Chapter 233 Reaction

The Oscars are over and the Vanity Fair party is in full swing.

At this time, several wine glasses clinked together, and then Wu Yuchen said to everyone: "This time "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has achieved great results, and it is inseparable from everyone's hard work! Thank you everyone!"

At this time, as an investor, he came to express his gratitude to everyone for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" winning 4 Oscars.

"What are you talking about, Director Wu? It's really an honor for us to be able to participate in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"!" Liang Jiahui said with a smile.

"Yes, Director Wu, this is what we should do! During the filming, I injured my leg and had surgery. At that time, I hesitated whether to quit. Now I am really glad that I persisted!" Yang Ziqiong also said Feeling from the heart.

Zhang Ziyi quickly said to Wu Yuchen: "Director Wu, thank you for giving me this opportunity!"

Wu Yuchen smiled and shook his head: "You should thank Director Li. He chose you. But Ziyi, your performance this time is also very good. It is you who have contributed to the wonderful movie!"

Wu Yuchen's words are not false. Zhang Ziyi's performance in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is really wonderful, especially the scene in the bamboo forest with martial arts, which won the praise of many foreign judges.

After the conversation was over, Zhang Ziyi originally wanted to come over to drink with Wu Yuchen to further deepen the relationship, but was rejected by Wu Yuchen.

He didn't think too much about it, but found that Li An had been relatively silent since the award ceremony, so he wanted to chat with him alone, and naturally he didn't want to pay attention to Zhang Ziyi.

"Director Li, what's wrong, are you still worried about the best director?" Wu Yuchen asked with a smile.

Li An shook his head and sighed: "Director Wu, it would be a lie to say that you don't mind. After all, I am so close to the best director this time. I must have regrets. But if I really want to say regrets, then I think I can't compete. Director Wu, what else can I do to stay stuck here?"

Wu Yuchen said with a smile: "Spielberg came to comfort me last year, so I will come to comfort you too. Congratulations on joining the ranks of Coppola, Spielberg, and me. This is the path that great directors must take!" "

Li An was stunned for a moment, then smiled at Wu Yuchen and said, "Director Wu, I'm not as confident as you!"

Wu Yuchen laughed: "Best Director, we will definitely get it in the future."

Li An nodded, and then said: "But it may not be a Chinese-language movie..."

Wu Yuchen was silent for a moment after hearing this. The meaning of getting a foreign language film is naturally different from that of a Chinese film. He and Li An both lost in front of the Best Director award with Chinese-language films, so naturally they feel that they are in the same boat.

Wu Yuchen patted Li An on the shoulder: "Let's encourage each other!"

Then Wu Yuchen asked Li An again: "Director Li, do you have any plans for the future?"

Li An smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Director Wu, I plan to rest for a while. Just after the award ceremony, I felt a huge sense of emptiness, but now after communicating with you, I feel much better.

To be honest, I really admire you for being able to keep shooting. This "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" really exhausted my efforts, and I really couldn't recover without taking a break for a while. "

Wu Yuchen laughed and said: "I am young after all! Director Li, you must also keep your mentality young!"

Li An was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he thought of Wu Yuchen's age, and was filled with emotion. It's great to be young!

Then he couldn't help but smile again, and had another drink with Wu Yuchen: "Wish you a happy youth!"

Wu Yuchen also smiled: "Bless you for being young!"

…

"Steven, congratulations!"

Justin Wu congratulated Spielberg. At tonight's Oscar ceremony, "Gladiator" produced by DreamWorks won 5 awards including Best Picture and Best Actor.

Spielberg smiled and toasted with Wu Yuchen:

"Thank you! Wu, but I should be the one to congratulate you. The two movies "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Doupin Network" produced by Miracle Pictures jointly won 8 awards. In fact, you are the real winner. !”

Wu Yuchen smiled and shook his head: "It was just good luck. Li An and Soderbergh encountered difficulties, and I happened to be able to help after I learned about it, so everything happened wonderfully~"

"Well, it's just like you said, everything is wonderful!"

Spielberg took a deep look at Wu Yuchen. Although the other person was modest, he would be a fool if he really believed it. There are so many difficult projects in Hollywood every day. How come it happened that Wu Yuchen went to help these two people? Why don't you see Wu Yuchen invest in other directors who are in trouble? And then the two movies you invested in both shined at the Oscars!

Not only Spielberg can realize that, but others are not blind. If you think about it for a moment, you will know that even though the two movies are excellent in themselves, their current achievements are definitely inseparable from Wu Yuchen's help.

Outsiders don’t know how deeply Wu Yuchen was involved in these two projects. Maybe he directly participated in the production of the two movies and provided a lot of ideas for the movies?

Thinking that last year Wu Yuchen himself was nominated for two Oscars and won the award, and then today the two films produced by the company won so many awards. Putting aside public relations, it shows that Wu Yuchen knows Oscars very well and he understands the judges. His taste, or he knows how to help a movie turn into an excellent movie that Oscar likes!

Under this situation, although Wu Yuchen himself did not win any awards, he became the favorite of tonight's party. Producers, directors and even actors from all walks of life came to get closer to him. The producers and directors hope that if their projects can be chosen by Wu Yuchen in the future, and the actors are more straightforward, they hope that they can be chosen by Wu Yuchen. If they can participate in the projects of Wu Yuchen or Miracle Pictures, then Your chances of winning an Academy Award are greatly increased!

Wu Yuchen was also cheerful tonight and had kind words for everyone.

Although "Gladiator" is the big winner this year in terms of awards alone, the movie was actually released on a large scale as early as May last year, which means that this year's Oscar awards will not have any impact on the box office of "Gladiator" At best, the bonus means that the disc will sell better, but theaters will no longer schedule "Gladiator" on a large scale.

In this case, who will occupy the space vacated by "Gladiator" that is reserved for Oscar movies every year? Of course, "Dupin Network" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" will grab the largest share!

In Wu Yuchen's memory, both movies had a global box office of over 200 million U.S. dollars. How could he not be happy with such a high return?

Some people are happy and some are sad. Looking at Wu Yuchen who is like a moon among the stars, Harvey Weinstein is very unhappy. It's not like he didn't participate in the Oscars this year. "Chocolate" is one of the movies he is promoting this year. But unfortunately, it failed to win even one of the five nominations including Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress.

For an ordinary team, it would be considered a victory if such a love movie could win 5 nominations including Best Picture and Best Actress. But he is Harvey Weinstein. If he doesn’t win any awards this year, it’s a failure!

Forget it, the key point is that the two movies produced by Wu Yuchen, whom he hates, have won so many awards and received the usual praise from others, which makes him very unhappy. No one in Hollywood can ignore Harvey like Wu Yuchen.

Harvey glanced at Justin Wu, then at Russell Crowe, as well as Ed Harris, who was nominated for Best Actor, and Jennifer Connelly, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actress. It is no secret that they are currently filming "A Beautiful Mind", This lineup is really something not to be underestimated!

Then Harvey sneered. The project he wanted to do before had already obtained the adaptation rights from Broadway. This time he wanted to form a luxurious lineup that was no less than the other party, and then personally sniped the other party at next year's Oscars. Look at you. Will you still be able to laugh then?

…

After the Vanity Fair party, Wu Yuchen naturally had a crazy night and woke up the next day. Last night, Jennifer Connelly served him very well, and she even agreed to a small request of hers.

Thinking of this, Wu Yuchen couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth. Next time, he can call Anne Hathaway over and have a good competition between them to see who is fairer and who has a better figure!

Of course, in return, Wu Yuchen also promised Jennifer Connelly that he would definitely help her win an Oscar. It doesn't have to be the Best Actress, just the Best Supporting Actress.

Jennifer Connelly is 30 years old this year and is eager to get a statuette to prove that her career is successful. And Wu Yuchen, who has helped her make great progress in her career in the past two years, is naturally the one she relies on. She just wants to be happy with him, and it is not too much. It is worth it if she can get the statuette!

Wu Yuchen doesn't think it's difficult. Jennifer Connelly has been nominated for Best Supporting Actress for two consecutive years, which is equivalent to saving a lot of points. Next year, "Beautiful Mind" will invest some public relations resources in her to win a Best Actress. It shouldn't be too difficult to match.

Knowing that everyone must have been crazy all night, the crew of "Beautiful Mind" did not start filming today and gave everyone one day to rest. Wu Yuchen took the opportunity to go to the crew of "Spider-Man" in the past two days to have a look and show his concern. Pay attention to the shooting situation.

He discovered one thing in the subsequent shooting plan, which was to shoot the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. At that time, Spider-Man would create a huge spider web between the Twin Towers, and then capture a group of robbers escaping in a helicopter.

He immediately called the director Sam Raimi: "Hey, Sam, I don't seem to have such a paragraph in my script?"

"Oh, yes, this was added after we discussed it. We all think this effect will be cool and very attractive to the audience! What do you think, Wu?"

Seeing the excited eyes of the other party, Wu Yuchen thought for a moment and said, "It's cool, but can we change the place?"

"Why change the location? The Twin Towers are New York's iconic buildings, and this effect is only achieved here. Changing it to another location will reduce the visual effect and the audience's emotions by half."

Can Wu Yuchen say that with the arrival of 911 in half a year, the Twin Towers, the iconic building, will be hit by terrorist planes?

At that time, in order not to remind the audience of the sad past, the scene with the twin towers will definitely be cut, and the filming will be in vain.

He thought for a while and didn't plan to pay any more attention to the matter. He patted the other party on the shoulder and said, "Okay, that's a good idea. Let's take pictures!"

This kind of thing cannot be shown at all, otherwise it would be strange if he blocked it now, and it would be nonsense if he was suspected of being involved. Let them film it. The worst they can do is cut it out, and it won't be broadcast anyway.

After that, Wu Yuchen directly returned to the crew of "Beautiful Mind" to continue filming. He didn't need to worry too much about "Doupin Network" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". The distribution matters had already been discussed before competing for the Olympics, and everyone had a package plan for them.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won an Oscar, and after it spread to China, Taiwan, and Taiwan, it naturally aroused considerable repercussions. In the past two years, Chinese-language films have won Oscars consecutively, giving everyone the illusion that Chinese-language films are about to rise!

Many people have turned out "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to watch again, including many directors. They also want to see what aspects of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" impressed Oscar and see if there is anything they can learn from.

However, after a group of people learned more about it, they became discouraged again, because the production cost of a martial arts movie like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is too high. 20 million U.S. dollars converted into almost 170 million U.S. dollars. How many directors can do this? Can you afford it?

Come on, they have to learn from Director Wu's "Love". This kind of low-budget reality movie is what they can play!

At the same time, some of Li An's remarks about the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" Oscar scene were also spread back to China, and more and more details of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" were revealed.

"Li An thanks Wu Yuchen, without him there would be no "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"!"

"Li An thanks Wu Yuchen for giving valuable suggestions on the movie!"

"The person who the entire crew of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is most grateful to is actually him!"

"Leung Ka Fai - the man who picked up Jet Li twice and created the pinnacle of Chinese martial arts!"

Winning the statuette will attract attention, and things that no one paid attention to before will be reported in the newspapers. Only then will everyone know that so many things happened during the filming of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

"I didn't expect it. It turns out that the leading actor was Jet Li. I wonder if he regrets quitting the role?"

"I definitely regret it, Oscar! Just kidding, Liang Jiahui is really prosperous. Liang Jiahui resigned twice, once from "New Dragon Inn" and once from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Do you think Liang Jiahui should publicly thank Liang Jiahui?" Fan? Hahaha."

"If you say so, Liang Jiahui has to thank Zhou Runfa. Zhou Runfa also pushed this movie away. As a result, the movie he acted in suffered a huge loss. What a trick of fate!"

"Hey, you have no discernment! Look at Wu Yuchen, he fell in love with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" at a glance. Winning an Oscar doesn't mean how accurate his vision is!"

"Hey, hey, what you said is wrong. It should have been with Wu Yuchen's help, guidance and suggestions that Li An's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" could win the Oscar!"

"That's right, Li An has publicly admitted that without Director Wu, there would be no "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"! Where would there be an Oscar?"

"Is Director Wu comparable to Zhou Runfa?"

Although Wu Yuchen is not in China, his reputation has begun to spread everywhere with the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". People in the industry are reminded of the reputation of Wu Yuchenyi and Bo Yuntian. This time "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is really solid.

Now everyone is joking with each other and saying, don’t be afraid if you don’t have money, just go to Miracle Film and Television. What I'm afraid of is that if you don't have talent, your work won't catch Director Wu's eyes!

It is true that many people have this idea and go to Miracle Film and Television to attract investment with their own scripts or ideas...

Wu Yuchen also received a lot of calls from China, which were naturally related to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

The first is Han Sanjing: "Brother Wu, many people now say that you helped Li An win the Oscar..."

Wu Yuchen couldn't help but laugh: "Brother Han, this is too flattering to me. If I had such great energy in Hollywood and could achieve this, I wouldn't be able to lose the Best Director award last year!"

Han Sanping also smiled when he heard this: "After all, you invested in this movie. Now that it has achieved results, you will naturally think more about it. But with Brother Wu in Hollywood, it will be much easier for our Chinese-language movies to go overseas in the future!" "

"Don't worry, Brother Han. If it's a good movie, I will definitely help me. It's all Chinese-language movies. I also want to expand the influence of Chinese-language movies in the world." Wu Yuchen assured.

"Hehe, he is worthy of being our number one guide in China. His level is so high!" Han Sanjing couldn't help but praise him.

"Brother Han, please stop putting your hat on me!"

"Okay, then I won't disturb you."

Then there are the girls around him. Jiang Qinqin, Li Xiaoran, and Zeng Like all ran for the role of Yu Jiaolong, but Wu Yuchen did not interfere, and finally Li An chose Zhang Ziyi. Now that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has won an Oscar, the women naturally have some reactions.

Jiang Qinqin was the first to call, but she didn't mention "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", but asked: "Husband, does our "Xiu Chun Dao" qualify for Austria?"

Wu Yuchen understood her thoughts as soon as he heard it: "You should perform well first, and then see if you have a chance!"

"Really, then I will definitely try my best 300%!"

After Jiang Qinqin hung up the phone, Wu Yuchen shook his head. He made "Xiuchungdao" for the commercial box office. He didn't intend to compete for the Olympics, but he might as well use this to motivate the actors first.

Then Wu Yuchen thought for a while and simply called Li Xiaoran:

"Hello? What's going on?"

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won the award, so you have no idea?" Wu Yuchen asked curiously,

"Tch, it's gone a long time ago! I went to see the movie after it came out, and I knew I definitely couldn't act."

Wu Yuchen's heart moved and he asked: "How to say?"

Li Xiaoran said angrily: "As for Zhang Ziyi's intimate scene, I don't believe you would let me act in it!"

"Hahaha, Sister Xiaoran, you, you are really a roundworm in my stomach!"

"go away!"

Wu Yuchen hung up the phone with Li Xiaoran with a smile. He had to say that Li Xiaoran really understood him. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has a lot of intimate scenes between Yu Jiaolong and Luo Xiaohu. If Li An really chose Li Xiaoran, he would probably have discussed with Li An to delete the scenes.

Zeng Li's answer was even simpler: "Zi Yi was chosen based on her ability. She performed well and now she deserves it."

After listening to this, Wu Yuchen felt that this was really Zeng Li's rather Buddhist temperament.

…

Naturally, Wu Yuchen didn't care about the turmoil in the country anymore. He is now fully focused on filming "A Beautiful Mind."

"Hey, this won't work. I need to create a golden effect!" When shooting the campus scene, Wu Yuchen stopped after filming for a while, and then said to the photographer.

After listening to Wu Yuchen's description, the photographer said: "Director, to achieve the effect you want, we need to change the film, use a low-contrast film, and expose the film to yellow before loading. In the light, this should be able to debug the effect you want. However, this may take a certain amount of debugging time..."

"Go quickly, this scene must use this effect." After Wu Yuchen finished speaking, he planned to discuss temporary adjustments to the shooting plan with Glazer.

At this time, he noticed that Glazer was coming over wearing an old man who looked to be over seventy years old. He immediately reacted and took the actor Russell to greet him: "Oh, Mr. Nash, welcome!"

"Haha, I just want to see what you have photographed of me. I wasn't so handsome when I was young~"

Then he smiled at Jennifer Connelly and said: "My wife is not as beautiful as you."

"Mr. Nash, thank you for the compliment!" Jennifer Connelly responded quickly with a smile.

Seeing Nash's arrival, Wu Yuchen simply changed the shooting plan and filmed indoor scenes first, which also involved Nash solving math problems on the spot. With Nash's guidance, this should be more able to restore the real scene.

However, Wu Yuchen kept things simple. In fact, sometimes the real scenes were not thrilling at all and could be said to be boring. After communicating with Nash, Wu Yuchen sighed. He also understood that there must be many places in the original movie that have been artistically processed to make it more enjoyable for the audience. Therefore, he simply continued to shoot according to the original version.

For example, Nash asked him some questions about the script: "Wu, in fact, there is no pen dedication ceremony at all. It looks weird to me."

The pen ceremony is a famous scene in the movie. At the end of the movie, many school members put their pens on the table where Nash was sitting. It is equivalent to the protagonist's show-off moment in the movie.

"Mr. Nash, please don't mind. This is all a ceremony we added to express our respect for you and let the world recognize your achievements."

"But it's made up, which might make some of my friends laugh at me~"

"Oh, no, they should also be laughing at me. Movies always require some artistic processing. Don't worry, we are filming your biographical film, and there will be nothing detrimental to you!"

After hearing this, Old Nash thought for a long time and then nodded.

Wu Yuchen discovered that Nash had difficulty choosing. Although he was very smart and had a high IQ, he had difficulty making certain choices in daily life. Before joining the set, Nash spent 15 minutes meditating to decide whether to drink tea or coffee. Wu Yuchen plans to add this characteristic to him in the movie.

However, Nash's arrival was not without help. He told Russell Crowe a lot of his personal habits, or the habits of many mathematicians, so that Russell Crowe behaved more like a mathematician through these details.

In order to make the mathematics-related content of the film accurate and credible, during the filming, the crew also invited Barnard College mathematics professor Dave Bell, who would come to the set every day to check the mathematical details.