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Chapter 499 [64] This life's "Initial D"!
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The speeding AE86 made a beautiful drift on the Akina Mountain and at the last turn, it overtook the Mazda RX7, also known as FC-3S, played by Ryosuke Takahashi, played by Edison Chen!

“AE86 wins!”

"AE86 is the real car god of Akina Mountain!"

The camera captured a still photo of Chen Yu, who was driving the AE86 calmly with one hand on the car window, his cheek resting on his back, and the other hand holding the steering wheel.

He is sunny and handsome, yet confident and calm.

"Cool!"

Lin Jianle couldn't help but let out a long sigh. He had just finished watching the last car race in Akina Mountain, and he felt his adrenaline secretion accelerated; the last race, with several turns shot in one shot, was really exciting.

The continuous editing in the previous life can't compare to the few long shots now.

"It's much better than Jay Chou's previous version, especially the performance and car racing scenes!"

"But it's still not as exciting as Fast and Furious..."

Chen Yu actually felt it was a bit of a pity.

With such good ingredients, Liu Weiqiang cooked up a dish that, in his opinion, was just barely passable; the feeling of chase was there, but the tension and excitement of racing was much less; in this regard, "Fast and Furious 3" will definitely teach Liu Weiqiang a lesson.

This is really not about the level of filming, but the director's ability to control the picture.

The Americans are indeed good at filming this kind of racing scenes; of course, the level of accomplishment that Liu Weiqiang was able to achieve was beyond Chen Yu's expectations.

At least the previous life's "Initial D" was completely unqualified in Chen Yu's opinion; the plot was okay, but the car racing scenes were actually a mess, and the various editing shots made people extremely depressed, and it seemed to be cut off just after the climax.

Now, at least it can make people excited and feel the tension of the game, and the filming is still very good.

After the scene where Fujiwara Takumi saw Natsuki engaging in compensated dating and ran back home, Chen Yu's version of "Initial D" in this life finally came to an end.

"How is it, Mr. Wang, Director Feng?"

With an excited look on his face, Lin Jianle turned around and asked Wang Zhonglei and Feng Xiaogang who were sitting behind him watching the movie.

He is personally very satisfied with the film.

At least, the filming was pretty good, and he felt that the box office shouldn't be too bad.

"It's very exciting, and the viewing effect on the big screen should be great!"

"This is my first time watching a racing movie. It really surprised me. Brother Yu's performance is very youthful..."

Wang Zhonglei didn't know whether he was telling the truth or not, as he praised Chen Yu. Feng Xiaogang beside him nodded in agreement: "Although I don't really like this type of movie, after watching it, I still think the overall quality is very high!"

"It's a very good story. The special effects shots are all very good, and some of the long shots are particularly brilliant. Brother Yu, are you such a good racer?"

Feng Xiaogang glanced at Chen Yu, but spoke to Liu Weiqiang who was standing beside him.

Of course he noticed that those cornering and racing scenes were all shot in one take, which required strong technical expertise from the actors to accomplish; moreover, Chen Yu's face was very clear in the shot, which was definitely not accomplished by a stand-in, but Chen Yu was actually racing!
This surprised Feng Xiaogang a little.

He has witnessed Chen Yu's performance and ability no less than three times, in "Kara", "Kung Fu" and "A World Without Thieves"; but to be honest, Feng Xiaogang feels that Chen Yu has changed a lot every time.

It's not just the various subversions in the role, but the acting ability and the skills mastered, which makes him hard to understand.

Getting stronger each time, now they are even racing?

What on earth is there that this kid doesn't know? !
It was the first time that Feng Xiaogang felt curious about an actor.

"Brother Yu's driving skills are really amazing!"

"He filmed all the racing scenes by himself, and many of them were shot in one take..."

When Liu Weiqiang was editing the film a few months ago, he cut out a lot of things despite the pain; the car racing scenes shot by Chen Yu were absolutely professional.

Even so, the drama is almost 120 minutes long, a full 2 ​​hours, with 20 minutes more car racing scenes than Jay Chou's previous version; this is the result after Liu Weiqiang's repeated editing.

He really couldn't bear to delete the current version.

What he was most satisfied with was actually the 3-hour edited version, in which the several car racing scenes were simply pure enjoyment; the last battle at Akina Mountain, which lasted a full hour, was extremely intense with Chen Guanxi and Chen Xiaochun's two stunt drivers, Keiichi Tsuchiya and Nobushige Kumakubo.

You come and I go, drifting and showing off your skills.

Liu Weiqiang enjoyed watching that version thoroughly, and in his opinion, the current two-hour version is not as good. However, a three-hour movie is not conducive to scheduling and box office, so the current two-hour version is the optimal length after careful consideration.

"Brother Yu, what do you think?"

Seeing that Chen Yu didn't say a word, Lin Jianle asked him.

"I'm quite satisfied. It looks good. The photo makes me look handsome. I look no different from a high school student..."

Chen Yu smiled. He knew that this was the limit of Liu Weiqiang's ability. Unless a different director was chosen, no matter how the editing was done, it would be almost the same.

Therefore, it is better not to raise any opinions. It is useless to raise any opinions, and it is not conducive to "stabilizing military morale".

"That's good!"

"Everyone thinks it's good, let's just wait and see how the movie performs at the box office next month!"

"I plan to release it simultaneously across Asia and see how it gets received in Cannes and Europe and America... I'll try my best to enter the North American market!"

Lin Jianle seemed quite heroic. He glanced at Chen Yu. His overflowing self-confidence was obviously given to him by Chen Yu.

In North America, Chen Yu still has some appeal, so even if it sells for a few million dollars, it will be a huge profit; what's more, racing movies have always been a genre that European and American teenagers like to watch.

After declining Lin Jianle's dinner, Chen Yu said goodbye to everyone and took a taxi directly to the set of "Narcotics".

There was another farewell dinner in the evening.

This time Jiang Wen called Zhou Yun along, and they all drank until late at night before going to bed.

The next day, Jiang Wen, the producer, completed his mission for this film and returned to the capital to prepare for his own new film; while Chen Yu plunged into the intense filming.

Before he knew it, the 58th Cannes International Film Festival was approaching. Chen Yu recalled the scene when he won the Best Actor award last year. Now, a year has passed.

"Initial D" served as the screening film, and many distributors present were very interested in this film, including some from Europe and the United States. And because Wu Yusen was one of the judges this year, there were many Chinese-language films shortlisted for the main competition unit.

Three parts in total!

The Mainland, Hong Kong and Formosa each have one quota.

Wang Xiaoshuai won the third place Jury Prize, a small palm, for his performance in "Tianhong" starring Da Meiyuan; while "Election" directed by Hong Kong Johnnie To and "The Best Time" directed by Taiwan Hou Hsiao-hsien unfortunately missed the award.

Director Chen Kaizi also brought "The Promise" to the screening.

This time, the Chinese-speaking army was unprecedentedly enthusiastic in Cannes, which can be said to be the most sensational Chinese film in Cannes. "The Palace of the Pooh" starring Zhang Ziyi premiered in Cannes, as well as "The Myth" by Cheng Long and "Seven Swords" by Xu Ke...

The Cannes organizers even held a unique and grand "China Night" cocktail party for Chinese filmmakers to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Chinese films!
This card can be said to give China enough face.

Big-name stars and directors from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, including Cheng Long, Wu Yusen, Zhang Ziyi, Yang Ziqiong, Liang Jiahui, Wang Xiaoshuai, etc., gathered here.

Of course, the media did not miss such a good opportunity and caught several celebrities for interviews.

Zhang Ziyi, who is becoming more and more popular internationally, admitted that the improvement of the international status of Chinese films has enabled actors to feel more respected; at the same time, compared to the Oscars, the holy land of Cannes is more enthusiastic about movies.

Looking at such news, Chen Yu shook his head slightly.

It’s still your international chapter that speaks volumes.

Apart from this little episode, Chen Yu has been filming "Drug Agent" seriously.

A week flew by like this.

May 2005, 5 was the day when Chen Yu’s role was completed.

After half a month of revisions, discussions and coordination, the script of Mission: Impossible 3 was finally finalized.

Except for some doubts about Chen Yu in the car racing scene, Tom Cruise approved of all his suggestions, including the added fighting scenes; and the start date of filming of "Mission Impossible 3" has also been officially confirmed to be the 1st of the next month.

On July 7, Chen Yu reported to the crew of Mission: Impossible 1.

"That guy said he wanted to see you drive in person before he felt comfortable adding to the plot!"

"He's really afraid that you'll steal his limelight as the leading man!"

Richard cursed Tom Cruise on the phone. Although the two were in a cooperative relationship, it was obvious that Tom Cruise's various behaviors had made Richard unhappy.

His company's screenwriter team had to revise the film so many times, and the filming was delayed from 2000 to now, five years. Richard had long been fed up with this guy. Who could tolerate Tom Cruise's picky attitude towards the script, filming, actors, etc.

For the past five years, Richard has wanted to complain to Chen Yu, "Do you know how I have been through these five years?"

"Hahaha!"

Chen Yu heard Richard's complaints and laughed, "Forget about driving in front of him. I have a racing movie coming out next month, and we can let him watch it together!"

"Oh?"

"A racing movie?"

Richard was obviously interested as well.

"Yes, if this movie is successful, it will obviously help us get the role in Fast and Furious!"

"Indeed, but the Fast and Furious IP project has been handed over by Universal!"

Richard said helplessly: "This project is now in the hands of a newly opened film and television company. The boss of this company is very familiar with Carl Icahn on Wall Street!"

"We at CAA are currently doing the public relations for this new company and are striving to have in-depth cooperation with them!"

"Oh? Which one?"

Chen Yu no longer felt sleepy when he heard this.

He didn’t know much about it in his previous life, but there are so many tricks in Fast and Furious?

Anyway, although this IP is valuable at the moment, Universal has too many IPs that are more valuable than this one, so it obviously doesn’t care.

"You must have never heard of the theory of relativity!"

wrong!
When Chen Yu heard the name, his whole body shuddered.

Holy shit, Fast and Furious 3... was actually produced by this scam company?!

Chen Yu really didn't expect this!

If Carl Icahn is the Wolf of Wall Street, then Relativity Pictures is - "Wall Street Pictures"!
This is a company that used hot money from Wall Street to make movies and became very famous in later generations.

The reason why Chen Yu knew him was because the Sino-US co-production blockbuster "The Forbidden Kingdom" that Liu Yifei went to Hollywood in her previous life was an idea proposed by this boss and was also produced by this company in cooperation with Huayi.

Ryan Kavanaugh, the boss of Relativity, is definitely a genius at deceiving people and a master at manipulating traffic and concepts.

Jackie Chan and Jet Li collaborated to make quick money from global audiences. I guess only these guys on Wall Street could think of this.

He treats film as a way of playing with financial concepts.

Then, in the end, he killed himself.

But who could have thought that this guy didn't have a penny of his own money, but relied purely on the hedge funds on Wall Street to get the six major film studios to cooperate with him? !

That's exactly what they say.

Chen Yu really wants to meet this talented person.

"Charlie, if you have time, make an appointment with the boss of the Theory of Relativity to meet up!"

"I really want to meet him!"

Maybe Chen Yu could get the copyright of Fast and Furious from him? !
(End of this chapter)