director of the millennium

Chapter 97 Soundtrack
The play rehearsal for "Romeo and Juliet" just started stumbling.

No matter for Wu Yuan or Luo Jin, Zhu Yawen, Liu Yifei and others, this drama rehearsal is a rare exercise.

Every week, Wu Yuan will lead them to rehearse on weekends, and let them integrate into the characters bit by bit, integrating the storyline and themes into the atmosphere of the whole theater.

While Wu Yuan was busy rehearsing the play, time was also quietly passing by.

As the weather gradually turned hotter, the pneumonia epidemic was gradually brought under control.

Zhang Guorong did not take the leap like Wu Yuan dreamed, but was enthusiastically preparing for the release of his new movie.

"Stealing Hearts" has been rescheduled to be released simultaneously in mainland China and Hong Kong Island on June 6.

"The Hangover" was successfully released on a small scale in North America, with a box office of more than 500 million US dollars in its first week, and the number of theaters it was released in is growing rapidly.

Wu Yuan himself, while rehearsing the drama, had almost perfected the script of "Your Name" and started the preliminary preparations for the film.

First of all, the first thing he has to do is ask Han Dong for help.

On April 4, Wu Yuan came to the China Film Group Building with the script.

Without any obstruction, he arrived at Director Han's office.

"Director Wu, you are a rare visitor."

Director Han, who was reviewing documents, saw Wu Yuan coming to visit. He was stunned at first, and then a smile appeared on his face.

He knew very well that Wu Yuan never went to the Three Treasures Hall when he had nothing to do, and he would never come to China Film Group when he had nothing to do.

Seeing Wu Yuan in the office this time, it means that this director Wu can't bear to be lonely and wants to do something!

Sure enough, after entering the door, Wu Yuan went straight to Chairman Han's desk and put a script on the desk.

"Director Han, this is the script of my new movie."

"I plan to shoot in the mainland, and I will shoot during the summer vacation, and try to release it within this year."

It's finally here!
Director Han's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked without even looking at the script: "What's the budget?"

"Four to 5000 million, no more than 6000 million yuan at most." Wu Yuan spread his hands.

"We have voted for China Film Academy!" Director Han waved his hand and said without hesitation.

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Wu Yuan's reaction, Director Han kept talking and said with some pity: "It's a bit short. I thought you would make a movie with an investment of over [-] million."

"Invest over [-] million? Where should I go?" Wu Yuan was dumbfounded.

"You are a well-known director in Hollywood, but you are still worried that the movie will not sell?" Director Han said with an envious tone: "Both "Juno" and "The Executioner" have done very well at the box office in Japan and South Korea."

"The films of other mainland directors cannot be sold in Japan and South Korea. Only the films on Hong Kong Island have the Asian market."

"But you are different. You are a Hollywood-level director, and your films can be sold throughout Asia. There is no fear that a film with an investment of [-] million won't be able to make back its money."

"Director Han, I plan to invest in my new movie this time." Wu Yuan spread his hands, "This year, private companies have fully liberalized investment in movies."

"I also plan to start my own film production company. I will invest in my own filming in the future, and I will be responsible for my own profits and losses. It will also reduce the burden on China Film."

"If China Film Group wants to take a stake in this movie, I will only accept a maximum investment ratio of 20%, and I will pay the rest myself."

"So I still have to save some money, it's not easy to make some money."

Although the overseas box office distribution of "The Embalmer" has not been obtained so soon.

But with the money from the sale of the copyright plus the box office split between Mainland China and Hong Kong Island, and the $800 million director's fee, Wu Yuan now has $1000 million in hand.

It's definitely more than enough to make a "Your Name" movie.

Director Han's words were indeed not wrong, and Wu Yuan also felt that even if he made a commercial film with an investment of over [-] million yuan, he could still make money from the Asian market.

This point has been proved for him by "Juno" and "The Undertaker".

Even if Wu Yuan invests [-] million yuan in his next film, as long as there is an Asian market, there is no need to worry about not being able to recover the cost.

But this doesn't mean that Wu Yuan will listen to Director Han and make a blockbuster movie with an investment of over [-] million yuan.

Why spend 5000 million when you can get box office revenue with an investment of around [-] million? This is not a cost-effective choice.

Spending half as much money may not necessarily double the box office results.

Speaking of which, for the two films "The Night the Comet Came" and "The Undertaker", Wu Yuan's distribution of profits to China Film Group has already given enough benefits.

If it weren't for the filming of "The Undertaker", all his money was spent on "The Hangover" at Guangshi Times, and he would not be able to spend much money for a while, otherwise Wu Yuan would not let China Film take away "The Undertaker" So many.

Now that he wants to make a movie with his own sole proprietorship, he must pursue the largest profit ratio.

Spending 6000 to [-] million yuan is really enough. For other mainland directors, such an investment is unimaginable.

"Hey, you kid!" Han Dong pointed at Wu Yuan, shook his head and laughed.

Wu Yuan's words were beautiful and relieved China Film's burden.

It is no problem to apply these words to other fifth-generation and sixth-generation directors. Most of the investment that most fifth-generation and sixth-generation directors have drawn from China Film has basically lost money, and few of them have paid back.

But Wu Yuan is different, this is a high-quality stock, and the money invested in him can be earned back several times.

Don't you just want to make more money and don't want to share the profits with China Film Group? Director Han is completely understandable, and he doesn't mind this very much.

The policy of the higher authorities was originally intended to introduce private capital to activate the film market. China Film, as the leading state-owned enterprise in the film industry, must respond to the policy.

It's good that Wu Yuan is willing to invest his own money in making movies.

It's his ability to make a lot of money by making his own movies!

But Han Dong's doubts also followed.

"Didn't you come to me to invest?" Han Dong asked strangely: "Then you came to me specifically, just to inform you that you are going to make a new movie?"

"Just make a phone call and talk about it. You don't need to go there yourself."

"Of course not." Wu Yuan shook his head and sat down, "I would like to ask Director Han for something."

"You should know some people from the Baodao entertainment industry here, right?"

"Can you help me contact a band over there on Treasure Island?"

"The band is called Mayday, and it won the Golden Melody Award for Best Orchestra."

"I'd like to ask them to come and do some scores for my new film."

Finding Mayday to write a song for "Your Name", this is what Wu Yuan thought of when chatting with Liu Yifei before.

The movie "Love in May" tells the story of two Mayday fans who met each other through the Internet and then ran away on the treasure island.

It was Liu Yifei who mentioned this movie that made Wu Yuan think of the band Mayday.

You know, in the original version of "Your Name", several soundtracks are perfect, which fits perfectly with this movie.

Whether it's the theme song "Previous Life" or Sanye's solo song "Sparks", they are all very nice, and the most important thing is that they fit the characters and the theme of the movie.

For movies, soundtrack is a very important part.

Excellent soundtrack can bring a very high blessing to the movie, and even become the symbol and memory point of the movie, achieving mutual success.

For example, "My Heart Will Go On" from "Titanic", "He's a Pirate" from "Pirates of the Caribbean", and "Pacific Rim" from "Pacific Rim".

As soon as the music plays, people will think of these movies, or when they see these movies, they will think of these songs.

What's more, just mentioning a few keywords can remind people of classic soundtrack clips.

For example, when it comes to heavy snow, telephone booths, and Yuan Hua, "Yijianmei" will automatically play in my mind.

This is how important the soundtrack is to the film.

The original "Your Name" soundtrack is very good, but the original songs are all in Japanese and written by an RB pop band.

Wu Yuan's singing level is still acceptable. Although he has never learned a professional musical instrument and cannot compose music, he can still sing a cappella some Chinese songs that he has an impression of.

The Japanese song is really not good, let Wu Yuan come to reproduce, it is a bit embarrassing for him.

At most he can hum a rough melody, but he still has to hire a professional music production team to supplement it, or even recreate it.

But in the Chinese music scene, Wu Yuan only had Mayday who was qualified for this job.

It’s not that Mayday is so good that it is invincible in the Chinese music scene, but in the Chinese music scene, there are only a few pop rock bands.

Mainland bands like Tang Dynasty and Black Panther are pure rock bands. Their songs are very good, but they are not suitable for a youth romance movie.

When it comes to youth love, Mayday is the most suitable pop rock band at this stage.

They are taking the popular route.

In 2001, Mayday won the Best Orchestra Award at the 12th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for its second album "Long Live Love".

And in this album, there is a song called "Gentleness".

At this time, Mayday was already famous on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

Next year they will have a blockbuster song that will be popular all over the country.

This song is called "Stubborn".

In this time period, it is the most suitable time to invite Mayday to make the soundtrack for "Your Name".

They're hot, but they're not quite there yet, they're on the rise, and they're worth the right price.

And Mayday is indeed good at writing songs for film and television dramas.

They later wrote "Step by Step", "Entering the Battle", "Summer Light Year", "General's Order" and "Later Us" for film and television dramas.

Wu Yuan felt relieved to find this band to make the soundtrack for "Your Name".

Although Director Han didn't know this Baodao band, he always wanted money and support from Wu Yuan.

Director Han immediately agreed to Wu Yuan's request on the spot and would help Wu Yuan contact the band as soon as possible.

"No problem, I'll help you get in touch and let them come to the capital to see you as soon as possible!"

From Director Han's point of view, if Wu Yuan wants to find a band from Baodao to make the soundtrack for his new movie, the other party will definitely reach out to him. As long as he is notified, the other party will definitely take the initiative to come to the capital to meet Wu Yuan.

It was impossible for Wu Yuan to go to Baodao to meet them in person.

Coincidentally, Wu Yuan thought so too.

After finalizing the matter, Wu Yuan chatted with Director Han for a few more words, and left China Film Group satisfied.

After completing this matter, there is only one other important thing left in the pre-production of "Your Name".

Later that night, Wu Yuan made a phone call to Jerry after confirming that it was early morning in the United States.

"Jerry, can you contact Industrial Light and Magic for me?"

"Yes, I have some special effects that I need their help with."

"No, no, no, it's just a special effects screen that adds up to about 1 minute."

"OK, thanks."

　This chapter is three thousand words!

　　
　
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