Cultivate a male god: After listening to persuasion, I became a top-notch

Chapter 544: What is the face of Mr. Billionaire Box Office?

In fact, Li Youzhi did not have high expectations for the film "Buried" to win an Oscar.

But because of the recommendation task, he still carefully studied the Oscar nomination selection rules.

What are the rules for whether a film is nominated or not at the Oscars?

Normally, films released in the United States are mainly screened by professional committees, such as the Actors Committee, Directors Committee, and Screenwriters Committee, which are nominated by a group of members who are about to retire or semi-retired.

Based on the recommendations, the top five works with the highest number of votes for each award will be included in the shortlist.

Then, this year's Oscar judges will select the best film or actor based on various factors and award the prize.

However, this is definitely not applicable to "Buried" - after all, Li Youzhi is not a Hollywood insider and has not joined any union organization.

It is true that "Buried" tells a typical "American" story, but because of Li Youzhi's identity, this film was imported when it entered the American market.

In other words, if you want to apply for an Oscar, you need to make a recommendation from the Film Bureau to a special committee formed by the Hollywood Academy and follow the process specifically established for film selection in foreign-speaking regions.

This process is actually much simpler.

After all, the films recommended by this committee are only competing for the "Best Foreign Language Film" award, so only a small number of judges are needed to select the shortlist, and then the members who have participated in foreign language film screenings will select the winning films.

Given this process, Li Youzhi did not hesitate and directly called Wang Xintian.

The phone rang for a long time before it was answered.

Before Li Youzhi could say hello, Wang Xintian's complaint came.

"I said I sneezed several times in a row this afternoon, and someone must be thinking about me. Sure enough, I couldn't avoid it even though it was almost time to get off work. So, tell me, what's the matter with the call?"

Feeling the ten thousand tons of resentment in Lao Wang's words, Li Youzhi laughed.

During this period, he talked about everything, including the overseas approval of "Buried", the extension of the key period, and some matters concerning the Wako Audiovisual Regulatory Committee, which really troubled Wang Xintian a lot.

Although I wasn't the one who called, I still owe this person a lot of favors.

"Director Wang, I don't like what you said. Why can't I greet you when I have nothing to do? Look at how hard you work every day. You are responsible for the development of the Chinese film industry, and you are sitting on the sharp conflicts of hundreds of domestic film and television companies. You are busy with so many things every day, and there are so many problems..."

"Dedededede,"

Facing Li Youzhi's upcoming flattery offensive, Wang Xintian immediately surrendered.

"Xiaozhi, my cervical spine is not in good condition, and I can't stand your compliments. Just tell me straight, why do you want me to do something for you when you call me?"

"I want Buried to be included in this year's Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, and I need our Film Bureau to help promote it."

Seeing Wang Xintian said this, Li Youzhi laughed and directly expressed his thoughts without beating around the bush.

However, what I got in return was silence from the other end of the phone.

"Tsk,"

After more than ten seconds, Wang Xintian on the other end of the phone clicked his lips.

"Xiaozhi, what did you just say?"

"I said I wanted Buried to participate in this session..."

"Not this one, but the one before it."

"I said Director Wang works very hard every day. He shoulders the heavy burden of the development of the Chinese film industry, and sits on the sharp contradictions of hundreds of domestic film and television companies..."

"Hey, you're right!"

Hearing Li Youzhi tentatively repeating the flattering words just now, Wang Xintian on the other end of the phone slapped his thigh!

"You know that my Film Bureau serves the domestic film industry and is responsible for hundreds of domestic film and television companies! Last year, we extended the key period for "The Wandering Earth" and "Nezha" twice in a row. Several domestic film and television organizations have already complained that our Film Bureau broke the rules and was too biased towards you and Guang Culture. However, at that time, "The Wandering Earth" and "Nezha" were successful, and the two key period extensions brought real box office milestone records, so it didn't become a topic.

However, during this period of time, we have been promoting the cooperation between China Film Group and Heguang Audiovisual, including extending the key period for "Buried" in the past few days. Many people have been saying behind our backs that our Film Bureau is the nanny of Heguang Culture. They said that the one-month key period is set for other companies, and your Heguang Culture's key period is naturally twice as long as others. If I recommend "Buried" to compete for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, I am afraid that the general managers of several state-owned film companies in China will really come to China to declare me, Wang Xintian, and say that I have taken some benefits from you! "

"..."

Hearing what Wang Xintian said, Li Youzhi was speechless for a while.

Li Youzhi had seen similar rumors when he was browsing Weibo...but Brother Zhi has a calmer mentality and is thicker-skinned.

These sour words, Zhi Ge just regarded them as another way of praising Zhi Ge for being awesome...

Unexpectedly, the boomerang hit here.

In fact, Li Youzhi himself knew that many companies were eyeing the nominations recommended by the Film Bureau for the Oscars. After all, according to the Oscars' rules, each country can only have one nomination for the Best Foreign Language Film Award.

For Heguang Culture, this may be an opportunity to expand its influence, but for other film and television companies, especially state-owned film and television companies, it is also a real political achievement.

When domestic films are nominated for the Oscars, everyone knows that there is a high probability that they will not win the Golden Horse Award, but facts are facts and things are not quite like that.

What does this look like?

It's like a brothel with two popular young ladies. These two young ladies are similar in looks and talents, but if you say that one of them participated in the imperial palace selection, was shortlisted but not selected...wouldn't the difference be revealed?

Admit it or not, and don't worry about the fact that Oscar is a shabby gathering place now, but it is an indisputable fact that if you can go for a walk and come back, you will have a certain level of style.

Especially for the domestic state-owned enterprises or local film and television companies, if the annual report of this term's leadership includes "the film produced by the leading producer was recommended by the Film Bureau to participate in the competition for the best film at this year's Oscars"...

Hey, look at this.

Isn’t this a beautiful resume!
But this has nothing to do with Zhige.

What's Brother Zhi's temper?
If others want to touch something that Zhige has set his eyes on, they have to ask him if he is strong enough!

Listening to Wang Xintian on the other end of the phone chattering about how much pressure he was under to keep things fair, Li Youzhi smacked his lips.

"Director Wang, today the overseas box office statistics for Buried Alive are finally out. The total box office in the US market is 3453 million US dollars."

"I know your overseas box office is good, but Xiaozhi, you have to think about it. I am not the only one who speaks out about our Film Bureau...Mr. Duo?"

Out of habit, Wang Xintian continued to talk about his difficulties, but he stopped talking halfway.

"3453 million dollars."

"Sigh~~"

Following the sound of a gasp, the other end of the phone fell silent again.

After a long while, Li Youzhi curled his lips when he heard the busy tone on the phone.

Laughed,

In the domestic film industry, I, Li Youzhi, am young and inexperienced. When we meet, you call me Xiaozhi and I won’t say anything.

But in the overseas market, a movie that cost only tens of thousands of dollars made more than 30 million at the box office. What do you call me?
There are still people who want to compete with Zhige for the quota...haha,

So tender!

At the same time, in Beijing, Film Bureau.

After hanging up the phone silently, Wang Xintian, who was ready to leave work, frowned and sat back at his desk.

The dim afternoon sunlight shone through the window, making his wrinkled old face look somewhat three-dimensional.

"Hey! Director Wang hasn't left yet?"

Just as Wang Xintian was lost in thought, Sun Hegui, the deputy director in charge of publicity for the Film Bureau, passed by in the office next door with his keys. Seeing Wang Xintian, who was silent, through the open office door, Sun Hegui quickly greeted him.

"Oh, I was about to leave, but I got a call from Heguang Culture at the last minute."

"Wako Culture?"

Seeing that Wang Xintian seemed to be worried and extremely serious, Sun Hegui, who was always good at reading his leader's expressions, raised his eyebrows.

"Li Youzhi? Did this kid make you unhappy?"

"I can't say I'm unhappy."

Speaking of Li Youzhi, Wang Xintian waved his hand and sighed, "This guy is just too much... He never gives us time to prepare for anything. He called today and asked us to help promote his film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film."

"Hi!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Hegui became excited!
The Oscars are held from February to April every year, but the recommendation work has actually already begun. The CEOs of several domestic film and television companies have already set their sights on this matter. During this period, several film and television companies including Furong and Chengdu have contacted Sun Hegui and asked for help in keeping an eye on this quota.

Now that he heard that there was competition, Sun Hegui quickly said:
"Director Wang, you can't let them get away with it! There's only one Oscar recommendation spot, and so many domestic film and television companies are eyeing it. Let's not talk about anything else throughout the year. Our Film Bureau has not neglected Heguang Culture at all. You see, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, they gave this and helped that. If the Oscar spot is given to them, what will happen if it gets out? Li Youzhi calls you whenever he has something to do. Our Film Bureau is a subordinate department of Heguang Culture. He, Li Youzhi, can't tell who is the big king and who is the small king."

?

Listening to Sun Hegui's words, Wang Xintian, who was trying to sort out his thoughts, frowned.

"Old Sun, what are you talking about? When I said this guy didn't give us time to prepare, I meant that Buried Alive earned over 34 million US dollars in North America. This guy didn't even say hello to such a big thing. For so many years, domestic movies have basically not earned more than 10 million in foreign countries. If we had known that this movie would perform so well at the box office, our Film Bureau would have promoted it in advance, which would have been considered a support! Look, the box office has closed now, and it's too late to do anything. Now he told me that there is no way to promote it or write reports. How passive it is!"

(`^)
Listening to Wang Xintian's bitter complaints, Sun Hegui, who had only half of his ideas ready, felt as if an invisible hand had grabbed his throat.

Can't go up, can't go down, a mouthful of phlegm is stuck in the middle,

(ヾ)……

"Old Sun, Old Sun?"

Seeing that Sun Hegui's face turned red from holding his breath and his eyes were dazed, Wang Xintian stretched out his hand and waved it in front of him.

"Ah... ah?"

Sun Hegui came to his senses when he noticed a big hand waving in front of his eyes.

"What's wrong, Director Wang?"

"Since you haven't finished get off work yet, then you should take some time to figure out how to report on Buried. Should we quickly organize a special issue for China Film Report, or immediately publish a good news report through the public media platform? In short, we need to support our Film Bureau and publicize the fact that Buried broke the cultural barrier and earned 30 million yuan at the overseas box office!"

"Ah...ah," Wang Xintian sighed as he saw Sun Hegui still looking like "Who am I? Where am I?"

"What are you talking about? Tell me whether you can do it or not!"

Urged by Wang Xintian, Sun Hegui took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and nodded.

Seeing him nod and agree to the task, Wang Xintian stood up with satisfaction, took the key, said hello, and walked out of the office humming a little tune.

As the sun set, in the corridor of the Film Bureau's office area filled with golden afterglow, Sun Hegui, who had been holding back for a long time, finally couldn't help himself as he watched Wang Xintian walk out of the door and leave.

Knock it inside!
Wang Xintian, did you hear me? I knocked!

If you breathe so heavily next time when you speak, your whole family will die! ! ! !
And Li Youzhi...are you going to die or not?
They always make big news, but do you know that sudden attacks can kill people or suffocate people to death?

Am I knocking? Do you hear me? Am I knocking?
"..."

At the corner of the corridor of the Film Bureau, several female comrades who had just finished their work and were about to go off work looked at each other as they saw people scratching and punching the air frantically.

|ω`)|ω`)|ω`)
Deputy Director Sun...I'm afraid something has possessed him.

I heard that the former Film Bureau was not a peaceful place. The previous aunt said that there were always strange noises here at night in the early years. Oh no... slip away, slip away,

……

Beep!
Received Wang Xintian's additional [Appreciation] and [Complaint] points of surprise, 55 points, 55 points, 55 points...

Received the amazing value of [Crazy] added by Sun Hegui, 62 points, 62 points, 62 points...

Agricultural University, graduate student dormitory.

Li Youzhi smacked his lips when he heard two contradictory notifications about the amazing value being credited to his account.

Tsk, hiss…

It seems that asking the Film Bureau to recommend "Buried" for the Oscars is a very difficult matter for them.

Look at how twisted this stunning value is.
Jingle bell bell bell bell,

Just as Li Youzhi was thinking this, the phone in his hand suddenly rang.

Seeing that it was Wang Xintian calling, Li Youzhi quickly picked up the call.

"Hey, Director Wang!"

"Xiao Zhi, I've already arranged everything for you. You don't have to worry about the Oscars. Tomorrow morning I'll have the bureau prepare some materials and submit them to the Oscars committee. Then you can get ready. Our Film Bureau may have to do a series of reports and publicity on the overseas box office of Buried in the next few days. You didn't tell me before, but now we're trying to flatter ourselves. Just cooperate."

Hi!
After hearing what Wang Xintian said on the other end of the phone, Li Youzhi finally understood where Wang Xintian's resentment came from.

It turns out that this is my fault for not informing the Film Bureau earlier and reporting the overseas box office of "Buried" in a timely manner!
Zhige thought it was something else!

Tell me earlier!
During this period, I was busy flirting with girls on the international server in the morning, and teaching English to stupid netizens in the afternoon. I was having so much fun brushing treasure chests that I indeed forgot about this matter.

If it were someone else, this might be a mistake, but for Zhi Ge, this was just the insignificant little Cass!
"Director Wang, what you said is really self-deprecating. You are just flattering yourself! The Film Bureau has given great support to the film Buried from the very beginning. They encouraged us to present good stories and unique filming methods to the international audience, and encouraged us to go abroad and show the elegance of Chinese films and television to the world.

For this reason, the Film Bureau has especially relaxed its policies and granted special approval in the review and overseas approval process. This is something that everyone can see! In the past few days, the domestic box office of "Buried" has exceeded 1 billion. I was going to hold a press conference with the agent distributor to thank the audience and the superiors for their support. How can I let Director Wang do such a thing? It must be us and Guang Culture who return the favor and personally give you a thumbs up!"

Beep!
Received an additional "extreme appreciation" from Wang Xintian, 66 points of surprise value!
After hearing what Li Youzhi said, Wang Xintian on the other end of the phone felt like he had eaten a pill stolen from Laojun's furnace in the middle of autumn - warm from the inside out!

Feel relaxed all over!

"Haha, kid, okay, since you already know what's going on, I won't say anything more. When you have time, call me in Beijing and we'll talk again."

"Okay! See you, Director Wang!"

After saying goodbye sweetly, Li Youzhi hung up the phone and chuckled.

The first step to an Olympic medal, isn’t that it?

Thinking of this, Li Youzhi picked up his phone and without saying anything, he edited a dynamic message and sent it out!

[Friends, I have followed your suggestions and started working on Buried to compete for the Oscars. Now I will report the progress. With the support of the Film Bureau, Buried has secured the qualification to be nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at this year's Oscars! Thank you for the strong support from the Film Bureau, and thank you to Director Wang Xintian for personally escorting Buried to a smooth overseas release! ]

Shaking hands.

What is the current status of Li Youzhi’s comment section?

Most of the people who like the video are still frantically giving likes to the online post he just posted less than an hour ago, suggesting that he should take an Oscar bid!

They hadn't even come to terms with their emotions yet when they suddenly saw Li Youzhi starting to report on the execution progress. The group of netizens who were looking for fun... were excited!

"Fuck, what kind of incredible execution is this? This movie has already been recommended by the Film Bureau. Procrastination has nothing to do with you, brother!"

"If I cry, I'll help. If I had this brother's execution ability, why would I still be single now that my child is five years old? This brother's super execution ability of doing whatever he says is really something I want, I want it!"

"Wake up, you in front of me. Even if I give you this guy's execution ability, you will just run into obstacles faster. He is really cheating! What the hell, I just checked online, the Film Bureau recommends only one Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film each year, and every year major film companies fight tooth and nail for their blockbuster movies, okay?! It's only been a short while, and this guy got it. It's obvious that this has nothing to do with execution ability. This is definitely a matter of face, the face of a billionaire box office man!"

"Wow, I should be relieved to see you getting better and better, but my god, you are doing so well that my heart is beginning to break! Compared to you, I feel like a waste."

"Hahahaha, what are you so sad about, you idiot in front of me? No matter how good the guy is, he was raised by the suggestions from us. If we can really make it to the Oscars this time, we can brag about it for the rest of our lives! Come on, brother, this Oscar is depending on you, remember to report your progress at any time, go for it!!!"

Beep!
Received amazing points, 4015300 points!
Hearing another notification of the amazing value being credited to his account, and looking at the people having fun in the latest updates, Li Youzhi laughed and opened his system panel.

[User: Li Youzhi]

[Appearance value: 105 (upgrading, upgrading BUFF blessing, you can continue to invest in stunning value)]

[Temperament: 104 (upgrading...)]

[Voice: 92 (upgrade completed)]

[Amazing value: 57523376 points! 】

[Item Bar: C-level treasure chests x23, D-level treasure chests x26, F-level treasure chests x41! ]

Looking at his own luxurious measurements, Li Youzhi couldn't help but feel swelled.

Recently, the profits from the surprise value and treasure chests have been too generous.

If we continue to develop at this pace, it will be just around the corner for our bare panel attributes to exceed 110!

Thinking of this, he directly clicked on the attribute upgrade item.

[Tip: It is detected that the appearance attribute has reached the range of 105-110, and the exchange rate of stunning value/attribute point has been increased. After the increase, the exchange rate of stunning value/attribute point is 5000 million: 1 point.]

"..., Zhuo!"

Seeing the small exclamation mark that just appeared on the system panel, Li Youzhi's mouth, which was swelling with anger, trembled.

What I'm saying is... your dog system is almost done,

Damn, fifty million to one, what kind of outrageous exchange rate is this?

Isn’t it even more outrageous than a piece of bread that cost 50 yuan in Weimar Germany?
Looking at the 50 million amazing points accumulated with great difficulty in the system panel, and then looking at the incredible exchange rate after the improvement, Li Youzhi took a deep breath.

Silently, he extracted 5000 million points of stunning value and invested them all into the appearance attribute!
You naughty system, don’t you just want more?

Come on, come on, Brother Zhi will give it to you!

Welcome your brother Zhi’s iron fist of justice!

call!
As Li Youzhi pressed the [Yes/No] confirmation option, a strong heat flow came over him. Li Youzhi felt as if he was struck by lightning. His entire brain went blank and he fell straight onto the bed.

WTF,

Feeling countless points of light gathering on his face and beginning to clean every pore and every inch of skin on his face, Li Youzhi hummed in a trance.

Don't say,

This 50 million shot is more powerful than the 30 million shot.

ヾ§￣▽)ゞah~~~~
……

"Buried" has been removed from U.S. theaters and is being screened for an extended key period in China, which means that the film has reached its real profit-making moment and that the film's profit phase has entered the second stage.

After confirming a series of arrangements with Subona on the phone, including the sale of the disc production rights and the transfer of online streaming media to Heguang Audiovisual, Li Youzhi temporarily asked for leave from his netizens, suspended the live broadcast of flirting with girls on the international server and online English teaching, and rushed to Shanghai.

Although this is not the first time that the key period has been extended, this time the key period of "Buried" has been extended, and Li Youzhi, as the producer and production company, still has to make a public appearance.

After all, "Buried" is different from the previous "The Wandering Earth" and "Nezha".

The extension of the key period for "Wandering" and "Nezha" was not a unilateral push by Li Youzhi, but a joint proposal by the theater chain and the producers represented by Tu Zheng.

As a big commercial movie, theaters and distributors certainly cannot just let the movie go offline while it still has the ability to make a profit.

At that time, the Film Bureau also wanted to produce a milestone film with a box office of over 5 billion, which indirectly promoted the extension of the secondary keys of the two films.

But this time, the fact that "Buried" was able to earn 1 billion at the box office was more due to the recognition of movie fans and audiences for the film and Li Youzhi's performance.

As a niche movie, and not the kind of drama thriller that can provide audiences with a relaxing and entertaining experience within an hour and a half, it was pushed by the audience to a box office of 1 billion. Regardless of whether there is a second key period, as the main creator and producer of the film, Li Youzhi must give a performance.

what is this?
This is the audience giving face!

Out of gratitude, Li Youzhi specially held a press conference and seven fan meetings in Shanghai, publicly thanking the audience for their support in a highly interactive way, and publicly promised that after the second key period, "Buried" will be released for free on the domestic version of Heguang Audiovisual in a completely free form without any embedded ads.

After all the busy work, a week passed by in a flash.

October 8th.

After finishing the seven fan meetings of "Buried" in Shanghai to thank the fans, Li Youzhi finally had some free time.

Just when he was thinking about inviting Tu Zheng, Liu Yun, Zhao Yaru and other partners to have a meal together to celebrate the huge profits of the "Buried Alive" project, Wang Xintian called.

The receipt from the committee that nominated "Buried" for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film has arrived!
(End of this chapter)