Chapter 197 The True Meaning of Climbing Into Austria

Wu Yuchen could hear Miles' strong self-confidence and even a hint of arrogance from the words in front of him.

However, Wu Yuchen did not refute anything. To be honest, the current Hollywood Seven has a great advantage over other companies. If they don't commit suicide, they can live very comfortably relying on channels. For laymen, even Wall Street, they dare to deceive and deceive. For rising newcomers such as DreamWorks, they will suppress them, and they will fight among themselves when there is nothing to do.

However, it is impossible not to seek death. The film industry is a high-risk industry, and many high-ranking executives will use their power to benefit themselves. Sometimes they are very gambling. In a few years, MGM will continue to pile up debts and kill itself.

Wu Yuchen has no interest in confronting the Big Seven. He only does things when he has time and pain that even the DreamWorks established by local giants like Spielberg can't do. Overthrowing the rule of the big devil is something that only a passionate 18-year-old boy can do. He is already 22 years old! What needs to be considered is how to get higher profits from Hollywood.

Then Miles said warmly to Wu Yuchen: "Wu, I believe you have also experienced the sincerity of our Disney from this cooperation. I look forward to you being able to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with Disney!"

Wu Yuchen chuckled and shook his head: "Myers, I don't have the slightest idea about the next movie. I have been filming movies for the past two years. I also want to take a break. Let's wait until I have an idea about the next movie."

"Oh, of course, with your talent, you will be our Disney guest at any time!" Miles responded enthusiastically. Directors like Wu Yuchen, who have successfully created huge profits one after another, are very popular in Hollywood.

Then Wu Yuchen asked: "Myers, can you let your Disney professionals responsible for the Olympics come to my place? I want to hear the detailed plan."

"Wu, I admire your tireless pursuit of your career! Don't worry, I'll arrange for someone to come over right away!"

Seeing that Wu Yuchen is so interested in competing against Austria, Myers is naturally happy to see the success. Now the subsequent profits of "The Sixth Sense" are all their Disney. If it can hit the Oscar success, it will have a huge publicity effect. Create more profits for Disney.

Just an hour after Miles left, a middle-aged man in casual clothes came to visit.

"Dear Director Wu, hello! I am Richard. I will be solely responsible for the Olympic preparation of "The Sixth Sense"~"

Looking at the polite man in front of him, Wu Yuchen welcomed him in with a smile.

"Richard, this should be considered my first time competing for an Oscar. Could you please give me a detailed introduction to various matters?"

Although Wu Yuchen knew more or less about Chongao through his past life and some experiences in the past few years, he was definitely not as good as these professionals, so he wanted to learn more information from his mouth.

"Of course, that's why I'm here~

Director Wu, I believe you also know that the Oscars are voted by the judges of the Academy of Arts and Sciences. So far, the Academy has a total of 5,371 voting members, including the largest number of actors (1,380), 450 producers, and 354 feature film directors..."

Listening to the detailed data that Richard blurted out, people felt a professional temperament.

"There are 5,371 judges with voting rights, which does not mean that 5,371 valid votes will be received. In fact, the actual number of votes received by the college every year will be less than this number. Some people forget to vote, and some people simply do not vote. When we look at the Oscars, some people have not even seen the films that were selected.

You also know that many of the judges are actually elderly. How can they have so much energy to watch all the movies when their energy is low? In the eyes of some people, caring about their cats, dogs, and flowers is more important than voting. It’s not just one or two people who vote with their eyes closed without watching the movie. Richard said with a shrug and a smile.

Wu Yuchen smiled when he heard this and said: "Doesn't that mean that sometimes luck is also very important?"

"Of course, maybe these people are lucky enough to vote for a movie, and it's possible that it wins an award~"

Richard made a joke, and then said seriously:

"Director Wu, our mission is to try our best to get our film recognized by these judges. It doesn't even have to be recognition, but just let them remember the name of our film. When he voted, he felt that you looked familiar, so he felt very familiar. I might vote for you~"

Wu Yuchen asked: "So we need so-called public relations?"

Richard nodded: "Last year's "Shakespeare in Love", Harvey Weinstein took people to visit many old men one by one, and it was through these impression votes that he won the Oscar. This also brought a lot of influence to our work. With the new requirements, in the past we only had to follow the normal process to claim rewards. But starting from last year, these people are also the focus of our public relations."

Then Richard said: "Director Wu, our "The Sixth Sense" now has an advantage, that is, your movie itself is already very well-known, and its reputation is also quite good.

But there are also disadvantages. The movie was released a little early. Movies that aspire to win the Olympics will usually be released in the last two months of the year in order to impress the judges as much as possible. You must know that time can dilute everything. For two movies of the same quality, the latest one you see will definitely be more impressive.

Therefore, we need to take advantage of the good reputation of "The Sixth Sense" and continue to deepen this impression on these judges. "

Wu Yuchen expressed his understanding, and then asked: "Is this what you call a normal process?"

“Yes, the four weathervanes and the thirteen outposts.

The four major trendsetters refer to the Golden Globe Awards, British Academy Film Awards, Critics Choice Awards and Guild Awards; while the Thirteen Outposts mainly refer to the 13 Film Critics Association Awards, which are divided into the Four Major, the Four Minor and the Among the five major cities, New York, Los Angeles, the National Board of Review and the National Society of Film Critics are the four major ones, Boston, Chicago, Toronto, and London are the four minor cities, and Las Vegas, Kansas City, Southeast, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Florida are the four major cities. Five important towns.

Winning these awards does not mean that you will definitely win an Oscar, but these include the most frequent exchanges between Academy judges and will affect the vast majority of active judges, so we must participate as much as possible. Of course, if it can win important awards in the three major European countries, it will also be a certain bonus for the film.

Everything we do, including going to public relations and attending cocktail parties and socializing, is to get the film recognized by as many judges as possible, and ultimately get them to cast their votes. "

After listening to Richard's explanation, Wu Yuchen also had a deeper understanding of Chongao in his mind. However, this gave him a strong sense of déjà vu, and he rubbed his chin and asked:

"Richard, honestly speaking, how do I feel that competing for the Oscars is similar to the American presidential election? It's all about votes, and then conquering the votes one by one, using all means to let others choose you."

"Haha, Director Wu, congratulations on finding the true meaning of running for the Olympics. In fact, this is the same as the essence of the general election!" Richard praised with a smile.

Wu Yuchen chatted with Richard for a while, and was quite satisfied with his business ability, and then asked: "Richard, do you usually take on external business?"

"Of course, but we don't accept every movie. At least it has to have the possibility of winning the Olympics. For that kind of junk movie, unless the money is really very large, but we can't guarantee anything~" Richard It means that with enough money, anything is possible.

Wu Yuchen smiled and nodded, then stretched out his hand to shake Richard's hand: "I'm glad to work with you in the future!"

"This is my honor! Director Wu, I will develop a customized Olympic plan for "The Sixth Sense". You need to tell me your schedule, accurate to every week. In this case..."

"Wait a minute, Richard, I have a film for the Olympics that I want to give to you!" Wu Yuchen interrupted him with a smile.

"Huh?" Richard looked strange. Wasn't he discussing his "The Sixth Sense" with Wu Yuchen?

…

Miles is in a good mood. He just talked about "The Sixth Sense" in the morning, and has successfully completed the task assigned by the president. Next, relying on their powerful channels at Disney, they can earn a lot of profits from this movie.

At this time, there was a knock on the office door. When Miles saw that the person coming was Richard, he couldn't help but smile and asked:

"Richard, how is the communication between you and Wu Yuchen?"

Richard said with a slightly strange expression:

"Well, Mr. Miles, Director Wu and I communicated very smoothly. He is very willing to cooperate, but something seems to have gone wrong..."

"Accident? What accident?" Miles asked curiously.

"Director Wu still has a movie to compete for Oscars, so he entrusted it to me."

"There's another one!"

Miles was also very surprised when he heard this. He immediately stood up and asked quickly:

"Richard, what is this movie? Do you still have the distribution rights? Can we buy it?"

With "The Sixth Sense" here, when Miles heard that Wu Yuchen had another movie, the first thing that came to his mind was to buy it, or at the worst get the distribution rights, since the other party entrusted them with the award. , then their probability of winning is not small.

"Mr. Miles, this is a purely Chinese-language film, and the main award it is competing for is Best Foreign Language Film."

After hearing Richard's explanation, Miles suddenly lost most of his enthusiasm and sat back on the chair again. It turned out to be a foreign language film, which made him excited for nothing!

The box office of this kind of foreign language film in the United States is just that. For example, "Life is Beautiful", which won the best foreign language film this year, the North American box office result was only 57.56 million, and this is already the best box office result of a foreign language film in history. It's a far cry from the box-office hits like "The Sixth Sense."

For a movie with this kind of box office performance, he, as a senior executive, does not need to personally intervene. Let the people below worry about it.

However, Miles still smiled: "No problem, since Wu Yuchen wants to compete for the Olympics, then you should try your best to help him. If you can win the award, it will also deepen the relationship between us!"

Miles would never refuse this kind of thing, not to mention that this was a profitable business, and Wu Yuchen would have to pay them public relations fees.

At the same time, he was also impressed by Wu Yuchen's talent and ambition. Two films were nominated for the Oscar at the same time. Who did this happen last time?

…

After settling the copyright matter for "The Sixth Sense", Wu Yuchen stayed in Los Angeles for a few more days. After discussing with the public relations team the subsequent Olympic plans, he directly boarded a plane to Venice.

Yes, it's Venice, because his film "Love" has already been registered for the Venice Film Festival. In fact, Richard originally suggested that Wu Yuchen attend the Toronto International Film Festival, because compared to the Venice Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival in North America has a greater influence on the Oscar judges, and its time coincides with this year's Venice Film Festival. Conflicted.

But Wu Yuchen thought about it and rejected Richard's proposal. After all, compared to the Toronto International Film Festival, Venice has a much greater influence in China, and if he can win an important award in Venice this time, it will also play a role in hedging the Olympics.

He and Richard have completed planning for his personal competition for the award. After attending Venice, he will return to China first to let the movie "Love" be screened in China and meet the conditions for foreign language films. Then starting from October, I brought "Love" and "The Sixth Sense" to North America and followed the so-called normal process one by one. Of course, I didn't participate in all of them, but I tried my best to participate.

To be honest, it is very rare for him to compete for awards with two movies, and Richard was amazed.

Wu Yuchen came to the Venice Film Festival this time. It can be said that he came alone. The male and female protagonists of the movie "Love", Ge Cunzhuang and Wang Danfeng, are both in their seventies. It would be too much trouble for them to travel across the ocean and it is unnecessary.

As for Gong Li, if she were the heroine, then Emperor Gong would follow her without hesitation. But this time she played the second female lead with a small role, so she would be embarrassed to walk on the red carpet. Therefore, the only important member of the entire crew is Wu Yuchen.

However, even though Wu Yuchen came alone, the organizer entertained him very warmly. After all, Wu Yuchen is now a world-renowned director. Not only did he win the Berlin Golden Bear and Best Director, but he is also very famous commercially. Recently, his "The Sixth Sense" has achieved a sensational box office in North America and has already become famous all over the world. The news has spread throughout the film industry, after all, Hollywood is the center of world cinema.

The three major film festivals are competing with each other for art films by great directors like Wu Yuchen. He can take the initiative to participate in Venice, which naturally makes the organizers extremely happy.

The arrival of Wu Yuchen has also made many film producers take notice. The three words Wu Yuchen alone are now very appealing!