Entertainment 1998

Chapter 710 Chapter 709, Golden Globe Awards Ceremony
"Sister Gong Li..."

"Ok?"

"Do you have anything to do this afternoon? If not, why don't we go watch a movie? According to reports from the local media in Los Angeles, Director Zhang Yimou will lead the cast of Hero to appear at the Chinese Theater this afternoon."

If she was cursing in her heart just now, Gong Li now wanted to learn from the rural shrews, not caring about her image at all and scolding Jiang Feng as a bastard.

How can a human be like this?
I have never provoked you, nor have I ever offended you, so why do you have to keep picking on me? !

But before Gong Li could speak, Jiang Feng lowered his voice.

"Sister Gong Li, did you come to me this time just to talk about the movie "Hidden in the Dust"? "

"That's right!"

Gong Li, who recently rushed to the United States from France for vacation, not only wanted to attend the Academy Awards screening, but her most important purpose was to meet Jiang Feng.

I know you are a mean guy!

But even if I beg you, please don't bother me. Zhang Yimou is already married, and you want us to play a couple in the movie.

“Just want to talk about this movie, that’s it.

Let's go to the Chinese Theater. While Director Zhang Yimou is promoting his movie, I'll have a good chat with you two about the movie "Hidden in the Dust". After that, if you two think it's not worth filming, I won't force you."

"Really?" Gong Li was moved.

Everyone in the Chinese film and television circles now knows that Jiang Feng has a lot of ideas, and most of them are harmful and hard to guard against. Now that he has taken the initiative to offer not to force himself, why not go over and listen to him talk.

"Of course!"

Jiang Feng nodded, then waved his hand and took Fan Jiuyi, Huo Wenxi, Xie Tingfeng and others out of the Four Seasons Hotel Western Restaurant. Seeing this, Gong Li could only hurriedly follow with Sun Honglei.

Hollywood Chinese Theatre

Generally refers to the TCL Chinese Theatre. On May 1927, 5, a theater called the "Chinese Theatre" was officially opened in the heart of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the world's film capital. The architectural style is a combination of Chinese and Western styles. It is adjacent to the Dolby Theater and has hosted many Oscar awards ceremonies. It is famous for the theater square where superstars leave their marks and has become a tourist destination.

This piece of cement floor is filled with the handprints, footprints and signatures of the world's best filmmakers. These "prints" represent the highest honor and eternal commemoration of those who have made outstanding achievements in the world's film and entertainment industry, and are known as "Hollywood's most precious honor."

It was already 2 o'clock in the afternoon when Jiang Feng, Gong Li, Huo Wenxi and others arrived here.

Stars such as Jet Li, Manyu Cheung, and Zhen Zidan, who have a large number of fans in the United States, are currently watching movies with American fans in the screening room, while Zhang Yimou, with a simple and honest face, is waiting at the theater entrance.

"Jiang Feng is here?"

"Here we go, Director!"

After greeting Zhang Yimou, Jiang Feng was just thinking about how Zhang Yimou and Gong Li, the old enemies, would get along with each other. Unexpectedly, when the two of them met, they just nodded to each other without even saying a polite word.

There is a rest area near the ticket window of the China Theatre, where coffee is for sale. Jiang Feng, Zhang Yimou and Gong Li sat down in the rest area, ordered a cup of coffee each, and started chatting.

Without any pretense, Jiang Feng went straight to the point.

“The small bridge over the river at the entrance of the village is the most special place for Guiying and her husband Ma Laosi.

On a cold winter day, Ma Laosi was moving furniture for his eldest brother's son.

Guiying went out early in the morning, before it got dark, and waited for her husband to come home by the small bridge, holding a bottle of hot water in her arms, just so that her husband could have a sip of hot water while he was on the road in the winter.

Ma Laosi came back in the night and saw Guiying standing by the bridge shivering with cold. Although he was angry with her, he still handed the bottle of steaming hot water to Guiying's mouth, asking her to drink a sip to warm herself up.

The two of them led the donkey cart and turned back home silently. A little bit of night light fell on them, and the winter night took on a warm color.

In summer, Guiying and Ma Laosi were sifting wheat in the open field. The wheat dust caused a rash on Guiying's body. Ma Laosi gently stopped Guiying's scratching hand and told her that the rash was a problem. Scratching it would make it more uncomfortable..."

The storytelling time is a bit long.

It's also a bit scattered, and basically it doesn't feel like we're talking about a movie script, but rather telling a story.

Actually, this story is really unremarkable. Basically, in the 1980s and 1990s, there were couples like this in every village in rural China.

We started chatting at 2pm and ended at 3pm.

Zhang Yimou didn't say anything when he heard the whole story for the first time, but Gong Li spoke up.

"Jiang Feng, why did you choose to film such a dull story? Well, I mean, apart from the hardships, this story is really dull."

"I just want to let some people see the real situation in the countryside through the movie." Jiang Feng replied with a smile.

"Then, what next?" Gong Li asked again.

"Perhaps, the agricultural taxes that farmers have paid for thousands of years in successive dynasties will be reduced as a result."

"How is that possible?" Gong Li laughed.

"Just because of your movie, you are exempted from the imperial rations, Jiang Feng, what are you thinking?"

"How can you know if it works or not without trying?" Jiang Feng asked back.

However, Jiang Feng suddenly paused and said, "Sister Gong Li, Director, let's make one thing clear first. My film will only be shot and shown in China. It will not participate in any foreign film exhibitions or festivals."

"why?"

At this time, Zhang Yimou spoke.

The judges at foreign film festivals like this kind of style the most. Basically, if you bring this kind of movie abroad, you will win awards and even sell for one or two million dollars.

"I don't want to use the suffering of ordinary people to gain my own glory. Even if I want to win an award, I have to conquer foreign moviegoers with movies like The Departed, just like I am doing now."

Awesome!

As soon as Jiang Feng finished speaking, Gong Li gave him a thumbs up.

"... "

Zhang Yimou didn't say anything, but reached out and patted Jiang Feng on the shoulder.

However, at this moment, Jiang Feng said one last sentence.

"Sister Gong Li, director, the farmers in our country are the kindest and most honest. If they are really exempted from paying taxes to the emperor because of our film, they may really build a shrine for you two."

"hiss!"

Zhang Yimou and Gong Li both gasped.

…………

Time flies.

In the blink of an eye, it was January 2003, 1. Although Jiang Feng had not yet received a reply from Zhang Yimou and Gong Li, and was not sure whether the two of them were willing to take on the movie "Hidden in the Dust", he knew it was almost certain.

After all, no one can refuse the opportunity to leave their name in history, not even Jiang Feng.

Otherwise, Jiang Feng would not be willing to shoot this movie.

But for now, let’s not talk about the movie "Into the Dust" for now, because the 60th Golden Globe Awards ceremony for American Film and Television has begun.

Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel
At 6 o'clock in the evening, both sides of the red carpet of the Golden Globe Awards ceremony were crowded with people.

Cheers, excited shouts and camera flashes lit up the entire night sky.

"Is there any problem with the information you received?" Jing Wei, a reporter from the National Television Film Channel, looked at his partner and shouted.

The Golden Globe Awards red carpet was so noisy that if the volume was too low, it would be hard to hear clearly. "Should that be okay?"

Although the photographer Wei Han's voice was loud, his answer was hesitant.

This was the first time that Chinese filmmakers shined so brightly at the Golden Globe Awards, so the National Television Station's film channel naturally sent a luxurious reporting team to report on the event.

But when we arrived in Los Angeles this morning, we heard an inside story that a wealthy man from the UK spent 1000 million US dollars to pursue Nicole Kidman, who had just divorced. The only thing he wanted was the award-winning movie "The Hours" starring Nicole Kidman this year.

Then every judge of this year's Golden Globe Awards will receive a prize.

grass…

When Jing Wei heard this rumor, his heart sank immediately.

Before coming, everyone had studied it carefully and found that every award for the movie "The Departed" directed by Jiang Feng could match that of "The Hours", such as Best Picture in the Drama Category, Best Director Award, Best Actress, etc.

If someone openly spends money for the grand prize, then there will be no point in making "The Departed".

"Um…"

Just when Jing Wei was hesitating whether he should ask about this matter again, a colleague from China came up to him quietly.

"Why do I feel that this rumor is a bit weird?"

"What do you mean?"

“Well, it doesn’t make any sense, I just find it a little baffling.

We all know that Hollywood's Golden Globe Awards and Oscars basically all require public relations. Having public relations does not necessarily mean winning the awards, but without public relations, you will definitely not win the awards.

Just like our masterpiece "Farewell My Concubine", everyone thought that the artistic level of this movie was extremely high, and it was a foregone conclusion that it would win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film that year.

But at that time, our country's filmmakers did not understand public relations, so they missed the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

But public relations is public relations, and this is all done behind the scenes.

Has any of you heard of it?

Which PR person would dare to say that if my film wins an award, all of you will come to me to collect the money?"

"Eh..., it seems to be true."

Jing Wei, who had a sad face just now, suddenly became happy at this moment.

Well, maybe this rumor is the same as the previous rumors about the Golden Rooster Awards in China. They are all spread by certain people who want to use this method to influence the judges.

Jiang Feng!

Suddenly, this name popped up in Jing Wei's mind. Jiang Feng was nominated for the domestic Golden Rooster Awards and the American Golden Globe Awards.

Could it be that the two are related?

Just as he thought of this, Jing Wei heard cheers from the audience on the red carpet.

"River!"

"River!"

"River!"

……

Jiang Feng is Chinese.

In the United States, where racial discrimination is quite serious, they have never been very popular among movie fans. A large number of fans will always applaud James Cameron or Steven Spielberg as soon as they see them.

But that won’t happen if Jiang Feng appears.

The movie fans here are very clearly divided.

Jiang, it's true that we like watching your movies, but we don't like you as a person.

In this situation, Jiang Feng, who had just got off the car, heard everyone cheering and knew at the first moment that his fans had arrived.

Because Jiang Feng seldom appears in MVs, even if his fans strongly request, he now rarely appears in MVs, and instead directly changes to animated MVs.

So in this case, their die-hard fans would rather come and see their idol in person.

Sure enough, as soon as Jiang Feng stepped onto the red carpet, he heard the cheers of these fans.

“Jiang, the song ‘Baby’ is amazing.”

"Jiang, Jiang, look at me. I have learned the dance to your Kazakh song. Come and see if it is exactly the same as in your animation MV."

"Jiang, Jiang, I like the Thai song you sang the most. It's so beautiful."

Hearing these people's shouts, George Clooney, Harvey Weinstein, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron, Leonardo Dicaprio and others who were walking beside Jiang Feng almost laughed out loud.

What do you think this is?
When attending the film festival awards ceremony, Jiang Feng was actually called out to by someone as "I like to listen to your songs" instead of "I like to watch your movies."

Hahaha…

Compared to the Academy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards red carpet ceremony is a bit simple. Not only is the distance short, but there is also no host for interviews at the end of the red carpet.

Well... at least not this time.

After walking the red carpet, Jiang Feng, accompanied by Leonardo Dicaprio, Charlize Theron, Matt Damon, George Clooney and Harvey Weinstein, walked into the award ceremony.

As for the crew of "The Collector", it is led by Li Xing who just arrived in Los Angeles, USA. The team includes the leading actors Miyazawa Rie, Li Lianhua and Fan Jiuyi who wants to gain experience at the Golden Globe Awards.

I have to say that Fan Jiuyi is smart.

According to Jiang Feng's arrangement for her, she was supposed to walk the red carpet with the crew of "The Departed", but when she saw the strong lineup of Jiang Feng, Leonardo Dicaprio, Charlize Theron, Matt Damon, and George Clooney, she immediately backed out.

"Director, I want to walk the red carpet with the crew of Li Xing's "Departures".

Because with you guys around, no reporter would waste even one roll of film on me."

Because the crew of "The Departed" was very popular and was positioned very close to the front, the cameras being debugged frequently looked here.

"Jiang, how about we make a bet?"

While waiting for the show to start, Charlize Theron's eyes turned and a plan came to her mind.

"What do you want to say?"

Jiang Feng, who was chatting with the old rogue Harvey Weinstein, couldn't help but look at Charlize Theron.

"If, Jiang, I mean if."

"If I win the Best Actress award tonight, how about you agree to one of my requests?"

Jiang Feng frowned slightly when he heard this, and then said, "I helped you win the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, you should be thanking me, why do you want me to agree to your request now?"

"It's simple, I brought honor to you!" Charlize Theron smiled mischievously.

However, Harvey Weinstein beside him couldn't help but burst into laughter, saying:
"Haha..., Charlize Theron, I agree to your request on behalf of Jiang Feng."

(End of this chapter)