Coquettish Rebirth

"Director Jia! This movie is... awesome!" Li Kuan couldn't help giving a thumbs up after watching Jia Hongjian's movie! "I've never seen a domestic film that can be shot at such a high level! This is really... This is really great! This year we are really hopeful to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film! Really hopeful!"

"No, no, no, foreign films are also very competitive, and their films are of high quality and level. My Jia Hongjian's films are still of average level and my ability is limited..." Jia Hongjian became humble.But as soon as he was humble, Li Kuan quit! "Hey, Director Jia! It's okay to be modest, but you can't be so modest! What's wrong? The level of our Chinese films is not much lower than that of other countries in the world! Compared with the four major film countries of Italy, France, Spain, and Russia , we may not be able to compare, but Japan has been nominated 10 times, and they have not won the best foreign language film once. We have already won it twice! In addition to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, we have 7 Oscar nominations in China. Well, we have more achievements than Japan! And their last nomination in Japan was Oguri Kohei's "The River of Mud" in 1981, which happened 20 years ago. Japan's Mesozoic and new generation also No well-known directors appear! So don’t be humble! As long as you are there, the number of nominations in China will catch up with Japan, and it will only be a matter of time for China to become a world film power! Besides, I watched the film , getting an Oscar nomination is a breeze!"

Jia Hongjian was just thinking about explaining, defending and continuing to be humble, but who knew that the staff around him would never give him a chance!First of all, it was Li Kuan's deputy.Then the vice-chairman of the China Film Association said, "Director Jia, your film is quite capable, don't be too modest! Look at your film, how good is the analysis of human nature! If the so-called If a tragedy movie is to destroy a beautiful thing for others to see, then your film is to destroy a real good girl and a real good guy for everyone to see, and show everyone the unknown side of the new Internet. Show everyone the destructive effect of the Internet on human society in the sociological sense, and discuss the decline of human self-control ability caused by anonymity. Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film or not, but if it cannot be nominated, then Oscar members are simply blind...Of course. I am not talking about you!" The vice chairman suddenly remembered that Jia Hongjian is also a member of Oscar one.Later, Jia Hongjian could also vote, so he couldn't scold Jia Hongjian all at once!

As soon as the vice chairman spoke, the people around him and the staff all followed suit! "That's right! Director Jia, your film is definitely of a high level!" "That is, if you want to say something profound, our director Jia's film can be shot at the level of the top three in domestic history!" "That's right. Director Jia, don't be humble! Excessive modesty is arrogance!" "That's right. We can see your level, Director Jia!" Hey!At this time, dozens of people around all praised Jia Hongjian in unison.That's really embarrassing to hear, but at the same time very refreshing!At this time, Jia Hongjian was secretly enjoying himself!Why did Jia Hongjian spend so much energy making such a film?To put it bluntly, isn't it just to fight for breath?Is it not to be better than others?And he, Jia Hongjian, is not such a character who wants to say that he is better than others. He is relatively reserved, so of course he needs praise from others!Anything that anyone puts their mind to.Of course, everyone likes others to praise, this is a kind of acknowledgment of one's hard work, and this is a kind of reward!

"Thank you for your face! Thank you, Jia!" Jia Hongjian said with a smile. "Director Jia, it's not about giving face or not, everyone is telling the truth! We are all people in the film industry, and we are all people who come from positions related to movies in all aspects. We still watch the movies how they are. Won't you come out? The level of your film is really high, this is the truth!" Li Kuan couldn't help but said at this moment.That's right, this movie is one of the best ones he's ever seen!And you should know that Li Kuan was born before the founding of the People's Republic of China. He started to participate in film shooting in the 60s, and even made independent films in the 70s. His qualifications are much higher than those of Zhang Yimou. Coupled with Li Kuan's semi-official status in China, there is no need for him to flatter anyone!For him to praise Jia Hongjian so much, he is really telling the truth from the bottom of his heart!

Now that everyone in the film association is optimistic about it, it goes without saying that such a film will directly replace "The Great Heist" as China's selection film for the Oscars!Even if the news of radio and television's approval hasn't come yet, that's okay.After all, whether the radio and television review is passed or not is only to limit whether it can be screened in China, not whether it can be screened abroad!This is a dozen of greetings to go to foreign releases, and it is easier to get permission!So after the Film Association has changed the document, it is going to wait until December to send it to the Oscar Organizing Committee.

At the same time, Jia Hongjian also brought the film to the United States for release, that's right!He didn't consider releasing this film in China. After all, if it was released in China, such a purely artistic or literary film would definitely fail miserably at the box office. Jia Hongjian was very clear about this.He doesn't have any commercial elements in such a film, how can it attract people to watch?After all, there are still a small number of literary and artistic youths nationwide, and not so many people like to watch this kind of literary and artistic films!So even if it was to be screened in China, it would be after getting nominated. At least Jia Hongjian himself didn't care too much about the domestic release.Because such a film is not for his to make money!

When I brought the film to North America, it was natural to have a film screening.As a result of such a film screening, the theaters were willing to provide Jia Hongjian with... 20 theaters showing such a film!What? 20 theaters?Less than "The Great Heist"?No way, who made this film a literary film?Literary and artistic films are not big in the US market. Many literary and artistic films that hit various Oscar awards are actually good enough to make back their money in the box office market. So from this point of view, they are also It can be seen that the tendency of American audiences.And the theaters knew very well that Jia Hongjian came here with such a film because he wanted to win an award.Since it is aimed at awards, there is no need for a large-scale release, right?After all, even if it is shown in 3000 theaters, can it increase the chances of winning more than 20 theaters?Obviously not!And such a film must not have a good box office, and since Jia Hongjian himself didn't care about the box office, this film really only received such a friendly treatment from 20 theaters.

Friendly treatment?That's right, these 20 companies are considered to be a lot!Like the Czech film that Jia Hongjian and Nolan went to see, there are only 6 theaters showing it!It has been released for more than a month and now the box office is only 33 US dollars!The kind of things like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, from small-scale screenings to hits, to the continuous increase in the number of theaters, and finally to hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office are really pitifully rare!It's like a miracle!If nothing else, such a box office of 33 US dollars is the final box office of such a film in the United States, and then this film can be eligible to participate in the Oscar election.

After Jia Hongjian and the others got the qualification to be screened in 20 theaters, it is scheduled to be released at such a time in early November. It's a conflict, but after all, these films are niche films, and there is no possibility of competing with blockbuster films.The date of the premiere is coming soon, these two films will be released, naturally there will be no expensive premiere ceremony, and Jia Hongjian will not bother to rent a special venue for the premiere Activities, that's a waste of money!For such a film that Jia Hongjian had just finished shooting, the total investment was only 11 million RMB. Basically, the actors participated on the basis of basic salary or only tens of thousands of red envelopes.Under such a situation, 500 million RMB is about 500 US dollars. For such an investment-grade film, Jia Hongjian spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to rent a venue or movie theater for the premiere?Is this crazy?Looking back, the rent plus the cost of decoration and other messy things may be higher than the movie investment!Is this too much money and burning panic?

However, although Jia Hongjian did not intend to have a premiere, his friends at DreamWorks were prepared to join in the premiere.Like Nolan and his wife, as well as his brother and wife, and Spielberg plus Katzenberg, etc., you have to watch the premiere of such a movie.Although they can watch it inside DreamWorks, after all, there is no money to watch it inside DreamWorks. Come to participate in the premiere and contribute tens of dollars to Jia Hongjian at the box office. Wouldn't that be great?Anyway, $10 a ticket is not expensive for them.

In the blink of an eye, it was time for Jia Hongjian's two films to be released.It’s funny to say that the theaters where these two films are shown are some of the same theaters. Basically, after performing “The Robbery Exercise” in the previous one, the next one will be Jia Hongjian’s “Internet Violence” up.So Spielberg and Nolan are planning to watch two games in a row, and Jia Hongjian naturally wants to accompany them...

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