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Mulan is Disney's most special princess.

The other Disney princesses are all fair-skinned, beautiful, and boneless. No matter if it is Cinderella, Snow White, or the mermaid, they are all set to be girls who are submissive and gentle as water.

Moreover, their stories are very similar. In all of them, the heroines who are true, kind, and beautiful are bullied or in trouble for various reasons, and are eventually rescued by the prince, and then live a shameless and happy life with the prince.

It’s not that this kind of princess is bad. On the contrary, this kind of princess fits the definition of the word "princess" in most people’s minds.

But Mulan is not like that.

Mulan is special and unique.

First of all, Hua Mulan is not a princess, she is just an ordinary girl from a commoner family.

Then her story is completely different from the traditional princess story. Her story always shows the definition of "Who says women are inferior to men" and "Women hold up half the sky".

She disguised herself as a man to join the army on behalf of her father, and then fought in battles all over the country. Eventually, she became a general who defeated the nomadic peoples in the north. When she returned triumphantly, the emperor discovered that she was a girl.

Of course, there is love in Disney's Mulan story. One of Mulan's fellow soldiers fell in love with her and even thought that there was something wrong with his sexual orientation. But after Mulan finally revealed her identity as a girl, he lived happily with him.

But this story is really not about prince and princess at all!

This is also why Disney was so persistent about this story and even found a new director to shoot it even if Niki Caro messed things up.

Because in this era, in Hollywood, which is swept up in political correctness, the story of "Mulan" is so correct.

First of all, the skin color is correct. This is a movie that does not feature white people as the main characters.

Then the feminist tone shown in the movie is also very correct.

Wow, Mulan was able to disguise herself as a man to join the army in feudal society, and her performance was no worse than that of men. In the end, she became a general and defeated the enemy. Isn’t this enough of feminism?

Those North American feminist organizations, after seeing such a movie, dare they say a bad word?
Wouldn't it be blown up immediately?

As long as there are no feminist organizations causing trouble, or even if they support the movie instead, "Mulan" will have already won half the battle in the European and American markets.

Yes, the current European and American film market is so fantastic.

Just like those game manufacturers who are afraid of being accused of "objectifying women", even the appearance of game characters has to be reviewed and modified by feminist organizations before they are put online.

Faced with this fierce wave of boxing, the European and American markets are now really afraid of women's rights.

At the same time, I also hear LGBT
Skillful.

From a certain perspective, "Mulan" also caters to the LGBT market!

Because in the story, the male protagonist didn't know that Mulan was a woman at first, but after struggling hard, he was sure that he fell in love with Mulan and cared about her very much.

Then, when Hua Mulan was secretly bathing by the lake, she accidentally discovered that she was actually a girl.

So this movie also stands on the side of "love has nothing to do with gender" to a certain extent.
It can be said that the buffs of "Mulan" have been fully stacked. At least in the next few years from 2020 to 2022, it is absolutely immune to all poisons. Once it is released, there will be a bunch of totalitarian organizations to escort it. How could Disney be willing to miss such a good thing!

So, Wu Yuan began the preparation work for "Mulan".

The script has been made according to his requirements. While retaining the Disney princess film style, it also needs to fully respect Chinese culture and incorporate more Chinese culture.

This is actually a very contradictory requirement, because the European and American style "princess" is itself a part of European and American culture, and if it is integrated into Chinese culture it will become a weird thing, so how to grasp this degree is a big test for the screenwriter team.

For this purpose, Wu Yuan also formed a large team of screenwriters, including four Chinese screenwriters and four Hollywood screenwriters, to study the script together.

At the same time, Wu Yuan was not idle either. In the hot summer of August, he took Liu Yifei to a large equestrian field in Yanjiao District.

This equestrian field is specially designed for equestrian training for wealthy people. It is a very high-end club, but it is also open to the public.

When Wu Yuan brought his wife here, several celebrities in the circle were already waiting there.

Although the script has not been fully completed, Wu Yuan has basically finalized the actors.

Cheng Long, Zhu Yilong, Hu Ge, Huang Xiaoming, and Zhang Hanyu will play the main roles of the army in the movie, including the general, the male protagonist who likes Mulan, the comrade-in-arms who travels with Mulan, and the leader of the northern nomadic people.

These five people will also become the warhorse men's group of "Mulan".

So they also have to follow Liu Yifei for equestrian training.

Although, these male actors have more or less filmed horse riding scenes in their past filming careers, especially Huang Xiaoming. When he was filming "The Return of the Condor Heroes" and "Soldiers of the Yang", he filmed many panoramic horse riding scenes, and he really rode the horse himself.

But many years have passed. Now when actors in the circle shoot circus scenes, they basically don't ride real horses. They all ride electric fake horses. It has been a long time since we have seen panoramic circus scenes with actors facing the front in TV dramas. They are all edited together with close-ups and back views with horse stand-ins.

Therefore, this kind of "restorative" training is necessary, and it has to last for a long time.

Wu Yuan signed a contract with this equestrian facility, and several leading actors had to train here for two months, until they were able to charge as soon as they got on a horse.

Because in his imagination, "Mulan" must have a lot of circus and fighting scenes.

Can the war with the northern nomadic peoples still be called a war if it is not fought on horseback?
And this is only the first step of training. After completing the equestrian training, these leading actors will have to undergo another two-month martial arts training to learn a bunch of battle formations and fighting scenes specially designed by martial arts instructors!
You have to practice using all kinds of weapons, such as knives, guns, sticks, clubs, and spears, before you can adapt to the rhythm of shooting.

As I said, Mulan is a special princess. In her story, war and martial arts are the main themes, and romance and love are just seasonings. She is different from those princesses who go through untold hardships just to be with the prince.

"Director Wu, I've finally waited for you and your wife." Cheng Long, who was waiting for Wu Yuan at the entrance of the equestrian arena, walked up to him with a smile on his face and hugged Wu Yuan.

Cheng Long actually did not need to undergo two months of equestrian training, and Wu Yuan did not require it, because his role as a general actually had more literary scenes and not many parts.

But Cheng Long still took the initiative to come and join in the fun, mainly because he wanted to maintain his friendship with Wu Yuan. After all, Cheng Long's fighting ability has not been very good in recent years, and his market environment is very bad.

Wu Yuan also understood, and with a smile on his face, he walked into the equestrian arena with Cheng Long arm in arm, chatting with him about recent developments. (End of this chapter)