"Get the Golden Rooster first, then get the Golden Horse!"

"The best film of the year "Love" has won many awards!"

"Won the Best Feature Film Award twice, "Love" became the biggest winner of Golden Rooster and Golden Horse!"

"Two of the three golds have been obtained, and Director Wu Yuan is only short of the golden statue!"

The next day, the major entertainment media newspapers on the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three places all coincidentally took the photo of Wu Yuan winning the cup at the Golden Horse Awards as the front page headline of the news that day.

On the Internet, portal reports about Wu Yuan and the movie "Love" are also endless.

For two days in a row, he first won the Best Feature Film Award and the Best Actress Award in the Golden Rooster, and then won the Best Feature Film and Best Actor Awards in the Golden Horse Bag.

A "Love" won two gold medals and four awards, which undoubtedly became the film with the highest honor and the highest honor among mainland films this year!

And Wu Yuan, who directed this movie, naturally became the focus of the media once again.

To be honest, there are really not many domestic audiences who have watched the movie "Love".

The film was released in the mainland on October 1, and the final box office only got less than 30 million, which may have been a very good result five years ago, but it will be boring now.

But when "Love" won the Golden Rooster and Golden Horse Best Film, this movie was blown into a god film on the Internet.

Regardless of whether you have watched this movie or not, netizens from all walks of life have praised this movie on the Internet, and there is quite a kind of people who have not seen this movie and are embarrassed to chat online.

And Wu Yuan, the director, of course, is also in the mouths of netizens, and is mythologized.

Some netizens who don't understand the judging criteria of the Hong Kong Island Film Awards are still wondering why "Love" was not shortlisted at the Hong Kong Island Awards at the end of October, and they denounced the Academy Awards on the Internet, feeling that this award discriminates against mainland films.

A small number of netizens who know the selection criteria of the Academy Awards, only then did they explain the shortlisting criteria of the Academy Awards on the Internet.

Now, mainland netizens know that movies made by non-Hong Kong-funded or Hong Kong Island directors cannot be shortlisted for the Academy Awards.

Suddenly, the Hong Kong Island Film Awards, which was still quite influential and compelling in the hearts of mainland fans, immediately fell off the chain.

"No wonder it's also called the Academy Awards, it turns out to be the same as the American Academy Awards, just a local award!"

", the American Academy Awards are more generous than the Hong Kong Island Film Awards, at least as long as the film is released in the United States, it can participate in the selection normally, but it doesn't say that it must be made by an American director and Hollywood Company to participate in the selection."

"The Hong Kong Island Academy Awards is too petty, right, can it still be called the Golden Rooster and Golden Horse?"

"In the eighties and nineties, Hong Kong Island movies were brilliant, and the Hong Kong Island Awards had a high gold content, but now Hong Kong Island movies are declining, and it would be boring to insist on engaging in such a small circle."

"Although I like "Kung Fu" very much, without the competition of "Love", "Kung Fu" won so many awards at the Hong Kong Island Film Awards, which is indeed a bit self-deceptive."

Wu Yuan, who met with Cheng Long and took the flight back to Los Angeles, never thought that he would just return to China to participate in the Golden Rooster and Golden Horse and win several awards, but he obviously did not do anything against the Hong Kong Island Film Awards.

However, the Hong Kong Island Film Awards killed all sides in the other two gold medals because of "Love", but its own credibility has been greatly reduced in the hearts of mainland fans.

It's true that I didn't kill Beren, but Beren died because of me.

After landing at Los Angeles International Airport, it didn't take long for Cheng Long to receive several calls in a row and learn about this wave of public opinion in China.

After hanging up the phone, Cheng Long smiled helplessly, "Director Wu, in fact, the Hong Kong Island Film Awards are also very professional, if you have the opportunity, I hope you can also bring your works to participate." ”

"Chairman Wen Jun is looking forward to seeing your work at the Academy Awards."

Wen Jun is the current chairman of the Academy Awards, and if nothing else, next year will be his last year as the chairman of the Academy Awards.

Now Wu Yuan, the great director of China, has been to the Golden Rooster and Golden Horse, but he has not participated in the Academy Awards, and he is indeed a little anxious as some netizens on the Internet said.

When the director did Wu Yuan's part, he was absent from the Academy Awards, and if he didn't participate in the Academy Awards, it would definitely not be Wu Yuan's loss, it would only be the loss of the Academy Awards.

Therefore, after Wen Jun knew that mainland public opinion looked down on the Academy Awards and reduced its authority, Wen Jun immediately called Cheng Long, hoping that he would be a middleman and help convey the goodwill of the Academy Awards to Wu Yuan.

It's a pity that Wu Yuan doesn't care about these things at all.

"Brother Cheng Long, it's not that I don't want to participate in the Academy Awards, it's just that the requirements for the Academy Awards are so strict, I really can't do it."

"I'm not from Hong Kong Island, and I have my own film company to make movies, and the only thing I can do is to hire more Hong Kong Island actors."

"If nothing else, I shouldn't be eligible to run for the Academy Awards in my life."

He spread his hands playfully.

There was nothing wrong with this, Cheng Long opened his mouth, and he couldn't say anything to refute.

If there is a different mainland director, even if it is Zhang Yimou, Cheng Long can be persuaded with confidence to find several Hong Kong-funded film companies to make movies together and share the risks.

But Wu Yuan has made no loss in the movies he has made since his debut, he has no shortage of investors at all, and some investors in the mainland want to rush to invest in Wu Yuan's films.

Even China Film is completely demanding from Wu Yuan, as long as Wu Yuan asks for money, Han Dong will transfer money directly without saying a word.

Wu Yuan really can't go to a Hong Kong-funded film company to cooperate, there is no need for this.

It is even more impossible for him to get a Hong Kong Island household registration, what is the picture?

"Eh" Cheng Long was stunned, and could only say curtly: "That's a pity." ”

"The Hong Kong Island Film Awards did not have Director Wu's participation, which will definitely be a big regret for the Academy Awards."

This is not necessarily, Wu Yuan glanced at Cheng Long meaningfully.

Not to mention him, the directors of the entire mainland film industry combined will not necessarily be looked down upon by the Academy Awards Organizing Committee, after all, people want to praise local Hong Kong Island filmmakers, and they don't care about mainland filmmakers at all.

It was this inexplicable Academy Awards that was pushed to the forefront on the mainland Internet, which made Wen Jun anxious.

After a period of time, after the tide of public opinion passes, it is estimated that he will not care.

"Okay, big brother, don't worry about the Academy Awards." Wu Yuan sighed, "Let's take care of the things in front of us first." ”

"Go back to the hotel and rest for the night, and I'll have to continue filming tomorrow."

The crew of "Rush Hour 3", which was suspended for four days, immediately continued to work after the return of the actor and director.

The filming of this movie is a new experience for Wu Yuan.

Although the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series also has some action scenes, it is nothing compared to "Rush Hour".

Wu Yuan's previous and present lives combined, he has never made this kind of action movie seriously.

There's no way, when he was in his dream, when he became an assistant director, Chinese action movies and kung fu movies had basically come to an end.

Except for "Embroidered Spring Knife", domestic entertainment hardly makes any action movies.

Hong Kong Island will also insist on making some crime-themed action movies, but the fighting scenes in them are generally not as brilliant as in the 90s.

Wu Jing's "Slaying the Wolf" and other movies can be regarded as the last glory of Hong Kong Island action movies.

It's a pity that Wu Yuan has not participated in the filming of these movies.

The filming of "Rush Hour 3", everything is very new to him.

Especially watching Cheng Long's play on the spot, it is really pleasing to the eye.

The family class is even more professional, and the action director will train a group of foreigners who don't know anything about Chinese action movies, and they are very professional.

If you want to play against Cheng Long, you must have rich experience in playing.

In the days of filming, cooperative fighting is like a choreographed dance, and the action director has to pull a group of foreigners to rehearse for a long time every day.

When shooting, they had to remember to work together, sometimes as many as a dozen coherent movements, all in one go, and the impacts and kicks performed had to be realistic.

Moreover, the martial arts instructor team of the family class not only teaches movements, but also teaches these foreigners how to use facial expressions and body movements to perform.

is like Cheng Long's classic shot, after waving his hand to knock people unconscious, his hands hurt so much that he grinned and jumped to his feet.

This kind of use of the gap between the scenes to create laughter is the essence of the action design of the family class.

This is completely different from the style of Yuan Heping, Cheng Xiaodong and other top Hong Kong Island action directors, and it is a unique comedy play.

It is precisely because of the addition of these funny elements that the response of adult action movies in the North American market is very good, and it is more suitable for the North American film business environment.

Who doesn't love watching a movie that is lighthearted, funny, and has cool and exciting action?

In this way, the filming of "Rush Hour 3" was quite smooth, and at the end of November, the filming in Los Angeles was completed, and the transfer came to Mexico.

The film was invested in a whopping $120 million, and in addition to the high salaries of the two leading actors and a director, the rest of the money was certainly not just used to shoot in one place in Los Angeles.

In fact, most of the plot of this film was shot in Mexico, and a small part of the plot was shot in Los Angeles and Washington.

The really intense and exciting fights also take place mainly in Mexico.

It's Mexico, it's a little dangerous.

When the crew arrived in Mexico City, Cheng Long was obviously much more honest, and he didn't have any parties after finishing work at night, and only worked at the hotel and on the set every day.

If you run around in this place, it's really possible to bump into something bad and eat a gun.

It is better to follow the large army at all times to ensure personal safety.

The filming arrangement in Mexico is also relatively tight, and Max Mikkelsen, the villain No. 1, and the Mexican drug lord have finally officially joined the group for filming.

It's just that after filming in Mexico for more than half a month, Wu Yuan asked the crew for leave again and wanted to go back to China.

"Painted Skin" is about to be released.

On December 28th, the painting skin will be released simultaneously in six Asian countries!

The domestic premiere is scheduled for the 27th, and there is a Tokyo premiere on the 28th.

These two premieres, Wu Yuan can't be absent no matter what.

And he has to lead the team to run propaganda for at least a week.

This publicity is inevitable for him, and before the start of "Rush Hour 3", Wu Yuan also told producer Luo Ald about this situation.

Normally, during the filming process, it is definitely not okay for the director to take leave and be absent from work for so long.

But who said that Wu Yuan is not an ordinary director?

Rather than directly postponing and postponing it for two months before turning it on, Luo Alde would rather choose to start it normally and then ask Wu Yuan for half a month's leave.

The crew stopped working for half a month, and at most they lost hundreds of thousands of dollars, which the new line still paid.

At the boarding gate of Mexico City International Airport, Roald reluctantly held Wu Yuan's hand.

"Daniel, I wish your new film a big hit at the Asian box office."

"But don't forget to be waiting for you in Mexico City!"

Standing next to him, Cheng Long, who also came to see him off, also said goodbye: "Director Wu, go early and return early!" ”

"Over there in South Korea, I've already said hello to you, Kim Hee-sun and her showbiz friends will help you promote "Painted Skin"!"

"I wish "Painted Skin" a box office result in Asia that far surpasses "Mythic"!"

The box office performance of "Myth" is not very good, the mainland received 97 million yuan, Hong Kong Island won 17.06 million Hong Kong dollars, and the global total box office is only 174 million yuan, which can be said to be a big loss.

Cheng Long sincerely wishes Wu Yuan and does not want his new movie to repeat the mistakes of "Myth".

"Thank you." Wu Yuan and the two who came to see him off each hugged each other, waved goodbye, and walked into the airport.

Next, there is a tough battle waiting for him!

This battle can only be won, not defeated!

(End of chapter)