The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 323 I am the victim, I am waiting for an apology
That night, before 12 o'clock, Zhang Chen had been receiving calls from production companies around the world.

They all mean the same thing, which is that the movies they shoot, especially new movies, must be put on the CGT player and made available to movie fans one year after the movie is taken off the screen.

Because the revenue of a movie, in addition to the box office revenue after its release, there will also be revenue from film rental for a long time after it is released.

Although now, due to the launch of the CGT player, the platform and major film and television companies have signed a cooperation framework, and a certain proportion of the profits will be paid to the major film and television companies when movies are played on the player, at present, this part of the profit is still less than the cost of disc rental.

Currently, major film and television companies still hope to reap enough profits from disc rentals before allowing CGT to screen them and reap another wave of profits.

Now Zhang Chen directly skips the disc rental and strips off this part of the profit. The major film and television companies are not sure whether the profits they can earn by directly putting the movie on the platform after it is taken off the screen can be compared with the current profits from disc rental.

They don't want to take the risk.

"Boss, aren't we taking a big step?"

After William learned that his boss had made a big fuss, he immediately rushed to Zhang Chen's house to discuss what to do next.

After all, William is still the apparent helmsman of CGT.

"It's because I took big steps that I was able to get those people to do things for me."

Zhang Chen looked at the call records sorted out by Xue Yining and the requests and promises made by the film and television companies.

After reading it, he nodded with satisfaction.

Probably more than 70 percent of the film and television companies have expressed that they will ask the people from the Academy to apologize.

Of the remaining 30%, about half of the film and television companies had an ambiguous attitude, while the other half firmly stated that Zhang Chen must follow market rules and not put a movie that had just been released on the Internet platform too early.

"Boss, although I know your goal is to get those old guys at the Oscars to apologize, after this incident, those film and television companies should come to our platform to sign a supplementary agreement, right?" William reminded cautiously, "For example, the movie cannot be played on the Internet platform within two years after it is taken off the screen."

"Hmm?" Zhang Chen suddenly looked at William, "Has someone mentioned this to you?"

"Yeah." William wiped his sweat, "Someone told me a long time ago that we can't put movies on the platform right after they are released."

"What did you say?"

"At that time, no one paid attention to the Internet, so this incident did not attract everyone's attention. We did not really put the movie online right after it was released, so only a few film and television companies that were more responsive came to us for talks, but I turned them down."

"It seems that these years of work have not been in vain." Zhang Chen nodded, acknowledging William's work.

It seems that even after the Oscar incident, the platform will still have to face collective pressure from film and television companies, demanding that there be time limits on the online release of movies?

Zhang Chen sighed and became busy again.

"Boss, this is the Oscar winners list."

While Zhang Chen went home to deal with the storm, Oscar still went ahead with it.

Zhang Chen looked at the list. After the sudden withdrawal of "The Pursuit of Happyness", the winning films of this year's Oscars were no different from what he remembered.

Best Picture: Million Dollar Baby

Best Director: Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby

Best Actor: Jamie Foxx, "Soul"

Best Actress: Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby

Best Supporting Actor: Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby

Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, The Aviator

Although The Aviator won the most Oscars this year, five in total, they were all marginal awards:

Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design

But everyone knows that it lost to Million Dollar Baby, which won four awards.

Because the four awards won by "Million Dollar Baby" are the most important ones: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor.

"The Incredibles", which was originally going to win the "Best Animated Film", missed the award because Zhang Chen left the show midway. However, this award was also won by Disney's "Shrek 2: The Monsters", so Disney didn't lose out.

"What a waste of my $1000 million."

Zhang Chen curled his lips and threw the list aside.

In order to win an Oscar for "The Pursuit of Happyness", he spent more than $1000 million on public relations fees alone, just to win several major awards.

Out of the three nominated awards, it should have won at least two.

But all of this was ruined because of that outspoken Chris Rock.

"Brother~"

Liu Yifei, who had been waiting for a long time, saw that most people had left, so she went to find Zhang Chen, who was feeling sorry for his money.

"Hmm?" Zhang Chen rubbed his face with his hands and forced a smile.

"Can Emma stay here tonight?"

"That's fine." Zhang Chen looked at Liu Yifei strangely.

How come these two girls are together again?

He also felt strange sometimes. These two girls were sometimes as close as best friends, but sometimes they could make more trouble than anyone else.

Weird.

"Okay, then you should go to bed early too~" Liu Yifei said hello and ran out happily.

Zhang Chen scratched his head, not understanding what these two little guys were doing.

"I'm not staying here tonight anyway."

At 27:12 a.m. on the th, Los Angeles time, before some people could react, Zhang Chen directly applied for routes for his two private jets and brought Liu Yifei and his entourage back to China.

By the way, Emma, who was woken up, was also brought back.

While Zhang Chen was resting due to jet lag.

At a regular press conference, a reporter questioned Zhang Chen's behavior at the Oscars.

The person who hosted the press conference also clearly expressed his condemnation of Chris's remarks, his concern about the incident, and expressed his affirmation of Zhang Chen's approach.

It’s the 29th in China’s capital, and the 28th in Los Angeles.

One day has passed since Zhang Chen Oscar slapped the host.

Zhang Chen held a press conference in the largest hall of the Morning Light Building, gathering reporters from various countries who had just finished their routine press conferences.

"I know you have a lot of questions, so let's get started."

Since returning to China, Zhang Chen has finally put his mind at ease.

However, the topic he was going to talk about today required him to remain serious, so he could only face all the reporters with a stern face.

"Leon, the Oscars announced the list of winners yesterday, and The Pursuit of Happyness did not win any awards. Do you think this has something to do with your inappropriate behavior at the awards ceremony?"

The person asking the questions was a reporter from ABC of the United States.

Obviously, because of Zhang Chen's reasons, ABC had a broadcasting accident and the live broadcast was interrupted for about ten minutes, causing ABC to lose a lot of viewers.

Originally, they thought that Zhang Chen's fame and his first participation in the Oscars would help ABC's ratings reach a higher level.

However, Zhang Chen's incident directly caused the audience who were originally watching TV to rush to their computers, bringing a large wave of traffic to Facebook.

This made the people at ABC very anxious, so the questions they asked Zhang Chen were quite pointed.

"I heard that all the crews who left yesterday did not win any awards?" "Of course!"

The ABC reporter looked as if it was a matter of course.

"What I did could actually affect the awarding of the Oscars?" Zhang Chen chuckled. "That only proves that the Oscars would temporarily change the list of winners. You should ask the people at the Academy if they can't even ensure the most basic fairness."

"you!"

The reporter was speechless.

He didn't expect that Zhang Chen would hit back at him with the question he raised.

If he continued to insist, it was because Zhang Chen left midway, which resulted in the crew of "The Pursuit of Happyness" and other dramas not winning a single award.

This would prove what Zhang Chen said, that the Oscars directly tampered with the list of winners that night.

How can we talk about fairness in an award where the list of winners can be modified on the spot?

"Now that you mention it, I hope the Oscars can announce the voting results of all the judges, which can also dispel my doubts."

Zhang Chen continued to add fuel to the fire.

Someone told you that Oscar was still hesitating about how to deal with Zhang Chen, the daring newcomer.

The word "deal with" made Zhang Chen laugh out of anger.

Those old guys are really stubborn and still haven't figured out the situation.

At the same time, Zhang Chen also felt that the film and television companies that had promised him did not really make any effort.

In this case, he has added fuel to the fire of the fairness of the Oscars.

If these film and television companies still want to be proud of the Oscars they won, then they must do it well and quickly.

"Leon, what happened after you slapped Chris?"

A famous reporter asked a key question.

After Zhang Chen slapped someone, ABC TV station directly cut off the live broadcast.

No one knew what happened next.

Many reporters also interviewed the guests attending this year's Oscars, but they were all very secretive about this matter.

This made all the reporters itchy.

So today, with the parties involved present, they want to know the whole story.

"In fact, many people should know the cause of the incident."

The reporters at the scene all nodded. After all, Chris's words were broadcast through the live broadcast, so it would be hard for them not to know. What they wanted to know now was what happened after Chris finished speaking and Zhang Chen slapped him.

"After that..." Zhang Chen paused, overturned the original idea in his mind, changed his mind and continued, "I asked Frank to apologize on Oscar's behalf, but he didn't agree, so I left."

He originally wanted to repeat the words he had used to threaten Oscar, but this threatening behavior would greatly reduce his status as a "victim", which would be detrimental to what happened later.

Moreover, if the movie is released on the CGT platform in advance, it will give movie fans around the world an unrealistic fantasy.

If things fail to get done, it would be Zhang Chen who has broken his promise.

Movie fans don’t care that Zhang Chen agreed to release the movie on the platform early on the condition that Oscar would not apologize.

All they knew was that their chance to watch the movie online early was gone.

Finally, if he were still in the United States, he would probably speak out to warn those with bad intentions, otherwise his purpose would be too obvious.

Now that he has returned to China, there is no need to fight to the death. It is better for everyone to save some face for each other on the surface.

It is hard to say whether the two will cooperate in the future.

For some people in the United States, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.

This conflict will not prevent them from making money together with Zhang Chen in the future.

For example, the foreshadowing that Zhang Chen laid in "The Pursuit of Happiness" has been noticed by some people.

"Just apologizing?"

"Oh, that's not the case." Zhang Chen denied.

The reporters excitedly took out their notebooks, waiting for Zhang Chen to reveal what the other conditions for Oscar were.

"It's a sincere apology." Zhang Chen corrected seriously.

The reporters were stunned.

Is there any difference between the two?

"Leon, did you react too excitedly to Chris's joke?"

Zhang Chen looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the person who asked the question was an African-American reporter from the United States.

This is not surprising.

Zhang Chen stared at him and asked, "How about I treat you to watermelon after the press conference?"

"Leon, please watch your words!"

The reporter was so angry that he stood up and pointed at Zhang Chen.

"Look, you say I'm overreacting, what about you?" Zhang Chen rolled his eyes.

"I" the reporter widened his eyes and stared at Zhang Chen in disbelief.

"So some jokes can't be made casually." Zhang Chen added, "What's more, what he said was deliberately intended to smear Asians."

Regardless of whether it happened before or not, Zhang Chen would say it never happened at this time.

This will prevent these reporters from reporting out of context when they return home.

"If Oscar doesn't apologize, what will you do, Leon?"

"No apology?" Zhang Chen raised his eyebrows and answered seriously, "Since you asked this, you must think Oscar is wrong. Since everyone thinks he is wrong, but he doesn't apologize, then..."

"Then there will be nothing in the Oscars worthy of respect from now on for us filmmakers, right?"

We still need to maintain the image of a "victim" and remain unwavering.

Zhang Chen was determined to portray himself as a positive person and force Oscar to respond.

While he was putting Oscar on the stage, he was actually put on the stage by himself.

If he forgives the other party with a half-hearted effort, he will not only lose face, but will also be called a spineless person by people at home.

Zhang Chen felt quite a loss when he thought about it.

But thinking of Chris's shameless look at that time, he trampled on this idea.

This slap was not wrong.

　I decided to get up early and at least one chapter, magical!

　　Take a nap and continue!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)