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Mei Ting is now a popular actress. She is very busy with a lot of schedules and does not have much time to hang out at Wang Shu's house.

Wang Shu breathed a sigh of relief at this.

He has been overworked recently and needs to recharge his batteries.

But a big director is a big director after all. He had just returned to his villa and slept for a night when the next day the entertainment headlines of major media reported that he had returned to Beijing.

As the news spread, Wang Shu's cell phone started to ring from time to time with phone calls or text message tones.

Wang Shu originally planned to have a good sleep for two days in his villa in Beijing, and then return to his hometown to have the New Year's Eve dinner after he had recovered his strength.

You can also continue your recuperation while you are back in your hometown.

But now, it’s no longer possible.

……

"When did you come back?" Han Sanping was waiting outside the hotel. When he saw Wang Shu appear, he hurriedly greeted him warmly.

In the past, as the chairman of China Film Corporation, he would not have lowered his posture like this.

Now, it’s different.

It is undeniable that as the chairman of China Film Group Corporation, Han Sanping does not need to do so.

However, the two of them already had a deep friendship, and he also wanted to continue working with Wang Shu on blockbusters, so he expressed his attitude in this way.

"Yesterday." Wang Shu responded politely.

He originally wanted to rest at home, but his cell phone rang with many incoming calls, including one from Han Sanping.

Wang Shu is a man who clearly distinguishes between gratitude and resentment.

Although we have been cooperating with China Film Group for a long time, China Film Group has made a lot of money in the process.

But the fact that he, a nobody with no foundation, was able to gain a foothold in the capital and even reach his current status was all thanks to Han Sanping's care in the early days.

Otherwise, the huge capital city would not be able to accommodate him.

Although he does not cooperate with China Film, he can also cooperate with companies such as Huayi and Orange Sky.

However, if he cooperated with companies like Huayi and Chengtian, he would either become a golden employee of these companies, or be suppressed by these companies with contracts and unable to survive.

It was only because China Film Corporation is a state-owned enterprise, and Han Sanping had a history of supporting younger generations that he was able to grow under the protection of China Film Corporation.

For this, he has always been grateful in his heart.

"How many days do you plan to stay in the country?" Han Sanping asked as he led Wang Shu to the private room of the hotel.

"I probably won't be able to stay for long. I'll go back to my hometown for the Spring Festival, and then return to Beijing around the second day of the Chinese New Year. Then I'll participate in the promotion of La La Land before it is released in China. After that, I'll have to go to the British Academy Film Awards and the Oscars." Wang Shu recounted his upcoming itinerary.

Han Sanping nodded. He also knew that Wang Shu had a lot of schedules before and after the New Year, but he just asked about the topic.

The two walked into the private room and ordered some dishes.

There was no one else present at the dinner this time, only Wang Shu and Han Sanping.

"Are you sure, Oscar?" They were old friends who had known each other for many years. They did not engage in any formalities at the dinner table. They just ate, drank and chatted.

Wang Shu thought for a moment and said, "In the United States, I have the highest chance of winning the award, but I am not sure whether I can win it in the end."

"After all, if I win the Best Director Award at the Academy Awards again, I will be the first director in the world to win three consecutive Best Director Oscars."

"The Oscars will probably not allow me, a Chinese director, to become the first Chinese director to win three consecutive Best Director Oscars."

Although he said this, he was actually quite confident in his heart.

After all, he has been cultivating his connections in Hollywood since the financial crisis in 08.

But he definitely wouldn't say such things out loud, so he just had to pretend.

Han Sanping nodded and said, "Indeed, the American Film Academy will not be happy that the first director to win three consecutive Oscars is from China."

"After all, the Academy Awards is, to be exact, a native American award."

"Since it is a local award, it is difficult to open up the field and allow a Chinese director to become the first Chinese director to win the Best Director award three times in a row in Oscar history."

Wang Shu continued: "So whether or not you can win the award depends on fate."

"If you can get it, that's great, but if you can't, that's OK too."

Han Sanping smiled when he heard this: "After all, he is a consecutive Oscar-winning director. His vision is different from others."

Then he asked, "How about it? Have you considered making another blockbuster in the country?"

"Aren't you working with Paramount?"

"We can get Paramount involved and make a blockbuster co-produced with them for the world!"

Before Wang Shu came, he had guessed that Han Sanping would tell him this, and sure enough, that was exactly what happened.

Hearing this, he thought of "The Wandering Earth".

If this movie was only produced domestically, it would be difficult to make waves on the international stage, just like the original timeline.

But if we join the big Hollywood film and television companies with global distribution capabilities and leverage their distribution capabilities, perhaps things can change.

Since we have already filmed "Pacific Rim", it doesn't mean we can't film "The Wandering Earth".

Even though it is difficult to recover the costs in the current domestic market, it may be possible if the global market is included.

Moreover, filming "The Wandering Earth" in this era is obviously more prestigious than filming it in five or six years.

Because in this era, special effects blockbusters can still be amazing in the global market.

In a few years, Hollywood's green screen blockbusters will be everywhere, and by then, special effects blockbusters will not be surprising enough in the global market.

In the original timeline, the poor box office performance of "The Wandering Earth" after its release in North America was indeed due to the extremely small number of screens.

However, when "The Wandering Earth 2" was released in the United States, the number of screens was no less than that of "The Wandering Earth 1", but the box office it achieved was not as high as that of "The Wandering Earth 1".

This point actually explains a lot.

Now Wang Shu is filming "Interstellar" in Hollywood, and he is also an Oscar-winning director.

Relying on word of mouth, if the movie "The Wandering Earth" directed by him can be well distributed in the global market, it may really have a good box office.

Then he said: "I have previously bought the film and television adaptation rights of Liu Cixin's science fiction novel The Wandering Earth, and I do have the idea of ​​making it into a movie."

"But the script is still being adapted, and the preparations... will take quite a while."

Han Sanping's eyes lit up when he heard this.

It doesn’t matter how long the preparation stage lasts; what matters is that Wang Shu has this idea.

He asked doubtfully, "The Wandering Earth? Didn't many people recommend The Three-Body Problem to you online?"

Wang Shu calmly replied, "I have no idea about The Three-Body Problem, so I didn't buy the copyright from the beginning."

"On the contrary, I have some ideas about The Wandering Earth."

"The Wandering Earth is just The Wandering Earth." Han Sanping was not very interested in this. He was interested in Wang Shu's idea of ​​making a blockbuster. He then asked, "How far has the script been adapted?"

"It's just the beginning. After all, I have a lot to do." Wang Shu said half-truthfully.

In fact, he had already finished the script for "The Wandering Earth", but after being a quick shooter for several years, he planned to take a short break after the Oscars.

The world is so big, while you are still young, go around and see it.

In his heart, there was an idea.

There are more than 200 countries in the world. Even if you can't communicate with beauties from all countries, you should at least talk about your life ideals with beauties from more than 100 countries, right?
In this way, you will not have earned so much money in vain and your life will not have been in vain.

Of course, this was just his idle thought. As an upright person, he would not do this.

Han Sanping also knew that Wang Shu was a busy man, so he said, "After the Chinese New Year, you will gradually become less busy, right? Then you can pay more attention."

In the past, he would most likely urge her, but now it is different.

After that, he immediately asked, "If the script is ready, how much investment do you plan to make?"

"The preliminary estimate is 200 million US dollars." Wang Shu continued.

"Two hundred million?" Han Sanping subconsciously thought that the number was not large, and then suddenly realized that Wang Shu was talking about US dollars.

Two hundred million US dollars is 14 billion RMB!
Is there any movie in China whose cost is so high?
Even some of the previous co-produced blockbusters only cost tens of millions of dollars!

"Yes." Wang Shu responded with a smile.

Han Sanping was stunned for a moment. Even China Film Corporation could not afford this cost.

He said: "Is it our investment, or..."

"Of course we have to bring in Hollywood film companies," Wang Shu continued. "Whether it's Paramount, Warner, or other major Hollywood film companies, they all have strong global distribution capabilities."

"With them, the global distribution of The Wandering Earth can be guaranteed."

Han Sanping nodded. China Film Group can only guarantee domestic products, and there is indeed nothing wrong with that.

Wang Shu glanced at Han Sanping at this time, and then said: "In China, I also plan to pull the light and upper shadow together."

Han Sanping wanted to refuse immediately, but Wang Shu said, "After all, The Wandering Earth is a Chinese science fiction novel, so even if it is adapted into a movie script, domestic actors will be used for the roles."

"And this is likely to make the film less popular in the international market."

"Pull up the light and shadow, and share the cost."

After a brief pause, he continued, "After all, this is a movie that mainly stars domestic actors. The big Hollywood movie companies may not be optimistic about the film's performance in the international market and will invest cautiously."

“So…spread the risk a little bit smaller.”

When Han Sanping heard this explanation, he immediately felt it made sense and swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

Said: "Okay, let's do whatever you say."

Wang Shu saw this and smiled.

What he said sounded reasonable, but it was not actually the case.

In the Rays, he has equity.

Therefore, as long as the box office of "The Wandering Earth" breaks even, it will be beneficial for Light Media to go public and raise its stock price.

As for the film...

Ren Zhonglun approached him many times, and each time he was very sincere.

This time we have brought lights but no shadows... In the future, we won’t see each other when we look up, but we will see each other when we look down, which is not good.

The two then talked in detail about some related matters, and when the dinner was almost over, they left.

Wang Shu's dinner with Han Sanping was at noon, and he had another dinner appointment in the evening.

The daily life of a busy person is so plain and simple, rushing from one thing to the next.

……

In the evening, he went to a private room of a high-end restaurant.

When I opened the door, Zhou Xun was already waiting inside.

She was the only one in the private room, no one else.

"Are you here?" Zhou Xun stood up and greeted Wang Shu with a faint smile when he saw him.

Wang Shu nodded.

Zhou Xun pointed at the food on the table and said, "I ordered the dishes you like. If you want to eat anything else, you can order more."

"That's enough." Wang Shu replied politely.

He knew very well that actresses like Zhou Xun needed to manage their figure. This table of dishes was basically ordered for him, and Zhou Xun just tasted them at most.

As expected, during the meal, Zhou Xun only moved his chopsticks a few times and didn't eat much.

Wang Shu is different. He needs to replenish his energy, so he eats a lot.

Seeing this, Zhou Xun couldn't help but say, "Is the food in Los Angeles not to your taste?"

Wang Shu was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and replied vaguely: "Unless you go to some special stores over there, it's really not to your taste."

Zhou Xun smiled faintly and said, "So... it's better to stay in China, right?"

"Of course." Wang Shu responded without comment, "If Hollywood wasn't in the United States, I wouldn't go there."

Zhou Xun followed up on this topic and asked, "What's next? How many days will you stay in the country during the Spring Festival?"

"I can't stay for a few days." Wang Shu continued, "First I went back to my hometown to celebrate the New Year with my parents, then I went back to Beijing to participate in the promotion of La La Land, and then I went to Los Angeles."

Zhou Xun's eyes were always on Wang Shu. He said, "Speaking of La La Land, I haven't congratulated you in person for winning all six Golden Globe nominations."

"Shu, you are really amazing."

"He is the most talented and amazing director I have ever seen!"

"What? Are you moved?" Wang Shu teased with a smile.

Zhou Xun rolled his eyes when he heard this.

Then he pretended to be angry and said: "I am talking to you seriously, I am not kidding you."

"I'm serious, not joking." Wang Shu looked over and continued teasing.

When Zhou Xun saw this, he glared at him in anger.

Wang Shu chuckled and said, "Come here, I want to tell you something."

"What's the matter? Can't you just say this?" Although Zhou Xun said this, he had already stood up and walked to his side.

Wang Shu took this opportunity to pull Zhou Xun to sit on his lap in a flash, and then kissed her.

"Don't~" Zhou Xun struggled.

But her resistance was not very strong, and after a while, she stopped.

After a while, their lips parted.

Zhou Xun pretended to be vicious and snorted angrily: "How many times have I told you not to do this? Why are you still doing this?!"

Wang Shu did not answer the question, but said pitifully: "I miss women!"

Actually... he didn't want to.

But he needs to show what he wants...

When Zhou Xun saw Wang Shu looking so pitiful, he was not angry to begin with, but now he felt so distressed that he couldn't pretend to be vicious.

She reached out and touched Wang Shu's face, and said softly: "Even if you miss a woman, you can't do this to me~"

Wang Shu didn't reply, but kissed her again.

Zhou Xun had never been resistant to Wang Shu, and now he felt both soft-hearted and distressed.

In other words... there was not even a symbolic resistance. (End of this chapter)