Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 253 The Sudden Black Hand

Best Foreign Language Film, an award coveted by countless domestic directors.

As a foreign language film, it is almost impossible to win the Oscar for Best Picture, so the Best Foreign Language Film is almost the highest pursuit of foreign directors.

It was not until 2020 that South Korean director Bong Joon-ho won four prestigious awards including Best Director, Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Film (formerly Best Foreign Language Film) for his movie "Parasite".

It became the first non-English language film to win the Best Picture Oscar in history.

"I think the chances of winning the Best Foreign Language Film award are around 50 percent," said Mr. Eisen.

Hearing this answer, Lin Yuan immediately smiled.

He knew Mr. Eisen too well, and there was something else behind his words.

50% is a very delicate middle value, which can be higher or lower, and can be dispensable.

Under normal circumstances, when a family member like this makes a prediction about the winner, they would never use such vague data.

If Mr. Eisen believes there is a high probability of winning the prize, he will definitely give a probability assessment of more than 50%, and vice versa.

When he said the number 50%, it meant that the possibility of winning the Best Foreign Language Film was definitely not 50%.

Rather, it means that the probability of winning is low.

The reason I say this is entirely for Director Zhang Mou to hear.

After all, it would be inhumane to pour a basin of cold water on someone who has come to your door eagerly.

So I put it more tactfully.

False hope will at least make you happier in the moment.

As for not winning the prize later? That can't be helped, the probability is 50-50 anyway.

"Really? There's still hope!" Director Zhang Mou said excitedly.

He obviously didn't understand Mr. Eisen's speaking style, and he thought he was one step closer to his dream.

As expected, those involved are often confused. Lin Yuan smiled helplessly.

"Welcome Director Zhang Mou to New York. I will treat you to dinner later. Lin Yuan and I have some private matters to discuss now. Please give us ten minutes to communicate alone." Mr. Eisen said.

"Okay, I'm glad to. I'll wait for you downstairs." Director Zhang Mou was still immersed in excitement. He smiled and went out to wait downstairs.

After Director Zhang Mou closed the door and left, Lin Yuan asked:
"What happened? What happened?"

Lin Yuan attaches great importance to the "Hero" award.

He didn't care for "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" because it was a Disney movie.

But "Hero" is different. If this movie can win more awards, it will be very helpful to Lin Yuan.

On the one hand, Lin Yuan is the largest investor in "Hero" and the copyright of this film belongs to him.

On the other hand, if "Hero" can win a series of awards, it means that Lin Yuan can help domestic directors go abroad and win major awards internationally.

With the example of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" first and "Hero" later, the entire domestic film industry will definitely go crazy.

Lin Yuan will also be highly praised by the domestic film industry and become the object that big directors will try their best to please.

Although strictly speaking, the award of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has little to do with Lin Yuan.

But domestic filmmakers don’t think so. Winning the award once can be considered a coincidence, but winning it twice can also be considered a coincidence?
As long as "Hero" can win the Best Foreign Language Film award again, Lin Yuan's voice in the domestic film industry will definitely double.

After all, these directors really want to become internationally famous. However, according to Mr. Eisen's suggestion, the possibility of "Hero" winning the Best Foreign Language Film award is very low.

What kind of accident happened?
In response to Lin Yuan's question, Mr. Eisen said:

“It’s mainly due to three reasons.”

"The first reason is that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was first released, which has already worn off the judges' curiosity. From a balancing perspective, the judges can't always give the Best Foreign Language Film award to Chinese-language films; they also need to consider films in other languages."

Lin Yuan nodded. He had already known the first reason Mr. Eisen mentioned.

That's why he insisted on making so many changes when filming "Hero".

A blacksmith must be strong himself, and he must produce a higher quality than "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to have a chance of winning the award.

He did it, and the quality of this "Hero" is definitely much higher than "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

So he has the confidence to pursue the Best Picture award. Even if the judges make trade-offs, Lin Yuan still believes that the quality of his film is far higher than other foreign language films.

What is the reason that caused these judges to lose the principle of fairness?

Mr. Eisen understood Lin Yuan's doubts, so he continued:
"The second reason is ridiculous, but this is the reality in Europe and the United States. A competitor, 'Africa,' emerged, and you know, the judges will favor this subject matter," said Mr. Eisen.

This lame excuse again!
Lin Yuan knew this movie, a German movie.

Seriously speaking, this is also a good movie, but if it is put together with Lin Yuan's version of "Hero", it is not worthy of being compared.

The reason why it can pose a threat to "Hero" is because this movie... has a similar background to "Schindler's List".

(I can’t go into details, but this subject matter is a natural plus point in Europe and America, adding dozens of points)

"The third reason also has a big impact, right?"

Lin Yuan asked, because if it is just because of the subject matter advantage of "Africa", then it can only be said that it is still unknown who will win.

Mr. Eisen believes that the possibility of winning the award is slim and there must be other factors affecting it.

Mr. Eisen nodded and said, "Yes, the third reason is that someone is bribing the judges behind the scenes and interfering with our winning the award."

"what?"

Lin Yuan didn't expect this to happen.

"Yes, I didn't notice it at first. But a few days ago, several old friends who refused to be bribed gave me a warning, and then I realized that someone was secretly targeting us." Mr. Eisen replied.

"who is it?"

"Nick Simpson."

"do not know."

"He's the vice president of Columbia Pictures, and before that he worked at MGM. Do you understand now?"

Well... this BUFF was gathered together in an instant.

A few months ago, Mr. Eisen reminded us that among the eight major Hollywood film companies, the attitudes towards Lin Yuan were divided into three camps: hostile, friendly, and neutral.

There were two companies that clearly showed hostility towards Lin Yuan, namely Columbia Pictures and MGM.

(See Chapter 216 for details)
Originally, Lin Yuan thought that they would not take action until at least "The King of Spy Wars" was released and achieved success.

But I didn't expect that they would start making moves against him behind his back so early.

(End of this chapter)