Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 339 Let's make a bet, Harvey

When Fan Binbing left, it was still dark in LA.

Her assistant Xiaomei, who has been with her for many years, and her agent Sister Chen were both following her. Xiaomei looked as if she wanted to say something but hesitated, but after looking at Sister Chen, she swallowed her words back.

Sitting in the car on the way to the airport, Sister Chen fell asleep in the back seat. Xiaomei leaned over to Fan Binbing's ear and whispered, "Are you really leaving like this?"

Fan Binbing glared at her, turned his head to look, and then turned his head back to whisper, "Don't mention this again."

"Oh, but..."

Looking at the conflicted expression on Xiaomei's face, Fan Binbing knew what she was thinking.

Even half a year ago, she would have thought that this would never happen to her.

When did the first sprouts appear?
I can’t remember clearly.

It was probably on that night, after she went to Liu Yifei's home and talked with the girl all night, that the idea was completely formed.

On the night of New Year's Eve, watching him singing on TV, my thoughts finally became completely firm.

Originally, she had not figured it out. If this reunion was successful, how could she avoid arousing suspicion? What should she do next? How could she escape from the inside and outside? Where could she spend those long months?

However, what was originally just a pretext made up to cope with the situation turned into such an interesting idea in the man's mouth.

A hostel for international students in Canada?
Haha.

If Fan Binbing didn't kiss her at that moment, she would have laughed out loud.

She felt this was God's will.

It was God who, without his knowledge, provided her with a perfect excuse and a very suitable place to live in seclusion.

God is helping her.

Help her bring this child into the world.

At this moment, Fan Binbing's hand involuntarily rested on her lower abdomen.

She was 29 years old at that time, just the right age to be a mother.

She also seemed to be able to feel that life was beginning to grow in her body at this moment.

And this newborn life will be her unique sustenance in the future, her hope, and her everything.

It has nothing to do with anyone.

……

……

After Fan Binbing left, Chen Nuo resumed his life between the set and the hotel.

To be honest, it's quite boring.

"Inception" may be the most complicated and tiring movie Chen Nuo has ever shot.

Gunfights, car races, street chases, all kinds of fights, especially the shooting method of IMAX3D camera, required him to shoot every scene one shot at a time.

In this situation, the mental and physical drain on him is enormous.

For example, a scene where the characters enter a door, have a conversation, and after two or three sentences, a fight begins could have been shot with multiple cameras in a single go in just a dozen seconds.

But now, it has to be broken down into individual steps such as entering the door, dialogue, and fighting. If there are close-up shots, they must be re-shot in post-production. The entire workflow is almost three times as fast as before.

It's like shooting a low-budget independent movie, where the crew is so poor that they can only afford to rent one camera, so the machine can't work hard and only the people have to work harder.

If we say that the first half of the filming work that took place around the world was supported by a sense of freshness.

After returning to the studio in LA, the director, the actors, and even the paper man, all had only one thought in their minds:
HOLD ON.

Not only do the actors' physical and mental strength need to be sustained, but the money in the account also needs to be sustained.

That day, Qi Yuntian came back from the production meeting and mentioned this to Chen Nuo.

"According to the current shooting schedule, the film may end up exceeding the deadline, and the production costs are also expected to exceed the budget."

“By how much?”

"I estimate it to be around 1000 million to 2000 million US dollars."

"……Then what?"

"Both of them wanted to get more money today. Luo Rui and the guy from Hengdian had a long argument today. Luo Rui wanted to squeeze Hengdian out according to our previous agreement. But how could Hengdian agree? They said today that they would ask their lawyers to take a look at whether the original investment agreement of Hengdian had priority for subsequent investment. And they will have another meeting tomorrow."

Chen Nuo sighed and said, "She is really dedicated. Isn't she going to Netflix after this project is over? Also, this little money is for a big family, and they still have to quarrel. Isn't it interesting?"

Qi Yuntian chuckled and said, "In this situation, of course, we want to invest more. If it wasn't for their attitude, I would have wanted to invest more. But then I saw it and decided not to. The funny thing is that Luo Rui wanted us to invest less, but I told her to dream on. She didn't agree at all."

Chen Nuo took a sip of coffee calmly, nodded and said, "Well done."

What does it mean that today is not what it used to be?

The current situation should be called completely different from the past.

Not only is the current CEO of Summit Entertainment almost kneeling down and calling him grandpa, but the share of Twilight's profits was also given to him unusually generously this time. It is said that the postponement of Twilight 2 made him stand out at the board meeting at the end of the year, making him feel proud and secure in his position.

Similarly, Warner and Hengdian now also regard "Inception" as the most delicious bun.

To know,
At the upcoming 2010 Academy Awards, "Avatar", the super favorite for this year's Best Film and Best Director, is now sitting firmly at the top of the global film history.

What does every number in its global box office of US$2 mean?
Flashing with the golden light representing IMAX and 3D.

Gold coins of gold.

Now they have the only two authentic IMAX 3D cameras in the world that are of the same lineage as Avatar, and even Cameron himself doesn't have a third one.

What is this concept?
It could be said that the entire Hollywood was waiting to laugh at their jokes.

At that time, Avatar had not yet been released, and Rory Eisner had just taken over as producer at Warner Bros. After arriving at XJ, he told me personally,
I spent $100 million a month renting two crappy IMAX cameras from James Cameron to shoot a movie.

The other five Hollywood stars were almost laughing to death, especially 20th Century Fox, which invested in Avatar. They felt that this was another person who was fooled by James Cameron, the liar.

What now.

No one could laugh anymore.

If time goes back a few months, Warner would definitely not let Hengdian get involved even if it meant eating shit.

Similarly, Mr. Xu from Hengdian would definitely not call him immediately on the night he received the award in Berlin to congratulate him warmly. He also said on the phone that Zhang Weiping was basically heartless if he didn't give him a big red envelope.

What does that mean? How could Chen Nuo not understand?
The meaning was not really about Zhang Weiping, but that if Dream Stealer made money in the future, Hengdian Group would definitely remember the people who dug the well, so he could rest assured.

In fact, if the investment in this movie was a little smaller, "Inception", as the first authentic IMAX 3D movie after Avatar, would almost certainly not lose money when it was launched on the market in the future. I'm afraid several investors would have already opened champagne to celebrate.

But now, the investment amount is indeed a little bit larger. Although it is still a small amount compared to the 5 million US dollars of Avatar, it is still stressful.

Yes, but not many.

"Money is not the problem. The problem now is with Cameron. Warner is still negotiating with them."

He spread his hands. "They are not willing to rent it to us for another month, at least not at the current price. The reason is very simple. Now in the market, several companies are waving money, waiting for us to vacate these two machines. Disney, which has offered the highest price, has even asked for $500 million a month."

Chen Nuo was really shocked this time. Although he knew that things were different now, he had never thought it would be to this extent.

"One month, 500 million, one machine? That's ten times more!? Is Mickey Mouse crazy?"

"For their Pirates of the Caribbean 4, Mickey Mouse is definitely willing to invest. You know, Avatar sold 27 billion US dollars. Nearly 200 billion RMB! It is twice the 13.38 billion US dollars of your Dark Knight. But in fact, it is not Mickey Mouse who is crazy, but the audiences around the world are crazy. They were saying at the conference table before that in this month alone, there were 3 so-called 82D movies released around the world. They were all fake, and at most they added some special effects to some scenes. But each one of them sold more than the box office."

"Well... okay. You guys can do whatever you want."

"By the way, Lori Eisner said in the meeting today that if you decide to participate in the Oscars, can you go and chat with James Cameron, talk to him in person, and bargain? Can you make some contributions to our crew?"

If the cell phone hadn't rang, Chen Nuo would have definitely cursed.

People who attend the Oscars all go there to walk the red carpet and receive awards.
He became a small trader, right?
Chatting with the world's top-grossing director with a box office of 50 billion, while others were worrying about who would win the Best Picture and Best Director Oscars this year, he said, "Hey, James, can you make your camera cheaper..."

Luo Rui was obviously making fun of him. He didn't believe that Qi Yuntian, such a shameless man, didn't know and actually joined in the fun.

Qi Yuntian walked out with a smile, but the voice in his ears did not diminish.

The woman's voice didn't sound crisp on the phone. Her tone was quite special and a little low.

For more than a week, he had to listen to it every day. So he didn't even need to look at the phone number. He knew who was on the other end as soon as he heard a word.

"Good morning."

"Well, good evening."

There were a few chuckles on the phone, and Chen Nuo didn't know what was so funny.

Is this time lag joke also considered a joke?

Even if it is, wouldn’t you get tired of having sex every day?
The man on the other side laughed and continued, "Are you tired from filming today? Let me tell you, I have a lot to do today. I have to shoot the cover of Harper's Bazaar in the morning, do an interview in the afternoon, and have dinner in the evening. My aunt and her friends are coming to BJ, and my mom and I are going to treat them to a meal..."

Liu Yifei was mumbling some trivial matters on the phone, while Chen Nuo responded with intermittent responses.

This has been his daily routine between 9 and 10 o'clock every night during this period.

The specific time, whether it's 20 minutes or 30 minutes, depends on what time the other party gets up and goes out.

On this point, there is a huge difference between Liu Yifei and Janice Man.

Janice Man seldom disturbed him when he was filming. When he was filming The Dark Knight, she didn't even talk to him for two months. At most, she would just text him every few days.

Liu Yifei is completely different.

After the two of them broke up, she called him almost every day.

Fortunately, it doesn’t seem like checking on him.

For example, during the days when Fan Binbing came, if he said he had something to do, she would just complain a few words at most and not say anything more.

This made Chen Nuo, at least for now, not too averse to chatting like this every night. After filming every day with tense nerves and muscles, this kind of boring phone call was also a disguised relaxation.

"By the way, this time... huhuhu... mother... Oscar..."

Chen Nuo couldn't help it, "Can you brush your teeth and rinse your mouth before talking?"

"Okay, right away... Hululu, huhu... Hululu, huhuhu. Okay. Have you decided on Oscar this time? Are you going or not?"

"go."

"Do you think you can win the prize this time?"

"Who cares? I'll go even if I can win a prize."

"Then don't drink this time. I'm not next to you, but no one called you."

Chen Nuo actually wanted to say that might not be the case, but in the end he just laughed and said OK.

"I think the domestic news is so boring. They say it's very difficult for you to win the award this time, especially for The White Ribbon. I thought it was really funny last time. Who said that just because they won the Palme d'Or at Cannes last time, they can definitely beat you to win the Oscar this time? This is not a game played by children... Don't you think so?"

After a while, there seemed to be a faint snoring sound from this side. The girl's voice coming from the phone that Chen Nuo dropped on the pillow became gentle and soft, not at all like before.

It was like a strand of black hair or love brushing across his sleeping face.

She said, "Remember to dream about me."

Then the screen lit up and the call was hung up.

……

……

On March 2010, 3, the 7nd Academy Awards arrived as scheduled.

The cast of "Mother" coming to the United States this time is larger than last year in Cannes.

Not only Bong Joon-ho, Kim Hye-ja, and Jeon Mi-sun were there, but also Jin Goo who played Chen Nuo's best friend in the film.

More importantly, Choi Sulli is here too.

More importantly, Chen Bicheng, Pan Chengrong, Li Er, Qi Yifei, Zhang Yiyi, Li Yu and Zhang Yiyi's parents came as a group.

There is no doubt that this group of relatives and friends visiting relatives and friends must have been organized by the now wealthy boss Chen.

From round-trip business class tickets to five-star accommodation, a mere ten people is nothing to Boss Chen. You know, in 2009, the average price of commercial housing in China rose by 24%.

National! Average!
Needless to say, the real estate under Nuo Ge's name,
Even Boss Chen, who is engaged in real estate in Longan, certainly has the confidence to call a bunch of people, organize a ten-day tour in North America, and by the way, visit his unfilial son who has not returned home for the New Year for two consecutive years.

However, Cui Xueli will not walk the red carpet. She will only watch the Oscar live broadcast on ABC in the hotel with Pan Chengrong. Professor Qi Yifei, who is good at English, will do real-time translation for them.

For this reason, Chen Nuo originally did not plan to let Qi Yuntian wait for him outside the Kodak Theater and asked him to go and accompany his family.

As a result, Qi Yuntian refused to do it, but finally followed him to the scene.

After walking the red carpet and sitting in the Kodak Theater, when the two hosts of this year's Oscars, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin, appeared, Chen Nuo saw that Fatty Feng beside him was holding the handle tightly.

This is not surprising. As it is the second film to be nominated for an Oscar after "Taegukgi", Director Bong must want to make a difference.

He is different.

He came today just as a spectator.

A clean-handed person does not care about anything.

He doesn't care whether he wins an award or not. His only purpose of coming here is to make a name for himself at the Oscars.

At least that's how it was.

But things suddenly changed just a few minutes ago.

The reason was that Harvey Weinstein, a bastard, just like him, also came to make himself known.

Even more outrageous than him, because clearly Weinstein Company had no films selected tonight, but the fat guy still had the audacity to come.

When the two met at the entrance of the Kodak Theater, they chatted for a long time in front of many cameramen. They both had smiles on their faces and were very gentlemanly.

No one could have imagined that their conversation would actually go like this:

"Is this disappointment to you in Berlin?"

"Haha, not at all. Congratulations, Chen. You must be very happy to receive such an insignificant award, right?"

"It's okay. No matter what, it's better than nothing. I heard that your new company didn't have a single movie nominated for an Oscar in the past two years. What's wrong, Harvey? Do you think the Oscars are not worthy of you? How about sending your next movie to Berlin?"

“Thank you for your kindness, but let’s leave Berlin and Cannes to the losers.”

"Ah? Then shouldn't you go? Do you remember the bet we made last time? Or have you forgotten it because you are too old?"

"Hehe, Chen, you must be mistaken. I didn't make the bet with you that time."

"Then isn't it even more pathetic that you don't even have the courage to come to the table?"

"Stop your talk, Chen."

"Do I have it? Then how about we play another bet?"

"Ha, what do you want to bet on?"

"Let's bet on this year's Oscar for Best Picture. I'll bet $100 million on Avatar."

“Hehehehe.”

"Ha ha ha ha ha."

The two men laughed together and waved to the cameramen who were pointing their cameras at them.

Harvey whispered, "Do you think I'm an idiot?"

Chen Nuo was surprised and asked, "Why do you say that? Do you think Avatar will definitely win? No way, he obviously has so many competitors. For example, the Hurt Locker Team."

“Hahaha, you mean James Cameron will lose to his ex-wife, a woman?”

"Why isn't it possible?"

"Then either you bet on The Hurt Locker and I bet on Avatar, then I'll bet with you."

"Hey Harvey, if you don't dare to place a bet just say so."

"I've already made a bet of $100 million on Avatar. Now it's your turn, Chen. You don't dare, do you? Aren't you a famous feminist? Ahaha, what's wrong? Don't you dare to bet that tonight will be the first female director in history to win the Oscar for Best Picture? You poor wretch, you are too pathetic."

In the face of Harvey Weinstein's ridicule, the humiliated expression on Chen Nuo's face at that moment fully demonstrated that he really has the ability to win an Oscar for Best Actor.

He bit the tendons in his cheeks and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, "Don't think I don't dare, Harvey."

"Then agree to it, Chen, if you are a man."

"Haha, I just think 100 million is too little. 200 million, if you want to gamble, let's gamble 200 million."

"Hahaha, Chen, you lost your composure. Two million? No problem. Sorry, you really should go ask around. Gamblers all over the United States know that no one can bluff Harvey Weinstein to fold at the poker table, not even Des Plansky."

"Fuck you, Harvey, fuck you."

“Hahahahahahaha, stop being so ungraceful, okay? I know you made a lot of money from Twilight 2 this time.”

"Haha, whatever you want. Bye."

"Wow, it seems that some people would rather be a loser than lose the 200 million."

"Who said that?"

"Isn't it? Hi, Jennifer, you look so beautiful today. Can you do us a favor? He and I are making a bet, can you help be a witness?"

In order to prevent him from cheating and to force him into rebellion, Harvey Weinstein was very tactful and even asked Jennifer Lopez, a well-known Hollywood big mouth, to be a witness.

This is truly a stroke of genius.

Less than half an hour later,
Chen Nuo received a gentle word of encouragement from Kate Winslet, who came over to say hello, while sitting in his seat in the Kodak Theater.

“Chen, I must say that you are too impulsive. However, as Leon said, you are a very good person and a very good friend. We must have a good chat at the dinner later.”

At this time, Chen Nuo subconsciously turned his head and looked around, and saw that many people were looking at him with smiling eyes.

There is sarcasm and kindness in it.

The former are mostly men, and the latter are mostly women.

Well, anyway, the bet he made with Harvey was apparently known to half the Kodak Theater.

Chen Nuo had no choice but to admit that some of his images were now completely ingrained and could not be washed away.

He originally came as a spectator, but tonight, he seemed to have become the center of attention in a sense.

Making a $200 million bet with Harvey Weinstein on which award would go to the Oscars?
If he was a bystander, he would definitely be interested to see which rich and stupid idiot would do such a stupid thing, right?

"Okay Kate, see you later. But I think I'm going to win, and when I get the money from Harvey, remember to come to my party."

"Haha, Chen, you're very optimistic. I hope so. Mua, mua, see you later dear."

After the two of them kissed each other on the cheek, Kate Winslet politely nodded to the Koreans sitting next to him and returned to her seat in the first row.

After sitting down, the group of Koreans around him who looked out of place in the Kodak Theater looked at him with indescribable complexity.

Finally, Fatty Feng said in a slightly jealous tone: "Kate Westlet, tsk tsk, take the initiative to come over and talk to you. My brother, I think Hollywood welcomes you more than Cannes."

Chen Nuo smiled and shook his head: "No, no, no, we are not familiar with each other yet, otherwise..."

Otherwise, do you think I am in the mood to sit here with you now?
Go back and tell those shameless people in your country that just skating is fine, but stop pushing other people, okay?

(End of this chapter)