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Chapter [-] Oscar Nominations

For Barry Diller, he dared to jump from Fox of the seven major Hollywood film companies to Zhang Yi's Jiying Film Company, a company that was still in the development stage, so it was naturally impossible for him to agree easily without doing some investigation on Zhang Yi.

He has studied the films written by Zhang Yi, and was shocked by Zhang Yi's unrestrained imagination.Moreover, he also noticed that the commercial value of the films written by Zhang Yi is far higher than the artistic value.

He is, as he said, more of a businessman than a filmmaker.It's just that he is a very talented businessman in movies.

Barry Diller had to admit that his boss was dubbed a monster by the Southeast Asian media, and it was not unreasonable.He is a monster.

After reading the three scripts written by Zhang Yi, with Barry Diller's eyes, it is natural to see his value. The movie "Titanic" is naturally the movie that Zhang Yi said had an investment of [-] million US dollars.I have to say that this movie is really worth the investment.However, the stakes are extremely high.Well done, it is undoubtedly a classic among the classics.If the filming is not good, then you have to accompany the bottom to the top.

Among the three scripts, the most obvious self-respect commercialization is "The Mummy", a slightly magical film.And in terms of the degree of liking, Bali Diller's favorite is "The Shawshank Redemption".

Zhang Yi looked at Barry Diller and smiled without disturbing him.After Barry Diller read through the three scripts, he closed his eyes and thought about it for a while, looking at Zhang Yi, his vision changed significantly.

"The boss of "Titanic" really intends to let Cameron direct? He is not the best candidate right now." Barry Diller looked at Zhang Yi and asked immediately.

"Hehe, he is not now, but he will definitely be in the future." Zhang Yi smiled and said, "Don't worry, this movie is only a few years away. It will definitely not be filmed. Let's see how his "True Lies" is doing. , and see what it's like to write the story I'm talking about. There's no rush for this film!"

"Who do you plan to direct The Mummy and The Shawshank Redemption?" Barry Diller asked again.

"It's not who I want to direct, but who you want to direct." Zhang Yi shook his head, and then said, "I just provide the script, and I don't care about other things. You can shoot when you think it's suitable. You Whoever is suitable to direct will direct!"

Barry Diller looked at Zhang Yi and smiled.He nodded and said, "How long are you planning to stay in the United States this time? Have you never thought about staying in the United States?"

"After the sequel of "Resident Evil" is released, I will return to Hong Kong. After the Spring Festival, I will come to the United States to shoot a movie about Chinese Kung Fu. Obviously, in the second half of the year, the focus of work may shift. I can trust you in the matter of the film company. Next year At the end of the year, if there are no accidents, I will increase my investment in the film company." Zhang Yi said with a smile.

Barry Diller nodded without saying anything.For Zhang Yi's hands-off boss.He still likes it.In this way, he was given more room for free play.As for Zhang Yi's increased investment in the film company, he was not too surprised.

This can be seen from Zhang Yi investing a lot of money in researching special effects technology in Hong Kong.

Zhang Yi worked hard to promote the sequel of "Resident Evil".Because of the first film, this film still attracted a lot of attention.and.Zhang Yi now has a very high reputation.

At this time, he was well-known to American audiences, not only because of his kung fu, but also because of his movies. The first "Resident Evil".Let everyone know that Zhang Yi is not only a kung fu master, but also a director.Then, "Mythology" further established Zhang Yi's reputation as director.after all.It was unimaginable in the past that a film with pure oriental culture could actually win the weekly box office champion in North America.

Of course, what made Zhang Yi famous the most is undoubtedly his "Ghost Love", a movie with an investment of less than 1000 million US dollars, which actually won nearly [-] million box office, ranking No. [-] in the global box office list. the third.Second only to Spielberg's "et" and Lucas' "Star Wars" two movies.

"Boss, great news!"

Holding a newspaper, Barry Diller walked into the office with a smile and said to Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi looked over suspiciously, made a joke, and said, "Oh, what a happy event? Could it be that you picked up money when you went out?"

"Oh!" Barry Diller was taken aback when he heard that, then smiled and handed the newspaper to Zhang Yi, and said, "Your movie "Ghost Love" has been nominated for several Oscars!"

"Really?" Zhang Yi replied lightly, then looked at the newspaper that Barry Diller handed over, read it, then handed it back, and said, "I see."

Barry Diller looked at Zhang Yi, took the newspaper that Zhang Yi handed back a little stiffly, and asked after a while, "Aren't you excited or happy? Besides Best Supporting Actress, Best Picture, Best Film Cutting, and the best screenplay, are you all? A film has been shortlisted for four awards, are you acting too calmly!"

"It's just a nomination, not an award. What's there to be happy about?" Zhang Yi said calmly, with some doubts in his tone.

"You are awesome!" Barry Diller only gave Zhang Yi two words after a while.

If you were any director, you would know that your film has been shortlisted for Oscars for four awards, and you have three of them yourself.It is absolutely impossible to behave as calmly as Zhang Yi is now.Not to mention that he is only 20 years old now, even those directors who have won numerous awards will never behave so calmly when they learn that they have been shortlisted for four awards.

Monster, this guy is really a monster!Calm as if the movie had nothing to do with him.

If Zhang Yi is not happy, it is naturally impossible.Happy, but not to the point of excitement.Nature appears calm.

Zhang Yi didn't think that the film's award had much to do with him.The original "Ghost Love" was also nominated in these categories, and even won Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay.

Zhang Yi shot this film because he liked it, and probably because it could make a lot of money, so he never thought about winning any awards.

It's just that Zhang Yi didn't expect that this year's Oscar nomination list would be announced, which would immediately cause a sensation.

Zhang Yi is now promoting the sequel of "Resident Evil" and has frequently appeared in front of the American media, which has attracted a lot of media attention.But now, as soon as the Oscar nomination list came out, Zhang Yi immediately became the focus of media attention.And the attention of his new film "Resident Evil" sequel has also increased a lot.

An Oscar list almost surpassed Zhang Yi's previous publicity for the sequel of "Resident Evil", which made Zhang Yi sigh.

The first part of "Resident Evil", because Zhang Yi performed kung fu on TV, set off a kung fu craze in North America and stimulated its box office.Now, because of the list of Oscar nominations, Zhang Yi believes that the box office of the sequel of "Resident Evil" will definitely increase.

It's better to come early than to come by coincidence.

On January 1987, [-], the sequel of "Resident Evil" was released simultaneously worldwide. This is also the first Chinese-language film to be released globally simultaneously.

The sequel of "Resident Evil" follows the first one. Although the suspense is much weaker than the first one, the action is hotter and the scenes are more spectacular.The whole film also creates a city of zombies as Zhang Yi said.

It is unprecedented to make a lost movie on such a scale.When the original version was released at that time, it might not be a big scene, but it was almost 20 years in advance, and it definitely had a shocking effect.What's more, Zhang Yi's Kung Fu version of "Resident Evil" is much bigger than the original version in terms of scenes and visuals.

In particular, Zhang Yi and other guest stars in the martial arts building of the Guoshu Building, although there are not many scenes, are definitely bright and unforgettable.In particular, Zhang Yi held a Daguan knife, chopped melons and vegetables, killed a group of zombies, and even cut the licker in half with a single knife, which is definitely a classic.

Moreover, the martial artist played by Zhang Yi cameo, let Alice and others go first after the final break, and fight the monster.Of course, it was said to be a big battle, but it didn't start. After all, Alice played by Lin Qingxia had a duel with the monster in the end, and she couldn't take the lead.

Therefore, Zhang Yi left room for imagination here.Zhang Yi jumped up, slashed at the monster with a knife, and then the camera turned around, and there was no more text.It makes people want to scold their mothers. (To be continued..)