Huayu Entertainment: Tianxian really wants to improve

Chapter 398 Liu Yifei's interview with the "bull nose syndrome" came knocking on my door to slap me in the face!
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Los Angeles, Kodak Theatre.

The Oscars ceremony has ended and the live stream has been disconnected, but the atmosphere at the venue remains lively, given that there are thousands of guests across several floors of the theater, and there's also an Oscars party to attend.

"Let's take some photos first!"

Gu Bei led Liu Yifei and Michael to the filming area.

The photo area was located not far from the backstage area of ​​the awards ceremony; it was a very small space.

The purpose was to allow the media to capture images of the award recipients holding their Oscars as soon as possible, and then send them back immediately to serve as news covers.

Gu Bei was very familiar with this place; this was his third time here tonight alone.

He smiled and told the reporters on site, "Let's speed things up a bit. I can't wait to have my little golden statuette fitted with its own nameplate!"

"Bruce, we've filmed you too many times already. Now we'd like to film Ms. Liu more. If we could get some time for an interview, that would be even better!"

The reporters spoke to Gu Bei very ruthlessly.

It means you can leave, but you have to leave Liu Yifei behind.

As professional journalists, they sensed a news story the moment Liu Yifei appeared.

Readers in North America and around the world are now eager to know the story behind Rose Pictures.

Including themselves,

Many Hollywood journalists have expressed interest in Rose Pictures.
However, Rose Pictures rejected all their interview requests, making this independent film studio, which has risen rapidly in the past two years, extremely mysterious.

Now, the owner of Rose Pictures has finally shown up, and their pursuit of this news has reached its peak!

Gu Bei remained silent.

He simply smiled and looked at Liu Yifei.

He might worry about other things as well.
But as Liu Yifei herself, known for her arrogant interviewing style...

Dealing with this group of resident reporters is a piece of cake.

What do you want to know?

Seeing this, Liu Yifei asked frankly.

Judging from the enthusiastic attitude of these reporters,

They seemed to be saying, "Don't leave until we get the interview today."
She has been interviewed since she was a child and knows that reporters are often doing it for their jobs, so she understands their difficulties and will accept as many interviews as possible.

"Rose Films has now become a trendsetter in the independent film industry, especially in the last three years. Rose Films has maintained a high level of activity at the Oscars and film festivals. Could you tell me what the biggest difficulty you have encountered in the years since you founded Rose Films?"

The first reporter was very difficult.

He immediately showered her with compliments, praising Rose Pictures extensively, especially Gu Bei's award-winning films over the past few years, which almost always won awards.

However, as a journalist,
His profession inherently gives him a touch of mischief.
The opening remarks, to put it nicely, were just flattery.
To put it bluntly, that means having a preconceived stance.

There wasn't much room left for Liu Yifei to answer.

Michael, a seasoned Hollywood veteran and the owner of a film studio,

He immediately sensed the potential for negative public opinion and glanced at Liu Yifei with a hint of worry.

It's worth noting that Gu Bei and Rose Pictures' intense pursuit of awards over the past two years has kept them in the spotlight of Hollywood professionals almost year-round, which has actually drawn a lot of resentment.

This is also why the public reaction was so strong when Gu Bei faced plagiarism controversy before.

Sometimes being too outstanding isn't good either; it can easily attract hatred.

"Uh……"

Liu Yifei fell into deep thought.

She pondered for a moment, then looked up and said sincerely to the reporter, "The biggest difficulty was probably coming up with a name. I thought about it for a whole night before finally coming up with the name Rose Pictures."

The filming area was completely silent.
The reporters were stunned.
The biggest challenge in the three years since the founding of Rose Pictures has been coming up with a name.
For a moment, they didn't know how to react!
If other people said that...

They might think the other person is being pretentious.

But the past three years at Rose Pictures have unfolded like a pre-written script.
It received rave reviews from its very first appearance, ranking high in the festival's daily ratings at both Cannes and Venice Film Festivals. After intense discussions among the jury, it finally won the grand prize with great difficulty.

Then comes the Oscars season. After all that work, there might be some regrets, but every year it's still a fruitful year.

Artistically, Rose Pictures has experienced setbacks.

In business,
Rose Pictures' films are always dark horses.

Needless to say, blockbusters like the Twilight series and The Fault in Our Stars, even films like Whiplash, 500 Days of Summer, and The Artist exceeded box office expectations.
To date, every film produced by Rose Pictures has recouped its costs at the box office, and everything after that is pure profit.

The Rose Pictures business has been going so smoothly. Liu Yifei said that the biggest difficulty she encountered in establishing Rose Pictures was that she spent a whole night thinking about the name Rose Pictures. It seems that there really wasn't any problem!
The key is,

Liu Yifei spoke with such sincerity.
The reporters were so sincere that they believed these were Liu Yifei's true feelings!
"Do you have any other questions?"

Gu Bei chuckled to himself, and casually woke up the stunned reporters.

To be honest, Liu Yifei's interviewing prowess had already tormented the Chinese reporters, and now she's really giving these Hollywood reporters a run for their money, making him look forward to her upcoming interview with a variety magazine.

However, magazine interviews lack the real-time interview responses and therefore fail to showcase Liu Yifei's interview-like qualities.

Is it funny?

Liu Yifei glanced at Gu Bei with a puzzled look.

The name Rose Pictures came to her that night at the ski resort. She had been struggling to come up with a suitable name for a long time, and since she was going back to New York the next day to register the company, she only managed to come up with this name in one night.

"May I ask why you have always chosen a pseudonym as a producer, and will you continue to use this pseudonym in the future?" another reporter asked.

"Because I prefer the profession of acting and don't want to be known to the outside world as a producer, I chose to use a pseudonym in order to minimize the attention that people should pay to my identity as a producer."

Liu Yifei replied earnestly, "I will continue to use this pseudonym in the future, probably until my identity as an actress is sufficiently recognized by the outside world!"

As she spoke, Liu Yifei glanced at Gu Bei.

The name Zhou Qianqian originated from a temporary concealment, and it also served as a unique bond between her and Gu Bei, much like Rose Pictures. The reason she gave to the outside world was, in fact, true.

If it weren't for the mistake in last year's Star Quest that significantly increased her fame, she wouldn't have chosen to come up and accept the award this year. Otherwise, the public's impression of her would have remained that of a producer, rather than the acting profession she herself desires.

Just like the old man without a home two years ago,
The Coen brothers also didn't want outsiders to confuse their professional identity as directors.
So before that, he had always used the pseudonym Roderick Jenner as their exclusive film editor, and even competed with Gu Bei for the Best Editing Award.

"Thank you!"

The second reporter was still on tenterhooks before getting the answer, fearing that Liu Yifei would give another answer like, "The most difficult thing is naming the child." When he finally got the answer, he said thank you very seriously.

In fact, upon closer examination, both of Liu Yifei's answers have a touch of Versailles flavor.

The same earnest answer, but with a Versailles-like quality.
Because the first answer was so unexpected, the second answer seemed more acceptable.

After a brief interview,

The three began posing for photos in the designated area.

Michael, as the eldest senior, stood in the middle, with Gu Bei and Liu Yifei on either side, each holding one of the two Oscar statuettes, forming a somewhat legendary trio.

“Crack!” “Crack!” “Crack!”

Reporters' flashes went off, capturing the trio who created the "Golden Age" bilogy, which could be used as tomorrow's headline news.

After taking the photo,
The three of them went to the bar counter with the little golden statue.
The little golden statuettes they currently hold don't each have their own unique name.

The 18K gold plaque needs to be inlaid into the base of the little golden statue on this bar counter to make it their own Oscar statue.

For confidentiality reasons, the academy actually has all nominees' nameplates engraved in advance.
Besides the winners, the plaques of the other nominees will be melted down after the Oscars to ensure that each winner has a unique golden statuette.

"Bruce, would you like something to drink?"

The bartender smiled and said to Gu Bei, "This year's Oscar party has customized exclusive food and drinks for each nominated film, and the drink for La La Land is your favorite ginger cola."

Gu Bei hadn't expected this year's Oscar party to have such a flashy and elaborate segment.

It's possible that because everyone is attending Vanity Fair parties, the Oscar parties that follow the annual Academy Awards ceremony are largely ignored, causing the Academy to start getting involved as well.

"Then I'll have a La La City!"

Liu Yifei said with a smile.

Gu Bei smiled as well.

Actually, he didn't like ginger cola. It's just that the bar downstairs from his college apartment didn't have regular cola, and among the non-alcoholic drinks, ginger cola was the only one that suited his taste.

Eventually, he developed this habit.
Do you remember after the snowball fight on Christmas, Liu Yifei took a shower in his room? To avoid suspicion, he drank ginger ale at the bar downstairs and even received blessings from the bar's regulars.

He was momentarily stunned; this bar looked so much like the one there.

After regaining his senses, Gu Bei said, "Then me too!"

The waiter smiled and said, "Two glasses of La La Land, please wait a moment!"

"Only boys and girls would order non-alcoholic drinks at the bar!"

A slightly mocking voice came from behind.
This voice was already very familiar to Gu Bei and Liu Yifei, because it was Harvey Weinstein, whom they would bump into at the Oscars party every year.

As a king of independent films, Harvey Dufresne almost never misses the Oscars every year, and this year he brought two hot films, The Hurt Locker and Inglourious Basterds.

Unfortunately……

This year, the Hurt Locker team was thoroughly targeted by La La Land and didn't win a single award.
Even Quentin Tarantino's considered best work, Inglourious Basterds, only won him a Best Supporting Actor award, which is significantly weaker compared to Harvey's achievement of helping Cate Blanchett win Best Actress last year.

Gu Bei turned around and smiled as he met Harvey's resentful gaze: "Good evening, Mr. Weinstein. I didn't know you could come to this party!"

Gu Bei's tone was full of sarcasm.
After all, the Oscar party is a party after the awards ceremony, and it's impossible to invite thousands of people who have been invited, so it's limited to an internal party for Oscar-nominated films.

However, among this year's nominated films,

Whether it's the Inglourious Basterds or the Bomb Disposal Team,
Harvey wasn't even one of their producers; strictly speaking, he probably wouldn't even be qualified to attend this party.

Of course, in reality, the restrictions wouldn't be that strict. With Harvey's resume in Hollywood, there's no party he can't attend.

But judging from Harvey's slightly flushed face, Gu Bei's sarcasm was clearly at its peak!
"Humph!"

Harvey snorted coldly.

He had no intention of arguing with Gu Bei.
Because the two had argued many times before, Harvey couldn't get any benefits from Gu Bei, so he kept targeting Gu Bei and trying to make Gu Bei submit.

But in the past two years of confrontation, The Weinstein Company has not gained any advantage over Gu Bei.

Subsequently,

He turned his gaze to Liu Yifei: "So you're the founder of Rose Pictures!"

After a pause, his gaze lingered between Gu Bei and Liu Yifei for a moment: "I understand now why Bruce wouldn't let me see you!"

to be frank,
Look at Liu Yifei's temperament.
He felt that if he met Liu Yifei when he was an artist, he would definitely be able to trick her into handing over the artist project.

However, Gu Bei protected Liu Yifei very well, and he never received any news about Liu Yifei from beginning to end, so there was no way to negotiate.

"That's because I don't want to see you!"

Liu Yifei met Harvey's gaze and replied calmly.

The name "Fairy Sister" reveals Liu Yifei's temperament; it's not the kind that's aggressive. So when Harvey met Liu Yifei, he thought she was a very cute and gentle girl.

But anyone who has spent time with Liu Yifei knows that she is not someone to be trifled with!

With just one sentence, Liu Yifei made Harvey almost break down!

"puff!"

Gu Bei couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Harvey thought Liu Yifei was too young and easy to bully, but he came to her and got slapped in the face!

(End of this chapter)