Chinese Entertainment's Shining Star

Catherine watched the woman in front of her take off her mask, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.

She also didn't expect that she would catch such a big fish in the cinema, Natalie Portman, the famous star queen, Oscar winner and Golden Globe winner.

Meeting such a super popular star made Catherine feel like she had picked up a big round pearl on the beach, and she almost laughed out of her teeth.

"Hello, everyone." After Natalie was recognized, she did not deny it like some celebrities did, but stopped generously and said hello to Catherine and the camera respectively.

This move gave both Catherine and George a thumbs up. She is indeed one of the female stars with the best private reputation in Hollywood. Her calmness and politeness alone make people feel good about her.

"Ms. Portman, it's nice to see you here. Are you here to watch a movie too?" Catherine retracted her thoughts and asked quickly. For such a big star, she couldn't guarantee that the other party would always be patient, so hurry up Taking the time to ask more questions is key.

"Of course." Natalie Portman replied with a smile: "I'm taking a break recently."

"Then can you tell me your choice?" Catherine continued to ask.

"Interstellar." Portman gave a definite answer without any hesitation, and gave his own reasons: "Director Nie Wei's movies have never disappointed me. He is my role model, and his movies have always impressed me." Won’t miss it.”

Catherine's eyes lit up when she heard this. What she said was so meaningful. If it weren't for Portman's words, who would have known that the famous Star Wars Queen was also a fan of Nie Wei.

"Then can you comment on Nie Wei's new movie?"

"I think this movie may be different from the science fiction movies that many ordinary people think of. I have read online reviews, and some people say that this is the most authentic science fiction, but I don't agree with that."

"Can you please explain it more carefully?" Catherine was most afraid that Portman would end with a casual compliment. She thought that giving an unusual answer like this was what she wanted.

"Of course, in my opinion, this movie is just disguised as science fiction, but the core is still the description of people, human relationships and humanity. These three points run through the entire movie, but what amazed me is that Even though the whole film does not leave out these three, it does not give the audience the feeling of overflowing emotions like a literary film."

"Director Nie Wei's control of the entire film is simply artistic. The prelude is a little long, but Nie Wei is able to arouse the audience's interest through foreshadowings. As the film gets on track, whether it is special effects or music, the entire film will be The atmosphere that the movie wants to express is heightened to the extreme, and he tightly grasps the core of the movie from beginning to end without any deviation. "

"You don't know, when I watched the last ten minutes, I was even moved to tears by the ending. I haven't seen such an emotional movie in a long time."

"It seems that you have a high opinion of Director Nie Wei's new movie." Catherine sighed, wanting to watch this movie more and more. Even Portman, the famous Hollywood visionary, can conquer it. Obviously, this movie The quality is very excellent.

"Then if Nie Wei wants to cooperate with you, would you be willing?" Catherine asked her last question.

Portman smiled and replied, "There's only one answer."

She didn't say what the answer was, but as long as anyone with a brain understood it, she would definitely be willing.

Just like in China, when Zhang Yimou wants to make a movie, many stars are willing to participate in it even if they cut their salary or even destroy their image. The reason is because the director is famous enough and the quality of the movies he shoots is always guaranteed.

And now Nie Wei obviously has this level of reputation in Hollywood.

Catherine and George spent half a day editing the interview that day. At nine o'clock in the evening, the program was officially broadcast.

Natalie Portman's appearance in the finale undoubtedly surprised many viewers. Her high praise for "Interstellar" also aroused the curiosity of many viewers. Sometimes star power is really powerful. The next day, "Interstellar" The single-day box office of "Time Travel" was 5 million more than the first day as proof.

After Nie Wei found out about this, he asked Thomas to find out Natalie Portman's phone number, and then personally called the Star Wars Queen to thank her.

"I don't think I did anything. I just objectively evaluated this movie from my perspective. Director, you did a good job." On the phone, Portman did not take credit at all and said very modestly.

But at the end of the call, Portman made a small request.

"Director Nie Wei, if possible, can I ask you some questions about being a director in the future?"

"Of course, I will be filming "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" in March next year. If you are interested, you can come and visit the cast." Nie Wei took advantage of the opportunity and extended the invitation.

In the profession of directing, no matter how much theoretical knowledge is taught verbally, it is not as good as the director's step-by-step demonstration.

If you look at the resumes of many great directors, you will find that most of them have experience working beside some famous directors. Nie Wei also wanted to teach Portman the truth, so he issued such an invitation. .

Portman naturally understood the sincerity of Nie Wei's invitation and agreed very happily.

Five days passed unknowingly, and Interstellar also ushered in the settlement of the first week's box office. In China, Interstellar is a phenomenal performance. It has a high screening rate and a high attendance rate. In addition, the movie ticket price has an IMAX bonus. It has completed the record of 1.2 billion in just five days!

370 million on the first day, 1.2 billion in five days, these words accompanied by the name of Interstellar have been constantly on the hot search in the past few days, almost sweeping the entire network.

At the same time, these figures also broke the first-day box office, single-day box office and first-week box office records created by Nie Wei before, and Nie Wei still maintains the record of breaking his own records!

The reason why Interstellar has achieved such excellent results in China is that Nie Wei's reputation for filming movies over the years is there. From Nie Wei's first film "Speeding Scandal" to the current "Interstellar", there has not been a movie with a bad reputation, and every time the audience can see Nie Wei's new movie represents his progress in strength.

Secondly, the good performance of "Interstellar" abroad also stimulates the domestic market.

In the same five days, "Interstellar" also won the weekly box office championship in the Hollywood Christmas season, and the final five-day box office data was 102 million.

This data did not break any records, but it was the best result among all the movies in the Hollywood Christmas season this year. The key is that the reputation of "Interstellar" was overwhelming. Whether it was the audience, film critics or the media on the Internet, they all praised it.

The data on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB can best prove this point.

Five days later, both websites had more than 100,000 reviews, but on Rotten Tomatoes, "Interstellar" still maintained a 98% freshness, and on IMDB, "Interstellar" only dropped 0.1 points from the first day, and still maintained a super high score of 9.6.

In the eyes of many people, this movie is likely to keep the score around 9, so if nothing unexpected happens, this will be another classic with a reputation that can be ranked in the top ten of IMDB's TOP250 list.

There has been a rumor on the Internet that as long as Nie Wei lives long enough, then the IMDB TOP250 list may all be Nie Wei's movies.

In their words, Nie Wei has already booked the TOP250 of IMDB.

Of course, this is a joke, but many people think it is really possible. The quality of Nie Wei's films is so high that even the picky Hollywood audiences are convinced. In the hearts of many people, Nie Wei has been equated with fine products and has become a director they look forward to every year.

Finally, it is naturally the relationship between the quality of the film and the rhythm of the plot. In fact, the rhythm of "Interstellar" is really different from that of Hollywood blockbusters. It can be seen from the 20-minute foreshadowing that this is not a fast-paced movie. Of course, Nie Wei's editing is very clever, and the few climax points are distributed very reasonably, so that the audience still enjoys watching it.

However, this movie with twists and turns and love and family affection as the core is very familiar to Chinese movie fans. In addition, Nie Wei's control of the rhythm of directing movies over the years can be called a master. Chinese audiences can actually see more excitement from this "Interstellar".

This also caused the first time since Nie Wei's movie officially entered Hollywood that the first-week box office in the mainland exceeded the North American box office.

Many film professionals in China are excited about this achievement.

Many media even began to promote the booming domestic film market, which has gradually surpassed Hollywood.

However, these are all nonsense in Nie Wei's view.

In recent years, the domestic box office is indeed good, but there is still a clear gap with Hollywood, and the film market is not only reflected in the box office, but also in the world influence and its own investment.

Why have Hong Kong and Taiwan stars forgotten to run to the mainland in recent years? It is because the market in the mainland is well developed, and the treatment is several times or even more than ten times higher than their local.

Such high remuneration, coupled with more sophisticated production and a wider market, naturally attracts more stars.

The current comparison between the mainland market and the Hollywood market is like the gap between the Hong Kong and Taiwan markets and the mainland market, and it is even bigger.

Some people may ask, North America has only 320 million people, but the mainland has a population of 1.4 billion, so the mainland market should be larger no matter how you look at it.

This is related to the influence just mentioned.

Hollywood's marketing department is not only popular in their own country of the United States, but also in the whole world. Therefore, its market has never been the North American market, but the whole world is its market, so it dares to invest heavily, make large productions, and treat actors and directors with top-notch treatment.

But what about mainland movies? How many countries can they really be popular outside the mainland?

People who understand it know it well, so mainland movies have to work hard to catch up with or even surpass Hollywood, but Nie Wei believes that this day will not be too far away. After all, the mainland has a population of 1.4 billion, and it is naturally more advantageous than Hollywood. As long as it maintains its momentum and creates more sophisticated works, it will one day be able to stand at the top of the world film stage.

Nie Wei was not idle during these five days. In the first three days, he held three flash mob events in Los Angeles, the Big Apple, and San Francisco. He quietly lurked in the film industry with a group of leading actors and showed up after the movie was over, giving the audience a big "surprise".

The event was very successful and made headlines in many media.

In the next two days, Nie Wei brought his team to Maple Leaf Country and held three promotional activities.

After finishing these, Nie Wei also had to rush back to Asia to promote the "Interstellar" Asian tour.

For the first stop, Nie Wei chose Japan.

This was once the largest ticket warehouse in Asia, and the film market is very mature, so it is naturally Nie Wei's first choice for promotion.

In order to create a greater impact, Nie Wei even brought AKB48, a half-owned girl group, to the road show for three consecutive days, which attracted the wolf howls of more than 100,000 otakus and also made the box office of "Interstellar" reverse growth for three consecutive days.

After the promotion in Japan, Nie Wei chose South Korea as the second stop.

In recent years, South Korea has also developed rapidly in the film industry and produced many excellent films, which have had a significant impact throughout Asia.

This place has also become the second largest ticket warehouse in Asia after China and Japan.

Just when Nie Wei and the other leading actors went to South Korea to promote the movie, there was a group of people in South Korea who were very familiar to Nie Wei, who were tidying up a store.

Fanxing Variety Show produced a new variety show called "Chinese Restaurant".

After all, among the many labels of China, food is definitely among the top three, and China's food culture can be said to have influenced many neighboring countries.

The purpose of the program "Chinese Restaurant" is to promote Chinese food in other countries, let local people know more about the taste of real Chinese food, and promote Chinese food culture.

The guest lineup of the program is led by Fan Binbin, with Huang Xiaoming, Jing Tiantian and Zhang Liang, a male supermodel who became popular because of "Where Are We Going, Dad?".

Of course, guests will be invited in each episode, and the guests will also bring their own specialties to become the special dishes of the episode.

Originally, the four people were full of confidence before they arrived in Korea, and the tasks were also assigned very well. Those who can cook cook, those who can promote promote, those who are flexible help, and those who should be the boss lady are the boss lady.

But they didn't find it easy until the opening.

Because the program team is serious, they will not deliberately arrange any agents. They really just throw a restaurant to them, and then just shoot, and don't care about anything else.

Whether customers came in or not seemed to have nothing to do with the production team. Even though there was no customer for most of the day, the production team did not seem to be panicked at all.

As a result, the four people who were ready to work hard on the first day only received more than 20 customers in the whole day, and more than half of the purchased ingredients were left. At the summary meeting in the evening, the four people sighed at the pile of ingredients in the corner of the kitchen, and their morale was extremely low.

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