Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 199 Is Gu Bei planning to go to Oscar to buy goods?

"Long time no see, Joe!"

Gu Bei saw Joe Creek enter the club room, smiled, stood up, and shook hands with him. "Judging from your appearance, you must be having a very enjoyable vacation."

Although Joe is the producer of Whiplash,

However, since the distribution rights have already been sold to Sony Pictures Classics,

Therefore, they did not participate in the public relations activities for this awards season.

“If you hadn’t called me back, I would probably still be at the Sundance Film Festival right now!” Joe replied with a smile. These two days happened to be during the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

Gu Bei and Liu Yifei exchanged a glance and smiled at each other.

A year has passed in the blink of an eye. Last year, they met Joe at the Sundance Film Festival.

And now, they are in the Life Club in Los Angeles, waiting for the announcement of the nominations for the 80th Academy Awards.

Gu Bei turned around.
Michael and Joe from Sony Classics were talking.

"Come on, Joe!"

Michael first poured Joe a glass of whiskey.

Joe unbuttoned a button on his suit jacket and sat down gracefully: "How's the situation at this year's Oscars?"

"Just like before, the first half has ended, but no one can figure out the judges' intentions before the list is announced."

Michael remarked with some emotion, "Although so many film critics have been praising Whiplash lately, I still don't have enough confidence to get a nomination that Bruce would be satisfied with."

Gu Bei interjected, "This is a large-scale chaotic system. Every award and every nomination influences the judges in different ways."
The judges then participate in new awards and nominations, gradually reducing entropy and transforming disorder into order.
Opinions gradually converged, eventually leading to the final list of Oscar winners.

"Can't understand."

Liu Yifei poked Gu Bei's waist.

Gu Bei: “…”

"Haha, Crystal is right, you should speak in a way that we can understand."

Michael laughed and then said to Joe, "These past two months have been quite exciting. First, No Country for Old Men and The Red Is Gone were neck and neck, and then The Red Is Gone gradually fell behind."

For some reason, atonement suddenly became a hot topic.

Then, after the Golden Globe Awards, our Whiplash drummer immediately received tremendous attention, and I heard more and more judges expressing their appreciation for him.

Joe took a sip of whiskey: "This is awards season. It's always so fascinating. You can't feel the dramatic atmosphere of it unless you're in Los Angeles."

After a pause,

He seemed to remember something and looked at Liu Yifei with a smile: "Crystal, how's your performance preparation going?"

"Performance?"

Liu Yifei was slightly stunned.

She looked puzzled, not understanding what Qiao was talking about, and could only turn her gaze to Gu Bei.

Gu Bei noticed her gaze was directed at him, but he didn't know anything about it: "Qiao, what kind of performance is it?"

"Don't you know that Oscar nominees for Best Original Song are required to perform during the Oscars ceremony?"

Qiao looked slightly puzzled. He thought that Gu Bei and Liu Yifei both knew about this. "Your Love Story is so popular, getting a nomination shouldn't be a problem."

Liu Yifei froze on the spot.

Nomination... Performance...

It’s over! It’s over! It’s over!

How long has it been since she practiced this song?

Just then, Gu Bei quietly added from the side, "If I remember correctly, last year's Oscars had a viewership rating of 24% and 4000 million viewers."

This is just ABC's ratings, not including overseas and internet viewership.

"Sissi, you're really going to be a star this time!"

Liu Yifei was further frustrated after Gu Bei added insult to injury.

Gu Bei also noticed that Liu Yifei's emotions were not right.

He thought for a moment, realizing it had been a long time since he'd heard Liu Yifei sing: "When was the last time you sang this song?"

Liu Yifei replied, on the verge of tears, "I sang it in a karaoke bar in November."

No way, how come the original singer goes to a karaoke bar to sing a pirated version?
Gu Bei didn't need to ask how the song came about in KTV.
Given the current rampant piracy in China,

Any song that becomes popular on the internet

It can be added to the hot song charts the very next day, since not many people care about the sound quality anyway.

Gu Bei took Liu Yifei's soft, boneless hand in his and squeezed his fingers between hers.

Liu Yifei did not refuse, she opened her fingers together,
The two of them naturally intertwined their fingers, clenched their fists, and held each other tightly.

"It's okay, there's still a month left!"

Gu Bei smiled and comforted her, "Besides, those who went on stage to sing are actually all actors, and they probably aren't as professional singers as you!"

Feeling the warmth of Gu Bei's hand, Liu Yifei felt much more at ease.

She thought about it carefully.

The Oscars only have 4000 million viewers, which is nothing compared to the billion viewers of China's Spring Festival Gala.

Although she has never been on the Spring Festival Gala, she has appeared on many other variety shows and galas, and her performances are actually quite ordinary.

The only difference is the people sitting in the audience; there's nothing to be afraid of!

"I'm not nervous at all!"

Liu Yifei slightly raised her face.

He was thinking to himself that he would definitely practice properly when he got back.

While Gu Bei and the others were chatting at the club,
Oscar president Sid Ganis and actress Kathy Bates appeared on time at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre to announce the nominations for this year's Oscars.

Each time they read out a nomination
The photo of the nominee will be displayed in the 'U'-shaped frame behind them, which has five screens.

Sina Entertainment was the most proactive; as soon as a nominee's photo appeared on the live stream, they would immediately repost it in their special report.

With the announcement of the Best Picture nominations, the complete list of nominees has now been finalized.

Sina Entertainment's article was also released immediately: "The nomination list for the 80th Academy Awards has been announced, with No Country for Old Men leading the pack and Whiplash following closely behind."

In this round of nominations, Whiplash tied Atonement with seven nominations, second only to No Country for Old Men and Blood with eight nominations each.

It includes not only prestigious awards such as Best Picture and Best Director,
There are also awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay.
It also won three technical awards: Best Editing, Best Sound Effects, and Best Sound Editing.

And "Love Story" was unsurprisingly nominated for Best Original Song.

"It actually got nominated? Whiplash got nominated for both Best Picture and Best Director."

"Right now, all I want is for China Film Group to release the movie as soon as possible. North Americans have been watching it for two months, and we haven't even seen a glimpse of it yet. We're getting impatient!"

"I suddenly noticed something: Gu Bei's two films received eight nominations, and apart from Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor, all of them were his individual nominations!"

"It really is! Six nominations by himself, is Gu Bei planning to buy supplies at the Oscars?"

(End of this chapter)