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Chapter 416 Returning to China
The apartment Wang Shu rented in Los Angeles was not big. Like the apartment where Stone lived, it was just a one-bedroom apartment.

However, the location and environment of Wang Shu’s residential apartment are more upscale.

Anna Faris came in and just turned around briefly before she finished her inspection.

"It turns out you haven't been in Los Angeles long." Anna Faris couldn't help but smile when she saw the simple furnishings in the house.

Generally speaking, if you live in a place for a long time, there will be more furnishings in the house.

Apartments like Wang Shu's, which have no other unnecessary items except for necessities such as computers, wardrobes, refrigerators, washing machines, etc., are usually not lived in for long.

Wang Shu smiled when he heard this, then took a bottle of purified water and said, "Sit down."

Anna Faris sat down on the sofa, unscrewed the water bottle and took a sip, then found a topic to talk about: "The location here is great, the rent should not be low, right?"

"It's indeed not low, but it's acceptable." Wang Shu continued with a smile.

Anna Faris looked at Wang Shu deeply and said jokingly, "Shu, it seems that you have a lot of assets?"

"Not much, I just made a little from stock trading before." Wang Shu took advantage of this opportunity to reveal the fact that he knew how to trade stocks.

These words are in response to "The Wolf of Wall Street".

Simply put, it is not surprising that he can trade stocks and make a movie like "The Wolf of Wall Street".

"Ah? You made some money from stock trading? Didn't the stock market fall badly? How did you make money?" Anna Faris was surprised to hear that.

Although she does not trade stocks herself, she manages her finances.

In previous years, there were certain profits.

This year, I lost a lot.

"Haha, I'm shorting." Wang Shu said with a smile, "I made a small profit by shorting."

The short selling cannot be hidden from the FBI.

In this case, it is better to reveal it directly, which will enhance the value of "The Wolf of Wall Street".

During this financial crisis, both corporate giants and stock investors have suffered considerable losses.

Wang Shu made a fortune instead.

Such vision and such insight further highlight "The Wolf of Wall Street".

"Short selling?" Anna Faris didn't understand and her eyes revealed confusion.

Upon seeing this, Wang Shu gave some explanation, and Anna Faris finally understood it halfway.

Although it was not much, she was clear about one thing: during this financial crisis, while others were losing money, Wang Shu was making money.
Knowing this, Anna Faris looked at Wang Shu with shining eyes and started chatting with Wang Shu with great interest.

"Shu, you know so much." As the conversation deepened, Anna Faris realized that Wang Shu had achieved considerable success at a young age, not because of good luck, but because of his real ability.

So much so that his eyes became brighter.

Wang Shu heard this and smiled modestly.

"Shu, I'm going back first. See you next time when we have time."

It was getting late, and Anna Faris got up and prepared to leave, feeling unsatisfied.

"Okay." Wang Shu responded, stood up and walked the other person to the door.

Anna Faris walked to the door, turned back and kissed Wang Shu on the cheek.

She just wanted to kiss Wang Shu to show that she was happy to meet him, but Wang Shu hugged her around the waist instead.

The two looked into each other's eyes, and Anna Faris took the initiative to kiss Wang Shu.

In fact, Wang Shu just subconsciously put his arms around Anna Faris' waist and had no other thoughts.

Now, since Anna Faris took the initiative to kiss him, he would not refuse.

Moreover, he also knew that this was a signal.

They kissed for a while and then fell to the bed.

Immediately after
More than an hour later, Anna Faris left with a satisfied look on her pretty face.

From her appearance, anyone who had experienced sexual intercourse could tell that she had definitely been through a war.

Moreover, he was extremely satisfied with this battle.

On the other side, Wang Shu sat at the head of the bed and sighed deeply.

Hollywood in the United States is not only as vicious as wolves and tigers, but also corrupts people's hearts.

There doesn't need to be too many reasons to have sex here. As long as both parties have the idea, there will be actual action.

Do not hide your desires.

It is far from being like the domestic entertainment industry, where many female artists are obviously very naughty, but they all pretend to be reserved.

At the same time, there were many domestic media reports on "The Tuner" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" being nominated for the Golden Globe Awards, and there were heated discussions on the forums.

Nowadays, apart from a few like Li An and Zhang Yimou, there are few Chinese directors who can be nominated for the American Golden Globe Awards.

"The Tuner" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" were nominated together, which caused quite a stir.

"Golden Globe Award?" Zhou Xun muttered to himself after hearing the news.

In mid-December, the comedy film "Women Are Not Bad" directed by Xu Ke and starring Zhou Xun, Gui Lunmei and Zhang Yuqi was released.

This movie cost 3000 million yuan, but the box office was only 2208 million yuan.

Big flop!
With the failure of this movie, it has been confirmed that mainland actors have no box office appeal and the so-called mainland first-line stars are all fake.

At the same time, the art film "Li Mi's Conjecture" starring Zhou Xun was also unsatisfactory.

This film was originally intended to be screened at one of the top three European film festivals, but in the end it couldn't even get in and ended up going to the San Sebastian International Film Festival.

Although Zhou Xun won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress for this movie, this award has some meaning for young actors in the circle who have not won any awards, and it has no value for actors who have entered the first-line.

International awards are what we pursue.

In 2008, Zhou Xun appeared in three movies, namely "Li Mi's Conjecture", "Painted Skin" and "Women Are Not Bad", all of which received mediocre responses.

Among them, only "Painted Skin" had a pretty good box office.

However, after the release of this movie, mainland actors such as Zhou Xun were still mocked by many media for not having box office appeal.

“I don’t know if I can win the award?” Zhou Xun said to himself.

As Wang Shu's close friend, Zhou Xun naturally hopes that Wang Shu can win the award.

She knew that the Golden Globe Awards was the second most prestigious film award in the United States after the Academy Awards.

When Wang Shu first arrived in Hollywood, even if he didn't win an Oscar, winning a Golden Globe Award was an extremely proud achievement.

"It's not easy to win an Oscar. Even American directors need to have enough experience to win. It's even harder for a Chinese-language director like Wang Shu who has just arrived in Hollywood."

Zhou Xun is not optimistic that Wang Shu will be able to win an Oscar early next year.

No matter from which aspect you look at it, the probability of Wang Shu winning the prize is zero.

Qualifications, nationality, Sino-US relations, age, and many other factors have already determined that it is impossible for Wang Shu to win the award.

No matter how well the movie is made, it’s useless.

"So, it would not be bad if I could win the Golden Globe Award." Zhou Xun smiled.

Then he added, "He should be returning to China in a couple of days, right?" On December 12, Wang Shu returned to China.

"Travel to Taipei" is scheduled to premiere on December 12 (Friday), and Wang Shu returned to China as the director to participate in the final promotion of the film.

Prior to this, the publicity work had always been handled by leading actors such as Liu Dehua and Li Binbin, and Wang Shu did not show up.

Now that the film is getting closer to release, even if the director works behind the scenes, he needs to participate in the promotion.

He had just returned to China and hadn't even had time to sit down when he rushed to record a talk show with Liu Dehua and Li Binbin.

"Director Wang."

When Liu Dehua and Li Binbin learned that Wang Shu had arrived in the lounge, they immediately stood up and showed their faces.

"Brother Hua, Sister Binbin, long time no see." Wang Shu responded with a smile.

Li Binbin felt that Wang Shu was not alienated from them, and said with a smile: "Director Wang is a very busy man now. The movie is about to be released, and we can't see him."

"You guys are the ones doing the publicity. The director is behind the scenes and publicity is dispensable." Wang Shu praised.

Li Binbin shook his head and then asked, "I heard that your American films The Tuner and The Wolf of Wall Street were both nominated for Golden Globe Awards?"

"Haha." Wang Shu smiled and then continued, "Good luck."

"Are you confident that you can win the award?" Li Binbin asked with a blink.

"Yes!" Under normal circumstances, Wang Shu would not say all the words in one breath.

But now he has gone to Hollywood, and two of his films have been nominated, including the movie "The Wolf of Wall Street".

Now that he is back in China, he doesn't want to weaken his prestige.

Give a direct answer immediately.

"Ah? So confident?" Li Binbin was surprised.

Not only her, Liu Dehua was also surprised.

After being surprised, I suddenly thought that maybe it was because "The Tuner" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" were both nominated for the Golden Globe Awards that I became inflated?
Li Binbin is now determined to go international and wants to develop in Hollywood like Zhang Ziyi. Therefore, she has been paying attention to Hollywood. Without waiting for Wang Shu to reply, she continued, "From what I know, it seems that David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" has the greatest chance of winning the award, followed by "The Tuner". Director Wang, are you really confident that you can win the award for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"?"

Liu Dehua was also confused after hearing this.

He knows David Fincher, he is an internationally renowned director with a long history.

He did not deny that Wang Shu was very talented and capable.

David Fincher
“Haha.” Wang Shu laughed twice and said, “What’s the point of having a lot of support? Even if The Piano Tuner and The Wolf of Wall Street don’t win the Golden Globe Awards this time, it won’t be The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”

"Not to mention, I have confidence in the movie 'The Wolf of Wall Street'."

"The Wolf of Wall Street?" As soon as Liu Dehua heard it, he knew that Wang Shu was more confident about The Wolf of Wall Street than The Piano Tuner.

However, he had not seen this movie and did not understand why Wang Shu was so confident.

Li Binbin was also very confused. "The Piano Tuner" is a very exciting movie with twists and turns. He couldn't understand why Wang Shu was more optimistic about "The Wolf of Wall Street".

Wang Shu smiled and said: "The Wolf of Wall Street is adapted from the autobiography of a legendary Wall Street trader."

"Um"

"This movie is quite relevant to the financial crisis."

He was confused. Logically, many people should know that "The Wolf of Wall Street" was adapted from the autobiography of a Wall Street trader, but Li Binbin and Liu Dehua seemed to be unaware of this.

Is it that the news is not widely circulated in China, or that Li Binbin and Liu Dehua are not particularly concerned about this?

He prefers the latter.

Upon hearing this, Liu Dehua thought about it for a moment and vaguely guessed the reason.

Li Binbin was confused and asked, "What's wrong with comparing it to the financial crisis?"

Wang Shu was too lazy to explain this question and said, "You will know when the time comes."

Li Binbin was very dissatisfied with Wang Shu's perfunctory answer and immediately rolled his eyes at him.

The topic had been diverted at this point, and the two did not dwell on what Wang Shu had said before, that even if "The Piano Tuner" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" failed to win awards, it would not be the turn of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button".

Although David Fincher is indeed a well-known director at this stage, his honors in the film industry are actually not as good as Wang Shu's.

Even though David Fincher has been in the industry for many years and has made some well-known films such as "Alien 3," "Seen," and "Zodiac," he actually has no outstanding film honors.

In contrast, for Wang Shu, a Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival is already an unattainable film award for him.

The popularity of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is greater than that of "The Tuner" simply because David Fincher is a veteran director who has been in Hollywood for many years.

In contrast, Wang Shu is just a young Chinese-language film director who has just arrived in Hollywood.

In this case, David Fincher must be the most popular choice.

Li Binbin was curious about the movie "The Wolf of Wall Street" and wanted to continue talking about it, but he had to give up because the interview was about to begin.

After more than two hours, the recording of the interview program was completed perfectly.

Li Binbin suggested: "Director Wang, Brother Hua, it's still early, how about going for a midnight snack together?"

Li Binbin is an actress and needs to manage her figure every day. Generally, she would not eat midnight snacks to avoid getting out of shape.

At this moment, this proposal was just because Wang Shu had just returned from Hollywood, and she wanted to develop in Hollywood, so she wanted to use this opportunity to promote her friendship with Wang Shu.

Liu Dehua said helplessly: "I'm sorry, you guys go, I have other plans and can't go."

Since there was a schedule, it was not easy to force it. Li Binbin immediately said, "It doesn't matter. Brother Hua's work is more important."

After saying that, he looked at Wang Shu again and asked, "Director Wang, how about we go have a midnight snack?"

Wang Shu laughed and said, "I just got off the plane and came here. I haven't eaten yet."

"I was hungry and wanted to go for a midnight snack. Since you also have the same idea, let's go together."

When Li Binbin heard Wang Shu's agreement, a smile immediately appeared on his face.

Liu Dehua was just a sideshow, the real person she wanted to invite was Wang Shu.

As long as Wang Shu agrees, it doesn’t matter whether Liu Dehua goes or not.

"You guys go, I'm leaving first." Liu Dehua said.

Li Binbin and Wang Shu responded, and then went to have a midnight snack together.

December is winter in Beijing, and Wang Shu had not eaten yet, so the two of them discussed it and went to a hot pot restaurant.

Logically speaking, hotpot is more lively when there are more people.

However, Li Binbin had his own little thoughts, so he only went with Wang Shu and did not invite any friends to come along.

"Director Wang, do you want to drink?"

After ordering the dishes, Li Binbin asked considerately.

"No, just drink some juice." Although Wang Shu can drink, he is not addicted to alcohol and usually doesn't drink much.

When Li Binbin heard that Wang Shu didn't drink, a hint of disappointment appeared in his eyes.

For many things or topics, one can talk freely only after drinking a lot of wine.

(End of this chapter)