Chapter 318: Olympics Opening, Xenophobic Koreans!
When the time entered August, the entire Chinese film industry was basically paused.
The mainland schedule in August was very quiet. After all, no one would be idle and want to compete with the Olympics for audiences.
How stubborn is this?
Hey, don't say it, you really don't say it!
There are really stubborn people!
Wang Yuelun's "Ten Perfect Nine" was grandly released on August 1st!
The name Wang Yuelun may be a little unfamiliar to the public.
But when it comes to Li Xiang's husband, many people will suddenly realize it.
Li Xiang is still very famous now, after all, she is one of the first hosts of "Happy Camp".
"Ten Perfect Nine" is a movie that is hard to describe.
In short, Wang Yuelun still made money. With no one competing with him for food, he ate 7 million box office in the first week, and there should be no problem in making a profit.
This movie will also become his representative work in the next fifteen years. At least when he becomes a full-time cook, he can stand up straight and eat soft rice.
In addition to this movie, there is another more stubborn movie in August, Li An's "The Incredible Hulk", which is scheduled for August 20, when the Olympic Games are at their most intense.
I don't know if Marvel and Universal have a problem with their brains, or if Mr. Han did it on purpose.
With this schedule, how many Chinese people will go to the cinema to watch it?
No wonder the box office of "The Incredible Hulk" in China has been a huge hit.
Wu Yuan doesn't have the time to worry about it, anyway, there are no movies from the Light and Shadow Era in August.
He is busy with another thing.
Torch Relay!
The Olympics is actually an international public relations for China to face the world.
What public relations?
Of course, it is public relations for its own image!
Therefore, as the international appearance and business card of the Chinese film industry, plus he has always been clean and self-disciplined, apart from having a relationship, there are not many scandals, naturally he is a representative of high-quality public figures that the upper-level likes.
The higher-ups were already very sorry that he was not the chief director of the opening ceremony, and they would definitely not let him miss the torch relay again.
Not only him, but also Cheng Long, Jet Li, Liu Yifei, Zhang Guorong and others, as outstanding representatives of the film and television industry, were fortunate to participate in this torch relay.
Because Wu Yuan and Liu Yifei were registered in Beijing, they ran the last section, and each served as an Olympic torchbearer outside the third and fifth ring roads.
Each person also received a torch with his own number as a souvenir.
After running the torch relay, there was only one important thing left this month.
The opening ceremony of the Olympics on August 8!
In fact, the Ministry of Culture was still very concerned about Wu Yuan, a figure in the entertainment industry, and sent him tickets for the event in advance.
But due to some factors, Wu Yuan still did not choose to go to the event in person, and simply gave away the tickets as a welfare lottery at the company.
Three girls from the Finance Department and two guys from the Publicity Department were lucky enough to get tickets. Maybe because of this event, they could even form two couples.
As for Wu Yuan himself, he was lying comfortably at home, sitting in front of the TV with Liu Yifei and her daughter, waiting for the live broadcast.
The 55-inch TV was enough to broadcast the grand event of the opening ceremony clearly to the three of them.
However, this Olympic opening ceremony was different from what Wu Yuan remembered.
With the participation of the Light and Shadow Times Special Effects Company, Zhang Yimou played a big one at the beginning of the opening ceremony.
The footstep countdown formed by the fireworks was still there, but on the footstep countdown, a giant holding a torch appeared in the air!
This was the TV special effect produced by the Light and Shadow Times Special Effects Company for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in half a year.
If you watch it on site, of course you can only see the fireworks, not the giant running in the air.
But if you sit in front of the TV and watch it, you can see a golden giant, following the footsteps of the fireworks, stepping on it and running towards the Bird's Nest step by step.
When the 700 million to 800 million viewers nationwide and more than 1 billion overseas viewers around the world saw this scene, countless exclamations came out of their mouths.
Special effects technology is not rare, but the special effects images "calculated in real time" on TV are very novel.
Yes, because there are real-time fireworks on the scene to guide, many viewers in front of the TV subconsciously think that this golden giant is also a real-time calculated image.
Shock!
Countless foreigners whose impression of China is still stuck in the red period of the 1950s and 1960s were stunned when they saw this scene!
Is China's technology so powerful?
And the city full of high-rise buildings and bright lights in the background is actually the capital of China, isn't it New York or Los Angeles?
Perhaps, after the opening ceremony, more and more people will react, or through newspapers, networks and other media, know that this scene is actually a video prepared in advance, but it was cleverly cut into the live broadcast screen.
But their sense of shock at this moment will definitely remain in their hearts forever, and they will think of it again at every opening ceremony of the Olympics in the future.
"Wow, it's so beautiful." Liu Yifei pointed at the TV with a smile: "Brother, this was made by your company, right?"
"Yes," Wu Yuan nodded: "Phyllis and his team made it for Director Yimou when they were free from special effects work on Gravity. It took half a year."
"It's mainly because they are too busy. If they work hard, it can be done in a month."
Phyllis and his team, whom Wu Yuan hired from Industrial Light and Magic, can now be said to be happy in China.
The living conditions in the capital are not much different from those in big cities in the United States. At least the life is very comfortable. There is no shortage of Western restaurants, the transportation is convenient, and there are many bar streets.
It only took a month for them to adapt to life in the capital and enjoy it.
Who wouldn’t be happy if you get American wages and enjoy China’s consumption level?
Several special effects artists who have family members are considering whether to bring their wives and children over.
Anyway, there are bilingual or even English-teaching schools in Beijing. After you have learned enough, it will be no problem to go back to a university in the United States.
Wu Yuan was very happy to see this and even gave them another 10% salary increase.
Not just to retain them, but also because they have indeed trained a group of Chinese special effects artists for the Light and Shadow Era Special Effects Company, and they have no secrets.
Therefore, he also plans to give some of the special effects for "Interstellar" to the Light and Shadow Times special effects company to give these new Chinese special effects artists more practice.
Of course, the bulk of the work will definitely have to be done by companies like Industrial Trolls in the United States. The scale of the special effects for "Interstellar" this time is a bit large and cannot be accomplished by this small team alone.
"The five-star red flag is fluttering in the wind, and the victory song is so loud."
"Sing our dear motherland and move towards prosperity and strength from now on."
Before you knew it, the Olympic Games opening ceremony was already halfway through, and the whole scene was no different from what Wu Yuan had in mind.
Lin Miaoke also stood in the center of the stage and sang "Ode to the Motherland" with a loud voice.
"Lin Miao is awesome." Wu Yuan looked at the TV with some emotion.
She and Xiao Caiqi should be regarded as the two most regrettable child stars.
One debuted at the Olympic opening ceremony, the other debuted on the Spring Festival Gala stage, both left a deep impression on audiences across the country, but later failed to gain a foothold in the entertainment industry.
It is really difficult for child stars to make a transition and truly break into the entertainment industry as adults.
After counting, only the two from "Family with Children", Guan Xiaotong, the little princess from Beijing, and little Nezha can be regarded as really successful.
Speaking of which, Yang Niao and Zhang Yishan from "Family with Children" are still working for Light and Shadow Era.
Just because the whole country is paying attention to the Olympics, it doesn't mean that the crews that are already in production will stop working because of it.
There are currently no big movie projects in the Light and Shadow Era, but TV series projects have been advancing in an orderly manner.
After the filming of "Soul Ferry" was completed, the company immediately started filming two more TV series.
One is "The Heirs" and the other is "Let's Get Married."
The former is a pure campus idol drama, a very clichéd story about Cinderella and the rich second generation, but now there is a huge market for TV dramas with this theme.
No matter what, "The Heirs" is better than "Let's Watch the Meteor Shower".
In this TV series, Yang Niao and Zhang Yishan participated. They are both 16 years old this year, so they are just right to play high school students.
"Let's Get Married" still cast Gao Yuanyuan and Huang Haibo. They performed well enough, so there was no need to replace them.
Therefore, although the whole country is paying attention to the Olympic Games, the crew of Light and Shadow Era is still filming in an orderly manner.
Wu Yuan is still thinking about whether to arrange a TV series for Liu Yifei.
My little girlfriend is too lazy. She only makes one movie every year and then doesn’t take on other roles.
This won't work. Although her movie results are very good, in terms of national status, she has been resting on her laurels from "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
Moreover, she has been unable to enter the Korean market, which makes Wu Yuan a little regretful.
If you don’t win the Korean market, how can you have the nerve to say you are an Asian superstar?
The reason why Zhang Guorong was recognized as an Asian superstar back then was because he not only conquered the Japanese market, but also the Korean market. He was the idol of a generation of Korean aunts!
It’s just that the Korean market is too exclusive right now. Except for Hollywood movie stars, stars from other Asian countries have no way to break into the Korean market.
But Wu Yuan just didn't believe in this evil.
The Korean market is not impenetrable.
He broadcast the entire "Reply 1988" and the entire "The Lonely and Brilliant God: Ghost" through streaming media platforms, bypassing the three major TV stations in South Korea. If you don't believe it, he really won't be able to attract Korean audiences!
Isn’t this how Netflix relied on to enter the exclusive Korean market?
If I don't cooperate with your local TV station controlled by the chaebols, I just build a streaming media platform myself. Do you have the ability to block the international Internet?
Of course, everyone in Hollywood knows that good news should not go to outsiders. Of course Wu Yuan also understands this truth.
"The Lonely and Brilliant God and Ghost" can actually be played by Liu Yifei. As a high school girl, her looks are not bad.
The kissing scene can be replaced with a borrowed scene, or it can be changed directly. Anyway, this drama focuses on the aesthetic style, and does not rely on kissing scenes or passionate scenes to advance the plot.
If Li Dongxu and Kong Liu are brought in to match Liu Yifei, wouldn't it be easy for her to break into the Korean market?
Thinking of this, Wu Yuan's mind was no longer on the opening ceremony. He turned around and said to his little girlfriend: "Sissi, please free up your schedule in the first half of next year."
"In the first half of next year, the company has a very important TV series that will break into Korea. You should play the heroine."
"We will shoot "Interstellar" again in the second half of next year."
After hearing this, Liu Yifei didn't say anything, but Liu Xiaoli, who had been sitting quietly beside her, frowned first.
"Filming a TV series?"
"Isn't this a bit of a loss of status for Xixi?"