Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 393 Ambition Bringed by the Times Begins: The Oscars Ceremony

Gu Bei suddenly realized what was happening.

When thinking about this problem,
China Film Group cannot be regarded as a commercial group.

For China Film Group, beyond profitability, guiding the development of the film market is a more important task.

The focus of commercial groups like Linlang Entertainment is how much box office revenue the 100 million yuan box office of "Lost in Thailand" in seven days can bring them.

China Film Group, on the other hand,
They were considering the box office revenue of 500 million yuan over the seven-day Spring Festival period.

This is equivalent to 7.5% of the total box office revenue for the entire year of 2009.

If the target growth rate of China's film market this year is 50%, then the Spring Festival film season brought a 7.5% increase, which is equivalent to completing 15% of the target ahead of schedule.

Thinking about it this way... I guess I'm actually pretty awesome, huh!
"You didn't just stay here for the movie 'Lost in Thailand' from beginning to end, did you?" Han Sanpin looked at Gu Bei suspiciously.

"How can it be!"

Gu Bei waved his hand.

Actually, he initially scheduled "Lost on Journey" for the Spring Festival release simply because the film's content and subject matter were particularly suitable for the Spring Festival season. This year, the long-tail effect of "Avatar" could allow "Lost on Journey" to garner a significant amount of box office revenue.

When La La Land was later planned, it was because Valentine's Day and the first day of the Lunar New Year coincided this year. With Avatar in the lineup, the Spring Festival film season was basically guaranteed to be successful.

However, with the entry of China Film Group and Yida Group, the entire cinema market spontaneously stirred up, which led to such a perfect debut for the Spring Festival film season.

Gu Bei felt like a trendsetter of the times, having inadvertently created a major news story.

He suddenly understood why people like Wang Jianlin of Yida and Ma Huateng of Alibaba had become so arrogant; it was simply because the positive feedback from this era was too strong!
The roc rises with the wind in one day and soars up to 90,000 miles!

With the support of the times, it's hard to suppress people's ambitions!
"Haha, no explanation needed!"

With a hint of teasing, Han Sanpin looked at Gu Bei across the desk and said, "I've heard that Director Gu specially changed the script to Jiangcheng. My friends in Jiangcheng all said they want to thank Director Gu properly."

"Jiangcheng is indeed a good place."

Upon hearing this, Gu Bei smiled and acknowledged the credit.

In fact, when he received the first version of the script for "Lost in Thailand," the film was not titled as it was, and the story did not take place in Jiangcheng. Overall, it was quite different from what he remembered.

Later, when he looked back at the "Lost in Thailand" section of the entertainment treasure trove, he discovered that there were only two film production companies: Jiangcheng Huaqi and Hubei Provincial Film Screening and Distribution Corporation.

The latter is clearly a company within the system.

The former was a small company, which was also the one that later fought a copyright lawsuit with Xu.

This shows that the movie "Lost in Thailand" was originally a road comedy with a bit of a promotional element. Each province has a certain amount of funding for this kind of movie every year, so the original story and filming location were later changed to Jiangcheng.

No wonder Xu Zheng dared to bully Jiangcheng Huaqi. It's a small company that's not in the industry, so it's fine if he cheats them. Anyway, he's made a lot of money from them before.

Moreover, when promoting the original version of "Lost in Thailand," it was completely different from the exaggerated marketing campaigns of the same period. The production cost was reported as a very "honest" 700 million.

However, when it comes to movie props, the live organism headgear custom-made in Switzerland was priced at 50 yuan in the marketing materials, and even the repair story included tens of thousands of yuan in shipping costs.

After Gu Bei received the script, he also had it moved to Jiangcheng.

As a result, despite the increased production costs, there was no mention of the production team requesting to buy any props such as living organism headgear.

"Whether Jiangcheng is a good place or not, Director Gu may not necessarily think so, but the people of Jiangcheng made Director Gu come back and stay for so long during such an important time as the Oscars season."

Han Sanpin didn't let Gu Bei off the hook, and continued to tease Gu Bei about his hasty return to China.

"Mr. Han, why don't we continue our conversation about the Spring Festival film season? Could you give me a little more praise?"

Gu Bei quickly changed the subject.

He didn't feel embarrassed at all.

On the contrary, they were worried about Han Sanpin's future embarrassment.

After all, Variety, which is known as the bible of Hollywood, is preparing to delve into the story of Rose Pictures' rise over the past three years and has already arranged an interview and magazine cover with Liu Yifei.

"Hahaha!"

Han Sanpin thought Gu Bei was embarrassed by what he had been said, and laughed triumphantly.

Subsequently,

He then said to Gu Bei with a smile, "Director Gu, don't forget that among the major Oscar awards, only the Best Actress award is left. Your 'The Sound of the Wind' won Liu Yifei a Golden Horse Best Actress award, so it's not unreasonable for 'Gravity' to get an Oscar Best Actress nomination, is it?"

"Don't worry, the gravity probe is progressing smoothly."

Gu Bei knew that Han Sanpin's biggest concern was still gravity.

……

Gu Bei didn't stay in Kyoto for more than a few days. After finishing everything, he flew back to Los Angeles ahead of schedule.

The crew of "The Grandmaster" filmed for a few more days before temporarily halting production.

It wasn't just Liu Yifei who had other things to do.

The other main actors couldn't possibly stay here for several years either.
Liu Yifei returned to Jiangcheng to spend the Lantern Festival, and then in March, she and Liu Xiaoli flew to Los Angeles.

2010 year 3 month 7 day,
Tonight is the 82nd Academy Awards ceremony.

Meanwhile, inside the Beverly Hills mansion, the scene was still in complete chaos.
When Gu Bei walked in, he saw the Dior team still bustling around. Everyone looked very busy, and their words came out like machine gun fire, but he didn't know what they were busy with.

Ignoring these people,
Gu Bei finally saw Liu Yifei, who was already dressed up and trying on jewelry.
Liu Yifei immediately stopped chatting with the stylist, twirled around once and then smiled at Gu Bei, showing him the dress and asking, "How is it?"

"Beautiful, so beautiful!"

Gu Bei nodded in approval.

Liu Yifei is already stunningly beautiful even when she's too lazy to dress up, let alone with the help of a professional stylist, who brings out all the hidden charm she usually has, making her breathtakingly beautiful.

"And what about this set of jewelry?"

Liu Yifei leaned forward to show Gu Bei the Dior haute couture jewelry on top of her white off-the-shoulder dress.

Gu Bei's gaze was momentarily dazzled, and he couldn't help but exclaim, "This jewelry is so white!"

"white?"

The stylist next to me also speaks Chinese.
But after taking a closer look at the jewelry on Liu Yifei's chest, she couldn't help but say, "This is Dior's high-end jewelry from this year's Fall/Winter collection."

Its main features lie in the integration of floral designs with high-end jewelry lacquer techniques, embellished with dazzling and precious diamonds and gemstones, aiming to create a dreamlike world of flowers and plants.
"How...why is it white?"

Liu Yifei glared at Gu Bei fiercely.

She initially had the same question as the stylist, and even thought that Gu Bei had misspoke and was referring to the white of the dress.

But she soon noticed Gu Bei's gaze.

The area being stared at was clearly neither the jewelry nor the dress.

So, the white color refers to the color of her skin. It's absolutely gorgeous!
"Cough cough!"

Gu Bei was also somewhat embarrassed.

The emerald green color of the jewelry, paired with the gold chain, made Liu Yifei's skin appear even whiter and more like jade, which is why he couldn't help but sigh.

Unexpectedly, the stylist also understood Chinese and spoke it aloud, which made him feel a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, this was just a minor incident.

Liu Yifei quickly put on her full dress and jewelry.

The two of them got into a van and headed to the Walk of Fame outside the Kodak Theatre, where the waiting area was already packed with world-renowned stars and directors.

Gu Bei led Liu Yifei to the waiting area and asked with a smile, "How does it feel to be back?"

Liu Yifei looked around and smiled faintly: "It seems like more people are paying attention to us!"

Last year, Liu Yifei was unable to attend the Spring Festival Gala, so her memory was still stuck in the era of Whiplash the year before.

Compared to the upstart Whiplash,

La La Land practically dominated the entire awards season.
The moment Gu Bei and Liu Yifei appeared, everyone's eyes were drawn to them, intentionally or unintentionally, before moving on a moment later.

"Crystal!"

Emma and Andrew walked over on their own initiative.

When Emma met Liu Yifei, she smiled and said to her, "Congratulations! I heard you're working with Wang. I really like his visual style, but it's a pity I've never had the chance to work with him."

"Believe me, even if you had the chance, you wouldn't decide to work with him," Gu Bei couldn't help but complain. "Qianqian has been on set for three months already, and who knows how much footage she's filmed."

"is this real?"

Emma looked at Liu Yifei with a puzzled expression.

Liu Yifei smiled and nodded.

Gu Bei had complained about Wang Jiawei to her more than once.

She knew how much Gu Bei used to love Wong Kar-wai's movies, but after actually becoming an investor in Wong Kar-wai, he couldn't help but criticize him relentlessly. This shows how much Wong Kar-wai's filmmaking style tests an investor's patience.

"Perhaps this is the price of working with a famous director."

Emma couldn't help but exclaim.

However, even if she says that, if she were to actually work with Wong Ka-wai like that, she would soon quit.

Emma herself is also a very ambitious and driven person. Actresses already have few opportunities, and while Wong Kar-wai is indeed one of the strongest Chinese directors in the art field, she wouldn't be willing to wait several years for him.

Gu Bei wanted to continue criticizing Sunglasses King.

Nicole Kidman walked over and greeted Liu Yifei, saying, "Crystal, I've invited you to parties several times, but Bruce always says you're not in North America."

Liu Yifei and Nicole had a pretty good chat on the last time they were on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Later, they became neighbors in Beverly Hills, but they didn't run into each other that often.

"I have indeed been in China, busy filming a movie there recently," Liu Yifei replied with a faint smile.

“Of course! I’ve heard that you’re the highest-grossing female lead in Chinese films. You must be very popular in China!” Nicole mentioned the news she had seen recently.

"It's not bad!"

Liu Yifei responded somewhat shyly.

at this time,

The host, microphone in hand, led the cameraman over: "Ladies, come closer, how about a short interview?"

"Of course!"

The three of them naturally did not refuse.

Neither Liu Yifei nor Nicole received a nomination, and the host's main focus was on Emma: "Emma, ​​congratulations on being nominated at such a young age. Do you think you have a chance of winning an Oscar today?"

“I think being nominated is a great recognition from the academy, and I hope to have more opportunities to showcase myself in the future,” Emma said with a smile.

"I hope Emma can win the award; I really liked her performance," Liu Yifei said enthusiastically.

"Emma delivered a perfect performance, and the emotion she poured into the role was truly moving, especially the audition scene," Nicole commented enthusiastically.

"Thank you, ladies!"

The host said with great delight.

Subsequently,

He turned his head and realized that the three female celebrities corresponded to three men, including the two nominees Gu Bei and Andrew, as well as Nicole's husband. The host immediately shifted his focus.

……

China.

It's 5 PM in Los Angeles right now, which is 8 AM in China.

Moreover, it happened at 8 a.m. on a Monday, when many people were already up and watching the domestic broadcast.

Liu Yifei and two others appeared on the red carpet for interviews.

This immediately sparked a heated discussion on Weibo.

"Sissi looks so beautiful today! Her look at the Golden Horse Awards was already stunning, but this pure white dress is absolutely gorgeous!"

"Liu Yifei's red carpet look was truly stunning. She didn't look intimidated at all standing next to a world-class goddess like Nicole Kidman."

"Did anyone notice that Emma Stone and Nicole Kidman, who were nominated, are standing on the sides, while Liu Yifei is standing in the middle? What's going on?"

"The people upstairs are praising her way too much. Didn't they see that after this interview, there was an interview with Gu Bei and the male lead of La La Land? It's obvious that Gu Bei brought her in for this red carpet segment, just like Zhang Ziyi did a couple of years ago!"

"It's true! I was a little shocked when I saw it. I thought maybe the rumors had gotten me an Oscar nomination, but it turned out to be just a photo from an interview on the red carpet. Nicole is so old, and yours is so young, yet you're making such a comparison!"

"To be fair, being nominated for an Oscar red carpet has some prestige, but going as a date to the Oscars is just something to brag about in press releases. Don't blame us for being harsh if we bring it up on Weibo!"

Some people admire the photos, while others find the behavior offensive. The comments on Weibo are relatively restrained, but on other platforms, the language is much harsher.

However, these things,

There is currently no way to affect the two people present at the awards ceremony.
After answering the host's usual questions, Gu Bei followed Liu Yifei down the red carpet and into the Kodak Theater, where they sat down.

"Pretty early on!"

He glanced at his seat for the day.

As a major contender in awards season, La La Land is ranked significantly higher than other films.

(End of this chapter)