When we enter March, it is the most lively festival in Los Angeles.
First of all, the NCAA's March Madness has begun, and UCL, a prestigious school in Los Angeles, is a frequent visitor to the NCAA's March Madness.
In North America, the NCAA is even more crazy than the NBA. When it comes to the NCAA finals, the NBA has no games scheduled that day.
For Hollywood, March means that the selection of the Academy Awards has begun, and various film production companies have also begun to spend money to win votes for their films!
The selection of Oscars is somewhat different from that of other film festivals.
At this time, the Oscars used a two-round model to select winning films. First, film production companies submitted their own films to the Oscars for selection.
In the first round, the nominated films will be nominated by various departments under the Academy. The nominated films will be screened in the Academy headquarters in turn in the second round. After watching, all members of the Academy will vote in the second round.
The film's award will be determined by the number of votes it receives.
The Oscar judging organization is not complicated in summary. It is divided into a two-level pyramid form. The highest level is the Academy President's Jury, and there are Academy branch juries under it.
The members of the chairman's jury are from 14 branches: Actors Guild, Directors Guild, Art Directors Guild, Photography Guild, Artists Guild, Screenwriters Guild, Film Executives Guild, Film Editors Guild, Film Producers Guild, Music Guild, and Recording Guild.
, Public Relations Society, Short and Feature Animation Society, Visual Effects and Writers Guild among others.
Except for the chairman of the bureau, who is from the Film Editors Association, the other members are composed of three representatives selected from each of the remaining associations.
The officers of the presidium include the president, the first vice-president, two vice-presidents, the treasurer and the secretary-general. Their term of office is one year and they cannot be re-elected for more than four terms.
The management activities of the college are mainly carried out under the supervision of executive officers appointed by the president of the college.
Members of the Presidium are elected for a term of one year each and may be re-elected for no more than three terms in the same position.
The main criteria for selection as a member of the Presidium are your contribution and reputation in the industry, and the recommendation of at least two serving members.
In addition to professional judges, the jury committees of branch societies under the presidium also include a large team of voluntary participating members. Each branch has 5,000 or 6,000 voluntary participating members. This is actually the real source of the Oscar's influence.
In other words, some actors and directors are actually qualified for selection. This involves whether everyone's circle of friends matters.
Wu Jianye also came to Los Angeles at this time.
Originally, the main creators of the movie "The World of Chu Xing" were also going to come with Wu Jianye, but because each of them has their own work now, they couldn't come to Los Angeles until the day of the Oscars.
After Wu Jianye arrived in Los Angeles, he went directly to the Beverly Hills estate.
Li Xiuming and Wu Luoxin are already waiting here.
Because they hadn't been separated for long before, Wu Luoxin didn't have too many surprises when he saw Wu Jianye this time.
Instead, he asked his two 'little brothers' Wu Nianyi and Wu Qichen why they didn't follow Wu Jianye.
After spending a day with their mother and son at home, Wu Jianye came to Phantom Media Building!
The Phantom Media Building is located in Phantom City. Construction sites can be seen everywhere, which shows how busy this place is. At this time, the most important project for Phantom City is actually the Jurassic Park theme park. I have to complain here.
America's construction speed.
If it were another country, such a project would have been completed long ago, but if it were moved to the United States, it took more than two years to build it and it was not completed.
But it’s almost done now and will be officially launched together with “Jurassic Park 2”!
The entire Phantom City is divided into many parts, and the Phantom Media Building is one of them.
After Wu Jianye arrived here, he saw a lot of staff coming and going.
Many people also saw Wu Jianye.
Everyone also knows that Wu Jianye came to Hollywood this time to participate in the Oscar for the movie "The World of Chu Xing".
Wu Jianye's identity in Phantom has always been a mystery. Everyone knows that Wu Jianye has a decisive influence in Phantom, but there are not many people who really know Wu Jianye's identity in Phantom.
The entire Phantom Media knows about this matter only once!
No matter what company you are in, levels exist, even in Phantom Media, and the differences between these levels are often reflected in small details.
For example, in Phantom Media, even the elevators have their own levels. Only the top floors of the group and the elevators that can be used by the heads of each branch are separate and independent.
Wu Jianye took out his work permit, opened the elevator that symbolized power in Phantom Media, and went directly to the floor of Phantom Pictures.
"Director Wu, you are finally here!"
Matthew Murphy was already waiting for Wu Jianye in the office.
Wu Jianye walked to the sofa and sat down, then asked with a smile: "What's going on now?"
Matthew Murphy quickly said: "The company has already done all the public relations that it should do. At the same time, a special public relations team has been set up for "The World of Chu Xing", and the influence of this film in North America has always been higher than the other three films."
, the possibility of winning is very high!”
With this answer, Wu Jianye was already satisfied.
As for the public relations expenses for the movie "The World of Chu Xing", Wu Jianye didn't feel there was anything wrong at all.
This is the unspoken rule in this industry!
Wu Jianye has no interest in fighting against the unspoken rules of Hollywood. After all, this is just a transit point for him!
Matthew Murphy then reported to Wu Jianye about the recent situation of Phantom Pictures.
In fact, when Wu Jianye came to North America to promote "The World of Chu Xing" last year, he had already reported it, but Matthew Murphy still selected several recent major events to report to Wu Jianye.
The most important thing for Phantom Films this year is naturally the release of the new film "True Lies" by the golden duo of James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
James Cameron, like Wu Jianye and Jiang Qian, are directors with particularly long shooting cycles. When Wu Jianye was filming "The World of Chu Xing", James Cameron was already working on the script of "True Lies"
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I am still working on the script to this day.
Wu Jianye doesn't want to judge how a director shoots movies. He not only agrees with Wang Jing's quick shooters, but also appreciates James Cameron's rigorous work attitude.
Neither party can say who is good or bad, as long as you are satisfied!
What's more, they are all worthy of their investors, and Wang Jing in the early stage is also worthy of his audience.
After chatting for a while, Wu Jianye got up and left. The purpose of coming here this time was to familiarize himself with the operation of "Chu Xing's World".
By the way, show your face in front of senior officials.
Wu Jianye did not go to Linda's office. At this time, Linda was not in Los Angeles but flew to England. Although the subsidiaries of Phantom Media were enough to form their own closed loop.
But after all, it has only been established for a few years, and there is still a lot of internal work to be done. Linda is currently busy with these things.
In the following days, Wu Jianye's life suddenly became leisurely.
But this leisurely mood did not last long.
The 65th Academy Awards will be held on the 29th of this month. When the time came to the 28th, Wang Xiaoshuai, Zhou Xingchi, He Qing, Chen Hong, Zhang Guoli and others also came to Los Angeles.
Only Zhao Fei, who was busy selecting locations for his new movie, did not come.
That night Wu Jianye hosted a banquet for them in the manor.
Zhou Xingchi looked at Chen Hong for a long time and suddenly said: "Chen Hong, my new movie will start filming soon. Do you want to star in it?"
Regarding Zhou Xingchi's invitation, Chen Hong was slightly stunned at first, but then smiled happily and asked: "Can I do it?"
Zhou Xingchi did not answer Chen Hong, but looked at Wu Jianye. According to Zhou Xingchi's current influence in Xiangjiang, even Fengge Pictures would give him full respect.
In fact, Fengge Pictures respects every actor, director, screenwriter, and other behind-the-scenes staff very much.
When Jiang Zhiqiang took over Fengge Pictures, Wu Jianye told Jiang Zhiqiang that these creators should be given full autonomy.
Film is an industry based on creative output. Only by giving them full autonomy can they inspire greater creative passion.
This is also the reason why Fengge Pictures can still maintain its top spot in Hong Kong despite losing the support of Wu Jianye's script.
Now that Zhou Xingchi is the top movie star of Fengge Pictures, this is even more true. Now Fengge Pictures no longer has much involvement in film projects led by Zhou Xingchi.
This is trust!
In the past, other film companies in Hong Kong often manipulated the box office in other places. Although they said it increased the influence of movie stars in other places, in fact, they could not get a more appropriate box office share.
Of course, not every movie star can get a share of the box office, but the box office in other places directly determines a movie star's salary.
When Fengge Pictures did not appear, Hung Kam-bao was the top boss in the industry, but he still did not have much say in front of Jiahe. At that time, Hung Kam-bao was extremely famous throughout Southeast Asia.
But Jiahe dares to say that the box office of the movie starring Hong Jinbao in Southeast Asia is only one Hong Kong dollar!
Can you believe this?
This is why Hong Jinbao later frequently set up his own film company, just to get involved.
And Zhou Xingchi has seen through these problems. After Zhou Xingchi became famous, I only wanted a high salary, and as for the box office share, I didn't need it.
This is also the reason why many people say that Zhou Xingchi’s movies have high remuneration!
From Wu Jianye's point of view, this is completely an act of fishing for the best...
Fengge Films gave these movie stars full respect and disclosed the movie's box office in Southeast Asia in an extremely transparent manner, allowing these top movie stars who are qualified to participate in the movie's share to have a full sense of participation.
Mutual benefit is the long-term development plan for the industry!
Wu Jianye smiled: "I believe in your vision. If you think Chen Hong is suitable, and Chen Hong also wants to participate in your movie, I have no objection!"
The smile on Chen Hong's face became even brighter.
Zhou Xingchi thought for a while and explained: "You have also participated in the filming of a movie in Xiangjiang before. You should know that the shooting environment in Xiangjiang is different from that in China, and the same is true for my movies, so there are some things you have to do.
The psychological preparation is that I will have a lot of fun filming the movie, and the actors themselves cannot pay too much attention to their own image!"
For Zhou Xingchi, the previous "The World of Chu Xing" allowed him to see the dividends of the domestic film market, and naturally he wanted to find domestic actors to star in his own movies.
The cooperation with Chen Hong was quite pleasant before. When he saw Chen Hong today, he suddenly remembered it!
Chen Hong smiled and said, "It's okay. I've seen your movies and I know what style they are. I can adapt to them!"
Zhou Xingchi nodded and said: "Director Wu, there is one more thing I need to trouble you with!"
Wu Jianye looked at Zhou Xingchi with a smile and asked, "What's the matter?"
"The company's previous idea was to let Gong Li be the female lead in this movie, but I talked to Gong Li and she was a little worried about her image. Now..."
Wu Jianye understood what Zhou Xingchi meant and smiled: "Okay, I'll tell the company about this!"
Chen Hong asked curiously what kind of movie Zhou Xingchi's new movie was.
As expected by Wu Jianye, the new movie Zhou Xingchi mentioned was none other than one of his masterpieces, "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance"!
In another time and space, the female lead in this movie was Gong Li. Although the whole movie still looked so funny, it even became one of Zhou Xingchi's classic works.
But attentive viewers can find that Gong Li's performance actually does not match the style of the entire movie.
Even Gong Li herself admitted that when she participated in this movie, she was indeed worried about her image and did not let go, and she regretted not letting go at that time.
In fact, this is not the first time that Zhou Xingchi and Gong Li have collaborated. The previous "The Gambler 2 Shanghai Gambler" directed by Wang Jing and starring Zhou Xingchi starred Zhou Xingchi and Gong Li.
If Wu Jianye hadn't appeared, Gong Li would have been the most popular actress in Hong Kong throughout the 1990s.
But after all, Gong Li seems to be out of tune with the atmosphere of Hong Kong's commercial movies.
Although everyone has not seen the script of this movie, they also know the outline of the story from Zhou Xingchi's description.
Except for Wu Jianye, who was more interesting to listen to, after all, when Zhou Xingchi was preaching, Wu Jianye was able to picture the scene in his mind, but others could not.
During this period, Zhou Xingchi also gave Zhou Xingchi some suggestions based on his own experience, which made Zhou Xingchi admire him very much.
As for other people, some are not that interested. The culture they accept still cannot understand Zhou Xingchi's movies.
"Don't worry, this movie by Xing Zai sounds very interesting to me, and it will be very successful when it is filmed!" Wu Jianye concluded!
Hearing that Wu Jianye was so optimistic about the movie, Chen Hong no longer had any worries.
Compared to Zhou Xingchi, Chen Hong was more willing to believe in Wu Jianye's vision. Since Wu Jianye said it was interesting, there would be no problem!
"Then when will we sign the contract?" Chen Hong, who no longer had any worries, asked immediately.
Zhou Xingchi smiled and said, "Let's wait until we finish our trip here!"
Chen Hong nodded.
The next day, the much-anticipated Academy Awards ceremony began!