In the following March and April, the 35th Golden Globe Awards and the 50th Academy Awards were held in the absence of Xu Guanwu.

Last year's gold-swallowing monster "Star Wars" and the box office hit "Contact of the Third Kind" were both shortlisted for a number of technical awards, and they are both big favorites to win awards.

The Best Visual Effects Award, which has been suspended for many years, was also re-awarded because of these two films, and it is these two films that have been shortlisted, which can be said to be the honor of these two films. But at the same time, it is also the sorrow of Hollywood filmmakers.

Because both of these films were invested by Xu Guanwu, and Stephen. Spielberg and George. Lucas is a good friend again, so this time the award battle was dubbed "The Brothers' War" by the media, and it received a lot of attention.

Although Xu Guanwu, who was in Shendu at the moment, could not receive the news as soon as possible, he was also paying attention to this matter. "Star Wars" and "Contact of the Third Kind" are, after all, films he invests in, and naturally the more awards he can win, the better.

The more awards they win, the more attention these two films will naturally get, and the more revenue they can get from distributing peripheral products, selling rights, publishing DVDs, etc. in the future. Every award is made up of money.

Moreover, the special effects of "Star Wars" and "The Third Kind of Contact" are all produced by Industrial Light and Magic Special Effects Company, and the key point is that Xu Guanwu owns sixty percent of the shares. With ILM's current technological leadership in the industry, if it is added with an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, it will undoubtedly increase its popularity in the industry.

Think about how many sci-fi films "Star Wars" has stimulated the birth of later generations, and you can see how busy the future business of ILM is. It will be a golden age of making money and making soft hands.

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The first award was naturally the Golden Globes, which were held a week before the Academy Awards. It has long been regarded as the vane of the Oscars. All works that can be harvested at the Golden Globe Awards. Prizes are also usually awarded at the Oscars.

It can be said that the Golden Globes have been overshadowed by the Academy Awards. People only call it "Little Oscar", but no one calls the Oscar "Little Golden Globe". This, of course, is very detrimental to the development of the Golden Globes.

To take the simplest example, it is also a well-known film awards ceremony in the world, the broadcast fee of the Academy Awards is tens of millions of dollars, but the Golden Globes are only at the level of one million dollars, and the gap between them is quite obvious.

So after many years of shadowing the Academy Awards, in the new century, the Golden Globes were deliberately held early. And the list of award-winning films is also very different from the Academy Awards, in order to get rid of the influence of the Oscars and re-establish the authority of the awards ceremony.

At the 35th Golden Globe Awards, "Star Wars" won the award for Best Original Score, which can be regarded as a trophy. But Stephen. Spielberg returned empty-handed and did not receive any awards.

In fact, this is inevitable, because the Golden Globe Awards set up not many technical awards, on the contrary, its acting awards are nearly twice as many as the Academy Awards. Even the actor and actress have to be divided into drama and song and dance comedy.

After the award ceremony, Richard notified Xu Guanwu of the news of the award as soon as possible, of course, there were some twists and turns. Mr. Xu did not want his U.S. allies to know that he was now in the mainland. Because that will cause a lot of bad associations, as well as more unpredictable troubles.

There were no awards for "Contact of the Third Kind". Xu Guanwu expressed his regret. And "Star Wars" won the award for Best Original Score, which reminded Xu Guanwu that it seems that the business of movie soundtracks is also very good.

Last year, Xu Guanwu recommended Lei Shidong's "Weekend Night Mania", which was a box office hit, and the disco dance music that appeared many times in the film was also loved by people. "Weekend Night Mania" also took the opportunity to release a movie soundtrack record, which sold millions of copies and set a precedent for the release of OST movie soundtracks for a best-selling movie.

The soundtrack of "Star Wars" is already very imposing and is loved by the majority of Star Wars fans. Coupled with the affirmation of winning the Golden Globe Award now, it is even more proof of its super high quality. With such acclaimed and popular music, it is natural to take the opportunity to release a movie soundtrack, so as not to waste the composer's painstaking efforts.

What's more, it doesn't cost much to release a movie soundtrack, and it's almost like it's earned for nothing. Naturally, this opportunity to make a fortune cannot be missed.

Richard couldn't help but be moved when he listened to Xu Guanwu's suggestion, in fact, he also had such thoughts, but Xu Guanwu, the film copyright owner, didn't speak, and it was not good for him to deal with the matter privately. Now with Xu Guanwu's permission, Richard immediately began to make arrangements.

The reason why he is so active is actually nothing more than that he can't afford to be early. The soundtrack of "Star Wars" was a big hit, and he actually got a piece of the pie as a producer. What's more, now the management rights of "Star Wars" peripheral products are represented by the 20th Century Fox Company, and the so-called fertilizer does not flow into the fields of outsiders, and the movie soundtrack sells more, and the Fox Company naturally makes more money.

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A few days later, the 50th Academy Awards were held.

The gold-swallowing monster "Star Wars" won six technical awards including Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Visual Effects, Best Editing, Best Original Music, and Best Sound Effects. Hall is even more striking.

On the other side is Stephen. Spielberg's "Contact of the Third Kind" was a frequent, winning only one award for best cinematography, and was a fiascous defeat in the Brotherhood War with Star Wars.

However, it is worth mentioning that both Star Wars and Contact of the Third Kind received special achievement awards for their special contributions to sound effects editing and sound design.

The two films were shortlisted for a total of 17 awards, and finally won 9 awards, which is very worthy of celebration. And "Star Wars" once again won the Academy Award for Best Original Music. This strengthened Richard's belief in releasing the soundtrack of the film. It also gave him a bargaining chip to continue negotiations with the record company.

And the film invested by Xu Guanwu once again became the big winner of the Oscars. also made him the focus of attention again after being absent from the award ceremony. The film he invested in was shortlisted and won so many awards, but Xu Guanwu did not attend the award ceremony, and even the next day did not express any joyful news, which made the media in the world puzzled.

For a while, rumors began to fly all over the sky again, and they were even more intense than the last time. However, Xu Guanwu was in no mood to deal with these annoying flies, and he was thinking about going back to "home". This home is not Xu Guanwu's current home in Hong Kong, but his hometown in southern Hebei in his previous life.

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In fact, Xu Guanwu had the idea of going home a long time ago, a few years ago, when the mainland was experiencing a decade of catastrophe. It is not easy for a Hong Kong businessman like him to enter and leave the mainland freely, and no matter how rich he is, returning home is just a luxury for him.

Now that the 10-year catastrophe in the mainland has ended, Xu Guanwu is now in the mainland, and the straight-line distance from his hometown is only four or five hundred kilometers, and it only takes more than half a day to arrive by car, and it is even faster if he takes a train.

It's just that now the geographical problem has been solved, but the psychological problem has not been solved. The so-called homesickness is more timid, Xu Guanwu is now homesick. I didn't dare to go home. It's more tangled than having no object in the previous life, and I'm afraid of nagging and not daring to go home during the New Year.

"Meet my parents, who are still young. What should I call it? Call Dad, call Mom?! It seems that the two of them are not married yet, so they must be misunderstood. Call comrade?! Why is it so awkward to say! Xu Guanwu was entangled in the question of this title, and his brows were furrowed into a big pimple, "Forget it, I won't meet them anymore, I just need to go over and look at them from a distance, and know that they are living well." ”

After Xu Guanwu made up his mind, he applied to the nursing home for a car to travel. The sanatorium couldn't help but feel very strange that he went so far away in southern Hebei.

As far as they know, Xu Guanwu is from eastern Guangdong, and Zhao Yazhi is a native of Hong Kong, do the two of them have relatives in southern Hebei, and what are they doing there suddenly? Besides, there are not many places of interest in southern Hebei, if you say that you have traveled thousands of miles to see so many wild scenes, it is too unbelievable.

However, after all, Xu Guanwu is a guest who has been specially requested above and has to be given special tricks. Therefore, although the sanatorium has a limited number of cars, the hospital still specially transferred one, and then arranged for a driver who is familiar with the geography of southern Hebei and has skilled driving skills to accompany him.

"Mr. Xu, we don't have anything to do in southern Hebei, why do you want to go there to play?" The driver who drove the car was a native of southern Hebei, and he spoke with a slight local accent, which made Xu Guanwu feel very cordial after listening to it, and couldn't help but have a sour nose and tears about to fall. I haven't heard this hometown accent for years, and it's really like a world away.

"Looking at the ancient books, Yan Zhao has been a generous and sad person since ancient times. I also heard that the three treasures of Yan Zhao, the lion of Cangzhou, the Dingzhou Tower, and the great Bodhisattva of Zhengqi Mansion are all rare civilization monuments, so I want to go around and take a look. Xu Guanwu explained with a smile.

"Mr. Xu really knows our Yan Zhao, and even Yan Zhao Sanbao knows the way." The driver said with a smile, "In fact, there is another treasure that should also be counted, that is, our stone bridge in Zhaozhou." ”

"Zhao Zhouqiao?! It's also a remarkable monument. Xu Guanwu smiled.

"Yes, the book says that Zhao Zhouqiao is a cultural relic of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and it is more than 1,500 years away from now." The driver said with a smile, "The book says that it was built by Li Chun, a craftsman of the Sui Dynasty, but our legend was made by Master Lu Ban, and there is also a folk song called "Little Cattle". Mr. Xu, let me sing it to you? ”

"Okay, let's sing." Xu Guanwu nodded.

"Then I'll sing it, if I don't sing well, you can't laugh at me." The driver scratched his head, blushed and began to sing, "Who will repair the Zhaozhou Stone Bridge, and who ......will leave the jade railing?"

The driver's voice was loud, and he roared out, which shook the inside of the carriage, and Zhao Yazhi hurriedly covered her ears. Xu Guanwu felt very cordial, once upon a time, he also sang this ballad.

"Zhao Zhou Stone Bridge Lu Banye came to repair, and the jade railing saint stayed. Zhang Guo rode a donkey on the bridge, and the cart of the Chai prince pressed a ditch, babbling hey...... "After the driver finished singing the upper rung in a loud voice, Xu Guanwu couldn't help but take the lower run.

"Hehe, Mr. Xu, why do you sing this ballad? And the singing is weirdly good. The driver asked, turning his face sideways in surprise.

"Oh, my neighbor when I was a child was Yan Zhaoren, and he gave me to sing it." Xu Guanwu smiled and said, "It was also Yan Zhao Sanbao who taught me to know the Tao." ”

"No wonder, I just said that Mr. Xu, you still speak a little bit of my dialect, I see." The driver nodded suddenly.

Because of this friendship with fellow villagers, the two of them chatted more happily along the way.

But Zhao Yazhi nested in the back seat, she couldn't understand Mandarin, and she couldn't interject at all, plus there was endless farmland outside, and there was no scenery to see, so she couldn't help but be bored. (To be continued......)