Millennium director

In the capital city, in Wu Yuan's courtyard house.

It has been a week since Wu Yuan returned to China, and the box office momentum of "The Night the Comet Came" is almost over.

Indeed, as Han Sanye and Wu Yuan speculated, the movie's stamina is very average.

After the box office exceeded 15 million, the growth stopped moving. The box office was only tens of thousands per day. It is estimated that it is unlikely that the box office will eventually exceed 20 million.

However, Wu Yuan is already very satisfied with this result.

It's the year 2000.

Being able to direct a movie with a box office of over 10 million in Mainland China is enough to be promoted to a first-line director.

Even the old men in China who have the right to speak about movies look down on commercial films and don't think highly of Wu Yuan.

Just like Director Feng has made movies with a box office of more than 30 million for three consecutive years, he is still not accepted by the old guys, and he is criticized every day. Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers did not give him an award.

This is still an era when film art is paramount, and only great directors can win awards abroad.

They only know how to sell box office, but they are speculators who reek of copper and do not understand the art of film at all!

Wu Yuan didn't care about comments like this.

He knows the national conditions of China, and he also knows the nature of the old men who now have the right to speak in Chinese movies.

But who said he is short of money now? He has no way to pursue art awards for the time being. Those old men can't look down on him now.

After waiting for two years, after this difficult initial period, he will also launch a charge to the top three in Europe!

Not to cater to the group of old men who can't keep up with the times but still have the right to speak in the industry, but to satisfy their own pursuit of honor!

As long as you are a director, there is no one who does not want to win the Palme d'Or, the Golden Bear and the Golden Lion!

Of course Wu Yuan also hopes that he can win the three domestic gold medals and the top three in Europe!

It’s just a matter of priorities!

Doesn’t Director Feng not want to win the top three in Europe, but doesn’t like the three gold medals in Chinese?

Director Feng, who just criticized the Golden Rooster for not giving him an award this year, doesn't seem like he doesn't like winning awards at all!

In the main room, an old-fashioned tape recorder leaning against the wall was reading the tape.

The title song "Still" from the Huaer Band's first album was playing clearly on the two large speakers of the tape recorder.

"Loneliness surrounds the TV, insisting on dying, disappearing at half past two."

"How I wish someone could accompany me through the end of the world..."

It is indeed half past two in the night.

Wu Yuan was humming along with the music casually, while looking at the computer screen with a frown on his face.

"The song is pretty good." Wu Yuan muttered to himself.

The lead singer of the band Hua'er is one year younger than him. He debuted in 1999. His first album took the Beijing rock circle by storm and was hailed as the future of Chinese punk rock.

Thinking of this, Wu Yuan cheered up again and started working hard on the computer.

He is writing a script.

Script written for Fox Searchlight!

Professor Xie even talked about "bringing glory to the country", and Wu Yuan had to pay attention to going to Hollywood to earn... ahem, bringing glory to the country.

Since you want to win glory for the country, some scripts that are just for making quick money are not suitable.

For example, the "Saw" series is indeed a hit, and it is indeed enough to counterattack at a low cost.

But this series is really hard to sell. It is a complete cult movie. Its selling points have no other value except blood and horror.

Making this movie or even turning it into a series will indeed make money, but it will also mark Wu Yuan's debut in Hollywood as a "cult" movie.

Hollywood directors also have a chain of contempt!

Cult film directors are at the bottom of the contempt chain. They are just better than directors who just use a DV to make a movie that cannot even go to theaters and release it directly to DVD.

Originally, it was difficult for him to be a Chinese director in Hollywood. To be labeled as a "cult film director" after his debut was simply too low-end.

Although Wu Yuan does not plan to develop in Hollywood for a long time, he still wants to face it!

Not to mention winning an Oscar for Best Director before returning to China, then at least you have to make a good name in Hollywood and come back with momentum, right?

Otherwise, when people ask you what movie you went to Hollywood to film after you come back, how do you answer?

It’s better to save this “Saw” for future opportunities to directly invest in and produce it, instead of directing it yourself.

Wu Yuan turned his attention to the movie he had seen in his dream, a movie produced and invested by Fox Searchlight.

Since Fox Searchlight in the dream would choose these movies, if he now puts out the scripts for these movies, there is no reason why Fox Searchlight would reject them!

And although Fox Searchlight is a company that specializes in the production and distribution of low-cost films, it has also produced many dark horse movies.

We have even done movies with global box office of over 100 million!

The first movie Wu Yuan thought of was "Little Miss Sunshine"!

The process of producing this film was extremely difficult.

When the filming was being planned, no one was willing to invest. It was difficult to get investment, but halfway through the filming, the production company felt that the script was too bland and could not sell for the price, so they withdrew their investment.

After nearly five years of back and forth, a production company finally produced the film, but no distribution company was willing to take it over, and no one was optimistic that the film would be a hit.

In the end, Fox Searchlight bought out the distribution rights of the film for US$10 million, setting a record high for independent film rights.

The movie then made $100 million at the box office for Fox Searchlight!

And this movie was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar for Best Picture!

It can be said that it has achieved both word-of-mouth and box office success, with both good reviews and box office success!

This is undoubtedly a movie that suits Wu Yuan very well.

It's a pity that the script for this movie should have been written by now.

The movie "Dream" was shot in 2005 and released in 2006. Before filming, the script of this movie was stashed away for five years due to lack of investment, which means it was written around 2000.

Wu Yuan does not want to fight a plagiarism lawsuit in Hollywood. Regardless of whether he can win the lawsuit in the end, his reputation is already ruined.

"Little Miss Sunshine" has been excluded, and there are only three movies produced by Fox Searchlight that have grossed over 100 million.

They are "Black Swan", "Juno" and "Slumdog Millionaire".

"Black Swan" tells the story of a ballet dancer. To make this movie, it would take half a year or even a year just to train the actors. It would be a waste of time for Wu Yuan.

"Slumdog Millionaire" is a story with an Indian background. It is really impossible to get along with Wu Yuan, a Chinese director, and it has to go to India to shoot, which is too troublesome.

Then, there is only one choice left for Wu Yuan.

"Juno"!

Produced and distributed by Fox Searchlight.

It was released on September 8, 2007, with a North American box office of US$143.49 million, and a total global box office revenue of US$231.41 million!

It was nominated and won a lot of awards in the Oscar Outpost Awards, and was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress, and finally won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay!

There is no doubt that this is a better movie than "Little Miss Sunshine", both in terms of reputation and box office!

Is there any better option than this?

Why mention the movie "Little Miss Sunshine"?

Smart readers will have already thought of this.