The capital, in the courtyard of the Wu family, which has been empty for a long time.

Putting down the luggage of the large and small bags, Wu Yuan lay on the bed in a large shape, stretched lazily, and sighed.

"Whew, it's finally relaxed."

Throughout the first half of this year, Wu Yuan was going crazy.

cut the finished film of "The Undertaker", participated in the Berlin International Film Festival, went to the United States to prepare for "Pirates of the Caribbean", participated in the Academy Awards, and produced Zhang Guorong's "Stealing Hearts" after returning to China!

From January to the end of May, Wu Yuan had free time, and finally he could rest for a while without worrying about anything.

The domestic release of "The Undertaker" has basically ended, and finally won a mainland box office of 56 million, second only to "Harry Potter 1" released in January!

Temporarily ranked first at the box office of domestic films this year!

The release of "The Undertaker" in other foreign regions is also in full swing, not to mention the regions where the copyright has been sold, the release of Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and other countries specially left by China Film is also very gratifying!

Both Japan and South Korea have set off a movie-watching boom of "The Undertaker".

RB because the core selling point of this movie is simply too much in line with the appetite of RB audiences.

The Korean audience is mainly going to Zhang Guorong, who is a real superstar in South Korea!

"The Undertaker" was released in both countries, achieving 600 million yen in the first week and 800,000 views in the first week!

The final Asian box office of "The Undertaker" should be no problem to break 100 million yuan!

However, Wu Yuan knows that by the end of the year, there will be a movie called "Hero", which will win 250 million mainland box office, 53.7 million US dollars at the North American box office, and a total global box office of 177 million US dollars!

The release of this film ended the sluggish period of the mainland film market for nearly a decade, and is considered a milestone work in the "blockbuster era" of Chinese films.

In front of "Hero", the box office of "The Undertaker" is definitely not enough to fight, and it can't win.

However, China Film and Wu Yuan are already very satisfied with the results of "The Undertaker", and the investment cost of this film is only 20 million yuan.

With a box office of more than 100 million dollars in Asia, and a $6.82 million distribution and saleout, the return on investment of this film is already very high.

This is a literary film!

Now Han Dong is satisfied with Wu Yuan, and he is secretly hinting at him every day, when to open a new movie, literary and commercial films, China Film will definitely help!

Han Dong knew that Wu Yuan was going to the United States to film "Pirates of the Caribbean" in October, and this news was basically no secret in Hollywood.

But isn't there still five months, if you catch up, Wu Yuan can make another movie in China!

It's just that Wu Yuan is really tired from the intensive and busy work in the past two years, and he really doesn't want to open any new films, he just wants to take a vacation and take a good rest.

......

A month later.

"Teacher, can you assign me a dormitory for doctoral students?"

"My house is going to be renovated, and I haven't had a place to live in the near future!"

"Okay, thank you, teacher!"

Hanging up the phone, Wu Yuan lifted a suitcase full of a change of clothes and some valuables, and said with a smile to the several decorators around him: "Then I will hand over this yard to you." ”

"As long as the renovation can be completed before the year, I'm not in a hurry."

After returning to the capital to rest for more than a month, Wu Yuan, who already had a lot of spare money in his hands, was a little dissatisfied with the old house he had lived in for 20 years.

This set of courtyard houses of the Wu family has not been renovated for almost 60 years after being renovated once in the fifties of the last century.

There is no air conditioning in several wings, and the original appearance of the courtyard house in the late Qing Dynasty is basically maintained.

Seeing that summer is also coming now, it was okay if there were no conditions before, but now that there are such conditions, Wu Yuan can still endure the summer when there is no air-conditioned room!

So he spent a lot of money to hire a renovation team, planning to give this courtyard a complete modern renovation, not only with all kinds of modern electrical appliances, but also the floor and walls must be completely renovated.

It's just that until the house is renovated, he only lives in the school for the time being.

Carrying two suitcases, Wu Yuan took a taxi and headed for the Beijing Film Academy.

On the way, he was still wondering if he should take the time to get a driver's license, and now that he has money and a house, he lacks a scooter!

......

The film school in July is in the middle of the holidays, but the school is still very lively.

Many new students who have come to adapt to life in advance are familiar with this school where they will live for the next four years under the leadership of their parents.

Wu Yuan, who was also pulling two suitcases of luggage, was inconspicuous in the crowd.

Don't look at his photos at the beginning of the year, which blew up newspapers and sizes, but as this heat gradually passed, Wu Yuan's appearance was quickly forgotten by most ordinary people.

After all, he is a director and a behind-the-scenes worker, and he will not appear in front of the screen frequently.

In addition, Wu Yuan's current short-sleeved jeans are two different from himself in a suit and leather shoes in the newspaper.

Most of the students and parents who passed by him might feel that Wu Yuan was a little familiar for a few moments, but they couldn't recognize who he was.

There is really no shortage of celebrities in film schools, and it is too normal to see a few people who feel familiar.

Similarly, when Wu Yuan walked to the dormitory building of the school's master's and doctor's degree, he also met many "familiar" people.

Many students in the acting department of the film academy did not choose to go home this summer, but stayed in Beijing to find filming opportunities.

The crews filming in Beijing often come to the film academy to audition for actors in the summer, just like a college job fair.

Passing by the teaching building in the north area of the school, Wu Yuan saw Dong Xuan, Che Xiao, Zhang Songwen, Zhou Yiwei, Jia Nailiang, Ma Su and other "familiar" actors, shuttling under several temporary audition studios, handing resumes everywhere.

These students, including undergraduates and vocational high school students, are all sweating profusely, and they are still clutching their resumes in their hands and trying to find opportunities.

The crews that can enter the film academy to recruit actors are all regular big crews, and being able to enter the group to play a role is definitely an important resume for the students of the film academy.

Wu Yuan also stopped and looked at it, they were all big investments, or big dramas with CCTV participation to select actors, but the top person in charge at the scene was only the casting assistant director.

It is estimated that there are only a few character actors who can have a few lines or only 1-2 episodes.

After a general glance, Wu Yuan suddenly saw a familiar title of the play.

""The Family of Gold Powder" is looking for role actors! Have at least 3 or more lines! ”

"The Family of Gold Powder"!

Wu Yuan slapped his head, this TV series was filmed in the film and television base of Huairou in the capital, and the actor was still his friend Chen Kun!

Anyway, I'm idle now, the school hasn't opened, and I don't have any other work at hand, so it's better to take advantage of this free time to visit Chen Kun for a class!

Wu Yuan, who had always thought of it, took out his mobile phone and called Chen Kun.

"Hey, Brother Kun, are you still filming in Huairou?"

It's just that it's not him who answers the phone, it's his assistant.

"Director Wu, I'm sorry, I'm Brother Kun's assistant Xiao Liu, Brother Kun is in the play, I'll ask Brother Kun to come back to you later?"

"No, you don't." Wu Yuan smiled heartily: "I'll just ask, Brother Kun is still filming "Golden Fans" in Huairou, right?" ”

"Well, yes."

"That's it, talk to him, I'll visit him in a few days!"

"When the time comes, I'll bring a cart of big watermelons to your crew, Bao Sweet!"