Chapter 378

Wu Yuchen is the big boss of the producer Miracle Pictures, and the final editing rights of the film are in his hands, so the editor naturally listens to Wu Yuchen's words, and Wu Baige can only stare from the side.

Many directors' works have a relatively strong personal style, and people can recognize them at a glance as being made by this director. In the past, Wu Baige's gun battle films were also considered one of a kind. But now, Wu Baige feels a little uncomfortable when he sees that the "Hurricane Rescue" he shot has changed completely after being edited by Wu Yuchen's big scissors.

But Wu Yuchen didn't care whether he felt good or not. The movie "Rescue" was just for making money. The aesthetics of action movies have changed. In recent years, audiences have become more and more fond of movies like "The Bourne Supremacy" with tight rhythms and fierce and exciting fights. Therefore, he must also follow this path to edit into a look that the audience likes.

While Wu Yuchen is staring at the post-production of "Taken", he is also thinking about the film's release date.

Compared with last year, there are many fewer blockbuster summer blockbusters in Hollywood this year, or they are not very competitive. The three superhero movies that audiences are most looking forward to this summer are "Batman", "Spider-Man" and "Superman". It can also be seen from this that Hollywood has begun to enter the superhero era.

Well, the schedules of these three movies are all related to Wu Yuchen. The first is "Spider-Man", which is a collaboration between Marvel Studios and Sony. The first two movies are also released in early May at the beginning of the North American summer season. This year's "Spider-Man 3" is no exception, scheduled in May. Premieres on the 2nd.

Then there is "Batman", which was shot by Wu Yuchen. He plans to schedule it to be released in late May. It will be three weeks before "Spider-Man 3", so there will basically be no fighting by himself. At the same time, the reason for this arrangement is to reciprocate the favor, and use "Batman" as the opening film of this year's Cannes Film Festival to cooperate with its promotion and cooperation to increase its popularity.

Cannes gave him the Palme d'Or last year, and Wu Yuchen still wants to give him some benefits. Without affecting the film's promotion, it is a good thing to promote each other with Cannes.

Although the "Superman" project has nothing to do with Wu Yuchen, it is also a major film produced and produced by Warner, and "Batman" is also owned by Warner, so Warner will naturally not let "Batman" and "Superman" I fight myself, so I scheduled it for late June, a full month later than "Batman."

These three movies have now started their promotion and warm-up mode. They are the most anticipated movies this summer. In addition, "X-Men 3" and "The Da Vinci Code" will be released in June and July respectively. , but the popularity is still not as good as the three at the top.

Wu Yuchen looked at the schedule. Basically, "Taken" can avoid these movies. After thinking about it, he planned to schedule it in mid-to-late July. There are no strong competitors, and maybe it can still win a few box office weeks. Here's the champion!

On March 6, 2006, the 78th Academy Awards ceremony was held at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles, United States.

On the red carpet, Jiang Qinqin held Wu Yuchen's arm and listened to the cries of the audience on both sides, feeling extremely happy. After all, this is the Oscars, the center of cinema around the world. In the past, I watched Wu Yuchen pass by on TV, but this time she is participating in the Oscars as a leading actress, and the movie she plays is very likely to win the Academy Award. Can you be unhappy?

Compared with many people in the crew who were participating in the Oscars for the first time, Wu Yuchen was much calmer. He can also be regarded as a regular Oscar guest. He led Jiang Qinqin and everyone to walk gracefully, showing a relaxed and freehand attitude.

After entering the theater, Wu Yuchen saw an old acquaintance next to them, Li An, who had campaigned for the Olympic project with him not long ago.

Wu Yuchen greeted him with a smile: "Director Li, you are the focus of this Oscar this time!"

Although Wu Yuchen and "The Embalmer" received 4 nominations, they were not as good as Li An and his "Brokeback Mountain". "Brokeback Mountain" won 8 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and many other important awards!

In fact, the movie "Brokeback Mountain" has aroused great discussion since its release last year. It first won the Golden Lion Award at last year's Venice Film Festival, and then won the Best Award at the previous Golden Globe Awards. The director has brought controversy far beyond the award itself. It is the most watched film at this Oscar, not even one!

But Wu Yuchen is not jealous. After all, "Brokeback Mountain" was invested by Miracle Pictures. If the movie performs well, he will earn a lot!

Li An is also high-spirited at the moment, but still maintains his usual humility: "I'll be satisfied if I can win one or two awards because of the subject matter~"

Wu Yuchen immediately smiled and shook his head: "Director Li, don't be so modest. "Brokeback Mountain" will definitely gain something this year!"

"Then let me borrow some good words from Director Wu~" Li An said with a smile.

In fact, regardless of whether it wins awards or not, "Brokeback Mountain" has already been successful. The film was beautifully shot and made many gay people climax and cheer for it on various occasions. Therefore, the film has attracted a lot of attention. In addition, it has won the Venice Golden Lion, so many film producers around the world have focused on it. , willing to pay a high price to buy the copyright. Of course, it would be even better if it could win some big awards at the Oscars.

Then Li An also greeted Jiang Qinqin and Zhao Wenxuan. Jiang Qinqin and Li An had met in the training camp of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and Zhao Wenxuan was discovered by Li An, so they were not unfamiliar with each other, and the atmosphere was very harmonious when they chatted.

While Jiang Qinqin and Li An were talking, Anne Hathaway from the crew of Brokeback Mountain also came over, hugged Wu Yuchen with a warm look, and whispered in Wu Yuchen's ear: "Dear, is this your girlfriend in China?"

Wu Yuchen nodded.

"Is it a girlfriend like Bingbing? I miss you a lot these days. Can't we play together?"

Wu Yuchen smiled and said to Anne Hathaway: "Annie, don't be silly, she doesn't know this."

"Oh, that's a pity~ It seems that I can't be with you on Oscar night tonight. I feel a little sad when I think about it~" Anne Hathaway pretended to be melancholy.

Anne Hathaway was so happy to be nominated for the Best Supporting Actress for Brokeback Mountain. She has been very successful in business, with the Spider-Man trilogy and two Princess Diaries movies. Now she can gain some honors. Even if she is just nominated, it is a recognition for her, but Jessica Alba is envious!

Originally, Anne Hathaway wanted to wait for Wu Yuchen to return to Hollywood to thank him, but because he came to Hollywood with a so-called girlfriend this time, she had to give up.

At this time, Wu Yuchen saw Jiang Qinqin coming over and introduced her with a smile: "Qinqin, this is Anne, the heroine of Brokeback Mountain, her performance in the movie is great~"

Jiang Qinqin smiled and greeted Anne: "Hello, Anne, I saw your performance, it's really amazing, the Best Supporting Actress!"

"Oh! Thank you, it's just a nomination. If I can get this award, I can do anything!" When Anne said this, she glanced at Wu Yuchen with a smile in her eyes. This was naturally said to Wu Yuchen.

Wu Yuchen remained calm. It was good enough that he could help Anne get a nomination for Best Supporting Actress through "Brokeback Mountain". She still needed to win the award. However, even so, Anne received a lot of praise for this nomination. The public opinion said that she showed a completely different image from Princess Anne and her acting skills improved significantly.

Then Anne Hathaway continued to praise Jiang Qinqin's performance in "Departures", which made Jiang Qinqin quite happy and smiled even more. Just now, she felt that when Anne Hathaway and Wu Yuchen talked alone, they seemed very enthusiastic, which made her unconsciously lean over, but now she thought that foreigners seemed to have this kind of extroverted culture, which was more unrestrained and enthusiastic. She thought too much.

"Director Wu, Director Li! Hello! I'm so happy to see you!"

At this moment, an excited female voice came from the side. Several people turned their heads and saw another Chinese face, which was the international Zhang.

There are indeed quite a few Chinese people at this year's Oscars. The movie "Memoirs of a Geisha" also received a lot of attention at this year's Oscars and received 6 nominations, although all 6 of them were technical awards, not big awards. However, "Memoirs of a Geisha" has 3 Chinese actresses, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi. As the leading actress of the movie, Zhang Ziyi will naturally not miss the Oscars.

Wu Yuchen nodded and smiled at Zhang Ziyi, but it seemed that she was the only one who came, and she did not see Gong Li and Michelle Yeoh. I think the two did not come to the scene. After all, compared with the heroine Zhang Ziyi, the two had less roles.

After a while of greeting, they sat down when they saw that the award ceremony was about to begin.

After the award ceremony began, Wu Yuchen also focused on several awards. The Best Supporting Actress was indeed not given to Anne Hathaway, and Mr. You Benchang was also not nominated for the Best Supporting Actor, which was also within Wu Yuchen's expectations.

The other two awards that "Departures" was nominated for, Best Original Score and Best Cinematography, also failed. Coincidentally, these two awards were won by "Brokeback Mountain" and "Memoirs of a Geisha" respectively.

Wu Yuchen was not too disappointed, as these two awards were not very important. This time, as long as "Departures" could win the Best Foreign Language Film, it would be a victory.

Halfway through the awards ceremony, Will Smith, the biggest black star in Hollywood, appeared on the stage: "Every year, excellent films from all over the world gather here. Different cultures show different styles through movies, which makes people intoxicated! This year's nominees for Best Foreign Language Film are..."

At this moment, Jiang Qinqin, Zhao Wenxuan and other members of the "Departures" crew were concentrating, and their minds were obviously completely moved by Will Smith on the stage.

Wu Yuchen saw that Jiang Qinqin's face was tight, and he couldn't help but smile faintly, and reached out to shake her hand. After Jiang Qinqin felt Wu Yuchen's big hand, she also shook it with him.

Wu Yuchen did not tell Jiang Qinqin that he was at least 90% sure of winning this award.

There were no strong competitors in the Best Foreign Language Film this year, and with the fame of Director Wu, "Departures" stood out among the five films. Some judges who were too lazy to watch the film might have voted for him just because they were familiar with his name. And those other South African and Palestinian directors did not have as many public relations resources as he did, nor did they have as much public relations experience as him, so how could they compare with him?

In this case, he almost crushed several competitors in all aspects, unless there was a movie that was much better than "Departures", a classic movie that could be recorded in film history, but unfortunately there was no such movie.

So Wu Yuchen was really in a relatively stable state of mind at this time. However, he would not tell Jiang Qinqin in advance that it was her first time to attend the Oscars, so it would be better to keep some surprises for her, so that she could have a more perfect Oscar experience.

Accident? It didn't happen.

"Best Foreign Language Film... China, "Departures"!"

Hearing the result announced by Will Smith on the stage, the crew of "Departures" burst into cheers, and Jiang Qinqin immediately jumped up from her chair and hugged Wu Yuchen.

"Oscar! We won the Oscar!"

Excitement and excitement filled her whole body. At this time, Jiang Qinqin felt that her career was complete! Last year, she won the Palme d'Or, and this year she won the Oscar. Her dream came true! What else could she regret?

Wu Yuchen also patted Jiang Qinqin gently and said with a smile: "Well, we got it! Okay, okay, there are others coming to congratulate us~"

Jiang Qinqin let go of Wu Yuchen after hearing this, and then accepted the congratulations from the "Brokeback Mountain" crew next to her. Anne Hathaway ran over and gave her a big hug, making her feel the enthusiasm of the Americans. She didn't care and then threw herself into Wu Yuchen's arms.

"Daddy, you can do everything, I know it can't escape your palm~"

Listening to Anne Hathaway's whispers in his ear, Wu Yuchen kept a smile on his face, thinking that Anne was getting more and more naughty. You know, the camera is facing him now. If it is really cracked by some lip reading expert, it will still cause some trouble!

Accepting the congratulations, Jiang Qinqin also made way for Wu Yuchen to go out on stage to receive the award. Unexpectedly, Wu Yuchen smiled and said to her: "Come on, go up with me, and Wen Xuan."

"Ah?" Jiang Qinqin was surprised for a moment, and then she was excited again.

Normally, the Best Foreign Language Film Award should be received by the producer or director, not the actors. But now, Wu Yuchen simply ignored the rules and wanted to take her to receive the award. How could Jiang Qinqin not be moved and happy?