Chapter 165 Wu Baige's Hostility, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2"

Chapter 165 Wu Baige's Hostility, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" Finished!

After another ten hours of night flight, on May 23rd, North American time, Wu Yuan and Liu Yifei's mother and daughter arrived at Los Angeles International Airport.

"Aunt Liu, Sissi, I'll transfer to the Dominican Republic first. The crew is still waiting for me there."

As soon as he got off the plane, Wu Yuan said politely to Liu Yifei and her daughter.

Wu Yuan didn't expect that they really came to visit their aunt.

Since returning to China, they have basically returned to Los Angeles to visit their relatives once every 1-2 years.

They should have come during the Spring Festival this year, but Liu Yifei was still filming "The Return of the Condor Heroes" during the Spring Festival, so they delayed it until now.

"Director Wu, don't bother you, I can take Sissi to find her aunt myself." Liu Xiaoli said politely.

Wu Yuan nodded and was about to go to the transfer station to wait for the next flight. Suddenly, he remembered something and asked, "Aunt Liu, has Xixi's nationality been settled?"

She will be an adult in August this year. It will not be easy to renounce her citizenship after she becomes an adult.

Many petty bourgeoisie who yearned for the beacon of the Ming master in the 1980s and 1990s and sold their courtyard houses in Beijing and ran to the United States now want their sons and daughters to change their nationality, but they have no way to do it.

Liu Yifei is just a minor and her father is still a Chinese citizen, so she can take a roundabout route.

When she heard Wu Yuan talking about this again, Liu Xiaoli hurriedly said, "The procedures for renouncing and re-naturalizing have been completed."

"Xixi has not made much money in the entertainment industry in the past two years. The taxation is easy to handle. She will definitely be able to be naturalized before August."

Compared to those celebrities who easily renounce their citizenship and change their nationality with an annual income of tens of millions or hundreds of millions of RMB, Liu Yifei does not need to worry too much about tax losses.

She filmed four TV series and one movie in China, but she didn't make two million yuan in total. Although she had some endorsements, she only made four or five million yuan in total.

"Well, the taxation must be handled cleanly." Wu Yuan said with relief.

Finally, after saying goodbye to the two, Wu Yuan and his assistant Xiao Zhang picked up their luggage and blended into the crowd of travelers.

Looking at his back as he walked away, Liu Yifei pouted and looked a little unhappy.

"Don't look, there's no one in sight." Liu Xiaoli reached out and flicked Liu Yifei's forehead in annoyance, "Xixi, women should be reserved in love."

"No matter how much you like him, you can't show it too eagerly. Men won't know how to cherish things that are easy to get."

"Love doesn't mean the more you invest, the more you gain."

"You have to learn to be reserved!"

Liu Yifei was unhappy. She grumbled, "Mom, you are full of big principles, but you still haven't talked about your love well."

"Senior brother is not the kind of person who doesn't know how to cherish.

"I can see that senior brother is the kind of person who is relatively passive in love. He doesn't know how to actively pursue girls, so he has been single for so many years."

"Come to think of it, since senior brother entered Beijing Film Academy, everything has gone smoothly. No matter what he does, he succeeds easily. In the eyes of outsiders, the honors and awards that seem extremely difficult to obtain and can't be pursued are all within his reach. ”

“Perhaps in the eyes of my senior brother, there is nothing in this world that he needs to pursue hard to obtain, and he will not take the initiative to pursue anything.”

“I guess it’s the same in terms of feelings.”

“He will just stand there stupidly and wait for love to find him.”

“If I don’t take the initiative, if a bold and passionate actress appears one day and takes the initiative to entangle my senior brother, maybe she will take him down first!”

“It is said that good girls are afraid of clinging men, and I think good men are also afraid of clinging girls!”

Don’t mention it, otherwise how could Liu Xiaoli praise Liu Yifei for being independent and mature since childhood in front of reporters? This is indeed a set of reasons.

Liu Xiaoli was stunned by what she heard, and she really felt a little urgent from the bottom of her heart.

After Liu Yifei talked about Wu Yuan every day in front of her for the past two or three years, Liu Xiaoli felt more and more that the two were indeed a good match.

This son-in-law who pursued her can’t fly!

“That won’t work! "Liu Xiaoli said subconsciously.

Liu Yifei smiled and took her mother's arm: "So I have to take the initiative, how can I care about my reserve!"

"Little rascal!" Liu Xiaoli shook her head and laughed, "I was almost fooled by you."

"Okay, you are more capable now, and your analysis is quite reasonable. I was almost convinced by you."

The mother and daughter walked out of the airport, talking and laughing, and the topic gradually moved away from Wu Yuan.

On the other hand, Wu Yuan, who was transferring to the Dominican Republic, was warmly welcomed by the crew as soon as he got off the plane.

Although he did not win the Palme d'Or, the 23-year-old winner of the Jury Grand Prix is ​​an unprecedented honor and it will be difficult to have it in the future.

"Daniel, congratulations, the youngest Cannes Jury Grand Prix winner in history!"

"Daniel, you set a new record again!"

"Will "Love" be released in North America? We will definitely go to the cinema to support it when the time comes! "

Flowers, applause, and the ever-present champagne and party, constituted Wu Yuan's first night back in the Dominican Republic.

Rather than celebrating Wu Yuan, it was more like the crew had been pent up in the Dominican Republic for a long time and needed a party to relax.

After all, even if the crew stops production, except for a few big-name actors who can fly back to the United States to enjoy the colorful world, the other crew members have to wait in the Dominican Republic for Wu Yuan to come back.

What fun place can there be in such a semi-primitive country? It’s boring to watch crocodiles baring their teeth or watch chameleons fighting tree snakes.

Finally there is a reasonable reason and opportunity to have a party, which is really happy for the old Americans who simply can't live without parties.

But while he was having fun, while the crew was having fun, Jerry, who was more mature and stable and had passed the fun-loving stage, found Wu Yuan, who was also not very adaptable to this party culture.

The two of them stayed away from the large group and walked under the shade of a tree, chatting under the dim moonlight.

"Daniel, do you have any conflict with John?" As soon as Jerry came up, he asked a question that made Wu Yuan confused.

"John? I had a great time cooperating with him?" Wu Yuan was very surprised. Could it be that Jerry wanted to switch jobs to the Light Times and took a fancy to John's position?

It shouldn’t be!

Sure enough, Jerry was stunned for a moment, and quickly explained with a smile: "No, no, it's not John from your company, it's John Wu, the director from Hong Kong Island in your country."

"The one who filmed "Windtalker" and lost Skyrim."

Damn it, Wu Baige!

But Wu Yuan was still confused, "I don't have any conflicts with him, right? I haven't had any interactions with him."

"The first time we met was at the Cannes Film Festival a few days ago. He was one of the jury members."

"What's wrong?"

Wu Yuan felt something was wrong.

"Daniel, I think you should pay attention." Jerry frowned, hesitated, and said, "You know, Hollywood is actually a very realistic vanity fair."

“People here are brought together because of their interests and fame.”

"Sometimes you may not have any interaction with a person, but because you block his way, you will be resented by him."

"Jerry, did you hear something?" Wu Yuan frowned and said dissatisfied: "If you want to remind me of something, it's best to be direct."

"I don't like this vague hint, which will create some unnecessary suspicion."

"Okay." Jerry spread his hands and said, "I just thought you Orientals like such implicit expressions."

"Well, the Cannes Film Festival is over, and some things about the jury are no longer secrets."

"You know, I have a pretty good network."

"I learned the news that when the Cannes jury was judging the award, they had a huge quarrel about your jury award."

"John Wu is very reluctant to award this award to you, and strongly requests that this award be given to Jarmusch's "Broken Flower"."

“He convinced Benoit Jacques and Salma Hayek and Faith Akin to support him.”

"He's just one vote away from knocking you off this award."

"Fortunately, in the end, it was the jury chairman Emil who personally made the decision to give you the grand jury award, and only gave Jarmusch the consoling jury award."

"It is said that after the quarrel that day, John Wu left the scene angrily, causing an embarrassment."

As Jerry spoke, Wu Yuan's face became increasingly ugly.

Damn, I can only say that Wu Baige is worthy of being given to Japan and South Korea rather than the mainland. Wu Baige is worthy of being on the same level as Cixi Lafayette.

In an occasion like Cannes, he actually turned his elbows outward and refused to vote for Wu Yuan, who was also born in China. He also instigated other judges to oppose it.

This is really something only Wu Baige can do!

After thinking about it, Wu Yuan understood why Wu Baige did this.

He's blocking someone's way.

Before Wu Yuan made his fortune in Hollywood, among Chinese filmmakers, only Wu Baige was able to make it in Hollywood.

When Wu Yuan was still filming "The Night the Comet Came", Wu Baige's "Mission: Impossible 2" had a global box office of US$546 million, establishing his reputation as a top-tier commercial film director in Hollywood.

As a result, less than two years have passed and Wu Yuan has made a name for himself in North America with "Juno", but he has made two Hollywood movies in succession, "Windtalkers" and "Memory Crack".

Hollywood capital's love for him transferred very quickly, and it immediately transferred to Wu Yuan.

The "Pirates of the Caribbean" series single-handedly pushed Wu Yuan to the status of a top Hollywood director, completely replacing Wu Baige.

He could only return to China in despair and seek cooperation with China Film Group on a film project, hoping to avenge his shame and return to Hollywood.

It is impossible for Wu Baige, who has gone through all this, not to hold a grudge against Wu Yuan in his heart.

Of course Wu Yuan himself knows that whether he has made his mark in Hollywood or not, it is an established fact that Wu Baige was abandoned by Hollywood.

But Wu Baige doesn’t think so!

In his view, it was the emergence of Wu Yuan that interrupted his upward path and made Hollywood Capital lose patience with him.

Without Wu Yuan, even if he failed once or twice in Hollywood, he would not have been abandoned so quickly.

So at the Cannes Film Festival, I learned that Wu Yuan's new film will also compete for the main competition awards. If Wu Baige doesn't do something about public revenge, then he is not Wu Baige!

Wu Baige caused trouble in the jury, but Wu Yuan felt that yes, this was the Wu Baige in his impression.

"I know." Wu Yuan thanked Jerry calmly: "Thank you for telling me this news."

"I'll pay attention."

No matter how much he hated Wu Baige and wanted to fight back, Wu Yuan's primary goal now was to complete the follow-up filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2".

However, Wu Yuan, who didn't like Wu Baige very much, had already labeled Wu Baige as a suspended death sentence in his heart.

Wu Yuan, who was not interested in "The Battle of Red Cliffs", which he had been making a big fuss in China and had to take Runfa, Chaowei, Gong Huang, and Zhang Ziyi out for a walk from time to time, has now changed his mind.

Wu Baige's "The Battle of Red Cliffs" project must be ruined!

He felt uncomfortable all over if he didn't let out this breath!

If you, Wu Baige, dare to block my award, then I dare to intercept your next big production!

In the entire Chinese director circle, the number of directors who can intercept Wu Baige's "The Battle of Red Cliffs" project can be counted on one hand.

Coincidentally, Wu Yuan is among them.

In terms of relationship, his relationship with Mr. Han is better than Wu Baige's.

In terms of status, the current Hollywood first-line commercial film directors are better than Wu Baige, who was the first-line.

In terms of popularity, Wu Yuan, who currently holds the Japanese Chinese film box office record, is a great choice for "Red Cliff" which focuses on the Japanese and Korean markets!

In terms of experience, no one would watch Wu Baige's war film "Windtalkers". Although Wu Yuan's "Pirates of the Caribbean" has small war scenes, it is not lacking in big scenes, proving his ability to coordinate big scenes!

It's just "Red Cliff"!

After thinking about it, Wu Yuan felt that no matter how he changed this movie, it would definitely be better than Wu Baige's "Red Cliff" which emphasized love and peace in the war!

When China Film was preparing for "Red Cliff" (2002), there was no choice. In addition, Wu Baige, who failed in Hollywood, took the initiative to approach him, so Mr. Han cooperated with him.

If Wu Yuan now takes the initiative to say that he wants to take over this project, then Mr. Han will definitely welcome it with both hands!

Even the other investor, Chengtian, will not have any objection.

The project of "Red Cliff" is aimed at making money and profit. It is not a film project used by Hong Kong capital to launder money. The boss of Chengtian, Wu Kebo, also hopes that this project can be filmed and become a big hit.

It is better to let a Hollywood first-line director take the helm than Wu Baige, a director who has already failed in Hollywood.

Before, Wu Yuan did not want to, or was not interested, so he was too lazy to care about "Red Cliff".

Now that Wu Baige is unkind, don't blame him for being unjust.

Holding back a grudge in his heart, Wu Yuan threw himself into the busy filming work the next day.

All the staff of the crew clearly felt that the director was not in a good mood, and they became cautious in their work.

The actors were even more honest and obedient and followed Wu Yuan's arrangements.

In order to make up for the loss of ten days of suspension, Wu Yuan did speed up the shooting pace and arranged the daily shooting plan more compactly.

In this way, under Wu Yuan's meticulous arrangement, the crew's shooting progress was accelerated every day.

It took less than two and a half months. On August 12, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" was successfully completed on a small island in the Bahamas!

I will still write three chapters today, but I will post them in the early morning.