Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 437 Dong Chen Xi Luo, Twin Stars of the Times

More people in the industry are paying attention to Chen Linfeng's new film.

He had previously revealed that this was the first time Kirin adopted the model of film pay plus dividends.

Film and television production companies and actors all want to see the final result.

Now, "Your Name" has adopted the Hollywood approach of heavy publicity, with the publicity costs even far exceeding the costs.

Although this was achieved thanks to Maoyan, it is still a good example and worthy of reference for many companies.

Unconsciously, this movie is no longer just about itself.

Chen Linfeng is in London, but he continues to pay attention to the situation in the country.

Xu Wu would report the situation to him every once in a while.

Chen Linfeng is a person who is more willing to delegate power.

He is well aware of his own business capabilities and generally only makes decisions on strategy, not interfering much in day-to-day management.

The authority of those in power is nothing more than power and money.

Chen Linfeng controlled the upper echelons and arranged people to look after the finances, and the rest was left to Xu Wu to do.

But Xu Wu just falls for it. If you give me power, then I have to report more.

Of course, this may also be related to the fact that Xu Wu also works for Qilin Film and Television.

Starting from "Your Name", the publicity and promotion work is almost entirely handled by him and Sister Mei.

Chen Linfeng basically doesn't care about it.

He has too much to do and is really overwhelmed.

In addition to paying attention to the domestic situation, Chen Linfeng also cared about this year's Oscars.

I won an award last year, so this year I have to go to the Oscars ceremony to present the award, which is inevitable.

So he also took a look at the competition for this year's Oscars.

Speaking of which, there are quite a few famous movies this year.

Whether it is "The Social Network", "Alice in Wonderland", "Winter's Bone" or "Black Swan", they are all good movies.

Unfortunately, Chen Linfeng, a reborn man, knew that the biggest winner was "The King's Speech".

He really has no interest in this kind of movie with too many political elements.

Therefore, even though I knew my vote could not change the outcome, I still voted for "The Social Network" in the categories of Best Film, Director, and Screenplay.

Chen Linfeng was thinking about the US Academy Awards.

The domestic Academy Awards are also considering him.

A room on Hong Kong Island.

Several members of the Academy Awards organizing committee are reviewing "Taken".

Among them are Chen Jiashang, the chairman of the Academy Awards in recent years, as well as Zhuang Cheng, He Lishang, Wen Juan and others from the selection affairs group.

"Let me ask you a question first. Can we invite this person to be there? I remember that he hasn't attended the awards ceremony for a long time."

"It's been more than a year since I last appeared at any award ceremony. I just saw a report about him in the newspaper a while ago."

"More than a year? Didn't you go to the Oscars last year?"

"That's an Oscar, can it be compared?"

Chen Jiashang waved his hand, indicating that they should not argue about this topic.

"I'll call Brother Fang Long later and ask him to come and treat me. It should be no problem."

"Yes, Fang Long is a big boss, he definitely has this face."

“Then we come to the question of awards.”

As the leader of the selection team, Zhuang Cheng’s biggest headache is this.

"The box office of Taken is too outrageous. Should it be awarded or not? How many awards should it be given? What do you think?"

Once here, no one spoke.

Although the Academy Awards are on the decline, no one is willing to give it to mainlanders.

The closer it gets to this point, the more precious these awards become, and no one wants to give them up.

There are many people behind them pleading for them, so it is already too embarrassing for them to save face.

Zhuang Cheng looked at Chen Jiashang and said, "Mr. Chen, can you tell me more?"

Chen Jiashang was silent for a while, and finally said, "We have just reached the shortlisting stage, let's select the shortlisted works first."

"I think so too. There's no need to make a decision so hastily."

"Listen to Mr. Chen."

……

the next day.

At this time, Liu Xixi was already in the United States and joined the crew of "The Walking Dead".

Now it is the end of January, and she needs to discuss the subsequent shooting plan with the crew.

"Your Name" will be released in early February, so she must take some time to participate in the promotion.

The same is true for Chen Linfeng.

He asked for leave from Su Weit in advance and planned to return to the country to attend the premiere in two days.

It was evening and it was already dark. After finishing the show, Chen Linfeng had dinner with Xiao Chang and prepared to go back to rest.

The art style of "Sherlock Holmes" is quite different from that of "Sherlock Holmes".

In "Natsume", the protagonist is not set to be sloppy, so many things are different from the original movie.

Chen Linfeng has recently been observing with great interest some of the adjustments the director made based on the novel and his own understanding.

He compared the current situation with the picture in his mind, then analyzed the director's intentions, thereby improving his directing skills.

Chen Linfeng has been continuing this kind of observation and learning.

Joining the crew for filming is itself a learning process, even if he is already a great director.

Chen Linfeng has always had a sense of urgency in his heart, worrying that in 20 years, he would have no scripts to copy and would be completely unemployed.

Therefore, I have always set high standards for my abilities.

This kind of mentality cannot be understood by others, so it can only be hidden deep in the heart.

Chen Linfeng was thinking about all sorts of things when he suddenly heard the phone ringing.

"Boss, the phone is ringing." Xiao Chang reminded.

"Oh," Chen Linfeng came back to his senses.

"Lao Luo, you take Xiao Chang home. We're almost there. I'll just walk back slowly." He opened the door and got out of the car.

"Okay, boss. I'll be leaving first." Xiao Chang waved and said goodbye.

Luo Lin remained silent as always and drove away slowly.

Chen Linfeng watched the car go away, picked up the phone, and then walked towards his residence.

"Hello, who is it?"

"Xiao Chen, it's me."

"Brother Fang Long, I haven't seen you for a while. It's almost the New Year, so I want to wish you a happy new year first."

"Haha, Happy New Year."

Fang Long exchanged a few pleasantries and then got down to business.

"Taken was nominated for the Academy Awards, and now Chen Jiashang wants me to invite you to attend the awards ceremony."

Chen Linfeng was a little surprised. "The shortlist has already been announced? As far as I remember, it shouldn't be this early."

"No, it's not out yet. It's only in early February, so there's still a few days to go."

Fang Long responded, "But since he said so, we must have been shortlisted."

In fact, with the performance that "Taken" achieved last year, there was no possibility that it would not be shortlisted.

5 million US dollars, this is a completely unprecedented achievement.

In their publicity, domestic media initially highlighted the domestic achievement of 9 million.

But a few months later, around October.

After the overseas performance was counted, the focus was on describing the miracle of $5 million. This was especially true in Hong Kong, where they always paid more attention to cultural works that could be circulated in Europe and America.

Before the summer vacation was over, media outlets in Hong Kong were already frantically reporting on the related news.

The traditional superstar, Van Loong, shines with new light once again.

Chen Linfeng, the film creator behind the scenes, was not ignored either.

He is one of the rare mainland stars who is favored and even admired by the people of Hong Kong Island.

After all, people in Europe and the United States attach so much importance to it.

Under such circumstances, the Academy Awards would not dare to underestimate "Taken" no matter what.

This is not the "Rush Hour" from that year. That one was a Hollywood production that was not released in Hong Kong Island. There is still something to say.

This time is different.

It is also because of this that Chen Jiashang and the others are so hesitant about the award.

When Fang Long mentioned the topic of nominations, Chen Linfeng immediately thought of the follow-up issues.

"Brother Fang Long, does Chen Jiashang have anything else to say to you?"

"No, they just sincerely asked me to invite you, saying that you are indispensable no matter what."

"Oh, and he said he would not return empty-handed."

Chen Linfeng couldn't help but complain, "It's the same as saying nothing. I think I won't win empty-handed no matter what, but how can the action design award and the best director award be the same?"

"Xiao Chen, this is not very kind of you. Why are you using me as an example?"

Fang Long was a little broken, he was the one who always won awards for action design.

"Oops, sorry, I just said it casually, I didn't mean anything else."

Chen Linfeng almost couldn't hold it in.

Come to think of it, Van Loong has won 10 action design awards, which is the most awards he has won in the whole of Hong Kong Island.

Already a representative.

Fang Long took a deep breath and said, "It's up to you to decide. I've asked around and it seems like the review team is also hesitant.

But I personally think there is no harm in coming here anyway.”

Chen Linfeng thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll give you face, big brother."

He sighed, "I've been busy lately. Sherlock has only just started filming. I'll have to take time off in a few days to go back to China to attend the premiere. I'll have to take another leave then."

We have to make this face real.

"You are really busy," Fang Long sighed, feeling happy.

Xiao Chen is really giving me face.

Chen Linfeng had already entered the house by then. He sat on the sofa in the living room and continued chatting for a while. He then complained about the rude history of the Academy Awards in the past, and then said goodbye.

Actually, he doesn't really care about the Academy Awards nowadays. In this day and age, local awards really don't have much value.

But it is obviously inappropriate not to participate.

Especially if you are invited by a friend who has a say.

The only thing Chen Linfeng is worried about is that you will get a lot of nominations and only get one or two technical awards in the end.

I'm just using you as a pretense.

The key point is that this kind of worry is not unreasonable, as there are so many examples of it.

The only way is to be seriously disgusted once, just like when facing the Golden Horse Awards, and then you can make it clear that you will not go again.

But these are all trivial matters, and Chen Linfeng didn't take them to heart.

He is now starting to think about what to write in his next novel.

The third part of Sherlock Holmes has been written.

According to past practice, it’s time to dig a new hole.

However, Chen Linfeng was unable to make up his mind because the current situation was different.

As an internationally renowned author, you can’t just write a book and publish it.

He is now at a critical stage.

The total sales of "Infinite World" has exceeded 5000 million copies and is heading towards the level of hundreds of millions.

If the movie does well, maybe there will be another explosion and become the second best-selling book in the world after Harry Potter.

"Sherlock Holmes" has created a TV series that has become a global hit.

The professional evaluation of the novel "Her" has been continuously increasing in recent years, and it has won almost all the awards available in various countries.

In this case, if the next novel is mediocre, that will be it.

As a popular writer of the era second only to JK Rowling, she is overshadowed.

After a few decades, it may no longer attract attention.

But if there could be another "Infinite World", the situation would be different.

If the two are added together, we can definitely compete with each other.

By then, if we market a concept like "Dong Chen Xi Luo" or "Double Stars of the Times" and compete with JK Rowling, the situation will be different.

Not only that, too many readers' expectations are placed on Chen Linfeng, which is too much pressure.

There is no room for failure. Failure is not allowed!
Therefore, Mr. Qilin and writer Xiao Chen, who are usually confident and decisive, are now a little hesitant.

He also somewhat understood why Liu Cixin had not produced any new works for a long time after The Three-Body Problem.

The same logic should apply.

After reaching a certain stage, you can’t be defeated easily.

Chen Linfeng thought about it carefully and decided that this was a work worth learning from for future generations.

It's nothing more than drawing inspiration from movies, anime, games, novels and other works.

But there are too many of these works, and Chen Linfeng is wondering whether he should be a patchwork or focus on one excellent work.

After hesitating for a long time, he wrote down a lot of literary works that he had read in his previous life on paper and compared them one by one.

In the end, just like the previous few times, I’ll give up and talk about it next time.

On March 1, Chen Linfeng returned to China.

February 2nd is the first day of the Lunar New Year.

According to later experience, the movie box office should be the best from this day onwards.

But nowadays, people are not used to going out to watch movies during the Spring Festival.

Therefore, we must advance the time and improve the reputation.

This is equivalent to having a preview screening, and being able to pursue possible word-of-mouth transmission, which is actually the tap water of later generations.

Of course, it can't be too early, after all, we still have to guard against piracy.

Although "Your Name" was filmed in 3D and has a 3D version, the 2D version is also indispensable.

Current cinemas cannot support full 3D mode.

And judging from later experience, pure 3D blockbusters may not necessarily have higher box office than mixed D ones.

Only now movie fans and audiences are still obsessed with 3D effects because of "Avatar" and have different ideas.

However, in order to prevent piracy, "Your Name" was chosen to be released during the Spring Festival.

Cinema employees are not used to it, and neither are the pirates.

They also want to go home for the New Year reunion.

Chen Linfeng thought that maybe this reason could really reduce piracy.

After considering various factors, the premiere time was set on the evening of January 1, three days away from the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Yanjing, Chen family.

"It's New Year's Day, why are you still running around outside every day?"

Wang Yanping saw her son coming back and said with some dissatisfaction, "You've made so much money, but it's still not enough."

Chen Linfeng said nothing and let his mother complain. It was useless to say anything at this time.

He walked to the sofa and saw Shi Xiaolong lying on it watching TV.

(End of this chapter)