director of the millennium

"Hey, I actually got the Silver Lion!" Wu Yuan laughed out loud as he looked at the latest news published on Weibo.

Liu Yifei, who was holding the child nearby, also immediately leaned over.

“Did you really win a prize?”

"What award? The Grand Jury Prize?"

"Almost, Silver Lion for Best Director." Wu Yuan handed the phone to Liu Yifei and said with some emotion: "Although I think there is a chance, it still feels a little unreal to see Leslie win the award."

After all, Zhang Guorong's life was changed because of him!
"That's amazing." Liu Yifei smacked her lips and said with some envy, "Brother Leslie is really amazing. He won the Best Actor award as an actor and the Best Director award as a director."

"This is his first time participating in the European Big Three, and he won a prize, just like you did back then."

"That's still a little different." Wu Yuan glanced at his wife and said awkwardly, "I was only a few years old when I won the award, and Leslie was a few years old. There is a gap between geniuses."

Well, hearing my wife praising another man in front of me, I couldn't help but feel a little jealous. Wu Yuan is such a stingy man.

Today is another weekend. Liu Yifei has returned from the training base to visit her husband and children, while Wu Yuan is unemployed at home and has nothing to do at the moment.

As for the preparations for the production of "Mulan", he only needs to take charge of the overall work, while the specific matters are handled by the leaders under the crew. What he is most concerned about now is the writing of the script, which has been revised five times and is almost completed.

Before the script is completed, "Mulan" will definitely not start filming, so he naturally won't have any big moves. He can just stay at home to take care of the children and hold a few video conferences when he is free.

After being a housewife these days, Qingqing has become more adept at calling "Dad".

"By the way, cinemas have now fully resumed operations, right?" Liu Yifei, who was browsing Weibo with Wu Yuan's phone, glanced at the hot search list and saw the entry about the resumption of operations of cinemas.

But after clicking on the entry, what she saw was a chorus of wailing.

In recent months, movie theaters can be said to be a paradise for art films.

In the past, art films that had no chance of getting screenings have been released in large numbers in the past few months. For example, more than ten art films were released in September.

There is no way. Commercial films are unwilling to be released at this time, but theaters need to schedule screenings. They can't just have no movies at all or only show old movies.

After all, it costs money to open a cinema. Even if there is only one customer, it is better than no customer at all.

Therefore, a large number of art films that were previously looked down upon by theaters were scheduled to be released. No matter how many audiences they can attract, at least there are films being shown in theaters!
However, among these art films, there are also one or two commercial films to support the scene.

For example, "Vanguard" starring Jackie Chan is scheduled to be released on September 9. There is no way around it. This movie was heavily promoted at the end of 30 and was originally scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival, but it was withdrawn again.

If the film is not released after all the publicity and promotion is done, it will be difficult to arrange a release in the future. After all, the distribution company cannot afford to do another publicity and promotion, so it can only be released during the National Day holiday. In addition, there is only one commercial film that can be watched in September, and that is "Tenet" from the great director Nolan.

Nolan is Nolan. Due to the epidemic, the film underwent four schedule changes in North America and was originally scheduled to be released on August 8 before it was postponed indefinitely.

After several schedule changes, the film changed its distribution strategy. Starting from August 8, it will first be released in 26 markets around the world outside the United States, and from September 70, it will be released in some cities in the United States.

而在国内，也定档在了9月4号上映，用时1天11时29分，票房突破了1亿元，用时2天21时29分，票房突破2亿元。

There is no doubt that this achievement is definitely not worthy of Nolan. Even though "Interstellar" in this time and space was snatched away by Wu Yuanxian, Nolan still has countless fans in China and is highly deified.

If it was released in a normal period, "Tenet" would have at least earned 10 billion yuan at the box office in mainland China. After all, the movie itself is indeed very good. It may be a little difficult to understand for fans who don't like science fiction movies, but it is definitely an audio-visual feast for science fiction movie lovers.

It’s a pity that because of the early publicity and release date, "Tenet" had to bite the bullet and be released worldwide in August and September.

Originally, on this unlucky day, there was another unlucky movie targeting the global market to be released, and that was "Mulan"!
However, in this time and space, because of Wu Yuan's various butterfly effects, "Mulan" has not even been scheduled for release, and it has escaped this unfortunate fate.

Thinking of this, Wu Yuan looked at his wife's pink profile and said, "You are really lucky to have such a good husband like me."

"Yes, yes, you are the best husband in the world." Hearing Wu Yuan's murmurs, Liu Yifei rolled her eyes at him unhappily. They were already an old couple, yet he still boasted shamelessly every day.

However, the way she lowered her head and smiled faintly, it didn't seem like she really disliked her husband.

"How's your martial arts training going? Is everyone keeping up with the progress?" Speaking of "Mulan", Wu Yuan also asked about business.

Martial arts training like this has different progress levels. For example, one is required to master the common movements of a certain weapon within a few days, or to master a certain martial arts moves within a few days.

Moreover, there is a very special auxiliary equipment for shooting action scenes now. It is similar to a circle. The actor puts it on his waist, and a stage manager holds a pole behind him for support. It is almost equivalent to an upgraded version of wire work. It is a new equipment that has only appeared in recent years. It allows actors to do some difficult movements, such as backflips and kicks.

The proficient use of these equipment also requires practice, especially for Liu Yifei. She has a lot of fighting scenes that require the use of this equipment, such as leaping off the horse's back, somersaulting, and stabbing the enemy.

If you don't practice these moves well, you will have to practice more and even extend the training time.

"Everyone has practiced well." Liu Yifei made an OK gesture and said calmly: "Whether it's me, Xiao Ming, Hu Ge, etc., we have all had a lot of experience in fighting scene training. We can get started quickly, and it's much more convenient now than before."

"The only one who is a little behind is Zhu Yilong, but he is very hardworking and practices every day, so he can keep up with the progress. I estimate that if we practice for another half a month, we should be able to start the actual filming."

"It's about time." Wu Yuan rubbed his chin. "The script will be finished in about half a month. I'll give you half a month to study the script. We'll start filming in November and try to wrap it up after the New Year!" (End of this chapter)