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Chapter 454 Even if I were to direct, I would be better than Wang Shu
“I heard that Wang Shu not only won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, but also a producer invited him to direct Life of Pi at the dinner that day.”

Chen Hong glanced at Chen Kaige and said in a low voice.

"What? Jill Nett invited Wang Shu to direct "Life of Pi"? " Chen Kaige found it hard to accept.

Compared to many people in the domestic entertainment industry who have never heard of this short story, Chen Kaige, as a top-notch director, not only knew about this short story a long time ago, but had also read it.

And we also know that Jill Netter and 20th Century Fox have always wanted to bring it to the big screen, and have approached many directors but have all failed.

This matter became a topic of conversation for a while.

Now, everyone knows that "Life of Pi" is not easy to film.

Wang Shu is just a 22-year-old young director. Where does he get the courage and qualifications to direct this script that many big Hollywood directors are not sure of and dare not shoot? ! !

Chen Kaige, this is really hard to accept.

Seeing Chen Kaige like this, Chen Hong realized that he knew about "Life of Pi" and nodded.

Chen Kaige sat slumped in the spot and asked in a deep voice: "Wang Shu agreed?"

"I heard that a preliminary cooperation intention has been reached." Chen Hong responded.

"Ha." Chen Kaige said indignantly, "Is Gil Nett a fool? How can a young boy like Wang Shu make a good script with such philosophical connotations as Life of Pi?"

"Any art-house director in Hollywood is better than him."

"So many directors have already declined, and even a well-known director took the initiative to read the script and then declined."

"This shows that the book is extremely difficult."

"Wang Shu, can he take a good picture?"

"Even if you ask me to take the photo, I'm better than Wang Shu!"

"Kicked in the head by a donkey?"

Chen Hong watched Chen Kaige perform quietly, and when he finished, she suddenly asked, "Are you sure you can film this script well?"

Today's Chen Hong is no longer as sunny as she was when she was young. Ever since she got together with Chen Kaige, she has been covering up for him.

As the second generation of an upper class family, Chen Kaige is not only ignorant of fine arts, but the movies he made are also hard to describe.

"The Promise" claimed to have earned 7000 million yuan, but in fact, this was just a face-saving statement from the other party. In reality, the production company lost about 4000 million yuan.

Chen Kaige and Chen Hong are also one of the investors. If the producer loses money, it means they also lose money, it’s just a matter of how much.

Immediately following "Mei Lanfang", another loss-making movie was released, and Chen Hong and Chen Kaige, as one of the producers, continued to lose money.

If the couple did not have other income and had to borrow from Peter to pay Paul, they really would not be able to withstand Chen Kaige's efforts.

Of course, it is precisely because of Chen Kaige's efforts that he has other income to make ends meet.

Looking at the domestic entertainment industry, all the famous female artists have very good looks.

Even people in their forties look like they are around thirty.

Only a few female artists like Chen Hong look really weathered, and time has really left traces on their faces.

Logically speaking, as the wife of a famous director, she should be well maintained.

However, Chen Hong served as the producer of Chen Kaige's films, and had to deal with all kinds of annoying trivial matters and clean up all the messes. After a long time, she was exhausted and no amount of maintenance could help.

After all, the most important thing to slow down aging is to have a relaxed attitude.

However, as the producer of Chen Kaige's films, I have to borrow from Peter to pay Paul, and I have a lot of worries and few happy things. How can I have a relaxed mentality?
Most female artists of the same age as Chen Hong still look very young.

Chen Hong, however, is full of traces of time.

When Chen Kaige heard Chen Hong ask this, he immediately hummed, "Of course."

After saying that, he added, "But Jill Nate won't come to see me."

"If he comes to me, I promise to make Life of Pi a great film."

Upon hearing this, Chen Hong pretended not to hear it.

How could she not know that Chen Kaige was bragging, but if she refuted him, there would be nothing but quarrel, and she could only remain silent.

Chen Kaige continued to be indignant and said: "Did Jill Nett really get kicked in the head by a donkey?"

"There are so many directors in Hollywood, why choose Wang Shu?"

"He is really good at making some tricky movies, but he is terrible at making movies with depth!"

"The script of Life of Pi is a hundred times better than his, even if I were asked to direct it."

"Really."

As the news came, Zhou Xun, Fan Binbin, Yan Danchen, Yang Mi and others all knew the news.

The discussion about Wang Shu winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Director has not yet ended, and the next topic has started is about Wang Shu directing "Life of Pi".

There are also discussion posts on the Internet.

Hot posts on Tianya Forum.

Title: "What do you think about Jill Netter inviting Wang Shu to direct Life of Pi?" Content: "Life of Pi is a short story written by Canadian writer Yann Martel. The book describes the miraculous experience of a 16-year-old Indian boy and a Bengal tiger being reborn after drifting in the Pacific Ocean for 227 days."

"It has sold seven million copies worldwide and won six international awards including the British Booker Prize and the German National Book Award."

"Won the British Booker Prize in 2002, was named the best book of 2002 by Amazon, the New York Times' Outstanding Book of the Year, the Publishers Weekly's Best Book of the Year, and the Los Angeles Times' Best Novel of the Year. In 2004, it won the German Book Award."

"And 7 annual book recommendations including the China Times Kaijuan Good Book Award!"

"After being published in Baodao, it was recommended by celebrities from all walks of life, including Yang Zhao, Jiubadao, and Nan Fangshuo."

"After the book was released by Yilin Press in 2005, it was recommended by many celebrities such as Zhou Guoping, Ye Zhaoyan, and Li Jingze."

"After reading the book, US President Barack Obama commented: "This book is an elegant proof of the existence of God and a perfect demonstration of the power of stories. "

"Rumor has it that the script of this novel has been approached by several well-known Hollywood directors before, but because the novel is too famous, those directors were worried that it would ruin their reputation and declined the offer."

"Now, the script has fallen into Wang Shu's hands and will be directed by Wang Shu."

"What do you think about this?"

1L: "How else can you see it? With your eyes, of course!"

2L: "Fuck, is this novel so awesome? Even Aoba Ma commented on it?"

3L: "It may be possible for an 18-year-old director to make some soft science fiction movies, but what ability does he have to shoot such a profound script? So many Hollywood directors are self-aware and don't shoot them, but he is so self-righteous that he took on this script."

"I guess after that, not only did he lose face because of the failure, but he also lost face for our country."

"After all, Hollywood directors know that their films are not good and have self-awareness, but he is the one who is trying to show off."

"It's his business to swell his face and embarrass himself, but if he brings shame to our country, it will be disgusting."

4L: “Trust Director Wang!”

5L: "It's just a small version of Life of Pi, and Director Wang nailed it."

6L: "I just want to ask if anyone else eats shit? Oh, by the way, the guy who said last time that if Director Wang could win the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, could you please eat some shit before commenting?"

United States.

Since Wang Shu won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director and the film won the Best Picture Award, the popularity of "The Wolf of Wall Street" has soared again.

As a result, the box office of "The Wolf of Wall Street" also increased significantly.

Previously, the daily turnover was over 10 million US dollars, but now it exceeds 20 million US dollars per day.

At the same time, there were also discussions on the Internet about Wang Shu directing "Life of Pi".

Although many people in China have not read this short story, many people in the United States know about it, and it has become a hot topic of discussion.

Indeed, Wang Shu did win the Golden Globe Award for Best Director and the Venice Film Festival's Best Director Award.

But he has not been in Hollywood for long and is still a newcomer after all.

Ordinary Americans don't know much about him. After learning that he is only 22 years old, they subconsciously doubt whether he can make a good movie like "Life of Pi".

They don't deny that "The Wolf of Wall Street" is indeed very well made, but "The Wolf of Wall Street" and "Life of Pi" are films of two different styles.

Just because Wang Shu was able to make a good film called The Wolf of Wall Street doesn’t mean he can also make a good film called Life of Pi.

Wang Shu did not respond to this.

Instead, he discussed the specific details of the cooperation with Jill Netter and 20th Century Fox in a low-key manner.

Before, it was just a preliminary agreement, but now we are really discussing cooperation.

20th Century Fox, also known as 20th Century Fox, is one of the eight major film studios in Hollywood.

It has produced world-famous films such as "Titanic", "Star Wars Series", "Night at the Museum", "The Day After Tomorrow", and "Avatar".

This company really has technology.

In particular, Blue Sky Studios, which produces 3D animated feature films, can almost compete with the two animation giants Pixar and DreamWorks Animation.

The 3D animated film it produced was "Ice Age".

"Life of Pi" is filled with a lot of 3D special effects, which are beyond the capability of ordinary small companies to handle.

However, despite being one of the Big Eight in Hollywood, there are still differences among them.

In the original timeline, 20th Century Fox Film Corporation was acquired by Disney in 2019.

In 2020, Disney announced that it would rename its "th Century Fox Television" to "th Television", officially announcing the end of the "th Century Fox" brand.

Talking about cooperation is not an easy thing to do, and there are many things that require wrangling.

For example, this time, although Wang Shu reached a preliminary consensus with Jill Nett and representatives of 20th Century Fox, there are still many details to be discussed.

This is because Wang Shu proposed to shoot on location in mainland China, which involves the issue of bringing 20th Century Fox's equipment and employees to China.

It’s not that Wang Shu doesn’t want to use domestic equipment, but as one of the Big Eight Hollywood studios, 20th Century Fox’s equipment is more advanced.

(End of this chapter)