Alexander's sigh caused a wry smile from Levy. He knew more about these things than Alexander, so he knew that Alexander's words were not wrong.

The Oscars are an awarding organization, but the reason it attracts so many people is because it is also profitable. After a film wins an award, generally speaking, the income will rise slightly, generally speaking, it can reach about 20 million awards, which is a very important income for a film with little investment.

The investment in literary films is generally not large, and after such a profit, a large part of the benefits can be recovered. This model has also prompted the continuous filming of literary films.

Moreover, when winning an award, the value of an actor will also rise. It is difficult for actors to take on bad movies, for actors who are not famous, it doesn't matter if they take bad movies, anyway, a good reputation or a bad reputation are better than no reputation. But for a good actor, if he plays too many bad movies, it will inevitably damage his reputation and affect others' confidence in his investment - people like Ben Affleck who continue to make bad movies and are still famous are a minority.

And if you win an award, it is basically equivalent to stamping the actor with the seal of acting, and even if he makes a bad movie in the future, people will only blame the problems of the movie, and do not care about the responsibility of the actor. Nicole. Kidman is an example, after winning the actress, she kept bad movies, but her value never fell, that is, because her fame has been established.

These things have always been Hollywood's mode of operation - commercial films make money, but they don't aim at awards, while literary films win awards to make up for their modest profits and give them the motivation to continue making.

This approach is actually a very good operating system. Because although the income of commercial films is very high, it is because the investment is too large. Those who dare to play with new shooting techniques, structural patterns, and theme ideas in this are, after all, a small number of people, and most of them have the opportunity to make blockbusters, and they are all decent and honest productions. is too conventional, and it is naturally impossible to promote the development of new ideas and new techniques for films, which is not conducive to the development of films. And literary films. It just fills this loophole, in this regard, people can try their own ideas freely, and if they get good reviews, they can get a good reputation and make up for it, so that the film industry can also take into account making money and development.

The outstanding aspect of the American film industry lies in this: its development lies in its systematic system, which allows it to take into account all aspects. In contrast, Europeans have no idea of making money, and their films are constantly being choppy despite all sorts of trendy ideas. However, it lacks sufficient influence and box office. The influence of the three major film festivals is not low, but they do not make good use of this influence, they can only let their own film festivals make wedding clothes for others, and one by one stars become famous in the three major film festivals. But Europeans lack the means to capitalize on this fame.

And the China that Levy knows in the future is always thinking about making money-making blockbusters, but ignoring the development of films, which has caused the box office to get higher and higher. A situation where fans are constantly scolding. China's own film awards, I have never paid much attention to them, and there is no publicity in place. There are no rigorous award criteria, which makes China's awards lose credibility, and people are not proud of winning awards, and the quality of films is naturally not high. And the evil result of this is that the Chinese people firmly believe that foreign movies are better than domestic films, and they all go to watch foreign films one after another, which makes foreign films take away a lot of income.

In the final analysis, compared to the American model, their model is still not mature and systematic.

This pattern would have been good, but in the last two years it has all been broken. The box office of movies is now getting higher and higher, and the box office of one billion was called a miracle in the old era, and now it can only be regarded as the first place of the year, and even the first place may not be guaranteed. The income of commercial films has increased greatly, but the income of literary films has not increased, so that commercial films have been far behind literary films in terms of income, which has also made commercial films extremely valued for a while, while literary films have been despised - in this year's films, except for a few biographical films that are heading for the Oscars, there are no other good literary films, that is, they reflect the ideas of large companies.

It seems that in the short term, this is a money-making thing, but in the long run, this may not be a practice of exhausting the fish. This year's Oscar-nominated films have hit a record low at the box office in more than ten years, which is actually just a foreshadowing: in the next few years, the reputation of the Oscars will indeed get worse and worse, and there will be no longer the continuous glory of the best films in the 90s.

These things were originally just secondary things, but when the profound connotation of the movie is no longer there, these things used to please the mainstream are more and more valued.

For this, Levy knows very well, although Alexander is not clear, but as an insider, he can clearly feel that the significance of Oscar's public relations has weakened. In the face of those big movies with a box office of hundreds of millions, they are still calculating an income of one or two hundred million, which makes people feel that it is not worth it.

And in this regard, Alexander's next step is also very simple.

"In the new year, we still have to make more blockbuster films. X-Men 3 is almost finished now, and it will definitely be released next summer, and this one is finished. Beckinsale don't rest, shoot the following one directly, Resident Evil 2, the production of Resident Evil 2 is simpler, and it can be released in winter, so we have two movies. In addition, Takashi Shimizu has also decided to shoot a film Tomie based on Junji Ito's manga works, and I am ready to allow it, so that we will have three movies to be released next year. ”

Since the Oscars are no longer able to bring too much revenue, Alexander naturally focuses more on commercial films, and the films he said are also movies that should be able to make money.

X-Men 3 was made by Nolan last year, and he is full of confidence in the film, and he will also be more careful and serious in the production. Although Levy's premature promotion of him in the past exposed some of his immaturity and did not achieve much success in his career, but. He still relied on his genius to find the direction. This movie is a turnaround battle he prepared for himself, and it is also a very promising work.

And Resident Evil 1 only played a licker, and there were no other monsters, which was also a big dissatisfaction for game fans, who had long been clamoring for the next film. Alexander decided to let Kate. Beckinsale filmed the second part non-stop, also in order to be able to catch up with next year's Christmas schedule - after all, after watching the bleakness of this year's Christmas schedule, he also had the idea of wanting to make a profit. If next year's Christmas schedule is still this virtue, then Resident Evil 2 can definitely make a lot of money.

And compared to them, the route is slightly different is Shimizu Chong. After coming to the United States and filming The Grudge was a great success, Levy also advised him to do more research to increase his knowledge and abilities before considering making his next film. A director who only cares about the box office can easily let his talent wear out, and he is also a master of horror films. James. The first two parts of Saw Horror filmed by Wen are amazing, but under repeated remakes, they even make people feel disgusted in the end, such a thing. Levy doesn't think it's a good thing for the director.

His suggestion affected Shimizu Chong, and instead of going all the way to the dark on the road of curse and resentment, he began to think about shooting something else. And his choice is Junji Ito's work Tomie.

This work has been filmed four or five times in Japan. It's just that limited to the investment and the level of Japanese films, the shooting has not been particularly good. And Shimizu Chong, as a master of horror, chose it to shoot the American version this time. It's about making the best version possible. He found a young actor with a very suitable temperament in Japan, Erika Sawajiri, to play Tomie, and he was also full of confidence in this.

Compared with other commercial films, the investment in horror movies is much smaller, and there is no reason why Alexander should not agree to his suggestion. And Levy also agreed to this, and he also hoped to see Qing Shui Chong's progress: compared to repeatedly making movies around a theme, more expanding ideas, and what movies he can shoot after broadening his horizons is also what Levy is very interested in knowing.

Levy has no opinion on these plans, but listening to Alexander say this, he sighed slightly in his heart: Alexander is also a filmmaker who has been in Hollywood for many years, and he is also the boss of a large company, so he is more familiar with these insiders than others, but his treatment of this phenomenon is to compete with others for commercial films, and let this model fade, which also makes Levy a little helpless.

It's not that they can't see the decline of the film, but now they are thinking more about their own interests, who would think about the decline of the film industry? Faced with benefits that are several times greater than in the past, how many people will consider those issues?

The Oscar itself may not be nothing, but it represents a way out for literary films, and an incentive and goal for the pursuit of film art. With it there, people may think more about this as an honor, and they will fight for the honor and strive to make a better movie. And without it, people will only think about making money -- in the United States of the future, it will be the Twilight Zone, where Transformers will run rampant in the market, and in the future China, where films like this in the small era will continue to be released -- after going through this, the United States has finally figured it out and has some ideas of returning to the right path, while China's side is simply far away.

When the pursuit of filmmakers is only money, then it is undoubtedly only fans who will suffer.

Levy also likes money, but he has always insisted that in addition to money, what filmmakers should pursue more is the film itself. There may be no glory in winning the award, but it is very proud to stick to your own pursuit.

It's a pity that Alexander didn't see this. Originally, Levy also wanted him to find a better path with him.

"In addition, there is one more thing," just as Levi was thinking, Alexander spoke again, "Last year, you said that you wanted to make a 3D movie and want to adapt the three-body problem, have you thought about this idea carefully?" I heard that the novel is finished, do you have the script? ”

This question made Levy stunned. He was still slandering his short-sightedness just now, why did all of a sudden, Alexander mention this? (To be continued......)