Chapter 526 I was so angry when I refused the invitation
With the crew operating in an orderly manner, the filming in Pondicherry was completed, and the next step was to return to Beijing for the next part of the filming.
Wang Shu will return to Beijing first and wait for Jill to lead the crew.
Hollywood films are a producer-centered system. He is only the director, and Jill is the producer.
Jill is responsible for everything on the crew.
"Shu, are you going back to China tomorrow?" Tabu got the news and found Wang Shu.
“Yes, I will return home first.” Wang Shu responded with a smile.
He is a director and his job is filming. The work in Pondicherry has been completed. In addition, he has already visited the places he should visit in this coastal town, so there is no need to stay here anymore.
Tabu heard the affirmative reply and immediately invited: "Would you like to have dinner together? I hope you will take care of me when I go to your country in the future."
Hearing Tabu say this , Wang Shu immediately responded: "Okay, let's have dinner together."
Seeing Wang Shu agree, Tabu smiled on his face.
In the evening, Wang Shu and Tabu had dinner together in the restaurant.
Compared to Tabu who only ate salad last time, this time he not only ate the same thing as Wang Shu, but also drank red wine.
"Shu, you are really amazing. For other directors, these filming jobs would have taken at least a month or two, but you only completed them in ten days. I heard that Jill and Yili Sabai is very satisfied and is just waiting for the editing to come out."
Tabu took a sip of red wine and looked at Wang Shu and praised it sincerely.
As a senior actor who has been in the industry for many years, she has rich experience and knowledge.
During her career in the industry, she encountered directors whose filming progressed very quickly.
It’s just that although the progress is often fast, the quality cannot be guaranteed.
Now, the attitudes of producer Gill and Fox's Elizabeth have proven that Wang Shu is not only fast, but also of very good quality.
She knows in her heart that Hollywood producers and film companies like to work with this kind of director.
Not only can it shorten the cycle and save costs, but it can also ensure the quality of the film and maximize profits.
Therefore, with this skill, Wang Shu will not be short of investors in Hollywood.
And this, for Tabu, is the key.
Wang Shu has no shortage of investors in Hollywood. In addition, he shoots movies very quickly, which indicates that Wang Shu may have many works in Hollywood in the future.
As long as she can participate in some of these, she might be able to become a Hollywood star and even win an Oscar.
Oscar statuette.
No one among the actors around the world doesn’t want to get one.
For Tabu, who is already a top artist in India, no matter how many film and television awards India has won, there is still no Oscar statuette that has gold content.
Wang Shu listened to these slightly complimentary words and smiled politely: "The main reason is that the scenery here in Pondicherry is very good. A casual shot of the camera will reveal a pretty good scenery."
Tabu heard Wang Shu praise the scenery in India. As an Indian, she couldn't help but smile proudly and said: "The scenery is part of it, but more importantly, you are awesome as a tree."
After finishing speaking, he added, "Shu, I heard from Gill and the others that there are many producers in Hollywood who want to cooperate with you, right?"
Wang Shu politely explained: "After all, I have It is normal for a producer to come to seek cooperation after winning an Oscar."
Tabu heard the exact content from Wang Shu and complimented with a smile: "Shu, There are many producers in Hollywood looking to cooperate with you, doesn’t it also mean that you are very powerful?”
“Haha.” Wang Shu smiled when he heard this.
Tabu raised his glass and clinked it with him, took a sip and asked with a smile: "Shu, do you think I have a chance to develop in Hollywood?"
Wang Shu saw Tabu looking at him and smiled: "Of course."
The skin of the Indian aristocracy is relatively white, and their appearance is closer to Western faces.
If compared with domestic entertainment actors, just from the appearance, it seems that Indian actors have an advantage in Hollywood.
It's just that the truth is, but in Hollywood, you can't just do it if you want to.
Tabu, a top-tier Indian actor like Tabu, would not want to go to Hollywood and start everything from scratch.
And if it weren't for a walk-on role, there are so many actors in Hollywood to choose from, and the resources would not be available to an actor from India like her.
For Gong Li to go to Hollywood, at least she has an international award and a certain status in the world.
Tabu is just a first-line actor in India, and his international reputation and status are far inferior to Gong Li.
"Shu, don't lie to me. Do I really have a chance to go to Hollywood?" Tabu was not a three-year-old child, so he immediately rolled his eyes.
Wang Shu smiled and said: "Isn't the movie you are currently filming an opportunity?"
Tubb certainly knew that this was an opportunity, but she also knew that she did not have the capital to gain a foothold in Hollywood.
If there is no follow-up after this, it will be like looking at the moon in a well.
What's more, this "Life of Pi" is a movie with an Indian background, so it only has a chance.
This kind of opportunity is rare in Hollywood and may not be available for many years.
There are no similar films with Indian backgrounds in Hollywood, which means that it is difficult for her to have a chance.
"This is an opportunity, but what happens next?" Tabu sighed.
Instead of being a licking dog, now nine times out of ten, you will say something like "I am here, I will help you from now on", etc., so as to draw in the relationship between the two parties, and then
Shu responded softly: "The boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge. We will talk about the future later. When this film is released, maybe a producer will contact you?"
Tabu's expression changed when he heard this. There was a moment of stiffness, then back to normal in an instant.
For her, hoping that the producers would extend an olive branch after "Life of Pi" is released is not as useful as getting Wang Shu's support.
Not to mention whether there will be producers extending an olive branch, let’s just say that there are producers extending an olive branch, but we don’t know whether the olive branch offered is a bad film resource or a high-quality resource.
The resources of bad movies are useless no matter how many performances there are.
Not only does it not work, but it will also damage your own reputation.
On the contrary, a talented director like Wang Shu has proven through his performance that the films he directs, writes and directs are all good.
"I hope so." Tabu sighed.
After dinner, Tabu suggested: "Shu, it's still early, let's go for a walk together?"
Wang Shu nodded after hearing this and followed the other party.
Walking on the coastal plank road, Tabu suddenly reached out and pulled out Wang Shu's hand.
Wang Shu turned around in confusion, only to see Tabu's eyes said faintly: "Shu, you are very charming, I admit that I am attracted to you."
Hearing this, Wang Shu He calmly pulled his hand away and said with a smile: "Tabu, you were right before, you have a family, we shouldn't be like this."
Hearing this, Tabu held Wang Shu's hand again and said, "Shu, it's okay. As long as you don't tell anyone, no one will know."
Wang Shu listened. Still calmly pulling his hand away, he sighed: "But I can't pass this test in my heart."
After that, he said righteously, "Tabu, you are very beautiful and charming. ."
"Really beautiful and charming"
"But"
"You're right, you have a family, we shouldn't be like this."
"Even if we don't tell it, we shouldn't be like this."
Tabu didn't expect her initiative at all. This answer came unexpectedly. She was stunned on the spot. After being stunned for a while, she curled her lips and then said, "Shu, you are a good person." This sentence came out.
Actually, she was really surprised.
She dared to conclude that if it were anyone else facing her initiative, they would have already entered a state of panic.
Wang Shu was actually thinking about her family.
Tabu could feel that it was not that Wang Shu disliked her, but that he did not want to affect her family because of things that crossed the line.
This is really thinking about her, not just the lower body.
Understanding this, Tabu's inner evaluation of Wang Shu rose to a higher level again.
Before, she thought that Wang Shu was handsome and a talented Oscar-winning director. She would get resources by having a relationship with him, not only not losing money but making a lot of money.
You can sleep with a handsome young Oscar-winning director, get resources, and win a deal. Why not?
Now, she couldn't help but look at Wang Shu high again.
Seeing that Wang Shu had received another good guy card, he smiled and said, "Go back, I have to catch a plane tomorrow."
Tabu saw that Wang Shu had turned around and left after finishing speaking. Go, I opened my mouth and had something to say, but in the end I didn't say anything and followed silently behind me.
On April 27, 2009, Wang Shu returned to Beijing from India. As May approaches in Beijing, the temperature changes from spring to summer, and the temperature difference between day and night is relatively large.
After Wang Shu returned to Beijing, many people contacted him.
"Director Wang, I am meeting you this time because I want to invite you to be the host of this Huabiao Awards Ceremony."
In the reception room of Yishu Company, the Film and Television Bureau The person explained his intention to Wang Shu face to face.
In 2009, the 13th Huabiao Awards will be held on August 29, almost four months away.
After the people from the Film and Television Bureau finished speaking, they continued, "For this Huabiao Awards, we have invited Chen Long to represent Hong Kong Island, Xu Ruoxuan to represent Baodao, Pu Cunxin to represent mainland actors, and Yangshi The host Jing Wei.”
After saying this, he paused and said, “We invite you because we want you to represent the new generation and directors from both sides of the Taiwan Strait.”
"The five of you will form the host group for this Huabiao Award Ceremony."
"I hope Director Wang will not shirk it."
When Wang Shu heard this, he responded politely: "It is an honor for me to receive the invitation from the organizer. How can I shirk it?"
The organizer of the Huabiao Awards is the Film and Television Bureau. Although this The award is not as well-known as the Golden Rooster Award, which is the benchmark Baodao Golden Horse Award, but it has the most “card”.
The Golden Rooster and the Public Hundred Flowers are both awards organized by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the China Film Association in conjunction with local governments.
Among these three awards, only the Huabiao Award is sponsored by the Film and Television Bureau.
The people at the Film and Television Bureau breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this. Wang Shu is the first Oscar-winning director in Mainland China, and is also the youngest Oscar-winning director in history. His works have also introduced new ones. Wang Shu, Chen Long and Pu Cunxin are named above and others hosted the award ceremony of this Huabiao Award.
Chen Long is not only the number one person in the Hong Kong film and television industry, but also the number one Chinese movie star in the world.
It is even said that Chen Long is not only the first Chinese movie star in the world, but also equivalent to a world-famous international superstar like Michael Jackson.
Chen Long's reputation and popularity in the mainland are not high, which makes many people think that Chen Long's international reputation is average.
In fact, Chen Long is second only to Michael Jackson in international popularity.
After Michael Jackson died, Chen Long became the most famous person in the world, followed by Swift.
Of course, visibility is not the same as popularity.
In terms of popularity, Swifty's popularity is much higher than that of Chen Long.
When it comes to global popularity, after Michael Jackson, Chen Long is the most famous artist.
No matter where he goes to Europe, America, Africa, Australia, Asia, all over the world, many people know him.
Without such a card, the Oscars would not have awarded him the Lifetime Achievement Award.
As for Vivian Hsu, who represents Baodao, her role is to coordinate with several other male hosting guests.
But this is a problematic artist, so it’s okay not to mention it.
Pu Cunxin, although not as well-known as Sidan Shuangbing, is the vice president of the People's Arts, the chairman of the Beijing Opera Association, the vice president of the Film Association, etc. He has various backgrounds.
The remaining Yangshi host Jingwei is a professional who specializes in guiding the hosting work.
In the original timeline, the hosts of the 13th Huabiao Awards Ceremony were Chen Long, Xu Ruoxuan, Pu Cunxin, plus Jingwei.
Today, Wang Shu has become the youngest director in history to win an Oscar, and the films he has produced are innovative.
The Film and Television Bureau is also thinking of inviting him to host this Huabiao Awards together with Chen Long and others.
After all, since the reform of the film field, the Film and Television Bureau has been promoting the development of domestic commercial films.
Although Wang Shu has made many award-winning films, he has also made many representative commercial works in China.
The emergence of these works has not only made a great contribution to the development of domestic commercial films, but is also representative.
"It's an honor for us to have Director Wang come."
The people from the Film and Television Bureau were also very polite. After completing the task, they chatted politely with Wang Shu and left.
After that, there will be a dedicated person responsible for this matter to contact Yishu Company, and arrange a time to meet in advance according to the schedules of Wang Shu, Chen Long and others, so as to better complete the work of hosting the Huabiao Award.
Of course, this will be in two or three months.
Now, the only thing is to discuss this matter with Wang Shu first, so as not to pay a sudden visit when Wang Shu has other things and cannot spare time.
"The 13th Huabiao Awards?"
After seeing off the people from the Film and Television Bureau, Wang Shu returned to the office and muttered to himself.
He vaguely remembered that at this Huabiao Awards, Chen Kaige won the Outstanding Director Award for "Mei Lanfang" and Feng Xiaogang for "Assembly Number".
Although the Huabiao Award is an award sponsored by the Film and Television Bureau, it actually contains a lot of gold.
Twenty films were nominated for Outstanding Feature Film, and 10 won the Outstanding Feature Film Award.
4 nominated directors, 2 won the Outstanding Director Award.
There are 4 actor and 4 actress nominees, and two of them won the Outstanding Actor and Outstanding Actress awards respectively.
What’s even more bizarre is that this award also includes the Outstanding Overseas Chinese Director, Outstanding Overseas Chinese Actor and Outstanding Overseas Chinese Actress awards, which were awarded to Wu Yutai, Zhen Zhuan and Shu Qi respectively.
In this way, three awards for outstanding director, outstanding actor, and outstanding actress will be given out for free.
Thinking of this, Wang Shu shook his head. If it weren't for the film awards sponsored by the Film and Television Bureau, he wouldn't waste time going there.
Although he originally wanted to decline, the people from the Film and Television Bureau invited Chen Long.
Wang Shu clearly knows the name and weight of Chen Long’s cards.
Even Chen Long agreed to this matter. If he refused, it would seem a bit too much.
And the reasons given by the Film and Television Bureau cannot be rejected.
Chen Long represents Hong Kong Island and Pu Cunxin represents mainland artists.
And he represents the new generation and directors from both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Especially the words "director from both sides of the Taiwan Strait" reveal a lot of information.
In the past, mainland directors were good at making art films and won many international awards.
Nowadays, fifth-generation directors such as Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou have failed in the field of art films, and commercial films are specious.
Since the reform of the film field, the Film and Television Bureau has been promoting the development of commercial films.
But if you look around, most of the commercial films being produced in China are directed by Hong Kong director Kitakami.
Although the sixth-generation directors have emerged and won awards internationally, they are not good at commercial films, and their reputations are far less than those of Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, so they are simply not qualified to be a mainland director.
In contrast, without Wang Shu, the mainland would have such a large market, which would seem very stretched.
Now, Wang Shu not only won the Oscar for Best Director, becoming the first mainland director to win the Oscar for Best Director, he is also the youngest Oscar director in history.
With an Oscar statuette and the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival on his side, Wang Shu has also made many commercial films that have achieved box office success that is obvious to all.
Therefore, the Film and Television Bureau obviously wants to use Wang Shu to regain face from Baodao and Hong Kong Island this time.
The plan is very clear, which is to use the Huabiao Award to inform Taiwan and Hong Kong Island that there are also great directors in the mainland who are good at making commercial films.
Not only can he make commercial films, he is also an Oscar-winning director.
Representing the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places, I deserve the title, and I will use this to kill the prestige of the entertainment circles of Hong Kong Island and Baodao.
It is undeniable that Baodao’s Li Yu also won the Oscar for Best Director.
But Li Yu is not good at making commercial films.
Wang Shu from the Mainland can not only win an Oscar for his award-winning films, but he can also achieve good box office results for his commercial films.
Also, he is the youngest director in history.
In short, the Film and Television Bureau actually wants to use the Huabiao Awards to announce to Taiwan and Hong Kong that there is a person like Wang Shu in the mainland.
It is announced that there are directors from the Mainland who have won Oscars and are good at making commercial films.
From now on, Liandao will put away his arrogant face and stop pointing his nostrils upward.
After the people from the Film and Television Bureau left, they announced that Wang Shu had agreed to invite directors representing the new generation and directors from across the Taiwan Straits and three places to be the host of the 13th Huabiao Awards Ceremony.
As soon as the news spread, the Hong Kong and Baodao entertainment circles fell silent.
Many people on the two islands are quite dissatisfied with this and would like to ask why Wang Shu can represent directors from across the Taiwan Strait and three places?
But because Wang Shu is the youngest Oscar-winning director in history, he couldn’t ask.
So angry!
(End of this chapter)