There are three major book awards in the United States. In addition to the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award was founded by the Book Critics Circle in 1975. It is an annual literary award launched by the book critics to " Promote the best books in English."
The selection scope is broader than that of the Pulitzer Prize, as long as the books are translated into English and published in the United States, they can participate.
Originally, the three major book awards were independent of each other, and any work could be included in the review again, but it was basically either/or. For example, "Guns, Viruses, and Steel" won the Pulitzer Prize for Historical Literature, which means that It was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction.
Another example is "Saving Private Ryan" which won the National Book Award, but was only shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.
Therefore, if "Farewell My Concubine" can finally win the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, Dialect will be equivalent to winning the three major American book awards in a sense, achieving a remarkable Grand Slam achievement in the American literary world. But it's an extremely rare case.
What's more, Fang Yan is not an authentic "bannerman" born and raised in the Zhengxing Banner, but a Chinese writer from the mysterious East.
After Jiang Zilong, Tiening and others heard the news, in addition to envy, a sense of pride arose spontaneously in their hearts.
"Congratulations, Yanzi, this is really great news!"
"I haven't even written my horoscope yet."
Fang Yan raised his hand, "Besides, this is just hearsay. The official list has not been announced yet."
Ginsberg told him not to worry. Gary Snyder is now a judge of the American Book Critics Circle. Although he is only a judge of the Poetry Award, the credibility of this kind of gossip is extremely high, basically eighty-nine. Not far from ten.
However, Fang Yan was still not happy. After all, "Farewell My Concubine" was misread as a BG work by some ignorant people.
Immediately afterwards, I discussed the core of "Farewell My Concubine" with Ginsberg and Gary Snyder. Eastern thinking and Western values are not the same. Just like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", what the Chinese audience saw It is a martial arts show with swords and swords.
What the West cares more about is the emotional entanglement between two men and two women. A well-known martial arts hero, who is middle-aged and lonely, is suddenly attracted by a beautiful woman with a distinctive personality, and wants to regain his virginity for her. Ming Jian made an exception and accepted her as his apprentice...
Li An's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is based on this taboo "Lolita" story of an old man and a young girl having an abnormal love.
Precisely in "Farewell My Concubine", Gary Snyder really fell in love with the forbidden relationship between Cheng Dieyi and Duan Xiaolou.
Dialect tried hard, but still couldn't convince Gary Snyder to appreciate and analyze "Farewell My Concubine" from the perspective of "Brokeback Mountain", let alone regard it as a work that transcends gender.
Sure enough, it is imperative that the movie "Farewell My Concubine" be made, and this wrong perception must be severely corrected!
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Just as the Sino-US Writers Conference continued on its fourth day, He Guanchang, Cheng Long, Lin Qingxia and others came to the United States from Hong Kong.
He Guanshang and Cheng Long were engaged in the official business of Jiahe, while Lin Qingxia was engaged in the private matter of finding a relative.
The group arrived at the same hotel where Fang Yan stayed. Lin Qingxia put her luggage in the bedroom and walked upstairs to the lobby. She saw He Guanchang, Cheng Long, Luo Dian and Mike sitting face to face in the lounge area. While sipping coffee, they communicated softly.
"25 million US dollars, did I hear correctly?"
"You heard that right, the estimated total cost of "Die Hard" is at least $25 million."
Mike spoke fluent Chinese and smiled.
He Guanzhang and Cheng Longrao were used to seeing big storms and waves, and they found it hard to accept it for a while.
You must know that in the 1970s, the cost for Bruce Lee to shoot "Enter the Dragon" was only a dozen or two hundred thousand US dollars. Even for "Enter the Dragon" in cooperation with Warner, the total investment was only 850,000 US dollars, so Golden Harvest gave Cheng The resources of Dragon Impact Hollywood are basically only a million dollars. At this thought, He Guanchang subconsciously took out his pocket towel and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
Cheng Long couldn't sit still at all and said bluntly: "Isn't 25 million too much to make a movie?"
"Not much at all."
Mike said that this was a calculated cost. Otherwise, "Die Hard" would have cost an estimated $28 million to $30 million.
As soon as these words came out, not to mention He Guanchang and Cheng Long, even Lin Qingxia, who was listening in the audience, felt like being struck by lightning, her eyes widened in shock, and her heart was beating wildly.
"It's like this. Teacher Fang has analyzed with us the reasons why Jiahe failed in its first two attempts at Hollywood. The first is the problem of script, story and film production, and the second is the problem of investment cost. There is a saying in China, 'Qiaofu' It’s hard to make a meal without rice.”
Mike laughed and said: "The cost of "The Trench" was about 1 million US dollars. "The Great and Powerful" might be more, but not much more. This kind of investment is not even enough to meet the most basic B-level film threshold in Hollywood. How can it be a stepping stone to the door of Hollywood?"
"But this amount is really too big. Not only Jiahe cannot afford it, but Warner may not agree to it either."
Ho Guan-chang looked embarrassed. Due to the failure of his first two films, Warner's confidence in Cheng Long's impact on Hollywood was actually seriously lacking.
Lin Qingxia saw with her own eyes that Cheng Long, who was dominating the scene in Xiangjiang and dominating Asia, lowered his head and slumped his shoulders, feeling very unconfident.
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He Guanchang frowned and said: "Do you really think any Hollywood company is willing to invest so much money in "Die Hard"?"
Mike and Luo Dian looked at each other and smiled, with a bit of relaxation in their tone: "Currently, four companies have expressed interest in this script. However, Mr. Fang has considered Universal's unreasonable request to change the male lead from Chinese to white. Kicked Universal off the shortlist.”
"Hiss~"
He Guanshang and Cheng Long looked at each other and couldn't wait to inquire about the remaining three companies.
When she heard "Fox, Columbia and Warner", Lin Qingxia opened her mouth and noticed that Cheng Long swallowed excitedly.
Mike said: "Of course, this is all based on Teacher Fang's script and face."
"Fang Sheng has such energy in Hollywood!"
Including Lin Qingxia, the three of them were stunned and in disbelief.
"It's not too big to say it's big, but it's not too small to say it's small. If you are willing, you can go to Hollywood and ask about Teacher Fang."
Mike raised his chin. Ever since the publication of the dialect's "A Guide to the Hero with a Thousand Faces" and other screenwriting guides, they have immediately conquered Hollywood. Producers, screenwriters, and even management have all regarded it as a screenwriter. Bible, strictly refer to the manual for story creation.
Lin Qingxia, Cheng Long and others were excited. They had long known that dialect was not that simple, but they never expected that it was so not simple!
I thought he would win the Oscar for Best Screenplay. At best, he had close friendships with famous Hollywood directors such as Steven Spielberg, Lucas, and Kubrick. However, He Guanshang never expected that dialects would be so important in Hollywood and other places. The influence of the American entertainment industry is greater than imagined!
"So now we have to negotiate one by one."
Mike said: "According to Teacher Fang, since you Jiahe and Warner have maintained a long-term cooperative relationship, let's start with Warner. You can first explore the voices of Terry and Robert. As for Teacher Fang, wait until he finishes attending the middle school. Meet us again at the American Writers Conference” (End of Chapter)