Chapter 211 After the Oscar

"Welcome to watch the 75th Academy Awards." At 21:30 pm, CCTV6 Movie Channel played "Oscar Night" on time, and will be broadcasted in Chinese dubbing throughout the whole process. Amid the warm applause, Steve Martin, wearing a black suit, walked out of the stage and greeted him and said the opening speech. The voice actor also said calmly: "I am very happy to see the organizer lower the standards of this awards party, and even the traditional red carpet has been cancelled. If you don't know, I will bring you this message."

The long opening speech has been deleted with a lot of "unsuitable for playback". At the same time, because the on-site information is very complicated, the dubbing staff who serves as simultaneous interpretation is not a film professional, so the dubbing effect is considered bad. If the audience does not understand the pun, they will not know what is funny about the laughter carefully prepared by Steve Martin. The laughter under the stage often seems a bit inexplicable.

However, most of the audiences are looking at Zhang Yimou, Wang Yang, and the gorgeousness of the event itself.

"Wang Yang is here too. I thought he was on a trip again. He avoided me the last time." The voice actor translated Steve Martin's words, and the TV screen suddenly appeared and swept Wang Yang's smiling face sitting in the audience. Then the audience who didn't know Shen Qiyang in front of the TV had a question: "Hey, who is this?", "Wang Yang? Is that Chinese director?", "Who is the woman sitting next to him? So beautiful!"

The subsequent awards ceremony was often directed at Wang Yang, especially the awards that "The Ninth District" participated in the competition. The audience who did not know him became more and more interested.

"Wang Yang, "The Ninth District." The voice actor shouted his name along Harrison Ford. With a scream and applause, Wang Yang on the TV screen was startled, kissed the excited beauty next to him, hugged the people around him and walked onto the stage. The movie fans and audiences who knew him smiled happily, and finally saw how Shenqi Yang won the award! The people I didn't know, the audience who watched the Oscars for the first time were stunned. The best director was this young Chinese!? It looked like a college student!

"There is no other meaning, why didn't a lady present me the award?" With the burst of hilarious applause from the stage, Wang Yang held the trophy and said his feelings, while the voice actor immediately translated: "Everyone is in a hurry tonight, although everyone is busy..." Listening to the crazy laughter, many viewers who had not seen the original text and translations on the Internet were confused. What did those people laugh at?

Although Wang Yang's sense of humor was not fully displayed during the broadcast of CCTV6, whether it is senior, ordinary, or crowded with the fun, the moviegoers knew that there was such a very young and handsome Chinese best director. Of course, it was not only because of "Oscar Night", but also because of overwhelming news reports, online, newspapers, CCTV and other TV channels...

In addition, Yao Ming led a large number of young people who fell in love with basketball and NBA in China, and NBA and Hollywood were not far away; under these factors, the popularity of magical Yang has reached a near peak.

Not to mention Hong Kong and Taiwan, where the film and entertainment industry is already very developed, the fans of the movie fans and fans from both places screamed and shouted excitedly. TVB channels, Atv channels, etc. have conducted program-style special reports, and the TV screen is filled with Wang Yang's data images.

The female narrator introduced: "When talking about his name, Wang Yang once said something interesting. His mother believed that 'young represents vitality and beauty', and it seemed special to call young directly; and his Chinese name was originally Qingyang, taken from the 'Qingyang Wanxi' in the Book of Songs. He said that because his father was half a bucket of water for Chinese culture, he was reminded to know that it was a description of women, so it was changed to Yang."

"Wang Yang was very naughty when he was a child. He often caused headaches from his parents because of fighting..." On the TVB channel, Wang Yang's grand occasion came to Hong Kong last year. He smiled and said, "Thank you so much for your support. I'm so happy to be here! I love Hong Kong, goodbye!" Taiwan's Dongsen TV also reported this news: "The six movies directed by Wang Yang won more than 2.8 billion US dollars in global box office, and 1 Oscar for Best Director..."

Japan, South Korea, Europe and other countries in Asia are also reporting on the results of the 75th Oscars while focusing on the Iraq War, and reporting on the youngest Best Director Wang Yang.

In the United States, the number of broadcasts of ABC Channel No. 23, the household ratings were 20.4%, inevitably setting a record since the first Oscar TV broadcast in 1953, and it was even lower than the lowest point in last year. Before the data of 106.7 million households with TV families in the United States, if converted into the number of on-site viewers, an average of 33.05 million people watched the Oscars, which was the lowest since the average viewership began in 1974.

However, Wang Yang was not neglected at all. He had received a lot of interview invitations from many media magazines, the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicles, Movie Weekly, Variety Shows... Several of them were the treatment of cover characters; there were also many website interview invitations, and some impatient film appointment invitations. Although film companies all know that he likes to take selfies and invest in full, it is always good to try his luck.

When he learned that he was interested in producing a spaceship-type science fiction theme, Paramount contacted him and wanted to give him the 11th part of Star Trek. If you like to film "Competitioner", "Competitioner", "Original Series" is "Original Series", and it's OK to open a new prequel!

Wang Yang naturally said repeatedly, "No, thank you." He did not hate the story of "Star Trek", but he was not interested in its very clean and streamlined style for the time being, and its science fiction worldview and spaceship style cannot be changed.

In the few days after this Oscar, he felt that he was constantly bombarded by interviews and surrounded by various questions, as if everyone was talking about him... After completing an interview with Los Angeles media, he promised China's Phoenix TV to conduct a telephone interview, and then for netizens to see it, he also happily accepted an exclusive interview with Sina.com.

"Yang, when will you officially arrive in China?" asked the female reporter on the other side of the phone. The so-called formality probably means showing up in the media and arranging a meeting of fans. Wang Yang, who was sitting in the study computer desk, thought for a while, then replied to the phone with a smile: "I think I'm about to have a chance. You know that "mit-21-team" will be released this summer. Yes, I will take the crew members to China to meet everyone. I am very grateful for the support of Chinese movie fans."

Next, he talked about the issue of the new science fiction work that the public is most concerned about. Wang Yang pressed his forehead and smiled helplessly at the phone: "I don't know. Everyone thinks that I said 'The second science fiction film will be released this summer', and there is no possibility. You will see it! But please give me some time."

Regarding the "mit-21-team" promotion plan revealed by Wang Yang in this interview on Sina, fans of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan all thought it was expected. Because the Chinese director + Chinese male lead, the film tells the legendary story of the Chinese gambling god, how could it not pay attention to the Asian market? But the fans are still looking forward to it, and the fans also excitedly discussed online: "Will Natalie Portman come? I heard that she can speak Mandarin!", "I must see Shenqiyang this time!"

Time passed day by day, and the following reports of this year's Oscars on the news page of the newspaper were getting fewer and fewer follow-up reports. The calendar entered April, and the Iraq War again occupied almost all the pages. In addition, there were NCAA National Championships, NBA events, etc. This grand event in the film industry officially came to an end with praise, criticism, and controversy.

April 1st is April Fools' Day, and there are fewer people joking under the shadow of war. Wang Yang wrote an April Fools' Diary titled "I want to play the leading role of "The Devil Wearing Prada" on his blog, with the reason being "Looking as handsome as Wang Yang!", "Acting as strong as Tom Hanks!", "Jessica's boyfriend!", "Win the Oscar for Best Actor!", etc., and finally stated "Happy April Fools' Day."

"Yang, I'm pregnant." When Wang Yang saw Jessica's lips tightly pursing her eyes and her calm eyes, she was really shocked. Is she pregnant?! Jessica said again, "It should be Oscar that night." Wang Yang knew that she was making an April Fool's Day joke. Although she was a little crazy that day, she knew she was pregnant in less than ten days. As expected, she couldn't help laughing immediately.

"Even April Fool's Day, don't joke about this! I'm missing another Juno!", "Ha, I thought it would be quite funny. Oh, help, someone has hit someone!"

But the happiness of the day did not last until the end. At night, Wang Yang suddenly heard bad news. His first reaction was: "Is it an April Fool's Day joke?" But no, the Chinese superstar Leslie Cheung committed suicide and fell to his death. Wang Yang felt very sad and full of regret. Leslie Cheung is a Hong Kong artist he admires and loves very much. He performed very well in movies such as "Heroics", "East Evil and West Poison", and the songs were very good, but he passed away like this.

That night, Wang Yang listened quietly to many Leslie Cheung's songs, which was very sad and regretful, but he could only accept this fact. He continued to work and life the next day, and recently he was busy preparing for "The Demon Wearing Prada". However, he did not take much work this time, but the script and director. Most of the producers' preparations were done by others, and it started after buying the adaptation rights.

"Miki Yang, I have been thinking about it these days. This character is very attractive, and the script's lines are very exciting..." Meryl Streep received a formal invitation from the crew of "The Devil Wearing Prada" a few days ago, and also received a complete script and Miranda's character script. She was very satisfied with it after reading it. It was Andrea's transformation and growth process, and Miranda's slowly revealed, and the two characters burst out at the end of the story.

The topic is also very profound about life choices, human nature, etc. This is not an ordinary commercial film, it has the potential to become a good movie, and the person who directed it just won the Oscar for Best Director. So Meryl Streep thought about it but couldn't find any reason to refuse. She was very interested, a magic director of a good script... Besides, she has absolute confidence that even if the movie finally received bad reviews, the problem would not lie with her.

"I promised this invitation." Hearing Meryl Streep's serious voice on the other side of the phone, Wang Yang couldn't help but say "wow" and walked around the living room with the microphone. Danny followed happily next to him, and he smiled and said, "This is so exciting! You know that I was a kid, I watched you act, and now I actually make movies together, which is incredible!"

"Haha, young man, are you saying I'm old?" Meryl Streep smiled softly, and Wang Yang laughed repeatedly, "No, no, no, there is no such intention at all." Meryl said over there again, "But I have a requirement to start the filming after the war is over; and I know that your filming speed is very fast, but I have a rule." She said with a smile, "I won't leave home for more than 2 weeks. If I want to go filming everywhere, I hope there is a good itinerary."

"Yes! Of course, there is no problem!" Wang Yang agreed without thinking, because there is indeed no problem. The movie contains scenes of many fashionable cities in Paris, Milan, New York and other places. However... Wang Yang smiled at the microphone: "I plan to use green screen to make those outdoor scenes except New York, but you know they look like they are the same."

For those who basically walk by the street or scan the cameras of landmark buildings, green screens can save time, effort and money, and the effect is also very good. The outdoor scenes are just interspersed to create an atmosphere, and there is no need to really run around; and the main scenes of the shooting table are almost always indoors.

"As for the war..." Wang Yang paused and thought for a while. He naturally knew that the "end" that Meryl said did not include the post-war period, which means that when it was not broadcast live on TV, he said: "I think the war will be over this month, and we can start the film in May." Although the Allied forces are now in a difficult situation, Iraq will definitely not be able to hold on for long after increasing its strength and changing its strategies, because they are sure they are too behind.

Without air supremacy, electronic warfare is not to mention; once a general attack is launched, Baghdad has power outages and no communications are available, it is like a deaf and blind man standing there for everyone to fight. Therefore, as long as the Allies complete the task of division of troops and encirclement, the wartime of this war will be over.

"Then I have something wrong with it." Meryl Streep said happily, and Wang Yang smiled and said, "Well, I hope I can have a happy cooperation." Of course, the remaining pay and benefits were left to the producer and agent for discussion in detail.

"The Devil Wearing Prada" is scheduled to start filming in early May. In addition to waiting for the end of the Iraq War, it also takes some time for the crew to complete the preparation work. The most important thing is to finalize the candidates for the characters, props, art directors and other team deconstruct scenes. The members of the crew are basically Wang Yang's old team, and of course not including a few fashion consultants.

Wang Yang did not plan to inquire about these preparations. He had assigned all the production matters. At the same time, there was nothing surreal about the movie. If you were dissatisfied with the scene arrangement in the office, you could just adjust it slightly during the filming on the set. This time, his identity is more like a pure director. He only paid attention to a few main ones for the selection of roles, and the others were left to the casting team to take charge.

In April, Wang Yang is planning to spend all his time on the editing of "mit-21-team" and work with Margaret Goodstead to cut the theatrical version of the movie. Then, by May, he can safely shoot "The Devil in Prada", while "mit-21-team" has plenty of time to complete the post-production work of soundtracking and color grading.

After confirming Meryl Streep's joining, Flame Movie announced the news that Meryl will play the heroine "devil boss" Miranda! In the increasingly tense war, this news is not too eye-catching, but it still attracted the attention of film entertainment media and movie fans, and the media and public opinion is almost unanimous.
Chapter completed!