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Chapter 452 It’s ok, I’ll recharge your phone bill

Deng Chao had a headache, but he didn't want to lose face, so he had to respond: "Okay, when Director Wang returns, if there is a gap in his schedule and he finds an opportunity, I will introduce him to you."

There was some room for maneuver in his words, meaning that Wang Shuguiguo would introduce them to each other when he had time.

Whether he has time or not is up to him.

Then you can just tell An Yixuan that Wang Shu doesn't have time, and that way you can get away with it.

An Yixuan thought Deng Chao really agreed, and a happy smile appeared on her face, and she said in a sweet voice: "Thank you, Brother Chao."

After all, he is from Taiwan, and his spoken language has the unique Taiwan accent, which makes Deng Chao feel numb in his ears.

"It's okay." Deng Chao responded with a smile, and then continued to give a shot of prevention, "But I don't have a close personal relationship with Director Wang."

"I can only try this, but I can't guarantee whether it will succeed in the end."

"I got it, Brother Chao~" An Yixuan blinked, looking like she was telling him not to quibble anymore.

Seeing this, Deng Chao shook his head helplessly.

Then after thinking about it for a while, he suddenly realized why some people thought that he and Wang Shu had a good personal relationship.

The most likely reason for this is that in the past few years since Director Wang debuted, he has rarely shown concern for other characters through personal relationships.

Apart from Zhang Hanyu and Wang Shu's friend Yang Wei, he and Chen Kun were the only ones who got the roles thanks to their personal relationship.

As a result, misunderstandings arose.

Thinking of this, Deng Chao couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

An Yixuan knew that she needed to thank others when she asked them for help, so she added, "Brother Chao, let's have a midnight snack together after work. I'll treat you."

"Don't be so polite~" Deng Chao knew why An Yixuan was like that as soon as he heard it, and immediately imitated An Yixuan's way of speaking and teased her.

An Yixuan pouted and rolled her eyes when she heard that, then said without question: "Humph, no matter what, let's have a midnight snack together tonight anyway."

Deng Chao saw this and said with a smile: "Okay, if we finish work early in the evening, we can have a midnight snack together. If it's too late, forget it."

When An Yixuan heard Deng Chao agree, a smile appeared on her face.

Deng Chao was already in a very excited state on the set, and then he started to tease An Yixuan in various ways.

The rumors of an affair between the two during the filming of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" were not groundless.

But with An Yixuan's style and Deng Chao's personality, the two did interact a lot on the crew.

After chatting with An Yixuan for a while and sending her off, Deng Chao took advantage of his free time to call Sun Li.

The two of them were bored for a while, and Deng Chao suddenly said, "Did you know that Director Wang won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director?"

"I just heard about it." Sun Li felt something strange when she heard Deng Chao talking about Wang Shu again.

But she is an actress after all, so she can handle it.

After that, he added, "A lot of people are talking about this now, and I happened to hear it."

Deng Chao smiled when he heard this, and then asked, "Did you call Director Wang to congratulate him?"

"Is it unnecessary?" Sun Li was speechless when she heard this.

Wang Shu won an award and called to congratulate everyone eagerly. Isn’t that too flattering?

Sun Li didn't want to lick Wang Shu, she wanted to stay on the same level with Wang Shu.

"Why not?" Deng Chao criticized him angrily, and then said, "We are all veterans in the circle. Don't you know that this circle emphasizes interpersonal communication?"

"Take the previous drama The Deer and the Cauldron for example. It was originally planned that I would play the role, but Huang Xiaoming intervened and the role was gone."

"These bloody incidents have taught us time and again that connections, favors, and relationships are important."

"Acting skills and such are not important."

"As long as you have a background, you will not lack resources even if your acting skills are poor."

"No matter how good your acting is, it will be useless without resources and support."

The words may be harsh, but the truth is there. This is how the entertainment industry works.

The reason why the Four Dans and Two Bings are called the Four Dans and Two Bings is that there are people supporting them behind the scenes.

A more obvious example is Jing Tian. No matter how mediocre her acting skills are, she keeps making new achievements and still has constant resources.

On the contrary, actors with acting skills like Chen Chuang (Fugui, Xiaotian Dog), even if they have acting skills, will never be popular because no one supports them.

For example, actresses like Chen Shu rejected Feng Xiaogang, and as no one supported them, they were still tepid.

But she married a rich man and lived a good life.

If you want to make it in the entertainment industry, you either need a background or connections.

Even Wang Baoqiang and others follow this rule.

If Wang Baoqiang had not benefited from Xu Zheng and Chen Sicheng, he would not have had the good resources to appear in the public eye, let alone become a director himself later.

Deng Chao then said, "So we need to maintain Director Wang's network of contacts."

"Director Wang is now an internationally renowned director. If I have the opportunity to star in a movie directed by him in the future, I might be able to step onto the international stage in one fell swoop."

"Starring in a play directed by Wang is equivalent to the results of our hard work in the industry for more than ten or twenty years."

This is not random talk, but is based on facts.

Actors like Deng Chao will only be in the domestic entertainment industry even if they continue to work for another ten or twenty years.

In fact, it will go downhill as you get older.

And as long as she stars in a movie directed by Wang Shu, it would be possible for her to replicate Zhang Ziyi's path to the international stage.

Therefore, being able to star in a movie directed by Wang Shu is equivalent to avoiding a detour of ten or twenty years.

For some actors, they can even achieve achievements that they could never achieve in their lifetime in the original timeline. Deng Chao continued to chatter, "Besides, I'm sure that if you don't call Director Wang to congratulate him, someone else will definitely call Director Wang to congratulate him."

"Others congratulated Director Wang and worked hard to build their relationship with him."

"If Director Wang returns to China to film, he will naturally be more inclined to cast them rather than us."

"So... it's not a question of whether it's necessary or not, but if we don't do it, others will do it, and we will be left behind."

In short, it is involution.

However, Sun Li’s mentality is different from Deng Chao’s. She feels that no matter how inward-looking other people are, their relationship cannot compare to her and Wang Shu.

But I can’t tell Deng Chaoming about this and can only keep it in my heart.

After listening to Deng Chao's long speech, Sun Li knew that she had to call Wang Shu, so she joked, "International roaming is very expensive."

Deng Chao immediately understood that Sun Li was joking, and then said with a smile: "It's okay, I'll top up your phone bill."

When it is evening in China, it is almost morning in the United States.

At dawn, the cell phone rang. Wang Shu was awakened by the ringing. He glanced at Sister Shitou next to him, who was still sleeping. Then he picked up his cell phone and took a look. He saw that it was Sun Li calling.

In order to avoid disturbing Sister Shitou, Wang Shu got up and went to the bathroom.

He was squatting on the toilet while answering Sun Li's call.

"Hello." Wang Shu answered.

"Congratulations on winning the Golden Globe Award." Sun Li said with a smile.

Hearing Sun Li's voice, Wang Shu also smiled and replied: "Haha, you called to congratulate me?"

"Hmm~" Sun Li did not comment.

The two chatted for a while, and when they had almost finished talking about the matter, Sun Li asked, "Are you coming back for the New Year?"

"What? Did you miss me?" Wang Shu teased subconsciously.

"Speak seriously." Sun Li snorted.
She didn't say she wanted to, nor did she say she didn't want to.

"It depends on the situation." Wang Shu said softly.

The Lunar New Year’s Eve is on January 1th.

The Berlin International Film Festival is from February 2 to 5.

The Academy Awards are on February 2nd.

Under normal circumstances, Wang Shu would have enough time to return home to celebrate the Lunar New Year, then go to the United States, and then go from the United States to Berlin.

This would make it convenient for him to return to Los Angeles after the Berlin Film Festival.

This is exactly what Wang Shu planned.

He planned to return home early, then go back to his hometown to take his parents to Beijing to celebrate the New Year, and then send them back to their hometown after the New Year.

Let the two elders come to Beijing first to experience the living there and see if they are accustomed to it, and then decide whether to move to Beijing to settle down.

After all, he is now developing in Hollywood, not in Beijing. If he brings his parents to Beijing directly, they are not familiar with the city, and he is not around to take care of them, so they will be worried. It is better for them to live in their hometown.

Therefore, he now plans to bring his parents to Beijing to experience the local life.

Whether to move to the capital will be decided after he returns home.

"Is your schedule tight?" Sun Li thought Wang Shu's schedule was tight and asked subconsciously.

Wang Shu explained: "At the Golden Globe Awards dinner, a Hollywood producer invited me to direct a movie, and I agreed."

"We need to discuss related matters in detail later, and there is also other work to be done."

"So whether or not to return to China depends on the circumstances."

"Ah? Another Hollywood producer invited you to direct a movie?" Sun Li was already attracted by what Wang Shu said. She asked in surprise and curiosity, "What script? Is it good?"

She knew that Wang Shu usually wrote and directed his own scripts, but now he was directing other people's scripts, so there must be something special about the scripts.

When Wang Shu heard Sun Li's curiosity, he had to explain: "The script is adapted from the best-selling novel "Life of Pi" in the United States. It is very famous in the United States."

"Not only that, this script had already been handled by many well-known Hollywood directors before I took it over, but they all declined the offer because they felt they couldn't make it well."

"I thought this script was challenging, so I took it."

After listening to Wang Shu's explanation, Sun Li was shocked.

Especially when I heard that it was adapted from a best-selling American novel and that many well-known directors had declined the offer because they felt they could not shoot the film well, I took the role because I felt it was challenging. I felt that Wang Shu was amazing.

While she felt that Wang Shu was amazing, she also asked with concern: "So many people have declined, do you have confidence?"

"Of course." Wang Shu smiled and said, "I have read the script and I am confident that this movie will be a good one."

In fact, he had just returned from the Golden Globe Awards dinner last night and had never touched the script, let alone read it.

At most we just chatted for a while.

However, that doesn't stop him from talking nonsense.

"It seems that you are really confident!" Sun Li breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Wang Shu's answer so easily and casually.

After that, he added sincerely, "That's amazing!"

“So many directors are afraid to shoot and refuse.”

"Tree."

"They are not as good as you."

(End of this chapter)