Chapter 284 Help at Your Doorstep

Wu Yuchen stared at Robert Iger for a few seconds, then smiled and asked, "Do you want to make friends with me as Robert personally, or as Mr. Iger, the CEO of Disney?"

The latter smiled and said, "Robert Iger."

This answer means that whether he is personally or as the CEO of Disney, he, Robert Iger, wants to be friends with Wu Yuchen.

Wu Yuchen naturally understood the meaning of his words, and shook his head with a chuckle:

"Robert, if you are in your personal capacity, I have to admit that you are a very charming person, making others want to be friends with you. But if you are the CEO of Disney, I'm sorry to say that this is unlikely."

Robert Iger did not have any disappointed expression, but put on a sincere face and said:

"Wu, I know that because of some of Disney's previous mistakes, there are some gaps between you and Disney. And I came here today to fill these gaps and let us go back to the past. Our cooperation on "The Sixth Sense" was a very pleasant experience, wasn't it?"

Wu Yuchen smiled directly with a little sarcasm: "Robert, you should know Everything between me and Disney. I don't want to be stabbed in the back again!"

"Wu, this matter is indeed Disney's fault. We violated the spirit of the contract and caused you great harm. I am very sorry for this! I just hope you can give me and Disney another chance. Such things will never happen again!"

Wu Yuchen waved his hand and said, "Haha. Disney owes me an Oscar for Best Director. Give it back to me first and then talk about other things!"

To be honest, Wu Yuchen's words were not very polite. If it were the presidents of other major studios, they would have been irritated by Wu Yuchen's disrespectful attitude. After all, they sit in this position, hold great power, and are the most powerful people in Hollywood.

But Robert Iger is worthy of being called "Smiling Mickey Mouse". He didn't look angry at all. Instead, he showed a thoughtful look and said directly:

"Wu, if this can make up for the relationship between us, then this year we Disney will try our best to help you win the Oscar for Best Director!"

Wu Yuchen was really surprised. Disney helped him publicize the Best Director? Such a magical thing, he had never thought about it before. This Robert Iger...what is he trying to do?

This time, Wu Yuchen actually made a lot of preparations to impact the Oscar for Best Director, such as specially shooting an anti-war film that conforms to the time, such as asking Spielberg to coordinate the relationship with "The Pianist".

But to be honest, even if he did so much, he didn't dare to say how sure he was to win the Best Director. He didn't know how many Jews Spielberg could convince. There was also an old Martin's "Gangs of New York" eyeing him, and his competitiveness was no worse than his...

And now, Disney's new CEO suddenly appeared and told him that he would help him win this year's Oscar. If Disney's power is really added, then his chances of winning this time will be much greater!

Wu Yuchen couldn't help but squint at the smiling Robert Iger: "I won't pay any PR fees."

Robert Iger shook his head: "This is my sincerity to you! I said, I came here today to make friends with you!"

After seeing Robert Iger off, Wu Yuchen couldn't help but fall into thought. He never believed that a Disney CEO was so kind to help him with PR just to make friends with him. Although Wu Yuchen said that Disney owed him an Oscar, he would not be as naive as a child to think that the other party would give it back to him.

But now, Robert Iger is really like a good old man. He said that he owed him an Oscar, so he really helped him win an Oscar. The key is that he didn't make any requests at all. So this made Wu Yuchen a little suspicious, and he kept thinking about what the other party was up to.

However, such a help that comes to the door is not to be wasted, so Wu Yuchen naturally accepted it directly. Moreover, after this lesson, he will keep a close eye on it and will not stab Wu Yuchen again. In this way, he is more confident of winning the Oscar for Best Director this year.

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Robert Iger certainly did not come this time to stab Wu Yuchen again. As he said, he came to make friends with Wu Yuchen. In fact, he had made friends with Wu Yuchen twice before.

After taking office, the first thing Robert Iger did was to visit Roy Disney. He not only invited him to the board of directors again as an honorary director, but also hired him as a consultant, giving enough face to the spiritual pillar of Disney. Therefore, he appeased Disney employees and old officials and gained support, allowing him to smoothly and boldly carry out internal reforms.

After completing the initial internal reorganization, the second friend Robert went to make was Pixar's boss Steve Jobs.

Disney's core business is their animation. If Disney Animation goes bankrupt, then the entire Disney will be gone. However, in the short term, Disney's own animation department is no longer enough to support Disney Animation, so Robert set his sights on Pixar. Pixar must not leave Disney, and must be retained or even acquired!

Robert gave Jobs enough face, even the grumpy Jobs could not find fault with him, and he made many promises to Jobs, allowing both parties to sit back at the negotiation table to discuss the renewal of Disney and Pixar.

Then, Robert came to visit Wu Yuchen without stopping.

If Jobs represents animation, then Wu Yuchen represents live-action movies. Disney has really not achieved any results in live-action movies in recent years. With the fall of Eisner, Miramax of the Weinstein brothers has also been cutting ties with Disney.

Therefore, Disney must have a live-action movie business that can be shown off. Robert is not only interested in Wu Yuchen, but also in his Miracle Pictures and Marvel.

Needless to say, Miracle Pictures, with Wu Yuchen, creates miracles one after another. In the case of Miramax and Disney breaking up, if Miracle Pictures can join Disney, it can fully support Disney's live-action film sector.

With the explosion of "Spider-Man", various live-action movies of Marvel have made Robert see some possibilities in the future. Marvel has more than one "Spider-Man". As long as it is well shot, it can create IPs one after another, and these can be well combined with Disney and Disneyland!

And the core figure of all this is Wu Yuchen!

Therefore, everything he is doing now is to repair the relationship with Wu Yuchen and establish a friendly relationship. No matter what plan he has, he must be based on a good relationship with Wu Yuchen. Compared with his goal, what is it to let Disney pay some to help Wu Yuchen get an Oscar?

If possible, Robert hopes that the future Disney animation department will have Pixar, and the live-action film department will have Miracle Pictures and Marvel. When that day comes, he believes that he can definitely take Disney to the top of Hollywood!

Robert Iger is not in a hurry. He is very patient. For this day, he can lead Disney for 5 or even 10 years!

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On February 5, 2003, Powell, then Secretary of State of the United States, took out a tube of white powder at the United Nations meeting, claiming that it was evidence that Iraq was developing "weapons of mass destruction". But he was unwilling to take this bag of white powder for testing...

Seeing this scene on the TV camera, Wu Yuchen laughed. Others don't know what it is, but he doesn't know it? It's just a bag of washing powder!

Ten years later, the United States has publicly admitted that the so-called "weapons of mass destruction" is a lie.

However, now, as the fourth person in the political sequence of the American political arena, he threw out such an excuse at the United Nations, which naturally allowed Bush to make a fuss and once again delivered a speech to emphasize Iraq's threat to world security and peace. At the same time, he also proposed three goals: demanding the disarmament of Iraq, restoring the freedom of the Iraqi people, and protecting the world and resisting severe dangers.

In the language that people are familiar with now, it is "demilitarization", "democratization" and "protecting peace".

This statement escalated the situation again. It was clearly a declaration to start a war!

Everyone is not a fool. They all felt the breath of the coming storm. Immediately, anti-war marches broke out in many places in the United States. Thousands of anti-war protesters called for peace and no war in New York.

One slogan was particularly eye-catching: "A village in Texas (Washington's birthplace) misses its idiot." This sentence has been used to tease Bush since he ran for president. When the Iraq War broke out, it was also widely quoted by protesters for ridicule.

In short, the entire American society, and even the world, became nervous, and anti-war movements broke out everywhere. And it was in this atmosphere that on February 11, the list of nominees for the 75th Academy Awards was announced.

"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas": Best Picture, Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Photography, Best Soundtrack

"The Hours": Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score.

This time, "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" received 7 nominations, and "The Hours" received as many as 9.

At the same time, Wu Yuchen achieved another achievement for the second time, that is, Oscar-nominated director. He also became the most popular candidate for Best Director this time!

"Thank you, but it's too early to congratulate now. I hope you can save your congratulations for the Oscars ceremony night~"

Wu Yuchen smiled and hung up the phone again. Since the big list was announced, people have been calling to congratulate him. Although Wu Yuchen himself is also very happy, the more he gets to this time, the more modest and cautious he behaves. He remembers clearly that he lost the last time he was nominated for two directors.

Wu Yuchen was happy, but some people were furious.

"Baga!"

In Japan, a man smashed a teacup in anger.

"Miyamoto-kun, didn't you say before that you wouldn't let this movie appear at the Oscars? Didn't you say you would give it to Sony?"

A middle-aged man bowed and apologized: "Private Marseille! I tried, but the person in charge of Sony North America rejected my request!"

The man snorted coldly. As the right-wing forces in Japan, they were extremely disgusted with Wu Yuchen's "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas". They have been constantly denying the crimes during World War II and even whitewashing the demonic behavior of their ancestors, which has achieved a lot of results in decades.

But now, Wu Yuchen's "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" is in Hollywood, the most exposed city in the world, and it is exposing their crimes at the Oscars. How can they not be angry?

"Matsuda-kun, have you contacted the Japanese American groups?"

"We have already contacted them, and they have mobilized some of their forces to protest and even report. But because Wu's filming technique is extremely cunning, this movie does not have any bloody scenes, and it will not be reviewed to a higher level..."

"What about the media? Let some pro-Japanese North American media smear it!"

"Yes, we are already doing that."

"We must do our best to stop it. We can't let this movie get a good score at the Oscars!"

After saying that, he glared at the Sony director again. At this critical moment, he can't even control his own company. What a fucking waste!

"Also, let the diplomats protest to the Chinese side again, protesting against the smearing of our Japanese image through the movie! Mobilize all our capital forces, especially those that have cooperated with China, to put pressure on them!"

He knew that China was currently paying attention to the economy and foreign investment, and they were also an important force in investing in China. Many Chinese people can give up many principles for the sake of economy and money. By putting pressure on certain departments and regions in China, threatening to withdraw investment, and letting them target Wu Yuchen internally, it may be effective.

"Send someone to contact Wu Yuchen himself and test his attitude. First use courtesy and then force, coercion and inducement!"

Although they may not be able to do anything to Wu Yuchen, maybe they can succeed?

"Hi!"

And all this is done to snipe "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas".

Before, "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" was only screened, and the scope of dissemination was not large. But as the Oscar nomination list was announced, the number of theaters directly increased to 500, which is already a large number.

If this movie continues to get better results at the Oscars, it will definitely be spread to the world on a large scale at that time. This is the situation that the Japanese right wing does not want to see the most!