Chapter 499
Los Angeles.
When Wang Shu woke up, the sky outside the house was dim and bright.
Looking sideways, Gong Li was lying next to her asleep.
Seeing this, I couldn’t help but reach out and knead the mountains.
Gong Li woke up because of this.
She looked at Wang Shu and said softly without waking up: "Are you thinking about it again?"
She was not surprised by this.
Wang Shu is a young man after all, and he has never had a girlfriend or played around outside and exhausted his body. It is normal for him to regain his energy and have ideas in a short period of time.
Wang Shu did not speak, but answered with actions.
"There is no small umbrella!" Gong Li reminded quickly.
"It's okay, I won't get in." Wang Shu answered.
“No, no, it’s not safe.” Gong Li resisted in a panic after hearing this.
Just resistance is ineffective.
At noon, Wang Shu and Gong Li had lunch outside together.
After lunch, Gong Li went back.
Wang Shu just returned to the apartment when his cell phone rang. It was a call from Zhou Xun.
"Shu, congratulations on winning the Oscar for Best Director." Zhou Xun's slightly deep voice sounded.
"Haha, just good luck." Wang Shu responded with a smile upon hearing this.
The two chatted for a while, and Zhou Xun asked: "Shu, after winning the award, have you considered returning to China to make movies?"
Wang Shu responded truthfully: "I have no plans for the time being."
Of course he will return to China to make movies, but the domestic market has not yet taken off, so he is not in a hurry.
At this time, when I return to China to make a movie, no matter how impressive it is, the box office will only be a few hundred million.
Wait two or three years, and it will be an era of two to three billion, and it will not be too late to shoot again then.
Of course, this is just for the purpose of making a commercial film.
If you make a winning film, you can return to your country at any time.
That’s what he said, but if Han Sanping tried his best to invite him with benefits, he would still return to China to make movies.
After all, even Hua Yi has made a co-production of "The King of Kung Fu" these days. He can also take the lead in making a Sino-US co-production.
Zhou Xun was originally full of expectations, but when he heard Wang Shu say without thinking that he had no plans for the time being, the expectation on his face suddenly froze, and he subconsciously asked: "No plans?"
Wang Shu explained: "I will be filming "Life of Pi" next, which will take a lot of time."
"In addition, after winning the award, many producers in Hollywood are looking for me to cooperate."
"I don't care whether I will cooperate with them or not. Anyway, I don't have time to return to China to film in a short time."
After hearing this, Zhou Xun sighed and said, "Okay."
He then said, "When will we return to China? Let's have dinner together."
"Yeah." Wang Shu responded and said, "I'll call you when I get back to China."
When Zhou Xun heard this, he felt a little warm in his heart, and then chatted with Wang Shu for a while, and said: "Then you are busy, it is very late in the country, I am going to bed."
"Okay, you have a rest. "Okay." Wang Shu responded and hung up the call with Zhou Xun.
After finishing the phone call with Zhou Xun, he received another call from Sun Li.
"Congratulations, you won the Oscar for Best Director." Sun Li said sweetly.
Sun Li's own voice is relatively soft, not as hard as in many film and television works.
In the original timeline, many people thought that Sun Li's voice was tougher after watching "The Legend of Zhen Huan" starring Sun Li.
Actually, it was dubbing, not Sun Li’s own voice at all.
Although Sun Li's voice gradually becomes thicker as she grows older, her voice was soft when she was young.
“It’s just the Oscar for Best Director, it’s within reach.” Wang Shu boasted with a smile.
When talking to Sun Li, Wang Shu would often make jokes and tease her.
"Bragging again~" Sun Li knew Wang Shu was joking and curled her lips.
"Haha." Wang Shu laughed, and then asked with concern: "You are still up so late? If I remember correctly, it should be quite late in China at this time."
< br>Hearing Wang Shu's concern, Sun Li felt warm in her heart and said, "Isn't it because I thought you had a lot of social activities last night and maybe you slept late and woke up late, so I called you at this time."< br>
"You are so virtuous. You are so considerate. At first glance, you are a good wife and mother." Wang Shu said with a smile.
Hearing this, Sun Li snorted angrily: "Speak nicely."
The two of them chatted for a while, then hung up the phone.
Compared to Zhou Xun's question about the movie, Sun Li didn't ask anything about it and just chatted with Wang Shu in a quarrelsome manner for a while.
After a while, Mei Ting, Yang Mi, Liu Yan, Li Binbin and others called to congratulate each other one after another. Wang Shu was either answering the phone or on his way to answer the phone.
"If I had known, I would have turned off my phone." Wang Shu sighed.
In the next few days, Wang Shu has been participating in various parties, gatherings, and entertainment. As the youngest Oscar-winning director in history, there are hot discussions not only in China, but also in Europe and the United States.
Similarly, I also receive many party invitations.
Wang Shu just chose a few to participate, and he was already a little exhausted.
He wanted to complain, why are Americans so keen on organizing parties?
Find a place, get some snacks, some drinks and wine, and it’s a party.
Forget about having a party, why is it that every time there is someone in the bathroom making sounds that emit modal particles?
If the bathroom is limited, you have to wait outside while listening.
On this day, Wang Shu was invited to attend Christine's party.
Wang Shu met Kristine’s boyfriend at the party. He just said hello briefly and did not talk in detail.
Just as he found a quiet place to breathe, Christine suddenly appeared.
She drank some wine, her face was a little red, and she looked a little confused.
After seeing Wang Shu, he pulled Wang Shu away without saying a word.
“Where to go?” Wang Shu was full of confusion and asked while being pulled forward by Christine.
Christine didn’t answer, and kept pulling him forward.
After a while, Wang Shu realized it.
Christine's destination was the bathroom.
“…”
2009, March 1.
Wang Shu and Fox’s casting director Ivy Kaufman appeared in Mumbai, India, where more than 3,000 people will audition.
After the audition, we will go to Pondicherry, India for filming.
After this part is completed, I will return to China for filming.
As soon as the two arrived in Mumbai and before they started auditioning, they learned a piece of news that was somewhat related to Hollywood.
After hearing the news, both of them were silent, not knowing what to say.
In 2004, a documentary called "Born in a Brothel" was released in the United States.
The film tells the story of a group of children living in the red light district of Kolkata who learn graphic photography under the leadership of a journalist.
In 2005, the 77th Academy Awards ceremony was held, and this film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
In addition, a tragedy occurred during the filming of the film, in which the mother of a 12-year-old actor who was the only one he could rely on was burned to death by a pimp.
Now, four years have passed.
The little heroine of "Born in a Brothel" was reduced to a mere cause.
To be precise, one year after winning the award, this little heroine has already followed the same path as her mother and became a mere cause.
The director of the film wanted to rescue her. The local police also tried to rescue her in the face of international media attention, but failed.
Then, in order not to stick to the pot, the local police directly stated that many powerful people were involved and would not allow the little heroine of "Born in a Brothel" to regain her freedom
Wang Shu heard the news When I was watching, I couldn't help but think
If this girl had not been selected by the director of "Born in a Brothel" to participate in the film, might she not have followed her mother's path when she grew up?
But to marry and live a simple life?
Today, "Born in a Brothel" won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.
Mother and daughter, coupled with Oscar's gimmick, so that powerful local people made her lose her freedom.
Control her and make her have only one choice in life, to follow her mother's old path
The movie "Born in a Brothel" tries its best to paint a beautiful picture of redemption. Through hard work and lucky opportunities, the poor Indian children in the slums finally escaped from the sea of suffering and became successful people according to the standards of Western civilization.
However, although the film brought the children in the film the brief glory of Oscars, it did not really change their life trajectory.
It even caused the heroine of the movie to be controlled by powerful local people, causing her to follow her mother's old path and become just a cause.
I have to admit, this is very Hollywood.
"Shu, if you are interested, after finishing the casting work, I can take you to Calcutta, where Preeti is."
The person in charge in Mumbai met Wang The tree seemed interested and said with a smile.
Preeti is the heroine of "Born in a Brothel".
Kolkata is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal.
Wang Shu saw Ivy Kaufman on the side looking at him after hearing this, and immediately said speechlessly: "Not interested."
"I was just thinking, if there were no " "Born in a Brothel" documentary, will Preeti's personal freedom not be controlled by powerful people in Kolkata? "
"And now we are also in India for casting."
< br>“Do you think this will change someone else’s life?”
"After the change, is it bad or good?"
Hearing this, the person in charge of the early stage was speechless and didn't know what to answer.
Ivy Kaufman thought that Wang Shu was a little sentimental after learning what happened to Preeti, and even did not want to direct the movie "Life of Pi" because of this.
Immediately said : "Shu, our casting this time is different from the casting in "Born in a Brothel". We can't generalize. Don't overthink it."
"The actors who are lucky enough to be selected will only change their lives. Live better, not like Preeti”
The person in charge on the side also noticed the taste and said quickly: "Yes, Shu, you may have misunderstood."
"Our casting is different from that of "Born in a Brothel". We and Bao For Hollywood cooperation, the choices are all”
“Uh”
“Preeti’s situation won’t happen anyway”
Wang Shu felt a little nervous after hearing what the two said. It hurts, he just sighed casually, but the two of them thought about it.
Ivy Kaufman saw that Wang Shu was silent, and then said: "Shu, we are in Bollywood, not Calcutta."
(End of this chapter)