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Chapter 499

Los Angeles.

When Wang Shu woke up, it was dawn outside.

Looking sideways, Gong Li was lying next to him and falling asleep.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but reach out and squeeze the mountains.

Gong Li, therefore woke up.

She looked at Wang Shu and asked softly, still sleepy, "Are you thinking about it again?"

She was not surprised by this.

After all, Wang Shu is a young man. He has never had a girlfriend and has not been out having fun, so it is normal for him to recover his energy and have ideas again in a short period of time.

Wang Shu did not speak, but answered with actions.

"There is no small umbrella!" Gong Li quickly reminded.

"It's okay, I won't go in." Wang Shu replied.

"No, no, it's not safe." Gong Li heard this and resisted in panic.

Just resistance is useless.

At noon, Wang Shu and Gong Li had lunch outside together.

After lunch, Gong Li went back.

Wang Shu had just returned to the apartment when his cell phone rang. It was Zhou Xun calling.

"Shu, congratulations on winning the Oscar for Best Director." Zhou Xun's slightly low voice sounded.

"Haha, I'm just lucky." Wang Shu responded with a smile.

The two chatted for a while, and Zhou Xun asked, "Shu, after winning the award, have you considered returning to China to make a movie?"

Wang Shu answered honestly: "I don't have any plans for now."

Of course he will return to China to make movies, but the domestic market has not yet taken off, so there is no rush.

If you return to China to make a movie at this time, no matter how great it is, the box office will only be a few hundred million.

Wait two or three years, and then it will be the era of 20 or 30 billion, and it won’t be too late to shoot then.

Of course, this is just for the purpose of making a commercial film.

If you want to make a film that will win an award, you can return to China at any time.

That being said, if Han Sanping offered him benefits and strongly invited him, he would still return to China to make movies.

After all, even Huayi has made a co-production of "The Forbidden Kingdom" these days, so he can also take the lead in making a Sino-US co-production.

Zhou Xun was originally full of expectations, but when he heard Wang Shu say without a second thought that he had no plans for the time being, the expectation on his face froze, and he subconsciously asked, "No plans?"

Wang Shu explained: "I have to shoot Life of Pi next, which will take quite a while."

"Besides, now that I have won the award, many producers in Hollywood have approached me to work with them."

"Let's not talk about whether to cooperate with them or not. Anyway, I won't have time to return to China to film in the short term."

Zhou Xun heard this, sighed, and said, "Okay."

Then he added, "When you return home, let's have dinner together."

"Yes." Wang Shu responded, "I'll call you when I get back home."

Zhou Xun felt a little warmed when he heard this, and then he chatted with Wang Shu for a while, and said: "Then you go ahead and get busy, it's late in China too, I'm going to sleep."

"Okay, you take a rest." Wang Shu responded and hung up the call with Zhou Xun.

Just as I finished my call with Zhou Xun, I received a call from Sun Li.

"Congratulations on winning the Oscar for Best Director." Sun Li said sweetly.

Sun Li's voice is relatively soft, not as hard as in many film and television works.

In the original timeline, many people thought that Sun Li’s voice was relatively hard after watching “The Legend of Zhen Huan” starring Sun Li.

In fact, that was dubbing, not Sun Li’s own voice at all.

Although Sun Li's voice has gradually become deeper as she grows older, her voice was soft when she was young.

"It's just an Oscar for Best Director. It's an easy win." Wang Shu boasted with a smile.

When talking to Sun Li, Wang Shu would often joke and tease her.

"Boasting again~" Sun Li knew that Wang Shu was joking and said with a curled lip.

"Haha." Wang Shu laughed, then asked with concern: "Why haven't you slept yet so late? If I remember correctly, it should be quite late in China now."

Hearing Wang Shu's concern, Sun Li felt warm in her heart and said, "I thought you had a lot of social activities last night, so you might have gone to bed late and woke up late, so I called you at this time."

"She is so virtuous and thoughtful. You can tell at first glance that she is a good wife and mother." Wang Shu said with a smile.

Sun Li heard this and snorted unhappily: "Speak properly."

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

Compared to Zhou Xun's questions about the movie, Sun Li did not ask these questions. She just chatted with Wang Shu for a while.

After a while, Mei Ting, Yang Mi, Liu Yan, Li Binbin and others called to congratulate him. Wang Shu was either answering the phone or on his way to answer the phone.

"I should have turned off my cell phone earlier." Wang Shu sighed.

In the next few days, Wang Shu has been participating in various parties, gatherings, and social activities. As the youngest Oscar-winning director in history, he has been a hot topic not only in China, but also in Europe and the United States.

Similarly, I received many party invitations.

Wang Shu was already exhausted just by choosing to participate in some of them.

He really wanted to complain, why are Americans so keen on organizing parties?
Find a place, get some snacks, drinks and wine, and you've got a party.

It’s okay to have a party, but why is it that every time there is someone in the bathroom making noises that sound like interjections?
If the restrooms are limited, you have to listen and wait outside.

On this day, Wang Shu was invited to attend Christine's party.

At the party, Wang Shu met Christine's boyfriend and just greeted him briefly without chatting in detail.

Just as he found a quiet place to get some fresh air, Christine suddenly appeared.

She drank some wine, her face was a little red, and she looked a little confused.

After seeing Wang Shu, he took Wang Shu away without saying a word.

"Where are we going?" Wang Shu asked with a puzzled look on his face as he was pulled by Christine.

Christine didn't answer, but kept pulling him.

After a while, Wang Shu realized it.

Christine's destination was the restroom.

"... "

2009, April 3.

Wang Shu and Fox's casting director Ivy Kaufman appeared in Mumbai, India, where they will conduct auditions of more than 3000 people.

After the audition, we will go to Pondicherry, India for filming.

I will return to my country to shoot only after this part is completed.

The two had just arrived in Mumbai and had not yet started auditioning when they learned a piece of news that had some connection with Hollywood.

After hearing the news, both of them were silent, not knowing what to say.

In 2004, a documentary titled "Born into Brothels" was released in the United States.

The film tells the story of a group of children living in the red-light district of Kolkata, who learn photography under the guidance of a journalist.
In 2005, the 77th Academy Awards ceremony was held and the film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

In addition, a tragedy occurred during the filming of the film, in which a 12-year-old actor's only mother was burned to death by a pimp.
Now, four years have passed.

The little heroine of "Born into Brothels" was reduced to...

To be precise, the little heroine had already followed her mother's old path a year after winning the award and became a...

The film's director tried to rescue her, and local police, facing international media attention, also went to try to rescue her, but failed.

Then, in order to avoid sticking to the rules, the local police directly stated that many powerful people were involved and would not allow the little heroine of "Born into Brothels" to regain her freedom.
When Wang Shu heard the news, he couldn't help but think
If this girl had not been chosen by the director of "Born into Brothels" to star in the film, would she have followed in her mother's footsteps when she grew up?

But get married and live a life of simple food and drink?

Now, "Born into Brothels" has won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.

The mother and daughter, coupled with Oscar's gimmick, caused the local powerful people to deprive her of her freedom.

Control her and make her have only one choice in life, to follow her mother's old path
The movie "Born into Brothels" tries its best to depict a beautiful picture of redemption. An Indian child born in a slum finally escapes from the sea of ​​suffering through self-struggle and lucky opportunities and becomes a successful person under the standards of Western civilization.

However, although the film brought the children in the film brief glory of the Oscars, it did not really change the trajectory of their lives.

It even causes the heroine of the movie to be controlled by local powerful people, causing her to follow in her mother's footsteps and become a...

I have to admit, this is very Hollywood.

"Shu, if you are interested, I can take you to Kolkata after I finish the casting. Preeti is there."

The person in charge in Mumbai saw that Wang Shu seemed interested and said with a smile.

Preeti is the heroine of "Born into Brothels".

Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal, India.

Wang Shu saw Ivy Kaufman looking at him after hearing this, and immediately said speechlessly: "Not interested."

“I just wonder if there hadn’t been a documentary called Born Into Brothels, would Preeti’s personal freedom have been controlled by powerful people in Kolkata?”

“And now, we have also come to India for casting.”

"Do you think someone's life will be changed because of this?"

“After the change, is it good or bad?”

The person in charge of the early stage here was speechless when he heard this, and didn't know what to say.

Ivy Kaufman thought Wang Shu was a little sad after learning about Preeti's experience, and even didn't want to direct the movie "Life of Pi".
He immediately said, "Shu, our casting this time is different from the casting of "Born into Brothels". We can't generalize. Don't think too much."

"For actors who are lucky enough to be chosen to perform, their lives will only be changed for the better, not like Preeti."

The person in charge beside him also sensed something and quickly said, "Yes, Shu, you may have misunderstood."

"Our casting is different from that of Born In Brothels. We are working with Bollywood and we choose the same ones."

"Uh"

"Anyway, a situation like Preeti's will never happen."

After listening to what the two said, Wang Shu felt a little headache. He just sighed casually. These two people actually made up their minds.
Seeing that Wang Shu didn't say anything, Ivy Kaufman immediately said, "Shu, we are in Bollywood, not Kolkata."

(End of this chapter)