Chapter 394 Going to the United States
“Forget it.” Wang Shu declined.
Having a degree is really good.
But. With his current results, there is no need.
What's more, if he goes to Hollywood and does well, he can go to New York University or the University of Southern California to study.
It's not that he kneels down to New York University or the University of Southern California, but that in many fields in China, there is a lot of emphasis on seniority.
If he went to the Beijing Film Academy, he would be picked on in terms of seniority.
Rather than being specially recruited into the Beijing Film Academy, he was even less happy with this.
To put it bluntly, with his current results, it is completely unnecessary.
If someone had told him about this a year or two ago, he would have considered it.
Now he not only won the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival, but he is also the first mainland director to have a single film worth over RMB 300 million. He is also the boss of several companies. In addition, he is going to Hollywood, and may be able to "spend money" to go there. If you are studying at New York University or the University of Southern California, there is no need to go to Beijing Film Academy as a freshman.
As soon as I went to the Beijing Film Academy, I instantly became the disciples of Yang Mi, Jing Tian and others. I was not attracted even thinking about it.
Han Sanping was a little surprised when he saw Wang Shu decline. Then he looked at Wang Shu and asked, "Are you planning to go to the United States?"
Wang Shu did not hide it and smiled. He replied: "It depends on the opportunity. If there is a chance, I should consider studying there."
When Han Sanping heard this, he couldn't persuade him anymore.
Wang Shu is the director, and the actors are only "part-time".
Although the Beijing Film Academy has produced well-known directors such as Zhang Yimou, domestic academic directors are "fairly good" at making art films, but not so good at making commercial films.
Wang Shu has now won the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival and has nothing special to learn in the field of art films.
Hollywood in the United States is the most prosperous place for commercial films in the world, and Wang Shu can learn from Hollywood's experience in making commercial films there.
While accumulating experience in Hollywood, I also studied at a film school in the United States to obtain a diploma.
It is indeed better than just being at the Beijing Film Academy.
Han Sanping sent an invitation to Wang Shu on behalf of the Beijing Film Academy. He originally meant to ask Wang Shu to go and get a diploma.
After all, they are directors who have won awards in the field of literary and artistic films and are also the number one commercial film singles in the Mainland. Their teaching experience and strength may not be comparable to those of teachers in film schools, but in actual practice In terms of directing scenes, he is even better.
After graduating from the directing department, I originally wanted to work as a director.
Wang Shu is not only a great director now, but there are few commercial film directors in the Mainland who are more powerful than him. There is no need for him to study at the Beijing Film Academy.
Now, Han Sanping also realized that with Wang Shu's current results, there was no need to go to Beijing Film Academy to get a diploma.
Wang Shu, who has obtained a U.S. O-type artist visa, can go to the United States if he wants to get a diploma.
Over there, you can not only get a diploma, but also gain experience in commercial films.
Although it is not necessarily easy to go to a film school in the United States to study at the moment, as long as "The Tuner" gets a good response after being released in North America and Wang Shu develops well in Hollywood, then things will be easy. .
"It seems that you are determined to go to Hollywood." Han Sanping sighed.
He has always wanted to make a big splash, but without the cooperation of an excellent commercial film director, it was all in vain.
Again, China Film is not short of money, and Han Sanping is not afraid of China Film losing money.
No matter how much China Film loses, it is not his money. What worries him is that the money spent does not help the mainland's commercial film market.
Worried, spent money, and lost face.
Face is the most important thing!
Of course, China Film Group’s first priority has not been to invest in movies to make money, but to invest in movies to stimulate and revitalize the mainland’s commercial film market.
“It’s not that I am determined to go to Hollywood, but I am not an academic in the first place. Even if I join in halfway, it will still be different after all.” Wang Shu continued with a smile, “In that case, Hollywood is I must go.”
Han Sanping understood Wang Shu’s meaning and touched Wang Shu’s cup without any further persuasion.
May is not a very good month this year.
In July, Wang Shu left for Los Angeles, USA.
The American version of "The Tuner" is about to be released, and Wang Shu, as the director, has come to cooperate with the promotion.
There are many promotional activities, most of which are promoted by the leading actors.
Although the director works behind the scenes and rarely makes public appearances, there are still many times when the director needs to appear.
Due to promotional work, Wang Shu met Matt Damon, Monica, Kristen, Robert Downey Jr. and others.
"Shu, long time no see. I heard that you returned to China to shoot a zombie movie?" Matt Damon greeted Wang Shu with a smile on his face.
Monica, Kristen and others also heard about this news, and couldn't help but look at Wang Shu curiously.
"Yes, we have made a zombie movie, which should be released in North America by then. If you have time, you can go to the cinema to watch it." Wang Shu said with a smile.
“Of course, when your zombie movie is released in North America, we will definitely go into the cinema to have a look.” Matt Damon agreed with a smile, and then asked slightly suspiciously, “Shu, you guys The country has never made a zombie movie. It seems that you are a zombie culture and there is no zombie culture. Are you sure?"
"Haha." Wang Shu saw Monica and others looking like this and responded immediately. He said, "There must be confidence. You will know when you go to the cinema and see it."
Just saying this is meaningless.
He then added, "Since I debuted, although the movies I have made are not very good, they have never failed."
"So, don't worry, no It will be bad.”
After hearing this, Matt Damon, Monica, Kristen and others were initially skeptical about Wang Shu’s zombie film, but they suddenly became confident again.
Since they took over the filming of the movie "The Tuner", all of them have learned about Wang Shu's resume, and they know that Wang Shu has never made a splash since his debut.
Therefore, this zombie movie may not be great, but it’s not too bad either.
Monica blinked and couldn't help but joked: "Shu, you are so confident, maybe you will throw yourself into the street?"
Wang Shu chuckled and said: "What if? Without confidence, I wouldn’t have made this movie.”
As soon as these words came out, everyone around him couldn’t help but smile.
Kristen wanted to answer, but Monica asked again: "Shu, I heard that your zombie movie was originally planned to be shot in Hollywood?"
Matt Damon, Kristen and others also heard about this news, and they all looked at Wang Shu curiously.
Hearing this, Wang Shu said ambiguously: "It can be filmed in my own country, or it can be filmed in Hollywood."
"Just like this "The Tuner", the script has no absolute Due to geographical restrictions, both sides can make corresponding adaptations and film them.”
(End of this chapter)