Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 165 Subverting Cognition
How to shoot a movie?
Zhang Ziyi tried again with an expressionless face. This was the sixth time.

In return, the King of Sunglasses held his chin with his hand, thought for a while, and said, "Try the same method you used the first time again."

I'm gonna give it a fuck!
How could I remember how I performed it the first time? This shot was performed six different ways, how could I remember a shit?

Dog day!
If I continue to take on your movies in the future, I’d be a fucking inhuman!
International actress Zhang Ziyi has long forgotten how she performed this scene the first time. She casually changed her performance style to be more casual. Let's just treat it as the first one. Whatever happens, it's up to her.

"Oh, it's okay, that's it."

Zhang Ziyi was stunned. Is this okay? I am just being perfunctory, okay?

Forget it, as long as you are happy. Maybe when the movie is released, I might be cut out of the movie.

International actress Zhang Ziyi was really eye-opening. She had never seen such a director before. These days she has been living a numb and miserable life.

In April 1999, "4" started filming, with the princess, Zhang Manyu, Zhang Zhen and Kimura Takuya as the main actors.

On April 2001, 4, "6" was scheduled to resume filming in May. In addition to the original crew, international star Zhang Ziyi was also invited to join.

At that time, Zhang Ziyi was still very excited. She felt that being able to work with the King of Sunglasses was something she had always wanted.

On September 2001, 9, Takuya Kimura could not adapt to the procrastination of King of Sunglasses. He complained in public about the difficulty in communicating with King of Sunglasses, and then left the crew without saying goodbye.

On January 2003, 1, Liang Chaowei said that it would take at least another year to complete the filming of "24".

On October 2003, 10, "17" resumed filming in Shanghai.

On January 2004, 1, Gong Li joined the crew of "18" and will be acting on the same stage with the international star Zhang Ziyi for the first time.

And then it’s... bullshit, even Zhang Ziyi is numb to it.

Although this is the international metropolis of Shanghai, international actress Zhang joined the crew starting from the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, which is the 25th. The crew stipulated that no contact with the outside world was allowed to avoid leaking information, and they were cut off from the outside world after that.

It's a crappy movie, made like a war, with all the hiding and concealing. I've never seen such a weird crew, what are they hiding from?
He said he was hiding from reporters!
Hide, hide!

The third filming location is over here at Changshou Bridge on Macau Road in Shanghai. Whoever wants to come, please come quickly. I really can’t stand it anymore!
Then, no one knew who leaked the news, and a large number of reporters came.

The King of Sunglasses was furious and decided to disband on the spot and not shoot anymore for the time being.

International Zhang is in pain and happy at the same time.

The good thing is that I am finally free from the hassle of making confusing movies.

The painful thing is that I don’t know when I will join the group again, and I don’t know when it will be finished.

孽 孽!
Since her last interview, Zhang Ziyi, as a "veteran", said that in order to win the Golden Globe Awards and Oscars, one must attend various cocktail parties and interviews. She perfectly missed the news about the Golden Globe Awards on the 26th.

Now that the crew has disbanded, seeing so many reporters, Zhang Ziyi decided to take the opportunity to accept an interview. As long as they don't mention the movie, King of Sunglasses won't care.

In fact, even if we mention it, there is no way to mention it. Zhang Ziyi herself doesn’t fully understand what this movie is about.

"Hello Ziyi, nice to see you again. May I ask what do you think of Director Cao Yang's Oscar nomination? As someone who has been through this, do you have any suggestions?"

The reporter was quite mean, adding the words "veteran" on purpose. Last time, Zhang Ziyi talked about the Golden Globe Awards and Oscars as a veteran.

Zhang Ziyi was stunned for a moment. She thought everyone would ask about King of Sunglasses and "2046", but she didn't expect that the first question was asked to Cao Yang.

Then I was confused again. Cao Yang was nominated for an Oscar?

Oh, that's right, since there are five nominations for the Golden Globe Awards, it is only natural to be nominated for an Oscar.

“First of all, congratulations to Director Cao for his film being nominated for an Oscar. As someone who has experienced this, I would like to share my own understanding of the Oscars.

The Oscars are very different from the European ones. If you want to win an award, you must attend as many cocktail parties and talk shows as possible, get as much exposure as possible, and maintain your popularity, only then can you win an award."

While speaking, Zhang Ziyi suddenly felt that the atmosphere was a little different. She saw that some reporters wanted to laugh, some did not take it seriously, and some were hesitant to talk. This made her very confused. What was going on?

She quickly asked, "I'm sorry, I've been busy filming these days, so I'm a little behind on the news. I want to ask, how many Oscar nominations did Director Cao get?"

"Ten nominations, tied with your performance in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

A reporter explained.

Zhang's eyes suddenly widened and she wanted to swear, but she held it back and could only silently say a few beautiful international language in her heart.

Cao Yang is about to fly!

It's impossible to win nothing with ten nominations. If I really don't get any, it would be a joke.

She still remembered that Li An took off in Hollywood after receiving ten nominations... Although he fell badly in 03 because he flew too high, at least he really flew.

Zhang Ziyi regretted once again that she did not take action against Cao Yang at last year's film festival because she was concerned about the presence of her old classmate Liu Ye.

The opportunity was missed just like that, I really regret it!

At this time, her agent heard the news and hurried over and took her away.

Zhang Ziyi struggled for a while and said, "I'm being interviewed. Why are you in such a hurry?"
However, since the agent did this, there must be a reason. She smiled and waved to the reporters and was pulled out.

After getting in the car, Zhang Ziyi couldn't help but look at her agent. "It's so hard to disband the crew temporarily. Did the King of Sunglasses issue a gag order and not allow me to be interviewed? I didn't say anything about his movie..."

"My dear aunt, regardless of the matter of the King of Sunglasses, if I hadn't arrived in time, the reporters who were planning to do something bad would have definitely embarrassed you."

Thinking of the strange atmosphere just now, International Chapter quickly asked, "What happened?"

"Remember the last time you spoke out as a veteran? It was about the Golden Globe Awards and the Oscars."

"Remember? I just said it again. What's wrong with that? Li An took a few of us to attend many cocktail parties and interviews arranged by Columbia."

International Zhang was a little confused. In her opinion, wasn't this normal? Especially those cocktail parties, most of them invited some of the main judges and related people of the Oscars. If you don't capture them, how can they vote?
“Some people and some things cannot be generalized.”

The agent smiled bitterly, "At least when it comes to Director Cao, there's no way to reason with him."

"what happened?"

International Zhang was even more confused. Why was Cao Yang special?

Can he be more famous than Li An?
Oh, now Cao Yang also has ten Oscar nominations. In terms of artistic achievements, he is indeed more influential and more famous than Li An.

In terms of personal achievements, in terms of international awards, Li An now has two Golden Bears at the Berlin Film Festival; but Cao Yang has a Venice Golden Lion and a Cannes Palme d'Or, as well as a Berlin Jury Grand Prix and a Cannes Best Director.

Cao Yang is slightly better in this regard.

However, Li An also won a Golden Globe Award for Best Director. Well, this award is definitely not as authoritative as the Best Director Award at Cannes, but it is more useful in Hollywood.

But when it comes to praising people, Li An is incomparable.

Winning three different Best Actress awards at the three major European international film festivals is an achievement that is absolutely unrivaled in the film and television industry.

Li An’s advantage is that he has been recognized in Hollywood, but now he is at a low level.

With ten Oscar nominations, Cao Yang is more popular in Hollywood than Li An is now.

Thinking of this, Zhang Guoji regretted it even more.

Liu Ye, this bastard, delayed my important business. Such a good opportunity, a man and a woman alone, and abroad, it is easy for something to happen...

Alas, I’m still not thick-skinned enough.

What difference does it make if you know what your classmates are studying?
The agent glanced at Zhang Guoji.

"You probably don't know yet, but Director Cao won the Golden Globe Awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay, and also made Depp the Golden Globe Award winner."

Then, the agent added leisurely, "Director Cao did not go to the United States, did not attend any receptions or interviews, and did not even go to receive the award."

Zhang Ziyi’s mouth opened wider and wider, and in the end she covered her mouth with her hands, her eyes wide open, with a look of confusion on her face.

Can you win an award like this?

How could it get so many Oscar nominations?

This is simply subverting cognition, okay?

Then, I thought about what I had said and felt so embarrassed. I am an experienced person, but I have never won a Golden Globe or an Oscar. I am not a real experience!

Then I thought, fortunately, fortunately, I am not the only one who is embarrassed. I just watched the interview of Xiao Gangpao and wanted to pretend like that, so I said something similar to Xiao Gangpao.

He is at least a big director, and he was the first to be embarrassed.

Thinking of this, I felt better.

But Liu Ye, you bastard, you have ruined my good deeds. I will never forgive you. I regret it so much.

We need to reflect on ourselves and seize the opportunity when it comes.

In the past few days, whether it is the Internet, print media, or even television entertainment news, they have been reporting on Cao Yang's ten Oscar nominations.

Judging from the situation, both the media coverage and the heated discussions online are much more lively than the three major European awards. It seems that the Oscars are the world's biggest awards.

There's no way around it, that's influence.

Hollywood movies sweep the world, and accordingly, the Oscars have become a global hot spot.

Cultural output is very important.

Cao Yang ignored all this. After the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, he started to busy himself with the post-production of the movie "Nine-Tailed Demon Fox". However, he would only be busy for half a month before he went to America.

First, let's deal with the novel issue. Berman called and said someone valued one of his novels and wanted to buy the film adaptation rights. They were not the ones that Cao Yang specified could not be sold, so let's wait and see the situation.

The second is to discuss matters related to "District 9" with Columbia. His "Nine-Tailed Demon Fox" is almost finished with post-production.

The third is to attend the Oscars as well. The Oscar awards ceremony will be held in more than a week.

(End of this chapter)