Chapter 385 The strongest man in ten years
At the same time, there are also some smear reports about "Sunset". Before, there were almost no such reports.
But competing for the Olympics has to be a journey.
Chen Linfeng had already been mentally prepared.
After the nomination list is announced in January, the public opinion situation will get even worse.
There must be a lot of people hating him.
These are all essential scenery on the way to the Oscars.
On December 18, "Avatar" was released.
This film can really be called a shocking release.
Audiences around the world seem to have been transported to a new world. The impact of this new audio-visual experience is really too strong.
People were almost crazy, and there were even long lines and people rushing to grab tickets.
The next day happened to be Saturday, and Liu Qianqian and Chen Linfeng watched a movie together.
After reading it, even though she was mentally prepared, she was still shocked.
"Xiao Feng, is it really possible for us to make a film like this in the future?" Liu Qianqian was in a daze as she spoke.
"Of course, within ten years, let alone comparable, at least there will be movies that can keep our confidence."
"Well, I believe you." Liu Qianqian nodded solemnly.
Chen Linfeng opened his mouth and wanted to say that the person who made such a movie was now his student.
But after thinking about it, I still didn’t say it.
As a teacher, you cannot rely solely on your students to achieve success.
You have to work up your energy and rush forward to do it.
After "Avatar" aired, almost everyone around the world was discussing the movie.
Domestic people sit on their butts crookedly and use this to belittle Chinese movies.
At this time, few people dare to output against the wind.
In the eyes of many people, "Sunset" has become a life-saving straw.
They all hope that this movie will bring some good news.
Meanwhile, "Sunset" opens on a small scale in Los Angeles.
In the first stage, we must first stabilize the art theater chain and capture the middle-class urban audience. There are many young people in this group, so it is better to stabilize the reputation.
After your popularity gradually increases, you can then think of ways to expand your business.
Public relations activities were also launched.
Oscar's public relations needs to decide the main direction in advance. After all, the money is available, so you can't just want everything.
Chen Linfeng never thought about the Best Picture Award from the beginning.
It's not ten years from now. It's impossible for works that are mainly foreign-language films to win the best picture.
It was not until "Parasite" that it broke through history for the first time.
From Best Picture to Best Director.
Chen Linfeng hesitated again and again, but still wanted to give it a try.
Later Alfonso's "Roma" won the Best Foreign Language Film and Best Director together, so at least it cannot be said to be completely impossible.
But after all, the possibility is not that great, so no major funds and energy have been invested in this aspect.
The key public relations direction is the best actor and actress.
Especially the heroine, the key to the scene is played by teacher Lu Zhong himself.
Just look at those media comments and there are two Sentinel Awards. You can tell that the chances of Best Actress are really not small.
In fact, the male protagonist is similar, but after all, he is not the one who is sick. He does not have many opportunities to perform in the film. Relatively speaking, he is slightly less outstanding than the female protagonist.
However, Chen Linfeng treated everyone equally and spread money together.
Anyway, it’s still the same sentence. He didn’t pay for it alone, he paid for it in the form of the cost of the movie.
Huaying is very interested in this.
Lao Han really wants to win a grand Oscar.
Following the Actor Award is the Best Foreign Language Film Award.
This is the award that public relations pays most attention to.
But in fact, the chance of winning this award is very high. If the competitors are not strong, the possibility of losing it is very small.
The rest of the awards for screenwriting, cinematography, editing, and music are left to chance.
Usually there are big prizes and small prizes.
As long as it becomes famous and becomes a big hit, and there are works competing for best picture and director, small awards may be given out as a match.
After the launch of public relations, Chen Linfeng became completely busy.
Due to previous predictions, before the filming of "Infinite World" started, Chen Linfeng's scenes were moved as far forward and backward as possible on the shooting schedule.
During this period of time, try to be as free as possible.
During this period, Chen Linfeng frequently accepted interviews from major media such as "The Atlantic Magazine" and "Time Magazine", and the number of promotions on the program also increased significantly.
He is relatively well-known, so the publicity effect will be relatively better.
Fortunately, "Sunset" has two directors, and they divide the work between them.
Chen Linfeng's pressure has been greatly reduced, and he can even take care of filming.
Zhang Yimou is responsible for communication and communication.
He tried his best to get close to the old white male judges at various parties and cocktail parties.
As a great and experienced director, Zhang Yimou is relatively recognized by the older generation of academics.
Communication is smoother than that of Chen Linfeng, at least there is not much generation gap between ages.
This is quite obvious. Even if Chen Linfeng is good at talking, his first impression will be that you are too young when he meets someone, and the communication effect will be greatly reduced.
It would be different if it were Zhang Yimou. Not long after I started public relations, I started to see results.
At the subsequent Boston and Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, "Sunset" won the Best Director Award for the first time.
This is the "four small" in the Oscar outpost, which also indicates a certain direction of the wind.
"Sunset" can gradually compete with "The Hurt Locker".
These two works are, ultimately, the same family.
Therefore, when promoting public relations, the two parties compared each other and promoted each other, but did not denigrate each other.
It feels like Wong Lao Kat and Jiaduobao fighting.
"Avatar" feels very awkward, and it originally had ambitions for Oscars.
When it was at its peak, it was unexpectedly unable to compete with these two in the Sentinel Award.
As a result, the two films became more and more famous.
The situation gradually improved, so Han Shanping rushed to Hollywood from China to help.
Lao Han's own status is very comfortable in Hollywood. After all, the power in his hands is very important.
Moreover, if a person has been able to survive until now, he must have mastered the art of speaking, which is a compulsory course, so the effect of helping is very good.
This time he was willing to risk everything.
In addition, in various places where the judges may appear, such as restaurants, cafes and other places in key areas, there must be advertising space for "Sunset".
The judges were also invited to watch the movie in a small theater, along with some small gifts.
Occasionally, we invite you to dinner, and we talk about movies, art, and so on.
It's so fun to eat and take it.
Some media joked that in the past two months, the judges did not have to pay for meals themselves.
Things look messy and complicated.
In fact, there are public relations consultants behind the scenes to help with arrangements. They have already done this and have it organized.
Of course, the price is very expensive.
Very expensive.
Domestic celebrities who are eligible to vote for Oscars are also very concerned this time.
After all, it seems that the hope is really high.
Actor judges such as Zhang Ziyi, Zhang Manyu, and Fang Long, as well as director judges such as Da Chen, Li An, and Wang Jiawei.
They all called me one after another and mentioned voting for his works.
Chen Linfeng naturally expressed his gratitude, which was regarded as a small favor.
He is also a judge anyway, and the worst he can do is return the tickets later.
In fact, there were many people canvassing votes like this in previous elections, and everyone knew it tacitly.
Unfortunately, the number of judges in China is really small, and due to geographical reasons, voting is often not concentrated.
Just like Wu Yusen, he also has the right to vote.
But Chen Linfeng never thought about contacting him.
Then there are people like Lu Yan and Chen Ji who never return to China and only hang out in Hollywood.
They have their own network of contacts and focus, and they will only invest in Hollywood movies.
Chen Linfeng never thought of canvassing their votes.
He himself actually received a ballot, so of course he voted for his own work.
When you are busy, time flies by quickly. 2009 passed and 2010 came.
As an important time point, the media in the domestic film and television industry began to review the development of the Chinese film and television industry in the past ten years.
Overall, this decade has been a decade of rapid development.
This is most obvious in the field of TV dramas, since the country began to relax filming restrictions in 2003.
The entire TV drama industry is experiencing a situation where a hundred flowers are blooming.
A large number of excellent works appear almost every year. Among them, the TV series involving Chen Linfeng have become something that must be mentioned.
Since "Lotus Lantern" in 2004, there have been new works almost every year.
The key quality is extremely high. It has ranked first in the ratings for 6 consecutive years and has become the most familiar person to domestic audiences.
In the words of "Huaguo Film and Television Report", "Xiao Chen's achievements are needless to say. Starting from the earliest "Journey to the West", he has been deeply involved in the production of dramas, resulting in the scripts of each work being extremely excellent. .
In the past ten years, any TV series with Xiao Chen's involvement are often high-quality and good-looking.
Xiao Chen prefers Gu Long. To use the description in Gu Long's novel, these ten years are Chen Linfeng's ten years, just like Shen Lang's ten years and Li Xunhuan's ten years. He is almost invincible and famous in the world. ”
Many media have compiled the TV series that Chen Linfeng has starred in and written specifically in the past ten years.
"The Second Story of Journey to the West", "The Book of Love", "Legend of Sword and Fairy 1", "Lotus Lantern", "The Empire of the Tang Dynasty", "The Diaoman Princess", "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang", "My Love from the Star"...
Without exception, they are all top quality.
The audience felt familiar just by hearing the name.
Many young viewers regard it as a childhood memory.
"No, what is this "Love Book"? When did Xiao Chen participate in the screenwriting of this film?"
"Hmm...it's a pretty good drama, but it seems a bit lackluster among Chen Linfeng's works."
"Not only is it not outstanding, it is simply lowering the grade."
"The upstairs is too much. If you haven't seen it, don't talk nonsense. In fact, the filming is quite good, but the ratings are not that high. Besides, screenwriter Xiao Chen, can there be any bad ones?"
"Indeed, I have seen the original film, and it is actually pretty good. It's just that this kind of drama would be disliked in Xiao Chen's works. It's really a bit difficult to handle."
"Haha, it seems that Xiao Chen is not invincible, after all, he still has flaws."
"6. "The Book of Love" is already a flaw. Chen Fan has gone too far. How can you let other actors and directors live?"
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(End of chapter)