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There's nothing really special about the Oscar nominees luncheon.

The nominees luncheon is a notch below the gala dinner that takes place on awards night.

For those who have never participated, this might be a curious experience, but for Wu Yuan, it doesn't matter.

Although he was not enthusiastic about the Oscars, he attended them several times in the early years. One year he even came to present the Oscars and he also attended the nomination luncheons several times.

After entering, he picked up a glass of champagne from the waiter who was walking around the table, and started socializing with Chen Guokun.

When dealing with people and doing things, you must be sociable in your circle.

It would be fine if I had not attended this year's Oscars, but now that I am here, I can no longer be that aloof and "arrogant" person, I must integrate into the circle.

Look around the banquet hall.

Obviously, the most watched crew is the crew of "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood".

The combination of famous Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino and international superstars Leonardo Dicaprio and Brad Pitt is hard not to attract attention.

Even the crew of "Joker" and Wu Yuan's "Bruce Lee" cannot compare with it in terms of star power.

Whether it was Quentin, Leonardo, or Brad Pitt, there were a lot of people around the three of them.

After thinking quickly for three seconds, Wu Yuan pulled Chen Guokun, gave Emma Stone a look, and walked with them towards "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood".

"Hey, Pete, long time no see." With the people around him making way, Wu Yuan easily walked in front of Brad Pitt.

Among these three people, Wu Yuan is most familiar with Brad Pitt because they are neighbors in Beverly Hills and often run into each other on the nearby luxury street.

It’s just that when they met by chance, Brad Pitt’s wife was still the one with the flaming red lips, Angelina Jolie.

However, last year, in April 2019, the two chose to divorce, and they are still arguing over issues of property and child custody. It is estimated that it will take several years before there is a preliminary result.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith, who were once close to each other in "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", have long since fallen out.

Well, when these two were dating, Brad Pitt hadn't broken up with Jennifer Aniston, the heroine of "Friends". All you can say is that this was a farce.

However, Wu Yuan would not have any opinion about Brad Pitt because of his emotional problems.

Who told him he didn't know anyone else on the set of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood?

Director Quentin had been famous for a long time, but Wu Yuan had never had any contact with him.

Not to mention Leonardo, who has changed from the handsome boy of the century when Wu Yuan was in college to a middle-aged fat uncle now, but he has never been able to work with this outstanding actor.

"Hi, Director Daniel, long time no see." Brad Pitt is also well versed in socializing in the circle. Although he hasn't seen Wu Yuan for many years and they were just nodding acquaintances back then, in such a public occasion, he showed a very enthusiastic attitude towards Wu Yuan and there was no sign of strangeness at all.

After all, it was the big director who took the initiative to come and say hello to him.

"Come, let me introduce you."

Brad Pitt pointed at his companions and said, "This is director Quentin and the best actor in Hollywood, Leonardo DiCaprio."

"Daniel, do you need me to introduce you?" Sure, that's very sensible.

Wu Yuan raised the corner of his mouth and immediately introduced Chen Guokun.

He took the initiative to say hello to the crew of "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" in order to help Chen Guokun become more familiar in Hollywood and build some connections.

After all, he has plenty of connections, so he doesn't need to get close to Quentin or Leonardo.

But Chen Guokun is different. From the current perspective, "Bruce Lee" still has great hope of winning an award. In addition, this character is inherently more attractive in North America, so Wu Yuan still hopes to push Chen Guokun to Hollywood.

Although Hollywood has been experiencing a decline in recent years and has even fallen into the trap and vicious circle of zzzq and lgbt groups, it is undeniable that Hollywood is still the number one film export market in the world.

Moreover, this first point will probably be difficult to change before World War III occurs.

Even if China's economy and other soft and hard powers catch up, Chinese films can only "recover" the Asian market and influence at most. It is unlikely to export them globally. This has nothing to do with the film and television industry itself and involves many complex factors behind the scenes.

Therefore, if an actor wants to develop from a higher perspective and wants to develop internationally, Hollywood is still the best choice.

After Jackie Chan gradually became less able to fight in recent years and basically retreated to the second or third line, there are no up-and-coming Chinese male actors, or more precisely, kung fu martial arts actors, to take over.

From Bruce Lee to Jackie Chan, the kung fu and martial arts market that China has always firmly occupied in the hearts of movie fans around the world is now in full decline.

In this case, if China can come up with another martial arts actor to take over from Jackie Chan, he will undoubtedly be able to continue the influence that two or three generations of Chinese actors have cultivated internationally over the past few decades.

In Wu Yuan’s mind, the candidate was naturally Chen Guokun.

Although he is not young anymore, he can still fight for another ten years.

It is really an advantage for him to play "Bruce Lee" this time. If the movie can achieve good box office, he will definitely be the one who benefits the most, and he can use the fame of "Bruce Lee" to become famous all over the world.

If he can make a few tailor-made action films in Hollywood like Jackie Chan did, he will have a good chance of becoming the next Chinese superstar actor.

Since there is this hope, Wu Yuan is naturally willing to help. After all, it is his duty to increase China's international influence.

It can be said that everyone present is a smart person, and Wu Yuan's thoughts were almost instantly seen through by Quentin and others.

However, they had no intention of giving Wu Yuan face and approached Chen Guokun very enthusiastically.

Quentin, who has been to China many times and had a friendship with Jiang Wen, even talked to Chen Guokun about action movies.

Although Quentin loves to make R-rated movies and Prisoners, he is better at the aesthetics of violence and can be considered one of the best directors in the international film scene in terms of the aesthetics of bloody violence.

Kung Fu is naturally inseparable from violence. Even Quentin's own violent aesthetics have been influenced by Bruce Lee and Hong Kong Kung Fu films.

“I saw a small screening of ‘Bruce Lee’ in New York, and Chan was great in the movie, much cooler than the Bruce Lee in my movie.”

"I really hope to have the opportunity to work with you in the future. Unfortunately, I don't have any plans to shoot another movie in the short term. Maybe I can consider making a movie about kung fu and violence and invite Chen to star in it."

Pulling Chen Guokun aside, Quentin started chatting with him with great interest.

Wu Yuan also smiled and chatted with Leonardo, an actor who went from being an idol to a talented actor. (End of this chapter)