Chapter 382 Sweetness and Return Home

Chapter 382 Sweetness and Return Home

Chapter 382 Sweetness and Return Home

Hollywood's use of the Oscars to win over Wang Hao can actually be seen in the "predecessor" Li An.

If you carefully study Li An's directorial career and watch the films he made, you will find a clear and complete path of how a Chinese cultural person assimilated into Western society.

Watch his first "Father Trilogy": "Pushing Hands", "The Wedding Banquet" and "Eat Drink Man Woman".

"Pushing Hands" revolves around a father, son, and daughter-in-law, and shows the cultural differences between China and the United States and the contradictions of the traditional Chinese father-son relationship in a Western context.

"The Wedding Banquet" revolves around the relationship between father and son, same-sex lovers, and fake husband and wife, and focuses on the proposition of "marriage", still showing the contradictions and conflicts between traditional Chinese culture and Western background.

As for Eat Drink Man Woman, it uses the theme of "food" to revolve around the family story of a father and his three daughters, showing the difference between the traditional Chinese concept of family and the Western "modernized" concept of family.

Li An used these three films as a stepping stone. Perhaps he did not have any bad intentions when shooting the films, but the resistance to traditional "patriarchy" and the externalization of "patriarchy" in these three works are themselves a deconstruction of Chinese culture that fits with Western thinking.

What is this "patriarchy" that is resisting Chinese culture? Is it really limited to the family? Isn't there a bigger "father" that needs to be resisted more?
Moreover, it is ridiculous for Western culture to talk about resisting "patriarchy" itself. The West's resistance to "father" has never been to completely overthrow "father" or deny "father", but to replace "father".

To be honest, Western "patriarchal" oppression has never ceased from the beginning to the end.

As for the cultural communication and exchange between China and the United States attributed to Li An's "Father Trilogy", this is even more ridiculous and is purely the self-satisfaction of some people.

You have to know that the "Father Trilogy" was filmed by Li An in Taiwan. Is the audience of this movie Chinese or Western audiences? Is this exchange to help the West understand China a little better? Or is it to help China understand the West a little better?
After watching the "Father Trilogy", can Westerners really understand Chinese culture and agree with Chinese concepts such as scraping, marriage, and family?

It was the Chinese who commented below after watching "Father Trilogy", saying some stupid things like when you go to other people's places, you should respect their customs and adapt to local customs. But people in Europe and America don't have the habit of adapting to local customs, and foreigners who come to China to get married still don't give gifts.

After the "Father Trilogy", not to mention the various confusing entanglements between men and women in "Sense and Sensibility", this movie by Li An trying his hand at Hollywood is neat but not representative.

The truly representative ones are "Brokeback Mountain" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

The former used the implicitness and beauty of Eastern culture to package Western homosexual culture, and gained many supporters in China, but they did not know that this was just arsenic wrapped in honey.

The latter seems to be spreading Chinese culture overseas, but in fact the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is essentially a combination of Chinese culture on the outside and Western culture on the inside.

It generously offers an exotic feast to Westerners to satisfy their desire to peek into the East, but what it displays is a world of martial arts that has been structured by Western culture, producing a kind of "Orientalism of Orientals", which puts the East's long-standing "being watched" in the hands of the West, and is a rebellion against the seemingly deep-rooted Orientalism.

Some people may say, if you don’t use Western culture to deconstruct in this way, how can Westerners watch your movies and pay attention to your ideas?
Even if it has been deconstructed, even if it has been distorted, it is always a good thing if Westerners can pay attention to Eastern culture and promote cultural exchanges between China and the West.

If one thinks this way, it proves that Li An's method of taking shortcuts is successful, because it is essentially the same as the means used by European film festivals to influence Chinese culture, and is still a fight for the aesthetic rights of Chinese culture.

Changing oneself and catering to others in order to gain their recognition is in itself a manifestation of lack of cultural confidence.

The great man's ideas frightened the enemy at the time, and he still had many supporters overseas.

As long as a culture is advanced, beautiful, scientific, bright and independent, it will naturally attract people who are suitable for it and like it. This attraction transcends nationality and language barriers.

An excellent culture does not need to cater to others, and a culture that caters to others is definitely not an excellent culture.

This is like the relationship between a man and a woman. A person who blindly caters to the opposite sex, changes his own values, world outlook, and outlook on life for the sake of the opposite sex, and refuses to repent, has a special term, that is, "dog licker".

Licking a dog will lead to a bad death!

Therefore, from these films of Li An, we can see his ideological thread and narrative undertones, which is to deconstruct Eastern culture, package and beautify Western culture in the name of Sino-US cultural exchanges, thereby reducing the vigilance of the Chinese people and lowering their resistance to European and American culture.

Li An has always done a good job in this regard, and he did it quietly until the movie "Lust, Caution" he filmed revealed some flaws.

Anyway, there is no need to say more about the issues concerning "Lust, Caution". Any Chinese person knows what the movie is glorifying after watching it.

Now, Hollywood wants to turn Wang Hao into a pawn in their attack on Chinese culture, just like they recruited Li An.

After the dinner and cocktail party following the Golden Globe Awards ceremony had progressed to a certain point, a so-called Hollywood capital broker approached Wang Hao and led him into a small room.

In addition to Keita Miyamoto, a familiar face from Sony Pictures, those present in the small room included a vice president-level executive from 21st Century Fox, general managers of two Wall Street entertainment venture capital firms, and Taylor Hackford, president of the Hollywood Directors Guild.

Any one of them is an influential figure in Hollywood, but they gathered together today for Wang Hao and Wang Hao's Galaxy Group.

According to them, several companies attach great importance to Wang Hao's directing talent and the huge potential of the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe".

So they wanted to invest in Wang Hao's Galaxy Group, and at the same time help Galaxy Group go public in the United States, making it a multinational film and television company that could gain a foothold in Hollywood.

"Wang, with your talent, it is really unappreciated to stay in China. I have rarely seen a director with such a wild imagination at your age."

Taylor Hackford, president of the Hollywood Directors Guild, held a glass of wine and praised Wang Hao.

"You are born to be in Hollywood. Only here can you satisfy your creative needs. Although the Chinese film market is also expanding steadily, that place alone is not enough to support a science fiction film with a large investment."

Miyamoto Keita also echoed:

"Yes, Wang, I have been advising you to develop in Hollywood. And you don't have to worry, Sony Pictures will definitely support you."

"That's right, Director Wang, we at Fox Film also hope to reach a cooperative relationship with you.

I'm sure you all know that Fox also owns the copyrights to the Fantastic Four and X-Men, and we also want to create a movie universe in this area.

In this regard, Director Wang, you are a professional. "

Chase Carey, vice president of 21st Century Fox, also expressed this view.

In addition, with two Wall Street venture capital firms willing to provide funding and help Galaxy Group go public in the United States, Wang Hao has become the focus of everyone's attention in the small room.

The words, deeds and attitudes of these people even gave Wang Hao an illusion that as long as he nodded, Galaxy Group would be able to successfully become the first Chinese film and television company to enter the American market.

You should know that this title was achieved by Wanda Group in the previous life after it acquired Legendary Pictures of the United States in 2016.

For this, Wanda spent US$35 billion in cash (about RMB 230 billion).

And Wanda broke into Hollywood, waving money, and everyone treated it as a rich man.

Galaxy Group's entry into the US market was an active invitation from Hollywood.

From this perspective, the reputation of the Galaxy Group is much better.

Wang Hao even glanced vaguely at Chase Carey of Fox Film Corporation. In 2019, Disney completed the acquisition of 21st Century Fox's assets, reducing the six major Hollywood studios to five.

As this company suffers from investment failures and poor management in the future, Galaxy Group may have the opportunity to swallow an elephant with a small company.

What? Disney spent 713 billion US dollars to acquire Fox Film Corporation, and Wang Hao doesn’t have that much money?

If there is a real opportunity for this kind of thing, Wanda and Huaying can always come up with it if they work together. After all, this is one of the six major Hollywood companies. If Sony could buy Columbia, why can't their Huaxia company buy Fox Film?

Money is not the problem; whether people are willing to sell is the problem.

Of course, this was just some thought. Wang Haoke didn't have to buy Fox Film. At the same time, he was aware of the conspiracy of these people in Hollywood and had no intention of developing here.

Of course, it would be unwise to show this at this time. He should at least wait until he returns to China before rejecting the other party. He doesn't want to "commit suicide" by being shot eight times in the back.

So in the face of these people's persuasion and instigation, Wang Hao showed great interest, as if he was very interested in Galaxy Group's listing in the United States.

As for his appearance of being aware of the times, Taylor Hackford, president of the Directors Guild, also hinted that next month's Oscars will definitely give Wang Hao a little surprise.

surprise?

Wang Hao showed joy when he heard this, as if he had guessed something, but he couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

The so-called surprise on the other side was nothing more than that the crew of "Inception" could get a little bit of sweetness at this year's Oscars ceremony.

This is normal. "Inception" itself is very good, and the leading actor is also a Hollywood superstar. On the surface, it is no different from a Hollywood movie. At most, there are more Chinese actors.

Then, if they wanted to recruit Wang Hao, they would definitely have to throw out some bait.

When Li An was recruited, both "The Wedding Banquet" and "Eat Drink Man Woman" were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and his first English film "Sense and Sensibility" was successfully nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, and won the Oscar for "Best Adapted Screenplay".

Nowadays, inflation is severe, and the Oscars are not as attractive to Chinese people as they were in the past. This will give Wang Hao a greater advantage.

This also proves that so-called art is actually nothing more than a business controlled by people.

After winning the Golden Globe Award, Wang Hao did not stay in Hollywood for long. He used the excuse that a movie would be released in China soon and flew back to China almost that same evening on a private jet that had been delivered to him.

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"Director Wang!"

"Director Wang!"

"Director Wang, please share your thoughts on winning the Golden Globe Award!"

"Director Wang, will your future development focus shift to Hollywood?"

"Director Wang, how confident are you that you can win the next Oscar?"

"Director Wang! Can I ask you a few questions?"

At the exit of Shanghai Beijing International Airport, Wang Hao, who had just walked out of the VIP exit, was immediately surrounded and blocked by countless media reporters.

Not only that, because of these reporters, many passengers also stopped and stretched their necks curiously, wanting to see which star could enjoy such treatment.

Faced with the microphones held out to him and the continuous dazzling flash lights, Wang Hao had no intention of stopping to be interviewed. Instead, under the escort of several security guards, he walked through the crowd and got into the car arranged by the company in advance.

"Take me back to the villa first, and then go back to the company."

Wang Hao sat in the car, gave an instruction to the driver, and then closed his eyes to rest.

Although I have taken a nap on the private plane, sleeping in the air is not as sound as sleeping on the ground.

Fortunately, he had more or less rested enough and was not in a hurry to go home to sleep. He had to go to the company first. "Gravity" was about to be released, and as a director, he still had a lot of things to deal with.

After returning home and putting down his luggage, Wang Hao came to the company. At the same time, he also learned that Jing Tian and several other leading actors had gone to Shanghai to participate in a TV show in order to promote "Gravity".

As for Wang Hao, he came back just in time. Taking advantage of the momentum of winning the Golden Globe Award, the movie channel happened to have an interview program that wanted him to participate in.

In addition, there is a meeting at the aerospace department that requires Wang Hao to be present. When "Gravity" is released, it will also require the strong cooperation of relevant departments for promotion, so Wang Hao will have to go to T in person to consult with relevant leaders.

In addition to the matter of the movie "Gravity", the Spring Festival is approaching, and the group company's year-end benefits this year, although the management department has sent the plan to Wang Hao's email in advance, still requires Wang Hao's formal nod and signature.

All this commotion and busyness somewhat diluted the unpleasantness that Wang Hao felt during his trip to Hollywood.

(End of this chapter)