Chapter 588 Domestic Planning

What price did Disney offer John to make him willing to stay with tens of millions of dividends?

To be honest, Wu Yuan really couldn't guess, and he didn't want to dig deep.

John was indeed not old, not even fifty this year, and Wu Yuan's retirement was just a joke.

If he was a person without pursuit, he could stop working and enjoy life with tens of millions.

But John was not a person without pursuit.

He loved the job of producer. Although he always complained about Wu Yuan's hands-off boss, he was never vague and enjoyed it.

It was probably not so easy to let him give up all his work now.

In addition, the salary offered by Disney was probably not low, which made John tempted.

Without intending to explore too much in this regard, Wu Yuan said directly: "John, you can make your own decision, no need to ask me."

"No matter what decision you make, I support it."

"Okay." John nodded heavily and exhaled slowly.

Not to mention, he was still worried that Wu Yuan would mind. After all, he was in the same trench with Wu Yuan. Now that Wu Yuan had sold the company, he wanted to stay, which was a little bit of "parting ways" or even "turning against each other".

Fortunately, Wu Yuan didn't think so at all.

"That's it for now. I'm a little tired from the negotiations today. I'm going home to rest."

"Starting tomorrow, I will join the post-production of "The Martian" and try to finish the post-production of this movie as soon as possible."

"I hope it can be scheduled before the end of the year."

After saying goodbye to John, Wu Yuan went straight back to his villa in Los Angeles.

He really wanted to rest, but the rest was not long.

After sleeping for a while, I don't know whether it was jet lag or a nap, Wu Yuan ate something simple at around 4 pm, then returned to the study, turned on his laptop and started working.

With the "end" of his career in North America, Wu Yuan had to focus more on China.

Oh, it's not about his company's business, but his personal development direction.

That is his next film shooting plan.

In recent years, the domestic film market has really improved.

Especially since the next two years, after "Lost in Thailand" and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" have successively exceeded 1 billion yuan in box office, the domestic film market has also reached the billion level.

The total box office of mainland films in 2013 exceeded 20 billion, and this is just the beginning.

There is no doubt that such a thriving and rising film market has allowed Wu Yuan, an "international tycoon", to enter the market.

In the past nearly ten years, Wu Yuan has made many movies in China, but if you really want to count them, only one "Gravity" can be regarded as a blockbuster.

And in fact, if "Gravity" is put in Hollywood, it can't be regarded as an S-level blockbuster. At most, it can only be regarded as an entry-level movie. It can't be compared with real blockbusters such as "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Lord of the Rings", "Avatar" and "Star Wars".

It's not that Wu Yuan doesn't want to make such a blockbuster, but the Chinese film market can't accommodate such a blockbuster.

Before this, the so-called Chinese blockbusters that were taken for granted in China were mostly historical themes + Hong Kong and Taiwan superstars, and such a combination was considered a Chinese blockbuster.

And Chinese historical themes movies, with their unique oriental classical aesthetics, did occupy a place in the world for a time.

It's a pity that the emergence of such Chinese blockbusters can only be regarded as a flash in the pan.

Chinese historical blockbusters are too difficult for foreigners to understand. Even though Zhang Yimou and those directors in Hong Kong have tried to simplify the story and the background, except for countries like Japan that have a very good understanding of Chinese history, most foreign audiences just watch for fun.

Watching one or two movies, you may be interested in the gorgeous Chinese classical costumes and aesthetics in the movie, but after watching a few more, you will quickly lose interest.

In the past two years, the number of so-called costume blockbusters in the mainland has been decreasing.

Instead, there are more and more so-called "Chinese fantasy movies", starting with Wu Yuan's "Painted Skin" and then "Along with the Gods", which completely opened up Chinese magic and fantasy movies. In recent years, Chinese fairy tales, demons and classic IPs such as "Painted Wall", "Legend of the White Snake", "Journey to the West" and "Eight Immortals" have been put on the big screen.

Under the gimmick of 3D special effects, many movies have indeed achieved good box office results.

Not to mention that in the upcoming Spring Festival, there will be a "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" that will completely ignite the theme of Chinese fantasy and magic movies.

If you want to follow this trend, Wu Yuan's next Chinese film will definitely be the most suitable for this theme, and it can be a real blockbuster!

After all, he himself is also a pioneer of Chinese magic movies. "Painted Skin 1" was the annual box office champion.

However, after thinking carefully, Wu Yuan gave up this seemingly optimal choice.

He really doesn't want to make fantasy or magic movies, and he doesn't have any obsession with "blockbuster movies". It's not that he won't make any unless it's a blockbuster.

From "Pirates of the Caribbean" to "Painted Skin" later, half of the "blockbuster movies" he made were fantasy movies, and the remaining half were science fiction movies.

These two themes are no longer challenging for him.

If he wanted to seek safety, then he would definitely make "Monster Hunt". Although the box office of this movie was a little inflated, it is indeed a movie that conforms to the trend of the times and is the culmination of the magical five years from 2014 to 2017 in the mainland.

But as a director who has already achieved success and has achieved great success in the field of box office and awards, Wu Yuan still has some personal pursuits.

He does have some resistance to this kind of purely commercial film, which is simply made for the purpose of box office.

He would rather make some movies that are both commercial and meaningful, not the kind of popcorn movies that you just laugh at after watching.

For example, movies like "Dangal" and "Dying to Survive".

Sitting in front of the computer, facing a blank screen, Wu Yuan was thinking about which movie to choose as the next shooting plan.

"Dangal" is very good, with high intentions and inspiration, but it is an Indian film, which is adapted from the story of a legendary Indian boxer.

Later, Wang Baoqiang followed this routine and filmed "In the Octagon" based on a true story in China.

If he wanted to film "Dangal", it would be quite troublesome to solve the problem of the source of the story. He had to go to India.

The movie "Dying to Survive" was indeed good, but the prototype of the story, Lu Yong, was not sued by the court until 2014, and the case was not tried until 2015.

If he made this movie now, it would be too early.

After thinking about it, he started to tap on the keyboard.

On the blank document on the screen, a line of title appeared:

"Dear - Lost and Orphan" (End of this chapter)