Chapter 244 Liu Yifei, the Little Queen of Sweet Songs in North America?

"Brother, are you really not going to continue filming the Pirates of the Caribbean series?"

On the plane back home, lying on the reclining chair in the first class cabin, Liu Yifei asked curiously: "Why? This series is your masterpiece in Hollywood."

"Although fans say that Captain Jack Sparrow is the soul of this series, you are also the father of Pirates of the Caribbean."

Wu Yuan smiled and shook his head, stretched out his arms to hold Liu Yifei in his arms, and patiently explained: "Qian Qian, sometimes you have to learn to let go."

"The pinnacle of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series is enough that I created it."

"There is no need to rely on this series. The future fourth and fifth films will definitely not have as good a box office performance as the second film."

"Sooner or later, the audience will get tired of this theme and Captain Jack Sparrow, and their tastes will become more and more critical and difficult to maintain."

"Look, when the second part was released, the public opinion was not as good as the first one. One-third of the film critics criticized the second part for being unworthy of its title, too flashy, too obscure and complicated in plot, and too long. "

"The third part will be longer, because in the third part we need to explain the mysteries left in the second part. All the old characters will appear and give an ending, and new characters will also be introduced."

"When the third part is released, although the box office performance may still be very good, the voice of criticism will definitely be higher, because the third part is the overall conclusion of the first two parts, and there will always be fans who are dissatisfied. "

"The beginning is easy, the ending is difficult, this is a problem that all series have to face."

"Most of the series of movies don't even have an ending. The protagonist keeps wandering and participating in new adventures. This is because the ending is difficult to shoot. There are too many foreshadowings and character endings to be dealt with, which is difficult to handle."

"It is not easy for me to make the "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy into a complete story, and it is destined to be dissatisfied by many fans."

"Then why should I take on "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" again?"

"The fourth part will definitely start a new story. The adventures of Captain Jack, Elizabeth and Will have come to an end."

"It is the right thing to let a new director take over and let him build a new Pirates of the Caribbean world."

Liu Yifei nodded in understanding.

She didn't understand the director, she only knew that since her boyfriend made this decision, he must have his reasons.

"Then after you return to China, the next thing you will shoot is the script you stayed up late to write some time ago?"

"That "A Man Named Li Wen Decides to Die"?"

Wu Yuan nodded: "Absolutely. Let's focus on the post-production work of "Gravity" first, and then prepare for this movie. Just shoot it in the winter."

Unknowingly, Wu Yuan's energy also caught up with Zhang Yimou's. He could have a movie in post-production, and then prepare another movie at hand, while still thinking about another movie in his head.

In the past, he always felt that Zhang Yimou was really awesome for being able to do this, and there was no other director with such energy in the world.

Unexpectedly, he has become such a director now, but his movie scripts do not require too much energy to think about. Looking at it this way, he is still not as energetic as Zhang Yimou.

"How do you think Director Yimou does it? He is almost 60 years old and still has so much energy?"

"He was able to film "Ride Alone for Thousands of Miles" while preparing for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, and even made "A City of Golden Armor"."

"You don't know, I heard from Gong Li that when Zhang Yimou was filming "The City of Golden Armor", after one scene was filmed on the front side, the back side would meet with the opening ceremony team on the set to discuss the opening ceremony process. There is no time to rest, only four hours of sleep a day.”

"I can't stand just shooting one movie after another. I have to take at least 2-3 months of rest between filming of each movie. If more, I can take a break of half a year."

There was one sentence that Wu Yuan kept in his heart but did not say.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Yimou still had time to have a baby with his wife, and gave birth to his fourth child in 2006.

And this year he is already 56 years old

Old things will make you stronger, old things will make you stronger!

"Director Yimou is really great." Liu Yifei nodded her little head and said with some longing, "It would be great if I could star in a movie directed by Yimou."

"It's better to make a literary film. His literary films are really great."

Upon hearing this, the sour feeling in Wu Yuan's heart began to disturb him again. He snorted arrogantly, "What, did you feel wronged by filming my movie?"

"Would you like me to help you contact director Yimou and ask him about his next movie? Is there any role suitable for you?"

Yes, Liu Yifei laughed so hard when she heard her boyfriend's sour words.

Why haven't you noticed before that this guy is so jealous?

When I was on the set of "Your Name", Zhu Yawen was so attentive, but Wu Yuan didn't even see any action.

Why is it that now that he is his, he is getting more and more jealous.

Liu Yifei stretched out her smooth and slender arms and hugged his neck, and said coquettishly: "Oh, in my heart, your senior brother must be the best director in the world. I am very happy to be able to act in your play."

"When you said I could act in your new movie on the school playground, I almost went crazy with joy."

"However, as an actor, you definitely want to cooperate with an excellent director. I can't just make your movies for the rest of my life. How will outsiders view me?"

"Hehe." Wu Yuan hummed a few times, reluctantly accepting her reason, but still couldn't help pouring cold water on her: "Director Yimou probably won't have time to make a new movie in the next two years."

"The preparations for the opening ceremony of the Olympics have reached the rehearsal stage. He is so busy every day. He has to deal with all the details of the team of tens of thousands of people, and he has to monitor the rehearsals of each program. How can he have time to make a new movie?"

"At least we have to wait until the Olympics are over before we start the preparations."

"And now Zhang Weiping of New Picture is increasingly interfering with Director Yimou's shooting plans. He thinks about making commercial films that can make money every day. Director Yimou's next movie should not be an art film."

Zhang Weiping, this birdman, will next instigate Zhang Yimou to make the "Three Guns Surprise" that ruined his reputation.

As soon as the opening ceremony of the Olympics ended, Zhang Weiping immediately ran to Zhang Yimou to complain that "Curse of the Golden Flower" did not make back the investment, and the company has been closed for almost two years. A hit movie is urgently needed to save the company.

Under the tireless complaints of Zhang Weiping, his "old partner and brother", Zhang Yimou had no choice but to agree to his request and make a movie with low investment, fast shooting and profitable release.

And no more commercial blockbusters with big investment and big production and a large group of extras. New pictures can't be played with, and there is no money.

He needs a movie with a small enough cost, but it must be very commercial and can make a lot of money.

It is similar to the R-rated movies in North America, and it must be the kind of R-rated movies that are box office dark horses.

So there was the super bad movie "Three Guns Surprise", which made Zhang Yimou reap a cliff-like box office and the evaluation of the whole people.

Let Liu Yifei act in this movie?

This is not a joke.

"For now, forget about Yimou's movies." Wu Yuan said mercilessly, "Art films are not your focus right now."

"The most important thing for you now is to make a name for yourself in Hollywood. You can't say you have a firm foothold, but at least you need to be a familiar face. Whether you are a vase or a female fighter, you need to make North American moviegoers and Hollywood production companies remember you."

"Xixi, are you interested in singing English songs?" Wu Yuan asked suddenly.

"Ah?" Liu Yifei was surprised: "English songs?"

"It's easier for singers to become popular quickly than actors, because there are a lot of singers who can quickly become popular all over the world with one album, but there are very few actors who can quickly become popular all over the world because of one movie."

"Since you have received professional singing training in Tokyo, it would be a waste to release only one album."

"Here's what I think. The company can find a professional music company in the United States for you to make an English album and try to promote your popularity in North America."

"Although it is indeed difficult for singers to switch to acting in the United States, it is a problem of capital game. It is difficult for American singers to have Hollywood resources and channels. There is a clear distinction between singers and actors."

"But you are different. You are my person and you will not lack movie resources."

"First use your identity as a singer to gain popularity. After you have fame and influence, you can play an important supporting role in a Hollywood movie, which will make it easier for North American audiences to remember you."

"After all, movie fans are not the ones who don't watch movies. There are a lot of overlapping groups of fans of songs and fans of movies."

Wu Yuan had already thought about Liu Yifei's career plan.

For an "outsider", it is more stable to walk on two legs.

It is indeed a bit difficult to gain a foothold in North America by relying solely on the identity of a singer or actor.

Because she is Chinese, with yellow skin, black eyes and black hair, she is naturally not accepted by the mainstream white and black people in North America.

She must make more efforts. A white person may be remembered by North American audiences with just one role.

But she may need to take a two-pronged approach, through several memorable roles and several popular and even global hit songs, to be remembered and recognized by the North American people.

Now that Liu Yifei has signed with Light and Shadow Times, Wu Yuan will of course start to implement his career arrangements for Liu Yifei.

Although Wu Yuan is not a professional musician, he has never received professional music training in his two lives.

But he can play guitar and remembers a few English songs that have become popular all over the world in his dreams.

For example, "see you again", "Rolling In The Deep", "Love Story" and "sugar".

Of course, these songs are not suitable for Liu Yifei.

But Wu Yuan remembered that there were a few songs that were very suitable for her.

The trilogy of "Call Me Maybe", "Good Time" and "I Really Like You" by Dunmei is enough!

In 2011, Dunmei became a global hit from an unknown little singer with a single "Call Me Maybe".

This song also topped the global music charts and became popular all over the world.

Even Chinese people who don't listen to English songs often hear this song in shops on the streets when they go out.

This kind of sweet song doesn't require much singing skills, and it's not as difficult as Adele's songs.

Let Liu Yifei release these songs first, and she will definitely create a North American sweet song queen!