Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 667 Interview with Central Media

The next day.

Liu Yifei, Liu Xiaoli and Yuan Quan went to Nicole Kidman's banquet, while Gu Wei attended the last public relations banquet with Leonardo and Ryder.

After all, Oscar voting will end tomorrow.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the photo of Liu Yifei and others with Nicole Kidman appeared in media reports, while in China, Liu Yifei posted the photo on Weibo.

Zhang Ziyi also posted a Weibo post, which roughly meant that she had made an appointment with Yifei and the others for dinner tomorrow night, which naturally attracted a lot of comments.

As the Oscars ceremony draws closer, Hollywood seems to have entered a carnival moment.

Apart from attending a cocktail party, the rest of Gu Wei's time was filled with news about Zhang Yimou, Liu Yifei and others.

After Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li posted photos with Liu Yifei, Miss Liu also entered a busy period.

Liu Yifei is currently the endorser of three high-end luxury brands. How could the Oscars red carpet, which is such a good place for publicity, be missed by the endorsement companies?

Almost every day, photos of Liu Yifei wearing various dresses and decorations are exposed.

But the good thing about this is that Liu Xiaoli and Yuan Quan don't have to worry about dresses, as LV is the exclusive sponsor and provides everything from shoes to dresses.

For Liu Yifei and others, it saves both worry and effort!
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The end of February, which is the 2th.

After being interviewed by the New York Times, Los Angeles Entertainment News, and the Washington Daily.

Gu Wei handed over the work in the crew to Guo Fan, while Zhang Yimou suspended the filming of "Jurassic World". The two of them brought Liu Yifei, Qin Hao and others to the Tomorrow's Star Film and Television Company.

The Sixth Princess and the reporters from Sina Entertainment had been waiting for a long time, and they couldn't help but get excited when they saw the group of people coming.

It was also the first time for domestic reporters to visit Gu Wei's company in Hollywood. Before Gu Wei and his team arrived, Reid took the reporters on a tour.

To be honest, after a round of viewing, many reporters were a little disappointed. After all, in terms of company size and area, Tomorrow Star Film and Television is a bit shabby compared with the domestic Star Film and Television Company.

Perhaps he noticed that everyone's expressions were a little strange, but Reid didn't think the company was shabby at all. He pointed to some equipment on the second floor and introduced it passionately.

After this round of introduction, the reporters found that although this company is small, it has all kinds of departments, especially these advanced equipment, many of which have never been heard of in China.

"Are these the equipment that Director Gu Wei bought at the dinner a few days ago?" a reporter asked curiously.

"That's right." Reid replied with a smile. These people were reporters from his boss' hometown, and he had received instructions in advance to receive them well.

At this time, the beautiful assistant came to Reid and whispered something in his ear. After listening, Reid immediately turned his head and said, "The boss and the others are here. Let's go to the meeting room."

"Director Gu and Director Zhang are here? Let's go quickly." Several reporters seemed a little impatient.

Media reporters and others were more concerned about the fact that "Parasite" was nominated for the 86th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film than Zhang Yimou.

After all, Chinese-language films have been competing for Oscars for many years, and except for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" which won the Best Foreign Language Film Award, "Ju Dou", "Farewell My Concubine", "Hero" and others were only nominated and returned home disappointed.

And it has been thirteen years since Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won the award in 01! It has to be said that Chinese-language films are a little bit weak in the Oscar race.

As for the Best Foreign Language Film Award, Italy is the most powerful country, having won 1947 times since the award was first presented in 13. France follows closely behind with 12 times, far ahead of other countries.

It would be fine if these two countries were strong in art films, but even our neighboring island country had three samurai films winning awards, which is a bit embarrassing.

So when Gu Wei and Zhang Yimou walked into the conference room, the reporters stood up instantly, their eyes full of eagerness.

"Everyone sit down and have some coffee first, hehe."

Although it was cold outside, the house was cozy. Soon the assistant brought coffee and various snacks, and everyone took a few bites out of courtesy.

"Editor-in-chief, the machine is ready." Upon hearing this, the editor-in-chief in charge of the team immediately smiled and said to everyone, "Director Gu, Director Zhang, let's get started."

"Okay." Zhang Yimou replied, and then Qin Hao and Chen Minghao moved the food on the table away, and the interview officially began.

With the editor-in-chief's gesture, the interview officially began.

"Director Zhang, Parasite has been nominated for this year's Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Do you have the confidence to win the award?"

Hearing the reporter's clichéd opening, Gu Wei could not help but laugh. The girl Liu next to him gave him a look, indicating that this was a national issue and he should be careful about the impact.

Gu Wei nodded and gave the other person a reassuring look.

Sure enough, Zhang Yimou's answer was also quite standard. Anyway, it has come to this point. Whether he can succeed depends on the judges. He has tried his best.

"As we all know, the Golden Globe Awards are a bellwether for the Oscars, but Parasite didn't win any at last month's Golden Globe Awards. Will this affect the final result?"

Hearing this, Zhang Yimou was silent for a while.

In fact, being nominated for an Oscar is a very expensive thing. The publicity costs of many films are in the millions of dollars, and some even reach tens of millions.

Of all the films, the most money was spent on media advertising, averaging more than $3 million. These ads were placed in industry journals and association magazines, targeting Oscar voters.

The rest is marketing lobbying, or sending film-related materials to Academy members, or hiring a consulting team to discredit rival works and sing praises for their own works in the mass media or pre-award ceremonies.

As for whether it can make back the investment, we can only say that it is worth it in terms of reputation. Holding an Oscar statuette can make Hollywood players more confident to start new projects or call for higher investments, but the benefits from the box office are quite limited!

Tomorrow's Star Films also made sufficient preparations in advance and did a good job in public relations, so its loss at the Golden Globe Awards can only be attributed to the judges' bias towards the subject matter.

"I don't think it will have any impact. The Golden Globe Awards used to be a bellwether for the Oscars, but judging from the results in recent years, the Golden Globe Awards have been working to get rid of the influence of the Oscars. The two film festivals have very different criteria for selecting films..."

Zhang Yimou was also busy during the filming of "Jurassic World". The more he studied the award-winning popular films of recent years, the more different conclusions he came to.

Therefore, Zhang Yimou sincerely believes that "Parasite" has a great chance this year, and it is highly likely that it will not be affected by the results of the Golden Globe Awards.

"Director Zhang, do you think that "Parasite" can surpass Italy's "The Great Beauty" in terms of subject matter?" the reporter continued to ask.

"I think this year's Golden Globe Award is really the most promising. Among the previous popular countries such as Italy, France, Spain, etc., only Italy has a film nominated, and the subject matter shown in "Parasite" can transcend the barriers between Eastern and Western civilizations..." Zhang Yimou said a lot, just expressing regret for the initial loss of the Golden Globe Award, but the final result is still unknown.

Sure enough, the reporters kept nodding their heads, thinking that Zhang Yimou was right. However, in Gu Wei's view, subject matter was only one aspect. If we really wanted to talk about subject matter, World War II, religion, endless short-focus photography, and mysterious metaphors of last-glow flashes of light might be the elements that academic members liked the most.

But Zhang Yimou was not wrong in one thing: "Parasite" also has great advantages in its description of human nature and social contradictions.

The reporters from the central media asked two more questions and then turned their attention to Gu Wei.

Although "The Revenant" is not a Chinese-language film, Gu Wei is a real Chinese, and it has received four nominations, which makes it even more popular.

The reporters looked enthusiastic, but Gu Wei wanted the interview to end immediately. The key point was that they kept asking the same questions over and over again, with nothing new.

Fighting off sleepiness, Gu Wei answered five or six questions. The reporters nodded with satisfaction. Then it was the turn of Liu Yifei, Qin Hao and others.

When facing the central media, everyone was very cautious. They never said anything exaggerated or made any promises. The word that stood out was "stable".

Another half an hour later, the interview finally ended. ………

Time passes day by day.

On March 3, local time in North America, the 2th Academy Awards was held at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA.

As the ceremony was broadcast live on television and the Internet in more than 100 countries around the world, it attracted a large number of Hollywood stars, and the red carpet in front of the Dolby Theatre once again became the focus of world attention.

The broadcasting platforms in the mainland are Movie.net and Sina Video. In addition, Time.net also provides live broadcasts with pictures and texts.

At 6:4 am, the first update from the live broadcast of Time.com was published, saying two things.

First of all, we should pay attention to whether Zhang Yimou's "Parasite" can win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. After all, the Golden Globe Award was given to "The Great Beauty", making it the strongest competitor of "Parasite".

The second is whether Leo can successfully win the title this year and break the long-standing curse of being a runner-up. These two points are exactly what domestic netizens are most concerned about.

At the same time, the entire town of Hollywood was in a state of excitement.

At this time, the Dolby Theatre was really packed with people, all of them were media reporters and movie fans from all over the world.

Countless filmmakers and big stars will also officially walk onto the Oscars red carpet at around 3:00 p.m.

In the villa.

Liu Yifei, Liu Xiaoli and Yuan Quan are busy all the time.

Makeup artists, stylists, as well as brand's clothes, shoes, jewelry, accessories, etc., are all sent directly here.

Qin Hao, Chen Minghao and Hu Ge are a bit boring. The men all wear the same suits, but in order to increase exposure, the three chose different colors.

Qin Hao was dressed in bright red, which he thought was a good omen.

Hu Ge was wearing a bright silver suit. If he appeared on the red carpet, it would at least attract reporters to take more photos.

Chen Minghao was still wearing a black suit, which, combined with his rough hairstyle, gave him the look of a bodyguard.

Only Zhang Yimou was still wearing a Tang suit, which was similar to the one he wore when attending the Golden Globe Awards.

What they talked about the most was Gu Wei's situation. The two sides were not together. Gu Wei and Leonardo and others were all in the crew of "The Revenant".

outside world.

There were already media reporters waiting outside Beverly Hills, but there weren't many of them.

After all, "Parasite" was only nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film, and its popularity is slightly inferior to Italy's "The Great Beauty".

And compared with those popular movies competing for Oscars, it is even inferior.

On the other side, the crew of "The Revenant".

Gu Wei and Leonardo were both wearing black suits, bow ties, their hair combed back, and they looked energetic.

Tom Hardy wore a dark grey suit, and Domhnall Gleeson and Will Poulter were similar, all with slicked back hair and suits.

"Gu, before the crew of The Revenant walks on the red carpet, I will walk it again with the crew of The Wolf of Wall Street, but we will still sit together then."

"No problem, but you can't hold my hand when we walk the red carpet this afternoon. The last Golden Globe Awards was so embarrassing that the media are questioning my sexual orientation." Gu Wei joked.

Tom Hardy and others laughed and looked at them with ill intent.

"You can't blame me for this. It's because there were no women walking the red carpet with our crew." Leonardo was a little helpless.

The reason why "The Revenant" is so popular this year is that it is the only film that does not have any female stars walking the red carpet and is not nominated for any awards.

Moviegoers and fans who support "The Revenant" all think that this movie should be called a pure art film.

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Around three o'clock in the afternoon.

The red carpet event officially began.

At every Oscars red carpet event, the time for the actors to go on the red carpet is allocated in advance based on the film's "star content" and popularity.

For example, in the Best Foreign Language Film category, "Parasite" appeared on the red carpet just before "The Great Beauty" at around 4:20 p.m.

The Best Foreign Language Film award is not as prestigious as several films competing for mainstream awards, so Zhang Yimou and Liu Yifei set out earlier.

It was about half past five that it was the turn of the teams from "The Revenant," "12 Years a Slave," "American Hustle," and "Dallas Buyers Club" to take the stage.

At this year's Oscars, "The Revenant" ranked third from the bottom, only after "American Hustle" and "12 Years a Slave", and later than "Dallas Buyers Club".

This also means that when the creative team of "12 Years a Slave" appears, the award ceremony officially begins.

In the waiting area, when Gu Wei, Leonardo and his group came in, they instantly attracted a lot of people's attention, mainly because they were all men, which was rare.

"Gu, Leon, do you want me to partner with you for once?" Charlize Theron teased after seeing a few people.

"Haha, I think Leon dreams of holding your hand." Gu Wei said jokingly.

"If you need anything, I can help." Zhang Ziyi, who was wearing a deep V dress, took the opportunity to interrupt.

"Well, this is for Leon to decide. But for the sake of his dream of becoming the best actor, I think he will definitely not let anyone else steal his limelight, including me." Gu Wei's expression remained unchanged, as if he was still joking, and Leonardo ignored him.

Zhang Ziyi changed his role, said a few more hellos, and then returned to the crew of "The Grandmaster". Gu Wei took a quick look and saw that there were quite a lot of people, including Wong Kar-wai and Zhang Shuping.

Not far away were Gong Li, Li An and others. They looked at each other and nodded as a greeting.

After turning his head and looking around again, Gu Wei found the "Parasite" team in the corner. He whispered something to Leonardo, and Gu Wei walked straight towards them.

More than ten minutes later, when Gu Wei returned to the set of "The Revenant", he found that Matthew McConaughey was also there.

"Hello, Gu, I'm Matthew McConaughey." The other person looked mentally normal and was still skinny.

"Hello, I know you. 'Dallas Buyers Club' is very good. I look forward to you winning the grand prize." Gu Wei said with a smile. When the other party heard this, his face was instantly filled with smiles.

From the subsequent conversation, Gu Wei learned that Matthew McConaughey would also have to walk the red carpet twice, and then thought of Leonardo doing the same thing.

Gu Wei couldn't help but sigh that the competition for Best Actor this year was too fierce. One of Matthew McConaughey and Leonardo DiCaprio would definitely lose.

Knowing that the subject matter and performance of "Dallas Buyers Club" are no less than "The Revenant", Gu Wei is not sure whether Leo can succeed this time.

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(End of this chapter)