Chapter 341 Invitation
“Danchen, have you seen the news on the Internet? Director Wang won the Silver Lion Award for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival.”
Xu Huanhuan was watching Wang After hearing the news about Shu winning the award, he couldn't help but send a text message to Yan Danchen.
Yan Danchen got acquainted with Wang Shu through "My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox". Due to filming requirements, the two not only had many intimate interactions, but also kissed each other many times.
Slowly, Yan Danchen developed a secret love for the talented and handsome Wang Shu.
However, Wang Shu was only 18 years old at the time, while Yan Danchen was already 27 years old.
The age gap, coupled with the fact that Wang Shu is a little boy, makes Yan Danchen unable to keep his face down to reveal his inner feelings.
Then. Although there were several intersections, as Wang Shu went higher and higher, the two of them gradually drifted away from each other.
Xu Huanhuan met Wang Shu through Yan Danchen's relationship, and then got the opportunity to star in "The Legend of Zhen Huan".
Wang Shu is young, handsome, talented, gentle, elegant, and has a good temper. He is not only a potential stock, but also extremely attractive in the eyes of women.
Especially in the eyes of many actresses in the entertainment industry, the talented Wang Shu is like a broad road.
As long as you get on the bus, you will have a broader future.
Coupled with the fact that Wang Shu himself is young and handsome, he is even more popular in the eyes of many actresses.
Xu Huanhuan understood this, and even though he knew that Yan Danchen had feelings for Wang Shu, he secretly sent out signals of interaction to Wang Shu.
The two went to the cinema, and Xu Huanhuan even took advantage of the dark environment to take Wang Shu's hand.
But there was no follow-up later.
This made Xu Huanhuan feel very disappointed.
“I saw it, Director Wang is so awesome.” Yan Danchen replied.
Xu Huanhuan read Yan Danchen's text message and replied: "Danchen, what do you think we should find a time to invite Mr. Wang out to have a meal together?"
She was alone and worried. If he can't succeed, he is also worried about being rejected by Wang Shu and losing face.
With Yan Danchen, it is different to have someone as a companion.
"Does Director Wang have time?" Yan Danchen replied.
“I didn’t hear that Director Wang has some movies to shoot after returning to China. He should have time, right?” Xu Huanhuan.
"Well, when he returns to China, we will find a time to make an appointment with him." Yan Danchen.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, let Director Wang give us a movie role when the time comes, and try to go to the three major European film festivals." Xu Huanhuan.
"Haha, you really dare to think that it is so easy to go to the three major film festivals in Europe?" Yan Danchen.
"Hey, isn't Tang the only new actor who went to the Venice Film Festival because of his role in "Lust, Caution" directed by Li Yu?"
"As long as we can star in Director Wang's film, we will definitely I will also have the opportunity to go to three major film festivals in Europe." Xu Huanhuan.
“I hope so.” Yan Danchen replied.
After returning to China from Venice, Wang Shu really got busy.
Because he won the Golden Lion Award for Best Director in Venice, the phone kept ringing after returning to China.
Whether it was Han Sanping, Wang Changtian or others, they all invited Wang Shu to have a small gathering.
Therefore, after Wang Shu returned to China, he was either socializing or on the way to socialize.
As for the distribution of "Human Mountain" in mainland theaters, we have already reached a cooperation intention with China Film Group Corporation, and China Film Group Corporation will be responsible for the distribution.
The schedule is not yet determined.
After the entertainment was over, Wang Shu received an international call.
"Director Wang, Dino has decided that you will direct the Hollywood version of "The Tuner."" Gong Li said with a smile.
Wang Shu heard this and said with emotion: "It seems that the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival is quite useful."
In fact, whether it is domestic or foreign, excluding popular artists, it has always been It has always been sorted by awards.
For example, when mainland film crews use Hong Kong actors, they tend to prefer Hong Kong actors who have won awards.
Moreover, actors of the same reputation who have won awards have much higher salaries than actors who have not won awards.
What Wang Shu meant was that Dino De Laurentiis made the decision only after he learned that he had won the Silver Lion Award for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival.
Looking back now, no wonder it took so long. Judging from the situation, I was waiting for the results of the Venice Film Festival.
“It has always been useful.” Gong Li said with emotion, “If I hadn’t won the award, I wouldn’t have come to Hollywood.”
Gong Li is different from Zhang Ziyi.
Although Zhang Ziyi did get the opportunity to star in Hollywood movies after "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
But she got it through communication.
Gong Li is different. The resources she gets from Hollywood are more about her award bonus.
After Gong Li sighed, she then added: "If you agree, someone will come to negotiate with you, and Dino will announce the matter after the negotiation."
" And you take advantage of this time to get your visa.”
"It should not be difficult to pass the invitation from Dino."
Wang Shu heard this and said with a smile: "There is no problem on my side."
"That's OK." Gong Li responded. .
The two chatted for a while and then hung up the phone.
In the next few days, Wang Shu has been busy with visa matters.
At the same time, Dino De Laurentiis also sent people to discuss cooperation with Wang Shu in detail.
After one or two days of discussion, an intention to cooperate was reached.
Because it is a Hollywood model, and Wang Shu is not a big Hollywood director, it is impossible for him to have casting rights.
With his status as a celebrity, it is actually impossible for him to have the right to modify the script. He can only shoot according to the content of the script.
Since Wang Shuhui is the supplier of the American version of the script, as a director, he naturally has the right to modify the script.
In other words, except for the casting rights, he has the final say in everything about the movie.
By the time these are finished, it will be late September.
At this moment, word has spread that Wang Shu will go to Hollywood to direct a remake of "The Tuner".
After all, there is no airtight wall in the world. In addition, Dino De Laurentiis announced the news of inviting Wang Shu to cooperate, and Mei Ting, Zhang Hanyu, Jiang Wen and others knew about it. Wang Shu will go to Hollywood.
With multiple supporting evidences, the news was confirmed.
The news of this incident really shocked the entertainment industry.
I thought it was big news that Wang Shu won the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival.
I didn’t expect that there would be big news right after.
"Hollywood is not that easy to mess with. Just because Wang Shu directed the Chinese version of "The Tuner" was successful does not mean that the Hollywood version of "The Tuner" will also be successful. Eastern and Western cultures are different. , it will definitely be difficult for him to succeed."
Chen Kaige said with a snort.
He was unhappy with Wang Shu, and felt even more uncomfortable when he learned that Wang Shu had won the Silver Lion Award for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival. Now that he and Chen Hong had learned that Wang Shu would go to Hollywood to direct a movie, they immediately went against it.
Although Chen Kai sings against the tune, there is actually a basis for it. Many years ago, he went to Hollywood to fight on the street, and then returned to China in despair.
He has experience in this.
Furthermore, since Xu Ke, Wang Jiawei and others are all working in Hollywood, and there are many big directors to support them, he does not feel ashamed.
Anyway, just throw the blame on the differences between Eastern and Western cultures.
Chen Hong also knew that Chen Kaige was telling the truth, but she was more optimistic about Wang Shu.
After all, he is a director who won the Silver Lion Award for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival at the age of 21. In addition, he is also the director of commercial films with the highest box office in mainland China, so he must have a lot of skills.
Other directors have difficulty succeeding in Hollywood, but that doesn’t mean Wang Shu can’t either.
So he complained: "Is it as difficult as you said? What if it succeeds?"
"Haha." Chen Kaige chuckled, "It's not like I've never been to Hollywood, how could I not know?"
"You might say that Wang Shu directed a remake of "The Tuner", and he has experience "
"If you think so, you are totally wrong."
"You know what Wang Jiawei did when he went to Hollywood? The film adapted from a short film was not liked by anyone later."
After finishing speaking, he glanced at Chen Hong and said quietly, "So, because of the differences between Eastern and Western cultures, Chinese film directors. It’s hard to make it in Hollywood”
"And Wang Shu is a rural person. He has never even left the country before, so he doesn't know anything about American culture."
"In my opinion, if he hadn't won the Silver Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, what would happen in Hollywood? I wouldn’t ask him to direct it at all.”
Chen Kaige also understands this very well. He only had the opportunity to go to Hollywood because of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
Although Wang Shu only won the Silver Lion Award, "The Tuner" was originally written and directed by Wang Shu.
He speculated that it was precisely because of this that Wang Shu got the opportunity to direct in Hollywood.
Otherwise, a Silver Lion award alone is not enough to qualify.
"Are you so unattractive to Wang Shu?" Chen Hong raised his head and asked.
"Haha." Chen Kaige chuckled and said, "It's not that I don't think highly of him, but the facts are there."
"So many Chinese-language films that have some understanding of Western culture The director went to Hollywood and settled down. How can Wang Shu, a rural person who has never been abroad before, understand American culture? "
"If you don't understand American culture, you will definitely fail when you go to Hollywood to direct a movie? A big somersault.”
"This is something you can see without even thinking about it."
"Maybe Wang Shu understands?" Chen Hong opened his mouth and said, "He can even speak English now."
"Heh, Just his poor English?" Chen Kaige looked disdainful.
When Chen Hong heard this, a black line appeared on his forehead, and he hummed: "No matter what, you have this attitude."
"What do you mean? What I said Is that true?" Chen Kaige was a little dissatisfied with Chen Hong's tone.
"Okay, what you said is the truth." Chen Hong hummed in response, and then said, "Anyway, I think Wang Shu can win the Silver Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival at the age of 21, and he will definitely win it when he goes to Hollywood. Make a name for yourself."
"You know, he is the number one director of Chinese-language films now."
"It will definitely be different."
< br>"What's the difference?" Chen Kaige sneered, "Just those soft science fiction movies of his can have good box office results in our domestic blank market."
"If it were replaced by Hollywood, , basically there won’t be much improvement.”
"It's not that his soft science fiction movies are very good, but that we don't have them in the mainland."
"As the saying goes, things are rare and valuable."
"The audience is full of enthusiasm for this." Curious, it created a box office myth."
"As for the movie itself, that's it."
"It's not like there are no similar movies in Hollywood."
"There's nothing surprising."
"The high box office is just taking advantage of the genre of the movie."
Chen Hong knew in his heart that it was impossible for the person in front of him to say good things about Wang Shu , too lazy to continue speaking.
On the other side, Han Sanping organized a dinner party and called Wang Shu over.
“When are you going to Hollywood?” Han Sanping looked at Wang Shu and asked in a deep voice.
He had just collaborated with Wang Shu on "Horror Cruise," the first Mainland theater to hit a box office of over 300 million, and Wang Shu won the Silver Lion Award for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival.
In his expectation, when Wang Shu returns to China, he will continue to work together to create more high-box office blockbusters.
I didn’t expect that Wang Shu would go to Hollywood if the plan failed to keep up with the change.
When he thought about it, even if Wang Shu went to Hollywood, it would be many years later, not now.
Because the current Wang Shu does not have enough qualifications.
Who knew that a producer in Hollywood wanted to remake "The Tuner" and gave Wang Shu such an opportunity.
"I'll go there next week." Wang Shu replied.
When Han Sanping heard this, he paused for a moment and said, "Will you come back later?"
This was asking Wang Shu whether he would care about the remake of "Wang Shu" when he went to Hollywood this time. Regardless of the response to "The Tuner", he stayed in Hollywood to pursue his career, or returned to China after filming the movie.
Wang Shu smiled and said: "Of course I will come back."
Then he explained, "I was only invited to direct the American version of "The Tuner" this time, and I am not going to Hollywood to develop my career."
"After filming the movie, of course I will return to China."
“However, if there is a suitable opportunity in Hollywood, we can continue to direct movies in Hollywood.”
“In short, just like Li Yu, we will make movies from both sides.”
When Han Sanping heard this, he already understood what Wang Shu meant.
I have to admit that it is indeed the best choice, and there is no delay on either side.
He did not ask more questions on this topic, but instead asked: "After filming "The Tuner", what are your thoughts if you return to China?"
Wang Shu Knowing clearly what Han Sanping was asking, he said: "I haven't thought that far yet. We'll see when the time comes."
Han Sanping nodded and said: "If you have the idea of making a movie by then, please contact me directly. China Film Group can invest in your project at any time."
Wang Shu smiled when he heard this and said, "Don't worry, Director Han, I will definitely contact you if he has any ideas."
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After hearing this, Han Sanping said with emotion: "Actually, if you don't go to Hollywood and continue to cooperate with China Film, you will definitely become famous."
"There is no need to go to Hollywood now, in the future It’s okay to go again.”
This is a hint to Wang Shu that he is now the boss of China Film and Television, and he will definitely give Wang Shu the greatest support.
With this support, Wang Shu will be able to produce more excellent films and go further.
But if he waits until the end of his term, these benefits will no longer exist.
Therefore, Wang Shu went to Hollywood to film, which seemed like a waste of time.
(End of this chapter)