This actor doesn't look like a good guy

Chapter 290 Cooperation Intention
Jiang Bai then contacted the publicity agencies of Meimeiguo, Bangziguo and Neon. Although he also told them that Feng Xiaogang also wanted to contact them for overseas publicity, he mainly communicated with them about the overseas promotion of "Jianghu". Release-related matters.

Neon had connections with Kitagawa Keiko, and Jiang Bai also found a lot of people he knew, especially in Los Angeles, where he invited guests to dinner and outings, which resulted in a lot of film arrangements for theaters.

According to Zhao Zhe, if you don't give benefits, why should they let you make a lot of money?
Treating guests to dinner is the simplest thing.

It's just a pity that Paul is not here recently, filming in other countries, so he didn't have the opportunity to see it. After all, after receiving the car, he still wanted to express his gratitude to the other party in person.

But after more than half a year of work, "Fast and Furious 3" is about to be released.

Jiang Bai will have to come over to cooperate with the publicity at that time, but this back and forth will only last four or five days at most, so it is not a big problem.

In contrast, he is still more concerned about the performance of "Kung Fu Panda" after its release.

After all, Jiang Bai can now get a total of four incomes from "Kung Fu Panda".

The first was as a motion capture actor, the second as a voice actor, and the third as an action director.

There is also a share of the profit share for his actions in the movie.

Just like "The Matrix", Jiang Bai can still receive money from the other party every year, basically millions of dollars each time.

Also, although "Kung Fu Panda" is only an animated film, its box office may not be as good as "The Matrix", but as Mark said before, if the IP of the animated film is managed well, then the subsequent income may be higher than that of the live-action film Even higher.

So Jiang Bai felt that if there were more movies like this, he would be able to live a carefree life even if he didn't have to film.

But at the end of May, Jiang Bai received a call from Zhao Zhe, saying that they were coming to the beautiful country soon because the Oscars were about to start.

"Jianghu" has been nominated, so it naturally has an Oscar ticket.

And they were nominated for more than one item, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score and Best Foreign Language Film.

So as soon as Jiang Bai got the news, he went directly to Mark to ask for leave, saying that he would be away for a while to attend the Oscars.

But Mark didn't take it seriously after hearing this: "It doesn't matter, we are going too."

"But Mr. Jiang, is the film you are submitting for the award this time the one you released at the end of last year?"

"Correct."

Mark nodded: "Well, I watched that movie. It was very well shot. The director used the camera very well, and the costumes and the actors' acting skills were also excellent."

Jiang Bai smiled and said, "Director, do you think our film has any hope of winning an Oscar?"

Mark was stunned for a moment when he heard this. He glanced at Jiang Bai meaningfully and raised his hand to pat his shoulder: "It cannot be said that there is no chance at all. There is still some hope in some unimportant fields."

"Is it because this movie comes from China?"

Mark nodded: "This is only part of the reason. Let me ask you, have you ever approached the judges to lobby before?"

"Looking for the judges?" Jiang Bai thought to himself, isn't that a shady story?Although shady things are very common.

"From the looks of it, you probably don't exist anymore, so I haven't even looked for anyone. There's a high chance that you won't be able to win the award. It's already amazing if you can get nominated."

Jiang Bai didn't understand much about this: "This is just like some elections. Do you have to spend money to ask them to vote for you?"

"Yes, you are very smart. Every year before the Oscars, there are at least a thousand films participating. Eventually, a large number of them will be filtered out, leaving some high-quality films. But you have to know that it will be difficult for these high-quality films to be good enough to a certain extent. Find out who is better.

What should we do if this is the case?No one knows what kind of results their movie will achieve the day before the awards ceremony. They can only try their best to get as many judges to vote for themselves. "

Jiang Bai knows this kind of operation very well.

"So does this mean we have to win over those in the middle and make them like their movies as much as possible, while those who absolutely love and absolutely hate it can just leave it alone?"

"Yes, I know you are very smart, so your movie is actually very good, but it is impossible to win an Oscar."

Hearing this, Jiang Bai roughly understood. In short, it was good luck that he was shortlisted this time. After all, the movie broke the box office record in China.

So Jiang Bai thought carefully about being shortlisted this time, and it was probably the reason why he took the movie to seven cities in the beautiful country to promote it.

And the movie is about to be released in North America. In order to make more money, those big promoters will definitely try their best to make the movie more dazzling, so that the movie will get high box office here. You can also make more money.

But if you plan to continue going down, it will not be so easy.

"Director, I have another question. There are so many judges here. How can we ensure that every one of them is represented?"

“This requires public relations. Many companies in the beautiful country are usually very busy, but every time it comes to the first half of the year before the Oscars, they become very busy because they have to operate for the agency films and win as many awards as possible.

Although it is impossible to know every judge, for PR companies, this is their business, so they will analyze each judge’s preferences.

The Oscars will organize the judges to watch movies before judging the awards, but you have to know that there are only a thousand seats in total, and they are never full. Most of the judges use the film DVDs provided by the awards organizing committee. learn.

And in order to ensure that those in the middle can watch the films represented by the public relations companies, they will also screen the films represented by the public relations companies privately for the judges, and will accompany them to watch, and while watching, they will talk about the depth of the director's intentions and how good the actors' performances are.

And public relations companies charge money to do this for you, and the price is clearly marked, because in addition to the cost of establishing relationships with the judges, there are at least millions of advertising fees for placing video ads on the cover, back cover, and inserts of magazines. Finally, in addition to the public relations company, the film producers themselves also need to spend money to treat guests and send gifts. "

After hearing this, Jiang Bai basically gave up on this aspect completely.

It's so troublesome just to win an award. From what I hear, it's definitely impossible for "Jiang Hu" to win an award.

After all, why do you think that just because the quality of the movie is good, you can beat other people's real money?
What movie has made it this far that isn't good quality?Everyone has excellent works, but they spend a lot more money on publicity and public relations than you do.

Naturally, those who have spent money are competing.

"Forget it, just think of coming here this time to show your face, meet some friends, and see if we can sell this movie to other countries."

Jiang Bai had already made up his mind, but he didn't talk to Zhao Zhe and the others about it. After all, everyone came with high hopes. Unfortunately, Jiang Bai spoiled everyone's fun before the award ceremony even started.

And even if you don't win the award, it's pretty good if you can get nominated, not to mention there are so many nominations.

Just these nominations can make a big splash in China.

"And it happens to be stuck at this juncture. We can use this as a gimmick before "Jiang Hu" is released in other countries and regions."

In this way, until the day before the Oscars, everyone in the company flew to Los Angeles, then took a taxi and went straight to the hotel where Jiang Bai was staying.

The Oscars are held at the Dolby Cinema, located on Hollywood Boulevard.

It's only about fifteen kilometers by car from where Jiang Bai lives.

Although there are many residences nearby, Mark can provide them with a car here, so it doesn't matter more than ten kilometers.

After arriving, Jiang Bai also introduced people in his company to Mark and John.Since the nominations this time include Best Picture, Best Director, Best Soundtrack, Best Actor and Best Screenplay, the director is Jiang Wen, the screenwriter is Zhao Zhe, and the lead actor and soundtrack are both Jiang Bai. It goes back and forth. There are only three people in total who are the main creators, and the others are all coming to see the world.

Wang Baoqiang, Huang Bo, Dong Xuan, Xiao Yang, Ning Hao.
So they didn't come this time.

However, the dumplings are also here, so Jiang Bai plans to bring the dumplings with him when the time comes.

After getting acquainted, Jiang Wen and Zhao Zhe quickly started chatting with each other. They were both people who liked to make friends, especially Jiang Wen, who was able to chat with foreigners very quickly. He asked the other party to come to him when he came to China in the future and he would treat him to a drink.

Mark and John were somewhat flattered by their enthusiasm. After all, they had always felt that Chinese people were more reserved. Even among the crew, neither Zhang Jin nor Wang Baoqiang themselves were. So many words.

Even Jiang Bai only talks more when talking about professional topics, and the reason why Diaozi talks more is because he always asks them for various questions, but unlike Jiang Wen and Zhao Zhe, they don't just talk a lot. We met and went out drinking together.

However, he still agreed, maybe he would have the opportunity to go to China in the future.

They chatted here for a while and seemed to have made friends with the two directors.

In the evening, they actually went out for a meal together. Originally, Mark and John wanted to find a Chinese restaurant to eat. After all, the guests came from far away.

But Jiang Wen waved his hand and said that if you want to eat Chinese food, you have to eat Western food when you come here. When you are in China, you can eat Chinese food whenever you want, but the authentic Western food has to be in a foreign country.

"typical?"

"What does it mean?"

"It literally means a tunnel dug underground, but what I mean actually means authentic and pure."

"Oh, it turns out it's a word with multiple meanings. It's also used this way in English, but I think Chinese is still very interesting. Do you have any more commonly used Chinese that you can teach us?"

As they said this, they looked at Jiang Wen and then at Jiang Bai.

Jiang Wen and Jiang Bai also looked at each other at this time, and suddenly saw each other's meaning in each other's eyes.

Then Jiang Bai said in English: "How about this, Director Jiang teaches Director Mark, I teach Director John, and then the two of you talk in Chinese?"

"Hahaha, this is a good idea!" Jiang Wen said from the side. He knew that his brother in the Jiang family was full of bad water.

So Jiang Bai and the interested John came to the other side.

"Director John, what do you want to learn?"

John thought about it for a while. Generally speaking, polite greetings are the easiest and easiest to learn, and are commonly used.

"Then you can teach me some greetings and words of praise for others."

Jiang Bai slapped his thigh when he heard this. This foreigner really knows his stuff!
"Mr. John, you may not know that I have worked with many non-Chinese actors before, and I often teach them Chinese. They learn the fastest in these two aspects."

"The first thing is to say hello. After meeting, you may say hello, but that is what people who are unfamiliar with you would say. Generally, people who are familiar with us here will say..."

At the same time, Jiang Wen was also patiently teaching Mark.

About 10 minutes later, John and Mark came back with confidence. They had fully understood how Chinese people greet and praise others.

"Who will come first?"

John smiled: "I'll do it first."

I saw John and Mark standing in the center of the box.

Soon John raised his head: "Where are you going?"

Mark was delighted when he heard this: "Take a walk."

"Then have you eaten?"

"Eat, how about you?"

"I haven't eaten yet." John said while raising his hand significantly.

When Mark heard this, he gave a thumbs up: "Then you are pretty awesome?"

"No, no, you are awesome."

"That's not the case, you are the best!"

"Look at what you said, how can I be as awesome as you?"

"You are the real fucking awesome one!"

As a result, John was dumbfounded when he heard this. He could only understand the first part, but not the tmd in the middle.

So he turned around and looked at Jiang Bai: "What does that tmd he said mean?"

As a result, I couldn't stop laughing here.

In fact, the two of them still didn't understand what he meant, so they sat back down and asked.

Why did they laugh after hearing this?Are Jiang Bai and Jiang Wen playing tricks on them? But the two brothers surnamed Jiang shook their heads.

"No, no, I have taught Chinese to some foreign friends before. This is indeed very powerful in our country. I taught Quentin at that time. Do you know Quentin? He is the one who filmed "Kill Bill". He stayed in China for six months, and I taught him some Chinese, and you should also know about "Star Wars", I also taught them."

And Jiang Bai also nodded: "Indeed, this is what I teach foreign friends every time. When I was filming "The Wind and Cloud", I taught Neon actor Shinichi Chiba, and later also taught him in "The Matrix" and "The Matrix". I taught them on the set of Fast and Furious."

As a result, Jiang Wen was stunned when he heard this: "It turns out that you taught Chiba Shinichi. I said that when I was teaching Quentin, he came over and said hello. I also I thought he was learning from the sidelines."

"Hahaha, I taught you that."

"No wonder."

Then John asked what "awesome" meant, so they explained the literal meaning of these two words to each other.

John and Mark were shocked after hearing this!
"Why do we use the word "niu" to describe "powerful"?

"Because it's so big!"

"In your English, that's it's so big!"

(End of this chapter)