"You mean you want me to participate in the Oscars?" Shen Zhenghui asked Thomas with some confusion, "What should I do? Give awards to others?" Thomas glanced at Mitsumi Fukuda helplessly, "Don't you know?" he said, " The first and second parts of "The Magic Apprentice" were nominated for Oscars. "Huh? Such a thing happened?" Shen Zhenghui couldn't help but look at Thomas with doubtful eyes, "Your publicist can actually do this. "This is not all the result of our public relations," Thomas rolled his eyes, "You should understand the topics your movie has caused. Your movie has just been released in the United States. Oh, no, it should not only be It was the United States that caused a huge controversy, and this controversy ended with the United States being ridiculed by European magazines for its lack of historical knowledge. Even I have to praise those Europeans this time." He spread his hands, "So we all. The crew has all been invited to attend the Oscars." Shen Zhenghui rolled his eyes, "Just to prove their magnanimity, they put us on the list of attendees?" Shen Zhenghui asked. Thomas raised his eyebrows, "You can understand it this way," he paused deliberately, and then continued, "Because the first part and the second part are in the same natural year, they were combined into one when registering. "The Magic Apprentice" was nominated for six Oscars for Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction, Best Visual Effects, Best Makeup, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director, "Thomas sighed a little." Why do they want to give us one or two?" "So this is why I have to attend?" "You can't despise the Oscars and not attend even though they are nominated for best director. "I, the Best Director, are obviously running with me," Shen Zhenghui was a little annoyed. "Everyone knows that this award is going to be awarded to Martin Scorsese this year. For this award, he bought the script of "Infernal Affairs."" Shen Zhenghui tried his best. Stamped his feet, "What's even more ironic is that I am one of the investors in "Infernal Affairs." "You didn't get this money?" Thomas asked with a wink. "These are all minor issues," Shen Zhenghui waved his hand, "I just think that the Oscars may be suspected of racial discrimination in this regard. I never expect to be recognized by it. As long as the box office recognizes me." " There are so many technical awards. One or two must be given to us," Thomas advised, "for the sake of the collective spirit of the entire crew." At the same time, he looked at Mitsumi Fukuda. Mitsumi Fukuda spread her hands, "I don't think it means much," she said, "At least we should give it important awards such as Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor!" You are so ignorant, Thomas. Your eyes are wide open, and your thinking circuit is not Japanese at all, is it? Meet the Oscar nomination thing. Shouldn¡¯t the Japanese be as happy as if they had won a prize? "I think Thomas should win the Best Supporting Actor, and they should also give Lily the Best Supporting Actress award." Mitsumi Fukuda's words at this time sounded like an imaginative Internet writer, "Although Mario is still too young to award him the Best Actor, and our movie lacks a heroine with a relatively concentrated role, I think the performance of our supporting actors is quite wonderful." "I completely understand what you are saying next. Agreed." Thomas hurriedly interjected, "But as a professional award, even if you don't win, you should show up more. This can increase the chance of winning the next time." Seeing Shen Zhenghui's disdain, Thomas said hurriedly. "Mr. Shen, your compatriot Director Zhang has also been nominated." "Oh, what is it? Will he go?" Shen Zhenghui asked. He had not paid attention to this news before. "He himself will not go for the best costume design." Thomas said, "His crew and publisher will go." "An award that overlaps with ours," Shen Zhenghui smiled slightly. "I deeply feel the deep malice of Hollywood. I think they will give this award to us. What do you think?" "Isn't it "Queen Mary"?" Mitsumi Fukuda asked, watching Thomas and Shen Zhenghui stare at the same time. She, she shrugged. "I just think Hollywood prefers historical themes." "We are also in the historical genre!" Shen Zhenghui said, "Well, when the Oscars are awarded, it happens to be the Chinese New Year, so I'm not going anywhere, I want to accompany my grandma , listening to her nagging about why I don¡¯t get married. ¡°That¡¯s a problem,¡± Mitsumi Fukuda held her chin. Thomas also had a grimace on his face, "That day must have been the eighth day of the Lunar New Year!" "You know this?" Shen Zhenghui was slightly surprised, "But it's not the fifteenth yet, it's still within the year." Thomas?I had to turn my attention to Fukuda Mitsumi, "How to solve this problem?" Fukuda Mitsumi said to himself, "Indeed, you are not young anymore. It would be unreasonable not to get married." "President Fukuda," Thomas coughed, "Can you think about the serious issue at hand?" he asked, "Being nominated and not attending is not just a matter of impoliteness. Sony and Columbia will feel embarrassed." "Sorry, need to Shall we find an Indian girl to read his acceptance speech?" Mitsumi Fukuda asked. Thomas felt his temples twitching, "No, of course I don't think the Oscar will really award the Best Director to Mr. Shen. After all, he is still too young" He swallowed under the gaze of Mitsumi Fukuda. . "Hey, Thomas said you are still young, you can respond to your grandma like this." Mitsumi Fukuda said. "No, no, he is too young as a director." Thomas added hurriedly. "Are you trying to say that he has been a director for five or six years and still hasn't made any progress?" Mitsumi Fukuda asked again. "Oh!" Thomas held his head in resignation, "Don't embarrass me," he said, "If you really give up attending, this will really become a political event. I already have a premonition of what the tabloid reporters will write Directors from socialist countries refused to attend film award ceremonies in capitalist countries." Shen Zhenghui shook his head, "Your thinking is still 90 years ago. This kind of Cold War-era title that provokes relations between countries in the two camps is too outdated. Nowadays, reporters will probably attack people directly. They probably won¡¯t attend the award ceremony because they are afraid of being questioned. " "You really know reporters and lawyers. This industry together supports the conscience of the entire society." Thomas's expression was like "Are you serious?" Then he said, "If this is a joke, it's not funny at all." Oh, it should be said that journalists and lawyers eat up half of society¡¯s conscience at the same time.¡± ¡°This is a strong irony,¡± Thomas responded, ¡°But even so, we still deal with these two industries the most. "One of the industries." He looked at Shen Zhenghui earnestly, "Have you changed your mind?" Shen Zhenghui licked his lips, "No." He then said, "I want to save as much time as possible before the entire series is finished. "There's just one step left." "There's no need to rush it," Thomas shouted, "Are you still planning to release two movies within one year?" "Maybe three movies?" Considering the box office, it¡¯s better not to place them so densely.¡± In the end, Thomas didn¡¯t find a way to convince Shen Zhenghui, and Fukuda Mitsumi seemed like a parent who just wanted to watch his children make trouble. Totally unfazed, despite Thomas's contact with Mitsumi Fukuda about the seriousness of the problem. Mitsumi Fukuda himself also appeared quite relaxed, "Don't be anxious, isn't it still a long time?" "It won't be long," Thomas responded, "We have to respond to the organizing committee as soon as possible." "Then just respond. "What if he doesn't go?" "He will go." Thomas was dubious, but Shen Zhenghui was really tamed. The news that he was nominated for Best Director and attended the Oscars spread quickly to all parts of the world, especially China, so besides the emotion of national pride, another real consideration also prevailed. "Director Shen? Yes, it's me. I heard that you were invited to attend the Oscars. In this case, can you bring one or two people to help us investigate?" This is simply a request that cannot be avoided. Shen Zhenghui really doesn't want to When Fa was facing such bureaucrats, he said to them in disgrace, "I don't want to go." Others would ask: "Why? The timing of the Golden Rooster, Hundred Flowers, and Huabiao Awards does not conflict with this!" It's Shen Zhenghui. I had no choice but to bow my head, and I found more connections. In addition to boring people who wanted to watch the Oscars live, there were also a lot of female stars with backgrounds who wanted to show off on the red carpet. The few Chinese faces in "The Magic Apprentice" therefore seem to be very lucky, and now more and more people are beginning to be jealous of their luck. When China's top female stars did not have the opportunity to attend the Oscars because their works were not recognized, a girl like Chen Wei, who played a small supporting role as a supporting actress because she was favored by Shen Zhenghui - a girl who was still a student, actually won the Oscar. Qualification to walk the Hollywood red carpet! ?So the godfathers behind the scenes came over one after another, hoping that Shen Zhenghui could bring his goddaughter to the scene like a female companion. The godfather didn't care about being a cuckold. This is such a ridiculous farce that both Wang Anping and Wang Anran had stomachaches from laughing at such a plot. The final cast members were very limited, and only one Chinese "expert" participated in the live broadcast of the Hollywood awards ceremony as a cast member. With the encouragement of Mitsumi Fukuda, Chen Wei really dressed up and attended the red carpet with Shen Zhenghui on her arm. In comparison, Tomoaki Aonuma's appearance was much more deserted. According to Fukuda Mitsumi, this can be regarded as setting up a pole in mainland China. The little pony Chen Wei has been taken out for a walk. So what big name will not be signed by then? Sometimes Shen Zhenghui couldn't refuse such an excuse, but in the future when Tianya was in the dark history of Chen Wei, Shen Zhenghui would definitely be in trouble. God knew that Shen Zhenghui had never even held the opponent's hand. However, regarding the matter of attending, Shen Zhenghui still tried his best to fight to the end. At least he had to stay at home after the third day of the Lunar New Year before starting his journey. He flew directly from Pingjing to Los Angeles to meet the crew on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. A large number of banquets for the outpost games were all If you don¡¯t attend, wait until the day of the Oscars and go directly. Before this, he was in a state of recuperation and did not accept interviews from the media at all. And on the red carpet, even if a male star like Leonardo appeared, Shen Zhenghui's appearance still attracted a large number of media reporters. What reporters care about is completely different from ordinary people who want to see how celebrities look and dress up. When Chen Wei walked onto the red carpet with Shen Zhenghui on her arm, Chen Wei was even more nervous than Shen Zhenghui, almost stiff. He couldn't move anymore and was completely dragged away by Shen Zhenghui. The reporter who came to interview was dually assigned by Hollywood and the Oscars, so naturally he would not ask Shen Zhenghui questions that made him feel naive. After he simply asked Shen Zhenghui about his views on the nomination and his hopes for winning the award, he had to change the subject and ask about Chen Wei. At first he thought it was Mario's female stand-in, but after Shen Zhenghui introduced Chen Wei's role in the film and her Chinese identity, the reporter naturally labeled Chen Wei as the director's pet. However, Chen Wei herself was still immersed in excitement and couldn't extricate herself. The reporters on the broadcast had no moral integrity. When the footage of the interview with Shen Zhenghui was played, their teasing topics almost never stopped. What they are talking about is nothing more than racial prejudice. Since they have been slapped by the Europeans, they have changed the subject and think that the person who can write such a novel should be a Westerner, not a Chinese people. If we follow this topic further, we need to compare the educational content of China and the West. This is a huge project. However, a TV station conducted an ingenious investigation into Shen Zhenghui himself and found that he is basically a media tycoon. He has animation companies, film companies, and TV drama companies in China, and has joint film companies, distribution companies, theaters, and agents in Japan. The company owns an Asian-level TV station in Hong Kong. This TV station estimates that Shen Zhenghui is worth close to 10 billion U.S. dollars. This is the result of them ignoring some Internet companies. Therefore, in the eyes of Americans, Shen Zhenghui is not limited to being a director. He seems to be more like a willful rich man who spends money to do whatever he wants for an idea of ??his own, and instead makes the film industry bigger and stronger. , he himself has become a member of the top directors - who dares not to admit it? Let¡¯s see where the box office of 8.9 billion US dollars ranks in film history, not to mention that this is a movie with such a unique style that it can basically be labeled as a work by Shen Zhenghui. of the mark. So in 2007, after all kinds of biased publicity, Shen Zhenghui deepened his image in the minds of the American people. He was definitely not limited to just a director, a great director. (To be continued) PS: "Domination of Hollywood" and "I Have Four Superstar Exes" are really great.