Huayu: Starting with Hijacking from "The Story of a Noble Family"

Chapter 82 Taiwan Box Office, Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival

A few days later, Xu Heng's parents arrived in Beijing, and Xu arranged for them to stay in the courtyard house he had bought when filming the movie.

When Xu's parents saw the courtyard house in front of them, they were dumbfounded.

It wasn't because the renovation was particularly luxurious; this courtyard house had probably just been simply renovated, and he had no intention of living there.

But this is a courtyard house, one of the symbols of old Beijing, and it's a whole courtyard house!

Originally, Mr. and Mrs. Xu wanted to sell their storefront to save their son some money.

Their son told them not to sell for the time being, but they didn't insist and just rented it out, which is why it took some time.

Later, Xu's father learned how much tax his son had to pay on his earnings and that he could use the money to invest in his private restaurant.

This way, I won't have to pay taxes for the time being, and I won't have to pay taxes even if I lose money in the future. It's equivalent to saving almost half of the cost, which makes me even more excited!

Of course, he was just doing this as a precaution.

If his private restaurant makes money in the future, he should definitely pay taxes.

After some thought and discussion, Mr. and Mrs. Xu finally decided to open a private restaurant first, so that Mr. Xu could be the chef himself.

NT$10,000,000 in box office revenue on Friday, NT$205 million on Saturday, NT$3.6 million on Sunday, and NT$255 million on Sunday.

The box office reached NT$1203 million in a single week, and the total box office in Taiwan exceeded NT$2000 million, which is roughly equivalent to NT$470 million in mainland China, or nearly US$60!

By this point, the $25 that Era Films had spent on purchasing the first-run theatrical release rights had been fully recouped. Xu then received another call from a Hong Kong distributor, who offered an even higher price for the copyright!

However, he still did not agree and was prepared to wait a little longer!

Another day passed, and Xu Heng, who had just finished class in the morning, was suddenly called to the office by his homeroom teacher.

"Teacher Huo, is there anything I can help you with?"

Xu Heng sat on the sofa with his legs crossed and arms folded, looking at his homeroom teacher with a smug expression.

The homeroom teacher, Huo Xuan, didn't care at all, and knew that he was doing it on purpose, not that he was really getting cocky.

Even now, Xu Heng is considered a prominent figure in the entertainment industry, but he has always been very stable at school.

Unless there's something else going on, he not only attends class on time, but he's even more attentive than other students.

Moreover, Xu Heng is definitely the most outstanding student he has ever taught, and his future is absolutely limitless!

Even if Xu Heng were to act a little arrogant in front of him, he wouldn't say anything, at most he would remind Xu Heng to be a little more restrained when they were out in public!

"The Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival will start accepting applications next month. Do you have any ideas?"

Huo Xuan didn't waste any words, knowing that Xu Heng's time was extremely precious right now.

"Can you win an award?"

Having understood the homeroom teacher's meaning, Xu did not immediately agree.

The three major film awards in mainland China are Huabiao, Golden Rooster, and Hundred Flowers, with the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers awards always being held together.

The Golden Rooster Awards are more professional, while the Hundred Flowers Awards focus more on popularity.

But no matter which award it is, it's fine to let him register, but we can't just not give him any awards and let him be a runner-up, right?

"How can I guarantee that!"

Huo Xuan was speechless for a moment.

Registration hasn't even started yet, so who can guarantee that you'll win a prize?

"I have no interest in signing up!"

Xu Heng pursed his lips.

While not all domestic awards are predetermined, at least most are.

So when you don't know if you can win an award, it basically means you definitely can't win one.

Of course, the same applies to international awards.

The three major European sports and the Oscars are relatively fairer, but without public relations, it's still difficult to win, especially the big prizes!

"The Golden Rooster Awards have a Best New Director award every year. You shouldn't have a hard time winning this award, right? The school will also help you out."

Huo Xuan added.

He naturally knew about the domestic awards, but he certainly couldn't say it in front of Xu, his student, and he knew Xu was already aware of it.

However, the Golden Rooster Awards are much more professional than the Hundred Flowers Awards, and each year there is also a Best New Director Award.

It would be unreasonable not to give this award to Xu, and the fairness of the award would be questioned.

As for the Hundred Flowers Awards, it can't be said that it's completely without fairness, but rather that fairness is indeed limited.

"Okay, then I'll apply for the Golden Rooster Awards."

Xu nodded casually, knowing that the homeroom teacher's claim of the school's support was just empty talk, and that the Beijing Film Academy didn't have that much influence yet.

But at least it shows that it was the school's idea to have him enroll, and he didn't mind agreeing.

It wasn't about giving face to the school or its leaders; he just wanted to see if the Golden Rooster Awards would really not even give him the Best New Director award!

If the Golden Rooster Awards really does this, he certainly won't be the one who suffers the biggest loss!

He could still play the victim and garner sympathy, though he wouldn't actually do that.

There's also the Hundred Flowers Awards. If he remembers correctly, Binbin won the Best Actress award at the Hundred Flowers Awards this year, which seems to have been quite controversial.

This is normal, though. Binbin was just a supporting character in "Cellphone," while Feng Xiaogang's wife, Xu Fan, was the female lead.

How can there be no controversy when a supporting actress wins the "Best Actress" award?