Chapter 558 The New Film's Male Lead, a Very Beautiful Goddess

Zhang Yimou also wants to make progress.

There is no such thing as Zhang Dapao's mess.

His creative desire is unprecedentedly strong.

Not only does he want to make a name for himself in the field of art films, but he also wants to make a difference in the field of commercial films.

Before shooting a movie, Zhang Yimou will go over it countless times in his mind.

How to shoot, where is the plot explosion point, and preset specific shooting effects.

When he first received Zhou Yutang's script, he felt his eyes lit up.

From a professional perspective, "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" is quite clever. While it has a certain artistry, it also has a sense of heartiness.

That is commonly known as "cool".

As long as the audience can enjoy it, the word of mouth will rise, and more and more audiences will go to the cinema to watch it.

However, if you want to maximize the commercial value of the movie, casting is crucial.

The key to this play is the male protagonist Chen Guilin.

Kill the dragon, kill the tiger, and finally get rid of yourself.

If you want to take on this role, you must have both fame and acting skills.

The first person Zhang Yimou thought of was Zhou Yutang.

Seeing Zhou Yutang's reassurance, he immediately said, "Then it's settled, Ni Ni, you can be a witness."

"Yes."

Ni Ni smiled, "He agreed."

In her impression, Lao Mouzi, who carries the reputation of a national master, has always been a deep-tempered image.

Unexpectedly, in order to invite Zhou Yutang, he rarely showed such a childish side.

Ni Ni wrote this down in advance and planned to coordinate the schedule later.

Many celebrities came to the cocktail party in the evening for the pre-Oscars.

There was also Zhou Yutang's old lover.

Looking at Blake Lively's bright smile after sticking her left cheek to the right cheek with Zhou Yutang, Ni Ni secretly complained in her heart.

She seriously suspected that this married woman had an affair with her boss, but she had no evidence.

All we know is that they met during the first film of The Purge. After that, Zhou Yutang made several dinner appointments every time he came to Hollywood for business, and rumors of an affair were once spread.

This popular Hollywood actress, as always, followed her best friend Taylor Swift, and took the initiative to say: "Zhou, congratulations on the nomination of the movie you invested in, I wish you win the award."

"Thank you, two beautiful ladies."

"She performed at the Oscars."

"Really? I'm looking forward to it."

After you finished singing, we came on stage. Blake Lively and Taylor Swift left, and Olsen took the opportunity to come over with a glass of champagne.

I knew Zhou Yutang was a hot commodity, but I didn't expect him to be so popular.

Looking at the wolf-like eyes of those women, they really wanted to swallow Zhou Yutang alive.

"NINI, your boss seems to be very popular."

Bob, who exuded a swaying aura, was no stranger to the beautiful secretary beside Zhou Yutang, and came over to say hello.

"Yes, those women are too enthusiastic." Ni Ni smiled helplessly and responded fluently.

"This is Hollywood, but Zhou has a strong self-control and can control himself."

Bob laughed: "I'll take a friend to meet him."

By the way, Ni Ni saw the man with a neat suit and slicked back hair next to Bob.

Oh, it's Leo, who is known as a nickname in Hollywood.

When Ni Ni met this legendary handsome guy in person, she always felt that he was a little different from her impression.

In my memory, Leo during the Titanic was so handsome that he had no friends.

Now, his face has a tendency to develop horizontally, his hairline has moved up, and with his rough beard, his whole body has become much more solid.

Compared with his boss, it seems a little bit worse.

Leo is followed by a tall girl with a sexy figure, who looks like a model.

This time he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor for "The Wolf of Wall Street", just opposite Matthew McConaughey.

But he had no awareness of being an opponent, and he came forward to shake hands with Zhou Yutang in a friendly manner: "Zhou, congratulations, I heard that your movie was a big hit in Asia, but it was a pity that it was not released in North America."

"You are still paying attention to this?"

"Of course, you are an oriental miracle director, and Hollywood has also reported it."

Leo smiled exaggeratedly, and the female model next to him looked at Zhou Yutang with a different look.

She thought of some rumors about this mysterious oriental director that were widely circulated in Hollywood. This is an entertainment industry tycoon with a net worth of tens of billions.

In fact, Zhou Yutang has never been very interested in breaking into Hollywood. "Mojin: The Lost Legend" was not even released in North America.

But this did not prevent Leo from complimenting this extremely prestigious oriental gold medal producer. The operation of picking up "Dallas Buyers Club" last year has been rated as a stroke of genius by the American media.

An investment of five million US dollars in exchange for six Oscar nominations, what else do you want?

These days, Zhou Yutang was busy with the first few movies in his hands, and met James Wan by the way.

He is still busy with the Fast and Furious 7 project. Since Paul Walker died in a car accident last year, the filming was suspended for a while, and the investors Universal and James Wan were very anxious.

Because a lot of scenes had been shot before, they finally decided to keep Paul Walker's role.

Instead, they used a double and computer special effects to shoot the rest of Paul Walker's scenes.

Long Ge also made a cameo appearance, but his role was not large, and the filming was completed a few days ago.

After the filming of Fast & Furious 7 was over, James Wan immediately started to prepare for The Conjuring 2.

Time passed quickly, and it was March 2nd in a blink of an eye.

The red carpet at the entrance of the Dolby Theater had been laid out, and various media had sent people to guard it. Reporters carrying long guns and short guns could be seen everywhere.

The red carpet symbolizes empty glitz and vanity.

Zhou Yutang only wore a tailor-made and simple Giorgio Armani suit and walked on the Avenue of Stars with the crew of The Hunt.

The weather was not good, and it rained lightly in California. Although there was a rain shelter, the humidity made people feel uncomfortable.

The female stars were very hard-working.

Queen Charlize Theron's Dior fishtail dress successfully slayed the whole audience.

This temperament is really amazing.

In addition, Scarlett walked on the red carpet with high heels while carrying a 5-month-old belly.

Cate Blanchett's Armani sequined dress, Anne Hathaway's backless elegant dress.

Sandra Bullock's off-shoulder dark blue one-sided pleated dress, Jennifer Lawrence's bright red Dior evening gown, Angelina Jolie's gradient beaded ES couture evening gown, and Nicole Kidman's charm

Female stars from all walks of life are bound to compete with each other.

For most audiences, it's just a fun show.

After entering the venue, Zhou Yutang's seat was not far from "Dallas Buyers Club". He went over and greeted the creators: "I have a feeling that you will win the award tonight."

"I hope it will be as you said."

Matthew and Jared loosened their shirt collars and took a deep breath.

They paid too much for this movie, and now they have the opportunity to touch the supreme honor, so they can't help but feel a little excited.

The Oscars began to be awarded, and Zhou Yutang sat next to Lao Mouzi. The prediction of the fat man Harvey was indeed accurate.

Tonight, Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón's "Gravity" became the biggest winner.

It received 10 nominations before, and tonight it won the Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects and other technical awards.

Such a great momentum really attracted people's attention.

"Frozen", which is still being screened in China, was nominated for two Oscars this year and won the Best Animated Feature Film Award without any suspense.

The entire award ceremony started from the red carpet at 6 pm, and it took several hours during the ceremony. As many as 24 awards were to be presented. The length of the ceremony was strictly limited by the TV station, so to ensure the fun, the host's performance was very important.

The host tonight is Allen.

This Allen is not a big fool.

He won the Emmy Award for Best Talk Show Host for four consecutive years, and his mouth is really tight.

He is also very good at handling things. During the live broadcast of the ceremony, he took some stars in the front row to take a selfie on the spot, and then posted it directly on social media.

The host said the words to create an atmosphere, and Zhang Yimou and Zhou Yutang were talking about the script, and the topic was suddenly interrupted.

After some technical awards, Jared Leto won the Best Supporting Actor award for his androgynous performance in "Dallas Buyers Club", which was a good start.

"He has already won the Best Supporting Actor award, so he won't have a chance to win the Best Actor award, right?"

Zhang Ziyi clapped her hands, muttered to herself, and glanced in Zhou Yutang's direction.

In this kind of award ceremony, the highlights such as Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress are always put at the end.

During the period, Broadway star Bette Midler sang on the stage, but she was not as pleasing to the eye as Taylor Swift's long legs.

Finally, the highlight came, and the elf queen Cate Blanchett was crowned the Best Actress without any surprise.

Zhou Yutang clapped gently, her performance in "Blue Jasmine" was well deserved.

On the other side, Matthew McConaughey's spirits were also slightly lifted.

Cate Blanchett almost swept the Oscar pre-war, and his performance was also very strong.

The big screen at the scene had already shown the wonderful performance clips of several nominees.

Then, the award presenter did not keep the audience in suspense and announced the best actor of this year: "Dallas Buyers Club, Matthew McConaughey, congratulations."

Zhou Yutang saw it clearly.

Matthew bounced up from his seat as if he was sitting on a spring, and hugged the people around him excitedly.

On the other side, Leo, who was originally leaning forward like a taut bowstring, suddenly collapsed when he heard the winner.

The camera at the scene was instantly aimed at him.

Leo was still forcing a smile, but tears were flashing in his eyes.

It was indeed a bit miserable.

He has been a professional runner-up for 20 years and has failed to win the best actor in four nominations.

It's not that his performance in "The Wolf of Wall Street" was not good enough, but that he met a more evil opponent.

"Won the Best Foreign Language Film Award at this year's Oscars, "The Great Beauty"."

As the award presenter read out the winners, Zhang Yimou inevitably felt a little disappointed.

But he still gave applause in a very graceful manner.

All the films that were nominated are of high quality.

This "The Great Beauty" was the winner of the Palme d'Or last year. It can only be said that it was the taste of the judges, and Zhang Yimou was one step short after all.

The best film was given to "12 Years a Slave", which was slightly politically correct.

After the award ceremony, when Zhou Yutang came out, he met the team of the Sixth Princess.

The Sixth Princess also sent a special observer to follow the Oscars ceremony.

One of the special observers named Du Feng caught up with Zhang Yimou and asked, "Director Zhang, you were nominated but didn't win. How do you feel now?"

"Being nominated is an affirmation."

Zhang Yimou is worthy of the title of national teacher, with a great vision: "This time I came with Yu Tang, the main purpose is to promote Chinese-language films and increase the influence of Chinese-language films.

I hope that in the future more Chinese-language films will have the opportunity to appear on international platforms such as the Oscars, so that more foreigners can understand and like Chinese-language films."

After a pause, Lao Mouzi also shifted the topic to Zhou Yutang: "It's a pity that I didn't win the award. You can interview Yu Tang. The movies he invested in won many awards. He is the big winner tonight."

Zhang Ziyi, who was standing aside, also cast her eyes on Zhou Yutang.

Although the movie invested by Zhou Yutang didn't win the best film, it won the best supporting actor and best actor at the same time.

This is not the first time he has operated a foreign language film. Whether it is a commercial film or an award-winning film, he can handle it all.

If I could take this trip, even just once, maybe it would be possible.

Thinking of this, Zhang Ziyi's eyes were inexplicably burning.

The special observer Du Feng handed the microphone to Zhou Yutang. He and CCTV are in the honeymoon period of cooperation, so he also accepted a wave of interviews.

"I saw you promoting "The Lost Tomb" in China a few days ago. I didn't expect you to come here. It feels a bit strange."

Du Feng smiled and said, "First of all, congratulations to Director Zhou. Whether it is an actor, director, or producer, you seem to be able to do well. Can you share the secret of your success?"

"Hard work plus a little luck."

Zhou Yutang smiled calmly and said, "At the beginning, this was just a small project that the company participated in. I didn't expect it to win an Oscar. I was also surprised."

After the interview, there was a cocktail party. On the way back to the hotel, I received a call from Liu Shishi.

After taking a shower, I had a video call with Liu Yifei. The time management master is so excellent.

It was noon in China at this time. Miss Liu looked at Zhou Yutang wearing a bathrobe, revealing eight abdominal muscles, and was a little envious.

I don’t know what she was thinking about, she looked unhappy,

“Xiao Zhou, am I fat?”

Pinching her fair face, Liu Yifei in the video was very sad.

Zhou Yutang knew it after she hummed and moaned.

There were more schedules for brands after the New Year. When Miss Liu attended a brand event in Sanya, netizens questioned her lack of self-discipline and body management.

“What do they know? This is called Run.”

“Huh!?”

Liu Yifei was like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and her fur exploded instantly.

Although they were thousands of miles apart, Zhou Yutang could feel her murderous aura through the phone, and hurriedly coaxed: “Xiao Liu, I’m going to criticize you now, how can you doubt yourself?”

Although Liu Yifei was a little free in her hometown during the New Year.

But after returning to work, she immediately began to enter strict training. In real life, she is just plump to the right degree, and her buttocks can compete with Reba.

". You are the most beautiful in my heart, and every smile makes me intoxicated."

"Xiao Zhou, be serious!" Liu Yifei's face became serious, but she only slightly curled her lips.

"I think the earrings you wore that day really match your golden dress."

"Really?"

"It's more real than 24k gold."

"You have good taste."

Liu Yifei really turned from worry to joy: "I chose it myself, and the makeup teacher also said it was well matched."

If there are levels to coaxing girls, then Zhou Yutang is undoubtedly the strongest king.

The key is not to reason with them, but to show attitude, and then use some personal trivia to divert their attention.

Those earrings were Zhou Yutang's New Year gifts. It can only be said that Ni Ni has a good aesthetic taste.

The Hollywood awards ceremony ended, and the news report was simultaneously transmitted back to China.

It is a pity that Zhang Yimou was a runner-up, but more people's attention was focused on Zhou Yutang.

"Oh my god, when did Zhou Yutang's business reach Hollywood?"

"The village just got internet? Aren't The Purge, The Conjuring, and Annabell all movies invested by Zhou Yutang?"

"He's already made a lot of money."

"Five million dollars, and he won an Oscar for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. That's awesome."

When the news got back to China, many people realized that Zhou Yutang had done something big without saying anything.

Even La Peikang was a little surprised.

He knew Zhou Yutang had a trip to North America.

He thought he was going there for the Best Foreign Language Film for The Hunt, but he didn't expect that the movie he invested in would win two Oscars, and they were very important awards.

Lao Mouzi originally planned to stay for two more days. He and Li An had a lecture at New York University, and they also wanted to visit Zhou Yutang's company here.

But a sudden news from China disrupted his schedule.

Zhang Yimou took a flight back to Beijing that day.