"It's been an unbelievable year and in the first half of the year, I never thought I'd win the Ballon d'Or. Thank you Nick, there would be no show without him, I know you're the best. Thanks also to Bill. Maury, it's a blessing to be able to work with you, and of course thanks to Tokyo, the city owes a lot. ”

Until after the awards, at the Golden Globe party, Levy's mind was still recalling Serona's speech full of gratitude at the award ceremony. Theron's thank-you speech was well written, and Levy was pleasantly surprised by his direct reference to Nick in his speech.

Theron clearly knows exactly where her accomplishments come from, and she is grateful to Levy.

"Also, I have to thank the producers, my agent for helping me, my friends for their support, my fellow South Africans, and I have enough to thank me. I'll be back in South Africa in a week and bring the award back. ”

Of course, Theron can't thank Levy alone, and in her speech, her words also gave face to the Golden Globes: she specifically mentioned her identity as a South African, but also to promote that the Golden Globes are indeed an international award. Her approach can be said to have given the Golden Globe enough face.

It's a pity that the Golden Globe Awards don't give you so much face - Best Director, Best Actor were all lost, and Best Screenplay was also snatched away by Soderbergh's drug network.

The script of the drug network is admittedly inferior to Levy's Infernal Affairs, but the drug network is adapted from a British story, and Levy's Infernal Affairs is from Hong Kong, and this difference still makes Levy defeated.

In the end, if it weren't for the best film, Levy's film regained face, and Levy almost really thought. I was hacked by others.

But fortunately, this award was not left behind.

"Best Drama Film, Nicholas. Levy, Infernal Affairs! ”

Levy clearly remembers that when he heard this award, he also breathed a sigh of relief. This year's Best Director and Best Actor are all playing with false heads, so the award for Best Film can almost be said to be the most important award. It didn't run to anyone else, which means that Levy's film is still promising.

"I'm very happy to receive this award. I have a lot of people to thank, the main actors, the producers, the people who helped make the film, and most importantly, the screenwriters, thank you for your efforts to make this a great film. ”

Compared to Theron's thanks, Levy's thanks were obviously much shorter. This award. There was already enough propaganda that he didn't need to say anything more.

Winning the Golden Globe Award can be said to be the first achievement of the movie. However, it also represents. Levy's film has to continue public relations - and when he thinks about this, Levy can't help but feel a little helpless. If it weren't for PR, I would have left here a long time ago.

He didn't like the post-Golden Globe party — especially today, when he won Best Picture. I don't know how many people are congratulating him. He thanked others for the congratulations throughout the night, until he found a chance to rest in the corner. I also have some dizziness and bloating.

"Nick, don't be in a daze, now is not the time to be in a daze. I just saw that there are a few judges who don't usually go out much, and now that they are coming to the Golden Globes, you should climb the relationship and contribute something to our film......"

While Levi was pondering, Alexander had already walked over unconsciously. Levi turned around and glanced at him, but he only smiled bitterly, he didn't think that when he was hiding, someone would still be able to find him, "Who said I didn't go to the relationship?" I've been talking to people just now. It's just that today apparently I was out of luck. I wanted to talk to another director just now, but I touched the dust of my nose. ”

"You're probably going to talk to Soderbergh, are you?" Alexander asked with a smile.

Generally speaking, since the award is over, what people do is to congratulate each other. Although everyone was a competitor at the time of the awards, when the awards were over, there would be a chance to cooperate in the future, right?

But who is the point for such a thing - if it is Soderbergh, Alexander is not surprised that Levy is deflated.

"No, I didn't see him at all. What was he thinking? We're contenders for this award, but he's too, so is he? ”

This time, at the party after the awards, Levy was shocked to find that it seemed that Soderbergh, one of today's biggest contenders, had left.

Perhaps Soderbergh was not happy to see that he had not won the prize, so he left first. After so many years, he still has the same temper back then, and it's really difficult for him. ”

Alexander noticed Soderbergh's departure, and he explained it to Levy. This also made Levy quite embarrassed: Soderbergh is a person who makes independent films after all, and his temper is inevitably some personality. If I remember correctly, in the future, this guy even wants to give up movies and become a painter, such a temper is too rash.

Of course, as an artist, such a temper is a good temper. However, as a director, an overly individual temper will also affect his career - film is a multi-person collaborative work, and it is impossible for one person to support them all. If you don't pay attention to communication with people, you are making trouble for yourself.

For example, today, although he won fewer awards than Levy, the best director is still confusing, and if he is willing to stay, it may not be beneficial to himself. However, he chose to leave with negative anger.

"Soderbergh is leaving, and I can understand it." Levi just shook his head at Alexander's words, "But, I'm not talking about him, I'm talking about Ridley. Scott. I was surprised that he didn't pay much attention to me when he saw me just now. ”

Compared to Soderbergh, Ridley. Scott has made a lot of commercial blockbusters and is a very mature person. However, at today's banquet, even he didn't give Levi a good face, which surprised Levy.

"Ridley. Scott originally wanted to finish filming Gladiator, and after gaining enough trust, he was going to shoot a big-budget blockbuster that he loved. I've heard that he's got a good theme, and it seems to be a crusader story...... Now that Gladiator doesn't get the best film, those film companies will naturally not sponsor him anymore, without sponsorship, his film will be ruined, how can he not hate you? ”

Alexander explained, but made Levy laugh.

Ridley. Scott's Big Production...... It's the Heavenly Dynasty, right? It's really a good movie, but if he shoots it now, I'm afraid he will lose money and die. By September, it's 911, when a movie featuring Muslims from the front is released...... Courage is commendable, but death is inevitable.

In this way, he can be regarded as saving him - Levy believes that if the film is released at a different time slot, the word-of-mouth may be a completely different matter. It's not a bad thing for him to keep him out of sponsorship.

Unfortunately, there is no explanation for this...... Levy just shrugged his shoulders and expressed his helplessness.

"The best director is not for me, so why hold a grudge against me."

"But the best film is ours, and besides, you don't think Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon can also win the best director at the Oscars, do you? No matter how Ang Lee says it, he is also making a foreign language film. ”

Levy nodded: Indeed, although Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is good, it is a foreign language film after all, and it can win awards in an environment like the Golden Globe that takes care of foreign language films, but when it comes to the Oscars, it is very difficult.

In the end, it is Levy who is competing for the award.

"Speaking of which, I remember you told me that after the Oscars, you're going to work with Chinese directors and talk about how to shoot Chinese blockbusters. Now, Ang Lee is here, why don't you go over and discuss it with him? ”

Speaking of Ang Lee, Alexander also remembered something. It seems that Levy is very interested in the Chinese market, and he has said that he wants to explore there.

"Ang Lee is from Taiwan, and what I need to open is the market in Chinese mainland. He can't help much with the Chinese mainland market. In comparison, there is a greater opportunity to use Hong Kong people to connect with Chinese mainland. Of course, it would have been better if I had direct access to directors in China – maybe I should really talk to the actress who is on good terms with a director in Chinese mainland, as far as I know. ”

Levy shook his head and did not agree with Alexander's suggestion. But after thinking about it, he also put forward an idea: Ang Lee may not be too familiar with the mainland, but the actors in this play can.

It's just that until this time, in his heart, he still hasn't thought about what to do.

Levy is well aware that the Chinese market will be large in the future and can even become the second largest box in the world. However, in order to have such a development, the next blockbuster era is almost inevitable.

Although the movies born during this period of time are indeed not good quality films, the scale of these movies has opened the audience's eyes and let the audience know that movies can still be made with such momentum.

And after the audience's horizons have improved, when they watch movies, it is possible to pursue larger films, which is one of the reasons for the crazy rise in China's box office later. If he was just a businessman, Levy didn't mind at all, and directly accelerated the process - doing so would be beneficial to him.

However, Levy is also very clear that this process is wrong: blindly pursuing big and spectacular without sufficient film level will only bring down his own film industry. Levy is not Weinstein, he always has the mentality of making a fortune and leaving wherever he goes, he thinks more about supporting the normalization and development of domestic films, which is better for movies.

But how? It's also something that makes people scratch their heads. (To be continued......)