China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 165 Good harvest, Oscar nomination
At the beginning of January, "Avatar" officially landed in major domestic theaters. While the domestic audience was deeply shocked, it was inevitable that they would feel a great sense of pride in their hearts.

The view that 3D movies are the future development direction of movies has almost become a consensus, and it is our Huaxia who really leads the global storm of 3D movies——our Huaxia director!
In the future, when it comes to 3D movies, it is impossible to spare the name "Li Mu", right?
No. 3 in the global film history box office list, No. [-] in the North American box office list, the pioneer of [-]D movies, and the creator of the fifth consecutive top box office list in North America!
The United States has Steven Spielberg and James Cameron, and China has Li Mu.Now it's not just Chinese audiences who think this way, even the vast majority of movie fans in the world have begun to compare Li Mu with Spielberg and James Cameron.

"Gravity" made Li Mu gain a huge reputation, and it also gave him a huge amount of real benefits.

Although the movie has not yet been officially released, the box office trend is basically clear.According to the predictions of relevant agencies, the North American box office of "Gravity" will eventually fall between US$6.4 million and US$6.6 million, and the global box office will be between US$16.8 billion and US$17 billion. It is difficult to exceed US$17 billion. up.

The domestic box office is between 15.5 billion yuan and 16 billion yuan, and there is a high probability that it will not be able to break through the 16 billion yuan mark.

This is a number that makes investors feel like smoke is rising from their ancestral graves, and it is also a number that makes everyone in the relevant circles silent.There was no way to keep silent, everyone was stunned and didn't know what to say.

So how big a piece of the cake will Li Mu himself and his company get?For the sake of easy estimation, let’s take an integer of 17 billion US dollars to calculate, and the film studio can probably get about 5.5 million US dollars, and of the 5.5 million US dollars, at least 2.8 million US dollars will fall into the accounts of Li Mu and the company under the name of Li Mu.

And this is only the box office dividend. If you include the movie peripherals, copyright and other income, then it is obvious that 3 million US dollars is unstoppable.

So what do people in the circle think of this?
Anyway, Liu Xiaoli first thought of Chen Jinfei. Lao Chen's total assets have not grown much in so many years, and they still look like more than 2 million US dollars to less than 3 million US dollars. In short, her future son-in-law has earned Lao Chen's life's worth for a movie.

Recently, China Film Chairman Han Sanping is preparing for his new film "The Founding of the Party". Like "The Founding of a Nation", the cast of "The Founding of the Party" is also luxurious.

Ren Dahua, Nie Yuan, Hou Yong, Zhou Runfa, Zhang Hanyu, Zhao Benshan, Li Mi and so on.Once when Li Mu went to China Film to do business, it happened to coincide with the "Party Founding" crew meeting. Li Mu didn't show up, but everyone knew that Li Mu had arrived, so Li Mu naturally became the object of discussion among this group of people.

Someone even made a calculation, counting all of Li Mu's works since his debut, the total box office has reached 42 billion US dollars, converted into RMB - about 280 billion?
At present, the only director in the world who can exceed this number is Spielberg. Perhaps there will be another James Cameron after "Avatar" is released.

In short, no matter how you calculate it, Li Mu is already in the top three in the world.

After finishing the calculations, these celebrities all had mixed feelings in their hearts. Among them, Li Mi, who played the role of the great lady, suddenly wanted to cry.

When someone mentioned 42 billion US dollars, she thought that she was cheated out of the 40 yuan. That was because she had worked so hard for several years to film "Dream of Red Mansions" and earned all the money, but all of a sudden she was cheated by the damn liar. .

"Director Li's total box office of 42 billion is how many times the money I was cheated of?"

Li Bikou calculated it, but in the end he shamefully failed to calculate it.

……

In the evening, Ziyu Villa.

Li Mu was sitting on the sofa watching TV, Liu Yifei was not very interested in the program, so he went to Li Mu's side and sat on Li Mu's lap while hooking Li Mu's neck: "Someone on the Internet said that I am very..."

"oops!"

"what happened?"

Li Mu said oops, and Liu Yifei bounced up as if sitting on a nail.

"It's okay!" Li Mu continued to watch TV as if nothing happened.

Liu Yifei pursed her lips, then sat down again.

"oops!"

"I said what's the matter with you?"

Needless to say, this time Liu Yifei bounced up reflexively.

"It's okay!" Li Mu remained the same.

"You feel that I am heavy?" Liu Yifei asked.

"Ah? No, I think it's just right, and I don't like those who are too thin. Look at the current female stars, they are all beautiful in the camera, but in reality, they are all skinny and ghost-like. I still like to look like you." A kind of fleshy type."

"Then what are you doing?" Liu Yifei continued to ask.

Li Mu said as a matter of course: "You just sat on my ass, if I didn't even ouch, wouldn't it seem a bit too perfunctory?"

"What does that have to do with geez—you're a rascal."

Li Mu smiled and turned down the volume of the TV, then patted his thigh and said, "Come and sit!"

Liu Yifei still sat, still hooking his neck with his hand.

Li Mu asked: "What did you want to tell me just now?"

"Stop talking, I think you are not serious."

"I promise I'll be serious this time."

"Well, well, I'll believe you once, I read that some netizens said that I was the hottest Golden Rooster actress in history, and they said that the real heroine of "Inception" is actually Marion Cotillard, not me. "

"Actually, water is also good, the more water the more I like it, didn't Mr. Cao say? 'Women are made of water'."

"You're playing hooligan again." Liu Yifei reacted for a while before saying.

Li Mu asked with a look of surprise: "Is there something wrong with my words? This is what Mr. Cao said. You mean Mr. Cao is also obscene?"

Liu Yifei said: "Mr. Cao is fine, and your words are fine, but your eyes and expression are wrong!"

Li Mudao: "Did you only notice something wrong with my eyes? Haven't you noticed something else wrong for so long?"

"I found it." Liu Yifei hid his head behind Li Mu's shoulder and whispered.

"And then?" Li Mu asked.

……

Recently, there are actually three things that netizens are most concerned about in the entertainment industry: one is how much the final box office of "Gravity" will reach, and whether it can break through the US$17 billion mark; the other is when will Director Li's new movie officially launch , besides "The Hunger Games", are there any other projects? Third, will Director Li make persistent efforts to create a miracle at this year's Oscars.

At first, no one paid attention to this year's Academy Awards, until some netizens broke the news on the Internet that the two films directed by Li Mu are now frantically chasing various Film Critics Association awards.

Such as the New York Film Critics Association Award, the Washington Film Critics Association Award, the Kansas City Film Critics Association Award, the Southeastern Film Critics Association Award, and so on.

Ordinary netizens obviously didn’t take these awards very seriously at the beginning. Many people had never even heard of the names of these awards before, and when they heard them, they were pheasant awards. Everyone finally understood that these seemingly insignificant awards turned out to be an important indicator of the Oscars!
In other words, these so-called Film Critics Association awards are actually outpost awards for the Academy Awards.

So what does it mean to swipe these awards like this?
Director Li Mu won't really enter the Oscars this time, right?
Also, when will this "Manchester by the Sea" be released?I do not know how?
When will this year's Oscar nominations be announced?
Netizens quickly started discussing in full swing, and as more and more news came from the United States, netizens' attention to this year's Oscars has also reached an unprecedented height.

Because judging from the news from the United States, this time Director Li's two films - "Manchester by the Sea" and "Gravity" are both very popular for winning awards.

In particular, Gong Li's performance in "Gravity" has been unanimously recognized by American film critics, which means that this time Gong Li is likely to be nominated for Best Actress in the 82nd Academy Awards !

And once Gong Li succeeds in being nominated for Best Actress this time, even if she fails to win the award in the end, it will also achieve a breakthrough of zero Asian nominations.

The final announcement date of the nomination, February 2010, 2, is already very fast, and many people are paying attention to this date.

When Gong Li attended a certain brand event ceremony, a reporter also asked this question.

Reporter: "Ms. Gong Li, hello, we have noticed that "Gravity" has won multiple film critic awards recently, and these awards have always been considered as an important indicator of the Academy Awards. What do you have to say about this? What do you think? Have you ever thought that you might be nominated for the first Oscar queen in Asia for this film?"

Gong Li said: "The Academy Awards have a great influence around the world. If I can get nominated, it is of course a happy thing for me. As for whether I will get nominated in the end. "

"I don't think this is the most important thing. The most important thing is that I have completed a very great work with one of the best directors in the world."

"I don't like to always repeat myself, because repetition will be very tiring, and it is difficult for you to break through yourself, so when choosing a script, I think the most important thing is to be different. It is not the same. How many women in the world are there? One billion, the fate of every woman is different. I want to create more and richer female images in my lifetime. Director Li gave me this opportunity to play the role of an indomitable female astronaut. Finally We completed her together, that’s enough, as for whether we can get nominated or even won an award in the end, I think it’s secondary.”

Gong Li was very calm during the interview and was recognized by most netizens, but netizens still hope that Li Mu and Gong Li can be nominated. Of course, if they can get one or two important awards in the end, then It's the best.

Even if you can't win heavyweight awards such as "Best Picture", "Best Director", "Best Actor", and "Best Actress", you can just win some general awards.

"To be honest, if you ask me who among the Chinese actors is most qualified to win the first Oscar, the only one I can think of is Gong Li. I hope this time there will be a good result."

"Yang Ziqiong is also good, but it's obviously impossible for "The End of the World" to win an award."

"I just found out today that after so many years, Oscar has not even been nominated for an Asian actress? I hope Gong Li can achieve zero breakthrough this time."

"No, I said why everyone is only looking forward to being nominated? Why is no one looking forward to returning with an actress?"

After this netizen asked the question, he was quickly educated by the majority of netizens.

"It's still possible to get nominations. If you really win an award, let's forget it. Everyone used to say that the films made by Li Mu are not purely Chinese films. If I say "Gravity", it would be better if the proportion of foreign actors is higher. Well, maybe I can really win an award, but this time it happens to be all Chinese actors (there are only two or three actors in the whole film), this is a purely Chinese film, what award? The best foreign language film award at most."

""Manchester by the Sea" has a high probability of winning the award, and "Gravity" and "Inception" are basically running with them."

……

On February 2nd, Li Mu met two people in the office, Jiaozi and Tian Xiaopeng. Both of them will be outstanding directors of Chinese animation films in the future. "The Return of the Great Sage" was filmed.

Li Mu took over a large number of excellent Hollywood animation films in advance, and these films will be made sooner or later, so it is Li Mu's must to recruit outstanding animation talents.

In fact, as long as you have money, you can still find excellent animation talents in the United States. Li Mu also plans to put the company that produces animation films in the United States, but he can't use all the talents from foreigners, so he found the two in front of him. people.

In Li Mu's vision, in the future, foreigners may account for the majority of companies specializing in the production of animation films in the future, but with the passage of time and the cultivation of talents, the proportion of Chinese employees must continue to increase in the future.

Both Jiaozi and Tian Xiaopeng have their own ideas, but there are not many people in China who are optimistic about animated films, so it is very difficult for them to attract investment to make their own films.

Now Li Muken promised them that they would invest in their films in the future, on the condition that they first help Li Mu make an animation film, and set up Huashang's animation department by the way.The most important thing is that this animation department will also hire a large number of outstanding Hollywood animation talents. Working with these people, the two can learn a lot.

Therefore, the two naturally had no intention of rejecting Li Mu.

By the way, Li Mu's first animated film is naturally "Frozen", which he first copied.

Just as the two were about to leave, Li Mu's assistant Chen Zhixi came in.

"Mr. Li."

"Ah."

"The nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards have been announced." Chen Zhixi said with a smile on her face.

Li Mu nodded.

Chen Zhixi continued: ""Inception" won eight nominations for this year's Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Effects, and Best Original Score."

""Manchester by the Sea" won six nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Original Screenplay."

""Gravity" won ten nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Cinematography."

Finally, Chen Zhixi raised her head and said: "Three films, a total of 24 nominations, including three nominations for Best Picture, two nominations for Best Director, two nominations for Best Original Screenplay, one nomination for Best Actor, one nomination for Best Actress, and Ms. Gong Li is also the first actress in Asia to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress."

Li Mu nodded, not feeling any surprise in his heart, but Jiaozi and Tian Xiaopeng in the office were shocked.

Good guy!This female secretary just now——Bah, bah, she's a female assistant, and she's nominated for an Oscar?Why does it sound like the Daji Wholesale Market in the countryside? !
　stuck.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)