Chapter 326: Consolation Prize
For Shen Zhenghui, the 79th Oscars are lackluster, and it is really better to stay at home and listen to his grandmother nag why he is not married. Oscar is clearly to fulfill Martin? Scorsese, stubbornly awarded both Best Director and Best Picture to his "The Departed", to be honest, Martin's remake of the adaptation of "Infernal Affairs" The "Departed" movie does not show the essence of this movie at all, especially for Shen Zhenghui, an investor, he doesn't think that "The Departed" is comparable to "Infernal Affairs" at all, maybe except that Leonardo is indeed more famous than Liang Yingdi. So throughout the awards ceremony, he sat dry, but Chen Wei, who was sitting next to him, was more excited from beginning to end, and whenever the camera swept over Shen Zhenghui, Chen Wei's watch was more camera-grabbing.
This also led to the complaints of Chinese viewers who watched the live broadcast of the Oscars: Who is this woman?
At this time, how could there be a lack of real science popularization party, so Chen Wei's not so important role in "The Magic Apprentice" was quickly popularized, and everyone sighed, this girl can play such a small role and be able to mix up the tickets for the Oscars, this girl's backstage must be very hard, right? Wait, her last name is Chen? Isn't Mo a descendant of someone Chen in the previous Standing Committee?
Soon, 3 people laughed at this kind of behavior of going to find his father and grandfather according to his surname, and then popularized science, Miss Chen Wei is from Bashu Province, and it is said that she is from the city next door to Shen Zhenghui's hometown, so the only reason why she can go to the Oscar party is that she was unspoken by Shen Zhenghui.
I have to say that the power of blind obedience on the Internet is indeed very strong, after such a live broadcast, after several times of extensive circulation on the Internet, Shen Zhenghui's unspoken rule of Chen Wei has almost become a foregone conclusion. This happened without Shen Zhenghui's knowledge. Soon this will become a national secret with Shen Zhenghui himself behind his back, and who enjoyed this treatment last time?
In fact, when the awards were awarded for Best Director and Best Picture, Shen Zhenghui almost wanted to fall asleep, and the reason why he held on was because he had a nomination for Best Director, and the camera had to sweep him at the end, for such a shot. It's going to take a whole night to watch this boring party, Shen Zhenghui complained, as if to avoid Shen Zhenghui from making any radical moves, Thomas and Gordon sat next to Shen Zhenghui, and Thomas also talked to Shen Zhenghui from time to time, creating the false impression that Shen Zhenghui was very concerned about the Oscars. In fact, the judges will not completely let "Apprentice of Magic" as a companion without giving any consolation, before that, the Oscars have already awarded "Apprentice of Magic" for the extremely artistic and historical classical buildings they built in China and their magical makeup of Mario into a beautiful girl - I believe this is the deepest impression left by the audience who watched the first two "Apprentices of Magic".
Art directors and makeup artists hired by Colombia took the stage to accept the award. When they recounted their acceptance speeches, they naturally gave credit to the crew, the director, and the producers, but that didn't help the other titles of "Apprentice in Magic." The best costume design was still given to "Queen Mary", and "The City Full of Golden Armor" only got the qualification to accompany the runner, and it won't be long before Lao Mouzi will also be very sour in an interview and say that the Oscar is not the highest award for the movie. The implication is, of course, the tendency to complain about Oscar-winning films. Of course, detached from art films to pursue business, Lao Mouzi also revealed his own restlessness. He himself oscillated fiercely between the elegant and the vulgar. has successively filmed a series of films such as "Three Guns Shooting Surprise", "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree", "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins", and "Return", which fully shows the process of his ideological swing.
Both in terms of skill and from achievements and fame. He is an indisputable master, but in terms of subject matter, he has never found the latest and closest to the audience's interests and hobbies, but each of his works has a good box office because of his own appeal, but Director Zhang has a very clear understanding of himself, especially in comparison with Shen Zhenghui. What Director Zhang is looking forward to now is a box office hit, at least at the same level as Shen Zhenghui, with a domestic box office of 4 to 500 million yuan, and a foreign box office of another 4 to 500 million US dollars, so that he will probably feel satisfied. Now Shen Zhenghui has swiped his record to 890 million. Even Master Zhang's talent is probably only a sigh of admiration.
Of course, even so, when Shen Zhenghui had enough of his B value at the Oscars and returned to China to participate in the high-level exchange forum of film insiders organized by the Film Bureau, Master Zhang still shamelessly asked Shen Zhenghui about his choice of film themes, because Shen Zhenghui's success seems to give everyone the impression that he seems to only be close to young people to make movies.
At the end of the Oscar party, when Shen Zhenghui was interviewed by reporters, the same reporter asked the same question, "You seem to shoot all the movies that young people watch, do you think that's the case?" ”
"Yes, Harry Potter too." Shen Zhenghui replied, "Although you may think that Harry Potter is suitable for all ages, there is no doubt that the main people watching it are young people and children, and I think this is my personal characteristic, because I think I am probably not too old myself." ”
"Are you implying that the Oscars went to Martin?"
"That's what you think, and I'm just telling the truth."
"Actually, it's not just 'Apprentice Magician, it seems like your previous films were all shot for young people as well." The other party was unyielding, "Don't you think you're a director with a limited subject matter?" ”
"Of course not." Shen Zhenghui replied, "In fact, all the films I have made have the shadow of the influence of the movies I watched when I was growing up. ”
"Also nominated for the Technical Award with your film this time is your compatriot director Zhang's film, "A City Full of Golden Armor," the other party continued, "Do you think your film was deeply influenced by Director Zhang?" As far as I know, he is the most famous director in your continent. ”
Shen Zhenghui almost laughed angrily, "Back then." Don't you see that the graphics in "Apprentice Magic" are all beautiful and full of art? ”
Thomas came over and took the reporter away, talked to him, and after a while, he came back over.
"Unknown guy," he said. At the same time, he shrugged his shoulders, "This kind of person wants to make a big news and become famous in one fell swoop, don't take it to heart." ”
"Of course," Shen Zhenghui shook his head, "I'm going back, it's not interesting." Shen Zhenghui replied.
"This is the official dinner of the Oscars." Thomas lowered his voice.
"Then you can explain to them that because I didn't win the award, I was a little depressed, and I went back to the hotel to sleep." He replied. Chen Wei on the side also came over, "Are you leaving?" Her expression was still a little apprehensive, because she wanted to stay very much, and seeing so many stars was enough to dazzle her, especially when everyone knew that she was brought in by Shen Zhenghui, and she was also very polite to her invisibly. Chen Wei is a little addicted to the current situation.
"It's better for you to stay here," Shen Zhenghui said. "Mr. Thomas will send you back then, I'm not very comfortable. Go back first. He said so, and then really walked outside.
Thomas shrugged his shoulders and said to Chen Wei, "The big temper of a talented person," he pouted, "but I was very surprised that he was able to be so quiet throughout the live broadcast." ”
"Director Shen is very good in this regard." Chen Wei argued.
"yes. If he had shown such a good attitude at the beginning, I would not have reminded him from beginning to end, okay, girl, let's not talk about him. Hehe, let me introduce you, this is Leonardo, you must know, hey, Leo, this is Miss Chen in "The Magic Apprentice", I think you must be interested in getting to know. Yes, Director Shen was not very comfortable and went back early, he was too busy during this time, flying around in East Asia for the promotion of "Magic Apprentice 2", and he didn't wait for the vacation to come to the Oscar again, he was really tired, and he didn't get the comfort of the award. Ah, I'm sorry, I know you also lack the consolation of awards, don't you two try to work together......"
Because of the halo of 890 million, the results of "Magic Apprentice" in 2006 were only inferior to "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", which should have been a big sweetheart, if "Magic Apprentice 3" has not been filmed at this moment and is in planning, those little stars will want to cut their heads and want to drill into "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" The crew also tried to open the entrance to "Magic Apprentice 3", but for them, the news that is almost bad news is that Shen Zhenghui's live-action shooting has finished filming " Magic Apprentice 5" is preparing for the filming of the finale, and in the post-production zuò, "Magic Apprentice 3" also seems to be on the verge of ending.
It's unrealistic to expect new characters to be added in the finale. However, for this big director who is on the rise, everyone can't help but give him face, who knows if there will be more opportunities for cooperation in the future, after all, he has just broken his own record and put his name in the top 20 positions in the world movie box office record list, yes, "Magic Apprentice 2 The Minister (I)" is currently ranked twelfth in the box office list of world film history, under "Shrek" and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", above "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", and "The Magic Apprentice" The first episode is in the 24th position, and it is predictable that with the passage of time, the results of these two movies may decline, but Shen Zhenghui himself has the ability and time to continue to brush the list, not to mention that "Magic Apprentice" has as many as 4 follow-up movies. Everyone can't help but look forward to the future of this young director, especially when he himself seems to have a particularly good relationship with the big directors of Hollywood companies. At least one piece of news is confirmed, when Sony was ready to invest in the filming of "Apprentice Magic", everyone thought Sony was crazy, and now it seems that the crazy Sony just made a gamble, and they were right. And with the help of this gamble, Shen Zhenghui also cleared the obstacles to entering Hollywood.
Previously, he was valued by Hollywood because he seemed to be good at shooting kung fu action movies, this type of film has always been a shortcoming of Hollywood, so he used his Chinese identity or Japanese capital to stand out in Hollywood, and others have no opinion. But now, Shen Zhenghui shows that he is definitely not limited to the theme of kung fu movies that everyone naturally despises, but a magic theme that is widely loved by Western audiences. Even if I don't know if Shen Zhenghui is also good at other themes, but judging from the fact that the subject matter of his works before and after is so different, there is no reason for him to be good at only two types of movies.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Thomas continued to expand Colombia's strength on the one hand, and on the other hand, to expand his own network.
Hollywood is like that, as long as you are successful, all the doors are open for you, and the hype of the stars seems to be more intoxicating than the praise of the average person.
In such a situation, the mental element you need is probably more able to withstand failure.
Shen Zhenghui is not used to such a place, and the main reason is that there are no women around him who are familiar with him.
Chen Wei is certainly a person he is familiar with, but this familiarity is a disadvantage, in the current Shen Zhenghui opinion, this girl is still too young, it seems that only when she is still seventeen or eighteen years old, will she be infatuated with her temperament. Because of this mentality, many female stars he once liked couldn't attract his special feelings when they appeared in front of him.
"I have to book a ticket back early." Shen Zhenghui said that the crew members were still immersed in the excitement of their work being recognized by the Oscars, even if it was just a technical award.
And at this time, Shen Zhenghui's doorbell was ringed.
"Who?" While asking, Shen Zhenghui walked to the door and opened the door, and it was Aonuma Tomoaki who was standing at the door.
She had changed into a normal outfit, washed off the heavy makeup on her face, and now simply put on a foundation.
She was invited to be the guest of honor, and as a Japanese star, her face is already quite familiar to the audience in Hollywood.
"Why are you here?"
"Shouldn't I come?" Tomoaki Aonuma asked rhetorically, "Watching you appear with a new person, it seems like I should retire from the stage of history." ”
"This was arranged by Mitsumi Fukuda." Shen Zhenghui spread out his hand.
Tomoaki Aonuma had already walked in sideways and closed the door, "That's exactly what I'm worried about. She whispered.
"What?" Shen Zhenghui didn't hear clearly.
"Nothing!" Tomoaki Aonuma turned around with a smile, "Do you remember our first time?" (To be continued......)