China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 323 The 86th Academy Awards will begin

On February 2, the crew members of He Fang flew from China to Savannah, Georgia, USA, the headquarters of Gulfstream Corporation, where they will check and get familiar with the new He Fang aircraft, and of course they need a brief training.

He Fang also flew to Savannah, saw his private jet, looked inside and out, and found that 99% of the project was completed, leaving the commissioning of the leftovers, the final flight test and certification, and all the final procedures.

Finally, he had his own plane that could fly away at any time, and He Fang suddenly felt that his bound hands and feet were loosened a lot.

Back in Los Angeles, He Fang didn't attend any reception party, because the awards season's PR campaign was over, and there was no need to go PR to the judges, they had already sent out their votes.

And with the passage of time, soon on March 3st, the full-month release of "Edge of Tomorrow" has been completed. So far, all the box office data of "Edge of Tomorrow" have been released.

中国大陆地区，《明日边缘》单月五周分别拿下：9.88亿、15.86亿、6.94亿、1.98亿、0.99亿，单月票房总计356657万即35.66亿，合美元约5.75亿美元。

This is the box office record in mainland China. It is the first time that a movie has a box office of over 30 billion yuan, reaching 35 billion yuan. He Fang said a few years ago that the box office of a single film in the future can reach 60 billion yuan. , At that time, everyone thought he was bragging.

And now He Fang uses "Edge of Tomorrow" to prove that it is not a problem for a single film to exceed 35 billion, and the current development of the Chinese film market is far from saturated, so according to what He Fang said, there are still about 60 billion yuan for a single film. % growth rate.

What is this concept?The box office of "Edge of Tomorrow" alone has reached one-third of the GDP of an ordinary county in China, and now the GDP of an ordinary county in China is only about [-] billion.

It is equivalent to the output of tens of thousands of people working in the county for less than half a year. This is not counting the total revenue of "Edge of Tomorrow", and those have to add peripherals, DVD, TV and online media copyrights.

This concept was quite impactful in 2014. Many professionals in the industry thought that "Edge of Tomorrow" could hit 25 billion yuan at most, because the total domestic box office of "Mermaid" was more than 23 billion yuan. It's only been six months, so a few increases is reasonable.

But who would have thought that from the beginning of the collective decline of media public opinion to the end, it will have full stamina, and it will get more than 35 billion box office in a single month, far exceeding everyone's expectations.

Feng Xiaogang spoke in public: "I opened the era of commercial films for the Lunar New Year, but He Fang started the era of blockbuster films. My Lunar New Year films are only making a splash in China. But it is really shocking to call the wind and shake the rain and raise the ceiling of the global box office of Chinese-language films time and time again.

I'm a director who doesn't like to lie on the credit card, so I also have ideas for blockbuster films. "Ready Player One" will also hit the international market, and I dare not say how far it will surpass the production of blockbuster movies, but I am also confident that it will be comparable. If you don't believe me, we will wait and see. "

Feng Xiaogang has been doing this kind of thing for many years, so he is familiar with it.

"35 billion, this is a data that I dare not even think about. I don't know when someone will break this record. I hope that the era of 60 billion for a single chip that He Fang said will come soon, so that 35 billion will be available to everyone. can be achieved."

Chen Kaige said in an interview.

"It's normal for He Fang's movie box office to break records again. I'm not surprised." Zhang Yimou has not appeared in front of the media for a long time. It's not a commercial film, nor a critical literary film, it's just a growth film."

Why hasn't Zhang Yimou appeared for a long time?There are two reasons, one is to eliminate the influence of his superbirth, and the other is to find a story he wants to shoot.

In addition to some people in the director circle expressing their feelings about the record-breaking box office of "Edge of Tomorrow", some actors, stars and bosses of film and television companies have expressed their congratulations and feelings.

The media and the public are also discussing, and everyone is very moved by the new record created.

However, many people in China felt that "Edge of Tomorrow" had a domestic box office of over 35 billion. The next day, "Edge of Tomorrow" broke a new record for Chinese films when it came out at the global box office.

First of all, "Edge of Tomorrow" won his personal film's record box office in North America of 2.77 million US dollars at the North American box office. Fans of Leonardo, as well as fans of an intermediate movie, are all attracted.

It's a pity that the box office of "Edge of Tomorrow" in other parts of the world can only be called "average", only 5.45 million US dollars, only 3000 million US dollars more than "The Mermaid".

So, calculated in this way, the global box office of "Edge of Tomorrow" reached 13.9 billion US dollars in one month, creating a new record for He Fang's movie box office. Since the movie will still be postponed for one month in mainland China, it will also be postponed for one month in North America. So it is certain that the box office will break through $14 billion in the end.

What is the concept of a $14 billion box office?Currently ranked fourth in the world, ahead of "Edge of Tomorrow" are "Avatar", "Titanic", "Avengers", and the fourth is "Edge of Tomorrow".

Does it hang?Awesome or not?Is it worth bragging about?then……

"In the top four films at the global box office, Leonardo accounts for two, and Leonardo just doesn't want to act in commercial films." A report by "Hollywood Reporter" instantly ignited discussions among major media...

"?????"

What the hell?How did it become a blow to Leonardo?No, shouldn't this be a blow to where?Shouldn't you blow Fan Bingbing?
The Americans are too hateful, they are too good at grabbing the topic, it is obvious where the effort is, they steal the limelight like Leonardo took all the glory of "Edge of Tomorrow"...

Is it annoying?So what can be done, who told them to control the trend of global public opinion, who told Leonardo to have more fans around the world, and who happened to be the leading actor in two of the top five box office movies?
Fortunately, Leonardo stole the limelight, and this time the "New York Times" didn't criticize any more.

The popularity of this topic was only two days. On the third day, all the headlines in the entertainment industry were taken away by the 86th Academy Awards. The gimmick of the Oscars is too big, and it is far from being comparable to the topic of "Edge of Tomorrow" .

For example, "American Hustle" and "Gravity" lead the nomination list of the 10th Academy Awards with 86 nominations each, and "12 Years a Slave" has nine nominations and "Dallas Buyers Club" has seven nominations. , These two films are also very threatening.

Of course, there are also powerful films such as "Blue Jasmine", "Wolf of Wall Street", and "Nebraska", which can be described as full of highlights.

But even so, the "Chicago Tribune" made a strong prediction for this year's Oscars.

Their prediction is that the three most suspenseful Oscars this year have been decided, namely the best picture award, best actor award and best actress award, and the best director award is also very clear.

According to their analysis, the three established awards are Best Picture "12 Years a Slave", Leonardo for Best Actor in "Dallas Buyers Club", and Kate Brown for Best Actress in "Blue Jasmine". Lanchette, and the best director award will be between He Fang and Alfonso Cuaron.

Of course, other awards are also analyzed, but they are not as definitive as those mentioned for these awards.

Although the Chicago Tribune may seem to be predicting, in fact, almost everyone who follows this awards season knows that this is not a prediction, it is almost an answer.

As for whether this is the case, we can only look at the specific awarding ceremony of the Oscars.

This time, ByteDance’s Watermelon Video and Maoyan Video jointly won the broadcasting rights of the Oscar Awards Ceremony, so domestic audiences can start watching the live broadcast of the Oscar Awards at 4:[-] am on the [-]th. Even though it’s Tuesday, it still can’t stop many fans. enthusiasm.

Chinese movie fans are most concerned about whether "Dallas Buyers Club" can win the award, and whether He Fang can win the award.

There is no guest analysis for this broadcast, it is the original broadcast directly, but there will be a delay of 30 seconds, the purpose of the delay of 30 seconds is to give translation time, this time there is a real-time translation team, just to satisfy the domestic audience viewing needs.

"The Watermelon and Maoyan videos are well done. In fact, we don't need the host to add private translations and interpretations. We need to listen to the original speech, and the translation is enough."

"Yes, yes, just let us judge whether it looks good or not. Some celebrities don't know and don't need to give us science. Those who want to know will naturally go to Baidu or Google."

"These celebrities on the red carpet...I personally think that Western women are really ugly, especially with freckles all over their faces. Some people have freckles all over their bodies, and then their skin starts to loosen in their 20s."

"Yes, I think so too. I don't understand why so many people think Western stars are good-looking. Look, like Jennifer Lawrence, what's so good-looking? So popular, what's so good-looking? Regarding the aesthetics of Western women, I think He Fang is still right, Anne Hathaway is definitely number one."

"I heard that there is a story between He Fang and Annie. I don't know if you have heard of it?"

"Really? Don't spread rumors just because they have cooperated. Anne is married, and she is a devout Christian. She also wanted to be a nun before? No moral issues are allowed."

"Hey, you said that she and He Fang are rumors and I believe it, but you said that Christians are not allowed to have moral problems, whether it is history or modern times, there are very few problems caused by cardinals?"

"Do you think Christians are flowery monks and stinky Taoist priests? They are very strict, and Western moral standards are very high. Don't use our dirty minds to speculate on other people's moral standards."

"Huh? Are you ignorant of the history of the West or are you kneeling and licking on purpose? Could you please go and learn about the history? We didn't make up those, they were written by Westerners themselves."

"History is also falsified. They are just for the purpose of slander. Do you believe it? If Christianity is not powerful, it will be the world's largest religion? The civilization they created will be the best civilization in the world? Can you be a little clearer?"

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China's Internet has three sentences that are inseparable from politics, five sentences that are inseparable from current situation and history, and the first ten sentences are about women or gossip...

At this time, Hollywood stars were walking on the red carpet of the Oscars. The hosts of the red carpet, Laura Spencer and Jess Cagle, kept greeting the guests and asking similar questions.

After about an hour, it was finally the turn of the heavyweight guests, such as the creators of "Dallas Buyers Club".

This time "Dallas Buyers Club" won seven nominations, namely Best Film Editing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Makeup and Hairstyle, Best Supporting Actor, Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Picture. Each of the seven nominations carries considerable weight.

Of course, the most popular He Fang, Leonardo, and Leto were stopped by the reporters to pose for a few photos, and then the fans were still there waving their autographs and asking for autographs and group photos.

Those who could cooperate cooperated, and then the two hosts asked similar questions, that is, do you have confidence in winning the award?Or add an extra sentence 'Who do you think is the best dressed for the same nomination tonight? ', 'Which female star do you think is the most beautiful and sexy tonight? '

Let's just go back and forth, He Fang's answer is also very firm, and he is full of confidence in winning the grand prize.

When the time arrived at 07:30 in the local evening, the red carpet ceremony was basically over, and everyone crowded into the Dolby Theater (it was called the Kodak Theater before 2012). This theater can accommodate 3400 seats. The annual Oscar , Emmy Awards, ESPY (Excellent Sports Performance Award of the Year, equivalent to the Oscars in the sports world) awards, BET (Black Entertainment Television) awards and other important award shows are held here.

There are about a thousand famous people in the Hollywood entertainment industry on the first floor. In 2013, the global box office of Hollywood films reached 359 billion US dollars. The box office results comparable to those of movies, plus TV-on-demand and Internet-on-demand, as well as peripheral sales, etc., in 2013, the global sales of Hollywood movies at least reached hundreds of billions of dollars.

The idea of ​​enumerating this data is that the Hollywood movies that have taken hundreds of billions of dollars in the world are basically dominated by thousands of Hollywood's best people sitting on this floor.

Thousands of people dominate the assets of hundreds of billions of dollars in the world. This is called cultural hegemony. If someone wants to get a piece of the money so easily, how will they respond?

Long story short, it was 07:30 in the evening, and the announcer officially announced that the 86th Academy Awards was about to begin.

After a while, the awards ceremony officially began. First, Pharrell Williams sang the song "Happy", the theme song of "Despicable Me 2".

(End of this chapter)