Chapter 75 In the Capital

In the Wu family courtyard in Beijing, which had been empty for a long time.

Putting down his luggage, Wu Yuan lay on the bed in a big letter shape, stretched lazily, and sighed.

"Huh, I finally relaxed."

In the first half of this year, Wu Yuan was almost crazy busy.

Editing the film of "Departures", participating in the Berlin International Film Festival, going to the United States to prepare for "Pirates of the Caribbean", participating in the Oscars, and after returning to China, he supervised Zhang Guorong's "Stealing Hearts"!

From January to the end of May, Wu Yuan was busy, and finally he had some free time, and he could finally rest for a while without worrying about anything.

The domestic release of "Departures" has basically ended, and it finally won 56 million in the mainland box office, which is second only to "Harry Potter 1" released in January!

It is temporarily ranked first in the box office of domestic films this year!

The release of "Departures" in other regions abroad is also in full swing. Apart from the regions where the copyright has been sold, the release situation in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and other countries reserved by China Film is also very encouraging!

Both Japan and South Korea have set off a viewing craze for "Departures".

RB is because the core selling point of this movie is simply too much in line with the appetite of RB audiences.

Korean audiences are mainly going for Zhang Guorong, who is a real superstar in South Korea!

"Departures" has achieved good results of 600 million yen and 800,000 people watching in the first week in both countries!

The final Asian total box office of "Departures" should be no problem to break 100 million yuan!

However, Wu Yuan knows that by the end of the year, a movie called "Hero" will have a box office of 250 million in the mainland, 53.7 million US dollars in North American box office, and a global total box office of 177 million US dollars!

The release of this movie ended the nearly ten-year slump in the mainland film market and is considered a milestone work in the "blockbuster era" of Chinese films.

In front of "Hero", the box office of "Departures" is definitely not enough and cannot beat it.

However, China Film and Wu Yuan are very satisfied with the performance of "Departures". The investment cost of this movie is only 20 million RMB.

The box office in Asia has exceeded 100 million, plus the distribution and sale of 6.82 million US dollars, the return on investment of this movie is already very high.

This is an art film!

Now Mr. Han is so satisfied with Wu Yuan, and he hints to him every day, openly and secretly, when to start a new movie, art film or commercial film, China Film will definitely help!

Mr. Han knows that Wu Yuan will go to the United States in October to shoot "Pirates of the Caribbean", and this news is basically no secret in Hollywood.

But there are still five months, if Wu Yuan rushes, he can shoot another movie in China!

It's just that Wu Yuan is really tired of the intensive and busy work in the past two years. He really doesn't want to start a new movie anymore. He just wants to give himself a vacation and have a good rest.

One month later

"Teacher, can you assign me a room in the doctoral dormitory of the school?"

"My house needs to be renovated, and I have no place to live recently!"

"Okay, thank you teacher!"

After hanging up the phone, Wu Yuan picked up a suitcase full of clothes and some valuables, and said to the decoration masters in front of him with a smile: "Then I will leave my yard to you.

"It's fine as long as the renovation can be completed before the New Year. I'm not in a hurry. ”

After returning to Beijing to rest for more than a month, Wu Yuan, who already had a lot of spare money, was a little dissatisfied with the old house he had lived in for 20 years.

The Wu family's courtyard house had not been renovated for nearly 60 years since it was renovated once in the 1950s.

There was not even air conditioning in several of the side rooms, which basically maintained the original appearance of the courtyard house in the late Qing Dynasty.

Seeing that summer was coming, it would have been fine if there were no conditions before, but now that there was this condition, how could Wu Yuan endure the summer without even an air-conditioned room!

So he spent a huge amount of money to hire a decoration team, intending to give this courtyard house a thorough modern renovation, not only to be equipped with various modern electrical appliances, but also to renovate the floors and walls.

But before the house was renovated, he only temporarily moved into the school.

Carrying two suitcases, Wu Yuan took a taxi and went to the Beijing Film Academy.

On the way, he was still thinking about whether he should take the time to get a driver's license. Now he has money and a house, but he lacks a car for transportation !

The Film Academy is on vacation in July, but the school is still very lively.

Many freshmen who came to adapt to life in advance, led by their parents, wandered around and got familiar with the school where they will live for four years in the future.

Wu Yuan, who also pulled two suitcases, was inconspicuous in the crowd.

Although his photos were all over newspapers at the beginning of the year, as the popularity gradually passed, Wu Yuan's appearance was soon forgotten by most ordinary people.

After all, he is a director and a behind-the-scenes worker, and he does not appear in front of the screen frequently.

In addition, Wu Yuan's current outfit of short-sleeved jeans is completely different from his appearance in the newspapers in a suit and tie.

Most students and parents who passed by him may feel that Wu Yuan looks familiar for a few moments, but they can't recognize who he is.

The Film Academy is really not short of celebrities, and it is normal to see a few familiar people.

Similarly, when Wu Yuan walked to the school's master and doctoral dormitory building, he also met many "familiar" people.

Many students from the Performance Department of the Film Academy did not choose to go home this summer, but stayed in Beijing to find filming opportunities.

The crews filming in Beijing often come to the Film Academy to audition actors during the summer, just like a college job fair.

Passing by the teaching building in the north area of ​​the school, Wu Yuan saw "familiar" actors such as Dong Xuan, Che Xiao, Zhang Songwen, Zhou Yiwei, Jia Nailiang, and Ma Su, shuttling between several temporary audition sheds and handing out resumes everywhere.

Among these students, there are undergraduates and vocational high school students. They are all sweating profusely, holding their resumes tightly in their hands and trying to find opportunities.

The crews that can come to the Film Academy to recruit actors are all regular large crews. Being able to join the crew to play a role is definitely an important resume for students in the Film Academy.

Wu Yuan also stopped and looked around. They were all large-scale dramas with large investments or CCTV participating to select actors, but the highest person in charge on the scene was only the deputy casting director.

It is estimated that they will only recruit a few role actors who can have a few lines or only have 1-2 episodes.

After a rough glance, Wu Yuan suddenly saw a familiar drama title.

"The Golden Age is recruiting role actors! At least 3 lines!"

The Golden Age!

Wu Yuan slapped his forehead. This TV series was filmed at the film and television base in Huairou, Beijing, and the male lead is his good friend Chen Kun!

Anyway, I am free now, the school is not open, and I have no other work at hand. Why not take advantage of this free time to visit Chen Kun!

Wu Yuan, who always does things as soon as he thinks of it, took out his mobile phone and called Chen Kun.

"Hello, Brother Kun, are you still filming in Huairou?"

However, it was not him who answered the phone, but his assistant.

"Director Wu, I'm sorry, I'm Xiao Liu, Kun's assistant. Kun is currently filming. I'll ask Kun to get back to you later?"

"No need." Wu Yuan smiled brightly: "I'm just asking, is Kun still filming "Golden Fans" in Huairou?"

"Yes, that's right."

"That's fine, tell him, I'll visit him in a few days!"

"I'll bring a truckload of big watermelons to your crew, guaranteed sweets!"

Sweets tomorrow