director of the millennium

Chapter 75 In the Capital

In the capital city, inside the courtyard of the Wu Family, which had been empty for a long time.

After putting down his large and small luggage, Wu Yuan lay on the bed in a large shape, stretched lazily, and sighed.

"Phew, finally relaxed."

Throughout the first half of this year, Wu Yuan was almost insanely busy.

He edited the final film of "The Embalmer", participated in the Berlin International Film Festival, went to the United States to prepare for "Pirates of the Caribbean", participated in the Academy Awards, and after returning to China, he supervised the production of Zhang Guorong's "Stealing Hearts"!
From January to the end of May, Wu Yuan had some free time, and finally he could rest for a period of time without worrying about anything.

The domestic release of "The Undertaker" has basically ended, and it finally earned 5600 million yuan at the mainland box office, second only to "Harry Potter 1" released in January!
Temporarily ranked No.1 at the box office of domestic movies this year!
The release of "The Embalmer" in other foreign regions is also in full swing. Not to mention the regions where the copyright has been sold, the release situation in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and other countries specially reserved by China Film is also very gratifying!

Both Japan and South Korea set off a movie-watching craze for "The Undertaker".

RB is because the core selling point of this movie is simply too in line with the appetite of RB audiences.

The Korean audience is mainly for Zhang Guorong, Zhang Guorong is a real superstar in Korea!

"The Undertaker" was released in the two countries and achieved good results of 6 million yen and 80 views in the first week respectively!
The final Asian box office total of "The Embalmer" should be no problem exceeding [-] million yuan!

But Wu Yuan knew that by the end of the year, a movie called "Hero" would have grossed 2.5 million US dollars at the domestic box office, 5370 million US dollars at the North American box office, and the global total box office reached 1.77 million US dollars!
The release of this film ended the nearly ten-year downturn in the mainland film market, and is considered a milestone in the "blockbuster era" of Chinese films.

In front of "Hero", the box office of "The Undertaker" is definitely not enough to compete, and it cannot win.

However, China Film and Wu Yuan are already very satisfied with the results of "The Undertaker", the investment cost of this film is only 2000 million RMB.

With a box office of more than 682 million in Asia, coupled with a release sale of [-] million US dollars, the return on investment of this film is already very high.

This is a literary film!

Now Director Han is very satisfied with Wu Yuan, and he is hinting to him every day, openly and secretly, that whenever he makes a new movie, whether it is a literary film or a commercial film, China Film will definitely help him!

Director Han knew that Wu Yuan was going to America to film "Pirates of the Caribbean" in October, this news was basically no secret in Hollywood.

But there are still five months left. If we catch up, Wu Yuan can make another movie in China!

It's just that Wu Yuan is really tired from the intensive and busy work in the past two years. He really doesn't want to start a new movie anymore. He just wants to take a vacation and rest for himself.

A month later.

"Teacher, can you assign me one in the dormitory for doctoral students in the school?"

"My house needs to be renovated, and I have no place to live in recently!"

"Okay, thank you teacher!"

After hanging up the phone, Wu Yuan picked up a suitcase filled with a change of clothes and some valuables, smiled and said to the decorators who surrounded him: "Then I will hand over my yard to you."

"It's fine if the renovation can be completed a year ago. I'm not in a hurry."

After returning to the capital to rest for more than a month, Wu Yuan, who already had a lot of spare money, was dissatisfied with the old house he had lived in for 20 years.

The courtyard house of the Wu family has not been renovated for nearly 50 years since it was renovated once in the 60s.

There are not even air conditioners in several wing rooms, and they basically maintain the original appearance of the courtyard house in the late Qing Dynasty.

Seeing that summer is coming now, it's okay if there were no conditions before, but now that there are such conditions, Wu Yuan can still endure the summer without even an air-conditioned room!
So he spent huge sums of money to hire a decoration team, intending to give this courtyard a thorough modern renovation, not only to equip it with various modern electrical appliances, but also to completely renovate the floors and walls.

It's just that before the house is renovated, he only temporarily lives in the school.

Carrying two suitcases, Wu Yuan took a taxi and headed for the Beijing Film Academy.

On the way, he was still wondering if he should take the time to get a driver's license test. Now that he has money and a house, he only needs a scooter!
The film school in July is on vacation, but the school is still very lively.

Many freshmen who came to adapt to life early were led by their parents to get familiar with the school where they would live for the next four years.

Wu Yuan, who was also carrying two suitcases of luggage, was inconspicuous among the crowd.

Don't look at his photos at the beginning of the year that exploded the big and small newspapers, but as the enthusiasm gradually passed, Wu Yuan's appearance was quickly forgotten by most ordinary people.

After all, he is a director, a behind-the-scenes worker, and does not appear frequently in front of the scene.

In addition, Wu Yuan's current outfit of short-sleeved jeans is completely different from the suit-and-leather self in the newspaper.

Most of the students and parents who passed by him may feel that Wu Yuan looks familiar for a few moments, but they can't recognize who he is.

There is no shortage of celebrities in the film school, and it is quite normal to see a few people who feel familiar.

Similarly, when Wu Yuan was walking towards the master's and doctoral dormitory of the school, he also met many "familiar" people.

Many students in the Acting Department of the Film Academy did not choose to go home this summer, but stayed in the capital to look for filming opportunities.

The crews filming in the capital often come to the film academy to audition actors during the summer vacation, just like a college job fair.

Passing by the teaching building in the north area of ​​the school, Wu Yuan saw "familiar" actors such as Dong Xuan, Che Xiao, Zhang Songwen, Zhou Yiwei, Jia Nailiang, Ma Su, etc., shuttling under several temporary audition booths, passing resumes everywhere .

These students include undergraduates and vocational high school students. They are all sweating profusely from the heat, clutching resumes in their hands and trying to find opportunities.

The crews that can enter the film academy to recruit actors are all regular large crews, and being able to enter the film academy to play a role is definitely an important resume for the students of the film academy.

Wu Yuan also stopped and took a look. They were all big investments, or major dramas involving CCTV to select actors, but the highest person in charge at the scene was just the deputy casting director.

It is estimated that we will only recruit a few character actors who can have a few lines, or only have 1-2 episodes.

After roughly scanning around, Wu Yuan suddenly saw the title of a familiar drama.

""The Family of Gold Fans" is looking for role actors! At least 3 lines or more!"

"Golden Powder Family" ah!

Wu Yuan slapped his forehead. This TV series was filmed at the film and television base in Huairou, Beijing, and the leading actor was his good friend Chen Kun!
Anyway, I am idle now, school has not started, and I have no other work at hand, so why not take advantage of this free time and go take a class with Chen Kun!
Wu Yuan, who always thought of doing it, took out his mobile phone and called Chen Kun.

"Hey, Brother Kun, are you still filming in Huairou?"

It's just that it wasn't him who answered the phone, but his assistant.

"Director Wu, I'm sorry, I'm Brother Kun's assistant, Xiao Liu, and Brother Kun is currently on the show. I'll ask Brother Kun to come back to you later?"

"No need." Wu Yuan smiled heartily: "Let me ask, Brother Kun is still filming "Golden Fan Home" in Huairou, right?"

"um, yes."

"That's it, tell him, I'll visit him in a few days!"

"When the time comes, I'll bring a cartful of big watermelons to your crew, Baotian!"

　candy tomorrow

　　
　
(End of this chapter)