director of the millennium

“Parasite is a really great movie.”

“But it’s a little unrealistic for them to want to have it all.”

"I can't guarantee you anything absolute, but I believe that whether it's a Golden Globe or an Oscar, we will definitely win one of the Best Director and Best Picture awards."

Jovan's words sounded very confident. Or maybe it wasn't that he was confident, but that Disney had already placed its bets on "Bruce Lee" and he had great confidence in the company.

If Disney can't guarantee that the movies it supports will win Oscars, then Disney should be out of business.

But don't forget that no matter what, America is a country where capital is king, and Disney is undoubtedly one of the overlords of Hollywood.

"Neither Universal nor Warner Bros. has any movies to promote this year. I believe the Academy will give us face." Jovan said confidently: "Although Parasite is great, our Bruce Lee is not bad either, isn't it?"

As he spoke, he suddenly sighed with regret: "Maybe the Best Picture is indeed a little difficult. After all, the momentum of Parasite is really too high. Now it is indeed a done deal."

“But I can definitely give it a try for Best Director.”

The "Bruce Lee" project was approved in February this year and was confirmed by Disney as an award-winning film in March.

Unfortunately, "Parasite" just won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in May this year, and then it became unstoppable and began its global bombing.

At that time, the preliminary preparations for "Bruce Lee" were underway. The arrow had been shot and there was no turning back. Disney also believed that Wu Yuan could make a movie that was not inferior to "Parasite".

Well, it wasn't until Disney finally got the finished film that it felt a little regretful.

"Bruce Lee" is very good. It captures the ups and downs of the life of this internationally legendary Chinese Kung Fu superstar very well, and also conveys his Kung Fu and philosophy through the art of film.

But compared to "Parasite", it is indeed a little worse.

If it is almost as good, then Disney can indeed justifiably promote "Bruce Lee" as the best film, and there will be no problem if it wins the award.

But if you are indeed obviously inferior, and the other party has won a lot of international and domestic awards, it is not impossible to do hard public relations, but it is not worth the effort.

If we take a step back and choose Best Director, perhaps we will get better results.

Wu Yuan didn't have too high an obsession with this.

He wanted to make "Bruce Lee", on the one hand to fulfill his dream. After all, he had the idea of ​​this movie since he was making "Pirates of the Caribbean". As a result, it was delayed for so many years and it has never been really put into practice. He really doesn't want to delay it any longer.

On the other hand, it is to win a heavyweight award at the Oscars and maintain his fame and influence for the next two years, both at home and abroad, to pave the way for his "comeback" two years later.

Otherwise, if he were to remain silent at this time, both the company and his personal career would be interrupted, and it would be hard to say whether they could be continued smoothly.

Just like Feng Xiaogang, he was a top-tier domestic director before "Black Swan". His movie "Youth" won good awards and box office.

As a result, after the "Black Swan", he could only remake old works, and failed miserably. "If You Are the One 3" directly relegated him to the ranks of third-rate directors. Thinking of Feng Xiaogang's "late life", Wu Yuan had to prepare for his future in two or three years.

If he can win a heavyweight Oscar award before this "black swan" moment, then even if he takes a break for a few years, he will have room for error in his comeback. Even if he fails once or twice, fans will still have expectations for him and believe that he can "come back as a king"!
This heavyweight award is not just the Best Picture Award, the Best Director Award is also heavyweight, and it is the most important individual award.

Wu Yuan would be very satisfied if he could win this award.

"Not only the Best Director, but the company is also planning to do some PR for the Best Actor." At this time, Jovan continued to surprise him, "Chen's Bruce Lee is great!"

"It's been a long time since Hollywood has had such a great Kung Fu actor. Not only is he good at Kung Fu, he also brought Bruce Lee to life. Watching his performance in the movie, it feels like the real Bruce Lee is acting."

"Ten thousand times better than that guest actor in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood!"

Jowan became more and more excited as he spoke, and he was gesticulating all over. It was obvious that he was indeed satisfied with Chen Guokun's performance. He was also half a Bruce Lee fan, and he had admired Chinese Kung Fu back then, so he was very satisfied with Chen Guokun's performance in the movie.

The fighting scenes are very good, with the flavor of Hong Kong Kung Fu actors of the past. The literary scenes are also good. At least when it comes to playing Bruce Lee, he can be said to have mastered it to perfection.

In Jovan's opinion, this is very rare. After all, there are more than one or two Hong Kong kung fu actors who have worked in Hollywood, and the impression they left on Hollywood is that their fighting scenes are beautiful, but their literary scenes are not good.

Because Cheng Long is not good at literary drama, he can only play pure kung fu comedies in Hollywood. Even though he won the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement, he will never have any chance of winning the Oscar for Best Actor in his life. He is someone that even public relations personnel are embarrassed to do.

Otherwise, with Jackie Chan's box office ability, there are many companies in Hollywood willing to spend money to give him the public relations Oscar for Best Actor, which would increase his commercial value to a higher level.

But his performance in literary dramas is just too mediocre. Even if the Hollywood production company is thick-skinned, they would not dare to force him to play a Best Actor in an art film, so they had to give up the plan.

However, Chen Guokun’s performance in the literary scenes in the Bruce Lee movie was flawless and he acted very vividly.

Wu Yuan naturally would not take the initiative to sabotage, and told You Wan that Chen Guokun was only good at literary dramas when he played Bruce Lee, and his level in other roles was also average.

For an actor, it is not easy to play a role well and perform the essence of a role throughout his life, and he deserves a Best Actor trophy.

"This is good news." Wu Yuan nodded to Jowan with a smile, then turned to look at the car following them. The male and female protagonists were sitting in the car.

"If Chen Guokun knew that you were promoting him for the Best Actor award, he would definitely jump for joy."

"Hahaha, of course." Jovan laughed heartily. He was very excited about the feeling that his single words could decide the Oscar award, although in the final analysis this was Disney's influence and had nothing to do with him.

at the same time.

Just as Wu Yuan was busy with the crew, promoting "Bruce Lee" on a roadshow in North America, attending parties and cocktail parties organized by various lobbyists, and smoothing relations with various Oscar judges.

In our motherland, far away on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, black swan events caused by force majeure have been quietly approaching.

It is the end of December 2019. (End of this chapter)