director of the millennium

Chapter 775: Transition Shooting
[The 2nd Dali International Film Festival was a complete success! The Indian film "Soni" won the final award! ]

【Mainland female director Bai Xue, born in the 80s, won the most watched film by the jury of the Dali International Film Festival! 】

[The atmosphere at the Dali International Film Festival was lively, with crews from many countries coming to participate, showing an international presence! ]

[Films from many countries attended the Dali International Film Festival. Chen Kaige appeared on the red carpet and served as the chairman of this year's jury! ]

The next day, when Wu Yuan took a plane back to Shanghai, reports and discussions about this year's Dali International Film Festival began to ferment on the Internet.

As a purely literary and artistic film festival, even though Wu Yuan and Chen Kaige both attended, in this age of commercial entertainment, the influence and popularity of the Dali International Film Festival is indeed very limited, and it cannot become the news that tops the hot searches.

Even most netizens don’t pay attention to this film festival, let alone the award-winning films at the festival.

However, the purpose of hosting this film festival by Light and Shadow Times was not to attract the attention of the "public", but just to gain the so-called "discourse power in the circle".

The film festival represents the industry’s weather vane and represents the right to share the pie.

I don’t know how many people in the industry were watching the successful holding of the 2nd Dali International Film Festival with envy and jealousy.

Chief Jia, Wu Yuan's senior classmate, saw the success of the Dali International Film Festival and began lobbying everywhere, hoping to hold a film festival in his hometown of Shanxi, and even selected a location.

However, no matter how he lobbied or invited people, his superiors remained unmoved and tightly closed the door to private individuals and private companies hosting large-scale film exhibitions, which made Chief Jia beat his chest and stamp his feet.

You're too slow!
He has even been thinking about organizing a film festival abroad if things really don't work out, but that would be more difficult.

Apart from watching with envy as Light and Shadow Times began to gain the right to speak in the circle, he could do nothing else.

On the other hand, Wu Yuan, who had just returned to Shanghai, was met with complaints from his young wife.

"You asked me to come to Shanghai to film with you, but you ran off to Dali to play before you've even filmed for a month, and you didn't even take me with you!"

"I went there to work, not to have fun." Wu Yuan spread his hands helplessly, "I was there for two days in total, and I spent another day on the road. In fact, I came back right after presenting the award. I didn't even have time to visit the Dali Ancient Town. There's no point in taking you there. It's better for you to stay in Shanghai and have fun."

"How were the past two days? The crew had a day off. Did they all have a good time?"

"Haha." Liu Yifei covered her mouth and smiled: "Everyone had a lot of fun. I even went to KTV with them."

"What's the matter? Are you going to sing your "Red Bean" again?" Wu Yuan glanced at him.

"No way." Liu Yifei snorted in dissatisfaction: "Those songs were from a long time ago. The most popular songs now are "Dignity" and "Say Goodbye" okay."

"If you can't say you love me, don't lie. I just like you a little bit. If you can't say you hate me, don't get entangled. Don't pretend to sigh."

As she spoke, Liu Yifei started humming the song on the spot.

Because of the popularity of "Ex-Files 3", these two songs have been very popular on TikTok recently and have become popular hits on TikTok. Liu Yifei loves to watch TikTok, sometimes she watches it all day long. She is a heavy TikTok fan, holding her phone and laughing every day.

However, she did not open an official account on Douyin, and she used a private account to post.

"Come to think of it, since you like playing Tik Tok so much, why don't you sign up for an account?"

In the past two years, Tik Tok has become extremely popular, becoming the second most popular app after Weibo, and its user base is even higher than that of Weibo.

After all, the penetration of TikTok in the lower-tier markets is very impressive. The short video entertainment method has a much larger audience than text-based platforms like Weibo. Many middle-aged and elderly people in their forties and fifties who don’t use the Internet much love to watch TikTok.

Naturally, celebrities will not miss this publicity battlefield. They have all settled on the Douyin platform, opened personal accounts, and shot short videos from time to time to share their daily lives or funny entertainment.

The official Douyin side also approached Liu Yifei and invited her to join, and even asked her to pay a hefty fee, but she did not agree and just played around privately.

"I don't know how to shoot this kind of short video." Liu Yifei explained with some distress: "Now mobile phones are getting more and more powerful. In the past, I could still use them when they could only make calls and send text messages. Now there are all kinds of application software, which makes people dizzy."

"I don't know how to adjust the various filters and background music on TikTok. It would be too troublesome to ask an assistant to shoot."

"And I don't know what to shoot. Just daily life or something. Occasionally taking some photos and posting them on Weibo is enough. There's no need to shoot videos. I don't really like sharing my private life on the Internet."

"I am suitable to be an ordinary user. It is enough for me to watch short videos posted by others every day."

"Whatever you say." Wu Yuan shrugged. He didn't care about it. After all, the real person was in front of him every day, so why did he need to watch her short videos to kill time?

As for how much her fans are looking forward to it, Wu Yuan doesn't care.

Wu Yuan was a little unhappy that Tik Tok did not invite him to join. It turned out that the directors behind the scenes are not as valued as the actors and stars in front of the stage.

"Well, now that we're back, should the crew continue filming?"

Liu Yifei lay on Wu Yuan's back and stretched out her hand to touch his head. "If we play for a few more days, I'm afraid it will be hard to concentrate."

"Well, we'll restart filming tomorrow!" Wu Yuan nodded heavily.

The next day, the crew of "The Monkey King" resumed work. Although they were a little lazy after playing for two days, they quickly got into work mode and continued filming the scenes in the Magic City.

The urban drama of Shanghai in "The Monkey King" is mainly concentrated on the scenes of Zhang Yishan and Liu Xiao Ling Tong in the early stage of the film, as well as a part of Zhang Hanyu's scene as the King Dapeng wreaking havoc in the sky, and a large number of empty shots that need to be synthesized with special effects later.

These scenes were a bit tedious to shoot, but not complicated. After Wu Yuan returned, it only took him one month to complete the filming in Shanghai. He successfully wrapped up the stage and was ready to move the crew to Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis.

The Oriental Movie Metropolis is the focus of the filming of "The Monkey King". There are a total of six specially arranged studios for the shooting of a large number of special effects and plots, all of which are passionate battles!
Liu Yifei, who had accompanied Wu Yuan for more than a month, could no longer continue to follow the crew. After the crew finished filming in Shanghai, she returned to Beijing to participate in Zhang Yimou's closed training to prepare for the filming of the biographical film "Cai Wenji".

It can be predicted that the couple, who have been silent for more than a year or two, will show their talents again next year!
(End of this chapter)