Chapter 241 Oscar nomination

For Barry. As far as Diller is concerned, he dared to jump from Fox of the seven major Hollywood film companies to Zhang Yi's Jiying Film Company, a company that is still in the development stage, and it is naturally impossible not to do an investigation of Zhang Yi and agree lightly.

He had studied the films written by Zhang Yi and was shocked by Zhang Yi's unbridled imagination. Moreover, he also noticed that the commercial value of the film written by Zhang Yi is much higher than the artistic value.

He is, as he himself says, more like a businessman than a filmmaker. It's just that he is a businessman who is extremely talented in movies.

Barry. It is not for nothing that Diller has to admit that his boss has been dubbed a demon by the Southeast Asian media. He's a wicked.

After reading the three scripts written by Zhang Yi, with Barry Diller's vision, I naturally saw his value. The movie "Titanic" is naturally the movie with an investment of 200 million US dollars in Zhang Yi's mouth. I have to say that this movie is really worth the investment. However, the stakes are extremely high. Well shot, it's undoubtedly the classic of the classics. If you don't shoot well, you have to accompany you.

Of the three scripts, the most obvious self-respecting commercialization is "The Mummy", a film with a little magical color. As for the favorite Cheng dù, Bali Diller's favorite is "The Shawshank Redemption".

Zhang Yi looked at Na Bari Dille and smiled without disturbing him. After Barry Diler finished reading the three scripts, he closed his eyes and savored it, looked at Zhang Yi, and his eyes changed significantly.

"The boss of "Titanic" really plans to let Cameron direct it? He's not the best person right now. Barry Diller looked at Zhang Yi and asked.

"Hehe, he's not now, he will definitely be in the future." Zhang Yi smiled and said, "Don't worry, this movie will not be in a few years." Definitely won't shoot. Let's take a look at how his filming of "True Lies" sounds, and then look at how the story I told was written. This film is not in a hurry! ”

"Who are you going to direct "The Mummy" and "The Shawshank Redemption"?" Barry Diller asked again.

"It's not who I'm going to direct, it's who you're going to direct." Zhang Yi shook his head, and then said, "I just provide the script, I don't care about other things." Shoot when you think it's appropriate. Whoever you lift is suitable for directing, you will direct! ”

Barry Diler looked at Zhang Yi and smiled. Nodding his head, he said, "How long are you going to stay in the United States this time?" Didn't even think about staying in the United States? ”

"After the sequel to Resident Evil was released, I went back to Hong Kong. After the Spring Festival, I will come to the United States to shoot a film about Chinese kung fu. In the second half of the year, there may be a shift in the focus of work. I can trust you about the film company. At the end of next year, if there are no accidents, I will increase my investment in film companies. Zhang Yi smiled and said.

Barry Diller nodded, not saying anything more. For Zhang Yi, a hands-off boss. He still likes it. In this way, he was given more freedom to play. And he was not much surprised by Zhang Yi's increased investment in film companies.

This can be seen from Zhang Yi's investment in special effects technology in Hong Kong.

Zhang Yi campaigned for the promotion of the sequel to "Resident Evil". Because of the foundation of the first film, this film still attracted a lot of attention. And. Zhang Yi is now extremely well-known in his own right.

At this time, he was well known to American audiences, not only because of his kung fu, but also because of his films. "Resident Evil" Part I. let everyone know that Zhang Yi is not only a kung fu master, but also a director. And then, "Myth" further launched the name of director Zhang Yi. After all. It is unimaginable that a film with pure oriental culture can win the weekly box office champion in North America.

Of course, what makes Zhang Yi the most famous is undoubtedly his "Ghost Love", a movie with an investment of less than 10 million US dollars, actually won nearly 500 million at the box office, ranking third in the global box office list. It is second only to Spielberg's "E.T." and Lucas's "Star Wars".

"Boss, great joy!"

Barry Diller took a newspaper and walked into the office with a smile and said to Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi looked at him suspiciously, made a joke, and said, "Oh, what a happy event?" Did you go out and pick up the money? ”

"Oh!" When Barry Diller heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then smiled and handed the newspaper in his hand to Zhang Yi and said, "Your "Ghost Love" has been nominated for several Oscars!" ”

"Really?" Zhang Yi replied lightly, then looked at the newspaper handed by Baridil, looked at it, and then handed it back, and said, "I know." ”

Barry Dile looked at Zhang Yi, took the newspaper handed back by Zhang Yi a little sneeringly, and asked after a while: "You are not the slightest excited, or happy?" In addition to Best Supporting Actress, Best Picture, Best Cut, and Best Screenplay, but are all you? A film was shortlisted for four awards, are you too calm! ”

"It's just a nomination, not an award. What's so happy, so excited? Zhang Yi said calmly, with some doubts in his tone.

"You cow!" After a long time, Barry Diller only gave Zhang Yi two words.

As any director, you know that your film has four Oscar awards, and you have three. It is absolutely impossible to appear as calm as Zhang Yi is now. Not to mention that he is only twenty years old now, even those directors who have won numerous awards, and they will definitely not be so calm when they learn that they have been shortlisted for four awards.

Wicked, this guy is really wicked! It's as if the movie has nothing to do with him.

If Zhang Yi is unhappy, it is naturally impossible. Happy, but did not reach the excitement of Cheng dù. Nature appears calm.

Zhang Yi didn't think that this movie had much to do with him. The original version of "Ghost Love" was also nominated for these categories, and even won Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay.

Zhang Yi filmed this film, in addition to liking this movie, I am afraid that it can make a lot of money, and he has never thought about winning any awards.

It's just that Zhang Yi didn't expect the list of Oscar nominees to be announced, which immediately caused a sensation.

Zhang Yi is now promoting the sequel to "Resident Evil" and has frequently appeared in front of the American media, which has attracted a lot of media attention. And now, as soon as the list of Oscar nominees came out, Zhang Yi suddenly became the focus of media attention. And the sequel to his new film "Resident Evil" has also increased a lot of attention.

A list of Oscars almost outperformed Zhang Yi's previous promotion of the sequel to "Resident Evil", which made Zhang Yi have to sigh.

The first part of "Resident Evil", because Zhang Yi performed kung fu on TV, set off a kung fu craze in North America and stimulated its box office. And now, because of the list of Oscar nominees, Zhang Yi believes that the box office of the sequel to "Resident Evil" has definitely increased.

It's better to come early than to come at a good time.

On January 20, 1987, the sequel to "Resident Evil" was released simultaneously worldwide, which was also the first Chinese-language film to be released simultaneously worldwide.

The sequel to "Resident Evil" follows the first part, although the suspense aspect is much weaker than the first one, but the action is more popular and the scenes are more spectacular. The whole film also creates a zombie city as Zhang Yi said.

It's unprecedented to make a lost movie on such a scale. The original version was released at the time, and it may not be a big scene, but nearly twenty years in advance, it definitely has a shocking effect. What's more, Zhang Yi's kung fu version of "Resident Evil" is much larger than the original in terms of scenes and visuals.

Especially Zhang Yi and other cameo martial artists of the National Art Building, although there are not many scenes, they definitely have highlights and are unforgettable. Especially Zhang Yi held a Daguan knife, cut melons and vegetables to kill a group of zombies, and even split the licker in half with a knife, which is definitely a classic.

Moreover, Zhang Yi made a cameo appearance as a martial artist, and finally let Alice and others go first and fight with the monster. Of course, it was a big battle, but it didn't start, after all, in the end, Alice played by Lin Qingxia had a duel with the monster, and she couldn't take the lead.

Therefore, Zhang Yi left room for imagination here. Zhang Yi jumped up and slashed at the monster, and then the camera turned and there was no follow-up. makes people want to scold their mother. (To be continued......)