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Chapter 338 An unexpected episode

After receiving the guarantee, Tang Yixin no longer worried about gains and losses before. She took the initiative to grab Gu Zhongyu's hand and pulled him to the bathroom. Under his doubtful eyes, she slowly squatted down and asked, "Do you still remember the first time we met?" What were you doing in the nightclub?"

Gu Zhongyu understood it and quickly started taking action.

He used to like the way Tang Yixin smiled, and today he finally saw her bright smile under another situation...

The next morning, when Zhang Ruoyun rubbed his eyes and walked down the stairs, he felt that the alcohol had not completely dissipated and his head still hurt a little.

Gu Zhongyu was eating soy milk and fried dough sticks at the table. He saw Zhang Ruoyun getting up and asked him with concern if his head felt better now.

"It's not bad. This Bawang Zui is really famous. It's just one bottle. I didn't expect it to be so powerful. By the way, did you stay at my house last night?"

"Yes! You dragged me while you were drunk and refused to let me go. Why did you lose your virginity?"

"No! I see that the quilts in the guest room are neatly folded. Where did you sleep last night?"

"For convenience, I just put the sofa together and slept on it."

In fact, he was afraid that Zhang Ruoyun would get up in the middle of the night and find the two of them, so Gu Zhongyu chose the sofa last night, because the sound of walking down the stairs would be obvious, giving them time to clean up.

"I've wronged you, Lao Gu. It's all my fault. Where is Tingting?"

Gu Zhongyu drank the soy milk with a normal expression and said, "I'm going to buy you some medicine to replenish your body. Drinking alcohol will damage your liver. She said you should take precautions while you are young. I really care about you!"

"Hey, let me take a shower first, and we will go back to the company later!"

"Go Pikachu!"

After Zhang Ruoyun left and the sound of water came from the bathroom, Gu Zhongyu patted the table and said, "Come out! He has gone to take a shower. You should also wash your face quickly!"

And when Zhang Ruoyun came out from the shower, Tang Yixin was already sitting on her seat eating breakfast like a normal person.

Tang Yixin, who drank white porridge with mustard greens, saw Zhang Ruoyun coming out and told her boyfriend: "Remember to take liver-protecting tablets, put them in your backpack."

"Got it!" Zhang Ruoyun smelled the fragrant pancakes and couldn't wait to sit down and start eating. The three of them finished their breakfast in harmony.

Just when Zhang Ruoyun went upstairs to change clothes, Gu Zhongyu couldn't help but took Tang Yixin's hand, let her sit on his lap, and kissed her deeply again!

"You're going to die!" Tang Yixin glared at him angrily, looked at the stairs worriedly, then took the initiative to put her arms around Gu Zhongyu's neck and offered her lips...

"Remember! You are not allowed to do this to me when Dayunzi is here in the future!"

"Don't worry! Dayunzi has difficulty choosing, so he can't change clothes so quickly!"

"Haha! You really understand him, and you are indeed his "good brother"!" Tang Yixin specially emphasized the pronunciation of the word "good brother" to show ridicule, "Is the friendship between you men so hypocritical? ?”

"No! In my heart, I still regard Dayunzi as my brother and you as my younger brother and sister."

"You're such a bastard!"

How could someone say such shameless words without changing his face or heart?

Of course, she has no right to blame Gu Zhongyu now, so she can only treat Zhang Ruoyun twice as much in the future to make up for her inner guilt!

When Zhang Ruoyun changed his clothes and left with Gu Zhongyu, when he turned around, he failed to see that Gu Zhongyu actually turned around and kissed Tang Yixin who was leaning on the door frame again...

The incident with Tang Yixin was just an unexpected episode. I just feel very sorry for Dayunzi. Please give him more resources to compensate him in the future!

But...it's still exciting, even though it's really a jerk.

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If he had known that "The Invisible Guest" would receive so many Golden Globe nominations, Gu Zhongyu would have gone on a trip with Zhang Zilin later. No, just a few days after returning, he would soon be going to the United States again.

As the Oscars gradually become the grandest award ceremony in the world of film and the most watched show in the global entertainment industry, before the final awards are announced, a series of events that can affect it will be taken into consideration.

Therefore, awards such as the Film Critics Awards across North America, the Golden Globe Awards, the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, the three major guild awards, and even the British Academy Film Awards in England, which are enough to have an impact on the results of the Oscars, are naturally linked together. Pearls Together has become an important part of awards season.

Starting from the Gotham Independent Film Awards at the end of November, the three-month film awards season begins.

Then, the Washington Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 12;

On December 12, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, the British Independent Film Awards, the Boston Film Critics Association Awards, and the New York Film Critics Association Awards were announced;

The American Film Institute Awards will be announced on December 12th...

There are a series of film critics awards, the most famous of which are undoubtedly the New York Film Critics Association Award, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award and the Boston Film Critics Association Award.

"The Invisible Guest" won most of the awards for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. At the same time, a quarter of these critics awarded the Best Picture to "The Invisible Guest". "The Guest", the other quarter was awarded to "The American Emperor's Hustle", and the rest was basically contracted by "12 Years a Slave". DiCaprio's "The Wolf of Wall Street" was full of soy sauce, and "Blue" "Jasmine" is not bad, at least it won most of the best actress awards.

New York film critics even removed "The Wolf of Wall Street" from the best picture candidate list, which basically declared the failure of Leonardo DiCaprio's attempt to win another Oscar.

It is true that this biographical film was shot too roughly, on a large scale, and even exposed three points directly. Moreover, DiCaprio's performance in the film was a bit too hard, and instead was overshadowed by Matthew McConaughey, who only came to make a cameo. Suppressed.

In addition to a bunch of film critics awards, there are also the Golden Globe Awards, Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, British Academy Film Awards and the three major guild awards.

The latter few are known as Oscar trendsetters, especially the three major guild awards.

There are 6,000 Oscar judges, most of whom are guild members, which means that these members have already judged the award once before the Oscars are awarded!

The Directors Guild selects the best director, the Screen Actors Guild selects the best actor, and the Producers Guild selects the best film.

Therefore, the Guild Awards have the highest overlap rate with the Oscars.

Let’s talk about the Actors Guild. Foreigners can also join. The first person to join the American Actors Guild was Hong Kong veteran actor Zeng Jiang.

Since 2012, the Screen Actors Guild has merged with the Federation of American Television and Radio Artists, referred to as sagaftra. There are currently more than 20 registered actors, including almost all actors in the United States, and these actors have starred in as many as 16 movies and TV series.

You only need to pay an entrance fee of US$3000, and you can join the Screen Actors Guild if you have starred in a film produced by American Film Company. This is also a necessary condition for foreigners to run for the Oscars.

With the Golden Globe Awards approaching, it’s a critical moment for the Olympics!

In fact, everyone involved in Hollywood knows that the Golden Globes and the Oscars have nothing to do with the judges.

But who made the Golden Globe Awards become bigger and bigger now? Its attention and influence are second only to the Oscars!

It is estimated that the 85 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at the beginning did not expect that they could be so awesome!

Especially for actors, winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and Best Actress has a significant bonus to their remuneration. Therefore, Golden Globe PR has become a new topic for major studios.

The origin of the Golden Globe Awards is very interesting. In 1943, eight European and Asian reporters who specialized in reporting in Hollywood formed a hometown association. At a fixed time every year, everyone would get together to communicate and talk about their awesomeness.

After all, these people are engaged in special reports on Hollywood, and movies must be the subject of their chats, and then these people amuse themselves by getting a bunch of inexplicable awards.

This award is the Golden Globe Award.

In fact, the Golden Globe Awards had no influence at all at the beginning, and its professionalism and authority were also questioned because there were too few judges and it was easy to be bribed by public relations!

For example, in 1982, it awarded the Best Newcomer to Pia Zadora, who starred in Butterfly, but everyone knew that it was her multimillionaire husband who hired a group of publicists with huge sums of money to "buy" the award for his beautiful wife. .

After entering the 21st century, the life of the Golden Globe Awards has become increasingly difficult.

In the beginning, the Golden Globe Awards were actually representatives of "mavericks". They stood outside the Oscar academy judges, helped the audience speak, and awarded awards to some mainstream works and actors whose subjects were insulated from the Oscars. The presence of supplements.

But then, for the sake of commercial interests, the Golden Globe Awards began to change its direction and appeared as an Oscar bellwether.

In recent years, the distribution of Golden Globe awards has gradually deviated more and more from the Oscars. It is not as unique as it was at the beginning, but it has deviated again in terms of guessing the psychology of the Oscar academy.

This is very embarrassing! Its authority will be even more shaken!

Many big-name movie stars never win the Golden Globe Award. Sean Penn is a typical figure!

In 2004, the Golden Globes nominated Sean Penn for Best Actor, but the latter was absent!

In contrast, Sean Penn showed enough importance to the Oscars, not only attending in person, but also showing enough respect in his acceptance speech. This stark contrast also makes the Golden Globe Awards look shameless.

Sean Penn is not a special case, George Clooney and Woody Allen have both been absent from the Golden Globe Awards!

This makes the situation of the Golden Globe Awards even more embarrassing.

In fact, in North America, the film awards include the Oscars, the TV awards include the Emmy Awards, and the Golden Globe Awards are like a pot of hodgepodge, but they are not as delicate and delicious as others.

The Golden Globe Awards are like a piece of chicken ribs, tasteless to eat and a pity to throw away.

Of course, although the professional authority of the Golden Globe Awards is constantly questioned, due to the success of commercial operations, the Golden Globe Awards are still a very important award globally. Being able to attend the Golden Globe Awards can still attract the attention of the world.

Compared with the Critics Association Awards, Film Critics Awards, including the Guild Awards, which are highly praised in terms of professionalism, the Golden Globe Awards still have sufficient advantages in terms of business, popularity, and attention.

Therefore, the Golden Globe Awards is still the most watched awards ceremony besides the Oscars.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which organizes and awards the Golden Globe Awards, has less than 100 members, and only 85 actually have the right to vote!

Not to mention compared with the Oscar's lineup of 6,000 judges, even the jury members of the American Directors Guild are far higher than this number.

Another point is that the members of the Foreign Correspondents Association today are neither foreigners nor real journalists. They are just commentators or brokers active in Hollywood.

Real professionals never think much of the Ballon d'Or.

Just look at the comments in the media and you will know that everyone will place special emphasis on the Oscar winner and best actress, but will not make a big deal about the Golden Globe winner and best actress; Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio have been fighting for the Oscar. They have long been It was recognized by the Golden Globe Award.

The former won the 2003 Golden Globe Award for Best Director for "Gangs of New York", and the latter won the 2005 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for "The Aviator".

But what about Oscar?

The distance is very long, but Martin Scorsese finally won the Best Director for The Departed in 2007, and DiCaprio is still struggling!

Why didn't they stop after winning the Golden Globe, but instead pursued the Oscar even more crazily?

Because Oscar is the highest evaluation in the industry.

The Golden Globe awards were adjusted in 2002 and moved forward by half a month, resulting in the current situation: after the Golden Globes are awarded, the Oscars will announce the nomination list, which makes the Golden Globes in a certain sense , has become a major promotional platform for the Oscars, which is often favored by Hollywood production companies.

Therefore, even though the Golden Globe Awards lacks professional authority, a large number of film companies still flock to it.

Moreover, the Golden Globe Awards is currently the award ceremony with the highest ratings besides the Oscars, Emmy Awards, and Grammy Awards. This result is enough to prove its success in the commercial field.

Nearly 2000 million viewers every year!

For the general audience, the Golden Globe Awards is definitely a gluttonous feast for celebrities!

On January 2014, 1, just after New Year's Day, the 5st American Golden Globe Awards were grandly announced at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel. Gu Zhongyu and all the members of "The Invisible Guest" attended the event!

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At this Golden Globe Awards, Gu Zhongyu is prepared to be a spectator. He knows that "The Invisible Guest" will not win the best picture, and Chen Sicheng will not win the best director.

According to the public relations strategy he and Frank agreed on, he gave up the Golden Globe Award and switched to the three major guild awards!

Let’s not talk about the quality of the movie, let’s just talk about political correctness, because “12 Years a Slave” is so correct!

The Oscar judges must be kidnapped to make them realize that "12 Years a Slave" is nothing but politically correct!

How can we maximize this impact?

Simple, follow the example of Harvey Weinstein back then,

Yes, it is the producer who is notorious for harassing more than a hundred female stars. Although his moral standards are low, his business ability is still good.

When Harvey was running The King's Speech, his biggest rival was of course David Fincher's The Social Network, who won the Golden Globe Awards for Best Director and Best Picture - Drama.

In particular, The Social Network was praised by film critics, calling it another David Fincher film that shocked the entire Hollywood.

However, it was useless. Harvey knew very well that Oscar judges were unwilling to be other people’s puppets. He knew that many Oscar judges hated film critics, so he publicly stated that “Oscar judges have their own aesthetic judgments, and of course they will not be criticized by film critics.” It’s dictated by your taste.”

Then, he spared his energy to win the three major guild awards and achieve the final comeback of The King's Speech.

Frank and Gu Zhongyu agree

Of course, giving up here does not mean doing nothing. The public relations procedures that actors should go through still need to be done. Gu Zhongyu himself doesn’t care, but Shalizi’s performance this time is worthy of winning another Oscar. As long as With a little guidance, the Actor Award should be a sure bet!

After all, he is not Li Jian, so he cannot be so ruthless!

Director Li Da is known as the "bending light".

No, it should be the Light of the Chinese.

Li Bian has a very high status in Hollywood and is definitely a top-tier director.

Looking at his fame history, in 95, he won 7 Oscar nominations for "Sense and Sensibility" and entered the ranks of Hollywood A-level directors.

The subsequent "Ice Storm" and "Ride with the Devil" still received constant praise, but they did not help Li Bian's status, because he was just an ordinary director who shot English movies, so Li Bian released "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in 1999

While successfully winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Director and the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was also a hit in North America!

We know that Hollywood is a business-oriented circle. Even if you are Frank Darabont and you have made a masterpiece like "The Shawshank Redemption", if the box office is not good, there will still be no big productions looking for you!

With "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" Li Bian successfully promoted to a quasi-first-line director in Hollywood.

Let’s talk about the inside story of the public relations of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”. First of all, it was planned by Harvey Weinstein’s behind-the-scenes public relations. Secondly, it wisely gave up the public relations of the actors and focused all its energy on the director and the film. !

Therefore, Zhou Runfa did not thank Li Bian. He felt that he had become an outcast.

After Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Li Bian challenged big production and filmed Hulk, which cost 1.3 million!

Not only did it fail at the box office, but its reputation was also in shambles. Chi Guoguo failed!

Hollywood is very realistic. If you can't help me make money, then get out!

Then, Li An took a break for two full years.

It wasn't until 2005 that he filmed "Brokeback Mountain". He was very shrewd. He knew that themes such as homosexuality were more favored by film festivals, including the Oscars!

Then, he succeeded. "Brokeback Mountain" helped him win a series of honors and won the Oscar for Best Director!

It stands to reason that for a subject like "Brokeback Mountain", the actors have made such a big sacrifice, so forget about the male lead, and the best supporting actor must be awarded, right?

The result was no, neither Heath Ledger in the leading role nor Jake Gyllenhaal in the supporting role, and even Michelle Williams for Best Supporting Actress did not win!

The reason is simple, as Heath Ledger himself said, he did not give himself any help during the filming, he was left aside when competing for the award, and he was not even mentioned in the final acceptance speech!

In fact, this is indeed the case. During the entire awards competition period, "Brokeback Mountain" focused all its attention on the two aspects of Best Director and Best Picture.

Ironically, Truman Capote, the character played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the 2006 Oscar for Best Actor, is also gay!

Even his acceptance speech said: "Capote showed the United States that not all gays were cowboys, and some were sissy New York intellectuals."

However, Li Jin had already won the Best Director statuette, and he didn't bother to care about this kind of thing. He didn't make any response at all. If he couldn't slap him, what else could Heath Ledger do?

It soon died down.

Including the 2012 movie Pi, Lee once again gave up on acting when competing for awards, and Sura Sharma didn't get a single acting nomination!

Of course, Li Ying must be of good quality. Otherwise, no matter how much public relations he uses, he would not have been able to win the Golden Award twice, let alone become the number one director in the Chinese world!

An obvious example is that "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" was also directed by Li Bian. What next?

An investment of nearly 5000 million U.S. dollars, a publicity fee of 4000 million U.S. dollars, a total cost of almost 9000 million U.S. dollars, a box office of more than 2016 million U.S. dollars in North America, and less than million U.S. dollars worldwide. It was rated as the most profitable movie in by the Hollywood professional magazine Variety The worst movie ever!

Is it possible for a movie like this to win an Oscar?

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The results of the Golden Globe Awards were as expected. In addition to winning the Best Actress award, "The Invisible Guest" lost the Best Picture and Best Director awards.

Alfonso Cuaron won the Best Director Award for "Gravity" and the Best Picture Drama category went to "12 Years a Slave."

Although they knew they had no chance of winning the award, Gu Zhongyu and Chen Sicheng still couldn't suppress their heartbeats when Johnny Depp announced the best film. Of course, after he announced the best film "12 Years a Slave", the two He quickly regained his composure and applauded along with most of the people present.

Regardless of whether you are sincere or hypocritical, you still need to be polite!

To be honest, the country's hopes for Gu Zhongyu's trip to the Golden Globe Awards are quite high, and reporters following the report came several times.

It was very different from when Zhang Ziyi was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, there were no reporters sent at all in China!

(End of this chapter)