This actor doesn't look like a good guy

Chapter 291 Cultural Export
In short, both Mark and John looked shocked.

But they thought about it carefully and found that it did make some sense.

But just at the wine table, the two of them were drunk and dizzy. Finally, Mark inexplicably agreed to let Dumpling work with him as his assistant for a year.

John also promised to get Jiang Bai a set of motion capture equipment, and promised to teach him how to use it.

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When they woke up the next morning, thinking about the scene yesterday, they were all confused. Why did they agree to these things?
But just think about it, Jiang Bai did not give them other benefits in return. When they have another animated film that they want to release in China, Jiang Bai can also cooperate with them, indicating that this film is jointly produced by both parties. .

In this way, restrictions on imported animation in China can be avoided to a certain extent.

After all, the current policy is that there are certain quotas for the number of foreign films imported into the country.

However, Sino-foreign cooperation animations are carried out according to another quota.

Although this is tantamount to helping Jiang Bai's company co-brand, sometimes the market is like this. Just like if a domestic movie is released abroad, it also has to find someone to cooperate with it.

For example, when "Heroes" was released in North America, Quentin's name was on the list of producers.

So when "Heroes" was released in North America, it directly won the box office title on the first day.

It’s impossible for Chinese films not to be discriminated against here, but it’s different when one of our own people is named.

Not only will it be easier to negotiate with distribution and theaters, but the audience will also be more accepting.

In this way, early the next morning, after having breakfast at the hotel, they headed to the Oscar venue.

The Oscars usually have an internal meeting before seven o'clock and start at about eight o'clock.

People come one after another, and usually everyone is here before ten o'clock.

After arriving at the scene, they first waited outside and gathered together to chat.

Looking at the familiar people around him, Jiang Bai stepped forward to greet each other one by one.

However, there are actually many people present who are not from the Oscar-nominated film, but they came here just to walk on the red carpet and show their faces.

It is also commonly known as riding the red carpet.

After chatting with Vin Diesel for a while, Jiang Bai came to Jason Statham again.

Jason Statham began to take Jiang Bai to meet other Hollywood movie stars, among whom he had met Leonardo before.

By the way, Jiang Bai also wished the other party to win the Oscar this year as he wished.

After all, he has tried several times since the other party debuted in the past few years, but in the end he failed to get what he wanted.

In addition, Jiang Bai also met Angelina Jolie here.

After meeting the other party for the first time, Jiang Bai felt that the other party was indeed very beautiful. Just like him in those movies, he also had a very elegant personality.

However, Jiang Bai's acquaintance with the other party was limited to saying hello and standing there chatting for a few words. After all, the other party was also going to join the dubbing of "Kung Fu Panda".

Anyway, if you don’t see me when you lower your head, you will see you when you raise your head.

She doesn't have any other thoughts about Jiang Bai. After all, Angelina Jolie has had a boyfriend since she was 14 years old and has been divorced once.

Jiang Bai is not very fond of this kind of divorced woman.

No matter how beautiful the other person is.

Afterwards, Jiang Bai met a lot of people here, gave out a lot of business cards, and also received a lot of business cards, but most of these business cards were from people he didn't know at all.

Similarly, Jason Statham next to him also received a lot of business cards, but when he walked to an empty trash can, he threw away all of them.

"Jason, what are you..."

Jason Statham smiled: "In fact, there are many people in these places who have not been nominated for movies. They come here to try their luck. Some are directors, some are actors, and the directors are trying to find people who are willing to join them. Filmmakers, and actors hope to get more filming opportunities.

So they will print a large number of business cards in advance and hand them out to everyone they see. No matter whether they are useful or not, as long as one of them can attract attention, they will be considered successful. "

Jiang Bai thought for a while, and it seemed that this was indeed the case.

For those who have no reputation or resources, this method is nothing more than losing a little money in printing business cards.

If you can achieve your goal through this, then it will be completely worth doubling the cost tenfold.

In short, it is a sentence: "Cast the net everywhere and focus on catching fish."

Fortunately, when Jiang Bai gave out business cards just now, he only gave them to powerful directors and actors.

"If I had known better, I would have printed more."

Jiang Bai sighed.

Then he looked at the business cards he had received. Jiang Bai divided the ones worth making friends with and those not worth making friends with. When passing the next trash can, he used a very covert method to separate the pile of people who were not worth making friends with. The business card was thrown into the trash can.

Then Jiang Bai looked at the red carpet and saw that it was almost time, so he went back to prepare for the red carpet.

The strategy they set here is that everyone goes their separate ways and there is no need to open the business together. Anyway, the people in the "Jiang Hu" crew are qualified to walk on the red carpet, and the others were brought by the crew and belong to Relatives and friends can also take a walk.

Watching the photographers on both sides keep pressing the shutter and the dazzling flashes lighting up, the movie stars smiled even brighter.

But when other people walked by, the photographers were indifferent. When Jiang Bai walked by, the reporters began to look for opportunities and started taking pictures of Jiang Bai.

Because they are all entertainment reporters, they naturally know that Jiang Bai now has the same momentum as Cheng Long and Li Lianlian in their beautiful country.

In addition, at the end of last year, many reporters took photos of Jiang Bai having dinner with the crew of "The Fast and the Furious" and other Hollywood first-line movie stars.

Even at that time, the news that Paul bought the Mona Lisa for Jiang Bai appeared in several newspapers.

Although it is not a front-page headline, it is quite novel for people who often read newspapers.

There are still some rumors outside that Jiang Bai is the next Bruce Lee.

Under these countless shots, Jiang Bai also smiled calmly and waved to both sides.

He entered and found the seat with his name written on it and sat down. Soon Zhao Zhe, Wang Baoqiang and others also sat next to him.

"How many awards do you think we can win?" Zhao Zhe asked excitedly while sitting in his seat looking at the stage in front of him.

It was also the first time in so many years that he sat in the Dolby Cinema at the Oscars.Although I have been to France and Venice before, Oscar is still different after all.

Jiang Bai smiled after hearing this: "My brother Zhao, why are you so big-hearted? If you have a few more, it would be great if we could win a small prize. Don't even look at all the people who came to judge this year. What kind of movie is it?”

"Hey, people who have dreams are great."

Zhao Zhe felt that he couldn't make sense with Jiang Bai, so he went to Ning Hao and chatted happily.

Of course, Ning Hao is also very excited now. After all, he is also the first person to make a movie. Who doesn’t want to win the Best Director at the Oscars, and who as an actor doesn’t want to win the Oscar statuette?

The host of this year's Oscars is called Chris Rock. The other person is a black man. He has been a host and a screenwriter. He has also been an actor. He has also done talk shows and directed movies. He is an all-rounder. In Beautiful The country is still very famous.

And the other party's language talent was indeed strong, and he quickly heated up the scene.

After he finished speaking, he began to invite guests to the stage.

Because there are announcers and hosts on the Oscar stage, but when it comes to awarding the awards, various guests must be invited to present the awards.

The first actor to take the stage was Halle Berry, who had appeared in "X-Men" and played Storm in it.

And the name of the award she was going to give out was Best Art Direction.

However, clips from these nominated films still have to be played on the big screen before the awards are presented.

After a lot of gags after the show, the award was finally won by the movie "The Aviator" starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Then the art director of "The Aviator" came on stage to accept the award, and after some more gags, he came on stage.

The second award to be handed out is for Best Supporting Actor.

Nominated for this award are Morgan Freeman in "Million Dollar Baby", Alan Alda in "The Aviator" who just won an award, Thomas in "Sideways", "Borrowed Knife" Jamie Foxx in it... Jiang Bai in "House of Flying Daggers".

Jiang Bai was stunned after seeing this nomination, because now it was him who was nominated.

And his first thought was: "Zhang Yimou spent money, and he must have spent a lot of money."

Because as long as it involves roles, you will definitely not be shortlisted without spending money.

But why did Zhang Yimou report it to himself instead of Liu Dehua, and he didn't tell himself before.

Logically speaking, it might be more stable to let Liu Dehua take over. After all, the other party's influence in the country is much greater than his own.

In other words, Zhang Yimou is interested in his international influence, but even in the international arena, he can only show off his talents.

But no matter what, the host just read his own name.

But Jiang Bai had never heard of anyone else, but Jiang Bai knew Morgan Freeman's name.

After hearing this name, Jiang Bai couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Director Zhang spent his money on the wrong place. It would be great to vote for the best foreign language film. If not, it would be better to win a photography award or an art director award." .

If he chose this best supporting actor and bumped into Morgan Freeman, then he would definitely be out of luck. "

Morgan Freeman who is that?

A well-deserved boss in the North American film and television industry, he has been nominated for Oscars many times. His acting skills are not good at all, and more importantly, he is a black man.

At the same time, the guests were also invited to the stage to chat for a few words, and then clips from the nominated films were played.

In the end, this award did go to Morgan Freeman, while Jiang Bai only received one nomination.

Seeing this, Jiang Bai couldn't help but sigh. It was indeed an Oscar. If Zhang Yi knew in advance that Morgan Freeman had also been nominated for this award, he probably wouldn't have worked hard on it.

After all, although my performance in "House of Flying Daggers" was good, it was still a bit less interesting than Morn Freeman.

Then came the awards for Best Animated Feature Film, Best Makeup, and Best Actor.

During this process, Jiang Bai also turned to look at Zhang Yimou. Zhang Yimou always had a smile on his face, not knowing what he was thinking.

I don’t know if I have any regrets.

It's just that Zhang Yimou has done this for himself, and Jiang Bai will definitely have to express his gratitude later. Even if he didn't win the award in the end, he at least helped him get nominated.

This can also be used as a highlight in my future efforts.

Awards were handed out one after another, and soon it was the turn of Best Original Screenplay.

This was the first award they were competing for, and Zhao Zhe also sat up straight. If he could win this award, he could go on stage to receive it.

It's a pity that this award was won by "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" starring Jim Carrey.

Zhao Zhe showed some disappointment on his face, but soon regained his smile: "It's okay, there are two more to come. It's good that I can get nominated here. Looking at the country, how many screenwriters can be here?" What about getting nominated?”

About an hour later, it was the turn for the Best Foreign Language Film award.

The presenter of this award is Gwyneth Parrott, who once won an Oscar for her movie "Shakespeare in Love".

The film also won the Academy Award for Best Picture in the same year, but this film is also hailed as the worst Best Picture in Oscar history.

Because at that time, this film competed with "Saving Private Ryan" and "Life is Beautiful". Both of these films were considered popular at the time, but in the end they were defeated by "Shakespeare in Love". Compared to this The two films "Shakespeare in Love" are more like a bloody love drama.

But when Gwyneth came on stage, there was still warm applause from the audience. No matter what, face had to be given, but after a series of fierce competitions, the award was finally won by a film co-operated by many countries.

Zhao Zhe and Jiang Wen sighed again when they saw this. If they didn't get this award, Jiang Wen would have no chance to take the stage.

But later at the Best Visual Effects Award, Jiang Bai saw that the host actually called Zhang Ziyi to come on stage to present the award.

"Jiang Bai, I have a new idea. We can also operate it in the future and let you be the presenter. Even if you don't win the award, it would be good to be the presenter." Zhao Zhe said, touching his chin.

"I think this can be done."

"Hahaha, as expected, there are some things that you have to experience firsthand to understand. If we couldn't come this time, how could we have thought of asking you to be the award guest."

"That's true."

But right now, among all their nominated projects, there is only one single seedling left.

"The next award we are going to give out is the best original score. The nominees for the best original score include Jenn Kezmelik for "Finding Neverland" and John "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban". Williams, John Debney from The Passion of the Christ and Jiang Bai, the young guy who scored the Kung Fu movie Jiang Hu from China!”

(End of this chapter)