yet won the highest honor.

It can be said that with the three directors Wu Yuan, Kore-eda Hirokazu, and Bong Joon-ho, plus Thailand's top actors, this is already the top jury in Asia, and even at the international level, it is strong enough to compete.

The first Dali International Film Festival was able to put together such a jury lineup. At least in the eyes of those who know the industry, this is definitely not a fake award, and its value may even become the best in Asia.

Of course, it’s just this session.

If the second, third and fourth sessions can maintain such a high standard and at the same time can really discover some excellent film works, then the Dali International Film Festival can truly make a name for itself in the film industry.

Otherwise, even a skilled cook cannot cook without rice.

After all, no matter how impressive the jury is, without good films to select and evaluate, a film exhibition cannot become famous. Since it is a film exhibition, the final analysis is to let the participating films speak for themselves, not the status of the judges.

Wu Yuan has done the best he can, recruiting a group of top judges for the film festival and using his fame and influence to invite overseas filmmakers to participate.

As for how the final film festival will go, whether it can attract enough excellent works, and whether it can be a complete success, he cannot predict it. He can only wait until March next year to know the result.

After completing these tasks, especially after sending invitations to filmmakers from Asia, Africa and Latin America, Wu Yuan temporarily put aside the film exhibition and headed for North America.

The large-scale release of "Ready Player One" in Asia has all ended, and its release in South America is also coming to an end. Wu Yuan only has one movie left to be released.

That is the 14th superhero-themed movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe - "Doctor Strange"!
The film will be released simultaneously in China and North America on November 2016, 11, and will hold premieres in Shanghai, Los Angeles and London, with all crew members attending the event.

Perhaps it is because they really attach great importance to the Chinese market. Among the three premieres, China is the first to be held. The premiere in China has been scheduled to be held in Shanghai on October 10.

The premiere in Los Angeles is scheduled for October 10, and in London at the latest, on October 20. There are four days between the three premieres, giving the crew enough time to transition.

Wu Yuan is going to the United States first this time, mainly to take a look at the finished film edited by Marvel and shoot some promotional materials. Then he will go back to Shanghai with the crew to attend the premiere in Shanghai, and then go to Los Angeles and New York.

There is no other way. After all, the director is Chinese and this movie is a Hollywood movie. Wu Yuan naturally has no choice but to go around in circles like this.

But he has no complaints at all, mainly because Marvel really gave him a lot.

Wu Yuan received 7% of the box office dividends from "Doctor Strange" plus a basic salary of 2500 million US dollars.

If the film can earn $6.78 million in global box office like the original, Wu Yuan will be able to get nearly $4800 million in share, plus the $2500 million salary, he can get a total of $7300 million in net income from the film.
Instantly, Wu Yuan understood why Marvel couldn't afford to hire a main star like Robert Downey Jr. when filming "Avengers 4". It was because these top stars took away too much of the profits, so that the global box office of the Avengers series was getting higher and higher, but Marvel didn't necessarily make more money.
If Wu Yuan was not the only "big name" in "Doctor Strange", he would never have been able to receive such good remuneration.

How could Wu Yuan possibly complain when he could get 400 to 500 million RMB for making a movie?

Not to mention asking him to run between China and the United States, even if he were asked to fly around the world, he would be happy to do it!
"Ready Player One" took nearly three years of hard work, but the actual net profit was only around 500 to 600 million. The effort spent on filming "Doctor Strange" was less than one-third of the former!

What else is Wu Yuan dissatisfied with?
Wu Yuan had already finished his work and had no other work for the time being. After receiving the call from Marvel, he happily boarded a plane to Los Angeles and arrived in the world's film capital in mid-October.

Although the North American film industry company was sold off, Wu Yuan's house and car in Beverly Hills were not sold, and he had hired servants to maintain them. He moved in that night. (End of this chapter)