Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 200 Huayi's Praise to Death
Kyoto, Huayi.

"Bro, is Gu Bei really going to win an Oscar?"

Wang Zhonglei looked at the article that Sina Entertainment had just published and then looked at Wang Zhongjun with some frustration.

Wang Zhongjun smiled faintly: "I asked my friends in Hollywood, and they all said that the Golden Globe Award was just an accident, and that Gu Bei winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Director was a complete upset."

Wang Zhongjun studied in New York, which was once the center of North American cinema. To this day, NYU's Tisch School of the Arts remains the best film school in North America, and many of his friends have gone on to work in Hollywood.

"Gu Bei is a bit of a devil!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhonglei still looked somewhat dejected. "He also unexpectedly won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival."

This time at the Golden Globe Awards, he once again surprisingly won Best Director.

And that movie of his, "500 Days," damn, its box office was higher than our "Assembly"!

What frustrated Wang Zhonglei the most was the last point.

Winning awards is ultimately for the purpose of making money.

The production cost of "Assembly" was 8000 million yuan, and yesterday Huayi Brothers just announced that the box office was 2.35 million yuan, which is just over 3000 million US dollars.

Gu Bei's Summer only cost $750 million, but it has already grossed $3600 million in North America and over $5000 million worldwide.

Huayi should have received a share of this money!

If Gu Bei accepts his offer, Huayi will definitely be able to participate in the Summer project, earning both fame and money!

Wang Zhonglei was really upset that he didn't make the money.

"The Oscars are different; with thousands of judges, it's not that easy to pull off an upset!"

Wang Zhongjun said calmly, "But now that everyone is so focused on Gu Bei's Oscar aspirations, we can give him a boost!"

Wang Zhonglei snapped out of his daze: "You mean... to flatter to death?"

"How can this be called 'praise to death'?"

Wang Zhongjun said calmly, "It's obvious that an overwhelming fortune fell into Gu Bei's lap, but he himself is not capable of handling it; he's simply unworthy of his position!"

Wang Zhonglei was immediately enlightened.

If he were to have his trusted media smear Gu Bei, Han Sanpin would immediately notice and easily uncover his underhanded tactics.

But when it comes to flattery that leads to harm, it's much more subtle.

If you won't let me criticize, can't I at least praise?
The media's greatest talent is creating idols first, and then shattering those idols!
He immediately showed an excited expression: "Brother, you're much more cunning..."

"Ok?"

Wang Zhongjun frowned.

“More…more far-sighted.” Wang Zhonglei immediately changed his word. “But wouldn’t you say we’ve promoted his movie and increased box office revenue?”

"The Promise grossed over 100 million yuan in its first week, breaking so many records, but in the end it didn't even reach 200 million yuan."

Wang Zhongjun said with a smile, "When everyone goes to the cinema expecting you to win an award, you'd better actually win one!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhonglei also smiled.

In Los Angeles,
Gu Bei and the others were also looking at the Oscar nomination list they had just received.

"Sisi, it seems you'll have to cancel your plane ticket first."

Gu Bei handed over the nomination list and showed Liu Yifei "Love Story" from the five best original songs.

Although the nomination list included the composer Gu Bei, the only singer who could perform during the Oscars intermission was Liu Yifei. "I'll go tell my mom that I won't be able to go back to Jiangcheng for the New Year this year," Liu Yifei said helplessly as she got up.

Gu Bei watched her leave the room.
Turning to Michael and Joe, he said, "Seven nominations for Whiplash, which is about what I expected."

"I think our biggest hopes are for Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay."

Michael spoke first, saying, "Especially for Best Original Screenplay, our biggest competitor is Juno. Other hot films are all in the Best Adapted Screenplay category, which is a big advantage."

Gu Bei nodded.

He naturally had no objection.
This award has the least competition and the highest probability of success.
And it was his individual award.

It's equivalent to spending Sony Classics' public relations budget to win awards for Gu Bei.

“I’ve seen No Country for Old Men. Javier Badan, like J.K. Simmons, carried the entire film as a supporting actor. The competition was fierce,” Joe said.

“But this is the only acting award we’re nominated for,” Michael said helplessly.

Performance awards are always quite popular.
After all, audiences tend to recognize celebrities more than the behind-the-scenes staff.

"There weren't many good movies this year, but the competition for acting awards was incredibly fierce."

Looking at the list in his hand, Gu Bei realized that this year was a battle of titans, whether it was the male or female lead or the male or female supporting actors.

On the contrary, it was the best film.
Atonement may seem popular, but it is actually quite mediocre.

The success of "The Crimson City" is largely due to the outstanding performances of the actors.
In reality, it's just No Country for Old Men and Whiplash arm wrestling.

"Bruce, I still don't recommend that you have too high hopes."

Michael said tactfully.

Despite the repeated upsets by Whiplash,

However, commercial investment still needs to consider the return on investment.
Given Whiplash's current box office potential, Sony Pictures Classics won't invest heavily in securing it; the nomination is enough to keep Whiplash buzzing for two months.

"At least we have exceeded our Oscar target this time."

Gu Bei said lightly.

The nomination stage relies on separate voting by each department; only by joining the corresponding department can one be nominated for the relevant award.

Seven award nominations already indicate that most people in Hollywood have recognized this young director.

With the announcement of the Oscar nominations,
The awards season is entering its second half.
This is also the most competitive second half.
Most of the Oscars' public relations scandals occurred during this period.

And in China,

As the Spring Festival approaches,
Everyone has started to enter holiday mode.

"what?"

Han Sanpin looked at his subordinates with some confusion, "We don't have enough copies of Whiplash? Aren't theater managers usually the ones who dislike copies of art films the most?"

Han Sanpin didn't quite understand.

He prepared 100 film copies and 200 digital copies for the whiplash player.
While three hundred copies may not be enough to create alternating screening times, they are sufficient to cover most cities across the country, which is considered a large-scale screening for art films.

in the past,
They only prepare fifty or sixty copies of these art films.
Because only large cities have a sufficient number of art-house film enthusiasts.
Even so, theater managers are not very willing to accept these copies; they prefer copies of domestic blockbusters and Hollywood blockbusters, because those are the ones that really make money!

Why is it reversed this time?

(End of this chapter)