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Chapter 380 Big Pie
Wang Zhiwen smiled and had no objection.

nonsense.

He has collaborated with Huang Ze twice.

But who would complain about too many collaborations?

Seeing Huang Ze becoming more and more successful, with the movies he shot breaking the 100 million mark one after another and making Li Lianjie and Jackie Chan international movie stars, there was no way he would have a dispute with Huang Ze over his weight.

Not to mention losing another five pounds, even if he became skinny as a bag of bones, he would have no problem.

For fame and fortune.

As an actor, who can really ignore this?

His father died when he was young and his mother managed the family alone, so he understood the importance of profit even more clearly.

And this collaboration is obviously more important than "Good Will Hunting" and "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels".

Of those two movies, one was Huang Ze’s debut film, which did not do very well at the box office. Instead, the North American remake achieved decent box office, but that had little to do with him as the protagonist of the original version!

"Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" had good box office results, but the film, firstly, was not that big of a box office hit, secondly, he was only one of the main characters, and thirdly, even the main characters did not have many roles.

The real achievement of this movie is Huang Ze alone!
Multi-line narrative, film genius!
This is the film that made Huang Ze famous in the world film industry.

But Huangze today is no longer what it used to be.

He believes that if living directors were ranked, Huang Ze would undoubtedly be in the top ten no matter how they were ranked.

Look at the awards, Golden Lion, Palme d'Or, Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Looking at the box office, starting with "Pulp Fiction", four consecutive films have grossed over 100 million in North America and over 200 million worldwide.

In terms of influence on the industry, "In the Mood for Love" has a huge impact, and the innovations in narrative methods of "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" and "Pulp Fiction" are also talked about by directors and film critics.

Without him, this ranking would be meaningless.

The current leading man Huang Ze is definitely worth striving for with all your might.

Not to mention that the other person took the initiative to find him, which made Wang Zhiwen feel like a man would die for his friend.

"Director Huang, you are here in person, you will win the big prize again this time, right?" Xu Qing put a plate of food on the table, and asked Huang Ze with a smile in a joking tone.

"I may not win a big award, but the leading actor in this play has a lot of room to perform. If Zhiwen performs well, he may win the Best Actor award."

"Oscar winner?" Xu Qing asked with a smile.

"You, you dare to think even more than me!" Huang Ze shook his head helplessly, not knowing what to say.

In his previous life, the director and starring actor of this film, Roberto Benigni, did win the Oscar for Best Actor.

But the identities are different!

The other party is white, so he is naturally more easily accepted by the Oscar judges.

And he's Italian.

Italians are certainly not as influential as Jews in Hollywood, but they are also quite powerful.

Two of the four great directors in Hollywood in the 1980s, Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese, were of Italian descent.

Italians will take advantage of this to some extent.

Of course, Huang Ze is an expert at making empty promises, and of course he knows how to arouse Wang Zhiwen's fighting spirit. He said, "It's impossible to win an Oscar for Best Actor. After all, there has only been one Best Actor winner who has been born abroad, and there has never been one Best Actress winner. Racial discrimination is actually everywhere."

"But if it's just a nomination, we can still do something about it." As expected, when this was said, not only Wang Zhiwen, but even Xu Qing shuddered, his eyes widened, and a smile was forced out of his stiff face, "I was just joking, can I really get an Oscar nomination for Best Actor?"

"Brother Huang?" Wang Zhiwen couldn't help but ask.

"How should I answer this?" Huang Ze spread his hands.

"I can't speak for all the Oscar voters, I'm just saying it's possible."

"For this new film, I plan to open it in at least a few hundred theaters in the United States, and I also want to get more nominations for the Oscars. I will use some funds for public relations. The protagonist of this film does have a lot of room to play."

"But how many nominations can he get? Can he get a nomination for Best Actor? If I tell you now that I can get one, do you believe me?"

"I believe it." Wang Zhiwen nodded quickly.

"..."

Huang Ze was speechless, "Xin, just perform well and don't fall behind."

"The person you are working with this time is Zhang Manyu."

"You are a young actress who just won the Berlin Film Festival Best Actress Award. Don't show your shyness."

"Definitely not."

"Okay, here is the script. Before the New Year, you should get to know the role first." Huang Ze handed the script to Wang Zhiwen.

As soon as he got the script, Wang Zhiwen was very excited. He wanted to look through it several times, but he held back and decided to wait until Huang Ze left before reading it.

Huang Ze punched him at the hungry expression and said, "Go ahead and watch it. After you finish watching, we can talk about this character."

"Oh!" Wang Zhiwen then opened the script with satisfaction.

At the beginning, Wang Zhiwen frowned slightly. He felt that this story was not that good.

Isn't it just a story about a smooth-talking, even liar-like man, who hooks up with a rich girl again and again?

There are so many stories about poor boys and rich girls throughout history, both in China and abroad.

The key point is that this person does not have the good qualities of the poor boys in those stories.

He is not handsome, but he is good at talking.

Why does this story feel like it’s not of Director Huang’s quality?
This thought popped up in Wang Zhiwen’s mind.

Soon, he suppressed this thought again.

I have only seen so much. There must be bigger ones to come. I have to have faith in Brother Huang.

It was not until the male protagonist and his son were sent to the concentration camp that he had a bad feeling in his heart.

When he saw the male protagonist trying hard to make his son think this was a game before he was about to die, making eyes at his son who was hiding in the trash can, and finally walking towards the corner with a funny step and being shot dead by the fascists, Wang Zhiwen suddenly closed the script and raised his hand to pinch his eyebrows.

After pausing for more than ten seconds, he looked at Huang Ze with a wry smile.

"Director Huang, your script seemed average at first glance, but it was really shocking later on!"

"The last time I was so shocked was when I saw the little girl crying for her mother on the edge of the cliff in the film "War Meridian" directed by Feng Xiaoning, which was shot by our Beijing Film Academy Qingying Studio."

"No, your script incorporates the love of a father for his son. I have a feeling that the scene in which the protagonist disguises himself as a woman and is discovered, and then walks to his death in a funny way, is likely to become a classic scene in film history!"

"No problem, you must let me play this role!"

(End of this chapter)