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Chapter 535: I drank some wine and had to sacrifice myself

If we ask which domestic director is most familiar with shooting movies with green screens, Wang Shu would be the first one to come to mind.

In the past, due to the maturity of film and television production technology, green screens were a common thing.

Usually, green screens are only used in cheap film and television productions.

A bold film work, shot on location.

For example, Marvel superhero movies were shot entirely with green screens and were criticized for being cheap.

Of course, this is after green screen technology became popular.

At this stage, the use of green screen can be hyped up as a special effects blockbuster.

Ten years later, when the word green screen is mentioned, it has a cheap feel to it.

Because Wang Shu was familiar with green screen shooting, the filming of "Life of Pi" progressed very quickly.

Under normal circumstances, it would take at least three months to complete the filming.

Under his guidance, it can be completed in just over a month.

In comparison, it saves half the time.

Producer Jill and Elizabeth from Fox Production Department were quite surprised and exclaimed in amazement.

"Shu, if there is a script in the future, I would like to work with you again." Jill handed Wang Shu a cup of coffee and said sincerely.

Wang Shu doesn't like drinking coffee very much, but Europeans and Americans are used to drinking it.

Both Jill and Elizabeth are indispensable every day.

He took the coffee, took a sip symbolically, and said with a smile: "That depends on how your script is, and whether I have time."

Jill laughed and said, "Don't worry about that. If the script is not good, I will definitely not contact you."

In fact, he said this, but he didn't think so in his heart.

As a director, Wang Shu is not only a strong person, but also a "quick shooter". Not only can he save a lot of expenses and time, but the works he produces are also very good.

If we work closely with Wang Shu, relying on Wang Shu's speed in making movies, we can complete many movies in a short period of time.

By then, you will make a lot of money.

For example, when working with other directors, Wang Shu can finish two films in the time it takes for other directors to shoot one.

Elizabeth was also there, listening to their conversation, and said with a smile, "Shu, Fox would like to continue to cooperate with you in the future."

"Fox would like to sign a contract with you if possible."

The contract signed refers to Wang Shu helping Fox make a movie.

If it is a small-time director, he will usually be invited as a contracted director.

Elizabeth did not mean this about an Oscar-winning director like Wang Shu.

Rather, a contract director.

To put it simply, this kind of contract means that Fox pays Wang Shu a signing fee of tens of millions of US dollars, and then within three to five years, Wang Shu needs to help Fox shoot three to five films.

The signing fee of tens of millions of US dollars was not the director's remuneration, but the remuneration for Wang Shu to shoot three or five works for Fox.

The remuneration of the director who sets up the crew for filming will be calculated separately.

Moreover, apart from the agreement to make a few films for Fox within three to five years, there are no other restrictions.

Wang Shu can also shoot films invested by other film companies.

Take Shanghai Film Group for example. As the most profitable film company in China, Shanghai Film Group has always wanted to make big moves, but it has nowhere to put its energy.

Then, they found director Chen Kaige and spent tens of millions of dollars to sign a contract with him.

The content of the contract is that Chen Kaige will help Shanghai Film Group direct several films within four to five years.

Chen Kaige does not need to write the script, everything is provided by Shanghai Film Group, and Director Chen is only responsible for directing.

Hearing this, Wang Shu smiled and declined, "Yili, thank you for your kindness, but forget about signing the contract."

If it were other directors, if a film company offered good enough conditions, nine out of ten times they would agree.

After all, just agreeing to make a few movies for him would result in extremely generous remuneration.

And then get the director's fee, which is another good income.

However, Wang Shu didn't want to be restricted.

Signing this kind of contract means that he will need to take a lot of time to shoot Fox movies in the next few years.

If we spend our time here, we won't have enough time to shoot other films.

This is not in his current interest, and he would not agree to it even if Fox offered a higher price.

Not to mention, this kind of contract would cost no more than 10 or 20 million US dollars.

Elizabeth was not surprised to hear this. She smiled and said, "Shu, if you think the price is too low, you can talk about it again. Fox will definitely give you a satisfactory price."

For Fox, working with a "quickshooter" director like Wang Shu can save the crew a lot of expenses.

Signing a contract with Wang Shu was nothing more than transferring the savings made by the crew to him.

This expense, which is essential for cooperating with other directors, is used in exchange for shortening the film's production cycle and making a small profit without losing money.

In other words, Fox cooperated with other directors, and because the shooting period was not short, the crew expenses and investment were inevitable.

But if we cooperate with Wang Shu, because Wang Shu shoots films quickly, the shooting cycle can be shortened, thus saving the crew's expenses and investment.

In this case, it would be better to transfer the saved money to Wang Shu and seek long-term cooperation with Wang Shu.

"Yili, this is not a question of price, but I really don't have such plans." Wang Shu continued to decline.

When Jill heard Wang Shu's constant refusal, the smile on his face did not diminish.

He is an independent producer and Fox is his investor.

And he is not affiliated with Fox.

Therefore, if Wang Shu agrees to cooperate with Fox, Wang Shu will spend most of his time shooting movies produced by Fox in the future.

In this way, if he had a script and wanted to get investment and ask Wang Shu to cooperate, Wang Shu would basically have no time to cooperate with him.

From his point of view, he certainly doesn't want Wang Shu to sign a contract with Fox.

"Shu, you can make other movies in Hollywood just as well. You have to make movies anyway. If you cooperate with Fox, you can not only get the director's salary, but also a considerable signing fee. Why don't you cooperate with Fox?" Elizabeth was puzzled and couldn't understand.

It is undeniable that this is the truth.

However, Wang Shu didn't want to be welded to death by Fox for such a small amount of US dollars.

Although you can get money as soon as you sign the contract, there are no restrictions.

But there is no guarantee that Fox will come up with some messy scripts for him to direct. If the script is too bad, even he will fail.

For Wang Shu, there was no need to weld himself to death for such a small amount of money.

"Yili, what you said makes sense, but I don't have any plans to do so for the time being." Wang Shu still declined.

Elizabeth replied in surprise: "Shu, do you know that many famous directors in Hollywood have signed this kind of contract?"

"To put it bluntly, this is just the film company giving money to the director for free."

Wang Shu smiled and said, "I know about this. I might consider it in the future."

"But right now, I don't have any plans to do so."

"Okay." Elizabeth was just expressing Fox's idea to Wang Shu. Since Wang Shu was not interested at all, there was no need to persuade him further.

Jill then said with a smile: "Eli, since Shu doesn't want to sign the contract, there is no need for you to force him."

"It's better not to sign the contract. If we don't sign the contract, Wang Shuke will have too many choices." "And if I sign the contract with Fox, I can only shoot Fox's movies most of the year, and I basically have no time to shoot other movies."

"If the script you Fox gave to Shu is good, then it's fine. But if the script is bad, Shu will be very upset."

When Elizabeth heard this, she looked at Jill and said unhappily, "Jill, if you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb."

"Haha." Jill laughed when he heard that.

The two are very good friends and will not be angry about this.

Jill looked at Wang Shu and said with a smile, "Shu, it's better to cooperate with independent producers like us. This way you have more choices."

Elizabeth rolled her eyes at him and complained, "Working with independent producers does give us more choices."

"But will you give me money?"

This is a decisive statement.

After a few days of filming, the crew went on vacation again.

This is a Hollywood crew, they have to rest when it’s time to take a break.

Although the actors in the crew are Indian artists, they can completely ignore these issues.

However, many of the crew members are from Fox, and they have to require the crew to operate according to the rules and regulations.

Punch in and out every day, and take a day off on weekends.

Therefore, even if the actors and Wang Shu of the crew did not rest, and the other staff of the crew took a vacation, they still could not shoot.

In comparison, domestic film and television crews do not have the concept of clocking in and out, or taking rest on weekends.

"Shu, the Yangtze River in your country looks much cleaner than the Ganges in our country." Tabu looked at the turbulent river, turned back to look at Wang Shu and said with a smile.

During the break, Tabu asked Wang Shu to have lunch with her, and after lunch asked Wang Shu to take her out for a walk. Wang Shu then took her for a walk along the greenway along the Yangtze River.

In order to avoid being recognized and causing trouble, the two did not go to crowded places, but stayed in sparsely populated areas.

The reason for this is not that I am worried that someone will speculate about something, but I am worried about being recognized and blocked.

It would not be good to attract onlookers then.

Wang Shu smiled and said, "I was going to be polite to you and tell you that the water in the Ganges is also very clean."

"But when the words come to my lips, I just can't open them."

Tabu was delighted when he heard this and deliberately said, "Actually, the water of the Ganges is quite clean."

"Tabu, are you serious?" Wang Shu was speechless.

The water of the Ganges is known as the periodic table of elements, and it contains everything.

That is to say, Indians can bathe and even drink water in it without any concern.

Any normal person would find it disgusting and unbearable.

"Haha." Seeing this, Tabu laughed happily.

After he finished laughing, he added: "The water of your Yangtze River is indeed cleaner than that of the Ganges."

In fact, the water of the Yangtze River in the Jiangcheng area is very turbid. In addition, inland cities discharge dirty water into rivers, which is also not clean.

It can only be said that there is no harm without comparison.

Compared with the Ganges River in India, the water in the Jiangcheng section of the Yangtze River is naturally hundreds of times cleaner.

It is undeniable that Jiangcheng has a sewage purification plant, and the sewage is filtered before being discharged into the Yangtze River.

This is only true in theory, but in reality there are many secret and other types of arrangements.

In addition, the sewage from the surrounding small cities basically flows directly into the tributaries and into the Yangtze River, so there is a lot of dirt in it.

Not to mention other things, even in a city like Shenzhen, there are many factories that secretly discharge industrial wastewater into rivers at night, not to mention inland cities like Jiangcheng.

For example, the foreign water city of Venice has a sewage treatment system.

As a result, some people still secretly discharged sewage, turning the water city into a stinky city.

Wang Shu asked curiously, "Tabu, I heard that many people in your country have drunk the water of the Ganges? Have you ever drunk it?"

"No." Tabu answered when he heard the question.

Seeing that Wang Shu was still curious, he continued, "I don't know if others drink it or not, but I don't drink it anyway."

"In daily life, I usually drink imported purified water."

Wang Shu nodded when he heard this.

He knew that the poor in India drank the water of the Ganges.

Moreover, poor Indians generally do not have the right to be cremated by the Ganges after death. However, because of their religious beliefs, they throw the dead into the Ganges and then drink the water.

Faith is needed, and the holy water of the Ganges is also needed.

All.

As for the rich people in India, they have received higher education and it is impossible for them not to know that the water of the Ganges is the periodic table of elements.

What Wang Shu was curious about was whether the wealthy Indians would taste the Ganges water for the sake of their faith even though they knew it was on the periodic table.

Now it seems that the rich are more concerned about their own health and do not drink Ganges water.

He also knew something about the fact that rich Indians drink imported purified water.

Therefore, when Tabu said she drank imported purified water, she was not showing off, but doing so in her daily life and she was telling the truth.

After Tabu finished speaking, he continued with a smile: "Tree, do you want to drink the water of the Ganges?"

"If you want, I'll take you there to get some water next time we go to India."

"Don't!" Wang Shu heard this with a look of resistance on his face.

He is a normal person. He will not abuse himself or endure hardship.

If you are shooting a video or gaining traffic, take a sip for that purpose.

But he doesn't need to do that. There is no need to force himself to endure the hardship.

"Haha." Seeing Wang Shu's resistance, Tabu laughed happily.

In a blink of an eye, the afternoon was over and the two had dinner together again.

During dinner, Tabu drank some wine.

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Wang Shu has been rejecting the other party with righteous words, but Tabu is too proactive.

In addition, when he came to China, he was the host and Tabu was the guest.

As a host, you can't neglect your guests.

In desperation, he could only sacrifice himself.

In fact, Wang Shu knew in his heart that the reason why Tabu was so proactive was simply because he was the youngest Oscar-winning director in history, and he also developed a fondness for him as they got to know each other.

After all, Tabu is a well-known first-line actress in India. Even if Wang Shu is the youngest Oscar-winning director in history, she will not take the initiative if they are not very close.

And if they are familiar with each other, have a good impression of each other, and think that if the relationship is further developed, they will be supported by Wang Shu.

The combination of several factors will make it proactive.

Big-name actors all have status and are usually very dignified.

Only third- or fourth-tier actors would approach a big director without hesitation when they see him.

Big-name actors need to see benefits before they take action.

(End of this chapter)