Chapter 297 Awakening? Get Lost! Save Chinese Comics? The Golden Globe Awards Ceremony Has Begun!

In the blink of an eye, only the last two days of December were left.

The premiere of "Wall-E" on the 29th went smoothly.

But when walking out of the Kodak Theater, many producers of film and television companies looked worried.

This is not an ordinary "wolf is coming", but a bloodthirsty wolf!

It is even more terrifying than the "werewolf" in Twilight!

The director team of the Spring Festival Gala called and wanted to invite Chen Fei to perform a show. He would perform whatever he is good at.

Chen Fei refused without thinking. The rehearsal, first trial, second trial, third trial... the process is too troublesome, and he doesn't have the time to go.

Wang Baoqiang and Liu Yifei are lucky. They are in the limelight this year, and their programs have been set early in the Spring Festival Gala list.

Because of the time difference, the first-day box office results of "Nanjing! Nanjing!" were reported first in China.

Under the powerful publicity and distribution channels of China Film, under the pressure of Mulan, Lu Chuan cut a box office of 12.57 million.

For a while, this idiot was so proud that he received interviews one after another.

"In fact, when I first thought of shooting "Nanjing! Nanjing!", the idea was relatively simple. I just wanted to shoot a movie about Chinese people resisting aggression. It took a total of 3 years from the idea of ​​the film to the final production.

From the resistance to aggression to the exploration of war and human nature, the production process was extremely painful for me. I was immersed in the historical materials of the massacre every day, and I often felt exhausted and worse than death..."

As he spoke, this guy cried again, and he was really moved to tears!

Jiang Wen called and cursed:

"Damn, this bastard actually started from the perspective of the Japanese and made a movie about the spiritual struggle of ordinary Japanese soldiers as the main line. What's both a sinner and a victim? What a fucking idiot..."

Jiang Wen cursed very badly, and it was obvious that he was very angry.

"Wait and see, there are too many problems with his filming of this film. It is difficult for ordinary people to accept it. This is a trend that will push him to be infamous for thousands of years."

Chen Fei said happily, and then he didn't pay attention to it.

Only those who call themselves noble in the literary and artistic circles can look down on others and feel and appreciate the rich literary and artistic spirit from various angles.

But movies are for ordinary audiences, and the box office results are also supported by ordinary audiences. Who can have such a lofty awareness?

~

At dawn, Chen Fei drove to Wall Street Pictures as soon as possible.

As soon as he entered the door, before he could say anything, he looked up and saw a line of big red fonts on the LED screen in the company's lobby.

"Wall-E", the first day of the box office: 27.63 million US dollars!

"Wow?!"

Looking at this number, Chen Fei's eyes suddenly lit up.

This result is going to be amazing again!

He immediately found Natasha in the office. As expected, she was looking through the various reviews of the film by critics and audiences.

"This is the best animated film I have ever seen. It makes me feel warm. The only language communication between the two robots is to call each other's names, but just a name contains thousands of words!"

"The main plot of the film is the love between Wall-E and Eva. Wall-E won Eva and moved the audience with his super strong sense of responsibility and persistence in love. The opening of the film is nearly 40 minutes without dialogue and human characters, which is a major feature of the film."

"The depression and decline of the earth form a sharp contrast with the bright lights and feasting of human new residences. The behavior of destroying the environment due to over-development and the human beings who become obese, vain and lazy due to dependence on technology are also given full irony and criticism. In addition to showing the touching love between robots, it is thought-provoking and educational."

"..."

Natasha became more and more excited as she watched, and said to Chen Fei excitedly: "Many people said that this animated film is very good, with love, science fiction, and thought-provoking."

"Did we succeed?"

"Yes! We succeeded again!"

The two looked at each other and smiled brightly.

"Bang!"

At this time, the office door was suddenly pushed open, and Bruce walked in excitedly with a newspaper.

"Fei, Natasha, "WALL-E" has been nominated for the Best Animated Feature Film at the 65th Golden Globe Awards!"

Yo? Double happiness?

After taking the newspaper, Chen Fei looked down.

There are four movies nominated this time: "WALL-E", "Bee Movie" DreamWorks, "Ratatouille" Pixar Animation, and "The Simpsons" 20th Century Fox.

"There are still many competitors?"

Chen Fei muttered, but his heart was full of confidence.

That's it?

Compared to the cute and lovely WALL-E, the above movies have no ability to compete with it!

The first three days passed quickly, and when the time came to January 1, 2008, the North American box office of WALL-E appeared on the front page of major domestic portals.

Three days, 81.29 million US dollars!

Converted into RMB, it is 650 million!

This is just the result in North America. You know, this movie was released globally.

Just like today, with the arrival of 2008, "Wall-E" was released in the three major regions of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

"Nanjing! Nanjing!" was directly surrounded.

Previously, there was "Mulan" with a box office of over 380 million in ten days after its release. Later, there were Hollywood Class A animated feature films "Wall-E" and "Nanjing!" Nanjing! 》The film schedule is constantly being compressed.

Even in the Pan-Asian theater chain indirectly controlled by Chen Fei, "Nanjing!" Nanjing! 》There was only one midnight screening per day, and the attendance rate was less than 20%!

On January 2, the domestic box office of Wall-E reached 19 million yuan.

In contrast, "Nanjing!" Nanjing! 》, only a pitiful 7.5 million!

Four days, 45.26 million?

"Director Han, you have to think of a way. The number of films scheduled is too low. Many theaters are not following the rules and have moved my movie to the midnight slot. Who would go to the movies at night?"

Lu Chuan directly found Han Sanping and wanted him to bring justice to him.

Looking up and holding him back, Han Sanping waved to him: "Come, come and take a look for yourself."

Somewhat confused, he walked behind the computer screen. Lu Chuan looked curiously and saw that everything in front of him was about "Nanjing!" Nanjing! "comment of.

"The character Kadokawa is just trying to clean up the Japanese! What does the director think? Is he sick?"

"Made, I wasted two hours to watch such a bad movie that claims to be patriotic. It is messy and disjointed, has no main line, is too dramatic, and emphasizes the cowardice of the Chinese people and the innocence of the Japanese. It is simply speechless. It is in the name of patriotism but it is counterproductive. , I really hope that relevant departments can pay attention to review, and not all so-called patriotic films can play a good educational role.”

"The Japanese who were the perpetrators did not reflect on themselves, but then the victims reflected on the perpetrators' behalf? Lu Chuan, right? I think it would be better to change his name to Taijun Lu Chuan."

"..."

The more he looked, the darker Lu Chuan's face became.

Han Sanping looked at him seriously: "I'll ask you again now, how do you think I should discuss the film schedule with the theaters? The attendance rate of each show is less than 40%, who would be willing to share the film schedule of the golden period with you? ?”

As soon as these words came out, Lu Chuan's face became even more ugly.

He wanted to defend himself, but netizens simply didn't understand the inner thoughts he wanted to express.

This is the nature of literary and artistic films. They always use a condescending attitude to forcefully push the ideas that the director wants to express into the heads of film and television viewers.

But who would fall for this?

"Mulan" has been soaring at the box office, and news that "Wall-E" was nominated for the Best Animated Feature Film at the 65th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards soon appeared online.

Netizens suddenly became excited again.

"Brother Fei is really awesome. He has won two of the three European gold medals, and he has been nominated for three Hollywood awards in turn. He has gained every time. This one is really awesome!"

"Best animated feature film, well-deserved!"

"I never expected that Director Chen would be so good in the field of animation. This movie made me cry. He is really good!"

"I used to think that companies like Pixar, DreamWorks, and Disney are already very good, and we can't compare with them in China. But now I realize that Director Chen's level is not worse than them at all!"

"Director Chen, please save Guoman!"

~

Many people came to the Walt Animation Studio today.

The "Chen Family Class" headed by Chen Long and the "Hong Family Class" headed by Hong Jingbao specially chartered a flight from Hong Kong to Hollywood.

The production of the animation "Kung Fu Panda" is much more complicated than that of "WALL-E".

To blend comedy elements with kung fu elements and incorporate a heroic coming-of-age story into it is something that no ordinary computer animation can do.

CG technology comes in handy again.

The five master groups in the movie happen to come from the five boxing styles named after animals in Chinese Kung Fu: Tiger Fist, Snake Fist, Monkey Fist, Crane Fist, Mantis Fist, etc.

Therefore, domestic action instructors can come in handy.

After briefly watching some of the clips that had been produced on the computer, Chen Long suddenly raised his doubts.

"In this kind of virtual world expanded by animated movies, our real kung fu doesn't seem to have much adaptability, right? After all, the protagonists in the movie are all composed of animals. If the actions are arranged according to the structure of the human body, it may cause the movie The main characters look like people in animal costumes performing.”

Worthy of being a famous "Kung Fu Superstar" in Hollywood, Chen Long's views are indeed to the point!

Chen Fei nodded and replied: "Yes, you are right, so we need to use movements that conform to the animal's body structure to adjust each fighting scene.

You all have practiced martial arts and are also leaders in martial arts instruction. My idea is that you can be divided into several groups. Each group will provide an animal’s martial arts movements and display them appropriately based on its body structure. Complete the final image that appears on the screen. "

The production of the Kung Fu Panda movie is extremely complex. In addition to dealing with martial arts and kung fu scenes, it also has to incorporate Chinese visual elements such as architecture, painting, and sculpture.

If foreigners were to do this, it would definitely be a headache, and the production cycle would take at least three years.

But Chen Fei is different.

He is Chinese himself, and he also knows martial arts, modeling, animation post-production, CG and other technologies, and he has a good relationship with a group of martial arts instructors in Hong Kong.

In this way, the shooting cycle can be greatly shortened.

Moreover, China Film and Shanghai Film Group also gave a lot of support. They participated in the investment of "Kung Fu Panda" and some ancient architecture experts were sent by them.

It is precisely because of this that Chen Fei dared to shout the slogan that was released during the Olympics!

Hong Jingbao doesn't talk much, but he is the kind of person who does practical things. Moreover, the relationship between Hong Jiaban and Chen Jiaban is quite good, and the two sides cooperate well.

In this way, "Kung Fu Panda" officially entered the filming period.

…

CJ held a grand opening ceremony for the movie "The Defender", in which Lee Ji-en also played a supporting role.

Although Chen Fei was not present, he arranged for Su Guohai to go to the South Korean platform.

“The hospitality in that place is so warm!”

After returning from South Korea, Su Guohai repeatedly lamented that he had to have high concentration, otherwise he would have given up.

At the same time, "The Crucible" produced and distributed by ShowBox has also been officially released.

Park Bucheng called again, inviting him to the celebration banquet and conveying the film's box office results.

"Although the film specifications are "19 banned", the total number of movie viewers still created an excellent result of 4.85 million. This time, we were a great success!"

"Okay, we can try to release it in multiple regions in the future. Hong Kong, Taiwan, RB, Southeast Asia and other regions can try to expand the market."

"Okay, we will arrange it."

"There is another great thing." Park Buncheng said very excitedly: "While triggering a movie-watching craze, "The Crucible" has also had a profound social impact in South Korea.

Millions of signatures appeared online, calling for a re-investigation of the Gwangju Inhwa School incident.

Under pressure from public opinion, the procuratorate launched a re-investigation of the case and closed the school involved.

A 63-year-old person involved in the case who was previously sentenced to probation and released was also commuted to 12 years in prison. At the same time, the National Assembly passed the "Partial Amendment to the Special Crime Punishment Law" by a high vote.

This bill strengthens the protection of people with disabilities and children, and also strengthens the penalties for crimes that are extremely harmful to children and people with disabilities.

Because the bill was born due to the movie "The Melting Pot", it is also called the "Melting Pot Law" by South Korean netizens! "

WTF? ? ?

On the other side of the phone, Chen Fei was stunned for a while.

After making a movie, the South Korean Congress actually revised the bill?

This influence is really big!

“In view of your influence in the South Korean film market, South Korean netizens even affectionately call you ‘Movie Judge’.”

"Hey, this is interesting?"

After the previous movie "New World" was released, Chen Fei heard that Congress had strengthened its control over evil forces and criminals.

Now that "The Crucible" is released, Congress has re-amended the bill!

What kind of impact will "The Defender" have after its release?

Chen Fei said he would wait and see!

…

Due to the impact of the Hollywood Writers Guild strike, many Hollywood stars recently announced that they would collectively miss the awards ceremony.

The day before the awards ceremony began, the organizers had no choice but to announce that this year's Golden Globe Awards ceremony would be downgraded to a press conference lasting only one hour.

Because there are no red carpets and banquets, the process this time has been reduced to a press conference instead of the award ceremony, in exchange for the presence of celebrities, and the list of winners will be announced live.

NBC (American National Broadcasting Company) will provide live coverage of the Golden Globe Awards, which will be attended only by reporters.

Since 1943, this is the first time in the 65-year history of the Golden Globe Awards that such embarrassment has occurred!

But there is nothing we can do about it. The Screenwriters Guild is on strike and the Screen Actors Guild is fully supporting it, which will naturally affect the holding of the awards ceremony.

Some media even speculated that this situation may affect the 35th "Annie Awards" held by the Hollywood International Animated Film Association and the "Oscar Awards".

Various media are reporting relevant news, but these news have little to do with Chen Fei.

As long as he can win the prize, other situations are not within the scope of his consideration.

On the 13th, the senior executives of Volton Pictures gathered in the conference room and watched this special Golden Globe Awards ceremony through NBC's broadcast.

So far, "WALL-E" has been released for half a month, and the North American box office has exceeded US$100 million, settling on the figure of US$160 million.

Among other foreign distribution channels, RB and the UK had the highest box office, both achieving US$30 million.

As for the total score, it is fixed at the number 190 million.

This also means that this animated film, which invested US$150 million, has now earned a total box office of US$350 million.

This is only half a month after its release!

A professional data analysis company predicts that Wall-E's total global box office will be around US$600 million.

There is no doubt that this is another hugely profitable movie!

At the same time, "Mulan" has been in theaters for 23 days. Today it officially broke the record of "囧囧" and further raised the box office to 550 million yuan.

In North America, this movie also broke the box office data of movies such as "Heroes", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and "Source Code", achieving an excellent result of 150 million US dollars.

Cavalry charge and Shili Hongzhuang have become the best methods of publicity!

China has begun to summarize the box office results created by major film and television production companies in 2007.

There is no doubt that in front of the two movies "Mulan" and "Lost in Thailand" that have both exceeded 500 million yuan in box office, other film and television production companies are simply "terrible"!

And "Nanjing! Nanjing!", which is sandwiched in the middle, has barely exceeded 100 million yuan in box office, but the daily new box office is less than 1 million.

If Lu Chuan hadn't begged for help everywhere, and the film was invested by China Film, it might have been removed from the shelves by major theaters.

However, even so, the film scheduling was still suppressed to the extreme, and it was considered a great honor to barely hold on until the end of the one-month release period.

Wang Zhongjun called specifically and proposed the idea of ​​cooperation.

After listening to his reasons, Chen Fei did not refuse, but proposed to wait until he returned to attend the premiere of "CJ7" to discuss in detail.

"Then I'll wait for you."

"Okay."

After a brief conversation, Chen Fei hung up the phone.

The Golden Globe Awards press conference began!

Chen Fei saw many familiar movie names in the shortlist.

"Juno", "Tangled", "The Kite Runner", "Atonement".

In addition, there is another movie with a particularly interesting name.

"Inflatable Doll Love?"

Bruce on the side curled his lips and laughed: "Only losers will use inflatable dolls."

You are so high-minded!

You are amazing!

Chen Fei rolled his eyes at him and saw "Steven Spielberg", the only one who was nominated for the Lifetime Achievement Award.

This old man is really awesome!

At the age of 62, he should have retired if he was in China, but he can still make excellent works such as "Minority Report" and "Munich".

He is worthy of being an internationally renowned director!

In addition, Chen Fei also saw Li An's "Lust, Caution" in the list of nominees for the Best Foreign Language Film.

"Mulan" directly applied for the Oscars and did not participate in the Golden Globe Awards at the invitation of the organizer because it was too late.

On the TV, after the host read the opening remarks, the press conference officially began!

Best Original Song, Best Score, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress...

The awards were announced one by one, and everyone in the conference room became nervous.

Will they win the award?

The French film "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" won the Best Foreign Language Film, and "Lust, Caution" unfortunately failed to make the list.

Four animated films nominated for Best Animated Feature suddenly appeared on the screen, and "WALL-E" was among them.

An old man came to the podium, opened the envelope, and pulled out a card.

"I announce that the winner of the 65th Golden Globe Awards for Best Animated Feature is "WALL-E", congratulations to you, FeiChen in front of the screen!"

Boom! ! !

As soon as the voice fell, the cheers in the conference room of Walton Pictures exploded!

"We won the award, our movie won the award!"

Everyone was boiling, and the screams resounded throughout the company!