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Chapter 453 Are you going to give me to Director Wang?

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Sun Li was talking on the phone with Deng Chao.

"You said that a Hollywood producer invited Director Wang to direct a script adapted from a best-selling novel. The script has been helmed by many well-known directors, but they all declined because they felt they were not strong enough?"

Deng Chao's surprised voice rang out.

"Yes, it seems to be called Life of Pi." Sun Li responded, and then explained, "I originally told Director Wang that if he returns to China during the Chinese New Year and has time, we can get together."

"Then Director Wang didn't know if he would have time to return to China during the Chinese New Year, and then he mentioned that a Hollywood producer had invited him to direct a movie."

When Deng Chao heard this, he secretly praised Sun Li as a teachable child.

Simply calling to congratulate someone will not have much effect.

Having a meal together and drinking wine together is a better way to enhance friendship.

Although, they seem to be just drinking buddies.

However, Wang Shu is already an internationally renowned director, so even if he wanted to become a lifelong friend through other means, there is no way.

The only way available to us is to enhance friendship through common drinking and eating. If there is cooperation in the future, we can enhance friendship through interactions during the cooperation period.

However, although Sun Li invited him, Wang Shu did not accept it.

This made Deng Chao feel a sense of crisis.

After all, Sun Li had worked with Wang Shu before, and later she worked with Gong Li, Zhou Xun, Fan Binbin, Mei Ting and others, and now she has gone to Hollywood.

If there is no interaction for a long time, the friendship will inevitably fade.

Thinking of this, Deng Chao couldn't help but feel a little panicked.

He wanted to work in the film industry, but he lacked the resources.

If he could be noticed and promoted by Wang Shu, he might become the first male actor from the mainland to go international.

"Life of Pi?" Deng Chao muttered to himself, "Is this script great?"

"Didn't I just say that this is a script adapted from a best-selling novel in the United States? Do you think it's amazing?" Sun Li was speechless. "And so many Hollywood directors dared not to shoot it, so it's obvious that this script is not only amazing but also difficult to make."

"Ah? Is Director Wang sure?" Deng Chao asked subconsciously.

"He said he was sure and sounded very confident," said Sun Li.

Deng Chao suddenly realized: "Then we should be sure."

Then he continued, "Director Wang is going to film Life of Pi in Hollywood. Doesn't that mean he won't be returning to China to film?"

Thinking of this, Deng Chao felt a little uncomfortable.

Wang Shu’s failure to return to China to film meant that he had no chance of getting a role.

Even if Wang Shu returns to China to film, he may not have a chance to get a role.

But if I don’t return home, I won’t even have that chance.

But he was wrong this time.

For "Life of Pi", Wang Shu does not plan to direct it in Hollywood, but will return to China to set up the location for filming.

Compared to being restricted everywhere in the United States, it is more convenient for him to complete the filming in China.

In the original timeline, Li An also did not complete the filming of "Life of Pi" in the United States, but built a location for filming in his hometown, Taiwan.

The reason why Wang Shu chose to return to China to build the location was very simple. Cheap labor and so on were just superficial reasons. It was more convenient to arrange for people from Yikeshu Company to come to the crew and learn green screen shooting techniques from the Americans.

This is a rare opportunity to help Yikeshu's team improve.

Of course, the shooting locations will not be limited to mainland China, but will also be filmed in the United States, Canada, India and other places.

In short, for the green screen scenes that take the longest time, Wang Shu will build a location in China to shoot, and then let Yikeshu Company participate in the production.

Although this matter has not yet been negotiated with 20th Century Fox, I believe the other party will not refuse.

"He probably won't be returning to China to film in the short term, right?" Sun Li wasn't sure either and could only guess.

"Alas~" Deng Chao sighed and said half-jokingly, "I'm still waiting to star in Director Wang's movie. How can Director Wang not come back to China to film?"

Sun Li knew that Deng Chao was joking to express his true feelings, so she joked, "There are so many artists in the industry, even if Director Wang returns to China, it won't be your turn to star."

"It might be possible for me."

Deng Chao was speechless for a moment when he heard this.

What Sun Li said was absolutely correct.

To ensure box office success when mainland China makes blockbuster films, they usually use well-known male stars from Hong Kong Island as front men, and pair them with mainland female artists.

In this case, Sun Li does have more chances.

And he stood aside.

Because before him, there are still the mountains of Hong Kong's big-name male stars such as Andy Lau, Tony Leung, and Chow Yun-fat that he needs to overcome.

Deng Chao said quietly, "Director Wang is already an internationally renowned director, and he is also a director from our mainland."

"Maybe when Director Wang returns to China to film, he will promote our mainland male actors instead of using those from Hong Kong Island?"

There is nothing wrong with this statement, it is indeed possible.

"Haha, you're dreaming." Sun Li laughed and said faintly, "There are so many male artists in our mainland. Even if Director Wang will support our mainland artists, how do you know it will be you?" "Don't you have to rely on it?" Deng Chao laughed.

When Sun Li heard that he was relying on her relationship with Wang Shu again, she felt a little strange and snorted, "Rely on me? How can you rely on me? Are you going to give me to Director Wang?"

Deng Chao was a man who was very excited. Hearing this, he pretended to be happy and said, "Don't tell me, this is really a good idea!"

After that, he pretended to belittle her and said, "But Director Wang knows too many beauties. Even if I give you to Director Wang, there is a high probability that he will not like you."

"Deng Chao, what do you mean?" Although Sun Li knew that Deng Chao was joking, she still felt quite strange when she heard these words. In order to hide these emotions, she immediately snorted, "Director Wang knows a lot of beauties, but I'm not a beauty, right?"

"Ah? What are you talking about? The signal is bad, I didn't hear it." Deng Chao pretended.

Seeing that Sun Li was silent, he quickly added, "I heard it, I heard it. You are a beauty, you are the greatest beauty."

Then, the two of them talked back and forth.

On the other side, after Wang Shu finished his phone call with Sun Li, he received calls from Mei Ting, Zhou Xun, Yang Mi and others, all of whom called to congratulate him. Wang Shu chatted with them one by one for a while.

When he walked out of the bathroom, Sister Stone woke up.

Looking at Sister Shitou, who was sitting up without clothes and looking a little pink, Wang Shu had an idea.

Morning exercise begins.

After morning exercise, Stone left Wang Shu's apartment because she had an afternoon schedule.

Not long after Stone left, Wang Shu received a call from Christine.

"Shu, are you in the apartment? I have nothing to do today, so I'll come to see you." Christine said.

"He's not here." Wang Shu lied immediately after hearing this.

It is said that you should never underestimate every woman's nose.

Whenever Christine came to the apartment where Wang Shu lived, she could smell Stone's perfume even if Stone had left.

"I have work today and I'm not in the apartment." After saying that, he added.

"Okay then." Christine's disappointed voice sounded.

"Haha, let's have dinner together next time when we have time." Wang Shu said.

Kristen's eyes lit up after hearing this and she said, "Go to the bar?"

"Okay." Wang Shu also knew that going to bars to play was a common thing in the United States, so he agreed immediately.

"Yeah," Christine responded happily.

The two chatted for a while and then hung up the phone.

Wang Shu sat on the bed and thought about it. Since he told Christine that he would not be in the apartment due to something, he might as well sleep in the apartment for a day.

There's nothing to do today anyway.

I slept until night and it was daytime again in China.

"Xuanxuan, do you know the novel "Life of Pi"?"

In the crew of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber", Deng Chao asked An Yixuan.

In his opinion, An Yixuan is from Taiwan.

The Taiwan area doesn't have a large local area network like the mainland, so maybe they know about "Life of Pi".

"Life of Pi, why are you asking these questions?" Ann Yixuan wondered.

Seeing this, Deng Chao had no choice but to explain.

After An Yixuan learned the whole story, she exclaimed, "You said that a producer in Hollywood invited Director Wang to direct the script adapted from this well-known best-selling novel? And many directors have already approached Director Wang, but none of them dared to shoot this script?"

Deng Chao nodded, indicating that you were right.

An Yixuan was in a trance and couldn't help asking, "Since so many directors are not sure about the filming, is Director Wang sure about it?"

Deng Chao did not answer the question, but instead said, "Among so many people, who can be like Director Wang, who wrote and directed a film at such a young age and won the Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival and the Best Director Award at the Golden Globe Awards?"

An Yixuan suddenly understood what he said and sighed, "That's right."

"Just because those directors are unsure about the film doesn't mean Director Wang is unsure."

"Director Wang is so talented, maybe he can really make this movie well."

"What do you mean by maybe? Director Wang is very confident, okay?" Deng Chao said suddenly.

“Haha.” An Yixuan laughed and said, “I don’t know about Life of Pi, but my assistants should know.”

After An Yixuan finished speaking, she called her assistant over.

After hearing An Yixuan’s explanation, her assistant happened to have watched "Life of Pi".

Then he talked about it: "Life of Pi tells the magical story of an Indian boy and a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker who were reborn after drifting in the Pacific Ocean for 227 days."

“The novel is about adventure, hope, miracle, survival and faith. The sea adventures that seem real and illusory are cleverly combined with the contradictions of human nature that coexist between innocence and cruelty. The novel’s portrayal of faith, survival, and even the relationship between humans and animals, humans and humans, and humans and the world will become a question that every reader will ponder.”

"This book is amazing. Not only did it top the New York Times bestseller list for a year, it also won six international awards including the British Booker Prize and the German National Book Award."

"This novel is quite famous in the United States. I heard a long time ago that someone wanted to adapt it for the big screen, but it has never been realized."

"Now, you said Director Wang will be directing it?"

(End of this chapter)