Chapter 29 Awards Season

February to April every year is the Oscar awards season in Hollywood. During these two months, Hollywood is extremely bustling.

While filming the movie, Gu Wei also learned about the works nominated for this year's Oscars.

For example: "A Beautiful Mind" by American director Ron Howard.

"Gosford Park" is a work by American director Robert Altman.

"Moulin Rouge" by Australian director Baz Luhrmann.

"Unfaithful Love" by American director Todd Field.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, directed by New Zealand director Peter Jackson.

Both have been shortlisted for this year's Oscar for Best Picture and are considered popular films for this year's Oscars.

At present, the most popular one is "A Beautiful Mind", which won four major awards including Best Drama, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay at the 59th Golden Globe Awards held in January this year.

The Golden Globe Awards have always been a barometer of the Academy Awards.

"Gu, why did you refuse those invitations to cocktail parties?"

After finishing a day's filming, Gu Wei and Reid were having dinner in the hotel restaurant. Reid looked at him and asked.

During the filming of "A True Story", Gu Wei, a Golden Bear Award-winning director, received many invitations to film receptions, but he declined them all on the grounds that he was filming a movie.

After hearing what Reid said, Gu Wei paused and said, "Now I just want to finish filming the movie quickly. I don't have the time and energy to attend the cocktail party."

"Oh, what a shame," Ryder said regretfully.

The Academy Awards, also known as the Academy Awards, are film awards sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It is an academic event in Hollywood. At this stage, its influence is not as great as the three major European ones, and there is also a gap in credibility.

Gu Wei took a bite of steak, looked at Reid and said jokingly: "I have a lot of cocktail party invitations in my room. If you need them, I can give them to you."

"Really? Oh, forget it. They invited you, the Golden Bear Award-winning director. I am not qualified to represent you," Reid said with a look of surprise, and then sighed.

"Don't lose heart, Reid, I will go to Oscar, but not now."

Gu Wei looked at him with light in his eyes and said.

On March 2002, 3, Pacific Time Zone, the 24th Academy Awards ceremony was held at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, California, USA.

This is also the first time that the Kodak Theater has hosted the Academy Awards after a $9400 million renovation. It is just a stone's throw away from the hotel where the first Oscars ceremony was held in 1929.

In order to ensure the success of the award ceremony, the organizers in Los Angeles deployed hundreds of police officers and more than 10 FBI agents to protect the safety of the stars present.

Police even stationed troops on the Hollywood Hills near Los Angeles to prevent terrorists from launching missiles from the mountains. At the same time, helicopters patrolled the sky above the Kodak Theater, ensuring tight security.

Gu Wei watched the live broadcast in his hotel room.

This year's Oscars was held following the September 11 attacks in the United States last year.

After watching the award ceremony, Gu Wei also felt that this year's Oscars were very exciting. Whether it was Woody Allen's surprise appearance, Whoopi Goldberg's unexpected hosting, or Tom Cruise talking about his growing up experience, all added a lot of color to the ceremony.

Denzel Washington won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the movie "Training Day", and he is the second black actor to win the award after Sidney Poitier.

Halle Berry also won the Best Actress award for her role in the movie "Monster's Ball", becoming the first black actress to win the award.

"A Beautiful Mind" won the Best Picture award as expected, and Ron Howard won the Best Director award for the film.

At the end of the award ceremony, Kevin Spacey asked all the guests present to stand up and observe a moment of silence, "for all the American heroes who lost their lives in the events of the past year."

When Gu Wei saw this, he turned off the TV and didn't watch any more.

At the same time, this year's Oscar awards ceremony was also reported in China.

Starting with the entrance of the invited stars, each winning film is reported individually until the end of the awards ceremony.

Many film critics spread the influence of the Oscars online and introduced the stars attending the event to other netizens. Those who didn't know them might have thought they were there too.

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As the Hollywood awards season slowly comes to an end, "The Accidental Murderer" is also slowly being filmed.

Different from the situation when he first started filming "Tuya's Wedding", after filming and learning two movies, Gu Wei is now more mature and experienced in the use of lenses and color and light.

The movie "Alamy" tells the story of how father Vijay uses the anti-detection techniques he learned from movies to fight the police in order to protect his family.

Story background: The story takes place in a small town. Vijay's family's originally happy life was broken because their daughter Anjiu was secretly photographed naked by her classmate Sam while camping and intended to be raped, which eventually led to tragedy.

Father Vijay's strategy: Vijay used the anti-detection techniques he learned from movies to clean up the crime scene, dispose of the mobile phone cards, and create an alibi for the entire family.

Ending: In order to protect his daughter and family, Vijay chose to surrender himself and took all the blame on himself, which intensified social conflicts and triggered large-scale street riots.

The filming site of "A True Story".

"Click".

Gu Wei shouted while looking at the actors in the crew.

"David, I need your expression to be more stable. Even when facing interrogation, you must remain calm. You are protecting your family, so control your expression."

"Okay, director"

"ok".

The crew filmed this scene of the male lead facing interrogation. "Do it again."

Gu Wei said to the crew members.

As the staff and props were restored, the shooting resumed. The staff pushed the camera slowly beside the protagonist and captured the scene.

Gu Wei looked at the adjusted state of the two people in the camera and nodded with satisfaction.

"Nicholas Tse is plagued by official slander for taking the blame for a car accident."

"Liu Xiaoqing's tax evasion scandal".

Following reports from domestic news media, other celebrities in the entertainment industry as well as netizens all started to eat the big melon, and the Internet became lively again.

Capital, Tongchan Investment Group.

Chen Jinfei, 40 years old, started a business with three partners in 87, initially exporting textiles. He switched to the real estate industry in 90. By 2000, the company he headed had become one of the largest private enterprises in the capital.

"Mr. Chen, this is the TV script that Director Li brought," said Chen Jinfei's secretary in the office.

Chen Jinfei took the script and started reading it. After finishing it, he couldn't help feeling a little annoyed.

He stood up and thought for a while, then picked up the phone and made a call. After a while, the call was connected and he said directly: "Director Li, I have read the script, and I don't think the role of "Bai Xiuzhu" is good. The image is not good. I think it needs to be changed."

The person on the other end of the line was a little hesitant.

"Director Li, everything about TV series investment is easy to discuss. Let's make an appointment in two days and we'll meet to talk." After saying that, Chen Jinfei hung up the phone without waiting for the other party to refuse.

In early April, Chen Jinfei brought Liu Xiaoli and goddaughter Liu Yifei to sign an investment contract with Li Dawei, the director of "The Story of a Noble Family".

With the help of Chen Jinfei's "money power", "Bai Xiuzhu" changed from a rich girl bent on revenge to a character who dared to love and hate.

After the role was confirmed, Chen Jinfei was worried that his goddaughter had never acted before and her acting skills would not meet the director's requirements, so he hired a teacher to set up a "film and television crash course" for Liu Yifei, hoping to improve her acting skills through this method.

May, Hollywood, Los Angeles.

As the crew's filming schedule progressed, "A True Story" also entered the final stage of filming.

"Mike, most of the film has been shot and the finale will be filmed in the next few days."

"There are two versions of the ending of the movie, which is convenient for its release in some countries and regions."

In the hotel restaurant, Gu Wei looked at the head of Warner's production department in front of him and said.

"Ok, Gu, I fully believe in your ability."

"Once the filming is completed, Warner will immediately start post-production."

Gu Wei nodded after hearing what Mike said. This time he was called over for the post-production of the film.

"I hope that after the filming is completed, Warner will start promoting the film so that it can be released by the end of June at the latest."

Gu Wei then added.

"No problem, but Warner hopes that the relevant funds can be in place in time before the promotion starts."

Mike glanced at Gu Wei and spoke slowly.

"Of course, the funds can be in place at any time and will be executed according to the contract."

After the two sides finished their chat, Gu Wei went straight back to the hotel room.

After thinking for a moment, Gu Wei picked up his phone and called Han Sanping.

Gu Wei and Han Sanping chatted for half an hour, mainly about the profit sharing of "Time and Space Lovers". Gu Wei hoped that China Film Corporation could transfer the money to the Xingchen Film and Television account in advance to facilitate his later promotion here.

Domestically, China Film Group Corporation.

After receiving Gu Wei's call, Han Sanping thought for a while and then called his assistant.

"Mr. Han, you are looking for me."

"Has the box office share of "Time and Space Lovers" arrived?" Han Sanping asked, leaning back in his chair.

"Mr. Han, except for North America, funds for other regions have been in place."

The assistant didn't know what Han Sanping meant, but still answered honestly.

"Okay, first transfer the funds belonging to Xingchen Film and Television to their company account according to the profit-sharing ratio."

"Mr. Han, are the funds distributed among all regions?" the assistant asked.

"Well, call them all. I will report the specific reasons to Director Yang," Han Sanping said affirmatively.

"Okay, Mr. Han, I'll do it right away," and then he left the office.

The next day, Gu Wei, who was filming on the set, received a call from Wang Chen and learned that the box office share of "Time and Space Lovers" had been received, and he felt relieved.

"Click, do it again."

After hanging up the phone, Gu Wei was a little dissatisfied with the shot just now and shouted loudly to the crew.

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(End of this chapter)