new kung fu king

Chapter 574 Backbone
For Wang Xiaohu, the 53rd Academy Awards is very different from the last time he won four statuettes.

First of all, in the past two years, he has not shot any American movies, even big productions such as "ET" and "First Blood" were only released this year, and he has completely missed this year. Oscar eligibility.

Furthermore, the only "Mythology" that caused a box office shock in North America, the crew is completely Chinese. The United States claims that there will be no racial discrimination, but in fact racial discrimination is everywhere.

The success of "Rocky" a few years ago was not unique, but was fully represented by a large consortium like 20th Century Fox behind the scenes, because even if "Rocky" was nominated, it would bring huge benefits to Fox. It was Winterdur who told Wang Xiaohu afterwards, otherwise, with Wang Xiaohu's identity and status back then, it would have been impossible to aspire to the Oscar for Best Director, Best Screenplay and other awards.

"That means Fox won't be helping us as an agent this time?" Wang Xiaohu asked on the phone.

"Yes, that's right!" Winterdur said: "There is another point that is very important. Warner is in the way, damn it! I expected that they would play tricks, but I didn't expect it to be at this time!"

"Old Wen, don't worry, tell me what's going on slowly." Wang Xiaohu frowned, trying to comfort the irritable Winterdur.

But his consolation was of no avail. Winterdur cursed on the phone for a long time before saying: "Boss, Ronald Wilson Reagan was successfully elected as the President of the United States last month. You should know about this, right?"

"Of course I know that a major fire broke out in Hong Kong on the day he won the general election." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile, "But what does this have to do with Warner?"

"Don't you know that Reagan was a Hollywood star before he became governor?" Winterdur said angrily: "His first political role was the chairman of the American Screen Actors Guild, which includes most of the Hollywood actors. He is an actor, and he has filmed many movies for Warner, and has a very friendly relationship with Warner! The problem lies here, Warner is pretending to be a tiger, and they are canvassing votes!"

Winterdur was very angry, what he said was in a mess, Wang Xiaohu finally understood what was going on after listening for a long time.

To put it bluntly, the resentment with Warner in the past finally exploded this time. Their old friend Reagan became president, and Warner began to use Reagan's banner to block "Myth" from further advancing towards the Oscars in front of most of the judges. , Winterdur said that if action is not taken in time, "Myth" may not even win the best foreign language film award, because the annual Oscar selection is like a luxury war.

canvassing!

Use a lot of money to canvass!

"We can either invite the judges to Las Vegas to gamble for a few days like some people, or hold a few grand receptions or PATTY invites judges from all sides. Otherwise, we have no chance to get any chance!"

Winterdur said eagerly on the phone: "Boss, let's act. If it is later, "Myth" will say goodbye to Oscar! I will use this money to negotiate with Fox's boss and let them Help me out to settle things, you must know that many judges also have to follow their winks."

Wang Xiaohu fell into silence, because Winterdur's words irritated him greatly. He didn't expect that the road to Oscar this time would be so difficult, and he didn't expect that the interior of Oscar was so filthy.

According to Winterdur, if you want to open a relationship, you must go through Fox. I believe that Fox will be willing to help with the old friend relationship between Xiehe and Fox for many years. The question is how much it will cost.

But with Wang Xiaohu's personality, this is obviously not what he wants, because once this precedent is set, Fox will need the help of Concorde's future works to enter the Oscars.

What does this mean?
It means that Concorde still doesn't have the slightest status in Hollywood!
After figuring this out, Wang Xiaohu has already made a decision: "Hey, Old Wen, don't take any action or public relations!"

"WHY!" Winterdur exclaimed on the phone: "Boss, I heard you right, are you asking us to give up?"

"Yes, you heard me right, what I mean is that we give up!" Wang Xiaohu laughed after finishing speaking: "Fuck that bitch Oscar!"

"Boss, please calm down, have you forgotten what you said at the Oscars a few years ago, you said you would stand on the Oscar podium with your own Chinese movie!"

"I said yes!" Wang Xiaohu took a deep breath and said, "But if the Oscars are selected in this way, I can definitely say NO!"

"Oscar will increase your worth!" Winterdur felt that it was a pity to give up like this.

"My worth doesn't need an Oscar to prove it!" Wang Xiaohu said firmly: "Old Wen, just watch, even if I don't participate in the Oscar, I can still occupy the entire North American box office chart!"

"Damn! What did I say today!" Winterdur heard the boss's tone was a little abnormal, and he thought that the boss's ability to make such a radical decision was completely misled by the tone of his words just now.

"Hey, young man, I feel that now is not the time to talk about this, we are all too emotional now, how about this, how about we calm down and talk about it?"

Wang Xiaohu shrugged and said to the phone, "OK, we can talk when you calm down."

In fact, since the moment Wang Xiaohu made his decision, he no longer intends to discuss this issue any further. He did so only because he was afraid that Winterdur would continue to go crazy. After all, he is an old man. No matter what happens, where can I find such a good manager.

For others, the Oscar may be the ultimate goal in their film career, because winning the Oscar will greatly stimulate the box office expectations, so as to obtain high box office, and use the high box office to obtain a fixed market share of North American films. accumulation of capital.

So in Wang Xiaohu's previous life, there were many Chinese directors, especially the fifth-generation mainland directors. They fought hard to compete for the Oscars and were recognized by the world's film tycoons. Even what Wang Xiaohu is doing now is the same thing.

But after several years of capital accumulation, Wang Xiaohu already has his own company in Hollywood and a team that he is proud of, so it is not surprising that the Laoshizi Golden Man is attractive to him.

"I'm in Hollywood just to earn American money, do what I want to do, and want to get something out of my mouth, dream about it!" Wang Xiaohu punched the phone, making a clicking sound.

"Ah Hu, who made you lose your temper?" Zhao Yazhi rushed over when she heard the sound, and saw that the phone was broken into several pieces, she frowned and said, "You don't need to use the phone to vent your anger!"

Wang Xiaohu touched his nose in embarrassment: "Sorry, I didn't pay attention just now."

Zhao Yazhi glanced at her husband, shook her head and sighed, then put the phone into the trash can, walked over and sat beside her husband and said softly, "Ah Hu, is there a problem with the United States?"

Wang Xiaohu nodded, "Yeah", stretched out his hand to hold his wife in his arms and said, "Azhi, you and I just did a stupid thing. I made Winterdur give up the chance to compete for the Oscar, what do you say?" Isn't it stupid?"

"Huh?" Zhao Yazhi was stunned when she heard the words. After several years of relationship between husband and wife, she knew that her husband's work was no longer the same as before. She frowned and said, "If it's something you don't want to do, no matter how others It's useless to force you, just give up if you give up, anyway, no matter how many statuettes there are in our family, they are just decorations."

"Hey, this is my Wang Xiaohu's good wife!" Wang Xiaohu smiled relaxedly, hugged his wife and kissed him for a long time, and then said: "I don't want to be trapped by Oscar, and I don't want to be a good wife for future Chinese movies. Workers create a bad impression!"

"It would be very sad if a film worker's entire artistic life is wasted on foreign awards." Zhao Yazhi patted her husband on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Comrade Wang Xiaohu, I am very glad to see you open an award for film workers." Got a good start!"

Zhao Yazhi's serious appearance made Wang Xiaohu laugh out loud, he believed that only his wife could support him so fully in this world, what more could a husband ask for if he married a wife like this!

The news that Wang Xiaohu gave up the 53rd Academy Awards quickly spread in Hollywood, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Taiwan and even the mainland. The first person who reacted was Run Run Shaw, a former tycoon in the Hong Kong film industry, who rushed to Wang Xiaohu's house aggressively , Started a few hours of critical education!
"Little Tiger, you're out of your mind. Are you overwhelmed by the achievements you've made in the past few years? That's the Oscar, the highest honor in world cinema. No matter how many people want to get in, you can't get in. You're so good. Just give up! Who do you want to be mad at?"

Run Run Shaw excitedly picked up his crutches and tapped Wang Xiaohu's calf.

Wang Xiaohu sighed unmoved and said: "Old Dou, the Oscar may be the highest honor for you, but it is not the most authoritative award. It is undeniable that I have such conditions, and I can spend money, but I don’t want them to think that the Oscars were paid for with money, and I don’t want people from the outside to poke at Xiehe’s spine!”

"Why are you so stubborn! Hey!" Run Run Shaw was furious, he sat down on the sofa and panted heavily, his eyes never forgetting to stare at Wang Xiaohu, wishing he could beat him to death with a cane.
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