Chapter 314 Prediction

During the Spring Festival, Wu Yuchen was living a very comfortable life, but a major case occurred that shocked the industry.

At 2 a.m. on February 3, actor Wu Ruofu and his friends came out of a bar in Beijing when several strange men suddenly appeared in front of them. They claimed to be the police and put handcuffs on Wu Ruofu. In just a blink of an eye, Wu Ruofu was pulled into a car by the men and drove away. By the time his friend reacted and called the police, the other party had long disappeared.

Perhaps because this time a celebrity was kidnapped and the impact was so bad, the police responded quickly and immediately set up a task force. It took 22 hours to solve the case and rescue the person.

"Look, how scary this is! We're not afraid of thieves, we're afraid of thieves caring about us! Chenchen, you have to be more careful in the future. If you need to hire a bodyguard, just hire one. We all knew when we went to the United States last time. Many places are not safe, so don’t worry about it!”

Wu Yuchen listened to his mother's concern and smiled and said: "Mom, don't worry, I have already considered this!"

The reason why Wu Yuchen's mother said this is because it was just revealed that the gangsters who kidnapped Wu Ruofu had actually been targeting him for more than half a year. As early as July last year, they had already tried to kidnap Wu Ruofu. However, they failed because they did not stop Wu Ruofu's car.

Subsequently, several people learned from the pain, summed up the lessons of the first failure, made more adequate preparations, and succeeded in one fell swoop half a year later. Moreover, their target at that time was not only Wu Ruofu, but also the emperor Zhang Tielin.

Because Zhang Tielin has been involved in the "Two Wives Sue Zhang Tielin Case" in the past six months, on the one hand, the robbers felt that Zhang Tielin was not a thing, and on the other hand, because of the case, a lot of his personal information was exposed, which also made the gang focus on him.

But Huang Ama was lucky, the gang didn't wait for him to come out that night...

In short, this kidnapping case has made celebrities in the industry panic, and those who can afford it are considering hiring bodyguards.

Wu Yuchen smiled and said to his mother: "Mom, I'm not worried about being kidnapped. Today I'll finish the glutinous rice balls, celebrate the Lantern Festival, and fly to Hollywood tomorrow. But you and my dad, how about I give it to you?" Do you want two bodyguards to follow you?"

"The two of us? Stop joking! What's the use of tying us two up!" Zhou Shulan shook her head in amusement.

"Mom, you don't understand this! Look, if I were really kidnapped, who would the robber ask for money? It would be different if I kidnapped you. I would definitely have to spend money to redeem you. ah!"

When Zhou Shulan heard this, her eyes widened and she felt that her son's statement seemed quite reasonable. But then her voice rose three times: "According to what you said, your father and I have become your weaknesses!"

Wu Yuchen waved his hand directly: "What a weakness! It doesn't sound good, you are my darling!"

"Go, go, let's go and use such disgusting words to coax Xiaoran!" Zhou Shulan looked disgusted.

Wu Yuchen simply stopped talking when he heard this, but his mother didn't let him go:

"Let me tell you, don't think that we won't know about you two unless you tell us. Xiaoran's mother has hinted to me twice. You two grew up together, so you can't..."

Wu Yuchen swallowed the last glutinous rice ball in the bowl in one gulp, and said vaguely: "Mom, I'm done eating. I'm going back to the house to pack my things!"

"Hey, this kid..."

Zhou Shulan still wanted to continue, but was interrupted by Wu Jianping's hand: "Okay, the children are already so old and have accomplished a lot, so let them leave this kind of thing to themselves!"

"No matter how powerful he is, I am still his mother! Besides, after you have established a career, don't you have to start a family? I still hope to take care of his children! When we get older, will you still be able to take care of them?" Zhou Shulan choked again. said to her husband.

Wu Jianping glanced at his wife: "I'm not in a hurry. Isn't this life pretty good now? Aren't you tired?"

"I'm tired if I'm tired at night or early in the morning. Besides, I'm happy!"

When Wu Yuchen returned to the room, he also heard what Zhou Shulan said outside. He also knew that Zhou Shulan was talking to him. But he’s not even 27 yet, so why would he want a child? That really involves a lot of thought. Let’s talk about it after 30!

…

Two days later, Los Angeles, Sony Columbia.

This time when Wu Yuchen returned to Hollywood, he did not go to "Pirate King" first, but came to "Spider-Man 2", and he was still interested in being the producer of "Spider-Man 2".

In fact, after filming the first part of "Spider-Man", director Sam Raimi had completely proven his ability. Wu Yuchen was very confident in him, so he asked Kevin Feige to represent him and Marvel as the producer. , the power of the crew also passed into the hands of Sam Raimi.

In fact, the filming of "Spider-Man 2" was completed last year, and it has been scheduled to be released on May 7 this year. But who knew that something went wrong in the end. Some scenes about the big boss Doctor Octopus had poor results after the final editing. Therefore, at the end of last year, the crew decided to reshoot some of the scenes.

The problem is that Doctor Octopus's lair, which originally took eight weeks to build, was demolished last year, and now it takes another month to re-build it, which makes Sony anxious. Now that Wu Yuchen is here, he was called to discuss this matter.

"Wu, Sam, you have to give us an accurate answer as to whether the movie can be released on time on May 7th. If not, we can now go to the major theaters to postpone the release and readjust the promotion strategy. It's still not too late!"

Wu Yuchen glanced at Sam Raimi and acted very calm: "Don't worry, in fact, most of the post-production of Spider-Man 2 has been completed, and only this part of the reshoot is left. Everything can be done in a month at most!"

"Okay, Wu, we trust your professionalism, and hope there will be no more accidents."

After the Sony Columbia people left, Wu Yuchen said to Sam Raimi: "Sam, if we can't get it done in a month, then both of us will be blamed!"

"Wu, thank you! I will definitely be able to finish the filming on schedule!"

Wu Yuchen rubbed his eyebrows. He originally came here to dive into the post-production of Pirate King, but he didn't expect to be involved in Spider-Man 2 first. Now even if it is handed over to Sam Raimi, he has to watch it on the scene for two or three days.

The filming of Doctor Octopus was a physical filming this time. His metal tentacles and equipment seen in the movie are all made of physical objects, mainly rubber spines and four rubber mechanical arms. The claws of these mechanical arms are called "Flowers of Death" and require four puppeteers to operate at the same time.

The reason for choosing physical equipment is, on the one hand, to pursue realism, and on the other hand, it is really much more expensive to make it completely with CGI technology than to shoot it in real life.

On the set of Spider-Man 2, Wu Yuchen was watching the shooting while checking other completed parts. After seeing a clip, Wu Yuchen couldn't help but smile.

At the beginning, Tobey Maguire bargained with the crew on the grounds of his back injury, which made Wu Yuchen and the crew unhappy. Therefore, he discussed with Sam Raimi and added a plot to tease him in the plot.

In the film, Peter Parker, who had lost his ability, shouted happily because his ability was temporarily restored: "I'm back! I'm back!"

But the next moment, his ability suddenly failed again, causing him to fall from a height to the ground, and he said with a painful face: "My back! My back!"

This line uses the word back, which means both back and return. The design is very interesting, and those who know it will laugh at once.

After checking the parts that had been completed, Wu Yuchen found that there were no other problems, and he was relieved. After staying in the "Spider-Man 2" crew for 3 days, he returned to DreamWorks to continue his "Pirate King 2".

In fact, he and Sony Columbia had previously tried to ensure that "Spider-Man 2" would be released in May, which was also selfish. After all, "Pirate King 2" has been scheduled to be released in early July. If "Spider-Man 2" is postponed, it may really have to fight with "Pirate King 2". Wu Yuchen naturally does not want to see this kind of fighting between themselves.

In fact, during the time when Wu Yuchen went back to celebrate the Spring Festival, some post-production of "Pirate King 2" did not really stop, and the dubbing, subtitles and other work that should be done had already been completed. Hammerdis still did the music, and he completed a lot of music clips for Wu Yuchen to choose from.

The most important thing is the special effects. Although it can be done without Wu Yuchen, I don't know if the director will be satisfied with it. Moreover, this thing generally needs to be adjusted according to the effect the director wants, so some of the unfinished special effects were delayed at the beginning.

In the following month, Wu Yuchen spent most of his energy on the post-production of "Pirate King 2", and occasionally went to the "Spider-Man 2" crew to check the progress. The reshoots of Doctor Octopus were basically completed in 10 days, and the following 3 weeks were spent on special effects processing and integration, which was completed within 1 month.

This year's Oscars ceremony was held on February 29, a month earlier than in previous years.

In fact, two years ago, in 2002, the Academy decided to break the tradition of holding the ceremony in March and change it to the end of February. However, since the schedule of the 2003 awards ceremony had been finalized, it could only be implemented in 2004.

In fact, earlier, in the 1960s, the Oscars ceremony was held in April every year, and it was not until 1989 that the tradition of holding it in March was established.

As for the reason for the two advances, it was mainly to stimulate the ratings of television broadcasts, shorten the time for the major film companies to compete for votes, and avoid letting other award ceremonies steal the limelight of the Oscars.

The slogan of the Oscars is to pursue art, but the Academy has always treated it as a business, and ratings and commercial income are crucial.

This year's Oscars, Wu Yuchen did not go to watch, but sat on the sofa, holding Anne Hathaway on the left, his hand reaching into her chest to feel the warmth, and Jessica Alba on the right, stroking her smooth thighs. Isn't this more comfortable than being on the scene?

"Dear, how many awards do you think "Lord of the Rings 3" will win?" Anne Hathaway asked.

This year's Oscars can be said to be the least suspenseful Oscars. After all, everyone knows the answer in advance, unless the Academy intends to play tricks and make a shocking upset to prevent "Lord of the Rings" from winning.

In this case, the media can only hype the topic in another way, that is, to replace the suspense with "Lord of the Rings 3" 11 nominations, how many of them can it get?

Wu Yuchen smiled and asked the two women: "What do you think?"

Anne Hathaway thought for a while and said: "I think 8."

"Then I'll guess 9~" Jessica Alba smiled sweetly.

Wu Yuchen smiled and shook his head, and the two girls said to him coquettishly:

"You haven't said it yet~"

"Honey, don't you agree?"

Wu Yuchen showed a profound smile: "If I say it, the Academy will give it 11 this time!"

"11?! That's impossible?"

"All of them? Even "Ben-Hur" and "Titanic" didn't do it, right?"

The two girls exclaimed when they heard it.

The current record of the highest Oscar award is 11 awards, tied by "Ben-Hur" and "Titanic". But "Ben-Hur" won 11 awards with 15 nominations at the time, and the big ship won 11 awards with 14 nominations. Neither of them won all the nominations.

Now Wu Yuchen said that "Lord of the Rings 3" will win all 11 nominations, which undoubtedly made the two girls a little unbelievable.

"Don't you trust my professionalism? Then we'll wait and see. If I'm right, you'll have to be obedient puppies tonight~" Wu Yuchen smiled and stroked the hair of the two girls.

Jessica Alba said coquettishly: "When did I not listen to you?"

"I'm not a puppy, I'm a kitten~" Anne licked her lips.

While talking and laughing, the award ceremony has already begun.

Just as Wu Yuchen said, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" showed the domineering attitude of "who else but me", winning all 9 awards in a row, including Best Costume Design, Best Costume Design, Best Visual Effects, Best Makeup, Best Sound Effects, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Editing, and Best Adapted Screenplay!

This made Jessica Alba and Anne Hathaway open their mouths wide. Although the award ceremony has not ended yet, everyone knows that the remaining Best Director and Best Picture will definitely be given to "The Lord of the Rings 3".

In other words, "The Lord of the Rings 3" is really going to complete the grand slam of all 11 nominations.

The two girls looked at Wu Yuchen in shock, then hugged him and asked him, "Honey, how did you know?"

Wu Yuchen laughed and said, "No one knows Oscars better than me!"

These words echoed in the ears of the two girls, making them believe it at this time. After all, Wu Yuchen had completed the prediction before the awards ceremony!

Wu Yuchen stood up with a smile and started to look through the equipment. He was not interested in the latter part of the awards ceremony. It was not as interesting as walking the dog in the garden.