323. Visiting Ban Huang Bo
PS: I'm sorry, I seem to have drunk too much at night, and I'm dizzy, and sure enough, I'm too drunk......
The announcement of the shortlist of the 78th Academy Awards really caused a storm in the film industry in China, and even covered the limelight of the box office dark horses of "People in Embarrassment" for a while.
Because it is the Oscar, in the hearts of many Chinese filmmakers and even audiences, that award is the highest award for global films, and Ye Sumang also thinks so.
Of course, Ye Sumang did not mythologize the Oscars like many people.
After all, this award still only represents the aesthetics of mainstream films in that country, and it has its own limitations.
Even the Oscars have a better understanding of some art films than many top international film festivals similar to Cannes and Venice, but these are somewhat insignificant compared to its influence.
The United States is a thriving place for movies, there is a good saying, Hollywood-produced movies belong to the United States, but it also belongs to shijie, this sentence alone can summarize the influence of Hollywood films in shijie, and Hollywood is a holy place in the hearts of all shijie filmmakers.
American cinema represents the highest level of the film industry on the planet.
The Academy Awards, the highest award for judging American films, are naturally the top awards in the world, its process is fair and rigorous, the results are also full of suspense, and transparent, coupled with its popularity, it seems not too much to call him the highest award for global cinema.
This time, HK director Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain" was shortlisted for Best Director and Best Picture, while Ye Sumang, a 21-year-old young director from mainland China, won "What If? Love was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for the first time!
At the same Oscars, there were two Chinese people at the same time, and that was back in 1994, when there was still Ang Lee among the shortlisted names. And another name Ye Sumang is also very familiar with, it is his senior brother Chen Kaige, the two of them were nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film that year, but unfortunately Zuihou both failed.
And the second time that two Chinese people were shortlisted for the Academy Awards at the same time, it was the 78th Academy Awards not long after!
Ang Lee has already won Best Foreign Language Film, and this time he will strive for a higher Best Director. What's even more surprising is that the 21-year-old Ye Sumang also finally advanced to the shortlist, and if he can really win that little golden man, he will also create an Oscar history!
Because of the conflict with the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics, the award time of this year's Academy Awards has also been postponed, coincidentally, it happens to be March 5, which is also Ye Sumang's birthday, if he can win a medal on his birthday. Ye Sumang felt that it was too wonderful to think about it.
As for the two directors shortlisted for the Oscars this time, HK naturally reported on Ang Lee and swept over Ye Sumang, while the mainland of China was just the opposite, and the hype reported on Ye Sumang, and Ang Lee was selectively ignored by them, this is a regional dispute, and no film in the mainland of China has won the best foreign language film. As soon as the news of Ye Sumang's shortlisting came out, many movie bigwigs had high hopes.
Even when Ye Sumang was in the office, he received a call from a leader of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. gave Ye Sumang encouragement in an official tone.
Because in the eyes of these high-ranking officials, Ye Sumang's award is also a political achievement in their tenure.
"Su Mang, what do you think of being nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film?" In Ye Sumang's office, Liu Yifei was using a book rolled into a microphone to interview Ye Sumang in a decent manner.
"I don't think so." Ye Sumang looked at Liu Yifei funny, this girl even brought glasses in order to pretend. It seems a bit nondescript.
"How can this work?" Liu Yifei was obviously very dissatisfied with Ye Sumang's answer, and hurriedly came to Ye Sumang's side and taught like a little teacher: "You have to say, you are very excited, this is the greatest affirmation of you......"
"But I'm not really excited right now." Ye Sumang spread his hands. replied helplessly.
He was really not excited, except for the excitement when he first answered the phone, and then his mood calmed down a lot, after all, he was only shortlisted, and he was not the final winner, so it was good to be happy.
"Alas, your temper, that is, me, will be angry if you change someone." Liu Yifei sighed and put away the 'microphone' in his hand in disappointment, but when he said this, he inevitably showed a trace of pride.
Because the man in front of him, who has been given countless praises by the outside world, is now his own!
Thinking of this, the girl's chest was filled with happiness.
At this time, Ye Sumang did not answer Liu Yifei's words, but carefully sorted out the documents in his hand, and at the end of the year, a lot of things in the company were anxious waiting for him to deal with, such as the box office problem of "People in Embarrassment", as well as the income of "Struggle", "The Legend of Sword and Fairy II", in addition to these, there are some private things, such as couples' rings, this matter Ye Sumang is completely focused on doing, and almost every night when he comes home, he has to read books about jewelry design for a while.
And at the beginning of the Oscar nominations, Ye Sumang was not stupidly waiting for news.
In the United States, he doesn't know any media, but his propaganda channels are not bad at all.
After all, Ye Sumang has the largest dating website FaceBook and the largest video website YouToBe in his hands, and if he wants to make a name for himself in his movie, it will be easy to build momentum for the award.
And with the announcement of the list, Ye Sumang naturally exercised his rights, and used the resources of the two companies to promote himself for the first time. The name of "Love" has been imprinted in the minds of the American people in a way like brainwashing, as for the next evaluation, Ye Sumang doesn't know, but he has already created this momentum, it depends on the results of zuihou.
"Su Mang, you will go to the CCTV building in a while and bring me and Shishibei." Half an hour later, when Ye Sumang put down the documents in his hand and was about to take a rest, Liu Yifei immediately seized the opportunity to beg.
Hearing Liu Yifei say this, he remembered that he was going to the CCTV building today to visit Huang Bo.
Speaking of which, since the transformation, Huang Bo can be described as a spring breeze. Not only did the songs sell well, but the records sold nearly one million, and the negative image of the whole person was also swept away, transforming into a mature and good man with deep affection.
Although there are no auditions for his work this year, his popularity has increased greatly due to the popularity of the two songs, and his 'Crazy Racing' has entered the final stage. Ye Sumang has seen the sample film, which is very good, and I believe that Huang Bo's fame will increase again after the release.
This is not enough, good things seem to have found Huang Bo in a series, this is not at the end of August, Huang Bo received an invitation from the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, so that he is ready to sing the song 'Because Aiqing' on the big stage watched by hundreds of millions of viewers across the country.
CCTV is the highest stage in the hearts of the Chinese people, and Huang Bo is naturally no exception, the moment he receives the invitation. He also knew that he had finally turned over as a 'salted fish', and he was very happy.
And this kid is lucky enough, in the cruel CCTV program selection, he actually advanced all the way, and today's rehearsal will basically determine the list of zuihou, so Huang Boli invited Ye Sumang and others to CCTV to cheer him on.
Looking at his watch, it was only half past twelve, and Huang Bo said that his rehearsal would start at two o'clock in the afternoon. So there's no hurry.
"Let's go to dinner first, and then go to CCTV together after eating. Call the girl who is a poet. "Ye Sumang lightly stroked a grid on the itinerary, which was written 'Watch Huang Bo's rehearsal'.
"Haode, get the order!" Liu Yifei walked out of the room with a smile, obviously to inform Liu Shishi.
At noon, the three of them settled in a restaurant near CCTV, and after dinner, the three of them headed for the TV station's building, which was already surrounded by reporters. The arrival of Ye Sumang and the others also caused a commotion.
"I'm sorry, I'm just here to cheer for Huang Bo." Ye Sumang stopped the media and walked inside.
The media were quickly stopped at the door by a large number of security guards.
"Mr. Ye, Miss Liu Yifei, Miss Liu Shishi. Please leave your camera equipment to us for safekeeping. After entering the building, a security guard stepped forward and said.
Ye Sumang nodded, and handed over the things to the security guard very cooperatively, it can be seen that the Spring Festival Gala has reached the preparation stage of Zuihou, and the security measures are gradually increasing, for fear that there will be a little information leakage.
Just after the three of them handed over their mobile phones to the security guards, Huang Bo also came to the hall, and Ye Sumang had already called him when he was outside the door just now.
At this time, Huang Bo was wearing a white suit, and his ordinary face seemed to be a little handsome under the background of the costume, seeing Ye Sumang's arrival, Huang Bo immediately smiled, and smiled at Ye Sumang's chest with a punch.
"Why did you come, if I am a little later, you will miss the stage."
"Isn't that coming?" Ye Sumang also smiled and gave Huang Bo a punch, the relationship between the two is the most haode, it can be described as a real common hardship, Ye Sumang will never forget that Huang Bo and himself only met for a few days and gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to himself to make a movie, and this trust may never be encountered again in his life.
"Well, it's punctual, it's ten minutes until two o'clock, you don't have to worry." Liu Yifei was on the side to help.
Looking at the young couple, Huang Bo patted his head in annoyance, he really couldn't afford to provoke him.
"Okay, it's your Brother Huang's fault, let's go, go to the lounge, your sister is still waiting there." Huang Bo said with a smile, and couldn't help but show a happy expression on his face when he mentioned 'sister'.
When the three of them came to the lounge, Huang Bo's girlfriend Xiao Ou was also there, at this time Xiao Ou had quit his job and became Huang Bo's exclusive life assistant, and there were not only Huang Bo in this lounge, but also many other artists.
Seeing Ye Sumang's appearance, everyone was stunned, and then people kept standing up and respectfully greeting.
"Director Ye, hello ......"
"Director Ye, long time no see......"
"Everyone, feel free, I'm just here to cheer for Huang Bo." Ye Sumang smiled and nodded at everyone, he basically didn't know all the artists in this lounge, so naturally there was nothing to talk about.
But at this moment, he suddenly found a pair of bright eyes looking at him in the corner of the lounge, Ye Sumang turned his head to look over, and couldn't help but be stunned... (To be continued......)