director of the millennium

"Time waits for no one?" Li Xiaoping was stunned, and looked at Wu Yuan in confusion: "You shouldn't say that, right?"

This kind of words can only be said by a director who is at least in his seventies or eighties, right?

For a director like Wu Yuan who is so young that he is frighteningly young, he will not be considered old in the directing industry even after another 20 years. He has plenty of time to realize his film-making ideas and plans!

If he feels that "time is running out", then wouldn't other directors be buried immediately?

"Ahem." Wu Yuan shook his head awkwardly and accidentally said what was in his heart.

For him, time is really running out. It is already 2017, and the window period left for him is only two or three years. After two or three years, there will be a wave of epidemic, and then it will be 2022. His foresight will be completely useless.

Although he has been well trained in the field of directing for more than ten years, even if there are no good works to "learn from" in the future, he can still take root in this circle with his own strength, but he still feels a little nervous!

"In short, it's time to consider a new movie." Wu Yuan simply changed the subject and said, "I actually have a movie plan in mind. It's a biopic of Bruce Lee that's going to win an Oscar."

"But this movie can be shot anytime, it doesn't have to be shot this year."

"After thinking about it, I think it would be more appropriate to shoot a commercial film first. Now is the market bonus period, we can't miss it!"

Art films and biographical films can be made at any time. They are made for the awards anyway and we don't expect to make much at the box office.

But commercial films are different. Now is the time to make another commercial film before 2019. Otherwise, when 2019 comes and the industry's cold winter comes, you won't dare to make a commercial film even if you want to.

However, it seems that Wu Yuan doesn’t have many options to choose from.

Among the top ten box office movies in mainland China in 2018, movies like "Monster Hunt 2" and "Detective Chinatown 2" are definitely not suitable for him.

Among the remaining films, "The Richest Man in Xihong City" is produced by Happy Twist, which is a joint-stock company of Light and Shadow Times. There is no need for Wu Yuan to snatch it, and his level is not suitable for shooting such a comedy.

"Dying to Survive", which has a box office of 30 billion yuan, is a good choice. It is pure, direct and powerful!
I often lament that movies are just movies, but every time I see a masterpiece like this, I feel that movies are more than just movies!

However, the script of this movie had already been written, and it was written by Mr. Han’s daughter. Let’s put it this way, the subject matter of this movie is so sensitive that it was able to be successfully filmed and released because of Mr. Han’s support behind the scenes. Even so, I heard that a lot of plots were cut during the review.

Moreover, the capital behind this movie is also very strong. It is basically unlikely that Guangying Times will enter the market, because the companies that produced "Dying to Survive" are not short of money at all. They are from the circle of Ning Hao, Xu Guangtou and others, and have never been familiar with Wu Yuan.

After all the calculations, the only movie left is "Operation Red Sea" with a box office of 36 billion.

This movie has the texture of a Hollywood blockbuster, with 138 of its 100 minutes devoted to gunfights and explosions, and the tank chase scenes are spectacular.

In terms of realism, it is more of an upgraded version of "13 Hours Crisis" than the domestic "Black Hawk Down", and director Dante Lam is more like a possessed Explosive Shell.

It is not as deliberately sensational and abruptly funny as "Wolf Warrior 2", nor as out-of-line as "Mekong River", but only a team collaboration that is so exciting that it is completed in one go. It is indeed a good movie and deserves the title of the year. However, this is also a movie that Wu Yuan has little chance to intercept. In recent years, Bona has specialized in making new main theme blockbusters adapted from current events.

"Operation Red Sea" is adapted from the real event of the "Evacuation of Chinese nationals from Yemen". The script was made more than a year ago, and Bona has been looking for suitable directors and actors since then. It is currently being filmed, aiming for the 2018 Spring Festival schedule.

Now, all the high-grossing movies released in 2018 have been a complete failure for Wu Yuan.

"Do I really have to film "The Wandering Earth"? " he thought to himself in distress.

But "The Wandering Earth" is also a movie that Guo Fan has been preparing for several years. He was so short of money that he even sold his house to raise money and begged for alms everywhere. It took him 5 years from project establishment to completion!
"Oh, right!" Thinking of this, Wu Yuan suddenly raised his head and looked at Li Xiaoping: "Did Director Guo Fan come to our company to solicit investment for his new movie?"

"Guo Fan?" Li Xiaoping thought for a moment, "The director of 'My Deskmate'?"

"Yes, his new movie is a science fiction film that has been in preparation for several years. It seems to have started filming now, right?"

In 2012, China Film Group purchased the copyright of Liu Cixin's science fiction novel "The Wandering Earth". In 2014, China Film Group decided to start the filming of "The Wandering Earth" movie, and in 2015, Guo Fan was confirmed as the director of the film.

A lot of work was done during the preparation period for "The Wandering Earth". As a science fiction film, a lot of preparations had to be done before filming, including drawing thousands of setting drawings.

According to Wu Yuan, before filming, the "The Wandering Earth" team produced more than 8000 storyboards, more than 30 minutes of dynamic previews, detailed production processes and shooting plans, as well as coordination and notices based on shots.

All of these explorations and preparations for industrial processes are aimed at minimizing cost waste and improving work efficiency.

As a commercial special effects film director in his previous life, Wu Yuan had always been very interested in this movie. However, in this life, he has been busy with many things and has made many science fiction films, so he didn't pay much attention to "The Wandering Earth".

"Oh, I remember now." Li Xiaoping clapped her hands and said suddenly, "That's right. Director Guo Fan came to the company to solicit investment and even raised the banner of China Film."

"But considering that there seemed to be no directors or companies in China that could make good science fiction films except us, I was not very optimistic about this project and did not participate in the investment."

"In the past few years, due to your influence, Director Wu, the industry has produced a lot of so-called science fiction movies, with the gimmick of special effects blockbusters, but each one is worse than the last, and most of them have lost a lot of money. Otherwise, movie fans would not have been looking forward to your science fiction movies so much."

"Guo Fan is just a director who makes youth films. I really can't imagine that he can make a good science fiction special effects blockbuster like this."

"But I also heard that the filming of this movie seems to have started in Oriental Movie Metropolis. Wu Jing was invited to play the male lead. It seems to be a big fuss, with a large set and a lot of money spent."

Wu Yuan nodded with a look of astonishment and said firmly, "I am optimistic about director Guo Fan. I will contact him as soon as possible and get in touch with him about the movie "The Wandering Earth". If he is short of money for filming, I will let Guangying Times invest and fill the funding gap!"

"For a sci-fi movie like this, it's normal to run out of money during filming. We still have a chance to invest!" (End of this chapter)