You don't understand the happiness of the director

At the Democratic Party Congress in the United States at the end of August, a young black man was nominated as the party's presidential candidate. Although it was only a nomination, his name quickly spread around the world because of his skin color.

In California, a stronghold of the Republican Party, the Greenberg family was happy. Old Greenberg looked at the news with surprise, like a gambler who had won a big bet, "That kid really got it right!"

At this time, good news also came from the country.

At the Golden Eagle Awards held at the end of the month, Yang Mi appeared at the award ceremony as the Golden Eagle Goddess. She felt that the dress prepared by Golden Eagle was too poor, so she spent money to hire a designer to recreate it. Her level of excellence surpassed that of Liu Yifei of the previous year.

Later on the awards stage, Yang Mi and Wang Baoqiang won the Golden Eagle Festival's Most Popular Actor and Actor Award.

Wang Baoqiang relied on "Soldier Assault", and Yang Mi relied on "Brilliant Legacy" at the beginning of the year. Of course, this is not a Golden Eagle TV drama, but a product of the Golden Eagle TV Festival.

The awards of the Golden Eagle Awards have always been very confusing. The awards for the Audience's Favorite Actor and Actor, the Most Popular Actor and Actor, and the Best Performing Arts Award are all so confusing that it is difficult for outsiders to figure them out.

Before 2000, the Golden Eagle Awards had awards for Best Actor and Actor, and they were the undisputed kings and queens.

After 2000, the Best Actor and Actor was canceled and replaced by the Audience's Favorite Actor and Actor. In each session, three to five actors and actresses will win the award.

This situation will continue until the Best Actor and Actor category is restored more than ten years later (2020), and the number of winners will also decrease.

In this situation, the most popular actors and actresses among the audience are actually those who have won the title of "Emperor and Queen". Young actors such as Lu Yi, Tong Dawei, Sun Li, and Yin Tao have all won it, and even the familiar veteran actors have won it. Basically one and a half per person.

The winners this year are Li Youbin, Lin Yongjian, Wang Wufu, Wang Baoqiang, Jiang Wenli, Sarina, Liu Jia (Li Huanying), and Tong Lei. Therefore, Wang Baoqiang is the emperor of vision, and Yang Mi is not the queen.

However, Yang Mi feels that she has hope for the next one (two years later). "Time 1997" is in the next awards cycle.

Yang Mi called Wang Quan several times about this matter, like Mrs. Xianglin, "If Time could be aired a few months earlier, I would definitely be sure to win the show after this time!"

Looking back, that is a treasure that even Liu Yifei does not have!

Although "Time 1997" is a group drama, her role as Fan Xiaochun is an eye-catcher, which is why she benefited the most after the drama became a hit.

Indeed, winning an award based on this role, and if it is four or five awards each time, it will definitely be more convincing than "Beautiful Li Huizhen" or something like that.

Wang Quan told her to guard against arrogance and impetuosity, "It's time for you to start school. It's your last year of college, so cherish it."

Entering September, the Montreal Film Festival, the Category A international film festival in the Maple Leaf Kingdom, concluded. The biggest award of the film festival, the "American Grand Prix", was awarded to "The Embalmer" by Yoji Takita, produced by the Tokyo branch of Dragon Head.

The accompanying producer Hideo Umekawa flew to Los Angeles after the closing ceremony, reported to the headquarters, and proposed the idea of ​​​​hoping "The Embalmer" to win the Oscar.

Of course, it’s up for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Dorothy was very embarrassed. She originally thought that the company would only have one film "Slumdog Millionaire" competing for the Oscars next year, but it turned out that "District 9", which was released first, also had a very good reputation, so there were two films competing for the Oscars. , the budget has increased a lot.

In this case, the help the company can provide to "Encoffiant" is very limited.

What Wang Quan is worried about is, "Can "The Embalmer" get the ticket in Neon China?"

Like China, there are three films that can be nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film every year, one each from the Mainland, Hong Kong, and Wanwan. Taking the Mainland as an example, it is usually the film bureau that has the final say and who can go.

When it comes to neon, organizations related to neon movies have the final say. Dragon Heads Up Tokyo can be said to have little status in neon, not to mention that Hayao Miyazaki of neon this year released a new work "Ponyo on the Cliff", which sold 150 100 million yen, this movie is very likely to be nominated for an Oscar.

Umekawa Hideo said, "When the time comes, we will do the work of Mr. Hayao Miyazaki. If he thinks "The Embalmer" is more suitable, I'm afraid no one else will say anything."

Dorothy, "Then let's wait until you get the tickets first. As long as Neon chooses to send "The Undertaker", the headquarters will also support it."

"Thank you, Boss Tao, thank you, Director Wang!"

After leaving the company, Wang Quan invited him to dinner as a private person and asked him some things about Tokyo, "Are Yui-chan and Nozomi-chan okay?"

Wang Quan and Gadot's official announcement of their relationship has also attracted some attention in Neon China. Of course, the two girls who are most concerned about this matter are definitely the ones who pay the most attention to it.

Umekawa Hideo, "They? They are very good. They never thought about any consequences with you, and they didn't even bother to call you a scumbag."

Wang Quan breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good. How are you? Have you decided what to take?"

"I got the rights to Daisuke Igarashi's "Little Forest" and I'm very interested in this manga."

Little Forest, Wang Quan has some impression of this movie. There is no plot. It just highlights a beauty, beautiful scenery, beautiful food, and beautiful people. After watching it, it will make people have an unrealistic yearning for the neon country life.

This reminded Wang Quan of a person, Li Ziqi.

Wang Quan came across her videos when he invested in YouTube. Foreigners were fascinated by the unreal, beautiful and attractive rural life.

After the Olympics, the world began to look at China, becoming curious about this once-demonized place and trying to get in touch with it.

However, since the content they have access to is basically China's new cities, their impression of China's rural areas may still be in the Chinese local movies of the 1980s and 1990s.

If a domestic film was made that showed the most beautiful side of rural life like Little Forest, would it be able to reverse this impression?

Wang Quan thinks this is a very interesting topic.

As for Umekawa Hideo, Wang Quan certainly supports him in trying to shoot subjects that interest him.

After the Montreal Film Festival, Maple Leaf Country’s more influential Toronto Film Festival opened. Wang Quan, who had been retreating in Los Angeles for half a month, also led a team to participate in the Toronto Film Festival. This is the most influential copyright trading center in North America and the world. Film businessmen gathered here.

When Wang Quan arrived, Dorothy had already bought the North American rights to two movies, one was the action film "Taken" for a huge sum of 20 million dollars, and the other was "The Wrestler" for 400 million dollars. Ten thousand dollars is still profitable.

Dorothy told King Power, "Fox Searchlight also wants to spend 50 million to buy the North American rights to "Slumdog."

At the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, the global rights to "Basement" were sold for $20 million. Wang Quan and Dorothy were so happy that they almost went crazy.

It has only been two and a half years, and the 50 million US dollars, which is only for North American rights, is more than three times the return, but the two of them sneered. Time is really magic.

Searchlight wants it so much, which only means that the word-of-mouth reputation of "Slumdog" from the Taylor Film Festival has moved their hearts.

But this is not for sale, they brought it here just for display.

Toronto is not a competitive film festival and does not have a jury. The biggest award is the Audience Choice Award, which is won by the film with the highest votes voted by the audience attending the film festival.

Li's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has won this award before, and other well-known films such as "American Beauty", "Life is Beautiful", "The Pianist" and "Amélie" have also won this award.

So when Wang Quan finally stepped onto the podium to receive the Audience Choice Award, the applause was very warm. The audience thought that Wang Quan had once again created a masterpiece that was not inferior to "Juno".

"He finally came back from his lost ways. Movies like "Twilight" are not suitable for him at all!" Many people who have watched the movie think so.

Faced with the overwhelming praise, Wang Quan acted very modestly. On the stage, he first thanked screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, "Thank you for his trust in me. You know I have never been to India before."

He also thanked another Indian female director Lovelyn Tandan who was not present, "This film is the product of our cooperation. Without her, I would not have been able to quietly complete this film in India's complex environment." .”

Finally, Wang Quan thanked Boss Tao, "I have always only liked to film my own stories, and I have always insisted on writing and directing myself. It was Dorothy's persistent persuasion that made me willing to take a look at the script, so that I did not miss a masterpiece. ,thank you all!"

King Power strives to distribute the credit to others, repeatedly mentioning the importance of the well-known screenwriter Simon Beaufoy in the promotion, adding Indian female director Loughlin Tandan in the director column, and strengthening Dorothy Due to the presence of this producer, she will also be involved in some of the publicity in the future.

This may be able to dilute the debuff brought by being a Chinese. It was a guaranteed win, but it would be a pity if he lost because of his nationality.

Even if he can't win the Best Director award, as long as he can win other deserved awards, Wang Quan will be basically satisfied.

I was very happy after winning the award in Toronto, and since Mimi's birthday was coming soon, Wang Quan was going to discuss with Liu Yifei how to celebrate her birthday.

Last month, Wang Quan also discussed with Yang Mi to celebrate Liu Yifei's birthday, but Wang Quan was unable to attend both times.

As a result, Liu Yifei felt a little depressed.

"What's the matter? I heard that "I Heard" did very well at the box office. Is it because it was not as good as "Crazy Supermarket"?"

The box office of this movie was 15 million in the first week of release, and the reputation is also very good. It shouldn't be a big problem, but it just wanted to be a big hit but it didn't work. The schedule was too cold, and this kind of fresh and refreshing Bayan comedy is not as marketable as local comedies. .

Liu Yifei, "It's not because of this. Have you watched the news? Many babies have their lives endangered by drinking poisonous milk powder. How can those people do this? They can even ignore the lives of babies for money!"

Liu Yifei is not yet a mother. If she has a baby now, even if she doesn't drink it, just by this matter, she can put domestic milk on the blacklist forever.

After listening to her detailed explanation, Wang Quan learned that something had happened to a dairy company called Sanma.

He had no idea about this before. After all, this is not like an earthquake or an epidemic. There are many film and television works to interpret it. Although this incident has a huge impact, it seems to be just that. No film and television works dare to touch this subject.

Wang Quan sighed and called Yang Mi again, asking her to keep her birthday quiet tomorrow and live it by herself without posting on Weibo.

As a public figure, you still need to have this kind of discernment. When the public is sad, if you are happy, you are guilty.

Yang Mi celebrated her birthday at school. This was the first time she spent it with her classmates in the dormitory. The girls in the class next door also invited her to come over.

Yuan Shanshan was flattered. She didn't expect that Yang Mi would become more and more popular and become more and more popular.

In the past, she wanted to have a chance with Yang Mi by virtue of her beauty, but now she has no intention of doing so. She only thinks about whether she can get some exposure from Yang Mi in the future.

Of course, even if she joins her company, Yang Mi doesn't want her classmates to be in the company, as it will be awkward.

"Sister Mi, will you go to the Hundred Flowers Award?" Jiao Junyan asked.

The Hundred Flowers Award will be held in two days, and will be held at the Grand Alliance.

Yang Mi shook her head, "I entered the film industry relatively late. "Crazy Supermarket" was not in the awards cycle, but the other party invited me to walk on the red carpet. I thought to myself that I didn't bring my work with me, so I didn't go on the red carpet."

The girls are envious. The Hundred Flowers Award is one of the three major film awards in the Mainland. Yang Mi rejected it as soon as she said she would. She is really confident, but it is a pity that "Supermarket" did not break the 100 million mark.

The final box office of "Supermarket" was 95 million, which is indeed a pity, but "Red Cliff Part 1" did not fare well either. Affected by Qiankun's distribution matrix, it ended up with 288 million, failing to break three.

In the evening, Yang Mi went home to celebrate her birthday with her parents, and at the same time received a phone call from Liu Yifei to wish her well.

If you say she wishes her blessings, then you wish her well. If you insist on talking about the Hundred Flowers Award, it will appear that you have been shortlisted for Best Supporting Actress, right?

It’s only a few minutes of scenes, so cool!

Liu Yifei was nominated for the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as the female thief in "The Lost Orphan", but originally this role was supposed to go to Yang Mi.

Yang Mi: I'll regret it!

However, on the night of the award ceremony, Yang Mi still watched the live broadcast with her friends in her dormitory.

Although the Hundred Flowers Award is voted by the audience, it does not mean that the most popular person can win the award.

It first selects the nomination list by audience voting, which does depend on some popularity.

Then 101 lucky viewers were selected from the audience to form the final judges, and then these 101 people voted directly at the award ceremony.

It is a pity that Liu Yifei lost this choice to veteran drama star Gui Yalei in "The Ballad of Clouds and Waters".

Yang Mi expressed regret. If Liu Yifei lost, she would definitely hope that Liu Yifei would win. If Liu Yifei won the award, she would hope that Liu Yifei would lose.

Maybe this is love~

The biggest winner of Baihua tonight is "Lost Orphan", which won three awards for Best Feature Film, Best Director, and Best Actor. Feng Xiaogang in the audience didn't look too good, so he won't win any of them!

Wang Quan later watched the replay and felt that Xiaogang was so pitiful, but Li Bingbing next to her smiled so happily. It was indeed worth being happy to win the Best Actress Award. What was even more happy was that she received a film appointment from Qiankun, a movie called "The Wind" , heroine!

September has passed by in a hurry, and "The Twilight Saga" has basically finished in major box office markets around the world, with only sporadic markets yet to be released.

In more than three months, it has handed over excellent report cards of 335 million dollars in North America (already drawn) and 759 million dollars worldwide (still growing)...