Chapter 276 Breaking the Ice

"Brother Wu, congratulations!"

"Congratulations, Brother Han has been supporting Blade of the Assassin for such a good result!"

At this time, Wu Yuchen was on the phone with Han Sanping. Thinking about the box office of Blade of the Assassin, it took 22 days to break 300 million, but the remaining 60 million took nearly two months to complete.

And it really took a lot of tricks in the middle. If it weren't for the strong support of Han Sanping and the strong cooperation of various official departments, as well as the reform of the cinema system, to put it bluntly, I don't know how much of the box office of Blade of the Assassin would be concealed and stolen this time.

"Hahaha, Brother Wu, don't be modest. We are just beating drums and gongs, but it has to be your director Wu who made a good film and has a loud reputation. If it were someone else, we would be useless even if we shouted our throats out!"

It can be heard that Han Sanping is very happy at this time. Publicly speaking, this time, "The Blade of the Assassin" broke the domestic box office record and smashed the mountain that was pressing on its head. It has great significance for the entire Chinese-language film market and is a milestone in the history of Chinese-language films. Personally speaking, during his tenure as Han Sanping, these achievements have been made, and they should all be recorded in the credit book.

"Brother Wu, if you weren't filming in Northeast China now, I would have taken the initiative to arrange a celebration banquet for you!"

Wu Yuchen smiled when he heard this. In fact, he himself didn't care about any celebration banquet, but this time, breaking the record of "Titanic" and regaining the box office champion of Chinese films is indeed quite commemorative. If we don't hold one, I guess everyone will feel that something is missing, even Han Sanping.

So he said, "Brother Han, there will definitely be a celebration banquet, but I have to wait until I finish the work at hand."

Han Sanping asked with concern: "How is it? Is the filming of the new movie going smoothly?"

"It's going smoothly. There are only the last scenes left, and it will be finished in a few days. But I have to rush to post-production here, otherwise I am afraid I will miss the Oscar registration time."

Han Sanping also nodded: "The celebration banquet is not urgent, your new movie is more important!"

In fact, Wu Yuchen did not lie. Time was indeed a bit tight. In order to save some time for post-production, he edited while shooting.

He is now editing the material shot a few days ago, a scene of two little boys playing chess across the wire fence. This scene looks simple, but Wu Yuchen also spent a lot of thought on it.

In the original version, the two people played chess, which can actually be directly replaced with Chinese chess. However, after considering it, Wu Yuchen still replaced it with Go. The contrasting black and white pieces of Go, as well as the grid-like patterns on the board, can leave a deeper visual impression and have more symbolic meaning.

Of course, the two children did not really play Go, but just let them play Gobang. Even the children in the concentration camp could learn Gobang in one go.

Wu Yuchen shot several clips of this scene with different angles and lighting, and now he just had to pick out the most suitable one.

The last scene was not that easy to shoot. The key was not that the crew or the actors had any difficulties, but the weather. Wu Yuchen needed a thunderstorm.

Although he now had the conditions to artificially rain, he could not control the sky and thunder and lightning. The sense of depression and destruction brought by natural thunderstorms would inevitably be flawed if they were artificially made. Fortunately, the transition between summer and autumn was the peak period for thunderstorms, so the crew did not have to wait too long before a thunderstorm hit.

Lightning flashed across the sky. Gong Li, who was in the heavy rain, heard Chen Baoguo's desperate "Xixi". Her breathing became rapid, and she kept making violent gasps of "ho ho ho" in her throat. She could not help but kneel down on the ground, and then hugged her son's clothes in front of the wire mesh, wailing and crying heartbreakingly.

Beside her, Shu Chang hugged Gong Li tightly, but this could not stop Gong Li's grief from getting louder and louder.

On the side, there was not only one camera, but one from the front, one from the side, and one from high altitude, each at a different distance, to capture this scene.

This time Wu Yuchen did not shout "pass". Although Gong Li had achieved the effect, he wanted to shoot more materials and finally select the most satisfactory ones to be edited in.

Two days later, Wu Yuchen had returned to Beijing. After the film was finished, there was a wrap-up banquet, and then he rushed back to do post-production. In fact, he had almost finished the editing of the film, and now the most important post-production is the soundtrack.

At this time, Wu Yuchen was receiving two top music masters who were invited, Zhao Jiping and Sakamoto Ryuichi.

Zhao Jiping is the top music composer in China, and has created more than a thousand musical works, including excellent film and television soundtracks such as "Yellow Earth", "Red Sorghum", "Farewell My Concubine", "A Chinese Odyssey", "Raise the Red Lantern", "Qiu Ju Goes to Court", "White Deer Plain", and "Water Margin", as well as different types of music works such as symphonies, concertos, chamber music, operas, national orchestras, dance dramas, and art songs. The wide range of themes, large numbers, and high quality of his works are amazing.

Ryuichi Sakamoto is a world-renowned master who has created many classic works. He completed the 45 songs for the soundtrack of "The Last Emperor" in just one week and won the Oscar for Best Original Score. He is a genius among geniuses.

In fact, this "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" exposes Japan's crimes during World War II. Many Japanese musicians may not take this job.

However, Ryuichi Sakamoto is a representative of Japan's left wing and a Japanese communist. His anti-war thoughts run through his life. He acknowledged and reflected on Japan's aggressive crimes against China. When he died, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs publicly expressed condolences for him. His experience in creating anti-war music is also very important to Wu Yuchen.

To be honest, if it weren't for Wu Yuchen, other directors might not have the guts to invite these two masters to create for the movie at the same time.

At this time, Wu Yuchen was politely saying to the two: "I'm sorry, I'm busy with filming this time, and I can't entertain you well. I may not have enough time to create. I hope you can bear with me!"

"Director Wu, you are too polite. Your movie is a voice for our entire Chinese nation! I am willing to pay for it, and I will be there whenever you call!" Zhao Jiping said to Wu Yuchen with a thumbs up.

Ryuichi Sakamoto also said: "Director Wu, please don't say that. This "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" really touched me. It is my honor to be involved in the creation of such a work! I also hope that the anti-war ideas of this film can be seen by more people!"

Then Ryuichi Sakamoto sighed: "Even though it is not 60 years ago, war has never been far away from us humans. As long as the war has not stopped, there will be innocent children and lives in this world suffering tragedies every moment!"

Wu Yuchen also nodded, and then said: "Yes, and looking at the current situation, there may be a new round of war coming."

"A new round of war?" Zhao Jiping was a little confused.

Ryuichi Sakamoto was more sensitive in this regard: "Director Wu, are you talking about the United States?"

Wu Yuchen nodded, and then said: "I just received a call yesterday. 33 top American international relations scholars published a joint letter in the New York Times titled "War with Iraq is not in the national interest." The louder the opposition, the more it shows that the Kuroko Palace is planning a big move..."

Then Wu Yuchen sighed, and then said to the two: "In the face of war, we are all insignificant and powerless. We can only do our best and use art to spread the anti-war voice as much as possible."

The two nodded silently in agreement.

With the cooperation of the two music masters, the soundtrack of "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" progressed rapidly. It took a total of ten days to complete the production of the film soundtrack, and the effect was top-notch.

After the film was completed, Wu Yuchen finally breathed a sigh of relief. The film was sent to the Big Scissors for review, and the leader of the Big Scissors came to receive it in person.

To be honest, the leaders of Big Scissors were prepared for Wu Yuchen's new movie. They had heard that it was an anti-Japanese theme, so even if there were some bloody and violent scenes, or even larger-scale scenes, they were prepared to turn a blind eye. Moreover, this was personally directed by Wu Yuchen, the great director, so as long as there was nothing wrong with the ideological direction, they would not make it difficult.

After all, for anti-Japanese themes, great directors generally want to dig into some depth, human nature, and so on. Think about the controversy caused by "Devils on the Doorstep"...

But I never expected that after watching the movie, I couldn't find any faults at all. From beginning to end, there was not even a bloody scene in the whole film, which completely reached the level of a children's movie!

This also made the leaders of Big Scissors sigh again and again: "Look at his skills! What is the first Chinese director? No matter how many rules and regulations are added, he can still shoot such a good work! All other directors should learn from Director Wu and stop coming to us all day! Especially Jiang Wen!"

At the same time, the celebration banquet of "Embroidered Spring Blade" has been held.

On the stage, a long table was covered with red cloth, on which was placed a digital ice sculpture: 360000000.

In fact, after the news of "Embroidered Spring Blade" breaking the record, it has driven another wave of box office, and a wave of people went to the cinema to contribute to the box office. Now the total box office of "Embroidered Spring Blade" has broken 370 million, but the number of today's ice-breaking ceremony is still 360000000.

Behind the ice sculpture, standing in the center, are Wu Yuchen and Han Sanping, and on both sides stand Zhang Guorong, Jiang Qinqin and other leading actors.

Led by Wu Yuchen and Han Sanping, everyone took small hammers and smashed the ice sculptures in front of them. The cameras in the audience were also recording this scene, and everyone's face was full of smiles.

"This is the first time in China to have an ice-breaking ceremony for a movie, right? I also tried it with you today!" Han Sanping, who was sitting down, also laughed.

Wu Yuchen smiled and said, "I have been thinking about the new movie for a while, and it was all arranged by President Cai!"

Cai Yinong also explained with a smile: "I think "The Blade of the Assassin" is also the first commercial production of our China. In addition, this time it is of extraordinary significance, so this celebration banquet must have some sense of ceremony! Today, President Han and Director Wu broke the number of 360 million together. I believe that in the future, Director Wu's movies and our Chinese movie box office will not stop at this number under your leadership!"

This really touched Han Sanping's heart, and he picked up a glass of wine and said:

"The number of 360 million for "Titanic" a few years ago was simply unimaginable for our Chinese movies. It has become a long-standing problem in my heart.

No matter how well "Titanic" is made, it is not our Chinese film. Will our Chinese films always be overshadowed by a foreign film?

I broke the 360 ​​million yuan with my own hands today. It not only broke my problem, but also pushed down a mountain on the top of our Chinese-language films!

All this is inseparable from leaders like Director Wu and outstanding talents like you here!

I believe that with you here, the future of our Chinese-language films will get better and better! "

Everyone at the table cheered and raised their glasses to celebrate. After all, today is a festive day, and the atmosphere at the dinner table is quite lively. As they chatted, they talked about Wu Yuchen's new movie.

Han Sanping took the initiative to joke with Jiang Wen: "Jiang Wen'er, the people at the Big Scissors asked me to tell you something. The movie "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" will premiere in two days. You must go and watch it carefully!"

Jiang Wen was not annoyed. He laughed and said: "Mr. Han, why do they need to tell me? Director Wu's movie, I must go and watch and learn carefully!"

Wu Yuchen smiled and shook his head: "Come on, you are not Jiang Wen if you really learn it!"

Everyone at the table laughed when they heard it.

"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" almost got the green light all the way. It was nominated and confirmed to have won the qualification for the Oscar-winning film, and the time and place for the preview were set, which was still the Great Hall of the People.

As they were talking, someone else mentioned "Hero". Han Sanping also approached Wu Yuchen and whispered to him: "Hero" will also be screened in Hong Kong Island on October 25th. Brother Wu, do you plan to attend?"

Because of "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas", "Hero" can only go through the Hong Kong Island channel to impact the Oscars, so the preview of this movie was also held in Hong Kong Island.

Han Sanping's question was openly asking Wu Yuchen whether he would attend the premiere, and secretly there was another meaning, which was to test Wu Yuchen's attitude towards him. After all, the two sides had a war of words at the beginning. But to be honest, from Han Sanping's point of view, he naturally did not want Wu Yuchen and Lao Mouzi to fall out.

Wu Yuchen naturally understood Han Sanping's thoughts and said with a smile: "Brother Han, don't worry, Senior Brother Zhang and I are fine, it's just a hype. But I can't go to the premiere of this movie. After the preview of "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas", I have to go to Hollywood quickly. I am urged~"