Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 167 Oscar is coming

Tom Rothman tried his best to make himself look more sincere, and what he said was entirely for the sake of the movie.

"Cao, my suggestion is to invite Johnny Depp to play the leading male role. You should be very familiar with him, and I believe he would be happy to work with you again."

Tom Roseman raised a finger first.

"First, you just helped him win the Golden Globe for Best Actor and got him nominated for an Oscar. Both he and his agency will definitely be very happy to work with you, and they will give you a discount on your salary."

Then, Tom Roseman raised a second finger.

"Secondly, he is now at a critical moment in his bid for an Oscar for Best Actor. If news spreads that he will work with you again, it will be a good thing for him and will also serve as a good promotion for our movie."

Tom Roseman raised a third finger.

"Third, he hasn't won an Oscar yet. It would be in our best interest to sign him in advance before his salary increases. Maybe we will have an Oscar winner joining our movie."

Cao Yang actually thought about this problem. If the male lead is not a Chinese, then the role of the commander will definitely be played by a Chinese actor.

At first glance, the character of the commander seems to be a villain. He is so cruel to the defenseless aliens and mercilessly hunts down the mutated male protagonist.

However, if this role is replaced by a domestic actor, it would be very simple to reverse the perception of the villain. Just add a sentence from time to time in his lines, and at least people in our country can understand everything he does.

"Non-my family, its heart must be different!"

With this sentence, can the cruelty of the commander still be called cruelty?
You know, although aliens look disgusting and will not resist, they have very advanced weapons and spaceships that can drive from outer space to Earth - just because they don't resist now doesn't mean they won't resist in the future.

It’s extremely awesome that the male protagonist can control alien weapons without even seeing the mutation.

As long as he is portrayed as a cold-blooded soldier, and he says to many people "Those who are not of my race must have different hearts", and the lines are changed a little bit, the role will be established.

From the publicity, it can be said that there are two male protagonists.

Cao Yang frowned, indicating that this was a bit unacceptable.

Even if you have a solution, you can't agree to it easily.

"Mr. Rossman, I think you've made a mistake. I have no interest in those three international film queens. Why should I make a deal with you for their sake?"

This time it was Tom Roseman's turn to frown, and he tried his best to persuade.

"Didn't you promote these three? The more successful they are, the more it proves your ability. Besides, you can also use this as an exchange with them. I think no matter what conditions you put forward, no one can refuse an $8000 million Hollywood blockbuster."

"I'm sorry Rothman, I'm devoted to the movies and I won't trade a role in a movie for anything."

Cao Yang shook his head and said, Lao Deng, you may not know that I don’t need any conditions to be put forward to them.

"Cao, I'm really thinking about this movie. Depp is also very suitable to be the male lead. Moreover, he is likely to win the Oscar for Best Actor in a few days. What a great timing."

Tom Roseman urged.

"Rossman, this is a co-production," Cao Yang reminded.

"I know that you can choose a few Chinese actors to play the remaining roles in the film, including the role of the commander. Columbia will never interfere."

Tom Roseman said sincerely.

Cao Yang sighed, looked at Tom Roseman, smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Mr. Rossman, I really can't do anything about you.

In addition to what you said, I will arrange for one of my people to be the production director, and the chief photographer will be Gu Changwei, who was nominated for an Oscar. In addition, I will arrange for some students from Beijing Film Academy to intern for this film. "

Tom Roseman breathed a sigh of relief, thinking it was no big deal, these were just small things.

"You are the producer and director, you have the final say."

Johnny Depp has been having a great time since winning the Golden Globe for Best Actor.

Arranged by his agency, he attended many cocktail parties and met many Oscar judges. And, as far as he knew, the company was making every effort to capture the Oscars and was determined to push him to the Oscar for Best Actor.

To this end, a lot of money was spent and many thoughtful "little gifts" were given out.

Of course, the premise of all this is that the movie you star in must have the ability to win awards. Otherwise, it will be doubly difficult and you can only spend money desperately, which may not necessarily produce any results.

Therefore, Depp is very grateful to Cao Yang and wants to continue working with Cao Yang.

Looking back now, he felt that he had acted really well under Cao Yang's guidance. No director had ever been able to make actors unconsciously enter the role like Cao Yang did, and acting felt as simple as walking the path they had walked before.

This includes his mentor Tim Burton, who also lacks this ability.

"Johnny, did Director Cao Yang tell you that he has a new movie and wants to work with you again?"

The agent called and asked.

"Yes man, I have received it. Just today, he also said that Columbia will contact you, and I just need to wait."

It's a rare opportunity for Depp to have some free time this morning, but he still has to attend a cocktail party in the evening, so the closer it gets to this time, the less he can relax.

"Yes, I'm with the Colombian people now, what do you think?"

"Of course I have no problem. Being able to work with Director Cao Yang again is something I have been dreaming of."

The agent was silent for a moment. Is this still the same difficult bad boy?
He remembered that every time this guy took a role, he had to understand the script first, then understand the director, and also know who he would be working with. This always gave the agency a headache.

Since when has this guy been able to get things done with just one phone call?

He dared to bet that Depp had never read the script and knew nothing about it except that he would be working with Cao Yang, but he agreed anyway.

Of course, the agency is also happy that Depp will work with Cao Yang again, and will publicize it heavily - the Golden Globe Best Director and the Golden Globe Best Actor are working together again, which is big news and very beneficial for his Oscar impact.

Even if you are trying to recruit judges, there are thousands of judges at the Oscars and it is impossible to cover everything. There will always be some things that cannot be taken into account.

Hot news will make them have a deep impression of the actors, which will help them make key decisions when they don’t know how to choose.

"Johnny, this movie is adapted from a novel. I've read the novel. It's an art film disguised as science fiction, and its main theme is still racial discrimination."

The agent explained a few words, and then said, "The reason I'm saying this is to seek your opinion on how to charge for the film. Since you won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, the external offer has been increased to 1200 million."

"Is this a difficult decision? Since it has an artistic attribute, the pay should be cut in half."

Depp said without hesitation.

The agent was speechless. Although this movie has artistic attributes, it is obviously built as a commercial film. But you, on the other hand, asked for a 50% discount. Do you know how much this 50% discount is?
"How about this, I'll give Columbia a 30% discount and see what they say."

Depp hesitated for a moment, then said, "Give me a 40% discount. It's just a small amount of money. I have to give face to Director Cao Yang and not leave the impression that I am greedy."

The agent was speechless again. These damn literary people are so difficult to deal with. Their train of thought is different. What does this have to do with anything? How can quoting a 30% discount give the impression that they are greedy?
I don't understand!
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Following last year's broadcast of the Oscars ceremony, CCTV6 will continue to be the only television organization in the mainland that can broadcast the entire ceremony live. It will broadcast this world film feast live from 3:1 on the evening of March 21st.

As the only mainland media authorized by the American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) to broadcast the entire award ceremony, CCTV Film Channel will broadcast the entire event live for four hours starting at 21:30 that evening.

As for why the broadcast time was delayed by twelve hours, according to the person in charge of the editorial office of CCTV Film Channel, it was mainly due to the time difference.

The live broadcast from the United States happened to be 9 a.m. in my country, which is the time when most viewers are at work or school. If the broadcast was broadcast live, it would not only be inconvenient for the viewers to watch in time, but also fail to achieve the best viewing effect due to language problems.

Well, that's one reason.

It is rumored that due to the experience of last year's broadcast and the guarantee of ratings, this year's Oscar broadcast was finalized as early as two months ago, and the advertising space was also bid out smoothly.

The ratings are guaranteed only at night. If it is broadcast live at 9:30 in the morning, the ratings will be zero and advertisements will not be sold at a high price.

This year's advertising space was sold at a very good price and the leaders were very satisfied.

However, this satisfaction was short-lived - Cao Yang's "Despicable Milk" soon received ten Oscar nominations.

So, the person in charge slapped his thigh in frustration, thinking that the advertising space was sold too early!
It is said that the news was leaked by an insider. The relevant person in charge tried every possible way to "squeeze out" two seconds of advertising space during that time period, and earned a huge amount of advertising revenue.

What is different from last year is that this time CCTV6 also made a big move. The front-line reporting team sent by the Film Channel became one of only 12 media outlets in the world allowed to set up cameras on the red carpet.

This means that the movie channel will shoot more original footage this year instead of just sticking to the broadcast material provided by ABC.

Moreover, since Cao Yang's "Despicable Milk" is one of the big hits this year, the movie channel has announced that it will focus more on Cao Yang and his crew.

There will also be a brief interview with Director Cao Yang on the spot.

For a time, many people were looking forward to it, wondering whether Cao Yang would still be successful at the Oscars.

(End of this chapter)