Hollywood Hunter

In the same afternoon, Zhang Guoshi did not leave Daenerys Studios in Malibu with Peter Jackson until after three o'clock.

The pair showed up in Los Angeles, both for the evening's Oscars.

Although Peter Jackson's first film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring won nothing at the previous Golden Globe Awards, it won several Oscar nominations such as Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Visual Effects, and deliberately took time from Australia Come here.

This time together with Zhang Guoshi, it was Zhang Guoshi's invitation.

For the special effects of the Chu-Han trilogy war.

The Lord of the Rings series has only released the first episode, and there are not many big scenes in it, but Zhang Guoshi has watched the big scene war scene material of the final chapter long in advance, and learned a lot from it.

When I came to Los Angeles, I happened to have an opportunity. Zhang Guoshi was still thinking about this matter. He spent most of the two days on the weekend in the special effects studio of Daenerys Studios in Malibu. chat.

Peter Jackson has also seen Heroes, not to mention that some of the shots of the Lord of the Rings trilogy were also outsourced to Jinshu in China for special effects.

The two chatted very happily. While Zhang Guoshi learned a lot again, he also heard a little thing in his heart from Jackson.

Because The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring has a global box office of more than 800 million US dollars, according to market feedback such as the popularity of the elf prince in the first song, after discussing with Daenerys, Jackson and Daenerys got an additional amount of funds and are planning Some re-shoots, such as further improving the third large-scale war scene, and the scenes of the elf prince, need to add some extra to meet the needs of the market.

Can it still be like this?

In short, the door to a new world.

With the advancement of the Chu-Han trilogy, Zhang Guoshi also gradually realized that the investment of 500 million yuan seemed to be insufficient. However, although it is not too much in the West when converted into US dollars, just over 60 million, but in China, such a huge investment, it is really impossible to ask for more.

Peter Jackson occasionally revealed that Zhang Guoshi realized that as long as the first film can be done well and is good enough, he can also take the initiative to ask for additional funds for the subsequent two sequels in order to carry out corresponding reshoots to achieve perfection.

Besides the special effects part, it is mainly war scenes.

On the domestic side, the largest war scene in the plan is expected to involve 20,000 people. However, compared with the real Chu-Han struggle for supremacy, this is still not enough, so special effects are needed to make up for it.

With regard to special effects, the foundation in China is too weak after all. After all, Hollywood only talks about Daenerys special effects, which have been accumulated for more than ten years. Technical support, but only the lack of talents, it cannot be made up in a short time.

Therefore, if you want to achieve some lens effects, you still have to cooperate with the special effects teams on both sides of Los Angeles or Melbourne.

This means more expensive expenses.

In any case, Zhang Guoshi is convinced that the first part is the key.

After returning to the hotel where he stayed, Zhang Guoshi temporarily put aside these thoughts and took care of himself. At five o'clock, he set off with the Mount Everest crew and took the extended concierge car prepared in advance to the sacred citizen auditorium in the city center.

Not too early.

This year's Oscar Awards Ceremony did not start at 6:00 p.m. on the West Coast in previous years. It arrived at 5:30 p.m. earlier. The Everest group arrived at their destination, and the red carpet ceremony was halfway through.

Starting from Red Sorghum at the beginning, Zhang Guoshi is quite familiar with various awards ceremonies. He stepped on the red carpet with everyone, and under the guidance of the assistants dispatched here, he either stayed to take pictures or accept interviews, and frequently greeted some acquaintances. Over the years There are still many acquaintances in dealing with the western film circle.

On the contrary, President Wang of Vanke, who came here with Zhang Guoshi, seemed to have entered a Grand View Garden.

Mr. Wang still feels a little unbelievable until now. At the headquarters of the Human World Society, everyone had a casual chat and finalized a documentary project on Mount Everest. It was released last year and won a box office of more than 240 million US dollars worldwide. It is unbelievable.

240 million U.S. dollars, equivalent to 2 billion yuan!

In comparison, as a leader in the domestic industry, Vanke's revenue in 1999 was only 2.8 billion yuan and its net profit was 230 million yuan.

Perhaps the revenue is higher than that of a Mount Everest, but the profit, I have known the commercial operation rules of Hollywood movies in advance, and only in the stage of theater distribution, the net profit of this project is more than 80 million US dollars, which is equivalent to nearly 700 million yuan.

It's a money grab.

Therefore, Mr. Wang came here this time, in addition to his status as the leading actor of Mount Everest, he also had the idea of ​​investigation.

Although Vanke is a first-tier real estate giant in China, its diversified operations in recent years have been relatively successful. In this case, there is nothing wrong with adding a film and television entertainment. After all, whether it is Zhang Guoshi's previous hero, or Mr. Wang's own participation in Mount Everest, it is really too profitable.

Of course, Mr. Wang is not overheated. After some research, he also understands that this field is not something he can play casually. The success of Heroes and Mount Everest, as well as the current scenery of the brocade book department in China, are obviously all related to Daenerys Entertainment. Even behemoths like the Westeros system are behind the scenes.

If Vanke can't find the right way to go, and sees Mount Everest making money, it rushes in with banknotes, and it doesn't know how it will end if it loses its money.

In any case, standing on the warm Oscar red carpet, feeling

Affected by the hustle and bustle of the world's top film festival, Mr. Wang still felt that the trip was worthwhile.

After walking the long red carpet, and socializing with Zhang Guoshi, everyone soon entered the Holy Citizen Auditorium.

At 5:30 p.m., the awards ceremony began on time.

Coincidentally, the Mount Everest crew and the Lord of the Rings crew were arranged together. After all, for this awards ceremony, both can only be regarded as marginal. Fortunately, the location is not bad, the left row is at the front, not as good as the front row Those big names in the center are much better than the soy sauce guests behind who can't even be seen by the camera, and it happens to be convenient for Zhang Guoshi to continue chatting with Jackson occasionally.

This year's host is still Billy Crystal.

As usual, the opening was a series of nominated films, and the focus was on Chicago, which won 14 nominations. Mount Everest was also mentioned. At that time, the camera was still sweeping over, and Zhang Guoshi responded calmly, which made Mr. Wang a little nervous and sat upright.

This is not the first time for Zhang Guoshi to attend the Oscars, so he gradually understands that compared to the general seriousness and even rigidity of the award ceremonies of major European film festivals, the atmosphere of the Oscars is quite relaxed. matter.

Besides, until now, Zhang Guoshi still feels a little weird.

The main reason is that this time, he not only attended an awards ceremony as a rare producer, but also a documentary.

No matter how you look at it, it's a bit unorthodox.

Having said that, since the success of the hero, there have been voices in the industry about his degeneration from time to time in the past two years. He has become more and more commercialized and less down-to-earth, blah blah blah. Zhang Guoshi still had some mental burden at the beginning, but he gradually got used to it now.

What happened to commercialization?

Some people want to commercialize it, and it costs 100 million yuan to make a film, isn't that the case?

If you want to be commercialized, you have to have that ability, right?

What's more, the cooperation with Hollywood several times in a row, just one, the money is really enough.

Not to mention other things, this time on Mount Everest, although Zhang Guoshi was busy, he still felt that he hadn’t done much, so he only received a symbolic producer salary of 100,000 US dollars at the beginning, and then the film sold well. At the very beginning, Jinshu said that there would be follow-up dividends, and Zhang Guoshi didn't expect too much. Unexpectedly, some time ago, the additional dividends arrived in the account, which was a full 3 million US dollars, equivalent to 25 million yuan.

Even though it is known that all parties involved in the cooperation will make a lot of money with this project, which is estimated to be at the level of hundreds of millions of dollars in profits, it is still very surprising that he can get 3 million dollars from him.

You know, the original agreement didn’t have any profit-sharing clauses. Zhang Guoshi himself knows that in this circle, there are actually very few people who can make money in this type of documentary, even Daenerys, who is very good at making and distributing documentaries. Might be too exceptional.

It is only natural for others to take the greatest risk and exert the greatest effort to take away most of the profits. Even if the project is a big hit, theoretically, it is reasonable and reasonable not to give a penny of dividends here. Even if extra red envelopes are given, Zhang Guoshi thinks that it is enough to have a few million yuan. 25 million RMB.

To be honest, because the Jinshu Department has stepped up efforts to train newcomers in recent years, such as the group that emerged last year, Zhang Guoshi also felt a sense of crisis. He even considered whether he would leave in the future if Jin Shu was too partial. After all, after the success of Hero, the number of people who extended an olive branch to him, whether it was Hollywood or domestic film companies, large and small, was beyond count.

This time the Mount Everest dividend incident made Zhang Guoshi completely settled down, as long as others don't dislike him, he will be nailed to this family in the future.

Inside the Holy Citizen Auditorium.

Seeing that the award ceremony started less than an hour ago, this year's hot Chicago had already won three statuettes, and Zhang Guoshi, the Everest crew, became more and more sure of a certain result. Immediately, it is inevitable to regret again. If the hero of last time was not Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon the previous year, he should have easily won the Best Foreign Language Film Award that time.

such a pity.

Afterwards, when the singing of summer flowers sounded on the stage of the auditorium, whether it was Zhang Guoshi or Mr. Wang, feeling the familiar language and melody, they couldn't help but let go of some concerns about gains and losses, leaving only an inexplicable pride.

This is the first Chinese song to enter the Oscar stage.

Moreover, as you all know, many audiences in Western countries really like this song so much that during the release of Mount Everest, Sheng Ruxia Hua once entered the top of the music charts in some Western countries, and the song also appeared in several other languages. Version.

The singers under Jinshu from China sang the song, and applause followed.

Then came the award for best documentary.

The first short film, frankly, no one paid attention to. Then, the feature film award, many people have skipped it directly in the past, but this time it cheered up the whole hall.

No way, Mount Everest is selling really well.

Success or failure is about heroes.

When Demi Moore and her husband Bruce Willis, who became popular again last summer with the heroine of The Matrix, opened the envelope together and read the name of Mount Everest.

Unlike the film awards that are subdivided into best director and best film, the best documentary feature film has two statuettes, one for the producer and one for the director. For this project, exactly one Chinese and one beautiful. The producer Xiao Jinren belongs to Zhang Guoshi, and the director Xiao Jinren belongs to the one sent by Daenerys

director.

The two got up on the Everest side, hugged and greeted other crew members one by one, and then went on stage.

Afterwards, they accepted the award, gave a speech, and temporarily went to the backstage. Frankly speaking, during the whole process, Zhang Guoshi was a little dazed, of course not because of excitement, after all, it was not the first time he won an award, but, more or less, there was still some, um, or shame.

His first Oscar statuette turned out to be because of a documentary, and he was also the producer. Even though this honor is full of gold, after all, the achievements of Mount Everest are there, but it still feels a little bit wrong as it was at the beginning.

Fortunately, after all, it is something to be happy about.

Entering the backstage, customizing the nameplate for the statuette, and accepting some interviews, Zhang Guoshi returned to the hall again, Mr. Wang and the others have been waiting for a long time, even if the awards ceremony is still going on, they can't help but take turns to take the statuette from Zhang Guoshi's hand , After some caressing, the euphemistic name is to be happy.

The dust of my concern has settled, and the Oscars have entered the second half, which is basically the Chicago stage.

Similarly, Chicago, whose domestic box office alone has exceeded 240 million US dollars, deserved its name this year, with 14 nominations. At the end, it won a total of awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, etc. There are 9 statuettes inside, three more than before.

Among them, the most worth mentioning is the best actress, which surprised everyone because the statuette fell into the hands of Madonna.

There are so many bad movies, the McQueen!

Well, in fact, Her Majesty Queen doesn’t have so many bad movies. For example, the new vulgar version shot by Simon as a cameo, for example, Mrs. Veron, who won the Golden Globe for Best Actress, etc. Queen McMahon has participated in many movies. There are few good movies, and the performances in them are also remarkable.

It's just that, because the public image is too loose, and even many characters are just like her, so that, whether it is in the film and television industry or outside fans, they subconsciously think that things like movie awards should have nothing to do with Madonna. As a result, this time, it turned out to be the best actress, and it was also the best actress in the Oscars, which really exceeded everyone's expectations.

However, here is the fact.

Even after looking back, it seems that Queen McGregor's performance in Chicago is definitely very good. She also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Double Yolk Egg with Catherine Zeta-Jones before, but, well, there are some Unbelievable.

What's more, McQueen also squeezed out Catherine Zeta-Jones, who also performed well this time.

After the Golden Globes, the two were also rarely nominated for two Best Actress nominations at the same time for the same film. When the nominations were announced, it triggered a lot of discussions in the media. , it seems that Queen Mai is slightly better, because in addition to movie fans, Queen Mai also has a large group of fans.

All right

In any case, the awards ceremony is not over yet, and the real-time Internet media platforms are already full of excitement. As the 72nd Oscars ended perfectly with a high ratings data of 47 million average viewers, it is conceivable that in the next few days, the media What a lively discussion there will be around this.

Madonna actually won the Oscar for Best Actress!

How does that sentence say, a dog bites a man is not news, just like Chicago has naturally become the big winner of the Oscars this time, but, man bites a dog, anyway, at least, compared to the previous win with Shakespeare's love story, it is almost recognized as the best Gwyneth Paltrow, Madonna, who holds the title of queen of water, is at least half and half this time, not one-sided, and the gold content is still enough.

It's just a pity for Catherine Zeta-Jones, who is also a super beauty. .

In any case, with this hot media discussion, it is not difficult to predict that Chicago's global box office will usher in another small climax next. Frankly speaking, this is actually one of the reasons why Madonna won the award.