Chapter 416 Returning to China
The apartment Wang Shu rented in Los Angeles was not big, just like the apartment where Sister Shitou lived, it was just one bedroom and one living room.
However, the location and environment of Wangshu Apartment are more upscale.
After Anna Faris came in, she just turned around for a moment and finished looking at it.
"Sure enough, I have been in Los Angeles not long ago." Anna Faris couldn't help but smile when she saw the simple furnishings in the house.
Generally speaking, when you live in one place for a long time, there will be more furnishings in the house.
In apartments like Wang Shu's, which have no other extraneous things except computers, wardrobes, refrigerators, washing machines and other necessities, they usually don't live in them for long.
Wang Shu smiled when he heard this, then brought a bottle of pure water over and gestured: "Sit down."
Anna Faris sat down on the sofa, unscrewed the water bottle and drank. After taking a sip, he looked for a topic and said, "The location here is very good. The rent shouldn't be low, right?"
"It's indeed not low, but it's still acceptable." Wang Shu answered with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Anna Faris took a deep look at Wang Shu and said jokingly: "Shu, it seems that your assets are very strong?"
"Not much, just a little profit from stock trading before." Wang Shu used this remark to reveal that he knew how to trade stocks.
These words are meant to correspond to "The Wolf of Wall Street".
To put it simply, he can speculate in stocks, so it is not surprising that he made "The Wolf of Wall Street".
"Huh? Did you make some money from stock trading? Didn't the stock market fall terribly? How did you make money?" Anna Faris was surprised when she heard this.
Although she does not personally trade stocks, she does manage finances.
In previous years, there was a certain amount of profit.
This year, I lost a lot.
"Haha, I'm short selling." Wang Shu said with a smile, "I made a small profit through short selling."
Short selling cannot be hidden from the FBI.
In this case, it is better to reveal it directly, which will enhance the gold content of "The Wolf of Wall Street".
During the financial crisis, both corporate giants and stock investors have suffered considerable losses.
Wang Shu made a fortune instead.
Such gaze and insight make "The Wolf of Wall Street" even more prominent.
“Short selling?” Anna Faris didn’t understand, and her eyes revealed confusion.
When Wang Shu saw this, he immediately explained it, and Anna Faris only half understood it.
Although it is not much, one thing she knows is that in this financial crisis, others are losing money, but Wang Shu is making money.
Knowing this, Anna Faris sees Xiang Wang Shu's eyes couldn't help but shine, and he chatted with Wang Shu enthusiastically.
"Shu, you know so much." As the chat progressed, Anna Faris realized that Wang Shu had achieved quite a lot at a young age, not because of luck, but because of his real ability.
As a result, his eyes became brighter and brighter.
Wang Shu smiled modestly after hearing this.
"Shu, I'm going back first, and I'll see you next time when I have time."
It was already late, and Anna Faris stood up and prepared to leave without feeling satisfied.
"Okay." Wang Shu responded, stood up and walked the other party to the door.
Anna Faris walked to the door, turned back and kissed Wang Shu on the cheek.
She originally just wanted to kiss Wang Shu to show that she was happy to meet him, but unexpectedly, Wang Shu put his arm around her waist and hugged her.
The two looked at each other, and Anna Faris took the initiative to kiss Wang Shu.
Actually, Wang Shu just subconsciously held Anna Faris's waist and had no other thoughts.
Now, since Anna Faris took the initiative to kiss her, he would not refuse.
Moreover, he also knew this was a signal.
The two kissed for a while and then ended up on the bed.
Then
More than an hour later, Anna Faris left with a happy face and a satisfied look.
Anyone who has experienced things between men and women can tell that she has definitely experienced a war.
And, I am extremely satisfied with this battle.
On the other side, Wang Shu sat on the bedside and sighed deeply.
American Hollywood is not only like a wolf but also corrodes people's hearts.
There is no need for too many reasons to have sex here. As long as both parties have ideas, there will be substantial actions.
Does not hide one's own desires.
It is far different from domestic entertainment. Many female artists are obviously very sao, but they all pretend to be reserved.
At the same time, there were many domestic media reports on the nomination of "The Tuner" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" for the Golden Globe Awards, and there was a lot of heated discussion on the forum.
These days, except for a few Chinese film directors such as Li Yu and Zhang Yimou, there are very few Chinese directors who can be nominated for the American Golden Globe Award.
"The Tuner" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" were both nominated, causing quite a stir.
"Golden Globe Award?" Zhou Xun muttered to himself after learning the news.
In mid-December, the comedy "Women Are Not Bad" directed by Xu Ke and starring Zhou Xun, Gui Lunmei, and Zhang Yuqi was released.
The cost of this movie is 3000W, and the box office is only 2208W.
Big rush!
With the success of this movie, it has been confirmed that mainland actors have no box office appeal, and the so-called mainland first-line stars are all fake.
At the same time, the art film "Li Mi's Conjecture" starring Zhou Xun was also unsatisfactory.
This film was originally aimed at the three major European film festivals, but it turned out that it couldn't even get into the three major European film festivals, and ended up going to the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Although Zhou Xun won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress for this film, this award has some implications for young actors in the industry who have not won awards, and it is not valuable to actors who have entered the front line.
International awards are the pursuit.
In 2008, Zhou Xun appeared in three movies, namely "Li Mi's Conjecture", "Painted Skin", and "Women Are Not Bad", all of which received mediocre responses.
Among them, "Painted Skin" did quite well at the box office.
However, after the movie was released, mainland actors such as Zhou Xun were still ridiculed by many media and lacked box office appeal.
"I wonder if I can win the prize?" Zhou Xun muttered to himself.
As a close friend of Wang Shu, Zhou Xun naturally hopes that Wang Shu can win the award.
She knows that the Golden Globe Awards are the only film awards in the United States after the Academy Awards.
When Wang Shu first arrived in Hollywood, even if he did not win the Academy Award, it was an extremely proud achievement to win the Golden Globe Award.
“Oscars are not that easy to win. Even American directors need to go through qualifications, let alone a Chinese-language film director like Wang Shu who has just arrived in Hollywood. It is even more difficult. .”
Zhou Xun is not optimistic that Wang Shu will win the Academy Award early next year.
No matter from all aspects, the probability of Wang Shu winning the prize is zero.
Qualifications, nationality, Sino-US relations, age, and other factors have already determined that Wang Shu cannot win the award.
No matter how good the movie is, it’s useless.
“So, if I can win the Golden Globe, that would be good too.” Zhou Xun smiled.
Then he added, "He should be returning to China in two days, right?" On December 16, Wang Shu returned to China.
"Travel to Taipei" is scheduled to premiere on December 19 (Friday). As director, Wang Shu returned to China to participate in the final promotion of the film.
Before this, the publicity work had always been performed by starring actors such as Liu Dehua and Li Binbin, but Wang Shu did not appear.
Now that the release is approaching, even if the director is working behind the scenes, he still needs to participate in the promotion.
I had just returned to China and my butt was still hot, so I hurriedly went to record an interview show with Liu Dehua and Li Binbin.
"Director Wang."
Liu Dehua and Li Binbin learned that Wang Shu was present in the lounge, and immediately stood up and went to show their faces.
"Brother Hua, sister Binbin, long time no see." Wang Shu responded with a smile.
Li Binbin felt that Wang Shu was not interested in them, and joked with a smile: "Director Wang is a very busy man now. The movie is about to be released, and he can't see anyone."
"Isn't it because of your publicity? The director is behind the scenes and publicity is dispensable." Wang Shu complimented.
Li Binbin shook his head and then asked: "I heard that both "The Tuner" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" that you filmed in the United States were nominated for the Golden Globe Award?"
"Haha." Wang Shu smiled, and then added, "You're lucky."
"Are you confident about winning the prize?" Li Binbin blinked and asked.
“Yes!” Normally, Wang Shu would not have finished speaking in one breath.
But now he has gone to Hollywood and has been nominated for two more movies, including "The Wolf of Wall Street".
Now that he is back in China, he does not want to weaken his prestige.
Answer immediately and directly.
"Huh? So confident?" Li Binbin was surprised.
Not only her, but also Liu Dehua was surprised.
After being surprised, I suddenly felt that it was because "The Tuner" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" were both nominated for the Golden Globe Awards, so they were inflated?
Li Binbin now only wants to go international, and wants to go to Hollywood to develop in the same way as Zhang Ziyi, so she has always paid attention to Hollywood. Without waiting for Wang Shu to reply, she just listened to her words again, "As far as I know, it seems that "Return to Youth" directed by David Fincher has the biggest call for winning the award, followed by "The Tuner". Director Wang, are you really confident that "Return to Youth" will definitely win the award?"
Liu Dehua was also confused after hearing this.
David Fincher, he knows, this is an international director who has been famous for a long time.
He does not deny that Wang Shu is very talented and powerful.
But. David Fincher
"Haha." Wang Shu laughed twice and said, "What's the point of shouting loudly? This Golden Globe Award, even if "The Tuner" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" "If you can't win the award, it won't be "Rejuvenation". "
"Not to mention, I have confidence in the movie "The Wolf of Wall Street"."
""Wall Street". "Wolf"?" Upon hearing this, Liu Dehua knew that Wang Shu had more confidence in "The Wolf of Wall Street" than in "The Tuner".
It’s just that he has never seen this movie, so he doesn’t understand why Wang Shu is so confident.
Li Binbin was also confused. "The Tuner" has been turned around and turned again and again. It is already an extremely exciting movie. He can't understand why Wang Shu is more optimistic about "The Wolf of Wall Street".
Wang Shu smiled and said: ""The Wolf of Wall Street" is adapted from the autobiography of a legendary Wall Street trader."
"Yeah"
"This movie, "Compared with the financial crisis."
He has doubts. Logically speaking, many people should know that "The Wolf of Wall Street" is adapted from the autobiography of a Wall Street trader. Li Binbin and Liu Dehua don't seem to know.
Is it because news is not very popular in China, or are Li Binbin and Liu Dehua not paying special attention to this?
He prefers the latter.
Hearing this, Liu Dehua thought for a moment and vaguely guessed the reason.
Li Binbin asked without knowing why: "What's wrong with the comparison with the financial crisis?"
For this question, Wang Shu was too lazy to explain, and said: "You will know by then. ”
Li Binbin was very dissatisfied with Wang Shu's perfunctory answer and immediately rolled his eyes at him.
At this point, the topic has been transferred, and the two of them did not pay attention to what Wang Shu said before. Even if "The Tuner" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" failed to win the award, they would not have their turn. The words "Rejuvenation".
Although David Fincher is indeed a well-known director at this stage, in fact, his honor in the film field is not as good as that of Wang Shu.
Although David Fincher has been in the industry for many years and has also made famous movies such as "Alien 3", "Seven", and "Zodiac", he actually has no successful movies. honor.
Looking back at Wang Shu, the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival is already out of his reach.
The appeal for "Rejuvenation" is greater than that of "The Tuner" simply because David Fincher is a veteran director who has been in Hollywood for many years.
On the other hand, Wang Shu is just a young Chinese film director who has just arrived in Hollywood.
In this case, David Fincher must have the loudest voice.
Li Binbin was curious about the movie "The Wolf of Wall Street" and wanted to continue chatting, but had to give up because the interview was about to begin.
After more than two hours, the recording of the interview program ended perfectly.
Li Binbin suggested: "Director Wang, Brother Hua, it's still early, how about we go have supper together?"
Li Binbin is an actress and needs to manage her figure every day. Normally, she won't eat at all. Eat late at night to avoid getting out of shape.
At this moment, this suggestion was just that Wang Shu had just returned from Hollywood, and she wanted to develop in Hollywood, so as to promote friendship with Wang Shu.
Liu Dehua said helplessly: "I'm sorry, you go ahead, I have a schedule and I can't go."
Since I have a schedule, it's not easy to force it, Li Binbin immediately said: "It doesn't matter. , Brother Hua’s work is important.”
After saying that, he looked at Wang Shu again and asked, "Director Wang, shall we go for supper?"
Wang Shu laughed and said, "I came here just after I got off the plane. Let’s eat.”
“I was hungry and wanted to have a midnight snack. Since you have an idea, let’s go together.”
Li Binbin’s face suddenly changed when he heard Wang Shu agreed. A smile appears.
Liu Dehua was just incidental, the real person she wanted to invite was Wang Shu.
As long as Wang Shu agrees, it doesn't matter whether Liu Dehua goes or not.
"You go ahead, I'll leave first." Liu Dehua said.
Li Binbin and Wang Shu said yes, and then went to have supper together.
December is winter in the capital, and Wang Shu didn’t have a meal, so the two of them made some plans and went to a hot pot restaurant.
It stands to reason that hot pot is more lively when there are more people eating it.
However, Li Binbin had a small thought and only went with Wang Shu instead of calling his friends to come with him.
"Director Wang, do you want to drink?"
After ordering, Li Binbin asked thoughtfully.
"No, just drink some juice." Although Wang Shu can drink, he is not addicted to alcohol and usually doesn't drink much.
When Li Binbin heard that Wang Shu did not drink, his eyes showed a hint of disappointment.
Many things or topics can only be discussed freely after drinking deeply.
(End of this chapter)