Chapter 354 Golden Horse Backstage

20:00 on the evening of December 6, 2008.

The 45th Taiwan Golden Horse Film Awards ceremony was held at Zhongshan Hall.

At 5 or 6 in the afternoon, the Avenue of Stars outside Zhongshan Hall began to walk the red carpet.

The crews of "Assembly", "Cape No. 7", "The Warlords", "Half Sea, Half Flame", "Laughing Kids" and other popular nominated crews all aroused the excitement of the media reporters on the scene when they walked the red carpet.

The red carpet host Huang Zijiao also made various jokes to liven up the atmosphere.

Of course, when the crew of "A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die" stepped onto the red carpet, the cheers of the media and the shutter sounds of the cameras were the most intense.

It's not that this movie is so famous in Taiwan, this movie has not been released in Taiwan.

It's mainly because the director Wu Yuan is too famous.

Although, Wu Yuan's Chinese-language movies have not been released in Taiwan very often, only "Departures" and "Your Name" have been released in Taiwan.

For other movies such as "The Night the Comet Came", "Painted Skin" and "Love", Taiwanese audiences watched pirated resources on the Internet.

But he also has several Hollywood blockbusters!

The "Pirates of the Caribbean" series also had very good box office results in Taiwan, and "Rush Hour 3" starring Cheng Long has a fixed ticket base in Taiwan.

Even Wu Yuan's first Hollywood movie "Juno" won the weekly box office championship when it was released in Taiwan.

Taiwan has strict entry requirements for mainland movies, only giving ten places a year, but there are no restrictions on Hollywood movies.

Wu Yuan is a household name in Taiwan with many Hollywood blockbusters that are sold all over the world, and he can stand shoulder to shoulder with Li An.

And because Li An often returns to his hometown to appear on TV shows, the Taiwanese public is already very familiar with him.

But Wu Yuan has never appeared on a Taiwanese TV show, nor has he come to Taiwan to do any publicity.

When have you ever seen the leading actors and directors of Hollywood blockbusters come to Taiwan to promote their movies?

So in the eyes of the Taiwanese public and media reporters, Wu Yuan is very mysterious. You can only see him during the Golden Horse Awards.

This is a rare opportunity to meet the top director in the Chinese-speaking world. The media reporters on the scene took photos crazily and asked Wu Yuan all kinds of questions.

Some asked him what his impression of Taiwan was, some asked him what he thought of Taiwanese movies, and some asked him if there were any Taiwanese actors he wanted to work with...

Faced with all these questions, Wu Yuan chose not to answer any of them. He just smiled and took photos for them, and then walked quickly to the autograph wall at the end of the red carpet.

"The crew of A Man Called Li Wen Decides to Die is coming towards us!"

"Although the name of this movie seems strange, it defeated all the nominated movies at this year's Venice International Film Festival and won the Golden Lion Award for Best Film!"

"And the director of this movie is the pride of our Chinese people. Like Director Li An, he is also a world-renowned international director Wu Yuan who is very powerful in Hollywood!"

"Director Wu, please stay."

The small but chatty Taiwanese host Huang Zijiao quickly grabbed the signature Wu Yuan, who wanted to run away after being nominated, was interviewed: "Director Wu, this is the second time to come to the Golden Horse Awards."

"The last time Director Wu came to the Golden Horse Awards, he won the Golden Horse Best Film. This time Director Wu brought his work to the Golden Horse Awards again. What do you think?"

"My feelings." Wu Yuan pondered: "Of course it is an honor to be nominated for the Golden Horse Awards again."

"The Golden Horse is the first important Chinese award I have won. It is still very meaningful to me, and I am also honored to be recognized by the Golden Horse Awards."

Among the three Chinese Golden Awards, only the Golden Horse Awards have awarded Wu Yuan, and it is still a very heavyweight award.

This is why Wu Yuan still came to participate even though he knew that the Golden Horse Awards would explode in the future.

People give you face, and Wu Yuan is embarrassed not to come again when his work is nominated again.

In this way, not to mention that the superiors have opinions, he himself feels bad.

He took away the Best Picture first, and then he didn't attend the six nominations. Isn't this purely offensive?

"Then I wish Director Wu can also win the grand prize this time." Huang Zijiao blessed with a smile on his face.

If Wu Yuan can come to participate in the Golden Horse Awards again, then the Golden Horse Awards must be very good at dealing with people. With six nominations, he can at least take home two or three awards. His congratulations are too heartfelt.

"Thank you." Wu Yuan smiled implicitly, led the crew to bid farewell to the host outside the venue, and walked into the ceremony site.

The crowd was bustling.

This was Wu Yuan's first thought when he stepped into the inner field.

As an annual Chinese film festival, the Golden Horse Awards has always been star-studded.

Famous and unknown actors, screenwriters, and directors from Hong Kong and Taiwan gathered together, walked back and forth and greeted each other, and laughter and conversations came one after another.

Wu Yuan's entry immediately became a star-studded member.

Chen Kexin, director of the "The Warlords" crew, and Liu Dehua, the leading actor, who were originally greeting Feng Xiaogang, immediately joined Feng Xiaogang and walked quickly in front of Wu Yuan.

"Director Wu, nice to see you again." Liu Dehua smiled and shook Wu Yuan's hand, saying with emotion: "Among domestic directors, you are the hardest to see. Every year, it is difficult to see you at major award ceremonies and film festivals."

"When I asked, I found out that you were busy working in the United States."

"Finally, I saw you again today."

"I hope I can have the opportunity to work with you in the future. I really want to act in your movies!"

No actor in China, especially the top few actors, doesn't want to act in Wu Yuan's movies.

Wu Yuan's movies can win awards or set new box office records in the mainland for Chinese-language films, and Hollywood's foreign-language films are even more amazing, and can directly enter the international market!

This is exactly the opportunity that these domestic actors who have already reached the ceiling have been dreaming of!

Chen Kexin also nodded his head: "I have also heard of Director Wu for a long time. In the past few years since I went to the mainland, the director I heard the most is Director Wu's name."

"This time I finally met him in person."

Chen Kexin didn't know that Wu Yuan had stolen his "meticulous work" "If Love".

Now Chen Kexin, who wants to develop in the mainland and make a little money in the mainland, is focusing on integrating into the mainland circle and building good relationships with mainland directors and capital.

On the surface, he looked like he was flattering Wu Yuan, as if meeting Wu Yuan was an honor and surprise.

But what he was actually thinking and how he was cursing Wu Yuan, a mainlander, is unknown.

Wu Yuan, who can see the essence through phenomena, certainly knows that Chen Kexin, the old rogue, is definitely not a person who is consistent in appearance and heart, but he still put on a smile on his face and flattered Chen Kexin commercially: "No, Director Chen is also a well-known director in Hong Kong Island."

"I watched your "Comrades, Almost a Love Story" when I was a child. It is one of the most classic love movies in Hong Kong Island. I still can't forget it."

Being flattered by Wu Yuan, an international director, and the movie he was flattering was "Comrades, Almost a Love Story", which was Chen Kexin's most proud movie in his life, Chen Kexin couldn't help but feel a little erratic. He was so happy that his mouth corners were grinning to his ears and he laughed out loud.

The time was almost right, so Wu Yuan didn't care about him. He turned his head and looked at Andy Lau, and said with some sincerity: "Brother Hua, let's work together if there is a chance."

This sentence was sincere.

Wu Yuan really wanted to work with Andy Lau.

His acting skills were decent, he was dedicated to his work, willing to endure hardships, and his character and artistic ethics were very good.

There is no director who would not want to cooperate with such a high-quality film actor who has been popular for 30 years.

He can fully understand that Guo Fan will cooperate with Liu Dehua on the sequel after the hit of "The Wandering Earth 1".

Such a high-quality actor takes the initiative to find you and asks you to cooperate with him. Who can refuse?