Reborn fashion designer

Chapter 319 "Avatar" at the end of 2009 (please vote for me!)

"do not like!"

Elie Saab, who was born in Lebanon, called Xiangyang directly to express her views.

There is no need to say anything about the people and things he doesn't like, Xiang Yang knows it very well.

"I like Hollywood in the 40s and the glamor of the late 70s. Xiangyang loves the 20s even more. His clothes are very distinctive and show his own unique charm in the reincarnation of fashion. I have always looked forward to working with him. "

Regarding the discussion triggered by Xiang Yang's words, Ellie Saab directly expressed her support.

"Isn't this beautiful country a country that flaunts freedom of speech? I don't think there is anything wrong with what he (Xiang) said. As an Asian, of course he can express Asian views, and so do I."

As one of the few female directors in Hollywood, Kathryn Bigelow, the director of "The Hurt Locker," also expressed her support for Xiang Yang's remarks when speaking to the media.

"We are an anti-war movie. Although there are many reasons for war, the theme of the movie is to express the value of peace." She said:
"Looking at human nature through explosions, the movie "The Hurt Locker" allows you to feel the courage and struggle on the battlefield, deeply explores the test of human nature under war, and allows you to re-examine the true value of life, which is the theme of the movie."

"Xiang's statement is worthy of our thinking and reflection. His ability to express such views proves that our film is successful to a certain extent. For example, everyone knows that war is a matter that tangles the people, and at the same time it also brings Give us unrest and pain."

As the star of "The Hurt Locker", Jeremy Renner, although he has not yet been recognized by more people for his role as "Hawkeye".

But with his outstanding performance in "Fatal Bound", "28 Weeks Later" and the hit "House Season [-]" in North America, he has won the love of many viewers.

The discussion around Xiang Yang's words didn't take long, and the screening of Cameron's "Avatar" quickly attracted the attention of all the European and American entertainment circles.

["Avatar": A movie, a whole new world]

["Avatar": a touching environmental fantasy masterpiece]

[Director James Cameron uses the most advanced film technology to compete for an Oscar with his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow]

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On December 12, the sci-fi movie "Avatar", later regarded as an epic, attracted everyone's attention.
Over the course of a week, Xiang Yang and Liu Qianqian spent less time together and more time away from each other.

Unknowingly, Liu Qianqian had finished the early scenes of "Black Swan".

Some actors also received a rare day off, including Sister Stone, but not Natalie Portman.

"Liu, haha, let's go see Avatar!"

Taking a rare break, Emma Stone enthusiastically extended an invitation to Liu Qianxi.

Liu Qianqian smiled and said, "Okay, I just want to ask you to go with me."

"Where's Xiang? What has he been busy with lately?"

"I'm busy with the Oscars. I go to various dinner parties with Anna and Little John every day, and then I prepare to take photos with Sophie Marceau."

"He's really busy." Emma Stone sighed.

When the two met this time, Xiang Yang basically didn't stay on the set after confirming that all the costume preparations were fine.

"Forget it, we don't need to worry about him." I could hear the regret in Sister Shitou's tone, and Liu Qianxi said with a smile, "We might have had more fun without him, haha."

"Haha, that's true."

Emma Stone grinned.

She hadn't gotten together with Liu Qianqian for a long time, because Xiang Yang also checked into the hotel, so she didn't have the chance to have a pajama party with him at night.

After the other party finally went to work, she was too busy on the set every day and had no time to communicate.

"Have you checked the baby's gender?"

Emma Stone's face was filled with curiosity as she stuffed a piece of buttered bread into her mouth.

"Not yet, we will find out sooner or later." Liu Qianxi said shyly.

"Yes, two babies, hehe." Emma Stone glanced at Liu Qianqian's belly, "I will be the godmother of the babies. Who told you not to take my signature to heart?" She said fiercely Baba threatened.

"Don't blame me." Liu Qianqian tilted her head, "He didn't tell me. You go and settle the score with him."

Emma Stone snorted, "You two are from the same family. I just want to catch you to settle the score, haha."

"Okay, I thought you were trying to get me to watch a movie together. So that's what you thought, right?"

"Hehe, both." Emma Stone raised her eyebrows, "Who told you to go to Paris again soon? I originally wanted to spend Christmas with you."

"I also have to go to work." Liu Qianqian pouted.

The filming of the movie has been completed, and she is going to shoot Van Cleef & Arpels materials and participate in some promotional activities.

Only after you are done with all these things that suddenly come in can you enjoy the life of having an abortion.

"By the way, do you two have any special arrangements for Christmas?"

Emma Stone blinked. According to her understanding of Xiang Yang, there was a high probability that the other party would create some romantic things again.

"Not really," Liu Qianqian shrugged with a smile and continued to eat, "He is much busier than me now. I heard that he will participate in some charity activities, so I am afraid he will have to fly here and there."

"He's going to a charity event?"

"Yeah that's right."

"What about Aunt Liu? Why haven't I seen her today?"

When talking about Liu Xiaoli, the smile on Emma Stone's face became much sweeter.

Not to mention anything else, just the comfortable chair Liu Xiaoli gave her helped her a lot on the set.

Filming is a physical job, and it is easy to feel tired after arousing emotions.

At this time, having a comfortable chair is really no worse than lying on a comfortable big bed in the hotel.

Moreover, after completing one set of shots, another set must be prepared immediately.Being able to relieve physical fatigue in a timely manner is extremely important in this regard.

"She, she has an appointment today."

Liu Qianqian responded casually. Compared with what her mother did, eating more for the two babies in her belly was not as important to her.

What's more, Zhao Xin also went with him.

"Oh my God! This is a science fiction film! This is a movie! Cameron is really a god!"

Unlike Liu Qianqian who can enjoy Emma Stone's warm conversation.

Xiang Yang, who came to Los Angeles and was invited to attend the world premiere of "Avatar", has had enough of Littlejohn's praise of Cameron these days.

"I really don't know when I can let our Hermès participate in such a movie production! I swear, this movie will definitely set off a wave of global waves."

"You don't need to swear." Xiang Yang flipped through the newspaper.

"Aren't you optimistic about it?" Little John looked surprised. After being stunned for a long time, he felt that Xiang Yang's words were beyond his expectation, so he said decisively:
"Can you please be smarter?"

"You should be wiser."

Xiang Yang wordlessly handed the newspaper in his hand to the other party.

Above, apart from the full coverage of "Avatar", the most eye-catching thing is its opening weekend box office.

Anyone with any brains knows that this time, James Cameron will definitely surpass the various records set by his other movie "Titanic".

Among them, the most noteworthy thing is that the greatest achievement of "Avatar" in the film industry is not its high box office, but its promotion of the development of IMAX3D.

Contrary to what many people think, IMAX3D movies actually appeared in the 19s.But like many new things, due to the influence of technology, the earliest IMAX70D looked dark and blurry on the screen, and the viewing experience was quite poor. The highest box office record set by "The Polar Express", which has gone through many IMAX re-releases, was also It only grossed $3 million at the box office.

As a result, this movie playback technology has not been popularized for a long time.

After more than 40 years, there are only 262 IMAX screens in the world.

However, after "Avatar" came, everything was different.

A movie that brought about a global film technology revolution in the world is the most glorious achievement of "Avatar". It not only promoted IMAX3D, but also ordinary 3D.

What's even more amazing is that its box office performance made everyone related to the movie feel terrible.

Its box office decline is negligible!
Because only 1-2%.

This is what scares people.

For example, "Iron Man", which launched the Marvel series, saw its box office drop by 48% in its second weekend. What about "Avatar"?

According to the current forecast, it may only be 3% (actual 1.8%).

This is a true 'dimensionality reduction blow' in the film industry.

To be honest, although I have experienced the sensation caused by "Avatar" after its release, when I saw the sensation it caused again, Xiang Yang had to sigh, it is really awesome.

But in this life, he looked at it from a different angle, and he could also see some clues in this movie.

Like Ridley Scott who started "Alien", Cameron also hid some personal items in "Avatar".

The 'universal values' conveyed through superb stunts, magnificent scenes, and unexpected imagination are exactly the American theory of "manifest destiny."

Otherwise, it's 'environmentalism'.

It's just that Cameron did this very cleverly. He transferred this situation to the people on Pandora, but the image represented by the protagonist Sally is still a representative of universalism, and "Titanic" Like the rich girl Ruth in the movie, she longs for "freedom and equality."

"If we had established a film investment company earlier, maybe we would have had the opportunity to get a share of the pie."

Seeing that in less than a week, "Avatar" had surpassed "Midnight in Paris" at the box office, Little John felt very regretful.

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Xiang Yang looked at each other blankly.

He felt that the logic seemed to be correct, but where did Little John get the confidence that others would take him to play?After he just touched the threshold, he was still very worried.

"Forget it, I won't watch anymore. The more I watch, the more uncomfortable I feel."

Putting the newspaper aside with a look of reluctance, Little John picked up his coffee.

He felt bad that such a large amount of wealth was lost in front of him.

This feeling is like seeing a hundred dollar bill in Xiangyang's wallet, but he
"Why am I so sad today?"

Although Little John was eating breakfast seriously, his eyes couldn't stop looking at the newspaper. He even tried to focus on the food and not think about it, but he was still so uncomfortable that he couldn't taste the jam.

"cough cough"

Seeing this, Xiang Yang cleared his throat.

"Speak directly if you have anything to say." Little John raised his head and looked at Xiang Yang with complicated eyes.

"Instead of feeling uncomfortable about this matter, you might as well think about other things." Xiang Yang comforted him. It was useless to feel uncomfortable when it was not his turn to make the money.

"Oh."

Little John nodded, and after taking a long breath, the corners of his mouth drooped even more ugly, "When I think of you and Sophie Marceau on the cover, I might as well think about this."

Upon hearing this, Xiang Yang didn't bother to talk to this ungrateful guy.

Unlike many later movies that were released simultaneously in China, "Avatar" will not be released in China until January 1, a less popular period (there was no Spring Festival release in 4, and December was the Lunar New Year release).

Han Sanping, who advocated the introduction of "Avatar", was also shocked when he learned about the sensation "Avatar" caused in North America and overseas.

"Sure enough, it still takes a big movie like this to have such an effect."

Thinking that the film's production cost was as high as 2.3 million US dollars, Han Sanping couldn't help but sigh, "I don't know when China's movies will have such an investment scale."

While he was feeling emotional, the secretary knocked on the door lightly and walked in to ask for instructions:

"Mr. Han, the starry Mr. Lu is already here."

"Well, let him in." Han Sanping smiled.

The two had communicated on the phone before, and Starlight had reached a preliminary cooperation intention with Hermès Film Investment Company to prepare a costume movie.

Coincidentally, Chen Kaige is also preparing a costume movie.

In business, he still wanted to hear Lu Zheng's thoughts.

Less than a minute later, Lu Zheng walked in with a smile on his face, "Master Han, I take the liberty of disturbing you."

"Come on, please sit down, Mr. Lu. We don't have to be polite." Han Sanping also had a smile on his face. While asking his secretary to make tea for the two of them, he stood up and came to the reception area to ask Lu Zheng to sit down.

"Mr. Lu has a lot of things to do. He made a special trip here. If there is anything else to disturb him, don't bother me."

Lu Zheng waved his hand quickly, "No matter how busy I am, I can't be as busy as Master Han."

After he finished speaking, the two shook hands and sat down to look at each other.

"Mr. Lu, why don't we talk about the movie you are preparing? We at Huaying are also interested in supporting the filming of costume movies this year."

"Then this is good news for us."

"Hermès wants to invest in domestic movies?"

"Well, yes, the starry Lu Zheng went to Huaying today. What do you think?"

"What do I think?" Wang Zhongjun frowned, his eyes stayed on Wang Zhonglei for a few seconds and then shook his head, "Even if they are coming for us, what can we say."

"Maybe we are also optimistic about the future rate of return of Huaxia Film. What do you think?" After Wang Zhonglei finished speaking, he looked at Wang Zhongjun as if asking for his opinion.

"Don't worry, from another perspective, their coming in is good news for us." Wang Zhongjun thought for a moment before saying.

Wang Zhonglei nodded.

Although Hermès Film Company has not been established for a long time, it has already made a name for itself in Europe and the United States.In particular, the attention caused by the spread of "Downton Abbey" in the UK has attracted much attention to the projects invested by this company based on the success of "Midnight in Paris".

One "Black Swan" and one "The Social Network".

If you want a star, you have a star, if you want a famous director, you have a famous director.

What does it mean that they are now starting to deploy in China?
It shows that people are also optimistic about China's future film market.

How could this not be good news for Huayi, which is rooted in the Chinese film market?
But why did they choose to cooperate with Starlight?This is a bit confusing, because everyone in the industry knows that there is only one Jingtian under the Starlight banner.
"It's bad, they are not targeting Li Bingbing!"

Suddenly remembering that Li Bingbing was participating in the filming of the Hollywood movie "The Social Network" invested by Hermès Film Investment Company, Wang Zhongjun was stunned.

"It's really possible." Hearing this, Wang Zhonglei was stunned for a few seconds, "Has Li Bingbing's sister Li He returned recently?"

"No."

(End of this chapter)