I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 221
In the cafe, the blond and blue-eyed middle-aged woman Zahra Koch took a sip of coffee. After putting down the coffee cup, she smiled and said, "Mr. Wan, Golden Globe Award, "Huo Qubing" was shortlisted for five awards, and "Parasite" "Bug" was shortlisted for four awards, you are now a popular figure in Hollywood, and the media say that the devil has conquered Hollywood."

After Chen Chen's speech was translated, Wan Qingshan suddenly frowned and said, "Conquer Hollywood. It's fine if the domestic media reports it at home, but if the Hollywood media reports it like this, it means that the competition for the awards is targeting him."

A foreigner came to conquer Hollywood. What did the Golden Globe judges think?
"Ms. Koch, didn't Colombia make any efforts to win the award for "Huo Qubing"?"

After Chen Chen translated the words, Koch was stunned for a moment and then smiled, "Mr. Wan, of course we have worked hard for the awards, otherwise we would not have been shortlisted for five awards. This is a gift from our company to Mr. Wan." .

But as for money, sorry, there's nothing we can do about it.After all, the movie has been taken off the shelves, and it is impossible for us to pay money for the movie.

When I met Mr. Wan this time, I just wanted to ask Mr. Wan, if you are willing to pay for the award, as a partner, Colombia is willing to help you lobby. "

After Chen Chen translated the words, Wan Qingshan understood that Columbia helped speak and got several shortlists, but he had to pay for the prize himself.

Wan Qingshan was silent for a moment and asked, "How much does it cost for the best director?"

"Huo Qubing" was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Costume Design, and Best Editing.

"Parasite" was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actress.

"Parasite" has been shortlisted for the Golden Globe Awards. Lee Mee-kyung will definitely spend all her money to win the award. Lee Mee-kyung's first goal must be Best Foreign Language Film, and then Best Supporting Actress, because the Best Supporting Actress is Jeon Do-yeon.

As for the best director, Li Meijing will definitely not care. After all, Wan Qingshan is not Korean.

For Best Foreign Language Film, Li Meijing would be willing to spend money. Wan Qingshan thought that he would definitely not be able to compete, so he could only settle for Best Director. As for Best Actor, Wan Qingshan had no idea, and he decided to play less roles in the future. There is no use in taking the movie.

Of course, it also depends on how much the best director costs.

Koch thought for a moment and named a number.

"Director Wan, she said 100 million!"

After Chen Chen translated the words, Wan Qingshan suddenly frowned.

The 100 million that Koch mentioned must be US dollars. Using 100 million US dollars to exchange for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, Wan Qingshan thinks it is too expensive. If it is the Oscar for Best Director, 100 million US dollars is worth it. The Golden Globe Award for Best Director The gold content is a bit low.

"Tell her for me, no, it depends on luck whether "Huo Qubing" can win the award."

After Chen Chen translated the words, Koch was not surprised, because Hillier had told her that Wan Qingshan valued money very much.

"Mr. Wan, you have no idea about the Golden Globe Awards, but what about the Oscars? We can make "Huo Qubing" nominated for the Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Actor, and Best Director.

But again, the award still depends on your efforts, Mr. Wan? "

After Chen Chen translated the words, Wan Qingshan spoke without thinking.

"Can you help me ask how much the best director costs?"

In order for "Parasite" to win the Oscar, Li Meijing will definitely spend more money. Similarly, Li Meijing will definitely not care about the best director.

After Chen Chen translated, Koch answered without thinking.

"Director Wan, she said 300 million. There is no guarantee that she will win. It also depends on whether the competitors are willing to spend money.

If there are competitors willing to spend money, then 300 million will definitely not be enough. "

Wan Qingshan raised his eyebrows and carefully looked at Koch's expression.

He now had a feeling that Koch was cheating him out of money.

Normally, the Oscar's lobbying funds are around US$300 million to US$500 million.

But that’s all the lobbying funds for a movie, and in order to guarantee awards, a movie will lobby for at least two or three awards. Each award costs 300 million US dollars. Even if there is a financial crisis, the dollar has not depreciated so much. Bar.

It may be that Wan Qingshan's suspicious eyes were too obvious, or it may be that Koch knew that Wan Qingshan might be suspicious before, so she explained.

"Director Wan, she said that it is very difficult for Asians to win Oscars, so the lobbying funds will be much larger than for ordinary Hollywood movies.

Especially for awards like Best Director, Best Editing and Best Costume Design, hundreds of thousands of dollars can be won. "

Wan Qingshan's doubts disappeared instantly. This reason makes sense.

Then, Wan Qingshan was silent for a moment, sighed in his heart, and said, "Chen Chen, tell her that I don't want it anymore."

Chen Chen was stunned for a moment before translating to Koch.

At this time, Koch's expression became surprised.

Three million US dollars is a lot to lobby for the Oscar for Best Director, but many people are not even qualified to lobby for it.

You know, if the film does not meet the vision of those academics, even if Columbia pays for its connections, it will not be able to send the film to the Oscar shortlist.

At this time, Koch told Hillier that Wan Qingshan values ​​​​money very much, and he had a deeper impression. More than just valuing money, he simply regarded money as his lifeblood. For the Oscar for Best Director, he did not even pay 300 million. Willing to pay.

After being surprised, Koch did not try to dissuade her. Anyway, she just had to speak clearly and express Colombia's importance to Wanqing Mountain.

After meeting Koch, Wan Qingshan had no expectations for coming to the United States.

If there is still a little bit of expectation, it would be to see what kind of awards Lee Meijing will win for "Parasite".

After having no more expectations, Wan Qingshan calmed down and took Chen Chen around the United States. He didn't even attend the outpost where "Parasite" started to participate in the Oscars later.

It wasn't until the 11th, when the Golden Globe Awards gala was about to begin, that Wan Qingshan and Chen Chen, who had already gone to Washington State for a stroll, came back.

While letting the makeup artist mess around in the hotel, Zhou Xun, who had endured it for a long time, couldn't help but ask, "Director Wan, why don't you seem to pay much attention to "Parasite"? Do you think the movie has no hope of winning an award?"

Zhou Xun felt that Wan Qingshan's attitude was very strange. Obviously the reason for filming "Parasite" was for the Oscar, but now that the Oscar is right around the corner, Wan Qingshan did not participate in the outpost and went to have fun. This really made her confused.

Not only Zhou Xun found it strange, but Gong Li, Dong Xuan, and Zeng Li who heard Zhou Xun's questioning also opened their eyes and looked through the mirror at Wan Qingshan who had closed his eyes and let the makeup artist tinker.

"The movie should be able to win awards, but the award-winning situation should have little to do with me."

Zhou Xun and Dong Xuan were a little confused. They didn't know what Wan Qingshan meant. How could he have nothing to do with director and investor Wan Qingshan after winning the award.

But Gong Li understood what Wan Qingshan meant. She smiled and said nothing.

After putting on makeup and waiting for a while, it was almost time. Wan Qingshan led the two crew members to the Hilton Hotel to attend the Golden Globe Awards.

When Wanqingshan set off, several major domestic portals opened live broadcast chat rooms for the Golden Globe Awards early.

Last time "Golden Man" participated in the Oscars, several major portals had live broadcast chat rooms, Sina Live Chat Room, and almost caused trouble because of Lu Chuan's words. In the end, if it weren't for Zhang Yimou and others leaving early, After the incident has been overshadowed, I am afraid that the waves caused by Lu Chuan will not be small.

Afterwards, several major portals were alert. This time they did not go to the director, thinking that the directors might not be convinced. Instead, they went to the stars and film critics, and the rough draft was finalized in advance.

In the NetEase live broadcast room, the host has just finished chatting with two film critics, Huang Xiaoming and Du Chun, about popular movies at the Golden Globe Awards.

Then, the host continued according to the draft, "What is regrettable for the audience now is that "Parasite" is a Korean film. If it were a Chinese film, then the two films would be nominated for the Golden Globe Award together, and even be nominated for the Oscar together. , this is the creation of Chinese-language film history.

Now there are media reports in Hollywood that "Huo Qubing" and "Parasite" are both nominated for Oscars, and they are very likely to be nominated at the same time. "

"That's impossible. Let me tell you something that many audience friends don't know. In fact, there are regulations for domestic films to participate in the Oscars. Only one film can be selected by the General Administration to participate in the Oscars.

Several films directed by Zhang Yimou have been submitted to Oscars before, so "Huo Qubing" was included in the shortlist for Oscars last year before it was filmed. However, because the filming speed of "Huo Qubing" was a bit slow, it was not Make up time.

This year, perhaps due to various reasons, the General Administration sent "Building Dreams 2008" to participate in the election.

If we really want to strictly regulate it, "Huo Qubing" cannot represent Chinese-language films in the election, because the overseas copyright of the film was sold to Colombia, and it was Colombia's operation to send the film to the Oscars. "

Du Chun's words made the host and Huang Xiaoming dumbfounded. The previous manuscript didn't ask you to say that, it just asked you to praise two movies.

After the host came to his senses, he immediately changed the topic without thinking about why Du Chun said that.

"Thank you Du Chun for telling me. If Du Chun didn't tell me, I wouldn't have known about these things. Now "Huo Qubing" and "Parasite" are both shortlisted for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Director. Huang Xiaoming, which movie do you think you want? I have a higher hope of winning.”

"I haven't seen "Parasite" yet, so I can't comment. But my friends in the United States told me that "Parasite" is a wonderful movie.

He once told me that the reviews of the two movies on major American websites can be summed up as follows: "Huo Qubing" is about conquest, and "Parasite" is about dissection.Whether conquest or dissection is better, I don’t know. "

As soon as Huang Xiaoming finished speaking, Du Chun suddenly interjected, "Actually, my friend who is also studying in the United States told me about these two movies. He said that in the Chinese circle, the reviews of both movies are not high.

If "Huo Qubing" had been renamed, they would have thought it was a good movie, but it was Huo Qubing, which they couldn't accept.

As for "Parasite", it is completely in line with the Western movie. They didn't feel anything after watching it. Instead, they felt that the movie was too dramatic and many plots were too deliberate. "

The faces of the host, Huang Xiaoming, and the two film critics changed dramatically.

In the manuscript, Du Chun shouldn't have spoken at all at this time.

If he meant it intentionally, and coupled with his previous words, Du Chun clearly wanted to guide netizens to slander historical figures in Wanqing Mountain, specifically to cater to Western thinking.

When the host was about to change the topic immediately, the producer's excited shouting came from the earbuds, "Don't change the topic, continue to guide him."

Du Chun's words made people in the NetEase Live chat room extremely popular. Many people in the chat room were calling friends to watch the fun.

Watching the excitement, what you saw was scolding Du Chun, and you even participated in scolding Du Chun.

Regarding the overseas version of "Huo Qubing", Wan Qingshan found reasons to explain it during the road show.

Most of the audience agreed with that reason. In "Parasite", Wan Qingshan never explained it, but when Du Chun was halfway through speaking, some netizens thought of it and spontaneously found a reason for Wan Qingshan.

"The script was rejected, and I went to South Korea to film it. So I couldn't change the script. It was originally a matter of helplessness, but when it came to his mouth, it turned out to be pandering to foreigners."

Because of his charity work, Wan Qingshan has a huge reputation among the audience, so everyone believes the reason found by this netizen.

Then he started scolding Du Chun.

"I remember there was news about him before. He and Director Wan's wife were classmates. He praised "Huo Qubing" before. Why has he changed his attitude now?"

"It must be because I am jealous of Wan Dao, and I hate Wan Dao for not praising people like them.

You see, Director Wan has only praised Yu Bo and Ling Xiaosu among Nortel's 99-level actors for so long, but he still doesn't praise them very much. "

"This is a villain!"

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The producer of the NetEase live chat room saw these netizens scolding each other, but more and more people came to watch, so he didn't care what impact Du Chun's words had on Wan Qingshan and Du Chun himself, as long as the popularity was high enough. .

The host listened to the producer and didn't follow the draft. He kept asking Du Chun to speak, and even encouraged Du Chun to speak.

And when Du Chun brought up the matter of the ban of "Heart" and wanted to continue to guide netizens, places like Sina and Sohu Live Chat Rooms, and people like Huaishou and Li Chen were also guiding.

These stars all have one characteristic: they work in the TV industry and are somewhat famous, but they are not popular enough to climb into the film industry.

After all, people like Huang Xiaoming and others have just entered the film industry, and it's not their turn yet for Du Chun and others.

Several people guided netizens almost immediately. At this time, people in the circle received the news within a short time.

Wang Zhongjun and others looked shocked, how dare anyone dare to attack Wanqingshan?I don’t want to hang out in the film and television industry.

Also, just do it, why did you choose this time?
Now everyone is watching whether Wan Qingshan will go to Hollywood. Damn, Wan Qingshan is doing it at this time. If Wan Qingshan is pushed into a hurry and stays in the mainland film and television industry to cause trouble, then they will all lose!

After Zhang Zhao found out about this, he immediately called Wan Qingshan.

Now, thanks to Wanqingshan's good reputation, the audience is on his side, but what about after a long time?
As long as someone talks about this kind of thing and the media reports it, I'm afraid some people will believe it.

Then over time, Xin’s audience will grow more and more, especially those who will grow up later.

Not to mention, whoever controls the past controls the future; whoever controls the present controls the past. This is a difficult operation, but controlling the present is equivalent to controlling the future. This is a very simple matter.

When Zhang Zhao called Wan Qingshan, Wan Qingshan was preparing to walk on the red carpet with Zeng Li and Duan Yihong.

But because he hadn't left yet, Wan Qingshan received the call.

After listening to what Zhang Zhao said, Wan Qingshan thought about it and whispered expressionlessly, "Mr. Zhang, find someone to find out who is doing this. Contact Wang Changtian and Jiang Zhiqiang and ask them to help find out together. I want to know as soon as possible. The people behind.

Also, when it comes to the industry, if you hire people to make movies in the future, please be careful about the risks. The number of screenings at Qingshan Cinema is limited. "

"Understood, Director Wan, I'll do it right now."

After hanging up the phone, Zeng Li, who was listening to the whole story, asked worriedly, "Who is attacking you secretly? Will nothing happen?"

"It's okay, let's go."

Wan Qingshan answered like this, and Zeng Li could only suppress her worries in her heart.

This time I walked the red carpet, it was not as unknown as when "The Golden Jacket" participated in the Oscars red carpet.

Walking on the red carpet, some fans on both sides shouted "Devil!" with normal excitement.

This time, Hollywood reporters were willing to spend some time on Wanqingshan and his group, and kept taking photos of Wanqingshan and his group.

After walking through the red carpet, he signed his artistic signature on the signature poster wall and entered the hotel.

The Golden Globes are more humane than the Oscars. They are like a big party, with dozens of tables filled with food.

Wan Qingshan, the three of them, plus Chen Chen, were led by the staff to sit in the middle and back seats. After a while, the crew of "Parasite" came in.

There were a lot of people from the "Parasite" crew. Except for Li Xuejian who was too busy, everyone else came. Even Li Meijing also participated as an investor, so the people from the "Parasite" crew were arranged aside. .

Zhou Xun and others, who were all dressed up, greeted Wan Qingshan, then sat down and looked around excitedly.

"Hi!"

After a while, short-haired Anne Hathaway and Jonathan Demme, director of "Rachel's Wedding" and "Silence of the Lambs", were led by the staff to sit at the same table as Wan Qingshan.

Faced with Anne Hathaway's cordial greeting, Wan Qingshan replied politely. "Hello!"

Then, he looked at Jonathan and said, "Director Jonathan, I particularly like your "Philadelphia Story"."

After Chen Chen translated the words, Jonathan immediately smiled and said several words excitedly.

"Director Wan, he said that he admired your "Selection" very much. He said that your first film seemed a little immature, but it had a great intention, because it is the same in all countries around the world, and the hypocrisy and hypocrisy of society are still there. People who have just entered society will have a strong sense of collision with a hint of fairy tale.

If he had been a judge at that Berlin Film Festival, he would have voted for "In the Heart" at the Golden Bear Award. "

Wan Qingshan smiled, and then through Chen Chen, he and Jonathan complimented each other.

Anne Hathaway on the side looked a little unwilling to admit defeat.

After the premiere of "Parasite", Anne Hathaway called Wan Qingshan. It was still late at night and she asked Wan Qingshan out for a drink very directly.

But she was rejected by Wan Qingshan, which made her, who had always relied on her beauty to achieve success, feel a little unconvinced.

So, she sent text messages to Wan Qingshan several times later. She also thought that the language was different and there was no intimacy, so she specially translated the Chinese from the Internet and sent it to Wan Qingshan, but they were rejected. So forget it. More later. He simply stopped replying to her.

Now that she was a beauty, she was left alone, and she was having a lively chat with Jonathan, which made her even more motivated to fight.

Then - the smile on Wan Qingshan's face froze, and he slightly glanced at Anne Hathaway, who was making a proud expression at him. Then, Wan Qingshan chatted with Jonathan as if nothing had happened.

When Anne Hathaway saw this, her proud smile froze, and then she became even more enthusiastic.

Wan Qingshan seemed not to notice Anne Hathaway's enthusiasm and kept chatting with Jonathan.

It wasn't until the stage started that Wan Qingshan stopped chatting and Anne Hathaway stopped moving.

　The previous chapter was banned, and I participated in the meeting, interrupted the meeting, and blocked the policy!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)