Chapter 311: The Most Profound
In recent years, with the rise of the Dragon Kingdom film market, the Chinese people's obsession with the Oscar is not as high as in previous years.
However, the Oscar's position as the highest temple of world cinema is still solid.
If the three major film awards ceremonies of the Dragon Kingdom want to approach and replace its position, it will take years, more than ten years, or even decades of hard work.
Just like the music industry, there is also a chain of contempt in the film industry.
Dragon Kingdom Music, Dragon Kingdom Movie, was previously at the end of the chain of contempt.
In recent years, through the unremitting efforts of musicians and filmmakers in Longguo, they have worked hard to improve their internal skills, so that their status has been significantly improved.
In the past two years, more and more Dragon Country musicians have been accepted by the world's mainstream music, An Shuyi and Liu Runze have been affirmed by the mainstream Grammys Awards.
Compared with music, Oscar, which appears to be more old-fashioned, conservative, and xenophobic, has developed at a rather slower pace.
With the overseas expansion of Dragon Kingdom Capital, it has won a certain right to speak for Dragon Kingdom movies in Hollywood, and has gained some respect, and more and more Dragon Kingdom movies have been launched on a large scale in American theaters, and the box office results have been rising.
Although there are some "America first" nationalists who constantly shout about the "Dragon Kingdom Threat" and "Dragon Kingdom Cultural Invasion", it is really a good movie and will not be buried because of this.
Even if the box office in theaters is unfavorable, you can make a lot of money in terms of video tape rental!
More and more Dragon Country filmmakers are serving as directors and leading actors in Hollywood A-level productions, just like the original black people, and now the yellow-skinned Dragon Country people are rising unstoppably in Hollywood.
However, the Oscars, like the last fig leaf in the American film industry, are still stubborn in prejudice, unwilling to face up to the facts, and ignore the efforts and achievements of Dragon Country filmmakers.
The filmmakers of Dragon Kingdom have yet to be nominated for a major Oscar, let alone win an award.
As for the technical awards, who cares but the winners themselves?
Even the "Best Foreign Language Film" award specially set up for world films, the Oscars often can't treat Dragon Kingdom movies with a fair and fair attitude for one reason or another, and occasionally give a nomination, don't think about winning the award.
"Infernal Affairs" is the top of the global box office charts in 2017 - although 2017 is still a few days away, but none of the films that are being released can pose a threat to "Infernal Affairs" according to the current box office trend - the Oscars cannot ignore it, and it is a matter of course to be nominated for "Best Foreign Language Film".
After the Oscar nomination party was held, fans of Dragon Kingdom found out and watched the other four films that were nominated for "Best Foreign Language Film" together with "Infernal Affairs", and then came to a conclusion - whether it is from the ideological connotation of the film or the quality of the finished film, "Infernal Affairs" has obvious advantages.
As long as the Oscar judges are not blind, "Infernal Affairs" is basically stable in winning the "Best Foreign Language Film"!
Dragon Kingdom fans are excited by this conclusion, although there is still more than a month before the Oscars are held, but some fans who are full of confidence in Zhao Zhenghao, or simply full of self-confidence, have begun to celebrate him in advance to set another record!
Zhao Zhenghao himself has a different view on this.
He has a wealth of experience in dealing with Yankees, and he knows the temperament of those self-righteous Yankees, and it was because he trusted their professional ethics too much that he was brushed by them, so that Zhao Zhenghao made a big deal at the Grammy Awards ceremony in a fit of anger!
The Grammy Awards organizing committee finally bowed to Zhao Zhenghao, it was forced by the situation, Zhao Zhenghao's second solo album, the songs included, each one is so classic, word of mouth and sales soared, and the albums released at the same time formed a crushing trend, if the Grammy Awards dare not give it fair treatment, their credibility will be greatly affected.
Although the Grammy Awards are the number one awards ceremony in the world music industry, they are not without competitors, and the American Music Awards and Golden Melody Awards are eyeing its status and are ready to replace it!
Now, although there is some influence of "Infernal Affairs" in the world film circle, it is still a few notches behind the influence of Zhao Zhenghao's second solo album in the world music circle.
Zhao Zhenghao also watched several other films nominated for "Best Foreign Language Film" at the same time, to be honest, these opponents are also commendable, "Infernal Affairs" is not bad, but it is not enough to say that it has formed a crushing trend for them.
If the judges of the Oscars are completely fair and impartial in their awards, then among the five nominated films for "Best Foreign Language Film", "Infernal Affairs" may have a higher probability of winning than its opponents, but it is only 25% likely, and it can be 30% at the top.
With such a probability, there is no guarantee that "Infernal Affairs" will definitely win!
What's more, the judges of the Oscars who are wary of the rise of Dragon Country movies are well-known and universally recognized for their prejudice against Dragon Kingdom movies!
Therefore, Zhao Zhenghao did not assign "Zhenghao Studio" to Hollywood for public relations, but Penguin Pictures raised a sum of money and hired a professional public relations company in the United States to carry out public relations for "Infernal Affairs", but Zhao Zhenghao was not optimistic about this.
The Oscars can indeed be public, but no one can say how big the role of public relations can be!
However, it is definitely not as big as ordinary people imagine, if public relations can really be invincible, then the Dragon Kingdom Film, which has strong capital behind it, has already captured the Oscars, and it is impossible to even ask for a "Best Foreign Language Film" award as it is now.
Penguin Pictures also wants Zhao Zhenghao to contribute to public relations, and Zhao Zhenghao's influence in the United States has now spread from the music industry to the entire entertainment industry, including the film industry.
"A Chinese Ghost Story", "Journey to the West" and "Infernal Affairs" have all achieved good box office results in North America, and the names of director Zhao Zhenghao and film actors have been established and recognized by the public.
His status as an international superstar in the music industry has penetrated into the hearts of American fans, and many American film practitioners have publicly stated that Zhao Zhenghao is their idol, which makes it easier for him to be recognized by Hollywood.
If he personally goes into battle for public relations, he can at least increase the probability of winning "Infernal Affairs" by ten percentage points.
However, although Zhao Zhenghao has decided to use more practical actions to truly integrate into the world, with a more positive and active attitude, and strive for more people's recognition.
However, let him pay for a smiling face and say good things like those who are not used to him for an award, Zhao Zhenghao would rather choose not to have this award!
He still prefers others because of his ability and strength, because of his works, and gives him corresponding honors and trophies, rather than because of his groveling.
If he really did that, it would be a great disgrace to the traverser!
So, Zhao Zhenghao turned down the invitation of Penguin Pictures under the pretext that the concert schedule was too busy.
Oscar's turmoil did not have much impact on Zhao Zhenghao's mood, and he had figured it out and decided to slow down his pace and capture Oscar, which was in his schedule, but the ranking was not high.
He believes in himself, and it is a matter of time before he captures Oscar!
The fourth stage of the "legendary" World Tour, the itinerary in North America, starts from Los Angeles on the West Coast, then goes all the way north, enters Canada, then turns east, comes to the East Coast, then turns south, and after the Miami trip, then turns west, goes to New Orleans, Houston, and then enters the hinterland of the United States.
In three months, I had to go to 15 cities and hold more than 30 concerts, and the itinerary was relatively hurried and intensive.
It's not that Zhao Zhenghao doesn't want to make the itinerary easier, it's that the fans are too enthusiastic!
Originally, the fourth phase of the "legendary" world tour was only planned to go to 12 cities, and two concerts were held in each city, and the number of concerts in the whole stage was 24.
However, after the itinerary was confirmed, all 24 concerts and a total of 1.5 million tickets were sold out in less than 10 hours!
Then, the back-row tickets with a face price of only two hundred dollars were speculated to a thousand dollars on the black market, and there is still no market!
Fans who didn't grab tickets gathered under Cho Jung-ho's Twitter and strongly demanded more concerts.
The organizer of the concert also repeatedly persuaded Wang Yulan to let her do Zhao Zhenghao's work, adjust the itinerary, and increase the number of concerts.
With such a hot market response, for each additional concert, ticket sales alone can earn nearly $20 million!
The duration of a concert is just over two hours, which is faster than robbing a bank to get money, comparable to a money printing machine!
Such a good money, if you don't earn it, you won't earn it in vain!
Zhao Zhenghao finally agreed to increase the number of concerts, making money is not the biggest purpose, but more to meet the needs of fans.
Zhao Zhenghao doesn't want to have too much intersection with the group of old antiques who are in charge of the discourse in the American music and film circles, but the American fans' love for him comes from the heart and is pure and flawless, and Zhao Zhenghao is unwilling to live up to it.
Getting along with fans is the most enjoyable moment for Zhao Zhenghao in addition to getting along with Yu Yabin and Diandian, even more than getting along with relatives like Zhao's father, Zhao mother, and Zhao Zhihui.
In the future, the interval between Zhao Zhenghao's world tour will be much longer than before, and he will put more energy on accompanying his family, and he can't be idle, and the first choice is to make movies.
The album may be released in two or three years, and the world tour may have to wait four or five years, or even longer, before the next one can be held.
Although the world tour is the fastest and most lucrative part of all his careers.
Zhao Zhenghao does not want to be a slave to money.
Therefore, Zhao Zhenghao treated the remaining performances of the "legendary" World Tour with the greatest sincerity, and even turned down the invitations to the Oscar, Grammy and Golden Melody Awards ceremonies.
The first Oscar ceremony, the attribution of "Best Foreign Language Film", was expected by Zhao Zhenghao, and it was not "Infernal Affairs" that won the award!
The reason for the failure of "Infernal Affairs" given by the academy is quite strange - the core idea of "Infernal Affairs" comes from Buddhist scriptures, and Buddhism is not the original religion of the Dragon Kingdom, its birthplace is India!
Therefore, from this point of view, the ideological core of "Infernal Affairs" does not represent the Dragon Kingdom!
For such a reason, Zhao Zhenghao didn't even have the interest to complain!
The fans of Dragon Country were also defeated by the strong logic of the Oscar judges and lost the interest of the poisonous tongue.
However, a sentence of TMD is still indispensable - since you TMD think that the ideological connotation of "Infernal Affairs" cannot represent the Dragon Kingdom, what does it mean to nominate it for "Best Foreign Language Film"?
Playing tricks?
It's a pity that the Oscars' precautions against Dragon Kingdom movies are stricter than the Grammys, leaving no loopholes, allowing Zhao Zhenghao to play another "abandonment".
However, Zhao Zhenghao held this tone in his heart, and his plan underwent some changes.
The choice of the fourth director's work, which was still hesitating, now has a clear answer!
Don't you want the most traditional and pure dragon kingdom thoughts? Okay, I'll give it to you!
Originally, Zhao Zhenghao planned to ask Yu Yabin to bring some points over when the "legendary" World Tour went to Miami, and he took a few days to accompany him to Orlando Disneyland, which is not far from Miami.
Now, plans have changed, and the first trip to Disneyland has to be postponed.
Of course, the main reason for the change of this plan is not Zhao Zhenghao, but Yu Yabin, as well as Zhao's father and Zhao's mother, who do not agree with this plan.
The reason they gave Zhao Zhenghao was irrefutable - Diandian was only seven months old, and although she was very healthy, the long-distance flight of more than ten hours was still an unbearable burden for her, and besides, she could not experience the fun of those amusement projects in Disneyland now.
Zhao Zhenghao had nothing else to do in between the concerts, so he first wrote the script of the fourth director's work.
Zhao Zhenghao is preparing to shoot "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" this time!
The original work of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is an old-school martial arts released in the thirties and forties of the last century, which was originally not very famous, and Zhao Zhenghao was also a martial arts fan in his previous life.
It wasn't until it was brought to the big screen and won the Academy Award for "Best Foreign Language Film" that it didn't know it existed.
The original work of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is lackluster in terms of Zhao Zhenghao's previous life, which is accustomed to seeing new-school martial arts, but the adapted "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" movie is the most remembered martial arts movie in Zhao Zhenghao's previous life!
Not only does it represent the Dragon Kingdom movie, but it is also the first time, and the only time before Zhao Zhenghao crosses over, to win the Oscar "Best Foreign Language Film"!