China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 205
"I heard that the International Exchange Office of the General Administration said that the results of domestic Oscar entries have not been released yet."

Han Sanping nodded: "Well, we are still in the selection stage."

As the deadline for applying for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar is approaching, what mainland China will use to compete for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar this year has become a question of public concern.

According to the rules, China has three places to submit for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. In addition to the Chinese Treasure Island, the Mainland and Hong Kong also have one place each.

The deadline for registration is October 10st, and the participating films must be films that have been released in commercial theaters for more than a week before September 1th in the year.

If you choose this way, there won’t be much choice.

Although the Chinese movies that have been released this year have achieved record box office records, there are only a handful of them that can truly represent the mainland.

Zhang Yimou's new film "Three Shots", Feng Xiaogang's new film "Tangshan Earthquake", and even Hu Mei's "Confucius" have not been completed yet, and they will obviously not be able to catch up with the last train for this Oscar.

This year’s Mainland Olympic bid is difficult to come by!
"From what you said, do you plan to participate in the election?" Han Sanping thought for a moment and said uncertainly.

"My new film made it to the last train. I just took it to the General Administration for review." Li Mu came here mainly for this matter.

"If you had this idea, you should have told me earlier, so why are you hesitating!"

Han Sanping puffed his beard and stared. He was still thinking about which movie to send.

If you don't want to waste this year's entry quota, "Red Cliff" and "Mei Lanfang" are good choices. Even if you choose "The Founding of the People's Republic of China", it seems feasible. However, Han Sanping himself knows that these movies are too weak to compete. Yes, it's just food delivered.

As for "Nanjing!"Nanjing! "He didn't even think about it.

Now that there are better choices, there is no need to hesitate.

At the last Oscars, the Japanese film "The Embalmer" won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, proving that this award is not far away for Asian films.

This year, South Korea has finalized the new film "Mother" by "Monster on the Han River" director Bong Joon-ho as its "Olympic bid film."

"Can't Live Without You" directed by Leon Dai is also determined to represent China Treasure Island in the Oscar competition.

"It will only be released in China for one week? Are there any arrangements in Los Angeles?"

Now that there was an Austrian film, Han Sanping immediately became interested.

Foreign language films can also participate in the selection of other Oscar awards, but the conditions are that they must be continuously screened in a commercial theater in Los Angeles for at least seven days, and the advertising and market development during this screening period must comply with industry practices and must be within the specified time period. Released within.

"We are already arranging a small-scale screening in Los Angeles after Venice!"

Li Mu naturally thought of this. Since he was already competing for the Olympics, how could he only compete for the Best Foreign Language Film award?

The global box office for the ten days since its release has finally come out, with a total of US$2.7 million in North America and US$6.6 million globally. After only ten days of release, it has directly entered the global box office rankings, surpassing Li Mu's previous film "I Am Legend" 》.

In ten days, it reached a box office area that most movies cannot reach.

"The Sino-US co-production blockbuster "2012" exceeded US$6 million in ten days!"

As soon as the data came out, the news immediately spread on the Internet. Everyone knew that the global box office would be very high, but they did not expect that it would hit US$10 million in 7 days.

Now people all over the world are watching this epoch-making 3D disaster film, and then David called.

"Boss, I have good news and bad news."

"Then let's make an agreement first."

"The international forecasting agency's box office forecast for "2012" is US$20.5 billion!" David almost shouted this sentence on the phone. "Do you know what this means? It means that "2012" will surpass Cameron. "Titanic" successfully reached the top!"

Li Mu smiled: "We have reached the top in name only, and if we calculate the inflation rate, others are still number one."

"2012" can achieve such a high box office because of the right time, place and people. 09 is destined to be the first year of the 3D revival.

“Climbing to the top is still climbing in name!” David defended.

"Okay, what's the bad news?" Li Mu was even more curious about this.

"Affected by "2012" in North America, the apocalyptic atmosphere is too strong, triggering doomsday panic. NASA has come out to refute the rumors, which may have some impact on our movie."

"Okay, okay, this is indeed a rumor. The Mayans actually didn't predict the end of the world at all, just the reincarnation of the solar era."

NASA's refutation of the rumor has some impact on the movie, but it's not a big problem. It cools down the movie for a short time. Besides, it's just a propaganda, and it doesn't really mean the end of the world.

David immediately exclaimed: "Ha, boss, isn't it really the end of the world? I even bought a life capsule!"

Li Mu felt speechless: "Don't you believe in God?"

"So my life capsule says Noah's Ark!"

"You are really afraid of death!"

"Boss, I actually advise you to buy one, whether it's real or fake, just in case."

"roll!"

Li Mu shook his head. No wonder NASA wants to refute the rumors. There are so many people who are afraid of death!
After hanging up the phone from David, an email from Toho came, one a week, untouchable.

They all report the box office data of "Your Name".

Since the end of May, "Your Name" has been released in Japan for more than two months, with a total box office of 5 billion yen, temporarily becoming the box office champion of the year. According to Toho's predictions, the film can continue to be released. It will take two months to completely exhaust the potential.

Only this time, Toho also added the data of "2012" next door, telling Li Mu that "2012" had taken a lot of the box office of "Your Name"!

Li Mu couldn't laugh or cry immediately after seeing it.

"What's wrong, A Mu, why are you laughing?" Liu Yifei suddenly became curious when she saw Li Mu like this.

"You'll know just by looking at it." Li Mu made room, and Liu Yifei came over directly. After taking a look, she immediately understood.

Liu Yifei laughed dumbly, her palms and backs were full of flesh: "What should we do?"

"The impact should not be particularly large."

Li Mu thought for a while, and concluded that the stamina of "2012" will still be mainly in 3D theaters, and "Your Name" should be able to take back a lot of the 2D theater chain's film schedule over time.

"Drive My Car" was given the green light almost all the way and passed the review without any hindrance.

It will be released for a week in September. As soon as insiders heard the news, they knew that this movie was going to compete for Oscars.

Lu Xun was furious when he heard the news: "Damn it, is this Li Mu sincerely against me?"

"Nanjing!Nanjing! 》Foreign media have been saying that he has the qualifications to win the Olympics. In addition, there are not many movies suitable for Oscar this year. Lu Xun is full of hope and feels that he has a chance to win.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Yaojin appeared on the way!
With Li Mu here, what's going on with Chong Ao and Lu Xun?At this time, all fools know how to choose.

The 2012D trend driven by "3" has completely made domestic film and television production producers unable to sit still.

In addition to "The Boys", a "3D song and dance show" that has been promoted as a youth idol, "Wu Cheng'en and Journey to the West" created by a Chinese team also stylishly incorporates 3D elements and is known as "the world's first three-dimensional TV series."

The reporter also learned from the crew of "Mulan" that this drama starring Zhao Zhetian, Chen Kun and others will also join the vigorous 3D army, presenting a shocking visual impact to the audience.

There seem to be more and more domestic 3D works
Li Mu knows very well that 3D movies have just emerged, and now movie fans are rushing to watch them, all for the sake of freshness. These producers just want to take advantage of this freshness and make a splash first.

What kind of TV series is this? It’s a 3D version, what?Everyone’s TV can still play 3D effects.

All kinds of ghosts and monsters are beginning to appear, not only in China, but also in Hollywood. According to data, the income of 3D movies in the United States is 3.6 times that of ordinary film movies.

All kinds of productions now feel outdated if they are not labeled with 3D.

Various media in North America are also shouting crazily: "2009 is the first year of 3D movies, and the era of stereoscopic movies is coming!"

3D storm resounds all over the world!

As the creator of "2012", Li Mu was invited to the China Film Museum.

In front of the main building of the China Film Museum, a huge screen and an intermittent sloping wall on the square form a planar combination shaped like a click board.

The building uses black as the basic color and metal plates with hollow patterns as outer decoration, casting a mysterious veil on this palace of light and shadow.

"Luxurious!" Li Mu couldn't help but sigh secretly.

"Director Li! Thank you for coming!" As soon as Li Mu arrived, curator Yang Yongjian greeted him personally.

"Director Yang!"

As the two shook hands, the photographer next to them kept taking pictures.

"Let's go in and say, Director Li, I'll show you around!"

The interior of the museum uses black, white and gray as the basic tone, which is elegant and calm. All other colors appear more colorful under this tone.

Li Mu looked at the color and couldn't help but praise: "It is indeed a palace of light and shadow. This design has a strong cinematic feel and is very characteristic of black and white movies."

"Director Li, you have a vision. This building was designed by RTKL International Co., Ltd. in the United States and the Imperial Architectural Design Institute. The original design method was to reflect the balance between film art and architectural language, not only allowing the viewer to experience the three-dimensional It has a visual impact and makes it feel like you are in a movie, sublimating the strong visual effects into a comprehensive all-round experience.”

Yang Yongjian proudly introduced Li Mu.

The movie camera invented and used by the Lumiere brothers, the first domestic feature film "A Difficult Wife", and the first art film "Dingjun Mountain".
While walking, Yang Yongjian also introduced the century-old development history of Chinese films and the Film Technology Expo.

"When it comes to film technology, our director Li here is the expert." Yang Yongyuan said with a smile, and the accompanying staff also laughed.

Li Mu waved his hand: "Everywhere, it is all the work of predecessors."

"Director Li, this is so humble. Who doesn't know that the epoch-making 3D work now comes from Director Li!"

The people accompanying him nodded.

Li Mu and Yang Yongjian have also been admiring each other in business for a long time.

"Director Li, as the first 3D work in China, it is a breakthrough for the Chinese film industry and Chinese film history. Its release has filled the gap in Chinese three-dimensional films. On behalf of the Chinese Film Museum, I formally invite "2012" joined."

Yang Yongjian's purpose in inviting Li Mu to come was very clear. As the first 3Dimax film with domestic participation, the Huaxia Museum would definitely keep it.

Li Mu did not refuse. This is the honor that "2012" deserves: "We are already making a copy and will send it to the museum in two days!"

"Thank you, Director Li. "2012" is No. 3 in the 001D movie exhibition area!"

Yang Yongjian was also very happy and directly assigned a number to "2012". This very meaningful 3D film copy will soon become one of the treasures of the Huaxia Museum.

The next day's news report, "China's first three-dimensional film "2012" was installed in the film museum!" made the headline on the portal website.

After Tian Zhuangzhuang saw it, he immediately called Li Mu. Nortel also has a school history museum, so it is of great significance for the copy of "2012" to be hung in Nortel.

After Tian Zhuangzhuang finished speaking, he joked: "I still regret choosing "2012" as your graduation work. Now the school leaders are both happy and distressed!"

The teachers from Nortel’s Directing Department must have gone to watch the movie, and they had to grade Li Mu’s graduation film.

After watching it, I was not disappointed, but it exceeded the standard. How many times will it take for Nortel to break the record for this commercial film?

I'm afraid that later directors will no longer dare to make commercial films as their graduation works, and they will all go to make art films.

On the same day, someone suggested that we should change to a graduation film. This "2012" put too much pressure on the students who followed.

The leaders of Nortel School are now very entangled in using "2012" as the benchmark for Nortel graduate students' graduation works. For Nortel, it is an opportunity to become famous at home and abroad. This is an epoch-making blockbuster that promotes the global 3D process.

But after using it, I am afraid that subsequent directors will never be able to find anyone who can make a movie that surpasses this one. This is a big mountain weighing on future directors.

Li Mu didn't care: "As talented people emerge from generation to generation, there will always be someone who can break the record."

Tian Zhuangzhuang was a little helpless: "You said this, do you believe it? It's 10 million US dollars in 6.6 days. It's obvious that you want to hit the record of "Titanic". If Nortel can produce you, you will be burned." , I can’t imagine a second one.”

"Hehe, go ahead and give it a headache. It's okay to use "Your Name" if it doesn't work. Anyway, it complies with the regulations."

Li Mu smiled. Anyway, the rules are not up to Nortel itself. As long as he changes his graduation project within the deadline, he will at most be criticized by the media, but everyone can understand it.

"Don't forget about the copies. The school history museum also needs to find a place for the 3D movie."

Tian Zhuangzhuang gave special instructions before hanging up the phone.

"Don't worry, I will never forget it."

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"The school looks very distressed!" Liu Yifei smiled sinisterly after listening to the conversation between Li Mu and Tian Zhuangzhuang.

Li Mu curled his lips: "I suggested at the beginning that they choose "Your Name" or my new artistic film, but they insisted on using "2012"."

"Then what do you think they will choose in the end?" Liu Yifei was curious.

"Dead pigs are not afraid of boiling water. Future generations will deal with it afterwards. I guess they will still use "2012"."

Fame and fortune, you have to choose the same thing. There are many literary and artistic films made by people, but if you miss an epoch-making film like "2012", you won't have such an opportunity.

This is an opportunity to leave a mark in film history!
According to Li Mu's understanding of Nortel, they will definitely bite the bullet this time and use "2012" as Li Mu's graduation work.

(End of this chapter)