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

Chapter 248
After the Golden Globe Awards party, the Oscars are approaching, the list has been submitted, and the shortlist will be announced soon.

Competition has also become more intense. Under the influence of money, film critics and the media have become weapons in all aspects, promoting themselves and discrediting their competitors.

The competition for best director, best picture, etc. is fierce.

There wasn't much competition for the Best Actor award.

Wan Qingshan's idea for Leonardo was so shameless. Leonardo is now controlling public opinion. Anyone who dares to discredit him will be scolded by millions of netizens.

The award for Best Actor will 99% be awarded to Leonardo, so why bother spending that money to do things?

The competition for the best foreign language film is not small. This time, "Breaking Drummer" is participating, and the momentum is not small.

"Jinling Thirteen Hairpins", because of the dispute between Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yimou, there was no publicity, so it could only be hacked by competitors in all aspects!
A few days later, when Wan Qingshan and Leonardo were attending the Los Angeles Film Critics Awards, the outpost of the Oscars, news came from China that Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yimou had officially broken up, and Zhang Yimou was already considering looking for a new home. .

Wan Qingshan thought he had nothing to do with it, but he didn't expect Zhang Zhao to call the next day, saying that Zhang Yimou wanted to join Qingshan Media and took the initiative to contact him!
Zhang Yimou wants to join Qingshan Media!

Although I don't know why, Zhang Yimou didn't talk to him directly, but due to emotions and reasons, Wan Qingshan still had to come forward to talk to Zhang Yimou. After all, he was taught that he couldn't pretend that he didn't know about it after he knew about it.

It happened that the Spring Festival was approaching and it was time to return to China, so Wan Qingshan spoke to Leonardo and returned home first.

Now Leonardo is controlling public opinion, unlike in the past where he needed to use Wanqingshan's fame to publicize. In addition, Leonardo knows that the Spring Festival is very important to the Chinese people, just like Christmas is to the Americans.

So when Wan Qingshan returned to China, he had to wait until the Oscars party, and Leonardo was not dissatisfied at all.

After returning to China this time, Wan Qingshan landed directly in the capital, and then called Zhang Yimou to arrange an interview.

The next day, in a bitingly cold weather, Wan Qingshan came to the teahouse wrapped in a big windbreaker, and saw Zhang Yimou, who had arrived in advance, in the private room where the tea set was fragrant.

Zhang Yimou's demeanor was almost the same as before, as if breaking up with Zhang Weiping had no impact on him.

After saying hello with a smile, Wan Qingshan sat down and poured tea for Zhang Yimou and himself.

After taking a sip of tea, Wan Qingshan put down the cup and said bluntly,

“Director Zhang, it’s almost the Spring Festival, so don’t waste time, let’s be more relaxed.

If you want to join Qingshan Media Company, I warmly welcome you. If you tell me the conditions, I can give you an answer on the spot. "

Zhang Yimou suppressed his smile and said, "Okay, then I'll tell you directly.

I only need three conditions!
I want to have autonomy over the movie, the subject matter, the actors, and the shooting. These can only be decided by me.

My studio must account for at least 30% of the film's investment share, and leave the rest to Qingshan Media.

In the form of cooperation, my studio will sell 50% of its shares to Qingshan Media for [-] million. "

Wan Qingshan frowned!
The above conditions are all easy to say, but using 50 million to acquire 10% of the shares is not too outrageous compared to the fact that Huayi used [-] billion to acquire Feng Xiaogang's leather bag company that was only two months old three years later. .

But the problem is that Huayi spent 10 billion to acquire it and had a performance betting agreement.

More importantly, buying a leather bag company for 10 billion is outrageous.

Wan Qingshan was silent for a few seconds and said, "Director Zhang, I'm sorry, I can't agree.

The first two conditions are easy to agree on, but I can't agree to the acquisition of 50% of the shares for [-] million. After all, Qingshan Media's current annual profit is not [-] million. "

Zhang Yimou did not think that Wan Qingshan believed that half of his studio's shares were worth [-] million, and felt that he was looked down upon by Wan Qingshan.

He said with a smile, "It's okay. It's normal for things like cooperation to fail to reach an agreement."

Afterwards, Wan Qingshan and Zhang Yimou neither talked about cooperation anymore, and they also had a tacit understanding not to mention Zhang Weiping. After chatting for a while, they left.

After Wan Qingshan returned to Shenzhen to prepare for the New Year, there were more and more news about Zhang Yimou's next home. Today it was reported that LeTV's Jia Yueting had an appointment with Zhang Yimou, and the next day it was reported that Huayi's Wang Zhongjun had met with him. Zhang Yimou, the news spread again on the third day, Zhang Yimou had talked to Wan Qingshan before,,,,,
The circle is buzzing, and the outside world is also buzzing about the news about Zhang Yimou. Some time ago, the media reported that Zhang Yimou and Zhang Yimou broke up.

The two people who had worked together for more than ten years suddenly broke up, which made many viewers curious.

Two days ago, Zhang Weiping acted like a resentful abandoned woman, telling the media, "He left without saying a word. He should give me an explanation!" '

These words caused the outside audience to have a melon-eating mentality, and they didn't pay much attention until the Spring Festival.

Well - mainly because Zhang Yimou didn't reply, and Zhang Weiping didn't say anything anymore, so there was nothing left to eat.

After the Spring Festival, a few days later, the Oscar entry list was announced.

Then the media reported that "The Exploding Drummer" was shortlisted for the best foreign language film and "The Thirteen Hairpins" was not shortlisted. News spread in the industry that Zhang Yimou had found a new home!

Wan Qingshan was dumbfounded when he heard the name of Zhang Yimou's next home, and then called Wang Changtian.

"Mr. Wang, Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year, Happy New Year, Director Wan, if you are calling me here, it's not just to wish you a happy New Year!"

Wang Changtian was very happy to sign Zhang Yimou. Through his tone, Wan Qingshan could feel the overwhelming joy and excitement in Wang Changtian's heart.

"Mr. Wang, you must have guessed the reason why I made this call. I don't know, but it's not convenient for you to disclose it. What conditions did you offer Director Zhang?"

The next company that Zhang Yimou found was not LeTV as in his original life, but Guangguang. This made Wan Qingshan curious about what Wang Changtian thought, and he actually agreed to spend 50 million to buy [-]% of Zhang Yimou's shares.

"Haha, Director Wan, you are also one of the major shareholders of Guangguang. There is nothing I can't say to you.

I bought 1.3% of the shares of Zhang Yimou's studio with 5000% of the shares of Raytheon and 50 million in cash. At the same time, I signed a contract for five films in seven years and at least 70% of the investment rights. "

The doubts in Wan Qingshan's heart were suddenly solved. Let's just say, how could Wang Changtian use two years of profits from Enlight Media to buy 50% of the shares of Zhang Yimou Studio.

Using the shares of Enlight Media plus 5000 million in cash to sign Zhang Yimou seems to be about the same as [-] million, but Wang Changtian paid much less.

1.3% shares, haha, the shares of listed companies have too much room for manipulation. Wang Changtian has several ways to do it, taking out 1.3% of the shares, but it will not cause a big loss to him.

If done well, it can even bring benefits. You must know that signing Zhang Yimou will definitely stimulate the stock price.

This is simply taking 5000 million in cash and signing a 70% investment in Zhang Yimou's five movies.

Zhang Yimou's five movies earned 5000 million, which is simply too easy.

By signing Zhang Yimou, the Rays' market value will skyrocket, and Wang Changtian will make a lot of money here and abroad.

Of course, Zhang Yimou is not at a loss. With 5000 million in cash and 1.3% of the shares in Ray, he can sell his shares and leave as soon as the ban is lifted.

Then wait for seven years, five movies are finished, and then you can find another home and make a lot of money again.

As for the 50% stake in the studio, you don’t need to do it at all when the time comes, and you can just set up another one.

Why is there a gambling agreement when a major film and television company in the original world acquires a leather company run by a celebrity? It is to prevent you from running away before you can make enough money.

"Mr. Wang, congratulations on signing Director Zhang. The Rays will reach a higher level of development."

"Haha, Director Wan, I can lend you some good words. I can lend you some good words."

Wan Qingshan and Wang Changtian hung up the phone after chatting for a while.

Zhang Yimou signed with the Rays, but still signed the contract with shares, which made Wan Qingshan feel a bit regretful.

It's a pity that he didn't think of signing Zhang Yimou in the form of shares at the beginning. He just thought that [-] million was too expensive.

"Oh, forget it, if you miss it, you miss it!"

At this time, Chen Yumo walked down from upstairs and heard Wan Qingshan's murmur.

"What's missing?"

"I had the opportunity to sign Zhang Yimou before, but I didn't expect to sign with shares at the time, which led to Zhang Yimou being signed by the Rays."

"You have always taken shares very seriously. Even if you knew about it, I guess you wouldn't use the shares to sign Zhang Yimou."

Chen Yumo muttered in his heart, "If Guangzhou signs, it will be signed. Anyway, with the relationship between Wang Changtian and you, Zhang Yimou's project will also attract investment from the company, so there will be no loss."

After Chen Yumo comforted him, he changed the subject and said, "If we don't cook at noon, dad will ask us to go back and eat."

"it is good!"

Having had the experience of asking for dinner last time, Wan Qingshan asked Chen Yanfeng for dinner, thinking that he had something to talk about.

But I didn't expect that today was really just for dinner. After dinner, Chen Yanfeng didn't ask any serious questions and just chatted about household matters. It wasn't until three o'clock in the afternoon that Wan Qingshan and Chen Yumo went back.

A few days later, Enlight Media held a press conference for the signing of Zhang Yimou. A large number of media and celebrities came to support it. At this time, Wan Qingshan took Zhang Yu, Li Youbin, Liu Yifei, and people from China Film and Television onto the plane and flew. Went to Los Angeles to attend the Oscars party.

"Dallas Buyers Club" was still only nominated for two awards, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.

There was no personal award nominee for him here, but Wan Qingshan thought it was pretty good, as he happened to be in the room with the crew of "The Exploding Drummer".

If he had a personal award, he would be in trouble.

Now the relationship between the two parties is becoming more and more tense, and there has been a lot of radical news in the United States.

Although it sounds like it doesn't matter which crew he goes with to participate in the Oscars.

But he is a public figure, and many things will be looked at with a magnifying glass. If he is used to criticize, it will definitely have a great impact on him.

The Oscars are also broadcast live in China!
But this time, when Wan Qingshan appeared in the film, almost no one asked, 'Who is this? '

After the live broadcast of the Golden Globe Awards, Wan Qingshan became famous because of his appearance. Many new-age netizens posted pictures of Wan Qingshan's previous roles on the Internet. As a result, many new-age netizens now know Wan Qingshan.

When Wan Qingshan and Liu Yifei walked on the red carpet, the domestic video was broadcast live. "Come out, come out, so handsome!"

"They are no more handsome than Ming Dao!"

"Don't compare Ming Dao, he is far behind Wan Qingshan."

"Ah, his face is still handsome, but his figure is really out of shape. In "Loyalty Liver and Righteousness", he was so charming!"

"You are very attractive now, handsome, and so rich."

"A bunch of nymphomaniacs, but Liu Yifei is really beautiful!"

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In the Kodak Theater, Wan Qingshan was greeted by the celebrities and walked towards the arranged seats under the guidance of the staff.

After sitting down in the middle seats, Liu Yifei and Zhang Yu began to look around.

For them, the Oscars are longing, mysterious, and unattainable. They were very excited to come to the Oscars awards night. They looked at everything with curious eyes and wanted to see how it was different from domestic film festivals.

Li Youbin was also a little nervous. He stroked his tie and straightened his back, for fear of making some joke.

"Hi, Evan!" Pete in front turned his head and greeted Wanqingshan.

"Hi, Peter, I wish you an award tonight." Wan Qingshan replied politely.

Pitt shook his head and smiled helplessly, "I have no hope. This year's Best Actor goes to Leonardo."

"Peter, as long as you don't lose faith, anything is possible!"

Pete smiled nonchalantly, then stretched his head and whispered, "Evan, if Leonardo wins, he probably won't work hard for an Oscar in the next few years.

No matter how hard you try, the Oscars will not award awards to one person consecutively.

If you have a good script, you can work with me. "

"OK, if Leonardo wins the award, I will definitely come to you as soon as I have a good script."

Wan Qingshan's answer without thinking made Peter a little unbelievable. Many people had told Wan Qingshan before that they wanted to cooperate, but Wan Qingshan didn't even give a prepared reply.

He just wanted to get closer to each other, so he said it casually, and Wan Qingshan actually agreed.

After confirming that he heard correctly, Peter said with a smile on his face, "Evan, don't worry, you will definitely be satisfied with the remuneration."

"Thank you, we'll talk about it then."

"OK, OK!"

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Like the Golden Globes, "Dallas Buyers Club" won both of the awards it was shortlisted for.

No one was surprised. Before the Oscar nomination list was announced, the two people had loud calls for the award, especially Leonardo, whose calls were outrageously loud.

Winning Best Supporting Actor, Evans felt dreamy.

He signed a contract with "Dallas Buyers Club" before "Captain America" ​​was released.

Afterwards, "Captain America" ​​became a hit, and he regretted a little. He would have known that he would have signed the contract later, as long as the salary could be at least several times higher.

But unexpectedly, "Dallas Buyers Club" actually won him the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

Evans thought it was very dreamy, while Leonardo was filled with emotions. Over the years, he has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor five times, especially after working with Wan Qingshan, he was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor for three consecutive years. This time Finally won the award.

"Wow, after so many years, I finally stand on this stage for the first time."

Leonardo's eyes suddenly turned red and he sighed.

“It’s been 19 years since I was first nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

Over the past 19 years, I have been working hard, hoping to gain everyone's recognition.

This time I finally got on stage, thank you all.

Evan, thank you for all your help over the years.

Thank you to my parents for raising me, and to the cast of "Dallas Buyers Club." "

Amidst the applause, Leonardo, with red eyes, came off the stage with the trophy. Then he made a big circle and walked to the set of "Breaking Drummer" and hugged Wan Qingshan tightly.

"Thank you!"

Wan Qingshan rolled his eyes in his heart and whispered, "This is all your own efforts!"

Leonardo let go of Wanqingshan and said with a smile on his face, "Evan, I will hold a celebration party tomorrow, you must come!"

"OK, I will definitely be there."

Leonardo then turned back to the "Dallas Buyers Club" crew.

Once the Best Actor award is over, the Best Foreign Language Film award will be presented.

Wan Qingshan was very ordinary. Whether he won the prize or not had little impact on him, but Zhang Yu and the others became nervous.

They stared at the stage without breathing. If they won the award, their status in the country would be completely different.

The presenter on stage, Sandra Bullock, opened the card and looked towards Wanqing Mountain.

This made Zhang Yu, Liu Yifei and others suddenly excited!

"Evan, congratulations to you, the winner of the Best Foreign Language Film - "Bangkong"."

"Director Wan, we won the award!" Liu Yifei, who was smiling like a child, was so excited that she turned around and hugged Wan Qingshan tightly.

Although Zhang Yu couldn't understand what Sandra Bullock said, he understood the four words "Explosive Drummer". Before coming here, he specifically asked someone for help in English about "Explosive Drummer".

Even if you don't understand, Liu Yifei's actions can make people understand.

"Do you want to go up?"

Except for Li Youbin who shook his head, Liu Yifei and Zhang Yu both nodded immediately. The last time "Parasite" won the Golden Globe, Zhou Xun and the others were not scolded when they came on stage, so it is even less likely that they would be scolded when they came on stage.

When Wan Qingshan led Liu Yifei and Zhang Yu to the stage, the domestic video live broadcast room.

"Winning, winning."

"I finally won the country's first Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Now I can rest assured!"

"It took Director Wan to come. He was shortlisted for the first time a few years ago, and this time he won the award directly!"

"Yes, the quota was given to Chen Kaige and the others before, and there were very few finalists. Wan Dao made two attempts and won the prize directly."

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"Thank you everyone, thank you Oscar, thank you to the crew for their hard work, thank you!"

Wan Qingshan's short acceptance speech made domestic netizens and Liu Yifei and Zhang Yu a little disappointed. They wanted to see (appear) more.

After a round of applause, Wan Qingshan and his party stepped down.

After sitting down, Wan Qingshan handed the trophy to Liu Yifei and they took turns to play with it, and finally handed the trophy to the people from China Film and Television while whispering,
"how much did you spend?"

Among the films shortlisted for Best Foreign Language Film this time is "A Separation". For a film with this kind of theme, especially when the relationship between the two parties becomes tense,
"The Big Bang" actually won the best foreign language film, which made Wan Qingshan wonder how much money was spent to get the Oscar judges to award the award to "The Big Bang".

The person from China Film took the trophy and replied with an embarrassed look, "Director Wan, I don't know about this either."

"If you don't tell me, then I'll call Director Han later and ask him. Director Han will definitely not hide it from me. You might as well tell him directly."

The person from China Film Group hesitated and made a number with his hand.

4000 million!
Wan Qingshan was stunned for a moment, no wonder he could win the prize, which would be almost 600 million US dollars.

600 million US dollars, just for the best foreign language film, will certainly stun the Oscar judges.

After being surprised, Wan Qingshan was curious as to where China Film found such a big scapegoat and was actually willing to pay 4000 million. This meant that there was too much money and no place to spend it.

"Who paid for it?"

Faced with Wan Qingshan's problem, no one from China Film Group spoke out. Wan Qingshan had no choice but to suppress the curiosity in his heart and stop thinking about it.

The subsequent Best Director and Best Picture awards were won by the black-and-white silent film "The Artist".

It’s not surprising to everyone. The black-and-white silent film format of “The Artist” pleases the Oscar judges and reminds them of the movie era they lived in before. As long as the lobbying money is about the same, it will naturally win the award.

Using this trick to win Oscars, except for those directors who lost, no one has the slightest contempt in their hearts.

Those who win awards are successful. The methods of successful people should be learned, not despised, otherwise they will be eliminated.

Wan Qingshan also thought it was normal. "The Artist" won the award in a way to please the judges, and his advice to Leonardo was in a coercive way.

If we really talk about it, both methods are shameless!
The next day, after attending Leonardo's celebration party, Wan Qingshan flew back to China to prepare for the filming of "Ati".

(End of this chapter)