Chinese New Year's Eve accompanied Zhang Sheng's parents, and on the first day of the new year, the two went to Gu Sisi's hometown.

In the first year of marriage, the Spring Festival was still quite busy.

Before the Spring Festival ended, the shortlists of major awards were announced one after another.

Music festivals and Golden Eagle Awards are not mentioned.

The Golden Dragon Award is still the three major awards that attract the most attention.

And last year's box office champion "Transformers" naturally has an award nomination.

Almost all of them, though, are technical awards.

Best Sound Effects, Best Visual Effects, as well as Best Action Design and Best Newcomer.

That's it for four awards.

Four awards that have received little attention.

Among them, the attention of the Best Newcomer Award is estimated to be the highest.

And the attention of this award has fluctuated.

The level of attention is determined by the popularity of the nominated newcomer.

This year's attention is high, and it is estimated that it has a lot to do with Zhao Ting, a popular newcomer, being shortlisted.

She was definitely the hottest newcomer last year, and there was no one of them.

directly relied on a "Transformers" to become popular abroad.

"When is your movie coming out?" Jiang Bin asked Zhang Sheng and said.

"It should be in the summer." Zhang Sheng looked over and said, "You didn't bump into it, did you?" Your movie shouldn't be so fast. ”

"You're fast." Jiang Bin nodded.

His film involved a lot of special effects, and it is indeed impossible to release it in the summer.

It is estimated that it would be good to catch up with the Spring Festival stalls.

"I don't have any special effects in that movie." Zhang Sheng said, "Post-production naturally doesn't take much time. ”

The soundtrack or something, the original version is already very classic, and Zhang Sheng didn't think about modifying it at all.

Even if it is modified, it is only a subtlety.

This undoubtedly saves a lot of time in the later stages of the film.

"Next year's Golden Dragon Award, you should have confidence, right?" Jiang Bin said with a smile.

He had read the script of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and he also visited the class during filming, but this time he did not make a cameo role.

For this movie, Jiang Bin knows a little about it.

What's more, he also understands Zhang Sheng's ability and his attitude towards movies.

Then with the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", you may be able to get what you want.

Jiang Bin knows very well that this movie is different from previous martial arts films.

Zhang Sheng is not shooting martial arts this time, but rivers and lakes.

"Who knows?" Zhang Sheng shook his head and said, "Who can say clearly about the award." However, this film is probably the one that I have the best chance of directing many films. ”

If this movie doesn't win an award, Zhang Sheng's estimation of the award or something is dead.

Not that fate!

"You don't have faith?" Jiang Bin couldn't help but pout.

"What kind of confidence is this compared to yourself?" Zhang Sheng shook his head and said.

Jiang Bin smiled and didn't say anything more.

Zhang Sheng's "Inception" almost won the best director.

If it is more likely than this movie, it is not said that it is nine times out of ten, but it is very likely.

"When are you going to Hollywood?" Jiang Bin asked, "Your company seems to have successfully acquired that Hollywood studio?" ”

"Let's wait until "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is released!" Zhang Sheng said, "The company still has some things to deal with. ”

Jiang Bin nodded.

It's just been acquired, and how the company will change, these are all things to consider.

Jiang Bin is not good at it, and he is not much interested in understanding.

However, he knew that Changsheng Entertainment's acquisition of Hollywood Studios would be beneficial to the release of his films abroad.

His film has an investment from Changsheng Entertainment.

After the Spring Festival, three major awards such as the Golden Dragon Award were awarded, and "Transformers" won three awards, including the Best Sound Effects Award, the Best Action Design Award, and the Best Visual Effects Award.

Only the best newcomer did not win the award.

This surprised no one.

After all, Zhao Ting's performance is good, but she is limited by her role, and she is more inclined to a vase in "Transformers", and she doesn't have much acting skills.

The Golden Dragon Award for Best Newcomer is more about the affirmation of the newcomer's acting skills, rather than who is popular with whom.

However, Zhao Ting did not win the award, but it did not affect her current development.

The best newcomer shortlisted, the others combined are not as popular as her.

Zhang Sheng didn't pay much attention to this, and his energy was focused on the post-production of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

He didn't even ask about the company.

At the end of May, the post-production of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was completed, and the domestic file was set for July 21.

Gradually, propaganda began.

However, the focus of the film's promotion is not at home, but abroad.

There is nothing to advertise in the country.

With the box office appeal of Zhang Sheng and others, the attention of the film is attractive enough.

No matter how much publicity is invested, the icing on the cake is probably not counted.

And this film was not released in China first, like other Chinese-language films, but was first released in North America.

North America is scheduled for July 14.

A week ahead of the domestic one.

This news still surprised many people.

This should be the first time that a Chinese-language film has been released abroad.

"The box office of this film abroad may be better than that at home."

Gu Sisi was puzzled by this, and Zhang Sheng explained.

This is also what he said to the company when the schedule was determined.

"Isn't this film a martial arts movie?" Gu Sisi wondered.

Do foreign movie fans understand martial arts?

If it's a science fiction movie, they can naturally understand it.

But what about martial arts films?

I can't understand it, how can the box office be better.

And their box office appeal at home is much stronger than abroad.

"Inception" and "Transformers" have a strong Hollywood style, and the North American box office is high, which is understandable.

But "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a martial arts film, and it has a strong Chinese style.

Can the foreign box office of this movie be higher than that of China?

"We'll see!" Zhang Sheng smiled and said, "If it is released abroad, if the box office is good, it can also stimulate the domestic box office." ”

Why was it released in North America first?

Zhang Sheng is obviously not confident enough in the domestic box office and wants to stimulate the domestic box office with the North American box office.

Foreign fans are so supportive, don't domestic fans support it?

Gu Sisi looked at Zhang Sheng and didn't say anything more.

How his movie is released, naturally he has the final say.

The publicity was strengthened, and Gu Sisi naturally went to North America with Zhang Sheng to publicize.

However, compared with Li Zhenguo and Yang Ziyu, Zhang Sheng and Gu Sisi are less well-known in North America.

Zhang Sheng is okay, he once opened up his popularity with music, and swept the world with two consecutive movies.

It's just that he has more fans in North America than movie fans.

Compared with Li Zhenguo, who has been developing in Hollywood for so many years, it is inevitable that he is a little worse.

Naturally, the focus of propaganda is also on Li Zhenguo.

On July 14, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was released in North America.

During the same period, Hollywood blockbusters were naturally released.

Zhang Sheng has now been targeted by Hollywood film and television companies.

However, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" still won nearly 2,000 theaters.

Maybe not as good as that Hollywood blockbuster.

But it's pretty good.

The film simply premiered in North America, inviting some insiders in Hollywood, as well as North American media and film critics.

They are still very interested in the martial arts films of Zhang Sheng, a great Chinese science fiction director.

As soon as the film began, everyone's eyes lit up.

Not attracted by the picture, but by the soundtrack.

The cello's weeping voice, melancholy and deep, gives a sense of silence.

The layman looks at the bustle, and the insider looks at the doorway.

The opening soundtrack has undoubtedly set the tone for this film.

A soothing and beautiful melody, a melancholy and sad life!

The film is probably a tragic story.

The oriental buildings, landscape houses, and busy crowds also reveal the atmosphere of the times.

These are eye-catching.

The inexplicable affection between Li Mubai and Yu Xiulian can still be seen by everyone.

It's just that I don't know why, but both of them are hidden in their hearts.

Li Zhenguo's acting skills made the eyes of those who are familiar with him shine.

I guess I didn't expect his acting skills to be so extraordinary.

The storyline gradually unfolds, and a hero who has been famous for a long time hands over his sword and wants to quit the rivers and lakes, but because of the sword, a series of things are introduced, showing the plot conflicts one by one.

And Yu Xiulian chased the sword at night, paying equal attention to the virtual and the real in the fighting scenes, emphasizing both the artistic conception and the sense of reality, which is indeed eye-catching, and the exclamations in the theater one after another can prove this.

The action scenes in the film are fascinating.

Encirclement and suppression of the blue-eyed fox, Yu Xiulian vs. Jade Jiaolong, Li Mubai bamboo forest vs. Jade Jiaolong, or heavy speed, or heavy fighting, or heavy change, or heavy artistic conception, several major scenes have their own focus and excitement.

However, filmmakers and fans look at movies from different angles.

Some people may be attracted by the fighting scenes inside, but they are attracted more by the oriental culture presented in the movie.

And the end of the film also confirms his guess that he heard the soundtrack at the beginning.

The characters in the film all end in tragedy, Li Mubai is like this, and Yu Xiulian is the same; The pampered and arrogant Jade Jiaolong is like this, and so is the free and arrogant Luo Xiaohu; This is true of the blue-eyed fox, and so is the head catcher who pursues her for a long time.

This is the sorrow of being human, and this is the human tragedy that continues to be staged.

The story of this film is tragedy, but this film is not.

The film was a huge hit in North America.

The box office exceeded 10 million on the first day, although it was not as good as Hollywood's blockbuster in the same period, but it ranked second in the single-day box office list in North America.

And in terms of word-of-mouth, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is even better.

The film is an ancient martial arts film, but it interprets the classical Chinese aesthetic tradition and emotional concepts to a new level with a new perspective of modernity.

From the perspective of film language, all audio-visual elements such as photography, stage design, action design, sound recording, and music also fully reflect the film's deep style and praise and love for classical Chinese culture.

Who would have thought that this style of Chinese movies would be more popular with North American fans.

With the fermentation of word-of-mouth, the box office exploded.

On the second day of the film's release, the box office continued unabated.

The single-day box office is approaching 20 million.

This undoubtedly narrowed the gap with that Hollywood blockbuster.

On the third day of its release, the box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" exceeded $20 million in a single day.

The Hollywood blockbuster that topped the single-day box office list is no longer in stock.

The single-day box office of the two films is only a few hundred thousand apart.

You must know that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has not been released as many theaters as that blockbuster.

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