The script has a huge impact on any film, even if it is a visual effects blockbuster, and it is the cornerstone of a film's formation.

The Oscars divide the screenplay award into two categories, one is the best original screenplay award and the other is the best adapted screenplay award, and the main difference between them is the source of the screenplay's story.

Like Life of Pi, it's basically a script based on an existing story, a comic, a game, a biography, or even a news report.

It can be an authentic restoration of the story, or it can be a subversive creation of the original work.

As for the original script, it is easy to understand, there was no prototype before this script, and it was completely a new story created by the screenwriters themselves, such as "Lost in Translation", "Juno", "Inception" and so on.

It is worth mentioning that the scripts of sequel movies will automatically be included in the adapted scripts, because Xu Ji must have been created on the basis of the previous work.

As a simple example, "Inception" is an original screenplay, but if Nolan made "Inception 2", then the latter can only be selected for the Oscar in the Best Adapted Screenplay category.

In recent years, adapted scripts and original scripts have basically occupied half of the country, and the two awards have also increased the chances of winning for screenwriters.

Over the past few decades, Oscar-winning productions have almost always been adaptations, while feature films have been mainstream.

It is to tell the story in words, and the film that has been adapted is more likely to be favored, and the sources of games, dramas, and comics are secondary.

This seems like a good thing for Life of Pi, because it is indeed a drama film based on it.

But for Zhang Chu, this is a great disadvantage!

The Oscars have a lot of awards, and in order to avoid the fact that laymen choose insiders, people in each major can only participate in the selection of awards in their own specialty.

The actor branch selects the performance award, the director branch selects the director award, the photographer branch selects the photography award, and the screenwriter branch naturally selects the screenwriter award.

The problem is that Zhang Chu is not a member of the Writers Guild at all, even though he once won the Emmy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay in a Limited Series for "Sherlock".

No one will ever think that the selection of the Oscars is fair, everyone has selfish intentions and will subconsciously choose familiar people or works.

Especially in the case of high and low quality, the human factor naturally occupies the main factor.

Zhang Chu is a foreigner, non-trade unionist, Asian, and just over 20 years old, and is a world-famous best-selling author and the number one writer on the rich list!

If such a so-called proud son of heaven is allowed to easily get an Oscar nomination, how can tens of thousands of unknown old people in the Writers Guild be willing?

Jealousy is the most unbreakable side.

No one wants to see writers who make tens of millions of dollars a year come to the screenwriting field to grab food and take away the top prize, doesn't this prove that they are not as capable as this young man?

This ticket is not easy to get!

For many filmmakers, being nominated for an Oscar is the highest honor recognized by their colleagues in the profession!

Even a major studio like Warner Bros. can't guarantee that it will be able to help Zhang Chu run to an Oscar nomination, so there is not a penny of the $8 million in public relations funds for the best adapted screenplay.

If Li Yu wants to compete for the best director, he has to pay part of it out of his own pocket, let alone Zhang Chu.

"Don't worry too much, we can take a look at the weather vane and the outpost first. The high quality of the film is well hidden, and the difficulty of adapting the work is over there, and not every screenwriter can easily control it. What's more, now that the Oscar jury has expanded, our Asian Americans' voice in it has also increased, and if the quality is excellent, we can also build momentum by concentrating our efforts!"

Crying children have candy to eat.

Among the Oscar judges, there are definitely the most white people, and in recent years, the black rights movement has been rising, and even many Oscar-winning works have been labeled as politically correct.

The whites are divided into American, British, Irish, Australian, and so on, and they don't work together at all.

The audience reputation and box office of "Youth Pi" are the confidence of Zhang Chu's competition.

Zhang Chu's head was a little buzzing, he was very grateful to Li Yu for his suggestion, he didn't mix with Hollywood awards season people for a long time, and it is estimated that he didn't know a lot of things.

"Director Li, I have to go back and think about it, and I'll tell you the answer when I get back, okay?"

These things are not decided with a hot head, and they need to be carefully discussed and planned with the team.

Li Yu patted Zhang Chu on the shoulder and said, "Yes, I will introduce you to a reliable public relations when the time comes." Now we Asian Americans, especially Chinese Americans, must be united. Okay, sit down and watch a movie. ”

"My friend is in the back, and I'm not in the front. ”

What's more, sitting in the front row of the IMAX theater to watch a movie, it is estimated that you have to put your head up, which will definitely be very uncomfortable.

The host of the scene was ready, and Zhang Chu hurriedly trotted back to the back, saving himself from waiting for a while to block the sight of others.

Zhou Kang asked in a low voice, "You talked to Li Yu for so long just now, what are you talking about?"

Zhang Chu quietly pointed to the audience in front of him, who were all representatives of major media, film critics, and reporters, "It's not convenient to say it here, let's go home and talk later, and I'll have to call Sister Ye when the time comes." ”

Ye Shumei had already seen the movie at the internal preview screening in Hollywood, but now she didn't attend the premiere at all, staying at home and playing with her husband and children.

Zhou Kang received the signal and nodded in agreement.

The premiere of "Life of Pi" was of a very high standard, and stars from all walks of life came to cheer, even the host was the master of CCTV-6!

"Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules to attend the China premiere of Warner Bros.'s Life of Pi, a film adaptation of the same name by Zhang Chu, which was said to be impossible to visualize, but director Li Yu turned the impossible into a possibility, and after two and a half years of filming and production, it is now about to be presented in front of us. Please mute your phone, don't record the screen, and the movie will start immediately. ”

The premiere here is very simple, that is, let people watch movies, instead of singing and dancing or learning calligraphy with bells and whistles, and there are no domestic stars on stage to talk about their feelings.

Everything is simple, back to the essence!

Hundreds of people quietly put 3D glasses on the bridge of their noses and stared at the big screen that was gradually lighting up.