Chapter 178 Back to the United States, Rush Hour 3 Begins Filming!

Mid-October.

The domestic box office potential of "Love" has come to an end, with a cumulative box office of only more than 30 million RMB, but this is already the best box office work of mainland art films this year.

Wu Yuan, who had never expected to make money from this movie, was already very satisfied with the box office results.

He gave the company's employees a short vacation, and he also carried a suitcase and flew to Tokyo alone to meet his girlfriend who was receiving singing and dancing training at Sony Japan.

The girlfriend was very happy to see him come to see her.

"Brother, you came to see me?" Liu Yifei smiled and took Wu Yuan's arm, and enthusiastically shared her life in Tokyo with him.

In fact, they had long phone calls every day, and she had told Wu Yuan about these trivial matters in life, but she still wanted to share her life with Wu Yuan.

"The food here is not delicious at all. It looked novel when I ate it for the first time, but it became boring after eating it a few times. The taste is too bland!"

"Sony Music is really professional. The vocal and dance teachers are very good."

"The company said that they would tailor an album for me, in both Chinese and Japanese, and invite a very famous music producer to write songs for me!"

"But now I have to learn Japanese every day, it's so hard to learn!"

"It's a good thing to learn one more language." Wu Yuan smiled and hugged his girlfriend's shoulders. "The idol industry in Japan is very popular, and fans are also very supportive of idol activities. They are very active in voting and buying albums."

"It's just that Japanese fans are more extreme. Generally, they can't accept idols falling in love. Those Japanese actors and singers who fall in love or get married even have to hold a press conference to apologize."

"I'm afraid that if your Japanese fans know that you have been with me before you debuted in Japan, they will be angry to death."

Wu Yuan's face was a little tangled.

Before he broke the news with Liu Yifei, he thought it was good for his girlfriend to come to Japan to release an album, which could attract a wave of Japanese otaku fans, increase her popularity in Asia, and she could be called an Asian superstar in the future.

But now that they are in a sweet relationship, he started to worry.

The fan culture in Japan is really extreme.

The later Korean fan culture was actually learned from Japan. Anti-fans, sasaeng fans, sending knives, and death threats were all first created by Japanese fans.

In the 1980s and 1990s, if Japanese idols were publicly in love, the fanatical fans who couldn't accept it would even jump off the building, or turn from fans to haters and want to kill the idols.

Well, this culture was later introduced to Hong Kong Island. After all, the Hong Kong Island music scene in the 1980s and 1990s learned from the Japanese music scene in all aspects, and directly translated Japanese songs into Chinese.

So Andy Lau and others only dared to get married in secret and didn't dare to make their love public, because they were afraid that the extremely fanatical fans would do something crazy.

It can be said that the fan frenzy era that the whole of Asia experienced, when stars didn't dare to fall in love or make their love public, all originated from the fan culture of Japan.

So now Liu Yifei is going to Japan to be an idol singer, Wu Yuan is also a little worried, afraid that her fans will know that she and him are in a "secret relationship" in the future, and they will directly turn from fans to haters.

By the way, what was the reason for the dissolution of Liu Yifei's Japanese fan club in the dream?

"Oh, let's talk about the future later." Liu Yifei laughed and tightened her hand on Wu Yuan's arm.

He can say that, which means that Wu Yuan has thought about making the relationship public in the future, which makes Liu Yifei very satisfied.

Although she really doesn't want to make the relationship public now, after all, she is only 18 years old, how can an 18-year-old female star publicly fall in love.

But she doesn't want Wu Yuan to not want to make the relationship public.

Women's minds are so complicated.

"Hey, let's go, senior brother, I know a delicious Japanese restaurant, I'll treat you." Under the helpless eyes of her mother, Liu Yifei happily pulled her boyfriend away from the Sony building.

After spending three days with Liu Yifei in Tokyo and relieving his longing for his girlfriend, Wu Yuan flew directly from Tokyo to Los Angeles, USA.

Before leaving, Liu Yifei agreed with him that she would go to Los Angeles to reunite with Wu Yuan during the Spring Festival.

Well, this year the Liu family mother and daughter will also go to the United States to visit relatives.

On October 28, Wu Yuan arrived in Los Angeles, and his American assistant Daisy came to pick him up at the airport in person.

Still went back to Beverly Hills to rest for a day, adjusted the time difference, and changed the time zone of the watch by the way. Wu Yuan did not join the crew of "Rush Hour 3" immediately, but returned to Guangshidai Company first.

"Hey Daniel, I'm glad that you only went back to China for a little more than two months this time, and you're back again."

When they met in the company, John still teased Wu Yuan before talking about business.

"Daniel, Disney wants me to ask you what you think about Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and when it will start filming?"

"You know, it's not easy to get Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley together, who are busy as spinning tops. Disney needs to coordinate early."

"Damn, I didn't expect Disney, which hasn't been successful in the field of live-action movies for a long time, to do so well in this success."

"Not only did Pirates of the Caribbean 1 have such a high box office, but the DVD that was later discovered also became the best-selling DVD in the world, and has earned more than 100 million US dollars for Disney so far."

"I believe Dick Cook, the chairman of Disney, must be so beautiful that he is giggling in bed!"

"Daniel, although I am not a director, based on my experience as a producer, "Captain Jack Sparrow" is indeed one of the biggest factors in the success of the film. But if "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" continues to rely on Johnny Depp If there is a personal performance, then the ship may not avoid the fate of sinking.”

"Captain Jack is a bit too important. Perhaps his role should be less important in the third film."

For a successful movie series, putting all the chips on one character in the movie is undoubtedly a very high-risk thing.

Once the actor goes on strike or has a scandal, the entire series will be ruined.

This is why later, when Marvel was building its own Marvel universe, it has been developing more different superheroes with their own characteristics, instead of holding on to a generation of Avengers until they grow old.

"I understand." Wu Yuan shrugged, "I talked with Terry (one of the screenwriters of Pirates of the Caribbean) and we need to add more characters in the third part to share Depp's performance burden."

"Not only the characters who appeared in the first two films will appear again, but there will also be more important new characters appearing."

"Terry and I have already decided that the third film will include a pirate overlord in the South China Sea and his beautiful daughter."

"Wow, that sounds cool." John raised his eyebrows noncommittally.

After all, the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series has nothing to do with him and the Light Era.

The reason why John gave Wu Yuan advice was just because of their good personal relationship.

"Okay, let's get back to the topic. You haven't answered me yet. When are you going to make this movie?"

"Well" Wu Yuan thought for a moment, "I'm actually not sure. Terry's script is still being perfected. Following my suggestion, he plans to invite a group of experts and scholars from China to work together to improve the script for the third part."

"I estimate that the production will not start until the second half of next year at the earliest, and it may be delayed until December or December next year."

"If all goes well, this movie will also be the last "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie directed by me."

"You're not going to continue filming anymore?" John looked like he had expected it.

"No." Wu Yuan shook his head: "The trilogy is enough. My enthusiasm has been almost worn away. Disney should find a new, more passionate person to partner with."

John understands Wu Yuan's thoughts very well.

Hollywood has produced countless excellent series of movies over the decades, but most of them stop at trilogies. Even if there are sequels later, the directors and screenwriters will basically be replaced.

Without him, creative enthusiasm is limited. It is impossible for a director and screenwriter to stick to a theme and maintain a high level of creation.

In Chinese terms, there will always be a day when a talent is exhausted.

And this gives time for "every talent to run out", and usually the limit is the trilogy. If you continue to work on it, the quality will definitely decline visible to the naked eye.

Wu Yuan's choice to stop in time was the right decision.

Even Disney would agree.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have only wanted to sign a three-part contract with him.

The number "three" is really a curse in the Hollywood series of movies.

No director can make four or five movies in a series and still maintain success.

Both the "Fast and Furious" and "Harry Potter" series have gone through countless directors.

"I will convey your idea to Disney and ask them to try to coordinate the schedule of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3"."

While John kept writing and drawing on the desktop and correcting documents, he kept talking and continued: ""Amazing Night at the Museum" has entered formal preparations."

"We only provided the money and copyright, and Fox took care of the rest."

"Fox has found a director named Shawn Levy and Ben Stiller to play the male lead. Other roles are also being auditioned. It is estimated that filming will officially start in January next year."

"I will also be one of the producers, and I will personally monitor the movie when the time comes."

"By the way, don't we have to stop preparations for "The Hangover 3" and work on "Fake Marriage" and "Weakness" first."

"Phillips, who had nothing to do for the time being, handed me a script called "The King of Gimmicks." He wrote it with a few friends and wanted the company to invest in the production."

"This is a remake of a 1960 British film of the same name."

"I took a look at the content. The content of the new version is almost the same as the old version. Of course, many modern factors have been added."

"To be honest, I think this movie is average, but you said before that we need to support Phillips more, so I want to ask your opinion."

Without any hesitation, Wu Yuan said directly: "Vote, give Phillips as much as he wants."

Phillips, the director of The Hangover series, this is a gem!

Although Phillips is still very low-end now, making small and medium-cost movies such as comedies and comedy romances.

But Wu Yuan is very aware of Phillips' talent.

In the future, Phillips, who has been making comedies for ten years, may be tired of comedy movies, or it may be that every good comedy director has a tragic heart hidden in his heart.

In 2019, he wrote and directed a movie that cost only $55 million, but eventually won $1 billion in box office worldwide.

The movie is called "Joker"!

By the way, the famous TV series "Limitless" is the one where he became a god by taking drugs, and Phillips is also one of the producers.

This is a talent, a talent like Stephen Chow!

Although Wu Yuan doesn't remember the box office performance of "The King of Gimmicks", he is willing to invest in Phillips.

"Okay, you are the boss, you decide." John spread his hands and said indifferently.

Although he is not very optimistic about this movie, John and Wu Yuan have similar ideas. He is also optimistic about Phillips himself and is willing to invest in his future.

"Nothing else?" Standing up from the sofa, Wu Yuan stretched lazily.

"If there is nothing else, I will go back."

"Take two more days off, and Rush Hour 3 will start filming. This is a very important project for the company, and I have to take it seriously."

John agreed, "Yes, Daniel, I am very pleased to see you working hard for the future of the company."

"We must make it well, and I hope Rush Hour 3 will be a big hit, so that we can continue with the Kingsman series."

"Don't worry." Wu Yuan said confidently: "I plus Jackie Chan, this is the top combination in the Chinese world."

"I can't think of any reason to fail."

"Just wait to enjoy the victory champagne."