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Chapter 347 I have a bad conscience if I don’t make money from these foreigners!

Hollywood has a market-oriented management model. Basically, whatever type of movie is popular, everyone rushes to promote similar projects.

For a period of time, epic movies were popular, and everyone spent crazy money to make epic movies. Until "Troy", "King Arthur" and "Kingdom of Heaven" were all screwed up one after another, everyone finally understood that epic movies were no longer popular and turned to other movies. type.

The same goes for the interstellar genre. Until the release of "Passengers" starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt in 2016, with an investment of US$1.2 million, two actors with great box office appeal, and good media reviews, everything They all have the potential to take off at the box office!

However, North American audiences are fed up with the same type of movies. Although the global box office is 3 million U.S. dollars, it is less than million U.S. dollars in North America!

Looking at the wonderful trailer of "Interstellar", Gu Zhongyu was also very moved. Zongheng Film and Television's first-year science fiction plan has been unfinished since the filming of "Ball Lightning". It's not that he gave up, but according to estimates, if The second part will be restored according to the novel, and the investment cost may be about 300 million.

The fact that the first film was able to earn 10 billion at the box office was actually due to a lot of luck. The difficulty of repaying the money for the second film has increased, and the requirements for special effects technology are also higher. Therefore, Gu Zhongyu would rather put the sequel plan on hold temporarily than use such a good IP It was badly photographed.

Therefore, Gu Zhongyu plans to wait for two or three years and wait until the domestic market becomes larger and the box office ceiling is higher before filming.

Judging from the current trend, after Guo Fan finishes directing "Monster Hunt", he should be able to lead the team and take the lead with his improved strength.

With the success of "The Invisible Guest", Gu Zhongyu and Zongheng Company have also gained a reputation in Hollywood. When the time comes, they will try their best to introduce movies to the United States. Let's see if Liu's science fiction film can be used here. A piece of land opens up the market.

The previous version of "The Wandering Earth 2" actually had this potential, but its overseas distribution was too poor at the time.

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Hollywood is a commercial society, and they pay real-time attention to the box office of movies in all countries. Over the years, Hollywood movies have set a series of box office records in China, allowing these Americans, who are accustomed to the North American market to be the most powerful, to fully understand the power of the Chinese market. Vast and vast!

It is expected to be a large-scale production with an investment of 2 million US dollars, and the title of the film is "The Great Wall"

"Tell Legendary Pictures that I am not being modest. My ability is actually limited, so let them hire someone else!"

"The movie is called "The Great Wall", it's a fantasy genre, and the investment is expected to be US$200 million!"

What the hell?

Great Wall!

This idea came to him when he first flew to China. In 2012, he and screenwriter Max Brooks first wrote a synopsis of the story. However, because they were both from the United States, they were afraid of being inaccurate, so they always planned to find a story. Tianchao Renlai serves as the chief screenwriter.

Chen Sicheng on the other end of the phone was very excited. He thought Thomas wanted him to be the director, but in fact, he already had his heart set on Lao Mouzi.

"In fact, we have never doubted the potential of the Chinese market. "Titanic" in 1997 and "Avatar" in 2010 both prove that the Chinese market does have extraordinary potential!"

The success of "The Invisible Guest" in both countries has given these studios new hope. We can find people from China to be directors and starring actors to open up the situation!

"Hmm! Did he say what the content of the movie he planned to make was?"

They know very well that this is a new opportunity!

At the same time, they also know very well that Chinese-language films have a very ambiguous attitude towards Hollywood blockbusters. They hope that you can create benefits while not causing too much harm to domestic films.

At this time, Gu Zhongyu was chatting with Frank from Lionsgate Pictures. The two of them were also chatting about the earth-shaking changes in the Chinese market.

It happened that this time at the film celebration banquet, they noticed Chen Sicheng, who was nominated for an Oscar. Although they were not impressed by this Oriental director who was described as obscene, they were interested in Gu Zhongyu, the star, producer and screenwriter of "The Invisible Guest". The idea of ​​cooperation came up.

So Thomas Tull, CEO of Legendary Pictures, came up with a bold idea to make The Great Wall of China into a movie.

So they chatted with Chen Sicheng and asked him to convey his wishes.

While they were chatting, Gu Zhongyu's phone suddenly vibrated. It was Chen Sicheng calling. Wasn't he socializing with those old guys?

How can we quickly enter the Chinese market? Apart from inviting a bunch of Chinese A-list celebrities to play soy sauce, are there any other effective methods?

"It's true. A few years ago, audiences in our country were not used to going to movie theaters. But now it's different. Everyone has developed the habit of watching movies..."

"Mr. Gu, Legend Pictures wants to cooperate with our company to make a blockbuster film about Eastern culture!"

From the beginning of the casting, the movie showed a tendency to collapse, and finally exploded in the nine-story demon tower. The program list of drums, diving, archery, fireworks, and the Kongming Lantern Team was beautifully drawn, and Lao Mouzi also completely evolved from red and green to colorful. , can be used for the rest of your life [Impression·Monster] Large-scale cultural and sports performances marketing the world!

He will never forget Gu Zhongyu was beaten to death by this epic bad movie. It was so bad that he couldn't pull his legs out. It concentrated on all the highlights of the co-production film. The plot is that a group of monsters named Taotie successfully climbed over the wall from the outside and were eventually pinched. The tragic story of WiFi.

Making another co-production?

Chen Sicheng told what happened over the phone. It was probably that the two companies, Legend and Zongheng, jointly produced it and asked Gu Zhongyu to write the script.

It would be impossible to watch it without major changes to the plot, but he was not familiar with Legendary Pictures, which invested in it, so they must be in a dominant position. Can Gu Zhongyu be allowed to change it at will?

So Chen Sicheng decisively rejected them!

He shared this matter with Frank, who frowned slightly after hearing this: "They should still mainly focus on your appeal in the Chinese film market. I guess the script may already be there, this is just an excuse. !”

"I know that too, so I didn't agree. It's the happiest time to work with you in the United States... By the way, Frank, I have a new movie idea that I want to talk to you about."

"Can you give me a rough idea of ​​the plot?"

"Fantasy genre, with a real-life Barbie doll as the protagonist. It tells the story of a Barbie doll living in Barbie Paradise. She discovers that her daily life has become imperfect from unknown times, and then she deeply thinks about the meaning of death. When she enters In search of truth in the real world, we begin to face various challenges such as gender inequality and appearance anxiety.”

Yes, what Gu Zhongyu wants to film is "Barbie", which will lead the world's top-grossing movie with a box office of US$2023 billion in .

A well-produced film with a main storyline that pleases the mainstream construction of American imperialism and a hidden secret that satirizes this mainstream construction, but the private content is not so obvious that it is not necessarily a designed private product, so it can be constructed to like this type of film. The vast majority of people can immerse themselves in the main plot and get emotional enjoyment from this fairly standard Hollywood commercial + didactic film.

Although the domestic response was mediocre, the global box office results were so impressive that if he didn't make money from these foreigners, his conscience would be unsettled!

After listening to Gu Zhongyu's story, Frank's brows relaxed slightly: "Friend, your thinking is really wild. You actually thought of using the most popular social issue in the United States as the subject of a movie."

"Do you think you've done something wrong?"

"It's interesting. Who do you plan to invite to play Barbie? Who will the director choose? Is it still Chen?"

"No, this director can only use Americans, and it must be a female director, otherwise the publicity effect will be much worse. As for the heroine...how about Alexandra?"

"Her?" Frank turned over Alexandra's face in his mind and said with a smile, "She does look like a doll, but she is not famous enough. If she takes on the role of the heroine of such a commercial masterpiece..."

"It doesn't require a big production and can be completed with an investment of less than 2000 million US dollars. The North American market alone is enough to recover the cost."

"Okay, when will the filming start?" "At the end of the year! After I finish my domestic work and choose a director, the filming is expected to be completed next year and it will be released as soon as 2015!"

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After talking about business with Frank, Gu Zhongyu said goodbye and returned to his villa in Los Angeles. Shalizi was already waiting for him.

Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for "The Invisible Guest", Shalizi is in a heavenly mood. Moreover, this performance was not achieved by being ugly and sacrificial. It was purely a success of the challenge of playing two roles by one person. The gold content is much higher than that of "The Devil".

Last time she was in a hurry and didn't have time to be gentle with Gu Zhongyu. This time when she learned that he was coming, Shalizi was "fully armed" at home waiting for him.

Poor Gu Zhongyu didn't even have time to drink a sip of water when he came to the door, so he was dragged into the room by Sha Liz to do hard work...

"god!"

Another high-pitched scream ended, and Shalizi, who was limp and weak, finally showed her fatigue and collapsed on Gu Zhongyu's body.

"My dear, you seem a little tired?"

"I've been moving around a lot recently and haven't had much rest. I wanted to come here to relax, but I didn't expect you to be more anxious than me..."

Shalizi chuckled and touched Gu Zhongyu's cheek with her slender fingers: "I have been separated by the damn Pacific for too long, and I feel a little impulsive when I see you."

The two were affectionate for a moment, and Gu Zhongyu talked to her about business: "How is it? How is the Oscar jury's response to our film this time? Is there any definite news?"

"It's a pity darling, they're so tight-lipped, maybe we actually have to wait until the awards night to find out the final results."

"Okay, these old guys are still playing a role in mystery..."

At this time, the door was pushed open and a figure appeared in front of them, "Hey! You didn't wait for me and started by yourself, right?"

Alexandra received the news from Gu Zhongyu and came to Gu Zhongyu's home with familiarity. As soon as she entered, she saw this scene. She was so angry that she immediately took off her coat and wanted to join the battlefield...

"Alexandra, you came just in time. I have something to tell you...well..."

"We'll talk about it after it's done..."

Poor Gu Zhongyu, who just got a chance to breathe, fell into darkness again...

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The Oscars are held at a fixed time each year.

Usually the last Sunday in February!

然而今年的情况有点特殊，2014年2月7日至2月23日，第22届冬季奥运会将在俄罗斯联邦索契市举行，而2月23日闭幕当天为周日，2月份最后一个周日！

If according to convention, the Oscars should award awards on February 2, but the head-to-head confrontation between the two events will inevitably affect the ratings of the Oscars. Therefore, according to everyone's speculation, the Oscars may be postponed for a week to March 23.

that's the truth!

The Oscars announced that they will be postponed for one week, which will be held on March 3nd local time in North America and March 2rd Yanjing time.

No one doubted that the Oscars might be cancelled.

You must know that the screenwriters and actors went on strike in 2008, which caused the Golden Globe Awards not to be held that year, but the Oscars were still held as scheduled!

Because everyone knows that the North American film industry needs an Oscar, and Hollywood needs an Oscar!

The Oscars are the most glamorous aspect of this industry. While constantly attracting attention, they can also create huge economic value.

Hollywood and even the North American media industry need such an event with magnificent scenes, brilliant colors, shining stars, and extremely lively events to promote their production industry around the world, and at the same time promote American imperial culture. Perhaps the American imperial public is interested in winning the Oscar. Movies may not necessarily interest you, but the big-name stars appearing at the ceremony will still arouse many people's fanaticism.

Even though this year's Oscars lacks enough films with an audience base, and the obvious weakness cannot be reversed, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has also made some positive efforts. In order to increase the ratings of the Oscars ceremony as much as possible, they have changed the ceremony's The date was postponed to avoid a collision with the Winter Olympics in February. The red carpet ceremony was also extended from half an hour to one hour, and the acceptance speech was strictly controlled within 2 seconds... BIquGe.biz

In addition, the Academy invited Ellen DeGeneres, a popular television host in the United States who is famous for her Tonight Show.

The hope is that Ellen DeGeneres's influence can attract more young viewers to the Oscars.

"The Oscars will do anything for ratings."

Another battle ended, and Gu Zhongyu, who had entered the sage state, was a little confused, while Shalizi on the side resisted Alexandra's attack on her and explained: "Because if you don't work hard, the Oscar ratings will be lost." It’s about to fall out of the top three in the United States!”

"Top three?"

"The Super Bowl, the Baseball League Finals and the Oscars!"

"Oh!"

Gu Zhongyu nodded and said he understood, but it was only a matter of time. With the gradual decline in the quality of Hollywood movies and the popularity of political correctness, Oscars have received less and less attention.

Probably after 2019, films related to social issues of women, African Americans, LGBT and other groups have become the focus of Oscar recognition.

These issues are highly discussed in the current American empire. Promoting the development of such films is also the mission that Hollywood, dominated by white leftists, is committed to completing.

However, due to different social contexts, the topics of these films are not adapted to the domestic market and even in markets other than Europe and the United States, so it is difficult to arouse too much publicity.

In addition, such films often pile up issues but lack in film quality. It is even more difficult for outsiders to give excellent reviews, which makes the film lose the possibility of driving the box office through word of mouth.

The Oscar selection criteria are no longer a golden rule that can be collectively recognized by the majority of the audience. The halo of the awards season has dissipated, which reflects the identity split of the times.

(End of this chapter)