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

Chapter 225 Winning
On the road where cars were passing by, Chen Yumo looked out the window, then turned to look at Wanqing Mountain in the driver's seat.

"Qingshan, why did you give them the film investment?"

"I can't help it. The investment in Hollywood movies is too big, and my new movie is a blockbuster. Even if I only take half, it will probably start at [-] million.

I don’t have [-] million now, so I can only give it to others.

If I share it with them, I won’t lose money. I’ll double the investment cost and I’ll already make money before the movie is even made. "

Wan Qingshan said so, but the main reason for doing so was because of what Tang Jianli said before. Otherwise, even if he was short of money, he would give the film investment share to Enlight and China Film instead of Huayi and Chengtian.

But he had been very close to Guangguang and China Film Group in the past. He didn't want people to think that his influence in the film and television industry was still expanding rapidly, so he had to find Huayi and Chengtian, who had nothing to do with each other and even seemed to have a feud with the outside world. .

At the same time, he also wants to expand the influence of Huayi and Chengtian in the industry. It will be much better if there are companies with similar influence.

This is like Taobao becoming too popular and influential, and then Pinxixi, which deceives merchants and buyers, developed rapidly.

No matter how many complaints there were, Pinxixi was still able to develop rapidly. E-commerce was clearly standardized at that time, so why were complaints still useless?
These days, Wan Qingshan has also thought about why he thinks he can monopolize the film and television industry?
He is now in the film and television industry. Let alone cover the sky with one hand, it would be good if he can cover one-fifth of the world.

Although the film industry is developing well, the television industry and the singing industry have not seen any development!

He thought about it over and over, and finally thought that it wasn't that Qingshan Cinema Line was developing too fast, or that he was overbearing.

The original Wanda Cinema Line cut the schedule of Huayi movies, and Wang Sicong and Huayi bickered with each other on Weibo, but nothing happened.

I think he can monopolize the film and television industry, probably because almost half of the best-selling movies in recent years are from the Aoyama series.

There are more movies that sell well, and if this situation continues for a few more years, people in the film and television industry will naturally lean towards his Qingshan family for the sake of profit.

This kind of monopoly is not a monopoly of strength, but a monopoly of influence!
And film and television are industries that have a great influence on public opinion. Monopolies in this industry are no less dangerous than monopolies like Taobao.

So what he has to do now is to wait for BAT to enter the market while helping Huayi and Chengtian expand their influence.

At the same time, he would like to stay less in Hollywood so that he can feel relieved.

The next day, Wan Qingshan and Chen Yumo flew back to Star City, where they stayed until the third day of the Lunar New Year, and then flew back to Shenzhen.

After staying in Shenzhen for two days, they flew back to the capital to pay New Year greetings to Grandpa Feng. Then, Wan Qingshan and Chen Yumo flew back to Shenzhen.

After flying back to Shenzhen this time, Wan Qingshan began to stay home again.

It was not until February 20th, when the Oscar awards show was going to be held in a few days, that Wan Qingshan went out and called Chen Chen, Zeng Li, and Duan Yihong to fly to Los Angeles.

As for Zhou Xun and Dong Xuan, they had already gone to Hollywood to continue participating in outposts with the "Parasite" crew.

After landing in Los Angeles, Wan Qingshan was greeted by people from CJ Company. After settling in, he led Chen Chen around.

Although he can stay at home, there is a difference between being a stay-at-home with nothing to do and being a stay-at-home who is forced to do nothing. He has been staying at home during this period, but it has made him depressed.

After wandering around for two days, Li Meijing, Zhou Xun and the others returned from participating in the outpost.

The next day, Li Meijing led a middle-aged man in a meticulous suit to Wanqingshan.

The man smiled and shook Wan Qingshan's hand while speaking in Korean.

When Wan Qingshan was confused, the translator on the side spoke up.

"Mr. Wan, this is Park Yan-rok, our representative from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism."

Wan Qingshan was shocked. When he was filming in South Korea, he had a general understanding that representatives have great power and can be ranked high.

South Korea really attaches great importance to the cultural industry. For an Oscar, representatives from the Ministry of Culture came. With this support, coupled with the huge profits from the film and television industry, it attracted the influx of chaebols. With the two parties combined, it is no wonder that the Korean Wave has become popular in Asia.

Wan Qingshan quickly said hello, and then Li Meijing left. The representative started chatting with Wan Qingshan through an interpreter.

This chat lasted for nearly an hour.

After Pu Yanluo and the translator left, Wan Qingshan let out a long breath.

This representative invited Wan Qingshan to join South Korea both inside and outside his words. If he had just said this, Wan Qingshan would have let Pu Yanluo leave long ago. He was a fool to join South Korea.

South Korean officials couldn't control him, so he didn't worry about offending Pu Yanluo.

But Park Yanluk also said in his words that as a thank you to Wan Qingshan for helping Korean films, he is working hard to win the best director Oscar for Wan Qingshan.

Although, these words are probably just painted cakes, but everyone loves to eat painted cakes, and Wanqingshan also likes it. With a little hope in his heart, he can only deal with this representative patiently.

Then, within two days, the Oscars ceremony began.

Several major domestic portals, after what happened last time, seem to have found the secret to popularity.

At this Oscar awards party, several major portal websites also set up live chat rooms, and invited artists who had trouble with Wan Qingshan to participate.

With the money waving, these artists came here even though they knew they were going to say something scolded in the past.

Under the guidance of the host, these people all said that "Huo Qubing" and "Parasite" could not win awards.

Then amidst the curses from netizens, the Oscars started over there.

This time at the Oscars, Wan Qingshan was not sitting in the corner, but in the middle.

Even if Wan Qingshan didn't understand the language, he watched this Oscars awards show with great interest, because this year's Oscars had a time limit and the acceptance speech was limited to 45 seconds.

As soon as you start speaking, a 45-second countdown will appear on the screen behind you. Once the time is up, you have to stop even if you haven't finished speaking.

This makes some people's acceptance speeches sound like machine guns, so fast that they can't be heard at all.

For some people, the time is up before they finish their acceptance speech, which makes people very boring.

This kind of extravagant work caused constant laughter in the audience.

Wan Qingshan didn't have any expectations for the general, so he was just watching it for fun. Even if he didn't understand, he would still laugh when he saw the people on the stage looking embarrassed.

Until, when the award for best screenplay was presented, when the presenter on stage said his name, Wan Qingshan saw the lights coming towards him.

"Director Wan, you won the award for Best Screenplay for "Parasite."" Chen Chen shouted excitedly from the side.

Wan Qingshan was stunned for a moment, then stood up and hugged Zeng Li, Duan Yihong, and Zhou Xun beside them.

When Wan Qingshan shook hands with Li Meijing, Li Meijing whispered, "Director Wan, this is a gift from CJ Company. Thank you for your efforts. I hope we will have the opportunity to cooperate in the future."

"Thank you!"

Wan Qingshan was a little surprised. He didn't expect Li Meijing to be so grand. Although he didn't get the best director, the best script cost at least hundreds of thousands of dollars.

"Thank you, thank you Oscar, thank you to the judges, I really didn't expect to win this award.

I always thought that cultural differences would prevent people from fully understanding foreign movies.

But this award proves that movies are world-class, thank you all! "

Because there was a 45-second limit, Chen Chen acted as a simultaneous interpreter. Wan Qingshan spoke while she translated. After the translation, there were just a few seconds left before the time was up.

Amidst applause, Wan Qingshan walked off the stage.

At this time, several live chat rooms in the country were extremely lively.

"Who said you can't win an award? This is it!"

"Screenplay Award, this is the first Oscar screenplay award in China!

"Definitely, if someone had won this award before, it would have been reported by the media before."

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After winning the screenplay award, netizens immediately became more confident and felt that Wan Qingshan was likely to win another award.

But as the Best Actor passed, Wan Qingshan did not win, and the Best Director passed, but Wan Qingshan still did not win, which made them suddenly lose confidence.

Many people left before the Best Foreign Language Film Award was announced and were no longer interested in watching.

In the Kodak Theater!
Wan Qingshan heard Chen Chen say from the side, "Director Wan, next we will present the Best Foreign Language Film Award."

Wan Qingshan immediately looked at the nervous-looking crew members of "The Embalmer" over there, and then looked at Li Meijing, who looked indifferent.

Both South Korea and the island nation have films shortlisted for Best Foreign Language Film, and the relationship between the two countries is hard to describe.

The best foreign language film, "Huo Qubing", didn't spend any money and was the first to be eliminated.

As two countries with complicated relations, they must have spent a lot of money for this award.

South Korea hasn't won an Oscar yet, so Lee Mee-kyung must be spending money like crazy.

But on the island country, even if it is not to win a prize, but not to lose to South Korea, they will spend all their money.

After Wan Qingshan looked around, the suspense of the best foreign language film came out.

"Director Wan, it's the island country's "Encoffiant" that won the award!"

Wan Qingshan knew about it before Chen Chen said it, because he saw Li Meijing's expression changed, no longer dull, but a look of disbelief.

Wan Qingshan couldn't help but laugh. Li Meijing must have spent a lot of money to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, but he didn't get it. Instead, he won the Best Screenplay Award.

Especially because it still lost to the film of the island country, Li Meijing must have been so angry that she wanted to kill someone.

After the Best Foreign Language Film, there were very few awards. After a while, the Oscars were over with Li Meijing keeping a dark face.

After it was over, Wan Qingshan didn't go back to the hotel immediately. He ate two burgers on the roadside and took Chen Chen to the Vanity Fair party, the Oscar night after the Oscars.

Wan Qingshan originally didn't want to go, but he was invited, so he went anyway out of curiosity.

As soon as Wan Qingshan came in, Anne Hathaway, who had been present for a long time, came over.

"Hey, I heard that you didn't pay any lobbying money for Best Director and Best Actor?"

If the Golden Globes paid lobbying money in private, part of the lobbying money they paid for the Oscars was done openly.

Whether it's publicity in magazines or giving gifts to judges, everyone is aware of these overt publicity.

However, "Huo Qubing" did not give gifts to the judges, and Wan Qingshan did not appear in any magazine to promote it during this period. Everyone in Hollywood knows this.

Therefore, in the eyes of everyone, it is normal that Wan Qingshan only won one Best Screenplay Award for his two films.

After Chen Chen translated, Wan Qingshan nodded.

"If I want to win the award, I will have to pay a lot more lobbying money than the average person. It's not worth it."

After Chen Chen translated, Anne Hathaway looked stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that Wan Qingshan cared so much about money and didn't even fight for an Oscar. This greatly reduced her sexual interest in Wan Qingshan.

People who even care about this little money, tut, tut, tut,,,

The sexual interest was greatly reduced, and Anne Hathaway left after chatting for a few words.

Then Natalie Portman walked over.

It seemed that they were all curious about why Wan Qingshan didn't win an Oscar, so Natalie Portman also asked Wan Qingshan when she came.

Then, Natalie Portman seemed to be like Anne Hathaway. Once she heard that Wanqingshan didn't want to spend money, she lost interest in Wanqingshan and left without a word.

This gave Wanqingshan an idea.

Therefore, when female stars such as Megan Fox came forward later, Wan Qingshan would take the initiative without even asking, saying that Oscars are too expensive.

This made all the female celebrities lose interest in Wanqingshan, and they all left without sitting for a while.

"Director Wan, your method is good. These vixens probably won't come to your door in the future."

As soon as Chen Chen, who was smiling all over his face, finished speaking, the person who invited Wan Qingshan to the Vanity Fair party hurried in.

The person who invited Wan Qingshan to come was Xiao Lizi who had not yet played with the water gun.

He glanced around and walked towards Wanqing Mountain, and as soon as he came, he handed over the box in his hand.

Wan Qingshan took the box in confusion, and Chen Chen translated what Xiao Lizi said.

"Director Wan, he said this is a gift for you, the latest simultaneous translator."

Wan Qingshan's eyes lit up, and then he couldn't believe it. Did he have translation headphones so early?
Then when he opened the box and took a look, Wan Qingshan discovered that this thing was not headphones at all, but something like an MP4.

After Wan Qingshan opened the box, he didn't make any move.Li Zi took action and took out something like an MP4 player from the box. Then he took out two pairs of headphones from the box and inserted them into the small black box.

Seeing Xiao Lizi put on a pair of headphones, Wan Qingshan also put on headphones.

Then as soon as he put it on, he saw Xiao Lizi's mouth moving, and a mechanical sound came from the earphones.

"Hi, Mr. Wan."

Wan Qingshan was a little disappointed with the function of this thing, but it was still a thoughtful gift, so Wan Qingshan smiled and said, "Hello, Leonardo, thank you for your gift."

Then, the two started talking using the translation machine.

After chatting for about ten minutes, the two stopped chatting, and then Xiao Lizi turned around to chat with someone else.

Before Xiao Lizi left, he invited Wan Qingshan to come with him, saying that he wanted to introduce a beautiful woman to him, but Wan Qingshan refused.

As soon as Xiao Lizi left, Wan Qingshan and Chen Chen left the party first.

On the way back, Wanqingshan was a little distracted.

He was wondering whether Xiao Lizi deserved the invitation just now.

Although DiCaprio has not experienced running for many years, he is now obsessed with the Academy Awards. Since his debut, he has collaborated with many great directors, but he has only been nominated for the Oscar twice in a row as a leading role.

When Li Zi saw that Wan Qingshan came, two movies were nominated for Oscars, so he wanted to invite Wan Qingshan to prepare a movie for him.

As long as the script comes out and Xiao Lizi thinks it is okay, everything can be left to him to prepare, and Wan Qingshan is only responsible for filming.

One person can account for half of the film investment. If Wan Qingshan doesn't want to invest, then he is willing to add a little more to the director's fee. The director's fee is US$500 million or 30% of the global box office share.

And as long as the movie can be nominated for the Oscars and Wan Qingshan is nominated for the best director, Li Xiaozi will also use 500 million lobbying funds to fight for the best director for Wan Qingshan.

When he returned to the hotel, Wan Qingshan hadn't decided whether to agree to Xiao Lizi's invitation, so he didn't bother to think about it.

After returning to the hotel, Wan Qingshan didn't stay for 2 minutes before going out again.

Because under the heckles of Zhou Xun and others, the only person from the two crews to win the award was in for a treat.

The next day, Zhou Xun and the others returned to China, and Wan Qingshan began to prepare for his future development in Hollywood.

(End of this chapter)