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Chapter 406 Disdain
These words caused Feng Xiaogang to fall into a brief silence.

He thought himself to be very proud of the success of "Assembly" and never took Wang Shu seriously.

But now, with Wang Shu's success again and again, he had to admit that Wang Shu really had something.

At the same time, Chen Kaige and Chen Hong were also talking about the fact that "The Piano Tuner" had achieved a box office revenue of 2.6 million US dollars in North America.

"Oh, it's just 2.6 million. Nolan made 5 million, twice as much." Chen Kaige sneered, as if he was the best in the domestic entertainment industry.

For a long time, Chen Kaige, who won the Cannes Palme d'Or, has been looked down upon by everyone in the domestic entertainment industry.

Even Zhang Yimou looked down on him.

Although Zhang Yimou has won many of the three major European awards, he has never won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

As we all know, among the three major European film festivals, the Cannes Film Festival is the most prestigious.

Compared with the Cannes Film Festival, the Berlin Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival are inferior.

Chen Kaige has the Palme d'Or, but Zhang Yimou does not.

Therefore, Chen Kaige has always claimed to be the number one director in mainland China, and even Zhang Yimou looks down on him.

During the Beijing Olympic Games selection, while other directors were preparing, Chen Kaige went traveling, and then came back to participate in the election by reciting a Dafeng song with his bare chest at the selection venue.

However, Zhang Yimou prepared a 7-page process for participating in the election.

In fact, Zhang Yimou is not the only director who was chosen. Another one is Chen Kaige.

It can even be said that Chen Kaige, as a son of a big courtyard and a winner of the Cannes Palme d'Or, is the most likely director to direct the Beijing Olympics.

But he was too pretentious, so it was Zhang Yimou's turn.

Even if Chen Kaige is not serious, but pretends to come up with some drafts of the process during the selection, he will most likely be the director of the Beijing Olympics.

The Cannes Palme d'Or is a greater achievement than Zhang Yimou's Berlin Golden Bear and Venice Golden Lion.

Not to mention, Chen Kaige is a child of a wealthy family.

It was because he was too pretentious that he missed the job of director of the Beijing Olympics.

The national teacher also became famous internationally because of the Beijing Olympics.

This international fame is not limited to the three major European organizations or the international film and television circles, but is much wider and more extensive.

As for Wang Shu, he knew Chen Kaige's character very well, and he also knew that it must be the national director who would direct the Beijing Olympics.

Zhang Yimou, one of the top directors in China, also showed his attitude when participating in the Olympic selection.

Chen Kaige seemed to think that he would be the director of the Beijing Olympics and he dealt with it casually without any pretense.

In the end, he acted pretentiously and turned himself into an idiot.

When Chen Hong heard this, she glanced at Chen Kaige and couldn't help but say, "Nolan is a famous director who has been immersed in Hollywood for many years. It's rare for Wang Shu to make a movie that grossed $4 million worldwide when he first arrived in Hollywood."

"Especially when our Chinese film directors go to Hollywood."

"Oh, what's so great about a remake?" Chen Kaige sneered, "And it's a remake of an old movie he made himself."

"I have to say, we are from the same family as Dino."

"Dino used to be an Italian producer. When he went to Hollywood, he made a lot of money by remaking the movies he had made in Italy."

"People like this are a disgrace to the film industry and they corrupt the entire industry."

Chen Hong didn't want to argue with Chen Kaige about this topic. She glanced at Chen Kaige and didn't say anything else.

The more Chen Hong didn't respond, the more uncomfortable Chen Kaige became. He said, "It's nothing that a remake of a movie has good box office in the United States. Is he capable of winning the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival with "The Tuner"?"

This was a mockery of Wang Shu, who had gone to the Cannes Film Festival with "The Piano Tuner" but only won the Best Screenplay Award and failed to win the Palme d'Or.

But he has won the Palme d'Or.

This award is unique in the country and is also the most prestigious award among the three major awards in Europe.

As the winner of the Palme d'Or, he is the number one director in the country.

Wang Shu is far inferior to him.

"Didn't he win the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival?" Chen Hong turned her head to look.

"The Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival is shit," Chen Kaige said with disdain. "Among the three major European festivals, the Venice Film Festival is the worst."

"For most domestic directors, the Venice Film Festival is one of the holy places in the film industry."

"But for a director who has been to the three major European film festivals and won major awards, the Venice Film Festival Best Director Award is not worth mentioning."

"You know, among the three major European film festivals, Cannes is the most prestigious, followed by the Berlin Film Festival, and the Venice Film Festival is the least prestigious."

“Even if you win a big prize at the Berlin Film Festival or the Venice Film Festival, as long as you don’t win a big prize at the Cannes Film Festival, you will always be inferior.”

These words were a subtle mockery of Zhang Yimou.

The Beijing Olympics was about to open, and he was going to be the chief director, but was snatched away by Zhang Yimou.

Even though it had been a long time since the incident, he still felt particularly unhappy when he saw the Olympic atmosphere in Beijing and Zhang Yimou's glory.

What he said is that even if you win a big prize at the Berlin or Venice Film Festival, as long as you don't win a big prize at the Cannes Film Festival, you will always be inferior.

This is also true.

The Academy Awards, also known as the Academy Awards, are organized and awarded annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Every year at the Academy Awards ceremony, when winners take the stage to receive their awards, they always say one thing: Thank you, the Academy.

This thank you to the academy is to thank the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The Academy Awards, also known as the Academy Awards.

This is a regional award in the United States. Except for the Best Foreign Language Film Award, other awards have nothing to do with each country.

Therefore, excluding the Academy Awards, the highest film honors in the world are the three major European awards.

Among the three major European Film Festivals, the Cannes Film Festival is the most prestigious.

Therefore, for the director-centered model of domestic entertainment, whoever can win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival is the most powerful.

Chen Kaige can act so pretentiously because he has the confidence.

Because, with the Palme d'Or as his award, he is indeed better than Zhang Yimou in terms of film art honors.

"Wang Shu won the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival, and I heard that he is preparing a new film now, which will compete for an Oscar together with The Piano Tuner."

Chen Hong replied suddenly.

It is undeniable that, excluding the Academy Awards, the Cannes Film Festival is the most prestigious film art award in the world.

But the center of global film is Hollywood.

If he wins the Academy Award for Best Director, the honor will be no less than the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

If I could win both the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Best Director Award at the Academy Awards.

"Ha, do you think that you can get the Best Director Award at the Academy Awards just like the Best Director Award at several domestic awards?"

"If you want to win an Oscar, besides having the ability, you also need to have experience."

"Even if you have enough strength, it's useless if you don't have enough qualifications."

"What's more, Wang Shu is a director who came to Hollywood from China. He is an outsider to Hollywood."

"It's even harder for a director like this to win the Best Director Award in Hollywood."

"If you want to win an award, you have to wait."

Chen Kaige sneered and said dimly: "Compared to the Oscars, I believe he can win awards at the three major European awards."

This is the truth. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for Wang Shu to win an Oscar in the short term.

You may get nominated, but winning is almost impossible.

This is not a question of strength, but a question of "Chinese film director" and qualifications.

Unless the movie you make is really to the taste of the old guys in the academy, it will be a waste of time.

Of course, he can't win the award, but the leading actor can compete for the actor award based on this.

Nolan, this is how it happened step by step.

It is undeniable that some directors have won major awards just a few years after their debut, but the probability is small.

Wang Shu is a Chinese-language film director. Under normal circumstances, he cannot be in the low probability category.

However, Wang Shu is not without a solution.

He had already planned that when the financial crisis in the United States came, he would first contact those old men in the college, then make a certain name for himself by shorting the US housing market, and then contact the old men in the college and help them get rich together in the form of private placement.

With these interests involved, the Academy Awards also beckoned to him.

And if you simply want to win an Oscar by making movies, that's simply nonsense.

Given the relationship between China and the United States, and the fact that the Academy Awards have a tradition of requiring seniority to win, how could Wang Shu, a director who originated from Chinese-language films, possibly win an Oscar?

Unless there are sufficient interests involved, it is out of touch with reality.

Therefore, what Chen Kaige said is not wrong.

Under normal circumstances, Wang Shu’s chances of winning one of the three major European awards are indeed higher than his chances of winning an Academy Award.

At this stage, Wang Shu has the potential to win awards at the three major European competitions.

Oscars, zero chance.

Of course, Wang Shu had never dreamed of achieving his goal in one go.

His current goal is to be nominated for an Academy Award.

With the nomination as a prerequisite, it is not surprising that a movie like "La La Land" that won an Oscar will win an Oscar, combined with the stock market as the basic interest involved.

Because the nomination shows that he has the ability to win an Oscar.

Then, even if he was young and an outsider, it was not unbelievable that he won an Oscar.

If he had not been nominated for an Academy Award, it would have been incredible for him, as a young Chinese-language film director, to suddenly win an Academy Award.

In this case, there will definitely be public opinion.

Under widespread public opinion, his involvement in interests with the old men in the college through private equity would inevitably be dug out.

By then, it will inevitably become a joke.

And now, there is "The Piano Tuner", which has grossed $2.6 million in the United States, and then there is the movie that was nominated for an Academy Award.

Then, aiming for an Oscar will be a piece of cake.

Even though he won the award at a young age, it was not surprising.

Because before winning the award, he had proven himself in Hollywood both artistically and commercially.

With these prerequisites, the strength will not be questioned.

As long as the strength is not questioned, even if there is public opinion, it will not have much impact.

Chen Hong opened her mouth, but she couldn't refute what Chen Kaige said because that was the fact.

It is much more difficult for Wang Shu to win an Oscar than to win one of the three major European awards.

If the film directed by Wang Shu is strong enough in one of the three major European films, then he has a chance to win an award.

To win the Oscar, even if the films you direct are good, you still have to have at least ten years of experience to make that happen.

The Oscars are not like the awards in China.
When it comes to domestic awards, relationships, connections, and friendships come first. All of these are taken into consideration, followed by qualifications.

When relationships, connections, friendships, qualifications, etc. are all taken into consideration, it is often a double yolk egg or a multi-yolk egg, and everyone has a chance to win a prize, including the grand prize.

Comparing the two, the difficulty of winning the award is completely different.

It’s not that the Oscars are more authoritative; there’s also a lot of shady dealings involved with this award.

It’s just that there are many famous directors in Hollywood who compete with each other, and the fact that there are no double yolk eggs makes it difficult.

Being difficult does not mean it has great value.

Because of the Academy Awards, there have been many times where the artistic quality of the winning films is not as good as that of the nominated films, and this has been questioned many times.

Chen Hong glanced at Chen Kaige and said softly, "No matter what, Wang Shu has established a firm foothold in Hollywood."

"Oh, gain a firm foothold?" Chen Kaige sneered, "It's just that he made a movie in Hollywood that did well at the box office. If this can be called gaining a firm foothold, then Wu Yujie would not have returned to China in disgrace."

This means that when John Woo first arrived in Hollywood, he made some box office-good movies, but in the end he still returned home in disgrace.

In Wang Shu's situation, it can't be said that he has gained a firm foothold.

He glanced at Chen Hong and said, "Hollywood is a producer-centered system."

"Under this system, everything revolves around the producer, and the director is just a worker."

“So when a director makes movies that make money, he’s favored.”

"When a movie made by this director flops, it goes down the drain."

After that, he expressed his disdain for Jiang Wen, "Do you think it's like our domestic director-centered system where the director has connections and the right to speak?"

"Do you think you can always get investment to make movies like Jiang Wen, even though every movie he makes loses money?"

"There's no such thing as that in Hollywood."

"Except for a small number of directors, most directors will have difficulty getting good resources if they fail."

"Unless I continue to prove myself step by step, I will get the chance to direct a blockbuster movie, otherwise I will end up like Johnny Wu."

When Chen Hong heard this, she couldn't help but say, "But Wang Shu is a director who writes and directs his own films. All the films he makes are based on scripts he wrote, so they are not the same."

(End of this chapter)