"Carol" is a movie that is used to win awards!

So many actresses in the company didn't speak, where did Mama Liu get her confidence to think that Shen Xudong could agree?

She... Of course, there is self-confidence!

Liu Yifei almost swept the major award ceremonies this year - Newcomer Award, Popularity Award...

Including but not limited to 'MTV2005 Super Festival Most Stylish New Forces in the Entertainment Industry', 'TOM2005 Entertainment Heroes Club Top Ten Actresses of the Year TV Series'...

It was even included in the Forbes China Celebrity List!

Let's put it this way, at this stage, the most popular domestic actress is Liu Yifei after 85...

With such popularity as a foundation...

However, Shen Xudong will definitely not agree!

Not to mention the question of whether Liu Yifei's role is suitable or not, even if you want to find a domestic actress, Shen Xudong's choice is also the company's Tang Yan!

Box office appeal?

This film is unlikely to be released in the country again ...

And... If I'm not mistaken, the movie starring Liu Yifei is the kind that hits the street for eight consecutive times, and it comes with a box office curse...

Shen Xudong didn't dare to mess with such an existence!

A few words sent her away...

……

After calculating the accounts, this trip to the United States cost a total of more than $8 million, and only $1.8 million was credited...

It's a loss!

Among them, $2 million won the adaptation rights of "Twilight", and $6 million was invested in "Carol"...

$1.8 million is the script fee earned from selling "Little Sunshine Beauty"!

It's not going to work...

It's rare to come and don't pick up the money, even if it fails, this time it's actually upside down?

Shen Xudong felt like a failure...

That is, knowing that Marvel is about to rise, investing 100 million dollars at this time can definitely account for the original proportion.

But he doesn't have a hundred million dollars!

Not to mention 100 million US dollars, he brought 15 million US dollars to Lao Mei!

Of these, 10 million are still companies.

It's still going to make money!

Before returning to China, to be exact, before returning to Sanya to participate in the Golden Rooster Awards, I went to see a "Memoirs of a Geisha"...

Los Angeles Screening...

Before watching the movie, I specially learned about the plot of this film: it tells the story of how Sayuri grew from a girl in a fishing village to the most famous geisha in the history of Nichiba.

The International Chapter is definitely the pinnacle of his career this year!

With "Memoirs of a Geisha", Zhang Ziyi has appeared on the covers of countless international magazines, including two authoritative current affairs magazines, Time Magazine and Newsweek.

And in the "2005 World's 100 Most Influential People List" by Time Magazine, Zhang Ziyi became the only Chinese movie star selected.

Even the heroine of "Night Banquet", which had been decided to be determined, was taken away by her...

Gong Li... Although there is some dissatisfaction, there is no way, on the one hand, "Carol" also started filming in December, on the other hand... In terms of popularity, she is indeed not as good as Zhang Ziyi!

It's just that "Memoirs of a Geisha" has a bad reputation!

Chong Olympic films, also participated in some film festivals...

The ratings are all low!

After watching it, Shen Xudong probably understood: he was very unhappy watching this broken movie, a bit like a fly in his mouth, and he couldn't spit it out, and the ghost told the story really badly.

It's a very Western perspective, full of blasphemy with Eastern women.

It is said that geisha are not prostitutes, they are living works of art.

The plot of the story is indeed 'the girl who lost her footing asked for help, and she had no choice but to send her to the first night, and the peak loop turned to be a junior...'

As for the dance...

In fact, the dance of the geisha is very East Asian-style, mainly under the plate, and you can't squat for a minute without muscles on your legs, and a dance is likely to bend your knees for more than ten minutes without standing up, and if you can train your muscles to this strength in a month, that's a Saiyan, okay!

Even Shen Xudong's half-through water can pick out a bunch of thorns, so you can imagine how the reputation is!

It's unlikely that a film with less high reviews wants to win something during the awards season...

By the way, when it comes to "Memoirs of a Geisha", I suddenly remembered an incident, when Spielberg's "Memoirs of a Geisha" asked him to play the leading role, Rob Marshaw personally went to Zunlong, saying that he didn't need to audition, just go on.

At the same time, James Evori, who was nominated for a three-time Oscar, said that he would tailor a film for him, which was called "The Countess".

Guess which one Zunlong chosen?

His agent pushed both movies and gave him "Qianlong and Xiangfei"!

……

"Night Banquet", it was indeed Gong Li at the beginning, and she was also interested...

It's just that Huang Zhonglei met Zhang Ziyi in Cannes, and the two had a very happy conversation, the most important thing is that Huang Zhonglei saw Zhang Ziyi's strong overseas popularity, so he simply changed Gong Li's role as a stepmother!

Gong Li... It's still quite aggrieved!

was actually cut off by a junior.

No problem, Zhang Ziyi appointed by the investor!

The media hyped up this matter...

It's definitely going to be hyped, after all, "Night Banquet" was starring Gong Li at the beginning!

Suddenly changed to Zhang Ziyi?

So, a bunch of people on the Internet said that they would boycott Zhang Ziyi and boycott "Night Banquet"...

After all, "Memoirs of a Geisha" has provoked a lot of 'angry youths' - Chinese actors actually play Japanese prostitutes!

However, Feng Xiaogang strongly supported her, 'Today, the name Zhang Ziyi is the best guarantee for selling well in other cities. ’

Although it is not explicitly said that 'Gong Li's overseas popularity is not as good as Zhang Ziyi', the meaning is already obvious.

It's also true!

At this time, Zhang Ziyi's recognition overseas is quite high, and the shampoo advertisement is projected on the entire building of Nippon, overlooking Tokyo Bay!

Omega's global endorsements, to Armani Greater China's endorsements, are all "one blood" won by Chinese actresses...

Although these are just side hustles, they also prove Zhang Ziyi's strong overseas popularity.

At this stage, the mainland market has not yet risen, and it is not easy to get these endorsements!

Gongli only has a long-term cooperation with Roberto Cavalli...

In a sense, it's really outdated!

However, Gong Li also responded, 'If there is no schedule, I won't take it!' ’

The clouds are light and the wind is light, as for her own true thoughts, Shen Xudong is not clear!

Anyway, she was very serious about "Carol" and only received a salary of $300,000...

Another heroine found Evan Rachel Wood, a very typical actor in the circle, his father, mother, and aunt are all in the film industry!

The acting skills are not bad, and most importantly, her mother has worked with Christine Wachen.

Oh, this actor Shen Xudong is very familiar - later starred in "Westworld", just that Dorothy Ebenathy...

Gong Li is preparing for "Carol" wholeheartedly...

As for Zhang Ziyi...

She didn't care about any of this at all, and she starred in "Memoirs of a Geisha", the first Asian-American actress in history to be the Hollywood "big heroine".

After the film's release, she was interviewed by a number of major American magazines about the lace news of geisha.

In addition, there was news from the Huayi brothers: "Night Banquet" has not yet started filming, and Gaga, a Japanese benzene film distribution company, bought the distribution rights of the film for $5 million...

It also proves Zhang Ziyi's popularity and the correctness of the role change!

(End of chapter)