I become a big star after I sleep

Chapter 218 Oscar Nominations

February 2, the first day of the new year.

Early in the morning, the sound of firecrackers blared.

There was no one in the living room, and the TV was playing a rerun of the Spring Festival Gala, and bursts of laughter could be vaguely heard.

Wisps of water vapor escaped from the glass door of the kitchen, and small drops of water condensed on the door and then slowly flowed down.

Suddenly, the sliding door was swung open, and Qin Muchu walked towards the dining table in the living room with a plate of dumplings.

I picked up a dumpling, put it in my mouth and blew it, put it in my mouth, and watched Dong Qing, the old host of the Spring Festival Gala, talking while eating:

"The next guest, everyone is familiar and unfamiliar.

He is a well-known director and actor, but at the same time, he is also a very responsible, kind and responsible young man. During this snow disaster, he donated more than 1 million yuan in materials and money to help many compatriots trapped in the ice and snow send them warm.

Please, young director and actor—Qin Muchu! "

Qin Muchu ate the dumplings in two mouthfuls, touched his nose, Dong Qing spoke really nicely.

Go back and record this passage, then edit all the videos praised by the official media before, organize them into one video.

Take it out after a few years!
Qin Muchu smiled, shook his head, picked up a dumpling, and stuffed it into his mouth.

One word, absolutely!

"Happy Chinese New Year, I wish you all a new year. Natural disasters can be avoided, but man will overcome nature, the people of the whole country are united, and the 13 billion compatriots can overcome all difficulties..."

Qin Muchu started talking on the TV.

This passage was a manuscript given by the program team, and he just memorized it. He didn't know how many times he said it when he recited it, and he knew it by heart.

"Okay, thank you Qin Muchu. If you follow foreign news, you may know that the new movie directed by Qin Muchu has become a hit in the United States and is called the best inspirational film.

And this movie called "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" will also be released nationwide on the first day of the Lunar New Year, that is, tomorrow, everyone can bring their families and go to the cinema to watch it together..." Zhu Jun said.

This was a surprise for Qin Muchu to participate in the Spring Festival Gala, and the Spring Festival Gala advertised his movie.

The value of this advertisement alone is immeasurable. No film promotion method can be more effective than the Spring Festival Gala advertisement.

People all over the country know that the movie "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" is released on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and it must have a huge boost to the box office.

……

Qin Muchu went to the kitchen to get a bowl of vinegar. He forgot before that eating dumplings without vinegar is like playing with sister-in-law.

Nonsense!

After finishing a plate of dumplings, he frowned.

Where did the coins go?
He made the dumplings after he came back from the Spring Festival Gala last night. He made a total of 66 dumplings, and put coins in two dumplings.

I ate more than 20 in the middle of the night last night, and I ate more than a dozen this morning, but I didn't get a single coin.

Just as he was thinking, the doorbell rang, and it was someone ringing the doorbell at the gate.

Qin Muchu put on his coat and went to open the door. As soon as he walked into the front yard, he heard crisp shouts outside the door.

"Qin Muchu! Qin Muchu! Open the door!"

I was a little surprised in my heart, why did this little girl come here.

Opening the courtyard door, I saw a middle-aged woman and a little girl.

It's Mama Sun and Bijuan Sun.

Mother Sun was still carrying something in her hand.

"Auntie, you..."

"Xiao Qin, Juanjuan came here to wish you New Year's greetings, I think so, you have helped Juanjuan so much..." Mother Sun smiled.

Before he could finish speaking, he heard a bluffing sound.

Sun Bijuan jumped up and waved:
"Qin Muchu, Happy New Year!"

Only then did Qin Muchu look at the little girl, who was dressed in a bright red padded jacket, with two balls tied on her head, her round head and brain, white and tender, she looked like a child running out of a New Year picture.

"happy New Year."

Qin Muchu patted Sun Bijuan's head, he hadn't had a disk for several months, and he still missed her a little.

Then he said to Mama Sun:
"Auntie, it's cold outside, come in first."

"No, no, just come to pay New Year's greetings and leave, not to go in."

"It's okay, I'm fine today, I won't enter any way..."

……

After entering the room, Mama Sun took a sip from the glass of water, then looked at Qin Muchu with a grateful expression:
"Xiao Qin, thank you so much for taking Juanjuan to make movies..."

"Auntie, it's nothing."

Qin Muchu was pinching the two small balls on Sun Bijuan's head, but Sun Bijuan did not resist, because her attention was all focused on the Totoro doll, which was bigger than her.

The little girl quietly asked Qin Muchu for a New Year's gift years ago. Qin Muchu wanted to give it to her sometime after the next year, but it happened that she came today, so he gave it to her directly.

Although Qin Muchu said "it's nothing", Ms. Sun must not just believe it.

Qin Muchu has a total of two films, in which Sun Bijuan participated, and there are many roles. Now some media say that Sun Bijuan is the real "Chu girl".

That is to say, Sun Bijuan is young, otherwise if it were another female star, there would have been rumors of the two of them in the media.

Mother Sun is naturally very grateful to Qin Muchu, this is her daughter's nobleman!
Seeing that Sun Bijuan only had dolls in her eyes, she patted her little butt:

"I just know how to play, and I want gifts. I said, why did you make a fuss so early in the morning to pay Xiao Qin a New Year's greeting? You are thinking about gifts!"

"of course not."

The little girl raised her head,

"New Year's greetings are the main thing, and by the way, get gifts..."

Big eyes turn and turn:
"I even touched my head for her."

"Your head is made of gold, and if I touch your head, I will buy you a gift?"

Mother Sun poked the little girl's forehead angrily.

"Of course, I can't touch my head in vain."

The little girl was confident, and Mama Sun gritted her teeth in anger.

……

After seeing off Sun Bijuan, mother and daughter, Qin Muchu packed up and prepared to go to Jiang Wen's place to pay New Year's greetings.

It may take more than ten days for other people to pay New Year's greetings, but he saves trouble, and only needs to pay respects to Jiang Wen and Jiang Wu's New Year.

"Leave in a while?"

Qin Muchu looked at Jiang Wen in surprise.

"What's the hurry? Although the opening ceremony is today, isn't the awards ceremony NO.18?"

"No.18 is going to the NO.18 awards ceremony?"

Jiang Wen held Qin Muchu's shoulders, with a smile on his lips:

"Going early is also a respect for the organizer."

Qin Muchu also wanted to persuade him that although he couldn't go to NO.18, he didn't have to go to the opening ceremony on the first day of the new year.

But Zhou Yun came over, put a backpack on the suitcase in his hand, and said with a smile:
"You don't know what his temper is. You can't bring back the nine cows that have been decided. Let him go if you want to, so as not to worry at home. Maybe you can get an award with your credit."

"Nonsense, I want to accept the award and still use it? It's not like I haven't won the award in Berlin before." Jiang Wen immediately retorted.

Seeing that both of them said that, Qin Muchu stopped persuading them.

There is still some shame in my heart.

In the end, Jiang Wen didn't care about his movie.

It's a little embarrassing for Jiang Wen to make such a move.

"What do you think?"

Jiang Wen patted Qin Muchu who was silent.

Qin Muchu scratched his head:
"How about... Shall I go to Berlin with you?"

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the old baby was allowed to go abroad alone to work on his own movie, while he himself stayed at home.

"With me? Why, Oscar isn't going?" Jiang Wen laughed.

Speaking of this, Qin Muchu smiled wryly:

"The Oscars haven't moved yet? Maybe I haven't been nominated yet, so why go?"

It was only ten days before the Oscars, but only the nominations for the best picture were announced, and the rest of the nominations have not been announced for a long time.

Qin Muchu felt that he was most likely to be cold, and he might have taken Oscar too easily before.

I can't help but feel a little depressed.

But suddenly there was a sharp pain in his shoulder.

"Aw! - Aw! Let go! Sister Yun, look at him!" Qin Muchu cried out in pain.

Jiang Wenzheng pinched his shoulder with great strength, and it hurt like hell.

"what are you doing!"

Zhou Yun received Qin Muchu's call for help, and immediately came to save his younger brother, and slapped Jiang Wen's hand away.

While rubbing Qin Muchu's shoulders lightly, he glared at Jiang Wen fiercely.

Jiang Wen curled his lips, cooperating with himself as an outsider.

However, he looked at Qin Muchu's distorted face in pain, and showed a hearty smile again.

"Does it hurt?"

Qin Muchu ignored Jiang Wen, and turned to Zhou Yun with an indescribably pitiful expression:
"Sister Yun, it hurts."

Jiang Wen's face darkened, and he saw that Zhou Yun's eyes were shining fiercely. If he didn't explain why he was sitting like that, he might not be able to go to Berlin.

So hastily said:
"What does it look like to be downcast? What's wrong with the Oscar? No matter how awesome it is, can there be a Berlin cow? You have been shortlisted in Berlin, and the Oscar doesn't even give you a nomination?

That step on the horse shows that the Oscar is a third-rate award, not professional at all, you just don't go! "

Jiang Wen's domineering speech really inspired Qin Muchu's heart to a certain extent.

Yes, Berlin is nominated, what happened to the Oscars?
"Besides, even if this film didn't win the Oscars, Dao Le won it..."

Jiang Wen's tone changed, and his expression became a little complicated.

Subconsciously, he touched his body with his hands, as if looking for cigarettes.

"You really have a bit of evil in you, kid. No matter how popular this movie is, you can enjoy it even if you ride a horse in the United States."

Jiang Wen frowned, puzzled.

How many Chinese-language movies can sell money in the United States?
The best is Li An's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", with a North American box office of 1.28 million US dollars, ranking 13th in the US annual box office list that year.

Then there is Zhang Yimou's "Hero", with a North American box office of 5371 million US dollars.

Now one more place has been added, and the airborne "Chinese Movie North American Box Office List" ranks third!
"When Happiness Knocks on the Door" has a North American box office of 3680 million U.S. dollars in three weeks!
During this period of time, the movie has become popular from the United States to China.

Not only because of the box office of more than 3000 million US dollars, this box office is actually not a lot.

After all, the box office of more than 3000 million US dollars in three weeks of release is very high in China, but it is really nothing in the United States.

It's not enough to spread the fire across the ocean.

But this movie is different, the movie box office rules are extremely weird.

$80 in the first weekend, one dead on the street.

600 million US dollars in the first week, one hit the street.

$200 million in the second week, normal movies.

In the third week, $[-], Little Fire Movie.

Who has ever seen the box office of movies getting higher and higher, if the first and second weeks were fine, but it's the third week, and it's still getting higher and higher.

This horse riding is unreasonable!

This reminded Jiang Wen of "The Gift of Room No. [-]". It was the same at that time, the box office was getting higher and higher, and finally won the box office of [-] million in one fell swoop.

It's not going to happen again in America...

Qin Muchu touched his nose. The box office of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" is a bit strange. When he learned that the box office in North America was only 80 US dollars in the first weekend, he gave up there.

As a result, I didn't expect that after it was released across the board in North America, the box office was getting higher and higher.

The audience who watched the movie spontaneously recommended it, and the phenomenon of "human-to-human transmission" has appeared. It is foreseeable that the movie box office will increase next week.

The theaters in the United States also decided to extend the screening period of "When Happiness Comes Knocking" from the original one month to two months.

The movie is very popular on Twitter and Facebook in the United States, and has a good reputation. It also has high ratings on some authoritative movie rating websites in the United States.

One of the film reviews received a lot of likes and was sent back to China by the company's employees in the United States.

"Many people on the Internet praised this movie, and at first they thought it was Sailor, but in the end they couldn't help but went to see it.

After watching it, I have only one thought.

Why is this not an American film! ?
It's a pain to watch the subtitles, but I still recommend everyone to watch it, it's a good movie, the only Chinese movie that isn't a Kung Fu movie, but I still enjoy watching it. "

There are many replies below, and most of them agree.

"Plus one, plus one, I also went to read online reviews. I heard that it wasn't a Celestial Kung Fu movie, and there was no Van Loon, so I didn't watch it. I watched it later, and it was very moving and inspirational."

"Our whole family went to see it, together with my Chinese friend's family.

It has been difficult to make money in the past two years. I am also in the same predicament as the hero of the movie. After watching the movie, I feel motivated to persevere.

ps: But I am much better than the male lead, I still have money to go to the movies, and the male lead’s daughter in the movie is very cute, my son said he wanted to pursue her, hh. "

……

Withdrawing his thoughts, Qin Muchu shook his head. Looking back now, from the result to the process, there are many reasons for the success of the movie "When Happiness Comes Knocking".

Advantageously:
The premiere was in Los Angeles, and Los Angeles is one of the most Chinese-friendly cities in the United States, where a large number of Chinese live, providing the original soil for the film to bloom.

Someone and:
Although the film's high box office is mainly due to its high quality, the publicity of Mr. Stan Lee also played a big role in the beginning.

After all, Jiuxiang is also afraid of deep alleys. Without the first audience to watch the movie, it will be difficult to have such a big discussion later.

In addition, there is another very important factor, which is the time of day.

The U.S. subprime mortgage crisis that began in 2007 reached its peak in 2008 and spread into a world-class financial crisis.

How big is the impact of this crisis?50.00% of global stock prices evaporated.

The American people are really living in dire straits this time, and they happen to empathize with the hero in "When Happiness Comes Knocking".

……

Yanjing Airport.

Qin Muchu took the suitcase out of the trunk and pushed it in front of Jiang Wen.

"Go back, the Oscar nomination list should be announced in a few days, don't worry. If you really don't get nominated later, come to Berlin as soon as possible."

After Jiang Wen took his last puff of cigarette, he threw the cigarette butt on the ground without quality, patted Qin Muchu on the shoulder and walked into the airport.

And Qin Muchu also turned around and got into the car, drove to Jiang Wu's house, and wished him New Year's greetings.

I suddenly received a text message on my mobile phone halfway, and after looking at it, I replied to the message, and quickly changed direction and drove towards the courtyard.

When we arrived at the courtyard, there was a man standing at the gate of the courtyard, rubbing his hands with the cold, dangling at the gate of the courtyard.

"Brother Wen!"

Qin Muchu got out of the car, shouted and walked towards the man.

"Hey! Director Qin."

Zhang Songwen turned around when he heard the shout, with a flattering smile on his face that he had been used to for many years.

"Didn't I tell you to sit and wait in the restaurant at the entrance of the alley? It's freezing to death outside, come in quickly."

Seeing that Zhang Songwen was shivering from the cold, Qin Muchu quickly opened the courtyard door and dragged him into the house.

"Wait a minute, wait a moment." Zhang Songwen tried his best not to be pulled by Qin Muchu.

Then he trotted to the corner beside the courtyard gate, and when he came back, he held a few gift boxes in his hand, scratched his head and said with a smile:
"Here, some special products from my hometown, worthless things, don't dislike them."

Qin Muchu glanced at the gift box Zhang Songwen was carrying, and couldn't help laughing:
"What special products in your family are still packed in gift boxes?"

"Hey, doesn't it look more expensive." Zhang Songwen also laughed.

After entering the yard, Zhang Songwen was a little embarrassed and looked around.

Over the years in BJ, he has also seen courtyard houses, but they are all the kind where several families live together.

In fact, it's quite broken and messy.

It was the first time he had seen such a simple and elegant courtyard house that looked like a mansion in a TV series.

"I'm going to get a glass of water, you rest for a while, and you'll be warm in a while."

Qin Muchu arranged Zhang Songwen to sit on the sofa and was about to pour water.

"No, no, I'll do it myself." Zhang Songwen got up quickly.

But Qin Muchu pressed it back:
"Sit down, I'll kick you out for being so polite."

Zhang Songwen didn't speak now.

"Why did you come here suddenly without saying hello in advance?"

Qin Muchu came over with water, Zhang Songwen got up immediately to take it.

"Just to pay New Year's greetings."

Qin Muchu looked at Zhang Songwen, who was holding a water glass with erratic eyes, and probably guessed his thoughts after thinking about it.

"Want to ask about Berlin and Oscar?"

"what?"

Zhang Songwen looked surprised with embarrassment,

"no no……"

Within two seconds, he lowered his head and scratched his hair again, a little embarrassed:
"Actually, I also want to ask, isn't Berlin opening?
The Berlin Film Festival opened on the [-]th. As the only male lead in the film, he was supposed to attend, but he didn't receive any news.

Qin Muchu slapped his head, and understood Zhang Songwen's worry. He didn't think carefully about this matter.

Originally, he was thinking about the opening of Berlin No. [-], which happened to be the first day of the Lunar New Year, and he planned to let Zhang Songwen spend a few days before going to Berlin.

But later, when there were too many things, such as donations for the snow disaster, I was busy and forgot.

"How many years will you be away from home? There is no rush in Berlin." Qin Muchu said.

As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I realized that it was wrong.

Zhang Songwen's hometown is in Guangdong, and it would take six or seven hours to drive all the way to the courtyard. It's only ten o'clock now, and he left home at three or four in the morning?

"Did you not go home during Chinese New Year?"

"Well, something happened, just spent the New Year in Yanjing." Zhang Songwen laughed.

Qin Muchu looked at Zhang Songwen's smile and sighed inwardly.

something?What can be the matter?

It is estimated that it is concerned about the Berlin Film Festival.

For the vast majority of actors, the opportunity to participate in such a film event is too rare.

Let's put it this way... Is it true that Mama Sun brought Sun Bijuan here this morning?
Thinking of this, Qin Muchu patted Zhang Songwen on the shoulder:

"I'll go back and ask other actors, if you are willing to go to Berlin, I will arrange to send you there together."

Only then did Zhang Songwen feel relieved, and soon heard something wrong:

"Director Qin, aren't you going to Berlin?"

"Director Jiang Wenjiang has gone to Berlin, and you can just listen to his arrangements when you get there.

I am waiting for the Oscars, and if I am not nominated, I will go to Berlin later.

If you are nominated, you are willing to participate in the Oscars, and come back when the time comes, but even if you are a little tired, the jet lag is very difficult. "

Qin Muchu revealed his arrangement.

Zhang Songwen was about to say something, but Qin Muchu's cell phone rang, so he had no choice but to stop.

Qin Muchu glanced at the notification of the incoming call, and was a little puzzled, this meeting should be boarding the plane soon.

Pick up the phone:

"Hey, what's the matter? Stuff left in the car? . . . um, um, what!?"

Zhang Songwen didn't know what was said on the other end of the phone, but he saw Qin Muchu's complexion changed for a while, becoming a little reddish, his eyes excited, and his breathing seemed to be a little short.

When Qin Muchu hung up the phone, Zhang Songwen asked carefully:

"Director Qin, what's the matter? Is there a happy event?"

Qin Muchu couldn't help showing a smile on his face, and instead of answering Zhang Songwen's words, he said:

"Brother Wen, you may have to consider whether to go to Berlin or Hollywood."

"Hollywood? What do you mean, there..."

Zhang Songwen stopped suddenly, looked at Qin Muchu with wide eyes, and licked his lips:
"Director Qin..."

"Correct!"

Qin Muchu nodded heavily:
"Nominated!

Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Visual Effects, Best Foreign Language Film!

Five nominations for riding horses! "

(End of this chapter)