I, Doctor in the US-Chapter 367 - 366: Anne Got Angry Because of a Kiss Scene?

Chapter 367: Chapter 366: Anne Got Angry Because of a Kiss Scene?

"You really move quickly!"

"Isn’t that a good thing?"

"It’s great! But isn’t it a bit too much?"

"Anne, sometimes things develop beyond our expectations."

"Hmph! You haven’t forgotten about our agreement, right?"

"How could I?"

To be honest, Zhou Mo Sen was indeed moving a bit fast.

By Hollywood standards, from the start of a film project to its release,

it generally takes several years.

Especially now, the Twilight City film project is still in the script stage.

In Hollywood, scripts have a ’blacklist’.

It’s like this, usually a ’blacklist’ means something bad.

But in the Hollywood script world, being on the blacklist is actually a very good thing.

If you make it onto this blacklist, the script is sure to be adapted to the big screen.

However, the timing is not fixed.

By "not fixed," it doesn’t mean what we might think.

For example, the hottest project recently, which is the top script on the blacklist, is finally being made into a movie.

And this movie is Hancock!

Actually, the script for this movie was originally titled He Comes Tonight.

Not the mundane Hancock.

Yes, in the United States, the working title for Hancock was actually Hancock.

This... ahem... those who know English would get the pun with the name Hancock.

If you translate it into the Northeast dialect, it might be:

A self-entertaining jerk?

Or in internet slang: breaking the internet with your antics?

After all, it’s Superman.

But really, this script actually made some changes to the image of Superman.

This Hancock is not your typical Superman.

He’s a troublemaker.

Straight translation is trouble maker, or chaos bringer.

This is very different from the traditional Superman.

However, this script has been on the blacklist for a long long time.

How long exactly?

About ten years.

Yes, this is Hollywood’s efficiency for you.

This script has been widely praised since a long time ago.

Yet it still waited for such a long time.

Speaking of which, our Dusk novel, from the time it started selling on Amazon,

to now when Zhou Mo Sen intends to personally adapt it into a movie,

time-wise, it’s really incredibly efficient.

So, Anne’s dissatisfaction... isn’t it a bit odd?

Zhou Mo Sen even thought, does she know something’s up with him and Eva Green?

Hmm?

Why am I thinking like this, so strange.

This feeling of sneaking, indeed... no, I haven’t even done anything yet.

Upon this realization, I feel much better.

But what is Anne really upset about?

"I want a good role!"

This time Anne’s words left Zhou Mo Sen somewhat puzzled.

"Didn’t we agree before? As for this movie, I thought we discussed it..."

"I want it now!"

Okay, she’s acting willfully.

Zhou Mo Sen wanted to negotiate, "I agreed to the lead female role, right?"

Yes, they had already discussed this, the lead female role really wasn’t suitable for Anne.

She’s really past the age of playing a high school girl.

Hmm... in her recent movie, it’s actually The Devil Wears Prada.

This movie is about women entering the workplace, after all.

So, she really can’t play a high school student anymore.

And now, what’s the deal?

"I want to play something else!"

Clearly, Anne is upset.

Zhou Mo Sen has evolved his girl-chasing skills to a strong degree.

I am frighteningly strong!

So, this guy just got closer to Anne.

Gently caressing her shoulder with his hand.

This feels very nice, it can bring her warmth.

"What’s wrong? There’s no need to be like this."

Right on point.

The key is, in what Zhou Mo Sen said, there’s a sense of concern for Anne, and it also highlights his understanding of her.

Yes, you are a very great Anne, an elite among elites.

How could you have such bad emotions?

Anne Hathaway is really... quite receptive to Zhou Mo Sen’s approach.

So, she felt much better and said what she wanted to say.

"Didn’t you notice the Oscars?"

"Oh, so that’s what it is."

The Oscars?

What’s going on? 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

This is about the ’face-slap’ plan Zhou Mo Sen and Anne discussed before.

Apparently it fell through!

The reason is very simple too.

The Oscars are about to start, the time has come.

Actually, in American Hollywood, basically every year, February and March is award season.

And they really only hand out awards.

Unlike film festivals, because film festivals also have a screening process.

Giving awards is a big summary for the previous year’s films.

The Oscars were initially thought up by Hollywood capitalists during a major strike... no pay raises, definitely no raises!

So, they came up with this trick.

Let’s give awards.

Therefore, the Oscars are peculiar, they give awards but no cash prizes.

Many film festivals on this planet have cash prizes for winning.

All three major ones in Europe have them, and some are quite substantial.

During that time, many of our filmmakers, like Jia and Wang, etc.

They didn’t care if their films could be released domestically.

Their confidence came from the cash prizes given by film festivals.

Because during that time, the exchange rate difference, the cost of their films was just over 200,000 RMB.

And winning a major European award, that alone was over 200,000... but that was in Euros.

Plus, they could sell the rights.

So, they really only needed to cater to European cinephiles’ tastes.

Thus, this is why Section Chief Jia has that classic quote.

If Hollywood movies do poorly in our Chinese market, it’s the Chinese audience who needs to reflect!

Actually, who else could make this statement besides Section Chief Jia?

But the Oscars are even more exaggerated.

No cash prizes at all.

Simply put, you don’t even get a dog bone.

But, since it is the Oscars, in American cinema, winning the award indeed has its benefits.

Many actors elevated their status through the Oscars.

When Zhou Mo Sen mentioned that plan before, Anne also felt it could work.

Yet unexpectedly!

Brokeback Mountain got nominated for the Oscars, and for multiple categories.

But Anne...

"Can I speak frankly now?"

"In front of me, you can say whatever you want."

"Those bastards! A bunch of motherf*ckers! It pisses me off!"

Zhou Mo Sen listened patiently to this scholarly elite actress Anne Hathaway cursing.

It’s really not her fault, swearing just feels so liberating.

Because, yeah, Brokeback Mountain did get Oscar nominations, and many got individual awards.

But not Anne, the lead female role, not a single nomination!

Even someone with the best temper wouldn’t stand for this.

Of course, she’d still have to endure, at least not curse publicly.

Still have to put on a smile.

And Zhou Mo Sen’s tolerance made Anne really feel warm inside.

Even so, it’s hard to cool down.

"Even Anna got a nomination!"

Yeah, that Anna Faris they met at Cannes.

This comedic actress even got a Best Supporting Actress nomination.

Zhou Mo Sen could only make a joke.

"I hear they’re focusing more on the Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger kiss scene."

This...

Pfft!

Anne was really amused.

But Zhou Mo Sen really wasn’t joking.

There were even people online suggesting that those two guys’ kiss scene should be nominated for Best Kiss Scene this year.

Alright, it’s not an Oscar category, but there’s such an award.

For this movie...

"Zhou, has this world become..."

"Rotten?"

The two worked in harmony, was Anne satisfied with Zhou Mo Sen’s answer?

"Give it to me."

"What?"

What else could it be?

If the world has gone crazy, then just go all out.

But Zhou Mo Sen really wanted to say.

It’s just Europe and America going wild, truly getting worse and worse...