At the same time, the Hong Kong media also received the news of Gu Xiaofan's new film "The Undertaker", but they didn't report it at all, because the news didn't sound like it would arouse the interest of readers. [No pop-up novel network]

Even the editor-in-chief of "Apple Daily" has seen it and felt that a movie about the undertaker has nothing worth reporting at all.

Of course, this is not that Gu Xiaofan's movies are completely unattractive, the main thing is that everyone's focus is now on the Olympic Games.

After the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games, the eyes of the whole world were focused on China, which showed its strength to the world with the most modern and perfect Olympic Games in history.

In the sports arena, although the injury of the flying man Liu Xiang broke the hearts of Chinese people all over the world, the performance of the Chinese ** team was like a rainbow, and new Olympic champions were born almost every day.

Since the Olympic Games, it has always been European and American countries that have ranked first in the gold medal list, and in recent decades, only the United States and the Soviet Union have competed for power, and this time, under the gaze of people all over the world, the Chinese Olympic team has been singing all the way, and finally won the first place in the gold medal list with an unprecedented number of 51 gold medals.

Two weeks ago, everyone was still immersed in the glorious image of Yang Zirong, but now, Guo Jingjing, Yang Wei, Lin Dan and other Olympic champions have completely replaced the craze of movies and become the new favorite of the media.

Thousands of miles in the sky, a glittering plane roared by, flying over the bustling modern metropolis below, it departed from Yanjing, passed through most of China and arrived in Hong Kong, known as the Pearl of the Orient.

The passengers on this transfer train include Gu Xiaofan, Feng Xiaogang and Guo Jingjing, Yang Wei, Lin Dan, and other 63 new Olympic champions from the propaganda crew of "Outwitting Tiger Mountain".

This time, Gu Xiaofan, as a representative of mainland films, also placed high hopes on him from Director Shen of the Film Bureau, and asked him to visit with the Olympic delegation to make his momentum bigger.

When Director Shen personally sent Gu Xiaofan to the airport before leaving, he repeatedly instructed:

"Xiaofan, going to Hong Kong is not like the mainland, if you receive any cold reception, you should also look down on it, after all, the news over there is more Western-style reporting, and there is some negative coverage of your previous torch relay, if the media says something nonsense, you must hold back your anger, and when you get there, you go directly to Director Qin of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Special Administrative Region, if you need anything, he will definitely try to help you."

And Gu Xiaofan just smiled when he heard it, but he didn't plan to find the Cultural Affairs Bureau, because he had already contacted Chen Yongqi, the major shareholder of Phoenix Satellite TV and ATV, and planned to go directly to Phoenix Satellite TV to discuss cooperation with them.

This time, because Gu Xiaofan needed someone who had an intersection with the Hong Kong entertainment industry, Gao Yuanyuan, who met a lot of Hong Kong big brothers, volunteered to be Gu Xiaofan's intermediary because of his participation in the Academy Awards.

Of course, the quid pro quo is also very simple, that is, she wants to be the heroine of "The Undertaker", and this was originally planned by Gu Xiaofan, Liu Shishi is too young to play the role of a mature woman, and among the actresses of this age in China, only Gao Yuanyuan is suitable for this role, and Gu Xiaofan knows the roots.

It's just that Gu Xiaofan can't figure it out, after all, "The Undertaker" is a man's play, and the heroine only has a few shots, with Gao Yuanyuan's current value of the Academy Award for Best Actress, there should be a good movie waiting for her, why bother to join in the fun?

Or maybe she wanted to do her a favor...... But this doesn't look like the she-fox's style.

But no matter how you calculate this matter, you are taking advantage of yourself, and Gu Xiaofan is of course happy to do this favor.

Everything went smoothly according to plan for the preparation of "The Undertaker" this time, except for one thing......

On the plane, Gu Xiaofan was looking down and thinking about things a little depressedly, and Gao Yuanyuan next to him patted him on the shoulder.

"Eh, Director Gu, how long are you going to be depressed? If Zhou Yunfa ignores you, you will be unhappy, does he have to play this role? ”

Gao Yuanyuan joked with a smile, and Gu Xiaofan looked sullen all the way.

The main reason is that a few days ago, he was finally busy with the promotion of "Outwitting Tiger Mountain", and had time to visit the crew of "Let the Bullets Fly", but it turned out that Zhou Yunfa had returned to Hong Kong, so he could only call Zhou Yunfa and ask him to participate in the invitation of "The Undertaker".

Originally, Gu Xiaofan thought that with the achievements of "Outwitting Tiger Mountain", Zhou Yunfa would at least think about it, but he didn't expect that people didn't pay attention to him at all, and he didn't even accept the script.

After a few days of phone calling, Zhou Yunfa just asked the agent to deal with it, and he didn't seem to be interested, which made Gu Xiaofan very embarrassed, and now everything is ready and only Dongfeng is owed......

"That old mortuary can only be ......played by Zhou Yanfa," Gu Xiaofan muttered to himself: "Without him, I am afraid it is difficult to say that I want to be shortlisted for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film." ”

"My Director Gu~" Gao Yuanyuan couldn't help but reach out and touch Gu Xiaofan's forehead and sighed:

"You don't have a fever...... Why are you talking nonsense? Do you think the Oscars were opened by your family? Even if you invite Zhou Runfa, will you definitely be shortlisted? Why are you so sure? ”

"Instinctively." Gu Xiaofan is convinced of this, during this time, he has gradually entered a higher level of acting under the guidance of Sirui, and his appreciation of the film is also increasing day by day, although he can't say why, but he can feel that this is a different movie.

Generally speaking, there are only two types of foreign language films that want to win the Oscars.

One is that if you come from a country that Americans think is relatively backward, such as Asia and Eastern Europe, then the genre that exposes the backwardness and cruelty of its own people and tries to be as realistic as possible can make American filmmakers feel sympathy and pity for the people of that country, and you will become a big favorite to win the award.

For example, the 1995 Russian film "Poison Sun" and the 2006 South African award-winning film "Gangster Thug" are in this genre.

On the other hand, on the contrary, if it is a film from Western Europe, you can depict a humanistic atmosphere beyond the United States, so that American filmmakers look up with reverence, and it is easy to win the favor of American filmmakers.

For example, Italy's "Cinema Paradiso" in 1990 and the Spanish film "Deep Sea Sleep" in 2005 belong to this genre.

Most of the award-winning films in this genre are mostly Western European films, with the exception of Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in 2001