Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 623 Saturn Award

The time came to May 2007, 5, and the 10rd Saturn Awards will be held in California tonight.

Chen Hao and Xiaoying flew to the United States on the 9th. This time they didn't stay in a hotel, but directly stayed in a villa in Beverly Hills.

"Huh...huh...huh..." Xiaoying clutched her thumping chest, panting violently, "This scoundrel knows how to tease me all day long, and it's getting worse and worse!"

Chen Hao in the bedroom looked at Xiaoying who was running away and smiled. The days of having a pretty secretary are really full of fun.

An hour later, Chen Hao brought Xiaoying to Liangtianchi Pictures.

"The box office of "Dead Silence" came out, not ideal!" Smart frowned.

"Dead Silence" landed in North American theaters on March 3. Originally, Smart and the media had high expectations for it.

As a result, the film received a poor reputation after its release, and its box office performance was far below expectations. In the end, it was released in a hurry after only 5 weeks of release.

In these 5 weeks, "Dead Silence" won a total of 1654 million US dollars at the box office, and its cost was 1000 million US dollars.

Calculated based on the 60% of the box office share that the producers get, and after deducting taxes and publicity costs, Liangtianchi Pictures still lost nearly 300 million US dollars!
Fortunately, there are many distribution channels in the United States, and there is no problem in paying back the capital in the end, and you can still make a fortune.

It's just as the first shot of Tianchi Films in 2007, but unexpectedly came a black door!

Chen Hao didn't have much reaction to this. After all, no one can guarantee that the box office will always be a hit. Making a movie is sometimes similar to gambling, and there is no [-]% sure profit.

"It's okay, anyway, I still make money in the end." Chen Hao smiled, "Where's Wen? You don't feel ashamed to see me hide! Haha..."

Seeing that Chen Hao didn't take it seriously, Smart didn't know whether to be happy or sad, "That's not true, he was recruited by 20th Century Fox to make a horror movie."

Chen Hao raised his eyebrows when he heard this, but he was not angry at all. After all, there was no rule that Wen Ziren could not cooperate with other companies.

"I just don't know if 20th Century Fox will regret seeing the box office of "Dead Silence"!" Chen Hao joked.

"There must be some reactions." Smart laughed after hearing this.

"Okay, is the dubbing of "Kung Fu Panda" finished?" Chen Hao asked.

"It's done!" Smart said.

"How is the issue going?" Chen Hao asked.

Chen Hao is very confident in "Kung Fu Panda", so he is going to play a big game and have a global simultaneous release.

One day earlier in Asia, the file is set on May 5, while in Europe and the United States it is set on June 31, also in order to take care of the practice of releasing new films in North America on Fridays.

"This time, we are cooperating with Columbia to release, and we have achieved a distribution scale of about 3600 theaters." Smart laughed.

This scale of release is definitely the treatment of a blockbuster movie. Although Smart expressed doubts about the adaptability of Huaxia animation films to the North American market, he still tried his best to get more movies when it was released.

Moreover, Sony Columbia has more confidence in "Kung Fu Panda" than Smart, so it has a scale of about 3600 openings.

Chen Hao couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, the scale of the release was a bit beyond expectations, and I believe there will be a good box office result.

"How is the preparation for 'Iron Man'?" Chen Hao asked, "I should be able to come to the United States in September."

"The crew has almost been formed, the special effects company has also been contacted, and the first-generation armor has also been entrusted to Stan Winston's studio to be in charge. Now the only thing missing is the actors." Smart replied.

Chen Hao nodded when he heard the words, "Iron Man is played by Robert Downey Jr., Nick Fury is played by Samuel L. Jackson, the female lead, you look for Nicole Kidman, Kate Beckinsale, Monica Bellucci Or Catherine Zeta-Jones."

Iron Man's secretary is a glamorous and pretty secretary, with a strong style of royal sister. The little pepper in the previous life is not bad, but I always feel that his appearance is a bit poor, so Chen Hao is going to change to a more beautiful one. The appearance must be higher!
"You can help find the remaining characters first, and just send them to me for confirmation." Chen Hao said.

"No problem." Smart nodded.

After finishing these, Chen Hao fell into the hill-like ocean of documents, struggling to deal with the accumulated documents.

Even the meals are eaten in the office with Xiaoying.

"Hey, Director Chen, where are you now?" Liu Dehua asked.

"I Am Legend" was nominated for 5 Saturn Awards, including Best Actor.

Speaking of it, Liu Dehua's business ability seems to have never been the best among his peers.

He is not as good as Zhang Xueyou in singing, not as good as Guo Fuchen in dancing, and not as good in acting as Liang Chaowei. It seems like he sang "Stupid Kid" by himself.

However, relying on his humility and hard work, Liu Dehua has continued to be popular for nearly 40 years, which is beyond the reach of everyone.

Liu Dehua has won the Golden Horse and the Golden Statue, but this is the first time he has been nominated for the Best Actor in the United States, so he is still a little excited.

"I have something to do in the company." Chen Hao replied, "Let's meet directly at the awards ceremony tonight!"

"No problem, I'll wait for you!" Liu Dehua said.

……

"Ri Tian, ​​it's time to change clothes and get ready to attend the awards ceremony." As the evening approached, Xiaoying reminded.

Upon hearing this, Chen Hao immediately closed the document and said, "Great, let's go!"

At 6:33 in the evening, Chen Hao arrived at the [-]rd Saturn Awards Ceremony.

"Director Chen!" Liu Dehua was dressed in a handsome white suit.

"Hua Zai, after all these years, he is still so handsome!" Chen Hao laughed.

"It can't be done, Director Chen is your world now!" Liu Dehua laughed when he heard this.

As one of the most commercial awards ceremonies in North America, the Saturn Awards also set up a red carpet segment.

And when Chen Hao and Liu Dehua walked on the red carpet, the surrounding media reporters immediately took pictures.

This is the first time Chen Hao has come to North America after half a year. As a talented director with a box office level of 2 million US dollars, North American media reporters have given enough attention.

As for Liu Dehua, except for the Asian journalists, no one knew him, so he was only regarded as an actor of the crew, which is not wrong!

At the same time, the mainland did not broadcast the Saturn Awards, only the new wolf broadcast live on the Internet with pictures and texts.

So when Chen Hao and Liu Dehua walked the red carpet together, the fans who followed the Saturn Awards and the fans of Chen Hao and Liu Dehua immediately became excited.

China Entertainment Reporter: Both Director Chen and Liu Dehua are not ordinary handsome!

Qinglian Earth: I hope both Chen Hao and Hua Tsai can win awards tonight!
I am 1857: good luck, chicken tonight!

……

"Taken 3" crew.

"Have you started?" Little Fox asked panting as he ran into the room.

Knowing that tonight is the Saturn Awards Ceremony and Chen Hao will be there, Xiaohu hurried back to the hotel after filming.

Unlike in China where there is no live broadcast, in the United States there are TVs to watch directly.

Assistant Li Ting nodded and said, "It's just started, Mr. Chen and Hua Tsai just walked over."

"Really!" Xiaohu felt a little regretful when he heard the words, but he thought that as long as Chen Hao won the award, he would always see it.

……

"Latent" crew.

"Is it done?" Dong Xuan asked anxiously.

Without the TV broadcast, they can only watch the live broadcast of the new wolf with pictures and texts.

Seeing this, Yaya shook her head, "I'm not in a hurry, what are you in a hurry for?"

"Waiting for you to break up!" Dong Xuan said angrily.

Yaya smiled when she heard the words, stretched out her left hand, said "Oops", and admired her fingers happily.

Dong Xuan trembled angrily when he saw this, "Look around all day long, what's there to see? Isn't it just a broken diamond ring?"

"I like to watch it!" Yaya laughed, "You can watch it if you have the ability!"

Dong Xuan glared at Yaya and her diamond ring bitterly when he heard the words, subconsciously looked at his empty hand, could only turn his head with a cold snort, and stopped looking at Yaya.

Wang Li and Zhang Jiani on the side are already used to this way of getting along with each other. They always quarrel and bicker when they are together, but they still like being together.

Sometimes the two of them are as good as best friends, and they will whisper something, and their faces will turn red after talking, and they don't know what they are talking about.

……

After Chen Hao and Liu Dehua walked the red carpet at the scene, they entered the hall and found their seats.

"Director Chen, hello! I'm Xi Zhongwen!"

Chen Hao turned his head when he heard the words, and said with a smile, "Hello."

Xi Zhongwen is the costume designer of "The Golden Armor in the City", and this time he was also nominated alone.

Afterwards, the two chatted.

After a while, Chen Hao also saw Bong Joon-ho of South Korea, the director of "Han River Monster" and the future director of "Parasite"!

"Hello, Director Chen!"

Chen Hao looked up when he heard the words, "Hello, Roberts!"

The person here is Julia Roberts, a big-mouthed beauty from Hollywood!
"Chen, this is my niece, Emma Roberts!" Julia Roberts said.

Chen Hao immediately looked at Emma Roberts, because his aunt, this Emma Roberts can be regarded as a second-generation celebrity.

"Hello, Emma!" Chen Hao said with a smile.

"Hello, Chen!" said Emma Roberts, "I love your movies."

"Thank you!" Chen Hao smiled.

While chatting, Chen Hao knew that Julia Roberts wanted to bring his niece to expand the relationship circle and pave the way for future development.

Later, Chen Hao saw Hollywood actresses such as Natalie Portman and Eva Green.

After dealing with it for a week, I was able to sit down.

On the other hand, Liu Dehua, who was sitting on the sidelines, truly realized Chen Hao's influence in Hollywood.

Soon, the time came to hit 8 o'clock.

"Everyone in front of the TV and at the scene, good evening everyone, welcome to the 33rd Saturn Awards Ceremony, I am the host..."

The appearance of the host announced the official start of this year's Saturn Awards Ceremony.

The first ones are TV awards. Many of these American dramas are also well-known in the mainland, such as "Hero" and "Lost" and so on.

Fortunately, the TV drama awards of the Saturn Awards are much less than the Golden Globe Awards, so the film awards soon came.

"The winner of the 33rd American Film and Television Saturn Awards for Best Special Effects is..."

"The first award, "I Am Legend" was nominated, I hope "I Am Legend" can win!"

"Let's have a good start!"

"Chen Hao, come on! "I Am Legend" come on!"

……

The first award was nominated for "I Am Legend", Chen Hao couldn't help but sit up straight.

However, the competitors of "I Am Legend" include "Pirates of the Caribbean 2 Dead Man's Chest", as well as "X-Men: The Last Stand", "Superman Returns", etc., the pressure is great.

"The winner of the 33rd American Film and Television Saturn Awards for Best Special Effects is "Pirates of the Caribbean 2 Dead Man's Chest"!"

"It's a pity, the first one didn't hit!"

"The advantage of this award is indeed small, and it is not wrong to lose."

"The gap is a bit big, but it's still a pity!"

……

"Latent" crew.

"How's it going, did you win?" Yaya asked.

"Wait a minute, it's refreshing!" Dong Xuan replied angrily.

"Can you do it? If you can't, let me come!" Yaya urged.

"Okay, you can do it!" Dong Xuan took a step back and said, she has refreshed more than a dozen times, but the result hasn't come out yet, probably stuck.

"Go up!" Yaya nodded, and then refreshed directly, "Oh, it's a pity that I didn't win the prize!"

"Huh?" Dong Xuan was taken aback when he heard the words, "Come out?"

"Yeah!" Yaya laughed when she heard the words, "It will come out with one swipe."

Dong Xuan was furious when he heard the words, what a broken computer, I can't do it more than a dozen times, Yaya can do it once, are you playing me?

……

"Taken 3" crew.

"Oh, it's not Ritian!" Little Fox clapped his hands regretfully.

"It's okay, there are still 4 awards!" Li Ting comforted.

"Yes, it must be hit!" Xiaohu nodded.

……

"Snail House" crew.

"What a stinking judge, they are so blind for not awarding the award to Chen Hao!" Da Mei Tang cursed.

Assistant Dingdang shook his head helplessly upon seeing this.

……

Chen Hao at the scene was not too disappointed when he heard that it was "Pirates of the Caribbean 2". After all, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" is indeed better than "I Am Legend" in terms of special effects.

"The one who won the best make-up at the 33rd American Film and Television Saturn Awards is "Tearman"!"

"The winner of the best costume at the 33rd American Film and TV Saturn Awards is Xi Zhongwen, "Golden Armor in the City"!"

"Great, "Curse of the Golden Armor" has won an award!"

"Haha, I finally won the prize!"

"Today's first trophy, I hope it's not the last!"

……

Chen Hao couldn't help applauding when he heard the words, and then saw Xi Zhongwen standing on the podium with a smile, not knowing how long he would have to wait.

"The winner of the best music at the 33rd American Film and Television Saturn Awards is "Superman Returns"!"

"The winner of the 33rd American Film and Television Saturn Awards for Best Young Actor is Ivana Baquero for "Pan's Labyrinth"!"

"Pan's Labyrinth" has many political metaphors. It is a rare masterpiece, and its box office in North America is also very good. It is a strong competitor of "I Am Legend".

"The winner of the 33rd American Film and Television Saturn Awards for Best Supporting Actress is Famke Janssen, "X-Men 3"!"

"The winner of the 33rd American Film and Television Saturn Awards for Best Supporting Actor is Ben Affleck for "Hollywood Manor"!"

The next one to be presented is the best international film, "I Am Legend" and "The Golden Flower" are nominated for this award.

For a moment, Chen Hao, Liu Dehua, the mainland audience in front of the computer, and the four girls all held their breaths!

"The winner of the 33rd American Film and Television Saturn Awards for Best International Film is..."

(End of this chapter)