Huayu: Starting from intercepting Duan Yu

Chapter 95: Oscar Nomination, Xu Yi’s Thoughts (Subscribe!)

"The Legend of Sword and Fairy is finally going to be rebroadcast!"

"I missed several episodes before..."

"Xu Yi is such a cruel guy, he actually let my sister Ling'er sacrifice herself!"

"Sister Yueru is the same. She ended up being a living dead!"

"And Sister Anu is so cute, but Li Xiaoyao doesn't want her!"

"These are all the plots in the game..."

"What's wrong with the game's plot? It's just an adaptation, so why can't it have a happy ending? Besides, the game has hidden plots!"

"..."

"..."

Three days later, Xu Yi let Tang Yan leave.

At this time, the news that "Legend of Sword and Fairy" will be rebroadcast on TV stations in Shanghai, Province Z, and Province G also attracted great attention on the Internet.

There is no iQiyi, Youku or Tencent Video now, and you can’t watch replays online.

If you didn’t see the plot, you missed it.

We can only wait for the TV station to replay it.

At the same time, the ending of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" also made countless viewers feel very "dissatisfied".

Among them are some game fans.

Although the adaptation is not random.

This is indeed the ending in the game.

But that doesn’t mean it can’t be changed!

It’s all Xu Yi’s fault anyway!

Xu Yi naturally ignored these comments.

Besides, even if he really changed it, there would still be people who would not be satisfied.

The most important thing is that he wants to accept them all, but they also have to pass the review!

"How can filming a TV series be compared to filming a movie?"

"Real great directors only make movies, never TV series!"

"Besides, the most important thing for a movie is the box office; awards and such are secondary!"

"Especially some young directors who think they are great just because they are lucky enough to win a few awards and sell some overseas copyrights."

"What does that little copyright fee actually mean?"

“Also, the movie box office is very inflated!

At this time, suddenly an inexplicable guy jumped out and spoke nonsense in front of the media.

This person is none other than Zhang Yimou’s good partner Zhang Weiping.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, everyone could tell that he was targeting Xu Yi!
Xu Yi was a little confused at first, but he soon received the news.

This guy suddenly targeted him because of Oscar!
If Chinese films want to go abroad to participate in various award selections, they must obtain approval from the General Administration.

But the other awards are fine, there is no limit on the number of places.

As long as you can pass the review, you can participate.

However, China only has one quota for a film to be nominated for the Oscars every year!
This means that only one domestic film each year is eligible to participate in the Oscar selection for Best Foreign Language Film!
This year's registration deadline is October 10st.

That means less than a month left.

There are also two films eligible to compete for this spot.

One is Zhang Yimou's "House of Flying Daggers" and the other is naturally Xu Yi's "Love".

The General Administration has not yet decided who to give this quota to.

After all, Xu Yi's "Love" just won three awards in Cannes.

It would be somewhat unreasonable not to give him this spot.

And "Love" obviously has a greater chance of winning than "House of Flying Daggers".

But Zhang Yimou is now the specially invited director of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee.

Maybe he could even become the director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics.

Before the next Beijing Olympics is held, everything must give way to the Olympics.

This put the General Administration in a very difficult position.

Xu Yi, who understood, immediately smiled.

To be honest, he doesn't really care about the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Not to mention it’s just a registration spot.

He doesn't even care about any other awards.

The reason why I participated in the Cannes Film Festival was simply because winning an award would bring me a lot of convenience in the country.

Instead of needing to use this award to prove anything!
So if the General Administration gave this quota directly to Zhang Yimou.

He won't care either.

But now, Zhang Weiping insisted on standing up and speaking out.

Then he couldn't tolerate it.

In addition, the box office of "Love" in China is indeed inflated.

Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for the box office to exceed 30 million, but now it has reached 120 million.

Because the General Administration organized a large number of government agencies and schools to watch.

But this was done by the General Administration, not him.

What does it have to do with him?
So he immediately went to the General Administration and found Deputy Director Tian.

It means that he can sign up for next year's Oscars together with Zhang Yimou.

The General Administration only approves one film each year to participate in the Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.

But it does not mean that only one can be approved.

This is just a convention, not a real written rule.

So it can be broken.

"Are you so sure you can win the prize?"

After hearing Xu Yi's proposal, Deputy Director Tian understood Xu Yi's thoughts.

If either Xu Yi or Zhang Yimou's film is approved to participate in next year's Oscars.

Then even if one wins the award, the other will definitely not be convinced.

At least not out loud. Because then I can say that I could have won the award too!
But if two people participate together.

And one won the award and the other didn't.

Then it’s no use trying to be tough!

"I don't know if I can win the prize, but my results will definitely not be worse than others!"

Xu Yi smiled lightly.

I didn't intend to hide my feelings.

He remembered Zhang Yimou's "House of Flying Daggers" in his previous life, not to mention winning the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Not even a nomination.

So as long as he can get the nomination, even if he doesn't win the award in the end.

He can still surpass Zhang Yimou.

And just getting a nomination is definitely not a difficult task for him.

He doesn't know about other awards, but to Harvey, the Oscars are like his own home!
In Xu Yi's previous life, before going to prison, this guy helped Hollywood stars win more than 300 Oscar nominations and more than 70 Oscar statuettes!

A mere Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film is nothing to this guy!

Including Zhang Yimou's "Hero" and even Kaizi's "Farewell My Concubine", which were nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, they were all operated by him!

But this time, the U.S. screening rights for Zhang Yimou's "House of Flying Daggers" were not sold to Harvey.

Or to be more precise, his asking price was too high and Harvey was not interested.

In the end, it was bought by Sony, the big sucker.

Xu Yi remembered that in his previous life, the box office of "House of Flying Daggers" in the United States was only 1000 million US dollars.

So, Sony, which spent 1.15 million yuan to buy the screening rights in the United States, is not a big sucker, is it?
Of course, Sony may not be the real victim.

The advertised 1.15 million Chinese yuan may not be true.

But no matter what, Sony's ability in Oscar public relations is definitely far inferior to Harvey's.

The same would be true even if it acquired Columbia Pictures, once one of the eight major film studios in Hollywood.

Zhang Yimou obviously overestimated his own and Sony's public relations capabilities.

That’s why I feel that I can still get nominated for an Oscar this time!
As for the awards...

Zhang Yimou certainly thought about it, but he probably knew it was impossible.

After all, "Hero" didn't win an award, let alone "House of Flying Daggers"...

"Okay, I'll bring it up at the meeting then."

Deputy Director Tian thought about it and agreed.

Although Xu Yi was not his man, he was "discovered" by him.

Xu Yi won three major awards in Cannes, and apart from the director award, he was the one who made the greatest contribution.

If Xu Yi could win another Oscar, his contribution would be even greater.

As for Zhang Yimou...

Although he is also from the General Administration, because there are too many people involved, even if he wins the award, the credit will be shared by many people.

On the contrary, the benefits brought to him by Xu Yi are greater.

Most importantly, there's nothing wrong with either film.

So it's not impossible for us to sign up for the Oscars together.

……

After leaving the General Administration, Xu Yi came to the Affiliated High School of Beijing Dance Academy.

The first round of program review for the Spring Festival Gala is about to begin.

He prepared three songs in total, one of which was "Chinese".

He plans to sing this song with Jing Tian.

And it's in the form of singing and dancing.

This is naturally not a problem for Jing Tian, ​​who has studied dance for so many years.

Not to mention that as far as I can remember, this year's Spring Festival Gala was all "live singing".

This is even less of a problem.

In addition, the dancers in this song’s MV are also students selected from the Affiliated High School of Beijing Dance Academy.

Jing Tian had often asked for leave before, and her class teacher approved it without saying a word.

Xu Yi naturally had to return the favor.

So this time I plan to take them to the Spring Festival Gala together.

"Boss, how's my dancing?"

In the dance studio, Jing Tian, ​​who was rehearsing "Chinese", did not stop when she saw Xu Yi coming.

Instead, he waited until he finished dancing once before running to Xu Yi to take credit.

You know, she hasn't practiced dancing so hard for a long time!

"Nice dance! And everyone else too!"

Xu Yi said to everyone with a smile.

The heroine of the "Chinese" MV is Jing Tian.

Although she didn't sing along, she still danced.

And the dancers had naturally learned the dance a long time ago.

But knowing that they may perform on the Spring Festival Gala, they still practice over and over again without getting tired of it!

The school leaders and teachers also attach great importance to it!
Then Xu Yi rehearsed with them several times.

With Xu Yi's current master-level singing and dancing skills, singing and dancing are naturally no problem for him.

The technology is definitely the best in the world!
Even if Michael Jackson came, he would probably only be able to tie with him at best!

So much so that after the rehearsal, the eyes of a group of female students looking at Xu Yi suddenly became even more passionate!

I am even more envious and jealous of Jing Tian!
But naturally they didn't dare to show these.

Otherwise, if they offend Jing Tian and lose the opportunity to perform on the Spring Festival Gala, they will definitely regret it!

Not to mention that Jing Tian brought Olympic souvenirs for each of them when school started this time.

And it’s not like there were no one among them who had set their sights on Xu Yi before.

He also secretly slipped Xu Yi a small note with his cell phone number on it.

It's just that Xu Yi never responded...

(End of this chapter)