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Chapter 493 It's fate
In 2006, Penelope Cruz went to the Cannes Film Festival with the crew of the Spanish film "Volvo".

There were many best actor and actress awards at this year's Cannes International Film Festival, and Penelope was one of them.

Penelope was surprised at Wang Shu's youth at the time and couldn't believe that a film shortlisted at the Cannes Film Festival had a director who was only 20 years old.

At that time, she was really shocked.

Later, because the two parties were not in the same circle, they did not have any contact at the Cannes Film Festival, let alone any subsequent contact.

Penelope was shocked at the time, but as time went by, she gradually forgot about it.

In addition, I was busy with work and paid little attention to the outside world, so I didn't think about these things for a while.

Now, after being reminded, she instantly remembered that Wang Shu was the young director she met at the Cannes Film Festival that year.

That year, in front of her, the other party won the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival and produced a Cannes Film Queen.

Now, in front of her again, he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director.
Penelope thought to herself, what a fate!
We met twice at world-renowned award ceremonies, and both times, we won awards.

The difference is that compared to the Cannes International Film Festival, Wang Shu went one step further and won the Oscar for Best Director.

But she took a step back.

Last time she won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival, but this time at the Oscars, she only won the Best Supporting Actress Award.

And the Oscar for Best Actress.
Nowhere in sight.

"Cannes in 06?" Wang Shu looked puzzled.

In fact, of course he knew that Penelope was one of the winners of the 06 Cannes Film Festival, but the two of them never spoke to each other that year, so under normal circumstances he naturally couldn't remember her and just pretended to be confused.

"'Volunteer', I starred in that movie and won an award at Cannes." Penelope reminded.

"Oh~ah~So we met in Cannes." Upon hearing this, Wang Shu immediately pretended to remember it.

Matt Damon and others stood aside trying to hold back their laughter. Wang Shu's expression clearly showed that he had not remembered it at all, but he was pretending to remember it.

Penelope also noticed it, sighed, and was too lazy to continue explaining.

After all, they had no intersection, and there were many people who won the award that year, so it was normal that Wang Shu had no impression of them.

Matt Damon looked at Penelope, then at Wang Shu, and said jokingly, "You two are destined to be together, aren't you?"

"We met at the Cannes Film Festival with an award, and now we meet at the Oscars with an award."

When Wang Shu heard this and saw Penelope looking over, he cleared his throat and said seriously, "It is indeed fate."

Penelope smiled when she heard that.

Matt Damon glanced at the two actresses behind Penelope and said, "I have something else to do. I'll leave for a while. You guys chat."

Seeing this, the two actresses behind Penelope also said, "We have something to do too, you guys chat."

Wang Shu: "."

A few people left at the right time, leaving only Wang Shu and Penelope.

The atmosphere suddenly became somewhat ambiguous.
Penelope smiled awkwardly and said, "It seems like they misunderstood something."

Of course it was a misunderstanding.

Wang Shu knew that Penelope had a boyfriend, and they would get married next year and have a child the year after.

At this moment, it's just a random matchmaking.

Of course, it cannot be said that it is a random matchmaking.

Because the atmosphere in Europe and the United States is more open.

Wang Shu won the Academy Award for Best Director and was in high spirits.

Penelope also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, which was equally dazzling.

Now they are attending the Governor's Ball together.

During this happy time, it is common to drink some champagne, have some wine, and indulge yourself.

As long as the two sides make eye contact and there is a moment of impulse, they will be in perfect harmony.

Afterwards, both parties returned to their homes and did not interfere with each other.

Wang Shu laughed and said, "The atmosphere seems to be wrong all of a sudden."

Penelope is a Spanish actress, and she is more reserved than native American actresses.

In other words, actors throughout Europe are much more reserved than actors in the United States.

However, if you stay in Hollywood for a long time, you will be assimilated by native American actors.

Penelope smiled when she saw this, and immediately started a conversation.

Not long into the chat, someone else came up to start a conversation with Wang Shu, breaking their brief "time together".

Penelope had no choice but to wait silently for a while, wanting to continue chatting with Wang Shu.

However, there were many people who wanted to talk to Wang Shu, so there was never a chance.

But she had other social engagements and couldn't wait here all the time, so she chose not to disturb Wang Shu and left quietly.

When Wang Shu finished his social engagements and looked back, Penelope was gone.

……

"Shu, congratulations on winning the award." Anne Hathaway walked to Wang Shu and said with a smile. Anne has a big mouth, and even if it is a slight smile, the smile on her face is very obvious.

"Thank you." Wang Shu responded, and then said comfortingly, "Your luck is not on your side this time. Keep trying next time."

Anne Hathaway shook her head helplessly. Of course she knew that she had to keep working hard, but being nominated for an Oscar was not as easy as drinking water. You couldn't be nominated just because you wanted to.

If she missed this opportunity, she wouldn’t know when she would have the chance to be nominated again.

On the contrary, Wang Shu won the Oscar for Best Director at the age of 22, which was amazing even if it was expected.

Seeing that Anne Hathaway looked a little depressed, Wang Shu continued to comfort her: "Annie, have confidence. I believe you will be able to win an Oscar in the future."

"It won't take too long!"

In the original timeline, Anne Hathaway took on the role in "Les Miserables" and won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role as the heroine in this film.

In the future, she will truly be an Oscar-winning actress.

It really won’t take too long.

The premise is that the fact that she took on the role in "Les Miserables" has not changed.

Anne Hathaway's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she said in surprise: "Shu, do you want to invite me to cooperate?"

"Of course I'd like to work with you!"

"When?"

“After Life of Pi?”

"."Wang Shu was a little confused by Anne Hathaway's three surprising questions.

Clearly, Anne Hathaway misunderstood.

Wang Shu just knew that the other party would become an Oscar winner in the future, so he used this as a basis for his words of comfort.

Unexpectedly, the other party mistakenly thought that he wanted to cooperate with him.

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Wang Shu also knew that the problem lay with him. It was he who said something that caused Anne Hathaway to misunderstand, which led to the current situation.

Then he prevaricated, "Annie, you are such a great actor, of course I want to work with you."

"It's just that I will be working on Life of Pi next."

"Even if we cooperate, it will be later."

Anne Hathaway thought Wang Shu really wanted to cooperate with her when she heard Wang Shu's evasive words. She grinned happily and said, "Shu, I know this."

"So... hopefully our cooperation will come soon."

If it were before, Wang Shu would not have the casting rights in Hollywood.

Now that he has won the Oscar for Best Director, he has certain casting rights as long as he is not directing a project owned by the eight major Hollywood companies.

In other words, the producers will respect his casting opinions.

Nolan was able to choose the casting on his own when filming "Oppenheimer" later because the producer of "Oppenheimer" was Nolan's wife, and the collaboration between the couple was so smooth.

Anne Hathaway said this because she knows that Wang Shu is now the Oscar-winning best director. With this honor, Wang Shu will have greater say in future collaborations with producers, and it is not impossible for him to recommend her to the producer and decide on her to play the leading female role.

Having said that, Wang Shu could only smile and say, "Well, I hope so."

Agreeing to something doesn't mean you've directly committed to the other party. Even if there's no cooperation in the future, there will be plenty of excuses to prevaricate.

The two chatted for a while, and Nicole Kidman happened to come over. She smiled and asked, "Shu, Annie, what are you talking about? Why are you so happy?"

Before Wang Shu could say anything, Annie couldn't wait to answer first: "Shu just invited me, saying that there would be a chance for cooperation in the future."

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Nicole Kidman looked at the two in surprise and asked, "Will you work together in the future?"

Then he looked at Wang Shu and asked in surprise, "Shu, do you already have a written script?"

She knew that Wang Shu was a creative director who could write and direct his own films.

If you have a script, you will not lack investors to cooperate with, and you can indeed look for actors.

She also knew that Wang Shu would be filming "Life of Pi" next, so she subconsciously thought that Wang Shu and Annie's collaboration would be after "Life of Pi".

Annie didn't think about this at first, but after Nicole's questioning, she suddenly realized it.

Wang Shu is not only the youngest director in history.
He is also a creative director who can write and direct his own films.

"The Piano Tuner" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" were all scripts he wrote himself and then put on the big screen.

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Anne Hathaway couldn't help but stare at Wang Shu with her big eyes and look expectantly.

When Wang Shu heard Nicole's question, he couldn't help but think that experience is always more important.

Annie chatted with him for a long time, but didn't think about these things. Nicole asked the key question as soon as she arrived.

He is now an Oscar-winning director, and the box office results of his Hollywood films are well known. If he has a movie script in his hand, there will be no shortage of producers looking to work with him.

In this case, he has a lot of say. Even if he proposes to designate a female lead, the producer will not object as long as it is not outrageous.

In other words, as long as Wang Shu has a script in his hands, there will be producers rushing to work with him.

This would remain the case even if he had chosen Anne Hathaway to play the leading female role.

(End of this chapter)