Chapter 791: Jun Takagi
"Congratulations, Mr. Bai!"
Holding the thin goblet, Shoko Ono showed a smile that amazed and fascinated many people, and said softly: "Today's "Spirited Away's Hidden Spirit" won a big victory, winning three awards at once: Best Director, Best Animated Film and Best Soundtrack, which is the first time in the history of the Academy Awards!" ”
"Oh? Are the judges of the Academy Awards so demanding? No movie has ever done it before? ”
After listening to Ono Shoko's words, Sun Peng couldn't help but be stunned.
"Hehe, I'm talking about animated movies."
Quickly shaking her head, Shoko Ono explained with a smile: "In fact, there has never been an animation that has done it before, and "Spirited Away's Divine Hide" is the first one! ”
"Haha, that's such an honor!"
chatting casually with Ono Shoko, Sun Peng's eyes subconsciously looked around, and then stayed on a person's face.
At the awards ceremony in the evening, Spirited Away won as expected.
This is a film awards ceremony after all, so even though it received six nominations, Spirited Away, as an animated film, only won three awards, which is basically in line with the tone of Kelly. In addition to Best Director and Best Animated Feature, Sun Peng's best soundtrack is also expected, and there is no suspense.
So after successfully brushing a wave of faces, Sun Peng has only one task left today.
This kind of dinner after the awards ceremony is the perfect time to expand your network. And Sun Peng has long agreed to Liu Chang to take her to participate, and the goal is directly aimed at Shoko Ono, who has been transformed from a singer and actor, and Jun Takagi, another Japanese national treasure actor. It's just that Ono Shoko is easy to find, and the other party is also willing to chat with Sun Peng, who is now in full swing, for a while, but the old actor Sun Peng hasn't had a chance to say hello yet.
So now he looks at the actor with a circle of people around him from time to time, waiting for the right time.
Sun Peng was a little absent-minded here, but the eyes of Ono Xiangzi next to him were full of heat, and he couldn't help but think of the comments of this Chinese man after winning the award not long ago......
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After walking on stage in a warm applause and receiving the trophy from the award presenters, Sun Peng turned to face the audience and picked up the microphone handed over by the host.
After a few moments, the hall fell silent.
"Thank you to the organizing committee, thank you for giving me this award."
Although I have learned some simple Japanese in the past two years, after all, I can only say hello, so Sun Peng's speech is still pure Chinese, and he said with a smile: "I am very happy that "Spirited Away's Divine Hide" can be recognized by the Japanese audience!" Japan is a big country in animation, and it is also a strong country in animation, which is the direction for our Chinese animators to learn and catch up. But in the midst of the competition, we still have a lot of room to work together, and "Spirited Away's Hideaway" is the best result of our cooperation...... I would like to thank Kelly, Director Kenji Matsumoto, and of course, the staff of the Spirited Away crew and the vast number of audiences in Japan! ”
"Whoa......
When Sun Peng paused here, the audience burst into applause that was even warmer than just now.
After nodding his head of thanks, Sun Peng then smiled: "As two big countries in East Asia, the friendship between China and Japan has a long history, and the culture is the same and similar, which is the biggest advantage of our cooperation!" So after Spirited Away, I just reached a preliminary cooperation intention with Kelly Club for another anime......"
When he said this, there was a slight commotion in the audience.
The camera camera immediately switched to the audience, and the happy smiling face of Ichiro Yamada, the president of Kelly, appeared in the camera, and nodded again and again, obviously confirming the news.
However, Sun Peng on the stage did not stop and continued: "And I believe that many people know that in addition to being interested in animation, I am also a screenwriter, and I have written screenplays for movies that are good at the box office, such as "Kill Bill", which will be released in Japan soon, and I have a collaboration with Mr. Fujiwara...... I hope to have the opportunity to work with more Japanese directors and actors......"
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"The most important thing is that this guy's movies can always be released in Europe and the United States in addition to China!"
After recalling Sun Peng's acceptance speech, Ono Shoko felt that her heartbeat began to accelerate a little again. As a popular actress in Japan, Ono Shoko certainly doesn't mind going further, and the facts have proved that compared with China, Europe and the United States next door, the Japanese market is indeed too small.
Who wouldn't want to go out if they had the chance?
"I'm sorry, Miss Ono."
Just when a thought in Ono Shoko's heart couldn't help but take root, Sun Peng suddenly smiled and said, "I don't know if you know Mr. Jun Takagi?" Can you introduce me to that? ”
"Mr. Takagi? Of course! ”
Hearing this, Shoko Ono nodded hurriedly.
Following Sun Peng's line of sight, Ono Shoko quickly saw the figure of Jun Takagi, and at this time he had just finished dealing with a group of people, and there was only one director and one screenwriter standing next to him at this time - Yokoo Matsushima, who just won the best screenplay today.
After making a gesture of please, Ono Shoko walked over with Sun Peng.
"Mr. Takagi, director Kamakura, screenwriter Matsushima!"
After walking over, Ono Shoko first greeted the three people, and then introduced with a smile: "This is the old white teacher from Huaxia......"
"Of course, we all got to know this genius at the award ceremony just now!"
After Shoko Ono's introduction, Director Kamakura was the first to extend his right hand: "It's a pleasure to meet you, sir." ”
"It's my pleasure, Director Kamakura."
After shaking hands with Kamakura, Sun Peng got to know Mr. Screenwriter and Jun Takagi respectively, and then the five of them stood there and greeted each other.
For these two famous Japanese directors and screenwriters, Sun Peng honestly doesn't care very much. He is interested in working with Japanese filmmakers, and he only values their actors – to put it bluntly, the third largest market in the world! But for Japanese directors and screenwriters, Sun Peng is not interested. Because in his opinion, Japanese movies may be very delicate and beautiful, but they lack an atmosphere that can go to the world.
It has little to do with filmmakers, the key is the temperament of the country.
Or more specifically, it is actually the embodiment of a country's comprehensive strength and accumulation. Although the United States is young, it is a superpower, and decades of hegemony have given them endless courage and domineering; Although Huaxia has only rushed to the top in the past 20 years, the status of the central dynasty with a history of thousands of years also gives them an almost invincible heritage.
Therefore, Hollywood has the present, and Chinese movies also have the possibility of reaching the top in the future.
But whether it's Japan or South Korea, their market size ...... Or rather, the size of the country dooms them to the ceiling! It's like "Spirited Away's Hideout" can break the historical box office record in Japan, but after getting it in China, it must rely on Lao Bai's appeal to barely get close to the standard of the box office record of animated films, and it is still far from the box office record of the movie, and if it is put to the whole world......
$800 million is almost the limit.
And even if the result of 800 million US dollars far exceeds the earth, don't forget, how much does the Huaxia market alone contribute to it? The whole of Europe and the United States combined is not even 50 million!
However, although I don't look down on Japanese movies, I am still very interested in Japanese actor Sun Peng, such as Mr. Jun Takagi in front of me. The 50-year-old actor has starred in more than 60 films, accumulated a total box office of more than 100 billion yen in Japan, and has won six Academy Awards in his more than 30 years of film career - just like an actor on the planet has won countless awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards, fully demonstrating his personal strength and an embarrassing testimony to this country's films.
Far from it.
So Sun Peng is really interested in this Mr. Takagi with superb acting skills and what he is like, and basically the topic revolves around him. After chatting for a few minutes, Sun Peng smiled and sent out an invitation: "Mr. Takagi, my assistant likes you and Miss Ono very much, she is your loyal fan!" I'll call her over in a moment, can you ask both of you to sign her name? Group photo? Also, I wonder if the two of you will have time in the next few days? I'd like to treat you to a meal......"