stonecrandall Chapter 276 Breaking the Ice
Chapter 276 Breaking the Ice
"Brother Wu, congratulations!"
"I am delighted that "Xiu Chun Dao" can achieve such good results this time, thanks to the strong support of Brother Han!"
At this time, Wu Yuchen was on the phone with Han Sanping. Thinking about the box office of "Xiu Chun Dao", it took 22 days to break the 300 million box office, but the remaining 60 million took nearly two months to complete.
And it did take a lot of tricks. If it weren't for the strong support of the Han Three Commentaries and the strong cooperation of various government departments, as well as the reform of the cinema system, to put it bluntly, the box office of "Xiu Chun Knife" would have been destroyed this time. How much is hidden and stolen.
"Hahaha, brother Wu, don't be modest. We are just beating gongs and drums. You, Director Wu, have to be good at filming and have a big name. If it had been anyone else, it would be useless even if we screamed loudly!"
It can be heard that Han Sanping was extremely happy at this time. For Mr. Yu, this time "Xiu Chun Knife" broke the domestic box office record and shattered the mountains that were pressing down on it. It is of great significance to the entire Chinese film market and is a milestone moment in the history of Chinese films. Personally speaking, during his tenure as Han Sanping, these achievements must be recorded in the credit book.
"Brother Wu, if you hadn't been filming in the Northeast now, I would have taken the initiative to organize a celebration banquet for you!"
Wu Yuchen smiled when he heard this. In fact, he himself doesn't care about the celebration party, but this time he broke the record of "Titanic" and regained the box office championship of Chinese movies. It is indeed quite memorable. If he doesn't hold one, everyone will probably feel that something is missing. Even Han Sanping is like this.
So he said: "Brother Han, there will definitely be a celebration party, but we have to wait until I finish the work at hand."
Han Sanping asked with concern: "How is it? Did the filming of the new movie go well?"
"It's going pretty well. Only the last scene is left, and it will be finished in a few days. But I still have to rush into post-production, otherwise I'm afraid I'll miss the Oscar registration time."
Han Sanping also nodded: "The celebration party is not urgent, the new play you are doing is more important!"
In fact, Wu Yuchen did not lie. Time was indeed a bit tight. In order to save some time in post-production, he edited while shooting.
What he is editing now is the material that was shot a few days ago, a scene of two little boys playing chess across a barbed wire fence. This scene looks very simple, but Wu Yuchen also put a lot of thought into it.
In the original version, the two of them played chess, but here they can actually directly change it to Chinese chess. However, after Wu Yuchen considered it, he changed it to Go. The contrasting black and white chess pieces of Go, as well as the grid-like graphics on the chessboard, can leave a deeper visual impression and have more symbolic meanings.
Of course, the two children don't really play Go, just let them play backgammon. Even a child in a concentration camp could learn backgammon in no time.
Wu Yuchen shot several pieces of material for this scene using different angles and lighting, and now he just has to pick out the most suitable one.
The last scene was actually not that easy to shoot. The key is not that the crew or actors have any difficulties, but the weather. Wu Yuchen needs a thunderstorm.
Although he now has the conditions to make artificial rainfall, he has no control over the weather, thunder and lightning. The depressing and destructive feeling brought by natural thunderstorms will inevitably have flaws if made artificially. Fortunately, summer and autumn are the periods when thunderstorms are most common, so the crew didn't have to wait too long before a thunderstorm struck.
Lightning flashed across the sky, and in the heavy rain, Gong Li heard Chen Baoguo's desperate "Xi Xi", her breathing became rapid, and her throat kept letting out violent gasps of "ho ho ho", and her whole body involuntarily softened and knelt down. He lay on the ground, hugged his son's clothes in front of the barbed wire fence, and cried heartbreakingly.
Beside her, Shu Chang hugged Gong Li tightly, but this did not stop Gong Li from bursting into grief.
On the side, there was not only one camera, but also one from the front, one from the side, and one from a high altitude. Each camera was at a different distance to capture this scene.
Wu Yuchen didn't shout "pass" this time. Although Gong Li had achieved the effect, he had to shoot more material and finally select the one that satisfied him most.
Two days later, Wu Yuchen had returned to the capital. After the film was finished, there was a finishing party, and then he rushed back to do post-production without stopping. In fact, he has almost finished editing the movie, and the most important piece of post-production now is the soundtrack.
At this time, Wu Yuchen was receiving two invited top soundtrack masters, Zhao Jiping and Sakamoto Ryuichi.
Zhao Jiping is the top scorer in China and has created more than a thousand musical works, including "Yellow Earth", "Red Sorghum", "Farewell My Concubine", "A Chinese Journey to the West", "Raise the Red Lantern", "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit", " There are excellent film and television soundtracks such as "White Deer Plain" and "Water Margin", as well as symphonies, concertos, chamber music, operas, ethnic orchestras, dance dramas, art songs and other different types of music works. The wide range of themes, the large number and the high quality are impressive. .
Ryuichi Sakamoto is a world-renowned master who has created many classic works. He completed the 45-track soundtrack for "The Last Emperor" in just one week and won the Oscar for Best Score. He is a genius among geniuses.
In fact, "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" is about exposing neon's crimes during World War II. Many neon musicians may not take this job.
However, Ryuichi Sakamoto was a left-wing representative of Neon and a Neon communist. His anti-war thoughts ran throughout his life, and he recognized and reflected on Neon’s crimes of aggression against China. When he died, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs specially made a special public announcement for him. Express condolences. His experience in creating anti-war music is also something Wu Yuchen values very much.
To be honest, with these two master-level figures, if it weren't for Wu Yuchen, no other director would be so bold as to invite them to create for the movie at the same time.
At this time, Wu Yuchen was politely saying to the two of them: "I'm sorry, I was busy with filming this time and did not entertain well, and may not have enough time for you two to create. I hope you will bear with me!"
"Director Wu, you're too polite. Your movie is this, it is speaking for our entire Chinese nation! Even if it's negative, I'm willing to do it. I'll be there when you call!" Zhao Jiping gave Wu Yuchen a thumbs up.
Ryuichi Sakamoto also said: "Director Wu, please don't say that. This "The Boy in Striped Pajamas" really touched me very much. It is an honor for me to participate in the creation of such a work! I I also hope that the anti-war ideas of this film can be seen by more people!”
Then Sakamoto Ryuichi sighed: "Even though it is not so far away 60 years ago, war has never been far away from us humans. As long as the war has not stopped, there will still be innocent children and lives in this world every moment. And suffered a tragedy!”
Wu Yuchen also nodded, and then said: "Yes, and looking at the current situation, there may be a new round of war coming."
"A new round of war?" Zhao Jiping was a little confused.
Ryuichi Sakamoto was more sensitive in this regard: "Director Wu, are you talking about the American side?"
Wu Yuchen nodded, and then said: "I just received a call yesterday. 33 top American international relations scholars published a joint letter in the New York Times saying "A war with Iraq is not in the national interest." The louder the opposition, the more It shows that the Black Palace is planning a big move..."
Then Wu Yuchen sighed, and then said to the two of them: "In the face of war, we are all small, and there is nothing we can do about it. We can only do our best and use art to spread the anti-war voice as much as possible. go out."
After hearing this, both of them nodded silently in agreement.
With the joint efforts of two music masters, the soundtrack for "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" progressed rapidly. The soundtrack was completed in a total of ten days, and the effect was top-notch.
After the film was completed and released, Wu Yuchen finally breathed a sigh of relief. The film sent Scissors for review, and the leader of Scissors personally came to receive it.
To be honest, for Wu Yuchen's new movie, the leaders of Big Scissors are mentally prepared. They have heard that it is an anti-Japanese theme, so even if it involves filming some bloody violence or even larger-scale scenes, they will They all planned to turn a blind eye. Moreover, this is the great director Wu Yuchen who personally took action. As long as there are no major problems with the ideological direction, they will not be embarrassed.
After all, with the anti-Japanese theme, big directors usually want to explore some depth, human nature, etc. Think about how controversial "The Devils Are Coming" has caused...
But I never expected that after watching the movie, I couldn't find anything wrong with it. There is not even a bloody scene in the whole film from beginning to end, it has completely reached the level of a children's movie!
This also made the leader of Scissors sigh repeatedly: "Look at his skills! What is the number one Chinese director? No matter how many restrictions are imposed, he can still produce such a good work! All other directors must follow Director Wu Study hard and don’t come here to make trouble all day long, especially Jiang Wen!”
At the same time, the celebration banquet for "Xiu Chun Dao" has also been held.
On the stage, a long table was covered with red cloth, and on it was an ice sculpture of numbers: 360000000.
In fact, after the record-breaking news and publicity of "Spring Knife", it also triggered a wave of box office. A wave of people came to the cinema and contributed to the box office. Now, the total box office of "Spring Knife" has exceeded 370 million. However, The number for today's ice-breaking ceremony is still 360,000,000.
Behind the ice sculpture, standing in the center are Wu Yuchen and Han Sanping, with Zhang Guorong, Jiang Qinqin and other leading actors standing on both sides.
Led by Wu Yuchen and Han Sanping, everyone took small hammers and smashed the ice sculpture in front of them. The cameras under the stage were also clicking to record this scene, and everyone's face was full of smiles.
"Is this the first ice-breaking ceremony for a movie in China? I also had a taste of it with you today!" Han Sanping, who was seated, also laughed.
Wu Yuchen said with a smile: "I have been thinking about the new movie this time. It is all arranged by Mr. Cai!"
Cai Yinong also smiled and explained: "I am thinking that "Xiu Chun Knife" is also our first major commercial production in China. In addition, this time is of extraordinary significance, so this celebration banquet must have a sense of ceremony! Mr. Han, you are today Together with Director Wu, we will break the 360 million figure. I believe that in the future, Director Wu’s movies, as well as our Chinese movie box office, will not stop at this number under your leadership, Mr. Han!”
These words touched Han Sanping's heart. He picked up a glass of wine and said:
"The figure of 360 million for "Titanic" a few years ago was simply unimaginable for our Chinese film industry, and it has become a constant problem in my heart.
No matter how good "Titanic" is, it is not our Chinese movie. Will our Chinese films always be overshadowed by a foreign language film?
Today I smashed the 360 million with my own hands. Not only did it break a piece of my heart, but it also knocked down a big mountain above our Chinese-language film industry!
All of this would not be possible without leaders like Director Wu and outstanding talents like all of you here!
I believe that with you here, the future of our Chinese-language films will get better and better! "
Everyone around the table applauded and toasted to celebrate. Today is a festive day after all, and the atmosphere at the dinner table is quite lively. As we chatted, we talked about Wu Yuchen's new movie.
Han Sanping took the initiative and joked to Jiang Wen: "Jiang Wen'er, the people over at Big Scissors asked me to tell you something. The movie "The Boy in Striped Pajamas" will premiere in two days. You have to go and watch it." look!"
Jiang Wen was not annoyed either. He chuckled and said, "Mr. Han, why are they talking about this? I have to watch and learn from Director Wu's movie!"
Wu Yuchen smiled and shook his head: "Come on, you won't be Jiang Wen anymore if you really learn it!"
Everyone at the table laughed when they heard this.
"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" almost got the green light. It was nominated and confirmed to be qualified for the Olympics. The time and place for screening was set, and it was still the Great Hall of the People.
As they were talking, someone mentioned "Hero" again. Han Sanping also approached Wu Yuchen and whispered to him: ""Hero" will also be screened on Hong Kong Island on October 25th. Brother Wu, can you beat it? Planning to attend?”
Because of "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas", "Heroes" can only go through channels on Hong Kong Island to win the Oscars, so the screening of this movie is also on Hong Kong Island.
Han Sanping's question was obviously to ask Wu Yuchen whether he would attend the premiere, but secretly it also meant to test Wu Yuchen's attitude towards him. After all, the two parties had a war of words at the beginning. But to be honest, from Han Sanping's perspective, he naturally did not want Wu Yuchen and Lao Mouzi to fall out.
Wu Yuchen naturally understood Han Sanping's thoughts and said with a smile: "Brother Han, don't worry, Brother Zhang and I are fine. It's just a hype. But I can't go to the premiere of this movie, "Wearing Striped Pajamas" After the screening of "The Boy", I have to go to Hollywood quickly, I'm in a hurry~"