468 The director of 'Three Kingdoms Red Cliff' and who played Cao Cao
After the awards for Best Actor and Best Actress were awarded, the last two awards were also awarded, and they were won by Du Qifeng and were also included in the bag.
8 nominations were received, and 6 were finally won.
Sun Honglei lost to one of his own. Strictly speaking, he only lost this relatively unpopular award. It can be said to be a great success at this year's Academy Awards.
The next day, Cao Xuan and Mr. Zhou were awarded gold statues as Best Actor and Best Actress, which also made headlines in many entertainment pages.
It is the first time that mainland actors have won both Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the Academy Awards.
However, before that, there was a time when mainland actors won the Golden Horse Awards, namely Liu Huohua and Qin Hailu in 2001. The two were not only mainland actors, but also classmates.
But Liu and Qin were hardly famous at that time, and many people only knew about such a movie after they won the award.
Apart from being mainland actors and classmates, the two of them have almost no gimmicks that can be used by the media for publicity.
However, Cao Xuan and Zhou Gongzi are different. An international superstar, a four-star actress, undoubtedly top-notch, the media is clamoring for coverage.
Among them, the Hong Kong media has many styles of painting, and some have broken the defense, angrily complaining that the Hong Kong Film Awards have no spine, are rubbish awards, and should be closed down.
Some people feel that the Hong Kong film industry is in decline. Counting last year's International Awards and three of the Academy Awards in the past two years, two pairs of best actors and actresses were won by mainland actors.
However, some people feel that it is well-deserved, and that it just proves the fairness of the Hong Kong Film Awards, and they also advocate for greater openness, so that the Hong Kong Film Awards can transform from the regional Hong Kong Film Awards into the Chinese Film Awards.
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The three parties were quarreling with each other, and there were other opinions. In short, it was a mess. It is said that the war of words lasted for two weeks before it slowly subsided.
Compared with the chaos in the Hong Kong media, the media in the mainland and Taiwan are relatively unified and start blowing the news directly.
Because of Cao Xuan's popularity, Asian media also gave Cao Xuan a considerable amount of news space for Cao Xuan's award as Best Actor, and even European and American media reported on it.
The United States put the photo of Cao Xuan holding the trophy on the front page and commented directly.
"This Chinese is not only a top musician, but also an excellent actor. If Hollywood film company bosses don't act quickly, maybe he will be the next Bruce Lee and Jack Cheng..."
I don’t know if the Hollywood bosses are tempted, but Cao Xuan’s win as Best Actor this time has caused quite a stir in the country.
With the rise of the Internet in the past two years, the three gold medals for Chinese-language films have become more and more known to many fans and moviegoers. Naturally, they also understand the weight of the two gold medals.
Basically, those who can achieve two of them are top actors in the industry, and even many top actors do not have this achievement.
Moreover, due to geographical restrictions, it is difficult for Hong Kong and Taiwan actors to win the Golden Rooster, and it is difficult for mainland actors to win the Golden Statue, especially male actors.
Therefore, mainland actors often can collect all the Golden Horses and Golden Roosters, but cannot win the Golden Statue. Hong Kong and Taiwan actors have won several Golden Horses and Golden Roosters, but it is difficult to be nominated for the Golden Rooster.
So far, only Cheng Long last year and Cao Xuan this year have both overcome this hellish difficulty.
Cheng Long is still short of a gold statue, and Cao Xuan is still short of a golden horse. Considering the current situation, resources and connections of the two people, the advantage of collecting the Grand Slam is still huge.
Apart from other things, Cao Xuan has won the Golden Horse Award at the end of the year and two movies may also be released in the summer, so the chance of success is not small.
It was only then that many people looked away from Cao Xuan's crazy achievements in the music world and discovered that Cao Xuan's film and television achievements had already reached this level of glory.
The only reason is that Cao Xuan's career as a singer was so successful that it overshadowed all his other achievements.
Although everyone has watched many of his movies and TV series and is deeply impressed by his roles, when it comes to Cao Xuan, the first subconscious impression is that of a singer.
As the saying goes, success depends on Xiao He, and failure depends on Xiao He. I am afraid that the title of Best Actor Cao will never surpass Cao Tianwang in this life.
Unless Cao Xuan wins an Oscar, the chance of this happening is too small, not even one in 10,000,000.
There are many things to consider when it comes to the Grammys, but the Oscars are entirely decided by the American Film Institute.
Not to mention the Oscar winner slapping the host, even if the Oscar ceremony was bombed directly, it would be easier to achieve than Cao Xuan winning the Oscar...
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Mr. Zhou, who had just returned to the set, was surrounded by a large number of waiting reporters.
"Congratulations on winning the Best Actress award. Do you have any thoughts? Share it with everyone."
"After you won the award, did you tell your boyfriend about the good news? We saw that Daqi forwarded the news of your award on his blog."
"There are reports that you and Cao Xuan returned to Beijing on a plane. Why didn't you see him coming to the set?"
"..."
More than a dozen questions were thrown at him, half of them were asking Cao Xuan, which shows the true purpose of this group of media.
Mr. Zhou also has a temper. He answered other questions first and then finished everything, which made the media angry and then expressed his calmness.
"He still had something to do in the company, so we separated at the airport. As for when he will join the group, I don't know."
The media wanted to ask more questions, but Mr. Zhou stopped answering. The assistant and the security personnel of the production crew came over immediately and fished the person out.
Mr. Zhou strolled to the dressing room, and Hu Jing, who had white hair, ran over and hugged her gently, saying congratulations.
"Congratulations to Queen Zhou for being crowned Best Actress."
"I'm glad that the actor in your family deserves one-third of your credit."
"You're asking for a beating, right?"
Hu Jing gave Mr. Zhou a blow. The two of them had known each other since filming, and had known each other since they were young. They were truly old friends and had kept in touch over the years. Although they were not the closest, they had always been very good.
Therefore, Mr. Zhou is also one of the few artists who dares to joke about "three stays and three flights" to his face. If it were anyone else, he would not have thought about another project in Fan Xingxing without considering a career change.
"By the way, what kind of script meeting does your family go to? I won't tell you if I ask."
Hu Jing glanced at the door and whispered: "Actually, the wind should blow out after a while. Next year Fanxing and China Film are preparing to make a big production, and he will go to a meeting."
"How big is a big production? 200 million or 300 million yuan?"
"300 million is just the bottom line!"
Mr. Zhou was stunned. At present, those with the highest investment in domestic films are those with Lao Mouzi, both of which are around 300 million.
With a base price of 300 million, no matter how much it goes up, it is a rare super-large production in the Chinese film industry.
Even though Mr. Zhou knew that he had just won it and would no longer be able to outdo all the other actresses to get an important role, he still couldn't help but feel excited.
"What's the theme and script?"
Mr. Zhou is going to gather some information and be somewhat prepared, just in case there is a chance.
Hu Jing didn't care about her little thoughts. Anyway, she had already determined that she would not be an important heroine in it. She even estimated that Fanxing and the others had gotten the news and didn't mind giving Mr. Zhou a hint.
"Three Kingdoms, Battle of Chibi."
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"The Battle of Chibi in the Three Kingdoms is a plot familiar to countless audiences. The drama and grand scenes are very charming, and a large number of popular characters appear..."
In the conference room of Fanxing Building, Vice President Ding Ying skillfully used the ppt on the large screen in the conference room to explain the plan to Cao Xuan and relevant leaders and persons in charge.
This tentatively titled movie was prepared as early as the end of last year with the approval of Han Sanye and Cao Xuan, and received strong support from the leaders of a certain bureau and even the publicity department.
Apart from other things, the relevant leaders directly helped solve the problem of using troops to help with the filming. Within the two groups, the crew could directly negotiate and contact each other.
With the strong support of their leaders, Cao Xuan and Han Sanye were more open-minded.
Draft the upper and lower parts.
The main character in the upper part is Zhuge Liang. Filming started when he retreated from Xinye. Famous scenes such as riding the savior alone in Changbanpo and breaking the Dangyang Bridge are also included. Then, he joins forces with Sun Yat-sen to fight against Cao Cao, fights with Confucian scholars, borrows arrows from a straw boat, and finally officially
Welcome to the Battle of Chibi.
The protagonists of the second part are Zhou Yu, Jiang Qian stealing books, plotting to kill Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, bitter plot and Huang Gai singing and plotting to deceive the iron armor, and finally burning Chibi, Cao Cao's army was wiped out while talking and laughing.
To write the script, Cao Xuan hired a luxurious team of screenwriters.
The author Chen Shou, the author Sima Guang, and the author Luo Guanzhong are writers related to the history of the Three Kingdoms.
However, these positions are no longer there, and the screenwriters who are actually alive and participating in the creation of the script are the latter few.
The two major screenwriters of the 1994 version are Du Jiafu and Zhu Xiaoguang.
Well-known historical screenwriter and screenwriter Liu Heping.
Screenwriter Lu Wei is also among them.
It is worth mentioning that Lu Wei is also one of the screenwriters of The Original Time and Space, but according to him, his script has long been abandoned by Wu Baige, and a large part of the final product was not written by him.
As for the reason why it was abandoned, Lu Wei himself wanted to explore the pressure and inner feelings of Soochow soldiers such as Zhou Yu during the war and the situation at that time. The theme was to fight for faith and independence without fear of rape.
Wu Baige, on the other hand, advocated wholeheartedly and paid special attention to Xiao Qiao's role.
Not only did Mengmeng stand up, but in the end, Xiao Qiao was asked to lurk around Cao Cao as an undercover agent. From the two major power groups fighting for hegemony in the world, he became a gang boss trying to steal his son...
Basically, it is mainly composed by the above-mentioned screenwriters.
The two people in the 1994 version were more of consultants and did not participate much in the creation. They were mainly responsible for checking.
The ones who really control the movie script are Liu Heping and Lu Wei. Liu Heping is ranked first and is responsible for shaping the machinations and historical depth. Lu Wei is ranked second and is responsible for exploring the heart and brilliance of the characters within the framework of the historical plot.
In addition, there are four on-the-job screenwriters from Fanxing to provide assistance. They are all experts from Fanxing's script creation center. They have all independently been responsible for a certain project and have good abilities and experience.
There is nothing to say about the abilities of Liu Heping and Lu Wei, but one of them has a background in historical evidence, the other is in literary and artistic films, and both are major commercial productions.
Cao Xuan was afraid that if these two people took action, the script would be too dark or literary, so he added four screenwriters and screenwriters.
These have all participated in successful commercial film and television projects, and have their own sense and sensitivity of the current film and television market, and can greatly balance Liu and Lu to prevent them from letting themselves go.
The screenwriting team has now started writing, and filming will not start until next year. There is plenty of time to polish it, and Cao Xuan and others are not in a hurry.
On the contrary, the choice of director is the top priority now.
The director has to personally control many aspects of the script direction, preliminary preparations, and casting and location selection. Not to mention that such a large project has a long cycle and heavy tasks, and it is even more important to select it as soon as possible to avoid delays.
Today is said to be a script meeting, but in fact it is more about discussing the director selection. In comparison, other things are minor issues.
"How is Brother Chen Kai?"
An executive from China Film Group put forward his idea, and the scene was completely silent. Many people looked at him like a fool without concealing it.
Although many people still thought it was just an accident, Director Chen was eventually pulled down from the altar.
Moreover, the tragic example is before our eyes. It has not been half a year yet, and Mr. Han has a headache just thinking about him. How could he entrust such a big project to his hands again?
Not to mention Cao Xuan, even if he was the director himself, there was no way he would let Director Chen waste his money.
"Where is Wu Baige? Recently I heard that he has the idea of returning to China for development."
"He has never been involved in any historical-themed movies, and he has also failed in large-scale productions. I am not optimistic about him."
Cao Xuan directly expressed his opposition. Wu Baige's reputation is still quite high now. He broke into Hollywood in the late 1990s and even won the 2000 global box office championship.
Judging from the commercial box office resume alone, he is the representative of Chinese directors. The famous Li Eucalyptus was also ranked behind him before he won the Oscar.
Because of this, as soon as The Time and Space Wu Baige returned to China, he immediately received strong support from China Film Group Corporation, which invested hundreds of millions in investment and filming.
But now that Cao Xuan is there, at least Wu Baige can't fool Fanxing.
In order to prevent anyone from having any luck, Cao Xuan directly pointed out the classic record of this man who once worked in Hollywood.
Almost bankrupted Hollywood giant MGM!
In 2002, MGM, which was already in a difficult period, took a big gamble and invested US$120 million, the largest investment in the company's history, to allow Wu Baige to film.
As a result, the box office in the three weeks after its release was about 30 million U.S. dollars. MGM's pants were gone, and the top management directly took the blame and resigned, making the already difficult situation even worse.
One thing to say is that MGM’s affairs are very complicated and we cannot blame all the reasons on Wu Baige.
However, it was an indisputable fact that it failed miserably at the box office and dealt a heavy blow to the precarious MGM.
It is also because of this that Wu Baige, who originally developed smoothly in Hollywood, never got a project in Hollywood. He only served as a producer and producer for some projects, and later returned to China to develop.
Even if China Film and others may know some inside story about this famous halo filter, they subconsciously ignore it or take a chance.
Cao Xuan knew this person's development and could understand the other person's weight better, so he didn't care about the so-called "famous guide halo".
Fanxing is the main controller of the project, and Cao Xuan strongly opposed it, so Wu Baige would definitely not be selected. Some supporters were a little regretful and moved out another one.
"How about Li Yu? He just won the Oscar for Best Director."
Cao Xuan was speechless. He could see that this group of people indeed had a strong "inferiority" mentality. Anyone who could achieve great achievements abroad would receive special points.
Although Cao Xuan himself benefited a lot from this, he did not like this trend.
"Director Li Eucalyptus makes a literary film, so you give him several hundred million to test the waters and transform into a business."
"So what if you try."
A senior executive from China Film Group muttered something in a low voice. Cao Xuan frowned, put down the pen in his hand, looked at Mr. Han, and spoke in a low voice.
"Han understand, don't blame me for speaking harshly. Fanxing invested 50% of this project, and I earned it every penny. I have to be responsible for my own money and the money of all investors."
Since it’s a commercial project, it’s just trying to get good reviews and crowds, and it doesn’t make any money, so there’s no need for us to hold meetings here. This is not a performance project.”
These words were very rude, and several senior executives of China Film were a little unhappy, but Mr. Han did not express any reaction.
He knew that what Cao Xuan said was right. Many people in the outside world had begun to criticize him, just because he was throwing away a lot of money and making one blockbuster after another, but his reputation was poor.
Although the blockbuster strategy has brought positive effects to the film market, the negative effects are also obvious.
Because of this, Mr. Han chose to deepen his cooperation with Fanxing to create high-quality films and set industry benchmarks.
In this case, Cao Xuan complained about a few minor issues and cooperated in the meeting, how could there be no quarrels.
When he was snatching the investment share, he banged the table in Cao Xuan's office and uttered several curse words in his hometown dialect.
Master Han signaled everyone to calm down, and then asked: "Wu Baige and Li Yu are not suitable, who does Mr. Cao think is suitable?"
"To be honest, I haven't thought about it either."
Cao Xuan pondered for a moment and added: "But I personally feel that directors from Hong Kong, Taiwan and abroad are not good at filming historical subjects. Many of them have no concept of ancient history at all. If they force the filming, it will probably make a joke.
So even if Director Xu is a contracted director of our company, I never thought about letting him film Three Kingdoms."
"If Hong Kong, Taiwan and foreign countries are not good, then there are mainland directors. The ones who are more capable now are Xiaogang and Yi. Do you prefer them two?"
Cao Xuan hesitated for a moment: "I personally prefer Director Zhang, provided he doesn't touch the script."
This sentence made many people laugh at the scene. Lao Mouzi's visuals, scheduling and other directorial abilities cannot be said, but the story has always been a flaw and has become a joke.
Cao Xuan's proposal also caused many people to think. To be honest, Lao Mouzi is indeed one of the most suitable candidates to some extent.
Hong Kong, Taiwan and foreign directors are not suitable. Director Chen passed. Feng Xiaogang had almost never shot any big-scene movies before, so he is not as trustworthy as Lao Mouzi in this regard.
If Lao Mouzi is not good enough and few new directors can hold on, then we will have to look to the third or fourth generation of veteran directors.
However, many people have not held a guide tube for many years, so whether they can shoot well is a problem. To put it bluntly, the film and television works they produced at their peak are completely different from the current film and television shooting structure.
Instead of taking a gamble with an old director, it would be better to take a gamble from Lao Mouzi and Feng Xiaogang.
"Ask Director Zhang. Boss Zhang of the new picture won't have any ideas."
"Count him a share, specifically based on capital investment."
Cao Xuan didn't take the difficult boss Zhang seriously. The control of the movie must belong to Fanxing. He cooperated with Lao Mouzi and invested money according to the rules. He would definitely have a share in the project, but if he followed it and caused trouble,
Fanxing and China Film are not vegetarians either.
If Mr. Han is sitting on a mountain, Cao Xuan can also be Cao's boss, but his boss Zhang is definitely not trying to kill a tiger...
"I'm not worried about Boss Zhang."
Mr. Han muttered: "The main reason is that Yi is now the chief director of the Beijing Olympic Games. Does he have time to make movies?"
Cao Xuan scratched his head. He almost forgot about it. At the beginning of this year, the Beijing Olympic Games Organizing Committee officially invited bids for the position of chief director.
Many directors participated in the bidding, and Director Chen also staged a famous scene where he shocked the entire organizing committee with the sentence "Suddenly it was said that Ji Bei was coming from outside the sword, and my clothes were filled with tears when I heard it for the first time." Then, not surprisingly, he was eliminated in the first round.
After a competition, Lao Mouzi was still selected. However, because of his poor performance in the 8 minutes of the Athens Olympics, many people were not optimistic about him and even gave him the name Lao Mouzi as a sign of ridicule.
Cao Xuan didn't care about Lao Mouzi's situation, but in this case, he doubted that he really had time to take pictures.
"I'll talk to Director Zhang later, and also prepare for the contact with Director Feng's team."
Feng Xiaogang is not good at history, but he is not bad at shooting big scenes, and other related plots are remarkable. If Lao Mouzi cannot win, he can only settle for the next best thing.
Of course, Cao Xuan is not necessarily committed to these two. At the same time, there are also some alternatives from other directors for further comprehensive comparison.
The rest was mainly to discuss investment shares. Fanxing took 50%, China Film took 30%, and the remaining 20% was given to various film and television companies.
Because of Fanxing’s good performance in the past, and because this time it was a super-large production, led by Fanxing and China Film Group, the project received frantic grabs from the outside world, and everyone refused to give in on their investment share.
Cao Xuan originally wanted to receive dividends, but investors such as China Film and Television would rather agree to give Cao Xuan a total of 140 million yuan in salary for the first and second films based on the market price, rather than take any further dividends as salary.
China Film and Fanxing are discussing how to divide the 20% this time. Each company has its own "relatives and friends". There are more wolves and less meat.
The bulk of the money had already been divided up before. Han Sanye and Cao Xuan did not participate in the debate. Han Sanye, who was still worried about the director, thought of another candidate.
"What do you think about letting Jiang Wen take the photo?"
"Jiang Wen?"
Cao Xuan quickly shook his head. This person's style was too unique. He was afraid that Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu would be filmed eating dumplings to complain about Cao Cao, and then kill Meng De together with knives in hand.
However, when Cao Xuan thought of Jiang Wen, his original decision suddenly became a little shaken.
"Dr. Han, Mr. Bao will definitely have no problem playing Cao Cao, but there will be a lack of surprises. What do you think of Jiang Wen playing the role of Cao Cao?"
"Jiang Wen, Cao Cao."
Mr. Han's eyes lit up: "It's a bit interesting."
He was moved, but Cao Xuan hesitated. This guy was too jumpy, and he was worried that ordinary directors would not be able to hold him down. He was also worried that Cao Cao would "change his taste", which would skew the style of the entire movie.
"Let's discuss it later. Let's confirm the director first."
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