Chapter 279: If you don't coax, you have to coax
When Mu Chen was still attending the Oscar dinner, he had already made headlines in the entertainment pages of major domestic news media.
"Inception" won six awards including Best Foreign Language Film, and Mu Chen became the first Chinese Best Director at the Oscars with this film.
Mu Chen's momentum of Chinese movies has increased dramatically this time.
The Oscars are no longer a pain in the hearts of Chinese filmmakers.
Raise your eyebrows!
In the eyes of many people, Chinese-language films have started her rise.
On the Internet, the topic of this Oscar can also be seen everywhere.
Oscar's attention in China is undoubtedly a record-breaking.
However, the most discussed online is different from the most reported media.
The most media report is undoubtedly that "Inception" won six Oscars, breaking the record set by Mu Chen's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
Mu Chen even became the Oscar for Best Director with this film.
On the Internet, what is discussed a lot is Mu Chen's performance at the Oscars.
The search for "erhu" on the Internet skyrocketed instantly, and there were many more corresponding topics.
Some music training institutions immediately put out advertisements, and as soon as the poster of teaching erhu came out, there were countless applicants.
This Oscar, it is not only Mu Chen who is popular, as well as "Inception", but also "Erhu", which is already his "Horse Racing"!
The erhu, a distinctive national musical instrument in China, has entered the eyes of countless people around the world.
Before Mu Chen returned to China, there were already many calls to Dawn Film and Television to inquire about the pure audio version of Mu Chen's "Horse Racing".
After attending the Oscars, Mu Chen did not return to China with the crew of "Inception", but stayed in Los Angeles.
The film that Mu Ze took was still some time away from the machine, so he was ready to return to China with the crew of "Inception".
"Be careful!" Mu Ze said to Mu Chen.
"Don't worry, that guy James should be out of action for a while. Mu Chen smiled and said.
"You ......" Mu Ze wanted to say and stopped.
You're not going to that guy, are you?
"What do you want?" Mu Chen smiled, "Didn't I just win the Oscar for Best Director? With such a high level of attention, what does that guy want, he won't choose this time." ”
Mu Ze nodded, but still felt that things were more than that.
What kind of person James is, Mu Ze can also see a few points.
However, Mu Ze didn't ask any more.
Mu Chen is not a child, and he doesn't need to worry about it.
He naturally knew why Mu Chen stayed.
In fact, it is no secret that Dawn Film and Television acquired Hollywood Dream Pictures.
Moreover, Mu Ze also knew that the script of a science fiction film that Dream Pictures was now investing in and producing came out of Mu Chen's hands.
Mu Chen stayed, mainly for this film, as well as for a further understanding of Dream Pictures.
"After Avatar, will you come to Hollywood?" asked Mu Ze.
"Hmm!" Mu Chen nodded and said, "I guess I'll come to make a few movies." ”
"Oh?" Mu Ze looked at Mu Chen with some confusion.
How many movies did he come to make and then go back?
"There are many things that Hollywood can become the center of world cinema, and there are still many things worth learning. Mu Chen said, "Do you remember the Guoshu series of movies directed by Yuan Hong?"
Mu Ze nodded and looked at Mu Chen's waiting for him.
Why did the conversation suddenly turn to this?
"Actually, what we originally wanted to create was a world of national arts. Mu Chen said, "However, this plan is ready to be abandoned." ”
"Why?" Mu Ze asked with some confusion, "Director Yuan's films seem to be good at the box office!"
The box office of Yuan Hong's kung fu movies is indeed good, or it is Yuan Hong's series of movies that support the box office of kung fu movies now.
"The impact is not meeting expectations, and the rate of return is getting lower and lower. Mu Chen said, "If those national art masters are gathered into one film as planned, there is a great possibility of losing money." If you keep shooting, the gains outweigh the losses. ”
Mu Ze was silent.
He knows very well that if the protagonists of those kung fu movies are concentrated in one film, the production cost will definitely be not small, and the salary alone is quite amazing.
The box office of kung fu movies today is indeed a bit unsustainable, and it is almost impossible to reach a high box office.
Mu Ze is an action actor, and he is also famous for kung fu, but he has to admit that there is really no market for kung fu movies.
"What do you mean by mentioning this?" Mu Ze immediately came back to his senses, and seemed to be a little off-topic!
"I conceived a cinematic universe of superheroes, and once I had Avatar, I set out to make it happen. Mu Chen said, "Come to Hollywood to make a few superhero movies, and then gather those heroes into one film, draw out the superheroes of China, and then use this to shoot the superheroes of China." ”
Of course, these are just Mu Chen's thoughts.
The key to whether it can be achieved is whether the first super movie can be successful.
If it is successful, then Mu Chen's idea will gradually come true.
In the Marvel world, there are Norse mythology, why can't there be Chinese mythology?
Even Mu Chen is ready to get Greek mythology in.
In Norse mythology, Thor was able to come to Earth and become a member of the Avengers.
So Greek mythology, it seems, is it okay?
If Athena, the goddess of wisdom, appeared on the earth, and then had a love between man and god with a certain dick in Huaxia, would it be very bloody and poisonous?
Ideas, think about it first, and then let the team discuss whether it is feasible.
To join the Chinese superheroes, then many of the characters in it need to be changed, and many settings also need to be changed.
Even, some of the worldview structure settings in it have to be changed.
For example, in the Marvel universe, there are nine kingdoms, and there don't seem to be a few in the movie.
If you join the Chinese superheroes, will the Heavenly Court in Chinese myths and legends occupy one of the kingdoms?
Of course, these are all afterwords, and they can't be perfected by Mu Chen alone.
It takes collective strength.
Although the idea is good, it is difficult to realize it.
And some ideas may not be feasible.
What's more, if the start is unfavorable, everything will be discontinued.
However, if Mu Chen is allowed to get it out, then the influence of Chinese films in the world will definitely soar.
Mu Ze listened to Mu Chen's words and opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say?
He vaguely felt something, but he couldn't grasp it.
However, he is very clear that the global influence of Chinese films today is too different from that of Hollywood films.
If Mu Chen succeeds, not to mention that the influence of Chinese films exceeds that of Hollywood movies, but at least it can bring the distance closer.
Mu Ze and the others went back, Mu Chen took him to Dream Pictures for a while, and also ran around the crew of "Independence Day".
By the time he returned home, it would be a few days later.
Mu Chen didn't stay in the United States for long, and the post-production special effects of "Avatar" still needed him to keep an eye on.
This trip to the United States did not have any twists and turns, and everything went smoothly.
That James seemed to be honest.
Perhaps, as Mu Chen said, Mu Chen won the Oscar for Best Director, his popularity soared, and his attention soared, and James had to be cautious.
The last time Mu Chen was shot, it attracted global attention.
Although James finally got out in the form of silence, Mu Chen dared to guarantee that the guy must have been restless during that time.
If Mu Chen is assassinated again this time, I'm afraid the matter will be even bigger.
is dead, but it will not be a hundred, and under public opinion, it will definitely be found out.
If he didn't die, who knows if Mu Chen would go crazy and offer a reward of tens of millions of dollars?
Last time, Mu Chen's reward of 10 million dollars really scared James.
It was not that I was scared by the money, but by Mu Chen's attitude.
James has to be cowardly if he doesn't coax.
Of course, there is another reason, and that is that Hongmen sent a warning to James.
Hongmen has always taken good care of the Chinese. Mu Chen won the Oscar for Best Director and won glory for the Chinese, his safety in the United States, the United States Hongmen is naturally concerned.
Of course, this is not unrelated to Mu Chen's own relationship with Hongmen boss Liao Yunhai.
Perhaps, there is another reason, and that is Mu Chen's relationship in China.
What the reason is, Mu Chen doesn't know, and he doesn't bother to guess.
When Liao Chengzhi told him about this, he knew that James was probably not going to mess with him again.
Hongmen's deterrent power in the United States is still there.
If James was that guy, maybe Hongmen's warning would be greatly reduced, and it might not even be useful.
But James is not his media mogul after all.
In the past few days of the Oscars, the heat has diminished a lot.
However, with Mu Chen's return to China, under the pursuit of the media, it became hot again.
"Director Mu, how do you feel about becoming the first Chinese Best Director at the Oscars?"
Mu Chen's flight back to China was not leaked to reporters, but the news of his return to China spread, but the next day he was blocked by reporters at the door of Dawn Film and Television Company.
"I don't have any feelings anymore!" Mu Chen said, "I like to look forward." No matter how high the achievements of the film "Inception" are, no matter how many honors there are, it has already passed. I don't dwell on the glory of the past, and I'm smug. ”
"Then Director Mu, is your new film still expected to be Oscar-free?"
Another reporter said.
If others said this, everyone would probably turn their noses, but Mu Chen said this, and no one thought he was pretending.
He was exactly what he said he was.
Mu Chen is never complacent, nor does he indulge in the past.
This may also be one of the reasons why he continues to improve.
"Who can say for sure! But this film is the one I've put the most effort into it so far. ”
Mu Chen said with a smile, but the reporters present directly rolled their eyes.
"The most attentive film so far"?
Mu Chen, when didn't he say that!
Anyway, what he means is that he takes more care into each new film than the last.
"There is no most attentiveness, only more attentiveness. ”
Didn't Mu Chen know that netizens had already ridiculed him like this?
He still said that, is it really smooth?
"Director Mu, your screenwriting works now are not only amazing at the global box office, but also have repeatedly won Oscars, do you have any tricks?"
After the reporter asked, a reporter next to him muttered, "Wouldn't it be another one-percent inspiration?"
The reporter's muttering was not small, and everyone present could hear it clearly, and Mu Chen naturally did the same.
When the words came to his mouth, he was swallowed back by Mu Chen.
If you say that again, wouldn't it be very shameless.