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Chapter 639

Anne Hathaway, Kristen Stewart, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and others were also surprised that Wang Shu could write lyrics and compose music?

So almighty?

Everyone knows that Wang Shu knows Taylor Swift.

After all, the MTV Video Music Awards made so much news, and even the President of the United States commented on it. Anyone who has access to the Internet or television basically knows about this incident.

For a time, many people were talking about it not only in the American music circle, but also in Hollywood.

Many people know that Wang Shu is a creative director who is not only good at directing movies, but also at writing scripts.

Moreover, the scripts written are excellent.

Such an outstanding creative director actually wrote a song for Taylor Swift!

It's so surprising!
"Shu, can you write lyrics and compose music?" Wang Shu received a call from Christine.

This Twilight girl is already a popular actress in the United States.

Its nature is somewhat similar to that of Yang Mi and others, who are well-known but have no real strength.

"Yes." Wang Shu responded.

If this happened in China, it wouldn't be surprising at all.

Because many people in China know that Wang Shu is also a singer.

It’s just that there is an information gap in Europe and the United States.

"Ah? You really can do that?" Christine was surprised. "I thought the songwriter of Taylor's latest single just had the same name as you, so I called you to confirm it, but I didn't expect it was really you."

"Haha." Wang Shu laughed and said, "I can write lyrics and compose music, but you just don't know it."

When Kristen heard this, she was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "So, many people in China know about this?"

"Yes." Wang Shu responded with a smile.

When Kristen heard this, she couldn't help but praise him, "Shu, you are really amazing. You can feel everything."

"Haha, you are also very good." Wang Shu said modestly.

Everyone loves to hear nice words. Christine blushed slightly and said, "I'm far from you."

Then he asked, "Shu, are you home?"

"Yes." Wang Shu responded.

"I'll come find you," Christine said.

"Okay." Wang Shu responded.

In the evening, Christine appeared at Wang Shu's apartment and they talked about their ideals in life.

More than two hours later, Christine drove away.

She lives with her mother and cannot stay overnight at Wang Shu's apartment.

On February 2, Wang Shu appeared in London, England.

In addition to him, the main creative staff of "Life of Pi" also came to London.

In the evening, Wang Shu appeared at the cocktail party held by the crew
"Shu, long time no see." When Tabu saw Wang Shu coming, he opened his arms and hugged him.

"Long time no see." Wang Shu responded with a smile.

The two chatted for a while, and then one of the producers, Gil Netter, came over. He held a glass of champagne and made a toast. Then he smiled and said, "Shu, are you confident that you can beat "Avatar" and "The Hurt Locker" to win the award?"

There are five nominated films including "Life of Pi", and Jill Netter believes that the biggest competitors are "Avatar" and "The Hurt Locker".

"Avatar" won the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture in this awards season, and "The Hurt Locker" also won many association awards.

Although "Life of Pi" won many awards during the award season, most of them were Best Director awards.

Simply put, Wang Shu won many awards, but Jill Nett, as a producer, mostly got nothing in return.

Associated with him is the Best Picture Award.

However, most of the popularity was taken away by "Avatar" or "The Hurt Locker".

Jill Netter believes that "Life of Pi" is far superior to "Avatar" and "The Hurt Locker" in terms of artistic quality.

But the global box office success of "Avatar" is clear, and "The Hurt Locker" is another film that suits the appetite of old men.

This made him quite helpless.

"I definitely have confidence, but I don't know whether the organizing committee will give me the award." Wang Shu continued with a smile.

In terms of artistic quality, Wang Shu believes that "Life of Pi" has the highest artistic quality among the five nominated films.

Therefore, he is confident that he can win the British Academy Film Award for Best Director just like he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director.

It’s just that film award ceremonies all over the world are a game of dividing the cake.

In particular, Best Picture and Best Director are rarely awarded to the same film at the same time.

Therefore, if he wins the Best Director Award, the Best Picture Award might be in jeopardy.

After all, the two movies "Avatar" and "The Hurt Locker" are here.

Even if we don’t give the award to “Avatar”, we should give the American Soldier Award to “The Hurt Locker”.

"I think the Best Director award should be yours, but the Best Picture award may go to our Life of Pi or The Hurt Locker."

"Cameron's Avatar has the least hope, relatively speaking."

Seeing Wang Shu's surprise, Jill Nett immediately said, "The British Academy Film Awards are different from the Golden Globe Awards. This award is known as the British Oscars."

“Since it’s called Oscar, it’s natural that it should be similar to the real Oscar style.”

“Therefore, it is easier for art films to win awards, but it is more difficult for commercial films.”

Wang Shu was of course aware of this, but he still pretended to know it for the first time, and said after a moment of realization: "So, the best film will be one of "Life of Pi" and "The Hurt Locker"? "

"That's about it. I hope I have better luck tomorrow." Jill Nate said with a smile.

After the cocktail party, Tabu followed Wang Shu back to the hotel suite and stayed there for nearly two hours before leaving.

She couldn't stay overnight in Wang Shu's room because, as a nominated actress, she had to attend the award ceremony tomorrow and needed to put on makeup, change her dress, etc.

In the middle of the night, Christine knocked on the door and Wang Shu talked with her about his ideal life. The whole conversation lasted only about an hour.

Wang Shu can do it because of his strong ability.

If it is someone with weak ability, it basically won’t work.

After the conversation, Christine lay in Wang Shu's arms, and Wang Shu asked softly: "Are you confident about tomorrow?"

Kristen has been nominated for the Rising Star Award and will also be attending this year's BAFTA Awards.

In the original timeline, it was she who won the award.

"I don't know." Kristen continued, "All the nominated actors are very competitive, and I don't know if I can win the award."

She was not being polite, but speaking the truth.

The Rising Star Award is simply a newcomer award, and it is difficult to determine who the best newcomer is until the last moment.

Unless someone is far ahead of the others.

Although "Twilight" did well at the box office and Kristen became famous after its release, it doesn't mean that there is no one who can compete with her.

"I think it will be you." Wang Shu's hands were not honest, but were playing with things.

Christine smiled faintly and responded, “It would be nice if you were a member of the organizing committee.”

"Haha." Wang Shu laughed when he heard that, and said, "Twilight is a big hit, and many people like this movie."

"The Rising Star Award is most likely yours."

"I'm not just talking nonsense, I really feel that way."

When Christine heard this, her emotional value was satisfied, and she smiled and said, "I also want to win this award. I hope I can get it in the end."

After that, he asked, "What about you? Are you confident that you can win the Best Director Award?"

"About a 50% chance." Wang Shu responded.

"Half?" Christine was surprised and confused.

Wang Shu whispered, "It's either Kathryn Bigelow or me."

Hearing this, Christine smiled and teased, "Avatar is a commercial film, so it is indeed difficult for it to win an award. I just didn't expect you to ignore the other two nominated films."

"But you said your biggest competitor is Kathryn Bigelow. Although her film The Hurt Locker lost at the Golden Globe Awards, it may win a big prize at the British Academy Film Awards."

She had always been acting in art films, but nothing worked out for her, so she auditioned for Twilight.

Although his acting skills are not that good, he is quite familiar with major award ceremonies.

The film "The Hurt Locker" tells the story of Sergeant Williams James who was transferred to the Army's Desperate Company bomb disposal team after the US military invaded Iraq. During a warehouse bomb disposal mission, Williams believed that the Iraqi boy used as a corpse bomb was Beckham, a pirated DVD seller he met in the barracks. The death of little Beckham made Williams even more crazy, and he left the barracks secretly and went into the city alone to investigate.

After the movie was released, Xinhuanet commented: "The Hurt Locker" is also enough to inspire Chinese movies: America has never lacked war movies, but it needs more masterpieces that see through human nature through war. The success of "The Hurt Locker" once again reminds the audience that movies not only need entertainment and comedy, but also need deep thinking and perseverance. The 130-minute "The Hurt Locker" is gripping, and the experience of three bomb disposal soldiers in Iraq reflects the real situation of the peacekeeping force (US military) stationed in Iraq. The large number of moving shots and pseudo-documentary shooting techniques in the film have a strong visual impact. Several bomb disposal sections are like strong drum beats that intensively beat the hearts of the audience. The short story of whether an Iraqi boy was used as a human bomb brings the whole film to a climax.

The online media commented: Film art is the most in-depth platform for human beings to think and discuss war. What is valuable is that "The Hurt Locker" fully describes a bomb disposal team, a highly professional and brave team that will never attack. The film crew tried their best to understand the truth and reflect the reality. They filmed in the Middle East and showed an Iraqi battlefield close to the documentary level. The film uses a lot of shots and details to show the indifference of the Iraqi people. The film praises the loyalty, friendship and unity of American soldiers, as well as the ordinary American soldiers in the film who do their duty and regard honor as their life.

The last two sentences of the online media are, "The film uses a lot of shots and details to show the indifference of the Iraqi people. The film praises the loyalty, friendship and unity of American soldiers, as well as the ordinary American soldiers in the film who do their duty and regard honor as their life."

Regardless of whether the movie is good or not, these two sentences are the key to winning awards.

There is a reason why Wang Shu regards this movie as the biggest competitor, because no matter how well other movies are made, they cannot beat the last two sentences of the online media's evaluation of "The Hurt Locker".

"Life of Pi" is obviously far superior to "The Hurt Locker" in terms of artistic quality, but "The Hurt Locker" praises the US military.

Although this is the British Academy Film Awards ceremony, the British Academy Film Awards has a special Best British Film award that is specifically given to British films.

Therefore, there is no situation where the British Academy Film Awards favors British films and does not award the grand prize to films from other regions.

Of course, if there is a British film that is truly outstanding, both Best Film and Best British Film will naturally be awarded to the British film.

However, the Best British Film Award was specially set up precisely because it was impossible to win, so there were two major awards: Best British Film and Best Film.

Kristen didn't hear Wang Shu's words. She looked up and said, "I think it will be the same as the Golden Globe Awards, with you and Kathryn Bigelow taking the Best Picture and Best Director awards."

Wang Shu responded without comment: "I think so too."

In the original timeline, "The Hurt Locker" won both the Best Director Award and the Best Picture Award. If Wang Shu could win one, it would undoubtedly be snatching it from the tiger's mouth.

"The Hurt Locker" lost at the Golden Globe Awards because the Golden Globe Awards wanted to differentiate itself from the Oscars and move towards a more commercial direction.

Coupled with the global box office success of "Avatar", this is why "Avatar" won the grand prize.

The British Academy Film Awards and the Oscars are still the same old things. As a commercial film, "Avatar" has no problem getting nominated, but it is more difficult to win the award.

This is exactly why Wang Shu had planned to make an art film after filming "Interstellar" to compete for an Oscar.

"Interstellar" is also a commercial film. It was nominated for an Oscar in the original timeline but did not win the grand prize.

"Do you think it's Best Picture or Best Director?" Kristen asked curiously.

"Best Director." Wang Shu responded without thinking.

It’s not that the Best Director award is closely related to him, so he mentioned the Best Director, but if the Best Director and Best Picture awards come from "Life of Pi" and "The Hurt Locker", then "The Hurt Locker" would be the Best Picture just because it praises the US military.

Not to mention, Li An's version of "Life of Pi" in the original timeline was not shortlisted for the British Academy Film Awards.

However, it was not even nominated for Best Picture or Best Director, and only won minor awards such as Best Cinematography and Best Special Visual Effects.

Now, directed by Wang Shu, he dares to say that he has a chance to win a big prize by leading everyone to make money together.

Otherwise, it will most likely be the same as the original timeline.

On February 2, the British Academy Film Awards ceremony officially opened.

The red carpet was filled with European and American stars, the starlight was shining brightly and attracting much attention.

The British Academy Film Awards used to be only for British films, but later it was changed to allow any film that had been released in the UK to participate in the selection.

The best film awards are divided into three categories: Best Film, Best British Film, and Best Film Not in the English Language.

Focus on one and everyone will win a prize.

In fact, this is done mainly to deal with the existence of Hollywood.

If there was only one Best Picture award, it would most likely go to a Hollywood film.

The establishment of the Best British Film and Best Non-English Film awards takes into account both British films and films from other regions besides Hollywood in the United States.

(End of this chapter)