Jiang Yan also communicated with Warner about the Grammy nomination. He just wanted to know if the award was a sure thing.
In fact, it doesn't matter to him whether he wins the award or not, but he has already been nominated, so he has to take action.
Warner also gave an accurate reply. Not to mention other awards, more than 70% of the Grammy Award for "Best New Artist" belongs to Jiang Yan, and the rest is still in public relations.
In fact, the results of Jiang Yan's "joey" this time are very impressive. It is no joke to be close to 11 platinum. If he were an American singer, he would have won three music awards in the United States and Laos.
However, due to nationality and race, Jiang Yan was even slightly suppressed on the Billboard charts. An album plus a single, a total of four songs, the second and second, never took the first place, let alone the music.
The award has just written discrimination on my forehead.
Even with Warner's help, the difficulty is not small.
Originally, Jiang Yan was expected to be nominated for the "Billboard Awards" and "American Music Awards." Later, Warner took the initiative to help Jiang Yan give up, exchanged some resources, and then devoted its efforts to the Grammy.
Jiang Yan agrees with this. Although the two above-mentioned awards are as famous as the Grammy's among the three major music awards in the United States, their influence is obviously inferior to the Grammy's.
It's okay in the United States, but it's much worse around the world.
Although Jiang Yan does not regard these two awards as nothing, when he has to make a choice, Jiang Yan will definitely give priority to the best Grammy.
In addition, although Jiang Yan does not pay much attention to music, winning several Grammy awards has significantly improved Jiang Yan's status in the world music scene, especially in Asia and China, where he can almost be regarded as a god.
But the influence of the other two awards obviously cannot achieve this, so even if Warner doesn't make a choice, Jiang Yan will take the initiative to request all-out publicity for the Grammys.
If he wins the four major categories of Best New Artist, he will also win Best Single of the Year or one of Best Rock Male Singer and Best Pop Male Singer.
Jiang Yan's current title of "international superstar" is truly solidified.
Of course, it doesn't matter if he doesn't get it, he doesn't care too much, and when he is happy one day, Jiang Yan won't mind killing the list a few more times.
Can the Chinese language list be slaughtered, but the European and American charts cannot be slaughtered?
In addition to causing a sensation, Jiang Yan's Grammy nomination also happened at a very clever time.
The 25th happens to be the premiere of "Nashan" in Beijing.
So the premiere, which originally attracted a lot of attention, now has an overwhelming amount of attention.
At 6 o'clock in the evening, nearly 800 people squeezed into the screening room that could only accommodate 500 people. In fact, Jiang Yan originally wanted to switch to the Great Hall for the show, but he was too late, so he had to make do.
Among the 800 people, most of the extra people are media.
There are some inside and outside, some with yellow-skinned faces, listen carefully to what they say, there are also a few neon media among them.
Therefore, the influence of Grammy cannot be underestimated.
Looking at this fiery scene, Jiang Yan felt that he should be able to defeat the neon publisher in one fell swoop this time.
In this era, the film market is in the so-called period of "the rise of blockbusters and the rise of comedy." The original "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog" had no stars, no big scenes, no sense of historical vicissitudes, and four could not make people laugh.
Not favored by publishers at all.
Now that Jiang Yan is here, it won't be a problem for "Nashan" to at least make a return on its domestic release, and it may even become a hit.
As for a big hit, I can't count on it. As I said before, this is a literary film. There are no big scenes or exciting plots. It is unlikely that it will be a big hit in this era.
But Neon is different. The film "Original Time and Space" became a big hit in Neon.
What do other professional film critics say?
"This is a very simple film. People not only appreciate the beautiful green scenery of the southern countryside, but also appreciate the long-lost father-son relationship in Neon, which is what Japan lacks most."
Not only that, this film also has a huge social impact.
After "The Original Time and Space" was released on Neon, due to the movie's popularity among the audience, under the promotion of the movie, the Japanese version of Peng Jianming's collection "Nashan, That Man, That Dog", including the original work and six other short stories, was released in Japan with nearly 140,000 copies.
Many Neon people who had watched the film began to learn Chinese, and film civil society groups in the Kansai region of Japan requested discussions with the crew. As of October 2001, this book had been reprinted five times.
Some government agencies and individual political parties in Neon required their employees to watch the film as an educational film, and a poster of the film was even posted on the wall outside the studio of the Postal Service Department.
So Jiang Yan will naturally not give up the neon market.
Because of this, he contacted the Neon Man who released "Nashan" from the original time and space gang in advance.
Soon the premiere started, and Jiang Yan came on stage to deafening applause and cheers.
King of Asia, Best Screenwriter at the Academy Awards, Light of the Chinese, Conducting Artist, and now a new Grammy nominee.
In addition, Jiang Yan himself is handsome and low-key, and rarely appears on the show except at certain times.
Now that his first starring movie has been released, it has naturally attracted a large number of fans and fans to come and support him.
Soon the question-and-answer session of the premiere began.
In addition to regular questions, Jiang Yan also specially answered several questions in Japanese with several Neon reporters.
"This is a literary film. I don't ask for much box office, just word of mouth."
When the Neon female reporter heard Jiang Yan answering her in Japanese, she was stunned on the spot, and then she covered her mouth in surprise.
After waiting for a while, she replied in Japanese: "Jiang Sang, you speak Japanese so well, I can't hear your Chinese accent at all."
"Of course, my language talent is pretty good. I currently know English, Japanese, and French. I may learn Russian and German in the future."
Jiang Yan took the opportunity to do some marketing, and after speaking, he gave the female reporter a charming smile.
The Neon female reporter was so shocked by the electric eye that her legs weakened on the spot. It took a while before she continued to ask: "Jiang Sang, will you go to Neon? Neon has many fans of yours, and they have been looking forward to it for a long time.
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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Going to Neon? I think I will definitely go next year. I am already preparing this plan. I am also preparing a few Japanese songs for this." Jiang Yan laughed.
He said.
"It's true, Jiang Sang's songs must be very nice." The female reporter completely forgot that she was a reporter.
After Jiang Yan expressed his gratitude, he turned to deal with other problems.
He risked his life for the neon market.
Neon is not big, but the film industry is more developed than the current domestic one. It is currently the largest ticket warehouse for Hollywood movies in Asia. And Jiang Yan is not only Hong Kong and domestic movies, he also has Hollywood movies, so it is important to maintain a good relationship with Neon.
Of strategic significance.
But Jiang Yan naturally wouldn't use licking to build a good relationship.
As the King of Asia, the great Jiang Sang, naturally wants to be licked by neon fans...ahem...
In short, this is the situation.
Neon always kowtows to the strong, and if Jiang Yan wants to go to Neon, he will naturally come in the form of an empire-destroying dragon.
After the half-hour question-and-answer session, Jiang Yan, Teng Rujun and other main creators returned to their seats and waited for the movie to start.
The reporters and the audience once again refreshed their understanding of Jiang Yan.
Jiang Yan is not only handsome, low-key, and artistically talented, but his foreign language skills are really good.
According to the fallen Neon reporter, Jiang Yan’s Japanese no longer has an accent.
And the same goes for English.
So this is really "Jiang Shen"!
It’s really hard to get into Oscars and Grammys without a few skills.
Everyone wrote down this easter egg in their notebooks, and then began to wait for the movie to start.
They can't wait to see what kind of movie Jiang Yan calls "suitable to calm down and watch slowly".
In the first row, Jiang Yan was whispering this to a neon man sitting next to him.
This neon man is Kazuo Fukasawa, who was responsible for the release of "The Mountain" in the original time and space.
In the original time and space, the domestic distribution of "The Mountain" encountered obstacles. Only one copy was sold nationwide, and the box office was almost zero.
Neon senior distributor Kazuo Fukasawa accidentally saw the film and approached director Huo Jianqi, expressing his willingness to do Neon's distribution work for the film.
Kazuo Fukasawa once served as the general manager of Toho Towa and also worked as a screenwriter for animated films. Famous directors such as Yamamoto Eiichi and Takahata Isao have collaborated with him.
He has a strong interest in Chinese culture and has devoted himself to cultural exchanges between China and Japan for many years. He has a unique vision in the field of film and television drama distribution. It was he who introduced the 1986 version of "Liao Zhai" to Neon.
After purchasing the neon distribution rights, Kazuo Fukasawa immediately teamed up with Iwanami Cinema, "Xunbao", and Toho Towa to jointly operate and distribute, and the neon trip of "Nayama That Man That Dog" happened in an unusual way.
It unfolded under careful arrangements.
At this point, the 480,000 yuan received from selling the domestic TV broadcasting rights to the movie channel, plus the US$80,000 sold outright to the Japanese side, is the total income of the producer from this movie.
At this time, no one would have thought that this "no one wanted to see" movie in China would have sold 800 million yen at the Neon box office.
This also has a lot to do with the serious, careful and professional quality of Neon's publishers.
They collected all the information about "The Mountain That Man That Dog", including the relevant information of the main creative staff, and even the birthday of a supporting character was not missed. In order to cooperate with the publicity, "Xun Bao" specially printed a beautiful promotional brochure, which is
Introduced the background of the film's creation and the human geography knowledge of the Xiangxi Hunan region where it was filmed.
Iwanami Cinema also bought the copyright of six short stories from the original author Peng Jianming, and released a Japanese version of Peng Jianming's collection together with "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog".
After nearly a year of publicity, "The Mountain" was a hit at the box office after its release, and soon broke the overseas box office record for domestic films such as Lao Mouzi's "My Father and Mother".
And Jiang Yan fell in love with Kazuo Fukasawa. In addition to his careful and conscientious way of working, he also wanted to cooperate in depth.
Because he definitely wants to shoot a movie in Neon, it will definitely be much more convenient to have a local in-depth partner.
Of course, Warner also has related channels in Neon, but they mainly make music. In terms of movies, they are currently not even getting along with the old and American companies, so finding more partners will obviously give you more freedom. There is no need to rely on Warner all the time.
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For now, one of the first steps to get Kazuo Fukasawa is Jiang Yan's popularity.
This has actually been resolved. Even if there is no Grammy nomination, Kazuo Fukasawa knows that Jiang Yan is very popular, otherwise he would not come here.