No wonder he won such a high box office and still didn't have any awards to allow himself to cross the threshold!

Shao Yingying's "Vanity Fair" came back and filmed for a period of time, and when he returned to the hotel after finishing work and recalled the problems that Stallone and others said at the banquet, the line in front of him was finally clear, even if Stallone and Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger said very generally, but he finally touched a little doorway.

I feel that I have been mixed in Hollywood for the past few years, and I am an expert in movies, but for Hollywood, I am a real layman.

Shao Yingying found Harry Sloan in a hotel room, if you want to know about Hollywood and the Oscars in detail and categories, you have to find a professional, Harry Sloan is definitely a professional in Hollywood for so many years, why not use such a professional?

"Shao, is there something important to come to me so late? Are you planning to make a big investment for me to do tax rebates after finishing this movie? "When it comes to money, Harry Sloan's eyes are shining, and now he is interested in the high box office, because MGM before him is making him too depressed, and every day is like living in a cloudy day with low clouds.

Shao Yingying joked: "You really have a deep affection for banknotes. ”

"Or else?" Harry Sloan said without denying it: "I like to watch the box office beat right now. ”

Sitting on the sofa in the living room of the hotel room, Harry Sloan was very accustomed to taking off his coat, he was too familiar with Shao Yingying to be informal.

"Harry, I came to you this time to introduce me to Hollywood."

Harry didn't wait for Shao Yingying to finish speaking. It is customary to ask, "Which company?" Did you rob Fox from "Twilight", or did you nemesis, Colombia? ”

Well, here in Harry Sloane. Shao Yingying is a very straightforward person, either making money or taking revenge.

Shao Yingying looked helpless, he also knew that he had done similar things all these years, but at that time, he had no chance to do anything else, to support MGM in the building, to take into account the domestic screen market, and to carry Huayi. Isn't that all that's left to make money?

"No, it's not any company, it's Hollywood. All of Hollywood. Shao Yingying continued: "Harry, the person who is talking to you now is not Mr. Shao Yingying, the chairman of MGM, but your friend, actor Shao Yingying. is a Chinese man who came to Hollywood. This Chinese man has been under hostile scrutiny since he came to Hollywood. Finally kicked away the first three feet, and also stepped into the circle of some people, and now he wants to prove himself, not only at the box office, of course, the box office will not be left behind, but also hopes that the higher the better, so. I want to know about the rice film market, rice movies and the Oscars. ”

Harry Sloan looked at Shao Yingying with a very strange gaze and asked, "Why did you do this?" Aren't you a staunch pragmatist? ”

"What do you mean?" Shao Yingying asked rhetorically.

Harry Sloan elaborated: "There are two main factions in American cinema. One is Hollywood, which is large-scale, escorted by trade unions and insurance systems, and has complete laws and rules; The other is the "film guerrilla", unorganized, undisciplined, and unappealable independent film led by New York. The corresponding awards in these two regions are the Oscars in Hollywood and the Sundance Film Festival, which is higher in the hearts of the Chinese people than the major art film festivals in Europe. In Hollywood, however, it's divided into 'pragmatists' and 'awards', well, it's not partisanship, but there's one group of people here who only make films for the box office, and another group of people who have extravagant expectations for awards. ”

"Tell me more about it." Shao Yingying's frenzied energy intake reminded Harry Sloane.

Harry Sloan was so old, and he still rolled his eyes after Shao Yingying said these words: "Okay, okay. ”

"These two places have their own big premise, independent films are more radical, the pursuit of 'sex-liberation', 'no love concept', 'no family view', 'unreserved call for freedom'; Hollywood is relatively traditional, you can see 'love first', 'family first', 'faith first' in all Hollywood movies, and there will be no ......superhero in any Hollywood movie."

Shao Yingying interjected: "I don't take you to scold Huai like this." ”

"I didn't say you."

Harry Sloan continued: "Under the shroud of this idea, there is a two-sided system, and the independent film production group led by New York is very simple, you don't need to join a union to get a work permit, you don't have to pay the union's compulsory insurance, and there is no union rule as a legal basis for appealing, so people in Hollywood call them 'movie guerrillas', but one thing is particularly interesting, in such a group of people, there are often talented directors, actors, screenwriters. Many Hollywood bosses will go to the Sundance Film Festival, they are not to buy films, but to poach people, as long as talented directors are discovered, they will be immediately pulled to Hollywood, many of these people before coming to the public statement in advance to say 'not like Hollywood succumb'. Since these people are young, it is understandable that they are somewhat radical in their thinking. ”

After thinking about it for a while, Shao Yingying asked, "Are Hollywood companies so bold?" Aren't you afraid that the director you brought in will smash the film? ”

Shao Yingying does have a cheat to get to where he is today, but as a Chinese, especially an actor, he uses cheats more as a teaching tool, and even when he understands the rules, he only chooses the more familiar Chinese system to understand. This is like Shao Yingying giving him a book on Chinese law and rice law when he was working in KTV, he definitely didn't read the law of the United States, because the laws of China are closely related to him, even if he watches a Chinese movie, he also looks at other people's performance styles, story structures, and shooting techniques.

"No, it won't." Harry Sloan replied: "After getting to know you, I have seen what many Chinese filmmakers think about Hollywood after coming to Hollywood, they say that Hollywood is too pedantic and not free, many positions and institutions restrict the free play of directors, and various unions are particularly troublesome. That's because you don't know about Hollywood, and the positions and institutions you're talking about are limitations in your eyes. In our opinion, it is...... Assisted. Hollywood has never been a center of the arts, it's a temple of commercial cinema. An important reason for restricting directors is to ensure that the films they produce are commercial enough and have enough market value. This is the reason why the boss of the company dares to poach many cutting-edge directors at the Sundance Film Festival to come and shoot blockbusters directly, the system is to make their arrival more regular, and will not let the company lose a lot of money, he can just show his talent when he comes, and make the audience refreshing in form. The other general directions have long been finalized. ”

Shao Yingying nodded and did not continue to answer.

Harry Sloan went on to say, "Now about Hollywood, it's complicated here. There are actors' unions, cinematographers' unions, screenwriters' unions, directors' unions, and so on, which ensure how disputes are resolved throughout the industry, as well as professionalism. ”

"Even the awards here, the Oscars are not art awards. Rather, the award was voted on by 6,000 union-selected practitioners. We don't need critics to tell us which movie is good or not, we only need more professional union members to participate in the selection of the Oscars. ”

After learning about the differences between Hollywood, Oscars, New York, and Sundance in general, Shao Yingying wanted to have a deeper understanding: "Harry, tell me about the Oscars in detail." ”

"Shao, you don't really want to win the Oscar as a Chinese, do you?"

"Listen first."

Harry Sloan sighed and spoke, "It's a pain for every MGM person, the Oscars are the awards we created, but. It doesn't belong to us now. If in 1940-1950 you were the chairman of MGM, I would be the chairman of MGM. The two of us can decide if you're going to win the award or not, when MGM was dominating Hollywood. Now, it's completely impossible to do that. ”

"Skip the paragraph on how the Oscars were built and be picky."

Harry Sloan looked at Shao Yingying, who was spitting out clouds, and said, "It's really a quick temper. ”

"The Oscars are voting awards, there are a large number of jury teams, and each participating film must be released before October, that is, before the end of September, not only for the selection of films that have been seen and known by the public, but also to avoid the black sheep as film critics to steal the record, after all, the Oscars have a special film critic viewing hall, and the viewing hall has only 1062 seats, and the other judges are sent by mail to watch DVDs at home. Although the box office is no longer an important income for Hollywood commercial films, the box office is related to the box office stratification of directors, screenwriters, and actors, which is very important. ”

In addition to the jury, which was selected by several major trade unions, the Oscars were scrutinized by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The position of scrutineer is also a good position, I don't know how many accounting firms want to overturn the position of PricewaterhouseCoopers through various channels every year, but it is always them who win in the end. ”

When Shao Yingying heard this, he asked the right question: "Let's talk about the operation method." ”

"Operation?" Harry Sloan looked at Shao Yingying suspiciously, "Are you sure you're talking about operations?" Shao, I said so much, do you understand? ”

Shao Yingying shook his head.

Harry Sloan explained very helplessly: "The reason why I say so much is actually saying that Hollywood is a platform where anyone can dance, and those of us who are under the platform can contribute tickets, applaud, and applaud you, and that's fine; But Oscar is a private winery, where outsiders are forbidden, and only family and very close friends can enter, which is talking about their own people. Oscar is a place for their own people, and only their own people can play under this set of rules. ”

"Shao, you are the best dancer on the platform, but you are not your own person in the general sense."

"Because I'm yellow?" Shao Yingying asked.

Harry Sloan explained: "Don't elevate everything to the level of racism, let me ask you a few questions, first, do you run your own PR agency in Hollywood? Second, you work as a director, actor, and screenwriter in Hollywood, all in the form of MGM external involvement, have you ever joined any of the unions? Third, you have a very high exposure in the media, but every time you use means to force the media, that time is the sincere praise of the media people, and they are willing to offer you the best words in the world? ”

"Shao, in the current situation, it's okay for you to operate the Saturn Awards, but to operate the Oscars, with our relationship with the media...... I just learned a sentence in Chinese, wash and sleep. ”

Shao Yingying listened to Harry Sloan's last four words, laughed angrily, and scolded with a smile: "I'm teaching you a sentence of Chinese, your uncle." (To be continued......)