American people have long heard of the movie "Infernal Affairs", after all, the current world has become more and more in the form of a global village because of the advent of the information age......

China and the United States are two of the most well-developed film markets in the world, with a high level of movie-watching and high box office production.

Although the movie "Infernal Affairs" was popular in China, American fans with a keen sense of smell immediately became interested in it and looked forward to it.

Finally, after waiting for half a year, the film passed the film review between China and the United States and came to the United States for official release.

In the first week, it got a box office of 30 million US dollars, and this box office figure was placed in March, the box office tragedy, and directly won the third place in the North American box office weekly box office list.

Li Chencan's fame as a director finally began to spread in North America.

Of course, after the release of this movie, the very ingenious creativity and film structure immediately attracted the pursuit of American fans, who finally knew why this film could set off a box office storm in China at that time.

For the director of the movie, Li Chencan, they also pay a lot of attention.

There are quite a lot of Chinese films in the top three at the North American box office, and there are many that have won the first place, but for Li Chencan, the top three are still different.

This not only means that he is starting to make a name for himself again in the United States, but also means that Li Chencan's "Infernal Affairs" will receive more income to subsidize the shooting of his new film.

"Infernal Affairs" was shortlisted for five awards at the Golden Dragon Award at the Yenching International Film Festival -

Best Score Award (Li Chencan).

Best Original Screenplay Award (Li Chencan).

Best Original Song for Motion Picture ("Forgotten Time" - Li Chencan)

Best Supporting Actor Award (Lu Weidong)

Grand Jury Prize

…… Among these five awards, the Grand Jury Prize, the Best Supporting Actor Award, and the Best Original Screenplay Award are all grand prizes. Get any one, and the value of "Infernal Affairs" can immediately increase a lot, in the subsequent copyright sales. It will also bring a huge effect - to put it bluntly, it will be able to make more money and use more money to subsidize the filming of Li Chencan's new movie.

The other awards for Best Soundtrack and Best Original Song for Film, that award is also quite valuable because it won the Golden Dragon Award, but the real key is these three awards.

The nominations for these three awards really gave "Infernal Affairs" more confidence all of a sudden, and it was about to start filming the next movie. Li Chencan also has more confidence.

It's a pity that there are no nominations for Best Director, Best Picture and the like...... That's a pity. It may also have something to do with Li Chencan's current qualifications, after all, he is too young. If he can be nominated for such an award, many of the ambitions in Li Chencan's heart can be fulfilled in an instant......

But that's not possible for the time being.

The nominations for five awards have also increased the prestige of "Infernal Affairs" again. Coupled with the hot release of this film in the United States. has made Li Chencan and this movie more popular, and of course, the profit is also higher.

After Li Chencan got this result, he immediately called Lu Weidong to congratulate him.

In fact, this time in terms of performance, his acting skills and Li Song's acting skills can be said to be comparable, and after all, because Tony Leung has Tony Leung in front of him, Li Chencan's requirements for Li Song are unprecedentedly strict, so. Li Song in "Infernal Affairs" may have better acting skills than Lu Weidong, but here. Lu Weidong was counted as a supporting role, so he also took some advantage, so he was shortlisted.

This is also Lu Weidong's second Golden Dragon Award journey, but he has also won the Golden Dragon Award actor before...... It's really embarrassing to compete for the Best Supporting Actor award again, but an award like the Golden Dragon Award, let alone a supporting role, any award will have a great effect, and he naturally understands it very clearly.

"Chencan, thank you very much, and thank you for your "Infernal Affairs", if there is no film...... I still don't know where I'm wandering. Lu Weidong said with a smile, his tone was very frank, which Li Chencan could hear.

"It's okay, you deserve it!"

After "Infernal Affairs", Lu Weidong also got 3,666,666 yuan in red envelopes alone, in fact, his return is still good, but for such a popular movie as "Infernal Affairs", his red envelopes are not much.

But Li Chencan has very high requirements for them, generally if it is a big-name star, it is estimated that he will have to leave at Li Chencan's request, and he can't bear such a big pressure, but Lu Weidong and they have never complained and have persevered, so Li Chencan's words are not polite.

"Anyway, congratulations on this nomination! I hope I can take it down! ”

"Well, I'd like to." At this time, Lu Weidong changed his tone and said, "Chencan, are you going to make a new movie?" This time, the investment is quite high, and the movement is not small. ”

Li Chencan smiled and said into the microphone, "Yes...... It's a war movie, and now the plate has been opened. ”

Lu Weidong said: "I know the way...... Is there any suitable role for me? We know the roots...... Well, there may not be any advantages elsewhere, but I can also point to which to fight! As for the salary or something...... I can talk about that! ”

Lu Weidong actually recommended himself to himself!

Li Chencan can feel the increase in the confidence of these people, from the beginning of the need to say good things to invite, to now take the initiative to recommend himself in front of himself...... He's come a long way.

However, his proposal made Li Chencan also have some ideas......

Li Chencan's new movie "Saving Private Ryan" ("Thunder Rescue"), in his own time and space, is a work that has begun to slowly become an old movie, but this movie has a very long-lasting influence.

After the film was released, it won nine awards at the Academy Awards that year, and Spielberg won the super award for Best Director. And the box office of the movie is also very popular, and the evaluation of the movie is also very high...... Although there is some controversy about some of the spirit shown in the movie, purely from the perspective of the whole movie, everyone is full of praise, especially the Normandy landing scene in the opening 20 minutes, which has become the most classic scene in the history of war films and the most realistic rendering of the battlefield of World War II......

There, the film didn't glorify Americans, didn't cover up some of the inevitable temporary cowardice of the soldiers, didn't discredit the Germans, didn't make every American a bullet-defying hero like Captain America...... And purely just use a cold third-person perspective, with a lens sense that is almost close to a documentary, to create the most realistic and terrifying Normandy landings.

is such a shot that is regarded as a permanent classic of war films.

After Li Chencan heard some verbal disputes between China and the United States about World War II, he also had the idea of making this movie.

When he first watched "Saving Private Ryan", he was shocked by the extremely real battlefield for the first time, "Saving Private Ryan" is definitely not comparable to those previous main theme battle films in China, the real scene of the movie, the shock to a person has reached the strongest level.

After he embarked on the road of film, Li Chencan also studied this movie, and coupled with his current ability, he has a very deep memory of every frame.

Many times, some traditional theme films of China in Li Chencan's time and space hope to use the protagonist of Gao Daquan, as well as the cowardice and stupidity of the enemy, and the strength and bravery of his own people to promote what he wants to convey...... But in fact, sometimes, let the protagonists of the movie have some shortcomings that everyone has, and make the enemy very cunning and powerful, but it can increase everyone's sense of substitution, and the crisis faced by the martyrs of that era and their spirit of desperate will have a deeper feeling.

For example, if the civilian Urbane in "Saving Private Ryan" is placed in the traditional Chinese theme film, it is almost unimaginable - our people should be brave and fearless! But the existence of this character can make everyone more empathetic to that war.

…… Now, because of this kind of verbal dispute, Li Chencan plans to restore the most realistic World War II scene...... Restore the blood shed by the Chinese on that land in those years, and show everyone that he does not have to desperately describe how powerful the Chinese are, and the achievements of the Americans are not high; as long as he describes this most brutal battlefield, everyone will know how much the Chinese army made a decisive contribution to the anti-fascist cause of the entire mankind under what spirit it used at that time and how many dangers it faced.

Of course, the title "Saving Private Ryan" can be used...... But it's a bit weird, of course, you can also use another translation of the name "Thunder Rescue", but Li Chencan always feels that this name is not good...... And the character who sounds like the main character, but is not actually the main character, certainly can't just be called Ryan.

For several protagonists in the movie, Li Chencan uses the most common Chinese names to choose.

Named after the top Chinese population surnames:

Li Wang, Zhang Liu, Chen Yang......

The movie still has to "Saving Private Ryan", but the guy who was saved is called Li Ryan, so he takes care of a lot of places.

Then, the soul of the movie, in the original movie by Tom. Hanks plays Captain Miller, here with the Chinese name Wang Kaiguo...... On the battlefield of World War II, there were many, many middle-aged people with names like the founding of the country and the founding of the country.

And this protagonist is exactly what Li Chencan is struggling with, he needs to find a famous actor who can endure hardships to play this role.

Therefore, hearing Lu Weidong's words, Li Chencan also considered it. (To be continued......)