rising director

Get in the car and go back, at the entrance of the hotel, Wan Xiaohu opens the door and gets out of the car, rolling his eyes.Holding the car door again, he said to Jessica, "Hi, just remembered, I'm not going back to China tomorrow, can I invite the beautiful Miss Jessica to a coffee shop for a cup of coffee?"

Jessica opened her beautiful eyes with a smile on the corner of her mouth: "Ger, are you asking me out?"

"Why not?"

"Then." Jessica smiled sweetly, "See you tomorrow."

"Oh, yes! See you tomorrow."

After making an appointment with Jessica, Wan Xiaohu had a comfortable sleep at night to recharge his energy. In the afternoon of the next day, he drank coffee with Jessica and then had a western meal.Feeling a bit of a sign, like this, in the wonderful dating atmosphere, Wan Xiaohu flew back to the capital.

"Jessica, when I saw you, I came up with the idea of ​​making a movie for you. I believe that I will write the script soon. You may be invited to make a movie in China. You have to be prepared."

Before parting, Wan Xiaohu said to Jessica.

……

On May 2003, 5, Wan Xiaohu finally returned to Beijing with a copy of "Saw".

It has only been more than a month since he left, and the mainland's controversy over him is still being hyped.

When he was in the United States, he had a heart higher than the sky and was about to start filming "Chain Saw", so he couldn't write an open letter calmly, and then he was criticized.Now that I have returned to China, and the filming is over, I feel that it is perfect, and when I feel the discussion about him, I no longer have the impulse at that time.

"Dandelion's crisis public relations ability is too weak, Su Ya, the next step is to expand the public relations department, and do a good job of public relations and contact with major media and portal websites. I can't let this kind of unscrupulous smear me in the future. and the behavior of dandelions."

"I'm already doing this. Now Dandelion is developing too fast, and many places have not kept up with the rhythm. Many omissions have gradually been exposed. I believe that after targeted development and compensation, this situation will not happen again, and will not let Your reputation as a great director has been damaged."

"I don't care about my reputation. Now I don't care much about fame and fortune." Wan Xiaohu stretched his waist, "It's really terrible to work hard for more than a month. You don't know how much I eat if you eat too much American food. Longing for the food from my hometown, what kind of national dishes are cooked in those Chinese restaurants, it doesn’t suit my appetite at all!”

"Hehe, I thought you lived too chicly in the United States and forgot about our hometown."

"I can't forget what I say. Whenever night comes, I stand by the sea and look at my hometown..."

"Okay, don't be sensational. Come back now, do you want to take a break? After working for more than a month, you have lost a lot of weight. Why are you working so hard?"

"Have I lost weight?" Wan Xiaohu touched his face, feeling that he is not as fleshy as before, "I can't help it, it's the first time I'm filming a movie in Hollywood, and it's a temporary idea, and I don't want to delay "The Wind" Too much time, so I can only hurry up. Fortunately, everything ended smoothly. There is no need to rest, I notified the crew before returning to China, and I will go to Bincheng to start filming the day after tomorrow."

"Workaholic." Su Ya complained.

"The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard!"

"I can't tell you."

"Aren't I going to take a day off tomorrow?" Wan Xiaohu cared about Su Ya's concern and comforted her with a smile.

Unfortunately, his consolation failed to materialize.The news of his return to China leaked out that day, and a large group of reporters rushed over.There are also several TV programs that invite Wan Xiaohu to participate.In this regard, Wan Xiaohu refused all of them, and did not accept interviews with reporters. He planned to sleep at home for a day, and then went to work.

But on second thought.After being the protagonist for a month, the reporter didn't know what to do if he didn't show up again.

In the end, I had no choice but to choose a talk show, "Interview with Yang Lan", to talk about my life and feelings during this period of time.

As a high-end talk show, adhering to the program concept of "recording the spiritual imprint of the times", "Interview with Yang Lan" invites elite leaders in various fields such as politics, economy, and culture, which is more in line with Wan Xiaohu's positioning of himself. It's the elite.

Wan Xiaohu didn't have much time.So we started recording the show the next afternoon.

……

"The directors after the fifth generation of directors, there is such a director, he is called the first generation director, but he does not have the sense of belonging to the first director. The styles of his films are very different, often creating a precedent in the history of Chinese films. From 200 In less than three years since the first movie in [-], he has broken many records."

"He is one of the youngest directors in China and even in the world. He is the first mainland director to earn more than [-] million US dollars in box office in North America. The total box office of the film has exceeded [-] million US dollars, and it is well-deserved as a director of [-] million yuan."

"He is Wan Xiaohu, a 23-year-old film director, the first director in the Mainland known as a business master. It is a great honor to invite Wan Xiaohu to the scene today. Welcome Wan Xiaohu."

On the week of May 5, "Interview with Yang Lan" began to be broadcast on Beijing TV and Sun TV. As the most high-end talk show in the mainland, it has a wide audience and has been widely praised.And today.What was aired was an interview titled "The Movie With the Eyes of Wan Xiaohu", an interview with the most watched director Wan Xiaohu in the mainland.

This is Wan Xiaohu's first appearance in the media since Mtime.com's open letter.

From the beginning of the show, it attracted a large number of viewers, including fans who had scolded or stood up to Wan Xiaohu.

On the TV, the audience applauded, and Wan Xiaohu, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, walked up to the studio table with a calm pace.

"Hello, Tiger."

"Hello, Yang Lan. Hello everyone." Wan Xiaohu shook hands with Yang Lan, and then sat on the chair.

"You are very handsome in this outfit today, and with your hairstyle, you look like a star."

Wan Xiaohu raised his eyebrows: "Everyone says that among Chinese directors, the tallest is Guan Hu, and the most handsome is Wan Xiaohu."

"Haha." The audience below laughed.Speaking of which, Wan Xiaohu is not handsome, but people rely on clothes, and wearing this famous brand suit on the upper body will reveal their temperament.

"Just came back from America?"

"Yes, I just finished filming a movie, so I rushed back to continue filming "The Wind"."

Yang Lan asked: "Many people are very strange. They said that Wan Xiaohu, you filmed "The Wind". After filming, you ran to the United States and went to Hollywood to make movies. Tell us, what do you think and why? Stopped the filming of "The Wind"?"

Wan Xiaohu nodded: "It's embarrassing to say, I went to the United States because of the company's business, and didn't I say before that I wanted to make a cartoon, "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" has come out, but "Qin Shi Mingyue" is a bit difficult, especially In terms of [-]D animation, we don’t have the strength in many technical aspects, so we went to the United States to set up a research center to do technical reserve work. And because I wrote a few scripts before, I wanted to find someone to shoot them as a kind of animation. invest."

"Ah, are you going to invest in someone else's script?"

"It's like this. Dandelion has tried some film and television investment in the international market very early, mainly at a small cost for the time being, as a test."

"Why did you come to shoot in the end?"

Wan Xiaohu shook his head: "Because the cost is very low, only 200 million US dollars, and the director we were looking for, they asked for millions of director fees, and no one's money came from the flood, so we couldn't reach an agreement. In the end I couldn’t find a director, so I said, okay, I’ll do it myself.”

0214【Looking back】

"In other words, you were forced to take up the position of director, not the current rumors, because you had plans to enter Hollywood, and then you passed."

"No, no, I always feel that my current ability is still insufficient. If you go to an unfamiliar film industry system to shoot movies, your culture and thinking will definitely resist. If you still can't create movies with ease, you The ability to overcome these resistances has not yet been achieved, and if you go, there will definitely be problems.”

"Many people say that you went to Hollywood to make movies because your self-confidence inflated. Now it seems that you still have a very clear understanding of yourself, and you have not inflated yourself because of your previous success." Yang Lan spoke very tensely. They didn't go through the rehearsal, they just read the interview draft before.

After a pause, Yang Lan changed the topic again: "In the 4nd Hong Kong Film Awards held on April 6 this year, "Infernal Affairs" won seven awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best The best screenwriter and the best actor are such heavyweight awards. Unfortunately, you were not able to make it to the scene, and some people even said that the reason why you went to Hollywood to make a movie was to avoid Hong Kong. Do you think there is something in this regard reason?"

In the 2002nd Hong Kong Film Awards in 22, "Infernal Affairs" was still a bumper harvest. It was nominated for [-] nominations and won seven awards for best film, director, screenwriter, leading actor, supporting actor, editing, and original song. awards. "Infernal Affairs" and "Hero" competed on the same stage. "Hero" only won seven technical awards, which can be said to be completely defeated by "Infernal Affairs".

This was an opportunity to shine.It's just that Wan Xiaohu had decided to shoot "Chain Saw" at that time and did not attend the award ceremony.In fact, it's not just him, Wan Xiaohu. The main creator of "Hero" Zhang Yimou and other mainland actors and directors did not attend the awards ceremony.

The corruption in Hong Kong is even more serious than the corruption in Dongguang, and everyone is in danger.

Wan Xiaohu's refusal to attend the awards ceremony was naturally due to his fear of suicide. He hadn't enjoyed a good enough life yet, so he didn't want to take the risk of going to the hardest-hit areas.Once recruited, even if the disease is cured, there will be sequelae, and life will be ruined.

This year's awards ceremony was also the one with the lowest atmosphere, with the Communist Party of China, the Iraq War, and Leslie Cheung's suicide.Let the party cast a shadow.

The originally hyped contest between Andy Lau and Leung Chiu Wai for best actor was also widely publicized that it might be awarded directly to Leslie Cheung in commemoration of Leslie Cheung.But in the end, it happened to Andy Lau, who lost the Golden Horse Award, and Hua Tsai was overjoyed.He won his second Academy Award for Best Actor in his life.