Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 777 Everyone is one of our own

The box office performance of "Wushuang" in the previous life is actually similar to that in this life.

However, as the Hong Kong film industry has been in decline for many years, the reputation of Hong Kong films simply cannot attract too many audiences to buy tickets, so the absolute value of the box office is much less.

"Yes, Director Zhou. Everyone in the crew is very excited and has decided to continue the roadshow until the last day."

"Then you must take care of your health and remember to rest."

Zhou Mo hung up the phone with a smile and looked down at the lunch in front of him.

A pizza with pineapple.

It is already the end of August, and today is the third day that Zhou Mo and Da Tiantian have been in Italy.

Since it was their first time in Italy, Zhou Mo and Da Tiantian did not go to Venice immediately, but instead wandered around Italy.

Compared to the British Empire, the food in Italy is indeed much richer.

So Zhou Mo tasted Italian food for three days in a row before ordering the first dish that "violated Italian ancestral teachings" after arriving in Italy.

"Try this, it tastes really good, try it."

Zhou Mo took a piece of pineapple pizza and placed it on Da Tiantian's plate.

Da Tiantian looked at the pineapple pizza on the plate, then looked around.

"I always feel an itch on my neck, as if someone is watching me."

Zhou Mo laughed out loud.

"Well, it's not that exaggerated. They are open for business. As long as you are willing to pay and eat, there is nothing they can't do."

There is a joke on the Internet: Pineapple pizza is to Italy what strawberry mapo tofu is to China.

But the problem is that strawberry mapo tofu has appeared in China before.

And some people actually eat it.

Thinking of this, Zhou Mo waved to the waiter.

"Hello, can you give me another pineapple pizza please?"

"no problem!"

The waiter left very happy.

Zhou Mo turned around and shrugged at Da Tiantian.

"See, that's it."

Da Tiantian had already finished the pineapple pizza on her plate, and the corners of her mouth were stained with sauce.

She gave Zhou Mo a thumbs up.

"That's great... I wish it would be that easy for us to win the prize this time."

Zhou Mo used a tissue to wipe the corners of Da Tiantian's mouth.

"It's actually not as difficult as you think. We may be able to win the Golden Lion this year."

"What do you mean?" Da Tiantian was a little confused.

She was not involved in Venice's prize-winning operation.

Therefore, I don’t have a very clear understanding of some of Zhou Mo’s preparations.

I only remember that after she asked Zhou Mo about something, Zhou Mo replied with a picture of Shaolin Soccer:

They are all my people.jpg.

Zhou Mo explained: "Do you know Guillermo, the winner of this year's Oscar for Best Director?"

Da Tiantian nodded.

"Well, I remember that his film The Shape of Water was a strong contender for the Best Picture Oscar, but it was defeated by you."

“He is also the chairman of the main competition jury in Venice this year.”

Da Tiantian was a little shocked at first, then frowned slightly.

"You competed with him for Oscar and defeated him. Why would he help you this time?"

"Did you remember that The Shape of Water was involved in a copyright dispute when the Oscars were held?"

Da Tiantian's eyes lit up.

"It's about whether the plot of The Shape of Water is plagiarized."

Zhou Mo nodded.

"Yes."

After the release of "The Shape of Water", he was sued by David, the heir of Paul, a news tycoon.

David believes that the content of "The Shape of Water" plagiarized "Let Me Hear Your Heart" which Paul once co-wrote, including but not limited to the story line, basic plot, key plot points, and scene arrangement. Plagiarism is a common topic in the literary and art circles all over the world.

On the one hand, there are routines in literary and artistic creation. Some classic combinations have been widely circulated since they were developed, and later even became routines and are used more and more.

A typical example is the chord progression in music.

Plagiarism appraisal in the music circle can be regarded as a classic activity in the circle.

On the other hand, there has never been a particularly accurate dividing line between plagiarism, reference, and tribute in the world.

What is plagiarism, what is reference, and what is tribute.

No one can give an extremely precise definition.

These days, even precise definitions are likely to lead to disputes.

Not to mention it's not precisely defined.

Typical examples include Nolan’s masterpieces “Inception” and “Paprika”.

In addition, there are "Avatar", "Zootopia" and so on.

They have all been involved in plagiarism scandals.

The controversy over David's lawsuit against The Shape of Water and Guillermo del Toro became a big deal during the Oscars.

Thanks to this incident, Achuan has increased the chances of "Firefighter" winning awards.

Although this operation seems to violate the spirit of fair competition, neither Zhou Mo nor Gilmore took it too seriously.

We are all lottery winners, so everyone knows how to do it.

In addition, after the Oscars, Guillermo contacted Zhou Mo several times to thank him for helping to clear up the dirty water on "The Shape of Water".

Back to the present.

Da Tiantian was very happy after listening to Zhou Mo's explanation.

"That means we've already won the most important vote before the film festival even starts?"

"almost."

Zhou Mo nodded.

Why does he think so highly of Gilmore?

Because this guy really helps his own people.

In the previous life, the winner of the 2018 Venice Golden Lion Award was the film "Roma".

This "Rome" has nothing to do with Rome, the predecessor of Italy.

The word "Roma" is the reverse of "love" in Spanish. The whole movie is adapted by the director Cuarón based on his own experience.

The reason why I mention Caron is because this guy is Mexican.

And Guillermo is also a Mexican.