director of the millennium

Beijing, Wu family.

In this sensitive period when all industries are depressed and everyone has to stay at home, Liu Yifei, a busy person in the entertainment industry, is also very idle.

She had no job and was almost retired. She sat on the sofa early in the morning, holding her daughter and watching the Oscar broadcast on Kuaibo, enjoying it very much.

She attended the Oscars.

That year, "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" was also nominated for an Oscar for technical awards, and eventually won a Best Special Effects Award.

At that time, she attended the Oscars ceremony with the group, but she was sitting in the audience the whole time and did not have the opportunity to stand on the stage to receive the award.

But this year is a little special.

After all, this is my husband’s award-winning year.

Since December last year, Wu Yuan went to North America and started the North American promotion and award-winning journey for "Bruce Lee". He did not return to China even during the Spring Festival and stayed abroad the whole time.

When Wu Yuan first said he wanted to make "Bruce Lee", he planned to complete it within 2019. Unexpectedly, it has been delayed until February of next year when he will attend the Oscars, and he will be abroad for three months.

Naturally, my daughter hasn't seen her father for three months.

Originally, Liu Yifei still had some resentment in her heart. After all, her daughter was still young and needed the company of her parents.

But now she is not in a hurry for her husband to return home.

After all, the current domestic epidemic situation is very serious. On the contrary, there is no risk abroad for the time being, so it is quite safe for Wu Yuan to stay abroad.

However, the child cannot live without a father! (Sad)
So, in order to let her baby, who is less than one year old, remember her father, Liu Yifei was in front of the TV with her child in her arms as soon as the live broadcast of the Oscars ceremony started today.

Well, Guangying Kuaibo also has a TV version, and you can watch the live broadcast through a TV set-top box.

Whenever Wu Yuan appeared in the picture, Liu Yifei would hold the baby and say to her: "Look, this is daddy~"

"Is dad handsome?"

"Dad is going to win a prize!"

Until Wu Yuan really won the award.

When Spike Lee read out Wu Yuan's name, Liu Yifei was much more excited than Wu Yuan on TV.

After all, as early as fifteen years ago, her idol was her husband.

Seeing Wu Yuan win the award, she was more excited, happy and proud than if she had won the award herself.

"Qingqing, look! Daddy won the Best Director Award!"

"This is the most powerful award for a director!"

"This is the first Asian director to win this award."

Liu Yifei held her daughter in her arms, nose to nose with her, and smiled happily.

Qingqing, who was still just learning to speak, naturally didn't understand what her mother was saying, but she was still smiling very happily.

at the same time.

When Wu Yuan held up the little golden man at the Oscars ceremony, the whole of China and even Asia were ignited.

At a time when the whole country is on edge and depressed, it is undoubtedly a great joy to have such exciting news.

Although the term "rushing for happiness" may be a bit exaggerated, it is true that this year's Oscars received much more attention in China than last year, because everyone hopes to get some happy news in such a depressing day. Yes, for Chinese movie fans, no, for Chinese people, seeing a Chinese director win the Best Director trophy at the Oscars is a piece of news that can make the whole country happy.

As I said, national conditions are different.

China is a country full of collectivist atmosphere.

Wu Yuan’s award was not won just for him, but represents the film level of the entire country!

In the early years, it was an extremely impressive thing for a film directed by a Chinese director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Although the filter for the Oscars has gradually disappeared over the years, and even with the increase in national strength and soft power, people's attitude towards the Oscars and Hollywood has changed from being high and mighty to being just that.

But we have to admit that there has never been a director from mainland China who has won the Academy Award for Best Director.

Although there is a Li An, Li An is not a director from mainland China after all, nor is he a person who has been in the Chinese film industry. The public's impression of him is mostly that of a Hollywood director.

Because not many people have seen the Chinese-language films he shot in Taiwan in his early years, even though some of them were nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Horse, Berlin, and Oscars.

Wu Yuan is different. He is a Chinese director who graduated from the Beijing Film Academy and has made many popular films in China. He has both good reputation and box office success.

Even though he has worked in Hollywood, people's first impression of him is that he is a Chinese director, rather than a Chinese director working in Hollywood.

Even within Asia, most movie fans in East Asian countries consider Wu Yuan to be a Chinese director, and do not classify him as a Hollywood director.

In the early years, when he was filming "Pirates of the Caribbean", Japanese and Korean movie fans indeed regarded him as a Hollywood director, and they all got to know him through Hollywood movies.

But in the past decade or so, Wu Yuan's popular movies in Asia have all been Chinese-language films, and the new generation of young people's impression of him has long since changed from his early "Pirates of the Caribbean" to films such as "Gravity", "The Martian" and "Ready Player One".

Asian countries also regard Wu Yuan as the pride of Asian filmmakers, rather than viewing him as a Hollywood Asian director.

After all, the Asian film industry has been struggling for a long time, and everyone hopes that Asia can produce more internationally renowned directors.

And Wu Yuan is the perfect template.

Well, there is also Bong Joon-ho, who is also currently an Oscar finalist for "Parasite".

"Breaking news - my country's famous director Wu Yuan won the Best Director Award at the 92nd Academy Awards!"

"The first mainland director to win the Academy Award for Best Director, and the first Chinese director!"

"Director Wu Yuan shines at the Oscars, Bruce Lee helps Wu Yuan win the golden statue!"

"Bruce Lee and Wu Yuan's powerful collaboration transcends time and space, and the legendary Chinese actor and director win an Oscar together!"

At a time when the Oscars had not yet been ruined by "Nomadland", the news of Wu Yuan winning the award was still very sensational, and domestic social media platforms were also happy to publicize the event.

Just as he stepped onto the podium to receive the award and before he had time to give his acceptance speech, the news that he won the Best Director award quickly flooded the domestic Internet, and all major apps pushed pop-up windows at the first opportunity.

The photo of him holding the Oscar statuette on the Oscar stage has become the cover picture of all news videos and articles!

not only that.

Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines, which are Wu Yuan's base of influence, were also frantically posting this news on their screens.

The crown of the number one figure in Chinese film has been put on him!
Even Zhang Yimou couldn't compete with him at this moment!

The whole of Asia is discussing Wu Yuan! (End of this chapter)