The Crown Prince of Huayu!

"Parasite" has now been released in more than 100 countries around the world.

It performed very well, with the total global box office reaching more than 300 million US dollars.

The film grossed more than 500 million yuan in China alone.

The film even grossed nearly 90 million U.S. dollars in North America!

It surpassed "Lost in Journey: Detective Chinatown" and set a new record for Han Jiadong's best Chinese-language film in the United States.

This achievement is second only to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in the history of North American foreign language films, surpassing the Italian classic "Life is Beautiful" and Zhang Yimou's "Hero", ranking second in film history.

You know, as the world's largest film market, Hollywood movies' dominant position in the world has long led to North American audiences being extremely xenophobic and closed. Many North American movie fans have a view in their minds: except for Hollywood movies, other movies are garbage!

Under such circumstances, it is definitely a miracle that "Parasite", as a low-cost foreign language film and an art film, could earn nearly 90 million yuan at the box office.

The film sparked widespread discussion among movie fans during its release and for a long time after its release.

With this movie, Han Jiadong is now less than $100 million away from Spielberg's box office champion.

Almost all media and insiders, even ordinary movie fans, have reached a consensus in their hearts: it is only a matter of time before Han Jiadong's total box office exceeds Spielberg.

After all, whether it is speed and efficiency or age and time, they are all on Han Jiadong's side.

Even Spielberg's most ardent fans have to admit this.

Thinking back to ten years ago, no one was even close to Spielberg, let alone surpassing him.

The second place's global total box office is almost half of Spielberg's.

At that time, Han Jiadong was just a newcomer who had just debuted.

Unexpectedly, in just ten years, Han Jiadong has been approaching and even surpassing Spielberg at a rocket-like pace.

Both this incident and Han Jiadong as a person can definitely be called a miracle in the history of film!
But who will become the first billion-dollar director remains a mystery.

Even the majority are optimistic about Spielberg.

After all, Spielberg had just finished filming a Hollywood blockbuster - "Bridge of Spies".

It is expected to be released within the year.

Spielberg is currently less than 400 million away from the 10 billion mark, and it is very likely that he will cross the 10 billion mark with this movie.

In comparison, although Han Jiadong is less than 500 million away from the 10 billion mark, he has not filmed a Hollywood blockbuster recently.

Not only did they give up on "Avengers 2", which could have killed the suspense, but they also handed over other films in the Marvel series to other people to direct.

It almost drove his fans crazy.

Now almost all the messages on social media are urging him to make a movie as soon as possible.

"Brother, that's 10 billion! This is the only chance for the world to be the first to achieve this! If you miss it, you can only wait for humanity to become extinct and have another chance again!"

"There are only a few billion-dollar movies in the world, and you let someone else shoot it, especially during this critical period for the record. I am speechless."

"Can we put the others aside for now? Let's just take this 10 billion record first?"

"As expected, women are the stumbling blocks to men's success. Why get married for no reason?"

"Just release the movie as soon as possible. You just need to be responsible for releasing the movie, and leave the record-breaking work to us!"

"The next movie has been confirmed. It's a domestic film and will be released during the Spring Festival. Everyone remember to go to the cinema to support it! We may not be able to count on it abroad, so we will try to make 10 billion domestically!"

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Compared to the fans who are extremely anxious, neutral movie fans actually admire Han Jiadong.

Even when faced with such an important record, he was able to maintain a non-competitive and non-anxious attitude.

Han Jiadong himself certainly doesn't really care about the achievement of being the first to break the 10 billion mark.

But he knew that Spielberg's total box office exceeded 10 billion after the release of "Ready Player One".

There are still several years before "Ready Player One" is released.

For him, that was enough.

Even the movie "Charlotte's Troubles", which will be released during the Spring Festival, may help him achieve this.

After all, the original time and space were a group of newcomers, and they only had over 10% of the screenings on the first day. At the same time, "Lost in Hong Kong" occupied most of the screenings, causing "Charlotte's Troubles" to miss the golden period of grabbing the box office. In the end, it still won a box office of more than billion yuan.

Nowadays, the fame and box office appeal of directors and actors are no longer the same as they used to be.

It is normal to get a box office that far exceeds the original time and space.

But others were obviously not as optimistic as he was.

In the eyes of others, Hollywood blockbusters definitely have an advantage over domestic films in terms of global box office.

Especially considering this time point, most foreign film markets are in a cold period.

Plus it’s another Chinese comedy…

Many people therefore do not think that Han Jiadong can cross the 10 billion mark with just this one movie.

Gambling companies even offered bets on this.

Spielberg is also the more favored party.

The odds are only -200, which means that if you win, you have to bet yuan to win yuan.

Han Jiadong's odds are +250, which means that if he wins the bet, he can win 100 yuan by betting yuan.

And as more and more people place bets, Han Jiadong's odds are still rising.

This shows that the proportion of pressure on Spielberg is obviously higher.

After Xu Qin spent several hundred million to bet on Han Jiadong, there was an obvious decline, but then it began to slowly recover.

Back to the award ceremony.

After the television awards, the first award to be presented was the Best Foreign Language Film Award.

The nominees are "Leviathan" (Russian), "The Tourist" (Swedish), "The Prosecution" (Hebrew), "Sister Ida" (Polish), and "Parasite" (Chinese).

The film that poses the greatest threat to "Parasite" is "Leviathan", which also participated in last year's Cannes Film Festival and won the Best Screenplay Award.

In terms of political color, "Parasite" has a rare advantage.

"Wow! It's Jackie Chan... Jackie Chan presenting the award!"

When Xu Lu saw that it was Jackie Chan who came up to the stage to present the award, she became excited and covered her mouth and screamed softly.

The other crew members also roughly guessed the organizer's intention in inviting Jackie Chan to serve as the award presenter for the Best Foreign Language Film, and they all showed more or less excitement on their faces.

Although before the film festival began, they were considered the biggest favorites for this year's Best Foreign Language Film.

Not only do people in China think so, but the media in North America also think so.

But this is the Golden Globe Awards after all!
The last time a mainland film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film was 21 years ago for "Farewell My Concubine".

After such a long time, I finally have the chance to win an award again, and it’s for a film I starred in. How can I not be excited?

Soon, as the highlights of the shortlisted films were played, Jackie Chan announced the results with a happy look on his face.

"The winner of the 72nd Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film is Parasite. Congratulations!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was warm applause and cheers from the audience.

This result is what everyone expected.

Han Jiadong was not too surprised by this result, as the original "Parasite" also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

So although he was happy, he remained calm. Until...

"The winner of the 72nd Golden Globe Awards for Best Director is Han Jiadong. Congratulations!"

Hearing his name being called again, Han Jiadong was stunned for a moment.

When did the Ballon d'Or become so generous?

Last time, that Hollywood blockbuster didn’t want to give me an award, but now I’m winning the Best Director Award for a foreign language film?

You know, before this, no one had ever won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director for a foreign language film!

In other words, Han Jiadong is the first to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Director with a non-English film.

The six Golden Globe Awards for Best Director before this were all won for English-language films.

Going back further, non-English films were not even eligible for Best Director.

It was not until 09 that the rule was changed so that as long as Americans participated in the investment or filming, the film would be eligible to participate in awards other than Best Foreign Language Film.

Before filming, Han Jiadong had already considered submitting to the Golden Globe Awards and Oscars, and specifically asked CP to participate in the investment.

"Tsk tsk! It seems that the last time the Oscars gave me an award, it stimulated the Golden Globe Awards quite a bit!"

Han Jiadong soon realized that the Golden Globe Awards was deliberately competing with the Oscars.

But no matter what the reason is, this is obviously a good thing for me.

Amid cheers and applause, he happily went on stage and received another small golden ball.

Later, the Best Picture award was given to "Boyhood", which was said to have taken twelve years to shoot.

As soon as the award ceremony ended, just as Han Jiadong had expected, the Golden Globe Awards began to issue press releases to promote its openness and inclusiveness, secretly competing with the Oscars.

Back home, even though it was still dark, people were already arguing on the internet.

This is the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film after 21 years!
In addition to the Best Foreign Language Film, there is also a very prestigious Best Director Award this time!

The results have surpassed the previous "Farewell My Concubine".

Combined with the previous reports of unfair treatment Han Jiadong suffered in China, many people have begun calling on the relevant departments to take quick action, punish those who should be punished and win over those who should be won over, otherwise Han Jiadong will be abducted away by others.

Especially after that, the media in the United States broke the news that someone had met Han Jiadong accompanying a pregnant woman in the United States to give birth, which made the media in both the United States and China hype the incident even more fiercely.

Because from the content of the report, it is obvious that the woman and Han Jiadong have a close relationship. Combined with the time when Han Jiadong previously posted the time when he got the marriage certificate, it is very likely that the pregnant woman is Han Jiadong's wife.

According to US law, once Han Jiadong's child is born in the United States, the child will automatically obtain US citizenship.

This is undoubtedly unacceptable to domestic fans.

So some departments were criticized even more harshly.

But there are also many Han Jiadong's black fans who took this opportunity to start smearing Han Jiadong, saying that Han Jiadong earns money in China, spends it in the United States, and will give the money to his American son in the future.

In the end, seeing the conflict between fans and anti-fans getting bigger and bigger, the official media had to step in personally to popularize the fact that even children born to Chinese couples abroad still enjoy Chinese nationality.

At the same time, Shanghai Film Group also issued an announcement stating that it had invited Han Jiadong to return to the company to serve as deputy general manager.

at the same time.

Los Angeles, USA.

Because Tong Yi was recognized when she went for a pregnancy check-up with her last time, that hospital is now being stalked by a large number of media paparazzi, so Han Jiadong had to change a hospital for Tong Yi.

"You don't have to go. I'll go with Yongxiu and the others."

Before going for another pregnancy check-up, Tong Yi refused Han Jiadong's company.

Han Jiadong said: "It's okay, I'm wearing a mask and a hat this time, I guarantee I won't be recognized."

Tong Yi shook her head: "Forget it, it's too troublesome to be recognized."

Their skin color is too conspicuous in the United States. Even if Han Jiadong wears a mask, given his fame in the United States, there is still a high probability that he will be recognized.

After taking a look at Han Jiadong, Tong Yi comforted him again: "Don't worry, I was like this before you came, and nothing happened, right?"

Han Jiadong thought for a moment and said, "How about this? I'll accompany you to the hospital downstairs. I won't get out of the car. You and Shi Zheng will go for the checkup together, and I'll wait for you in the car."

After hearing what he said, Tong Yi finally agreed.

She arrived downstairs at the hospital and left Han Jiadong in the car. Accompanied by Su Yongxiu and Shi Zheng, she walked into the hospital and went into the prenatal examination room alone.

"The fetus is healthy, but..."

In the obstetric examination room, a Chinese female doctor looked at the examination report in her hand with a serious face.

Tong Yi's heart suddenly lifted: "What's wrong?"

The doctor hesitated for two seconds and said, "Excuse me, do you and your husband plan to have children in the future?"

Tong Yi thought of what Han Jiadong had said before about having more children so that her mother would have children to take care of, and nodded with a slightly red face: "Probably."

The doctor frowned even more tightly and was silent for several seconds. He sighed and said, "There is one thing you should be prepared for. After this child, you may not be able to have children again."

Tong Yi was stunned for a moment.

Outside the hospital.

Seeing Tong Yi coming out of the hospital, Han Jiadong in the back seat quickly opened the car door and let Tong Yi get in.

Seeing that Tong Yi didn't look very good, he hurriedly asked with concern: "Tong Yi, what's wrong with you?"

Tong Yi shook her head: "It's okay, I'm just a little tired, let's talk about it when we get back."

When they got home and entered the bedroom, there was no one around. Tong Yi threw herself into Han Jiadong's arms and started crying.

Han Jiadong was startled: "What's wrong? What happened? Don't cry, don't cry, I'm here, everything will be fine."

But Tong Yi continued to cry for a long time before she gradually stopped. She looked up at Han Jiadong with tears in her eyes and said, "Jiadong, do you like boys or girls?"

Han Jiadong helped her wipe her tears and said lovingly, "As long as it's your child, I like them all."

"Don't give me a perfunctory answer."

"I'm not being perfunctory, I really like them all!"

"Then you have to choose one, which one do you choose?"

"Must choose?"

“You must choose!”

Hearing Tong Yi's insistence, Han Jiadong hesitated for a moment and said, "A girl, please."

"why?"

"Because boys are too naughty, girls are better, they are well-behaved and sensible, and they are their dad's little cotton-padded jacket. Besides, the mother is so beautiful, the daughter must be beautiful too."

Tong Yi lowered her head: "I asked the doctor to check the baby's gender today, it's a girl."

At this point, she looked up at Han Jiadong again: "Do you think I am not doing well?"

"Is this why you're sad?"

Han Jiadong scratched Tong Yi's nose in amusement: "Didn't I tell you that I like girls? You didn't even ask first, but you're just worrying about it. Besides, this is a girl, we can still have another one in the future! Then we can have a basketball team."

Hearing what he said, Tong Yi, who had originally stopped crying, couldn't help but burst into tears again.

After taking a nap accompanied by Han Jiadong, Tong Yi got up and went to the bathroom alone to secretly call Tong Liya.

"Yaya, can you help me get Liu Yifei's phone number?" (End of this chapter)