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Chapter 230: Creating the godmother of youth films
"This is the best moment of my life. This award goes to those on the front line. I hope you can go home safely."

Bigelow held the trophy in his hand and was still saying his thanks.

Kathryn Bigelow also became the first female director to win an Academy Award for directing.

"Li Mu lost to politics. After all, this is a story about the US military during the Iraq War!"

"What a pity, there are too many bugs this year, and Cameron is still here!"

"It's okay to win a foreign language film. Li Mu is already the youngest person nominated. There will be opportunities later!"

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"I didn't expect Cameron to lose too!" Duan Yihong said softly. The two directors with the highest box office are the biggest highlights of this year's Best Director.

But I didn't expect that both of them lost.

"I'm fine, but Cameron is probably feeling a little uncomfortable!"

Li Mu glanced at Cameron's expression. Although there was nothing unusual about it, it was a bit sad for anyone who came with the general trend to lose.

Tom Hanks stepped onto the stage, which meant that the final award for Best Picture was about to be announced.

This year's best picture battle is not a battle between "ex-husband" and "ex-wife", nor is it "Demolition Squad" vs. "The Hurt Locker", but "Battle of the Armed Forces."

"Avatar", which tells the story of future wars, will compete with "The Hurt Locker", which depicts contemporary wars, and "The Unscrupulous Army," which depicts historical wars.

According to the information obtained by Li Mu, these three films have the greatest probability of winning Best Picture.

Since its release, "Avatar" has grossed US$25 billion at the global box office with its "god-from-the-world" style.

In fact, if movie fans around the world were to vote for the best film of the year, "Avatar" and "2012" would almost definitely win.

But in the eyes of more than 5700 Oscar judges, "Avatar" is not the only one, let alone perfect. Even "2012" was not nominated for Best Picture.

Although box office and popularity can influence the choices of some judges, it is difficult to influence the final result.

"Ah Mu, is there any chance for "District [-]"?" Liu Yifei also felt the tension brought by the best picture.

"It seems like 53 years have passed since a science fiction film won the Oscar for Best Picture!"

Li Mu thought for a moment. In the history of the Oscars, science fiction films rarely win the highest honor. The most recent science fiction film to win an Oscar was "Around the World in 1957 Days" in 80.

"Ha, it took so long!" Liu Yifei and others were still a little surprised, "Isn't Cameron's "Avatar" also a bit suspenseful?"

"It depends on what those old men think!"

Five of the ten films nominated for Best Picture in this year's Academy Awards race had grossed more than $1 million in the U.S. and Canada before the nominations were announced, the most since 2003. For the first time, at least one blockbuster film will appear in the nominated works.

"The winner of this year's Oscar for Best Picture is..."

Tom Hanks’s voice was crisp: “The Hurt Locker!”

"The Hurt Locker has become the big winner!" Zhou Xun said while applauding as he looked at the cheers of the audience.

"The Hurt Locker" won six awards out of nine nominations, sweeping the Oscars!

On the other hand, "Avatar" also received nine nominations and got three scraps.

It seems that the Oscar judges do not agree with Cameron’s bold words about the Golden Globe Award.

"Obviously, this Oscar film has a greater preference for reflection on war. "The Hurt Locker" shows the harm of war to the human soul! Not only the best director, but also the best picture was given to it."

"What a pity District [-] and Avatar!"

"The new ideas reflected in the movie "District [-]" are quite good!"

No matter what, this year's Oscars have already settled, and the award for "The Hurt Locker" will definitely be controversial.

When Li Mu left, he happened to meet the man who was going to change people's lifestyle this year.

"It seems that an iPhone appeared in the scene of "The Hurt Locker"!" Li Mu thought to himself that there seemed to be this scene in the best picture clip just now.

The smartphone era is almost here.

The so-called governor's dinner later is the after-party after the Oscars, a dinner like a wealthy person.

It is still held here, in the Rui Dolby Ballroom with an area of ​​more than 2330 square meters, just on the top floor of the theater.

Of the more than 3000 people attending the awards ceremony tonight, at most only half will be invited. Li Mu and four others have already received invitations...

The next day, the ratings for this edition of the Oscars were released, and they soared to the highest level in five years, reaching a record high since 5 million.

Especially the clips with Li Mu and Cameron had the highest ratings.

In fact, before the ceremony, it was already obvious from the discussion on the Internet.

This time, both Li Mu and Cameron swept the world with their movies last year, so everyone's attention is naturally high.

Too many people have seen their movies. Only a few people have seen "The Hurt Locker". The global box office is less than 5000 million US dollars, while the two movies "2012" and "Avatar" have a total of 45 billion US dollars.

In China, on the four major portal websites, major forums, post bars, and Weibo, where the entertainment section is involved, titles such as "Li Mu makes history, the first best foreign language film in the Mainland!" are at the forefront.

CCTV also rarely broadcast two sentences on the news.

In South Korea and Japan, Li Mu's popularity for winning the best foreign language film even surpassed that of China.

Li Mu himself is very famous in both countries, and Li Mu's movies are still featured in both the Korean box office and the Japanese box office.

"It feels like Chinese movies have suddenly opened up a huge gap with us, Smecta!" Koreans worship the Oscars as much as the United States itself.

"Maybe Li Mu has our Korean blood."

At the Imperial Capital International Airport, Li Mu and Liu Yifei walked toward the exit while talking and laughing. The chill in the Imperial Capital in March had slowly dissipated, and the spring sunshine filtered through the glass, bringing bursts of warmth.

"Hurry up!" Li Mu lowered his head and led Liu Yifei, while Zhou Xun and others quickened their pace.

Journalists have the sharpest noses. This time it won the Best Foreign Language Film, so there is no way they would try their best to take advantage of Li Mu’s wool.

"Director Li, why don't we just capture him without mercy!" Zhou Xun looked at the front and wanted to give up.

Wearing sunglasses, Li Mu looked up and saw that there were at least dozens of people blocking the road dozens of meters ahead. They were all media reporters.

And these people seemed to have noticed the four secretive people in front of them.

"Director Li, don't run away!"

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Li Mu and Liu Yifei looked at each other and smiled bitterly, "Forget it, let's work together!"

When the group of media reporters in front saw that several people had given up resistance, they immediately surrounded them. The four of them answered reporters' questions as they walked.

"I would like to ask Director Li, this time he won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, which is the first in the Mainland. Does this mean that you have surpassed your predecessors?"

"Wait!" Li Mu interrupted the reporter.

This reporter with thick eyebrows and big eyes, who seems to be honest and honest, is digging holes without hesitation.

Sure enough, people cannot be judged by their appearance. "The award doesn't mean anything. It just proves that one film is good. It doesn't mean that the subsequent films are good. I still have a lot to learn."

Li Mu sent this person away directly.

"Director Li, is your new film "The Martian" confident of winning another Oscar?"

"The filming hasn't even been completed yet, and I haven't seen the effect yet. It's like I can take this award whenever I want. You gave it to me Oscar!"

Everyone burst into laughter immediately.

"Yi Hong."

This combination took a long time to complete.

"Tired and paralyzed!"

As soon as Liu Yifei got home, she collapsed on the sofa without even wanting to raise her head.

Han Sanping's call came on time.

Is this a locator installed?
Li Mu muttered.

"China Film is about to hold a 2010 film resource promotion meeting. Is there any special problem with the plot of Yifei's "The Witch"?"

It is obvious that Han Sanping is preparing to arrange the introduction process for "The Witch".

"There's no big problem. I'll send it over for review later. At most, it will only cut a few scenes."

"Okay, maybe with the Best Foreign Language Film you won, it won't be impossible not to cut for a second."

Han Sanping was on the other end of the phone, smiling brightly.

The best foreign language film that I had been dreaming of finally got it. In the whole of Asia, before Li Mu, only Baodao and Japan had one each.

"By the way, is "The Witch" going to split the account or buy it out?"

"Just divide the accounts!"

Li Mu still has some confidence in this movie in the Mainland. The investment is not large, and it is almost no problem to return the money.

Last year, the domestic introduction of "Mysterious Code" in the form of a credit-sharing film has already meant that the monopoly of major Hollywood studios on American credit-sharing films has officially ended.

Sharing accounts does not mean that it is better than buyouts, etc., but independent production companies have begun to have more choices and rights.

The number of blockbusters imported from the Mainland has basically remained at around 20 per year, of which American films account for around 15.

However, since special films released separately in the form of 3D and IMAX are not included in the quota of sub-account films, it is expected that more than 2010 Hollywood blockbusters will land on mainland screens in 20. If the purchased films are included, the total number is expected to be around 25. Same as last year.

Affected by "2012", domestic 3D screens currently cost more than 1000 yuan, and IMAX screens are also actively being built. The number of 3D screens in China ranks second in the world. The previous disadvantages of cinema hardware are gone forever.

Among the blockbusters introduced in China this year with greater certainty are the new film "Inception" directed by "The Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan, and the DreamWorks Animation series classic "Shrek 4", which is a new and re-released film. The return of "Iron Man 2" and the new "Harry Potter" series "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part [-])" are highly anticipated masterpieces.

"This little girl has two movies released this year, I'm afraid it will be even better!" Li Mu couldn't help but thought as he looked at Liu Yifei, who was still lying on the sofa enjoying a moment of peace.

Just add another fire!

"Sissi!" Li Mu called softly.

"Huh?" Liu Yifei opened her eyes slightly and responded softly like a lazy cat.

"It's not always said in the industry that if you sing well, you will act, and if you act well, you will direct."

"Huh? Isn't Jay Chou going this way? What's wrong?" Liu Yifei raised her little head, but it was only half an inch above the sofa.

"Have you ever thought about becoming a director?"

Liu Yifei thought Li Mu was joking and said with a smile: "Then you say my acting skills are very good?"

"Forehead"

"Say it quickly, right?"

"You are the kind of person who is chased by God to feed you food. No, you should be the type who refuses to swallow the food that God brings to your mouth!"

Li Mu thought for a while and realized that Liu Yifei was indeed like this in her previous life, so she had to go through some trouble to prove herself.

"Am I so good at acting now?"

"No, I'm actually talking about your face!"

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Liu Yifei immediately sat up from the sofa angrily, "What do you mean? Don't I have any acting skills?"

"Your talent can only be said to be average. As for your acting skills, they are average." Li Mu felt murderous intent coming from his left side and quickly added: "Absolutely above average!"

Li Mu spread his hands helplessly: "It's just that the audience is looking at your face, who cares whether your performance is good or not!"

"I'm going to bite you to death!" Liu Yifei immediately pounced on Li Mu, grabbed Li Mu's arm, and chewed it.

"Stop, stop, stop. Let me tell you the truth, I plan to let you direct a youth romance movie!"

Liu Yifei immediately let go and her eyes widened: "No, no! What if we lose the money?"

"Be more ambitious!" Li Mu tapped Liu Yifei's little head, "The cost is only 1000 million. Since you are a new director, I will give you an extra 200 million to make the production cost 1200 million!"

Li Mu stroked his chin, "As for the compensation, then you can make up for it by accepting more endorsements."

Despite what he said, Li Mu felt there was nothing wrong with this arrangement.

Youth movies like "Those Years" and "Nine Knives" are not even half-baked, so he wouldn't have used his own crew to assist Liu Yifei in making the movie, and it would have been successful.

Choose two actors and actresses who are not famous and cheap, and the movie won't cost a lot of money, just put in the hard work.

If all of these are not successful, then it may be that you really have no talent, and you will stop thinking about this in the future.

"When I return to the set, I will study hard with Director Xue and pay more attention to the details of the shooting. When I come back, I will go to Teacher Tian to catch up on the theoretical foundation for a few days."

Li Mu has already made arrangements. He bought the rights to "Those Years" for several years, but there has been no suitable person to film it. Except for Li Mu, the other directors under Mengying are not suitable to direct this youth film.

However, it is unlikely that Li Mu will shoot this kind of movie at this time, so he might as well use it for Liu Yifei to practice on.

"The lens is the director's language. You are a tool now. Well... a junior director. Don't think too much about this. Just shoot according to the script first!" Li Mu advised earnestly.

Liu Yifei thought for a long time, "Then you can't blame me if you pay!"

"You pay half of it yourself, it counts as an investment!" Li Mu felt that he still had to put some pressure on this little girl.

Liu Yifei was immediately full of fighting spirit: "Hehe, after filming this youth film, I will have to sharpen my sword for ten years!"

"It's okay to sharpen a sword for ten years, but to learn it, you have to learn from Cameron, don't learn from Yu Feihong!"

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(End of this chapter)