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Chapter 443 Movie Emperor Liao Yuan
There are 33 advertising items in "Inception", but at least 80% of them are embedded randomly, such as some travel advertisements, cosmetic advertisements, etc., which only appear on the background board behind the characters, such as some TV walls, Skyscraper billboards, etc., are almost all images that flash through the camera, and the overall look is not obtrusive. The value of these short-lived lens advertisements ranges from 2000 million to 5000 million, but the number cannot be restrained. Huge, so the overall first come can be regarded as a considerable amount of advertising revenue.

However, car advertisements, clothing advertisements, and food advertisements are all big investors. Each advertiser starts with an investment of 8000 million yuan, and most of them spend more than [-] million yuan.

In this way, "Inception" has already obtained nearly 7 million yuan in advertising revenue before filming, plus the [-] million yuan start-up capital of the Singapore dollar production company, a total investment of nearly [-] million yuan, and these funds will also be used. It will be credited gradually during the production process.

In addition to the 6000 million yuan, many film and television investors are also targeting this piece of cake. For example, Wang Rui, the top producer in the industry, took the initiative to invest [-] million yuan in the project "Inception". Another example is Fu Yuntao, who personally Also took out [-] million to invest.

Others such as Hualong Media and Tianyi Media, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shonan Radio and Television Station, have also invested [-] million yuan.

From project approval to fundraising, "Inception" took less than a month to raise 13.5 billion yuan.

After the news was announced, the entire film circle was boiling. This is the first domestic super blockbuster with an investment of over one billion since the beginning of 2024, and in the world, "Inception" is also the leading giant production.

For a time, "Inception" became the focus of discussions at home and abroad.

The news that "Inception" has begun to recruit actors has also spread in the circle.

However, before that, another major event began to attract everyone's attention-the 74th Berlin International Film Festival Awards Ceremony is about to begin.

As early as the end of January, Chen Muen took the original soundtrack of "Sea Pianist" and traveled to Berlin with the team to participate in the opening exhibition of the Berlin International Film Festival.

The opening film of this year's Berlin Film Festival is Danish director Sheldon's "Night Curtain". No name, no one pays attention. At the time of the first release, there were very few audiences in the exhibition hall. After two or three days, more and more people poured into the screening hall of "Sea Pianist".

In comparison, the work "Leaping over the Slums" by the top domestic director Qi Wen was also nominated. Compared with "Sea Pianist", the influence of "Leaping over the Slums" is obviously extraordinary. This is entirely dependent on Director Qi Wen's international reputation accumulated over the years, but as time passed, the evaluation of "Leaping Slums" can be described as mixed. come less and less.

However, "Sea Pianist" showed the opposite attitude. In the second week, "Sea Pianist" was full of audiences and received rave reviews.

This made Director Qi Wen's team a little puzzled. The world's favorite Chinese movies are "bad sells". As long as they reveal the life of the lower class in China, they will be well received without exception. Competitive qualifications are not.

And "The Pianist on the Sea" obviously does not meet the elements of Huaxia films' smashing the streets and fires in the world, and it is an uncertain factor other than fate.

Unexpectedly, they came from behind and became extremely popular at the Berlin Film Festival in the second week.

"This Liao Yuan, maybe he can really win the prize?"

""The Pianist on the Sea" is indeed very famous in China. I also watched it, but I only thought it was mediocre, not as good-looking as people praised. The whole film is completely a stage for Liao Yuan to show off his skills."

"It's just a rookie director. No matter how hard he tries, he won't be our opponent. Director Qi's strength on the international stage is not comparable to that of a newcomer. This time it must be our director Qi who wins the award."

Qi Wen, who was originally silent, frowned when he heard the discussion in the team:

"Whether it's me or Liao Yuan winning the award, it's a good thing. We are all Chinese. No matter who wins the award abroad, it is the ambition of the people of Changguo. Stop talking about your tongue, and let people hear the joke!"

When the team heard the words, everyone was silent.

Now half a month has passed since the opening, and in mid-February, the screening period has passed, and it is time for the film festival to close.

At noon on the 15th, Liao Yuan put down his work and brought the main creators of "Sea Pianist" to Berlin, Germany to participate in the awards ceremony of this year's film festival.

The Berlin Film Festival will run until February 2th.

Therefore, at the awards ceremony held on the evening of the 16th, the Golden Bear and Silver Bear will be officially awarded.

After a slight jet lag in Berlin, it was eight o'clock in the evening on February 2, and the 16th Berlin Film Festival Awards Ceremony officially began.

On the red carpet, there are a lot of stars, but Asian faces are extremely rare. Most of them are men and women with European and American appearance, accepting people's pursuit and screaming on the red carpet.

Liao Yuan arrived in a low-key manner. After walking on the red carpet, although he attracted the attention and shouts of some people, he was still incomparably popular with other well-known European and American actors.

In the film industry, Liao Yuan is still a newcomer after all.

Before Liao Yuan could go far, there was a commotion behind him. China's top director Qi Wen appeared and was interviewed by media reporters.

Although he had never seen Qi Wen face to face, as one of the top film directors in China, Liao Yuan had admired Qi Wen for a long time, so after signing at the end of the red carpet, he took the initiative to wait for him.

Soon, the two sides met, and Liao Yuan took the initiative to greet Qi Wen and performed the ceremony of a junior.

Qi Wen encouraged Liao Yuan with a smile: "Now is the world of your young people, keep working hard and let foreigners see the strength of our new generation of directors in China."

Liao Yuan quickly said some polite words, and wished the other party the award tonight, and then the two parties entered the hall and took a seat at the invitation of the organizer.

Before the awards ceremony started, Chen Muen handed over the screening data for the past two weeks to Liao Yuan. Although Liao Yuan had heard some details from Chen Muen before coming here, he couldn't help being surprised when he saw the data in his hand .

"The Pianist on the Sea" went from being unknown when it first participated in the exhibition, with few people watching the movie, to 20% of the audience on the second day, and then to 50% on the fourth day. human attraction.

By the end of the first week, the attendance rate in the screening hall of "Sea Pianist" reached 87%.

Starting from the second week, on the first day, "Haishan Pianist" was sold out, and it was hard to get a ticket.

Since that day, the attendance rate of "Sea Pianist" has remained stable at over 90%.

"This is good news." Liao Yuan silently closed the data recorder, gaining some confidence in winning this award.

Soon, after some enthusiastic speeches from the organizers, the awards ceremony began.

The organizers took the lead in awarding the Silver Bear Award.

Among the [-] shortlisted films, the Danish director Sheldon's "Nightfall" won the Silver Bear Award for Best Director and the Silver Bear Award for Best Actress as expected.

Prior to this, "Night Curtain" was hailed by the media as the film most likely to win multiple awards at this year's Berlin Awards. Now it has successively won the Silver Bear for Best Director and Silver Bear for Best Actress, which clearly proves the media people's enthusiasm speculate.

In the audience, Director Qi Wen was full of disappointment. His main goal was the Best Director Silver Bear Award. Now that he was defeated, the smile on his face seemed a little helpless and disappointed.

Liao Yuan also felt disappointed, but this kind of emotion was not much. As a new director, even if he had the set experience in his previous life and present life, there was still some gap compared with some real famous directors.

And his goal is the best actor award.

To put it bluntly, Liao Yuan’s performance of 1900 in "The Pianist on the Sea" is definitely a strong candidate for the best actor no matter which film festival it is placed in. What's more, he has also won Berlin with other films in his previous life. Film Festival Best Actor Award.

Soon, the Best Actor Silver Bear Award will be announced.

On the big screen, the male protagonists in the fourteen films flashed one by one, and soon the picture froze.

Liao Yuan frantically performed the scene of "Immortal Movement" on the ship, appearing in front of everyone in the hall.

The beautiful and moving movement, the afterimages of fingers that cannot be seen clearly in the movie screen, and the stunned expressions of the passengers appeared in the awards hall one by one.

The whole venue fell into a moment of silence.

Soon, the production team of "Sea Pianist" cheered first, breaking the silence.

The next moment, Liao Yuan was also forced to stand up and smiled under the camera.

There was thunderous applause at the scene, and the organizer congratulated Liao Yuan's name and the background information of "Sea Pianist".

On the other side of the world, the audience waiting in the major live broadcast rooms also frantically posted bullet screens, congratulating the winners.

"Actor! The 27-year-old Berlin Best Actor!"

"My goodness!"

"I knew it, haha, it's exactly as I expected!"

""The Pianist on the Sea" is a movie destined to be recorded in film history!"

"Liao Yuan Best Actor, hurry up! Report quickly! Liao Yuan got the Berlin Best Actor!"
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