Chapter 111: Before the Storm
readx; The final Grand Prize of the Golden Globes was taken away by "The Aviator", and Weinstein became the biggest winner of the night, which also announced the end of the Golden Globe Awards ceremony. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
After the awards were presented, the banquet could finally begin. The Golden Globe Awards are broadcast live, and it is impossible to really give awards while eating, try to think about it, Leonardo bites the steak in front of the camera, and Theron gnaws on chicken legs in front of the camera, what kind of scene is that, and is there an image at all?
After the award is awarded, the live broadcast is over. The atmosphere in the entire banquet hall was also completely relaxed, many people got up and started to move, the winners congratulated each other, the disappointed began to drink, and even ran to the smoking area to smoke.
Cheng Peng, a big star in Hollywood, knows only one or two, and he doesn't have any friendship at all, and he doesn't have the idea of talking to anyone.
However, it took a lot of effort to win the Sony classic award this time, and Cheng Peng definitely had to express his gratitude in person, so he took Tong Liyu to find Michael Buckle and expressed his gratitude in person.
The public relations of the Oscars and Golden Globes are very important, and Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine" lost to "The Lover of Four Thousand Golds" because Chen Kaige thought he had won it and did not go to public relations; Similarly, there is "Saving Private Ryan", Spielberg thought he had won and did not work public relations, while Miramax spent 5 million on public relations for "Shakespeare in Love", and finally "Shakespeare in Love" had the last laugh.
Michael Buckle seemed happy, because winning the Golden Globe Award will boost the box office, and the DVD and TV rights will sell better, but he still has some regrets: "It's a pity that the movie didn't sign up for the Oscars, otherwise it would definitely be nominated, and even if it wins the award, there is a lot of hope." ”
Cheng Peng also had some regrets: "No way, I can't do this kind of thing!" “
Cheng Peng and Tong Liyu chatted with Michael Bakkel for a few words, returned to their seats, and chatted slowly with a few people at the same table.
While chatting happily, Harvey Weinstein walked over and greeted Cheng Peng with a smile: "Dear Cheng, you are here." Congratulations on winning the Golden Globe! ”
"Thank you, Harvey. You've had a great evening and I've heard seven or eight people say thank you to Harvey when they give their acceptance speeches! ”
Harvey Weinstein laughed, "I've got a party to celebrate, are you going to come to it?" ”
Cheng Peng shook his head with a smile, he had no interest in this kind of messy party: "I'll be free, the jet lag hasn't been reversed yet, I want to have a good rest!" ”
Weinstein shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's a pity, there are a lot of ** beauties waiting to meet you." It's a shame you don't go! ”
The dinner is over. Cheng Peng and Tong Liyu came out of the Hilton Hotel. A large group of reporters surrounded them like hungry wolves, and they were basically domestic reporters.
Cheng Peng and Tong Liyu were both startled, when the red carpet began. There are not many domestic reporters at all, how can so many people pop up at once.
No, Cheng Peng was in a good mood, did not refuse the interview, and kept a shallow smile on his face: "It's late, aren't you all resting?" ”
The reporters were overjoyed when they heard this, and when they heard this, they knew that Cheng Peng was willing to be interviewed. A reporter asked: "Director Cheng, congratulations on winning the Best Foreign Language Film Award, do you have anything to say to the domestic audience?" ”
Cheng Peng said with a smile: "Movies are made for the audience, and the audience's liking is the best reward." It is a higher honor than all the awards! Thank you for your support, your support is my driving force! ”
"Director Cheng, do you feel sorry that you won the Golden Globe Award, but you didn't get the opportunity to sign up for the Oscars?"
Cheng Peng glanced at the reporter. Xindao, this Nima wants to trap me, you don't have any worries about scolding radio and television, anyway, he can't control you, but he can control me! He smiled and said, "I think I'm very lucky, my first movie was able to win such an award, and I was really, really lucky, thinking about the rest, it's a bit lacking in people's hearts!" In fact, as a director, it doesn't matter whether it's the Golden Globe or the Oscars, making good-looking movies and making movies that the audience likes is what I'm pursuing. ”
"Director Cheng, congratulations on winning the award, many directors who win the Oscars and Golden Globes will take this opportunity to enter Hollywood, do you have this plan?"
"I don't have this idea for the time being, cultural differences are really difficult to overcome, I'm not Ang Lee, I don't have the experience of living in the United States, there are many things I can't understand, the language habits of the characters, logical thinking, etc., if I don't understand these I can't direct the actors' performances, and the movie may have problems. Maybe one day I'll try it, but now I still want to make Chinese films! ”
"Director Cheng, has the new film been decided? Who are the actors and what are the themes? ”
"A few days ago, I was wearing armor to record the show, and I said at the time that the new film is about Daqin, you don't believe it, you all think I'm hyping up for "Dark Invasion". In "Hero" directed by Zhang Yimou, King Qin has a line, I want to lead Daqin's iron cavalry to fight a big world. However, what is shown in the movie is Daqin's bow and arrow, and the cavalry is not shown, I want to try! ”
Best Foreign Language Film is only a small award, and it is generally difficult to arouse the interest of North American audiences, but Cheng Peng's film "Invasion of Darkness" has already grossed more than $10 million at the box office and is very young, so it has attracted a lot of attention.
The domestic media is completely a gesture, as if crazy, almost all of the media are reporting with large headlines.
"The birth of a genius, Cheng Peng won the Golden Globe Award!"
"Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film Youngest Director, Chinese, Cheng Peng!"
"On the occasion of the centenary of Chinese films, Cheng Peng presented a Golden Globe gift!"
"Cheng Peng challenged Zhang Yimou to show the Great Qin Iron Horse on the screen!"
Of course, while giving Cheng Peng the applause, the media also slapped radio and television, Cheng Peng's movie got two of the three major outposts of the Oscars, but radio and television did not send Cheng Peng's movie to the Oscars, but sent "Ambush on All Sides", which was praised by everyone as a bad movie.
An article is like a spear, like a dagger stabbing at radio and television. If Radio and Television were a person, I am afraid that they would have died under the random arrows of the media.
At this time, Radio and Television really regretted it, if "The Two of Us" was sent, the Oscars would not dare to say that they would definitely win the award, but the nomination would definitely be proper. Now that it's like this, if "Ambush on All Sides" can't get the nomination, they really can't explain it. Therefore, many people are silently chanting in their hearts. If you want to fight, you must get the nomination!
For Cheng Peng's fans, it is even more crazy, and the posts in the post bar are refreshing at a crazy speed.
"Boss, you're amazing, you'll definitely get more prizes in the future, take all the prizes!"
"Radio and television are going to die, if our boss goes to the Oscars, he will definitely win the award. Why did you send the bad movie "Ambush on All Sides"? ”
"Boss, looking forward to your new movie. I also like Daqin! ”
The next morning. Tong Liyu flew back to China. No, Cheng Peng was not in a hurry to return to China.
In the evening, Cheng Peng called Zhao Linlin and asked, "Linlin, has the box office of "Dark Invasion" been settled?" ”
"It's settled. The total box office is 105 million, and our share of the box office is 33.26 million. ”
The box office of "Invasion of Darkness" was 500,000 more than Feng Xiaogang's "No Thieves in the World", ranking third in the box office list of domestic films in 2004. "Kung Fu" ranked first with 160 million, and "Ambush on All Sides" ranked second with 150 million.
The most depressed thing is even Feng Xiaogang, he, the mainland box office king, didn't even enter the top three this time, and he lost to a newcomer, he really couldn't figure it out.
The domestic income of "Invasion of Darkness" is over, with a box office income of 33.26 million. The copyright of the DVD is 4 million, and the naming fees for product placements, placement ads, premiere titles, audio and video copyrights, and TV copyrights add up to a total of 35 million, while 25 million are used for publicity and distribution. The domestic part earned 47 million.
Domestic income plus foreign copyright fees, a total of 127 million, this is an unexpectedly achievement, this year has not been in vain.
Cheng Peng nodded and said with a smile: "There are more than ten days before the Spring Festival, everyone has worked hard for a year, according to what we started to say, send the money to everyone!" ”
"What, if you don't come back, what's wrong?"
"There's a little bit of business to take care of, and I'll stay here for a while. You're the executive producer, so you have to put a little more effort into the preparation of "Mythology"! ”
"Put it down, I've been staring, Zhang Meng is in charge of some things in the war drama, and Qi Nian is in charge of part of the Yue Clan, no problem!"
"Thank you for your hard work, that's it, what's there to contact again!"
After hanging up the phone, Cheng Peng thought about the problem in his heart and turned on the TV casually, but the sound from the TV made him shocked, and he suddenly looked at the TV screen.
A middle-aged man in a suit on TV angrily lashed out at the camera: "Yes, I have been a screenwriter in Hollywood for 30 years and have sold several million-dollar scripts, including "Little Ghost Millionaire" and "Mother and Son Weilong" have good box office. I have been committed to the research and development of scripts, and after years of hard work, I have found that Hollywood scripts have a commonality, or a pattern, and I call this model a node, and Hollywood scripts have fifteen nodes, so I am going to write a book about this model.
The other day, I got a call from my friend Rick Kaplan, who told me that there was a video on the Internet that drove a lot of Hollywood screenwriters crazy, and in the video a young man described a very unique theory of script structure, very magical, very practical, and he suggested that I take a look.
When I watched that video, I was completely shocked, how could this be, how could my fifteen-node theory be told by others? God, I can't believe it! How did my thoughts end up in someone else's video? I went to check the information of the young man, who was Chinese and had only made two films. This theory is definitely not something he can discover, and only those who have studied the script for decades are likely to discover. This is definitely plagiarism, he plagiarized my ideas, and the ideas of fifteen nodes are mine! ”
The reporter asked, "Mr. Snyder, do you have evidence that he plagiarized your ideas?" ”
Blake Snyder said with a calm face: "I swear by God, I sorted out the theory of the fifteen nodes at the beginning of last year, and described it to my friends, and they can testify for me. If Cheng Peng is a Hollywood director, watching Hollywood movies since childhood, it is possible to find nodes, but he is a Chinese, Chinese movies are different from Hollywood movies, how can he discover the structure of Hollywood movies? His film "The Two of Us" was also not written according to the theory of fifteen nodes, which is so strange! Now that you know this theory, why not use it? It is clear that he did not know it then, that he was a shameful plagiarist! ”
Cheng Peng looked at Blake Snyder, who was talking eloquently in front of the camera, and knew that what he was worried about had finally come!