novelPairMe Chapter 281 The little days when I want to cause trouble
Chapter 281 The little days when I want to cause trouble
After getting a satisfactory answer from Spielberg, Wu Yuchen left with a smile on his face.
This time "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" competes for the Oscars, and his goal is to focus on Best Director.
From the perspective of the right time, place and people, "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" has advantages in both aspects.
The timing is right now that the Iraq war being brewed by George W. Bush and the Black Palace has caused anti-war sentiment in Hollywood to continue to rise. In this regard, anti-war themed films will undoubtedly have an advantage in this Oscar.
Renhe is Wu Yuchen himself. His own network has been expanding in the past two years. He has cooperated with DreamWorks and Universal on "Pirates", co-produced "Spider-Man" with Sony, and filmed "The Hours" with Fox. Warner is also working with He's in talks for the "Batman" project. Through his interests in project after project, many people have become his common interests, which will make those Hollywood studio executives with voting rights subconsciously favor him.
At the same time, Wu Yuchen is no longer a newcomer to the Oscars. He has already competed twice for the Best Director award. Although the two failures are regrettable, they also accumulated points for him, which will make many judges think When he does, he will develop some psychological tendencies.
The only thing "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" lacks is its geographical location. That is, the film is a Chinese-language film, not an English-language film. It is basically impossible to compete for the best picture these days.
Some people may say that "The Last Emperor" won the best picture, but please note that the actors in "The Last Emperor" are all Chinese, but this is an English film, not a foreign language film, and people say that directly. In English, the actors spoke in English when acting, so the film was also competing for Best Picture instead of Best Foreign Language Film.
In other words, unless Wu Yuchen is willing to let "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" be shot and released with English dialogue, there is no possibility of winning the best picture. This is the current default rule in Hollywood.
For Wu Yuchen, this is definitely unacceptable. Although he shot this movie for no small reason to win the Oscar, it is also a movie dedicated to China and to represent China in the international community. The voices about the persecution suffered by the invaders during the Anti-Japanese War made more people pay attention to this period of history.
The director of "The Last Emperor" is Italian, but Wu Yuchen is an authentic Chinese. How could he change this movie into a purely English film? Then why did he put so much effort into making this movie?
The first foreign language film to win Best Picture at the Oscars in the previous life was "Parasite" in 2020. The social environment and the environment in Hollywood at that time had changed a lot, and the voice of ethnic minorities had greatly increased.
At the same time, the global influence of the Oscars has really weakened a lot compared to its current peak. Whether it is the best picture for "Parasite" or Michelle Yeoh's first Oscar as Best Actress, it is a signal released by the Oscars to demonstrate the openness and inclusiveness of the Oscars.
In fact, the main purpose is to attract more attention and traffic from Asians. After all, traffic represents green beauty!
But now that the Oscars are at the peak of their influence, there is no need to do this.
On the other hand, Justin Wu just won the Best Picture award for "Beautiful Mind" last year. Unless the film is unparalleled in all aspects this year, he will basically have no chance of winning the Best Picture Oscar this year.
Therefore, Wu Yuchen now has no hope of letting a Chinese-language film win the Oscar for Best Picture. He was targeting the Best Director award from the beginning.
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Marilyn is a fan of Justin Wu, and has been for a long time. Before Wu Yuchen entered Hollywood, she had already paid attention to Wu Yuchen from "The Night the Comet Came", and she was sure to like him during "Run Lola Run" of his works.
In fact, Marilyn prefers Wu Yuchen's literary and artistic films, such as "Love", "The Sixth Sense" and "Beautiful Mind", compared to those commercial films shot by Wu Yuchen. She believes that these movies can touch her soul more. Well, she is actually an American artistic young woman.
This time, Wu Yuchen's "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" premiered to a high reputation, and many film critics praised it. This naturally aroused Marilyn's desire to watch the movie, and she took her friends across half of the city. I specially went to the few theaters where the movie was on-demand to queue up to buy tickets to watch it.
Marilyn and her friend walked into the theater laughing happily, but when they came out, their eyes were red and swollen, and they kept wiping their tears with tissues.
"Director Wu is so cruel! Why can't the cute little angel have a better ending! Xixi is so cute and kind, I will never forget his pure and flawless eyes..." the friend cried.
Marilyn said at this time: "While you feel sorry for Xixi, please don't ignore Xiaochun. He cannot be treated differently just because he is a child in the concentration camp. There are other people in the concentration camp, they are all the same." Innocent~"
The friend was stunned for a moment, then covered his mouth: "Oh my god, I'm really ashamed. All my attention is on Xixi!"
Marilyn sighed with emotion: "I think this is what Director Wu wants to express. Xixi is very pitiful, but do the people in the concentration camp deserve to die? Even if Xixi is rescued, their tragic fate will be , who understands, and who cares?"
After hearing this, my friend nodded vigorously and said:
"The culprits of all this are the invaders who started the war, the Neon People! Oh my God, if I hadn't seen this movie, I wouldn't have known that the Neon People had done such evil things. ! They are no better than Germany's Nutri!"
Marilyn also felt the same emotion in her heart. She is a new generation of American youth born in the 1980s. Although she has heard of the so-called Pearl Harbor incident and knows that Neon was a war criminal in World War II, she has no understanding of what Neon did.
Rather, it was because Neon had bowed to the United States over the past few decades. Her impression of Neon was actually more of the games she had played and the movies she had watched, including the cute Pikachu and Super Plumber Mario. It is the Neon people who are rich, the richest country in Asia, and the Neon people who are polite and rigorous...
But now, through "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas", although there are no bloody scenes in the movie, the entire movie tells the story of the crimes against humanity committed by the Neon Man.
What Marilyn wants to do most now is to go home and check online to see if the lovely Xixi, Xiaochun, and other people in the concentration camp really existed in history.
If this is really the case, then for the sake of the lovely Xixi and Xiaochun, she will promote "The Boy in Striped Pajamas" to everyone around her. This is the only thing she can do for the two little angels in her heart. thing!
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"Wu, Nicole, Jennifer, look here!"
In the camera, Wu Yuchen is standing in the middle, showing a bright smile. Standing on the left and right are two beauties, Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Connelly. Both women are beautifully dressed and releasing in the direction of the flash. Put on a charming smile.
After half a month, following "The Boy in Striped Pajamas", Wu Yuchen and his two girls are attending the premiere of "The Hours". This was what he had promised the two women in the first place, so naturally he would not keep his promise.
At the premiere, many reporters also asked:
"Nicole, are you still going to compete for the Oscars this year?"
"Of course, Oscar is the goal that all actors pursue!"
"Jennifer, who is the protagonist in this movie between you and Nicole? How would you rate Nicole's performance?"
Jennifer Connelly smiled slightly: "Nicole played great, but my role is not less than hers~"
"Wu, how do you evaluate the performance of the two of you?"
Wu Yuchen was calm in the face of so many eyes: "This movie can be described in one sentence, three women in one scene, whether it's Nicole or Jenny, they are both great. As for who is better, I think we can only put this question Leave it to the Oscar judges to worry about~"
This time, he will help Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Connelly in the same way as "The Hours". He will help them apply for Best Actress. He will also help them with public relations in the future. Whether they can win or not depends on them. By myself.
"Wu, you have two films competing for Oscars this year. Which one will you focus on?"
Wu Yuchen smiled: "Both "The Boy in Striped Pajamas" and "All the Time" are my works, and there is no priority. Moreover, the themes expressed by the two films are also different, and they will have different themes. Audience, they don’t have much competition~”
In fact, Wu Yuchen is telling the truth. He has divided the two movies, and the main awards are also different. "The Hours" is aimed at the best actress, and this is the same direction during publicity and marketing. Of course, at this stage, no matter which movie it is, it is trying to get as many nominations as possible.
At this moment, a voice among the reporters shouted:
"Director Wu, regarding your "Boy in Striped Pajamas", some neon groups have protested, saying that you have vilified the image of neon people. What do you think of this issue?"
After hearing this question, Wu Yuchen turned to look at the reporter. He had an Asian face. It was possible that he himself was a Japanese-American.
Wu Yuchen smiled: "I don't think there is anything controversial about "The Boy in Striped Pajamas". Neon acted as the aggressor during World War II and pursued fascism, committing crimes against China, the whole of Asia and even the whole world." An unforgivable crime, this is an ironclad historical fact!”
The man immediately said: "But regarding the concentration camp described in your movie, Neon believes that it is completely fabricated and made up by you!"
After hearing this, Wu Yuchen's face turned serious and he couldn't help but said loudly:
"Is there nothing? As of now, there are still many old concentration camp sites in China, such as Fengtian Prisoner of War Concentration Camp, Lushun Prison, Weixian Concentration Camp in Shandong Province, Jinan Concentration Camp, Shimen Concentration Camp, the former site of Bungfang 731, etc., among which there are many concentration camps incarcerated. Not only the Chinese, but also prisoners of war from the United States, Russia and other allied forces, as well as compatriots from North Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia and other all over Asia.
These ruins, photos and evidence are all well preserved, and even some old people who suffered the torture in the concentration camps are still alive. Can this still be denied?
If Neon can still quibble about this, it proves that Neon has never reflected on its aggressive behavior at all! "
The reporter who spoke of these words was speechless and his face turned blue and white. At the same time, many reporters around him also recorded Wu Yuchen's words and thought of the news headline: "Neon reporter denies war crimes, Wu Yuchen yelled angrily on the spot!"
Then Wu Yuchen softened his tone: "Everyone, this is the premiere of "The Hours". Please focus the topic on "The Hours"."
In fact, Wu Yuchen had expected that "The Boy in Striped Pajamas" would cause protests from Neon after its release, but he didn't expect that he would be so shameless in his childhood, even directly denying the existence of concentration camps, saying that it was him Made it up!
Wu Yuchen thought to himself, since Xiao Zi is so shameless, then he will not show any shame to them. When the Oscar nominations come out, he will give Xiao Zi a "long face"!
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On the other side of the Sony Building, Howard Stringer, CEO of Sony North America, was answering a phone call:
“Blocking The Boy in the Striped Pajamas? Justin Wu? I don’t recommend it.
Yes, I refuse. I am responsible for the performance of Sony Columbia and Sony North America. Wu is currently Sony’s most important partner. Why should I fall out with him?
Just because of this movie? Do you know how much profit "Spider-Man" has brought us at Sony? If Wu and Marvel shut down Spider-Man, how much money would we lose at Sony?
It's up to you, I'm only responsible for the company's performance! "
After saying that, Howard Stringer hung up the phone and showed a disdainful smile. A Sony director from Neon wanted to order him?
Although he is an American and a wage earner, he is now the boss of Sony in North America, and is likely to become the talker of the entire Sony Kingdom in the next two years. Behind him is also the great power of Nobuyuki Idei, the current boss of Sony Group. support. Therefore, he doesn't care at all about other people's noises. He knows that what he relies on is to achieve results.
Howard has a very clear mind. For professional managers, making money is the first priority. If you can't help the company make money, whatever you do is wrong. If he can help the company make money, his future will be bright!
And "Spider-Man" is currently Sony Columbia's most profitable project. He will not allow others to damage the money printing machine that he finally built!