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In the luxurious and comfortable office of SPN Shengtang Film Company, Tang Shu was discussing with George about his next movie. []

Originally, Tang Shu planned to go to the Philippines to complete the filming of "Forrest Gump" the day after the music album signing event, but an unexpected meeting request made Tang Shu decide to postpone the trip one day.

To be honest, the person who made this meeting request was beyond Tang Shu's expectations, and it was not Tang Shu's favorite beauty star, but a middle-aged uncle. The most special thing about this middle-aged uncle is that He is from China, and his name is Chen Kaige.

This is a well-known director in China, and he is Tang Shu's senior brother in his previous life, although Tang Shu never talked to this great director in his previous life...

Tang Shu's vanity began to swell when he thought that this great director whom he could only look up to in his previous life wanted to meet with him now. Although Tang Shu had already communicated with many world-class directors in Hollywood, but The great director is too far away from him in his previous life. [

Tang Shu has some guesses about the reason why this senior brother from the previous life suddenly asked for a meeting this time, but he is not sure. It is related to "Farewell My Concubine", which has gained a lot of reputation internationally.

'Farewell My Concubine' has won awards in many international film festivals, and according to Tang Shu, this film was also nominated for the 66th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Foreign language films participating in the Oscars are films longer than 40 minutes, released and produced outside the United States, and mainly use non-English dialogues.And it must be screened in domestic theaters for more than one week, and must be subtitled in English by the film organization or review committee of the country, and submitted to the Foreign Film Committee of the Academy for review.

For Chinese filmmakers in this era, they always hope that Chinese films will be recognized by the world, so they value the awards of international film festivals, er, it seems that most filmmakers in any country value the awards of international film festivals .

Therefore, Tang Shu speculates that this senior brother in his previous life may have hoped to show "Farewell My Concubine" in theaters under Sheng Tang for a period of time to increase the chances of success in the selection. Of course, whether this is the case can only be known after the meeting. up.

But to be honest, Tang Shu is not very clear about the work of Chen Kaige, nor does he like it very much. Back then, the "Extreme" was covered by clouds and mist for Tang Shu, and Farewell My Concubine is a very famous movie. Tang Shu has never even watched it. He has never watched gay-themed movies. Of course, the homosexual here refers to male homosexuality...

Speaking of which, "Farewell My Concubine" is not the first Chinese film to be nominated for an Oscar for a foreign language film. Before it, there were "Ju Dou" and "Raise the Red Lantern", and all three films were directed by Gong Li. Playing the heroine is precisely because of this, Gong Li will be considered a representative of Chinese female stars internationally for a period of time.

The movie "Raise the Red Lantern" is indeed good, but the international response to this movie is a bit unbearable for Huaxia, because after the movie is shown internationally, many foreigners think that the current Huaxia is still the same as reflected in this movie. The discrimination against Huaxia by gringos is really annoying.

But now that there are more Tang books, he will definitely not let this situation continue. The achievements of Tang books alone have made Americans dare not underestimate the Chinese. Tang books will continue to be seen by many foreigners. When he is of Chinese blood, he feels inferior. Uh, Tang Shu's mind is not so majestic. After all, this vain guy likes to show off very much.

Director Chen Kaige was very punctual, and was brought into Tang Shu's office by his assistant at the appointed time, and by this time Tang Shu had finished talking with George.

"Hello, Director Chen, welcome to Prosperous Tang." Tang Shu stood up, shook hands with him and said,

Apparently surprised by Tang Shu's Beijing-flavored Mandarin, Chen Kaige was taken aback, and then exchanged pleasantries with Tang Shu. Like many people, when Chen Kaige looked at Tang Shu, his eyes were full of shock and admiration, even though he had I was mentally prepared, but when I saw Tang Shu's slightly immature appearance, Chen Kaige still felt incredible.

In fact, Chen Kaige came to visit Tang Shu on a temporary basis. Because of the reason for "Farewell My Concubine" to participate in the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, Chen Kaige came to the United States. For a filmmaker, he will naturally pay attention to Hollywood when he comes to the United States. From all kinds of news, Chen Kaige knew about Tang Shu.

For a teenage Chinese boy, he has become a world-renowned director, and even created a world movie box office record. Not only that, he can even sing and write. He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Director, and even his film won the Oscar for Best Picture.

This kind of genius can't help people not be shocked. As a Chinese, Chen Kaige is not only shocked by the achievements of this compatriot, but also a little happy and proud, er, a little inferiority is inevitable.

After coming to the United States this time, and when I went to the Academy of Film Science and Art, I felt that these foreigners respected the Chinese a lot. Knowing that most of this was due to Tang Shu, this made Chen Kaige even more curious about Tang Shu.

Moreover, knowing that the Tang family has a good status in the American business world, and that the Tang family also owns a huge media and entertainment company, Chen Kaige also had the idea of ​​visiting, not to mention any opportunities for cooperation, but just to get to know this promoted The legendary boy with Chinese status in the United States is enough for Chen Kaige to act.

Originally, Chen Kaige was a little worried about whether Tang Shu would accept his request for a visit, but he didn't expect Tang Shu to give a reply soon, which undoubtedly made Chen Kaige very happy and even felt a little honored.

He had read the newspapers before he came to Shengtang today, and the front pages of today's major newspapers are suspected to be the situation of the album signing held by Tang Shu yesterday, and the headlines disclosed the news that Tang Shu rejected the invitation of the President of the United States. [

Tang Shu even rejected the invitation of the president of the most powerful country on this planet—the United States, but accepted his visit from Chen Kaige, and delayed the scheduled itinerary because of it. Compared with this, it is not surprising that Chen Kaige feels a little honored!

When Chen Kaige came here, he even had the feeling that he had more face than the President of the United States... But with this feeling, Chen Kaige consciously lowered his stance in front of Tang Shu, and he didn't have anything wrong with it. Good idea, after all, Tang Shu's status, ability and influence are all there.

As the conversation deepened, Chen Kaige was more and more surprised, because he found that Tang Shu knew China very well, which is not at all like a Chinese who lived in the United States since he was a child.

The two talked very speculatively, and Tang Shu also learned about the situation of the Chinese film industry during this period from Chen Kaige. To Tang Shu's surprise, Chen Kaige didn't talk about the meaning of "Farewell My Concubine" this time, uh, It may be that Chen Kaige has "low self-esteem" and is embarrassed to talk about his own movies in front of Tang Shu.

In the end, Tang Shu took the initiative to let "Farewell My Concubine" be screened in theaters under the prosperous Tang Dynasty for a period of time. In the United States, there are so many Chinese people, I believe they should be interested in movies from their motherland, and in Western countries , Many people love gay films, which can be seen from the two films "Philadelphia Story" and "Brokeback Mountain".

Maybe the movie 'Farewell My Concubine' is released in the US and it will do well!

In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the two chatted for a long time. At noon, Tang Shu specially invited Chen Kaige to have a meal together. After the meal, the meeting was considered to be over.

In the afternoon and evening, Tang Shu and Tang Shi got bored together again, talking about the development of the company, but more of chatting and playing around, because tomorrow morning, Tang Shu will take the private plane of the Tang family to fly to the Philippines and The crew meet up...

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p: Even if the President of the United States wants to vote for me, I will never accept it, but I will accept you to vote for me. Well, do you feel more face than the President of the United States! !Quack, don't be polite if you have face, just collect tickets and collect them! ! ~!