Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 152 Let’s go to the CPPCC Auditorium next year
Berman asked Cao Yang if he wanted to come to the United States to attend the preview of "Despicable Milk".

Cao Yang learned that the movie was shown in a few closely connected theaters, but at a bad time.

And I was afraid that others would know, so I didn't do any publicity at all. The main message was that my film was released and it met the Oscar requirements, but I hope you don't see it, so as not to affect my large-scale release after the new year.

Don’t think that there is no piracy in the United States. Around 2000, pirated DVDs were very common in the United States, especially when the DVD market was just emerging.

In addition, the Internet is also one of the sources of piracy. Many movies are pirated and circulated on the Internet before they are released.

Some of the more famous ones, such as "Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith", "American Gangster", "X-Men: Wolverine", "The Expendables 3", etc., were all posted online when they were released, and some were made into pirated DVDs and widely circulated.

There is no promotion and the preview is shown at a bad time slot. Cao Yang thinks, what is he doing there?
Besides, he still has to do the post-production for "Nine-Tailed Demon Fox" and doesn't have time, so he won't go.

It's not necessary either.

Cao Yang was busy with post-production, but on December 12, he left Qingying Studio after finishing his work in the afternoon without working overtime.

The post-production is not finished yet. I have to attend a movie premiere tonight. "Infernal Affairs 3" will have its premiere at the Great Hall of the People at o'clock in the evening.

All Chinese-language "blockbusters" released this year will be treated specially by the authorities to test the market, so they will receive special treatment.

Obviously, "Infernal Affairs 3" meets the standards of a "blockbuster" and the cast is so strong.

In order to make this film, which is called "the film overlord" by industry insiders, more widely released in the market, a distribution and publicity team composed of China Film, Huaxia and Poly Bona will mobilize their respective strong resources to jointly create a box office legend.

In fact, just a greeting from Mr. Han from China Film Group was not enough to make Cao Yang put down his work and attend the premiere of the movie.

The main reason is that this "Infernal Affairs 3" is a little different from what Cao Yang remembers. For some reason, the director did not choose Li Ming for the role of Yang Jinrong, the rising star of the police force in the movie, but chose Wu Qihua.

Wu Qihua first invited Cao Yang in his own name, and after Cao Yang agreed to attend, "Infernal Affairs 3" quickly formally invited Cao Yang in the name of the crew.

In order to give face to Wu Qihua, Cao Yang brought Gao Yuanyuan with him.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the premiere began. One by one, the stars began to walk a simple red carpet in front of the Great Hall of the People for the media to take pictures. This was part of the premiere and would last until nine o'clock.

Cao Yang was arranged to be the third to last to enter, the second to last was General Han, and the last to enter was Deputy Director Zhang of the General Administration.

The guests who came this time are very impressive and give the movie enough face.

"Cao Yang, when our movie is released next year, will it also be premiered in the Great Hall of the People? It would be really impressive to be here."

In the nanny car, Gao Yuanyuan couldn't help but envy the fact that the premiere could be held in the Great Hall of the People.

Today, she chose a classic outfit of a black suit and a white shirt, which is simple yet elegant. The suit jacket is well-cut and perfectly outlines her figure; the white shirt underneath adds a sense of freshness and refinement.

This outfit not only shows the woman's competence and independence, but also her gentleness and charm, perfectly interpreting the charm of modern urban women.

Well, actually it was mainly because the weather was too cold. I was too cold to wear a skirt.

Gao Yuanyuan and Wu Qihua have worked together on "Secret Sunshine", and Wu Qihua also invited Gao Yuanyuan.

"The Great Hall of the People? Is this the second time this movie premiered?"

Being able to hold a premiere in the Great Hall of the People now still seems very high-end, unlike later when you could only rent it by paying money.

Cao Yang remembered that the poet Kai Ge did not copy others with his film "The Promise". He chose to hold the premiere in the CPPCC auditorium to express his intention to compete with Zhang Yimou.

"How about we choose the CPPCC auditorium next year?" Cao Yang said with a smile.

If I had chosen the CPPCC Auditorium to hold the premiere, I wonder what Brother Kai would choose at that time, haha.

Cao Yang has a bit of a bad taste.

"That's great. Let's choose the CPPCC Auditorium and not follow the trend." Gao Yuanyuan said with a smile. Movie premieres can be held in the Great Hall of the People. With Cao Yang's status, she didn't think Cao Yang would not be able to negotiate for the CPPCC Auditorium.

"Let's go. It's like we're attending a film festival. What a grand occasion." After the staff member reminded him, Cao Yang took Gao Yuanyuan's hand and got out of the car.

When they stepped onto the red carpet, Gao Yuanyuan took Cao Yang's arm and the two walked along the red carpet.

The host's voice suddenly rose.

"Next up are our special guests:

The winner of the Berlin Film Festival Jury Grand Prix, the Venice Film Festival Golden Lion Award, and the Cannes Film Festival Best Director and Palme d'Or, he is my country's famous world-class director, Director Cao Yang.

Let us welcome you!”

"Walking along with Director Cao is the winner of the Cannes Film Festival and the first Chinese winner of the Cannes Film Festival, Ms. Gao Yuanyuan. Welcome."

When we reached the end of the red carpet, several main creative staff of the film stood in a row.

"Director Cao, welcome, welcome."

"Ms. Gao Yuanyuan, welcome."

The two directors shook hands with Cao Yang respectively, with great enthusiasm.

"Director Cao, welcome, thank you for coming to the premiere, thank you."

Liang Chaowei held Cao Yang's hands with both hands and said with a smile: "I hope to have the opportunity to work with Director Cao."

"There will be a chance."

"Director Cao, thank you. I hope we can work together again. You are one of the directors I admire most."

Liu Dehua held Cao Yang's hand and said with a smile.

"You are also an actor I admire very much."

"Director Cao, long time no see, thank you."

Wu Qihua didn't say much, he just hugged Cao Yang and looked very happy.

Cao Yang has always been very low-key and rarely participates in similar activities. He was able to come this time just to give face to Wu Qihua. Wu Qihua knew this and was very touched.

Cao Yang smiled and patted Wu Qihua on the shoulder, "Let's get together tomorrow when you're free, and I'll treat you to a meal."

"well."

Cao Yang looked around and saw a row of Hong Kong actors. Where was Chen Daoming?
Could it be that he was excluded? Who knows.

Just wait and see, after my movie is released next year, all directors will see that even without a Hong Kong actress, an actor can still be a big hit at the box office.

The box office appeal of Hong Kong actors has always been overestimated, with high pay and low cost-effectiveness.

"The Twins", which was released in July this year, starred Li Ming, Zheng Yijian and Wu Zhenyu, all big-name stars, but the box office was only 1300 million.

"Back to the Future", a movie by Jackie Chan, was released in August. It was invested with 4100 million US dollars, which was nearly 3.4 million according to the exchange rate at that time. Although Jackie Chan was at his most popular in recent years, the box office was only 2500 million.

"Big Guys, Big Wisdom", which was released in September, starring Andy Lau and Zhang Baizhi, grossed 1400 million yuan.

On the contrary, "Heroes of Heaven and Earth", which was also released in September, was dominated by Jiang Wen's box office and sold 4100 million in China.

In this day and age, there are almost no actors who can make the audience willingly pay for their movies, especially those who can bring in box office revenue.

(End of this chapter)