The distribution rights of "Heroes" in North America were handed over to Miramax, a Disney-owned film company known for its highly artistic independent films, and is currently one of the most important independent film companies in North America.

In fact, Columbia Pictures, which had a branch in the capital at the beginning, was also very interested in the movie "Hero", and even offered a higher condition than Miramax. However, in the context of the "Olympic rush" and the strategy of culture coming out, "Hero" finally chose Miramax Company, which has stronger lobbying ability in Hollywood.

Miramax has been successful in the market, with its films winning awards at film festivals every year, and more than 10 Oscar nominations for Best Picture since its establishment, including Shakespeare in Love and The English Patient. Moreover, this company has also successfully become popular such as Soderbergh, Quentin. Tarantino and other famous directors.

The "Harvey" in Zhang Yimou's mouth at this time is the CEO of this company, Harvey. Weinstein.

Hearing Zhang Yimou mention Harvey, Zhang Weiping's originally complacent face suddenly appeared gloomy, shook his head and said: "He still insists on waiting until the Oscars are announced before discussing the release of the movie." ”

Originally, since the Oscar shortlist was announced, "Hero" was on the list, and the film wanted to use it as a gimmick to release it in North America. But Harvey is ambitious and wants to wait until the Oscars are announced.

The reason is very simple, Harvey is a big one, and once "Hero" wins the award, the box office will be a blowout. But Zhang Weiping doesn't think so, as an investor, he thinks more about how to recover the investment as soon as possible.

"Hero" has a total investment of 30 million US dollars, and the domestic box office of 248 million is far from enough, just like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" the year before last, the largest box office market has to be in North America.

But Harvey doesn't care, he just acts as an agent for distribution without cost pressure, and he makes a lot of money, even if "Hero" doesn't win the award, he has nothing to lose, it's nothing more than postponing the release.

However, Zhang Weiping immediately smiled again: "Anyway, we still have a great chance of winning the award this time." ”

This sentence is not only self-comforting, at least this time to win the Silver Bear in Berlin has given him a lot of confidence.

But Zhang Yimou didn't think so, his "Ju Dou" and "Hang the Red Lantern High" were both nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, but they all failed in the end.

Although this time it is operated by the Miramax Company, which is very good at lobbying, Zhang Yimou still has no confidence in his heart, and he hesitated: "This time the Miramax Company not only has one movie for us, but also a "Chicago", I am worried that they will not focus on us." ”

“……”

Zhang Weiping didn't say anything more, which was also what he was most worried about.

After a long while, he hated and said: "Who especially said that foreigners are the most honest and the most contract-recognizing." I think Harvey's fat man is a liar. ”

……

At noon on 19 February, Li Tang's flight arrived at the Beijing Capital Airport, and he walked out of the gate quickly with a backpack and a suitcase.

"Teacher Li!"

Before he could look up at the person who came to pick him up, his arm was grabbed, and while he smelled a familiar fragrance, Fan Xiaopang's grinning voice came from his ears.

As soon as I turned my head, I saw the big smart eyes on the face wearing a mask.

"Why are you here?"

"Can't I come and pick you up?"

"No, you can wait for me at home, you have to run by yourself!"

Hearing the word "home", Xiaopang suddenly smiled and bent his eyebrows, hugged Li Tang's arm and said coquettishly: "Oh, people just want to see you early." ”

"Alright, alright, let's go."

Li Tang still didn't forget to look around vigilantly, for fear that another reporter would hide in a corner and take pictures secretly.

"Don't worry, there are no reporters, I just secretly observed." Chubby's big talking eyes shone like of a chicken thief.

Today she seems to be very smart, she didn't mention the unpleasant thing that happened before, she just walked forward briskly holding Li Tang's arm like no one else, and the steps under her feet were full of excitement.

"Wow, what's the situation? You've got a new car, too! ”

Looking at the brand-new four-eyed Mercedes-Benz with a Beijing F license plate in front of him, Li Tang couldn't help but say in a speech.

"I've worked hard all year, so reward myself. Hey, you just said that I also bought a new car, what do you mean, who bought a new car? ”

"Oh, didn't our company just buy an Audi?" Li Tang reacted quickly, knowing that he had accidentally said something, he hurriedly said.

Fortunately, after the money arrived last month, in order to offset the profits, the company added a new car. Originally, Zeng Jia wanted to buy a Grand Cherokee, which is now very popular in the capital, and let his boss drive it very stylishly. But Li Tang was too flamboyant, so he mentioned a relatively low-key Audi A6 2.4 executive version of the sedan.

The top configuration of this car is also in the early 500,000s, and the landing is 600,000, which is not much different from the Grand Cherokee.

Li Tang said again: "Your car is not cheap, right?" ”

In these years, Mercedes-Benz has no so-called joint venture cars, they are all imported cars, and this four-eyed Mercedes-Benz model E280 can definitely be called a luxury car.

"It's about the same as your Audi. Come on, get in the car and feel it. ”

Compared with Li Tang's low-key, Chubby is quite vain, and her favorite car is Mercedes-Benz. Daben has been the ceiling of luxury cars in the minds of Chinese people for a long time.

Today is a weekday, and there is a bit of a traffic jam when the busy airport highway is about to get to the city, and there are stops and stops along the way, but Xiaopang's little mouth has never stopped, and has been chattering about the interesting things during the filming of "The Great Dyeing Workshop".

"The Great Dyeing Workshop" is produced by Shanying, and it also tells the story of a Shandong industrialist, so although it was filmed in Shanghai, almost all of the group performers and the main creators behind the scenes are from Shandong.

Although Xiaopang is only a cameo, it has only been filmed for more than ten days in total, but as a daughter of Shandong, she has a rare sense of intimacy.

When Daben drove into the alley, it attracted many onlookers from neighbors.

In these years, the streets are still full of Jetta, Fukang, Xiali and yellow noodles, which is not common for ordinary people.

"Yo, the big star has bought a new car?"

"It's not mine, it's a friend's car."

"Xiao Li, long time no see, Happy New Year!"

"Aunt Wang, Happy New Year!"

When Chubby came out of the cab, the aunts wearing red hoops suddenly said enthusiastically: "It turned out to be Bingbing!" I'll just say, how could Xiao Li break up with Bingbing? ”

One of them whispered: "Hey, haven't you seen the photo published in the newspaper, Xiao Li is hugging others." ”

"What's all the fuss about, it's not new to open up this year, and it's not new for men and women to hug each other."

Listening to the discussion of the aunts as if no one was around, Li Tang was inevitably a little embarrassed, but Xiaopang greeted the aunts with a victorious smile.

She's been living here for several years, and she's been familiar with them for a long time. To say that these aunts are also very conscientious, whenever they see a sneaky guy with a camera, they always resolutely drive them away. Even if they can't run away for a while, they will follow and monitor them all the way, until they can't resist the eyes of the aunts and run away.

In short, Li Tang and Xiaopang have lived in a small courtyard for so many years and have never been exposed, and they also have a share of the credit of these aunts.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that the two of them can be people, and they usually have a lot of favors and favors.

After a long greeting with these aunts at the door, I entered the house.

"The house was cleaned a few years ago, and I cleaned it up again this morning. Oh yes, I'm hungry, I'll make two dishes quickly, you go back to the house to rest for a while. ”

Xiaopang deliberately showed his virtuous side in front of Li Tang.

How so?

After the scandal last time, she can be regarded as a painful experience. If you don't want to break up, then try to be yourself as much as possible, otherwise you won't be able to help no matter how much trouble you make, and you will even push the man into the arms of others.

If Xiaopang took the initiative to pick up the airport today, Li Tang felt that she was deliberately trying to show off the new car, then from the communication between the two along the way to the present, Li Tang felt that Xiaopang felt a little strange as if she had changed people.

Seeing Li Tang looking at himself stunned, Xiaopang was secretly proud in his heart, pursed his lips and smiled: "What are you doing in a daze, hurry up and go into the house to clean up." ”

As he spoke, he gestured to take the suitcase in his hand.

"Oh no, the box is full of vegetables, and you don't have to cook." Li Tang said busily.

The original plan was to stay at home for a few more days, and by the way, I had to deal with a little bit of work in the unit. He is now on leave without pay in his original unit, and he also has to pay tens of thousands of yuan in management fees every year.

But this time there was an accident, and he hurriedly dealt with the affairs of the unit and set off in a hurry. Lao Li felt sorry for his son, for fear that his son would not eat well in the capital, so he filled his suitcase.

Li Tang dragged the box into the kitchen of the East Chamber, and set a large table of sauced beef, sauced duck, drunken chicken, fried fish, Sixi roasted bran, as well as semi-finished meatballs, sun-dried winter bamboo shoots, dried Ma Langan, etc.

"Cut some beef in sauce, and the drunken chicken is also very delicious, just shake the microwave oven with Sixi roast bran."

It's been a long time since I've eaten Uncle Li's craftsmanship, and Chubby looked at it drooling.

"Let's make some more soup."

"Okay, what kind of soup to make."

"Let's make pickled tofu soup, I'll make it."

Li Tang saw a piece of brine tofu that Xiaopang bought back this morning in the refrigerator, and it happened that his father also brought a box of fried shredded pork with shredded bamboo shoots in the snow, which is a home-cooked dish in their hometown, and it is absolutely superb to use it for noodles or porridge, and it is also excellent to use it to cook tofu soup.

Just like in the TV series called "The Granary of the World" that CCTV hit last year, Wang Ganju, the magistrate of Qiantang County, sang two sentences while eating pickled tofu: "After eating pickled tofu, the emperor is not as good as me!" ”

"Teacher Li, do you really know how to cook now?"

Although Li Tang had already told her on the phone that he was learning to cook in the crew, Xiaopang still felt a little unbelievable.

"It's just a pickle tofu soup, a little meaning. I'll show you a hand when it's time for dinner. Li Tang couldn't help but sigh.

In fact, learning to cook, like many things, is often between the thought of wanting to learn and not wanting to learn, since you want to learn, you will definitely be able to learn, and you will never get tired of it. Li Tang is like this now, in the past few days at home, he even went to his own restaurant to secretly show his hand, at least the guests didn't eat anything wrong.

cut half a catty of beef, half a drunken chicken, a plate of Sixi roasted bran, plus a bowl of pickled cabbage and rolling tofu cooked by Li Tang himself, and the two of them drank beautifully.

After eating, it is natural to review the script that I have not seen for a long time.

After scoring two goals, the satisfied little fat lay on Li Tang's side, drawing circles on his chest while saying, "Is it really a new movie for Director Zhang Yimou to find you this time?" ”

"The director didn't say it explicitly on the phone, he just said that he wanted to talk to me, and he would know when he went tomorrow anyway."

Although Li Tang felt that this matter was inseparable, he still did not say anything full.

"Ahh

The little fat sighed faintly, turned over, looked up at the ceiling, and couldn't hide his sourness: "When can I make movies again?" ”

She doesn't dare to expect to play the role directed by Zhang Yimou now, so she thinks that she can have the opportunity to appear on the big screen again.

"Didn't you just pick up a new play, don't worry, there will be a chance." Li Tang comforted.

I have to say that Xiaopang is indeed a little embarrassed at the moment, and now Hai Run, who works closely with her agent Chang Jihong, is mainly engaged in TV dramas, and it may not be easy to transform to the big screen.

Of course, this is not absolute, for example, Liu Ye, who is also under the red flag of the regular season, is the dignified Golden Horse actor, and people's movie appointments are continuous. Compared with Xiaopang, in addition to not being popular enough, his acting skills are almost hot.

"By the way, when will your new drama start?" Li Tang asked again.

"Next month, the exact date hasn't been set yet." Chubby said lazily, looking uninterested.

Li Tang stretched out his hand and gently scraped the bridge of her nose, and said with a smile: "You, don't look at the mountain first." Where did you go before to finish filming "Jade Guanyin"? Didn't you say last time that this "One Meter of Sunshine" was Hai Yan's big drama this year, since people gave you the opportunity, then you have to perform it well. ”

"I know, but ......"

The little fat wanted to speak and stopped, his expression was full of anxiety.

"But there's something wrong with your mentality, isn't it?" Li Tang answered.

"Uh......"

Xiaopang was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at Li Tang, and hesitated: "Maybe." ”

Li Tang can probably understand Xiaopang's mentality at this time, which is nothing more than the drama "Jade Guanyin" has been fighting for roles since the previous year, various preparations, to filming, and now that it is about to be broadcast, and it has been almost three years.

Although she consciously spent a lot of effort and did her best in "Jade Guanyin", the sooner it was broadcast, the more anxious she became, for fear that she would encounter Waterloo like the last Haiyan drama she starred in.

And the flowering period of the actress is very short, how many three years can there be?

Especially seeing that the "Four Little Flowers" that she has always regarded as her goal in the past two years have appeared frequently, even including Li Tang's ex-girlfriend, think about the filming of "Youth Dispatch", her coffee position can still overpower the other party, but now everyone is mixed in the Hong Kong circle. From the end of last year to the beginning of this year, two Chinese New Year movies were released one after another.

Although the roles played are only the second female lead, the objects of cooperation are all Hong Kong first-line stars such as Andy Lau , Gu Tianle , Zhang Baiju , Zheng Xiuwen and so on.

It is precisely because of the blessing of these two Chinese New Year movies that some people have shouted "Four Dan and One Ice" on the Internet, this ice is Li Binbin's ice, not her Fan Binbin's ice.

This was hard for her to accept.

(End of chapter)