It's August.

The two leading actors of "Gravity" were sent to the China National Space Administration for retreat training by Wu Yuan.

Wu Yuan himself also stayed at the China National Space Administration to receive some aerospace knowledge.

Although he, the director, doesn't have to act in person, some relevant basic knowledge still needs to be learned, otherwise it will not be beautiful to shoot some obvious bugs.

And just when Wu Yuan was preparing for "Gravity", the release of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" in full swing around the world was also full of good news.

In the first few countries where the 6th and 7th were released, the box office potential has basically come to an end.

In North America, "Pirates of the Caribbean" was released for nearly a month, and it won the box office champion for three consecutive weeks, with a box office of more than $400 million, becoming the box office champion of this year's North American films!

Releases in other countries and regions earned $380 million, adding up to nearly $800 million at the global box office, which not only broke the record of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1", but also far from the limit.

On July 22, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" was released in Japan, the world's second largest box office, and earned 2 billion yen at the box office in the first three days of the first weekend.

In the following August, more than a dozen countries and regions will release "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" one after another.

Now Disney has shouted the slogan, predicting that "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" will join the club of breaking one billion at the box office and become the sixth blockbuster in the world to exceed one billion dollars at the box office!

Wu Yuan's reputation in Haolaiwu has also become more prosperous.

Even if others are not in Hollywood, there are paparazzi from Hollywood who flew thousands of miles from the United States to China, wanting to squat to interview and shoot Wu Yuan's latest itinerary.

It's a pity that Wu Yuan's recent itinerary has been arranged at the China National Space Administration, and this kind of sensitive department is obviously a place that foreign journalists can't touch.

Of course, as "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" rampage in the global market and spreed at the box office, complaints in the mainland about the film's inability to be released have also become louder.

Originally, Wu Yuan thought that he had become the director of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" and would be able to give this movie the green light in the mainland.

Unexpectedly, he still didn't escape the ending of being banned from being released.

It can only be said that the domestic censorship system is really strict, and Disney is indeed tough enough, and after the first submission was rejected, it was never re-cut and then submitted for review.

No way, who called "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" The box office in the mainland is only 27 million yuan, less than four million US dollars, which is really impossible for Disney to pay attention to.

Although the six major companies are optimistic about the future of the Chinese market, the current Chinese market is far from the extent that they attach great importance to it.

Wu Yuan doesn't care, anyway, it is a sure thing that the box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" will break one billion US dollars, even if he is more in the mainland market of China, Haolaiwu will not give him more money.

However, he should have a good big red envelope.

Recently, when Jerry called him to report his results, he hinted that after "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" was released worldwide, Disney should give him an eight-figure red envelope to celebrate.

Not only him, but other leading actors will also have red envelopes, but his red envelopes are the largest.

Who told Depp to have a bad time with Disney about the renewal of his contract.

With this red envelope, Wu Yuan can calmly invest in Zhang Guorong's new movie.

The eight-figure red envelope, the lowest is also 10 million US dollars, nearly 80 million yuan, which is just enough for the investment of "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys".

After several months of refinement and polishing, the script of "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Weird Guys" has been written by Zhang Guorong.

After reading it, Wu Yuan also gave him a lot of revisions according to the Korean version in his impression.

This movie is basically ready to be set up and ready for filming.

On the side of China Film, after Han Dong heard about this, he also donated generously and participated in the investment, investing 20 million.

Zhang Guorong's two movies didn't lose money, and he, as a director, is still worth betting.

Now Wu Yuan has a red envelope of at least 10 million US dollars, and he is not panicked when he has money in his hand, and he also waved his hand to let Li Xiaoping prepare 60 million to set up a production team of "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Strange Guys", and he can start talking about actors.

It just so happens that "Crazy Stone" has been released, and the box office has broken 16 million at the end of July, and it is estimated that it will eventually reach a little more than 20 million.

And Huang Bo, who plays the black skin in this movie, is also famous.

At least Zhang Guorong finally got to know him, and also dispelled Wu Yuan's doubts about recommending him.

Judging from the image, Huang Bo is indeed very suitable for the role of "strange guy", and Wu Yuan's recommendation is indeed correct.

Liu Ye and Xu Jinjiang, who were recommended by Wu Yuan, Zhang Guorong also felt that they were quite suitable after inspecting them.

Needless to say, as a Hong Kong Island actor, he is very familiar with it and knows that this person can play that kind of fierce role.

Liu Ye, Golden Horse and Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor, there is nothing to say about acting, and the image is also suitable.

Zhang Guorong sighed with Tang Sheng in private, Wu Yuan's casting vision is really good, just casually, the image and temperament of the recommended actors are incomparably compatible.

In his opinion, perhaps this is one of the gaps between big directors and ordinary directors, and it is difficult to make up for the gap by hard work.

Vision is something that comes naturally, and it is difficult to cultivate it the day after tomorrow.

After Zhang Guorong agreed to the casting, the production team sent by Light and Shadow Times immediately contacted the three actors and invited them to appear in the film to negotiate their salaries.

Although the remuneration of domestic actors has entered a period of rapid growth, there is still a big gap with the madness of the traffic era after 2014.

Among the three leading actors, Liu Ye, the most expensive double actor, has a salary of only three million, Xu Jinjiang only needs one million, and Huang Bo, a newly popular actor, is even cheaper, and he can win it for 300,000.

Even so, counting other supporting roles and role actors, this movie will cost more than five million just for the salary, five years ago, five million was enough to make a movie, but now it is only enough to pay the salary.

When Wu Yuan first entered the industry, the era of actors' salaries and cabbage prices is gone.

It is no longer possible to take 350,000 yuan to invite a well-known actor to make a movie.

This is both a good thing and a bad thing for the Chinese film industry.

On the other hand, after the mainland film industry entered August, although there was no blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", it also had its own blockbuster released.

Yes, it's "Boundless" directed by Kaigo!

Under Wu Yuan's flickering, the production of "Wuji" directed by Kaige was delayed for half a year, and finally met with the national audience on August 6 in the summer file.

It's a pretty good schedule.

Released on July 28 earlier, "Dragon Tiger Gate" directed by Ye Weixin and starring Zhen Bullet and Nicholas Tse performed poorly at the box office in the mainland, and the box office did not break 10 million in the first week, and it has basically hit the street.

After "Wu Ji", the imported animation movie "Don't Mess with Ants" dubbed by Nicolas Cage will be released on August 11, but this movie for American children really does not threaten "Wu Ji".

Even later, "Cars", which replaced "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", will also be menacing on the 22nd, but this movie is still an anime, and parents mainly take their children to watch it in the mainland, and it is not on the same track as "Wuji".

It can be said that there will be no movie that can compete with "Wu Ji" in the whole of August, compared with the fiercely competitive Chinese New Year file, "Wu Ji" is facing a much better environment.

In addition, with Yuzhu, who was a big hit in the summer file of "Your Name", Chen Kaige also believes that his "Wuji" can get a very good box office in the summer file.

It is also released simultaneously in many Asian countries, and it is also a blockbuster made by one of the top directors in the mainland.

Chen Kaige ambitiously aimed at "Painted Skin", and at the premiere of "Wuji", he shouted the slogan "The box office surpasses "Painted Skin" and becomes a new benchmark for Chinese fantasy films".

And "Wu Ji", with its superstar lineup, as well as Chen Kaige's fame and word-of-mouth blessing, did deliver a perfect answer on the first day of release.

At 18:00 on the afternoon of the premiere day, Mr. Weng, the spokesman for the distribution and screening of China Film, the distributor of "Wu Ji", announced to the media that the box office of "Wu Ji" reached 21.3 million yuan on the premiere day!

This result is even three million more than the 18 million of "Painted Skin", breaking the first-day box office record held by Painted Skin and setting a new record.

Even the record of the highest daily box office of 25 million held by "Painted Skin" is a bit precarious, and there is a great possibility of it being broken.

However, reality soon poured cold water on Chen Kaige.

Although it achieved a high box office on the day of the premiere, the reputation of "Wu Ji" was very poor.

Audiences who were attracted to the cinema by the lineup of big names, Chen Kaige's name, and the label of domestic fantasy blockbusters, especially young audiences, vomited their bitterness on Douban, Tieba and other platforms as soon as they watched the movie.

The vast majority of viewers who watched "Wu Ji" didn't understand what story this movie was about.

The styling of several leading actors in it, especially Chen Hong's styling, has also become the focus of complaints.

Everyone entered the cinema with great anticipation, originally thinking that they would see a movie that was even better and better than "Painted Skin".

After all, the director of "Wu Ji" is Chen Kaige, who has won the Palme d'Or, and the actors are a number of Hong Kong Island celebrities, no matter from the lineup to the investment, they are all on a higher level than "Painted Skin".

As a result, I didn't see the movie that surpassed "Painted Skin", but I saw a "super blockbuster" with a chaotic narrative, a sparse rhythm, and an obscure plot!

As the saying goes, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.

Many netizens angrily questioned Chen Kaige's directing level and questioned "Wuji" on the Internet, and even some fans suspected that this movie was not made by Chen Kaige.

But the only commendable picture beauty in this movie is silently telling fans that this is indeed the ultimate aesthetics that only Chen Kaige can shoot.

This made fans feel uncomfortable, they couldn't accept that a big director like Chen Kaige actually made such a "crazy" movie.

Reflected in the box office performance, the daily box office of "Wu Ji" on the second day not only did not exceed the first day, but decreased by 5 million, and only won a daily box office of 16 million.

On the third day, the box office fell to 15 million, and there were more and more doubts and abuses on the Internet.

After watching such an excellent fantasy movie as "Painted Skin", the appetite of domestic fans has obviously become more picky.

"Wuji" directed by Kaige still wants to win a box office of 170 million under the scolding and questioning, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult

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