In the primary selection of the Oscars, the academy will not organize members to watch the movie. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info The members of the academy vote to select the primary selection list from the many declared films. That's right, applying for the Oscar does not mean that you are eligible to participate in the Oscar race, and you have to go through the preliminary screening.

However, this preliminary screening is not strict, as long as there is more than 5% of the votes, you can enter the primary selection list. The Academy members then select the films they think are suitable from this list and determine the shortlist.

With the great reputation of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in the United States, this kind of screening before the primary selection was naturally passed easily. Even Searchlight Pictures didn't shoot at all. Just kidding, if he can't even pass this level, then Moss Duncan will really have to doubt his own vision.

The announcement of the primary selection list has caused a lot of movement in China. Of course, this movement is more for the sake of Gu Wenwu, the director. After all, after so many years of domestic Olympics, there are really many movies that have entered the primary selection list. Now more attention in China is still on Wu Yusheng.

That's right, Wu Yusheng's new movie "Red Cliff" is finally going to be released.

Another blockbuster is coming, and it's a much bigger blockbuster than "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". This is Wu Yusheng's first work after returning to China for development, and the quality of this blockbuster directly determines Wu Yusheng's next status in China. Because next year will be the re-selection of the honorary directors of the Star Review Association, the results of "Red Cliff" actually have a great impact on Wu Yusheng. It is true that John Woo has had a lot of honors and achievements in the past, but that is in the past, he returned home in Hollywood, and the so-called return to China for development actually has a feeling of coming back from ashes.

Therefore, this "Red Cliff" can be regarded as his famous work, and it can also be regarded as his turnaround.

In fact, none of this had anything to do with Gu Wenwu. Gu Wenwu is not familiar with Wu Yusheng, at best, he only took a photo at the Venice Film Festival, and his "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has long been painted, and he is not afraid of competition. So about the report on the release of "Red Cliff", he just glanced at it. Oh, it's finally going to be released. And then put that thing aside. That's all.

However, Wu Yusheng didn't think so. In his eyes, Gu Wenwu is not only a first-line director, but also has another identity, which is very important to him. For this reason, he specially called and asked Gu Wenwu to participate in the premiere press conference of "Red Cliff".

To be reasonable, Gu Wenwu's expression when he received this call was a black question mark. It stands to reason that no matter which director he is, he invites guests to help at his premiere press conference, and the people he invites are generally only friends in the circle. If you want to invite people you don't know, you also have to consider whether people are willing or not. And his relationship with Wu Yusheng is probably only in the circle.

Of course, he won't directly say that we don't know each other, why are you asking me to do such a thing. So after agreeing on the phone, he pondered. In fact, this matter is easy to ponder, after considering Wu Yusheng's identity and his current greatest interests, he roughly guessed a little.

On the night of the premiere press conference of "Red Cliff", the entire venue was star-studded. Gu Wenwu walked the red carpet alone, which caused a burst of surprise among the reporters, they didn't expect that Gu Wenwu's connections were so wide, and even Wu Yusheng had such a good relationship with him.

"Director Gu, you're welcome to come and cheer." Wu Yusheng warmly shook hands with Gu Wenwu.

"Director Wu, I'm really flattered by your invitation." Gu Wenwu said with a smile.

"Director Gu is polite, there is still some time for the press conference to start, come, let me introduce you to my crew." Wu Yusheng said.

Wu Yusheng's crew has many big names, but no one will stand in front of Gu Wenwu. After some introduction, Gu Wenwu and Wu Yusheng sat down and chatted.

"Director Gu, a few days ago, the academy sent me the ballots for the Oscar primary election and the list of primary films, and your movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is the only Xia Guo movie that has entered the primary selection." Wu Yusheng said.

Hearing the two chatting about the Oscars, the actors who were chatting also quieted down.

"Ah, no, isn't it easy to screen before the primary?" Gu Wenwu said suspiciously.

"Another film declared by the Star Review Committee is called "Building Dreams 2008", a documentary about the Olympic Games, so it's normal that it hasn't passed, I voted for you for the best director, and I also asked many of my friends in the United States, and they are all very impressed by "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", so I think "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is very likely to be shortlisted for the Oscars, and it may be shortlisted for more than one award." Wu Yusheng said.

Hearing this, Gu Wenwu smiled, he didn't get complacent because of this good news: "Then thank you so much, Director Wu." ”

"What's the thanks, this is what I should do, I also asked Jiawei, and he voted for you." Wu Yusheng said.

Hearing the name Wang Jiawei, Gu Wenwu didn't get angry but said with a smile: "What, Director Wu wants to be a lobbyist?" ”

"Haha, that's not true, it's just that I have a good relationship with Jiawei, although I didn't participate in the Academy Awards, but I also know the contradictions between you, in my opinion, it's just that each is his own master, everyone has their own interests, it's all a trivial matter." Wu Yusheng said.

"Then does Director Wu know about the things at this Xia Long Awards?" Gu Wenwu said.

"I know, Jiawei told me that the score was not scored by him, and I don't think he needs to lie." Wu Yusheng said.

"Look at it, what we said made everyone stop talking, let's talk about Director Wu's new work, I heard that this is a magnificent masterpiece, to be honest, I have never tried this kind of large-scale work, and I want to ask Director Wu for your experience in this area." Gu Wenwu snorted and stopped continuing the topic.

In fact, some things are now clear, so there is no need to continue the discussion.

Seeing that Gu Wenwu led the topic away, Wu Yusheng did not continue. He has already made his position clear, and that is enough. As for the contradictions between Gu Wenwu and Wang Jiawei, they are all secondary.

Gu Wenwu revisited "Red Cliff" again. is still the upper and lower episodes of the pit father, and a good movie was made into a series by Wu Yusheng. However, Gu Wenwu still couldn't help but complain, firstly, Wu Yusheng was nearby, and secondly, this "Red Cliff" is indeed much better than the so-called "Wuji" and "Night Banquet". Wu Yusheng is worthy of being a person who has been in Hollywood, he is really not simple, he does not engage in "violent aesthetics", and he is also a good hand at engaging in ancient war blockbusters. With the quality of this movie, this is the rhythm of a big hit.

As Gu Wenwu expected, on the first day of the release of "Red Cliff", it swept the opponents of the same period with an absolute advantage and won the single-day box office championship. At the same time, the single-day box office data of 37 million also set a new record for the single-day box office of Chinese films. "Red Cliff" is fierce at the box office, and Wu Yusheng is menacing. Later, as the topic continued to heat up and the word-of-mouth continued to ferment, the box office of "Red Cliff" was also hot all the way, and it looked like it was about to move towards the box office record of "The Great Detective: Behind the Scenes", even if a few new films were released on New Year's Day, they couldn't stop such a "Red Cliff".

United States, Searchlight Pictures. Moss Duncan's big-breasted female secretary is reporting to him, don't think about it, it's normal reporting.

"Boss, this is the shortlist that just came out." The female secretary handed over the paperwork to Moss.

At this time, the primary election has ended, and the results have been counted. Although the shortlist has not yet been announced, it is no secret. Because this is not the final result, it is not so strict, after all, it will be announced in a few days, and it will be almost the same sooner or later.

Moss looked at the list carefully, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.