At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 417
"Carol" is a film for awards!
So many actresses in the company didn't speak, where did Mommy Liu get the confidence to think that Shen Xudong would agree?

She... Of course she is confident!
Liu Yifei almost swept all major award ceremonies this year - Newcomer Award, Popularity Award...

Including but not limited to 'MTV2005 Super Ceremony, the most stylish new force in the entertainment industry', 'TOM2005 Entertainment Heroes' annual TV drama top ten actresses'...

He was even included in the Forbes China Celebrity List!

Let's put it this way, the current domestic actress, the most popular post-85 is Liu Yifei...

With such popularity as the foundation...

However, Shen Xudong will definitely not agree!
Not to mention the question of whether Liu Yifei is suitable for the role, even if he is looking for a domestic actress, Shen Xudong's choice is the company's Tang Yan!

Box office appeal?
It's impossible for this movie to be released in China...

And...if I remember correctly, the movie that Liu Yifei starred in was the kind that hit the street with its own box office curse...

Shen Xudong didn't dare to mess with such an existence!
A few words sent her away...

……

After all the calculations, this trip to the United States cost a total of more than 800 million U.S. dollars, and only 180 million U.S. dollars were received...

loss!

Among them, US$200 million won the adaptation rights of "Twilight", and US$600 million was invested in "Carol"...

The $180 million is the script fee earned from selling "Little Miss Sunshine"!
This can't work...

It's a rare trip, if you don't get the money, even if you fail, this time you actually paid the money back?

Shen Xudong felt that he had failed...

That is, knowing that Marvel is about to rise, investing [-] million US dollars at this time will definitely account for the original proportion.

But he doesn't have $[-] million!
Let alone 1500 million US dollars, he brought [-] million US dollars to Laomei!

1000 million of them belong to the company.

Still want to make money!

Before returning to China, to be precise, before returning to Sanya to participate in the Golden Rooster Awards, I went to see "Memoirs of a Geisha"...

Screening in Los Angeles…

Before watching the movie, I deliberately learned about the plot of this movie: it tells the story of how Sayuri grows from a fishing village girl to the most famous geisha in Japanese history.

The international chapter is definitely the pinnacle of his career this year!

With "Memoirs of a Geisha", Zhang Ziyi has appeared on the covers of countless international magazines, including two authoritative current affairs magazines, the US "Time" and "Newsweek".

And in "Time" magazine "2005 World's 100 Most Influential People List", Zhang Ziyi became the only Chinese movie star selected.

Even the heroine of "The Banquet" that had been decided was taken away by her...

Gong Li...Although she is a bit dissatisfied, there is nothing she can do. On the one hand, "Carol" will start filming in December. On the other hand...in terms of popularity, she is indeed not as good as Zhang Ziyi!
However, "Memoirs of a Geisha" has a bad reputation!
Going to the Olympic film, and also participated in some film festivals...

The ratings are very low!
After watching it, Shen Xudong probably understood: he was very unhappy watching this crap movie, it was a bit like a fly got in his mouth and he couldn't spit it out, the storytelling of ghosts is really bad.

Very western perspective, full of obscenity towards oriental women.

It is said that geishas are not prostitutes, but living works of art.

The plot of the story is indeed "the girl who lost her footing asked for help, she had no choice but to send her first night, and the twists and turns became a mistress..."

As for dancing...

In fact, the dance of geisha is very East Asian style. It is mainly based on the lower body. There is no muscle in the legs, and it is impossible to squat for a minute. Besides, a dance is likely to bend the knees for more than ten minutes without standing up. The muscles can be practiced in a month. This kind of strength is a Saiyan, right?

Even Shen Xudong, who is half-through the water, can pick out a bunch of thorns, so one can imagine how the word-of-mouth is doing!

It's almost impossible for a movie with a low rating to win in the awards season...

By the way, when it comes to "Memoirs of a Geisha", I suddenly remembered something. At that time, "Memoirs of a Geisha" prepared by Spielberg asked him to play the leading role. let's go.

At the same time, James Avery, who was nominated for Oscar three times, said that he would tailor a movie for him, and the movie was called "The Countess".

Guess which one Zunlong chose?

His agent pushed both of these films and gave him "Qianlong and Xiangfei"!
……

In "The Banquet", it was indeed Gong Li who was originally chosen, and she was also interested...

However, Huang Zhonglei met Zhang Ziyi in Cannes, and the two chatted very happily. Most importantly, Huang Zhonglei saw Zhang Ziyi's strong overseas popularity, so he simply changed Gong Li's character queen to stepmother!

Gong Li... still quite aggrieved!
He was actually cut off by the junior.

No way, Zhang Ziyi appointed by the investor!
The media made a lot of hype about this matter...

There must be hype, after all, "The Banquet" was originally about Gong Li starring!

Suddenly changed to Zhang Ziyi?
So, a bunch of people on the Internet said they would boycott Zhang Ziyi and "The Banquet"...

After all, "Memoirs of a Geisha" has attracted a lot of "angry youth" - Chinese actors actually go to play Japanese prostitutes!
However, Feng Xiaogang strongly supported her, "Today, the name Zhang Ziyi is the best guarantee for success in other places." '

Although it did not explicitly say that 'Gong Li's overseas popularity is not as good as that of Zhang Ziyi', the meaning is already obvious.

Also true!

At the moment, Zhang Ziyi has a high degree of recognition overseas, and the shampoo advertisement is projected on the entire building of Riben, overlooking Tokyo Bay!

Omega's global endorsement, and Armani's endorsement in Greater China, are all "first blood" won by Chinese actresses...

Although these are just side jobs, they also prove Zhang Ziyi's strong overseas popularity.

At this stage, the mainland market has not yet risen, and it is not easy to get these endorsements!
Gongli has only long-term cooperation with Roberto Cavalli...

In a sense, it's really out of date!

But Gong Li also responded, "If there is no schedule, I will not accept it!" '

The clouds are calm and the wind is light, as for her own true thoughts, Shen Xudong is not clear either!
Anyway, she was serious about "Carol" and only got paid $30...

Another heroine found Evan Rachel Wood, a very typical actor in the film industry. His father, mother and aunt are all in the film industry!

The acting skills are not bad, and most importantly, her mother has worked with Christine Vachen.

Oh, this actor Shen Xudong is very familiar - he later starred in "Westworld", just that Dorothy Albenassi...

Gong Li is fully prepared for "Carol"...

As for Zhang Ziyi...

She doesn't care about this at all, she starred in "Memoirs of a Geisha", the first Hollywood "big heroine" of an Asian actress in history.

After the film was released, she kept accepting interviews from many mainstream American magazines, telling about the lace news when shooting geisha.

In addition, news came from Huayi Brothers: "The Banquet" has not yet started shooting, and the Japanese film distribution company Gaga purchased the Japanese distribution rights of the film for US$500 million...

It also proves Zhang Ziyi's popularity and the correctness of changing roles!
(End of this chapter)