Chapter 419 "Journey to the West" was released
It has been three days since the Golden Globe Awards ended, but the news on the Internet and the voices of netizens have not stopped.
Moreover, the official is also vigorously promoting the fact that "Truman's World" won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film for the first time on behalf of a mainland film.
Even the news broadcast was briefly reported for a few seconds and made a brief announcement.
A movie has been on the news twice, and both of them have been released separately, not together with other films, and the influence can be seen.
The Golden Globe Awards, logically speaking, are not as good as any of the three major European ones in terms of gold content or popularity.
The Golden Globes are just an awards ceremony, while the three major European festivals are more than the Golden Globes in terms of duration, the number of films and filmmakers involved, and the popularity and importance of the Globes on a global scale.
However, scarcity is expensive, and the three major European mainlands have won it, but the Golden Globe Award has not been won.
What's more, the Golden Globes have always been known as the vane of the Oscars, and half of those who won the Golden Globes won the Oscars.
As a result, "Truman's World" won a Golden Globe Award, which is much more lively than other films in Venice and Berlin.
However, it is a phenomenal movie in itself, and those movies that won the Berlin Golden Bear and the Venice Golden Lion in the past did not have a wide domestic audience and low popularity, and naturally no one cared about winning the award.
Not only for the official, media and audiences, but also for industry insiders, as well as big directors, it is also boring.
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Beijing, Chenguang Compound, No. 18, Liulitun, Chaoyang District, Lay's Pictures, a rookie in the film and television industry, President Zhang Zhao has just signed a director contract with Zhang Yimou.
"Welcome Director Zhang to join Lay's. Zhang Zhao looked excited and shook hands with Zhang Yimou.
After the contract was signed, he was completely relieved and won Zhang Yimou, the big director, which will directly make Lay's Pictures among the giants.
Even if "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" fails at the box office, under this polarized word-of-mouth, it can still get a box office of nearly 600 million, which is enough to prove Zhang Yimou's ability and box office appeal.
After all, not everyone is Li Qian... Thinking of Li Qian, Zhang Zhao had a toothache.
"It's troublesome for Mr. Zhang in the future, and "Return" is about to start preparations. Zhang Yimou smiled, but he was not much excited.
"Director Zhang, just leave it to me. Zhang Zhao responded, although Zhang Yimou's next movie is not a commercial blockbuster, but literary films are also better.
Literary films mean that the cost is not so high, and this is what Zhang Yimou is best at.
Make a high-reputation literary film, first save your reputation, and then make a commercial blockbuster, and you are not in a hurry at this time.
Zhang Zhao said, "And if you have this kind of theme, you can impact the Oscar selection, and the Oscar is still more welcome to this kind of movie that spans decades of life experience." ”
Oscar?
"We'll talk about that then. Zhang Yimou shook his head, the future Oscars will not have his share.
To be precise, at the rate of Li Qian's one movie a year, the Oscar quota in the future will not be shared by any domestic director, unless it is also a phenomenal movie.
Golden Globe Awards, won the Golden Globe Award, the Oscar golden man is also close at hand, Li Qian is less than 30 years old.
As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Yimou felt a sense of loss.
Since "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", he and countless directors have been pursuing the Oscar for ten years, and they are about to be won by Li Qian.
With his understanding of optoelectronics, as long as Li Qian's movie does not have any plots to discredit China, the future Oscar quota will basically be covered by Li Qian.
Just as in the past ten years, he has won nearly half of the Oscars, except for "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" and "Three Guns", several other movies are the only Olympic choice, and no one can shake it.
If Li Qian maintains his previous level, coupled with his current prestige, basically no one will be able to snatch the qualification for the Olympics.
Unless there is a genius new director who comes out of nowhere, he can replace Li Qian.
But Li Qian is only 30 years old, and judging from the age of this industry, he is still a newcomer.
sighed heavily in his heart, what he had been pursuing for ten years was about to be obtained by a young man, Zhang Yimou was not only happy for mainland movies, but also emptiness.
If a mainland movie wins an Oscar, what should he pursue?
"Hey!"
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also began to be confused, as well as Brother Cheng Kai.
Stimulated by "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the Oscar statuetter is their biggest pursuit in the past decade, and there is no one.
The most fierce quarrel at the beginning was "Wuji", Cheng Kaige has already won the Palme d'Or, and he is determined to win the Oscar that he missed in "Farewell My Concubine", and the publicity team far exceeds "Hero".
But when the nomination was announced that year, he gave Cheng Kaige a head start.
didn't even have a nomination, coupled with a box office fiasco, word of mouth also fell to the freezing point, and even a bastard made a "steamed bun" to humiliate himself.
Under the quadruple blow, Chen Kaige, who was ashamed and disappointed at the beginning, and mixed with disappointment, began to hide from the world and disappeared directly from the public.
Recalling his escape, Cheng Kaige still has a hot feeling on his face now.
More than once, he desperately wanted to clear everyone's doubts about himself, but he didn't do it.
And now, Cheng Kaige thinks that he may not have a chance.
If you don't make entertainment films, it will be impossible to reach Li Qian's box office of more than one billion, and if there is no accident in the Olympic quota, Li Qian will control it in the future.
"Hey!"
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Compared with Zhang Yimou and Cheng Kaige, who were a little stunned, Ma Xiaogang's thoughts in the same era were completely different.
He also rushed past Ao, "Night Banquet", known as the "Hamlet" of the East, is aimed at the appetite of Westerners, for overseas copyright and Oscars.
However, not to mention the Oscar nomination, I didn't even get the Golden Globe nomination.
Carefully prepared, the movies tailored for foreigners were not nominated, and Li Qian won the Golden Globe Award for the first time in the Olympics.
Coupled with the fiasco of the Lunar New Year, Ma Xiaogang became more and more unhappy.
"Humph!"
Ma looked at the praise of "Truman's World" and Li Qian on the Internet, and Ma Xiaogang's heart was full of indignation and disdain.
If you want to win an Oscar for a comedy, let's dream about it, how high it is blowing now, and if I don't win the award when the time comes, I'll see how it ends!
Thinking about it, the corners of Ma Xiaogang's mouth unconsciously curled up a slight amplitude, as if he had seen Li Qian's dilemma after the Oscar failure of "Truman's World".
However, when I thought of the box office of "1942", which had just exceeded 200 million, my face collapsed again.
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No matter how lively the outside world is and what others think in their hearts, Li Qian came back to take advantage of the jet lag, and after resting for a while, he held a celebration press conference for "Truman's World".
With a box office of more than 1.7 billion, although there are high-definition pirates, it should not be much of a problem to break through 1.8 billion.
100 million more and 100 million less, the meaning is no different, and the movie has been released for 40 days.
You don't have to be deliberately low-key, it's too careful.
Besides, there is no way to keep a low profile, the box office and influence of the movie are here.
At the celebration press conference, the most asked questions by reporters were confidence in winning the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
What else can I say, I can't say that I don't have faith.
Li Qian said with a smile, "The first time I was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, of course I hope to win the award, since I participated, I don't think anyone will just want to accompany the trip, in that case, it is better not to sign up." ”
"Director Li, the Oscars have never been a comedy genre, and "Truman's World" is another comedy, what aspects of the movie do you think can impress the judges?" the reporter asked.
"Actually, in essence, "Truman's World" is a feature film, but it uses black humor to tell the story, and "The Artist", which won the Oscar for Best Film last year, also has comedy elements, as for what impresses the judges, it depends on what the judges see in the movie. Li Qian said.
"Director Li, after "Truman's World" won the Oscar, you became the only director in the mainland to win the Oscar, and even directors Zhang Yimou and Cheng Kaige have not won the Golden Man ....."
"At the moment, it's just a nomination, and I haven't won an award yet. ”
Li Qian didn't wait for the reporter to finish speaking, then interrupted him and said with a smile, "However, I still thank this reporter friend for helping me get a loan." ”
Loan?
Everyone was slightly stunned, and then burst into laughter.
Loan Oscar, this statement is really novel enough.
However, no one gave Li Qian any more loans.
The whole press conference was decent, even if the reporters were very excited, but Li Qian was very calm, which disappointed them.
Immediately afterwards, seeing that Li Qian didn't eat this set, the reporters asked about Li Qian's plan for his new film.
"I don't have any plans for a new movie for the time being, and I plan to take a two-month break before I talk about it, after all, making a movie is also a brain-consuming thing. ”
“???”
The reporters were stunned, resting?
Li Qian actually said that he wanted to rest?
In the past, every time the movie was about to finish, Li Qian almost announced the preparation of a new film.
But this year, you want to take a break?
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After the end, this press conference, which did not have much information, was also hotly discussed by netizens because Li Xin's film did not have a shadow.
"Master's youth is gone, the movies are almost finished, Li Qian hasn't prepared a new film yet?"
"The former fast gunner Li Qian is gone, Li Qian has fallen, as a director, what do you want to do if you don't make movies!"
"Is Li Qian making enough money and going to win the Oscar again, so he has no motivation?"
"I guess yes, both movies are about to have a box office of 3.5 billion, how much do you have to earn!"
"Then we won't go to the cinema to watch the next movie, wait for two months, and we can watch it online, anyway, we have opened a membership to watch it for free. ”
"That's right, if you don't watch it, I won't watch it, everyone won't watch it, Li Qian can't make money, so don't you have to work hard to make a few more movies. ”
"Logical genius, it's up to you to wait two or three months. ”
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Li Qian can't help the fans' full of grievances, he is not an iron man, even if he stands on the shoulders of giants, it takes a lot of energy to make a movie.
Besides, there will definitely be no shortage of things in the company this year, and it is impossible to completely ignore them.
It's only been January, and it's still early.
After the celebration press conference, Li Qian was also busy to death, and the interview invitation was not interrupted, and various TV stations and media could fill Li Qian's time in the next month.
I can only accept a part of it selectively, and I always have to give myself a break after an exclusive interview every five or six days.
Rest, interviews, dealing with the company's affairs, plus dealing with optoelectronics, most of the month has passed.
"Truman's World" benefited from the Golden Globe Awards, and the follow-up popularity remained high, and it also won a lot of box office.
When the Spring Festival was approaching, "Truman's World" also successfully exceeded 1.8 billion, and it was still being screened on a small scale, and Optoelectronics deliberately extended the release time.
Compared with the 1.68 billion of last year's "I Am Not the God of Medicine", the box office increase is not large, and it cannot keep up with the 30% increase in the market.
However, the later trend of "I Am Not the God of Medicine" is too good, and there is even a reversal, and there are many more viewers in their forties and fifties.
After all, the genre of the movie is there, and "I Am Not the God of Medicine" has caused too much social sensation.
However, 1.8 billion is enough to meet Li Qian's expectations.
During this time, new films have also been released, but because of the approaching Spring Festival, there are many animated films.
Movies such as "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf", "Poruru Ice and Snow Adventure", "Rock Kingdom", and "Balala Little Demon Fairy" fill the big screen.
However, "Pleasant Goat" is as stable as ever, breaking 100 million in ten days, and other movies are a little worse.
The comedy movie "Happy Home" starring the Happy Family got a box office of 150 million within 20 days of its release.
You don't need to look at other people's evaluations to know that this is 100% a bad movie, the kind that is so bad that it can compete for the best bad movie of the year.
Shonan TV and these hosts, it is estimated that they have tasted the sweetness, and they will make a comedy of this kind every year, but the box office is okay.
and the Hollywood blockbuster "Cloud Atlas" starring Zhou Xun was released, and it got a box office of 70 million in four days.
This itself is to be operated as a co-production, but Optoelectronics just issued new regulations last year to limit the conditions for co-productions, and as a result, it was released as a batch of films, and domestic investors lost money.
Not only this one, but most of the movies that wanted to take the path of co-production failed.
In the second half of January, 20 films were released, and although the box office was not very good, the film market was surprisingly lively.
Until February 7th, the 27th day of the Lunar New Year, "Journey to the West", which was still three days away from the first day of the new year, held a premiere ceremony in Beijing.
In a month in China, the film market once again ushered in a big production directed by a big director.
However, this is still the future of the film industry's release.