Chapter 225 Olympic Bid Ambassador

After Scissors has reviewed it, Wu Yuchen plans to arrange for "Infernal Affairs" to be released simultaneously in three places on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, so that it can live up to this classic.

Oh, by the way, I have to say something special. Because of Wu Yuchen's modifications to the movie script, the crew deliberately added Wu Yuchen's name to the screenwriter, and also added his name to the producer column.

When Wu Yuchen learned about this, he just smiled. He knew that on the one hand, this was an attempt to please Liu Weiqiang and others, and on the other hand, of course, he wanted to use his reputation as the current leading Chinese director to increase the popularity of "Infernal Affairs". "Tao" exposure. He doesn't object to this, since it's good for the movie anyway! He invested in the movie, so everything he makes is his!

At this point, Cai Yinong paused, and then spoke again: "Director Wu, there is some trouble with "Shaolin Soccer"."

"What's wrong?" Wu Yuchen asked.

"The review side encountered some problems and got stuck."

Hearing what Cai Yinong said, Wu Yuchen also remembered that "Shaolin Football" had not been introduced to the mainland in his previous life, so he asked: "What's going on?"

Cai Yinong explained:

"I went to find people to inquire about it, and there were two reasons. On the one hand, some people felt that the subject matter of our movie was a bit sensitive, that is, the description of the football league in the movie was too dark, and some people were not happy after hearing about it. "

Anyone who has watched "Shaolin Football" knows that the Devil Team in it is the big boss. Not only did they take illegal drugs, but they were also involved in various shady activities such as gambling and black whistle.

Wu Yuchen raised his eyebrows when he heard this. Is this a fictional league in "Shaolin Football" that can hurt someone's feet? However, he thought about the current domestic football environment. It has always been in a mud pit and has never been clean. These days, it is obvious and dark, and there is all kinds of collusion.

In 1998, Wang Jianlin's Wanda was furious because of the shady scandal and announced that it would permanently withdraw from Chinese football. The aftermath of this matter is still unresolved. No wonder some people don't react after hearing about "Shaolin Football" I'm so happy. I'm afraid that people will think of them after watching the movie!

Wu Yuchen did not comment and asked: "What's the other reason?"

Cai Yinong continued: "Some religious people said that this film made fun of the Shaolin Temple and hurt the feelings of some religious people."

Wu Yuchen couldn't help but shook his head when he heard this. He knew they were Buddhist people. He probably thought that the football players and monks from the Shaolin Temple in the movie were too unruly. They smoked, drank, had their hair permed, and danced and danced. , disgraceful to the name.

In fact, Hong Kong movies have always had a lot of spoof elements, not to mention Zhou Xingxing's nonsensical style. But if you want to say that he deliberately disrespected Buddhism, that’s definitely not true. Hong Kong Island is far more superstitious than the mainland, and many people don’t dare to disrespect these ghosts and gods.

At this time, a sentence came into Wu Yuchen's mind, lies will not hurt people, the truth is the sharp edge.

"Shaolin Football" is obviously an exaggerated and nonsensical comedy movie, but its exaggerated effect inadvertently stung the domestic football community and the Shaolin Temple. It’s no wonder that Previous Life couldn’t be introduced to the mainland for release.

But Wu Yuchen is not too worried, because this thing cannot actually be launched online. I am a funny and nonsensical movie, why are you so serious with me?

Wu Yuchen plans to ask in person at that time. To put it bluntly, these two groups of people are also cross-border and do not have direct control rights. It mainly depends on the opinions of the scissors.

In his previous life, Zhou Xingxing couldn't figure it out because he had no foundation in the mainland. He, Director Wu, had to give him some face when he went to the Scissors family.

"Mr. Cai, I will take some time to resolve the matter of "Shaolin Soccer" and I will tell you some news."

Hearing Wu Yuchen's words, Cai Yinong felt relieved. As long as Wu Yuchen takes action, this matter should be solved.

As the door opened, Jiang Qinqin threw herself into Wu Yuchen's arms, hugged him and took a bite.

After letting go, Wu Yuchen asked with a smile: "Do you miss me?"

Jiang Qinqin snorted softly: "I didn't miss you~"

As Wu Yuchen followed her into the house, she heard singing coming from the stereo:

"Love goes too fast, like a tornado

I can't bear it, I have nowhere to hide

I don’t want to think about it anymore, I don’t want to think about it anymore

I don’t, I don’t, I don’t want to miss you anymore”

Wu Yuchen pinched Jiang Qinqin's waist: "Hey, you really don't want to do it? It's a waste that I didn't even care about my parents the first time I came back and came here to see you~"

Jiang Qinqin hurriedly took two steps to turn off the playing music and explained: "It's a little singer who has become famous recently. I was just listening to it!"

Wu Yuchen clicked his tongue twice when he heard this. Now Jielun is what people call a little singer! Who would have thought that he would become the king of Chinese music later on?

But to be honest, the year 2000 was still in the golden age of the Chinese music scene. Not only Jay Lun's new album, but also many new styles of works flooded into the market. Sun Yanzi's "It's Dark" overcame Jay Lun to win the Best New Artist, Liang Jingru's "Courage" became popular, Dr. Chen's "King of Karaoke" was so popular, Mayday's "Tenderness" at this time is still really sung, Lee Hom hasn't been ruined yet. The song "Descendants of the Dragon" has been sung across the Taiwan Strait and three places. It can be said that a hundred flowers are blooming.

It's just that this period in the Chinese music scene where gods and gods are fighting, we really have to cherish it, because every year will be a year less.

Wu Yuchen smiled and said: "If you really like to listen to his songs, I will ask him to sing to you in person when you come back~"

This is not Wu Yuchen's bragging. Just now he was thinking about letting Cai Yinong lure Jay Chou to Little White Bear. Now Jay Chou has just released an album and is not very famous yet. The current Little White Bear Media Company is quite famous in Hong Kong and Taiwan. With F4, a popular and successful group here, many artists naturally yearn for Little White Bear.

Moreover, Xiao Zhou’s boss Wu Zongxian probably sold the Alpha Entertainment company where Jay Chou, Fang Wenshan and others worked in the past two years. Therefore, he bought Jay Chou over and asked Jiang Qinqin to listen to his recordings live. The songs are fine.

Jiang Qinqin immediately shook her head: "No need~ I didn't buy this CD, Bingbing gave it to me, I'm just listening to it and playing it!"

When Wu Yuchen heard this, his heart moved, and he still kept a smile on his face and asked, "Oh? You have a good relationship with Fan Bingbing now?"

Jiang Qinqin smiled and said: "Bingbing is a very nice person. He comes to visit me when he has nothing to do, and chats with me. He brings me gifts every time he comes back from an outing, and he often humbly asks me for advice on acting skills. How can he be like you?" Been walking for a few months~"

After Jiang Qinqin finished speaking, she rolled her eyes at Wu Yuchen to express her dissatisfaction.

Wu Yuchen saw that Jiang Qinqin seemed to regard Fan Bingbing as a good sister, and he couldn't help but sigh, Fan Bingbing, you girl has a lot of skills!

Wu Yuchen also nodded in agreement: "Very good, very good. I will take care of her more in the future."

Jiang Qinqin also smiled with satisfaction when she heard this, and then asked Wu Yuchen: "Hey, aren't you going back tonight?"

"If you don't reply, I told my parents to go back to see them tomorrow. I will spend the best time with you today!"

When Jiang Qinqin heard this, she immediately smiled brightly and pulled Wu Yuchen towards the dining table: "Come on, I'll give you a taste of our mountain town's specialties. I've been preparing for a long time!"

Wu Yuchen immediately smiled and said: "That's good, I'm almost starving for Chinese food over there in America, no matter how bad you do it, I can still swallow it!"

Jiang Qinqin patted Wu Yuchen, wrinkled her nose and said, "What a difference! My skills are good!"

"Okay, okay, let me try the fairy's craftsmanship!"

…

The next day, Beijing Xinqiao Hotel, after the Beijing 2008 Olympic Bid Committee was established in 1999, relevant personnel worked on the sixth floor here.

When Wu Yuchen arrived, someone came to greet him, took the initiative to shake hands with him and said with a smile: "Director Wu, you are finally back. We are all waiting for you to come and receive this certificate!"

Wu Yuchen also immediately apologized: "I blame me. The Americans are not letting people go until things are finished. I have to hurry up and hurry up before I can get back. I have wasted everyone's time! I'm really sorry!"

"It's okay, it's okay. I know you're busy. It doesn't matter that we're here all the time. It's just that Cheng Long's time is hard to come by. Fortunately, you came back in time this time!"

After a while, Wu Yuchen followed the people from the Olympic Bid Committee to the office. Then they took out a certificate, but did not give it directly to Wu Yuchen, and then took Wu Yuchen to the second floor of the hotel.

In the conference room here, Cheng Long happened to be here. After seeing Wu Yuchen, he immediately came over and gave him a warm hug: "Director Wu, I am really lucky to be appointed as the Olympic bid ambassador with you this time!"

After he let go, he joked to Wu Yuchen: "But this time I arrived earlier than you, but I got the first quota and got the employment certificate first. I am the first image ambassador of Beijing's Olympic bid!"

Wu Yuchen laughed and said: "Brother Long, you are so famous now. You are an international star. Your reputation has spread all over the world. You represent the image of us Chinese people. Naturally, you should be the first!"

Although Wu Yuchen has made a series of successful movies at the box office and won an Oscar, he is still the director behind the scenes. If he is really famous, he will definitely still lag behind Cheng Long. Therefore, Cheng Long, the first ambassador for the Olympic bid, is truly worthy of the title.

However, Wu Yuchen's influence is not small now. In view of his international achievements, especially after winning the Oscar, the Olympic bidding committee also specially appointed him as the ambassador for the Olympic bid this time.

To put it bluntly, they want to use the popularity and international influence of Wu Yuchen and Cheng Long to promote Beijing’s Olympic bid, and use their international relations to help Beijing win the competition to host the 2008 Olympic Games.

"Brother Long, how is the situation of "Rush Hour 2" now?" Wu Yuchen asked with concern.

"Thank you, Director Wu, for your concern. It's no longer a problem. As soon as I left Beijing this time, I went to the United States to join the crew and start filming. And thank you Director Wu for your advice. I think you are right, 5 million US dollars will have an impact on me." It’s not big, so you should give it a try!”

Previously, Cheng Long made a special call to consult Wu Yuchen. It was not a shooting issue, but his personal remuneration for "Rush Hour 2". After negotiations, New Line Cinema gave him two options. Option A was a salary of 20 million plus a 5% box office share, and option B was a 15 million plus 10% box office share.

Cheng Long himself was a little unsure, so he called Wu Yuchen to consult. Wu Yuchen naturally recommended him to choose option B. After all, he knew that "Rush Hour 2" was quite profitable. Cheng Long relied on the 10% share plus the disc share to get 26 million, plus a fixed salary of 15 million, that is One film earned $41 million.

Don't think New Line Cinema is stupid, they are doing this to reduce risks. After all, although "Rush Hour 1" was successful, who can guarantee that the sequel will also be successful? In particular, the protagonist Cheng Long is still a yellow man. What if the audience just wants to see something new this year and no longer want to see Cheng Long, a yellow man, in the second part?

That is to say, Wu Yuchen, who had previous life experience, was very confident and urged Cheng Long to choose plan B.

Wu Yuchen smiled at Cheng Long and said: "Brother Long, I have confidence in you. You are very popular now. Sharing is definitely more cost-effective than a fixed salary!"

The "Rush Hour" series of movies is a collaboration between Cheng Long and black star Chris Tucker. Nowadays, many people say that in this movie, Cheng Long is the second character, and the dark brother Chris Tucker is the first brother.

Whoever said this really has no brains, even Brother Hei would lick it. If you think about it, you will know that Cheng Long in "Rush Hour" is irreplaceable, and black guys like Chris Tucker are everywhere in Hollywood! This nigger was a third-tier star in Hollywood before he starred in "Rush Hour". It was because of this series that he received the highest salary in his career. Apart from this movie, he did not have any other masterpieces.

Cheng Long heard this and said to Wu Yuchen: "Director Wu, I heard that you also chose the share-sharing model. It seems that you are also confident in "Pirate King". I will wait for your good news in a few months!"

"Brother Long, you have to come and support me at the premiere!" Wu Yuchen invited Cheng Long with his arms around him.

"Don't worry, I will definitely come to help when the time comes!"

Cheng Long patted his chest in assurance, then he scratched his head and explained to Wu Yuchen:

"Director Wu, I'm really sorry for the female character in my movie. I had already promised it to Zhang Ziyi."

When the two were in contact before, Wu Yuchen asked by the way if the role of the Chinese supporting actress in his movie was there. If she was there, he would still think about whether he could come over and give it to the people around him. Although she is just a female villain, even if Jiang Qinqin and Li Xiaoran don't want to play the role, Fan Bingbing probably wants it.

Wu Yuchen waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, these are all small things, don't take it to heart."

In fact, Wu Yuchen roughly understood what was going on after hearing this. Most likely, International Chapter had devoted himself to Cheng Long in order to make progress and break into Hollywood. Otherwise, Cheng Long would not have given him face for this.

As for the photo that was circulated in his previous life, Cheng Long was on the set brazenly hugging the international chapter and kissing her. With Cheng Long's romantic nature, who would believe that the two of them have nothing to do with each other?

Wu Yuchen will not look down on International Chapter because of this. Didn't Fan Bingbing also go to him to devote himself to him? Both women are highly motivated people. The entertainment industry is like this. Dedication is not the point, the key is whether the dedication is worth it. It's worth it, depending on whether you can get through it in the end.

Later, in an interview, Yang Mi bluntly stated that such unspoken rules are normal in the entertainment industry, and directly stated that if it were Zhang Yimou and Li An, then she would be willing to accept their unspoken rules.

Wu Yuchen and Cheng Long walked to the conference hall chatting and laughing. They were immediately greeted by the flashing lights of many reporters waiting in the conference hall. Both of them were already used to this kind of scene and smiled at the reporters. Nod in greeting.

But this time, neither of them sat in the C seat in the middle. Because the person sitting in seat C was the director of the Olympic Bid Committee, the two of them sat next to him, one on the left and the other on the right, and then the director spoke to the people below.

"I am very grateful to all the journalists and friends for attending our Olympic bid ambassador appointment ceremony today..."

Everyone present was very patient and listened to the director's long speech. When he picked up the certificate in his hand and stood up, the reporters on the scene were all refreshed and knew that the important point was coming.

"Now, on behalf of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Bid Committee, I officially appoint Wu Yuchen as the ambassador for the Beijing Olympic Bid!"

The reporters at the scene had already pointed their prepared cameras at the stage and kept pressing the shutter. At this time, Wu Yuchen also stood up and took the appointment certificate from the director with a smile on his face. Of course, this didn't happen all at once. The two of them opened their appointment certificates, each holding his own, and then smiled at the reporters for them to record.

A moment later, after Wu Yuchen sat down with the appointment certificate, it was time for questions. A group of reporters began to ask questions. In fact, the questions could all be guessed: "Mr. Wu Yuchen, after you were selected as the ambassador for the Olympic bid, what did you do? How does it feel?”

Wu Yuchen showed a warm smile:

"The Olympic Games has been a dream of ours for decades, and our country has made a lot of efforts for this. Now with the rapid development of the country, our land of China is also changing with each passing day. I believe that we have a great chance of bidding for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

And to be able to participate in this Olympic bid as an image ambassador, I am very excited, happy and honored at this moment! I will do my best to cooperate with the work of the Olympic Bid Committee and contribute my own strength to this Olympic bid! "

Click-click-click, the flashing lights below kept flashing. Because this is an official event, there are no reporters asking irrelevant questions, and they are all focused on the Olympic bid.

"Director Wu, since you have been elected as the ambassador for the Olympic bid, will you still participate in the filming of this Olympic bid promotional video?"

After listening to the reporter's question, Wu Yuchen thought for a while and said:

"First of all, the Olympic bid film has a very clear purpose, that is, it is specially designed to serve the Olympic bid. The most important thing is to report to all members of the International Olympic Committee, introduce our capital, and show that our capital has the ability to host the Olympic Games. In terms of hardware, , the software meets the conditions in all aspects.

Secondly, this Olympic bid requires more than thirty sets, with different lengths and different clips for various purposes. Not only will I be involved as a director, but there will also be director Zhang Yimou, for example.

I will take part in it. For example, the part about Cheng Long is a film with a public welfare nature. It is to show our public welfare image of China to the International Olympic Committee and the world, so we will choose Cheng Long to represent the image of our Chinese nation for publicity and promotion! "

Then the reporter asked Cheng Long about his feelings. Cheng Long no longer laughed and laughed, and looked upright:

"The Olympics are very important to us in China. I think this is a matter for all Chinese people. We must strive for the Olympics with all our efforts, because it will be very good for the image of us China and all Chinese people.

I feel very proud to be able to participate in this international event! At the same time, being able to work with Director Wu to shoot a promotional video really fulfilled a dream of mine. Before I came here, I told Director Wu that no matter how busy I was, I would have to fly here! "

…

After the press conference, Wu Yuchen and Cheng Long started filming his promotional video clips. Because Cheng Long was also pressed for time, Wu Yuchen had to start immediately.

The part of not playing Cheng Long is not that difficult, and the tone and style of these promotional videos have already been discussed, so Wu Yuchen will not mess around and shoot something unique.

And the clip itself doesn’t need to be too long. When it’s finished filming, it may need to be cut shorter depending on the duration, so it needs to be impressive in a short period of time.

What is Cheng Long's image? Chinese and Kung Fu, these two are the biggest labels. Therefore, he must be diligent in his filming this time. But this time we were filming a more formal promotional video, and it was impossible to follow his past comedy-like kung fu comedy style, so we decided on a very simple content, which was to have Cheng Long do Tai Chi.

Of course, in the process of doing Tai Chi, he has to connect different places through his moves and movement changes, and show some classics of the capital. For example, on the Great Wall, he can fight alone; in the Forbidden City, he can fight with a group of children; in the Temple of Heaven, he can fight with a group of old men.

Originally Wu Yuchen thought this shouldn't be difficult, but he didn't expect...

"Director Wu, I'm sorry, I have never learned Tai Chi..." Cheng Long scratched his head with an embarrassed look on his face.

This made Wu Yuchen have a question mark on his face: "Brother Long, is it true or not? Don't lie to me?"

"It's true, Director Wu, I don't joke about this kind of thing. If you ask me to do a few simple Tai Chi moves, then I can do it, but if this thing is filmed for the whole world to see, then I don't dare to do it without professional training. I’m fooling you, otherwise I’ll be embarrassed if I let him out when the time comes!”

Wu Yuchen couldn't help but feel helpless after hearing this, and then said: "This thing is also my fault, I thought you would definitely do it! Now, let's find an expert to teach you, and you can learn from us and shoot at the same time!"

As a result, their crew hurriedly hired a professional Tai Chi master to give him a step-by-step tutorial on Long Tai Chi while filming. The crew also visited several different scenic spots in the capital. After two days of filming, they finally Cheng Long's promotional video has been filmed.

Wu Yuchen still has a few other parts to shoot next, but after finishing the process of shooting the dragon part, he won't be in such a hurry. He can slow down the progress and shoot slowly.