This director needs to apologize

Chapter 166 Lily at Home
After getting the new house, Chen Yiming naturally stopped traveling and stayed in Shanghai to pack up his new home.

This area belongs to the peripheral area of ​​the expo, no more than one kilometer away from the Pujiang River, and there are several branches of the expo in the middle.

When the weather is nice, standing by the window, you can directly overlook the river view.

The more Chen Yiming lived there, the more he liked it. With such a good location, view, floor, and orientation, as well as such a low price, Da Zhuang must be a second-generation local coward who has frequently mobilized his circle of friends.

He happily visits the Electrical Appliances City every day and fulfills his unfulfilled wishes from his previous life one by one.

A large-screen TV, projector, and DVD player occupying most of the wall are all arranged.

There is a set of various types of game consoles and peripherals, and there is an arcade machine, which fills half the room.

Massage chairs, treadmills, and gaming chairs were all installed. If it wasn't for the big room, he would even have a pool table.

After struggling for a week, I became addicted to spending money, and I finally gave up all my desire to consume until now.

Then he started to be a homebody at home, sleeping until he woke up naturally in the morning, watching movies in the afternoon and playing games at night, working out before going to bed and then getting a massage, and ordering takeout when he was hungry. How could he live like a god?

During this period, Dong Ma, Xiao Mei, Cheng Yu from the "Magic City Evening News", and Deputy Director Sun from the Imperial City all called, and Chen Yiming all gave the same answer.

Thanks for the invitation, no date!
In mid-November, "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" was finally released. It will be released for 11 weeks and the total box office will exceed 6 million.

It seems that Mr. Han is a kind man and did not kill everyone.

In fact, the decline has already been obvious in the later stage, and even booking the theater can't save it, so the release of the film can be regarded as a smooth sailing.

Because the external situation is also changing, Huaguo and Nuts reached a consensus after several rounds of exchanges of words. This wave of competition finally came to an end and they can do business normally.

As a result, Hollywood blockbusters that had been suppressed for more than half a year began to return en masse like stray dogs.

The first one to appear was "Transformers 2". As soon as it was released, it turned the Singles' Day schedule into a real "Singles". It dominated the box office and turned all the domestic and Hong Kong romance films in the same period into rubbish.

The combination of Lao Tang and Lao Jia had a bad start. Although they relied on a good relationship with the ticket booking platform to stabilize the pre-sale base, they could not withstand the turbulent mudslide of "Transformers 2".

"Autumn Leaves Waiting", which they contracted and distributed, ranked second at the box office in its first week. However, the gap between it and the top spot was a cliff-like 1.1 million. They just barely managed to surpass others by a fraction and retained the last bit of stubbornness.

Chen Yiming believed that if people in the circle could use resentment to exert power from a distance, both Ma Er and Han San would be able to ascend immediately. Of course, he himself would probably not be able to escape.

During the three-month "Domestic Protection Month" from mid-August to mid-November, the two main themes achieved an absolute monopoly on the market.

A bunch of domestic and Hong Kong films were forced to be postponed until the end of the year. As a result, "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" was finally sent away, and Hollywood blockbusters turned around and came back.

This is not the same as what was said!

And you said it’s not to protect the box office of the main theme?Pure conspiracy!
Let’s look at the next set of films.

"Ark" was released on December 12, with a North American box office of 3 million, becoming the top summer movie.

"Pandora" will be released on December 12, the 24D epic masterpiece from "Wrecked" director Cuaron McGee after 12 years.

There is no way to survive.

Nowadays, public opinion in the industry is unanimously "sympathizing" with Chen Huaikai, because among the Chinese New Year movies, his "A Generation of Famous Actors" is the biggest.

After six years of hard work, it was a return to the pits, but it hit two super box office bombs.

Everyone is speculating whether Chen will take the initiative to cancel the show and move "A Generation of Famous Actors" to the Spring Festival release.

Amid the turmoil in China, "11" opened in the No. 19 Hall of Nut on November 1951 in a very low-key manner.

A few months after Cannes, Shen Pengfei's behavior of raising prices for her protruding pout can only be said to be unsatisfactory.

Major companies in Hollywood are somewhat undecided about this new Palme d'Or winner, a film based on the Peninsular War shot in China.

You could say it promotes ideology, but it doesn't look like it has any political sermons at all. The translated version is more concise and direct in its meaning, and the characters in the film all cherish their words like gold.

You could say it created a conflict between Huajian and Huajian. There were no Nut soldiers in the whole scene, only Assistant Yu contributed a few Nut swear words.

At this time, Hollywood is not as crazy as it was 10 years ago, and has not been properly controlled by Masaharu. The quality and technical capabilities of "1951" are obvious to all. Even if it is only released in art theaters and then sold on disc, it is still a profitable business. Good business with no losses.

When "10" was first released in October, two companies in Britain and Gaul took the initiative to contact Shen Pengfei, hoping to reach cooperation in European distribution.

In the past, because Warner and other major Hollywood studios insisted on the principle of binding North America to Europe, Sister Shen had not taken the initiative to contact European companies. Now it is obvious that the latter can't wait any longer.

After all, the recent box office explosion in the Chinese film market is quite impressive. A war movie "raked in" a box office of 1 million euros, which is also the highest level in the European countries.What's more, Cannes has not passed long ago, and European movie fans' impressions of Chen Yiming and "1951" have not faded. Not only do they have no historical baggage, but they are also happy to watch Nutcracker get frustrated on the big screen.

Stimulated by foreign enemies, Warner greatly improved its cooperation conditions. After comparing many parties, Shen Pengfei consulted the two giants of Platinum and Jue over the air. In the end, they decided to settle for nothing and continue to cooperate with Warner for global distribution.

Warner also knows that its profit-sharing model is already well-known for its deceptive model, so this time it did not move out of the previous "formal terms", but agreed with Shen Pengfei on a new cooperation method called ladder guarantee.

To put it simply, Warner will make a one-time payment of 3000 million Nut Coins to the account agreed upon by both parties in advance, as the guaranteed copyright payment for the global distribution of "1951".

After the film is released and settled, according to the tiered terms, Warner can obtain the corresponding "reward" based on the total box office figures, deducted from 3000 million.

At the same time, Jueji Company, the copyright owner of "1951", can obtain 15% of the total box office that can be divided as net income. This income is not related to Warner's distribution costs.

In addition, there is another clause in the ladder clause, that is, if "1951" is nominated or wins an Oscar, Warner can also deduct the corresponding rewards from the 3000 million guaranteed payment.

This two-way gambling and two-way restraint cooperation method is the highest level demonstration of Shen Pengfei's bargaining power. Even Mr. Ma even said it was amazing when he found out about it, and thought it was definitely a milestone achievement for Chinese films to go overseas.

With the low-key release of "1951", Warner also began to build momentum in the professional field, specifically by sending DVDs to judges and arranging preview screenings of "1951".

The target, of course, is the State Film Critics Association Awards, known as the Oscar benchmark.

Paul and his apprentice, as the Hollywood representatives of "1951", began a busy public relations schedule.

Because the initial release scale was extremely small, there was no news about the overseas release of "1951" in China. It was not until November 11 that Chen Yiming and "30" once again gained the attention of domestic media.

Because on that day, the 67th Nut Film and Television Golden Globe Awards announced the nomination list.

"1951" received 5 nominations in one fell swoop for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Director, Best Picture Drama, Best Actor in a Drama Movie, and Best Supporting Actor.

When the news spread to China, everyone inside and outside the circle was numb. It was really too exaggerated and suspected of being an hallucination.

It is not that Chinese films have never been nominated for the Golden Globe Award for foreign language films. In the past ten years, mainland director Sun Wangquan was nominated three times, Chen Huaikai was nominated once, Lai Zhifei was nominated once, Hong Kong director Wu Kesen was nominated twice, and Taiwanese director Luo Luo was nominated once. Xiaoxian was nominated once.

As a result, no one won a prize.

As for other awards other than foreign language films, I haven't even been nominated.

Now Chen Yiming suddenly appeared. After the Palme d'Or in Cannes, he went to the Nut Golden Globe Awards again, and surpassed his predecessors by winning such heavyweight awards as Best Picture and Best Director.

What makes actors in the industry even more envious and jealous is that he helped Duan Yining, a marginalized person, to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor, and Liu Dongjun, an outsider, was nominated for Best Actor.

Is there any king law?Are there any laws?
With this nomination, even if the two of them fail to win the award, as long as they show up at the Golden Globe Awards dinner, they will be the only scorpions after returning to China, leaving a lot of veteran actors behind.

Those who can endure it are Bodhisattvas, but there are no Bodhisattvas in the entertainment industry.

Chen Yiming's phone was immediately bombarded with invitations to climb the stairs and interview invitations, forcing him to turn off the phone directly so he could sleep peacefully.

What made him even more speechless was that the Directors Guild and the Film Society also came to join in the fun, and through Ma Erye, they told him to attend the annual meeting after the Spring Festival.

Originally, as a new member, he only needed to be a member, but now his salary was directly upgraded and he had to speak on stage.

This made him so worried that he was no longer in the mood to play games.

He turns off his phone every day, and he feels clean. Young Master Ma is going crazy because everyone who can't find Chen Yiming is looking for him.

On December 12th, Chen Yiming rarely left home and watched "The Ark" at the Red Star Cinema close to home.

That special effects scene shocked him to the point of shaking his head, and further strengthened his decision not to engage in special effects blockbusters for the time being.

Even if this thing was barely made, all the domestic box office revenue would go to overseas special effects companies. It's hard work for whom.

As for overseas?Sorry, compared with genuine Hollywood products, Chinese products are tantamount to pirated products and have no competitiveness in the global market.

This fact has been proven repeatedly in previous lives. Even "The Wandering Earth", which is known as the pinnacle of domestic special effects, still cannot be sold overseas. Chen Yiming, a mere mortal, should not imagine that he can change his fate against the odds.

After leaving the cinema, he kept thinking about things in his mind and walked a little slowly. It was almost 10pm when he got home.

After opening the door, he saw Da Zhuang nesting on the sofa playing games.

Because Chen Yiming didn't spend much time at home, he deliberately left two house keys for Da Zhuang and Xiao Mei.

Seeing Chen Yiming enter the room, Da Zhuang threw the handle and shouted directly, "I told you to keep turning off your phone. Lily called me directly and said it was urgent. Please call me back quickly."

(End of this chapter)