Chapter 464: Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Han Beibei said with hatred: "How old are you, why are you still afraid of her? Can you still give me a little hope?"
Maybe this is the world in the eyes of children. They think that when they grow up, they can be free from any restrictions, without strict teachers and nagging parents. However, when they grow up, they have to face this cruel society alone. Before they can
Appreciating the beauty of this world, I have already hit the wall everywhere and suffered a bloody head.
Han Fei shook his head secretly. In his rebellious stage, he still couldn't listen to anything he told them, so he had to say: "Then you can stay at my place temporarily. I will ask dad to bring your clothes, but I have to agree on my own affairs in advance."
Do it yourself, but don’t treat me like a mother-in-law."
"Brother, I knew you were the best." The little girl danced excitedly.
Han Xiao was also troubled by the war between two women, one older and one younger. One was his wife and the other was his former lover. The palms and backs of his hands were full of flesh!
Hearing that his son wanted to take his daughter over to live with him for a while, Han Xiao naturally raised his hands to support him. Distance brings beauty. Maybe after a while, his daughter will figure out, is it better to stay at home?
Han Fei didn't know how Han Xiao came to do ideological work for Dong Jie, but thinking that Han Xiao could still stand under the shadow of Dong Jie's high-pressure policies for so many years, he must have two brushes.
This time, not only did I bring the little girl's clothes and toys, I also brought Doudou. This dog grew up with Han Beibei. He has entered old age and has no energy anymore. He keeps driving in the car.
Lie down and take a nap.
After getting off the car, the dog seemed to know this place, and seemed a little excited when he entered the yard. The little girl led him and trotted on his short legs. Han Fei and Han Xiao looked at each other and smiled.
The little girl has been coveting Han Fei's place for a long time. Now that she has moved in, she naturally sees how wonderful everything is and starts arranging her room with great interest.
After Han Xiao went back, before Han Fei could sit on the sofa to warm up, the little girl started complaining that she was hungry.
"Okay, grandma, I'll take you to have a big dinner and congratulate you on your move, okay?" Han Fei suddenly felt that he had made a wrong decision.
"Wow~~~It's so hot, spicy and fragrant, it's so delicious."
In the hot pot restaurant, the little girl was sweating profusely after eating, which made Han Fei amused: "Don't make it seem like mom is mistreating you. Mom's cooking skills are no worse than those in restaurants."
The little girl sighed: "Hey, mom's cooking is quite delicious, but she never uses chili peppers in her cooking, and the taste is very bland."
Han Fei shook his head: "That's the recipe I changed for you. My mother's cooking used to be spicy and salty."
The little girl was stunned for a few seconds and seemed to be a little touched, but then she immediately said: "Can you stop being so disappointing? On my first day of freedom, why do you always mention my mother? Can you still let me have a good meal?
Already?"
After leaving the hot pot restaurant, the little girl asked Han Fei to take her to the KTV. It was obvious that the little girl had completely let herself go today.
In the ktv, the little girl was singing and dancing. Not to mention, she was really singing and dancing and rapping. They played until ten o'clock in the evening, and then Han Fei dragged her back.
After Han Fei took a shower and was about to go to bed, the door was pushed open a small crack, and the little girl poked her head out of the crack.
"Brother, I can't sleep."
Helpless, Han Fei had no choice but to go to the little girl's room and keep watch over her until he was sure she fell asleep before going back to the room to rest. When he woke up, it was already eight o'clock in the morning.
Then, I had to send the little girl to school. If she was late, she would definitely be late. When she got to school, she was scolded by the teacher.
"Hey, it's really not easy to be a parent these days." Han Fei couldn't help but sigh while sitting in the office.
By chance, Li Yanan came in from outside and couldn't help laughing: "What's wrong? Are you sighing?"
After hearing what happened to Han Fei, Li Yanan laughed even more. For such a guy who was gloating about his misfortune, Han Fei could only give her a pair of big eyes.
"This is the information for all theaters currently. Are you sure you want to do this?" After the joke, Li Yanan said seriously.
Theater chains are an asset-heavy industry. In fact, every film and television company wants to control theater chain resources, but why are there not many film and television companies that actually do it? Even companies like Hua Yi, which started laying out theater chains very early,
Currently, it can’t be found in the top ten of mainland cinema rankings?
Investments in theater chains are slow to produce big results. If you want to achieve scale in a short period of time, there are only two options. The first is to spend money, and the second is to acquire. However, the mainland market is currently prosperous, and no matter what kind of expenses are spent, it will not be small.
"Now Feiniao Film and Television only lacks such an industrial chain to form a perfect closed loop. It must be done, but we have to wait for a suitable opportunity. Otherwise, not to mention the funds, the resistance from our peers will be enough for us.
Already."
This is what Han Fei is most worried about. In the past, Feiniao Film and Television has always played the role of content output in the industry, so even if it stole the limelight, his peers only acted behind the scenes and did not fight head-on.
Once Han Fei sets foot in the theater chain, it will be different. It is equivalent to pushing many previous cooperative theater chains from the position of partners to the position of competitors. If you want to resist the siege of these big guys, you can't just talk about it.
Li Yanan couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Han Fei still maintained his rationality. Before, she thought that Han Fei had become inflated due to the huge global success of several consecutive films.
In November, Han Fei went to the United States again, and this time, his goal was obvious, he was going for Oscar.
In fact, the preliminary publicity for "Heroes" to hit the Oscars has been going on for two months. This is a protracted battle. From the beginning to the awards ceremony in March next year, it will take at least eight months to reap the rewards.
In two months, Han Fei spent eight million U.S. dollars. If he didn't win an Oscar, the money would have been wasted. It was just a heartbeat. This is why the National Master has been trying to win an Oscar for so many years.
The important reason is that his partner Zhang Weiping has no money!
But even with Han Fei's wealth, he can't help but be frightened by Oscar's money-burning method. After all, the first two months can only be regarded as a warm-up, and the real hand-to-hand combat has not yet begun.
"Hey, buddy, you can call me Tony. I'm your Oscar public relations consultant." A white man greeted Han Fei warmly.
Of course, his enthusiasm was not because of friendliness, but because he saw the tempting beauty. Yes, as Chris said, the Chinese man in front of him was very generous, and he would do anything for the Oscar. He liked this.
The company does not have the courage to burn the boat, so it is better to withdraw from the Oscar competition as soon as possible, because this is a battlefield, no, it should be said to be more cruel than a battlefield.
"Hello." Han Fei took off his sunglasses and shook hands with the other party.
"I want to know what to do next?" Han Fei said straight to the point.
Tony shrugged: "It's actually very simple. First of all, I have to explain to you how we should please the Oscar judges. Yes, it means to please. This word may not sound pleasant to your ears, but this is the fact. These judges
They hold the statuette, and anyone who wants to stand on the Oscar podium and hold the statuette must please them."
This is also a vaccination that Tony gives Han Fei. He has already studied Han Fei. This Chinese with a "flashy personality" seems to be unfriendly to the United States. This will directly affect the rating of "Hero" in the eyes of the judges.
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Tony has been making amends with public opinion in the past two months, and the results are not bad. Of course, the premise is that Han Fei can no longer make remarks that are unfavorable to Oscar, otherwise his efforts will be in vain.
Han Fei nodded and motioned for Tony to continue.
Tony took a sip of coffee: "First of all, you need to understand the composition of these judges. Among the nearly 6,000 academy judges, only 14% are younger than 50 years old, and the average age of the rest is 62 years old. Nearly 94% of them
are white and 77% are male.”
"Most of these white and elderly judges are quite stubborn. They like politically correct literary and artistic films. This can actually be seen from the winning films in recent Oscars."
Han Fei nodded: "Yes, you are very professional, but obviously [Hero] does not have these two things."
Tony was speechless for a moment, but for the sake of making money and reputation, he still bit the bullet and said: "Yes, but this is not absolute. As long as the film is good enough, we can still win at the Oscars, but my suggestion is
, use all resources on one point and don’t spread them out. You have to understand that with [Hero]’s situation, it is impossible to expect multi-faceted flowers.”
Han Fei was hesitant for a while. It would be best if he could blossom more. He has been nominated for multiple Oscars. How domineering does that sound?
However, the reality is so cruel. Han Fei pondered for a long time before speaking: "Then what do you think we have the most hope for?"
"Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film!" Tony said in an extremely determined tone.
Han Fei was stunned for a moment. He originally thought Tony would talk about "technical awards such as best art." In fact, although these technical awards are also recognition of the crew, their influence is still too small in comparison. Han Fei
Of course he is dissatisfied.
However, the "Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film" award is important enough. The so-called Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film is actually equivalent to the Best Picture, but it only requires films from countries other than the United States to participate in the competition.
"Tell me your reasons." Han Fei became interested.
Tony was secretly happy. He knew that his plan had been approved by the Chinese boss, so he said: "It's actually very simple. The movie [Hero] conforms to the judges' consistent understanding of China, and it has a great visual impact."
Very strong, this will leave a deep impression on them, believe me, this is very important, and it is also the key to [the hero]'s victory!"
"Okay, I'll leave it to you." Han Fei stretched out his hand.
Tony was overjoyed and held Han Fei's hand and shook it a few times. In fact, every Oscar public relations is an opportunity and a challenge for PR companies like them. If there is no harvest this year, there will be others who will be taken advantage of tomorrow. Bah, yes.
Do customers come to them? Obviously not possible.
For Tony, the appearance of this "hero" is also his chance to become famous. Compared with helping an American film win an Oscar, it is nothing in the industry, but helping a Chinese film win an Oscar has a completely different meaning.
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Therefore, the day after Han Fei arrived in the United States, he made a high-profile announcement that "Hero" had applied for the "Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film".
Of course, this is not news in the United States. After all, a large number of foreign films come to the Oscars every year. Han Fei is not the first, nor will he be the last.
However, when the news spread to China, it instantly detonated the entire Internet. How many years has it been? How many years have Chinese films left the main stage of world cinema? In recent years, let alone the Oscars, there have been very few Chinese films in the three major film festivals.
There are traces of Chinese movies.
On the other hand, some celebrities go to the red carpet without any bottom line, and there are not a few who are embarrassed and sent abroad.
Even just announcing his participation in the candidacy was enough to excite people. In just a few hours, the keyword "hero running for Oscars" soared to the top ten on Weibo's hot search list.
And the popularity is still growing. Various chat groups have begun to spread the news like crazy, and some film and television websites and forums are also discussing it heatedly.
Upon seeing this, Weibo directly threw out a vote "Do you think [Hero] will win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film?"
As a result, in less than six hours, 110,000 netizens participated in the voting. Among them, 85% were optimistic, 11% were not optimistic, and 4% were not paying attention or indifferent.
Although netizens are mostly optimistic, many people in the industry are not optimistic that "Hero" will win the Oscar. Even the famous film critic "Youth", who has always praised "Hero", expressed his pessimism.
"In fact, I look at every Chinese film that participates in the Oscar selection with excitement. However, after so many years, no pure Chinese film has won an Oscar. The main reason is actually
On the differences between Eastern and Western cultures.”
"I have said many times that [Hero] is a rare masterpiece of Chinese cinema. However, the core of it is too profound. I am not very optimistic that the white men at the Oscars can understand the core of it.
In addition, I would like to say to those netizens who over-hype the Oscars, as if Han Fei is a loser if he doesn’t win the Oscar: Please, let go of Chinese movies, even if they don’t win the Oscar, how can they use [Hero]?
Artistry, isn’t it a success at the box office in North America and even around the world?”
The long reviews of Youth are extremely impressive, but it also shows the complicated feelings of Chinese filmmakers regarding the Oscars from another level. They want to be recognized but are afraid of failure.
At the same time, the mentality of netizens is also very interesting. The "hero" only announced his participation in the election and was not even nominated. However, there are a lot of netizens who are following the development of the situation with the mentality of "determined to win".
It is foreseeable what their attitude would be if the "heroes" did not win or even receive a nomination. Han Fei did not believe that there was no one behind this to add fuel to the fire.
Obviously, this is a premeditated action. "Hero" has achieved high box office worldwide, but now he actually wants to get involved in the Oscars? If Han Fei can do it, his status in the hearts of Chinese audiences will be indestructible.
Now, won’t everyone have to act based on his face in the future?