There are only two important female characters in "Operation Red Sea", one is the reporter Xia Nan, and the other is the only female member of the Jiaolong commando, Tong Li.

As far as Shen Qiushan knows, Qin Yazhi was born in a literary and artistic soldier, and was an actor in the Chengdu Kongzheng Art Troupe, and later starred in some film and television dramas through the relationship between her father Qin Guoan before slowly entering the entertainment industry, therefore, compared with other actors, Qin Yazhi is more familiar with the army, and she can try the role of Tong Li as a soldier herself, of course, this is just Shen Qiushan's personal thoughts, whether Qin Yazhi can play this role well still has to try.

In the next few days, Shen Qiushan was busy with the preparation of "Operation Red Sea", and it was not until the day before the North American premiere that Shen Qiushan and the main creators of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" went to New York.

JFK Airport.

Columbia Film and Television conveniently sent a Chinese-American named Wang Boren to pick up the airport.

He belongs to the third generation in the United States, his grandfather's generation came to the United States to work hard, and his generation was born in the United States since he was a child, and he has hardly returned to China, but his parents have taught him to speak Chinese since he was a child, and there is no obstacle in communication.

"Director Shen, your work has been nominated for six Oscars this time, which is really a glory for us Chinese. ”

After receiving everyone, Wang Boren beckoned everyone to walk to the parking lot, and chatted with Shen Qiushan with a smile.

"It's just a fluke. Shen Qiushan smiled modestly.

"Director Shen, you don't have to be modest, this is not popular in the United States, they are eager to blow the bull to the sky. Wang Boren smiled and continued: "By the way, Director Shen, after the Oscar nominations were announced, the attention of the film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is not low, a few days ago, many professional media in the United States have published their evaluations of your play, and the reviews are not bad, it seems that the box office of this drama should not be low." ”

"I hope so. Shen Qiushan said truthfully: "Actually, I still have no bottom about the box office performance of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in North America. ”

Wang Boren smiled and spread his hands: "Actually, it's nothing if you want to open it, anyway, the box office of Chinese movies in North America for so many years is not too ideal, Director Shen, let me say something you don't like to hear, even if "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" hit the street at the North American box office, it is normal, anyway, no one will laugh at it, after all, the highest box office of Chinese electronic music in North America for so many years is only a little over $10 million. ”

Wang Boren's words are indeed not good, but it is a fact, for so many years, there are only a handful of movies that can be released on a large scale in North America first, and the box office results are even more pitiful, only Chen Mou's masterpiece "Big Hero" broke 10 million US dollars, however, you must know that the cost of making this movie alone is more than 300 million, and the box office in North America is not enough to make up for its entire loss.

Shen Qiushan and the others followed Wang Boren to the residence arranged by Columbia Film and Television, which is a five-star hotel with good environmental facilities.

After everything was settled, Wang Boren's task was successfully completed.

Next.

The crowd who finally got over the jet lag was directly taken to the premiere of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in New York.

After all, Columbia Film and Television Production Company is one of the three major film groups in the United States, and the premiere of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" organized by them is quite magnificent, and there are more than 300 cameramen, photographers, and reporters on the scene, and the media group is very large.

"Director Shen, this is our senior vice president of Columbia Pictures, Mr. Stephen. ”

At the premiere ceremony, Wang Boren pulled a tall foreigner in a brown suit to introduce.

"Hello, Mr. Stephen. Shen Qiushan greeted politely, of course, he said in English.

"Oh, I didn't expect Mr. Shen to know English. Stephen had a standard American smile on his face.

"A little. Shen Qiushan nodded modestly.

"That's great. Stephen shrugged: "How was your rest yesterday?"

"Good. ”

"If you are not satisfied, just complain about them, we pay a high price. Stephen said with a smile, but it didn't feel natural, like a knife hidden in a smile.

"Pretty good. Shen Qiushan responded lightly.

"Well, I don't want to snub a guest from afar. Stephen spread his hands, and then glanced at the female secretary next to him: "Britney, you tell Mr. Shen the process of the premiere in detail, and I'll go say hello to friends in the media first." ”

"Mr. Shen, let's miss me first. ”

Stephen confessed two sentences and went straight to the media area.

The female secretary named Britney led Shen Qiushan and the others to the lounge at the back, and then began to tell the process of the premiere.

In fact, this premiere is very simple, there are no big-name stars to help, and there are no special performances, in fact, if "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was nominated for six Oscars, there would not be so many reporters today, and this premiere is estimated to not be open.

At noon.

The North American premiere of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" officially began, and Shen Qiushan, Shen Qiuming, Cheng Yunxuan, Qin Yazhi, Zhao Junhua and others all appeared in front of the cameras of American media, which can be regarded as a show of the style of Chinese filmmakers.

However, this is New York after all, and the mode of the premiere is also very different from that in China, and Shen Qiushan and others, who "don't know how to do it", can only obey the host's command and go through the whole process.

About an hour or so, the premiere ended, which was similar to the domestic premiere, and after the premiere in the United States, there was also a part of media interviews.

I don't know if the American media is curious about Shen Qiushan personally, or if they are curious about this "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", in short, when the premiere is over, there are many reporters around Shen Qiushan.

"Hello Director Shen Qiushan, I'm a reporter from the New York Times, and we all know that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has been nominated for six Oscars, so how many awards do you think "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" can win?

A female reporter asks a question, seemingly choosing to ask, but her tone is completely leaning towards the latter, as if she is concluding that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" will not win an award.

Shen Qiushan frowned slightly, his English was still very good, and he could naturally understand the meaning of the female reporter.

"That's right, it's possible for our crew to get nothing, but this is also the possible result of all films that enter the Oscar competition unit, so I don't think it's a bad thing, not to mention that there is an old saying in our Huaxia that failure is also the best experience!"

Shen Qiushan squinted his eyes and responded lightly.

"So, how much box office do you think Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon will get? three million, five million, or eight million?"

Another reporter asked about the box office, but the maximum option he gave was 8 million, obviously in her opinion, Shen Qiushan's work would only hit the street.

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